Guo Huan's corruption case had a great influence during the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, so the big writing of "one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, ninety" invented by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Taizu, has been used to this day. In May, the seventeenth year of Hongwu, Guo Huan was promoted to the post of Minister of Housing. For honest officials, the head of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, especially the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, is a hard job, because he is in charge of the national tax collection, but for corrupt officials, it is a fat job, because he directly holds a huge treasure house of resources and money. & gt& gt& gt 10, went to western Zhejiang to urge the payment of rent grain, and Governor Huang of Zhejiang was busy with all kinds of welcoming work. There was a noise outside the hall, and Huang led all the officials to meet him and gave a respectful military salute. & gt& gt Guo Huan walked slowly out of the car, shook off the faint dust and walked to the yamen. In the center of the>& gt hall, there is an exquisite box tied with a red ribbon, and several beautiful young waitresses come in and out, busy serving tea. & gt& gt Huang, as the chief executive of western Zhejiang, served as an official for many years, and the most brilliant time was at the end of Yuan Dynasty. The whole country was in chaos at that time. Some people say that "three years to clear the magistrate, 100 thousand snowflakes and silver", but for Huang, 100 thousand is nothing. It was only after Mao arrived in North Korea that the wind of punishing corrupt officials became tighter and tighter, and Huang had to "wash his hands of it". But as a leader, I can only watch countless "snowflake silver" become the state treasury, which is more painful than digging my heart. Therefore, I have been waiting for Huang to reach out and catch the glistening "snow silver" and flow away. & gt& gt However, since Mao ordered the punishment of corruption, every boss has been either timid or too incorruptible. Every time they go to western Zhejiang, they either refuse to accept Huang's "meeting gift" or gently and severely persuade him to make Huang flustered. Therefore, I have to continue to watch the "Snow Silver" flow away, which is both painful and disappointing. & gt& gt Today, he has the courage to show the boxes on several boxes to Guo Huan. The smile on Guo Huan's face suddenly disappeared. Sulking, he said with the same serious expression as when he got off the sedan chair: "My emperor is wise, and the imperial edict severely punishes corrupt officials. How dare you ignore it and try your best? " & gt& gt Huang was so scared that he quickly withdrew his hand, and the things in his hand were picked up by the opposite person. But later, things were put back on several cases. & gt& gt Huang was so depressed that he didn't send the "gift" again, so he didn't want to chat any more. So, lovers, Guo Huan had to get up and leave. & gt& gt At this moment, a "miracle" happened: just when Huang was uneasy, I saw the dentist around me sweep away several cases with his sleeves, and the things in several cases were missing. & gt& gt In this way, the two corrupt officials reached a tacit understanding. & gt& gt Li is hard >> Ming Taizu killed Judge Wu Yong in order to explain to the landlord class and the bureaucratic class. & gt& gt For this reason, they colluded with Huang, Huang, Huang and others to engage in corruption. Later, after examination, Zhejiang West should pay the national tax rent of 4.5 million stones this year, but actually only paid 600,000 stones, and also paid 800,000 taels of silver. Based on the current food price, 802,000 pieces of silver only reached 2 million stone grains, and the remaining 6.5438+0.9 million stone grains were all embezzled by Guo Huan and others. Subsequently, they shared 500,000 yuan of bank notes in western Zhejiang. This does not include the part where they raise taxes privately under various pretexts and bully others to eat more and occupy more. & gt& gt After the grain tax was levied in western Zhejiang, Guo Huan conspired with Yingtian and other officials to annex the summer tax and autumn grain of 100,000 mu of official land in the counties and counties belonging to Yingtian and other five governments. & gt& gt Guo Huan was only the Minister of Finance for more than seven months, but he was demoted to Assistant Minister because someone accused him of bad conduct. & gt& gt Although he is a junior official, he is insatiable and timid, so Guo Huan's hand is getting longer and longer. He sold out the grain that the government had saved for three years; Collusion with officials of other 12 chief secretaries in the country except Shi Jing Yingtianwai to steal and sell the grain stored in official warehouses all over the country; Collaborating with the treasurer in charge of hiding money, banknotes, gold and silver, stealing gold and silver in partnership, and passing the grain, together with the tax grain he shared with others, amounted to more than 24 million mangokus in flour and rice, almost equivalent to the sum of autumn grain collected by the whole country at that time. Ming Taizu was shocked after the>& gt incident. He couldn't sleep well and eat well for days on end. He pondered repeatedly: Why didn't the competent departments at all levels find such a huge corruption and fraud? & gt& gt Ming Taizu ordered Yu Shitai and the punishments to try the case of Guo Huan together. During the trial, Mao noticed that others had cheated many times by tampering with accounts and bills. So he ordered that "123456789 1000", which recorded the amount of money and grain, be changed to "123456789 100" to prevent traitors from tampering. This method of bookkeeping and billing has been used to this day, but today the word "numerous buildings" in Ming Taizu has been changed to "hundreds of thousands". & gt& gt What surprised Mao even more was that, after trial, it was found that Shang Shu of the Ministry of Finance, Wang Daoheng, Shang Shu of the Ministry of War, Shang Shu of the Ministry of Justice, Wang Shang Shu of the Ministry of Industry, Mai Zhide, etc. Almost all officials of these six departments were involved in the Guo Huan case. & gt& gt Ming Taizu tried to put an end to * * *' s dream through severe punishment, which was completely shattered. Thinking of this, Mao gritted his teeth and spit out a word: > >; "kill!" & gt& gt Then, according to the imperial edict of Taizu, the principal offender, accomplices Zhao Wei, Wang and other officials below the rank of assistant minister were all executed, and many rich people in the south of the Yangtze River were also involved. In this way, in the case of Guo Huan, tens of thousands of people were killed, which is rare in the legal history of past dynasties. & gt& gt The murderous maniac in Ming Taizu is by no means the home of ordinary people, so it has aroused strong dissatisfaction from bureaucrats and landlords. But after all, they can't say that corruption is legal, and it's hard to say that killing corrupt officials is wrong, so they have to point their hatred at the presiding judge of Guo Huan case: the examiner and the judge. At that time, there was a lot of talk in the ruling and opposition parties, and the momentum was aggressive. & gt& gt Ming Taizu naturally understands that these grievances are directed at him, and if the situation continues, it will be bad for him. As a result, when the crimes of Guo Huan and others were announced, Wu Yong and others, the judge who tried the Guo Huan case, were also killed. Then, Ming Taizu made another imperial edict to grant amnesty to the whole country, and the previous case was not pursued. & gt& gt From then on, the world was at peace. & gt& gt Ming Taizu killed Wu Yong in order to explain to the landlord class and bureaucratic class, which was a way for him to cope with emergencies. In essence, like all "Li Hard" tactics, he sought a scapegoat to calm the trouble.