Zhu Houzhao was not worried about King Ning's rebellion, but how to deal with the problem of dealing with some officials and gentry caused by King Ning's rebellion made him have to be cautious.

After all, what Zhu Houzhao can be sure of is that from King Ning's deliberate rebellion to the real rebellion and finally being pacified, there must have been many officials and gentry who had accepted bribes from King Ning behind their backs, and even did something for King Ning.

What's more, even himself, the emperor, has received benefits from King Ning.

In addition, what Zhu Houzhao can be sure of is that after King Ning rebelled, there will definitely be some officials and gentry who are dissatisfied with the government and do not realize that this is an era of peace and security for the people will respond to King Ning and take refuge in King Ning.

After all, the emperor and the reformist officials behind him dealt a ruthless blow to the gentry in the south, first recovering the levies, and then prohibiting the sacrifice of slaves, etc., none of which were not cutting the flesh of the gentry.

Moreover, now he is also using public opinion to manipulate public opinion to monitor the gentry, and he is using Dongchang to monitor civil officials, which will naturally further intensify the hatred of these landlords who just want to exploit the common people freely.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao still has to think about how to deal with these officials and gentry who rebelled with King Ning because they were dissatisfied with the court after the rebellion of King Ning was put down.

Zhu Houzhao hasn't made up his mind yet.

After all, there are not a few of these officials and gentry who rebelled with King Ning or secretly accepted bribes from King Ning, and if they were to kill them directly, they might force these officials and gentry to jump over the wall in a hurry.

But if you don't kill yourself, wouldn't it seem that you, the emperor, are too merciful? Even tell the gentry of the world that he, the emperor, will be jealous of them, so even if they join the rebels and rebel together, they will be fine?

Obviously, Zhu Houzhao would rather choose the former, he would rather use a butcher's knife and blood to let the reactionary gentry know the fate of rebelling against him and disobeying the interests of the state, and he would not let these reactionary gentry mistakenly think that they would really be more cowardly as emperors.

However, Zhu Houzhao will no longer be the young emperor when he first ascended the throne, impulsive and desperate, directly slashing and killing, he has to use the existing conditions, use the civil gentry and gentry's own hands to execute the gentry and civil officials, instead of doing it himself, lest these civil officials and gentry think that it is because of the cruelty of their emperor that they will end up miserable, but they don't know that it is because they have done against the entire Ming people that they have such an end.

When the enemy finds that his own class of people are also severely punished, it is undoubtedly easier for the enemy to collapse, and it is also more conducive to domination.

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At this time, the civil officials of the central court were also in a complicated mood after knowing that King Ning had rebelled.

The civil officials of the central court were more nervous, and they were worried that after King Ning's rebellion, whether their bribery from King Ning would be exposed.

Of course, some civil officials of the central court also secretly expected that if King Ning really became a thing, it would really be a good thing for the gentry in the world after learning that King Ning's inscription contained the content of respecting the gentry.

In addition, some civil officials were extremely angry at King Ning's rebellion.

"Dehua, in your opinion, will things happen in the south?"

On this day, Liu Yu couldn't help but take the initiative to ask Wang Qiong.

Wang Qiong smiled and shook her head: "Don't hide it, the lower officials were prepared a few years ago, no, it shouldn't be that the lower officials are prepared, it is Your Majesty who is prepared, not to mention that the hearts of the people in the world are still on Your Majesty's side, and what is being staged in the south is just a joke!" ”

"That's good, if it is better to be stable and not chaotic today, the northern Wuliangha is ready to move, and the Japanese people in the south have become more and more rampant recently, if the court really has civil strife again at this time, the old man is really worried that it will be the people of the world who will suffer in the end!"

Liu Yu couldn't help but sigh.

Wang Qiong couldn't help but smile secretly, and said with disdain in her heart: "Where are you always worried about the people of the world, but in fact, you are worried about civil strife in the world, if Your Majesty has anything wrong, your Liu family's wealth will end here!" ”

Liu Yu is indeed because he chose to take refuge in His Majesty the Emperor when he was an official in the Imperial Procuratorate, and the ghost made God become a participant in the royal industry, and because of this, he became a rare rich man in the world, and because of the contract signed with His Majesty, his property cannot be used to buy land or buried in the ground and hidden, but he will not invest and is a little resistant to business, so he can only enjoy it, making his life more and more luxurious, and he is more and more worried about the emperor's property is not guaranteed. I also drank the northwest wind myself.

Because of this, Liu Yu is also one of the few people in the court and the opposition who has not had dealings with King Ning, because he is also afraid that if King Ning really rebels, he will implicate himself, causing him to lose his benefits in the royal industry like Zhang Yong.

Wang Qiong sometimes really envies officials like Liu Yu, envy Liu Yu who enjoys a lifetime of wealth because of his "dragon merit", he doesn't have to make money in the officialdom or do things against his conscience, he can still have a good income as a clean official, and he can also increase his income for the court and benefit the people in a righteous and bright way, because doing so is also good for his own family.

But Wang Qiong also knows that it is impossible for an official like Liu Yu to last long, because not every emperor will not be as greedy as His Majesty now, if once King Ning really becomes a thing or waits for the new emperor to ascend the throne, the new emperor will definitely not let an official like Liu Yu benefit, after all, the new emperor can completely say that it is your duty to let you govern the world well, and it is naturally impossible to get the benefits after successfully governing the world.

However, now officials like Liu Yu, who are tied to the interests of Emperor Zhu Houzhao, naturally do not have to worry about the problem that King Ning's rebellion will lead to their involvement, and they even only angrily suggest that the emperor severely punish King Ning and those who followed King Ning's rebellion, and even immediately confiscate and detain hundreds of civil and military officials who had dealings with King Ning.

Although Liu Yu only expressed his concern that the people of the world might fall into war when he chatted with Wang Qiong alone, after seeing Zhu Houzhao, he directly and forcefully suggested:

"Your Majesty, King Ning has acted perversely, disregarded the emperor's grace in vain, and intended to cause trouble to the world, which can be described as a heinous crime! The minister thought that he should immediately dispatch elite troops to the south to quell the rebellion, and immediately ordered Xichang and Jinyi Wei to immediately detain and interrogate the officials of the court and the central government who had contact with King Ning, and would rather kill 3,000 by mistake than let go of a single person! Otherwise, it is not enough to make the world stable! ”

Zhu Houzhao knew that the reason why Liu Yu had such a tough attitude was that Liu Yu himself had no dealings with King Ning, and like the previous civil officials such as Ma Wensheng and Jiao Fang, he was tied to the interests of the emperor from the beginning, so he was so urgent about suppressing King Ning, and the performance of several eunuchs such as Liu Jin was exactly the same, as if they were dealing with King Ning with him in the same way that they were reforming the government with him.

Otherwise, they would not have been scolded as eunuchs behind their backs by some civil officials and squires who opposed them.

Even, when the imperial court just received King Ning's rebellion, Liu Yu prepared to cut King Ning's residence that night and denounced King Ning as a thief.

Zhu Houzhao can understand the mood and purpose of Liu Yu, who belongs to the big bureaucracy and big bourgeoisie.

But as the emperor, Zhu Houzhao also had to consider the mood of officials with other backgrounds in the Manchu Dynasty, such as Wang Qiong who was depressed in front of him, Zhu Houzhao could guess that this Wang Qiong must have received the same benefits from King Ning as himself, otherwise he would not have frowned when Liu Yu suggested that he use the factory guards to detain officials who had dealings with King Ning.

Zhu Houzhao did not immediately agree to Liu Yu's proposal, nor did he refuse Liu Yu's proposal, he only asked Wang Qiong, he wanted to know what kind of method Wang Qiong, who represented the vast majority of officials in the court, would come up with to deal with the crisis caused by King Ning's rebellion.

"What does Wang Qing think about King Ning's rebellion?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

Wang Qiong himself has actually been thinking about it, he can guess that King Ning's rebellion did not make Liu Yu an official of the Loyal Monarch Society want to take the opportunity of punishing King Ning's rebellious forces to further compete for power in the court, and His Majesty asked himself at this time to naturally give himself a chance to save himself as non-loyal monarch society officials.

Wang Qiong thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the rebellion of King Ning, the counterinsurgency should be planned by the General Staff of the Guards Army for Your Majesty, and the punishment of the rebels and convictions should be the responsibility of the Three Law Divisions, and the cabinet and the six ministries have no right to interfere, and the officials are also responsible for the dismissal of officials." ”

Zhu Houzhao saw Wang Qiong talk about a procedure, the implication was that he had no way to change the fact that these officials had benefited from King Ning, everything naturally depends on His Majesty the Emperor, Your Majesty the Emperor, if you want to deal with it according to the rules, you can deal with it according to the rules, and if you can't deal with it according to the rules, you can also deal with it without the rules, anyway, the people of the world are facing you, you can do whatever you want.

"Actually, I also took a lot of benefits from King Ning, according to Liu Qing's words, I also have to be detained, but, in my opinion, no one can predict that King Ning will rebel, so it is normal for some people to come and receive some gifts, and there is no fish when the water is clear, but King Ning has now become a thief, and the gift we took from King Ning can no longer be said to be a gift, but ill-gotten gains, and it is the people's fat and people's ointment that King Ning scavenged! King Ning's rebellion must have harmed the people and poisoned the people, but pity the people of Jiangxi! Therefore, I think that these ill-gotten gains should not be kept for myself, and we are all people who love the people, and we should return these people's fat and people's ointment that were scavenged by King Ning, and return them to the people! ”

"But, how to pay it back, I have an idea, in order to prevent these people from falling into laziness after directly getting these wealth, so I thought that I could let the imperial court take care of them first and do something meaningful for the people of the world!"

Zhu Houzhao said as he spoke: "As far as I know, the Ministry of Industry now lacks enough money and food to renovate the city wall, build water conservancy, and pave roads and build bridges, etc., but in fact, whether or not the people can get rich depends on how many roads and bridges are built, so I propose that you and I take out this ill-gotten wealth and invest it in the imperial court, so that the imperial court can form an infrastructure construction bureau, and the infrastructure construction bureau will use the money to build infrastructure, which is to build roads and bridges for the people!" What do you think? ”

Liu Yu was still confused, thinking that this was to let himself get the money, but he didn't receive benefits from King Ning.

But just when Liu Yu was stunned, Wang Qiong couldn't wait to reply: "Very good!" Your Majesty! The wealth collected from King Ning is naturally ill-gotten gains, but if you invest in the formation of an infrastructure bureau, it will be beneficial to the people of the world, increase food production, reduce the occurrence of disasters, and this can also allow the imperial court to replace the squires to build roads and bridges, and it is more beneficial for the people of the world to be in the hands of the imperial court! ”

"The minister did not dare to deceive His Majesty, the minister got a total of more than 300,000 taels from King Ning, and the minister decided to dedicate all of them to the court, hoping that His Majesty would approve it, in addition, the minister asked His Majesty to cure the crime of greedy ink!"

Wang Qiong didn't recruit herself.

Liu Yu looked confused, thinking to himself, when did you Wang Qiong accept so many bribes? Although I believe that you may have received the benefits of King Ning, it is impossible to receive more than 300,000 taels! Even if King Ning is rich in the world, it is impossible for him to bribe an official by hundreds of thousands of taels before and after! And he didn't confess himself, he confessed himself! It's incredible!