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Cao Cao:? ?Have you been taken away by a lonely ghost, and you can still say these words?
Hu Hai: We just can’t govern the country, and we’re not fools?This Zhu Yuanzhang killed so many people, why should he be called Mingjun? He killed more people than me.

Wei Zifu: It’s not just about the cruelty, it’s also about merit.

Qin Shihuang: Hu Hai!You are either a fool or an idiot. If someone scolds you, you will think that the other person is complimenting you, or even saying that they are happy for you, and will reward them directly. You don’t even know how to blame a deer for a horse. It has become an eternal joke. You still have the nerve to say it. others!

Wu Zetian: Don’t be too angry, the First Emperor. There have been many incompetent emperors, not just yours. Isn’t it better to think of it this way?

Yang Jian: ...

Sima Yi: ...

Zhao Kuangyin: Got it!Got it all!The Queen's words made us all feel sad.

Qin Shihuang: I feel better after a good beating, but this kid is so mad at me.

Yang Jian: This is good, this is good. These two in my family are still young, so it is a good time to be beaten.

Yang Guang: ...

Yang Yong: This is me at that time, so pitiful!
Li Shimin: I'm going to beat up the child slave!

Li Zhi: Mei Niang, you have drawn out all the troubles, poor me from another period!
Zhang Yanxi was also very happy to see it. Her Majesty the Queen said, if the naughty child suffered today, he may suffer it every day in the future.

"Generally speaking, this is Zhu Yuanzhang's fault."

"Lanyu rose to the top by relying on military merit. This person has no family heritage. He is not from a wealthy family. He is also vulgar and has no interaction with the civil service group."

"It's just that his personality is not very good, he has a bad temper, and he conflicts with the authority of civil servants and Zhu Yuanzhang for personal gain. Not to mention that he is not qualified to rebel. Frankly speaking, Lan Yu does not look like a conspirator."

"Of course, we don't rule out self-defilation to alleviate the suspicion from the imperial power. Sima Yi has done this before, and this guy is quite capable of acting."

"But after the Lan Yu case, "all the heroes and generals died one after another." This shows that the important thing about the Lan Yu case is not that Lan Yu rebelled and his achievements shocked the master, but that all the heroes were killed."

"This seems to be settled once and for all, but according to today's point of view, this is pure lazy government, a willful and simplistic thinking, and Zhu Yuanzhang's self-righteousness. Without Zhu Di, King of Yan, the world would have been torn apart!"

"This Lan Jade case is also contrary to Zhu Di's rise to power."

"Zhu Yuanzhang once thought that he had eliminated all possible internal and external threats, but he did not realize that the real threats were lurking inside. Later, his fourth son Zhu Di launched the "Jingnan Campaign" to drive out his grandson. As a result, the life and death of the grandson became a mystery."

"How could this situation have happened if there had not been a large-scale purge of heroes? To put it more bluntly, his temporary good intentions ultimately contributed to the disaster and indirectly led to the unfortunate fate of his grandson. But if Zhu Di hadn't come to power, This Ming Dynasty may also die in the second generation."

"The people killed in the above two cases were mainly court officials, but in the early Ming Dynasty, there were more than just these two cases, there were four major cases in total."

"The third case is called the empty seal case, which occurred in the 15th year of Hongwu." "This empty seal refers to a blank document with a seal in advance, which is used to facilitate the handling of official affairs."

"This has been a common practice since the Yuan Dynasty, but Zhu Yuanzhang believed that this was a serious crime of officials colluding with each other and deceiving their fate."

"He ordered that all officials who used empty seals be investigated and punished as corruption offenders. This case involved the Chief Secretary, the Criminal Division and other agencies across the country, and hundreds of officials were killed."

"Since the Yuan Dynasty, there has been a system where local governments have to send people to the Ministry of Household Affairs in the capital every year to report on local fiscal revenue. After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, this system was still used. However, due to flaws in this system, it failed to attract high-level officials. Pay attention, so I kept using it until Zhu Yuanzhang found out about it and the crime happened."

"At that time, the local finance department had to turn over a certain amount of money and grain to the national treasury every year."

"Moreover, the account details must be completely consistent with those reviewed by the Ministry of Accounts before settlement can be completed. If any one of them does not match, the account must be rejected and re-registered, and then stamped with the seal of the original local government agency to complete the settlement."

"This kind of back and forth caused a lot of waste. In addition, transportation was not developed at that time, and it sometimes even took half a year to travel from remote places to the capital."

"Unlike now, you can just send an email or WeChat to solve the problem. If there is a discrepancy and it is sent back to be remade, it will definitely waste a lot of time. Therefore, some smart officials will prepare some stamps in advance before coming to the Ministry of Revenue. A blank document was prepared for use. Over time, everyone followed this trick to save time from running back and forth, and this habit has not been explicitly prohibited."

"The reason for this custom is that during the transportation process, the money and grain handed over by the local government to the central government will inevitably be lost due to the long distance, so the figures on both sides will not match when they are sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs for receipt."

"And how much was lost on the road, the escorting officer has no way of knowing in advance. He can only know it after reporting it to the Ministry of Household Affairs. In order to avoid sending it back for reconstruction, the escorting officer will fill in the blanks prepared in advance based on the data provided by the Ministry of Household Affairs. Please fill in the actual figures in the official documents before submitting them.”

"Originally, there was nothing wrong with this matter, but later Zhu Yuanzhang accidentally found out about it."

"Zhu Yuanzhang was furious after hearing this. He believed that this was a serious crime of deceiving the emperor by officials colluding with each other. He ordered a strict investigation, and eventually all the officials in charge of money and food, from the Minister of Household Affairs to the local officials at all levels, were to be executed. His deputy was given a cane. One hundred, and then he joined the army and was sent to a distant place. In this incident, tens of thousands of people were killed."

"After the empty seal case occurred, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted the policy of "using half seals to prevent counterfeiting at checkout" and gradually began to widely implement half-seal collation to prevent counterfeiting and standardize document management."

"Because after the "Kongyin Case" and "Hu Weiyong Case" happened one after another, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the next step would be to severely punish corrupt officials. He first adopted a method of equal emphasis on kindness and power, and then became more and more severe. He established the Jinyi Guards Monitor officials at all levels, and severely punish those who commit the slightest offence, with the lighter offenders sent to prison and the slightly more serious offenders beheaded."

"At this juncture, the Minister of Household Affairs was caught. This is the Guo Huan case."

"This incident occurred in the 18th year of Hongwu. Guo Huan was the Minister of Household Affairs and was responsible for managing national finances."

"He took advantage of his authority and colluded with local officials such as the Beiping Chengxuan Administrative Envoy Department and the Punishing and Prosecution Envoy Department to misappropriate taxes and food from various places, and collected various additional fees."

"Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the Criminal Division to interrogate Guo Huan and his associates and verify the amount of money they embezzled."

"It was found that the case involved 400 chief secretaries across the country, resulting in a loss of 700 million tons of food and [-] million taels of property."

"This case implicated senior officials such as Zhao Mao, the Minister of Rites, and Wang Huidi, the Minister of Punishments, and tens of thousands of people were killed."