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

Chapter 33: How much money can be collected from taxes? Let unscrupulous businessmen become officials, and after they embezzle, their houses will be confiscated!

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't believe it at this moment.

"Chun Nan, I am the emperor, and my officials are responsible for managing the country. I have reached the limit of tolerating corrupt officials."

"But now, you actually want me to sell official positions? Are you crazy?"

"At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, people were living in poverty and rebelling. Part of the reason was because the emperor was incompetent and sold official positions at high prices. After the officials came to power, they exploited the people in order to get back the money they earned from buying the positions."

"So I absolutely will not agree to this. These profiteers should all be killed."

"Yes." The princes were also shocked after hearing Chu Nan's words.

"Master Chu, a profiteer is evil. When he was a businessman, he was only interested in profit. Once he became an official, wouldn't he kill people for money? He should have been killed. How could he still be allowed to be an official?"

Liu Bowen also nodded: "Chun Nan, your plan this time is still not well thought out."

"You guys..." But when Chu Nan saw that they actually rejected his plan, he was speechless.

"You guys still say I'm toxic. You start by saying kill these profiteers. Can't you be more harmonious?"

Then he explained: "These profiteers can do business, which means they are capable. If we absorb them, we may be able to discover a lot of talents."

"And if all the corrupt officials are killed, won't there be only honest officials left in the court? Your Majesty, you will have no money in the future. Besides, it is impossible to really kill all the corrupt officials."

"No, no." But Zhu Yuanzhang still shook his head.

"They may be capable, but once they come to power they will definitely oppress the people. I cannot ignore the people."

"Your Majesty, you worry too much." But Chu Nan had already considered this.

"Don't you have the Imperial Guards? As soon as they take office, they are already under our surveillance. If they go too far, we can take them down immediately."

"Besides, why do you always want to keep your own money, but never think about taking other people's money? Those unscrupulous businessmen have a lot of money. Do you really not want it?"

"What, the profiteer's money?" These words made Zhu Yuanzhang frown.

He looked at Chu Nan in confusion: "Chu Nan, what do you mean? If you want to get the money from merchants, can't you only rely on collecting taxes? Is there any other way... No!!!"

Suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang noticed something and looked at Chu Nan in shock: "Could it be that you want to..."

"That's right..." Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang understood his idea, Chu Nan didn't keep him in suspense any longer.

"My idea is very simple. Being an official has more power than doing business, and you can get more things, so I use official positions as bait to lure businessmen into buying official positions!"

"After this businessman becomes an official, if he is obedient, treats the people well, and is capable, he should be allowed to do his job well. If he is incapable, he should be removed from office immediately. In this way, he can earn money from selling official positions, and the position will be available again, so he can continue to sell it."

"But if he is corrupt and oppresses the people, then it will be easy. We can just kill him and confiscate all his property!"

"Now, the profiteer has been punished. Isn't the profiteer's money also yours?"

"What, this, this..." After hearing Chu Nan's words, the princes present were stunned.

Zhu Biao was so shocked that his scalp was numb: "That is to say, once these unscrupulous merchants bought the official positions, they embarked on a road of no return. They thought that being an official would bring honor to their family, but who knew that they would lose everything?"

Zhu Di was also completely stunned: "This profiteer made all his life's money, and in the end it all became ours. Isn't this too cruel?"

Zhu Chong was also trembling: "If you can treat corrupt officials like this, how can you treat unscrupulous businessmen like this? Isn't this too much?"

The princes were terrified. Chu Nan, you still say your scheme is not vicious? You still say you are kind?

There are many living Bodhisattvas, and you, Chu Nan, are one of them!

"This..." Zhu Yuanzhang was also shocked at this moment. "How can this be called buying an official position? This is clearly selling one's life."

"Of course I'm risking my life." Chu Nan was very calm when he heard it.

"This official position is the bait, attracting them to buy it. There is an old Chinese saying that goes, hehe, it is misunderstood as a hero... No, you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb."

"As for what you said about being too toxic, don't worry about it at all."

"These profiteers are only interested in profit and drive up prices. I wonder how many innocent people have been killed indirectly? So they are all a bunch of jackals. Why should we worry about jackals?"

"Moreover, we give them official positions in the hope that they can serve the people. Those who are capable and just will naturally live out the rest of their lives in peace and may even be reused."

“Those who don’t have the ability, their lives won’t be in danger.”

"As for those unscrupulous businessmen who have no ability and buy official positions just to embezzle and exploit the people, should we still be merciful and let them go?"

"Yes." After hearing Chu Nan's words, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately felt that it was right.

These unscrupulous businessmen are exploiting the common people, and you are still being kind to them? Being kind to them is being cruel to the common people!
I didn't force them to be corrupt. I only provided them with a job. They wanted to be corrupt themselves. Who can they blame if they die?

After thinking about all this, Zhu Yuanzhang made the decision directly.

"Chu Nan is right. All the money in the world should belong to me."

"How can there be money that can only be collected through taxes? I want to make these profiteers high-ranking officials. If they work honestly for me, I will not touch them and let them bring honor to their family."

"If you don't listen, hehe, don't blame me for being cruel and ruthless!"

"This..." The princes were shocked. They didn't expect that Lord Chu could convince their father in just a few moves.

Lord Chu is really to my father's liking. If the plan was not so vicious, my father might not like it.

But at the same time, they also admired Chu Nan very much. Although his plan was vicious, it was so practical.

How come there can only be honest officials in this world? Without corrupt officials, how can they make money? What, you said that corrupt officials have been killed? Then use unscrupulous businessmen to make up for it!
Moreover, they were also upset about their excessive mercy. By being kind to these unscrupulous businessmen, they were being cruel to the poor people.

Chu Nan is really amazing. Their admiration for Chu Nan has increased even more, almost reaching the level of worship.

Listening to Chu Nan's strategy is much more useful than listening to a lesson from their teacher!

They were all curious, if Chu Nan became their teacher, would they be able to learn more?
"That's right." But at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered another thing and looked at Chu Nan.

"Chun Nan, I want to ask you if you have any strategy to govern the people of the world."

"The people of the Ming Dynasty live in poverty, and there are too many people. The food they grow is not enough to be distributed, and people starve to death every year. I want them to be rich. Even if they are not rich, at least they should have enough food and clothing."

"There are too many people and not enough food to go around?" Chu Nan thought for a while after hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's question.

But a solution was soon found, because the food problem was not only a problem in the Ming Dynasty, but also a problem in later generations, but it had been solved long ago.

So Chu Nan naturally came up with a solution quickly and was about to speak.

"Wait a minute!" But Zhu Yuanzhang stopped Chu Nan from speaking and looked at him in shock.

"Chun Nan, these are ordinary people. You won't come up with some vicious plan to deal with them, right?"

"Uh..." But Chu Nan was stunned when he heard it. This was really a kind plan...

(End of this chapter)