Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

There are two suspected ministers of third rank or above, 29 civil and military ministers of seventh rank or above, and a total of thirty-one court officials!
This can be said to be the largest corruption case since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

With fire in his eyes, Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice: "How many Huaixi veterans are there among these thirty-one people?"

"Your Majesty, all of them are from Huaixi. Among them are more than a dozen of your Majesty's adopted sons, nephews, and grandchildren."

Liu Bowen raised his head, glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang's face, and said, "Your Majesty, I have caused trouble to Your Majesty."

"We have changed the administration of officials, improved their remuneration, and repeatedly warned about corruption. We have also caught many examples over the years. Aren't they afraid?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

At that time, the tax system reform was implemented, and the case of the Lanyu tribe was already a shock to these Huaixi nobles.

Zhu Yuanzhang originally thought it worked, but he didn't expect that these guys didn't take his goodwill into consideration at all.

Then don't blame Zhu Chongba for bringing up the butcher's knife.

"They have restrained themselves a lot, but people are wise and foolish, things are good and bad, and it is impossible to do everything well. Therefore, it is impossible for all Huaixi veterans to know how to stop."

Liu Bowen explained: "After the case of the Lanyu tribe in Fengyang Prefecture in Huaixi, some people became cunning. They might stay safe near the capital, but once they arrived in other provinces, they thought that His Majesty could not see him. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief, as if he had heard something ridiculous.

His voice also rose involuntarily.

"Are we all supposed to keep an eye on everyone? Ah!"

"There are laws in the imperial court, and there is a blue sky three feet above their heads. Aren't they afraid of thunder from the sky?" Zhu Yuanzhang cursed angrily.

Liu Bowen on the side said: "Your Majesty, no matter how strict the law is, it must be enforced by people. If the law enforcers are lenient, then the law-abiding people will naturally be lenient."

Speaking of this, Liu Bowen sighed softly.

"Besides, it's hard to see if there's a lot of money lying around. This man's heart is soft, but his silver is hard."

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard Liu Bowen's words, his anger subsided a little, and he paced back and forth in the palace.

"We also know it in our hearts. We know these adopted sons and nephews very well. None of them are afraid of anything. They are equally bold when they do bad things."

"Even if the salaries and benefits are now increased for court officials, it is believed that the money is only enough to allow them to live a better life than ordinary people. For some of them to really want a happy life, that little money is far from enough! "

"What they want is a mansion and a compound! What they want is a fancy car and BMW! What they want is three wives and four concubines!"

Zhu Yuanzhang walked to a table and stopped, raised his hand and slapped it hard on the table.

"Anyone who has these things must have ill-gotten wealth!"

Liu Bowen was quite old, so he was somewhat shocked by Zhu Yuanzhang's sudden visit.

He opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty has a holy meeting!"

With this slap on the table, Zhu Yuanzhang finally vented all his anger. After he recovered, he suddenly thought of something. He looked at Liu Bowen and asked: "What kind of adopted grandson did you mention just now? But we haven't received anything." My adopted grandson."

"If your majesty's adopted son recognizes his adopted son, wouldn't he be his adopted grandson?" Liu Bowen then explained. "As far as I know, among His Majesty's adopted sons, the number of adopted sons they recognize is dozens to hundreds."

"Bastard!"

"Your Majesty, please calm down. I dare to think that your Majesty conquered the world with your adopted son, adopted nephew, adopted brother, and adopted brother, and the generals will naturally follow suit."

Liu Bowen was not wrong about this.

"History of the Ming Dynasty" records: "In the early days of Taizu, he had many adopted sons."

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted more than 20 adopted sons, the most famous of whom were Mu Ying, Ma Er, Wen Hui, Zhu Wengang, Zhu Wenxun, etc.

Not to mention the adopted nephew.

Plus sworn brothers.

and real blood relatives.

The people with the longest and most distant relationship were also fellow Huaixi people, and this formed Zhu Yuanzhang’s first and most solid team when he conquered the world.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a commoner family, but in the era of great strife at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he managed to level all the forces and unify the world, except for his own extraordinary abilities.

This kind of relationship network maintained by family ties also plays a very important role.

It's like working in a company, and you and your boss are strangers, so the relationship between you and us is just that of employer and employee. If the boss of the company recognizes you as his adopted son, then you will work harder and hope that the company will prosper all the way.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, who started an uprising, he needed his own direct troops and a group of people who were loyal to him.

Adopting an adopted son binds the two parties into a community of interests, and then watering them with family affection, the relationship between them will become closer.

For these adopted sons, Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife are like reincarnations of themselves. In order to repay their kindness, there is no reason not to go all out.

On the battlefield, his father leads the way and kills the enemy without fear.

After the city is captured and the territory is captured, if the adopted sons are sent to guard it, they will work harder and the chance of raising troops to rebel will be greatly reduced.

"History of the Ming Dynasty" records: "Zhou She guards Zhenjiang, Dao She guards Ningguo, Maer guards Wuzhou, Chaishe and Zhentong guard Chuzhou, and Jingangnu guards Quzhou. They are all adopted sons."

It was not until the world was settled that Zhu Yuanzhang severed the father-son relationship with his adopted sons.

For example, Mu Ying has the closest relationship with the Zhu family. He is regarded as a biological son by Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma, and has made great contributions to Zhu Yuanzhang. But in the 26th year of Zhengzheng, Zhu Yuanzhang also asked Mu Ying to change her original surname back on the grounds that "the family cannot be left without heirs".

Zhu Yuanzhang did this with good intentions.

It's not that he is heartless.

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang first accepted adopted sons was to let them follow his own surname. When the time was right, Zhu Yuanzhang allowed them to restore their original surnames.

First of all, the minds of young children are extremely fragile. If they are not given the surname Zhu, they will attract criticism from others. His adopted adopted son is very likely to be estranged from him, believing that Zhu Yuanzhang is not his biological father and that he is just trying to take advantage of him.

Secondly, Zhu Yuanzhang did want to turn his adopted son into a confidant, but he did not want to make him king.

But there is an old saying that goes well, if you are raised before you are born, you will never be able to get it back in a lifetime.

What's more, Zhu Yuanzhang only made them lose the opportunity to be crowned kings, and did not treat them badly. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, not one of them was left behind.

But everything has two sides.

Generally speaking, after a dynasty is established, it relies on the soldiers who conquer the world. No matter how great their achievements are when they conquer the world, they will have great troubles when they rule the world.

Over the years, they have developed a character that is not afraid of heaven and earth, and despise Tsunaki.

He also thought that he was the emperor's robe brother, and his merits were equal to those in heaven.

Since their brothers rule the world, they should naturally enjoy themselves.

Even if many people are not like this themselves, the people around them and their relatives will always produce such people.

From the day Zhu Yuanzhang launched his army, he knew how many people had followed him, how many people had shed their blood, and how many brothers and nephews had left.

But this is not an excuse for those people to prey on the common people.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Liu Bowen, was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Among the ministers of the Zhu Kingdom, who is the most involved?"

"Yongjiahou, Zhu Liangzu!"

Guangzhou, Yongjia Marquis Mansion.

In the flower hall, there was a row of young and beautiful girls standing, but no one had a smile on their face.

Because none of them came here voluntarily. Some of them even had tear stains on their cheeks.

"Master Hou is here, stand still for me!" the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion scolded loudly.

The next moment, the tall Zhu Liangzu walked in from outside.

The butler stepped forward and said, "Master Marquis, these girls are the filial piety offered by those below."

Zhu Liangzu raised his head and took the handkerchief handed over by the housekeeper, wiped the blood on his hands, and looked up at the girls in front of him.

These girls from good families lowered their heads and did not dare to raise their heads at all.

"Aren't you willing to serve me, General?"

"Everyone look at me!" Zhu Liangzu said in a deep voice with a dissatisfied look on his face.

The girls were startled and quickly raised their heads.

Zhu Liangzu's eyes swept over the faces of these girls one by one, pointed at one of them, and suddenly said: "Come out!"

The girl who was named by Zhu Liangzu had no idea what her fate would be. She took a step forward from the team, her face full of anxiety.

She bit her lip, preparing for the worst.

But sometimes, the cruel reality is like this, it will be worse than the worst scenario you imagined.

Zhu Liangzu said: "If you want to serve me, you are not worthy."

"Somebody come!"

"General!" The next moment, a soldier walked in from outside the hall.

"Get her away!" Zhu Liangzu waved his hand and said impatiently.

"Yes, general." The soldier took the order and escorted the girl out of the hall.

When the other girls saw this scene, many of them wished that the person being kidnapped was them.

They have never wished they were uglier than they are now.

But soon, they will no longer think so.

"General, do you want to lock her up?" The housekeeper took a step forward, came to Zhu Liangzu's side, and asked.

Zhu Liangzu glanced at the housekeeper and said: "Why are you locked up? Since they have been sent to my house, even if I don't use them, there is no way that other men can use them. Just throw them into the well."

"Yes!"

Hearing this, all the girls in the hall turned pale with fright.

Those people who just wished they could exchange with the girl who was kidnapped also stopped thinking about it.

At this time, what they should be grateful for most is their parents, who are good-looking and can really save people's lives.

"Remember it all. When serving the Marquis, you must be obedient."

The butler walked up to the girls and gave the final lecture.

"If you serve her well, she might become the 19th concubine of the Marquis Mansion. If you serve her badly, she will end up with the same fate."

"Yes!"

The girls responded hurriedly, with smiles on their faces immediately.

It's just that for some reason, those who laugh are more ugly than those who cry.

the other side.

The prefect of Guangzhou, at the gate of the government office.

A man who had been stripped of his government uniform and had his upper body bare was tied to a pillar in front of the government office.

The man lowered his head, his body was covered with whip marks, and he didn't know he was dead.

Luo Chengren and his fellow gangsters gathered around the government servant and humiliated him.

In broad daylight, a government servant was openly tied up at the gate of the prefect's government office, but his superior, uniformed Wang Hua, did not even dare to fart.

Because just now, Yongjia Marquis Zhu Liangzu came.

Not to mention that it was just a small government official who was touched. Even if Zhu Liangzu slapped Wang Hua directly on his face, he could only laugh along with him and stretch out the other half of his face to hit him.

Inside the government office, a group of government officials looked at the situation outside.

The prefect Wang has spoken, and no one is allowed to rescue the young government servant.

In the crowd, Team Leader Huang looked at his little brother in trouble with a complicated expression.

Although in his opinion, this young government officer's behavior was stupid.

But it made him feel touched and ashamed.

Because he saw what true bravery is from this young government servant.

True bravery is knowing that you are destined to lose before you even start, but still doing it without hesitation and persevering no matter what happens.

Bantou Huang has been a subordinate for more than ten years, and he has not seen such a young man for who knows how long.

If he remembered correctly, this young man was a scholar before taking the political civil service examination.

Among the senior subordinates, Bantou Huang is considered to have a conscience.

Behind the yamen, some of the old subordinates were even making sarcastic remarks, saying that this young yamen servant was doing things regardless of the consequences. What if they were implicated?
But the words just left his mouth.

It immediately attracted angry looks from some young people around him.

Without exception, these young people are all government officials who passed the government service examination and entered the system last year due to the reform of subordinate officials.

Outside, Luo Chengren's insults continued.

The fat man even took off his pants, preparing to pee on the young subordinate.

Tolerable or unbearable!
Seeing this scene, those young people finally couldn't stand it anymore.

At this moment, they no longer care about the orders of the prefect, nor about Marquis Yongjia, or General Zhu!

Damn Yongjiahou!
I don't know who was the leader, but a group of young government officials rushed out of the government office and started beating Luo Chengren and his group with fists.

"It's over, it's over."

The old subordinates were shocked when they saw this scene, and they kept chanting this sentence in their mouths.

Squad leader Huang also walked out at this time. While shouting, "Don't fight, everyone, we are all our own people," he hit a local gangster hard on the face with his elbow.

He has wanted to teach these people a lesson for a long time.

The worst person here was Luo Chengren. He took off his pants and had difficulty moving. He fell directly to the ground, and then someone stepped on his guy.

One rarely wins, but one always wins. (End of chapter)