The court officials all "missed" the emperor and hoped that Zhu Youzhen would stop his southern tour and return to Beijing. So under the leadership of the cabinet scholars, they asked the emperor to return to Beijing.

"The country cannot be without a king for a day, Your Majesty has been away for a long time, it is not the blessing of the community!"

"How difficult the state affairs are, there are too many things that Your Majesty needs to deal with, and Your Majesty has been away for a long time, which will inevitably delay the state affairs, so why should the people of the world be?"

“......”

The courtiers listed various reasons in the recital, in a word, you can't do without the emperor in the country, you can't do anything without the emperor, come back quickly, emperor!

"In the past, the courtiers wanted me to ignore anything, rule in the palace, and hand over everything to the cabinet and the six ministries to deal with, but I didn't expect to miss me so much now." Zhu Youzhen smiled and said to Hong Chengchou and Wen Tiren.

Hong Chengchou and Wen Tiren glanced at each other and just smiled awkwardly. As courtiers, how could they not know what was going on in the courtiers' minds.

In the hearts of most civil officials in the Ming Dynasty, they all hope that the emperor will not care about anything and hand over power to the courtiers. The reason why they are now asking the emperor to return to Beijing is that he misses the emperor, and he is obviously worried that Your Majesty will continue to mess around outside!

As soon as he arrived in Shandong, countless officials in the six prefectures of Shandong were arrested, dismissed from office, and confiscated. If it goes all the way forward, who knows how many officials and gentry will be unlucky!

"I want to go to Nanjing to worship Taizu, how can I give up halfway? Send the decree to the cabinet, all the affairs of the court are handed over to the cabinet to deal with, and the major matters may be reported to me to listen, the cabinet and the court ministers perform their duties, and there is the prince in charge of the country, I am very relieved! Zhu Youzhen commanded.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wen Tiren agreed, and personally went to write the holy decree, handed it over to Wang Chengen to seal and send it back to Beijing.

"Get ready, let's drive south as soon as possible." Zhu Youzhen commanded. The situation in Shandong has stabilized, and there is no need to delay any longer.

On September 13, the fourth year of Chongzhen, under the escort of thousands of Praetorian Guards, Zhu Youzhen finally left Jinan, the spring city, and crossed the Taishan Mountains all the way south to Jining Prefecture to meet the honor guard.

"I hope that one day, I will also have the qualifications to seal Mount Tai." Looking at the towering Mount Tai from afar, Zhu Youzhen sighed.

"Your Majesty expelled Jiannu to recover Liaodong, pacified the south of the desert and opened up thousands of miles, surpassed most of the kings of the Ming Dynasty in terms of merits, and approached Taizu to become an ancestor, even if he went to seal Mount Tai now, it is understandable." Wen Tiren patted his ass respectfully.

Zhu Youzhen shook his head: "There is a cloud in the historical records: 'The longevity of each life is to seal the Zen answer, and the decline will rest. 'At present, although the external troubles of the Ming Dynasty are removed, the internal worries are everywhere, although it is not a troubled world, the difficulties of the people's lives are almost no different from the troubled times, what face do I have to do the things of sealing Zen? I only hope that my hard work can make the world peaceful, enable the people to live and work in peace and contentment, and rebuild the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty! ”

The world is so turbulent, and now the act of sealing Zen is just making the world laugh!

"Your Majesty works hard and cares about all the people, and the Ming Dynasty will have a prosperous day." Hong Chengchou said softly.

After Mount Tai, after two more days, and finally arrived in Jining Prefecture, Zhang Shize led the Praetorian Guard Army has returned to Jining and came to pick up the car.

"Pingbei Hou has worked hard to quell the rebellion." Zhu Youzhen said to Zhang Shize.

Zhang Shize said with a smile: "It's not hard, just a thief, the soldiers just moved their muscles and bones, and they were calmed down." ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled: "In that case, I will give you another task." ”

"Your Majesty, please!" Zhang Shize said.

"You go to Henan to be the chief soldier, take your headquarters with you, and you don't have to follow me south." Zhu Youzhen said.

"Huh?" Zhang Shize was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the duty of the minister is to protect Your Majesty's safety, how can you leave Your Majesty?" ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "Isn't there still Cao Bianjiao, marching in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, where do you need so many troops to escort you?" You go to Henan to do one thing for me, implement the reform of the clan and domain, re-measure the vassal king Wang Tian, and do what you did to the German and Lu domains in Shandong again! ”

"Will you take the King of Zhou and the King of Tang?" Zhang Shize was eager to try.

In addition to Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu who was removed from the domain a few years ago, now there are five vassal kings of Zhou, Tang, Zhao, Lu, and Chongwang, and there are nearly 100 county kings, and the number of generals and lieutenants is tens of thousands.

Henan is located in the Central Plains, with many fertile plains, but it is precisely because of the existence of these feudal clans that the people of Henan live a miserable life. Not to mention the large-scale annexation of the land, the vassal kings also needed a large amount of money and grain to support them every year, and these money and grain amounted to millions of stones, all of which fell on the heads of the people of Henan. According to statistics, the land tax paid by the people of Henan in a year is not enough to support these feudal clans!

In Henan, the gentry were not as powerful as in Jiangnan, but they still annexed a lot of land and did not have to pay any taxes. Paying taxes to the imperial court and supporting so many clans, the burden on the people of Henan can be imagined. So in another time and space, when Li Zicheng came out of the mountains with eighteen horsemen, countless Henan people joined one after another, and the army expanded to tens of thousands in an instant, and after Li Zicheng laid Luoyang, the team grew to hundreds of thousands, directly laying the foundation for the destruction of the Ming Dynasty!

Henan is located in the Central Plains, and Henan's rules are determined by the world, and Zhu Youzhen cannot but pay attention to it.

Zhu Youzhen wanted to go to Henan and deal with the affairs of Henan in person, but after all, he was not on the way, and there was no reason, so he could only hand it over to Zhang Shize.

"King Zhou's reputation is not bad, so don't take it easily. As long as the vassal kings can cooperate with Qingzhang Wangtian, they can be released for the time being, lest people in the world say that I am too mean. Zhu Youzhen thought about it and commanded.

"Just follow the measures that were previously established. Each feudal lord had given a number of fields over the years, and all other fields were illegally annexed, and all the fields they occupied were confiscated and fined.

A few years ago, I carried out a reform of the clan system, and at that time I also sent the imperial history to be in charge of Qingzhang Wangtian, but according to the Jinyi guard, the effect was very bad. Many of the illegally annexed Wang Tian were hidden, and they did not come out at all. Wang Tian from Qingzhang was supposed to be used as an official field, but he was colluded by the local government and the gentry and took the opportunity to annex it. After you go to Henan, you will do your best to thoroughly investigate these fields, and all the gentry who dare to annex Wang Tian will be raided! Officials who were in collusion with the gentry were all dismissed from office. I have added you the official position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and you can act in the name of the Jinyi Guard!

The establishment of the Kiyota Division, the fields that come out of the Qingzhang are under the jurisdiction of the Kiyota Division!

In Henan, the clan examination was held, and those who passed the examination were recruited as officials, and after training, they either entered the local government as officials or entered the Qingtian Division. If an ordinary clan that fails to pass the exam is willing to give up the treatment of the clan, it will be distributed to the field and let it fend for itself!

In short, everything can be imitated from the example of the Shandong clan. ”

After listening to Zhu Youzhen's instructions, Zhang Shize scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "The matter is too complicated, I'm afraid the minister can't do it well." After all, the minister is a martial noble, and things will involve the vassal king, involving the local government, is it appropriate to do these things as a minister? ”

According to Zhu Youzhen's orders, the gentry can be raided and the officials can be arrested, which is really a bit big.

Zhu Youzhen shook his head: "I am short of people around me now, and no one can handle this matter except you." There is no difficulty in doing this well with your ability, although you can do it with confidence, and I will take care of it for you! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhang Shize hurriedly agreed.

It stands to reason that it is more appropriate for Hong Chengchou or Wen Tiren to do this. Both of them are members of the imperial court, one is a scholar of the military department, and the other is a cabinet scholar, no matter which one can suppress the local government of Henan. However, Zhu Youzhen didn't send them, that is, to send a "martial artist" like Zhang Shize, to be reckless, so as to break the bottles and cans. As for whether the local gentry government in Henan will rebound, Zhu Youzhen will not care. He wished that there would be chaos like Jiaodong in Henan, so that he would have the opportunity to send a large army to forcibly suppress it!

"Your Majesty, do you want to stir up the gentry and officials in the south?" When there was no one, Hong Chengchou asked softly. Among all the people, only Hong Chengchou knows Zhu Youzhen's mind best.

Hong Chengchou can imagine what kind of actions Zhang Shize will make when he arrives in Henan. In order to open up the situation, it is necessary to take down a few gentry and arrest many officials Liwei, if King Zhou dares to mess around, Zhang Shize will definitely not be polite.

And Zhang Shize's actions in Henan will soon spread to the south, and wherever the emperor passes by on his southern tour, everyone of the gentry and officials will inevitably be in danger. Yangzhou and Suzhou, the most prosperous places in the world, what will the giant businessmen and gentry there think?

Jiangdong and Nanjing, the stronghold of the Donglin Party, are about to go south for the emperor, how will the gentry representing the Donglin Party choose?

If the emperor was allowed to cross the Yangtze River, would he not go to Nanjing first, but go to Susong to deal with the gentry in Jiangdong?

Will the gentry in Jiangnan be worried about this? And what kind of reaction will there be?

Zhu Youzhen smiled lightly: "Since I am out of Beijing, how can I stop without stirring up the world?" If no one jumped out, I would clean up one by one, first go to Yangzhou to dispose of the rich salt merchants in the world, and reformulate the salt policy. Then go south to Jiangdong and clean up a group of gentry in Jiangdong.

Jiangdong, the richest place in the world, half of the imperial court's taxes came from Jiangdong, and the gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were the most numerous, the most powerful, and the most serious land annexation.

If I can win the gentry of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, if I can completely own the land of Jiangdong, then I don't have to worry about lack of money, and the Ming Dynasty can easily decide! ”

Hong Chengchou gasped, this is to do something to the gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang!

Attacking the gentry of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is equivalent to waging war against the gentry of the world, and the emperor is determined to fight a big battle! Hong Chengchou can imagine that this time I am afraid that there will be a lot of people, and I don't know how many gentry and officials will fall to the ground. Jiangnan, the most prosperous reading atmosphere, the largest number of gentry, this time no matter success or failure, Shilin will suffer a great loss, as a member of the scholars, although completely on the emperor's side, Hong Chengchou still has a sense of sadness.

"What is Your Majesty going to do?" Hong Chengchou asked with a trembling voice.

"I heard that the land annexation in Jiangnan was the most serious, except for the official land, most of the land was already owned by the gentry, and the yeoman farmers had almost disappeared. Those gentry often owned tens of thousands of acres and hundreds of thousands of acres of land, while the vast majority of the common people had no land at all, or worked as tenant farmers for the gentry, or worked in the gentry's workshops.

After I arrived in Jiangnan, I would issue the Juntian Decree. The gentry's fields were divided among the landless people, and each gentry only had to keep a small amount of land. For the gentry who have committed many crimes of oppressing the people, they will raid their homes and ask them for their crimes to relieve the people's anger. ”

"Juntian gives ...... to the landless people," Hong Chengchou muttered, and there was a look of panic in his eyes.

Zhu Youzhen's move was to deprive the gentry of their land and property, which was tantamount to announcing war with the gentry of the world, and the game was too big.

"Didn't Your Majesty say that you would take it slowly? Is there a bit of a rush? Hong Chengchou tried to persuade him, trying to stop the emperor's madness. In Hong Chengchou's view, now that the situation in Daming has basically stabilized, it is completely possible to figure it out slowly, and there is no need to flip the table directly.

After all, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty is now the gentry, and the court and the place are controlled by the gentry officials, and the emperor Juntian will inevitably cause all the gentry officials to be frightened, and no one can predict what the consequences will be.

"In a hurry? I want to take it slowly, but I'm worried! Zhu Youzhen sighed.

"What is Your Majesty worried about?" Hong Chengchou hurriedly asked.

"I fear that my army will corrupt and deteriorate. My biggest honor guard now is the army, but now that Jiannu has been driven to Mobei, and the Mongols in Monan have also been conquered, my army has no use, so many meritorious soldiers, how to settle them? If they don't fight for a long time, they will inevitably become corrupted and degenerate.

The Praetorian Guard is now at its peak of sharpness, why not take advantage of the fact that this sharpness is still there, and completely calm the whole world?

And the gentry always have to turn their faces, what is the difference between early and late turning? ”

"But .....," Hong Chengchou hesitated.

"Nothing!" Zhu Youzhen said categorically, "I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I have the most powerful army, and no one can stop me from doing what I want to do!" The inside and outside of the Ming Dynasty have been completely corrupted, and it is not interesting to cut the flesh and sores and make a small fuss, it is better to overturn everything and start over completely! ”

Crazy, completely insane. Oh no, or swelled! Looking at Zhu Youzhen's very calm expression and listening to the craziest words he said, Hong Chengchou complained frantically in his heart. When he left Beijing, he also said that he didn't want to stimulate the gentry too much and wanted to take his time, but now he is so crazy. It seems that Shandong's experience has made the emperor swell!

Also, with a snap of his fingers, he disposed of the officials of the entire Shandong, and with a wave of his hand, hundreds of thousands of people rebelled against Wenxiang! Far away from Beijing and away from the shackles of the imperial palace, the powerful power in his hands is unmatched, so that the emperor has been completely inflated! has completely despised the gentry of the world.

But as a member of the gentry, Hong Chengchou knows how huge the gentry's power is, and how easy it is to completely make it succumb?

However, Hong Chengchou also knew that he had no other choice but to choose and stand on the emperor's side, and go all the way to the dark.

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