Chapter 91: The Source of Rumors
The rumors in the capital of Daming are rampant, and I don't know who released the news, and some people and ministers who don't know the truth have discussed it in private.
Fortunately, they only treat these rumors as aftertaste, and no one will really take them seriously, since the new emperor ascended the throne, he has never disappointed the people.
It's just that it's been so long, Chongwang is gone, and the army is not good, but this is true, and there has been no news, so there is some discussion.
Yan Song is very busy, this person has always been outside of power, and has been sent out by Zhu Houzhao again and again as a spy, and now the bad arguments among the people are within the scope of his supervision.
Where did the source of the sound come from, Jinyiwei Mou Bin only gave him seven days, and soon Yan Song had feedback, the efficiency of this product is even more powerful than Jinyiwei.
"Mao Sui, Yan Shiping, Zhang Gao, these three people are inextricably linked with the Jiangnan clan, and these are the things that the lower officials have found out so far, and the southern clan is the most dissatisfied with the emperor's tax reform, and they take the opportunity to make trouble, and the Wu family is the most active in it." Yan Song met Mu Bin in the Jinyi Wei Secret Pavilion.
Mu Bin took Yan Song's secret letter, nodded, and after listening to his words, he gave a few words of encouragement and left in a hurry.
Yan Song looked at his departing back, thinking helplessly, when will this kind of day be a head.
Mu Bin entered the palace.
"Your Majesty, where is there any news about Yan Song, according to investigation, the source of this rumor is the Wu family in Jiangnan, who is dissatisfied with the tax reform of the emperor and the imperial court, so he took the opportunity to make trouble." Mu Bin combined the information of Jinyiwei with Yan Song's news and reported it to the emperor.
Zhu Houzhao silently listened to his recital, his face could not show joy and anger, and asked indifferently: "Wu family, the Wu family that has been a big family in Jiangnan since the former Song Dynasty?" ”
Mu Bin nodded: "Back to the emperor, it's the Wu family." ”
Zhu Houzhao's face was cold, if he remembered correctly, King Ning rebelled in the previous life, but the Wu family contributed money and grain, and in the end, I don't know why, no King Ning was suppressed by Wang Shouren, but there was no Wu family in the family of the rebels.
In this life, King Ning was destroyed, and I didn't expect this Wu family to come out, anyway, I wanted to go against him.
"Don't touch him yet, investigate secretly, I want to see if there are any other people involved in the court." Zhu Hou did as instructed.
After Mu Bin listened to the order and retreated.
Looking outside the imperial city, thinking about His Majesty's words, his body was chilled for a while, and the emperor's mind became more and more incomprehensible.
After he left, Zhu Houzhao's fingers were on the table, tapping rhythmically, listening carefully, there was a strange sense of rhythm.
Suddenly, as soon as the rhythm stopped, Zhu Houzhao's eyebrows lit up, and he said excitedly: "The Wu family has countless fertile fields in the south of the Yangtze River, one Wu family is like this, so what about the others, what if this is..." ”
"Liu Jin, Liu Jin, hurry, call for Xiu to come." Zhu Houzhao commanded.
Liu Jin left in a hurry, and it took more than an hour before he led Yang Shen to hurry over.
"The emperor hurriedly called me, but there is something important, and the minister is tackling a problem," Yang Shen has recently been immersed in the Royal Manufacturing Bureau, and has developed a strong interest in how to use electricity.
is at an extremely critical time, and even entering the palace is less, which is called by Zhu Houzhao, and he is very reluctant.
If it was someone else, Liu Jin would have been scolded a long time ago, but this Yang Shen, he didn't have the guts.
Zhu Houzhao pretended to be disgusted when he heard this: "Okay, you Yang Yongxiu, you haven't seen anyone for many days, and I am so sorry that I trust you so much." ”
Yang Shen pursed his lips and said, "Your Majesty, it's not that you don't know that the minister has been busy recently, so let's say, what do you want to call me here?" ”
The Royal Manufacturing Bureau is tackling the sustainable power generation project of electric energy, of course Zhu Houzhao knows, and he secretly sighed in his heart when he heard the words, you are a great writer and politician in the future, but you are not a scientist and inventor, this is a misguided way.
"Okay, okay, there's a big event related to people's livelihood, I need you to help me refer to it, the matter of the Royal Manufacturing Bureau will be put down first, come and come, listen to me talk to you in detail, and then you can tell me what you really think." Zhu Houzhao pulled him to sit down.
In the palace, the two of them sat opposite each other like this, chatting for a long time, Liu Jin was waiting on the side, and Zhu Houzhao said his thoughts with his eyebrows fluttering.
Yang Shen was surprised at the beginning, gradually from shock, to shock, and then to complete petrification, and his eyes became frightened when he looked at Zhu Houzhao.
Liu Jin also had a ghostly look on his face, and even thought that His Majesty was crazy.
What did Zhu Houzhao say that made them so scared.
"What do you think? Be bold and speak your mind, I want to hear your true opinion. Zhu Houzhao said expectantly.
Yang Shen felt that his mouth was dry, he glanced at Liu Jin, saw that he was the same as himself, and knew it in his heart, then nodded, and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, do you want to listen to the truth from the ministers?" ”
Zhu Houzhao looked at him sincerely and asked, "Please be blunt with cultivation." "He longed to hear the truth.
Because what he has to do is too big, to put it bluntly, it may be a kind of subversion, and only by listening to the most authentic opinions of the ancients can we know whether the reality is unrealistic.
Whether it is operable or not, and what the consequences are, these have to be analyzed and considered by him.
He is ready to try out the nationalization of land, this idea is too bold, it is simply challenging the bottom line of the entire Ming family, the nobles and the powerful.
And all the people who read.
Liu Jin walked out of the hall vigilantly, leaving this place to His Majesty and Yang Shen, he wanted to personally guard the palace, the emperor's words must not be leaked out, if it is accidentally passed out, it will be a monstrous disaster.
"Give our family a careful skin, if the emperor's words are leaked today, our family will definitely kill your whole clan, do you hear clearly?" Liu Jin warned everyone fiercely.
Huang Jin nodded and said: "Father-in-law, don't worry, the little one knows the powerful relationship, and he will definitely cover his mouth, who dares to talk nonsense, the little one doesn't need to be done by the father-in-law, I will kill such a villain with my own hands." ”
Liu Jin glanced at him with satisfaction when he heard this, and said, "Huang Jin, you are very good, our family is optimistic about you." ”
The two people in the hall sat looking at each other, and Liu Jin personally guarded the main hall and did not let anyone approach here.
Yang Shen still smiled bitterly, and first laughed at himself: "Your Majesty, you have a big question for your ministers." ”
His tone was a little more serious.
His face was also solemn: "The emperor knows why everyone is still courteous, but he doesn't return to the Zhou system?" ”
Zhu Houzhao had already had a plan in his heart, he wanted to listen to Yang Shen's opinion now, and when he heard this, he still asked, "Why?" ”
Yang Shen smiled bitterly and said: "Mencius Tengwen has a record, the square is a well, and the well is 900 acres, of which it is public land, and the eight families are all private 100 acres, and they raise public land together. After finishing official business, and then dare to manage private affairs, the emperor can know the meaning. ”
"If the emperor is state-owned, not to mention that the people will benefit, but it can only be for a while, so it will only be three years, and it will only accelerate the merger of land from the hands of the people into the hands of the powerful, and the chaos in the world is not far away, the emperor, human nature is greedy." Yang Shen almost directly opposed Zhu Houzhao, which was unthinkable before.
Today, he must dispel the emperor's thoughts.
Zhu Houzhao understood that if any one of the three links goes wrong, it will be a catastrophe.
"I see."
Yang Shen saw that the emperor had followed his advice, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and winked at Zhu Houzhao with a weak heart and said, "The emperor scared me to death just now, it's good to understand, it's good to understand." ”
Zhu Houzhao thought in his heart, even Yongxiu was so opposed, it seemed that I was really scared of him, and this guy was also scared by himself.
But when he thought of the huge land resources of the Wu family in Jiangnan, if he couldn't make good use of it, he was a little unwilling, and he could only say these words to Yang Shen.
You must not tell Yang Tinghe, Jiao Fang, Liu Daxia, etc., I am afraid that he will tell them on the front foot that the next moment, they will betray themselves.
Don't say it's impossible, Zhu Houzhao said this, he knew very well that he was playing with fire.
Yang Shen saw that he didn't speak, and he was worried that the emperor would misunderstand, so he cautiously tested: "Your Majesty, Yang Shen didn't mean to accuse Your Majesty, but only out of the responsibility of Weichen's advice. ”
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he smiled heartily, patted Yang Shen's shoulder and said, "Yongxiu, when did you and my monarchs and ministers see each other like this, okay, okay, I understand your thoughts." ”
Yang Shen heard him laugh, and he laughed, and his heart recovered, how can the emperor and the ministers not know that the ministers will always follow you, and this will not change.
Then the two fooled around again and discussed the difficulties of the Royal Manufacturing Bureau, Zhu Houzhao did not give up that idea in his heart, but he hid it, and the Wu family would not waste it.