Chapter 168

"The Tatars are so rich, why is the Ming Dynasty unable to make ends meet in the expedition to Mobei!"

The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

A terrible guess popped up in Zhu Pangpang's mind.

"Second brother, third brother, you won't rob the border residents and kill innocent people to claim credit, right!"

The two looked at each other again.

"Should... not!"

The orders they gave were indeed meant to trick the Tatar nobles.

As for how well the people below carried them out.

They really couldn't fully grasp it.

Zhu Zhankan pouted and threatened, "Second uncle, third uncle, you should check the people below carefully. No wonder they are kneeling at the door today."

In fact, he felt that it was unlikely that they killed innocent people to claim credit.

County magistrates in various places are not there to eat dry rice.

It is not a small matter to get millions of taels of silver.

What's more, it is very likely that the nobles of the Tatar Wala have silver.

Back then, the Yuan Dynasty almost spanned the entire Eurasian continent.

When the remnant Yuan retreated to the north and was beaten back to their hometown.

It was not as embarrassed as a dog that lost its home.

It is entirely possible to transfer a large number of gold, silver and jewelry in advance.

Chapter 174 Experimental County - Shuangwan County

"Okay, Dad, stop being suspicious. I'm here to discuss the official seal with you today."

Zhu Zhankan pulled his father aside.

From time to time, he stole a glance at his second and third uncles.

Seeing their trembling appearance.

"You should have told Grandpa Huang about the national treasure, right?"

Zhu Pangpang nodded: "Yes, the old man asked me to do it."

Zhu Di only trusted his own sons and grandsons about matters of the Yun Dynasty.

He would not believe other outsiders, even the vassal kings.

"That's good, let's settle this matter today."

Zhu Zhankan took out a list and handed it to Zhu Pangpang.

Zhu Pangpang took a look and saw the names of more than a dozen counties listed on it.

Most of these counties are located on the border and belong to county offices with low taxes.

Zhu Pangpang was a little surprised: "Son, the county offices you chose don't seem to be very wealthy."

"Yes, although these county offices are not wealthy, they are the most suitable locations for refining national destiny artifacts."

Zhu Zhankan briefly introduced the selection method.

Choosing a few county offices is naturally particular.

From the perspective of location, they must occupy key nodes that are very consistent with water veins and land veins.

The border location is more likely to receive the luck assistance from the border army.

The success rate of refining national destiny artifacts is also higher.

Zhu Pangpang put away the list: "Okay, I'll write it down and explain it to His Majesty later."

"Okay, then I'll leave first."

Zhu Zhankan turned his head and planned to leave.

"Son, don't leave in a hurry."

Zhu Pangpang grabbed Zhu Zhankan's sleeve.

"What? What's the matter?"

Zhu Zhankan looked at Zhu Pangpang curiously. There shouldn't be any chores recently, right?

"Dad has been a little flustered recently."

Zhu Pangpang frowned and sighed heavily.

"Alas, it's all because of the arrest of those assassins last night. I didn't expect so many court officials to be implicated in one go."

"Dad, you won't sympathize with those officials, right?"

Pangpang Zhu's face was full of righteousness, covering up his sorrow: "What are you talking about? Those bastards disregarded the emperor's grace, assassinated the king, and helped the tyrant to commit atrocities. They deserve to be beheaded!"

Prince Zhu Gaochi certainly couldn't have much sympathy for the assassins.

The black-robed man who was arrested last night also had several assistant officials from the Prince's Mansion.

If he was held accountable, he couldn't escape the blame for not employing people properly.

Expressing sympathy at this time, isn't that looking for trouble?

Zhu Zhankan nodded. It seems that his father's butt is still not crooked, and he hasn't been brainwashed into a fool by the Four Books and Five Classics: "So? What's the trouble?"

"Could it be that among these people, there are great talents who can govern the country and need you, Dad, to ask for a way out for them?"

Integrity and corruption, incompetence and great talent.

Each official will have a different attitude at different stages.

Being incompetent when young does not affect one's talent when old.

Being honest when young does not mean that one will not be corrupt in the future.

The same goes for this.

Honesty is not linked to talent, and corruption is not linked to incompetence.

Yan Song, a famous corrupt official.

He was also a famous angry young man when he was young.

Cynical, honest and loyal!

After the age of 40, wouldn't he have developed into a corrupt official and been reused by Jiajing?

In the eyes of the emperor.

Honesty or corruption is not important at all.

Only loyalty and talent are the key!

Zhu Pangpang sighed and said with some worry on his face: "He is not talented, but your grandfather is too murderous."

"He wants to punish all the traitors involved in this assassination case!"

Zhu Pangpang has known Zhu Di's attitude since the Jingnan Rebellion.

The old man is a very "lazy" person.

He is not keen on cracking down on corrupt officials, he is a practical person.

Except for killing a group of traitors loyal to Jianwen at the founding of the country.

He rarely killed people.

Even if officials angered Zhu Di, they were rarely punished with the nine clans.

Just like many rumors say, Emperor Taizu massacred meritorious officials and punished the nine clans from the founding of the country to the 31st year.

In fact, Zhu Gaochi knew it.

Most of the crimes of punishing the nine clans were to exile the nine clans to where they were needed.

After all, the court was newly established and there was a shortage of people in various places.

At worst, the Jiaofangsi was short of women!

Zhu Yuanzhang was a very frugal emperor, so he would not waste money casually.

But Zhu Di is different now.

He said he would punish all nine clans, and he really meant to punish all nine clans!

Zhu Zhankan was not surprised to hear this.

He advised: "Dad, you think too much. When the rebels rebel, they should have thought about the consequences."

Either the rebellion succeeds, or the whole clan is reincarnated!

The ending is clearly engraved in the Ming Dynasty law.