The vassal kings from all over the world entered Beijing this year's Wanshou Festival to congratulate His Majesty and the emperor's concubine, and this will is simple.

The king of the Ming Dynasty is not allowed to enter Beijing without an edict. And this time, the emperor ordered the vassal kings from all over the country to come to Beijing together, regardless of relatives or distances.

After the edict reached the palace of the king of Chu, Zhu Rong, the king of Chu, suddenly fell ill.

He's really scared.

Of course, it was precisely because he was sick that his son, younger brother, and close relatives of Chu Fan were able to come to visit him. And the female dependents are on the side, and it is inconvenient for the subordinate officials of the palace to stay in the prince's bedroom.

"It's a repetition of the old days!" The unwillingness in Zhu Ronglu's eyes was very strong, "In the past, when Jianwenjun was in power, it was also the second and third ministers who bewitched the new policy and cut the domain!" ”

"Ahem, cough, ahem......" Zhu Rong was startled, "Don't ...... Don't talk nonsense! ”

"Brother Wang! Guangdong New Law, How Important Is the Tax Division? Not to mention the tax department, even if the palace does not have to bear the burden of servitude like the gentry, if it comes and goes, how much less will the income be in the future? Besides, there is a precedent for the clan to fold the color, who knows if there will be more reductions and more folding? ”

At the beginning of the Hongwu Dynasty, the clan was given in full. But in the later period of the Hongwu Dynasty, in fact, there was already a situation where more than half of the grain was given and half of the treasure money was given.

In the thirteenth year of orthodoxy, a vassal king asked for all the true grain, but the household department blocked it.

In the third year of Hongzhi, a large number of clan relatives asked for all the true food, but the household department still blocked it.

Nowadays, it is half of the prince's folded color, and below the county king, there are sixty or even seventy percent of the folded color.

When the treasure money first came out, the treasure money was always worth one stone of rice. During the Yongle period, ten treasure banknotes were only worth one stone of rice. Now, not to mention.

Zhu Xianrong said indignantly: "Below the general or county lord, the annual salary is less than 400 stones. After folding, the actual grain was less than 200 stones, and the whole family lived on this bit of grain. If there is a debt, and the clan is not allowed to leave the fiefdom and is not allowed to fend for itself, how will it survive? ”

At this moment, he was talking about the large number of low-level clans that had accumulated over more than a hundred years in a prosperous clan.

The Ming Dynasty did have many restrictions on the clan: they could only stay in the fiefdom, and they needed to be allowed to travel; Not allowed to participate in scientific expeditions; not to earn a living; No befriending officials......

But for the prince of each clan, there are still a lot of resources in his hands.

First of all, the fields were given to the feudal domains, and according to the rule, these fields were taken care of by the local government, but after receiving the land every year, they were counted in the local grain and then distributed to the royal clan.

In addition, each royal palace had a bright-faced farm that was given to him at the time of the feudal domain and later. These farms are exempt, so the royal government rents out these farms, and as long as the price is set, there are many people who are willing to rent them.

As for additional special assets like the Wuchang Tax Division, that's another matter.

Zhu Xianrong said that it was very difficult for those low-level lieutenants of the town, auxiliary lieutenants, Fengguo lieutenants, and county monarchs and county monarchs to live, because people could really only rely on food.

When it comes to clan relatives, the princes of each clan and each generation are their suzerains. But how could the various other revenues of the royal mansion be distributed to these low-level clans?

Gentleman's Ze V and beheaded!

Zhu Rong didn't care about these things at all now, he just asked in a little panic: "Wan ...... Halloween ...... What to do? ”

He really didn't know what would happen to him after he was ordered to enter Beijing.

Zhu Rongli and Zhu Xianrong were silent.

Is it still possible to resist the decree?

"Hateful!" Zhu Xianrong looked at his father, who was getting worse and worse, and was even more worried about whether this prince could be passed on smoothly to his hands, "In the past, Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai, and Huang Zicheng were the main ones to cut down the domain, and then there was a difficult thing!" Now that Yang Tinghe and others are implementing the new law, they have bewitched His Majesty to summon the kings of the world to enter Beijing together, there must be a plot! ”

"Brother Wang, Marquis Jing'an stayed in Wuchang Mansion, is there anything else to hide?" Zhu Ronglu's eyes lit up and said, "The kings and relatives of the world's vassal kings have entered Beijing, such an abnormal will, I am afraid that Your Majesty's situation is already quite critical!" The Marquis of Zhenyuan welcomed the Marquis of Jing'an all the way to Wuchang Mansion, and then he was even more secret! Marquis Zhenyuan is still the chief military officer of Huguang! If he also enters Beijing, who will take over the military power of Huguang? ”

Zhu Xianrong immediately answered: "The news in Beijing said that Hui Anbo was arrested for rebellion, but in fact, it was only because he was greedy for money!" There is no such thing in the world when it comes to money. This is to use the importance of the Beijing camp to His Majesty and provoke, if the world is surrounded by the vassal kings and relatives in one go, the two families of people who are loyal to Your Majesty will be wiped out, and there will be no hindrance in front of the traitorous party! ”

They analyzed it decently.

In this decree of the emperor, it is really relatively simple for the vassal king to enter the capital.

The most important thing is the nobles from all over the world, especially those who hold important official positions.

If they want to enter Beijing, what will happen to the official positions they previously held? All the lords and relatives of the world have entered Beijing, who can take over these official positions?

Do you want to have a vote for your side?

Gu Shilong's hands trembled a little, and he asked Sun Jiao in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, what are you going to do?" ”

Sun Jiao, who had just been relieved that his daughter had successfully given birth, smiled wryly: "What do you say? Is it really waiting for the new law to be implemented nationwide, and there is still a lot of noise in various places? Five years ago, Jiajing was cleaning up the provinces. Now, let's start cleaning up with the clan relatives who resisted. ”

His words were straightforward, and Gu Shilong looked at him in disbelief: "Although the Yuanhou family in my town has always recognized their strict family style, they still inevitably have unfilial sons. How many of the world's honorable relatives are clean? How many generals in the world are not greedy for food? ”

In Gu Shilong's view, this will only make most people fearful, and then unite.

After all, Sun Jiao was a counselor, and the letter he received was different from the will received by Gu Shilong.

"To rebel is to rebel. Those who think that ink greed is the reason are either stupid or intentionally inciting. Sun Jiao briefly relayed the relationship between Zhang Wei and Li Xiang, the existence of Yan Shenggong, Shen Wenzhou, and Zheng, and then said, "When the case continues, the world will know that they were convicted because of rebellion." It's not just that the new law is regarded as complicit in rebellion, but he has already stretched out his hand to the Beijing camp, so that Zhang Wei dared to resist the decree and raise troops to rebel! Ink greed is just a trivial matter, but whether or not to block the new law is a big thing! ”

“…… Messages come and go, every month! If Your Majesty intends to do so, why don't you tell the world? Gu Shilong only felt that it was too difficult to control the situation, "In the current situation, who is loyal and who is traitorous, how can you tell the difference?" If someone is afraid and takes risks, there will be blind followers, how can the world be so big that it can be suppressed as soon as possible? ”

"So I stayed in Huguang!" Sun Jiao said categorically, "Your Majesty has issued such a will, the Beijing camp must have been selected and even sent to the provinces, and the cavalry must have dispersed to various places." In the Ming Dynasty, if you want to resist with strength, you must either become a thief and be exterminated, or collude with the vassal king or important ministers to issue a document in the name of the Qing monarch. If there is chaos, there will be merit, and it depends on how the world chooses the vassal kings and their relatives. Now, Your Majesty only needs the roster, you know? ”

Gu Shilong's back was cold.

Just need the list, it's too ruthless.

What if it's a list of falsely accused?

……

When the news reached Sichuan, there were two lords here.

Xue Lun, the chief military officer of Sichuan and the Marquis of Yangwu, has just been attacked not long ago, and he has been trained in Sichuan for Cheng Anbo Guo Zhan.

Naturally, there is also the tenth Shu King Zhu Rangxu.

Xue Lun became a knight in the twelfth year of Chenghua, and it has been forty-eight years so far. And Guo Zan only became a knight last year, and he was as young as Xue Lun's grandson.

"Master Hou, if we all enter Beijing, what will we do with the Sichuan Dusi?"

Xue Lun was silent for a while, and then just said: "It's only April, and there is still half a year, Your Majesty will make arrangements." ”

In the sixteenth year of Zhengde, when His Majesty gave a banquet in the palace to announce the holy message, it was Guo Zhan's father who went to the banquet.

Later, Guo Zan was invited by his father to play in the army, and stated that he would continue to take the line of military merit.

After the attack, Guo Zan went to the Sichuan Metropolitan Division and served as the commander of the capital.

And Xue Lun is similar to Gu Shilong, he has always been the kind of minister who can have some prestige in the army.

Hearing Xue Lun say this, Guo Zan wanted to speak and stopped.

Who doesn't know how special Sichuan is? The hometown of Yang Tinghe, the leader of the new party, is now the governor of Fei Hong, the leader of the old party.

And Xue Lun, who is already old, and Guo Zhan, who has just become a knight, are undoubtedly loyal to the imperial party.

One should be concerned about the succession of his title, and the other needs the emperor's trust to get a chance.

"Master Hou, you teach me, I really don't understand this will."

Xue Lun shook his head: "If you don't understand, I can't figure it out either." Now that you have received the order, you will first go to the congratulatory table. On matters of military affairs, I will ask for instructions at the meeting. ”

In Chengdu Fuzhong, Fei Hong, the governor, went down to inspect the tea class.

Tea produced in Sichuan, March and April is the season of tea, and tea classes account for a large proportion of Sichuan's tax silver.

Now, the Sichuan political envoy, Yang Junlin, the political envoy of Zuobu, and Gao Kewei, the envoy of the inspection department, have come together.

The tea in front of the two of them was already cold, but they weren't waiting for Fei Hong.

Their frowning brows mean only one thing: they are about to make a difficult decision.

"Meng Chun's letter will take a month to pass." Gao Kewei opened his mouth and said, "Li Xiang's corpse was impeached, and what came out was actually His Majesty's crime of directly asking Hui Anbo for conspiracy!" When Li Xiang became famous, he was the prefect of Guangzhou. There's so much to worry about these days! Will Fei Zichong wait for the time to move or help His Majesty delay the army? Is there any other secret order to Sichuan? Rebelling against this net......"

Before he finished speaking, Yang Junlin held the teacup irritably and knocked on the cup: "What's the hurry!" Even if His Majesty is determined to change the law, and now he is acting like this, he is most afraid of Yang Tinghe! The world is panicked, and Yang Tinghe always has the possibility of being pushed out of the people's anger and reassuring the people's hearts! ”

"It's okay to coax others, don't coax ourselves!"

Gao Kewei was not polite, and after a sentence, he took a sip of this spring's new tea, which was already cold.

Yang Junlin's face darkened.

Be. Summoning the vassal kings and relatives into Beijing, Yang Tinghe did not dare to make such a suggestion, let alone do it so ruthlessly.

Who would dare to do this if they don't have a strong enough army on hand?

If the military power is already in Yang Tinghe's hands, why would he do such a thing to make the world discuss?

So this can only be the will of the emperor himself.

The problem is: the turmoil caused by this practice is also there.

In the past, the new law only used the sword on the official gentry's enlistment, but now it has also taken action against the vassal kings and relatives.

In the field of the world, civil officials above the third grade roughly have this account in their hearts.

Regardless of the Huangzhuang, the exempt fields of the world's clans should add up to tens of thousands of hectares in total - this figure can only be obtained unless the whole country completely clears the fields.

After the clan, Xun Qi also has Zhuangtian. With the nobility of the honorable relatives, and the convenience of serving as military attachés everywhere, the farmland that was given in the open, the fields that were bought, the military elements that were secretly obtained, and the fields under the names of in-laws, the total number of hectares can be 200,000 hectares, right?

Yang Junlin wasn't sure of these numbers, but he was aware of the resistance of the clan lords to the new law as well.

"If Your Majesty is forcing some vassal kings to submit to the new law with a big hat of rebellion, and the pressure is even more severe now, the backlash will be more serious in the future!"

Gao Kewei's eyes widened when he heard him say this: "In the future? Now is the time! The knife has been drawn, waiting for the future? ”

He was worried about the fate of their old party.

Therefore, he hated Fei Hong even more!

It seems that the emperor was angry because of the bad state in Guangdong, and he decided to support the New Party, but in fact, the more he looked at it, the more wrong it became.

An important reason for the implementation of the new law in Guangdong is the Emperor Ming Ji! Huang Mingji and Zhang Fujing cooperate tacitly, is there really an emperor's scruples about the new party?

On the contrary, Fei Hong, the leader of the old party, except for fighting with the new party for several months when he was still a cabinet minister, after arriving in Sichuan, he said one word: endure!

Should some of the Yang family's local tricks be impeached? Shinobi: This will only make Your Majesty think that we are using inferior means to engage in party fighting.

What should I do if Guangdong's taxes rose a lot last year? Forbearance: We Sichuan let Your Majesty see, if it doesn't move so much, the gentry can also enrich the country by paying their own money.

Tea class, salt class, cleaning water conservancy ...... Fei Hong, the leader of the old party, with a competitive attitude, didn't he also change the law in Sichuan? It's just not as much as Guangdong.

"The gentry pay by themselves, and if they pay it, it will become a rule! Now it is clear that the new law is His Majesty's decision, and we have all been deceived by Fei Zi! The clan is in Beijing, I don't believe you can't see that this is a quick knife! ”

Gao Kewei's eyes showed a fierce light: "What Your Majesty wants is not to wait until the world is already full of smoke before using the knife, the only way is to strike first and subdue the rest of the people!" The only way to do this is to find a name and then have a list. You have to think about it, in the past two years, Fei Hong has already had a big list! ”

Yang Junlin suddenly turned his head to look at him: "An Zhi This is not a plan, those who are dissatisfied with the new law in the world jump out first?" The year before last year, you can still go to the new law to disagree on the disadvantages of the new law, and this year it just depends on whether Zai Shangshu will be convicted! Don't just act rashly! Did you practice in vain when you were in Beijing? You are only a few soldiers of the Yamen, how can you be so bold? ”

Gao Kewei sneered: "The elements of the military tun, the lords can pretend not to exist, but the burden is on the head of the guard. Since the court is acting, we are also acting! Yang Tinghe hijacked His Majesty to kill the Xun Qi, and now even the Beijing camp is under control, and he will wipe out the Xun Qi of the world's vassal kings! People raised their knives, and we have to wait? It's time for Qingjun! ”

Yang Junlin's heart was shocked: "Are you crazy? ”

"Who doesn't know the difficulty of Shu Road? Yang Wuhou and Cheng Anbo, if I shovel the ancestral grave of the Yang family in the name of the two of them, can these two lords have a way back? Will Your Majesty believe it? Can Yang Tinghe let them and Fei Hong go? ”

Gao Kewei looked at Yang Junlin fiercely: "What do you say?" ”

“…… If you are not like-minded, how can you get things done? ”

Gao Kewei shook his head: "Fearful." On the matter of the new law, how many like-minded people are there? It's just scared! Now how big is the momentum of the new law, once you climb the heights, what kind of gathering will there be! You don't dare, I dare! ”

(End of chapter)