Ming Dynasty, starting from the empty seal case

Chapter 22 Inner Thoughts
  "Look, look, we told you a long time ago, didn't we tell you a long time ago!"

Seeing the change in Queen Ma's expression, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up excitedly.

"As we have said a long time ago, not many officials in the current government have thought of these things. In other words, even if they have thought of it, no one dares to say it!"

"They are all really smart people, just like our two prime ministers. Well, they didn't fart in the court today. Even in private, they probably secretly interpreted the changes in the astrology of the Qin Tian Jian to let all officials They thought we were going down the stairs, and they said it was just thunder but no rain..."

"Let's keep this account in mind for them!"

Zhu Yuanzhang first speculated secretly, and then looked at Queen Ma.

"Just think about it, in the mountain of memorials in this morning's court, they were all asking me to spare my life and begging for mercy."

"There is only such a memorial, saying that we have known about it for a long time, and we want to take this opportunity to get rid of those old officials of the Yuan Dynasty and let everyone in the world know that the system of the Yuan Dynasty cannot be implemented in our Ming Dynasty!"

The fact that the emperor intended to cause a murder could not be openly announced to the officials in the court.

This is also the reason why he immediately interrupted Tu Jie mid-reading.

But here, they are all family members.

Zhu Yuanzhang confessed what was in his heart, "To be honest, this memorial really speaks to our hearts."

"I have told you clearly that killing these local officials who are beyond the control of the central government is only the first step! In the future, we will also kill the remaining gentry and powerful people from various places from the late Yuan Dynasty!"

"What? You still want to kill!" Queen Ma stared.

"I won't kill you this time, I won't kill you this time." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile, but his tone was very cold, "Things have to be done step by step. If you exaggerate the steps, it will be easy to get carried away. Don't we have a plan?"

"You..." Queen Ma took a deep breath, knowing that she couldn't persuade her, so the topic returned to its original place.

"Since this memorial touches your heart, why are you still in trouble..."

She seemed to know what Queen Ma wanted to ask.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately said: "Because the person who wrote this memorial is apparently a six-year-old child!"

"As you can see, this is absolutely impossible for a six-year-old child to write, but this memorial has come out anyway. It seems that its purpose is to get Su Guiyuan out of the Kongyin case."

"But what's the purpose behind it? Can you tell me?"

Queen Ma was speechless.

She knew it too.

Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely suspicious by nature.

Especially after becoming the emperor, there were few civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty who truly reassured him.

Even within the entire palace, even his concubines and sons are all close to each other at the same time.

The more bizarre the memorial was, the more Zhu Yuanzhang could not figure it out, and the more suspicious he became.

Zhu Yuanzhang added: "You also know that the Ming Dynasty has just been established for ten years, and bandits everywhere are rebelling constantly. There are many places where you can even lift a kitchen knife and say that you are an old minister of Yuanting, and you can occupy the mountain as a mountain." The king wants to raise the flag of rebellion!"

"Among these people, do you think there are no powerful people who support you? Do you think there are no gentry who secretly promise you?"

"Since the defeat of the last Northern Expedition, the court has been quiet, especially in places that we can't take care of. I heard that there is also a White Lotus uprising?"

"Hmph! The world is uneasy, and it's these people who do it!"

"They just want us, the Ming Dynasty, to become a Yuan Dynasty that is lenient to them, so that they can continue to exploit the people and print empty seals. This whole court is said to be limited by distance and has no choice..."

"Ha! We are not fools, and we don't just believe what they say! You want to say that they are all innocent, and they did not rely on this empty seal to seek personal gain for themselves, or even protect each other with officials, embezzle taxes and food, and persecute the people?"

"Then Dayuan will not die!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang thought of this, he became angry.

"Even if we have no choice, we will still act according to the rules! We just won't give them the slightest chance to hide their evil!"

"We will use the name of this murder to clean up the rotten corpses and old weapons left by Yuanting!

At this time, Zhu Biao had no choice but to say, "But Su Guiyuan said in the court that the Kongyin case was the result of you starting a big corruption in order to stop petty corruption!"

"There are also strategies to deal with the aftermath of the end of the empty seal..."

Empress Ma thought of something and asked curiously: "Is this supposed to be the best of both worlds that was spread in the court?"

"This is the best of both worlds!"

At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang continued to speak his mind.

He waved his hand directly and said: "That's not the case at all."

"Don't listen to Su Guiyuan's arrogant talk at the gate of Fengtian Hall, we don't expect him to say it!"

"If he can tell it, we will treat him as a god!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's words are absolute.

"Then why did my father give him three days?"

"You don't understand this." Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were deep, "The origin of this memorial is strange. It seems reasonable in every aspect, but the more so, the more cautious you must be."

"Either Su Guiyuan himself is using his son's name to pull off some tricks, just to get us to let him go. If that's the case, that's fine." "Or there's some secret behind it that we don't know about."

"Such a smart man wants to test our thoughts. Once we find out, we will kill him without mercy!"

Zhu Biao looked at his father's determined look and asked tentatively: "Father, do you think there is such a possibility? It's really that child..."

"Impossible!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand directly.

"How about bringing the child into the palace to question him?" Queen Ma asked.

"What are we asking a six-year-old child for? It's a loss of dignity. If you don't say anything, you might alert someone else."

Zhu Yuanzhang said what he was thinking, "That's what we think. Later, let Mao Xiang send people to change from light to dark, so that the Su family can relax their vigilance, and then let the news about Su Guiyuan out."

"Hmph, in this way, it will be clear what the flaw is."

"It only takes these three days, we can afford it."

Queen Ma nodded helplessly.

She had originally heard the news that a six-year-old child had secretly read the memorial, and she was also extremely curious.

Now that I see the content above, I can't help but become suspicious.

It was only three days, and we had to wait until Su Guiyuan said the "best of both worlds".

"We can also take advantage of this time to take a good look at the attitude of the officials."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but applaud his idea.

At this moment, Zhu Xiongying, who had been in Chang Jing's arms, suddenly said in a sweet voice: "Grandpa, there is..."

Zhu Yuanzhang heard the sound and looked in the direction pointed by his grandson.

This was the paper envelope that contained the memorial. He picked it up curiously and looked inside. Only then did he realize that maybe he was in a hurry when putting it in, so there was another one, which was stuffed in the innermost part.

He quickly poured it out, looked at the content on it, and burst into laughter.

"Look, look, our guess is correct, right?"

"It's really revealing. Fortunately, we didn't see it before."

Empress Ma and Zhu Biao immediately looked at it curiously. On the last chapter, it was clearly written: [Has Your Majesty ever thought about how to improve the aftermath of the Kongyin case? Can the shortcomings of the empty seal be wiped away? 】

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed upward and sneered:

"See, are we right?"

"They are treating us like fish, and this memorial is the bait."

"There is also this sentence, [My son once heard from his father that he had been a school inspector for many years, but he had some insights into the imperial court's auditing and verification methods that he could not share with outsiders.]"

"Look, it's the same sentence that shows the truth."

"If we had seen it before, we would have thought carefully about it and let it go around us."

"But when we see it after we analyze it, it's superfluous and unnecessary. It's a clumsy method!"

"You still say that his father has some knowledge? He has some shitty knowledge? After five years of inspection, he is a coward. He only knows how to work hard and does not dare to compete. He is extremely incompetent!"

"How brave you are. Your intention to treat us like a fish is so obvious!"

"Hmph, we now understand more and more that these eight achievements are a way of escape that Su Guiyuan thought up by himself. He wanted us to be curious about it, and then he could find a way to fool him and escape from the Kongyin case."

"Sister, what we said before is right, our eyes are very poisonous. We can see clearly from beginning to end."

Queen Ma also sighed after seeing this.

Anyone with a little sense knows that there is really no good solution to the empty seal case.

His arrogance is shameless, but he is asking for trouble.

"Then these people involved in this case..." However, Queen Ma still wanted to plead for mercy.

Through this memorial, she also knew that today's Zhu Yuanzhang is meticulous and his progress is incredible. He takes one step and sees three steps. He is a born emperor!
  This made her sigh in her heart. There was a time when he couldn't even recognize the words, but she taught him the words herself.

But now...

"What we said to Biao'er, we still have to say today."

Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude was rigid and there was absolutely no room for maneuver, "You must correct what is wrong and what is wrong!"

"The more they kill, the more afraid they will be. If they commit corruption again in the future, they will consider whether they have enough to chop off their heads!"

"As for the person who was wrongly accused, it's just because of his bad luck that he got involved in this bloody case of Kongyin."

"What's more, no one has been unjustly accused from the beginning to the end. Even Su Guiyuan is guilty of knowing the truth and failing to report it, so as to act as an accomplice!"

"Huh, just...three days." Zhu Yuanzhang said, then looked at the memorial again, "Let's wait and see their good show."

"When the time comes, capture those who can guess our thoughts and chop them all!"

(End of this chapter)