Chapter 219: Conflict
"Your Majesty, the rebellion of the Southern Jiangxi thieves was suppressed by Hong Futai only after capturing Anyuan County, and it did not cause much loss." Huang Kezhang said.
"This matter seems to be a small matter, but I have to be vigilant, it is imperative to cut the domain, there is no need to discuss this matter again, and the rest of the new policies can be suspended." Zhu Youxiao said without doubt.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the matter of cutting the feudal domain needs to be done cautiously, and must not be rushed." Gao Panlong said unrelentingly.
"Your Majesty, it's hard to tell right from wrong in this matter for a while, so it's better to vote." Han Yi suggested.
"I'm not going to vote this time, I'm going to be arbitrary this time." Zhu Youxiao refused. Zhu Youxiao knew that this vote would not pass 100 percent.
"Please also ask Your Majesty to take back your order." The cabinet members knelt down together.
"Do you have to go against me?" Zhu Youxiao said coldly. It is impossible to issue a decree to reduce the feudal domain, and it must be approved by the cabinet, otherwise not only the feudal lord but also the magistrate may be returned. The imperial power of the Ming Dynasty was the most restricted of all dynasties, and in fact it was close to a constitutional monarchy in some systems.
"Your Majesty, the ministers have no such intentions, but it is the responsibility of the ministers to advise Your Majesty." Gao Panlong said.
"Responsibility?!" Zhu Youxiao sneered, "I don't need to say anything about the situation of the vassal kings in various places, you should know better than me, I don't know why you have to stop me?" ”
"Your Majesty, the cutting of the feudal domain is too radical, and the minister thinks that it should be gradual. Your Majesty has just implemented the law of restricting the clan, and now he is cutting the feudal domain, and the vassal kings in various places will definitely refuse to give up, and it will even cause chaos in the world. Han Yi explained.
"I can't wait, don't push me too hard." Zhu Youxiao said fiercely. This was the biggest and most serious disagreement between Zhu Youxiao and the cabinet, and it was the first time that Zhu Youxiao had the idea of dissolving the cabinet.
Zhu Youxiao's tough attitude surprised the seven cabinet members, and the two sides had reached the point where they were about to tear their faces. Seeing this, Li Qiyuan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there are various reasons for the rebellion of the people from ancient times to the present, and it is by no means so simple as Your Majesty said, and it is by no means a simple solution that can be solved by simply relying on cutting the feudal domain. ”
"It's true that you can't solve it completely by cutting the feudal domain, but the problem of the feudal king has reached the point where it must be solved today." Zhu Youxiao said.
"Your Majesty, what should I do if the cutting of the feudal domain causes the feudal king to rebel?" Li Qiyuan asked.
"If it is not broken, it will not stand, in fact, I have already prepared for their rebellion, and it is not too late to solve this matter, the longer it drags on, the greater the impact on the empire." Zhu Youxiao said.
"There are many vassal kings in Shaanxi, Sichuan, Huguang, Henan, Shandong and other feudal divisions, especially in Henan, Shandong and other places, once they rebel, it is very easy to endanger the safety of the Jingshi and cause turmoil in the entire empire." Li Qiyuan said.
"If there really is a rebellion of the vassal kings, I will personally conquer them and crush their ambitions myself." Zhu Youxiao said.
"Your Majesty, it's better to discuss the matter of cutting the feudal domain today, let me wait and think about it for another day, and then discuss it tomorrow." Li Qiyuan suggested.
"Tomorrow, even tomorrow, I will insist on cutting the domain." Zhu Youxiao said.
"Your Majesty, the minister thought that this matter would be postponed for one day and discussed again tomorrow." Han Yi suggested.
"Okay, I'll follow what you say, and we'll discuss it tomorrow. I hope that tomorrow all Aiqing will support me. Zhu Youxiao said coldly.
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Today's incident made Zhu Youxiao very unhappy, he was almost ready to dissolve the cabinet, although dissolving the cabinet was a very bad decision, and it would even affect the attitude of future generations of emperors to the cabinet.
"Did the emperor have any major events in today's deliberations?" Zhang Yan saw Zhu Youxiao, who had an unhappy face, and knew that something was happening.
"I want to cut the feudal domain, but the cabinet is trying to prevent it, and now I want to dissolve the cabinet and form it again?" Zhu Youxiao said.
"The concubine read "Zizhi Tongjian" a few days ago, I don't know if the emperor is willing to listen to the concubine?" Zhang Yan said with a smile.
"Does Baozhu also want to persuade me not to cut the domain?" Zhu Youxiao asked suspiciously.
"It's not." Zhang Yan shook her head and said.
"Then let's hear it." Zhu Youxiao said.
"The 194th volume of the Zizhi Tongjian: When I tried to strike the dynasty, I angrily said: 'I will have to kill this Tian Sheweng.'" Later, when he asked who it was, he said: 'Wei Zheng insulted me every court. Retreating, Gu Chao stood in court, and asked the reason. Later, he said: 'The concubine heard that the lord was straightforward; Today, Wei Zhengzhi, by His Majesty's knowledge, the concubine dares not to congratulate! 'Shang Nai Yue. Zhang Yan backtracked, and after reciting it, he said, "The emperor's enlightened courtiers will be true, the emperor is a virtuous king, and the cabinet ministers will contradict the emperor." ”
"The cabinet ministers don't know what happened in a hundred years, but I can guess what will happen in a hundred years. Now that the vassal king has become a burden to the empire, and even a cancer, if I don't cut the domain, someone will come to cut the domain, just let others cut the domain, I'm afraid it won't be the situation of cutting the domain today, and then it will be a trivial matter for the Ming Dynasty to change hands, and even hundreds of millions of people will pay the price of their lives. Zhu Youxiao explained.
"The emperor understands the truth, but the cabinet has the responsibility of the cabinet, and the emperor should also understand." Zhang Yan persuaded him.
"What does the Orb think should do in this matter?" Zhu Youxiao asked.
"If the vassal king rebels first, the matter of cutting the feudal domain will naturally come naturally." Zhang Yan said softly.
"What does the jewel mean, to force the vassal king to rebel?" Zhu Youxiao asked.
Zhang Yan smiled and nodded, but did not speak.
"Then how do you force the vassal king to rebel?" Zhu Youxiao then asked.
"The concubine lives in the deep palace, and it is very difficult to manage this huge harem, so this concubine really doesn't know what to do?" Zhang Yan said.
"Wang Liqian, what do you think should be done?" Zhu Youxiao asked.
"Your Majesty, this ...... The minister thought that he could first recruit the vassal kings from all over the country to enter Beijing. Wang Liqian thought for a while and said.
"Go on." Zhu Youxiao said.
"Your Majesty wants to cut the domain, this is a thing known to the world, and today in the Qianqing Palace and the cabinet ministers quarreled over the matter of cutting the domain, as long as this matter is let go out, it will soon spread to the vassal kings in various places, if Your Majesty summons the vassal kings from all over the country to enter Beijing at this time, the vassal kings will definitely not dare to enter Beijing, and they will definitely shirk the excuse." Wang Liqian said softly.
"Go on." Zhu Youxiao saw that Wang Liqian stopped halfway through speaking, and said impatiently.
"I think it...... I thought that at this time, His Majesty could issue another holy decree and force the vassal kings from all over the country to enter Beijing, and if they did not arrive in Beijing within a year, they would be regarded as rebelling against the decree. Wang Liqian said.
"This seems a bit unreasonable, but sometimes some things need to be unreasonable, so I will order the vassal kings to come and discuss the new policy." Zhu Youxiao's decision was even more unreasonable.
(End of chapter)