Chapter 36 If you don’t have eyes, then don’t open them!
Seeing Xia Zhibai’s resolute attitude, Jie Min didn’t try to persuade him anymore.
He asked Xia Zhibai's specific address, then turned and left.
He has another party today.
After Jie Min walked away, no one looked for Xia Zhibai, and he returned to the inn where he stayed.
at the same time.
Xia Zhibai’s contact with beggars also fell into Zhu Yuanzhang’s ears.
Listening to Mao Xiang's report, a cold look flashed in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, and he sneered: "The literati in the world scolded us, saying that we are moody and murderous, and that we are cruel and unkind, and do not hesitate to use severe punishments to treat people. Scholar-officials."
"Can we not kill?"
"Everyone in the court has been telling us that the world is peaceful, is the world peaceful?"
"We don't know the specifics of Taiping, but what we do know is that from the officials to the common people, as well as our sons, everyone who meets us says it is Taiping."
< br>“Is this what they call peace?!”
“The people in the capital are like this, but what about other places?”
“Damn it, there are always a bunch of dead dogs, let’s give it to them After losing their power, this is how they do things for us?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was angry.
He has a bad temper.
Especially things involving the common people.
Still in the capital.
Right under his nose, this was tantamount to a slap in the face in public.
He has selfish motives.
But which emperor in the world has no selfish motives?
Besides his selfishness, he also cared about the world. He also used this to demand the officials of the Ming Dynasty to be honest. He also repeatedly demanded that these officials must care about the people.
Everyone found to be in violation of the law.
The solution he gave has always been simple.
Kill!
Zhu Biao saw this and quickly comforted him: "Father, as far as I know, there are many beggars and refugees in the capital who fled from the North. When the North was in turmoil, many people fled south with their families, but now the North is beginning to appear stable." , but it will take some time to truly gather the people."
"The imperial court has been trying to gather the population and resettle the refugees."
"It is understandable that it is unable to do so."< br>
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, waved his hand and said: "Fart, how can we not understand this?"
"We can understand that there are refugees and beggars in the capital, but we have already issued an order to allow those who should The local government of Tianfu provides porridge and relief every day.”
"How did they cook for us?"
"The porridge is getting thinner and thinner, and there are fewer and fewer people helping. According to reports, the capital is prosperous. Yes, the people at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty have been If you starve to death or freeze to death, then only Rong will be left!"
"We only allow clan members, nobles and ministers of third rank or above to have slaves, but the private sector is not allowed to have slaves."
“But show it to us.”
“These dogs have sold all the young beggars and refugees in the capital.”
"If we hadn't let Mao Xiang keep an eye on Xia Zhibai, I'm afraid none of the officials in the court would have told us these things."
"We are still kept in the dark!"
< br>Zhu Biao picked up the memorial on the ground and took a careful look.
Looking solemn.
He thought it was just the officials' laziness and inaction, but he never thought that Mao Xiang's memorial clearly stated that someone in the capital might be buying and selling slaves in an organized way, and it was very possible that there were People from the government participated.
Zhu Biao's face darkened, and murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't talk nonsense, since someone was looking for death.
Then let them die.
Zhu Yuanzhang said sharply: "Here comes someone."
"Send an order to Tang Yougong, the imperial censor of the capital."
"Ask him for me, what do they do for the imperial censorship?"
"Let us have them specialize in impeaching Bai Si. Where has he been imprisoned by us? Do we have to wait until the corpses of the refugees in the capital pile up and the smell of the corpses reaches our noses before he knows that there are officials in Yingtian Mansion who are violating the law?"
"We! Give him three days.”
“After three days, we will see the final result.”
"This time we want to see how many people in Yingtian Mansion, which our officials say is peaceful, froze to death and starved to death this winter. We also want to see how many people in our Ming Dynasty have no eyesight and have killed us all. Don't take it seriously."
"Send a message to the Minister of Household Affairs and tell him to open Taicang grain to help the people."
"Who dares to think so, we will kill him!"
"Mao Xiang."
"You also go for us."
"Let us pick off all the heads of Yingtian Mansion's Yin, Fu Cheng, Tongsuan, Experience, Governor, Zhaomo and other officials in charge of Yingtian Mansion."
"Since you don't have eyesight, then don't do it. Open your eyes."
"We don't want to see it."
Zhu Yuanzhang's voice was cold and filled with murderous intent.
Mao Xiang was shocked and quickly accepted.
When Mao Xiang walked away, Zhu Biao took the memorial and put it on the table again. He asked with twinkling eyes: "Father, do you think it is not just Yingtian Mansion officials who are involved in this matter?"
Zhu Yuanzhang He snorted coldly and said: "It is indeed possible for officials like Yingtian Mansion to line their own pockets and secretly embezzle money and food, but they are not so bold when it comes to selling slaves."
"Yingtian Mansion is the capital."
“It’s right under our noses.”
“How dare a third-grade man be so bold?”
With disdain on his face, Zhu Yuanzhang reached out to take the memorial, pressed it with his palm, looked at Zhu Biao, and said in a cold voice: "When we founded the country, we issued an edict that only clan members, nobles, and ministers of third rank or above can have slaves."
“We made special restrictions at that time.”
“Let’s not say who and which officials are being sold to now. Let’s just say that the one who opened this hole in the first place must have It is the ministers and nobles of the third rank and above who are qualified to raise slaves."
"Only they have the ability and right to break this gap."
"They don't. "Speak up, how many of the officials below have the courage to do so blatantly?"
Zhu Biao was thoughtful.
Of these distinguished ministers in the court, perhaps no one is openly involved in the buying and selling of slaves, but behind the scenes, some people must be involved.
"You should understand." Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said sarcastically: "Every one of our officials in the Ming Dynasty is raped, but they are just trying to trick me. They have found the wrong opponent. I feel like a mirror. Yes, it’s really clear.”
“We are not afraid of these things”
“But this Xia Zhibai doesn’t have any good intentions.”
"He knew that we would keep an eye on him, so he deliberately put these beggars and refugees on our table so that we had to take care of them, so that he could take the opportunity to escape."
"This kid is cunning."
Zhu Biao smiled bitterly and said: "Perhaps Xia Zhibai really loves the people and helps the world. It is really unfair for my father to speculate like this."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "Then Let's continue looking down with you to see if Xia Zhibai disappears on the way to Kaifeng."
"We won't make any mistakes."
"We say he has a problem, he has a problem!"
Zhu Biao shook his head helplessly.
My father seems to be more motivated now and wants to prove to himself that he is right, and Xia Zhibai is just a hypocrite who talks about benevolence, justice and morality.
But Zhu Biao is indeed a little shaken now.
(End of this chapter)