The First Prince of the Ming Dynasty Text Volume Chapter 133: Integrity and Integrity After Zhu Biao left the imperial study room, he saw a few guys poking their heads in the distance. Zhu Biao knew without even thinking that it was the three brothers who were here. Others in the palace
Who dares to be sneaky near Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial study room?
Zhu Biao didn't have the mood to pay attention to them. He led Liu Jin and others to the official office of the Ministry of Household Affairs. After a few steps, there were a few more people behind him. The second brother, Zhu Fang, came up to him and asked with a playful smile: "Brother, what's going on?
Brothers, can you open your eyes?"
The third child, Zhu Fan, and the fourth child, Zhu Di, also nodded. They have grown up a lot since they went to the battlefield, but their nature is hard to change. They still can't calm down and study. Recently, they have been going crazy.
Zhu Biao frowned and said, "Then follow me honestly. What happened today is not a joke. You are not allowed to say anything for a while."
After listening to Zhu Biao's words, the three brothers neatly sealed the mouth, and then followed neatly behind Zhu Biao.
Liu Jin felt a little aggrieved when he saw that his position had been usurped. He was the only one who could follow the prince closely, but he did not dare to say anything.
After leaving the palace gate of the inner palace, there was already a dense guard of soldiers behind Zhu Biao. The leader Zhu Biao also knew him. Although he didn't know his name, he was the one who guarded the big tent every night during Zhu Biao's Northern Expedition. It can be seen that he was
trustworthy.
A group of people rushed to the front of the official office of the Ministry of Husbandry. The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment came out quickly. When he saw Zhu Biao and the three brothers behind him, he saluted and said, "I see His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the three princes."
Zhu Biao looked at him and asked, "Where are all the people from the Ministry of Revenue?"
The Minister of Punishment bowed and replied: "They have all been imprisoned in a side courtyard, and the relevant account books and books have been sealed, waiting for you to come, but..."
Zhu Biao said in a deep voice: "Just what?"
The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment immediately lowered his head and said: "When the people from the Ministry of Punishment rushed to the Ministry of Accounts, someone inside had already begun to destroy the account books. After controlling the official of the Ministry of Accounts, it was found that this person had burned a total of thirteen account books. I am guilty. Please, Your Highness
Punishment.”
Zhu Biao was not surprised at all. He looked at the head under the Minister of Punishment and said: "Two months of salary fine. If another accident happens, it will not be so simple."
The Minister of Punishment immediately responded: "Your Highness, please rest assured that the Ministry of Husbandry has been completely controlled. I will guarantee with my life that there will be no other accidents."
Zhu Biao nodded. It seemed that all the accounts involving other than the Ministry of Revenue had been burned. This was the reason why Zhu Biao arranged for the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment to take over the Ministry of Revenue. Otherwise, it would be better to let the pro-military Duwei Mansion control it directly.
When Zhu Biao walked in, he saw the floor covered with account books and documents. As Zhu Biao nodded, under the supervision of the palace guards, officials from the Ministry of Punishment began to inspect the account books of the Ministry of Accounts.
Zhu Biao walked into Lu Chang's room. In addition to official documents, there were many calligraphy, paintings and seals inside, all arranged in a row. It can be seen that although they are not too expensive, they are maintained with great care.
Zhu Biao took one look and lost interest. Zhu and the other three obviously didn't understand calligraphy and painting, but they still pretended to read.
An hour later, the Minister of Justice came in and reported: "Your Highness, it will take a while to verify the accounts for the whole year, but the situation of Wang Yushi's impeachment can still be confirmed, and the officials of the Ministry of Revenue have also taken the initiative to plead guilty."
Zhu Biao nodded and took the list handed over by the Minister of Punishment. The list of thousands of officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs starting from Lu Chang down to the state capital was all here.
Zhu Biao opened it and flipped through a few pages. The names of the suspects were all circled, and only a few people were not circled. In front of Zhu Biao, these were just names written in ink, but when the butcher's knife fell, they were all lives.
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There were no outsiders in the room, so Zhu Biao asked directly: "How many of the people on this list are honest and honest?"
The Minister of Punishment replied: "Except for a few distinguished officials in the capital's household department, the remaining officials, even if they have not embezzled any money, have more or less taken some food home."
Zhu Biao frowned and said, "Go and check. If your family is really in trouble and you only have food to make ends meet, then you should be removed from this list."
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice also breathed a sigh of relief. The collapse of the Ministry of Finance would not be beneficial to anyone. His Highness the Crown Prince was willing to be accommodating, and they would be able to do things in a measured manner. At the very least, the framework of the Ministry of Finance could be maintained.
Zhu Biao shook his head. There were hundreds of officials from the Ministry of Revenue in the capital, and there were thousands of officials and servants below. Zhu Biao had to keep at least half of them.
This time, we must catch the big fish and release the small ones, and we must also target the old officials of the Northern Yuan Dynasty like Lu Chang to get rid of them. There is no other way. If Lu Chang falls, the Ministry of Revenue will not be able to accommodate them.
Hehehe~
Zhu Biao's thoughts were interrupted by obscene laughter. When he looked up, he saw the three guys gathered around and didn't know what they were looking at. All he could hear was the uncontrollable laughter of the second child, Zhu Ping.
As soon as Zhu Biao thought about it, he understood clearly that in this era, the only thing that could make three teenagers who had no interest in calligraphy and painting classics happily gather around and study it.
Zhu Biao looked at their backs with a smile on his lips. Unknowingly, the three younger brothers had grown up. He was still wondering how these three guys could stay quiet for such a long time.
Zhu Biao walked forward gently, and several round figures could be seen from the gaps between them...
Zhu Biao stuck to Zhu Di's back, put his arms around the other two and asked softly: "What good things are you looking at?"
Zhu Biao clearly felt Zhu Di tremble for a moment, but the other two were fine. Zhu Ping said with a smile: "Brother, you are getting married soon, why don't you take this thing back to appreciate it?"
Zhu Biao glanced at the erotic pictures. They should be in the style of the Tang Dynasty, and the paintings were quite good. No wonder it was collected by Lu Chang. The old man was already in his sixties or seventies. He still had such thoughts on this day. He was worthy of being a scholar.
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However, Zhu Biao had no interest in this and shook his head in refusal. Zhu Feng's eyes lit up and he was ready to take this back for collection.
Zhu Biao watched him roll up the painting and then said: "The things here have been ordered a long time ago, and they were sent to my father's imperial study together with the results of the search of Lu Chang's residence. In case my father asked why something was missing,
Painting, I can't help you.
After saying that, Zhu Biao walked out of the room. Zhu Fan and Zhu Di looked at each other silently, then looked at Zhu Fang and said with a smile: "My father has never cared about this kind of thing, and Xiang Bi will not care about it at all. Just put it away."
Bar."
After saying that, they both followed Zhu Biao and walked out. Zhu Fang gritted his teeth and was about to take the painting out, but when he walked to the door, he still put the painting back in its place dejectedly.
It's because his father doesn't like this kind of thing. If he finds out that he's here to follow his elder brother on errands, he won't be able to help at all. Instead, he'll take away an erotic picture...
Just thinking about it, Zhu Xiang felt that his butt was extremely itchy, as if there were many little bugs crawling around.
Reluctantly, he put down the scroll, turned around and chased the brothers who were leaving, shouting. The three brothers in front were not surprised.
Zhu Xi has always been bold, but as long as the matter has something to do with Zhu Yuanzhang, he will never take risks. This is what Zhu Xi learned from the broken stick.