As for the kings of the clan who moved to the capital, by the end of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, there were almost thirty or forty families, including eight or nine vassal kings and twenty or thirty county kings. Those who can be favored by Chongzhen, and then forcibly moved from the local area to Beijing, are naturally not the broken families in the clan, but the few families who have a fairly good life in the local area.

Of course, from another point of view, these clans are doing well in the local area, which means that they have accumulated a lot of land and wealth locally, so that others can't live anymore. Because these clans were dissatisfied with the forced relocation of their families to the capital.

If only three or four clans were dissatisfied with Chongzhen, he would naturally not care, but when the number of clans gathered in the capital reached a certain number, the quantitative change also led to a qualitative change. This is not only because these vassal kings and county kings dragged their families to Beijing, so that the number of clan children in the capital far exceeded the past, although the tyrannical clan children in these places have restrained their deeds in the capital, but it is not realistic to let them live by the rules. As a result, the capital, which used to be relatively peaceful, has had many more street fights in recent years.

In addition, Chongzhen moved these clans to the capital in order to confiscate the land in their hands. But even if he is the son of the great tomorrow, as long as these clans obey his orders to go to the capital, he will not be able to forcibly seize the land in the hands of these clans for no reason, and can only buy it at a relatively low price, although he uses paper money and bonds to pay the price of the land, but after the realization of this lot of land, it is a great fortune after all, plus the savings of these feudal kings and county kings, this is also an astonishing wealth concentrated in the capital.

Of course, Chongzhen will not let these clans bury this wealth in the cellar, which is undoubtedly a great waste, after all, the current Ming Dynasty is working hard to develop production, trying to start the process of the industrial revolution, at this time the transformation of social accumulation into social capital is not too much.

For the clan, it is obviously unrealistic to use paper money and bonds other than gold and silver for storage, after all, there is a precedent for the Ming treasure banknotes, and the emperor is not merciless in setting up the clan. In the past, the treasure money was worthless, and the emperor didn't still use these waste papers to reward the royal palaces as a routine reward for the imperial court. God knows if these banknotes and bonds will become the next treasure banknotes, so it's better to spend them sooner rather than later.

Under the guidance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the wealth of these clans was basically invested in new industrial and mining industries such as steel, mining, railways, and shipbuilding, although this greatly supplemented the lack of capital in these new industries, but also expanded the voice of these clans in front of the emperor.

Although in front of a behemoth like the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the equity of various industries held by each of these clans is nothing, but if they concentrate all the shares, they will be able to create some trouble for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Therefore, Chongzhen was not willing to oppress these clans who were willing to hand over their land too much, lest they join forces against him, although he was not afraid of these, but he did not want to waste his precious energy on these people.

Therefore, every New Year's Festival, I am still willing to receive these relatives in the palace, listen to their needs, and give them a face. On a festive day like the first lunar month, Chongzhen naturally wants to set up a family banquet in Xiyuan to entertain the various clans in Beijing, but the clans in Beijing who have always kept to themselves before are a little nervous in such a New Year's meeting.

On the eighth day of the first month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, when Chongzhen received the clans in Beijing in the living room of the Xiyuan Jingshe, King Yangqu, who was standing behind Zhu Xianxuan, the king of Jin, suddenly cried to him, "... Wang Hanru bullied the clan so much in Henan, and after the minister heard about it, he was so depressed that he didn't sleep well for a few days. But there are still people in the court who defend him, and there is no explanation for three or four months, I am afraid that there is a traitor in the court. Therefore, the minister wants to ask His Majesty today, can this Ming Dynasty still be surnamed Zhu? ”

This Yangqu King is only in his early 20s, looking at his indignant look, Zhu Youzhen couldn't react for a while, is this really just a grievance for the Kaifeng clans, or has another plan.

However, picking up such a day to force himself into the palace, no matter what the reason, Chongzhen is unbearable. He immediately restrained his smile and glanced coldly at the vassal kings standing in the front row. The originally harmonious atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn, and the clans in the room instantly quieted down.

Chongzhen, who has been on the throne for more than 13 years, has long been recognized by the court and the common people, especially the reforms he has promoted since the first year of his accession to the throne, which has allowed him to concentrate most of the power in this country into his own hands, and his position has been stable and unshakable, which cannot be shaken by just a few clans and officials.

So when he lowered his face, even the few vassal kings standing in the front row didn't dare to stand up and speak for King Yangqu, but just looked down at their toes and were silent. As for the several clans who were standing near the Yangqu King, they quietly moved away from the Yangqu King to show Chongzhen that they did not support the Yangqu King.

Looking at the performance of these clans, Chongzhen finally understood, whether this Yangqu King had a heart or was coaxed, at least the clans in front of him had not yet reached an agreement. It's just that at such a time and occasion, no matter how he responds to King Yangqu's questioning, he will eventually be rumored out of the palace and become his statement on Wang Qi's case, I'm afraid that there are countless people outside the palace who are waiting for this news to come back.

Just when Chongzhen stared at King Yangqu and thought, looking at the young clan's face pale, King Zhu Xianxuan of Jin had to stand up and intercede for King Yangqu, he had no choice, after all, King Yangqu was from the line of King Jin, not to mention that he didn't think what King Yangqu said was wrong.

"Ahem, ahem, it's really a little inappropriate for King Yangqu to spoil His Majesty's interest by talking nonsense on such a day. However, he is also open-mouthed in front of his ministers on weekdays, and he doesn't mean to spoil His Majesty's interest today, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me for one or two..."

The King of Shu also took the opportunity to stand up and said: "Yes, yes, what the King of Jin said is right, King Yangqu is younger in the end, please look at your majesty in front of your relatives, and expose this matter." ”

With the beginning of the two vassal kings, after the other vassal kings looked at each other, they were about to say something, but Zhu Youzhen's face relaxed, and he smiled and said to everyone: "What are you doing on this good day, it's not too early for me to see the time, let's go to Kunming Pool first, take a look at the singing and dancing, and then drink and have a feast." I can't see you a few times a year, so I can't waste time here, go, go, Wang Chengen, you lead the way in front..."

Hearing that Chongzhen put aside King Yangqu's words and no longer pursue them, most of the clans were relieved and hurriedly followed Wang Chengen's footsteps. In fact, they were not ignorant of what King Yangqu was saying today, and since the news came that Wang Qi had forcibly expropriated the property of the Zhou Dynasty and other clans in Kaifeng, these clans had strongly expressed their dissatisfaction with the governor of Henan when they met in private.

After all, in the past, these clans were in their own feudal country, and they were the only ones who bullied others, and they had never been bullied like this. The Ming Dynasty dared to take the clan so seriously, and there was only Zhang Juzheng for more than 200 years, but at least Zhang Juzheng was also the first person among the civil officials, and even Emperor Shenzong did not dare to act rashly during his lifetime, plus the King of Liao had a grudge against him, and Zhang Juzheng took action against the King of Liao for a reason.

But what is this Wang Qi, he is just a governor, and the reason why he forcibly expropriated the property of the clan is difficult for them to convince, saying that it is to help the victims gathered outside Kaifeng City and stabilize the order in the city, but these skilled and huge disaster victims gathered in the Kaifeng area, isn't it because Wang Qi did not obey the orders of the imperial court and let go of the various passages leading to Kaifeng.

In other words, the Kaifeng incident was made by Wang Qi himself, but he used the clan's property to make up for it. Although the king of Zhou was afraid of the situation in Kaifeng at that time and endured this breath, but after the social order improved, he naturally couldn't swallow this breath, and directly united the clans and gentry in the Kaifeng area to complain to the imperial court.

For the Ming clan, Zhang Juzheng's dealing with the Liao Wangfu is a personal vendetta, and everyone can naturally pretend to be deaf and dumb, but Wang Qi's bullying of the Zhou Dynasty is a public outrage. If a mere governor can requisition the property of the clan at will like this, then when the court encounters trouble in the future, will it also attack these clans?

After all, Chongzhen didn't hesitate when he attacked King Qin and other clans, but Chongzhen was still accused of rebellion at the beginning, if he could dispose of the clan's property at will just because of the needs of the imperial court now, wouldn't everyone become a fattened lamb to be slaughtered in the future, how would this life continue. These clans have not done such forcible seizures in the local area, so it is naturally difficult to tolerate Wang Qi's behavior.

It's just that everyone was full of righteous indignation when they gathered in private, and they could also write a book to echo King Zhou's impeachment and punishment of Wang Qi, but there was no one who dared to run to Chongzhen to mention the matter directly. After all, although the current emperor's surname is Zhu, he has not been very close to his relatives since he ascended the throne.

According to common sense, after the new emperor ascended the throne, he always had to reward the clans, but the first thing after Chongzhen ascended the throne was to recover the land in the hands of the feudal domains, and the king of Qin and Han, who wanted to resist, were expelled from the country, and the king of Shu was forcibly summoned into the capital and could not return to the country.

In the face of such a powerful emperor, the clans who had been kept in captivity for more than 200 years were naturally intimidated. It's nothing to talk a few words behind your back, or to read a book with everyone, but to run in front of Chongzhen and point fingers at the government is not to cherish your own life.

Therefore, these clans really never thought that King Yangqu would attack the emperor on such an occasion, didn't this change them from the role of waving the flag and shouting to the protagonist of the same emperor. Everyone was dissatisfied with King Yangqu's behavior of tying everyone up like this, but they couldn't take the initiative to stand up and defend themselves, because this was undoubtedly self-isolation from the clan.

So when I heard the emperor's decision to put aside King Yangqu's words for the time being, everyone was quite supportive, at least for now, this level has passed. But for the several vassal kings who have been with the emperor for a long time, their hearts are heavy, they don't think that the emperor will let go of this matter easily, they begin to worry about whether the emperor's counterattack will hurt them by mistake.

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