Daming: My grandfather is Emperor Hongwu!

Chapter 26 How to deal with it?

Throughout the dynasties, all the government's management and constraints on the people add up to two words, obedience.

Everyone should be obedient citizens.

If the people sue the officials, they will be distributed three thousand miles if they are not guilty.

The official is the law, and the law is the official.

But in the Hongwu Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang encouraged the people to sue the officials.

He once said in the imperial decree that if the people have grievances that cannot be resolved, there is nowhere to sue.Local loyal and heroic people can arrest criminal officials and deal with them before the emperor, and the arresters are not guilty.

The righteousness is that if officials take bribes, or cause people to be wronged, there is no place to reason.Then go directly to the capital, and Lao Tzu Zhu Yuanzhang will personally reason with you.

Throughout the ages, only Emperor Hongwu did this!
No wonder some people in later generations said that even when he became emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang was an emperor with a clear class position and stood on the side of the people.He is the emperor when dealing with the world, but when the people have grievances, he is a common people who feel the same way.

The reason for this is that he is well aware of the difficulties of the people and the power of officials.

Giving justice to the people actually seems to be the simplest and easiest thing to do.But sometimes, it's the hardest thing in the world.

Zhu Yuanzhang's move is tantamount to confronting the officials of the world, directly overthrowing their privilege of ruling the people for thousands of years and not allowing the people to resist.It's no wonder that some people in later generations deliberately portrayed him as a mean and ungrateful tyrant.

At this time, there was a sudden commotion from behind, and the guards of the brigade, surrounded by a group of officials, ran towards this side without decent image.

"Father!" Zhu Biao went to Zhu Yuanzhang's side and said, "There are a lot of people here, so let's find a clean place!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "The teahouse just now is not bad, go there!" Then, he glanced at the officials who came over, and said displeasedly, "Let them kneel and wait in the teahouse!"

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In the private room on the second floor of the teahouse, Zhu Yuanzhang sat at the head, and Zhu Xiongying was next to him.

The farmers who complained were standing in panic. At their feet was a man who was tied up, his mouth was gagged, he couldn't speak, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.

It is the county magistrate of Changshu, on Thursday.

"He was dishonest on the way, so I punched him a few times!" An honest-looking man in Nong Hanzhong said awkwardly, "I didn't hit hard!"

"Let him go!" Zhu Yuanzhang gave an order, and someone came forward and took out the stuff stuffed in Thursday's mouth.

I was able to speak on Thursday, moved my upper and lower jaw a few times, and cursed at some peasants, "I'm a county magistrate, do you still have the king's law in your eyes?"

"You extorted people's money, didn't allow them to fish for a living, and sold their boats, right?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Zhou Si rolled his eyes, he didn't know who the old man in front of him was, but seeing such a big battle around him, he also panicked.

"That's not the case? The boat was originally rented by them from the government. When it expires, it will naturally be sublet to others. They are not the only ones who make a living by fishing!" Thursday said, "Don't listen to these few days. If a poor man talks nonsense, they are troublemakers, if they talk about it indiscriminately, if it doesn’t suit them, they will say that the Yamen deliberately made things difficult for them!”

"What did you rent? After we settled there, we worked on the embankment for half a year. The boat was paid to us by the yamen!" a farmer shouted, "Our brothers, a big family, Just rely on fishing to make a living. You want money for a thousand dollars, and you sold our boat, and you still have to blame us!"

"Bah, you think I have nothing to do, and you want to make things difficult for you foreigners?" Thursday scolded, "I tell you, now that you have tied me up, it is tantamount to killing officials and rebelling!"

"Hey!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled from the side, "You are just an official, how can you be considered an official of the court? Binding you is equivalent to killing an official and rebelling, so what if you kill you?"

Immediately, Thursday showed horror and dared not speak.

He asked tremblingly, "Old man, who are you?"

"He can see the emperor, and he can speak well!" Yinonghan said.

Zhu Yuanzhang crossed his legs with no expression on his face, "Let me ask you again, did you extort people's money, seize their boats, and then sell them privately!" He said coldly, "Tell me the truth!"

Thursday was terrified and speechless for a while.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything, he just pouted over there.

A guard stepped forward, pulled out the dagger hidden in his waist with a swipe, and pierced it along the base of Thursday's thigh, sticking to the vitals.

"do not!"

When the blood was surging, Thursday cried, "Yes, yes, I took their money and sold their fishing boat!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, stopped the guards, and shouted downstairs, "Have the people from the Ministry of Punishment come?"

Not long after, Kaiji, Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, went up to the second floor.This person was originally the secretary in charge of the army of the famous Mongolian general Chahan Timur, and later joined the Ming Dynasty.This person had a good relationship with Hu Weiyong who had been executed by Zhu Yuanzhang, but he was saved in the Hu Weiyong case involving tens of thousands of people.

"Sir, see Your Majesty!"

"Did you stop downstairs?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "According to the law, how to punish?"

"Officials extort money, and embezzle people's property for their own use, according to the law, they should be executed!" Kaiji said.

"The local officials are guilty of favoritism and negligence. How should we deal with it?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.

"Principal officials beheaded, auxiliary officials cut off their feet and knees!" Kaiji replied.

Zhu Xiongying, who was listening all the time, was also a little terrified.The so-called cutting off the foot is to cut off the foot from below the knee.This kind of criminal law was not used in the Song Dynasty because it was too cruel.

But it's normal to think about it. Zhu Yuanzhang killed corrupt officials or guilty officials with various methods.Cut enough to at least save one's life, so as not to die.The poor magistrate of that county on Thursday was charged with dereliction of duty at most, and his head was cut off directly.

"Has anyone from Yingtianfu come?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked downstairs again.

After a while, an official with cold sweat on his head came up.

Zhu Xiongying recognized this person, the younger brother of Li Shanchang, Duke of South Korea, the Chancellor of Taipusi, and Li Cunyi, Yin of Yingtianfu.

After the founding of the country, Li Shanchang was the head of civil servants, with a high position and weight.But because of the case of Hu Weiyong the year before last, they are now keeping a low profile.Even, there is a faint meaning of retreating to the second line.

"Your people, how do you prevent the people who complained from entering Beijing?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Return to Your Majesty!" Li Cunyi replied tremblingly, "Xiaoshou, abandon the market!"

"No!" Zhu Yuanzhang stared at him, "We discovered these things today. We didn't discover them before, maybe there are more." He said with a sneer, "The inspections that do not allow people to enter Beijing, Ling Chi !"

Li Cunyi's body shook obviously, "Minister, obey the order!"

"Also, he said that he had listened to the orders of the superiors and that the common people were not allowed to enter the city. Whose order was it that the Jin Yiwei went to interrogate? No matter who is involved, they will be late!" Zhu Yuanzhang said again, "We have said it ourselves, we are not allowed Stop the people from suing and fight against us, this is the end!"

There was no sound in the private room, and the few suing farmers were already stupid, and they were already frightened out that Thursday.They don't know anything else, but they still know the word Your Majesty.

"You are the official of Yingtian Mansion, what should you do with it?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.

Li Cunyi hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed and said, "If you are not strict with your subordinates, you will be guilty of negligence!"

"Return the official seal tomorrow, go home!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Then, he stood up, walked to the stairs, and said to the officials on the first floor, "We know that we allow people to sue officials and go to Beijing to sue. You all feel a little uncomfortable, thinking that we are The universe is turned upside down."

"I think we let the people sue the officials, which is a violation of the laws and regulations of the country, and there is no distinction between superiors and inferiors."

"I slapped you in the face!"

"We just want to slap you in the face. If everyone in the world has a conscience, everyone is diligent in the king's affairs, pleading for the people, we can't slap you in the face!"

"Why do the common people sue and feel wronged? How can you give the common people a good feeling when you are an official? Just because you are an official?"

"During the Great Yuan Dynasty, why was the world in chaos, why did the people have no means of living, and why were corpses strewn across the fields? The reason is that the officials have no conscience! The people can't survive!"

"When we become emperor, we want to make decisions for the people of the world!"

As he spoke, he suddenly said to Zhu Biao, "Biaoer, pass the value!"

"My son is here!"

"From now on, all local officials who hinder the people from filing complaints, those who intercept the people's complaints, and those who refuse to accept the complaints from the officials and officials will all be barbarians!"

"My son obeys the order!"

Then, Zhu Yuanzhang walked slowly to the farmers, suddenly changed his smile, and said to the terrified farmers, "We are the emperor!"

"Hey, don't kneel!" Zhu Yuanzhang picked up a farmer with his own hands, and said with a smile, "I'm going to vent your anger on you, but are you satisfied?"

Several farmers nodded desperately, but they didn't dare to look up.

"Since you've come to the capital, don't be in a hurry to go back. We will arrange for you to stay in the capital for a few days!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, "In a few days, we will meet you again and ask questions!"

After finishing speaking, he waved to Zhu Xiongying, "Dasun, come, come back to the palace with us!"

After leaving the teahouse, the grandfather and grandson boarded a carriage.

In the carriage, Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "Dasun, do you know why we allow the common people to sue the officials!"

"You also said that when you are emperor, you are making decisions for the people of the world!" Zhu Xiongying said, "For a king, it is a matter of course for a king to give justice to the people!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded approvingly, "What else?"

"From the king to the hundreds of officials, they are supported by the people of the world, and all they use are the fat and anointing of the people!"

(End of this chapter)