After the old man left, many more people came up one after another to talk about various things.
Some county magistrates' children act recklessly, while local officials oppress the people.
There are magistrates who make arbitrary judgments and accept bribes without distinguishing right from wrong, and there are also those who pay to protect officials, leaving many people with no way out after appealing.
These things were constantly being discussed, recorded, and heard by Zhu Yunwen, making all the officials present tremble with fear.
They all knew that today was the end, and that they were probably doomed.
The only hope is that Zhu Yunwen won't be too ruthless towards them, or that he won't implicate their families and extended family in this matter.
Time flies, and it was getting dark outside.
Hundreds of people have come forward and told their stories. None of the officials present have escaped punishment; each of them has at least dozens of crimes related to the people.
Zhu Yunwen sighed slightly. Seeing that it was getting dark, he could only say:
"Guards, take all the officials present to jail, including those whose cases involve the officials' families, as mentioned by the common people. Arrest all their families as well and imprison them. They will be dealt with in a unified manner tomorrow."
Thus, the matter came to a temporary end, and all the officials present were imprisoned. With Zhu Yunwen in charge, no matter how powerful these officials were or how formidable their backgrounds were, it was all useless.
Because Zhu Yunwen is the most powerful person in the Ming Dynasty and even in the entire world.
Compared to Zhu Yunwen, these so-called local bullies were no different from small fry.
Zhu Yunwen could crush them to death with just a slight lift of his foot.
Therefore, they had no choice but to obediently enter the prison.
These people suffered terribly in the prison that night. So, early the next morning, Zhu Yunwen brought them out of the prison again.
The people continued to come forward one by one, recounting the injustices, grievances, and grievances they had encountered in front of these officials.
This whole thing lasted for almost a whole day.
As it was getting dark, the people finished recounting all the injustices they had suffered.
More than a thousand people suffered injustice at the hands of these officials. Almost every single incident was filled with unfairness; some were even quite serious.
Zhu Yunwen sighed helplessly, glanced at the officials present with unfriendly eyes, and said in a somewhat cold voice:
"Is this how you govern? Is this how you act as public servants?"
This calm tone sent shivers down the spines of the officials present.
The prefect was the first to kneel down and say to Zhu Yuanzhang:
“Your Highness, we are guilty, we deserve to die. Please punish us. We sincerely repent and are willing to pay any price and face any punishment.”
Zhu Yunwen snorted and said:
"Of course you should face punishment. Since you have confessed to these things, that's good. Each and every one of these things is enough to make you pay with your life."
Therefore, I will not waste any more words. Guards, take all those connected to the various cases these people are reporting to the execution ground and behead them immediately.
Although they had anticipated this outcome, they were still terrified and turned pale when they actually heard that they would be executed immediately.
Some officials even collapsed to the ground.
Next, all the officials and their families involved in various illegal acts related to the people, such as oppressing the people, embezzlement and bribery, unfair trials, deceiving superiors and subordinates, and protecting subordinates, were taken to Caishikou by the soldiers.
He was executed in front of everyone.
Subsequently, Zhu Yunwen ordered the few remaining officials in the prefectural and county offices who had not broken any laws or regulations to temporarily handle some matters within the prefectural and county offices.
At the same time, Zhu Yunwen, in his capacity as the Crown Prince, directly ordered the Goryeo Provincial Administration to send people to fill the vacancies in the Jiangzhou Prefecture as soon as possible.
I believe that after this incident, the officials in various parts of Goryeo Prefecture will learn a lesson and dare not act recklessly again, let alone think that they will escape disaster.
After resolving these matters, Zhu Yunwen and Zhao Qingzhu quietly left Tianyuan County and quickly departed Jiangzhou Prefecture.
Let's continue on our journey, heading towards the former capital of Goryeo.
That was where the Provincial Administration Office was located, and Zhu Yuanzhang was there at that moment.
When Zhu Yunwen arrived, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said to him:
"Yun Tong, you were quite prescient, knowing that some local officials would try to pull some tricks along the way."
On the one hand, they gave us perfunctory treatment in some places we visited, and on the other hand, in places we didn't go, they continued to act recklessly as before.
Sure enough, they reaped quite a harvest.
Zhu Yunwen nodded and said:
"Yes, every place has some officials who do bad things and are afraid of being discovered, so they resort to opportunism."
"Fortunately, this time you have exposed quite a few officials and swiftly used the method of making an example of them."
It seems that the land of Goryeo will remain relatively peaceful for a long time, and the officials here will likely remember this lesson and dare not cause any more trouble.
Zhu Yunwen smiled, then said to Zhu Yuanzhang:
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