First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Last year Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the censors to inspect Fengtianmen, Liu Bowen didn't think much about it, it was just a trivial matter, so he sent Zhou Guanzheng to go.

As a result, when he was inspecting, he encountered a group of eunuchs leading a group of female musicians to the Fengtian Gate. According to the inner palace system of Ming Dynasty, female singers are not allowed to enter. Zhou Guanzheng immediately stepped forward to stop him, but the leading eunuch ignored him and said, We have the Holy Order!

Zhou Guanzheng said bluntly: If there is an imperial decree, it must not violate the Ming Dynasty's inner palace system!

Resolutely forbidding female singers to enter, the eunuch had no choice but to go back to the palace and report to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang can't do anything about it. When he established the censor, he hoped that they would do this. If he violated this point and the censors surrendered to authority, why would he still want the censor?

So Comrade Zhu passed on an oral order: It is against the internal system for female music to enter the palace. Zhou Guanzheng, you have done a good job. We will reward you tomorrow morning.

Zhu Yuanzhang has been benevolent and righteous, and he has given Zhou Guanzheng enough face. But something unexpected happened.

Zhou Guanzheng stood stiffly in front of Fengtian Gate, and wanted Zhu Yuanzhang to come over in person. What if Zhu Yuanzhang asked these female musicians to enter the palace again before he left?

Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth angrily and there was nothing he could do. This was what he asked of them. Thinking that other nobles would be restricted in this way in the future, Zhu Yuanzhang could only endure it.

There is no way, this is the duty of the censor. Since ancient times, there have been officials set up. These people don’t care about the specific things. Their task is to give opinions seriously. And the tradition has always been not to kill the officials. After all, for them, Because Shangjian was killed by the emperor, that is what he wished for.

Of course, if the emperor really wants to be a censor, then he will say that you have done a good job, and it is a shame to be a censor. Give him a different department, and with the temper of their Taoist masters, it won't take many days to play themselves to death.

Zhu Biao withdrew his gaze and felt helpless looking at Yang Siyi on the ground. The current situation is actually very clear. This is not only a matter of Yang Siyi and the Ministry of Household Affairs, but probably the entire civil service system.

The princes and generals at the upper level are alright, Lao Zhu was still very generous during the war, gold, silver and treasures were not lost, and with the filial piety of the fields and disciples in his hometown, he was able to live a very nourishing life.

But the middle and lower-level officials really can't live without finding some way out, so they should have used some small tricks when collecting taxes, which harmed the interests of some people. Now it is taken out by the censors and put on the bright side.

If it was simply a matter of the household department, Zhu Yuanzhang had already ordered strict handling. Now we must find a way to control the problem within the household department, and the household department should not cause too many casualties. At least the framework must be preserved to maintain the operation of the household department.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that all the people had arrived, so he opened his eyes. In an instant, the entire Fengtian Hall was full of wind and rain.

It can be seen with the naked eye that the bodies of all the officials shrank unconsciously, especially the black gauze hats on the heads of several household officials were trembling.

Kneeling on the ground, Yang Siyi kowtowed and pleaded guilty: I am guilty, please punish me.

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: We have been persecuted by corrupt officials since we were young. We told you since the day we became the throne, if anyone dares to take money and pervert the law to oppress the people, don't blame us for being cruel.

All civil and military officials immediately knelt down on the ground: Your Majesty, please calm down.

Zhu Biao didn't speak. It's not the time for him to appear on the stage. Zhu Yuanzhang slammed the case and said: It is absolutely impossible for him to do this alone. Who else is the accomplice? Stand up and we can save his life. , if it is found out that he is pleading with us, it will be too late!

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials looked at Yang Xian in front of him with cold eyes. It seemed that he already knew that the Ministry of Household Affairs was investigating his old background, so he could draw out his salary from the bottom of the pot.

Lu Chang, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, gritted his teeth and walked forward and said, Your Majesty, I have committed the crime of neglecting to investigate. I did not realize that Yang Siyi is a pervert. I am ashamed of you, please punish me.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't speak, but silently looked at the kneeling people below: Why, it's just these two people, Wang Yizheng!

Among the crowd in the censor, stood an upright middle-aged man, got up gracefully and walked in front of the two Hubu, bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and said: My lord, I impeach the Hubu for embezzling up and down. The embezzlement of grain and tax by public funds involves far more than a thousand people, how can it be evaded by a sentence of negligence in the mouth of the Minister of the Household Department, I ask the Holy One to thoroughly investigate the Household Department.

Zhu Biao frowned. It was understandable for Wang Yizheng to target several people in the household department, but now he opened his mouth to thoroughly investigate the household department. This is not a joke.

The household department can't be clean at any time. He is in charge of Daming's money bag, although no one dares to reach out to take money from the money bag under Zhu Yuanzhang's nose.

However, it is normal to pierce a small hole under the bag to let officials, large and small, enjoy some sweetness. Zhu Yuanzhang also knows this. More than ten thousand people can't escape.

The entire household department will be paralyzed. Once the household department is paralyzed, the imperial court will lose the management of land, taxes, household registration, military supplies, salaries, food, and financial revenue and expenditure. propped up.

The imperial court is in urgent need of manpower, not to mention the household department needs people who are proficient in calculations, so the household department can kill some people, but the big framework must not collapse.

The issue of the Ministry of Household Affairs is clear to both the government and the opposition. The salary is low, and everyone has a tacit understanding. Moreover, with Li Shanchang's control and Liu Bowen's supervision, the officials don't dare to go too far.

Such a targeted attack on the top officials of the household department was clearly instigated by someone, and only Liu Bowen and Yang Xian were the only ones who could speak to the censor.

Liu Bowen's desire to retreat is well known, and this person has a clear understanding of the world. It is not that the censors did not discover the problem of the transfer department before, but they were all stopped by Liu Bowen.

When the water is clear, there will be no fish. You can't starve the officials of the court to death. Under the control of Liu Bowen, the censors are more often aimed at those nobles who oppress the people and rob the land.

They turn a blind eye to the officials of the six ministries, unless someone crosses the bottom line.

It seems that Yangzhou’s tax fraud was discovered by the Ministry of Household Affairs. That’s right. Yang Xian used the money allocated to him by the court to buy grain from other places to improve his achievements. Now that the weather is going well, this year’s tax in Yangzhou is not as good as last year. These matters, the Ministry of Accounts and the Sixth Ministry were eager for quick success and quick benefits to Yang Xian, and often relied on the emperor's trust to instigate the officials of the Sixth Ministry arbitrarily, which aroused everyone's dissatisfaction.

As Wang Yizheng's words fell, other censor officials also expressed their opinions one after another. Since the matter has already happened, they can't fall behind, otherwise the emperor is used to what they do.

Immediately, all the pressure in the court was concentrated on the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs. It was Yang Xianzhan who was born and said: The holy minister also wants to impeach Lu Chang, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs!

Zhu Yuanzhang said: Why, you want to impeach him for taking bribes?

Yang Xian cupped his hands and said: My minister impeached Lu Chang for being attached to the Yuan court and being unfaithful to my Ming Dynasty. When the news of His Royal Highness's destruction of Bei Yuan came back, Lu Chang did not celebrate the great victory of the prince of our dynasty. Instead, he pretended to be sick. Syndrome, sluggish at home for three days!

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