Chapter 169: Hard to Die

Zhu Houzhao is not an unrealistic person, he knows that no matter how hard he works and how many ways he thinks, he will even usher in a real prosperous era in the future.

There will be no shortage of corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

Zhu Yuanzhang has been killed to that extent, and there are still corrupt officials.

But this matter must also have a bottom line, if everyone knows about it, if it gets to his prince, or the lake passes, then the country can't manage it.

Something even more outrageous will surely happen after that.

The prince's last words rang out like a heavy drum beating in the hearts of everyone.

Emperor Hongzhi did not support his son, but he had been on the throne for seventeen years, and he still had basic political experience.

For example, if you were to do it according to this standard, it would not only be these people who would end up killing.

Because, there will be people who report and confess. What to do when that time comes? So he was a little scared in his heart.

Elder Xie Ge, who had been silent, moved his position and knelt in a position where the emperor could directly see him, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, can you allow the old minister to say a word?"

"Elder Xie Ge, please speak."

"The old minister thinks that it is right for His Highness to uphold justice, and it is also the responsibility of officials at all levels of the court to ask for the people's lives. But His Majesty's worries are by no means groundless. If Zhejiang opened this case this time, I think the imperial court will continue to receive reports of various cases. By then, will it still be done? If not, how can the court cash in if it goes out? If it does, the final scope will not be limited to Zhejiang."

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Picul. However, it is different to redraw this line of beheading, those above the line can be killed, and those below the line can be changed to exile or demotion, or they can be recorded in the official file to be used to determine whether the person is suitable for promotion in the future, how much of a position to be promoted, and the lightest one, to return the embezzled money."

This solution will not solve corruption. Because after the official rule is bad, any method can be changed.

But this solution can solve the current problem.

"The minister thinks that this law can be enforced." Liu Jian said.

After that, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian also agreed.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the Inspectorate Zuodu Yu Shi Dai Shan and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Zhang Cheng, and neither of them had any opinions.

As for Liu Daxia, he still has a himself.

In fact, it is not surprising that Zhu Houzhao was agreed to this article.

The Chinese people like the mean, if the insistence at the beginning is to kill them all, then it is acceptable to change the example of Emperor Taizu now.

To be honest, sixty taels is indeed too low.

Although sixty taels is a lot for ordinary people.

But in these years, there is a big gap between the rich and the poor, the people have no money, and the officials have money, so it is not easy to carry out the decapitation line here.

And what can be carried out to the end may be the prestige of the founding emperor.

In addition, they all agreed, also because the key to this reform is not here.

The key to this lies in where the redrawn decapitation line is set.

Seeing that a consensus had been reached, Zhu Houzhao continued, "Erchen thinks that the newly drawn beheading line can be set at 10,000 taels of silver."

10,000 taels, then the person who is on Wang Huaxin's list this time will not be able to live.

Elder Xie Ge couldn't help but give a thumbs up in his heart...... Going around and around, I actually played this hand.

But this kind of method can't hide from a room of smart people.

The emperor's expression was the same as that of Xie Ge Lao, and he was a little speechless, "If you draw like this, you still have to kill them all." It doesn't make a difference. Can you draw this line at 30,000 taels?"

Zhu Houzhao immediately kowtowed, "Father is wise!"

The three pavilion elders raised their eyelids and stared at the prince lightly.

It's deliberate, isn't it......

The emperor also sighed...... It feels like I've been caught up in it by my son.

Although this figure directly tripled what Zhu Houzhao said, it can also be ...... As long as you can cut off those first evils. ….

In this way, this eucalyptus also used a knife and killed people in the end, so the role of the 'bottom line' is still there.

The most important thing is that this law will be useful in the future.

What do you mean?

It means that in fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's law has been set for hundreds of years, but now it is just a formality, and everyone should not know if they know it.

But now that it has been changed, it is different, and the court has brought up this matter again, and since it has been mentioned, it is useful.

But at this time,

Zhang Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who had not made a sound, suddenly spoke, and the old man muttered, "...... Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that if he changes the law of his ancestors without permission, he must consider it carefully and carefully consider it. Whether the decapitation line is 10,000 taels or 30,000 taels, or whether it is 50,000 taels, how can it be drawn in an instant?"

Zhu Houzhao was surprised by this,

This was something he had not expected.

In his prediction, as long as the words are spoken to this extent, there will be no more ministers to disagree.

Because...... You want to avoid suspicion......

You don't think the line of 30,000 taels is good,

What do you mean?

Of course, you can say that I am completely considering it from the perspective of the overall situation of the imperial court and the society of the country.

But the problem is, you're still going to get yourself in trouble by saying that.

Because it's obvious to be a thief.

In that case, why are you willing to risk suspicion?

Zhu Houzhao was both puzzled and skeptical

, and this look was also in the eyes of Liu, Li, and Xie.

They all silently prayed to Zhang Cheng.

"Where do you think this line should be drawn?" The prince asked meaningfully.

Zhang Cheng replied: "When the minister first heard about this law today, he thought that he had not obtained the gist of it, so he was right and did not dare to speak falsely. I just feel that the impact is quite great, so I have this advice, and I hope that Your Majesty and Your Highness will make a prudent decision."

Don't talk about this kind of mediocrity and muddy.

Zhu Houzhao put his thumb and index finger in his heart and grinded it, and a thought suddenly rose in his heart that he had never had before, could it be that the 180,000 taels of silver were related to this person, right?

Besides, the relationship between Zhang Cheng and Liu Daxia is not ordinary.

So I couldn't help but feel my heart move.

What is the connection between Zhejiang's affairs and Jingli, in fact, it is still unclear.

It's better to ......

Let the hero judge the hero, and let the hero judge the hero.

Anyway, the line is redrawn, and some people are definitely going to die.

Without killing, Zhang Cheng can't explain to the prince,

can kill, Zhang Chengcheng can't explain to the people below.

Hey, it's a hard to die situation.

"Don't worry too much about it, even if the palace is still young and doesn't think enough, but what the father and the three pavilion elders all promised, even if it has an impact, how much impact can it have?" Zhu Houzhao first refuted Zhang Cheng's suggestion in one sentence,

Then he looked at the emperor again, "Father, this time Zhejiang Eucalyptus involves the ministers of the Beijing Division, and as Wang Hua, the governor of Zhejiang, he is unable to handle this matter. Did the ministers think it was better for the imperial court to send a respected minister? It's a pity that Da Sima wants to avoid suspicion at this time, Dai Zongxian is old and frail, can't travel far, and is about to enter winter again. Therefore, Erchen thought that it was best to go to Zhejiang by the great uncle to do this. As for Wang Hua, he just knows how to be a deputy." ….

In the warm pavilion, after he finished speaking, Liu, Li, and Xie were all silent. The prince wants to trouble you, can you still be comfortable?

This is definitely a hot potato, because no one knows who Li Yancai will recruit. What do you do if you recruit some sensitive people?

And the cabinet didn't want to get involved in this matter in the first place.

"Zhang Aiqing, what do you think?" Emperor Hongzhi should not have any major objections, so he began to ask.

Poor Zhang Ben immediately sweated on his forehead, "Your Majesty. As a minister, he should share his worries for the king and contribute to the country, but Your Majesty, the minister is old and old, and he is already overwhelmed like an old horse, lest he miss the important affairs of His Majesty and His Highness, and at that time, the old minister will be guilty of death."

This is also the words of the old fritters.

So it's really not easy to be this emperor, a little stupid, you can't play these smart and slippery ministers.

This Chengli Ministry Shangshu should be energetic, and now he said that he was not in good health.

Zhu Houzhao snorted through his nostrils, "Uncle Dazong is too old to be used? Does this mean that the prince of this palace is not sympathetic to the old minister? He also said that he was afraid of delaying the big things in Zhejiang, why, the affairs of the Ministry of Rites are all small things, aren't you afraid of delays?"

Zhang Cheng couldn't argue with this, so he had to say, "Your Highness has misunderstood, and Weichen didn't mean that."

Zhu Houzhao caught up and asked, "Then what do you mean? If you are not in good health, why don't you see you when you are in front of the Ministry of Rites on weekdays, and when you come to this juncture, you suddenly say it, are you dissatisfied with the arrangement of the palace?"

Then he said sadly: "Besides, you keep talking about sharing worries for the monarch and contributing to the country, but when you open your eyes and look at your father, not to mention that your father is still sick today, even if you avoid an early dynasty on weekdays, you have to discuss with you, and if you are a little careless, a letter of imperial history is handed over!" Is that how you worry about you?!"

These words are murderous, how can Zhang Cheng shirk it again?

Zhejiang's knife mountain, he has to go up if he doesn't go up!

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