Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 157 What kind of cruel method is 157?

Xue Xiang has always been conscientious in his work and has strict requirements for his subordinates. Who would have thought of such a thing?

Wang Buli is so serious, there is no way he would deliberately lie to me.

"I heard that 90,000 craftsmen will come to Nanjing to work?"

"That's right." Xue Xiang nodded slightly, and he knew that Wang Buli had come prepared.

"Do you know about the craftsmen's Anjia money and monthly food money?"

"As you know, when people below send brochures, they all require my signature before being sent to the Ministry of Revenue."

Xue Xiang's voice gradually became softer, and he had already reacted.

Someone is tampering with this.

Wang Buli told Xue Xiang that his subordinates were tampering with him without telling him and embezzling the court's money, which made the craftsmen complain.

They devoured many of the people Your Majesty gave to serve as slaves, and they got the benefit.

But how can the craftsmen do this job well when they have a grudge against the Ming Emperor?

If these 90,000 people were seduced by people with ulterior motives and attacked the capital, no one would be able to shoulder this responsibility.

Xue Xiang, Minister of Industry, was stunned for a few seconds by Wang Buli's words, and waved his hands repeatedly:

"I will definitely not be forced into this."

Now that he knows the whole story, he should investigate it privately first, and then report it after he has the evidence.

At least he must first confirm which people have embezzled money from the imperial court. Otherwise, according to His Majesty's easily implicated temperament, the entire Ministry of Industry may be wiped out.

This is unacceptable to Xue Xiang.

But then I heard Wang Buli retort:

"Is it possible that when His Majesty rebelled, he also told the officials of Dayuan that I, Zhu Chongba, was going to rebel?"

Xue Xiang was speechless, and he knew that Wang Buli was the emperor's consort, so it would have been nice to have informed him about this matter in advance.

At this time, his mind was buzzing and he didn't care about Wang Buli calling the emperor by his old name.

"What do you think?"

"Cut the clutter quickly, collect all the documents and examine them one by one, so as not to be destroyed by others."

"Official documents library."

"uh-huh."

Wang Buli nodded, stood up and said with a smile:

"You might as well go to the prince to beg for mercy first."

"Okay, come with me."

Xue Xiang followed Wang Buli out. The people from the Ministry of Industry saw that Shangshu's expression was not very good. They heard that the new prince-in-law had a bad temper, but they also heard that he had a good temper.

To take a step back, even a prince-in-law cannot scold a third-rank official of the imperial court at will, not to mention that he is still a ninth-rank official.

"How did you know about this?"

Prince Zhu Biao was suppressing his anger. He really didn't expect such an incident to happen.

This reminded him that when Fengyang Palace was built, a large number of craftsmen and soldiers died together. During such a long time, were there any officials seeking money here?

So much so that supply was so short that a large number of people died?

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, you also know that I chatted with those who were doing the corvee work during their breaks, and what I heard and saw was what they said.

A person may tell lies, but I visited several construction sites, and all the craftsmen encountered the same problem.

Then it is most likely a problem with the government! "

Zhu Biao nodded. He knew that Wang Buli could chat not only with some young nobles, but also with some people who didn't know a few characters.

This guy is so good at chatting, he can even chat with prostitutes until his eyes light up.

He may even know the beggars on the street, otherwise he would not be able to find clues to the counterfeit money case and find the target.

According to modern terms, it is not an exaggeration to say that Wang Buli is a social gangster.

"Xue Shangshu, do you know about this?"

Xue Xiang wanted to say that he had heard something about it and was investigating in secret, but as he spoke, he shook his head: "If it weren't for the prince's consort, I would still be kept in the dark."

"That's all."

Zhu Biao was too lazy to say anything. Instead, he called Mao Xiang and asked him to follow Wang Buli to the archives to check the historical books of the Ministry of Industry. There was a reviewer to help.

It is also more convenient to find people by their names and addresses in the album.

This was the second time Mao Xiang looked at Wang Buli at close range.

It has to be said that although this boy only wears a ninth-grade official title, he walks calmly and does not look like a minor official at all.

After all, in front of Wang Buli, even Mao Xiang had to take the initiative to stay half a step behind him without daring to go beyond him.

Others didn't know how much the emperor valued him today, but Mao Xiang knew it very well.

Wang Buli just looked at Zhu Biao when he called Mao Xiang. As the sharpest knife in Zhu Yuanzhang's hand, the first commander of the Ming Dynasty Jinyi Guards, he eventually ended up being broken by Lao Zhu on his own initiative.

Wang Buli didn't know whether he really colluded with Hu Weiyong, or whether Lao Zhu took the initiative to find an excuse to kill him.

After all, the person closest to Zhu Yuanzhang was in charge of many secrets. It was easy for him to know some information.

Wait until we get to the document library.

The record library is guarded by dedicated personnel, and entry and exit must be registered.

After entering, you must be accompanied by three people. You are not allowed to bring any kindling. You will still be searched after you come out.

Under the leadership of the steward, Wang Buli entered the document warehouse, walked to the center, and said:

"Find out all the books containing the settlement money and monthly food allowance issued by the Ministry of Works. I want to check."

Mao Xiang slightly arched his hands, then waved his hand and asked his subordinates to go ahead and do it.

Xue Xiang also followed. He was relieved after listening to Wang Buli's words, because he was transferred from the local government to become the Minister of the Ministry of Industry only last year.

There were two ministers of the Ministry of Industry in front of him.

The first minister of the Ministry of Industry in the Ming Dynasty was Shan Anren, who was originally a government official.

He was also a native of Haozhou. During the Jianghuai uprising, he raised his own troops to defend his hometown. He was awarded an official position by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and he followed the Zhennan King Bo Luopu to defend Yangzhou.

Shan Anren believed that these people could not succeed. After hearing that Zhu Yuanzhang had captured Jiqing Road (Nanjing), he led his troops to surrender.

Even if his son surrendered to Zhang Shicheng, Zhu Yuanzhang still trusted him.

It was not until the second year of Hongwu that Shan Anren, who was almost seventy years old, had blurred vision and low energy, and asked for instructions.

With a stroke of his pen, Lao Zhu rewarded him with three thousand acres of fertile land and seventy cows. Even if he retires, he will be given half of the salary of the Minister of War every year to support him.

Even though Shan Anren is taking care of himself at home, last year Lao Zhu gave him the honorary title of General Counselor and Minister of War.

For retired old men, there is really no one else who can surpass Shan Anren.

Wang Buli looked at the booklet of Shan Anren, the first minister of the Ministry of War, and quickly threw it aside.

In the first year of the Ming Dynasty, there was no large-scale construction, and there was still full-scale fighting.

It was not until the beginning of the second year that construction began in Fengyang and other places, and Shan Anren retired.

Then the person who took over was Zhang Wen, who was also a junior official who had already taken refuge with Zhu Yuanzhang.

When Shan Anren was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he was the minister.

Wang Buli looked at the brochure of Zhongdu and said, "I heard that to build Zhongdu, hundreds of workers, soldiers and civilians, etc., were mobilized across the country, no less than a million people?"

"Yes, it is indeed extremely difficult to detect." Xue Xiang also took over the tail created by Zhongdu.

Over the years, Zhu Yuanzhang kicked Li Shanchang away from the central court. After he recovered from his illness, he has been doing this.

"Many people died?"

"Correct."

Wang Buli picked out a lot of brochures about Zhongdu and threw them aside:

"Return all these books, and I will check the craftsmen who came to the capital."

Everyone watched Wang Buli flipping through the book quickly, looking at his place of birth and name. He picked out the book from Hongwu 672 and handed it to Mao Xiang:

"I have already asked for some names, and eight years ago, the Ministry of Industry still gave them truthfully.

It was probably when Xue Shangshu was transferred to the capital from outside the country and there was no foundation of his own under his subordinates that those corrupt officials started to have evil ideas.

Commander Mao, in order to avoid amplifying the injustice of those corrupt officials, you randomly selected thirty names according to their place of origin and sent the inspector to inquire. You must be polite to these people, lest they dare not tell the truth. "

"clear."

Mao Xiang did not take the book out. Instead, he asked his subordinates to copy it and then hurried to inquire.

Xue Xiang almost couldn't sit still when he heard Wang Buli's words.

The previous two ministers of the Ministry of Industry had no problems, but as soon as he took office, the people below him started to think about it.

Is it possible that as an official, we are too soft-hearted and have too much trust in the people below us, which resulted in this kind of consequences?

Wang Buli looked at this year's roster and looked at the familiar names. It was not the first time that they came to the capital to work.

It can be said that the past two years have been extremely miserable, and they don't care at all about the troubles of those corrupt officials. They, these bastards who are doing corvee work, want you to "recuperate for half a month or a month to regain your energy" because of the long journey. This is for your own good.

Anyway, just by filling in the date in the book, he can get a lot of benefits.

This kind of thing with just a few clicks of your fingers is extremely simple.

Ninety thousand people.

Not a small sum by any means.

"I got the original data. In addition to Xue Shangshu's signature, there is also the signature of the person who handled it. Let me take a look. A doctor, a Yuanwailang, and two principals from the maintenance department of the headquarters have signed it. Character."

Wang Buli closed the book and said:

"Commander Mao, please send someone to make a copy of everything I said in the archives today. If word spreads out, you know the consequences. There is no need for me to remind you."

"clear."

Faced with such threatening words, Mao Xiang bowed subconsciously. He didn't think Wang Buli was just pretending.

Once you encounter a case, you can't be careless at all.

Xue Xiang listened to Wang Buli's words. Fortunately, the Ministry of Industry had four sub-departments. Only one of them had problems, and the other three were fine. He felt a little relieved.

Wang Buli knew clearly that the entire department had been dragged into the water, and everyone connected with each other. Since they were on the pirate ship, no one could get off the ship early.

The examiner was copying the documents in the case library. Wang Buli stood up and walked out.

Now that the evidence is in hand and the witness is in the capital, he can apply for arrest.

Inside the Wenhua Hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Zhu Biao's retelling and patted the chair heavily.

These guys were really brave to put such a dirty thing right under his nose.

As for the conversations between Wang Buli and Gongbu Shangshu, they were also recorded in detail.

Some sounds are really too low, and even if you have a good ear, you can't hear them very clearly.

Zhu Yuanzhang strongly agreed with what Wang Buli said. This group of corrupt officials are trying to ruin the reputation of our old Zhu.

They took the benefits, but we lost the bad reputation.

Once there is any rebellion in the capital, it will damage the majesty of the Ming Dynasty if word spreads to all the places that have just been subdued.

The local tycoons have always wanted to welcome Dayuan back.

Zhu Yuanzhang had to become more cautious, concentrate his energy, and hold on to Meng Yuan!

"Sure enough, we were right about Wang Buli. This guy is good at finding problems from clues.

If I hadn't agreed to his construction of the bathhouse and those public toilets, we would still have been kept in the dark by these dogs. "

On this point, Zhu Biao had nothing to say, he could just praise his brother-in-law's heart as thin as a thread.

"Cha, we have to skin these people alive."

Wang Buli went back to report to the prince, and Mao Xiang hurriedly asked someone to ventilate the situation to avoid hitting his majesty.

Who knows how long His Majesty will conceal his identity from Wang Buli.

Zhu Biao still asked his father to rest behind the screen, while he listened in front.

Wang Buli came back in a hurry and reported to Zhu Biao that the battalion and maintenance departments of the Ministry of Works had colluded with each other, and no one escaped.

They conspired to swallow up the difference between one month and half a month's worth of money for 90,000 people, causing great hardship to the people who were serving as corvees, and they also had great resentment against the Ming Dynasty.

If things go on like this, extremely high levels of civil unrest will inevitably break out.

Zhu Biao stood up and walked to Wang Buli: "I know, you did a good job in this matter. I'm going to tell my father to peel them all. What do you think?"

When Xue Xiang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, heard this, his body trembled subconsciously. He was a kind-hearted person. Hearing this kind of punishment made him feel really uncomfortable, but then he thought, they asked for it.

"I think it's an advantage for them."

"Oh?"

Zhu Biao knew that Wang Buli could be extremely cruel at times, but he never thought that he had more ruthless tricks.

"How do you think it should be punished?"

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was behind the screen, nodded slightly. Our good son-in-law was right. Peeling daylily is too cheap for these dogs.

"Force them to do hard labor." Wang Buli squinted slightly and pointed at the sun outside:

"I want them to work during the two hottest hours. All the people doing the corvee watch them work. These corrupt officials have no humanity.

Many people who came to do corvee work did not have enough to eat, and they did not receive medical treatment when they were sick. I don't know how many people died on the construction site, but the number was definitely not small.

Those people in their prime are the mainstay of the family's livelihood. Once they die, they will not die alone.

Therefore, some people would ask the young and old in their family to do corvee service for them, so that only one person in the family could die and the rest of the family would survive.

This group of corrupt officials even embezzles the money of the hard laborers, so let them experience the pain of hard labor and work for me until they die! "

As a former civil engineer, Wang Buli hated the delay in salary arrears, but it was extremely common in this industry.

I can't even get the money I worked so hard to get rid of, and I'm still being raped.

Zhu Biao was also framed by Wang Buli's empathetic words. He thought Wang Buli would say a more cruel criminal law.

After all, he has a "criminal record" and can enter the fairyland to learn the punishment methods in the fairyland.

But he never expected that Wang Buli would inherit the temper of his father, Zhu Yuanzhang, and tell them to work until death!

Zhu Biao quickly caught the imposter thing that Wang Buli just said. When these young and old come to the construction site, there is almost no chance of returning home alive.

Even the corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth, who was listening behind the screen, twitched a little. It sounded cruel, but this kind of cruelty was different from what he imagined.

"Your Highness, the Prince Consort is doing an excellent job."

Xue Xiang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, hurriedly saluted and explained: "In this way, the people all over the world will know that it is the corrupt officials in the Ministry of Industry who are harming them, not the emperor.

The emperor caught them and asked them to do corvee service, which was to declare to the whole world that our Ming Dynasty would never tolerate corrupt officials, and at the same time it also gave those people a chance to vent their anger.

It was a great insult to these officials that the officials who had almost killed them were doing the same work as them. "

Scholars think that they are higher than mud-legged people, scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, so they are ranked first.

Asking them to become craftsmen is humiliating.

"And I suggest that the recovered stolen money should also be distributed to the people who should be distributed to the common people, and at the same time, a little compensation can be added to show the emperor's kindness."

Wang Buli's words once again made Zhu Biao fall into silence.

Generally speaking, stolen money is not received into the national treasury, and there is no precedent for it being returned to the hands of ordinary people who have been persecuted by corrupt officials.

Listening to Wang Buli's words at this time, Zhu Biao thought that he was extremely kind in his heart.

The only difference was that he didn't know why Wang Buli would become the Lord of Hell, and why he would become a selfless judge of the underworld.

In short, Zhu Biao felt that Wang Buli's eyes could stare him to death.

After being looked at by our brother-in-law's eyes for a while, we can catch many clues, and then someone is unlucky again.

"I will propose to my father about this matter. You should go and rest first. I will send someone to fetch them. I may ask you to save some time."

Wang Buli declined and said:

"The case has almost been investigated. I think it's better to let Xue Shangshu have his own trial. Maybe he can avoid being deceived by his subordinates in the future because he is too kind."

He was extremely tired of trying to get justice for the Ming Dynasty civil engineering community.

Now that everything that needs to be done has been done, Wang Buli believes that Lao Zhu will not let it go lightly.

"it is good."

Zhu Biao nodded slightly. When Xue Xiang was managing Huai'an, he worked conscientiously for eight years and won the support of the people. They even worshiped his portrait to thank him.

When he got to the palace, he was restricted from going down to the grassroots level.

He also needs a lot of time to sit in a chair and deal with various problems.

Small matters such as distributing money and food are naturally handled by the officials below.

The inspector broke into the Works Department, started arresting people just after naming them, and arrested the entire Battalion and Maintenance Department.

This move frightened many colleagues from the Ministry of Industry. They didn't know why something happened when Prince Consort Wang Buli came here!

Those who were arrested shouted loudly about how to arrest me, or those who were of poor quality began to cry.

All these events also alarmed the other five departments, who came out to watch the fun.

Even Hu Weiyong walked out of the room and watched the school inspector go by.

A bad thought suddenly arose in his mind. Wang Buli had solved another case!

Why is there no news at all?

(End of this chapter)