You took other people's money to slander Zhu Changwu. After the incident happened, you want to return the money and settle the matter? Where in the world can anything be so cheap?
For these court officials who only care about money but not right and wrong, Zhu Changwu wants them to take a long time to remember. Torture and confiscation of their homes is just the first step. The next step is to interrogate them to find out how many bad things they have done over the years, and then... Punishment will be based on crime, but all those who are guilty of serious crimes will be beheaded in public.
Don’t you courtiers claim to have an iron pen that can create something out of nothing and make anyone bow to you?
Well, today Zhu Changwu will teach them a lesson and let them know that there are some people in this world that you cannot mess with. And once you really dare to offend Tiger Beard, you will chop off the neck of whoever reaches out your hand. Let’s see if your pen is stronger or my knife is stronger.
"Continue the trial and let them tell all the evil things they have done, leaving out even one." Zhu Changwu said without any politeness, and explained aloud to Li Ruolian, who was in charge of the trial.
"Yes, I know what to do." Li Ruolian clasped his fists and agreed, then turned around and strode away. This scene fell into the eyes of Chen Yuanyuan who was following him, and his eyes couldn't help but sparkle with stars. Looking at Zhu Changwu's domineering look now, he was a real man.
"Let's go, why are you still standing there, don't you want to see how much we have harvested this time?" Zhu Changwu noticed Chen Yuanyuan standing there with a flushed face, and said aloud.
"Oh." Chen Yuanyuan immediately put away her thoughts and followed Zhu Changwu towards the compound next door.
Zhang Yi was currently counting the harvest in the courtyard. Just from his excited eyes, it could be seen that the harvest was quite fruitful.
"It seems that the harvest is not small." Zhu Changwu appeared in the courtyard with Chen Yuanyuan with a smile.
As soon as he saw Zhu Changwu coming, Zhang Xi, who was looking at the statistics book, hurriedly came up to greet him. "Hello, Mr. Chen. Hello, Miss Chen."
Zhang Wei was still very discerning. When he saw these two "dog men and women" coming together, he said hello without any hesitation, and then said with a smile: "Master, what a great harvest, what a great harvest. According to a preliminary estimate, this time the house raid will yield about 40 million taels of silver."
"Oh? It's okay." Zhu Changwu also smiled and nodded. This result did not surprise him.
Although the cumulative number is not small, it is more than sixty ministers. On average, a family is less than one million taels, which is not too much.
"Okay, with the money, you, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, will be able to do things easily." After finding a chair and sitting down, Zhu Changwu added with a smile on his face: "People say that there are three things that make a new official take office. How are you going to burn it?"
As soon as he got down to business, Zhang Xi also hurriedly came over, and then said with a look as if he was asking for advice: "Young Master, I will listen to your orders."
Zhang Huan has some ideas, but after all, he was a white body before, so it is difficult to be comprehensive in what he thinks. Zhu Changwu is different. He seems to be omnipotent. In short, there is nothing wrong with approaching the young master when you have difficulties or problems.
Looking at Zhang Yi's humble face, Zhu Changwu decided to give the other party a heads up. After all, he was the person he recommended. If he didn't make some highlights, he couldn't explain it to all parties.
"Okay, let me say a few words. In fact, if you want to be a good minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, you only need to remember one of the most basic words, that is, the prosperity of the people will make the country strong."
"Yes, yes." Zhang Xi nodded, and then thought hard about the meaning of this sentence.
Zhu Changwu did not mean to play riddles, and continued to add: "To make the people rich, specifically, it mainly focuses on four aspects. Clothing, food, housing, and transportation."
"This is all closely related to the people. After these things are dealt with first, the people's lives will be guaranteed, and they will be able to stabilize and lay a solid foundation before they can think about doing more things. Otherwise, everything will be just talk on paper. .”
"Young Master is absolutely right, but regarding these four points, do you have any instructions?" Zhang Xi continued to nod his head and asked as if asking for advice.
"Specifically..."
Zhu Changwu and Chen Yuanyuan stopped in the yard for more than an hour, and chatted with Zhang Yi for more than an hour. After he expressed his thoughts, he answered some questions until Zhang Yi basically understood his thoughts. After thinking about it, Zhu Changwu left with Chen Yuanyuan. "Let's go and have a look at the military camp."
Due to environmental factors, the Ming army's military camp was not built outside the city, but chose a place to station in the outer city.
Even if the intruder is temporarily defeated, he may come back at any time. If he relaxes at this time and is taken advantage of, big problems will arise.
At the military camp in the outer city, Zhu Changwu and Chen Yuanyuan rushed over, just in time for lunch. Looking at the four dishes and one soup, he nodded with satisfaction.
"Sir, according to your instructions, this will be our food standard from now on. The soldiers are very satisfied." Hu Yunfeng came forward and said happily.
"Yes, the soldiers usually have to drill, maintain law and order in the capital, and even be ready to fight out at any time. It's not okay if the food can't keep up. Okay, from now on, we will follow this standard and tell everyone that the food is enough, but Everyone must also train seriously and be worthy of these treatments.”
"There is no problem. After winning a battle, the morale of the army is still very high." Hu Yunfeng quickly assured him, but then he showed a hesitant expression.
"If you fart, let it go." Zhu Changwu saw that the other party had something to say, and immediately snorted. When will my junior brother want to see him again?
"Yes, Master, we have to practice every day. If this continues, the cost will be very high. I'm afraid the money we have now won't be able to sustain it for too long..."
"Money is earned, not saved. Okay, you can first report to the Ministry of War how much you need later. The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs will discuss it. You will not be short of money." I know what Hu Yunfeng is worried about. Afterwards, Zhu Changwu showed a rare and strange look.
Isn't it just money? There are so many wealthy people in the city now, why should we worry about this?
In this troubled world, as long as there is a strong army, there is no need to worry about money at all. The question is how effective is the army? If you can't win the battle, that's a big problem.
"Sir, junior brother knows what to do next." Hu Yunfeng also laughed at that moment. The reason why he hesitated just now was not because what he was talking about was not his own matter, but something involving the fifty thousand Ming army.
If it was his own affairs or difficulties, he would have told Zhu Changwu long ago, but when it came to official matters, he didn't have so much confidence.
"In the future, you can go to Xiao Liangzi yourself for such matters, and then go to Lao Zhang together. Lao Zhang will be your God of Wealth from now on. You must have a good relationship with each other, unless he can't solve it, otherwise don't Come to me, I'm very busy."
"Yes, yes, it won't be like this in the future. Young Master, Miss Chen, since you are here, let's have some together." Hu Yunfeng kept nodding. He could tell that this was because his senior brother wanted to be the boss, and at the same time he also wanted to train himself. , but it is more of a kind of trust.
The young master trusts them, so of course they must work hard to show that they will not embarrass the young master or embarrass him.
"Okay, let's have some together." Zhu Changwu nodded and didn't ask Chen Yuanyuan what he meant. Men, generally, can make the decision on their own and always ask women. Over time, they will inevitably get used to it and make some mistakes. Just like when Ji Jinkai saw Lou Heyang, when did he not obey his advice?
Zhu Changwu would not do this, he is a somewhat macho man. Of course, when women should be respected, he will do it.
After having lunch in the military camp, Zhu Changwu and Chen Yuanyuan went to the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion to chat with Liang Jun for a while, and then went to the Daming Research Institute. It was still under construction, and it seemed that it was already under construction. It's almost finished. After staying in the city for a while, he went straight to the outer city. In comparison, what worried him more was the training of the dragon soldiers.
This is Zhu Changwu's own army. It will be the trump card for future wars and cannot be careless in the slightest.
The last time, he nearly died of exhaustion when he entered the Dashun King's Camp alone. This made Zhu Changwu understand that even with new firearms, fighting is not a matter of one person, but that everyone can work together to give better results. result.
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Capital, inner city.
More than sixty courtiers were arrested at once, allowing everyone to see Zhu Changwu's strength.
Especially since there was no movement in the palace and no intention of interfering at all, this made the other courtiers even more frightened.
Why did the ministers of the Ming Dynasty have such great power and often dare to confront the emperor? Isn't it because in their eyes, Chongzhen was a little weak, easy to deceive and easy to bully?
Even if you have made some mistakes, as long as you have a good attitude of admitting your guilt and the help of other colleagues, you can often turn the big problem into a trivial one.
But now, what they need to face is no longer Emperor Chongzhen who lives deep in the middle palace and knows nothing about the outside world. What they had to face was the extremely murderous Zhu Changwu, so they had no choice but to be cautious.
This time, Zhu Changwu was able to arrest more than 60 people in one go. Who knows whether he will arrest more people next time, and whether he will be among them at that time?
It is no exaggeration to say that among the current courtiers in the capital, none of them have clean bottoms.
After all, you are in a big dye vat. If you don't have any color or problems, other courtiers will be on guard against you, and it will be impossible for you to serve as an official until now.
This directly leads to the result that everyone is in danger.
