"Your Majesty is angry." Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang angry, Zhan Tong hurriedly said, "Don't be angry with the dragon body for that group of people who harm the people." ”

"Of course we won't be angry with them, who are we? They don't have the ability to us off. Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly, "We only hate that our knives are not sharp enough, and we can't kill them." ”

"As for why there are so many officials who harm the people, and they continue to prohibit it, the ministers don't know." The king of the criminal department Shangshu said with a lesson, "Perhaps, this is the greed of human nature." ”

"The so-called wealth is moving, and the silver is in front of you, and it is difficult for anyone to be indifferent." Liu Bowen said, "So there are very few honest officials like Bao Zheng in the Song Dynasty and Di Renjie in the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Alright, we don't bother to discuss this with you." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "We just want to ask you, this empty seal case, more than 500 beheaded, more than 1,000 black sheep exiled, has there ever been a shortage of personnel in various government offices?" ”

"Your Majesty, no." Liu Bowen replied honestly.

"So, you've seen it with your own eyes now?" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Someone said before, 'Officials who can be appointed to the county guard are all cultivated for decades', 'Officials are not grass that can be cut and resurrected', it is completely a pig shit and a toad dog stinky fart." ”

"We have punished more than a thousand black sheep, why is there no shortage of officials?"

"It's still Mr. Qin's wonderful sentence, there will never be a shortage of talents in the world, especially official talents."

"The officials are like water in a pond, scooping away a scoop, and the water behind it will immediately fill in."

"So once the water is dark somewhere, we will scoop it away without hesitation."

"Your Majesty." The three ministers didn't dare to refute when they heard this, so they had to say one after another.

"Your Majesty ......" Liu Bowen stepped forward and stopped talking. It seems that there is something to say, but I dare not say it.

"If you have anything to say, we will forgive you for your innocence." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Since the empty seal case was announced to the world, there have been some rumors among the people." Liu Bowen said, "They say that it is not easy to be an official under Emperor Zhu, and it is easy to lose your life if you don't pay attention to it." Being an official under Emperor Zhu is eight lifetimes of mold. ”

"Hahaha!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled when he heard this, and his smile was extremely presumptuous, "It's not easy to be an official under our hands, but I haven't seen a few people who have taken the initiative to resign?" On the contrary, many people fought for official positions. ”

"In our opinion, it's not that it's not easy to be an official under us, but it's not easy to be a corrupt official under us."

"But this rumor is a good thing, and it confirms our determination to punish them."

"In addition, these rumors were deliberately put out."

"The purpose of their rumors is obvious, that is, they want us to be more lenient with them, so that they can eat the people in the future. But they're thinking too much about it, and we're not going to spare those evils. ”

"Two Tigers!"

"The end will be."

"Send someone to investigate immediately, who released the rumors, and after finding out, all of them will be beheaded."

"Yes."

Liu Bowen, Wang Yongji, and Zhan Tong heard this, and their hearts trembled.

The emperor's holy decree was struck, and I don't know how many heads fell to the ground. The Holy Purpose is just a sentence for the emperor, but if it is implemented, many people's lives will suffer. But also blame those people for being stupid, playing tricks like gossip and nursery rhymes in front of Emperor Zhu?

Emperor Zhu doesn't need to think about it at all, he can see through your conspiracy.

……

"Your Majesty." At this time, a eunuch came in through the side door, holding a stack of folds in his hand, and said: "This is the fold submitted by more than 30 officials of the household department at the same time. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang took the fold and picked up the top one to check.

After reading it quickly, I picked up another one, and after reading several in succession, I suddenly smiled: "We just said that there are not many resignations, and now the resignations are coming." ”

"This is a resignation letter submitted collectively by more than 30 officials under the Ministry of Households."

When Liu Bowen, Zhan Tong, and Wang Yongji heard this, they immediately mourned for those officials: Isn't this hitting the muzzle of the gun?

It's okay to use resignation to threaten to be another emperor, but it is Emperor Zhu who is on your head.

And Emperor Zhu is tough, what do you think?

The emperor just wanted to find out who spread the rumors, but now there is no need to check.

"Let all the officials who resigned come to see us." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said.

"Yes."

Soon, more than 30 officials from the household department all came to the imperial study. The ministers knelt down in a large area, and all of them knelt down in front of Emperor Zhu.

Before meeting the emperor, they were resolute.

Then after seeing the emperor, he didn't dare to speak, and he didn't even dare to breathe.

The murderous aura on Emperor Zhu's body, Tianwei, instantly stunned them.

"We know why you're resigning." It was Zhu Yuanzhang who spoke first, "First, the new Shangshu we promoted were all deputies from previous ministries. You are just the deputy of the deputy, you have not been promoted, and you are unwilling. ”

"Secondly, the officials who were beheaded in this empty seal case have a lot to do with your household department. Many of you are old acquaintances, and you are cold. ”

"Third, you were all promoted after the creation of the Ming Dynasty, and you haven't fought the world with us, you don't know what kind of person we are, you don't know us too well."

"Fourth, you have long been dissatisfied with the public land system we have implemented, and now they have erupted together."

When the ministers heard this, they didn't dare to speak.

Without any interrogation at all, Emperor Zhu dissected their motives clearly and clearly.

"Okay, let's not talk nonsense with you anymore." Seeing that the crowd was silent, Zhu Yuanzhang continued, "Since you want to resign, then we will fulfill you and make all of them play." ”

All on target?

The ministers were dumbfounded when they heard this.

Didn't the convener tell them before he came? The emperor would not have agreed to their collective resignation at all.

Because after their collective resignation, the household department could not continue to operate. And the household department is one of the most important departments, and the emperor will never let this kind of thing happen and plunge the government into chaos.

However, reality slapped them in the face, and the emperor directly agreed to their resignation.

And the fight was very swollen.

"Please think twice." At this moment, Liu Bowen stood up and said what they wanted to say for the ministers, but they didn't have the courage to say it, "If these officials of the household department are gone, how will the household department operate in the future?" Isn't the government affairs of the imperial court chaotic? ”

Of course, he knew that even if all these people were gone, the government would not be wasted, and he said it on purpose. Liu Bowen is jealous and hateful, and he is not soft on the officials who harm the people, otherwise he would not be the imperial historian who supervises the hundred officials: "Besides, the emperor has just split the household department, and the people after the split lack of them, I am afraid it will be even more difficult to operate." ”

(End of chapter)