First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 841 Submission
On New Year's Day in the 12th year of Hongwu, King Fuyuchen of Baekje, King Jintao of Silla, and King Li Chenggui of Ning came to the Ming court in person. They were not worthy of their own virtues, resulting in frequent natural disasters and man-made disasters. For the reason, I asked for the land to be returned.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately refused, and promised that Daming would supply a total of 60 shi of grain to the three countries to make them feel at ease and go back to govern the country.

A few days later, the lords of the Three Kingdoms once again submitted a request for surrender, and the emperor again bestowed gold, silver and jewelry, and promised to send sailors to clean up the sea area and conduct business to promote trade and people's livelihood.

A few days later, the lords of the Three Kingdoms knelt outside the Fengtian Hall again, and resolutely made a statement. The emperor sent the prince to appease him personally. Soldiers think that they will help and help, and they will respond to everything they ask for, so why is this so?"

King He Ning said: "The emperor's grace in heaven is great, benevolent and fair. Because of the lack of morality of the Goryeo royal family, the common people of Goryeo were in dire straits, and ordered the ministers to establish the state and maintain the people's livelihood with peace and peace. It is just that the ministers are incompetent and have established the country for several years. Failure to stabilize the country and stabilize the country shows that there is a lack of virtue."

King Jintao of Silla said: "Although we are foreign vassals, the people of the people all respect the lord of the heavenly dynasty and regard them as the father. Now the ministers are incompetent in governing the country, and they are willing to plead guilty. However, the people are innocent. I beg the sage to show mercy. , received and raised."

Fu Yuchen, the king of Baekje, wept and said: "The emperor is wise and talented, and he has the ambition to help the world and the people. He took advantage of the time, and the heroes followed him. He conquered the chaos and destroyed the strong. He became an emperor in fifteen years. , Revise the laws and regulations, prosper and abolish them,...remove heresies, list the scriptures, rectify the names of the gods, strictly observe the codes of sacrifices, observe astronomy, calculate the calendar, determine the feudal system, be careful about the law, and be careful about rewards and punishments.”

"Antarctica is scorching hot, the north is beyond the icy soil, and the east and west are haunted by the sun and the moon. If you don't obey, the officials and other foolish people, I wish to follow the scriptures, and I can stabilize the country and comfort the people like one or two. I have never thought that everything is difficult. There is no progress, and now the country is restless and the people are uneasy, so I have to be brazen and submissive, entrusting the country and the people to work hard and ask the Holy One to take care of it."

The three kings bowed their heads and said: "All the people are suffering in the midst of water and fire, and I beg the people of the mighty grace of heaven!"

The prince sighed, and reported back to his father, and all the officials persuaded him. The people of the Three Kingdoms wrote to ask for it, and the holy heart agreed with it, so he established the state of North Korea and ordered the Ministry of Officials to immediately draw up the candidates for the prefecture and county officials, and ordered the Ministry of Households to immediately Prepare millions of stones of grain to save the people from fire and water.

The Lord of the Three Kingdoms is He Ninghou, Baiji Hou, Xinluohou, and the food salary is two thousand stones. He ordered the Ministry of Industry to build a mansion.

The Ministry of Officials drafted the candidate the next day, and naturally he was Zhu Biao's favorite confidant. Guo Chong, Zhang Fan, and Li Jin had experienced the prefectures and counties. The experience is considered complete, and you can call it as you like in the future.

A few months later, the daughters of the Marquis of Baekje, Marquis of Silla and Marquis of Ning, took advantage of the trend to take the position of concubine of King Jin, King Qi, and King Chu, and they were completely integrated into the Ming system.

Zhu Yuanzhang also gave banquets and rewards fields every now and then to fulfill morality. As for the Korean people, they have experienced too many hardships in the past few decades, especially in the past few years. Ten rooms and nine empty rooms are full of widows and widows.

After being included in the Ming Dynasty, the first thing is to completely stop conscription and distribute food to the people, relocate most of the remaining aristocratic families in Goryeo to Fengyang, divide the land among the people equally, abolish all exorbitant taxes, and exempt them from paying taxes for two years...

Daming was too experienced in governing the land that was waiting to be revived, and the Korean people had long since looked down on everything. The situation has changed in the past few decades, and now they only care about whether they can survive, and the rest has long been indifferent.

The King of Qi, Zhu Di, finally unloaded his burden and returned to Beijing. He could accompany his lovely wife and young son. They were married for more than two years, and the eldest son was born for several months. Every time he came and went in a hurry.

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In February of the 12th year of Hongwu, the son-in-law Du Wei Youzhu Kingdom Cao Guogong Li Zhenxie, the only surviving elder of the Tian family, passed away. Zhu Biao, who had expected it for a long time, put on the plain clothes and hemp clothes prepared by Liu Jin, and calmly and methodically ordered everyone. and sent people back to the palace to report the funeral.

Cousin Li Wenzhong was already on his way back, but if he didn’t catch up, he could only help with the funeral. The winter is tough, and [-]% of the old people die in this season. After Li Zhenshui fell ill, Zhu Biao almost I have to visit in person every day, and I have expected it when I see her today, and I have been waiting until he comes back and leaves his last words before passing away peacefully.

Not long after, Zhu Yuanzhang came over. In fact, he had visited yesterday, but Li Zhen was still in a coma, and Lao Zhu had important military and political affairs in North Korea and North Xinjiang waiting to be dealt with, so the two of them could not say goodbye after all.

Old Zhu looked sad, and after carefully asking himself about his brother-in-law's last words, he sighed, "Biao'er, we lost another relative."

Zhu Biao didn't say much, but just stood silently in front of his father. After a while, Lao Zhu adjusted his state, and after carefully looking at the remains, he ordered quietly: "Stop looking at the court for three days, and pursue the king of Longxi. His posthumous posthumous title was Gongxian, and he was buried in the plains of Douguang Mountain, Lingji Township, Xuyi County, following the omen of the eldest princess."

Obviously Zhu Yuanzhang was also prepared for the death of his old brother-in-law.

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According to Wang Li, the mourning and honoring of the funeral will be very beautiful, and naturally the coffin will be suspended for a long time, and Li Wenzhong can wait until Li Wenzhong rushes back to attend the funeral in person.

I don't know if it's because of the bitter cold this winter. In one month, besides Li Zhen, Zheng Beiqiong, the son of the Central Capital, and Chen De, Marquis of Linjiang, passed away. Zhu Yuanzhang was very sad.

Therefore, it was discovered that there were empty seals between the documents between the prefectures and counties and the Ministry of Households, that is, the local governments prepared blank seals for the exact sameness of the money, food, fiscal revenue and expenditure, and tax accounts with the Ministry of Households, so that they could be handed over smoothly. It is a common practice since the former Yuan Dynasty to add the amount on the blank paper after the accounting is completed by the Ministry of Accounts.

The emperor was furious, thinking that this was an act of deceit. In the long run, the government would be as corrupt as the end of the Yuan Dynasty. He denounced such acts in the early court. They dare not speak out.

He could only cast his hopeful eyes on the prince. After the crown ceremony, the prince grew a short beard on his chin, looking very solemn and solemn.

Zhu Biao shook his head slightly at them, signaling not to violate the Holy Majesty's wishes at this time, and allow Bengong to persuade him privately later.

Sure enough, after the dynasty dispersed, many people waited in the Wenhua Hall. Zhu Biao didn't even have the time to drink tea, so he got the Wenhua Hall to meet many officials.

It can only be said that the father and son of this dynasty can do this, otherwise this is a serious crime that can abolish the reserve position.

After the salute, the Minister of the Household Department hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the number of money and valleys, the government must be combined with the province, and the province must be combined with the department. The number is difficult to decide, and the department is determined. The provincial capital is six or seven thousand miles away, and it is close. For three or four thousand miles, the book is completed and then printed, and it is necessary to go back and forth for a period of time, so first print and then book, this expedient task, it has never been long, what is a serious crime?"

Zhu Biao snorted and said, "Is there really no corruption in this?"

"This Palace once heard a saying that the amount of corruption is difficult to determine, and how to divide the spoils to the Ministry is determined. Do you know?"

It is normal for the court laws to have deficiencies, and the officials below are best at taking advantage of such loopholes, which involves the interests of many people.

At first glance, it seems that it is just a compromise made by the officials due to the limited transportation and communication conditions. Explain the reason for the discrepancy, instead of changing it to conform.

If all the changes are made in this way, there will be huge loopholes in the various accounts that the imperial court has counted over the past year. In the end, it will be the court's common people, not the upper and lower officials.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs said: "Your Highness, this government may have shortcomings, and it should be reformed. National legislation must first make clear to the world and then punish those who violate the law. Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a law of empty seals. , really shouldn’t be punished.”

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(End of this chapter)