Ming Dynasty: The poisonous imperial teacher, Zhu Yuanzhang advised me to be kind

Chapter 11 Liu Bowen was shocked, Chu Nan’s plan was so vicious that even his own people would suffer!
"As long as there is solid evidence and then threats are made, most officials will behave themselves."

"For example, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan, was framed and forced to rebel by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty because he slept with two concubines. Then he had no choice but to rebel."

"So even if an official is the most disobedient, as long as you can find his weak spot, he will obey."

"This is my strategy for dealing with disobedient honest officials."

"This..." After hearing what Chu Nan said, Zhu Yuanzhang also smiled.

With such a strategy, is he still afraid that his officials will not obey?
If anyone disobeys, we will directly fabricate false evidence to threaten him. If anyone refuses to be threatened, we will directly publish his evidence and ruin his reputation. Then we will see who dares to act recklessly because of their status as a clean official.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more appreciative of Chu Nan.

If the previous strategy for dealing with corrupt officials might have been a guess, then this strategy for dealing with honest officials showed that Chu Nan was definitely very capable.

Chu Nan is truly an unparalleled ruthless warrior. Zhu Yuanzhang must make good use of him!
"This..." At this moment, all the princes were convinced, especially Zhu Di and Zhu Chong.

At the beginning, the two of them were very dissatisfied with Chu Nan, but now, they are completely convinced. This strategy is really brilliant and vicious!
You are really good at framing the minister in order to make him obey you.

But at this moment, Liu Bowen's face looked a little ugly.

Because in fact he sometimes did not listen to Zhu Yuanzhang. For example, when Zhu Yuanzhang asked him what strategy he had, he might pretend not to know.

So he was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would not do something to him, send him some beauties, and frame him for his extravagant life? Then if he did not obey, he would announce Liu Bowen's promiscuous life.

How can he put his old face on this?

Damn Chu Nan, we are in the same group, but when you put your plan into practice, you even kill your own people. It’s too cruel!
"No, there is a problem." But at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly remembered something, and his face became serious.

"Chu Nan, your strategy for dealing with honest officials and the previous strategy for dealing with corrupt officials both have a loophole. If you don't solve this loophole, everything will be in vain."

"What loophole?" Chu Nan frowned when he heard it. Although his two strategies were not perfect, no strategy could be perfect.

But it shouldn't be that bad, there will be loopholes, right?

The princes were also puzzled. Wasn't Chu Nan's plan very good? They all admired it very much. How could there be a loophole?
"That's right." At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak, but Liu Bowen came out to explain.

"That's right. Your strategy for dealing with corrupt officials is to promote capable corrupt officials, and then ignore their corruption. When they are old and useless, you kill them and confiscate their property."

"Then the question is, how do you know which officials have embezzled and how much?"

"What if this official didn't embezzle anything? Wouldn't that mean he was wrongly killed? Or if this official embezzled 100,000 taels, but only 10,000 taels were seized, wouldn't it be a great injustice for the court to use him?"

"Yes, so your strategy to fight corruption has loopholes." At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang also spoke.

"Similarly, your strategy for managing honest officials seems to have some loopholes. How do I know which of my subordinates are honest officials?"

"What if this honest official is just pretending to be an honest official, and is actually a corrupt official? If I give him money, wouldn't that be like throwing meat at a dog? I haven't threatened him, but I've given him money? I've become a big injustice again."

"Yes." After hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen said, the princes also became serious.

In this way, although Chu Nan's strategy is very clever, it has some major loopholes when it comes to implementation.

“Hmm…” But after hearing Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen’s concerns, Chu Nan was shocked.

"Your Majesty, Lord Liu, is this loophole really that big? I don't think it is."

"What?" Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised.

"Do you have a solution?" Zhu Yuanzhang has been troubled by this problem for a long time, and now Chu Nan actually has a solution?
Liu Bowen also became curious. He was the wisest man in the world. However, he thought of several ways to solve this problem, but he rejected them all and did not find a satisfactory one.

"Of course." Chu Nan nodded. He might not be extremely smart, but his mind contained thousands of years of Chinese history, as well as the collision of all kinds of modern wisdom.

So, if you ask him to solve a complex math problem, he may not be able to do it. But if you ask him to tell you how to deal with a certain situation in history, Chu Nan can still do it easily.

"Then say it." Zhu Yuanzhang was a little anxious and urged.

“But Your Majesty…” But Chu Nan’s face showed some difficulty.

"Yes, but Your Majesty, you must keep my identity a secret. Don't let anyone know that this strategy was proposed by me."

"Because this strategy is a bit poisonous. It may even be more poisonous than the previous two strategies."

"What!" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned. Another vicious plan? And even more vicious than the previous two plans?

Why is Chu Nan so evil?
But he was not stupid and he knew the seriousness of the matter. Chu Nan's evil plan was indeed too offensive. If it were to be made public, he didn't know how many people would be offended.

Then he looked at his sons in front of him and scolded them directly.

"Listen carefully, everyone. If anyone dares to tell anyone about what happened today, he will no longer be my son, Zhu Yuanzhang. Do you hear me?"

"I heard it, I heard it." When the princes heard Zhu Yuanzhang's warning, they also realized the seriousness of the matter and would not speak nonsense.

"I won't say anything nonsense." At this moment, Liu Bowen also spoke and stated his position.

But he felt a little uneasy. It was another vicious scheme. How many vicious schemes did Chu Nan have?
Moreover, although Chu Nan’s first plan to deal with corruption was poisonous, it did not hurt him. However, his second plan to deal with honest officials was poisonous, but it also hurt him.

This third evil plan shouldn't hurt him, right?

After giving the warning, Zhu Yuanzhang also looked at Chu Nan.

"I promised you before that I would protect your identity, and now I have promised you again. Shouldn't you be relieved?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang do this, Chu Nan felt much more relieved, and then looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and spoke.

"Your Majesty, your problem now is, to put it bluntly, that you don't know who is an honest official and who is a corrupt official, that is, you don't have any intelligence on the officials."

"And this information cannot be found out by the Censorate alone, but it is also very simple to solve this problem. Isn't it enough to set up an agency specifically responsible for collecting intelligence?"

"I also have this intelligence agency." Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he heard it.

"When I was fighting the Yuan Dynasty and Chen Youliang, I established an intelligence agency specifically responsible for spying on military secrets and assassinations. This intelligence agency has not yet been disbanded."

"Yes." Liu Bowen also nodded.

"My disciple Yang Xian used to be your Majesty's intelligence officer."

"Your Majesty." But after hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, Chu Nan actually shook his head.

"That intelligence agency is not enough."

"If you really want to know which officials under you are corrupt and which are honest, an intelligence agency of this size is far from enough. You have to establish an intelligence agency on a national scale."

"You must place your people around all officials and inside all institutions, and then they must report to you on all matters, no matter how big or small."

"For example, what these officials had for breakfast, who they met at noon, what they dealt with in the afternoon, which concubine they slept with at night, what positions they used, and how long they slept, all need to be reported to you."

"You are so meticulous, but you are still afraid that you don't know who is a corrupt official and who is an honest official in this world?"

　There were no Jinyiwei in the third year of Hongwu
　　
　
(End of this chapter)