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"Okay, present it!"

"Your Majesty, I have ordered the imperial envoys to investigate the disappearance of tax and silver. There are dozens of officials involved in the case, with a total of 6203 million taels of gold and silver. There are eight governors of the state capital. The rest of the officials are all detained in Jiangnan Prefecture. Waiting for the trial at the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment! The details will be stated in the memorial, please have a look at your Majesty!"

Li Zheng's face changed and he withdrew his light smile: "Submit it!"

"Yes!"

Sitting on the dragon table, Li Zheng carefully flipped through the two memorials submitted by Liu Mingzhi, his face turned blue and purple from time to time, which made the ministers of civil and military below tremble with fear from time to time.

When the incense stick was halfway through, Li Zheng put down the memorial in his hand with a gloomy face: "Liu Aiqing, you come to the palace with me!"

"I obey my orders!"

With a bang, a fine glazed official kiln teacup fell to pieces on the ground.

Li Zheng pointed at First Young Master Liu with trembling fingers: "Liu Mingzhi, this is the second time, this is already the second time, the officials who committed crimes against you will not end well! Half of the officials in Qingzhou were beheaded by you." Half, the eight prefectures under the Qingzhou prefecture had to be merged into four prefectures, and more than half of the Jiangnan officials were arrested by you, do you want to kill all my officials?"

Liu Mingzhi hastily lowered his hands and did not dare to look at the emperor's face: "Your Majesty, I was ordered to supervise the case of the loss of tax money. None of the dozens of officials involved in the case was clean. As an imperial envoy, it is my duty to deal with corrupt officials. Duty, what is the crime of the minister?"

Li Zheng frowned and gritted his teeth, sat on the chair and panted heavily.

"Corrupt officials, corrupt officials, I rule the world, who is clean and who is not clean, I have a clear eye! Do you think I don't know if their butts are not clean? But as the emperor, what do you want me to do? The officials in the world are corrupt There are seven or eight out of ten, if I kill them all, who will rule the world for me? Although the officials are greedy, the people hate them, but without the governance of officials, the world will be in chaos, do you understand? Once these officials in Jiangnan are convicted of crimes , the entire official department can't find so many people to fill the vacancies!"

"These corrupt officials, all of them will die with a wave of my ink pen. It can deter the corrupt officials in the world. It's easy to say! But have you ever thought about the case of the loss of Jiangnan's tax bank? Light!"

"All these officials have been arrested, someone must fill the vacancies! Even if there are officials to fill the vacancies in the official department, can you guarantee that the newly appointed officials are honest and upright officials? They are not desperadoes blinded by gold, silver and jewels. ?"

"You catch fat wolves that are full, but kill them and send them hungry wolves with empty stomachs. What if they want to be full? Isn't it fattening to eat people by corrupting the law?"

"Kill a batch of fat wolves and get another batch of hungry wolves. For the sake of the country and the people, I must have an account!"

Liu Mingzhi's pupils were dilated, and he knew that the emperor's words were wrong, but he couldn't find any rebuttal words!

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Looking at Liu Mingzhi's blank expression, Li Zheng sighed and waved his hands: "Sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Liu Aiqing, do you think that what I said violates the principles of ethics? Why do you think this world is so absurd?"

"I dare not!"

"If you don't dare, you have it! I know what you think in your heart, but even I can't do anything about it. What you think about is how to do your duty as the commander of the imperial envoy to suppress bandits, but what I think about is how to be a good emperor. What I am in charge of is a world, and there are thousands and thousands of people!"

"Do you think I want to see those officials pocketing their own pockets? I don't want to either. I know how the rumors spread among the people scold me and resent me. I know very well that King Duan controls the government, and the left and right make friends. I am very clear that scolding me is immoral." I never care about it, because I really haven't done anything to clarify the world's duty to the world's subjects!"

"I also want to kill corrupt officials all over the world, but Emperor Taizu Gao told me with bloody facts that there is no end to killing corrupt officials in the world. If you kill one batch, another batch will come again. This is human nature. If you want to kill all human nature, you must No one exists in this world, so these corrupt officials can live and continue to sit under their buttocks."

"I understand, I understand!"

"Liu Aiqing, count the corrupt officials you have captured. Although they are corrupt, they do not break the law. Although they are corrupt, they do not dereliction of duty. Although they are corrupt, they do not harm the people. Although they are corrupt, they do practical things. In my eyes, they are better than those in front of the palace. Benevolence, righteousness and morality are ten times, a hundred times better than officials who put morality first and act mischievously. There is black and white is the most reasonable thing in the world, this is the helplessness of being an emperor!"

"I am above your position, I can kill, kill, kill, but not above my position. Without them, the world will be in chaos, and without their restraint, the people will rebel. The dragons are gone, and you can still Is it right to sit here and play with my monarch and ministers?"

"I know I'm wrong, it's because my thinking is too simple!"

Li Zheng sighed: "Do you know what to do?"

The third uncle's last words came to Liu Mingzhi's mind before he died, and he nodded lightly: "The governor of the Seven Houses has lost his virtue, and he will be fined for half a year as an example to others!"

Li Zheng nodded slightly: "There is no need to talk about the case of the loss of tax money. You supervised the case of suppressing the bandits well. Where is the fourth brother?"

"Now I'm temporarily staying in the minister's mansion. I just want to ask your majesty whether to hand it over to the clan's mansion or to the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment? But it's up to your majesty to deal with it!"

"Leave it to the clan's mansion. After all, it is a matter of the royal family. The Dali Temple of the Ministry of Officials is not suitable for disposal. You did a good job in not mentioning this matter in the memorial!"

"Your Majesty is absurd, this is the duty of the minister!"

"Liu Aiqing!"

"Chen is here!"

"Today, there are only you and my monarch and ministers. I will tell you something from the bottom of my heart. I know and understand many things. I have also heard about Wei Aiqing. I have also heard a little about the persecution suffered by Ling Daoming, the governor of Yangzhou. ! But I didn’t ask about it, do you know why?”

Liu Mingzhi's heart skipped a beat. As a foreign minister, he was most afraid of the emperor's heartfelt words. Although he understood what the emperor meant, Liu Mingzhi still shook his head slightly.

"Your Majesty, Yulu, naturally don't understand His Majesty's profound meaning!"

Li Zheng held the wine glass, and nodded after a while: "It's fine if you don't understand, Ling Yang will be pardoned for the crime of exile, Ling Weier will be moved out of the Jiaofang Division, and the two brothers and sisters will return to Liang, I will leave this matter to you Well, since Ling Daoming has died and joined the White Lotus Sect to participate in the treason case, let it disappear, and I will sell you a thin face for your hard work, and I will leave the search for Lingyang Lingwei to you, Aiqing!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Liu Aiqing! Is it true that I am as rumored? Are you really stupid?"

"Your Majesty, the rumors among the people are mostly based on rumors. People who read books are different from one in ten, and they are easily taken advantage of by those who want to. Your Majesty's ability to not pursue the slanderous words of the people is enough to prove that your Majesty is a rare and outstanding king."

Li Zheng laughed at himself when he heard the words: "Mingjun is hard to do. I have too much helplessness. If you want to be a Mingjun, you must first be blind. Mingjun will see many dirty things when you open your eyes, but Mingjun can only do it." Turn a blind eye, because the world is too big, I can’t see it alone! Don’t talk about it, let’s continue the discussion, I don’t know why those ministers criticize you in their hearts after delaying in the apse for so long!”

"Yes, Your Majesty please!"

"See Your Majesty!"

"Free gift!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Zheng opened the red sandalwood alley above the dragon case, took out two volumes of tightly wrapped imperial edicts, and handed them to Zhou Fei, the chief executive, "Declarate the edict!"

"Yes!"

Zhou Fei put away his whisk and took a few steps forward holding the imperial decree with a serious face.

"Emperor Dalong issued an edict, all the bandit suppressing officers and men are ordered to obey!"

"Long live my emperor!"

"Song Qing, the commander of the imperial guards, has made great achievements. First, he went to Jin as a deputy envoy. The Turks and the Turks reached a friendship, which saved the border of the three countries from the flames of war, and the people lived and worked in peace. He also went to the south of the Yangtze River to pacify the rebels of the White Lotus Sect who had been in the south of the Yangtze River for decades, and captured 700 heads of the rebels. The credit is obvious to all. He was given the purple gold seal of the Song and Qing Dynasties to lead the imperial guards, and was promoted to the Earl of Anyuan, hereditary, and rode horses in the palace For the great honor, I will give you a mansion and a thousand taels of silver."

"Chen Song Qing took the decree to thank you!"

"General Cheng Kai of Longwuwei, he made great achievements in suppressing the rebellion in Qingzhou, and suppressed the rebels of the White Lotus Sect. He won the heads of 600 people, gave Cheng Kai a golden seal, added a noble Dingyuan Viscount with a hundred households, a mansion, a hundred taels of silver, and a pair of pearls! "

"The minister Cheng Kai took the order to thank you!"

"General Xiaoguowei has made great achievements in suppressing the rebels of the White Lotus Sect. He beheaded 500 people. He was added to the baron of Qingtong with a hundred households in Shiyi and a thousand taels of silver!"