Zhang Gen sat at the head of the class, looking at his nose and nose, as if he was wandering outside the world.

Don't look at his indifferent appearance, as the prime minister, he actually thinks about it the most.

In Zhang Gen's view, the prince is taking the opportunity to establish his authority!

At this time last year, the emperor had just ascended the throne, but the crown prince held military power, so the ministers listened to the prince more.

In just one year, the basic system had been established, the imperial court was functioning effectively, and the ministers had adapted to the cabinet system. So everyone centered on the emperor, at least on the surface, and gradually stopped thinking about the special features of the prince.

The decree of the three clans of privately minted coins was also from the hands of the prince, and now it is opposed by the ministers, what will you think from the perspective of the prince?

The butt determines the head, and Zhang Gen is like this, the focus is completely different.

Zhang Gen did not pay attention to the fake silver dollar case, he was always worried about the strange situation of "the emperor and the crown prince divided the military and government". There is no division and rule at all, military and political affairs are cross-influenced, and the cabinet is already very careful, for fear that doing something wrong will affect the relationship between the emperor and the crown prince.

Worrying about this all day long, everything will be substituted, Zhang Gen is easy to think crookedly, thinking that the prince is showing off his muscles.

Therefore, Zhang Gen did not dare to get involved, the dispute between the emperor and the crown prince was terrible enough, and it was unimaginable to add a prime minister.

Looking at the problem from this angle, I am afraid that there are more than one or two ministers, and they are even involved in the civil and military disputes.

For example, Deputy Prime Minister Zhai Ruwen is helping the civil official group to speak.

The crown prince was clearly a representative of the military ministers, firmly controlling the Privy Council, the Generalissimo's Palace, and even using Zhang Bo to control the military department, but also controlled the entire army in Tokyo.

But when it comes to matters related to the army, Wenchen has almost no say.

Now there is still the emperor pressing, what will happen to the crown prince when he ascends the throne in the future?

There is already a Seed Master Dao entering the Cabinet, will there be more martial arts ministers entering the Cabinet by then?

The prince raided his house and killed people at every turn last year, and this year he wants to raze the three clans, which must have been affected by the habits of the army.

Zhai Ruwen's mind is actually very simple, he feels that the prince's ass is crooked, and as a loyal minister, he should quickly break it back. Otherwise, if it continues to develop, the prince will inevitably have more "martial arts style", relying on violence to solve problems at every turn, and if he develops a habit, he may even become a tyrant.

Zhang Gen and Zhai Ruwen have their own positions and ideas.

It's a little confusing to plant the teacher, this old gentleman is very good at fighting, but he doesn't care much about politics.

The Seed Master Dao is regarded by everyone as a military minister entering the cabinet, but he still feels that he is a civil official. After all, he is also familiar with the scriptures and history, and his ancestors are still the personal disciples of the Great Confucian, and he himself has even served as a civil official in the past.

Since he became a cabinet minister, the cultivator Dao regarded himself as a civil official everywhere, and believed that the practices of the Yi three clans were not "benevolent government", so he openly stood up against this matter.

As for Liu Ying, who had just entered the cabinet, he was accepted by the emperor, and he always followed the emperor to do things, and his relationship with the prince was extremely estranged.

Liu Ying can only choose to move closer to the emperor, his statement does not take any position, just for the sake of "expressing his position" itself, purely for the emperor to see.

Let's talk about Chen Dong...... Well, needless to say, this has always belonged to the Death Reason.

He can reprimand traitorous ministers every day and repeat a grade for ten years in the old Song Dynasty, and dare to directly admonish the prince for "justice" in the new dynasty!

Zhai Ruwen sighed: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, even if you are complicit in privately minting coins in the future, you can't punish the Gao family like this now." Otherwise, it will be punished for not teaching! ”

Zhu Ming said: "The notices of the three clans of privately minted coins have been repeatedly posted in various prefectures and counties for half a year. How can it be punished for not teaching? ”

"After all, I didn't make it clear." Zhai Ruwen said.

Zhu Ming asked rhetorically: "The silver dollar has a sun and moon pattern, which represents the Ming court." What is the difference between a private coin and a private dragon robe? ”

Zhai Ruwen was speechless for an instant.

Zhu Ming took the opportunity to indoctrinate the ministers: "Why do you say that the private coins are complicit? In the old Song Dynasty, 'redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses' boiled down to two words: lack of money! That's why Wang Linchuan changed the law, which led to the struggle between the old and new parties, and that's why Cai Jing Daxing the party took power. So - the old Song is gone! ”

Wang Linchuan changed the law in order to make money for the imperial court, which he himself did not hide. Cai Jing's many evil policies are also to loot money for Zhao Ji, the faint monarch. ”

"How important money is, I'm afraid three-year-olds know it."

"Once the practice of private coins becomes popular, it will inevitably lead to monetary chaos, and those who take risks will not make good money honestly. As a result, the market is completely chaotic, and prices are completely chaotic! ”

“……”

In fact, many things are not understood, and everyone knows that it is a big crime to make money privately.

But if the coins are of good quality, the vast majority of officials do not bother to pursue them. Because there has always been a shortage of money in ancient China, and the economy has prospered to a certain extent, there will always be a shortage of coins in circulation.

The government and the opposition are eager to make more coins.

will also be shoddy private money, which will be spurned by everyone.

But the imperial court is often shoddy, what is the difference between this and private money?

In the era when barter was still used in many villages, the minting of private money was more like a production activity, which could essentially create social value......

In fact, the cracking down on illicit money in the past dynasties is the same as cracking down on illicit salt, which is nothing more than protecting the interests of the imperial court and the government, and has little to do with maintaining market order (with the exception of counterfeit banknotes and rotten money).

Fortunately, the silver content of the silver dollar minted by the Gao family is insufficient this time, if the silver content is sufficient, I am afraid that the voice of the ministers against the Zhu clan will be even greater.

Zhu Ming talked there for a long time, but he still couldn't change his preconceived notions.

Because you can't take modern financial common sense and apply it to ancient society - that's extremely stupid and unscientific!

In the case of insufficient productivity, including low-quality coins, private money has value in its own right.

Officials equate the nature of private money with private salt, and of course they do not agree to impose too harsh sentences. To put it more bluntly, it's no problem to sell illicit salt and cut off your head, I haven't heard of selling illicit salt and destroying the three tribes.

Zhu Ming talked in the court for a long time, and debated with several ministers, and soon found that he was wasting his saliva in vain.

Since it doesn't make sense, enforce it!

It's time for Zhu Guoxiang to perform on stage.

I only heard Emperor Zhu say: "The prince and the ministers are reasonable, governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, and it should be reasonable and moderate to last." Xu Fuyan! ”

"The minister is here."

Xu Fuyan, who took over the Criminal Department not long ago, also took over the errand of compiling the "Da Ming Law".

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The phrase 'privately minted coins form complicity against rebellion' was written into the "Da Ming Law". ”

"Command!"

Xu Fuyan immediately took out a bamboo pen, borrowed ink from the secretary of the court, and wrote it on the wat board very seriously.

Zhu Guoxiang also said: "The Wang and Wei families, not only did they know about it, but also helped to transport and distribute fake silver dollars, and both of them were exiled to the northwest borderland, and all the property of the clan was confiscated. Children within three generations are not allowed to be officials in the imperial examination! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The ministers immediately shouted, at least these two families were not punished.

Zhu Guoxiang continued: "As for the main culprit in this case. The father of Gao Shizuo, all the men in the five suits were destroyed. Married women are exempt from sin, and foreign surnames are exempted. Elderly persons over the age of 70 and children under the age of 12 are exempted. As for the female dependents of the clan, they were all exiled to the northwest frontier and let them marry the soldiers and civilians in the border areas. The property of the whole family will be confiscated! ”

"The mother family of Gao Shizuo, all the men in Qi decay are annihilated."

"The wife of Gao Shizuo, all the declining men are destroyed."

There was silence in the court, and the ministers had different expressions, all of them understood that Zhu Guoxiang was making peace with the mud.

Chop decay is one service, Qi decay is two servings, and it is more complicated to calculate.

For example, the eldest grandson is counted in the relationship of beheading and decay, and must be killed. The other grandchildren do not need to be killed.

For another example, the uncle must be killed in the relationship between Qi and Decline. Cousins are outside the relationship of Qi and decay, so they don't have to be killed.

You can kill a lot of people less!

But it is still very cruel, the father family is punished by five services, the mother family is punished by two, and the wife family is punished by one, and it does not involve foreign surnames and women, which is a particularly generous version of the Yi three clans.

Zhai Ruwen still wanted to object, but after all, he didn't dare to speak again.

Zhang Gen looked at the emperor, turned his head to look at the prince, and was stunned and didn't know what to say. He found that he seemed to be mistaken, and the relationship between the father and son of the Zhu family was much more harmonious than he imagined.

There is no father-son disagreement at all, and the emperor and the crown prince are as close as one person.

Today's good show is clearly discussed by the father and son.

The crown prince is responsible for singing white faces, and he is making trouble to give the three families of Gao, Wang, and Wei to the Yi clan. In fact, it was a sky-high asking price, waiting for the ministers to land and repay the money.

The emperor was responsible for singing red faces, and finally came out to be a peacemaker to clean up the mess.

Zhang Gen was suddenly taken aback, today's scene seems to have another purpose. As for the ministers who are beating the ministers who stand in line indiscriminately, the imperial party and the princeling party can do it, but they must not mess around, because the emperor and the prince are one.

Qin Hui was ecstatic in his heart, he was completely right. can get the attention of the prince, but will not offend the emperor.

Of course, there was a price paid!

Qin Hui openly backstabbed the master and Bole, and his reputation among Shilin was bad, and the person who had been in business for many years completely collapsed.

But this kind of price, Qin Hui thinks it's worth it.

There are too many heroes who have changed the dynasty, and there are countless capable ministers who have been promoted, if he doesn't work hard, it will be difficult to stand out. Even if you can make it to the cabinet, I'm afraid you will be seventy or eighty by then.

Both Seed Master Dao and Chen Dong were satisfied with the results.

They believe that through their own persuasion, they have kept the bottom line of the benevolent government of the Ming Dynasty and forcibly pulled the prince back from the road of tyrants.

Most of the ministers who opposed the Yi tribe had similar thoughts to the two of them.

Even Liu Yang was very happy, he didn't care what the result was, as long as he expressed his loyalty to the emperor.

Li Bangyan looked at the court in a daze, and found that he didn't catch anything. He was too cautious not to take a stand, neither to please the emperor nor the crown prince, and he had not yet earned fame through persuasion.

It's a big loss!

After retreating from the dynasty, Qin Hui took the initiative to approach Zhai Ruwen: "Mr. ......"

"Your Excellency is doing it for yourself!"

Without waiting for Qin Hui to finish speaking, Zhai Ruwen brushed his sleeves away, and the relationship between the master and apprentice was completely broken.

Zhang Genxi left the Daqing Palace, the stone in his heart had already landed, as long as the relationship between the emperor and the crown prince was harmonious, he felt that anything could be ignored.

Zhai Ruwen was puzzled: "Don't you think the prime minister is still too heavy?" ”

Zhang Gen said: "The father has five suits, the mother has two suits, and the wife clan has one suit, and there are no foreign surnames and women, so many people have been killed." Next, the "Da Ming Law" will be compiled, and another sentence can be added, and those who report meritorious service are not guilty of the same clan and the whole family. ”

"No matter how many suits you take, after all, it is the three tribes of Yi," Zhai Ruwen said, "In all dynasties, only tyrants will Yi tribes." ”

Zhang Gen muttered: "The sword of the three clans of Youyi is hanging, and it can also make some greedy beetles restrain a little. Seriously, it's not a bad thing. ”

Zhai Ruwen said: "I'm afraid that the prince will lead troops all the year round and be contaminated with too many martial arts habits." This kind of thing of the Zhu clan will be easy to do with it, and I don't know how many innocent people will die when the time comes. ”

Zhu Ming was not afraid of frightening the candidates, and actually started to punish the people the day before the imperial examination.

One head after another, after being nitrated, hung on the tower of the city for public display.

There was also a sergeant standing under the city, who shouted loudly every two quarters of an hour, pointing to the heads and saying, "The smuggling of coins is a conspiracy to kill the three tribes, and you must go back and warn your family and neighbors." These heads, after only hanging for half a month, will be taken to other prefectures and counties. The prince said that he would spread the word to the whole country, so that the people of the world would know that the trade of private coins could not be done! ”

Some of the people who entered and exited the city gate did not pay attention to the overhead.

Hearing what the sergeant said, he hurriedly looked up, and was suddenly frightened.

Nima, densely packed with heads!

The sergeant smiled: "Don't be afraid, this is not over yet, there are too many heads." ”

This time, the extraordinarily open version of the Yi three clans also brought an unexpected gain.

The Gyeonggi clan, who had been the powerful of the old Song Dynasty, was frightened by the prince and took the initiative to separate and relocate.

They quickly sold their fixed assets at a low price, and some of their clansmen moved to Shaanxi and Shandong. The two provinces have stabilized, they are far from Kaifeng, and the land prices are cheap after the war, which is very suitable for outsiders to settle down.

There are even people who go to Jingxiang to reclaim the swamp, because the swamp there does not cost money, and the tax can be reduced in the first few years of reclamation.

"This kind of thing, you can do it once," Zhu Guoxiang said, "In the last two court meetings, the ministers didn't look at you right, and the fear was far greater than the respect." ”

Zhu Ming rolled his eyes: "You think I like to kill people?" Within a year, the territory was expanded several times, and countless officials of the old dynasty were appointed. There are corrupt people everywhere, and the Inspectorate can't find it at all, and now even the silver dollar dares to be made privately, how can the three tribes be suppressed if they don't come to Yi? They were spoiled by the old Song Dynasty, and they didn't take corruption seriously at all, but felt that they should stretch out their hands when they became officials, and they simply took corruption and bending the law for granted! ”

"Take your time." Zhu Guoxiang was also quite emotional.

Zhu Ming said: "It's really forcing me to be anxious, so let Qin Hui also enter the inspectorate." This guy's reputation has been ruined, give him a little hint and benefit, and he can kill corrupt officials to the point of blood. ”

"It's also a solution, but it's better not to use this knife, cleaning up officialdom is not an overnight thing." Zhu Guoxiang admonished.

(End of chapter)