Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chapter 59 There is no end to the corrupt officials in Ming Dynasty.
  Zhu Xuan and others work hard to run the bookstore.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also working hard to reform taxation. After the decree was promulgated, it caused a sensation in the Ming Dynasty as time went by. Not only the landlords, but also merchants began to oppose it.

Officials in the DPRK also wanted to object, but they did not have the courage.

The first to cause chaos were the merchants and landowners near Yingtian. Zhu Yuanzhang's approach was very simple. He asked Jin Yiwei to check whether they were clean. Even if they were clean, he would use some means to make them unclean.

Then catching people and killing people, the whole process is completed in one go. Jin Yiwei is extremely proficient in these.

Yingtian's people only opposed on the surface. Even if they were caught, they did not dare to rebel directly, because the Beijing camp was right next to them, and whoever dared to rebel would be the first to be destroyed.

Seeing that Jinyiwei had captured so many people, people around Yingtian no longer dared to cause trouble and could only follow the reform decree honestly.

But people in other places had much greater reactions.

Jin Yiwei came to arrest people, but they resisted and were beaten away.

In anger, Lao Zhu sent troops to suppress and forcibly reform. This reform process was even more brutal than the killings of Hu Weiyong, Guo Huan and others.

Because of the reform, the interests of many people have been affected.

There are many more people who have resisted than those corrupt officials, and the power of the landlords cannot be underestimated.

The entire Ming Dynasty belongs to Lao Zhu.

Lao Zhu didn't pay attention to the so-called landlord power at all. Whoever dared to resist or disobey, the method was very simple, just kill. He sent troops to kill more people than the previous three major cases combined. .

Seeing that Lao Zhu was serious and sharpening his sword, the remaining landowners and some wealthy businessmen had no time to resist, so they could only obey the arrangement and cooperate with the reform obediently.

All taxes that should be paid should be paid.

The fields that should be measured should be re-measured. If they really don't want to bear such a large amount of taxes, those landowners can only register the households and divide the fields.

The landlord originally wanted to squeeze all the increased taxes on the tenants who rented the land.

But Lao Zhu had already considered this, and the Jin Yiwei from all over the country acted quickly to kill anyone who dared to do this. Once again, there were hundreds of people killed.

Zhu Yuanzhang's bloody methods and tough tactics seemed to tell the world that our sword is not old and its edge is still sharp.

In this world, we still have the final say!

However, after seeing the news and various memorials sent from various places, Zhu Yuanzhang is still murderous.

Yingtian's officials have long since dared not give advice, otherwise they will easily be unable to protect themselves and cannot withstand the investigation of Jin Yiwei.

However, officials from various places did not understand the seriousness of the matter and kept raising the alarm.

Zhu Yuanzhang sent people to investigate, but after the investigation, a large number of corrupt officials were found, including those who had collusion with the landlords.

"Catch them all!"

Lao Zhu said angrily.

He is not worried that if too many people are arrested, there will be no one to handle government affairs.

Because those who were arrested would be chained and work in their cells until they were replaced by new officials.

The Jin Yiwei led by Jiang Yu have been so busy recently that they can't stop.

Their blades were almost stained red with blood.

"Grandpa Emperor."

As soon as Zhu Xuan walked into Jinshen Hall, he could feel that the atmosphere in the hall was oppressive and murderous.

Even though he hadn't come to see Lao Zhu for several days, he still knew that Lao Zhu was going on a killing spree, killing people because of the reform of salt affairs, so the atmosphere in Jinshen Hall had changed.

But seeing Zhu Xuan come in, Zhu Yuanzhang's tense face finally showed a smile.

"My dear grandson, here we come!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled for the first time in the past few days.

"The way Grandpa Huang looked just now was terrifying."

Zhu Xuan ran over, sat next to Lao Zhu, and looked like he was scared. “Don’t be afraid, my dear grandson!”

Zhu Yuanzhang said in as gentle a tone as possible: "We are doing this just to lay a solid foundation for governing the Ming Dynasty for our descendants. If a good grandson in our position meets those corrupt officials, how will he deal with them?"

"Just like Grandpa Huang, kill them all."

Zhu Xuan did what he liked and knew what Lao Zhu would do, which was to just wave the butcher's knife.

"well said!"

Zhu Yuanzhang admired it.

When he killed Hu Weiyong and others, Zhu Biao also advised him not to kill so many people and to be kind.

Good grandson is more to our liking than Biao'er!

Zhu Yuanzhang thought so in his heart, and then sighed and said: "We have a problem that I want to discuss with my good grandson."

"Grandpa Huang, please speak, but my grandson is young and doesn't understand anything, so there may not be much to discuss."

Zhu Xuan said.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not force it. Zhu Xuan must understand. He just wanted to find someone to talk to, and said: "Then just listen to me, my dear grandson. What do you think, why can't all the corrupt officials in the world be killed?"

It turned out to be the problem!
  Not only the corrupt officials of the Ming Dynasty could not be killed, but also the corrupt officials of all dynasties and in any period could not be killed.

But there are so many corrupt officials in Ming Dynasty. In addition to human greed, there are other reasons.

Lao Zhu was born as a farmer and understood the sufferings of the lower class people better than any emperor of any dynasty. Therefore, he hated corrupt officials the most and did not even have much favorable impressions of them.

If it weren't for the fact that officials are required to govern the country, Zhu Yuanzhang would not even keep any more officials, so he was very harsh on officials and had many restrictions.

Zhu Xuan was not surprised when he heard this question.

It should be that the recent tax reform has involved a lot of corrupt officials, which makes Lao Zhu doubt his life.

"My grandson has something he wants to say, but he is worried that speaking out will make Grandpa Huang angry," Zhu Xuan said.

"We won't be angry with our good grandson. If you have anything to say, just ask." Zhu Yuanzhang doted on him more than other princes and grandsons.

"That's what the grandson said."

Zhu Xuan pretended to think for a moment before speaking: "Could it be that the salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty are not high, so those officials have to be greedy?"

If someone else had said this, Lao Zhu might have been angry.

Hearing what Zhu Xuan said, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "My dear grandson, although our Ming Dynasty's salary is not high, it is definitely not low. Officials don't want to serve the people and benefit the world, but they care about their salary. How can this be done?"

He felt that his good grandson could be very cruel sometimes, like him.

When he heard what his good grandson said, he felt that his good grandson was still kind sometimes.

Can you be kind to an official?

Of course not.

"My dear grandson, let me tell you, there are not many good people among those who are officials. The more you give him, the more greedy he will become and want more."

Zhu Yuanzhang taught.

He also taught Zhu Xuan very carefully how to become emperor in the future and control the officials below him.

Zhu Xuan said: "Excuse me, Grandpa Huang, how much is the monthly salary for officials below the sixth rank in our Ming Dynasty?"

"It's ten stones for the sixth grade, eight stones for the sixth grade, five buckets for the seventh grade, five stones for the ninth grade, and five stones for the maximum."

This salary system was adjusted for the last time by Zhu Yuanzhang in the 25th year of Hongwu.

Although there have been modifications by subsequent emperors, the amount has basically remained the same and will always be customized.

(End of this chapter)