Chapter 232: Seizure of the throne

Everything should be calm.

The four kings took action and committed suicide with the fear of the king of Chu, and failed.

It was completely thanks to an edict written by the emperor himself, announcing the evil deeds of the king of Chu in the world, which caused the anger of the people of the world.

This edict lists ten charges against the king of Chu, and each of them has human and physical evidence, and there is a detailed confession next to it.

In this way, anyone who reads this edict has to believe that the king of Chu is really against human morality.

The first charge in this edict was to murder his father and take possession of his father's kabuki.

This crime is unforgivable.

It is also this crime that can be said to make the people who were united around the King of Chu immediately lose their legal basis.

The old King of Chu was poisoned by his own son, and here is the testimony of the dancing girl, and this dancing girl is indeed from the palace of the king of Chu.

The murder of his own father is difficult to forgive even in any era.

Let anyone in the world who has a little conscience read will definitely turn his back.

But that's not the deadliest yet.

It's that his throne came from the wrong way, and he has never been recognized by the court at all, because he has been writing to the court with his father's handwriting.

The new emperor simply compared the notes of the former king of Chu with the handwriting of the current king of Chu back and forth, and publicized them to the world.

Especially the old Chu Wang Yongzi has no hook, even if he is a layman, after such a mention, he can distinguish it.

As a result, his throne is not on the right path, and what soldier dares to fight for him in the face of the world's condemnation.

As soon as this edict was announced, it was immediately sent to Jiangnan.

In this way, he finally recruited troops, just gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and in an instant, most of them left.

And the gentry who supported him behind him, when they saw this situation, immediately knew that nothing could be done, and one by one, they withdrew their funding.

With his title being taken away, this King of Chu has also become a pseudo-king, with a bad name and bad words, not to mention being able to recruit famous people, even those ordinary soldiers have lost their swords and guns, looking forward to him leaving.

In this way, the actions of the four princes became a joke.

After the king of Zhejiang learned the truth, he immediately disconnected from him and drew a clear line.

Originally, he didn't want to get involved, but in this way, he hurriedly wrote to the emperor, saying that he was completely coerced, and everything was done as a last resort, and now he learned the truth and completely got rid of the king of Chu.

And in order to show his loyalty, he personally led his troops to attack the palace of the king of Chu, and almost wiped out the hardcore characters of the king of Chu.

Today's Chu Wangfu has been besieged by the soldiers and horses of the King of Zhejiang.

Not only that, but because the emperor had abolished his title, the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang led his troops to take away some small strongholds and fiefs scattered by the entire King of Chu in other places.

In today's Chu King's Mansion, there is only this Chu King and his family.

Therefore, under the pressure of the outside world, in order to protect his family, there is only one way to die.

After the death of the king of Chu, his head was sent to the capital, only within the moment that the head of the king of Chu arrived in the capital.

King Lu and King Tang also committed suicide one after another.

At this point, the four kings moved things, and almost without a single soldier from the imperial court, the crisis was resolved invisibly.

Ten days later, the king of Zhejiang was also killed by the assassins, of course, the origin of this assassin is extremely mysterious.

What is even more incomprehensible is that the emperor did not order a strict investigation of this matter, and the family of the king of Zhejiang remained silent.

Just half a month later, another edict from the emperor came out, which was to take away all the titles of these four princes and never renew them.

On the surface, this is entirely because of the actions of the four kings, which makes the emperor hate them, but when you think about it carefully, a new sign has emerged.

This is the emperor's intention to reduce the number of Zongfan.

This gave a serious warning to all the children of the clan surnamed Zhu in the world.

It means that their throne, once taken away, will disappear forever, and in the future, it is unknown whether their throne will be passed on from generation to generation.

This makes them feel very nervous.

The princes from all over the country have been honest one by one, and they are no longer like before, making waves at every turn.

As a result, the four kings were deposed, and most of their fiefs were scattered to the people, which cannot but be said to be a great good deed.

It also gives the already heavy treasury expenditures, which can be used to feed these parasites with a small amount of money.

Ten days later, the emperor began to order again, this time, to remove the titles of ten princes at once.

This means that from the next generation onwards, their descendants will not be able to inherit the throne, and the fiefs they have obtained must be bought back at market prices if they want to keep them.

Otherwise, the fiefdom in their hands will be greatly reduced, and the excess part will return to the imperial court.

This set of combination punches can be said to be dazzling and immediate.

However, no Ge Cheng had ever made such a suggestion to the emperor, which made one have to suspect that there might be another clever strategist behind him.

And this clever strategist, even if they want to break their heads, they will not think that they will hide in the harem.

She is Siyu.

Now Siyu has become the emperor's behind-the-scenes strategist, and many of her ideas coincide with the emperor.

No one thought that there was a step by step article and book about the actions of these four kings, and they were all drafted by Siyu.

These major events were handled very smoothly, which directly led to the cabinet, and almost all of them became kowtowers.

Because once the emperor took these articles and passed them on to several ministers led by Shen Yixian, after reading them, almost all of them praised them.

It can be said that what they thought of, the emperor also thought of, and what they did not think, the emperor also thought of.

Not only should it be more comprehensive than they think, but it should also be more detailed than what they think.

On several occasions, these ministers wondered if there was a master behind the emperor.

If not, then it would be impossible to think of these things just with the qualifications of the emperor.

Because in their impressions, this emperor has never shown anything extraordinary.

Why is it that since he came into power, these talents he has revealed are really amazing, and they are also surprised by the five bodies that the emperor admires.

However, the Emperor also liked this kind of enjoyment very much, and he could tell from these dusty eyes that they really admired their talents, and they also admired the abilities they had displayed.

Although these things, in his heart, of course he understood that all of this was arranged by Siyu, and he was just conveying it on his behalf.

In this way, he also relied more and more on this rain.

Almost all political affairs are entrusted to her, so Siyu will undoubtedly increase the burden.

One day, the twists and turns like a mountain were so overwhelming that she couldn't breathe, not to mention the two capitals and thirteen provinces, the concerts of many officials, and the reports of the border gates, almost everything, she had to see them.

With Shen Ergongzi and Mu Shaoqing traveling to four provinces, they have already recovered a lot of deficit silver for Daming.

As a result, the empty treasury gradually had some surpluses.

As long as there is money, everything in the world is easy to do, and the chaotic people in the northwest have also been effectively controlled.

Although the drought is still aggravating, a large part of the victims have basically received life-saving food, which also makes those leaders of the rebel army who are ready to move have no soldiers to recruit.

Although the disaster is still serious, it is good that the mouths of the people have food, but if there is a stutter, no one will go on the road of rebellion.

In this way, the garrisons of the provinces could be completely withdrawn, and a large amount of military expenditure was saved.

Shen Dagongzi's sea voyage is being carried out vigorously, and the fourth and largest voyage is also the largest, this time with a total of seven sea vessels.

After the 500,000 pieces of silk and porcelain produced in Jingdezhen were sold to Western countries, the silver obtained was handed over to the state treasury, and it was 10 million taels.

This alone is worthy of the Ming Dynasty, and after nearly eight years of annual income, he suddenly felt extremely rich.

And that's not counting the taxes of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the southeast.

This also made the northwest places, some poor provinces, completely exempt from taxes, those severely affected areas, the fields have no harvest, many young and middle-aged people, simply into the Liaodong army, used to fight against the real slave girls.

This is also hopeful for them.

When a soldier eats food and has a salary to take, why not?

For a time, the army of Liaodong was replenished, with sufficient money and armor, and it was completely capable of launching a campaign to recover the lost territory from the hands of the Jurchens.

It seems that everything is developing in a good direction, and in just a few months, the Ming Dynasty, which was originally full of holes and dangers, immediately took on a new look and showed vitality.

The emperor understands that this is entirely due to Siyu's hard work, and he loves her even more, and this favor is almost irreplaceable.

There is already a faint rumor among the people that the current emperor is much stronger than his father.

In fact, there is no need to say this kind of thing explicitly, anyone with a discerning eye can see the changes in it.

However, several cabinet ministers led by Shen Yixian were very surprised by the emperor's sudden ability to govern.

It seems that he has already prepared for many things and has a way to deal with them.

Moreover, this countermeasure is very clever and far-sighted, and they cannot help but suspect that there may be an extremely great strategist around the emperor, but it is not known.

With the successful return of the fourth sea boat, Siyu also earned a lot of plutonium, but soon she found that Yang Hai, who was next to the emperor, seemed to be forever dissatisfied with her demands.

This couldn't help but irritate her a little.

And this Yang Hai is becoming more and more difficult to control, his appetite seems to be getting bigger and bigger, he not only wants all the shares of Tianxianglou, but also wants Siyu to invest in Shen Dagongzi's dry shares.