When he saw the British duke, Zhu Youzhen was a little surprised. After reading these files, Zhang Weixian did not show the panic of the East Window incident, nor did he have the grievance of being wronged and humiliated, his expression was very calm, and he saluted himself as usual.

Chongzhen stepped forward to help Zhang Weixian, as if he had ignored the pile of files on the table next to him, and still greeted Zhang Weixian as usual.

After chatting about family life, Zhu Youzhen turned to Wang Chengen and the others and said, "You go down and let me have a good talk with the British duke." ”

Wang Chengen and the others agreed, then withdrew from the door with their heads down, and closed the door with their hands. Only then did Zhu Youzhen turn around, stretched out his hand and patted the file on the table and asked, "Have you finished reading the British princess?" ”

Zhang Weixian was silent for a moment, and then said slowly: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has almost finished reading." Murdering His Majesty's heirs is a major crime of rebellion, and the minister thinks it should be punished heavily. ”

Zhu Youzhen silently patted the file for a while, and then asked softly, "Who to arrest?" ”

Zhang Weixian said very calmly: "The imperial prince Zhou Kui and Zhang Zhiji should be arrested and interrogated, it seems that such a case of rebellion cannot be planned by themselves alone." ”

Zhu Youzhen was a little surprised by the other party's decision, and thought for a while before saying: "If you arrest them, the overall stability of the capital will no longer exist, and how will the British government deal with itself on such a cusp?" ”

Zhang Weixian said without hesitation: "Your Majesty's safety is the biggest overall situation of Daming, if there is a problem with Your Majesty's safety, what stability does Daming have at all?"

The ancestors' loyalty to the Ming Dynasty could not be destroyed in the hands of unscrupulous descendants. If I lose my loyalty to Your Majesty, what is the meaning of my existence? ”

Zhu Youzhen looked up at the portraits of Zhang Yu and Zhang Fu hanging on the wall, he chose to meet Zhang Weixian here, just hoping to give the other party some oppression. But now it seems that it is you who is oppressed.

After thinking about it repeatedly, he finally shifted his gaze from the portrait to Zhang Weixian, "Even if I think about the merits of the King of Hejian, I am not willing to let the British government cut off the inheritance because of such an uncertain matter."

What's more, the prince of the country supported the former emperor's brother and me, and the two canonizations can be described as great. Even for the sake of Guogong, I can't bear to let Guogong's white-haired person send a black-haired person. Let's be practical. ”

Zhang Weixian felt that his heart was finally relaxed, and he knew that he had finally made the right bet. After seeing these files, he understood that the only way to let the British government escape this catastrophe was to make the case public.

Seeing that the queen's family is also involved in this case, he can only hope that the emperor can keep his senses, and for the sake of the queen, who has just given birth to a prince for the emperor, he can suppress this case, so that the British government can take the opportunity to escape.

Zhang Weixian suddenly coughed violently, and after he coughed and adjusted his breathing, he said, "What does Your Majesty actually mean?" ”

Zhu Youzhen did not answer immediately, but turned his head to the door and shouted Wang Dehua's name, and soon Wang Dehua walked into the room with a document, and after he put the document in the emperor's hand, he withdrew again.

Zhu Youzhen put his hand on the document, and then said to Zhang Weixian: "After such an incident happened in Yongning Palace, I have been thinking about a question, why did these people do this.

I thought about it for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion. The reason they did this was because they hated the New Deal, or rather, the land reform part of the New Deal.

At the beginning of my ascension to the throne, the Huangzhuang accounted for two-tenths and three-tenths of the cultivated land within the eight prefectures of Beizhili Shuntian, the lords and eunuchs accounted for three-tenths and four-tenths, the gentry and landlords accounted for three-tenths and four-tenths, and the small people occupied only one-tenth and two-tenths of the land.

I reformed the imperial estate, cleared the occupied fields of the guards, confiscated the land of the eunuchs in the palace and the royal temple, and restricted the tax-free land of the lords. People inside and outside can be said to have almost offended.

If this case is really investigated, I am afraid that it will be brought out of the radish and mud, whether it is the relatives or the palace, I am afraid that there will be no peace in the future.

However, in the final analysis, this case was done by a group of relatives and eunuchs who wanted to keep their own land and oppose the new policy of the imperial court, and it was always right.

After thinking about it for a while, I thought that whether the case could be investigated or not was secondary, and the first problem was to eradicate the soil where these conspiracies were brewing first. Only by confiscating the land in the hands of these people will they lose the resources and manpower they need to play their intrigues.

In other words, I don't need to tell who is loyal to me or not, I just need to make sure that these people don't have enough resources and people to rebel against me. ”

Zhang Weixian naturally knew that what the emperor said was right, land was not only a stable source of wealth for the nobles, but also an important link for the cultivation of loyalty. Children born from families who were not raised since childhood cannot be trusted by large families.

It is precisely because these slave farmers have lived in their farms all their lives that the master can know these people well and use family affection and the authority cultivated from childhood to drive them without fear of these slaves betraying themselves.

For example, the manager who had an accident this time was a person who was charged, otherwise Zhang Weixian would not have been kept in the dark by his son.

After Zhu Youzhen pushed his documents to the British government, he said: "This is a list of some of the nobles who live in Beizhili, these people have the least land in their names, and there are also 1 or 2,000 hectares, and they are the objects of the most opposition to the New Deal and the policy of unified purchase of grain and cotton.

I hope that the British will make them surrender their land in the name of investigating and prosecuting the rebellion case, except for keeping 50 hectares of grain fields. Of course, I will not ask for their land in vain, and I plan to follow the example of the Clan Fund Management Committee and set up a Honorable Old Fund Management Committee.

After their land is discounted to buy shares in the foundation, the funds will be used for industrial investment, and they will receive dividends on an annual basis in the future, which will not be too far from the annual land rental income. ”

Zhang Weixian's heart suddenly cooled, even if the dividend income was not far from the land rental income, the last bit of pitiful resources and power in Xungui's hands would be wiped out. Because the grange can support people, but stocks can't support people.

Although under the continuous blows of the successive generations of ministers, Xungui has almost become a mascot-like existence. Most of their daily activities are either at the sacrificial rites or at certain banquets to entertain foreign vassals.

However, before that, the nobles still controlled the Governor's Office of the Five Armies and the Beijing Army in the south and north, and held the personnel appointment and dismissal power of part of the army, as well as the right to speak on the military operations of the Ming Dynasty.

After Chongzhen ascended the throne, he used the General Staff to empty the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, reorganized the Beijing Army into a new army, and stripped the last trace of connection between Xungui and the command power of the army. But the emperor still let the young children of the Xungui family enter the army and navy military academy, giving these nobles a glimmer of hope.

With the establishment of the new army, in the two battles against the Mongolian Chahar Department and against the Houjin, they did not fall into disadvantage. This has revitalized the veterans, who had been far away from the army, and they hope to regain command of the army so that they will not be isolated from the newly established army system.

If you want to control an army, it is obviously not enough to rely on a few young children, only by arranging the house slaves and generals who are loyal to each family, this army will become your own cronies. This is also the common sense that the Ming army has always been privatized, and the old ones are not too familiar with this routine.

Zhang Weixian knew that all the old families were stuffing people into the army and navy military academies, even their own families. But if their land and grange are taken away by the emperor, will those domestic slaves and servants continue to be loyal to the master's family?

If it weren't for such a predicament, as the leader of the nobles, Zhang Weixian would probably be the first to stand up and oppose it.

But now, he could only silently take the document and read it again, and then said in a weak tone: "Your Majesty, most of these lords are loyal ministers loyal to Your Majesty, and the minister thinks that they will never participate in such a crime of rebellion. Your Majesty suddenly added this sin to force them to take out the land, will it be counterproductive? Let them really start to resent Your Majesty. ”

Zhu Youzhen tilted his head sideways and thought for a while and said, "I have been reading history books for the past few days, but I have seen such an interesting story.

During the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu had a single Yu Touman, and the Touman had a son called Maodun. Because Tou Manshan was favored and married to the Yan family, he wanted to establish the son of the Yan family as Shan Yu, so Mao Dun hated his father very much.

Maudun later invented a kind of ringing arrow, which was called: Mingdi. He ordered his subordinates to behead those who did not know what he shot. A few days later, he went out hunting, and for the first time shot a wild boar with a chirping hammer, and all his men who did not shoot were killed.

A few days later, Maudon shot at his mount with a chirp, and all of his men who did not shoot were killed. A few days later, Maudun shot at his wife with a chirping hammer, and some of his subordinates who did not shoot were all killed.

After that, Maudun shot at Tou Mandanyu's mount with a Ming Di, and there were very few who dared not follow the shot. In the end, Mao Dun shot at Tou Man Dan Yu with a Ming Di, and the armies did not dare to shoot anyone.

Guogong, tell me, these people who have not followed Mao Dunming and shoot him, are they loyal servants of the Huns? ”

Zhang Weixian was at a loss and didn't know how to respond to Chongzhen's questioning. Zhu Youzhen waited for a while, and then said to himself: "Loyalty to the Ming Dynasty or loyalty to me is not the same thing.

If they are truly my loyal servants, they should follow me unconditionally when I introduce the new policy. They should be grateful to me for not being so brutal. I'm already so generous, do they still want to embarrass me again? ”