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

Chapter 37: Corrupt Officials: Didn’t you, Zhu Yuanzhang, make us corrupt? Why are you killing us now?

"You are really too young." But when Zhu Yuanzhang heard their doubts about Chu Nan's plan, he simply shook his head.

"There is no perfect strategy in this world. Any strategy will have flaws, and the same is true for the Weisuo system. If the soldiers are farming, their combat effectiveness will definitely decline."

"But it's not like I'm farming every day and every moment. The rest of the time I'm training."

"Besides, if I don't rely on farming, how can I support an army of more than one million? In the current situation of Ming Dynasty, can I support more than one million professional soldiers who are not engaged in production?"

"Also, are the soldiers of the Song Dynasty really weak in combat? Isn't it because of their policy of emphasizing civil affairs over military affairs, which led to the weakness of the upper class, that they couldn't win the war? The soldiers are not weak in combat."

"Yes." After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, the princes realized their mistake.

There is indeed no perfect strategy, and Chu Nan's garrison system can indeed easily support an army of one million.

Moreover, the fighting capacity of the Song Dynasty soldiers was indeed quite strong. They won the wars against the Western Xia and Liao people. However, due to the weakness of the imperial court, the fruits of victory were lost.

Zhu Yuanzhang also continued to speak, he was going to implement Chu Nan's robbery plan.

"Arrange people immediately and form a navy with 20,000 men. Bring enough food, muskets, and cannons. Set off as soon as possible."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't wait to "bring" those good crops back to the Ming Dynasty.

He really felt that what Chu Nan said made sense. If one wanted the common people to live a stable life and not rebel, any fancy policies would not be as good as ensuring that the common people had enough food to eat.

If the emperors in the past had been able to ensure that the people had enough food and clothing, there would not have been so many peasant uprisings in history.

In a peaceful and prosperous era, with a wife and children, who would be willing to rebel? Unless you are stupid.

And now, Zhu Yuanzhang just wants to bring such a peaceful and prosperous era to the people of the world.

"Yes." Zhu Biao, the executive vice emperor of the Ming Dynasty, immediately agreed.

"I will do it immediately."

"But you have to remember." Zhu Yuanzhang added another reminder.

"When choosing generals, you must choose those who are loyal and have families. Do you understand?"

"I understand, son." Zhu Biao naturally understood Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts. He was afraid that the general leading the troops would run away and proclaim himself king, so he wanted to take advantage of the general's weakness.

"There is one more thing, you go and do it yourself." But at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang told Zhu Biao another very important matter.

There was also murderous intent in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.

"This is very simple. Just kill the corrupt officials. I want you to kill all the corrupt officials in Puyang and the corrupt officials in the capital who are obviously corrupt!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's face became extremely ugly.

This bunch of corrupt officials dared to embezzle Zhu Yuanzhang's money and exploit the people that Zhu Yuanzhang loved. They all deserve to be killed!

"Yes!" Zhu Biao agreed as soon as he heard it, and a fierce look appeared on his face.

"I will definitely do my best to kill everyone who deserves to be killed."

"This..." The other princes were frightened when they saw it. They all said that their father was cruel and their eldest brother was kind, but in fact, they were all illusions.

My eldest brother is more merciful than our father, but compared to others, he is much more cruel.

If the emperor wanted to exterminate nine generations of a clan, my eldest brother might plead for mercy, saying it was too cruel and that exterminating eight generations would be enough.

This is Zhu Biao’s kindness.

"That's right." But at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered something else and reminded Zhu Biao again.

"You should also hurry up and deal with the matter of selling the official position to the profiteers. I am very short of money recently."

Zhu Yuanzhang now has not enough money from corrupt officials, and he is eyeing the money from these profiteers. "No problem." Zhu Biao agreed immediately.

"I will arrange for someone to do this at the same time."

I'm so envious.

But when they heard the conversation between Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, the princes present were all envious.

Because they felt that Zhu Yuanzhang really delegated power to Zhu Biao and let him do everything.

But their other sons couldn’t get anything. They were so envious.

Zhu Di couldn't help but sigh. With my elder brother around, I would probably be a general who conquers the north in my life.

But Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care what his other sons thought. He was just looking forward to the prosperity that his Ming Dynasty would usher in after these policies were implemented!
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Zhu Biao's efficiency in action was also very fast. He implemented these policies within a few days.

The first is the Wei Suo system. Many generals knew some information about this system before, but when it was actually implemented, they were helpless.

He could only hand over the military power obediently and allow it to be divided into several garrisons.

After all, Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, Tang He and other great marshals who commanded hundreds of thousands of troops had no objection, so what objection could they have?

But I don’t know what Lan Yu would think when he comes back from suppressing the rebellion. I was suppressing the rebellion outside, and when I came back my house was robbed?

A general who was so majestic and commanded tens of thousands of troops the day before, but had no soldiers under his command the next day?

The Ming Dynasty's navy for the expedition is also being prepared, and Zhu Biao dare not be careless about this, as it concerns the life and death of the people of the world.

Recently, the honest officials have become much more honest because of the threats they have received, and they listen to Zhu Yuanzhang's words.

The Jinyiwei was also being established, and its number had grown to several thousand people, and they had infiltrated many places.

Because of the development of the Jinyiwei and Zhu Yuanzhang's policy of killing corrupt officials, the corrupt officials in the capital of the Ming Dynasty have been in a miserable situation recently.

Because of Zhu Biao's transfer some time ago, many people with evil intentions and boldness could no longer restrain themselves and first engaged in small-scale corruption.

Then when they found that no one was in charge, they started to embezzle money on a large scale, and finally they became embezzlers openly and became extremely arrogant.

But they didn't expect that Zhu Yuanzhang would settle the score so soon.

Just see it on Jinling Street.

Prison vans carrying more than a hundred corrupt officials wearing white prison uniforms were taken to the Meridian Gate for beheading.

Both sides of the road were filled with people watching the fun, and when they saw these corrupt officials being put in the prison van, they became curious.

"Strange, isn't that Lord Wang, the Minister of Revenue? Why was he arrested?"

"And there's Lord Li, the Minister of the Imperial Household. Wasn't he just promoted? How come he was also arrested? How strange?"

Seeing that the people were puzzled, the official in charge of escorting them began to read out the order from above.

"Listen, people. These officials were corrupt and lawless during their tenure, so your majesty ordered them to be taken down."

"For example, Wang Quan, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Li Dongcheng, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, both embezzled more than 100,000 taels of silver within a month of being transferred to their posts. They also visited prostitutes every day and partied every night, betraying the emperor's grace!"

"So, Your Majesty has issued an order to execute all these corrupt officials, and half of the confiscated property will go to the national treasury, and the other half will be used to help the people of the world!"

"What?" After hearing these orders, the common people present all started discussing heatedly.

(End of this chapter)