"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Wang Yi's voice was the loudest in the entire hall.
Everyone could hear the joy in his voice.
From the looks of it…
Was he really not afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang sending people to Xuzhou to investigate what he had just said?
Wouldn't that prove that he wasn't lying?
Now, no matter how happy Wang Yi was, the people who had been hoping to see Wang Yi and all the officials in Xu Prefecture killed before the court session were also feeling very uncomfortable!!
All of them sighed.
Their expressions were extremely ugly, as if they were the ones being punished again.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes swept across the crowd of officials.
His heart was as clear as a mirror.
"Alright, I've made up my mind," he said."The magistrate of Xu Prefecture, Wang Yi, has also absolved himself of all his crimes."”
"Also, all the officials who were arrested in Xu Prefecture have been released without charges.”
"Send someone to Xu Prefecture to investigate the granary.”
"Retreat."
...
After the retreat of the court, the news of Xuzhou hoarding grain spread.
It caused quite a stir, and it lasted for a long time.
In the end.
This time, it was true that the imperial court had captured a bunch of honest officials!
Then…
Wang Yi was left in the capital.
Until…
The people Zhu Yuanzhang sent out to investigate returned and reported the situation in Xuzhou.
What Wang Yi said was indeed true!
Zhu Yuanzhang had a complicated expression.
He walked around with his hands behind his back.
He asked the investigator.
"What about the other officials in Xu Prefecture? Did you check all of them without any problems?”
The man shook his head." Your Majesty, no.”
"Not only that, when our people were investigating everywhere, those officials even took out evidence from everyone in the past two years to prove them.”
"All the officials in Xu Prefecture have a deep understanding of this matter.”
"It seems…They had long known that embezzling the taxes of the imperial court would result in death, so none of them dared to offend them.”
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he sighed again.
"I didn't expect Xu Prefecture to be a clean government! Not even a single one of them is greedy."
"Sigh, I almost killed this batch of good officials!”
Zhu Yuanzhang's face was filled with self-blame.
"Fortunately,"
"Now that everything has been investigated clearly, if the other prefectures and counties can do the same as Xu Prefecture, Zhen can really save a lot of trouble.”
However, when she heard this.
The person who came back to report fell silent.
Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't noticed any other problems.
At this moment.
The eunuch outside reported.
"Your Majesty, the Empress requests an audience."
When he heard that Empress Ma had arrived, Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to hide this matter from her.
He waved his hand and said,"Let the Empress come in."”
"Yes."
Then…
Empress Ma walked in.
"Chongba, have you found out the results of the previous matter?”
Empress Ma guessed as she saw the person standing in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and told Empress Ma everything that the man had told him.
Empress Ma's expression was as unsightly as Zhu Yuanzhang's.
She did not expect the truth to be so ridiculous.
None of the officials in Xu Prefecture had any problems!
They were all honest officials.
Although she felt embarrassed, after all, she was also present at that time.
When Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the arrest, she did not think that there would be other reasons, so she did not stop him.
After all, taxes were the foundation of the country, and the most crucial part of the Great Ming Empire's 'recuperation.'
There was no room for error.
Compared to the issue of face, Empress Ma was even more shocked that there wasn't even a single corrupt official in a state? How did he do it?
Zhu Yuanzhang also had a smile on his face.
He smiled and said to Empress Ma,""Isn't that good?"
"Zhen feels that this is the second surprise that Xu Prefecture has given Zhen!”
"Other than the fact that they secretly hoarded grain and did not report it, the unexpected gain this time was that Zhen sent people to investigate. There was not a single corrupt official among their officials.”
"Zhen is deeply gratified!"
Empress Ma also laughed.
"That's right. With such a group of capable ministers, I believe that the situation in Xu Prefecture will get better and better.”
"Perhaps Xu Prefecture will catch up to the capital in the future.”
After all, if all the officials in a place were sincere in benefiting the people and there were no cases of corruption and perverting the law.
It was not surprising that it had developed in just a few years.
Perhaps it would become the second prosperous capital of Ming Dynasty.
Just as Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma were feeling happy about this.
The person standing next to him said awkwardly.
"Your Majesty, I still have something to say.”
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.
"Then continue. What else did you find?”
"Your Majesty! Our people have questioned all the local officials.”
"For all of them, the first rule is to govern the people.”
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma nodded in relief.
However…
However, they saw that the person in front of them had a strange expression.
Realizing that something was wrong, Zhu Yuanzhang asked again,"Then, what is the second rule?”
The man stammered," Your Majesty, we found out that the second rule of Xu State officials is that they are only greedy when they have the first rule.”
In an instant.
The smiles on Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma's faces froze.
They felt as if they had been slapped in the face.
Just now, the two of them praised that all the officials in Xuzhou were not greedy.
In the end, this was the second rule?
The slap in the face came too quickly!
Zhu Yuanzhang's lips twitched.
"They... Do they really think so?"
That person shook his head.
"What... Actually, it wasn't at first."
Zhu Yuanzhang was even more puzzled.
"Then what is the reason for them to have such thoughts?”
That person then said," According to my inquiries, I heard that it was Pei County Magistrate Meng Yin who first said this.”
"Because Meng Yin has been with Wang Yi for the longest time. After Wang Yi became the prefect of Xu Prefecture, this word spread from Pei County.”
"All the officials in Xu Prefecture used this sentence as their standard.”
In an instant.
Zhu Yuanzhang actually felt like he was struck by lightning.
He had calculated everything!
He had actually overlooked Meng Yin, that corrupt official!
His good mood from before instantly vanished.
He slammed his palm on the table and gritted his teeth.
It was as if he really wanted to grind Meng Yin's bones and scatter his ashes.
"It's really a rat shit spoiling a pot of porridge!”
"This Meng Yin!"
"I... I want to kill him!"
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