When Hu Changan heard this, he did not continue to refute his views as Zhu Yuanzhang expected, but generously agreed with Zhu Yuanzhang's words.

"Your Majesty is right, no matter what, it's always wrong to put crooked brains on the people."

"But the minister suggested that we should also pay attention to both rigidity and softness in punishment."

"Officials who are not involved in corruption should be rewarded lavishly."

"They should be rewarded for making the right choice."

"Only by regularly rewarding these officials who uphold morality can others follow the example and stick to their own moral bottom line."

"At the same time, it is also an encouragement to those officials who stand up for morality."

"With constant encouragement, they will be more determined in the correctness of the path they have chosen, so that they will continue to walk firmly."

"And for those officials whose families are really poor and not very corrupt, the minister still suggests that Your Majesty try to open up the net."

"After all, the predicament of those ministers, Your Majesty heard it just now."

"In adversity, it is normal for people's minds to be confused for a while."

"As the saying goes, we know etiquette and know honor and disgrace when we have enough food and clothing, and we can't set too high moral requirements for some people who are still underfed and clothed."

"However, for those who are obviously wealthy but still corrupt, the minister recommends that His Majesty be sentenced to death."

"This kind of person is really greedy enough to swallow elephants, no matter how high Your Majesty's salary is, these people will rise up to be corrupt."

"No amount of silver can fill the hole in their hearts."

In fact, as a small citizen of Shengdou, Hu Changan also hates official corruption.

In his previous life, every time he saw news in the newspaper that an official had embezzled hundreds of billions or tens of billions of dollars, Hu Changan would be filled with righteous indignation.

After all, what these officials embezzled was the hard-earned money that the people had saved!

As a poor citizen, Hu Changan could not accept that his money was squandered by corrupt officials.

However, as a superior person, we should not just look at the problem from the perspective of one side, but also think about the problem from the perspective of the overall situation.

Zhu Yuanzhang's idea of killing all corrupt officials is indeed very good, but it will also cause too much deterrence to officials.

As a result, these officials were so frightened that they didn't even dare to raise their opinions.

In the long run, this may not be a blessing for the whole country.

In history, Zhu Yuanzhang directly killed all the ministers involved.

Among the six parts, almost ten rooms and nine are empty.

The remaining officials were naturally like frightened birds, trembling and not daring to say a word.

After that, even popular officials pretended to be crazy and stupid to keep safe.

After all, in ancient times, officials could not resign.

Since I can't resign, I can only pretend to be crazy and return to my hometown in advance.

It is said that some people once couldn't sleep at night just for Zhu Yuanzhang's unintentional words, and began to pretend to be crazy and stupid.

After all, in ancient times, there was no spiritual appraisal agency, as long as you were open-minded enough, you would definitely be able to pretend to be crazy and succeed.

Such a case is actually just the tip of the iceberg.

It is said that officials during the Hongwu period would even solemnly bid farewell to their families every morning.

Because they are afraid that if they are gone, they will never come back.

And every day after the court, these officials gather at their homes to celebrate that they have one more day.

In this oppressive atmosphere, the efficiency of the operation of the imperial court can be imagined.

Even if the corruption is gone, the efficiency of the imperial court is gone.

Even if everyone has a good opinion in their hearts, they don't dare to put it forward.

The imperial court is like a pool of stagnant water, just running mechanically.

In this case, Hu Changan naturally does not want to see it.

So even if Hu Changan himself hates corruption, he never wants Zhu Yuanzhang to kill everyone indiscriminately like in history.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he couldn't help but fall into thought.

Indeed, after listening to the grievances of those officials just now, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel a trace of sympathy for those poor officials.

only eats meat twice a month, which is indeed a bit beyond Zhu Yuanzhang's imagination.

If he was also in this position, he would probably find it difficult to suppress the impulse in his heart.

It is indeed not appropriate to kill all these poor officials.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was still a little indignant in his heart: "Hu Aiqing, what you say is indeed reasonable, but once this opening is opened, what if everyone will follow the same example in the future and rely on their own family to be poor and corrupt?" ”

Hearing this, Hu Changan also straightened up and said: "If you go back to Your Majesty, this kind of forgiveness, of course, is only the only time." ”

"In the future, if the standard of income is appropriately raised, those officials are still corrupt, then it is their fault."

"If they are really poor, they can choose to do other jobs to support their families."

"Even the ministers dared to suggest that people who were too poor should not be officials."

"To be a businessman is definitely more profitable than being an official."

"Since they have become officials, then they should have such an awareness."

Hearing this, the anger in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart finally gradually subsided.

Hu Changan's words, no matter what he said, looked very reasonable.

Hu Changan's approach is definitely much stronger than his indiscriminate killing.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to become an executioner with blood on his hands, he just hated corruption too much.

Since there is a better way to stop corruption, Zhu Yuanzhang is not unacceptable.

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughtful face, Hu Changan suggested in a timely manner: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can train a group of Jinyi guards to go to the six ministries and various states and counties to check the accounts and prevent the recurrence of corruption incidents. ”

"The Jinyi Guard is His Majesty's personal guard, and he has always been loyal to His Majesty and is not tempted by any external forces."

"I think that the loyalty of Jinyiwei is very secure."

"But today's Jinyiwei is only a military position, and he may not be good at civilian duties such as auditing."

"The minister thought that he could hand over the Jinyi guard to the minister for training, so that they could master certain auditing skills."

"This big case can just be handed over to the Jinyi guards to practice."

"After Jinyiwei gets started, you can go to the central or local government to check the accounts."

"Once corruption is discovered, we will not tolerate it!"

"The time and cycle of this audit are unknown to anyone other than Your Majesty."

"Such a secret audit from time to time can definitely deter the central and local ministers from the central and local governments, so that they dare not raise the mind of corruption!"

Hu Changan's suggestion is actually a reference to the modern spot check system.