"Where did all this money come from?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked directly.

"They are all filial piety sent by the clansmen and magistrates of the hometown to the lord, there are Henan political envoys, according to the inspection department, the lord's hometown these officials give the most, give more than a thousand, and a few hundred, and some other local prefects also come to the lord, every New Year's festival is sent, sometimes sent by people, and sometimes they will visit in person......"

When the bookkeeper saw the emperor speak, he was so frightened that he said everything, where and which official, who gave more and who gave less, all of them said clearly.

Fan Min's eyes were dark, and he almost fainted, he didn't remember some accounts, but this dog thing was reported so clearly, this is over, I'm afraid it's not enough to kill him!

"Now the old man's family still has tens of thousands of taels of silver, and they are hidden in the cellar!" Kong Youqian turned out the old background of Fan Min's family.

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he heard this, he was a dog official, and he had only been an official for five years, so he had been acting for half a year, so he was so greedy!

In fact, this is really not how good Fan Min is, it is really a fat shortage in the household department, which department has to ask them for money and food, if you want to get it as soon as possible, then you have to do it, otherwise you will wait in line, just like Li Wei.

There are also places to reconcile accounts with the household department every year, who hasn't had a little pickled matter, and if you want to reconcile the accounts of the household department, it is naturally indispensable to give benefits.

Among the six departments, the Ministry of Officials in charge of personnel power is the best, followed by the household department in charge of money, and the others, the Ministry of War can not raise its head at this stage, and the Ministry of Industry is also a fat poor, but it is a pity that it is occupied by Xue Xiang, the old man, the criminal department has Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan, and the Ministry of Rites is also good, and there is oil and water to fish for every major event.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Fan Min coldly: "What else do you have to say?" ”

Fan Min laughed miserably: "He has made it clear, what else can I say?" ”

Knowing that he was going to die, and that his family would not be able to escape, he was not as scared as he was at the beginning.

"I'm greedy, but I'm greedy! I've been studying hard for twenty-seven years, twenty-seven years! Do you know how much I suffered? How much effort does it take? And how much ridicule and white-eyed eyes have you suffered? ”

"I have paid so much, I finally won the middle of the day, became an official in the court, not greedy or corrupt, I expect you to barely support yourself with that little money, how can I repay the debt I owe to my family for the past 27 years? My efforts for more than 20 years are worth the pitiful money of two or three hundred yuan a year? You're like you, and I'm a beggar for food, huh? ”

Fan Min knew that he was going to die, and shouted as if he was crazy.

The ministers were in an uproar, they were all shocked by his boldness, and at the same time, there were many people who had a kind of sadness, Fan Min studied hard for twenty-seven years before becoming an official, although he was not excellent, but he was not the most dish, these ministers in the hall had at least read books for more than ten years before they had the opportunity to stand at the pinnacle of power, and they felt a little empathy for the pain that Fan Min said!

However, it was so hard to get the position, but it was easily deprived by the emperor and killed them wave after wave, how could they be willing!

Even Li Wei, thinking of the many bullies he received from Lao Zhu after crossing over to the Ming Dynasty, couldn't help but feel a trace of sympathy for him.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were red, and his sharp gaze swept over the ministers, and the ministers bowed their heads and didn't dare to look at them, they had grievances in their hearts, but in the face of Zhu Yuanzhang, a killer, they could only bury their grievances deep in their hearts.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed his anger, Fan Min's sentence "asking for food" really angered him, and he couldn't wait to drag this dog out now!

But no, he saw the expressions of the ministers, now is not the time to be angry!

"If you study hard, aren't the people of the world hard? If you study for twenty-seven years, you will be able to rank in the court and enjoy glory and wealth, but what about them? After a lifetime of hard work, I just want to have something to eat, so as not to starve to death!

However, it is such a simple request, such a pitiful little begging, you are not willing to give it to corrupt officials and corrupt officials, once you gain power, you will try your best to exploit the people, and you will not even leave them a mouthful of life-saving food, you shout injustice, are they not wronged? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said sincerely, and aimed at Fan Min angrily.

Now we must separate him, a corrupt official and corrupt official, from other "clean officials", and we must not mix them together!

"They don't have the ability to do it themselves, they deserve it! How can you be confused with us and other readers! Fan Min looked directly at Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Heh, they don't have the ability, but I do! If they can't fight, I will fight for them, and if they can't grab it, I will help them grab it! Fan Min, you are corrupt and bribery, you have no national law, I will peel you and destroy your family! You say that the people don't have the ability to deserve it, so you don't have the ability to kill you, you deserve it even more! Hum! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's cold voice fell, Fan Min was weak, and he no longer had the strength to make noise.

His words that the people of the world deserve to completely draw a clear line between him and the courtiers in the court.

In fact, Fan Min said such things on the spur of the moment.

Although there are a lot of corrupt officials present, but they are all people who have read poetry and books, the truth is still clear, some officials are corrupt because of their own hardships, some are greedy by nature, but they also understand that this is not right, of course, there are also some good officials who are really strict with themselves and honest and honest.

If you are such a bastard, it is impossible for everyone to stand with him, after all, they are all "gentlemen"!

Fan Min was pulled down, and what awaited him was the loss of everything and then a painful death.

Zhu Yuanzhang's words are very effective, and Li Wei also agrees with them very much, especially the sentence "I help them fight, I help them rob", which touched him a lot.

The reason why he has been tolerating Lao Zhu is actually because he feels that he is indeed a good emperor who is diligent and loves the people, as for some people, he thinks that he is just harsh on hundreds of officials, and he is very ruthless to his sons, so that the finances of the late Ming Dynasty were dragged down by the clan......

When Zhu Di, the king of Yan, raised his army and was in trouble, but there were 800 soldiers' families, 800 people, these people can only be his own cronies, even if each person is calculated according to the minimum salary of 20 yuan of wood and silver like soap, 800 people will get 16,000 yuan a year, and more than 30,000 stones in exchange for rice. Not to mention secretly crafting swords and weapons.

Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang gave the vassal king to raise soldiers, on the contrary, restricting the ban on business, but also restricting the noble ministers from secretly raising private soldiers, the legend is that Lanyu Zhuang slaves are 3,000, if this is the case, then Lanyu must be greedy for a lot of money, otherwise Guogong's Yulu will not be able to support so many people.

In the final analysis, Zhu Yuanzhang gave so much money to the vassal kings not to let them eat, drink, have fun and have children, but it was only after Zhu Di's martyrdom that these completely changed.