Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 354 No Evidence Required

When Wang Buli was playing tricks on Li Jinglong in the county government office, he always said that he wanted to go and beat the drum to report his crimes.

But in reality it's just talk.

In all these years in the capital, he had never seen anyone knock on the door.

In fact, Jiang Huan did not wake up the man easily. Instead, he searched him first and took out the dagger. Then he asked someone to wrap him in a quilt to keep him warm.

The current Jiangning County Dianshi is Zhong Niu's apprentice Yu Jinhuo.

He had just been promoted from captain of the police to ninth-rank official, and was naturally very happy.

As soon as he heard the prince consort asking him to bring people with him, he immediately took a knife and led a group of people to run towards the Dali Temple.

Which constable in Jiangning County does not consider himself the Prince Consort's man?

If you want to get promoted in the future, you have to ask your husband for help.

The constables and the yamen runners, led by the registrar Yu Jinhuo, surrounded the place.

Wang Buli then stepped forward to help feel the pulse:

"Go to the kitchen and get him a bowl of hot porridge, pour it into his mouth, and then find a board to carry him to the Dengwen drum.

He had such great willpower to survive, he must have felt so wronged!
I see calluses on his palms and scars on his body, he looks like a soldier, but I don’t know which direction he was from.”

Yu Jinhuo quickly sent someone to find a wooden board and carried the person who had recovered after drinking the porridge.

The treatment of Ming Dynasty soldiers became lower and lower, and the fact that they were turned into slaves was not something that happened only in later generations. It happened on a large scale during the Hongwu period.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t have been so many soldiers fleeing.

The man was struggling all the time: "I won't go to the county government office. I want to file a complaint with the emperor."

Wang Buli wiped the hand he had used to feel his pulse and said condescendingly:
"I am the Minister of the Dali Temple, in charge of the review of relevant cases. I am also the son-in-law of the current emperor. My name is Wang Buli, and I can take you to see the emperor. You should save your energy and think of how to file a complaint with His Majesty. That is the most important thing you should do now."

"Seriously?"

"Whenever there is a complaint from an innocent citizen, the emperor will personally hear it. Any official who interferes will be severely punished."

Wang Buli looked around and chuckled, "Xiao Yu, tell the brothers to carry him to the hearing drum outside the palace. I want to see who dares to kill the person who seeks justice from His Majesty in public on the streets of the capital."

"Yes."

Yu Jinhuo quickly asked someone to lift him up.

Wang Buli said to the people beside him: "Jingqing, you take the people to guard the Dali Temple, Fang Xiaoru, Jiang Huan, Wen Ke, follow me, this case will most likely fall into our hands, it's a good opportunity to listen to the first injustice of the scene."

So a group of people carried the person who was crying out for justice and ran towards the main gate of the palace.

When the guards at the palace gate saw so many people rushing towards the palace, they immediately became alert and sent people to ask what was going on.

"My Lord, what does this mean?"

"This person wants to beat the drum to get the news."

"what?"

He had been guarding the palace gate for so long and had never heard of this.

Wang Buli, who was walking in front, replied: "Go back and ask your colleagues to report something, so that His Majesty won't send someone to inquire about it and blame you for not knowing anything."

"Thank you for the reminder, Lord Prince Consort."

A group of people arrived at one side of the palace gate, and Yu Jinhuo signaled the bailiffs to let the man go.

At this point.

He had to do it all by himself anyway, with no one to help him.

How can someone else do something like beating the drum to report a crime on his behalf? What if he has no grievances?

Wang Buli was also standing there, watching with his sleeves tucked into his hands.

Dengwen drum is actually no different from ordinary drum.

There are no weeds here, so it is not visible. Liuzi needs to cut the vines.

Soldiers come to wipe it every day.

But after so many years of wind and rain, Wang Buli didn't know if it would still be able to ring even with protection.

Zhou Tian gritted his teeth and climbed up from the wooden board. His body, which had just felt a little warm, was immediately chilled by the cold wind.

He stood up tremblingly and reached for the drumstick beside him.

Knocked.

The sound of drums spread all around.

Two times.

Zhou Tian hit the drum again with all his strength, and he actually broke it.

Then Zhou Tian collapsed to the ground, unable to stand.

Wang Buli said to Fang Xiaoru standing beside him, "The injustice drum that has been beaten for more than ten years has been broken by him. It seems that the injustice drum cannot bear his injustice."

Fang Xiaoru felt that this person should come from the south.

If he had come from the north, his clothes would not have been so thin and he would have frozen to death long ago.

Yu Jinhuo put the quilt on Zhou Tian again.

To be honest, he has not encountered any major injustice since he became the Dianshi.

After all, Wang Buli had previously cracked down on lawlessness in the county and even ignored the nobles, which changed the atmosphere in Jiangning County.

In addition, when he was a constable, he saw Wang Buli avenge the people in his jurisdiction by killing the envoy in the street and throwing the members of the envoy into jail and giving them a good beating.

From now on, which envoy coming to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute would dare not abide by the rules?

Not only do they abide by the rules, they also always buy the Ming Dynasty laws to study, for fear of making mistakes.

After all, those who can serve on the diplomatic mission are not ordinary people in their own country.

Zhu Yuanzhang was reviewing memorials and was a little confused when he suddenly heard the drum sound.

Then the loudest drumbeat suddenly stopped.

"what happened?"

Although Zhu Yuanzhang established the "Drum for Reporting to the Emperor" and allowed most people to go to the capital to file complaints, such events were still low-probability events.

It won't happen for many years.

"Your Majesty, it sounds like the drum at the palace gate has sounded."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up suddenly.

Someone actually beat the drum to report the incident!

"Send someone to check right away. If it is true that the drum has been beaten, change my clothes for me."

After getting the exact news, a group of people carried the victim Zhou Tian into the hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon throne, looking at the people in such pain, and said loudly:

"Tell me what grievance you have, and I will definitely help you."

"His Majesty."

When Zhou Tianzhen saw the man in the dragon robe, he burst into tears and trembled all over, but he still gritted his teeth and said:
"I want to sue Guangxi Commander Geng Liang for his evil deeds that harm the army and the people!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that it was the commander of Guangxi, he immediately frowned.

He also plans to send troops to Yunnan next year, and Guangxi, as a forward base, must be closely monitored.

Who would have thought that such a thing would happen.

"You talk, I'm listening."

Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed his anger and even filed a complaint with the emperor.

Looking at his miserable appearance, it doesn't seem fake.

After he finishes speaking, send the Jinyiwei to investigate secretly.

"Your Majesty, Geng Liang withheld the monthly salt money from my soldiers and forced my elder brother and others who came to ask for it to hang themselves.

Other soldiers went to the capital to file a complaint, but were intercepted by Sun Wang, a captain under his command, and taken back to prison. Four of them were framed with false charges and were executed by slow slicing.

He raped the wives and daughters of his soldiers, forcibly married the daughters of his own soldiers, retaliated against officers who were at odds with him, plundered their property, and used the court to cut their tendons and behead them.

My eldest brother, his wife and their families were killed by him. Because I didn’t do a good job of cutting bamboo, he sent people to beat me to death. Fortunately, I faked my own death and jumped into the water to escape, and then I went all the way to Beijing to file a complaint. "

After hearing what happened before, Zhu Yuanzhang clenched his fists.

I never thought that things would get even more outrageous later on!
"Good good."

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and walked down the stairs. He looked at Zhou Tian and asked, "Is what you said true?"

"Your Majesty, if I tell even a single lie, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death!"

Zhou Tian knocked his head to the ground.

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang responded, waved his hand and asked the eunuch to take the man to the side room and take good care of him, and also called the imperial physician in to treat him well.

Then we can confront the commander Geng Liang.

Zhu Yuanzhang also ordered Mao Xiang to send the Jinyiwei to Guangxi immediately to investigate the truth.

"Bu Li, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, we cannot be biased just by one side's word. It would be best to get the information from the Ministry of War to investigate.

Zhou Tian said that his brother and fellow villagers were dead, so they should report it, or the fabricated charges should also be reported, otherwise it would be a crime of empty salary, which is even more serious. "

There was some congestion because there were stone lions at the entrance of Dali Temple today.

The coal-carrying truck stopped moving, so Zhou Tian mistakenly thought they had arrived, and he broke out of the barrel.

"Yeah, safe."

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly called the Minister of War Zhao Ben, but Lin Dayan had already died of illness while in office.

All of a sudden, the entire Ministry of War began to look up information, and at the same time, the Five Military Commanders' Office also came over to be reprimanded by Zhu Yuanzhang. Such a big thing happened down there, and you didn't know anything.

Do you strictly monitor what the officials below are doing on a daily basis?

Even though Zhu Yuanzhang split up the Grand Marshal's Office, the Five Military Governor's Office still had considerable power at that time, and even the Ministry of War had no right to interfere in the various matters of the Five Military Governor's Office.

Wang Buli sat aside, looking at several governors, associate governors and assistant governors who were kneeling on the ground.

Behind him stood the people from the Dali Temple.

Zhu Yuanzhang was angry and he didn't calm down.

It would be extremely ironic if the soldiers stationed at the border rebelled and it was all because of the coercion of the officials appointed by him.

The emperor is far away.

Wang Buli felt that it was too normal for Ming soldiers to become slaves of their generals.

"Brother-in-law, you don't seem very surprised?"

Zhu Biao asked someone to bring a chair and sit next to him.

"Brother Prince, how can this be unexpected? Many people will change when they hold power. Who doesn't want to drive others to make money for themselves?

Many soldiers were forced to perform private labor. I don’t think this is an isolated case. The court has dealt with Hu Weiyong for treason, and it’s time to deal with one or two people in the army who are destroying the Ming Dynasty.”

Wang Buli's calm words made Zhu Biao feel extremely uneasy.

He suddenly understood why those soldiers and generals of the Ming Dynasty in later generations were so vulnerable. They were deprived so badly by their superiors that they did not take advantage of the chaos to kill their superiors, which was considered loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

If this continues, the soldiers will become the generals' private soldiers, which means they are spending the court's money to support their own soldiers. How can this be possible?

What can you do when the time comes and you are unable to obey the orders of the king while on a mission?
Zhu Biao glanced at the five people kneeling on the ground and being scolded, and didn't say much.

Military reform still needs some careful consideration to prevent this kind of situation from happening on a large scale.

People like Zhou Tian are okay, because they know to let the emperor make the decision for them. If he surrenders to the enemy or rebels, the loss to the Ming Dynasty will be huge.

Who the hell comes to you, Zhu Yuanzhang, to complain?
Everyone just do it!

Anyway, you didn't file a complaint with the authorities when you rebelled.

“This matter still needs careful consideration.”

Ever since Zhu Biao started to handle state affairs with Zhu Yuanzhang, he has been thinking a lot.

Now his father and his companions are reforming the upper class to prevent powerful officials from emerging or military power from being taken away by ministers.

For some things at the grassroots level that he had not thought through, today's incident really sounded a wake-up call for him.

"Okay."

Zhu Yuanzhang was still angry, and someone dared to stop him from filing a complaint.

He wished he could peel off all the skin off his body.

This kind of thing is exactly what Zhu Yuanzhang cares about the most, that is, information is blocked. If the emperor above does not know the real situation below, can it still be called the Zhu family's empire?
Zhu Yuanzhang obviously realized this, so he was still angry.

I let you manage it, and this is how you manage it, right?

If the people below had not come, and it really came to the point of mutiny, you would have told me of rebellion and I would have put down the rebellion and killed those victims.

Those local commanders continued to enjoy their lives as local emperors, continued to exploit local soldiers and civilians, and committed evil.

Wang Buli listened to Zhu Yuanzhang's angry rebuke and subconsciously wanted to applaud. Old Zhu was not confused.

Especially since he himself had been at the grassroots level and climbed up step by step.

Many lack effective regulation.

Zhu Yuanzhang caught a glimpse of Wang Buli's action and said in a deep voice, "Buli, tell me how to prevent this kind of thing?"

"The emperor is far away, and it is inevitable that some people think they can fool the emperor. We will need to send people to conduct secret inspections in the future."

Wang Buli blurted out that this kind of thing cannot be done simply by relying on self-awareness.

Many things depend on self-consciousness, which is not realistic at all.

Fang Xiaoru, who was standing behind Wang Buli, thought what he said was bullshit.

Zhu Yuanzhang actually did not take many measures to deal with the corruption in the military.

"Well, it is a move, but we still have to think about it. We can't collude with these people who are secretly investigating. Think about it, those students of the Imperial College actually colluded with the grain chiefs back then."

It's actually normal to worry about this.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang didn't trust others much, they had to verify each other.

"But there are many people in the army who have won military merits. It is inevitable that some of them will be proud of their achievements and ignore the laws of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Biao believed that such things would continue to happen.

Many Huaixi nobles were quite domineering in their hometown.

“Your Majesty, why not let them check and correct themselves before sending out inspections?

If you can find the problem yourself, you can give them a chance to correct it.

If someone finds out, they will be severely punished."

Wang Buli's method of self-examination made Zhu Yuanzhang look at him seriously: "Are you serious?"

Who can figure out their own problems?

Isn't that just giving others something to hold against you?
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Wang Buli's idea was too outrageous.

I have committed a crime, and if I investigate myself, what can I find out?
"Of course I'm serious."

Wang Buli had a smile on his face: "Your Majesty has already given these meritorious people a chance. If they don't correct their mistakes, then don't come to beg for mercy after the incident is killed."

"hiss."

Fang Xiaoru took a breath of cold air.

I gave you the opportunity, but you didn't make use of it!

Then I'll kill you without any excuse.

"It's quite interesting."

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Wang Buli's strategy of self-examination and self-correction was extremely good.

"Ah."

Zhu Biao also felt that this was in line with his idea. The opportunity was given to you, but you didn't seize it. Don't blame me for not valuing our friendship.

Moreover, this kind of active use of power to give the emperor something to worry about would also prevent generals outside the court from harming the villagers at will.

When the time comes, we will settle both the new and old accounts together, which is ultimately a means of restriction.

"But what if they silence all the victims during the self-examination?"

Fang Xiaoru could not help but say: "At that time, even the governor sent by the court would not have the opportunity to obtain evidence."

"Well, you have a point."

Wang Buli did not rebuke him for speaking in a way that was not his place, but instead agreed with him.

There are some things that he, as a son-in-law of the emperor, should not say. After all, there are several governors and associate governors kneeling here.

"Do you have any idea?"

“I haven’t thought about it yet.”

An unnatural look flashed across Fang Xiaoru's face. He could find fault, but he had not yet figured out the specific method.

Zhu Yuanzhang began to think about how to deal with the loopholes raised by Fang Xiaoru.

"Think about it, let's all think about it together."

Wang Buli smiled at the people kneeling on the ground and said, "After all, you have been in the army for a long time, so you should know how to deal with them better than us amateurs."

Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, nodded gratefully to Wang Buli, and then said to his colleagues, "Think about how to prevent this from happening."

Seeing Wang Buli offering them a way out, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "Everyone, get up and think about it. The ground is cold."

Everyone thanked His Majesty and began to think about how to avoid such things from happening in the future.

Geng Bingwen is now very confused. In fact, apart from killing people, he has no other way to restrain the soldiers in the army.

Especially when you are given an opportunity but you cannot grasp it.

It’s not just cheating others but also cheating yourself!

Although Geng Liang is not his relative, he is also a fellow villager brought up by him.

I really didn't expect that he would be so cruel.

Geng Bingwen wiped the sweat from his forehead and couldn't think of any other solution for a moment.

"Your Majesty, the only way is to stop killing by killing." Geng Bingwen bowed.

"kill?"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Geng Bingwen and said, "I don't know how to kill people."

But the people are dead, the victims are gone, who can speak up for the injustice?

Wang Buli also sighed. Corruption in the military is definitely a fatal thing. Just looking at what the official troops did in the late Ming Dynasty, what kind of combat effectiveness could they have?

It stands to reason that Zhu Yuanzhang was able to glimpse the future of the Ming Dynasty more than once. Didn't he see that the Ming army needed reform?

He still believed that with him around, the Ming army would not be in chaos at all, so he focused all his attention on how to abolish the prime minister!
At this moment, Wang Buli couldn't think of any good idea on how to prevent corruption in the Ming army.

He just sat there in silence, looking at the anxious expressions of everyone in the hall.

Wen Ke, who was standing beside him, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have an idea. I wonder if I should tell you or not?"

"explain."

Zhu Yuanzhang also knew about Wen Ke, who was Wang Buli's number one henchman in the county government. Now he was transferred to the Dali Temple.

"Your Majesty, why do we need evidence? If he kills all the people involved, he will be guilty of deceiving the emperor, and he will be ignoring the fact that he is the murderer!"

(End of this chapter)