Chapter 37: 3 people involved in corruption? !Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned "Okay! If you dare to do what you do, I respect you, Mao Youfu, for being a man!"
"Since you admit that you have these 200 million stones, then tell me, where did these 200 million stones of food go?"
"Is it sold through the 'Zhonghua Grain Industry' caravan run by the Yi Mao family?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked word by word.
"Yes!"
Mao Youfu nodded again.
wow——
Suddenly, the previous article in Fengtian Palace was in an uproar! Converted to 200 million shi of grain, that’s one million taels!
Peking officials are really corrupt. This is just one county in Kaiping. If we dig deeper, we don't know how many more there are.
It's just huge greed! Huge greed!
A glint flashed in Hu Weiyong's eyes, and he secretly thought it was a pity. If he had handled this case, there would have been a lot of benefits, but now he could only watch it, and he felt really itchy in his heart.
No wonder the officialdom in Peking has been extremely united in the past few years. The only people he managed to break into were a few minor officials.
It seems that the oil and water in Beiping is very deep and abundant! However, the small Kaiping County can save 200 million shi of grain in three years, and it does not affect normal tax revenue. Is this possible? Zhu Yuanzhang forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and continued to ask: "Mao Youfu, can you now tell me how you divided the money obtained after selling these 200 million shi of grain? How much did Guo Zi get? How much did you get? How much did Ouyang Lun get, and how did the other officials in Peiping divide it up!"
Since it is a case of embezzlement, there must be clear accounts for dividing the stolen goods. As long as there are such accounts, none of the corrupt officials in Peiping can escape!
Zhu Yuanzhang remembered clearly that during his last northern tour, when he first arrived in Peiping, he specifically told the officials in Peking not to be corrupt, and each of them promised well, but ended up being wildly corrupt behind his back.
How could Zhu Yuanzhang not be angry like this? At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang had made up his mind. When Mao Youfu revealed the accounts of the spoils and listed the list of corrupt officials, he would once again purge the officials in Peking. As long as they were corrupt officials, they would not be able to escape. In this way, he could restore the officialdom of Peking. calm! Of course, as the culprit, Ouyang Lun, Zhu Yuanzhang would not let go. The reason why Ouyang Lun was not summoned to the meeting today was because Ouyang Lun was the consort after all. He felt embarrassed to judge his son-in-law in front of all the civil and military officials. He couldn't lose face. Secondly, he had met Ouyang Lun several times before as "Uncle Ma" to avoid embarrassment. Thirdly, Ouyang Lun was just a county magistrate. His official position was too small and his deterrence was not enough, so in the end he Those suitable for surgery are Guo Zi and Mao Youfu. One is from the second rank and the other is from the fourth rank. They are both high-ranking officials.
When the incident was understood, Zhu Yuanzhang planned to go to Tianlao to meet Ouyang Lun, Weng and his son-in-law would have a showdown, and finally send Ouyang Lun on his way.
These were all planned by Zhu Yuanzhang.
But Mao Youfu's next words stunned Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Back to Your Majesty, a total of 200 million taels of these 1103 million stones of grain were sold and distributed to a total of 3 people!"
3 people involved in corruption? !
Just crazy! Um! ?
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was immediately stunned.
3 people. No, all the officials in Peiping combined don’t have [-] officials!
Could it be that this guy Mao Youfu is talking nonsense?
"Really 3 people shared this money?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.
"Yes!"
Mao Youfu nodded.
"Does Guo Zi have a share?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked, pointing to Guo Zi next to him. "have."
"Does Ouyang Lun have a share?"
"Also."
Mao Youfu nodded again.
"Then do you have a list of these 3 people?"
"Have."
"Call out the list and I can make your death easier." Zhu Yuanzhang said solemnly.
3 people were embezzled. Zhu Yuanzhang killed them without fail!
"Return to your majesty, the list is in the fish scale album and the yellow album. All the farmers who were taught the autumn tax will get their share of the money."
Grace! ! ? ? This time Zhu Yuanzhang was completely confused.
Co-author Mao Youfu just mentioned that all the 3 people involved in corruption are ordinary people farming in Kaiping County? !
Not only Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, but also the prince and civil and military officials in Fengtian Palace were stunned.
Things seem to be developing in another direction!
"You mean that Kaiping County collected these 200 million stones of grain and sold them through Mao's 'Zhonghua Grain Industry', and all the money was given to the people farming in Kaiping County?" Zhu Yuanzhang concluded.
The anger in his eyes dissipated a little, but there was a lot more confusion.
"Yes!" Mao Youfu nodded.
"Then why did Guo Zi, you, and Ouyang Lun all share the money? Hum, you must have shared the majority! Relying on your status as officials, you purchased grain at low prices and sold it at high prices. This is your dirty trick!" After Zhu Yuanzhang analyzed this, the anger in his eyes ignited again.
Hearing this, Mao Youfu shook his head, "Your Majesty, the guilty minister, Ouyang County Magistrate and Mr. Guo share the money. That's because we also have good farmland in Kaiping County. Ouyang County Magistrate, Mr. Guo and the guilty minister all have one acre of responsible land. , spring plowing and autumn harvest, we all have to personally sow and harvest, in order to encourage the people. Not only the three of us, but also many officials have opened up responsible fields under the call of the three of us, so the 200 million stone of grain is being sold After that, we also get dividends.”
Guo Zi nodded frantically beside him, "Your Majesty, what Mao Youfu said is true. He and Ouyang Lun found me just for this matter. They said that officials reclaiming responsible fields can set an example for the people and stimulate their enthusiasm for farming!"
"I thought this was a good idea, so I agreed and went to Kaiping County to claim a piece of responsible land."
"In the past three years, I have received a total of 14 taels of dividends!"
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When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the news, he took several steps back with a look of disbelief on his face.
If this is the case, then Guo Zi, Mao Youfu, and Ouyang Lun are not corrupt officials, but good officials who serve the country and the people! Then I arrested them all, didn’t I make a mistake? At this time, Hu Weiyong also saw Zhu Yuanzhang's expression and immediately winked at Yushi Zhongcheng Tu Jie, who immediately understood.
"Prefect Mao, no matter what you say, you can't cover up your crimes of hiding food and concealing the imperial court. Kaiping County has a good harvest every year, so you should pay more taxes! This is the way to be an official!" Tu Jie scolded.
Mao Youfu said angrily: "Master Tu, I, Mao Youfu, plead guilty to hiding grain, but you said you should pay more taxes for a good harvest, but I don't agree with it!"
"The imperial court has clearly decreed that land tax is divided into two types: summer tax and autumn tax. The summer tax is wheat and the autumn tax is rice. The official land tax is more than five liters per mu, the private land tax is more than three liters per mu, and the re-rented land tax is more than eight liters. You can get a tax booklet. After checking, it turns out that Kaiping County and even the entire Yong'an Prefecture have paid even one cent less in taxes?"
"The people's fields have a good harvest. That is the result of their hard work. It is also because Your Majesty cares for the people and collects taxes at a fixed rate!"
(End of this chapter)