Zhu Yuanzhang frowned deeply, his eyes dark.
Zhu Rong's words had greatly touched Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.
At that time, he was still in a fit of anger and did not listen to Zheng Shili's advice. However, after so many years, he calmly looked back and saw that what Zhu Rong and Zheng Shili said was not without reason.
The Kongyin Case was indeed excusable.
No matter what, the punishment he gave to the officials involved in the case was indeed against the laws of the country.
There was indeed no lack of honest and upright officials among the officials involved in the case.
For example, Fang Keqin. Back then, he had praised Fang Keqin for his achievements in governing the country. He was a capable official who was good at pacifying the people. He had specially recruited Fang Keqin into the capital and ordered the Ministry of Rites to give him a banquet!
However, such a good official was killed by him, along with those incompetent officials.
Thinking about it carefully, Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but sigh faintly. A few traces of regret appeared in his heart.
"Anything else?"
Zhu Rong clenched his jaw and said with a frown,""However, this case is completely different from the current Emperor's perspective.”
"Not only is this not an unjust case, but these officials deserve it!”
Zhu Rong's eyes were sharp as he said with certainty.
" He deserves it!?"
Zhu Yuanzhang stared and clicked his tongue.
Originally, he was reflecting on whether he had gone too far back then, but he did not expect Zhu Xiong to change the topic and make a 180-degree turn, directly toppling the world!
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but laugh at himself as he shook his head.
How could he have forgotten that this kid was a bystander and had something to say!
He looked at Zhu Rong expectantly and asked,""Oh? Then what if he was standing in the position of the current Emperor?”
"First, the appearance of the blank account books at least shows that the court's top-down supervision and management system for money, grain, and taxes has failed.”
"According to the regulations of our dynasty, the local government must hand over money and grain to the Ministry of Revenue by the county, prefecture, and province level by level according to the regulations.”
"If blank account books are prevalent, it means that the Ministry of Revenue's supervision of the local government and the local government's supervision of the taxes paid by the lower officials has lost its effect!”
"Because if you can stamp the blank account book, doesn't that mean that the accounts that haven't been reviewed have already passed the review?”
"In this way, the supervision system will be useless!”
"Not bad! You're right!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up and he nodded excitedly.
Just as he expected, Zhu Rong was very smart. He was able to see through the important reason why he wanted to deal with the Sky Seal Case strictly!
But this was not enough!
"Anything else? Continue!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were filled with anticipation.
He wanted to know how much this kid knew about him!
"Secondly, the emergence of blank accounts is easy to breed corruption!”
"Because blank account books are prevalent, the accounts in the Ministry of Revenue and local government accounts can be deleted and altered at will!”
"In this way, if the Ministry of Revenue colludes with the local government or the superiors and subordinates of the local government, it will be very easy to create fake accounts and commit corruption!”
"Because the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue and the local government can be deleted at will, and they must be the same!”
"In that case, once corruption occurs, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for anyone to detect it!”
"Not bad! Is there more?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up and he nodded happily.
"The third point, which is also a very important point that led to the Void Seal Case, is that these officials openly obey the court's system!”
"Since the money and grain account books are stamped with the seal of the local government, it is a rule of the imperial court. As an official, you should strictly enforce it.”
"Of course, this system may not be perfect, but it should go through strict procedures before it can be flexible!”
"We have to report this to the Imperial Court and explain the drawbacks of this system. Only after the Imperial Court has discussed, reviewed, and approved the use of blank account books can we use them. Otherwise, it will violate the rules of the Imperial Court. Otherwise, it will form a bad atmosphere of 'the upper has a policy, and the lower has a countermeasure.'”
"Once this trend takes shape, any kind of top-down administration will be ineffective. Officials will go against the court for their own convenience!”
"The fourth and most important point is also the one that the current Emperor cannot tolerate the most. That is the disregard for the current Emperor!”
"The blank account book has been implemented since the previous Yuan Dynasty. It has always been an unspoken rule of the officialdom and has been passed down for so many years!”
"However, in the many years since the founding of our dynasty, none of the officials have ever suggested to the current Emperor about the shortcomings of our tax system and the hidden system of blank accounts. Instead, they were discovered by the inspector who is the Son of Heaven's eyes and ears and reported to His Majesty!”
"With so many officials under his command, he has been lying to his superiors and deceiving his subordinates for so many years. How can the current Emperor not be furious, how can he not set up a big case, and how can he not kill everyone!”
Zhu Rong's eyes narrowed as he sighed deeply.
The death of so many officials in the Kongyin Case was actually deserved.
From the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the Hongwu Ninth Year Empty Seal Case, nine years had passed!
However, in these nine years, not a single official reported the blank account book to Zhu Yuanzhang!
The Ming Dynasty had 13 provinces, 140 prefectures, and the Ministry of Revenue. There were so many officials.
In these nine long years, as long as an official had reported this matter to Zhu Yuanzhang, the Void Seal Case would not have happened, and things would not have escalated to this point!
However, no one reported this matter to His Majesty the Emperor!
Instead, from top to bottom, from inside to outside, a group of officials secretly did it behind the Emperor's back!
This lasted for nine years!
Even so, it was still discovered and exposed by the inspector!
Otherwise, who knew how long he would have to hide it!
If Zhu Yuanzhang didn't get angry and wash all the local officials clean, it would be strange!
"Today, those officials, big and small, were able to collude to use the blank account book without the Emperor knowing. Who can guarantee that tomorrow, those officials, big and small, will not collude to plot a rebellion!”
"If we don't settle the case and start a massacre, who knows that there's still the emperor of the Ming Dynasty above the Nine Heavens!”
Zhu Xi's voice was awe-inspiring, and his eyes were sharp.
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