Qin Mu looked at the vermilion script on the memorial with a scrutinizing gaze.
When he saw a memorial for disaster relief, he couldn't help but comment.
"Old Huang, you didn't approve this, did you?”
After Zhu Yuanzhang took the memorial and read it, he saw that Yangzhou and Zhenjiang had been affected by the autumn flood a few days ago, causing large areas of farmland to be flooded.
He wrote in this memorial that the officials should actively save themselves and that the court would soon raise provisions to transport to the disaster area.
Zhu Yuanzhang had already found out that this place had indeed suffered a disaster through the eyes of the Jinyiwei, so he felt that there was no problem with this reply.
"What's wrong, Eldest Sun? Is there a problem with this memorial?”
"We sent people to investigate. That place was indeed hit by a disaster!”
Qin Mu sneered.
"Then why don't you ask the other counties along the Yangtze River why they didn't suffer?”
"Besides, our Nanjing City is still by the Yangtze River. Why didn't we suffer a disaster?”
"Autumn floods happen every year, so why is Yangzhou and Zhenjiang flooded every year?”
"Uhh…"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was stunned.
"Is there?"
Qin Mu smiled bitterly.
"Because you are not the Emperor. You are only reviewing a portion of the memorials for the Emperor. Of course, you cannot know the whole picture.”
"Let me put it this way. Ever since Yang Xian stepped down from his position in Yangzhou, there hasn't been a decent official.”
"In my early years, I purchased seafood such as seaweed and jellyfish from the sea. When I passed by Yangzhou, the officers and soldiers were like Zhou Napi, wanting to collect several times the tax.”
"It was only when I fed the current Yangzhou magistrate and gave him three thousand taels of silver every year that business became easier.”
"Also, do you know why Yangzhou floods every year?”
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head blankly.
Although he was the emperor, he could not know everything in the world.
Qin Mu directly pulled the memorial on the table to the ground and poured some water from the teacup onto the table. He then dipped his finger in the water and started drawing on the table.
" This is the Yangtze River. It passes by Yangzhou…"
"The farmland near the Yangtze River is actually the farmland of poor families.”
"Look at this piece of land. The terrain here is high, and it's all the land of the rich and powerful families in Yangzhou.”
"From the registrar to the bailiffs, their land is all here.”
"They flooded the land near the Yangtze River, so the entire Yangzhou Prefecture can be exempted from taxes.”
"However, the ones who actually suffered were the common people. The fields of the families of the officials were not affected at all.”
"When the imperial court sends out the food, the common people will not starve to death, but those officials and the wealthy merchants in the city will be able to eat their fill.”
"So, this memorial looks like it's for disaster relief, but in fact, it's to put out the fire with firewood. The more you save, the worse it gets!”
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened.
He had always thought that even if he could not see through the details, after so many years of hard work and strict enforcement of the law, the officials under him would not dare to fool him.
He did not expect that his subordinates would be so unscrupulous and corrupt, and he was completely unaware of it!
He even needed a child to remind him and guide him!
This made Zhu Yuanzhang feel both gratified and ashamed.
The person who was gratified was not an outsider, but his eldest grandson.
He was ashamed that he could not understand the situation below and was led by the nose by the officials below!
Qin Mu didn't have as many thoughts as Zhu Yuanzhang. After he finished talking about Yangzhou, he started commenting on Zhenjiang.
"Zhenjiang is a little different from Yangzhou.”
"The biggest problem in Zhenjiang is the construction of the levees!”
"Zhenjiang is a poor place, and the commoners don't have much to gain.”
"Therefore, the local officials could only set their sights on the levees.”
"The levees are repaired year after year, washed away year after year, and then there will be profits every year.”
"If we can't completely solve the problem of the two places, it won't help no matter how much food the Imperial Court sends out.”
"Uhh…"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were red as he slammed the table heavily.
"Then kill him!"
"Kill, kill, kill!"
"I don't believe that we can't kill all the corrupt officials in the world!”
"If you can't scare them by peeling their skin and planting grass, then kill their entire family!”
"The men will be slaves for generations, and the women will be prostitutes for generations!”
Qin Mu looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, who was exuding a domineering aura and filled with killing intent, and couldn't help but tease him.
"Old Yellow!"
"If you say that you're Martial Emperor Hong now, I'll probably believe you!”
"Isn't your killing intent too strong?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was still indignant.
"So what if he has a strong killing intent?"
"We have to kill these corrupt officials. We can't kill less!”
Qin Mu shook his head and patted Zhu Yuanzhang's back to calm him down.
"Old Huang, don't worry."
"This world doesn't belong to you. Why are you so anxious?”
"Besides, can killing solve the problem?”
"Big Ming's problem is in the system.”
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang expressed his dissatisfaction.
"Eldest Sun!"
"How is Big Ming's system wrong?”
"Today, you have to explain it to us properly. If you don't understand, we won't forgive you!”
Qin Mu smiled when he heard that and asked back.
"Old Huang, you should have finished reading the book on military reform that I gave you some time ago, right?”
"What do you think of that book?"
Although Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry, he still praised the book.
"Good book!"
"The whip penetrated the inside and the wood. It simply hit the crux of the problem of the Ming army!”
Qin Mu asked again.
"Then do you think our Big Ming can follow the reform in that book?”
"Uhh…"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stumped by this question.
The military reform book was indeed good, but if one wanted to follow the reform in the book, they would have to completely overthrow the current system of the Ming Dynasty and re-establish a new order.
This difficulty was no less than the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains!
If Zhu Yuanzhang was twenty years younger…No, no, even if he was ten years younger, he would still dare to try.
But now, he was already in his seventies. How could he still have the energy?
"Child!"
"There are too many things involved in your book. Our Big Ming will…"
Qin Mu shrugged his shoulders indifferently. He had long known that this would happen. Even if Old Yellow handed the book to Zhu Yuanzhang, he wouldn't carry it out.
Because any reform would be an offense to those who had already gained benefits.
If even Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't change it, then no one could change the future rulers of the Ming Dynasty.
Even though Qin Mu felt a little regretful, he could only feel regretful.
"That's why killing people is useless.”
"Our Great Ming's system is there. If you kill this batch, the next batch of people will continue to repeat until the Great Ming's ship collapses!”
Zhu Yuanzhang could see Qin Mu's depression and his heart ached.
"Eldest Sun, what do you think the Imperial Court should do to completely change this situation?”
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