Hearing this, Zhu Fan took a long breath and nodded solemnly.

Lin Che re-sorted out the entire empty seal case.

The details are so true that Zhu Fan has to admit that there are grievances in the empty seal case.

The next moment.

Lin Che looked at Zhu Fan and said with a smile:

"Alas! I said that you kid don't sit stupidly, combined with my explanation, I will summarize the emperor's punishment of corruption. ”

"Ahh

When Zhu Fan heard this, he almost knelt down for Lin Che.

You talk about the three major maladministrations, let's just listen, let me make a summary, aren't you messing with me?

Who knows where in the corner of the edict prison is hidden, the captain arranged by the father is hidden, and it is recorded word for word!

After being entangled for a long time, Zhu Fan made a bitter face, and his voice was like a mosquito fly:

"Then I'll say a few words!"

"Father... The emperor's original intention to punish corruption was correct, but there was a bias in the way and method. ”

"Corrupt officials must be severely punished, but they must not be indiscriminately beaten to death by beating officials who have nothing to do with them."

"As Mr. said, in the end, it will lead to a situation where the law is not followed, the law is too strict, and the law is broken by knowing the law."

"In the long run, the generals will not be able to make a living..."

Hearing this, Lin Che smiled with relief:

"It's a good official, you kid has finally opened up!"

"In fact, most of the Ming officials are ordinary people, not a great good, not a great evil, they just want to do their job well and live well, and they don't have too many ambitions and ideals."

"Today, the emperor intimidates officials with severe punishments, kills heads and tortures them at every turn, who can stand this."

"So some officials have no conscience, tell some lies and exaggerate in front of the emperor, trying to make the emperor happy."

"This will inevitably lead to cases like the Yangzhou official fraud case."

Zhu Fan thought deeply when he heard this, and felt that he was suddenly enlightened.

The reason for the Yangzhou fraud case is that at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the prosperous city of Yangzhou was devastated by the war, and the ten rooms were empty.

Zhu Yuanzhang inspected Yangzhou once, saw the miserable scene in Yangzhou, and asked the Yangzhou officials who accompanied him if they could restore Yangzhou to prosperity in five years.

The prefect of Yangzhou, who was present at the time, wanted to show his merit in front of the emperor and took the initiative to report to Zhu Yuanzhang, which could completely restore Yangzhou within three years.

Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately overjoyed and praised a group of Yangzhou officials on the spot.

In fact, Yangzhou was seriously affected by the war, and it was as easy to recover as the Yangzhou prefect said.

Seeing that the three-year period has arrived, although Yangzhou has recovered its appearance with the efforts of the prefect and other officials, there is still a long way to go from the prosperity and prosperity required by Zhu Yuanzhang.

In order to be able to deal with the situation in front of Emperor Hongwu, the prefect of Yangzhou asked his subordinates to pass off the homeless population from other places as the population of Yangzhou, and the granary also pretended to be full of grain, and the houses on the street were newly painted...

When the officials sent by Emperor Hongwu to inspect saw a prosperous scene on the surface of Yangzhou.

After going back, he reported the situation to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed, and greatly praised the officials of Yangzhou and promoted them one by one.

The prefect of Yangzhou has been raised, and the province of Zhongshu has been reused.

However.

Not long after this incident, a murder occurred in Yangzhou.

Yushi Han Yike went to Yangzhou to investigate, and found that Yangzhou was not as prosperous as reported, and everything was a peaceful scene whitewashed by Yangzhou officials.

So he reported the situation to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang received this information and immediately sent people from the Gong Wei Division to secretly rush to Yangzhou to investigate.

Sure enough, as Han Yike said, he was deceived by officials of all sizes in Yangzhou.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and executed Ling Chi, the former prefect of Yangzhou, on the spot.

The officials directly involved in the case were also beheaded, and the other officials were put in prison pending treatment.

The officials of Yangzhou Mansion were almost served in one pot.

At present, there are still many Yangzhou officials in prison.

"In fact, except for the prefect and a few other officials, the vast majority of officials in Yangzhou are innocent, and they don't even know that there is an agreement between their prefect and the emperor."

"They were put in prison for no apparent reason, and some were even beheaded."

"Do you say they are wronged?"

"You said that the emperor dealt with so many innocent Yangzhou officials without asking, who will these officials go to reason?"

"Those officials who were beheaded, can they still come back to life?"

was preached by Lin Che, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who was separated by a wall, had mixed feelings, and his mood became heavy.

At this time.

He didn't even know how to express his feelings.

Lin Che was right, it was a few officials such as the Yangzhou prefect who cheated, and the others probably didn't know what was going on.

Many of them have been implicated or beheaded, and there is nowhere to redress their grievances.

"It seems that we are wrong in both cases."

"It's completely wrong!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the wall and said to himself with a wry smile:

"Listen to the sir, I have been taught!"

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang shouted outside the door, "Someone!" ”

Du Wei Maoxiang, who had been waiting outside the door, walked in quickly.

"Your Majesty!"

"Say hello to the people in the Imperial Prison, and in the future, the officials and their families in the empty seal case and the Yangzhou case will be treated kindly, and they must not be tortured at will without my will!"

"No!"

Mao Xiang agreed and was about to leave, but was stopped by Zhu Yuanzhang again:

"The food of these officials should be improved, what do the prison officials eat, they are treated equally, once there is a deviation, you are the only one who asks!"

This is Zhu Yuanzhang, who found that his mistakes could be corrected in time, and he didn't feel that he had lost the royal face.

After instructing Mao Xiang, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Biao:

"Prince, you go back to the palace to start drafting a will, and I order you to personally supervise the empty seal case and the Yangzhou fraud case, and be sure to clear the wronged officials."

"No!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished arranging, he glanced at Liu Bowen beside him, and saw a relieved smile on his thin face.

At this moment, another conversation came from next door:

"Mr. Lin, it turns out that you don't want to be an official because of this?"

"My situation is special, you can't compare me to those officials!"

"Sir, you are rich and rich, you are only eight buckets high, and you have learned so much knowledge, isn't it to realize your ambitions in life and glorify your ancestors?"

Lin Che's words aroused Zhu Zhang's great curiosity.

"It's vulgar, isn't it! Is it true that to learn knowledge is to realize one's ambition in life? Do you have to glorify your ancestors? ”

Of course, Lin Che can't tell him that he is from the 21st century, and people don't believe him if he says it!

Facing Zhu Zhang's persistent eyes, Lin Che said nonsense:

"We are just an ordinary person, and we have never thought about entering the dynasty to serve as an official and glorifying our ancestors, so we can't eat the Zhu family's dog food."

"What's more, we have offended the emperor now, and we have the great crime of bullying the monarch and exterminating the nine clans, you better stay away from me, so as not to be implicated by us, it is not worth it!"

"Zhu Er, there are only two days left before the Autumn Queen, I beg you to stop tossing and let me enjoy the last days of this life with peace of mind, okay!"

Lin Che was really annoyed by Zhu Zhang's shaft strength.

But he couldn't lose his temper at all.

I met this noble second generation in this life, it can be regarded as fate!

What's more, this kid is not bad-hearted, and he really wants you to save yourself and respect yourself as a teacher!

It's just a good intention to do the wrong thing!

(End of chapter)