"Puff puff ......"

The executioner's hand fell, and the heads rolled to the ground, blood gushing red.

The more than 20 officials who were still happy to go to the court in the morning have all become dead souls under the knife at this moment.

As soon as Queen Ma died, Lao Zhu broke his promise, but Lao Zhu did not kill indiscriminately, except for Guo Huan, the first offender of the Nine Clans, the families of the other criminals were not implicated.

However, capital crimes can be avoided, living crimes cannot be escaped, and the families of these criminals are either exiled to the army or go to serve in conscription, and they are not good.

However, his life was saved.

Liu Hua was calculated, leaving a whole corpse, Guo Huan was miserable, and he was scraped more than a thousand times before he died.

At the same time, the convicts who had previously been detained in the prison were pulled onto the execution table together, and the entrance of the vegetable market was lively again.

The executioner slashed from morning to evening, and slashed so that his scalp was numb, and his hands and feet were weak.

And that's just the beginning......

Li Qing got busy, killing people, arresting people, and raiding homes...... There is no time to spare.

Mao Xiang and they are still in Bashu, and Li Qing's brocade guard in the capital, plus the criminal department is also implicated, and Zhu Yuanzhang can use it hard for him.

Jinyi Wei is not a small number of people, counting the one recruited by Li Qing, there are 13,000 people.

There are many things that can be responsible, monitoring the Tusi, spying on the intelligence of the Northern Yuan, inspecting the frontier, and inspecting hundreds of officials in the world...... Evenly shared, it is not rich.

A few days later, Queen Ma was buried.

Zhu Biao, Zhu Zhang, Zhu Li, Zhu Di...... Eight older princes helped the spirit, and along the way, hundreds of civil and military officials wore linen and filial piety, and fell behind and cried.

This time, they cried even more sadly.

……

After attending the funeral, Li Qing once again devoted himself to the work of raiding his home.

The stolen money confiscated by Guo Huan alone was converted into tax grain as high as 4.5 million stones.

In addition, the household department is still the secretary, the official department is the waiter, and the etiquette department is a member of the foreign department...... and more than 20 officials, each copying out tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of stolen money.

Just raiding the homes of these officials was enough to work for a month.

It is worth mentioning that Wang Wenlu, who went crazy, did not escape the catastrophe, and was ordered by Lao Zhu to cut off his head.

It's winter, and the raid has come to an end, and the next thing is a thorough investigation of Guo Huan's case.

Li Qing thought about it, and decided to ask Lao Zhu what he meant first.

After all, the scope of involvement is too wide, and it is difficult for him to make his own decisions on how strict it is.

The Imperial Study.

Li Qing explained his intentions, and Zhu Yuanzhang fell into deep thought.

In the end, a line was drawn: those who embezzled more than 50 taels were killed!

"The officials involved will all be summarily executed except for those who do practical things." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly, "Officials who do practical things will not be beheaded for the time being, handle official business during the day, and escort them to prison at night." ”

Zhu Biao frowned and retorted: "Father, if you do this, those officials who have committed capital crimes are trembling all day long, can they still do their errands well?" ”

"If you can't do it, cut it directly!" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Is it possible to let them go?" ”

"Not really." Zhu Biao arched his hand and said, "Erchen thinks that they can be given an incentive policy, for example, if they have outstanding political achievements during the period of committing crimes, they can be exempted from death, and the successor officials will take office and be dismissed from their official positions." ”

"Childish!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said unhappily, "In this case, there will inevitably be many officials who will do anything for their political achievements, and in the end, it is the people who suffer!" ”

"Moreover, once corrupt officials are spared death, it will be difficult to have a deterrent effect." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, "We just want these officials to know the end of corruption!" ”

"Father's ......"

"Needless to say." Zhu Yuanzhang said categorically, "If it is lower than the standard of fifty taels, we can not kill and change the sentence to imprisonment."

Biao'er, this is the limit of what we can tolerate. ”

Zhu Biao sighed deeply and said bitterly: "Father, have you forgotten the queen mother's entrustment?" ”

"I haven't forgotten!" Zhu Yuanzhang said helplessly, "But Biao'er, you have also seen it, it's not that we have to kill people, but they are looking for death by themselves, we can't watch them scourge the people and be indifferent, right?" ”

Zhu Biao opened his mouth and was speechless.

After a long time, he sighed lightly, "Father, my Ming official... Is it a slight increase, compared to Song and Yuan, their Yulu is indeed a little less. ”

"No matter how much they give, they are too little!"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "Besides, the amount we gave them is enough, and they can't spend it yet." ”

"......" Zhu Biao: (¬_¬)

"What kind of eyes are you?"

"Father, the days can't stand the calculation, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, food and clothing, children's education...... All the expenses added up, the officials' money is indeed a little insufficient. ”

"Not enough?" Zhu Yuanzhang glared, "Okay, then we'll fight with you." ”

The emperor and the crown prince want to fight, Li Qing naturally can't miss such a good show, looking at his nose and nose on his face, secretly pricking up his ears, and eating melons attentively.

The debater on the positive side was the first to speak:

"Biao'er, let me ask you, how much is the annual salary of a seventh-grade official in our Ming Dynasty?"

"90 stones."

"90 stones, one person per meal is eight or two meters, is this enough?"

"That's enough."

"Eight taels a meal, one and a half catties a day, 3.5 stones a year is enough, and the Yulu we opened is enough for a seven-grade official to feed more than 20 people."

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, "This is still calculated according to the amount of food of a man in the prime of life, in fact, the elderly and children can't eat so much at all, and they don't have so many people to feed." ”

A set of combination punches came down, and the opposing debater Zhu Biao was a little overwhelmed.

Li Qing also nodded secretly when he heard it, it was indeed a lot.

After a while, Zhu Biao, the opposing debater, calmed down and began to counterattack.

"Father, don't they eat vegetables?"

"It's enough to eat."

"Don't you eat meat?" Zhu Biao asked rhetorically, "The dignified court officials, it's not too much to eat meat, right?" ”

"Ang, it's not too much, it's enough to improve every three or five times." Zhu Yuanzhang's momentum was slightly weaker.

Zhu Biao continued, "My wife and children are young, and I don't make much clothes a year, right? ”

"Not much."

"Every New Year's holiday, a high hall for a birthday, you have to have a good time, right?"

"Aang, yes."

"Officials need to sit in a sedan chair, it's not too much to raise two sedan chair drivers, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang began to show 'fatigue', and in the face of Zhu Biao's offensive, his momentum became weaker and weaker.

Why is this more and more accountable?

Zhu Biao saw that the fire was almost over, and sacrificed a killing move:

"It's true that the annual salary of 90 stones is true, but can the officials get all of them?

Forty percent of them were killed by their fathers... Ahem, being exchanged for something else by the imperial court, such as silk cloth, cotton cloth, and even some small bits and pieces, converted into food, is not worth so much at all! ”

"Huh? This ......"

Zhu Yuanzhang's old face was flushed, and he was a little unable to get off the stage by his son, so he said angrily:

"Even if it's really overstretched, it's not a reason for them to be corrupt, let's give them officials to do it, it's for them to benefit the people, not big fish and big meat!"

"That's what my father said."

Zhu Biao also found that he was a little ruthless, and hurriedly stroked his hair, "Officials are corrupt and must be punished, and there is nothing wrong with my father." ”

After a pause, "Father, the purpose of punishing corruption is nothing more than to rule the officials clearly, but the low level of officials is also one of the inducements of corruption. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang fell silent.

Zhu Biao saw that he didn't speak, and said, "Father, there are so many corrupt officials, do they all want to be corrupt officials when they take office?"

Not necessarily!

In Erchen's view, in addition to some natural greed, most officials still want to do well, but they are forced by life, which is ......"

He sighed, "When corruption becomes commonplace, even if you want to be a person in the Qing Palace, you have to be greedy, otherwise you will be tolerated by others." ”

"Father, there is a saying in officialdom that you should have heard."

"What?"

"Dust with light!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and nodded slowly, "Okay, then it will rise, the price below the third grade will rise by two percent, and the price below the fifth grade will rise by three percent." ”

"Father is wise." Zhu Biao said happily.

Li Qing also slapped a few sycophants appropriately, "The emperor is wise!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, "Okay, this matter was proposed by you, so it's up to you to draw up the will!" ”

"Father...... This, isn't this okay? ”

"There's nothing bad about it, this position is yours sooner or later, go for it!"

"The retainers obey." Zhu Biao nodded, got up and went to the imperial study.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the chair for a while, and suddenly looked at Li Qing, "What do you think of the prince?" ”

"Huh?" Li Qing hurriedly looked panicked, "How dare the minister evaluate?" ”

"We'll let you tell."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is strategic, benevolent and virtuous."

"Yes, benevolent and virtuous." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and then shook his head slightly, "It would be better if there was less benevolence." ”