"Your Majesty, Yuan Tai, the censor of the Supervisory Council, reported that Tang He's uncle, the Duke of Xin, hid 4,326 acres of land in Changzhou and a population of more than 1,200 tenants."

"General Lan Yu is a tyrannical and tyrannical man. He keeps thousands of farm slaves and pretends to be slaves. He tries to occupy the people's fields in Dongchang and fish and hunt in the mountains and forests at will."

"Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding, raised 150 domestic slaves and killed five men and women indiscriminately in his farm."

"Cao Guogong Li Jinglong invaded and occupied more than 200 hectares of farm ponds."

"Feng Sheng, Duke of Song Dynasty, ordered his family to transport tens of thousands of jins of private salt from Yunnan for sale, disrupting the national salt law..."

The memorial was very long and involved dozens of names, all of which were generals who contributed to the founding of the Ming Dynasty. The more Zhu Yunxi watched, the more frightened he became. The sins of these princes and generals were clearly marked one by one by the censor of the Inspectorate.

They invaded fields, bought and sold human beings and slaves, allowed domestic slaves to cause trouble, sold private salt, and cut down forests without permission. Zhu Yuanzhang hated any of them. Because any one of them involves the interests of the people.

Moreover, among these people, headed by Lan Yu, Jingchuan Hou, Dingyuan Hou, Dongguan Bo, Ji'an Hou and others were all the former prince's former subordinates.

"Fortunately, there is no uncle's house!" Zhu Yunxi looked twice and did not see the Chang family, and then he felt relieved, "Fortunately, no innocent lives were lost!"

The greed of these dignitaries throughout the ages has been a chronic disease of every dynasty, and will even be a common problem for thousands of years and even thousands of years from now. Power makes people insane. Money can blind people's eyes.

This is also one of the reasons why the Central Plains regime re-employed civil servants to suppress military men after taking over the world. Civil servants are far easier to manage than military officials.

Warriors who wield knives are simple-minded, and few know how to protect themselves wisely. Not many people know how to advance or retreat. They all think that they are following the emperor to conquer the world. There is no credit but hard work. It doesn't matter if they are greedy.

But what the old man hates most is greed and violence.

"The old man is going to kill someone!" Zhu Yunxi said silently in his heart.

Back then, before Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he told Xu Da and Chang Yuchun.

You have risen from me and achieved this feat with difficulty, and it did not happen overnight.

I heard that you and other domestic boys are relying on their power to be arrogant and go beyond the rules and regulations. If the villain is unscrupulous and is not punished early, he may have a quarrel in the future. It is better not to be burdened by it and to get rid of it quickly.

The general idea is that you have followed me and gone through so many difficulties to achieve what you have today. It is not easy.

Your family slaves, relying on human power and not knowing how to abide by the law, will bring you trouble sooner or later.

If I punish you, there will be resentment between us brothers. Therefore, you must restrain them and do not act illegally.

Now, what Zhu Yuanzhang once said has come true.

As the emperor of the Ming Empire, the old man worked conscientiously and did not dare to act rashly. He did not dare to drink too much wine, did not dare to watch too many songs and dances, and did not dare to wear too many gorgeous clothes. He just wanted to set a good example for the world.

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However, the men who followed him secretly undermined him and exploited the common people to commit lawlessness.

The whole history has been talking about Zhu Yuanzhang killing heroes, but it has not said why these people died?

A question suddenly came to Zhu Yunxi's mind, "What if I were an old man?"

The lawlessness and greed of the powerful cannot yet be eradicated. Even if there are no military generals, corruption and rampage among civilian officials will still emerge in endlessly and become more and more serious after entering the prosperous age in the future.

Take for example after the Zhongming Dynasty, which chief minister of the cabinet in the past dynasties was not the richest man in the world?

During the Jiajing period, the Yan family fell. The confiscated family property included thirty thousand taels of gold and more than two million in silver, not counting real estate such as fields and manors. This was the number reported to the emperor after the inspection.

The person who presided over the inspection of the Yan family was Xu Jie, the most famous honest official during the Jiajing period. This man, who is known as the Lianchen, has more than 400,000 acres of farmland in his family and collects rent of 19,000 dan per year.

Where did these fields come from? Not only did he invade people's fields, but in addition to these, there were many weaving shops in his home, and there were thousands of weaver girls working for him.

How much Zhu Yuanzhang hated corrupt officials in the early days of the Ming Dynasty, how greedy those officials were in the later years! This kind of stubborn disease, not only now, but also in the future...

Things like moral character and integrity have never been very reliable.

Thinking in his mind, Zhu Yunxi picked up all the memorials on the ground and placed them neatly.

Behind him, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice suddenly came, "Have you finished reading?"

Zhu Yunxi turned around and said, "Grandpa, look!"

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chair a little tired and asked, "Tell me, what should we do?" Then he looked at Zhu Yunxi and said, "To be honest, don't think about being like your father, He Xini!"

"My grandson thought, if it is true..."

"How many heads of censors in the Inspectorate dare to impeach these military generals!" Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted, "Hu Weiyong didn't dare to offend them back then!"

"There are two ways, one is to handle it fairly, and the other is for Grandpa Huang to beat them and make them aware of themselves!" Zhu Yunxi said without hesitation.

"If they knew how to introspect themselves, they wouldn't cause so much trouble!" Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth.

Zhu Yunxi could see that the old man was hesitating in his heart.

The old man's method of dealing with problems has always been simple and crude. Anyone who is disobedient and feels threatened will be killed. However, in recent years, Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang have been involved in two major cases involving tens of thousands of people in the court, and the number of people has already increased.

For the sake of balance and stability, if we go on a killing spree at this time, will it cause political instability? Moreover, several of those named in Yuan Tai's memorial, including Lan Yu, had just made military exploits and had not yet returned to the court.

Besides, this was a feudal era after all, an era of distinct classes and respect for superiority and inferiority. And these people were ministers who had contributed to the Ming Dynasty. Even Zhu Yuanzhang could not kill them casually.

Unless these people really don’t know how to advance or retreat. And it posed a threat to his country.

"Dasun, if it were you and you wanted to beat them up, what would you do?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Zhu Yunxi thought for a while, "These people are deeply involved with each other. If it is the grandson, the grandson will find one of them and show him the memorial. Tell him that if he wants to save his life, he must give his grandson a step and give the Inspectorate a step. Steps, give the people an explanation."

"Spit out what you eat and give out what you take in. Hand over everything that shouldn't be theirs. Grandson, pretend it never happened. These warriors are all meritorious veterans. Telling one person is equivalent to telling everyone that grandson misses them. Not so ignorant."

In fact, Zhu Yunxi had another idea in his mind, if he really had to handle it himself. Everything else is easy to say, but as long as it involves infringement of people's property and causing loss of life, it will be directly handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Supervisory Office for trial.

No matter what I do, I don’t have any feelings to talk about. Or take away the title and take back the fiefdom and property. Or be removed from official positions and demoted to civilians.

Relatives of wealthy slaves who caused trouble in the family were held accountable according to law, whether they were sent into military exile or beheaded, it all depended on the judgment of the three divisions.

As an emperor, you must ensure justice for the majority of people.

"Well!" Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and nodded, "Dasun, you go and do this!"

"Ah?" Zhu Yunhe raised his head in surprise, "Grandpa Huang, do you want your grandson to do it?"

"Yes!" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, "Go and help Grandpa, beat these hob meats."