Chapter 157: One size fits all
As long as the emperor wants to reform and the reform will touch the interests of Confucianism, the civil officials will definitely take out the ancestral system to buckle the emperor's hat.
Every time the emperor and his ministers play a game, once Wenchen sacrifices such a nuclear weapon, the emperor will basically be disgraced.
Among them, the most famous is the original history of the Jiajing Dynasty and the Wanli period of the national capital dispute, a battle that lasted for several years or more than ten years, as the emperor won once and lost once.
But this time it's different, this time it's the emperor who wants to do it to the clan and his own family, and the ministers can't help it, so they almost don't raise their hands and feet in favor of it, and stop it?
Neuropathy is what stops ......
The kings were also silent, it didn't matter whether what Zhu Houwei said was right or not, what they cared about was their own one-third of an acre, and what they needed to know was whether Zhu Houwei would make a move on them, the vassal kings, and as for the clan, they wouldn't really care.
"I will clearly issue a decree to the world, from now on, the treatment of the clan will remain unchanged for one year, starting from the first month of the second year of Jiajing, all the titles of Zhenguo general, auxiliary general, Fengguo general, Zhenguo lieutenant, auxiliary lieutenant, Fengguo lieutenant, and Fengguo lieutenant will be abolished, and all the generals and lieutenants of the Zhu family who have been abolished can engage in all professions in the future, as long as they are successful in their studies, they can also enter the court as officials
, the county, the county, and the township can continue to receive the monthly salary before the marriage, and it will be suspended once the marriage is made. ”
The ministers frowned slightly, and the Son of Heaven abolished all the descendants of the Zhu family except for the vassal king, and let them make a living by their own ability, which is beneficial and harmless for the Ming Dynasty, but it is just a political ......
However, the cabinet headed by Yang Tinghe did not raise doubts, and the rest of the ministers did not say anything.
As for the faces of the kings, it is a little not good-looking, you must know that many of these generals, lieutenants, county monarchs, and township monarchs are their children, although the loss of each person is only a few hundred stones of grain, and the palace is not unable to support it, but Zhu Houwei's rough one-size-fits-all made the kings feel that their dignity has been seriously provoked.
Immediately, several vassal kings were eager to try and wanted to jump out to oppose it, but before they could speak, they heard Zhu Houwei continue: "The Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty of the people of the world, and it is the Ming Dynasty of the Zhu family, as the descendants of the Zhu family, they should do their best to maintain the continuation of the Ming Dynasty, and do everything to reduce the burden of the society, I believe that if the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty knew that I was so disposed of, they would be very pleased to have a spirit in the sky, and you uncles and brothers would like to come and be the same as me, for the eternal survival of the Ming Dynasty, I would rather harm ourselves than benefit the country and the people."
The kings were angry and wanted to vomit blood, Zhu Houwei's words were really shameless, with such a high-sounding hat and slamming it, who could refute it, if anyone refuted, wouldn't it mean that they only thought about self-interest, but didn't think about the survival of the Ming Dynasty?
If you refute it, as a bird, what if you are caught by Zhu Houwei and hurt your feet, and then cut yourself to make an example of the monkey?
So the expressions of the kings were like eating flies, and they were so ugly that they couldn't see it, but they could only swallow this breath of bird's breath.
Suddenly, Zhu Houwei's face became a little gloomy, and his eyes were cold and he swept the kings and asked: "I know that your uncles and brothers will inevitably resent me for treating the children of the clan like this today, but I can only deal with it like this for the sake of the country passed down from my ancestors, and if I don't do this, it will only be more difficult for future generations to do, so I will be a wicked person, and now I will ask all my uncles and brothers on this golden palace, what is the purpose of Emperor Taizu's division of kings?"
The kings looked at each other, and after a while, an old man with a trembling and white beard walked out, it was Zhu Jianyan, the king of Germany whose domain was located in Jinan, Shandong.
Zhu Jianyan is the younger brother of Xianzong Zhu Jianshen, the sister-in-law of Zhu Qizhen, the god of war of the Ming Dynasty.
With his seniority and Zhu Jianyan's age of more than sixty, it is naturally most suitable for him to stand up.
"Emperor Taizu divided the feudal domains, naturally so that the descendants of the Zhu family could guard one place and protect the people's peace."
"That's a good point." Zhu Houwei snorted coldly and said: "There was a bloody case in Jinan last year, and Zhu Yang, the brother of King De's concubine, was killed all over the house, I don't know if King De still has an impression?"
Zhu Jianyan trembled, the bloody case that happened in Jinan last year was shocking, Zhuyang Manmen 17 people and hundreds of courtyards were all killed in the Zhu family's mansion, and Zhuyang's head was hung on the door of the Dewang Mansion.
It can be called a sensation, Zhu Yang was sentenced or there is a way to die, but why hang Zhu Yang's head at the gate of King De's mansion?
Obviously, this gang of bandits who killed Zhu Yang came for King Tade!
Zhu Jianyan still remembers the heart-rending cry of his beloved concubine Zhu Ning, crying and begging him to severely punish the murderer, but it is a pity that the group of strongmen seemed to disappear out of thin air, and the whole city of Dasuo could not find the slightest trace.
There was no news of the murderer, and Zhu Jianyan had no choice but to stop it, but the guard strength of the Dewang's Mansion has increased several times since then, and the soldiers of the Dewangwei were directly transferred from the barracks to the mansion, which is quite a bit of a soldier.
But this is also understandable, think about it, the murderers have hung their heads on your door, and it is clear that they are going to do it to you, how big of your nerves do you have to be to ignore it?
In the past year, Zhu Jianyan almost forgot about this matter, but he didn't expect that Zhu Houwei would bring it up in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace today.
So what is Zhu Houwei's purpose?
Do you want to say that he Zhu Jianyan is not able to calm the place, so such a tragedy will occur in Jinan Mansion?
Or is it an excuse to find fault?
At this moment, Zhu Jianyan regretted standing up and being the first bird......
"It seems that King De has not forgotten." Zhu Houwei sneered: "King De has been wondering who caused such a bloody case in Jinan until now, I know!"
King De's cloudy old eyes looked at Zhu Houwei incredulously.
"It was my Yongwang Wei who did it!" Zhu Houwei snorted coldly: "Why did I send troops to Jinan, kill Zhuyang, and tell King De about it."
"The slave obeys." Ren Xing stepped forward and said solemnly: "Zhu Yang, a native of Jinan Mansion, his sister Zhu Ning is the side concubine of King De, for more than ten years, Zhu Yang has relied on the momentum of King De's Mansion to abduct and sell women and children, and has conclusive evidence, which can prove that Zhu Yang abducted and sold more than 800 women, these women were sold into the art museum, and since then they have been in the dust, they have suffered unbearable humiliation, and there have been more than 500 cases of buying children. However, under the protection of the German royal palace, he has been at large......"