Zhu Di drank tea leisurely, looked at the reactions of the seven ministers with great heart, and said in his heart: "I have been listening to you for more than ten years about this orthodox heart-dampening statement, and you have tortured me for so many years, and it will be my turn to torture you from now on." ”

When all the ministers came back to their senses, Zhu Di coughed lightly: "Cough~ Ministers, let's take a sip of tea first, let's talk slowly, at first, I was also skeptical, but then I also thought that it was necessary to make some preparations in advance, so I told Xia Yuanji to prepare the salary and grain and grass of the 100,000 army in advance. He also ordered Fang Bin to write the Five Military Mansions, ordered the Zhejiang Metropolitan Division to prepare for the Japanese Metropolitan Division, and the Guangxi Metropolitan Division and the Yunnan Metropolitan Division to strengthen the vigilance. I also don't want to cause unnecessary speculation and panic due to the transfer of troops and horses, after all, no one knows if what has not happened will happen in the end. But even so, the Songmen guards were still captured, do you know the reason for this? Zhejiang, according to the judge Shi Lu to the Songmen guard to inspect the illegal things, actually drunk every day, Wen Kou to take the lead and escape, it is really ridiculous, this inspection of illegal things but take the lead in doing illegal things, all the ministers, see the subtle knowledge, it can be seen that the clear stream of my Yongle Dynasty has also begun to be dirty. Any of the ministers in the court read more books than the sages I read, and I no longer preached so many big truths, I only knew that the rule of the officials began to corrupt, and it was a matter of time before the country was destroyed. I am going to draw up a decree that the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will jointly examine and evaluate all the officials in the country, and all of you here can take a look at it first, and if there is anything else that needs to be added, if there is no objection, it will be read out at dawn tomorrow morning. ”

Zhu Di picked up the draft that had already been written on the imperial case, Wang Zhong stepped forward to take it, turned around and sent it to the university scholar Hu Guang, the establishment of the university scholar in the Yongle period is a standard secretarial work, important things The emperor personally drafted the draft and handed it over to the scholar to check and fill in the gaps.

After reading it, Hu Guang handed it to the secretary of the ministry, and after reading it, he handed it to Xia Yuanji and said: "The minister agrees that the emperor wants to rectify the rule of officials, but it is now the time for spring ploughing, can it be postponed until the time of Xia Mang." ”

Hu Guang said: "Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal. ”

Xia Yuanji said after reading it: "Your Majesty, looking at history, you can know that the clarity of the rule of officials is related to the rise and fall of the dynasty, just like this Shilu, the ministers can't wait to bring this kind of unconscious officials, mediocre officials, and corrupt officials to justice as soon as possible." The season of the year is in the spring, which is a major event related to the people's livelihood, and the ministers thought that the officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate should prepare as soon as possible, and start after the spring ploughing.

"The ministers seconded the proposal." The others didn't wait to see it to understand that this was inevitable, so they tacitly said in unison.

Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction and said: "As for the rebellion in Jiaozhi, Xia Yuanji, the household department must ensure the supply of food and salary, Taizu Tuomeng said that the trend of Jiaozhi will become more and more erosive, I really can't believe that a small Jiaozhi can make any big waves." But since Taizu has spoken first, he must be prepared to prevent accidents. ”

Xia Yuanji said: "The emperor can rest assured, since he learned of the Jiaozhi rebellion, the minister has ordered the household department to always maintain the food and salary of the 100,000 army in case of emergency, the minister just hopes that this Jiaozhi rebellion must not be expected by Taizu, the army can quickly quell the rebellion, and the situation must not be corrupted, otherwise the people will fall into dire straits and my Ming finances will also be tight." ”

"Okay, Xia Yuanji, you can rest assured, especially this is a major matter related to the people and the country." Zhu Di said happily.

Zhu Di's expression changed again, and he said solemnly: "Ladies and gentlemen, my father actually has one more thing entrusted to me, that is, the taxes of Suzhou Mansion, I won't say much, you also understand, from now on, normal taxes will be restored." ”

"The people of Suzhou Mansion thank Taizu and the emperor for their grace!" The ministers all bowed.

Zhu Di then said slowly: "The secretaries are exempt, this matter has a lot of feelings for me, and I am also cold to the people of Shandong, the secretaries don't say it, but I know in my heart that this matter is my fault......"

"Your Majesty!" The ministers who had just gotten up heard that the emperor had admitted his mistake, and the emperor was worried about the humiliation, and the emperor had all admitted his mistake, could it be said that the ministers were not wrong. and they all knelt down again.

"The secretaries are exempt from courtesy, let's draft the decree, Suzhou Mansion will resume normal taxes, Shandong will be exempted from taxes for three years, and one million stone rice grains will be transferred to the state capitals of Shandong, and grain will be opened and released to help the victims." Zhu Di said with a heavy heart.

The ministers said in their hearts that this is of course a good thing, I don't know what day it is today, the sun is coming out in the west, and the two generations of emperors of father and son suddenly admit their mistakes today, so it seems that Taizu Tuomeng is not only a bad thing, this thing is done beautifully, this dream is done well. So kneeling again, everyone began to sing praises of virtue.

Seeing that Xia Yuanji wanted to speak and stopped, and then frowned and pondered, Zhu Di smiled and said, "Xia Yuanji, are you thinking about your family again?" ”

Xia Yuanji replied with a smile: "Emperor Shengming, the minister is thinking about the family's background, and this suddenly has to allocate a million stone rice grain, and the minister is thinking about how to transport this grain to Shandong with the minimum manpower and material resources." And then he suddenly used such a large amount of rice and grain, and he was thinking about where to make up for the deficit of this million stones. ”

"Hehe, hehe, do you think of a way?" Zhu Di also asked with a smile.

Xia Yuanji smiled bitterly: "You can think of ways to save and squeeze out some of it, but if you want to close all the deficits, it's difficult!" ”

"No wonder my father said that Xia Yuanji is an iron rooster and an iron abacus, this province is an iron rooster, this squeeze is an iron abacus, hahahaha" Zhu Di said with a laugh.

The ministers couldn't help but laugh with Zhu Di. What is it? Listen, the emperor said that Taizu and his old man actually commented that Xia Yuanji was an iron rooster and an iron abacus when he was dreaming, what is this? Jane is in the heart of the emperor! The recognition of the two generations of emperors of father and son is not trivial, especially now that Taizu is still playing with dreams, I thought it was an ordinary dream, but I didn't expect it to be a dream of an unpredictable prophet, and I was still idle in the dream to evaluate the minister's play, you said that this is not going to be a personal life, you must do a good job in the future, take Xia Yuanji as an example, and strive for our last Taizu's evaluation list.

Zhu Di took a sip of tea, smiled and continued to say to Xia Yuanji: "I not only admit my mistake, but also admit punishment, I will allocate 200,000 taels of silver from the inner treasury and hand it over to you to settle the account, how about it." ”

Xia Yuanji was very excited when he heard this, and solemnly saluted and said: "Minister, on behalf of the people of Shandong, thank the emperor for his grace; Minister, Xia Yuanji didn't know how to repay the emperor's kindness, so he could only do his best for me and the emperor, bow down, and die to repay the emperor's kindness. ”