Originally, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, the shortcomings of the craftsman household system could be corrected with only one will.

As long as the wages are paid, the efficiency of the craftsmen can be improved.

The imperial court was also able to reduce the cost of delays in the project.

However, if it weren't for the practical class that Lin Che arranged for Zhu Zhang.

He still did not know that the corruption of the officials of the Ministry of Industry had reached such a serious level.

Rashly handing out wages not only does not benefit the craftsmen.

On the contrary, it will put their lives in a more difficult situation.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious in his heart, turned to look at Liu Sanwu, and asked, "Liu Aiqing, if I send the captain of the Governor's Mansion, I will investigate the Ministry of Works." ”

"Find out the corrupt among them, and kill them to set an example."

"Is it possible to stop the artisan households from being exploited and get paid in full?"

Lao Zhu has always killed as many corrupt officials as he treats corrupt officials.

Especially people like this who are very harmful to the imperial court.

The immortalization of its nine clans shows that Zhu Yuanzhang should be a vegetarian.

"Your Majesty, as a scholar and a temporary imperial historian, failed to assist Your Majesty in punishing corruption, and asked Your Majesty to punish him."

Liu Sanwu faced Zhu Yuanzhang's inquiry, but he was ashamed and knelt down to ask for guilt.

After being in a high position for a long time, he was also shocked that the people below him had no lower limit.

"Who is guilty of this, I know in my heart."

Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand to help Liu Sanwu up, stared at him silently and said, "I just want to know how I can do it, so that when I reform the artisan household system in the future, there will not be the situation predicted by Mr. Lin." ”

Liu Sanwu knew that Zhu Yuanzhang had already risen up and had the idea of starting a prison in the Ministry of Industry.

can only stubbornly admonish: "Your Majesty, those who knock on the bones and suck the marrow, of course, deserve to die, but they can't use the captain to investigate this matter, otherwise this generation will inevitably take the opportunity to set off a big case." ”

"When the time comes, all the officials of the court will inevitably be in danger, but they will miss His Majesty's plan to build a factory, build a ship, and a new deal."

The lieutenant has always been at odds with the civilian officials.

Some things that catch wind and shadows can be used to play the topic and frame Zhongliang.

Now that the officials of the Ministry of Industry are indeed guilty, God knows how big a case the captain of the Governor's Mansion will make.

However, Liu Sanwu's painstaking advice did not play any role. 、

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were calm, obviously waiting for him to answer the question raised by Lin Che.

Liu Sanwu had no choice but to sigh: "Your Majesty, Mr. Lin said that the rampant corruption is now a retaliatory backlash caused by too harsh laws. ”

"The killing of corrupt officials can only serve as a temporary deterrent, but it cannot eradicate the soil of corruption."

"If we want to completely curb the occurrence of such a situation, I think the best way is to strengthen the supervision of hundreds of officials, and second, to revise some outdated laws."

After listening to Lin Che's lectures for so long, I read Zhu Biao's lecture records again.

Liu Sanwu already knows the root cause of corruption among officials today.

I know that I can't put an end to it just by killing them indiscriminately.

The only way to do this is through strict oversight, and new laws to reform the atmosphere.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was still angry in his heart, he also knew that what Liu Sanwu said made sense.

Thinking about it, the strategy given by Lin Che is probably not much different from him.

So he set the tone: "Since this is the case, then there is Lao Liu Aiqing, write a new policy for the reform of the Ministry of Industry." ”

After a pause, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted again.

"But those miscellaneous pieces of the Ministry of Industry, those who should be killed still have to be killed, and they can't be so cheap."

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was dissuaded, he did not kill the officials of the Ministry of Industry.

Liu Sanwu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and hurriedly nodded yes.

At the same time, I was also a little curious in my heart, whether Lin Che could come up with a more effective strategy.

At this moment, Zhu Zhang's voice suddenly sounded next door.

"Sir, I think that if you want to prevent artisans, you won't be exploited by the officials of the Ministry of Industry in the future."

"The first thing to do is to kill a few corrupt officials who are extremely heinous and have a high enough official position."

"After using their heads to deter the remaining officials, then send the captain of the Governor's Mansion to secretly supervise."

"In this way, the greed of the two can be restrained to the greatest extent."

Because of the era in which he lived, he was basically the same as the education he received since childhood.

The strategy given by Zhu Fan is not much different from Liu Sanwu's strategy.

In an instant, the monarch and minister in the next room wanted to hear what Lin Che had to say about this strategy.

"You kid, don't think about killing people to solve problems when you encounter a problem, just like your father."

After listening to Zhu Zhang's answer, Lin Che couldn't help but reach out and knock on the door of his head.

He said angrily: "Judging from the reactions of the craftsmen you met in the practical class. ”

"Today's anti-corruption problem in the Ministry of Industry is probably no longer a problem of just a few people."

"If you investigate deeply, you may be able to pull out a large group of officials, can you still kill them all?"

If you trace the source of corruption in the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Industry must be the first source.

At least one-third of the corrupt officials killed during the Hongwu period came from the Ministry of Industry.

The emperor behind him was not so ruthless, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry were even more rampant.

So no matter how hard you kill, there are always corrupt officials coming out.

"Why not kill them all?"

Although Zhu Fan understood the subtext of Lin Che's words.

However, he still did not change his mind, "Anyway, there is no shortage of people in the world who want to be officials." ”

"Sweeping away this group of harmful people can at least make the latecomers a warning."

In Zhu Zhang's view, the existence of corrupt officials is the norm anyway.

It is better to eliminate a group of people at regular and fixed points.

It can also allow the craftsmen to live a good life before the next batch of corrupt officials appears.

"How many times have you said it, you should take a long-term view."

Lin Che was speechless by Zhu Zhang's short-sighted thoughts.

He stretched out his hand and knocked on the table, and said, "Have you forgotten how ruthless your father killed in the previous empty seal case and Yangzhou fraud case?" ”

"The supervision of the 100 officials by the captain of the Governor's Mansion is much stricter than it is now."

"But has the problem of corrupt officials been solved?"

Zhu Fan was speechless when asked.

Regarding the current situation in the court, he knew more than Lin Che.

If it weren't for his own husband, the official reform proposed would also have various involution systems.

Nowadays, there will inevitably be more corrupt people in the court.

Zhu Fan had no choice but to restrain the killing intent in his heart.

Asked Lin Che for advice: "Sir, then according to your meaning, if you want the artisan households to be persecuted by corrupt officials, you still have to reform the system?" ”

"No, it's too late to innovate."

Lin Che shook his head and denied the method proposed by Zhu Zhang.

With a sigh, he said: "There is a big problem in the root cause of the craftsman system. ”

"Now it has reached a point where it is difficult to return, and there are not enough honest officials, and it is difficult to reform."

"Instead of tinkering with the old system, it is better to start anew and abolish the old rules, which have many ills."

(End of chapter)