The vassal king was of the Taizu bloodline and enjoyed the abundant rice offerings of the imperial court, but his political influence was almost nil.

The ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty was not allowed to meddle in the affairs of Jiuqing, and after Ming Chengzu came to power, he seized the military power of the vassal king, and limited them to live in the fiefdom, and it was extremely difficult to get to the capital.

It's just that among these many descendants of Taizu, it is inevitable that there will be a few ambitious vassal kings, such as Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, who launched the Chenhao Rebellion in Nanchang, wanting to replace Emperor Zhengde.

In the face of King Yi's various evil deeds, under the repeated attacks of civil officials, especially the governor of Henan, Yu Shi Hu Yaochen, and the governor Yu Shi Yan Whale hit King Yi on the seven inches with "rebellion".

After the investigation of relevant officials and Jinyiwei, the facts of King Yi's crime are true, and there is a big rebellion, and the next sentence is naturally to sentence King Yi.

"Xu Aiqing, what do you think should be done?" Jiajing had already known about King Yi's affairs, but he asked lightly.

Xu Jie already had something to say in his heart, so he responded seriously: "The minister thinks that he should be severely punished according to the law, in order to prevent other vassal kings from following suit, so that the vassal kings of the world can take it as a warning, so that my Ming royal family will be eternal!" ”

"What about the law?" Jiajing nodded lightly and asked again.

Xu Jie immediately responded: "King Yi seized more than 3,000 houses, forcibly seized more than 400 other people's wives, defrauded more than 30,000 taels of people's wealth, and burned the people with cannons. ”

When Feng Bao heard the word "Ling Chi", he couldn't help but look at Jiajing curiously.

Jiajing groaned slightly, but frowned slightly and said, "It's too heavy, right?" ”

The most important thing is that King Yi privately forged weapons, but he couldn't see that he really wanted to rebel, and as for forcibly taking his wife and killing and maiming some people, it was not a big deal, and he couldn't afford to delay his own people for a few untouchables.

"I don't know what the emperor thinks should be done?" Xu Jiexin knew the way of being an official in this dynasty, so it was naturally impossible to have a dispute with the emperor, so he asked loyally.

Jiajing thought for a while, and then said lightly: "King Yi is the blood of Taizu's descendant, and it is not appropriate to kill him!" So be it! Degrade King Yi to a concubine, and cut King Yi to be sealed in the world! ”

Feng Bao secretly sighed to himself, King Yi committed such a heinous evil, and the result was just a demotion to a concubine. Even if the imperial court stripped King Yi of the title of prince, his financial resources had already reached an astonishing level, and his life was also very leisurely, which was not too much punishment at all.

"Your Majesty, if you only demote King Yi to a concubine, I'm afraid it will be difficult to block the world's mouth!" Xu Jie said worriedly, and when he found that Jiajing's slightly dissatisfied eyes looked over, he knew that the emperor had misunderstood, and hurriedly added: "The minister thinks that King Yi's guilt can be exempted, but the rest of the guilty people will be dealt with according to the law, so as to block the mouth of the world!" ”

Jiajing also found that he had misunderstood Xu Jie's loyalty, so he said in a soothing tone: "Cunzhai, what you are worried about is very appropriate, then I will order the Criminal Department to investigate and deal with the rest of the relevant people according to law!" ”

All he wanted was not to punish King Yi severely, but the guards or house slaves in King Yi's Mansion who had committed crimes would be killed and killed, and these people would not matter at all.

"Obey the order!" Xu Jie immediately gave a salute, and then reminded again: "Your Majesty, King Yi is the blood of the great ancestor, and it is a big matter to cut off King Yi's Shifengzi today, why don't you order the horse to be the captain of the horse to thank Yu Taimiao?" ”

In the past, Zhu Di led his troops into Nanjing, but he was stopped by the minister Yang Rong and did not let him ascend the throne, but persuaded him to go to the temple to worship first.

In order to avoid infamy, Zhu Di also went to the temple to cry under pretenses. Since then, the Taimiao seems to be the existence of the emperor, and the emperors of the past dynasties have to go to the Taimiao to tell many important things.

This cut off King Yi's world seal is not big, but it is not small. After all, King Yi was canonized by Taizu himself, and if this process was missing, it would inevitably make Jiajing suspected of not complying with the Taimiao.

"Quasi-play!" Jiajing glanced at Xu Jie with satisfaction, and immediately agreed happily.

Feng Bao looked at the pair of monarchs and ministers with some disappointment, the monarch was a good emperor who defended the Zhu family, and the minister was a good courtier loyal to the Son of Heaven, but they didn't seem to have any people in their hearts, and they didn't think about the women who were defiled by King Yi and the people who were killed.

"Your Majesty, this is the "New Rules for Redefining the Rice and Knighthood" just submitted by the Ministry of Rites, please take a look at it!" Xu Jie took out a booklet from his arms and raised his hands and said.

Huang Jin stepped forward to take the booklet from Xu Jie's hand, and then respectfully sent it to Jiajing.

Jiajing adjusted his position, leaned comfortably on the chair, and then opened the book and read it slowly.

Huang Jin noticed that the sandalwood was burned too strongly, so he first glared at the little eunuch in charge of the copper furnace, and asked him to open the skylight two more times, so that the comfortable fragrance in this hall was always maintained.

Xu Jie was thinking about the emperor's mention of Yan Song's dream just now, but when he heard a crisp sound of "pop", he saw that the booklet he had just submitted had been thrown back, so he hurriedly knelt down and said, "The minister is guilty!" ”

Jiajing's eyes had a fierce look, and his face was full of anger and ordered: "You let the Ministry of Rites discuss again, and the matter of reducing the rice of the sect is considered in the long run!" ”

Again?

Feng Bao cautiously turned his head to look at Jiajing, this matter has been called back for the third time since the beginning of the year. But the previous two times were okay, they just fought back, and this time it was Long Yan who was furious.

Xu Jie couldn't figure out the emperor's true thoughts, so he stubbornly asked: "Your Majesty, I don't know if this matter can be explicitly stated?" ”

No one in the ministers of this dynasty dares to contradict the current saints, but many things in the saints today will not be directly stated, but will be figured out by the ministers through dumb and other methods.

In the past, the emperor often sent eunuchs to take an object or write a few words to the cabinet for everyone to speculate. But I have to admit that although Yan Shifan has no one in his eyes, he is indeed very able to figure out the emperor's thoughts, so that Yan Shifan is also like a fish in water.

Jiajing knew that it was not the people below who deliberately opposed him, so he angrily slapped a dumb fan and said: "The clouds are in the blue sky and the water is in the bottle!" ”

"The minister retires, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Xu Jie picked up the booklet on the ground and hurriedly retreated.

As for what the emperor is trying to do, and how to interpret this poem, I can only go back and think about it again. However, one thing is certain, the plan drawn up by Qin Minglei is not a sacred heart.

Jiajing watched Xu Jie leave, and then he collected his mind and re-processed affairs.

Seeing that the Ministry of Rites had sent the matter of the cultivation ceremony, he was about to hand it over to the cabinet for discussion, but he couldn't help but let out a "huh" and found that there were still some things here.

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