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

Chapter 724 Remediation
  Return to Jinshen Hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang's anger was slowly suppressed.

Zhu Xuan comforted him softly, asking him to calm down as much as possible and stop being so angry. It was not worth being so angry for those officials and ruining his body.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang's murderous intention has not yet dissipated.

According to his previous practice, none of the officials who knelt down and begged for mercy in the court today would be spared, and they should all be killed. However, Zhang Yan was right, this time was not comparable to killing Hu Weiyong.

It took a long time for the court to recover from the murder of Hu Weiyong and other crimes, which indeed delayed a lot of government affairs. But this time, the problems faced by those officials were not as serious as the Hu Weiyong case.

If we kill them all, how much time will it take to train the officials of the six departments?
  Lao Zhu felt that he didn't have the time to train him, and he didn't want to hand over a mess to his good grandson. He just wanted to leave a complete court to his good grandson to take over.

"Grandpa Huang, being angry is bad for your health."

Zhu Xuan comforted him for a while.

Zhu Yuanzhang slowly exhaled, then snorted coldly, venting his dissatisfaction, and asked: "My dear grandson, what do we think we should do? What we want to do most is to kill them all!"

"Kill them all. My grandson also thinks it is not advisable."

"The emperor killed too many officials and nobles. By then, the sky above the court will be empty, and there won't even be anyone to discuss it. What Zhang Yan said is not unreasonable."

"Even if you kill monks, once too many are killed, the problem will be serious."

"If we are labeled as destroying Buddha, our grandfather and grandson will become tyrants."

Zhu Xuan said softly.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "It's not like our court has never been empty. Back then, we let them wear shackles and lock them in prison to handle government affairs. But we didn't have much time. We didn't have time to do many things. We didn't want to make it a mess. The court leaves it to you!"

Zhu Xuan was startled, and then he understood the reason why Grandpa Huang could hold back from killing.

All for yourself!

Zhu Xuan was grateful, thought for a while and said: "If the grandson is allowed to make the decision, the grandson doesn't want to kill them. As Bao Zhao said, and they must be severely punished, then the grandson may ask them to reform the taxation until now. All the evaded taxes will be doubled and their salaries will be suspended for one or two years."

Zhu Yuanzhang took note of it and asked: "What else?"

"Not only our court officials, but also the local officials below, sent orders to various places to conduct secret inspections by the royal guards."

"While we are investigating locally, we will also send people to investigate."

"We have hot air balloons. In fact, it is easier to measure and identify the fields that have been concealed. It can be seen clearly from the sky at a glance."

"After the land is re-measured and found out, all these officials with criminal records will be recorded. In the future, the taxes will be doubled. Once they can be replaced, they will be allowed to go home to farm and they will never be hired in the future, including their descendants. , you can’t even take the imperial examination, and you can’t participate in any affairs related to official positions.”

"If you can surrender, the punishment will be reduced!"

"At the same time, all the land they annexed through illegal means will be confiscated."

"Catch a few more people in their families who are responsible for managing these fields, or people who secretly annex the land."

"Punishment and arrest at the same time. If the circumstances are serious, they will be killed. If the circumstances are not serious, they will be imprisoned for a few years."

"Not only officials in the DPRK and China, but also nobles and nobles are treated in the same way."

"There is one more thing for you, that is, take this opportunity to take back part of the land that the emperor gave you, and leave only part for them, so as not to starve to death."

"What do you think, Grandpa Huang?"

Zhu Xuan simply stated what he was thinking.

The land was confiscated, taxes were doubled, taxes were doubled, people were blacklisted, they were never hired, and their descendants were not even allowed to take the imperial examination.

To put it into perspective, it seems quite serious.

Most of the wealthy families in the south are scholars. If they can't pass the imperial examination, wouldn't all their years of studying be in vain?

There are also officials' descendants who will definitely try their best to bring their sons into officialdom.

This cuts off their escape route!
  "What we are worried about now is that there are no officials who can help us run the government." "Then continue to use them and keep it on record. In the future, when there are officials who can be trained, they will be dismissed immediately. Even after dismissal, they can be hired again. responsibility."

"For local officials, some county magistrates, etc."

"In fact, it is better to deal with it. From the Imperial College or the imperial examination, we can gradually replace it by selecting suitable people."

"Once we have someone available, we can pursue accountability."

Zhu Xuan added something and said briefly.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly, feeling that Guaisun's statement made sense, and asked: "Where are the Buddhist temples? There are countless Buddhist temples in the world, and they are also one of the root causes, but according to Guaisun, it is really inappropriate to kill them."

Zhu Xuan said: "Then cancel the privileges of all Buddhist temples, abolish monk officials, and let them pay taxes normally, and pay more taxes than ordinary people. The more fields they have, the more they pay, and they don't have to do corvee work. Military service should be offset by taxes.”

Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "There are so many Buddhist temples in the world. It is not easy to manage them. In addition, there are many such people in Taoist temples, so what?"

"Grandpa Huang can try to control them."

"If a Buddhist temple or Taoist temple is to be established, it must be recognized by our court."

"Their elected abbot must also be recognized by the court before he can serve as abbot. Each Buddhist temple has a certain number of monks according to its size."

"Someone who wants to become a monk needs to get approval from the government, find out the identity and past of the monk, and must have a clean financial record."

"You can even secretly insert people from us, Jinyiwei, in."

Zhu Xuan expressed his thoughts again.

Lao Zhu's eyes lit up as he listened.

This seems feasible.

Zhu Xuan added: "Grandpa Huang wants to strengthen the management of religion, but my grandson actually has another idea!"

"My dear grandson, please tell me!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said expectantly.

Zhu Xuan said: "If our court proposes these things, it may be opposed by many Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, but what if we let the monks take the initiative?"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said: "How can they take the initiative?"

"Will do!"

Zhu Xuan smiled and said: "Has Grandpa Huang forgotten the abbot of Jiming Temple? We put all the responsibilities on him and let him reveal how dirty the inside of the Buddhist temple is. He is responsible for all the infamy, isn't it? better?"

"That bald donkey Yuankong?"

Zhu Yuanzhang listened and felt that Yuankong could be used.

Jiming Temple is located in Yingtian Mansion. If Lao Zhu wants to control them, it is just a matter of words.

Yuan Kong would never dare to object.

This is a very useful chess piece.

"We'll wait and let someone catch that bald donkey."

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and said: "If he doesn't dare, we will throw him into prison and replace him with someone who dares to be the abbot at any time."

Under his majesty, it was difficult for Yuan Kong to dare to do so.

"His Majesty!"

At this moment, Yun Qi suddenly ran in and said: "Cao Guogong Li Jinglong is outside asking for an audience."

(End of this chapter)