Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 515: The ministers of glory and wealth barely enjoyed it
"Your Majesty, of course this cannot prevent corruption from happening." Liu Song replied honestly: "In fact, in recent times, due to the rapid economic development of Yanjing, this situation is actually more serious than before."

Liu Ji was almost going crazy. They both had the same surname of Liu. How could there be such a big gap in their lives?
You guy, don’t you know what you can and can’t say?

As long as everyone knows some things, there is no need to say them out, okay?
It's a pity that no matter how Liu Ji winked at Liu Song, Liu Song continued to talk as if he didn't see it: "In the past month, our Economic Inspection Division alone has discovered 17 people. "

"The most egregious one among them was a doctor who worked at the Ministry of Industry. Because this person was in charge of land bidding, he secretly and openly accepted more than 30 taels of silver."

"What?" Even Lao Zhu, who hated corrupt officials, when he heard this number, the first thing he thought of was not killing people, but that this guy could embezzle so much money.

30 taels, which was an extremely huge amount of money in the past.

Even if some state capitals invite disasters, such as the drought in Datong this time, the disaster relief funds allocated by the court are only three and a half million taels of silver.

But here in Yanjing, an ordinary doctor can embezzle so much money?

After the shock, there was endless anger. Lao Zhu's eyes were red and he gritted his teeth and said: "How brave! How dare you blatantly embezzle so much money in our Ming Dynasty? I will punish his nine tribes!"

Liu Ji looked pale and did not dare to say anything.

Liu Song still looked like he didn't care about anything: "Back to Your Majesty, this person had a public trial three days ago and was sentenced to death."

"As for his embezzled money, all of it has been found in the house he bought to hide the dirty money."

"According to our Ming Dynasty's current laws, unless it involves heinous crimes such as rebellion, his family will not be implicated. As long as his family can prove that they were unaware of the crime and hand over the dirty money embezzled by the official, they will be forgiven."

"Nonsense!" Zhu Yuanzhang slammed the table again angrily: "What kind of official punishment is this? The families of those corrupt officials enjoy the benefits they bring, so naturally they cannot stay out of it."

"They said they didn't know, so they didn't know? Who knows if these people are lying in order to evade the sanctions of the Ming Law."

"And!" The more Zhu Yuanzhang talked, the more he felt something was wrong: "Wait a minute. We seemed to have overlooked something just now."

"This guy embezzled 30 taels of silver, and you actually said that the circumstances were not bad."

"You two Qing family members are now so far-sighted that you don't even care about 30 taels of silver?"

Facing Zhu Yuanzhang's ridicule, Liu Song and Liu Ji looked at each other, with strange expressions on their faces.

In the end, Liu Song took the initiative to explain: "Excuse me, these rules were formulated by His Royal Highness. Before he left Datong Mansion, he wrote a memorial and sent it to Yingtian. Maybe His Majesty has not received it yet."

Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes when he heard this: "I haven't received anything, do you think I'm a fool?"

Liu Song and Liu Song hurriedly said, "I don't dare."

"You..." Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth.

If looks could kill, Liu Song and Liu Ji would have been cut to pieces by Zhu Yuanzhang long ago.

But thinking about it carefully, it seems that they really can't be blamed for this matter.

If it is true as Liu Song said, all of this was planned by Zhu Han in advance and has been written into a memorial and sent to Yingtian.

So, there seems to be no problem with handling it this way.

What made Zhu Yuanzhang depressed was how many memorials Zhu Han, the little bastard, had sent to Yingtian.

Why does he feel that he has not received many memorials in Yingtian Mansion these days?
Is it possible that this guy is just fooling Liu Song and Liu Ji?

Although Zhu Han's character is not incapable of doing such a thing.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that his brother was not the kind of person who didn't know the depth.

Everything he did in Yanjing was related to the future of the entire Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that Yanjing is currently in the stage of laying the foundation.

Once the construction of Yanjing was completed, he moved the capital to Yanjing with the whole court.

Many of the rules in the court may continue to follow Yanjing's rules.

Zhu Han, the central commander of the capital, had discussed the importance of Yanjing with Zhu Yuanzhang alone more than once.

It is impossible for Zhu Han to do this kind of thing randomly.

Although he understood Zhu Han's approach, Zhu Yuanzhang still felt that he couldn't bear to let the family of the corrupt official go.

He then said coldly: "Has the family of that corrupt official left Yanjing now?"

Liu Song did not dare to hide anything, and immediately explained: "Your Majesty, they have already left Yanjing, and they did not even come on the day when the corrupt man was beheaded."

"People like them cannot stay in Yanjing."

"Oh." Zhu Yuanzhang was quite surprised.

You know, it's not like he has never killed corrupt officials before.Although the common people hate those corrupt officials deeply, ordinary people will basically not take the initiative to do anything to the family members of those corrupt officials.

It would be even more nonsense to prevent them from gaining a foothold in the capital.

Of course, if the other party has a very strong political opponent, then that is a different matter.

But listening to Liu Song's tone, it didn't seem like that was the case.

"Why can't you stay?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked curiously.

Although there is no way to kill the whole family of the corrupt official, it is not bad if their life is not good.

Liu Song said with some regret: "His Royal Highness the King of England has set a rule before that if there is a corrupt official in the family, his immediate family members will not be allowed to obtain academic honors within three generations."

"Okay!" After hearing Liu Song's words, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but cheered loudly.

It must be my brother who has the ability. Why didn’t I think of such a wonderful idea before?
Even those corrupt officials must consider the future of their children.

If their heirs are unable to continue to obtain academic honors because of something they committed, it will definitely be a devastating blow to these traditional scholar-bureaucrats.

Liu Song and Liu Ji were speechless at the same time.

They knew it once they heard the news.

Zhu Yuanzhang achieved eight achievements with this attitude.

Liu Song waited until Zhu Yuanzhang was almost happy before continuing: "Also, the benefits His Royal Highness the King of England has given us officials are really great."

"Your Majesty, there are almost no officials serving in Yanjing who need to worry about their livelihood."

"In terms of housing, there are welfare houses provided by the imperial court. These welfare houses are distributed according to grades. For higher-ranking officials, such as ministers, this is a relatively large house."

"His Royal Highness the King of England has said that this is only temporary. If Yanjing is completely built in the future, high-level officials will distribute villas." Zhu Yuanzhang curled his mouth downwards. His younger brother is good at everything, but sometimes A little too generous.

Does he know how many officials there are in Yingtian plus Yanjing? If they are all given houses, how much will it cost?
"No wonder you support the King of England so much. His Royal Highness treats you much better than I do, right? This big house is placed in Yingtian Mansion. If you don't have 2 taels, you probably won't be able to buy it, right?"

……

Liu Song and Liu Ji both had scornful expressions on their faces.

Seeing their appearance, Lao Zhu knew that something was wrong and immediately said sternly: "If you have anything to say, just say it directly. If we find out by ourselves, you will reap the benefits."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked directly. Liu Song and Liu Ji naturally did not dare to neglect, and immediately explained carefully.

"I dare not deceive Your Majesty, because more and more projects are being carried out in Yanjing, and land is becoming increasingly scarce. The value of Wei Chen's house..." At this point, Liu Song hesitated. In fact, even if it was him, now that he thought of this The price of a house has a strong sense of unreality.

"How much." Zhu Yuanzhang could feel that the value of this house would definitely not be lower, otherwise Liu Song would not be so hesitant.

Although he was mentally prepared, when Lao Zhu heard the price of the house from Liu Song, his eyes widened in shock.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen's house, including the land, is about 12 taels."

Seeing Liu Song speak, Liu Ji immediately spoke in a slightly lower voice than Liu Song, and finished quickly and simply: "My 12 taels."

Lao Zhu's head buzzed for a moment. He originally thought that it was only a little more expensive than the one in Yanjing, maybe more than 1 taels of silver.

As a result... the price doubled directly.

Damn it, he didn’t even know if he had 12 taels of silver to build a grand palace in his palace.

The place where these two guys Liu Ji and Liu Song live can be so expensive.

Besides, let’s not talk about Liu Ji, Liu Song, what’s going on?

Is this how you live in a house worth 12 taels of silver?The yard is overgrown with weeds, many rooms look unoccupied at first glance, and the window paper is torn?

The old sow eats ginseng and destroys things.

When it comes to observing words and emotions, even ten Liu Songs might not be able to catch up with Liu Ji's thighs.

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's face, Liu Ji had already guessed what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking.

Now is a good opportunity to talk about favorability, and Liu Ji will certainly not miss it.

"Your Majesty, it's not that I'm greedy for pleasure. The reason why Mr. Liu and Fa Chen live in such luxury is actually for their own reasons."

What the hell?
The one who gave you glory, wealth and delicacies is still making things difficult for you?
"Oh? We would like to hear how our brother made it difficult for you." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered disdainfully.

The intention is clearly to question Liu Ji. If you can't give us a satisfactory reason, it will definitely not be a good thing for you.

This time, Liu Ji didn't feel guilty at all, because everything he said was true, so he wouldn't be afraid.

However, whatever he wanted to say was said by Zhu Han and Liu Song.And he is just a repeater.

Even so, when Zhu Yuanzhang understands what Liu Song means, his impression in Lao Zhu's eyes will definitely change greatly.

Therefore, although Liu Jiming praised Liu Song on the surface, he was actually doing it for himself.

It's just that Liu Ji won't benefit himself at the expense of others.

"Your Majesty, at the very beginning, Mr. Liu Song did not agree with His Royal Highness the King's political adjustment order."

"Lord Liu believes that we are officials of the imperial court. As the saying goes, we can eat the emperor's salary and share the emperor's worries. How can we use our position to get more benefits from the imperial court?"

Upon hearing this, Lao Zhu gave Liu Song an appreciative look.

Although this guy's words are not very pleasant, his loyalty to Ming Dynasty is still very worthy of praise.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's expression softening, Liu Ji was secretly happy, knowing that he had hit the right target. His voice became louder and louder: "Your Majesty, do you know what His Royal Highness said?"

Although Liu Ji deliberately sold the lawsuit, he knew that Lao Zhu was not the kind of person who liked to guess.

In saying this, he only deliberately aroused Zhu Yuanzhang's suspense.

The so-called language art is naturally meaningless when described in a straightforward manner.

It has to have highs and lows to keep the audience interested.

However, his current audience is not the readers of later generations of novels. They were so ecstatic that they were read out of context, scolded their mothers every day, and in the end had no choice but to pay for their money.

But if Lao Zhu wants people to die, they will really die.

So he didn't even wait for Lao Zhu to guess. After arousing Lao Zhu's interest, he immediately explained: "His Royal Highness the King of England talked about Zilu's deeds of redeeming people."

"Zilu's family is well-off, so he does not need rewards from the court. However, it is impossible for other people to have Zilu's family background. He doesn't want the last time. If others want the last time, it will appear that they are greedy. Zilu has a noble character."

"You have obviously done good things, but instead of getting the rewards you deserve, you will be criticized by others. If things go on like this, no one will be willing to go to other countries to redeem people."

"The same is true in Yanjing." Liu Ji said with an upright look: "I and Mr. Liu have high positions and powerful salaries, and their salaries are much higher than those of ordinary officials. Naturally, there is no pressure in life."

"But those ordinary officials don't have much salary to begin with. In addition, the housing prices in Yanjing are becoming increasingly expensive. Many officials' salaries are already difficult to use just to rent houses, let alone daily life."

"His Royal Highness the King's welfare policy provides housing and other benefits to officials according to their rank."

"If Lord Liu Song doesn't want this kind of welfare, and neither do I, then how can the officials below have the nerve to ask for it?"

"Therefore, in order for His Royal Highness the King's welfare decree to be promulgated smoothly, so that lower-level officials can live in the welfare housing provided by the court as a matter of course."

"Wei Chen and Lord Liu Song have no choice but to humiliate themselves and lead by example."

Zhu Yuanzhang smacked his lips.

He understood what Liu Ji meant, but Zhu Yuanzhang always felt a little uncomfortable.

Why do you always feel that when Liu Ji said this, he seemed to be particularly in need of a beating, as if he wanted to punch him a few times?

What's more, Lao Zhu could see Liu Song's reluctance.He only lived in one room in such a big house.

You can tell by looking at the state of the house. It is indeed the only one who lives here permanently, and the other houses have no owners at all.

But you Liu Ji...

The accommodation was obviously quite comfortable, and it didn't look like it was forced at all.

(End of this chapter)