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

Chapter 7: How to solve the problem that the honest officials don’t listen to me?

Zhu Yuanzhang was really calm. It was just 5,000 Northern Yuan cavalrymen. He didn't take it seriously at all.

Xu Da was ill, so he didn't even send Li Wenzhong out, but sent Lan Yu instead, and he thought that was enough.

People of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, I will wipe you all out sooner or later.

"Your Majesty is wise!" When the ministers present heard Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangement, they all cheered.

"Long live your Majesty!"

"Long live your majesty!"

"So domineering!" Chu Nan was also shocked when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangements and his disdain for the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

He is worthy of being called the Hongwu Emperor, who can be compared with the Qin Emperor and Emperor Taizong of Han Dynasty. His majesty is truly mighty!

"That's right." Seeing that this matter was arranged, Zhu Yuanzhang also became curious.

"Didn't you say that you had something important to report to me? What was it? Could it be the incident just now?"

The invasion of 5,000 Northern Yuan cavalry was not a big deal to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Majesty." But at this time, the Minister of Revenue Lu Chang stood up, but his face was very ugly.

"It's the Yellow River. I just received news that there has been a sudden flood in the area around the Yellow River. Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected."

"They are displaced, their farmland is destroyed, they lack food and clothing, and the situation is extremely critical. Your Majesty, please order disaster relief immediately."

"What!" Upon hearing Lu Chang's words, all the officials present were stunned.

The Yellow River is the mother river of China, providing sufficient water resources for the residents on both sides of the river for life and irrigation of crops.

But the Yellow River is also ruthless. Once a flood breaks out, it will be a flood zone stretching thousands of miles. Throughout history, almost every dynasty and generation of people have suffered disasters due to the flooding of the Yellow River.

And now, the Yellow River has once again suffered a flood disaster, causing hundreds of thousands of people to suffer. How can this be tolerated?

If these people were left hungry and cold, they would rebel, and their death would be a huge blow to the productivity of the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, all the ministers spoke.

"Your Majesty, please issue an order immediately to provide relief to the people."

Chu Nan frowned when he saw this scene. The problem of the Yellow River was indeed a big trouble in ancient times.

Even in modern times, there are still some hidden dangers. Most sections of the river are above ground, and the river is higher than the surrounding houses.

However, it was not difficult to solve this problem in ancient times. The imperial court allocated money and grain, and then arranged people to provide disaster relief and repair houses, and the problem was solved.

Let’s see how Zhu Yuanzhang arranges it.

But at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang did not make a decision immediately, but frowned and thought.

Because he wanted to do as Chu Nan said and use corrupt officials to control the flood. It didn't matter whether they were corrupt or not, what mattered was their ability. They had to fix the flood first and talk about it later.

But Zhu Yuanzhang thought again. He didn't know whether this corrupt official would embezzle money during this governance, how much money he could embezzle, or even whether he would exploit the people.

How can he be sentenced to death without evidence? Wouldn't he be buried with a clean reputation and silver?
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that before the problem he was worried about was solved, it would be better not to follow Chu Nan's method to control the flood this time.

We still need to send an honest official to resolve this matter.

After thinking this through, he glanced directly at the court, and then looked at the officials behind Hu Weiyong who were known for their integrity.

"This disaster relief is a heavy responsibility. Which minister is willing to volunteer to provide disaster relief?"

In fact, Hu Weiyong himself had a bad character and was also greedy for money, so there must have been many corrupt officials under him.

However, because Hu Weiyong was a member of the Huaixi Party, he joined Zhu Yuanzhang's group very early, and at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang's group was facing a difficult time.

Therefore, there were naturally many incompetent people in the Huaixi Party who were able to persist, but they were not for profit, but for the sake of resisting the Yuan Dynasty and returning happiness to the people of the Central Plains. As for Yang Xian, he belonged to the Zhejiang East Party, which joined Zhu Yuanzhang's group relatively late. Therefore, the Zhejiang East Party joined Zhu Yuanzhang's group only after they saw clearly that the world would be controlled by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Therefore, among the Zhejiang East Party, there are naturally many people with good abilities but who are opportunistic. This is also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang has never made use of the people from the Zhejiang East Party.

Even Liu Bowen, the nominal leader of the Zhejiang East Party, was only granted a small title of earl when the country was founded.

And now is the time when Zhu Yuanzhang wants to use these clean officials under Hu Weiyong.

He continued, "Why, no one? This is for the Ming Dynasty. I will remember you."

Ah.

But after hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, the clean officials who were glanced at by him sneered in their hearts, and all stood where they were, motionless.

Hu Weiyong, who was standing in front of them, also had a calm expression on his face. He had already informed these people that they would not help Zhu Yuanzhang!
Who asked Zhu Yuanzhang to remove so many of them from their positions?

"What's going on?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he saw this scene.

In the past, when I gave an order, someone would definitely stand up. Why is there no one today?
His face suddenly turned unhappy: "No one is willing to come out and help me share my worries?"

It can be seen that even though Zhu Yuanzhang was about to get angry, those upright officials still did nothing.

Even Yang Xian, who was standing by, was shocked. He knew that Zhu Yuanzhang would never let his people interfere in such matters, and that Hu Weiyong's people would definitely take over, so he did not volunteer.

But what happened today? None of Hu Weiyong’s men stood up?
Chu Nan was also surprised to see this scene. Why was Zhu Yuanzhang performing a one-man show?
"What's wrong with you today?" But this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's face suddenly became gloomy.

"I have called out twice, but no one has come forward yet? What's going on? Is there no one to share my worries?"

Then he looked directly at an official behind Hu Weiyong.

"Huang Bin, stand up for me. Can't you do this?"

Huang Bin also belonged to the Huaixi Party. He used to be the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, but now he is a casual official. He is close to Hu Weiyong, but he is also known as an honest official in the court.

Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang encountered matters that needed to be handled by the Qingliu, he would still call him.

Ah.

But when Huang Bin heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, he sneered.

"Your Majesty, this matter is a huge responsibility, and I am a humble official with limited abilities. I cannot do it. Please ask the newly appointed Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Wang Quan, to handle it."

Huang Bin was originally the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Although he was an upright person, his work efficiency was low. So because of Chu Nan's strategy, Zhu Yuanzhang directly removed him from the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

So now, he was a little dissatisfied in his heart, and because of Hu Weiyong's order, he didn't want to help Zhu Yuanzhang anymore.

"Oh?" But Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't see what Huang Bin was thinking, and his eyes suddenly turned cold.

"Huang Bin, are you dissatisfied with the arrangements I made?"

When the ministers saw this, they were immediately frightened. Zhu Yuanzhang was angry. When he was angry, he would kill people. Wasn’t Huang Bin afraid?

"Heh." But Huang Bin sneered in his heart, and then answered neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Your Majesty, I respect your decision and therefore recommend Lord Wang Quan to govern the Yellow River. He is the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and this is exactly his job. Is my recommendation wrong?"

Huang Bin was calm. He was a well-known honest official in the court. He was not greedy for money or lustful. Others were afraid of death, but he was not! He just wanted to vent his anger.

"Ha." Seeing this scene, Hu Weiyong also became proud.

Your Majesty, you are the only one who has the final say in this court. Now let me see how you handle this matter.

"This..." Chu Nan frowned as he looked at the situation. The situation during the Hongwu period was really complicated. Now let's see how Zhu Yuanzhang handles it.

(End of this chapter)