At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang had already determined from the bottom of his heart that Su Qiao was a loyal minister.
A loyal minister.
Naoki!
A loyal minister who would commit suicide in front of his own tomb after Zhu Yunwen lost the world!
At this moment, Old Zhu's eyes were bright and did not look like he was old at all.
Ever since he ascended the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang had been reading the history books of the various dynasties.
Was there ever a time when they truly lost to external enemies?
No!
Even the so-called cliff mountain disaster was the result of you killing Yue Fei!
The enemy is not outside but inside.
The root of a nation's destruction was not the king, but the courtiers!
Therefore, first the empty seal case, then the Guo Huan case, and then the Hu Weiyong case.
It was in the hope that Da Ming would be able to purge the poison internally!
But Da Ming's poison.
Is it really done?
No!
These officials standing on the dry shore.
Was it really that clean?
That was wishful thinking!
Su Qiao's words.
It was completely in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.
At this moment, Su Qiao seemed to have been injected with chicken blood.
He stared at the officials in front of him.
As for the officials in front of Su Qiao.
All of them remained silent.
During the last court examination, Su Qiao had thrown out the explosive theory of 'robbing the scholar-bureaucrats' first.
However, that was based on Old Zhu's assumption.
Everyone treated Su Qiao's words as nonsense.
They were also robbing the homes of the fallen subjects.
What does it have to do with us founding ministers?
But today was different.
Su Qiao, you don't carry people anymore?
We are not clean?
Is it up to a newcomer like you to say this?!
However, Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude had already defined Su Qiao's words.
If the ministers went against Su Qiao's words, they would be slapping Old Zhu in the face!
Huang Zicheng, who had been standing among the officials, keenly sensed the killing intent in the court.
He immediately stepped forward and stood in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, shouting,
"Your Majesty, I, Huang Zicheng, do not agree with Su Qiao's suggestion!”
Zhu Yuanzhang was also stunned by Huang Zicheng's move.
Usually, Huang Zicheng couldn't kick a fart with three kicks and put all his attention on Zhu Yunwen.
Old Zhu's expression gradually darkened.
He stared at Huang Zicheng quietly and asked,
"Minister Huang, do you have a brilliant idea?"
Huang Zicheng lowered his head and gritted his teeth.
"Your Majesty, if the court is a little rotten, the world will be rotten. This subject agrees.”
"What I don't agree with is Su Qiao. What right does he have to say that I'm standing on dry land!”
"Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the world has been peaceful. All the scholars in the world call this the Hongwu Era.”
"The Hongwu era must have been the result of His Majesty's painstaking efforts.”
"However, aren't we all working together? We work day and night to make the imperial court's decrees effective. Even if we don't have any credit, we have worked hard!”
"Su Qiao's words have chilled our hearts! How will the ministers of the world live in the future?”
"Therefore, today, I dare to speak for my colleagues in the court! To clear the name of all the courtiers!"
Huang Zicheng's voice was sonorous and forceful.
As soon as he finished speaking, there were even ministers behind him who began to sob.
Huang Zicheng didn't forget to glance at Su Qiao contemptuously.
Isn't it just a death remonstrance?
Isn't it just putting your head on the line and risking your life?
You're still too inexperienced to play this game with us!
As expected.
Huang Zicheng said.
It was as if he had opened the chatterbox of the scholar-officials in the court.
"Your Majesty, I'm forty-six years old this year and my temples are already gray. Today, Su Qiao inexplicably slandered me. I'm really unwilling!”
"We have all contributed to the Hongwu era. Even if we don't seek wealth and splendor, we can't be cursed like this!”
"Your Majesty, please immediately ask the Embroidered Uniform Guards to search this minister's house. If there is a tael of silver in this minister's house that should not be this minister's, this minister will immediately kill himself in this hall!”
“……”
Su Qiao quietly looked at the scholar-bureaucrats in the court.
He couldn't help but laugh,
"Milords, the Hongwu Era?"
"How dare you say the word 'golden age' so shamelessly?!”
Huang Zicheng looked at Su Qiao in shock and cursed angrily.
"Su Qiao, how dare you!"
"This dynasty's warehouse has far more grain than the Yuan Dynasty. Even if it's as rich as the Song Dynasty, it's not as abundant as the country's grain.!”
Su Qiao looked at Huang Zicheng with a puzzled expression and asked disdainfully,
"May I ask Lord Huang?"
"Does the imperial court's treasury have grain reserves represent a golden age?”
Huang Zicheng was speechless.
"If the grain stored in the prefecture can't be called a prosperous era, what is a prosperous era?!”
Su Qiao glanced coldly at Huang Zicheng and asked,
"May I ask Lord Huang, how much of the grain in the Great Ming Treasury can be used by the people of the world?”
Huang Zicheng patted his chest and said loudly,
"How can three years not be called a golden age?!”
Su Qiao continued to ask,
"What do you mean by more than three years?”
"Can you eat your fill, or can you barely not starve to death?”
Huang Zicheng looked at Su Qiao with his mouth agape.
"In a year of great calamity, how can ordinary people expect to eat their fill? If one were to eat their fill, how much food would be enough?”
"Of course, it's enough for the people of the world to eat porridge for three years!”
Su Qiao looked at Huang Zicheng as if he was looking at a fool.
After a long time, he spat out a sentence.
"Why don't you eat three-year porridge?"
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