Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 70
Zhu Youjian looked at the list with his hand, and they were all worth about 50 taels of silver, which surprised Zhu Youjian.

These few are relatively clean, but they all have such wealth. Just imagine how corrupt the officials of Ming Dynasty have become.

Zhu Youjian looked at the cabinet members of Daming strangely, and suddenly made a surprising movement.

"Crack..."

He tore up all the lists in his hand in twos and twos, and Li Banghua and others all fell to their knees in shock. They all thought that the emperor was angry and wanted to punish them.

"Your Majesty, the old ministers are convicted, please punish me."

However, to their surprise, although the emperor looked gloomy, he did not lose his temper.

"Du Pingshen, as a subject of my Ming Dynasty, I should think about the common people and the court.

I never thought that you would be able to embezzle so much money and occupy so much land.

You hand over all the fields you have occupied, and hand over half of the silver to the Ministry of Rites. For the sake of your loyalty to Daming, I will let you go this time.
I hope this is the last time. If anyone dares to make this mistake again, don't blame me for being ungrateful, and they will definitely kill everyone. "

"The emperor let us go? Is it that simple?"

Several cabinet members doubted their ears a little, and secretly exchanged eye contact with each other, and then confirmed that the emperor not only let them go, but also left them a lot of money, and did not take all of them away.

Their inner gratitude to the emperor cannot be expressed in words. Compared with Wei Zaode and others, the emperor is too kind to them.

Several cabinet members all touched their heads to the ground and kowtowed again and again. Some of them were already in tears, ashamed:

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for forgiving the offender. The offender will never make this mistake again."

Seeing how grateful they all looked, Zhu Youjian raised his hand:
"Let's get back together. If you know your mistakes, you can correct them. But I'm only targeting you few people. Other ministers don't have this kind of treatment."

"Thank you Lord Long En, long live my emperor."

Several important cabinet ministers hurriedly got up, respectfully stood aside with their hands down, waiting for the emperor's words.

Zhu Youjian:

"Hubu, what are the statistics of the capital's fields and population?"

Fan Jingwen, Minister of the Household Department, hurried forward to salute and replied:

"Reporting to the emperor, the fields have been surveyed. Due to the epidemic isolation, the population has not been fully counted yet. I will complete the statistics as soon as possible."

Because of the epidemic, population statistics must be difficult for the time being. You can understand Zhu Youjian, he did not blame Fan Jingwen.

Due to the plague, many people have died in the capital, the population has decreased sharply, and there are many vacant houses.

The task now is to plant the fields first, and it is impossible for the common people to rely on food relief.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Youjian said:
"The Ministry of Household Affairs must overcome difficulties and try to register all the population. The people and refugees who are currently staying in the capital should all register for them and settle in the capital.

After the population is counted, start to distribute the land to them. As for the per capita number of fields, you must consider the distribution carefully. "

"Abiding by the order, the Ministry of Households resolutely implements the emperor's will."

Although Fan Jingwen has some objections to the allocation of land to the common people and the settlement of all the refugees in the capital.

But he can still understand it when he thinks of the population reduction.

Seeing that the household department had no objection, Zhu Youjian said again:

In addition, I have important matters to discuss with you. Tomorrow Li Yan will lead an army to conquer the remnants of the bandits.

Yan Yingyuan will go out with the team, and I have appointed him the general soldier and magistrate of Yangzhou, and you will sign and issue the documents when the time comes.

For Li Yanyan Yingyuan's bandit suppression operation, all your departments must give strong support, and you must not delay the unification process of our Ming Dynasty because of personal selfishness.

As long as Li Yanyan Yingyuan is in need, you must help them unconditionally, and you must ensure that the military supplies are supplied on time and in sufficient quantities. "

Li Banghua and other cabinet members bowed again:

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely support General Li Yan with all my strength. I believe that Da Ming will recover all the lost ground soon, but..."

Feeling that these few people still have unspeakable secrets, Zhu Youjian said:

"Just what? But it doesn't matter."

Although they dare not object to the emperor's words now, Li Banghua and others still expressed concern after hearing that Yan Yingyuan was directly promoted from a county pawn to the magistrate of Yangzhou.

"Your Majesty, please think twice. Yan Yingyuan doesn't have any achievements or political achievements. He was directly promoted to a fourth-rank official from a Wupin County Dianshi, which may cause unnecessary speculation."

"Yes, I hope the emperor thinks twice. There is no precedent for this. I am afraid that the ministers will not accept it, and how will the new officials arrange..."

The new cabinet of Ming Dynasty still had disagreements with Zhu Youjian on the appointment of Yan Yingyuan, and they all felt it was too inconceivable.

A small pawn has such a large promotion span, so those officials from Nanjing will still be in the cabinet.

When Yan Yingyuan was appointed, Zhu Youjian had already thought that the cabinet would have objections, after all, the promotion span was too great.

Yan Yingyuan led the people in the city to kill so many soldiers from the east, and they all died in battle. After all, it has not happened yet, and there is no chance of it happening.

But he is Zhu Youjian, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, a modern person who came through time.

It's not the Chongzhen Emperor who is somewhat indecisive. Does he still need the approval of the cabinet to appoint a general?

Feeling a little upset, Zhu Youjian's face sank slightly, and his tone suddenly became severe:

"Li Banghua, so to speak, when I formed the cabinet, you didn't seem to be qualified to be the chief assistant of the Ming cabinet, and the rest of you were not qualified to enter the cabinet either.

At that time, why didn’t I see any opposition from you, and I didn’t hear what merits and political achievements you said. Let me tell you what merits and political achievements you relied on to enter my Ming cabinet.

Also, no matter what position I appoint an official, you only need to issue the appointment document, and you don't need to object, and you have no qualifications to object.

I, this is to inform you, not to discuss with you, don't you just repay me if I don't pursue you for corruption and breaking the law? "

The art of the emperor is to give both kindness and might. It not only makes the ministers feel the kindness, but also makes them tremble.

How can a real emperor let the ministers control his thoughts and decisions.

Emperor Chongzhen, who had worked hard for half his life, was led by the nose by his officials because he didn't understand the emperor's mind, which led to the demise of Ming Dynasty.

In fact, Emperor Chongzhen was kicked out of the market, Tianqi suddenly died suddenly, and had no heirs, so it was the turn of Xin Wang Zhu Youjian to take the throne.

He is just an ordinary prince, and has never been taught about the art of the emperor, which caused him to have some problems in his mind and personality under great pressure.

Zhu Youjian's tone was cold, and his face suddenly changed, causing Li Banghua and others' backs to feel cold, sweating profusely, and they all fell to their knees.

"Plop plop..."

"Your Majesty is wise, but my humble minister is stupid, I hope His Majesty will forgive me..."

(End of this chapter)