The Empress Dowager Zeng knew that she was alone, and the ministers would not choose a two-year-old little emperor to take refuge, and she did not have a powerful family as a backing, so she chose to retreat to the deep palace with the emperor, basically not asking about the government, and became a symbol of the Ming Dynasty.

Since the emperor ascended the throne and returned the capital to Nanjing, although there were twists and turns in the imperial court, the three kings and the struggles of various factions gradually divided the winners and losers, and the Chu party was dominant, but it could not eat the Tang and Lu families, and in turn, Tang Lu was also incapable of shaking the status of the Chu party, and the court slowly calmed down and gradually got on the right track.

Empress Dowager Zeng is also a woman with vision, and she knows that when she is weak, she must protect herself, otherwise she will not be able to say "The mourning family and the emperor are the main worship, and the three kings are the main ones." "Such a level of words.

In the Empress Dowager's view, after King Lu was forced into the court, the political ecology of the Nanjing court has basically stabilized, and the phenomenon of the Chu party being in charge and the Lu and Tang parties being restrained will continue for a long time.

This situation is also what the Empress Dowager Zeng is willing to see, the emperor is too young, if the court is in chaos, no matter who it falls into, they will not be able to please it, and even their lives are in danger, now the court situation is stable, and the king of Chu is pressing the two princes of the Zhu family who are like wolves and tigers, which is the best for the queen mother.

But the clan outside made such a big fuss, forcing her to speak for the clan at the gate of the palace, but it made the Empress Dowager Zeng keenly feel a trace of danger, if the king of Chu suppressed the clan by force, it would undoubtedly swear the king of Chu's rebellious heart, the foundation of the three kings' regency would collapse immediately, and the Nanjing court would immediately fall apart, so she urgently recruited Wang Yan into the palace to meet her.

Empress Dowager Zeng sat in the bead curtain and said to the palace maid: "Has the King of Chu come?" ”

Such a big matter, it is reasonable and reasonable, it should be reported to the imperial family, in fact, there is no need to give it to the queen mother, Wang Yan also has to go to the palace to report.

Not long after, Wang Yan followed the palace maid into Cining Palace in a hurry, and gave a salute to the Empress Dowager Zeng behind the bead curtain, "Minister, see the Empress Dowager." ”

"The Qing family is not polite." Empress Dowager Zeng's soft voice came from behind the bead curtain, "Give the King of Chu a seat!" ”

The palace maid immediately moved a small stool over, and after Wang Yan's seat was settled, Queen Zeng's voice came out again, "The matter of moving the feudal domain into Taiwan, although the mourning family lives in the palace, I have also heard of it, today the clan relatives gathered in front of the palace gate, so that the mourning family and the emperor are the masters for them, but since moving the feudal domain into Taiwan is the national policy of the imperial court, it is inconvenient for the mourning family to interfere, but after all, it is the royal clan relatives who gathered, and the mourning family is still a little worried in their hearts, and if they gather like this, it will have an adverse impact on the imperial court, so they urgently summoned the king of Chu to come and wanted to know how the king of Chu and the imperial court should deal with it." ”

Wang Yan listened to the words of the Empress Dowager Zeng, and secretly praised her as a wise woman, "The Empress Dowager can rest assured, the minister has a perfect plan, and it is imperative to move the vassal into Taiwan, and the minister will definitely not let this matter affect the national policy of the imperial court." ”

Empress Dowager Zeng in the bead curtain was silent for a while, and a weak voice came out after half a sound, "The reform of the clan is the infamy of the clan for the mourning family and the emperor, and it is for the Ming Revolution to remove the accumulated shortcomings, when the emperor was alive, he wanted to completely solve this matter, but due to the pressure of the ancestors, reputation and clan, no thorough reform was carried out, if the king of Chu can complete this matter, it will be a great credit to the Jiangshan Sheji." ”

Empress Dowager Zeng paused, "Since the King of Chu has a perfect plan, the Mourning family shouldn't ask more, but can the Mourning family make a request, I hope that the King of Chu will not hurt the clan." ”

The Queen Mother's previous words still moved Wang Yan a little, he reformed the clan for the Ming Dynasty, for the world, how good the Queen Mother's words were, the Tang Dynasty and the Lu King were many bureaucrats.

However, although the Queen Mother made his heart move, he was still not ready to tell the Queen Mother the way to deal with it, because his method was not only a blow to the clan, but also to the majesty of the entire royal family.

"The queen mother can rest assured that the minister has no intention of harming the clan, but some punishments are inevitable." Wang Yan said in a deep voice.

If you don't hurt the clan, you won't use force, Empress Dowager Zeng sighed, "When the King of Chu said this, the mourning family was at ease." State affairs are important, the king of Chu calmed down the turmoil earlier, and the mourning family will not say more, the king of Chu will take care of himself! ”

Wang Yan immediately got up, bowed, took three steps back, and then turned around and left the main hall.

Outside the Xihua Gate, on the square where the clan was meditating, the clans fainted one by one from heat stroke in the sun, and the surrounding soldiers kept dragging the fainted people out, pouring decoction for treatment, and when the situation improved slightly, they asked whether to continue to meditate, or go back to recuperate, if they chose to continue, the soldiers immediately did not hesitate to set him up, dragged out the shade, and let them continue to be exposed to the sun.

At this time, whoever goes is guilty of the wrath of the people, and no one leaves.

King Yi and the others were originally happy that the court had recruited Langzhong, thinking that this was because the court was afraid that they would have three long and two short, so their persecution would definitely be able to see results, but now they couldn't help but have some suspicions, this was the court deliberately trying to rectify them.

But fortunately, time passed slowly, and the sun finally set, but the clan did not breathe a sigh of relief, and something even more infuriating happened.

I don't know if it's a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, who usually eats so well, or deliberately disgusts the clan.

As soon as the sun set, the carts were transported outside the Xihua Gate, and a large vat was carried down on it, and fragrant white rice and broth full of oily flowers, as well as various large pots of dishes, were delivered.

King Yi and others thought that it was the court that showed favor and sent it to them, and they were very disdainful in their hearts, can the prince of the clan eat this? King Yi immediately ordered the people around him that no one was allowed to eat, and only when he was hungry could he force Wang Yan to come out and the court could give in.

But who would have thought that the food delivered was not given to them at all, but to be eaten by the soldiers around them.

For a time, outside the entire Xihua Gate, a spectacle was displayed, and more than 10,000 soldiers surrounded thousands of clans and began to eat.

The clan sat in silence for an afternoon, and they were also hungry, and it was uncomfortable enough to smell the fragrance, but some of the soldiers were still facing them, deliberately eating very slowly, chewing slowly, and then watching them intently while eating.

Seeing this, King Yu, who was watching from afar, couldn't help but pop out of his mouth with two words, "Shameless!" ”

Tang Wang also walked to the window when he heard the sound, looked at the scene outside, and was a little confused, this whole afternoon, the Chu party faction did not do anything meaningful at all, which was conducive to solving the affairs of the sect and the clan, and they were all playing some crooked ways, and even some rogue methods, did they think that this would make the clan retreat?

The clan gathered to create a little bargaining chip, and then force the court to compromise, but now the court does not talk to them at all, and is ready to treat them, as long as they don't die, they will sit quietly, they can bask if they want, let them go on a hunger strike if they want to, and they will be even more hooligans than them.

The clans were very angry with the surrounding soldiers, and they didn't expect the court to be such a scoundrel.

There is no curfew in Nanjing, in July, Nanjing at night is more lively and prosperous than during the day, usually people will run to the Qinhuai River at night, but today hundreds of people and scholars have flocked to Taiping Street.

The clan gathered to make trouble, such a big thing had already spread throughout the city, and all kinds of rumors were flying all over the city.

Originally, ordinary people didn't dare to join in this excitement, but with the guidance of Tianfu, it was different.

At this time, lanterns were hung on both sides of Taiping Street, and many vendors also set up small stalls, which was even more lively than the Shangyuan Festival.

After dinner, when it was getting dark, more and more people gathered on Taiping Street, and on the high stage, several troupes that had only rehearsed for a few hours also appeared one by one, ready to sing.

"King Chu, which one is this singing?" Tang Wang was a little puzzled.

The clan made trouble, such a bad thing, the news should have been blocked to avoid spreading the impact, but he said well, and actually brought the people of Nanjing City over, so he wasn't worried that the people would misunderstand him for the clan, and had bad intentions?

Outside the Xihua Gate, the exhausted clans suddenly found that in addition to the soldiers surrounding them, a large number of people had gathered, and they were surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, and they were looking at them pointing and talking.

For the high-ranking clansmen, this feeling is very bad, just like the pigs in the fence being watched, discussing which one is fatter and which one can be slaughtered.

Several clansmen were very dissatisfied and stood up and scolded the soldiers, and asked the soldiers to disperse the people, but the soldiers simply ignored them.

Other armies may still be in awe of the clan, but the loyal town with the mark of the peasant army is not afraid of these vassal kings, the peasant army broke out in the north, in addition to natural disasters, most of the Ming Dynasty feudal domains are concentrated in the north, which is also a big reason.

In the view of class history, it is easy to portray the gentry and landlords as heinous existences, thinking that they will oppress the people, of course, there must be such people, but in fact, many gentry are not only big landlords, but also local good people, building roads and bridges, and providing relief in disaster years, after all, the gentry's fields are also planted by people, and the educated gentry, how many people will be stupid enough to force the people in their hometown to starve to death.

In disaster years, most of them organized villagers to form villages to protect themselves against the raids of outsiders, so the gentry were the cornerstone of the stability of the dynasties, and Donglin was no longer a thing, but also for the welfare of the Jiangnan people.

The gentry have read some books, and the villagers are not good at being heavy-handed, but the corrupt officials and the clan are different, one of them is uneducated, the other is purely to make money in the local area, and they have no feelings for the local people.

Among these soldiers, the older ones may have drunk a bowl of Fu Lu soup, so they were naturally not afraid of the clan and ignored it at all, but instead pulled out a section of the war knife, which frightened the clan and hurriedly sat back.

"What the hell is Wang Yan going to do?" The Liao King and other clans were a little uneasy.

King Yi glanced around and swallowed, "No matter what, Wang Yan wants more people to know that he is bullying the clan, which is a good thing for us!" ”

"That's right! Wang Yan is not afraid to let more people know that the imperial court oppresses the clan and the Taizu bloodline, what are we afraid of! King Xiang said calmly: "Don't panic, sit back and see what they can do!" ”

While the clan was talking, on the big stage on both sides of the Xihua Gate, a burst of gongs and drums sounded, and the opera began to sing.

While singing "Fulu Banquet" and "King Xin'an", the name of the play was announced, and the two kings of Tang and Lu, who were not in the same room, stood up suddenly, and their faces were frightened.

You can know this "Fulu Banquet" by listening to the name, this kind of thing, the folk legend is just that, how can the court mention it, isn't this instigating the people to rebel against his Zhu family, hit the prestige of the royal family, and show the ugliness of the clan in front of the world?

When the emperor was in power, he must adopt a protective attitude towards the crimes of the clan in the people, and he could not make a noise, nor did he dare to speak out, but Wang Yan dared to mention this kind of thing, first, he was not a royal family, and second, the crimes of the clan and the corruption of officials, it was useless to conceal them, which would only cause the contradictions to accumulate deeper and deeper, causing the people to distrust the government, and only by daring to face it could the problem be solved.

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