Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 254
In Fengtian Temple.

Hu Weiyong knelt down and asked to resign, begging the emperor to let go of the offender who had sealed the case.

Zhu Yuanzhang still watched Hu Weiyong's performance blankly.

The prince hadn't practiced well yet, so he glared at Hu Weiyong with suppressed anger, but he couldn't hide the look in his eyes that wanted to kill someone alone.

When the father summoned this beast in the Hall of Martial Arts that day, the prince was also there.

He can witness with his own eyes how dignified Prime Minister Hu is as humble as an ant in front of his father.

By the way, Hu Weiyong also knelt down and asked to resign that day, but the nature of the two times was completely different.

Last time, it was begging; this time, it was a threat.

Zhu Biao suddenly thought that even this empty seal case was actually confessed by him.It was Hu Weiyong who revealed to his father that the local yamen would talk to Li Shanchang every year, so that his father brought them all to Beijing, and then seized the criminal evidence, trying to catch them all.

As a result, the father really concentrated his energy on dealing with the Korean gang, how dare he turn his back on the spot? !

What a slap in the face, audacious!

This is not over yet, and next, there is an even more unexpected scene...

After seeing Prime Minister Hu kneeling to resign, the officials of the Ministry of Education behind him also knelt down.

This is the Ministry of Education, accounting for three-quarters of the civil servants in the court.

The rest of the small group at Yushitai, Dali Temple, etc. saw that everyone was kneeling, and it didn't matter if they were standing, so they also knelt down.

"I beg the emperor to give you a lighter sentence!" The entire left half of the court hall said in unison.

Although the honorable generals on the right did not keep up, they all had bright eyes, gloating over others' misfortune.It's just that they don't know whose disaster they are lucky for, and whose disaster they are happy about.

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Facing the prime minister and hundreds of officials who seemed to be forcing the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled coldly, and was about to open his mouth.

"Father, my son has something to say!" But Jin Wang Zhu, who was standing under the golden platform, suddenly clasped his fists loudly.

"Speak." Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed his anger and nodded slightly.

"My minister thinks that what Prime Minister Hu said is wrong. Either he has very short knowledge or bad intentions. No matter what the possibility is, it means that he is not suitable to be the prime minister anymore." Zhu took a deep breath, pointed at Hu Weiyong and said:

"My son, I ask my father to complete Prime Minister Hu, and get rid of his Prime Minister Zhongshu Shengyou!"

"..." Baiguan raised his head and glared at the third child.If it weren't for his status as a prince, I don't know how many people would jump out and start complaining.

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang's expression moved, and he pretended to reprimand: "How can you talk to the prime minister like that?"

"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter, I'm going to resign as a minister." Over there, Hu Weiyong couldn't help but ask: "I just don't know where His Royal Highness Jin can see that the minister has very short knowledge and bad intentions?"

"It's just because you turn black and white, pointing a deer into a horse!" King Jin said with a sneer:

"You say that the reason why you have time to print bad customs is because the journey is too long, and it takes months or even a year to get to the Ministry. But the reality is that if you have documents to go to the official post, you can go from Daming to the most in one month at the slowest. How could it take so long to reach Nanjing City from remote prefectures and counties?
"Moreover, of the more than 300 criminals arrested this time, [-]% came from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huguang, and Shandong. The journey was at most ten days and a half months. Why did they print with short notice? Surely they were afraid of being too late, right?
"Your Highness is still young and has no experience with specific government affairs. I don't know that the accounts of the imperial court and the local government are extremely complicated and contradictory. There is no possibility of a complete match. Often times, it is not enough to modify it once or twice, and it needs to be revised repeatedly." Minister of the Household Department Wu Bingzhi quickly explained.

"Then there are still a lot of people from around Nanjing. It takes a few days at most to come and go back and forth. It's okay to make repeated revisions." The third child persisted in asking.

"His Royal Highness Jin Wang, the officials of the surrounding prefectures and counties did have time, but everyone did this, and they followed the bad habits to save trouble." Wu Bingzhi explained again, he didn't believe that he couldn't argue with a brat.

"Is it really to save trouble by following bad habits?" The third child sneered and said, "Do you believe this? You little bastards can't even fool me, let alone my father!

"Your household department, as well as the local officials who are in charge of tax accounts, are busy with this matter all year round, but at the end of the year, you can't even match the accounts. Are you a bunch of idiots?

"If the accounts are not reconciled, you will not be held accountable. Letting you go back and correct them is enough to give you face. How dare you come to the capital with blank paper, and discuss and make accounts face to face.

"What's the point of this kind of muddled accounting based on needs? Do you think your father is a fool, or are you so stupid that you don't even know how to make fake accounts?"

"Or is it lawless, too lazy to rack your brains to make false accounts?" His Royal Highness King Jin stared at the other party with lightning-like eyes.

"This..." Wu Bingzhong did not expect His Royal Highness King Jin to be so sharp-tongued at such a young age, and to see the case so thoroughly, and every sentence he said hit the point, which made him unable to argue with his words for a while.

"Wu Shilang, shut up." Seeing that Wu Bing missed his point, Hu Weiyong gave him a stern look. "Wrong is wrong, stop sophistry."

"Yes..." Wu Bingzhi bowed his head in dismay.

"Your Highness, they are indeed wrong, but they are not guilty." Then Hu Weiyong bowed his hands to the King of Jin and said, "As I said just now, since the founding of the country, there has never been a law of empty seals. The emperor ruled the world with the law, and he had to Teach and punish."

"This is where this king wants to scold you." Unexpectedly, King Jin became more and more brave as he fought, and pointed the finger at him again:

"The dignified prime minister, who does not distinguish between public and private, confuses the public, is really confused! Don't you know that the laws of the country are different for the people and the government? For the people, there is no law to prohibit! But for the government, there is no law. Authorization means prohibition!"

"Prohibition without legal authorization?" Hu Weiyong was taken aback, and quickly used his brain, but he was so ignorant that he couldn't remember which sage's famous saying was this.

'Prohibited without authorization? Boss Zhu and the prince looked at each other, and they both saw the light in each other's eyes, obviously inspired by the third child.

"That's right. The government is in control of the life and death of the people, and it can easily make people bankrupt. Therefore, we must use power strictly in accordance with the laws of the country, and only exercise the powers granted by the law. We cannot act on our own just because the law does not stipulate it.

"I have just founded the Ming Dynasty, and there is a lot of waste to be done. The legislation is also very imperfect. There are too many gaps and omissions. When officials find loopholes, they should help the court to improve them, instead of specifically exploiting loopholes to exploit loopholes.

"If the emperor forgives these corrupt officials who are obviously malicious, colluding, and embezzling state funds this time, there will definitely be other officials in the future who will concentrate on studying the loopholes in the law and take advantage of them to do evil! Anyway, as long as the law does not prohibit it, it will break the sky. You won't be punished either!
"If things go on like this, the government will be corrupted, the people will have no means of living, and they will repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty!" King Jin clasped his fists at his father and said loudly:

"So, my minister, please punish the officials who committed the empty seal case severely, so that Xiaoxiao can be deterred and made an example to others! So that officials all over the world will not dare to take advantage of the court's loopholes!"

(End of this chapter)