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Chapter 89 I am actually a benevolent emperor

The executioners took their hands to cut their swords and fell, from the continuous winter rain to the beginning of the rain, to the end, they directly cut human heads to the ground mechanically like robots.

The officials who watched the punishment have also become numb from fear and fear, and stand in place like a wooden chicken.

Ma Wensheng also had a calm face and smiled carefully. To be honest, he couldn't bear to see so many civil servants being killed. But when he thought of the death of the late emperor and when he thought of these civil servants helping Liu Jian and others to control the government, he had to admit that doing so might be the quickest and most effective way, and it was the only way to shock the hearts and ensure the safety of His Majesty and the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty treated Confucian scholars and treated these officials and gentry so arrogantly that they were so arrogant that they were so arrogant that they were monarchic!

Ma Wensheng dared not imagine that if these people were not severely punished this time, will they dare to kill the monarch again if the new emperor in the future court does not meet their wishes?!

Zhu Houzhao was also watching all this coldly. He had experienced such cruel things in his previous life and could be calm. But when he saw these group of clear streaming civil servants falling to the ground and blood flowing in front of him, he was also questioning whether these people were innocent?

But Zhu Houzhao thought about it and felt that these people could not be considered innocent. Not only these people, but also the family members of the rebel party could not be considered innocent. As the saying goes, no snowflakes were innocent when the avalanche occurred. Liu Jian and other rebel parties represented their interests. They constituted the confidence that Liu Jian and other rebel parties dared to kill the king. Therefore, the gentry group represented by the Qingliu civil officials was the culprit who killed Emperor Hongzhi!

Killing them is not considered as killing innocent people indiscriminately!

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian and other disciples of the rebel party, namely these Qingliu civil officials, have been killed now!

There are a total of 116 civil officials, most of whom are Hanlin Ci ministers. No matter how bad the censors are, they are civil officials in Beijing. These people are the fundamentals of the three ministers who are intricately linked to the forces, and are now swept away!

There were only one hundred and sixteen heads left on the ground, and the blood that dyed the execution ground red, as well as the crying and gloomy air that still lingered around.

"Let's go ahead and take a look!"

Zhu Houzhao said that, and brought Liu Jin and others to the execution ground. He did not ride in a sedan chair, but only came on foot and stepped on the blood-stained ground. However, Zhu Houzhao was not afraid. He never thought that one day his red pen would make so many people's bodies and heads different.

Zhu Houzhao had to admit that becoming an emperor who was born and killed can really do whatever he wanted!

Zhu Houzhao looked at the officials present and the people who were stopped outside by the officers and soldiers a hundred steps away, and felt that all living beings were ants. Whether they were peddlers or kings, princes and generals, whoever went against their will could only become dead souls under the sword!

Zhu Houzhao ordered martial law in the capital to be strictly guarded, but the city was not allowed to be guarded by martial law, and the people were not allowed to escape from the city in the past, but the people in the city did not prohibit business and entertainment activities. Therefore, many people came to the execution ground to watch the execution.

However, the killing masters also made them very happy to see, so no one showed dissatisfaction. The people showed more indifference. In fact, the indifference of the people was the greatest support for Zhu Houzhao. Once they were not indifferent and interested in the struggle for political rights, it was time for them to survive and rebel.

After watching the punishment, all the officials who watched Zhu Houzhao showed up, they all gave great gifts honestly, and did not dare to show off their anger, nor even dared to look at Zhu Houzhao's eyes!

There is no way, the young emperor in front of him is really terrible!

In less than three months, he killed the censors and the rebels, and now he has killed more than a hundred Qingliu! This is no longer a god of killing, but a butcher!

"I am a very kind and kind emperor!"

When Zhu Houzhao said this, he didn't even believe it himself, but no official dared to refute it at this moment.

"Now this is just a plan for the future of the Ming Dynasty. I will follow the wishes of all the ministers." Zhu Houzhao's words still made all the officials helpless and unable to refute that the emperor killed people, but they had to take the blame.

"And I didn't want to stain the capital with my blood. I actually just want to make a fortune with all my ministers and build a prosperous Ming Dynasty. I am the emperor. You are the disciples of the emperor. We are our family, you are my people. The same is true for these killed civil servants. They are my disciples and my people. I love them, but they abandoned their king and father and became traitors. I have to kill them. I regret it very much!"

After Zhu Houzhao said this, he couldn't help but sigh to the sky!

"Your Majesty! These ministers do not understand the intentions of the king and father, and behave against the traitor and deceive the saint. The purpose of killing them is to correct the hearts of the people. I hope your Majesty will not hurt yourself!"

Ma Wensheng is now very afraid that Emperor Zhu Houzhao will lose his spirit of striving for governance because of the murder of the late emperor. Seeing that Zhu Houzhao is so sad and unbearable, he hurriedly persuaded him.

Seeing this, Jiao Fang and Xu Jin hurriedly persuaded each other, saying that these officials who were killed deserved the crime, and hoped that Zhu Houzhao would not be sad.

Other officials also persuaded each other, after all, they also knew that it was politically correct to stand on the emperor's side now!

Zhu Houzhao nodded: "If they were as loyal to me as you, how could they end up like this? If Liu Jian and the others were loyal to the late emperor, there would not be the situation today, which is a pity!"

After Zhu Houzhao performed the sad scene, he looked stern again and became serious: "You have seen now that you have seen the consequences of regicide! You are my disciples, and you will not form cliques. Even if someone seeks power and usurps the throne and turmoil, they will not be involved in you. But some of you like to join the ministers and ministers, and they like to be ministers of the ministers and ministers, and not ministers of the emperor. But even if you find a master, you have to highlight your eyes. Don't find a regicide as your master. If you implicate yourself and your family, you will not be worth the loss! Just like these killed officials!"

After hearing this, the officials present couldn't help but lower their heads, and began to worry in their hearts whether the Minister of the Pavilion they were dependent on was really reliable. At the same time, they secretly hoped that the Minister of the Pavilion they were dependent on would not think about killing the monarch!

"I will make it clear today. My Ming Dynasty prohibits forming cliques and must be dedicated to the public. Since you are a minister of the Ming Dynasty, you should eat the king's fortune and be kind to the emperor and be loved by the people, you should have the intention to seek welfare for the people and for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty!

"Of course, I also know the truth that the warehouse is solid and the etiquette is known, and the food is sufficient and the honor and disgrace is known. I am not only aware of loving the people but not sympathizing with you officials. Ma Gefu proposed the first establishment of the new dynasty. The first thing to implement the new policy is to reform the administration of officials and implement a new examination method. Considering that your salary is gradually insufficient, I intend to implement the examination method is to increase your salary and benefits!

"From next year, the first year of Zhengde, your salary will be linked to your respective official positions and political achievements. The method of examination will not only be punished, but also rewards. The award depends on your contribution, which can be as high as four or five times your salary, as little as one or two months of salary. In addition, I will also formulate regulations for the rewards for the New Year, and how much salary and rewards you will increase depends on how much wealth you can use from the thief this time!"

Zhu Houzhao initially warned all officials with the power to kill Qingliu civil officials, and all officials felt even more terrified when they heard that. Now that he heard that Zhu Houzhao wanted to improve their treatment, most officials also felt more grateful to Zhu Houzhao.

Because they had heard that the emperor had to implement the new policy and reform the bad policies, but they did not expect that the first rule of the emperor's implementation of the new policy was to improve their treatment. They suddenly became afraid of Zhu Houzhao and also had some good feelings for him, thinking that His Majesty did not really know how to kill people.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao implemented the method of examining and increasing his salary was only a good thing for officials who did practical things, but it was still not a good thing for some corrupt officials who only knew how to make money. After all, they could guess that no matter how much their salary increased, they would not be much better than their gray income. No matter how the court reformed the administration, they would have to reduce their gray income, forcing them to focus more on doing serious things rather than making money.

However, Zhu Houzhao never thought of trying to win over these corrupt officials who just want to make money and live a life of life. He just wanted to give some officials who wanted to do practical things a good material guarantee and spiritual support, at least to make some ideal officials not sell their ideals because of the food, rice, oil and salt!

The most effective thing for those officials who only know how to make money and have no control over it is to kill them, and they are afraid of it!

Only in this way can good money drive out bad money and let officials know that when they can get rich income through legitimate channels, there is no need to risk skinning and making money.

In addition, Zhu Houzhao now said that increasing the salary and benefits of all officials is related to the income from the house search. Therefore, the officials are not very resistant to the court's large-scale search of the rebels, and they are all thinking in their minds that they don't know how much income they can get from the house search.

Zhu Houzhao himself was also planning that what he lacked the most now is money, after all, there will be training and shipbuilding to develop industries in the future.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but ask Liu Jin: "How was the house raid?"
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