When Zhu Yunxi walked into the imperial study, he found that the atmosphere seemed to be a little wrong.

Zhao Mian, the head of the household department who had seen before, was also there.

With his head down, he looked trembling.

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was serious and his face was cold.

"Grandpa Huang, what's wrong?"

Zhu Yunxi stepped forward and asked in a low voice.

Seeing Zhu Yunxi, Lao Zhu's gaze suddenly softened a lot.

"Xi'er, this is thanks to you."

"Otherwise, we wouldn't know that there are still so many moths in Daming."

"Why can't I kill these corrupt officials and corrupt officials?"

Lao Zhu slapped it on the table.

"Got a big corrupt official again?" Zhu Yunxi instantly understood.

"Your Highness, thanks to the double-entry bookkeeping you invented."

Zhao Mian on the side explained: "The household department used this method to rearrange the account books, conduct audits, and found a lot of problems and inconsistent accounts, especially the branch member Wailang, who was corrupt and perverted the law, colluded with the officials, and embezzled a lot of money from the treasury. ”

Lao Zhu picked up the piece on the table, handed it to him, and said, "Xi'er, you can take a look first." ”

Zhu Yunxi took over the chapter, and what was recorded in it was every sum of money that Sima Sheng embezzled.

"In the tenth year of Hongwu, Jiangxi was flooded, and the imperial court pulled out 900,000 taels of money and grain, and Sima Sheng secretly hid 300,000 taels."

"In the eleventh year of Hongwu, the imperial court allocated one million taels of money and grain for the manuscript to reward the border soldiers, and Sima Sheng secretly hid 200,000 taels."

"In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, there was a famine in spring and summer, the plague was epidemic, the people died one after another, the imperial court allocated three million taels for relief, and Sima Sheng secretly hid eight hundred thousand taels."

"The locust plague in the sixteenth year of Hongwu...... Sima Sheng secretly collected 300,000 taels ......"

This is the information that has been collated, pile by pile, piece by piece, and the record is very detailed.

Zhu Yunxi was shocked.

Wailang, a member of the Du branch, is just a six-rank official.

From the beginning of the tenth year of Hongwu to the present, in the past fifteen years, millions of taels have been embezzled.

The household department has not been aware of it?

His thoughts raced.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked, "How did you do with the Bu family's case?" ”

Zhu Yunxi said: "Back to the emperor's grandfather, my grandson has ordered Ying Tianfu Yin to find out the case as soon as possible, and strive to open a trial as soon as possible." ”

Lao Zhu knows everything about the affairs in the house, and the brocade guards are everywhere.

He'd already learned it.

Today's reprimand of Gu Duan may have reached Lao Zhu's ears.

There is no need for him to hide it.

"There's no urgency." Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Let's give you a new task." ”

"Grandpa Huang, what are you going to do?"

Zhu Yunxi's heart tightened, and he vaguely felt that it was not a good thing.

"Let's lead the troops and copy the Sima family, if there is resistance, there will be no forgiveness."

Zhu Yuanxi was stunned for a moment.

Raiding homes, killing people?

Lao Zhu actually appointed him to do such a thing?

For a while, Zhu Yunxi was a little unable to come back to his senses.

Ever since he crossed over into this world, he has lived as a child.

Zhu Yunxi admires some of the protagonists in the web novels of his previous life.

As soon as you travel to another world, you can kill people without any psychological burden.

No matter how bloody the picture is, it can't shake their minds.

He asked himself if he couldn't do it.

Although I know this society, human life is as cheap as mustard.

I also witnessed Lao Zhu casually ordering people to be beaten to death.

But if he really wants to do these things himself, he still can't accept it.

In his previous life, he grew up in the era of peace, and since he was a child, he has never slaughtered even a chicken with his own hands.

Not to mention killing.

These things are too far away from him.

It's not easy to take this step.

In an instant, Zhu Yunxi thought a lot.

Copying Sima Sheng's house, why did he send a seven-year-old doll to lead the team?

What is Lao Zhu's intention in doing this?

"Xi'er."

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he saw him, and there seemed to be some distress and guilt in the depths of his eyes.

"Grandpa Huang knows that this matter is a bit difficult for you. But as the children and grandchildren of the old Zhu family, this is what you have to experience. ”

"While the emperor's grandfather is still in good health, he can still make an umbrella for you and shelter you from the wind and rain, and you have to grow up as soon as possible."

Zhu Yunxi was stunned, looked at Lao Zhu in a daze, and did not answer.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said, "Bu Geng's matter, you have done a good job, and it is indeed in line with the laws of the Ming Dynasty to be handed over to Yousi." ”

"But as the children and grandchildren of our old Zhu family, it is far from enough to just act according to the law."

"You have to learn to be ruthless."

"If the imperial grandfather is present, he will definitely beat Bu Geng to death on the spot, with the law of the country and the hearts of the people."

"Although you ordered Bu Geng's teeth to be knocked out, it was only because he scolded you, scolding you too hard."

"Even so, you still didn't kill him."

"Because you can't bear it, you don't want to kill."

"No matter which of your uncles and uncles, if anyone dares to scold them like this, they will never tolerate it, and they will kill them on the spot."

"I, a descendant of the Zhu family, the Son of Heaven, how can I tolerate such an insult?"

"But your heart is too kind."

"Compassion is not in charge of the army, and benevolence is not in charge."

"As the emperor's grandson, you shouldn't and can't be so soft-hearted."

Zhu Yunxi looked at Lao Zhu with mixed feelings.

Coming from the modern civilized society, even if he caught the murderer, his first reaction was to arrest him and hand it over to the yamen for punishment.

Even if someone provokes him and scolds him, he may be angry and hit someone, but not murder!

Unexpectedly, in Lao Zhu's eyes, this would become a serious shortcoming.

"Xi'er, are you scared?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

There seemed to be amiability in his voice, but also a little stern.

"Grandpa Huang...... I ......"

"You also saw just now, how much money has Sima Sheng embezzled over the years?"

"This is the people's fat and people's anointing, and the flesh and blood of the soldiers on the front line."

"To be merciful to such a person is to be cruel to the people."

"He's damned!"

Lao Zhu's eyes were condensed with a cold murderous aura.

The temperature in the study seems to have dropped a bit.

Zhu Yunxi subconsciously shuddered.

Although what Lao Zhu said was right, Zhu Yunxi was still a little unacceptable in his heart for a while.

He always thinks that he can't sin his family.

Sima Sheng should be killed, but his servant family is not necessarily.

Of course, there are those who benefit, but they should also be punished jointly.

But there are also innocent people who have been implicated in vain.

But......

Zhu Yunxi took a long breath and said in a firm tone: "Grandpa Huang, Xi'er understands." ”

"Xi'er will lead the troops and copy Sima's house."

"Good!"

Lao Zhu's face showed a smile of relief.

"Jiang Xuan!"

"The minister is here!"

A sonorous voice came from outside.

A middle-aged man wearing a flying fish suit with a grim face like an eagle walked in and knelt down to salute.

Jin Yiwei commanded Jiang Xuan.

"Xi'er, you immediately take the brocade clothes guard and raid Sima's house."

"Grandson obeys!"

Zhu Yunxi answered, said goodbye to Lao Zhu, and walked out of the study.

I saw that in the square outside, I don't know when, hundreds of brocade guards had gathered.

Dressed in a flying fish suit, embroidered spring knife across the waist.

Bright metal accents glowing in the sun.

The wind rises.

The remnant sun is like blood.