"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang felt a warmth in his heart. Although this child was sometimes too childish, his filial piety had never changed.
"Tell me."
"Firstly, some criminals who have committed minor crimes can be released after paying atonement silver.”
"Secondly, we can sell some idle lords.”
"Third…"
As soon as the first two conditions were mentioned, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned. His heart sank and he looked at Li Guan coldly.
"Third, super-issue banknotes."
"No!"
"No!"
"No!"
Zhu Yunhao didn't say a word, and the three of them stood up at the same time to object.
The three of them were the Minister of Justice, Yang Jing, the Head of the Ministry of Revenue, Yang Shiqi, and the Minister of Personnel, Zhan Hui.
Good heavens.
The three of them looked at each other and were stunned.
Zhu Yuanzhang was expressionless as he silently glanced at the ministers."Tell me, why not?”
"Your official positions are higher than mine, so please go first," said Yang Shiqi humbly.”
"Lord Zhan is highly respected.”
Zhan Hui went out." Your Majesty, I don't know about the other two conditions, but selling the Lord to a local big family is absolutely not allowed. This is the way to cause chaos."”
"Why?" Zhu Yunwen didn't understand.
"These lords have no right to speak in the Imperial Court. They only sell their honor.”
'I can only talk about it during the ancestral worship and show off my power.'
Zhan Hui hurriedly shook his head,"Who came up with this idea with Your Highness? I think we can kill them!"'
Zhu Yunwen was stunned.
"Your Highness only knows one thing and doesn't know the other. The Lord indeed has no say in the Imperial Court because we know that the officials are the ones in charge!”
"This lowly subject is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and also has the title of Special Envoy. Only the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel has the authority, and Special Envoy only receives an additional salary.”
"But the commoners don't know."
" In their eyes, lords and officials are the same. They are both recognized by the Imperial Court and have authority!'
"In the past, when the Imperial Court kept an eye on the big families, they restrained themselves a little. But after spending money, the Imperial Court became a backer!”
"If these people oppress the people, then the hatred of the people will be transferred to the court.”
"If it causes an incident, it will be out of control!”
Li Guan retorted," Isn't that what Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did?”
"However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fought for many years, and the people were filled with resentment. They all regarded him as Jie Zhou and forced him to issue an edict to punish himself.”
"Even so, if it wasn't for Emperor Zhao and Emperor Xuan's hard work, the Great Han probably wouldn't have been able to recover.”
"Therefore, selling the Lord is absolutely not allowed. This is the path to disaster.”
Zhu Yuanzhang did not comment, but Zhu Yunhao added,""Just like the Void Seal Case."
" The bureaucrats stamped the blank stamp on the paper for convenience. Although it was a stamp on the seams, it would not have any effect in other places.'
"Imperial Grandfather still killed them all!”
"Because Imperial Grandfather knows in his heart that whether it's a seal or a complete seal, it makes no difference to the people. They are both symbols of the Imperial Court.”
"Therefore, this phenomenon must be cut off immediately. If it spreads in the future, it will be another form of oppression for the people.”
"Those who have intentions will use this to gain benefits!”
"Finally, someone has guessed my thoughts about the Kongyin Case." Zhu Yuanzhang snorted.”
"We're just cutting off the signs of this flood. If we don't clean it up, we'll kill even more people in the future!”
'Also, if those local officials had told me about this earlier, I wouldn't have killed so many…'
"I'm not an unreasonable person.”
"I remember that there was a person called Zheng Shili who wrote a letter to us and said that no one was wrong.”
"Let me tell you right now, those simple bureaucrats don't follow my instructions, which leaves a hole. If we do it again, we'll still kill him!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunhao with admiration." You're so thoughtful."”
"We are ashamed."”
"Yang Jing, tell me why you object.”
"Your Majesty, the silver for atonement is a precedent.”
"Although the national treasury may be filled, the local criminals will have no worries, and the world will be corrupted!”
"This is just a temporary measure," Qi Tai retorted hurriedly.”
"In the end, the expediency will become a general rule in officialdom. Isn't this kind of situation rare in history?”
'If the Emperor uses this move, the future generations will definitely think the same when they encounter difficulties. If the Founding Emperor can use it, why can't he?'
"As soon as this precedent was set, the entire country was instantly out of control! In the long run, what dignity would there be to speak of in the Ming law?”
"If the hearts of the people are harsh, how can the Imperial Court rule the world?”
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunhao with a questioning gaze." What do you think?”
"I have the same opinion as Minister Yang, but I don't agree with him.”
Zhu Yunwen's heart was filled with hatred.
Why did she always have to go against him!
"If we analyze it steadily, we can get the answer from the following aspects.”
"Firstly, the severity of this crime is difficult to determine.”
"It's a small crime to be sneaky, but what about having an uncle-in-law affair? What about embezzling 59 taels? Could it be that all the crimes of not dying were light?”
"Once this example is set, the local government will know that the court is short of silver. Will they increase the amount of atonement silver to please the emperor?”
"Secondly, will all of this atonement silver end up in the national treasury?”
"With such a large sum of money, will the local officials reach out? Once they reached out, the greed of the people would be uncontrollable. Would more criminals be able to pay silver and be exempted from punishment?”
"The rise of the wind of disregard for human lives in other provinces is shallow.”
"Qijiang Official deceives the Imperial Court, his crime is truly great!”
"Thirdly, from the perspective of the officials themselves, will those officials think that they can be exonerated by paying silver, so they will start to corrupt!”
"Anyway, if you're caught, just hand over the silver. After that, you can go back and continue to be greedy!”
"Imperial Grandfather, I only have these three points.”
Zhu Yunwen's face turned ashen. He wanted to curse in his heart.
He raised three points of view, and Zhu Yunhao raised three rebuttals to his point of view.
Did you do it on purpose? Aren't you thinking too much?
"Isn't Third Brother's words a little too exaggerated?”
Zhu Yunhao's face was full of doubt, as if she didn't know him.
"Imperial Grandfather, there are cases in the history books that I've mentioned. Li Linfu's biography in the Zizhi Tongjian talked about the consequences of the atonement silver.”
"Zhang Cang also mentioned it in the Han Emperor's book…"
"Alright, alright, alright!" Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly stopped him." Let's go back and take a look at these examples."”
He knew that as long as Zhu Yunhao dared to say it, it would definitely not be fake.
Zhu Yunwen was dumbfounded. You…
He could casually say a lot of allusions and even know which biography.
Don't tell me you memorized the history books!
"Li Linfu was the treacherous prime minister of the Tang Dynasty," Liu Sanwu praised. This atonement silver wasn't something that he proposed when he became the prime minister. It was something that he had deliberately proposed when he was still a minor official in order to get lucky!”
"It was rejected by Prime Minister Zhang Jiuling.”
"However, Emperor Xuanzong ousted Zhang Jiuling, promoted Li Linfu, and promoted the Atonement Silver, causing the Kaiyuan Era to be destroyed.”
"After that, Liu Yan immediately abolished the Atonement Silver during the reform!”
"Unfortunately, Yang Yan picked it up again after Liu Yan was killed.”
"In this way, it can prove what Your Highness and Yang Jing said. The expediency will eventually become a common practice in the officialdom. The matter of the atonement silver is indeed inappropriate.”
After saying that, he bowed to Zhu Yunhao.""This kind of allusion is at the fingertips of His Highness. Some people are still saying that the enlightenment of music was not done by His Highness!”
"If I didn't have a deep understanding of history, how could I be so familiar with it?”
"Your Highness's knowledge of history has probably long surpassed those people in the Profound Language Pavilion.”
"I admire you!"
" Of course." Zhou Guanzheng nodded." Your Highness, the Second Imperial Sun still needs to follow the example of the Third Imperial Sun. Study hard and practice hard. Practice makes perfect.”
Can the two of you stop hurting my heart?
Zhu Yunwen felt like she was about to collapse. How could the entire court oppose these views!
Why was he always the one getting hurt?
Yang Jing bowed deeply to Zhu Yunhao.""Your Highness is wise and righteous. It is truly a blessing for the Ming Dynasty.”
Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment. What did he mean? Was he saying that he was stupid?
It was said that Yang Jing had a straightforward personality, and it was indeed so!
He was secretly resentful, but he still wanted to rope Yang Jing in to fight against Zhu Yunchen, so he could only do it himself.
He broke his teeth and swallowed it in his heart.
"I didn't consider it properly."
Zhu Yunwen nodded when she saw Yang Jing…
He actually nodded!
He nodded!
Grass (a plant)!
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunwen with neither sadness nor joy." Then what about the third condition, the super-issue of banknotes?”
Yang Shiqi was a loyal subordinate of Zhu Yunwen, so he didn't give Zhu Yunwen a good look."What Your Highness said is truly an ancient fallacy!”
"The notes of the previous Yuan Dynasty were inherited and carried forward by my Ming Dynasty. It is stipulated that the notes are worth one tael of silver.”
"But if it's overissued, everyone will have the same amount of money in their hands, but there aren't so many goods on the market!”
'It will definitely cause the price of goods to rise, which will also cause the value of the banknotes to depreciate.'
"The more you give, the faster the value will depreciate.”
" Treasure notes represent His Majesty's credibility. If treasure notes are worthless, doesn't that mean that His Majesty's credibility has gone bankrupt?'
"This has greatly damaged His Majesty's reputation. The commoners might even treat His Majesty as a joke!”
"This humble subject holds a position in the Ministry of Revenue and deeply understands the convenience of treasure money. If it is implemented in the world, the taxes of my Great Ming will definitely increase greatly.”
"But if we follow the Second Imperial Sun's suggestion, the treasure notes will end up worse than a piece of waste paper.”
"The Mengyuan did not even have a hundred years of national fortune and still managed to circulate the money very well. Could it be that our Ming Dynasty expelled the Tartar Krupp and restored the Central Plains?”
Zhu Yunwen's heart skipped a beat and her body trembled.
Yang Shiqi's viciousness did not lie in how harsh his words were, but in linking Zhu Yunwen's actions to Zhu Yuanzhang's credit.
The monarch is worried and the minister is humiliated, and the minister is killed when the monarch is humiliated.
If he did this, shouldn't he be cut into pieces!
"You guys…"
Zhan Hui, Yang Jing, and Yang Shiqi objected at the same time, causing him to lose face completely.
Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's expression, he smiled bitterly for a moment. He could only grit his teeth and say,"I accept your teachings."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him with interest." Yun Wen, who told you to say these three things?”
"Yes... It's Zhao Mian."
"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized,'This corresponds to your first rule. Zhao Mian has already been stripped of his position as the Minister of Revenue. He only has a few lords on him.'
'But he can still influence you.'
"Selling a lord might seem like a good move, but in the eyes of the people who don't know why, what's the difference between buying and selling an official position!”
Zhu Yunwen fell to her knees and pressed her forehead to the ground. She stammered and couldn't say anything.
"The historian wants to record my words in the history books. In the future, I will also record them in the imperial ancestral teachings!”
"The Great Ming Dynasty absolutely cannot buy or sell lords, and it is even more impossible to open the path of atonement silver!”
" If a subject violates this rule, all three clans will be killed. If the emperor violates this rule, the vassal kings outside can depose him!'
"Absolutely not."
Zhu Yuanzhang made the final decision, and Zhu Yunwen almost collapsed to the ground in fear.
He was…
Was he being treated as a negative example?
In the future, as long as the emperor saw the ancestral teachings of Huang Ming, he would think of his absurd words today.
His face was flushed red, and he was so embarrassed that he wanted to crawl to the ground.
"Zhou Guanzheng, Huang Zicheng, and Qi Tai were not strict in teaching the imperial grandson.”
"As for Zhao Mian, remove all the lords and demote him to a commoner. We'll also take back the mansion we gave him next to Ying Tian Palace.”
" He gave birth to such a vile creature. I didn't kill him because he didn't participate in it. Now, he's giving such a rotten idea to the imperial grandson!'
"How can we sit back and do nothing?"
"Song He, you and Jiang Meng go and keep an eye on him.”
" Tell him to pack his things at 10 am, pack them at 11 am, and get lost at 12 am!'
"This old servant obeys."
"Your humble subject obeys."
The two of them said at the same time.
"Yang Shiqi, as for the issue of excessive banknotes, is it as serious as you say?”
It's here...
Yang Shiqi hurriedly kowtowed and tried to persuade him." Your Majesty, I'm not exaggerating.”
'If they were to reward the soldiers with an excessive amount of banknotes, what would the soldiers think if they realized that they were only holding a piece of waste paper when the banknotes depreciated?'
'Will they think that the imperial court is unfair after risking their lives?？'
"Once evil thoughts are born in a person's heart, it will really be out of control.”
Hearing his words, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart trembled.
However, he was not willing to give up on the treasure notes. After all, all the previous rewards were exchanged for treasure notes.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
"I'll spare your innocence. Continue."
"The salary that His Majesty painstakingly set is enough for the expenses of the officials, but it is also distributed in the form of banknotes.”
'If the value of the banknotes depreciates, the salaries of the officials in the Imperial Court won't be enough to sustain their lives.'
"When the time comes, we can either live a poor life;”
'Otherwise, I can only open the door to corruption, which is detrimental to the country! It's not appropriate for an official!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious." What you mean is that our salary is not enough?"”
"I don't dare!" Yang Shiqi kowtowed and knelt on the ground, not daring to look up at Zhu Yuanzhang.
He knew that he had touched Zhu Yuanzhang's reverse scale, but he had to say it.
This was the real disadvantage of over-issuing banknotes!
Once corruption started, it was impossible to stop it.
Zhu Yuanzhang's cold eyes swept across the ministers. Although they did not dare to say anything, they all looked at Yang Shiqi with admiration.
"Do you want to be a beggar?" he said coldly.
"I just want to be Wei Zheng."
"Humph!"
Bi Gan assisted King Zhou of Shang, while Wei Zheng assisted Emperor Taizong of Tang.
"Yang Shiqi, kneel here. If you don't have our imperial edict, you will kneel here to death!”
"Pin 'er and I will go to the back garden and withdraw from court!”
(There might be fewer updates in the first and second year of junior high school. Not necessarily. After all, I'm a little busy. I'll visit my relatives.)
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