Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 20 The reason for the empty seal case

Zhu Di was thinking in his palace whether to talk to his eldest brother about Wang Buli's suggestion to increase business taxes.

Let him tell his father that Zhu Di has no courage.

If taxes are sufficient, more money and food can be used to fight wars.

Only then could he, the future general who conquered the north, have more money and food at his disposal.

How many more years can Bei Yuan dance?

The only thing that made him unsure was that the Ming Dynasty had just been established and was full of waste.

The people have just lived a stable life. Once taxes are increased, wouldn't it be time for someone to take the opportunity to rebel again?

He couldn't take this risk.

Walking around the room, he made up his mind to talk to his elder brother for a few words.

After Wang Buli's chat at the dinner table reached the ears of Zhu Yuanzhang and his son, he himself had nothing to be proud of.

Love is just a matter of mentioning it.

As for the later development of the Ming Dynasty, it was none of his business if the court could not collect taxes.

I clocked in as usual today and continued fishing.

But he didn't feel proud for long, when that boss Guo came again.

The officials from other offices of the county government came to pay their respects, but Zhu Yuanzhang just responded condescendingly without even looking at them.

If Wang Buli was not Zhu Yuanzhang's key to entering the fairyland, he would have no good impression of a low-level official.

Based on the lessons learned from the previous dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang asked his officials to treat them like slaves.

But things went counterproductive.

The magistrates of the Ming Dynasty had to spend their limited salary to reward these officials so that they could do their best.

Otherwise, they have many ways to delay you.

It can be said that the administration of officials is completely contrary to Zhu Yuanzhang's governance policy.

After the two sides greeted each other, Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of the situation and talked about the last case where he sent someone to check that one penny and killed several people.

The Ministry of Punishment attaches great importance to such bizarre cases.

Even though he had just received some clues, he did not share them with Wang Buli.

At least until you find the next reason.

"Wang Dianli still needs to work hard." Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard and smiled.

Wang Buli said yes repeatedly and dealt with Zhu Yuanzhang in front of him casually.

The two were talking in the small room where Wang Buli rested on weekdays, and Jiang Huan came to pour tea.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Jiang Huan:

"Wang Dianli, this guy has left my relationship and will be trained by the Ministry of Punishment in the future. You should take care of him to avoid taking a position he shouldn't have despite being incapable."

Jiang Huan quickly apologized and smiled.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to hide it. He didn't think Wang Buli couldn't guess it, so he simply pointed it out. Only in this way can he gain more trust.

"Mr. Guo, Xiao Jiang is a good seedling worth cultivating." Wang Buli took over the conversation:

“Last time, after I talked to Director Guo about the difficulties at the grassroots level, he sent someone here, which was so considerate.

At first glance, it seems that you love to do practical things. "

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed twice, he liked hearing this.

Among the emperors from ancient times to the present, he said that he was second in diligence, but no one has yet stood up to slap him in the face and say that he is unworthy.

"But Mr. Guo also has to pay attention to his own health, right?"

Wang Buli raised his head and motioned to Jiang Huan to go out and close the door. There were some things he said that others should not know.

The introduction of nepotism has just been completed, and Wang Buli also stated in his words that he would train Jiang Huan in the future.

Therefore, there is no need for him to listen to some words.

"At my age, I am still a sixth-rank official. I also want to pave the way for my son. It is necessary to work harder."

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the couch, holding up the tea cup and sighing: "Who let his son fail to live up to expectations?"

But when Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he felt very proud.

After hearing this, Wang Buli nodded:

"It is rare in the world for me to be a hero and a hero. Master Guo, don't worry. Ordinary people are the normal state of life."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded. He really didn't expect Wang Buli to have such insight at such a young age. Zhu Yuanzhang almost thought that Wang Buli was an immortal who had experienced the world of mortals in the world.

But the people who monitored him reported that they had never seen Wang Buli use immortal magic.

Zhu Yuanzhang can be sure that Wang Buli is not an immortal.

The only secret recipe of Thirteen Incense worth mentioning is impossible to tell, let alone find out.

This guy is very careful and doesn't leak very much.

"Besides, it's not a good thing to be in a high position in Ming Dynasty now."

"Huh?" A look of surprise flashed across Zhu Yuanzhang's face: "Why do you say that?"

Everyone wants to climb up desperately.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew this situation.

Otherwise, Hu Weiyong and others would not fight fiercely with others for the position of prime minister.

Wang Buli actually said he didn’t want to be a high-ranking official!

This suddenly aroused Zhu Yuanzhang's rebellion.

What everyone else is looking forward to is that you actually think that the position of a high-ranking official is shit.

Outrageous!

I just want to see how you can get through it.

"Is it possible that Chief Guo has no impression of the empty seal case?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was so impressive!

This was the first case in the Ming Dynasty that he personally handled, and he beheaded many officials.

"We have heard a little bit, but we don't understand why you are afraid. It has nothing to do with us!"

Killing people, but in fact Zhu Yuanzhang did not understand the institutional causes behind the "empty seal" phenomenon.

When he learned that this phenomenon was common, he "suspected adultery, became furious, talked about the death of various officials, and assisted hundreds of guards to guard the border."

Zhu Yuanzhang suspected that there was widespread corruption and crime behind this.

In anger, he sentenced all the palm officials to death, and all deputies were sentenced to 100 sticks and exiled to the frontier.

Wang Buli put down the tea cup in his hand and further explained:

“Local officials in the Ming Empire needed to send people to the Nanjing Household Department every year to report the tax and expenditure accounts for that year.

Only when the accounts submitted by the local government are completely consistent with the accounts reviewed by the Ministry of Accounts can the tax collection work for this year be successfully completed. "

"good."

Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely satisfied with this small official's concern for national affairs.

“Otherwise, the local government will need to recheck and fill in the accounts.

The problem is that even though local governments did not make any data errors in the process of collecting money and grain.

When the Ministry of Household Affairs counted the money and grain sent from the local government, there were no data errors.

There is still a high probability that the two data will not match.

Because money and food will inevitably be lost during transportation! "

"Yes, my opponent." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded repeatedly.

If they are really right, that would be the stupidest thing to do to make false accounts.

Loss is bound to happen.

“The local officials sent to the central government to submit accounts can only know the specific losses in transportation after they arrive at the Ministry of Revenue.

These officials had no way to bring the official seal of the local government to Beijing with them.

After all, local governments need official seals for their daily operations.

In Ming Dynasty, where transportation was underdeveloped, it was obviously extremely unrealistic to travel back and forth between the central and local governments just to get an official seal.

Provinces close to Nanjing such as Zhejiang and Jiangsu are not bad.

In Yunnan, Sichuan and other provinces, it often takes several months to send people to Nanjing.

Once you fill in the data again, you have to go back to the province and get the official seal stamped again, which often takes less than half a year.

Therefore, it became a common practice among Ming officials to carry multiple blank documents with official seals on them. "

(End of this chapter)