I have to admit that the prosperity of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Hongwu was peaceful, in addition to Zhu Yuanzhang's strong and high-pressure, as well as the pervasive Jinyi Guard, the imperial historian played a great role. Not only did they set an example, but they also exposed a large number of officials who took bribes. Zhu Yuanzhang himself was born poor and knew the consequences of corruption and bribery. If an official accepts bribes, he will be unfair and will lead to the occurrence of unjust, false and wrongly decided cases. Officials are even more corrupt, projects cut corners, and local warehouses are in name only, and this is the biggest accomplice when natural disasters strike. No wonder everyone says that natural disasters and man-made disasters are together, three points are natural disasters, and seven points are man-made disasters. It is to accuse these officials of embezzlement or embezzlement of funds that should be used for projects, so that the common people are so unlucky. So after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he issued an order, "Officials who embezzle fifty taels of silver or equivalent items will be killed." "Officials who accept bribes of 30 taels of silver or equivalent articles will be dismissed from their posts, and those who accept bribes of more than 50 taels of silver will be put to death with a cane, skinned and hung for public display."

After Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen came to power, because the civil officials in power were worried that the imperial historians would hinder their financial paths, they instigated Zhu Yunwen to reduce the imperial historians. This led to the fact that no one told the truth to Zhu Yunwen, and to tell the truth, the officials were corrupt from top to bottom. When later generations summarized the Jingnan incident, they always said that the imperial court underestimated the army of King Yan. In fact, it was also caused by the military and officials of the imperial court who falsely reported their strength and embezzled a large amount of armaments. Therefore, after Ming Chengzu Zhu Di came to power, the first thing he did was to dig out all the national moths. Later generations said that Zhu Di killed Huang Zicheng and others because of the use of the topic, but it was actually aimed at Zhu Yunwen, the Jianwen Emperor. In fact, the truth is that these self-appointed officials have forgotten their duties and become corrupt officials. Huang Zicheng's mother died when he was a child, and after his father married a new wife, his stepmother tortured the young Huang Zicheng all day long. Huang Zicheng gritted his teeth and endured hunger in the firewood room to read and write. When Huang Zicheng became a ** attendant, Zhu Yuanzhang secretly investigated his family property, which was a total of seventy-five taels of silver, plus a small rented bungalow. But when Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen had an accident, why didn't Huang Zicheng leave with Zhu Yunwen? In fact, it was because there were too many things at home that he didn't have time to take them away at one time, and he came back to escort him before he was caught by Zhu Di's men. Although he had already transported most of his belongings by then, he still had considerable things when he grabbed them. Houses and fields are not left, so seven big houses and thousands of land contracts are like waste paper. Seventeen boxes of gold and silver jewelry, millions of taels of treasure money, tens of thousands of unique books, and more than 70 maids and concubines. No wonder Huang Zicheng was caught, there are too many things. This is the experience of a civil official who made a fortune, Huang Zicheng has become a rich man from a poor boy, only ten years before and after, Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen has only been in power for four years, Huang Zicheng can secretly embezzle and accept bribes so much, how many other people are corrupt and bribe-taking?

Zhu Di decided to reorganize the imperial historians, stipulating that their grades should not be higher than those of the fifth rank, they were not allowed to participate in the actual handling of government affairs, and they were not allowed to have any economic dealings or private dealings with the ministers. The patrol of various places is changed once a year, and it is directly under the orders of the emperor himself. Of course, there are also some privileges, such as being able to hear about things, it doesn't matter if you say something wrong, you don't have to be taboo about anything. The emperor may or may not listen, but he cannot kill the speaker, let alone humiliate the speaker. Officials can meet the emperor anytime and anywhere to report on the progress of their work. The speaker has the right to question the official and require the other party to disclose all accounts or work progress. Spokespersons may also raise questions about some laws and regulations, and suggest that certain national policies be amended or suspended.

In fact, the Imperial Historian still has some unknown rights, why would Qin Tai know about it? Because he is an imperial historian, but he is just a supervising imperial historian who is in charge of the officials of the criminal department. At the beginning of his tenure in this position, he went to the Imperial History Yamen to receive the teachings of the Imperial Historians, and also read a lot of internal books on the Imperial History. Because he was supervising the Criminal Department, he focused on matters related to the terms of reference and privileges of the Imperial History. The Imperial Historian has three privileges that are not known to outsiders, all of which can only be used under certain circumstances. First, the imperial history has the right to read out the Zhu approval of the previous emperors or the current emperor, and announce it to the world on behalf of the emperor. But don't change a single word, and lead by example. Second, the Imperial Historian could strike the Jingyang Bell outside the main hall of the Imperial Palace. But Jingyang Bell is not casually ringed, once it rings Jingyang Bell, it means that there is a major event. Since Ming Chengzu Zhu Di moved to Beijing, Jingyang Bell has only been ringed twice. The first time was when Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was captured, and the Vala army fought near the capital. Yu Qian, the acting secretary of the Ministry of War, rang the Jingyang bell together with all the imperial historians, asked the Queen Mother to preside over the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Jing, and ordered the troops from all over the country to rescue the king. With the concerted efforts of the people and the army in the capital, they finally resisted the Walla army, and the capital was saved. The second time, eight years later. Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, with the support of the general Shi Heng and others, occupied the palace overnight and restored the throne, imprisoning Emperor Jing's family. The imperial history that supported Zhu Qizhen rang the Jingyang bell, and everyone unanimously decided to restore Yingzong Zhu Qizhen. Emperor Jing was poisoned to death in a side hall of the palace the next day, and the victory or defeat was settled. Third, the imperial historian has the right to respectfully invite the relics of the first emperor three times, and reprimand the emperor or domestic slave of the next generation on behalf of the emperor or ancestor. However, this cannot be used to change the national policy, let alone force future generations of emperors to do things that are unfavorable to the country. The imperial history cannot use this opportunity to use power for personal gain and threaten the other party to do private affairs for the imperial history.

Although Qin Tai is no longer an official of the Criminal Department, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department removed him. However, the order of the Supervision and Criminal Department was not issued by the Criminal Ministry, and the Criminal Ministry's Shangshu did not have the right to revoke it. To remove an imperial historian from the post of imperial historian, it is necessary to have the hand of the imperial historian of Zuodu, and even more importantly, the consent of the current emperor. Emperor Jiajing had long forgotten about Qin Tai, and of course he didn't remember to remove Qin Tai from his post as the imperial historian. Qin Tai is also supervising the affairs of the imperial history, and it is estimated that only a very few people know about it, Zhang Juzheng is one, Tan Lun may also know, Lu Fang may also know a little, and Hu Zongxian may also know it. But Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun didn't expect Qin Tai to return to the capital, let alone Qin Tai to enter the inner palace. Did Lu Fang do it on purpose, or did she forget about it too much? Hu Zongxian is now unable to protect himself, so he will not pay attention to Qin Tai's affairs. So Qin Tai did this, it is estimated that no one would have thought of it.

Qin Tai counted the numbers, Taizu Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Hui Jianwen Zhu Yunwen, Chengzu Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, Renzong Hongxi Emperor Zhu Gaochi, Xuanzong Xuande Emperor Zhu Zhanji, Yingzong Orthodox Emperor Zhu Qizhen, Jingdi Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu, Xianzong Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen, Xiaozong Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youzhang, Wuzong Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao, a total of ten emperors, although several of them are not direct ancestors, but they have all ascended the throne as emperors and belong to the first emperor. Qin Tai personally put their portraits and spiritual positions in groups, and did not show their small hands.

Qin Tai wants to be a little optimistic about these things, and never touch or touch them.

Qin Tai turned around and came to the outside of the hall, at this time there were already a lot more forbidden troops, and several teams of forbidden troops rushed over after knowing about it. Most of the soldiers were Fujianese, and they were all here to protect and support Qin Tai. After everyone saw their great benefactor Qin Tai, they were all very excited and shouted Qin Tai's name.

Qin Tai raised his hand, and everyone immediately quieted down. Qin Tai said: "Everyone is quiet. Now is not the time to rejoice, because the danger has not passed. The other party will not let us go so easily, and will not act as nothing. So we need to come up with countermeasures as soon as possible to deal with the enemy that is coming. Now listen, there is a step forward for the son in the family. The parents at home who are alive have taken another step. If there are direct elderly people over 80 years old in the family, they will take another step forward. ”

Although everyone didn't understand what Qin Tai meant, everyone did it. Seven soldiers met, and four others had children and daughters, as well as elderly people who had lost one or two relatives to the fighting. Qin Tai gathered them together and let them enter the main hall with him. Eleven soldiers immediately took off their armor, laid down their weapons, and entered the main hall. Because according to the rules, no one is allowed to enter the ancestral hall with weapons or armor, unless the emperor allows it.

After everyone walked into the main hall, Qin Tai said to everyone: "You are all blessed people, and you are normal men, so you can come into contact with the portrait and the spiritual position. Yin-yang people, that is, eunuchs, and women are not allowed to touch portraits and spiritual positions. Everyone knows who this portrait and spiritual position are, and they are all the first emperors of the past dynasties. This official is the official of the imperial history and has the right to use these relics of the previous emperor. We must use these relics to punish the lawless eunuchs, and ask the current emperor to be sober. Each person holds the spiritual tablet of an emperor with a yellow cloth on his chest, and holds a portrait of an emperor in both hands. Remember, you don't have to say a word or do anything after you take over, you just need to follow me and listen to my orders. Before you return the relics, you are the first emperor, and you can just silently recite the name of the first emperor in your hand. ”

Ten soldiers carefully took the relics of the ten emperors and stood up in terms of seniority. Although the last soldier didn't dare to speak, he looked at Qin Tai with a questioning face. Qin Tai said to him: "Your task is the most important, holding the tablet of the ancestors of the Zhu family, you have to walk in the front." Not only hold the tablet, but also look ahead. Remember, you are the ancestor of the previous emperors, and the people you see are your descendants or domestic slaves. They will be afraid of you, they will be afraid of you, and you will not be afraid of them anymore. They will salute you, and whoever dares to disrespect you, even those who are disobedient, will be beheaded. So you just have to keep your eyes open and glaring at each other. ”