In the adult world, especially on the political stage, the occasions when there are more people are actually mostly dramas.

Needless to say, the positions and attitudes of different characters are full of temptation, momentum, and taking sides.

But for the vassal king who has now entered Beijing, he has no choice to stand in line, so he can only listen carefully with the spirit of twelve points.

Zhu Houxi asked, "What is the opinion of the elder pavilion?" ”

Yang Tinghe said angrily: "Today, Your Majesty has a long life, all the kings and relatives have entered Beijing to congratulate, the clan is harmonious, the monarchs and ministers are united, and the old ministers are happy." According to the weekly system, men are twenty and crowned. Your Majesty has just arrived at the age of the crown, and he is talented, virtuous, and majestic. ”

There was a wave of dragon farts clapping, as if the current rebellion did not exist.

Then is the serious content: "However, the kingdom of the vassal king will not enter Beijing without a will, and he shall not leave the domain without permission, and the clan relatives shall not be appointed as officials, do business and other systems, and cover it for ten thousand years, so as to avoid the worry of fighting in the same room." If the kings live in Beijing for a long time, the children of the clan can enter the official office, which is really widely implicated. With His Majesty's wisdom, Jiajing is naturally worry-free, and the old minister is afraid that there will be another disaster in a hundred years, so he must guard against it! ”

Blowing Zhu Houxi is to show that you have no problem when you are in power, but what about the future?

The vassal kings stayed in the capital, and these vassal kings of the former dynasty were far away from the throne, so it was a little better. But what about your own sons?

What kind of person was Zhu Yuanzhang in the past? When the crown prince Zhu Biao was there, many brothers were also served, but as soon as Zhu Biao died and Zhu Yuanzhang died, there was Taizong Jingjing. When Zhu Di was there, there were also Han kings eyeing the throne, and when Zhu Zhanji succeeded to the throne, there was another Han king rebellion.

This is all because the kings are not in the capital.

Imagine that when Emperor Zhengde, if all the kings were in the capital, with Zhu Houzhao having no children, I don't know how many times the battle for the throne of the Ming Dynasty would be so tragic, and if King Ning wanted to rebel, where would it be so difficult?

It's Zhu Houxi himself, if many vassal kings were in the capital, when his determination to implement the new law was confirmed, it wouldn't be the current situation: the interests of so many people were involved, couldn't they support a monarch who supported the old system nearby?

In the Qianqing Palace, the kings listened to Yang Tinghe's words, and some of the smarter ones figured out these things.

Does the emperor want to appease the kings, or does he take the opportunity to treat the vassal royal clan more strictly, as if under house arrest in Beijing?

Zhu Houxi only said: "The vassal kings are divided into local feuds, and there has been no shortage of feudal kings in rebellion for many years, isn't it happening in front of you?" ”

The kings couldn't help but tremble in their hearts: Don't say it, don't say it, we're good.

Yang Tinghe retorted: "If the children of the clan can enter the official position, for ten or twenty years, the government and the opposition, civil and military classes, have old times; In the event of the alternation of reunification, I am afraid that there will be hidden worries every time. Another example is the first emperor's northern expedition, His Majesty will not tour the south every day, and when the Son of Heaven leaves Beijing, he must also protect the Beijing division. I don't know what good way to solve this worry, and I ask Your Majesty to make it clear. ”

After explaining the disadvantages thoroughly, he showed the appearance of "you teach me" at this time.

Zhu Houxi looked at the vassal kings, smiled and then said: "For the kings, they are in the fiefdoms, although they cannot leave without permission, they are also at ease. If you enter the capital, the kings are the most uncomfortable, and they are worried every day, not to mention that the palace is vast and everyone in the fief is respected. It's just that now there are more and more children of the clan, and the arrears of food in the clans in various places occur from time to time. I am planning for the descendants for ten thousand years, and the kings must also plan for the children and grandchildren. ”

“…… Your Majesty Shengming. ”

It's right to admit that you are obedient!

Zhu Houxi finished his opening remarks, and then said: "Today, all the kings are here, and the counselors and relatives are also in person, I will talk about my thoughts, and you will also help you discuss it in detail." ”

Then, the vassal kings and relatives who had never experienced it in the capital heard the emperor's class.

It's called a preliminary idea now, but it's clear that it's been discussed many times.

The wiser of the kings also had to work hard to understand that the reform of the vassal clan system this time was far more than a single matter.

The emperor asked for a lot of things.

First of all, the land of the kings of the world - together with the huge imperial village in the clan, the Zongren Mansion followed the example of the Emperor Ming Ji to manage, and Zhu Houxi wanted to set up a special Huang Ming grain reserve. While holding tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, it can also lease official land in various places. In addition to the distribution of clan grain according to its true colors, the rest is used for storage, transshipment, adjustment of grain prices in various places, and the need to cope with the war.

Then there are the palaces of various places - as the branches of the Huangming University, which are used to cultivate and select the world's talents. Nowadays, it is only distributed in a few provinces, but because it is in the hinterland, it is convenient for students from various provinces to go there.

Finally, there are the children of the feudal clans, and when the new law is implemented throughout the country after the rebellion, a large number of talents will be needed. Although most of the children of the clan did not learn and did not know how to do it, they were not given a way out before. Now there are still two or three years before the implementation of the new law, and during this time, the children of the clan can already start to make up their homework for the examination.

"Although I have the status of a clan, I have no intention of directly appointing high-ranking officials, but I want to start from the eighth or ninth grade like a student." Zhu Houxi said quietly, "They are all descendants of the Ming Zhu family, and everyone is responsible for running this family business well." Compared with others, there is always another piece of food after the clan. To become an official, you only need to be selected by me, and you can read and break sentences, understand the law of public service, and pass the examination, which is already easier than that of ordinary scholars. ”

Zhu Houxi paused for a moment before saying: "It's better than after the clan multiplies and the descendants of the branch have to ask you for food." ”

The kings were silent - you have taken all the fields and palaces, and all we can get is the grain of our true colors and the restrictions on our descendants?

But this is not over, Zhu Houxi continued: "Now the clan title is eighth-class, and if he is innocent, he will not be sealed, and he will be sealed by blood. If you want to make the clan meritorious to the country, you can't fail to reward it if you have merit. In addition to promotion, in addition to the entitlement, there will also be meritorious feuds in the future. A lieutenant can be a general, and a general can also be a prince or even a prince for his merits. If there is an increase, there needs to be a decrease, that is, the prince, and the test is every ten years. If you do not serve the country within 30 years, you will be demoted. My sons and heirs also follow this law. ”

Cui Yuan silently watched the reactions of the vassal kings, and the relatives naturally listened to it in their hearts - even the clan is like this, can the future relatives still be hereditary?

"There is no end to the living water." Zhu Houxi said calmly, "If you don't seek change, there will be more and more mud in this pool of water in Daming, and if you encounter any disaster, I am afraid it will dry up." I know that the kings are reluctant at the moment. There is no hope for a big position, and he can't be a leisurely rich man. However, trapped in the domain, there is no ambition to express, and talent is not used, is it possible that people live a lifetime so badly? ”

Feeding this chicken soup is also only useful for a few people.

The key problem is that there is currently a background to the rebellion of the vassal kings.

They didn't dare to speak against anything, but Yang Tinghe still didn't hear how the emperor could prevent the hidden danger of rebellion after the prince and the children of this sect in Beijing could become officials and form forces in the future.

After he asked the question again, Zhu Houxi replied: "There is no need to worry about this matter at all. The elder also said that I am the year and the crown, ten or twenty years later, the Ming Dynasty is definitely not what it is today. Many of the old systems will no longer be suitable for the future. Let tens of thousands of clan disciples have a life to look forward to and serve the Ming Dynasty, this is the fundamental. As for whether my heirs and the kings in Beijing will fight in the same room in the future......"

Zhu Houxi looked at Zhu Zaiyu, who had completed some "etiquette" under encouragement and teaching, and was now listening to it in a daze, smiled and said, "I will have a plan in the future." ”

Of course, system design is important, but there are many things that are not necessary to be raised now, and it cannot be explained to them.

Under the leadership of Zhu Houxi, the Ming Dynasty was bound to experience far more drastic changes than the previous dynasties.

This kind of change will touch people's thoughts and concepts.

Now Zhu Houxi only needs to pinch one point: he is still young, if he is still in power, he will not be able to make big waves below.

Just like this rebellion.

Then the kings heard the emperor say another big thing: the city of Beijing is going to be expanded.

Since the completion of the construction during the Yongle period, the plan to expand the city of Beijing has always been there.

Nowadays, a large number of ordinary people and even officials live outside the city walls in the southeast, northwest and northwest.

However, the expansion of Beijing is really a huge project, and the money, food, and manpower required will be a huge burden.

In the old way, you have to have money to do these things.

However, Zhu Houxi explained this matter to the counselors from another angle: After the implementation of the new law throughout the country, Guangdong and the southeast coast will be stimulated by the emperor's Ming Ji foreign maritime trade, and there will be a large increase in silver money and tax revenue.

Starting with the expansion of the city of Beijing, coupled with the round of major projects starting with the cleaning of water conservancy, these infrastructures will also have a stimulating effect.

Under the new system, if the necessary money and grain can be distributed, the craftsmen, the laborers' families, and the merchants who undertake the construction and supply materials will eventually have to spend the money - at least during the period when the land is cleared and the land is strictly scrutinized in the short term.

What is the concept of a few carriages, Zhu Houxi does not need to explain too clearly.

What the kings are concerned about is that in the new city of Beijing that is now being planned, the newly built palaces of the kings are all in the outer city of Beijing outside the Zhengyang Gate - if there is chaos in the future, it is necessary to be able to enter the inner city first, and then enter the imperial city and the palace city.

There is a lot of information, and there is a risk of being convicted of treason.

The Emperor's Halloween didn't look like a festival at all, and he threw out such a big event coldly.

They would temporarily reside in the capital, and after the rebellion was put down, they would be "escorted" back to the domain, and under the auspices of the "school inspectors" sent by the imperial court, they would summon the children of their own sect and branches to tutor and prepare for the examination.

There is no doubt that most of the clans below the county king will be welcome - the food can be distributed in its true colors, and in the future, it will be possible to become an official and no longer have to live in the domain. As for the royal palace and the land, it is only related to the prince, how much can they get it?

Whether or not the vassal king agrees, he has to consider the consequences of the current situation.

And after this feast, Zhu Houxi came to the corridor behind the throne.

Here, there are two kneeling people: Zhu Jianjun and Zhu Youbin.

At the beginning, Zhu Houxi rushed from Anlu to Beijing to ascend the throne, and it took 22 days, but it was because of the large number of personnel.

Zhu Jianjun was captured on August 27 and was escorted to the capital as soon as possible, while Zhu Youbin was "escorted" into Beijing by Wang Shouren even earlier.

After letting them take them to the Fengxian Palace, Zhu Houxi stood aside and looked at the two people kneeling in front of the ancestors and ancestors.

"Did you hear the roll call before? Now, in addition to King Rui, who was held hostage by Pu Zitong, and King Rong's mansion, who was burned to death by Zhan Huabi, there are also Chu Domains and Liao Domains, where no one can enter Beijing, and all the other kings have arrived in Beijing. Zhu Houxi looked at Zhu Jianjun, "After raising the flag, the vassal kings of the world have many rebellious ideas, why do you dare to do such a big thing in a daze?" In addition to Changsha Wei and Hengzhou Wei, where is the confidence? ”

Zhu Jianjun gritted his teeth and didn't speak.

In their audition, this kid will also let the vassal give the land and the palace in the future, and only bring the heirs to the capital in the future. have been forced to this one, so many people still dare not resist like chickens waiting to be slaughtered?

Zhu Houxi's eyes were cold: "If you don't say it, Fu Rongzhong can't survive Jinyiwei's methods." After being a clan, you rebelled, and you died, and your grandson was imprisoned on the high wall of Fengyang. Before the fathers and fathers, you tell me. ”

"Widow child!" Zhu saw that Jun broke the jar and fell, "You are the successor of the vassal king, and the ancestor is bad!" The act of bullying the clan relatives is so heavy that it is so heavy that it is to seize the property and the title? We don't want to sit still, Taizong is in front of us, and we should know that we are helpless! ”

Zhu Houxi didn't come to listen to the scolding, and he didn't bother to reason with him.

Bringing it over is nothing more than going through the procedures of the clan etiquette law, and the other is to say something in front of the ancestors and ancestors without the presence of their subordinates.

The door of Fengxian Hall was opened, and Zhu Jianjun and Zhu Youbin saw that the kings who had been "sent away" after the banquet in the Qianqing Palace had now appeared here again.

Zhu Houxi stood at the door and looked at the kings standing in the open space outside.

"Whatever you think I am trying to lure the serpent out of the hole, to be suspicious of the kings, to take advantage of you, etc., I will only say three things."

In the night, the attic of the forbidden palace is deeply shadowed. The emperor spoke bluntly, and the kings only felt that the atmosphere was oppressive and heavy.

Zhu Houxi looked at the past calmly: "The first point is that I promised that Bao'er and others will have no shortage of true qualities and food, and that Yu'er and others will be prosperous and wealthy, and Kaier and his heirs will be able to display their talents and ambitions in the future. ”

Zhu Jianjun had already been pressed on the shoulders and gagged by Lu Song and others, and he only shouted in his heart: Before you gave the order to let us enter Beijing, you didn't say this!

"The second point is that the people of the Ming Dynasty can't live anymore, the clan invades the fields, the gentry invade the fields, and the guards invade the fields. If I don't make up my mind, after a hundred years, the Ming Dynasty will no longer be able to collect taxes. If the Ming Dynasty dies, where are the other vassals? Five years after Jiajing, all the feudal domains began to pay grain, who else would dare to say anything? ”

Zhu Houxi said nakedly that the purpose of his request was to take his clan relatives as an example. But the first point came out first, and it seemed that the interests of the feudal domains had not been usurped for anything, except that they could be at ease in the feudal territory and secretly have a large amount of income other than food.

"The third point is that I have innovated learning, practiced new methods, and recreated the Ming Dynasty, and I always thought that the clan could be used, not that the clan needed to be removed. Now the central monarchs and ministers of the court are single-minded, I am young and strong, and I am virtuous. In thirty or fifty years, how you will behave, after today, think carefully. In front of the ancestors and ancestors, I can learn from my heart every day. This Ming dynasty was laid by the Zhu family, and I will rebuild the Ming Dynasty, and I will rely on the Zhu family again, but I am afraid that the Zhu family is already like the ignorant children of the Kong family ridiculed, and the small family is just angry. ”

"If you only know how to seize the people's benefits and don't think about keeping the industry and creating a new foundation, then what is the intention of Taizu to divide the kings to protect the Ming Dynasty? Now, in order to avoid fighting in the same room, the vassal king has no guards; The ancestors are still in the shadows, and the clan relatives do not need to be born and die, and go into battle to kill the enemy. But there are many places where the clan can contribute, and there are many ways to contribute to the country! In the past, Taizu drove out the Tartars and rebuilt China, and now I, Zhu Houxi, also hope that my Zhu family will have another supreme achievement in China. ”

"In this way, in the future, even if my emperor and Ming will eventually die in the country, the people of later generations will think of the Ming Zhu family, the importance of new learning, the efficacy of the new law, and the vision of my Ming Dynasty to open up the world, and they can also say that the Zhu family has made immortal contributions to my Chinese tribes! With my ambition, why worry about the instability of the position, why be suspicious? I have worked hard for several years, and I hope that I will go back and think about it carefully, and encourage my children to be the same sect! ”

It was only then that the kings saw the young emperor with their own eyes, and they had a clear impression of him in person.

Although the name of the emperor is noble, it is another thing to be a person's conversation, bearing, and temperament.

Now the emperor, who has just reached the age of the weak crown, only has a little beard, but when he says these words bluntly and later expounds his ambitions, what he shows is after all the momentum of looking down on the world and the mentality of self-confidence.

When he was far away in the domain, he only felt that the court was probably a strong-blooded, youthful emperor and a group of high-ranking and important ministers who only wanted to seek fame, and they were eager to achieve quick success and quick success, and after the Battle of Tuen Mun in Guangdong in the sixteenth year of Zhengde, the Ming Dynasty was pushed step by step to the extent that the vassal kings and gentry were now difficult to feel at ease, so that the world was facing great changes.

In the face of change, people instinctively feel insecure.

Now they found that the monarchs who were leading this change somehow lacked the fear of walking on thin ice and fearing that the situation in the world would become uncontrollable.

This self-confidence does not seem to make sense at all.

But I have to admit that the young emperor in front of them made them feel that Yang Tinghe had really elected a heroic lord and a male lord.

Although he said that he had achieved supreme merit, at the moment the new school was being questioned, the new law was still blocked, there was a great drought in the south, and there was a rebellion.

Judging from the emperor's eyes, he seemed to think that these were not very serious matters.

In Jinyiwei's prison, Wang Zuo came to Fu Rongzhong again and asked with a smile: "Fu 'Shangshu', still refuses to confess?" With your level of talent, you dare to plan a rebellion? Who has promised you that as long as the text is published, it will gather in the scene? Look at it now, it's been almost two months since the text was issued, except for Huguang Sanwei in the world, where is there any movement? ”

Fu Rongzhong just looked in one direction, and there was incredulity in his eyes.

Because when he was brought here before, he saw Kong Wenshao living in a cell over there.

This emperor is really crazy!

Before the document was issued, he only knew that Zhang Fujing was appointed as the governor of Shandong, and there was a controversy over the Confucius ceremony.

Since there is already a rebellion in the world, how dare you directly arrest Yan Shenggong to the capital?

Does the emperor think that the current drought situation is not chaotic enough in the world?

He laughed maniacally for a long time, then gritted his teeth in severe pain and said, "You want me to confess?" I confessed, did you do it all? ”

Wang Zuo smiled: "That's the best." If I don't handle a big case, how can I make meritorious contributions? ”

At this point, Fu Rongzhong's eyes lit up.

Although captured, this is only the beginning. In such a situation, if the emperor still has to handle such a major case that affects the whole country, there will be chaos in the world.

The day when the chaos is set right, it is the time when he, Fu Rongzhong, the "martyr", will be wronged and will be famous in history!

"Okay, then you need to prepare pen, ink and paper!" He's the kind of expression that doesn't make a big deal when he looks at the excitement.

Wang Zuo was so happy that he nodded again and again.

Sure enough, he is a person who is so simple as to rebel, and his brain is somewhat unclear.

It's one thing to recruit or not, and it's another thing to do it or not.

The emperor is the most proficient, and the bones of the gentry are far softer than many people think.

The really smart know what to do when the emperor stands in front of him with a punching bag.

The new law will lose a lot of benefits, but compared to losing one's life and exterminating the clan, isn't it fragrant to live?

Knowing that Zhu Jianjun, Kong Wenshao, and Fu Rongzhong have all been arrested, those who are still naïve will be "forced to take risks helplessly", and those who are smart will wait and see.

And during the time they were waiting, news came out of the capital.

On the first day of October, after the Japanese Dynasty meeting, the emperor toured south!

Touring the south with the emperor included Cui Yuan and Zhen Guogong's 5,000-strong army in Beijing.

The people responsible for supplying food and wages were Zhang Fujing, the governor of Shandong, and the three kings of Shandong, who "knew the righteousness" and donated a lot of money and grain.

Shandong's taxes are so heavy, and this year it will have to support the disaster relief grain of Nanzhili, how can there be so much money and grain?

Zhu Houxi looked at Zhang Fujing's recital in the Palace of Heart Cultivation and could only sigh: "This is the descendant of the master?" Fake, right? ”

(End of chapter)