"Are we wrong?" Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe his ears a little.

What did he hear?

Liu Song, this guy, instead of admitting his mistakes, put the blame on him.

There's a kind of it!

Zhu Yuanzhang was almost about to crush his teeth.

I have been an emperor for so long, and I have seen the insatiable, shameless, and bold.

However, he is greedy, shameless, and bold.

Lao Zhu, this is really the first time I have seen it.

If you embezzle yourself, you can blame him.

"Yes. It's true that we are wrong, we shouldn't put you, a pillar of the Ming Dynasty, in Yanjing, so that you have a chance to be corrupt. ”

"If you are still in Yingtian now, otherwise it is impossible to do this kind of corruption and bribery, are we right?"

When Liu Song heard this, he slowly shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, you have misunderstood, this is not what the minister said. ”

"And what do you mean?" Zhu Yuanzhang's voice was even colder than just now.

It's as if a handful of scraped bones have just arrived, which makes people shudder.

Next to Liu Song, Liu Ji, who had been kneeling well, couldn't help but shudder.

He's almost crying now.

Originally, I brought Zhu Yuanzhang over, thinking that with Liu Song's good reputation, maybe Zhu Yuanzhang could calm down and talk about this matter calmly.

Liu Ji believes that with Zhu Yuanzhang's wisdom, as long as he understands the cause and effect here, he will not be so angry.

But now it's a situation for Shenma.

Liu Song, can you not be so brave, don't go against Your Majesty.

And say that Your Majesty is wrong?

If you've lived enough and don't think you're living long enough, you can eat arsenic yourself, or hang yourself or jump into the river.

But don't bother him.

Although he was anxious, Liu Ji didn't dare to speak at this time.

Liu Song is not afraid of anything, he is afraid of setting himself on fire.

"Your Majesty!" Liu Song said loudly: "This matter is not a decision made by Weichen alone, but was proposed by His Royal Highness the King of England, and the officials of Yanjing discussed and discussed it before it was officially decided. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "What? Do you think that the law does not blame the public, as long as there are more people, we will not dare to do anything to them? ”

"It doesn't matter, one counts as one, as long as the officials involved in this matter, we can send them all down and reunite with you."

"You can continue to enjoy these glories and riches below."

"If you don't think it's enough, we can let people burn more paper money for you every year, which should be regarded as compensation for your previous efforts for Daming."

Liu Ji couldn't help but shudder again.

Anyway, it's better to go in the direction of death.

Liu Song, you guy, don't be so foolish, hurry up and make things clear.

There is another thing that makes Liu Ji extremely depressed.

Your Majesty, let's not play like this, obviously he is good or Liu Song, I have already said it.

This matter was all proposed by King Zhu Han.

Why is it that when it is the turn of His Royal Highness, Your Majesty, your ears are not able to hear at all as if they are not usable?

The double standard can't be so obvious, right?

Compared with Liu Ji, whose mood is like riding a roller coaster, up and down, Liu Song has not changed anything special from beginning to end.

"Your Majesty, the minister has no such intention."

"The minister just thinks that this decree of His Royal Highness the King of England is beneficial to my Ming Dynasty and can make my Ming Dynasty permanent for thousands of generations, so His Royal Highness the King of the Ming Dynasty will implement this decree."

"Regarding all the detailed regulations of this decree, His Royal Highness has written a recital and sent it to Yingtianfu before going to Datong for disaster relief."

"Now it seems that Your Majesty should not have received the recital from His Royal Highness."

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was originally angry, was stunned when he heard this, and saw Liu Song's expressionless face, looking calm and composed, not like he was lying.

Lao Zhu was also a little hesitant for a while.

He was sure that Liu Song was definitely not lying.

If that's the case......

Thinking of his younger brother, that day's wild imagination, if there is really a formal concert, maybe this thing is really true.

The anger in his heart subsided a lot, but looking at Liu Ji and Liu Song, Zhu Yuanzhang still felt uncomfortable.

These damn guys, don't talk about their old Zhu family's money.

Now they have to provide them with a house, a servant, and a groom to eat.

All this silver is from their old Zhu family.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was indignant, Liu Ji's words, like a basin of cold water, instantly dissipated most of Zhu Yuanzhang's dissatisfaction.

"Your Majesty, in fact, according to what His Royal Highness said, these are just the trial operation stage."

"Everything will only last until the construction of Yanjing City is completed, and it will automatically end."

"If the construction of Yanjing is completed, Your Majesty thinks that this is not good, as long as it is not continued."

"And that kind of thing?" Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was as if it had been raining for more than half a month, and suddenly he saw the sun.

Although I still feel very sorry for this silver, if it is temporary, it seems that it is not so unacceptable.

After most of the anger finally dissipated, Zhu Yuanzhang gradually calmed down.

I was angry with the patronage before, and I forgot to ask what was going on.

What his brother made up must not be for no reason.

Now Lao Zhu really believes that Zhu Han's purpose in doing this is to maintain their rule of the Ming Dynasty and make the Ming Dynasty stable for a long time.

"You two." Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at them with a calm face: "Get up." ”

When Liu Ji heard this, he suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief, and suddenly had the urge to cry.

Because he understands that this level is finally over.

As soon as the two of them stood up, they heard Dean Zhu's voice sound: "Tell me, what is going on." ”

Liu Ji didn't speak in a hurry, but gave Liu Song a look, which clearly meant to say: "You are the leader of Yanjing, and I will leave it to you to report to the leader." ”

If it is just simple, talking about the current development of Yanjing, Liu Ji will definitely not be polite to Liu Song.

After all, this is the time to take credit.

Of course, he would not do that, and directly praised his own merits to a greater extent than Liu Song.

Many people think that they have a lot of credit, as long as they make achievements, the credit must be their own, and no one can share half of the profit.

You can't say that such a person is doing wrong, it's just that in officialdom, such a person often can't go far.

And Liu Ji will only strive for the greatest interests for himself within the scope of his own identity.

As for the rest, he believes that Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely see it.

It doesn't matter if you don't mention it for a while, it must just be because it's not time.

If Zhu Yuanzhang has not mentioned this matter, it may be that there is really some special reason for inconvenience to mention it.

As a courtier, it is best for him to rot all his credit in his stomach.

As the emperor, it is impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to erase the credit of Shen for no reason, otherwise it would be impossible for so many people to follow him.

If you don't even understand that......

I don't need to do it now, I'm afraid I have already left the center of power for various reasons.

There are benefits to be strong, but what is said today, Liu Ji is not sure what Zhu Yuanzhang thinks.

If Lao Zhu agrees, then everything is easy to say, if it arouses Lao Zhu's anger, isn't it worth the loss?

Therefore, it is better to leave it to Liu Song, a tall man, and he just needs to hide under the umbrella.

Liu Song, an upright person, how can he know the twists and turns in Liu Ji's stomach.

He didn't think much about it, and directly made a wat board move.

This thing is actually a kind of memo used to record what was to be said when the court went to court.

It's just that his hands are raised, and Liu Song suddenly found out with some embarrassment that this is in his own home, not a court meeting.

The wat board was not worn on the body at all.

Liu Song cleared his throat with a little embarrassment: "Back to Your Majesty, this time in order to build Yanjing, the imperial court invested a huge amount of money. ”

"Although all the official projects in Yanjing have been contracted to businessmen of all sizes, there are also many businessmen who see the opportunity and want to buy land and build their own projects."

Dean Zhu's brows were almost twisted together: "Don't tell us what you have or don't, what does this have to do with the house you live in now and the delicacies you eat?" ”

Liu Song said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, all these big and small affairs are managed by our Yanjing officials. ”

"Before the remote, no matter how wrong things were, my colleagues were busy."

"But now, the population of Yanjing City has almost doubled. Add to that all sorts of things, and many officials even have to do it for six or seven hours a day. ”

"Getting to the point." Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly.

Liu Song hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, these officials work extremely hard, and they will come into contact with a lot of silver every day, which will inevitably make them have some bad thoughts. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's murderous intentions were revealed: "Anyone who dares to embezzle the court's silver will be killed." ”

"What, Liu Song, don't you think these people should be killed?"

Liu Song shook his head slowly: "Your Majesty, the law of the Ming Dynasty cannot be violated, and this Weichen also thinks so." ”

"It's just that the situation is different now."

"In the past, there were not so many things in the yamen, and if an official had a problem, there would be no one in this position for three or five days, and there would be no major delays."

"But Your Majesty, not on Yanjing's side."

"Many of the positions on our side are almost indispensable. Many people are familiar with one position, and suddenly they are replaced with one that they don't understand very well, which will delay a lot of things. ”

"In some positions, as long as no one is on duty for a day, it may affect the future development of Yanjing."

Zhu Yuanzhang's nose is not a nose and his eyes are not eyes: "Then what do you mean, just let them be corrupt and take bribes?" ”

Liu Song shook his head again: "Your Majesty, this is the genius of His Royal Highness the King." ”

"His Royal Highness thinks that instead of waiting for something to happen to them, it is better to try to find a way to prevent this from happening from the very beginning?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and asked: "What's the matter, give you a big mansion and spend money to eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, and then you people will not be corrupt?" ”

It can be seen that Lao Zhu is really unhappy, so he directly counted Liu Ji and Liu Song into the system of "corrupt officials and corrupt officials".

Liu Song saw that Lao Zhu was unhappy, and explained with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, it's not all like this. ”

"In fact, in addition to the food standards provided by the imperial court, the rest of the things are actually from the imperial court, and they have nothing to do with us."

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Zhu Yuanzhang's heart moved, things seemed to be completely different from what he imagined, and he hurriedly asked: "Say, what is going on?" ”

Liu Song said unhurriedly: "Back to Your Majesty, this is the so-called welfare protection plan proposed by His Royal Highness the King of England. ”

"Officials do things for the imperial court, and the imperial court also provides officials with some conveniences that make their lives easier."

As he spoke, Liu Song pointed to his residence: "For example, Weichen's house is actually equivalent to the court lending it to Weichen." ”

"As long as Weichen is still in this position for a day, this house Weichen can use it at will."

"However, if Weichen becomes a leader one day, this house will naturally be given to the officials who will take over later."

Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a sigh of relief at first, it turned out that this was the case, if it was just lent to the officials for temporary residence, Lao Zhu Zhi felt that there was no problem.

But then, Zhu Yuanzhang thought of other questions.

"The things rewarded by the imperial court will be taken back after the officials have paid tribute, I'm afraid it will hurt the face of the imperial court, right?"

Finding that Zhu Yuanzhang's face was much better than before, Liu Ji suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly added: "Back to Your Majesty, it's not exactly recycling. ”

"His Royal Highness gave these houses to his ministers, in addition to the fact that the ministers have no property in Yanjing and the accommodation is not very convenient, one of the most important reasons is actually because it is relatively close to the places where the ministers and other places work."

"If the subordinate is transferred, he will naturally arrange corresponding residences for the subordinate in other places, and these places are all assigned by the rank of the placement official."

"If the minister is a minister, the court will reward a mansion of equal size, but the location will be more remote."

"That's right." Zhu Yuanzhang's brows began to wrinkle again.

Although the value of a remote house is often not very high, it is still money after all.

Liu Song said excitedly: "Your Majesty, this move of His Royal Highness is really wise. ”

"It is not very difficult for ministers and other officials to find a place to live, even if the housing prices in Yanjing are getting more and more expensive, the ministers can barely afford it."

But for the young officials, the housing was a lifesaver. Many of them spend a small half of their money on housing and food. ”

"Now that these two problems are solved, the situation of corruption will naturally be greatly reduced."

Looking at Liu Song's adoring look, Lao Zhu began to be unhappy again.

This old boy has great respect for his younger brother, and he has never respected himself as an emperor.

At the moment, he was unconvinced: "Let's not believe it, so that we can prevent corruption from happening?" ”