"What the cardinal and Otsuka Zai said is not unreasonable."

Wang Xijue replied with a smile, then looked at Qi Jiguang and the others, stood in the Ming Hall and asked:

"But do you really think that now that the world will never be free from forced labor, and there is no shortage of gold, silver, copper, and iron, it will be completely prosperous, and there is no place to hide dirt and dirt?"

"I'm afraid not, right?"

After Wang Xijue asked and answered himself, he said: "Although the imperial court issued an edict to exempt the world from servitude, it is difficult to determine whether there is still a situation where the people are servitized and the silver is collected. ”

"From a contemptible point of view, it depends on the willingness and ability of the local governor to execute, and even the pro-people officials of the lowest state and county, and even Lizheng, to see whether their will is strong or not!"

"The reason is that it's so hard to keep cats from stealing!"

"Therefore, if Your Majesty really wants to go out of Beijing, I am afraid that I will not only see the support of all the people, but also see a lot of rats and silverfish, and Bao Buqi will kill again! So that the contradiction intensified, and then there was another conflict, so that His Majesty, like the temple back then, was finally disheartened, no longer reformed, simply hid in the deep palace, and benefited the world, rather being resented by people who have the world in their hearts, than coming forward for the common people of the society, and being a truly responsible monarch! ”

"Although there is now a secret system and factory guards are also widely spread all over the world, are you really sure that Your Majesty has really seen a lot of flies and dogs, people who take sucking people's fat and ointment as their own duty, and seeing these people turn the new rites and new policies into their new tools for sucking people's fat and people's ointment?"

After Wang Xijue spoke, the palace secretary fell silent.

Huang Xun, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant eunuch, couldn't help but ask: "What does the elder of the pavilion mean?" ”

"Try not to let Your Majesty leave the palace first! At least for now, His Majesty is not allowed to leave the palace, as the so-called out of sight and out of mind, His Majesty will only see the good side of the new ceremony if he can't see it. ”

"And as the benefits of overseas development become more and more abundant, there is no doubt that this situation will become less and less, so little that His Majesty can't see it, or even if he sees it, he doesn't think it's serious, and then it's not too late to let His Majesty out of the palace."

"It's just that it takes time, and no one knows how long this time will take, maybe Your Majesty is not suitable to leave the palace this day."

After Wang Xijue continued to answer, he said: "Therefore, it is better to let Your Majesty only see that Taicang is becoming more and more overflowing, the inner treasury is accumulating more and more, and the minister is becoming more and more loyal. ”

"Is it really good to only let Your Majesty see the side of the country and the people?"

Shen Li asked at this time.

Shen Shixing put down the folding fan and said: "Recently, the secret notice that has been submitted has indeed said more and more good, and less and less bad ones, but I am afraid that the secret report on the side of Jinyi Weidong Factory is the same, more good news and less bad news, in the long run, I am afraid that Your Majesty does not like to hear bad things, but prefers to hear happy things, but the matter is sincere, I would rather Your Majesty no longer reform the system, and you can't lie to Your Majesty to reform the system." ”

"Motosuke has a point."

"But there's a bad thing right now."

"The governor of the three sides, Xiao Daheng, reported that the Qing clan came to report, and King Qing colluded to slaughter the clan."

At this time, Qi Jiguang handed over an urgent delivery that he was just looking at.

Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue and others immediately looked solemn.

Shen Shixing immediately took the courier and asked, "When is this?" ”

"Half a month ago."

"King Qing was greedy for the clans of the distant branch of the domain, and forced these clans to serve him and forbade them to go out to do business and farm, so as to provoke a mutiny, and King Qing actually colluded with Bibai to suppress it."

Qi Jiguang said.

Shen Shixing wrinkled his eyebrows slightly for a while: "This matter was played by the governor Xiao Daheng, so in this way, Ningxia Governor Cao Zideng and others may have also colluded with the Qingwang Mansion, otherwise they would not have reported it!" ”

"It should be."

Wang Xijue replied at this time.

Cao Zideng was a protégé of Shen Shixing, and was strongly recommended by Shen Shixing, and Tingtui was the governor of Ningxia.

Now if Cao Zideng is really involved in collusion and bullying the clan, Shen Shixing will have to face a choice between whether to protect Cao Zideng.

"This matter involves trapping and strong vassals, and there may even be local servants and officials and soldiers, so it must be handled carefully."

"It's better not to report it first, and not let Your Majesty know first, lest Your Majesty Long Yan be furious, and directly issue an order to arrest Cao Zideng, and then make Ningxia chaotic, so that Yuanfu will be implicated."

"You must know that there are more prisoners than Han in the whole of Ningxia now, and it is easy to cause drastic changes if you are not careful!"

Li Chengliang, the deputy privy envoy, couldn't help but make a suggestion at this time.

Wu Wenhua, the secretary of the Ministry of War, thought about it and said: "At this time, it seems that it is indeed better not to report. ”

"Then do you just sit back and watch the slaughter of this clan happen?"

Shen Li asked at this time.

Li Chengliang said: "It's not to sit idly by, but to give an order to the governors and ministers around Ningxia first, transfer troops to prepare for war, and wait for the imperial court to mobilize more troops around Ningxia, and then tell Your Majesty." ”

Wang Xijue looked at Shen Shixing at this time: "This still depends on Yuanfu himself, after all, this Cao Zideng is a member of Yuanfu's sect." ”

"If we don't report it, won't Your Majesty himself know from the secret report and the secret recital?"

Qi Jiguang interjected at this time and asked.

Shen Shixing bowed his head after hearing this: "I still have to tell Your Majesty that even if Cao Zideng really does something rebellious, he can't cover it!" As for His Majesty's reaction, and if he makes the wrong choice, we will discourage it! ”

Li Chengliang and Wang Xijue didn't say anything after hearing this.

At this time, the Royal Inner Garden.

Zhu Yijun is here to test the horse-drawn train with the queen and other harem nobles.

That is, a kind of train-like means of transportation that is improved on the basis of the four-wheeled carriage and composed of a plurality of four-wheeled carriages pulled by horses on the rails.

Because the royal inner garden is very large, Zhu Yijun also ordered Qi Changguo to lay a section of railroad tracks here before this.

Now it is Qi Changguo who is taking Zhu Yijun and others to take a test ride on the horse-drawn train.

"How does it feel?"

When Zhu Yijun tried to take the horse-drawn train, he also specially asked Queen Du, who was on the same train with him.

Queen Du said with a smile: "It's much more stable, the key is that several carts are composed together, and they are more spacious, whether it is sleeping or eating, it is much more spacious inside." ”

"Before the big infrastructure, I have asked my uncle to lay railways near the main roads as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and in the future, we will go out of Beijing to inspect the world, and we can take this car, so there is no need to specially clear the road to pad the loess."

Zhu Yijun said and specially asked Qi Changguo: "I heard that my uncle also made cement according to the method of making a temple?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, yes."

"Uncle Guo has asked for cement to strengthen the Cao Canal Road, and His Majesty has given royal approval to let the Cabinet Branch General Department raise funds to establish a cement workshop and invest in local cement pouring projects."

Qi Changguo replied.

Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this: "In this way, in the future, there will be no need to worry about the railway being easily flooded by the river during the flood season when it passes through the river." ”

"Your Majesty said yes."

Zhu Yijun then sat on the rattan chair in the carriage and looked at the secret reports from the factory guards and the secret reports from the people.

Zhu Yijun frowned when he saw one, and threw one on the case.

"Tian Yi, Zhang Jingxiu!"

Zhu Yijun suddenly shouted.

Tian Yi and Zhang Jingxiu, the two intelligence leaders, hurriedly walked to Zhu Yijun's side.

Zhu Yijun grabbed a bunch of secret notices and secret music and threw them in front of them, and dropped a bunch of them.

Queen Du and other harem nobles all held their breath at this time.

"Let's go."

Seeing this, Queen Du didn't ask much, and only took the nobles to the back carriage.

And Zhu Yijun asked Tian Yi and Zhang Jingxiu here: "Are you deliberately creating a world where there is nothing else in the world for me?!" ”

"Your Majesty is angry!"

"The emperor is angry!"

Zhu Yijun saw that these two people were also confused, so he said: "There have been too many good news recently!" What people are grateful to Dade, and what gentry praise the new deal, why, are they afraid of reporting their worries, will they blame them for not keeping a close eye on the local factory guards, or are they too lazy to star, so they simply make up some pleasing things to play, so that even if it is useless, they can please me because of this, and there will be no mistakes? ”

At this time, Zhang Jingxiu said: "Don't complain that Your Majesty is angry, this minister actually found out about this situation, and he has also issued orders to blame him many times, but I don't know if it is really better today, or if most of the Jinyi guards are really lazy, anyway, there are more people who report good news and fewer people who report worries." ”

"It's the same with slaves."

"As Da Jinwu said, there are many good news and few bad news here in the East Factory."

Zhu Yijun frowned more and more after hearing this.

He feared that he was being locked up in a cocoon, like the story of a movie.

And this undoubtedly made him, the emperor, make a wrong judgment because of this, and then do very stupid things.

"That's it!"

"Maybe it's not too much of a pickle right now."

"But the bureaucrats in the world have changed for the better because of this, I don't believe it, Taizu killed so hard back then, and there are still many people who can't help but bully the people and be greedy for money."

Zhu Yijun continued to look at the secret notice as he spoke.

However, after watching it for a while, Zhu Yijun saw a bad thing.

"Unbelievable!"

"It's really unbelievable, even if you don't treat the people as people, you don't even treat yourself and the clansmen as people."

"If the Zhu family is such a person, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to not die!"

At this time, Zhu Yijun saw the secret report of the Qin Clan's collusion to massacre the poor clan, so he twisted his eyebrows on the spot and said it.

Tian Yi asked at this time: "Emperor, since there are still infuriating things, I don't know if you want to declare the rulers to come?" ”

Zhu Yijun pondered for a moment and said, "Don't announce it first!" ”

Afterwards, Zhu Yijun looked at Tian Yi, Zhang Jingxiu, Qi Changguo and other people around him and ordered: "Don't tell you about this." ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Yijun didn't have the heart to take the horse-drawn train again, but went back to the West Garden, where he lived, and sat on the side of a beautiful woman under the eaves, staring for a long time, her eyes deep and unfathomable.

Not much.

Huang Xun walked quickly.

When Zhu Yijun saw him appear, he asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your lord, the governor of the three sides has an urgent delivery, Yan Qing Fan colluded to slaughter the clan of the domain, the consuls think that this matter needs to be handled carefully, and should first transfer troops around Ningxia Town, and then send people to investigate, so as not to force the rebels and Qing Domain."

Huang Xun said at this time.

Syllable!

Zhu Yijun turned around at this time, put one hand on his knee, opened the folding fan with the other, fanned the wind and said, "It's okay!" ”

"Serve the Imperial Division!"

Then, Zhu Yijun commanded.

……

It turns out that there are also levels within the Daming Sect.

Basically, many poor clans with low titles are controlled by clans with high titles.

It is controlled both financially and personally.

As a result, many clans with high titles tend to be greedy, and directly greed or extort the delegated clans, resulting in many low-title clans being very poor, and some even become beggars or slaves of the powerful clans.

Over the years, Zhu Yijun has not shortened the clan's fortunes, although they all send folded colors, but no longer send rice, and the folded colors are now silver dollars, which is enough for some poor clans to live.

What's more, Zhu Yijun lifted many prohibitions related to the clan, allowing the clan to reclaim the wasteland for farming, and even to do business and work.

But when it comes to actual implementation, it tastes different.

There are still many powerful clans and bureaucrats at the bottom who stubbornly abide by the old rules.

Qing King Zhu Shenyuan is such a strong domain, just like Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu, dared to directly kill his own Chu clan with a cane, he not only dared to kill directly with a cane, but also dared to collude with the captives and the official army to directly slaughter these children of the clan who did not obey him.

this day.

At the time of the fire in July of the 19th year of Wanli, Governor Cao Zideng personally took his henchmen and soldiers to escort a group of poor clans of the Qin Domain who tried to complain to him in front of Zhu Shenyuan: "These are all to this court to sue His Highness. ”

"There's a labor home!"

Zhu Shenyuan said with a smile, then looked at the poor clan who were tied together, and sneered: "Do you really think you can escape from the palm of your lonely hand? ”

"Phew!"

"Zhu Shenyuan, you are just a side heir, but you don't talk about our money, and force our female dependents to prostitute, and even let us mine for you, and sell our children to big families as slaves, if we don't follow, you will collude with us to kill us, and now you have even been in cahoots with the governor!"

"You bully the same sect like this, how will you see Taizu in the future!"

At this time, Zhu Shenyuan, a poor sect, asked Zhu Shenyuan loudly.

Zhu Shenyuan was annoyed and ashamed, and immediately got up and shook the fat on his face: "Presumptuous! Lone is the lord of the domain, and you dare to disobey Lonely! ”

After Zhu Shenyuan said that, he said to himself that he had been incorporated into the guards, and the captives said, "Kill them all!" With the law of the king! ”

"Yes!"

So, some of the captives drew their knives and walked towards Zhu Shenyuan.

Poof!

Zhu Shenyuan was stabbed on the spot, his abdomen was pierced, and he vomited blood and died.

"Zhu Shenyuan! Cao Zideng! You slaughter the clan, and you will not die well! ”

At this time, Zhu Shuaitong, another sect, also shouted.

Cao Zideng's face sank.

Zhu Shenyuan even shouted directly: "Cut his tongue first!" No matter how many people dare to call their lonely names, they all do it! ”

"Yes!"

"Ahh

Then, the other poor clans who were brought in were killed one after another.

And Zhu Shenyuan also laughed proudly because of this, and said to Cao Zideng: "Thanks to the Fuyuan design to arrest them, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

"Your Highness doesn't need to say this, I just hope that Your Highness will take a look at all the clans in your mansion next, and don't really give them a chance to escape and report on the secret."

"On the people's side, Benfu can naturally keep an eye on it, but on the clan's side, it can only rely on His Highness."

Cao Zideng said.

Zhu Shenyuan nodded: "Don't worry!" ”

(End of chapter)