"Grandpa, Grandpa!"

Zhu Youzhen walked quickly, and after saluting respectfully to the two Ming emperors, he said: "Two ancestors, Zhou Kuinai is the father of the queen, although he is greedy for money, he is not guilty of death, and he still wants to be decent......"

"Decent?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was not good, so he directly picked up the whip and whipped it on Zhu Youzhen's body, which immediately made Zhu Youzhen feel a hot pain: "We and the fourth child can both fight well, and we can easily handle these Wenchen, how did you come to you, but you were kneaded by these Wenchen at will?!" Could it be that you, Emperor Chongzhen, can't be molded with dough? ! ”

"Your dignity is there, where is my Ming Dynasty?!"

Zhu Houxi also said to Zhu Cihong: "Cihong, you say, should this person be killed?!" ”

Zhu Cihong did not hesitate at all, and immediately arched his hand and said: "Emperor Taizu, Emperor Shizong, although Zhou Kui is a relative of the emperor, but the weight of corruption and bribery has caused deep resentment among the people, according to the law of Emperor Taizu, he should be sentenced to skinning, but the kid is not talented, read him as the boy's father-in-law, please be Ling Chi, in order to preserve the corpse!" ”

Although Zhu Youzhen was whipped by Zhu Yuanzhang, he didn't dare to speak, just looked at his son and couldn't believe it.

He felt that although his father-in-law loved money, he should not be corrupt and take bribes.

When, why is that? Can't do it......

"Your Majesty!"

Lu Bing hurriedly came over, returned to Zhu Houxi's side, and said respectfully to Zhu Houxi: "According to your order, the Jiading Bo Mansion has been sealed, and a total of 3 million taels of silver, 110,000 taels of gold and 50,000 stones of grain and grass have been copied, and there are countless calligraphy, paintings, and jade!" ”

After hearing Lu Bing's report, Zhu Youzhen was stunned.

For a moment, I felt a little dazed.

How much?

Zhu Youzhen couldn't believe his ears.

Three, three million taels?!

Zhu Youzhen was taken aback by this number, and even the gold and grain and grass were ignored by him.

The finances of his Chongzhen years were only one million taels of silver a year!

This good national ruler of his own, unconsciously, has been greedy for three years of financial income!

Zhu Youzhen was indignant, and regardless of the imperial prestige, he rushed forward directly, punched Zhou Kui's eyes, and scolded angrily: "I, I ...... I'm not thin on you! Not thin!! Why are you so right to me! I thought that your loyal ministers were filial, and they would smile at your miserliness and greed for money, and I remembered the friendship of Queen Zhou, and I have always ...... I! ”

After more than a dozen punches in a row, Zhou Kui's face was already surging with blood at this moment, and it could be seen that Zhu Youzhen was really angry.

For Wei Zaode, although Zhu Youzhen was angry, he could still control himself and let himself hack the dog to death with a knife.

But in the face of his father-in-law, Zhu Youzhen couldn't even control his emotions, and spoke incoherently and gibberish.

"Cihong, take your father down to rest." Zhu Houxi shook his head.

He knew that in just a few days, Zhu Youzhen's three views could be said to have suffered a great collapse, and the results of the loyal ministers and good generals he originally thought were all this virtue.

If Zhu Youzhen can survive, then he will become even stronger and become a real and qualified emperor!

If you don't make it...... Then let the crown prince Zhu Cihong supervise the country, judging from the performance of Fang Cai, Zhu Cihong's performance here in Zhu Houxi is very good.

"Shen, Shen ......"

The bridge of Zhou Kui's nose has been collapsed, several teeth have been lost, the whole person has a blue nose and swollen face, and his face is full of blood, and he can't speak.

And Zhu Houxi didn't hesitate at all, he directly waved his hand and said coldly: "What are you doing in a daze?" Drag it down, Ling Chi! Since three million taels of silver were looted from his house, then cut him three thousand times! Let the imperial doctor wait, even if he dies halfway, in the face of the corpse, he will have to cut me enough three thousand knives! ”

This momentum was released, and even the surrounding Jinyi guards shuddered, and when Zhou Kui heard this, his eyes were even darker, and he fainted on the spot, and the smell of urine under his crotch was heavy.

Jinyiwei dragged Zhou Kui away, and everyone present was much more sober.

And Zhu Youzhen was forced to slow down under Zhu Cihong's support!

"Grandpa Tai, Grandpa Shizong."

Zhu Youzhen took a deep breath, tried his best to control his desire to do it himself, and said to Zhou Kui with a thousand knives, and said to the two ancestors: "The descendants of Buxiao came here this time for the affairs of the Qin and Jin domains...... The thieves in front conquered Xi'an and Taiyuan, the Qin Domain, the Jin Domain were all thieves, and were taken outside the capital by the thieves, who originally wanted to persuade them to surrender, but were defeated by the Duke of Wei in one fell swoop, and when they were chasing and killing the thieves, they captured the two feudal domains, and they didn't know how to deal with it. ”

King of Qin, King of Jin!

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but think of his two unfilial sons, and couldn't help but sigh deeply: "The Nine Great Sai Kings were supposed to guard the frontier, why did they become like this?" ”

"Forehead ......"

When Zhu Youzhen heard this, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Grandpa Tai, the Nine Great Sai Kings are long gone, and now there are only vassal kings who are not allowed to leave their fiefs in various places. ”

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, "Why is this?" ”

"After the victory of Emperor Yongle, he was worried that the kings would learn from him and rebel, so he used peaceful means to weaken the power of the vassal king, and used the power of the country to support the clan." Zhu Houxi explained.

Hearing Zhu Houxi's explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, and couldn't help scolding: "Okay, he's a fourth, let's order the sons and daughters to Yongzhen Frontier, it seems that he is capable!" When we divided the nine kings, it was the intention of defending the frontier for future generations, and the kings were divided by terrain, and the enemy from the north on the opposite side could resist layer by layer. ”

"Grandpa Tai, since ancient times, the country has not been risked by mountains and rivers, and if the dynasty declines, no matter how many lines of defense there are, it is useless."

Zhu Houxi shook his head, and didn't seem to agree with Zhu Yuanzhang's approach: "Emperor Yongle swept the world as a vassal king, so he naturally wanted to weaken the power of other vassal kings; Even if Emperor Yongle fails, Emperor Jianwen is also cutting the domain, and in any case, your prince's strategy of guarding the frontier is unsuccessful. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he heard this.

Since my sister fell ill, no one dared to talk to us like this for a long time!

"However, the solution that Emperor Yongle came up with is to supply the clan with money and grain." Zhu Houxi continued, "For example, the prince has 10,000 stone a year and the county king has 2,000 stones, even the lowest-level lieutenant of Fengguo has 200 stones!" ”

"What's wrong with that?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's original indignant expression has eased a lot, although the fourth brother has cut his brother's military power, but he is ten thousand times stronger than Yun Wei's grandson.

"If it's just for one or two days, then it's naturally fine." Zhu Houxi shook his head, "But it has been passed on to the Chongzhen Dynasty, it has gone through fifteen generations of kings, and the more vassal kings are born, the more and more this title is naturally increasing, to the Chongzhen Dynasty, the number of the Ming clan is more than one million, just to support them, these royal families who are not producing, will lose most of the silver taels!" ”

"The descendants of the Zhu family at the bottom are lying down to receive the money, and the princes at the top are crazy about accumulating wealth, and the vassal kings of Henan alone have occupied one-tenth of Henan's cultivated fields! And sometimes in the Zhou Domain, the annual income can reach as much as 600,000 stones! ”

Zhu Houxi did not hesitate to expose this bloody fact: "My Ming Dynasty's financial expenditure is difficult, on the one hand, because the officials are greedy for ink, on the other hand, because of the continuous natural and man-made disasters, on the one hand, the army is seriously empty-paid, and on the other hand, it is because these descendants of the Zhu family are like locusts, lying on my Daming to drink blood and eat meat, until I am eaten and dragged down!" ”

Although Zhu Houxi himself was succeeded by the vassal king, he ......

So what? The vassal king is indeed crazy about sucking blood on the body of the Ming Dynasty, as a member of the royal family of the Ming Dynasty, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, it is necessary for Zhu Houxi to change this drawback!

In the Jiajing Dynasty, he had already encouraged the clan to start his own business by reducing the title, and even planned to organize the redundant clan and be ready to send it out to establish a colony at any time, so that my Ming clan would rush to the front line...... But now that there is this chat group, with Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu here, which clan dares to say that the law of the ancestors is immutable? Just slash and slash!

Hearing Zhu Houxi's words, Zhu Youzhen nodded frantically.

Yes, Grandpa.

You don't know how serious the problem is!

And Zhu Houxi glanced at Zhu Youzhen, and Zhu Youzhen immediately remained silent and didn't dare to speak.

In fact, ten years after Chongzhen, the financial expenditure of the Chongzhen Dynasty was not very high.

After all, the thieves were scattered, and many princes had been killed by the angry peasant army, such as the Dai Domain, the Su Domain, etc.

"Zhu Cunji, the king of Qin, corrupted Qin's fertile land, causing the people's resentment to boil, and the thieves attacked Xi'an, and this person took the lead in surrendering and accepting the official position of the thieves! Instead, it was the princess of Qin, Liu, who jumped down from the city wall and died of martyrdom! ”

"Jin King Zhu Xianxuan, the house has a lot of savings, when Li Zicheng attacked Taiyuan, he was stingy and did not issue a penny, after breaking into the thief city, the Jin clan surrendered on the spot, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and the Jin Dynasty served the Manchu Qing Dynasty!"

After hearing Zhu Houxi's words, Zhu Yuanzhang completely understood everything, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, until he felt a hot blood surging in his chest, and a fishy sweet smell came from his throat.

"As a vassal king, he can't resist the enemy with millions of assets; As a royal family, you can't die in the face of rebellion! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath, felt the smell of blood coming from his throat, and said murderously: "Since the relatives of the country have surrendered to the law, how can the imperial family tolerate it?!" Ordered the two kings of the Qin Domain and the Jin Domain to cut off their own and save the ......"

Halfway through speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly shook his head, and then said: "Give death, give death directly!" Save decently? If it weren't for the descendants of my Zhu family, I would have skinned them a long time ago, and now I am just killing them, cheapening them! ”

"No!"