Zhu Houzhao has never been a brutal person, at least not in his own opinion. He has the minimum respect for life of modern people, so he restricts the inhumane torture of Jinyiwei.

In fact, there is a clear statement in the "Sermon of the Emperor": Yuan loses the world with leniency and benevolence, and loses too wide. In the past, Qin was lost to violence, and the Han Dynasty was lenient and forgiving, which was to gain it. Today, the Yuan Dynasty lost in the wide, so I will help with the will, and the wide will help each other, but the business is appropriate.

Leniency here does not mean leniency to the people, but leniency to officials.

But Zhu Houzhao's restriction of Jinyiwei can also be said to be a violation of ancestral teachings. Why doesn't anyone say this?

In addition to torture, like Wu Kuan and Cheng Minzheng, who opposed him a few years ago, he did not say that they were killed directly. In recent years, Liu Daxia has also been imprisoned, and Liu Jian is still in office......

What do you mean?

Later generations said that the Ming civil officials ruined the world. This is from the emperor's point of view. In fact, from the perspective of civil officials, there are few normal emperors in the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, such a person needs to be praised, but as an emperor to ask his courtiers with this mentality, not only will he fail to achieve his goal, but he will also be extremely painful.

Because a person's greatest selfishness is to make others selfless.

Basically, Zhu Houzhao still agrees with the minister to a certain extent, and the Ming Dynasty has not seen the broken things of the Donglin Party in the later period during the Hongzhi Zhengde period.

But all this does not prevent him from giving the order to kill today.

In the seventeenth year of Hongji, he also ordered to kill.

Because he wants to 'do things,' and once things are done, they can't stop. Either you don't do it.

This is Zhu Houzhao's rationality.

From a perceptual point of view, to promote the opening of the sea to this extent, he continued to show his determination as an emperor, but he still continued to resist, and even made it clear in front of his ministers: If there is any obstruction, I will kill them.

As a result, someone really jumped out. This belongs to him on the bar.

No matter how good his temper is, it is impossible for him not to have a little emotion.

In that case, let's kill it.

When the eunuch in the palace took him to the noon gate, all the officials felt chills in their hearts, this was the first time that the new monarch had killed a minister in court.

After Zhu Houzhao returned to the Qianqing Palace from Fengtianmen, he actually had some anger, he pinched his waist and walked back and forth, and he had less concentration to sit down.

"Your Majesty, the household servant Gu Zuo asks to see you."

Zhu Houzhao wanted to say no, but Gu Zuo was not an outsider, so he still came in to see what he said.

After Gu Shilang came in, he didn't have the ease of meeting the emperor in the past, he walked with his head down in small steps, and knelt on the ground when he got close.

"Wechen knocks to see Your Majesty."

"See me what?" The emperor's tone was visibly stiff.

"Weichen has the courage to beg His Majesty to take a break from his anger and send down a decree to pardon Yang Guiru's death crime."

Zhu Houzhao frowned, "What the emperor said, can it not be counted?" ”

"Your Majesty's Chrysostom is about to open, and naturally it cannot be changed!" Gu Zuo's back began to sweat, and he also had a great deal to do when he said this, but the literati always had to have some backbone, and he must say what he should say, "It's just that Yang Guiru is quite diligent and attentive in the household department, and the minister doesn't want to see the pillars of the court die immediately, and he doesn't want to see His Majesty regret it in the future!" ”

Zhu Houzhao was silent for a while.

When you are an emperor, you will always encounter such a situation, the world is complicated, not all good and evil are distinct, are all the bad people against you, and all the good people are against you?

Wrong.

More often than not, this can only be said in reverse, that is, all those who oppose me are bad people, and all those who support me are good people.

"Gu Aiqing, I want to believe that what you say is true."

Gu Zuo was moved in his heart, the emperor could still listen to his words under his anger, which was also something he didn't expect, "Your Majesty, the Monarch of Shengming, the minister is ashamed of Your Majesty!" ”

Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair and thought for a while, then slowly asked, "But do you think...... Is it important to open the sea, or is it important to leave a capable minister? ”

Gu Zuo looked stunned.

The emperor is ruthless, but the emperor can't be blamed.

"Let's go down. I want to be alone. Zhu Houzhao covered his head.

What Gu Zuo said should not be false, Yang Guiru is likely to do a good job in the household department, otherwise Gu Zuo would not have risked killing his head to come over to intercede.

So he believed.

But the emperor sometimes kills even his own relatives for the sake of the country, let alone a potential official?

Zhu Houzhao doesn't like to kill people, but he never does something that is kind to a woman when it is critical.

At this point, Gu Zuo also understood. Moreover, the emperor, who has always been high-spirited, actually showed a sad look in front of him, which was very rare in the past.

"Your Majesty, please take comfort, take care of the dragon's body."

The Emperor waved his hand.

Gu Zuo left in some shock.

Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Han Wen and Yang Tinghe and other ministers did not go far. They originally thought that if Gu Zuo went in today, he might not be able to come out well, but they didn't expect to be speechless.

Han Wen stepped forward and didn't say anything. I saw Gu Zuo shaking his head.

"It seems that Your Majesty is really angry."

Angry?

Gu Zuo originally thought so, but now he was a little unsure, "Your Majesty, you can think clearly." Da Situ, Yang Guiru's posthumous affairs will be handed over to the lower officials. ”

Han Wen was worried, "In this way, will it make Your Majesty unhappy?" ”

"No, it won't. The lower officials are doing it for His Majesty. ”

This is very connotative. Li, Xie, Han, and Yang almost didn't understand.

Of course, in the end, it was also a sigh, and the road to the emperor was not easy to walk.

In November, outside the noon gate, light rain in the south, sunny in the north, the sun-shining big knife is dazzling, and after a knife cracks, the picture freezes.

The emperor used the knife to kill people, and almost condemned this matter.

No one could really oppose the emperor, and the scholars of Zhejiang wanted to do it collectively, so they collectively lost their fame.

Today's Jingshi is also slaughtered,

Gu Zuo personally supervised the collection of Yang Guiru's body, and he could do these actions.

But it was impossible for the imperial court to give Yang Guiru any posthumous name. Regardless of his merits and demerits during his lifetime. If he is wrong, it is that he should not test the hardness of imperial power at this time.

Officials from all walks of life put their opinions in their stomachs, and if they want to express them, they are only reminiscing about Yang Guiru, and the rest are still spinning according to the emperor's will.

Such a big event, the person who transmitted the holy decree did not dare to delay for a moment, and the news that shocked the world quickly blew to the south like a gust of wind.

The Nanzhili area, which had some noise before, fell silent, and Zhejiang was even more deadly.

For many people, death is not terrible to that extent, but getting rid of their fame is a curse, they have been taught by the elders of the family since they were born, to study and take the imperial examination, and to glorify their ancestors after becoming officials in the future.

Now this path is cut off, like a person who has lost the pursuit of life, even if he is still panting, but in great pain.

The holy decree also mentioned that there is no need to take Huang Siguo and Li Min to the capital, the reason is very simple, I don't want to see them.

After the government in Zhejiang received the order, they were also a little dumbfounded for a while, not to mention that they had done it, but they had never seen it to take away the fame of so many people.

Gu Dayong also leaned closer and said: "Zhongcheng, the news from the celebrant said that Your Majesty is still thinking that so many scholars in Zhejiang have lost their status as gentry, so that Zhejiang's money and grain will increase a lot next year compared with previous years." ”

It's a reminder.

Because Wang Qiong and Liu Jin seem to have some relationship.

The emperor's mind was not written on the holy decree, but he had such an impression in his heart. Therefore, if Zhejiang's money and grain do not increase next year, it will be a dangerous factor for Wang Qiong.

This is quite normal logic, and the number of people paying taxes has increased. Don't look at just a few hundred people, these people have a lot of land in their homes.

Wang Qiong has a headache, the identity of the gentry will actually have such a thing as land donation.

Now that so many people have lost their identity protection, it means that there will be a large number of land disputes in Zhejiang in the future, which is a matter of personal importance to the people and is quite difficult to handle.

Because it is no longer possible to give preferential treatment to these people, it is natural to take it back. But this is not easy.

Of course, these are not matters related to Mao's language.

Huang Siguo, Li Min, and Li Zhi were all released from prison.

Mao Yu went to put it by himself.

These three scholars still pay attention to the decency of the literati, they do not cry or make trouble, and they also study attentively in their prison cells.

"The court has pardoned your capital crimes."

In the dark corridor, Mao Yu's voice still echoed.

All three of them were a little stunned, as if they couldn't believe it.

Huang Siguo was the first to react, "What about the four people who were killed before?!" ”

Mao Yuyu didn't care, "It's their fate." ”

"How dare a thief be so arrogant? Aren't you afraid of retribution in the future? Huang Siguo stood up and scolded angrily.

"You'll thank me in the end. Because so many people are alive, it is better to have a few people who are dead. ”

While speaking, Mao Wenwen summoned the three brocade guards who followed behind him, and each of them had a wooden plate in his hand, and on the wooden plate was a set of clothes, but it was not a good clothes, coarse linen clothes, ordinary tight.

"Take off your prison uniforms, change into this suit, and you're ready to go."

Change into this outfit?

All three were puzzled.

Li Min arched his hand, "Deputy envoy, what does this mean?" ”

"According to the rules of the imperial court, if a peasant family is doing business, the whole family is not allowed to wear silk grosgrain." Mao Wenwen has investigated them, "There should be businessmen in the three families, right?" ”

The merchant status of the Ming Dynasty was the last, which was Zhu Yuanzhang's regulation.

Seeing that they were still puzzled, Mao Wenyu stopped selling Guanzi, "Your Majesty's holy decree, all officials in Zhejiang who gather crowds to make trouble will be stripped of their fame, and the children of the same clan will not be allowed to conduct scientific examinations again." In the future, you will not be able to wear silk grosgrain. ”

Huang Siguo, Li Min and Li Zhi were shocked when they heard this, "What did you say?!" ”

They can be said to be in love with the landscape, after all, they have been admitted and seen the scenery of the mountain, but there are so many juniors in the clan? And there are their own children and grandchildren, if they can't do scientific research.

"Your Majesty really made such a will?" Li Min was extremely unconvinced, "I have also served by Your Majesty's side, Your Majesty is reasonable and benevolent, how can he make such a will?" ”

"Reasonable, benevolent? Your Majesty has constantly expressed the resolute will of the imperial court to open the sea, sent governors, investigated the nobles, and investigated the clans, all kinds of signs indicate that Your Majesty is going to accomplish this, don't you see? ”

"No, you can see it, but if you don't agree, if you don't agree, you still want to oppose it, the court has spent so much effort, and in the end, it will be up to you hundreds of scholars not to do this?!"

Bang!

Li Min sat down on the ground, he was already worried about the Li family in Qiantang, and now it was even more finished.