Yang Xian's words immediately caused everyone to exclaim. Lu Chang stood up and pointed at Yang Xian's back as he passed out. Everyone around him moved silently, and no one dared to approach Lu Chang.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in charge, had a cold look on his face, so everyone knew that Lu Chang was finished, and the Ministry of Finance might not be able to escape.
Li Shanchang frowned. The Ministry of Revenue must not fall down now. The imperial examination has not yet begun, and the relocation of hundreds of thousands of people still needs the Ministry of Revenue to deal with the resettlement.
Zhu Biao looked at Lu Chang silently. He knew this person. He was not a direct descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang, and like Liu Bowen, he had served in Yuanting. Unlike Liu Bowen who took the initiative to defect, Lu Chang was detained by Zhu Yuanzhang and forced to stay. Served beside him.
There were actually many such people in the court, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not trust them, but the positions were vacant and he had to appoint them.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded indifferently and said: "Press Lu Chang into the prison of the Ministry of Justice and search his residence! As for the Ministry of Household Affairs, we must conduct a thorough investigation and capture all the officials involved. We will take their heads to tell the officials all over the world. , Whoever dares to be corrupt and bend the law will only die!"
At this time, both Li Shanchang and Yang Xian were ready to take over the task of thoroughly investigating the household department.
Li Shanchang wanted to control the losses of the Household Department within the bearable range and ensure that the Household Department could continue to operate. Moreover, there were many Huaixi Party members in the Household Department. He must not let Yang Xian be responsible.
In order to completely control the Ministry of Household Affairs, Yang Xian placed people in it to control the money bag of the Ming Dynasty. With the Ministry of Household Affairs and all parties in the court needing him, he could use this to increase the suppression of Li Shanchang.
Zhu Biao took a deep breath, turned around and bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "The corruption and perversion of laws and regulations in the household department are of great concern. I would like to ask my father to give me permission to take charge of this matter."
Yang Xian's face darkened, but he did not dare to say anything. There would be no benefit in arguing with the prince.
Li Shanchang breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it was not Yang Xian, and His Highness the Crown Prince's handling of the matter would be good for all parties.
Liu Bowen came out and bowed and said: "I also feel that it is most appropriate for His Royal Highness to handle this matter. Please give me your permission.
Li Shanchang and the six ministers came forward to agree. Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong and others saw this attitude and did not join in the fun. The prince just said something, it is not a good thing to agree with civil and military officials.
What the generals drank was the blood of the soldiers, so it naturally had nothing to do with corruption in the household department, so they didn't care much.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and looked at Zhu Biao and said: "Then let the matter be handled by the prince. Corrupt officials must be investigated strictly, and adultery must not be tolerated!"
Zhu Biao bowed and responded: "My son, I obey your order."
Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and looked at the civil and military officials and said: "It is easy for the people to be abused, but it is difficult for heaven to bully you. You should take care of yourself!"
After everyone agreed, Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and left. Zhu Biao looked at the officials below and said: "The Ministry of Punishment sent people to take down the officials from the Ministry of Accounts and keep them under strict supervision, and immediately took over the Ministry of Accounts. The documents and account books were sealed. There is no one here." His orders must not be touched by anyone, and anyone who dares to resist or damage the account books will be killed."
After the Minister of Punishment took the order and left, Zhu Biao looked at the remaining people and said, "Dear lords, did you hear what the Holy One just said? Don't let the Holy One down."
Then Zhu Biao asked them to go back. There were many things in various departments of the imperial court. If something happened in the household department, things would be delayed for at least several days, and they had to go back and make arrangements quickly.
Li Shanchang did not move. After everyone had left, Zhu Biao also walked down the steps and stood next to Li Shanchang with his hands clasped behind his back.
Li Shanchang raised his hands to Zhu Biao and said, "It would be best for Your Highness to take over this matter."
Zhu Biao nodded and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Li, I have my own sense of proportion, but the Ministry of Revenue will inevitably be short of manpower afterwards, so we'd better arrange some people to prepare as soon as possible."
Li Shanchang was relieved when he heard this. The matter had been solved. A group of people had to die anyway, otherwise the emperor's words would not become a joke, and there would be nothing to warn the officials in the future.
After Li Shanchang left, Zhu Biao went directly to the imperial study. After bowing to his father, he said: "It seems that Yang Xian's matter can no longer be hidden. Otherwise, why would he be so eager to attack the household department."
Zhu Yuanzhang still had anger on his face: "Humph, if their butts are clean, what can Yang Xian do to them."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said: "Kill all those who have stolen more than sixty taels, and give the rest a chance.
Zhu Biao sighed: "Father, I'm afraid there won't even be a few people left in the Household Department."
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this sentence, he wanted to kill them all, but when he thought that Hu Bu couldn't fall down now, he only felt itchy with hatred.
Zhu Biao also hated corrupt officials, but he did not agree with his father's method of suppressing them by killing them, especially when officials' salaries were so low.
Among the emperors of all dynasties, only Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to eat the flesh and drink the blood of corrupt officials. In the later period of his rule, he used all kinds of torture, intimidation and warning.
But the results were not very high. Corrupt officials kept emerging in endlessly, and they could never be killed. Even tens of thousands of people were beheaded, which could not stop the succession of corrupt officials.
Why is it said that there were no famous officials in the later period of the Hongwu Dynasty? It was because those who were killed had no room to grow up. Every time Zhu Yuanzhang slaughtered his subordinates, a large number of officials were killed, and most of them were not even qualified to stand trial in court.
In fact, most of the time, traitorous ministers are capable ministers. If they are used properly, the money they receive from corruption and bribery is nothing at all. Just like He Shen, how good he is, he has worked hard all his life and left such a large fortune to the royal family. , which even the emperor couldn't save.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, now is not the time to deal with the officials, it is not too late to keep these people and deal with them later.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his son and said, "Then you can handle it, but don't be too merciful, thinking that we can't afford someone like Lu Chang."
Zhu Biao nodded, then bowed and left. Naturally, although his father was jealous, he also knew what the most important thing was now. Anti-corruption cases such as the "Guo Heng Case" and "Kongyin Case", which had great influence in history, only started fifteen years after Hongwu.
Is what they do so difficult that it doesn’t exist now? Under the surveillance of the pro-military captain's house, how could these things be hidden from Zhu Yuanzhang? He was just waiting for the opportunity.
Now that the Ming Dynasty is full of waste and waiting for prosperity, it is by no means a good time to rectify the government. If Yang Xian hadn't made the matter a big deal, it would have been at least a few years before Zhu Yuanzhang would deal with the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue.
Lu Chang was a capable minister. He was originally an official in the former Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang knew how capable Lu Chang was if he could detain him and appoint him as the Minister of Household Affairs.
There are very few people who can manage the country's taxes so well. Unfortunately, things have happened and Lu Chang can't keep it. There are not many officials in the former Yuan Dynasty, so Lu Chang wants to warn them with his life not to be greedy for the past.
As for whether Lu Chang was in the house. It is no longer important to mourn Bei Yuan, politics is like this, every move you make will be magnified at critical moments.
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