Chapter 657: The Beginning of the Collapse of Trust Between the Gentry!

Under the eyes of Tyrant Zhao with a somewhat dazed expression, Guo An still resolutely got into the carriage and followed the eunuch to the palace.

Afraid of gentry retaliation?

He Guo An is a little afraid!

However, he couldn't help himself.

Moreover, if he only targets the southern gentry, and not the northern gentry, then he will just be hated by these gentry.

Of course, during the decades of his life, the gentry had no strength at all and did not have the courage to take revenge on him!

As for a few decades later, those social studies of the Ming Dynasty will begin to exert their power.

Then there is the military science and craftsman school on General Mountain!

What is he Guo An afraid of?

Especially, at that time, if these gentry of the Ming Dynasty can still trust each other, then he Guo An has lost!

Palace.

In the martial arts building, only Zhu Di sat behind the table, reviewing the chapters.

The crown prince Zhu Gaochi has long since left.

"Weichen see Your Majesty!"

"Get up!"

Zhu Di waved his hand and motioned for Guo An to look at the large baskets of confessions on the side.

"These are all confessions written by those northern gentry, Guo Qing take a look!"

"Wechen obeys!"

Guo An looked at it directly.

Maybe it's because I've watched it a lot, but now Guo An looks at it and is very handy.

Soon.

Guo An took a look at it.

"Your Majesty, I didn't expect that these gentry and officials in the north are also so unscrupulous!"

"Hmph, these gentry of our Ming Dynasty are all soil emperors in their places!"

Zhu Dipi didn't smile, his eyes were full of coldness.

Guo An also laughed, and said: "Your Majesty, I didn't expect that Wang Zhongkuan, Cui Wei, and Wen En were all at fault.

And in their family, the crimes are not so serious! ”

Zhu Di snorted coldly, "Hmph, if they commit a big crime, they still dare to come to Beijing to seek death?" ”

Guo An smiled slightly, and did not continue to argue, but asked directly: "Your Majesty, I don't know what you are going to do with these gentry?" ”

"How to deal with it?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di immediately frowned and slowly looked at Guo An.

He called Guo An to ask Guo An's opinion.

Unexpectedly, Guo An actually rushed ahead of him and asked him first?

However, after being the emperor for a few years, Zhu Di's face became thicker, and he asked directly: "I don't know what kind of way Guo Qing has?" ”

The corners of Guo An's mouth twitched slightly, and he replied slowly: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen still insists on the previous method!" ”

A smile appeared at the corner of Zhu Di's eyes, "We thought that you would intercede for some gentry officials!" ”

Guo An smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty Mingjian, although some people have some relationship with the Guo family and the Liu family.

But if you break the law, you have to be punished.

And they are so mad that if they are not punished, they will be even more unscrupulous in the future.

In addition, Weichen is also worried that after seeing their situation, some clansmen of the Guo and Liu families will also act as traitors unscrupulously!

In this way, more people will be harmed! ”

Zhu Di nodded slightly, a little relieved: "It's rare that you have such a long-term consideration!" ”

"Hmm!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and said again: "Weichen is sure of Your Majesty, let Jinyi Wei supervise the clansmen of Guo and Liu's family more."

If a person is found to have committed adultery, he will be punished quickly. ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Di was stunned.

Guo Anyan explained with a smile: "Wechen is often worried that as Xingtai County becomes the fief of Weichen's Shunde Palace, some clansmen of the Guo and Liu families will begin to get carried away in their hearts, and then they will be flattered by some villains, and they will do some stupid things, thus harming the family!" ”

"Well, you have to pay attention to this!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Guo An hurriedly thanked with a happy face.

Zhu Di asked again: "I heard that you took your family to the experimental field to see the rice planting?" What's so nice about rice planting? ”

"Look at rice planting?"

Guo An was stunned for a moment, and then said with a happy face: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen is taking my cub to apprentice!" ”

"Apprenticeship?"

Zhu Di's expression froze, "Your family also wants to learn from the farmer?" ”

The corners of Guo An's eyes twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, it's a teacher who worships the tyrant!" ”

"Tyrant?"

Zhu Di was shocked, "The tyrant is still in the Zhuangzi of the experimental field?" Also, how could a tyrant accept your family as a disciple? ”

Guo An said with a happy face: "Back to Your Majesty, it should be the tyrant who sees that my family's unsuccessful cub is talented and intelligent, and he is a good seedling who can inherit his mantle, so he accepted my eldest son as a disciple!" ”

Zhu Di said in a sullen voice: "So, congratulations to Guo Qing!" ”

"Your Majesty, rejoice and rejoice!"

“……”

Wait until Guo An leaves.

Zhu Di directly ordered: "Yi Lost, go and order someone to investigate, why did Tyrant Zhao suddenly accept the prince of Shunde County as a disciple?" ”

"Slave obeys!"

Yisha hurriedly responded.

A few days later.

Regarding Guo Shen, the prince of Shunde County, the story of apprenticeship spread in Beijing.

In Beijing, it caused another commotion.

Those officials didn't expect that Tyrannical Zhao would actually accept apprentices.

Thereupon.

One by one, they hurriedly took the children of their families to the test field of General Mountain, wanting to ask to see Tyrant Zhao, and also wanted Tyrant Zhao to see their kids.

Pity.

Tyrant Zhao didn't fancy any of them.

In the end, Guo An was also angry, and directly sent a team of guards to guard the road outside the test grange, and no one was allowed to go in to disturb Tyrant Zhao.

Now, this turmoil gradually subsided.

But then, another turmoil spread in Beijing.

There were actually a few gentry in the north who secretly came to Beijing, took the lead in asking His Majesty for their guilt, and donated their family property, and also reported and confessed?

This......

"Shameless!"

"Delusion, they have been familiar with the books of the sages since they were children, but now when they see that something is wrong, they directly ask His Majesty for their guilt, and even go to report and confess to others?"

"Before, those gentry officials who reported and confessed to others were all caught with evidence and faced torture by Jinyiwei, and they were forced to do so.

Outcome.

So far, they haven't done anything one by one, and they have jumped out on their own? ”

"I heard that His Majesty has sent Jinyi Guards to protect a few of them, and sent Jinyi Guards to Shanxi, Henan, Hebei and other places to start investigating them one by one!"

"Good northern gentry thieves!"

"Shameless, treacherous, filthy, and untrustworthy, unworthy of being a scholar for me......"

However, scolding is scolding.

However, a group of gentry and officials and magnates in Beijing hurriedly sent their subordinates to investigate.

"Be sure to find out carefully for us, the ending of those families!"

"Yes, sir!"

"Even the mistakes they have made, and the situation of those clansmen in the family, must be investigated clearly!"

"Yes, sir!"

……

"Now, the whole Daming is lively!"

After reading the secret letter in his hand, Zhu Di couldn't help but the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and his expression was a little sarcastic.

On the side, Zhu Gaochi also nodded slightly.

"Now, after this trouble, the gentry and officials of the whole world must start to be cautious, and they will be suspicious from now on!"

"If we can make them scared and can't sleep every night, we will be even happier!"

Zhu Di smiled coldly, "Your imperial grandfather has killed corrupt officials and evil gentry all his life, and he has not killed those people.

If this is the case, we can make them honest, and then we can save a lot of heart! ”

Zhu Gaochi thought for a moment, then bowed and said, "Father, the sons remember that Wang Zhongkuan, Cui Wei, Wen En and other gentry have not made any mistakes.

Moreover, although there are some animals in the family, they only need to be cut down along with their parents and children.

His people are exempt from capital crimes.

In addition, because of the merits made by Wang Zhongkuan, Cui Wei, Wen En and others this time, the father and emperor can make these people the heads of each family.

In addition, half of the family property offered by their family can be left for these people!

If there are redundant official positions in various places, these families can also fill some of them! ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di's eyes lit up.

"If this is the case, then the gentry of the Ming Dynasty who usually make mistakes, but have not made much mistakes, in order not to be liquidated by the Jinyi Guard, and in order not to be reported by other gentry and merchants, they will ask the court for their guilt!"

Zhu Gaochi said again: "Even, I'm afraid that I will be one step slower than others!" ”

"Good!"

Zhu Di was even more overjoyed and looked directly at Zhu Gaochi.

"Chi'er, leave this matter to ......"

As he spoke, Zhu Di shook his head slightly.

"There are thousands of gentry in the Ming Dynasty, if you are made responsible, you will not have a moment to stop in the past two years!"

Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly.

Zhu Di thought for a while, and then said: "Guo Qing, on the other hand, is sick and has been lazy...... In this way, let Wang Zhen take the Ministry of Officials and the Criminal Department to each have a Langzhong, the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Shaoqing of Dali Temple to supervise it! ”

"Father Emperor Shengming!"

Zhu Gaochi hurriedly flattered.

This kind of thing, the higher the status, the more offended people.

"Summoning Jinyi Wei Wang Zhen, the Six Ministries and the Imperial History of the Imperial Inspectorate, and the ...... of Dali Temple"

Soon.

The next day.

Wang Zhen took a Ministry of Officials, Langzhong of the Criminal Department, the Imperial History of the Imperial Procuratorate, and the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and went to the north in a mighty way.

Everywhere you go.

The eyes of the entire Da Ming were all looking at this team.

But soon.

Their eyes widened and they were a little angry.

Because.

The first Henan gentry family that Wang Zhen and others went to was the Xu family who had secretly entered Beijing, pleaded guilty to His Majesty, and reported and confessed to more than a dozen officials and gentry.

As for the Xu family, Wang Zhen was not too embarrassed, and even interceded with the Xu family.

"When the official came, His Majesty commanded.

This time it was just a large-scale removal of the Ming gentry, not a strain of people.

Of the people of the Xu family, only five people are guilty of killing their heads!

The rest of the people, although they have committed crimes, none of them have committed much crime.

Moreover, Xu Xiao also took the initiative to ask His Majesty for his guilt, and offered the Xu family's property, and confessed to more than ten corrupt officials and evil gentry, which should be credited.

Thus.

The unforgivable five people of the Xu family, including Xu Changgeng, Xu Changsi, and Xu Changfu, were beheaded for public display along with their parents, wives and children.

The rest of the people of the Xu family were exiled for felonies, and went to walk on the head pile for minor crimes, and they were not punished!

And thinking that hundreds of people in the Xu family need to be fed, Xu Xiao donated the Xu family's property, leaving fifty percent for the Xu family to live in! ”

"This ......"

The accompanying officials, the criminal department, and the Dali Temple and other officials were stunned.

"Your Majesty actually treats these evil gentry so favorably?"

"Knowing that mistakes can be corrected, good is great! Your Majesty has always been magnanimous to some gentry who are still kind-hearted! ”

……

"Thank you, little man, Your Majesty for your great kindness!"

"Thank you for your kindness, my Xu family will definitely discipline the children of the family strictly in the future!"

After listening to the decision announced by Wang Zhen and officials such as the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Officials, the people of the Xu family were stunned one by one, and then they were all full of surprise.

Most of them in the Xu family will have nothing to do!

Even half of the donated family property can be kept!

Sure enough, they made the right decision!

And those people of the Xu family who walked from the head pile were trembling all day long, and they no longer dared to do any illegal acts.

With the news of the results of the Xu family's processing, the entire Daming North was shaken again.

All the gentry no longer stumbled before, and this time they rushed to ask Wang Zhen and others for their guilt.

The entire Ming Dynasty, a group of officials and gentry, looking at the actions of these gentry in the north, were anxious and angry.

"It's messy, it's messy!"

"These, the trust between us and the Ming gentry completely no longer exists!"

"We are vain scholars, ashamed of saints!"

“……”

It's just that no matter how the gentry officials in the south scolded, the gentry officials in the north turned a deaf ear.

Nonsense.

Those wolf-like brocade guards are not staring at you southern gentry officials?

If they are not active, they will be beheaded like those gentry, the rest of the clan will be exiled, and all the family wealth saved by their ancestors will be confiscated!

……

"What, the crown prince, Cao Guogong, and Wei Guogong are discussing the construction of the road promotion division?"

"Who is the Yamen of the Road Construction and Lifting Division?"

"Draw 20,000 soldiers and go to pave roads?"

"Isn't this nonsense?"

"How can Your Majesty allow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to act like this? Also, that Cao Guogong, Wei Guogong and other martial artists actually supported this matter? ”

"Hmph, poor soldiers, as my Ming elite soldiers, they actually want to talk about this shovel all day long and pave the way?"

"Do you know who came up with this idea?"

"I don't know!"

"I don't know ......"

"Ignore it!"

"What do you have to do with me about this kind of military affairs?"

"It's extreme, it's extreme!"

"I heard that the fleet led by the horse and the eunuch is back again?"

"Yes! Bring back hundreds of ships! ”

"In this way, the Chamber of Commerce can make a lot of money!"

"The same is true of those businessmen who go to sea!"

"King Zhou, King Ning...... These vassal kings seem to be preparing to go to sea too? ”

"They also want to learn from His Royal Highness King Zhao?"

"If these vassal kings are like His Royal Highness King Zhao and go overseas to build a country, then the burden of my Ming people will be much easier!"

"Your Majesty will not agree!"

"They are also reluctant to let them be in the territory of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Alas......"

……

On the palace of Shunde County.

Shen Zhuang saluted with a happy face.

"Your Highness, great joy!"

"This time, the fleet has made a lot of money?"

Guo An asked curiously.

Shen Zhuang nodded hurriedly, "Your Highness is wise!" ”

…… (End of chapter)