Cutting the feudal domain is not achieved overnight, Zhu Zhanji is not Zhu Yunwen, and he will take down the feudal king in a few months.

In fact, the reduction of the feudal domain began in the first year of Xuande and lasted until the seventh year of Xuande, and the last vassal king, King Su, was finally cut off from the guard.

However, in the past seven years, not much has happened.

The rule of benevolence and recuperation is nothing more than the same as the literary scene, which is light and does not disturb the people.

In this way, it is difficult to have anything to praise the vigorous things, and the party struggle in the Xuande Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty has not yet begun.

Zhu Zhanji, with the assistance of Yan Keng and Sanyang, calmly spent seven years under his rule, and the Ming Dynasty gradually smoothed out the sequelae left by the Yongle prosperity during this period of time, and became more and more prosperous.

It was not until the eighth year of Xuande that the fleet that went to the West returned again, and this peace was broken.

Zhu Gaochi did stop going to the West, but Zhu Zhanji restarted this move not long ago.

And Ma He also died in the Western Ocean this time, but the fleet that went to the Western Ocean still brought great benefits to the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Xuande was very happy, his inner money was full again, so he decided to earn a little more.

But what he didn't expect was that at the court meeting the next day, when he announced the matter, it was met with fierce opposition from the courtiers.

"Please ask Your Majesty to stop the affairs of the West, this is a move that will bring disaster to the country and the people! The coastal people and craftsmen are all suffering from forced labor, almost like the world of Sui Yang! ”

The first to stand up was Li Chang, the head of the household, whose rhetoric was quite intense:

"Your Majesty only knows that the royal treasury is abundant, but he does not know that the household department has allocated funds to build huge ships year after year, resulting in a deficit in the treasury! And His Majesty went to the West to get a huge amount of money, but he was competing with many vassal states for profit, and my dignified Heavenly Kingdom was greedy for a little gold and silver, what kind of system did this become? ”

Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a moment, then his face turned cold, and he said:

"How is the emptiness of the treasury, isn't my inner money money? Could it be that at the time of the catastrophe, I didn't withdraw the silver from the inner treasury for relief? The World of Sui Yang...... In the Xuande Dynasty of I, the people recuperated and lived and worked in peace and contentment, Li Chang, how dare you compare me with Emperor Yang of Sui! ”

"If Your Majesty continues to be so uncaring for the people's power, what is the difference between Emperor Yang of Sui and Emperor Yang of Sui digging a canal without regard for the people! As for the internal money, the public is public, and the private is private, Taizu has long said that the internal money is for the private use of the royal family, how can Your Majesty mix it up! ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is old, and he really can't handle the complicated affairs of the household department, so please ask Your Majesty's quasi-ministers to return to their hometown."

Li Chang directly submitted his resignation, he wanted to force Zhu Zhanji to comply!

It has been a long time since hundreds of officials endured the West.

This sky-high profit is coveted by everyone.

However, since Zhu Di, the royal family has been eating alone, and the project of going to the West not only did not make the profits of the officials, but also squeezed out the trade share of the families to which the officials in the coastal areas belonged, and at the same time, the Ministry of Household paid for the Ministry of Industry to produce man-made sea ships.

What's even more excessive is that Emperor Yongle received everything into the inner pocket, and the household department did not have a dime.

Although it is said that the Yongle Emperor is not a faint monarch, he will not do such things as using all this money for pleasure, and many major projects of the Yongle Dynasty also rely on the support of internal funds, but this is not in the interests of the courtiers.

Without him, it is precisely because of the abundance of internal funds that the imperial power has been greatly strengthened, and on the contrary, the power and influence of the household department in the court have been greatly weakened.

It is said that only with soldiers can you have the right to speak, but with money, you can have the right to speak.

Chongzhen is trapped in a lonely city, there is a certain reason that the inner money is empty, it is completely pasted in, there is no money, Jingying will not listen to you, and the emperor has lost the support to deter the world.

At that moment, although it was only for a short time, the power of the Ming Dynasty was indeed at its peak, they could ignore the holy decree without punishment, the emperor's words had lost their authority, and they even regarded the emperor as their own merit.

Of course, it doesn't mean that if the internal money is gone, the emperor is nothing, Chongzhen had a lot of factors at that time, but this is also a very important reason. (The thief came to Beijing, and Wu Huoshan (an official of the household department) said: 'I have tasted the plan, please send the internal money.' The Commander sent a secret message to the Lord, saying, 'There is nothing in the inner treasury. And he fell into tears. ）

And this attack on the West is the clarion call for the courtiers to counterattack, and after being firmly suppressed by the two powerful emperors for decades, the counterattack of the civil official group finally began, and they want to strengthen their vassal power.

So for a while, almost the crowd was excited, and with the head of the household department, many courtiers stood up and openly opposed the move to the West, criticizing it as a waste of money and labor.

What's more, it even implied that the reason why the emperor went to the West was to covet fame and compete with the people for profit, which was not a wise man's move.

Only Samyang, who is a member of the cabinet, did not move.

With such a large number of objections, the head of the household department even offered to resign on the spot, which shows that these courtiers are really anxious.

Stop going to the West in exchange for the continued cooperation of the civil servants?

Emperor Xuande couldn't help but clench his fists.

He was undoubtedly angry when he was threatened by his courtiers, and his forehead was bulging with bruises, and his eyes were glaring at these courtiers.

But the eyes were useless, and there were still voices of opposition, and the courtiers ignored the emperor's anger.

In eight years, they have figured out the details of this emperor.

This is an emperor who has a certain skill and ability, but also has a benevolent heart.

He won't be ruthless, especially when most of the court has come forward.

Yan Keng stood outside the team without saying a word, and he did not oppose the actions of the civil servants.

Going to the West must be stopped, because the Yan family's Luzon strategy is in serious conflict with this, if it continues to go to the West, the Ming Dynasty will sooner or later find that the governor of Luzon is using troops everywhere, which is very wrong.

At this time, Chen Su had already used his identity as the governor of Luzon to completely defeat Xu Chai Lao and become the richest man on Luzon Island.

He and the ministers have the same interests, and of course he will not dig into his own corners.

And now there is a stalemate in the court.

Zhu Zhanji's fists were clenched tightly, and it was obvious that his anger was rising.

The current civil officials are threatening the imperial power, making trouble in the main hall, and making the emperor lose face, Zhu Zhanji, as the emperor, cannot retreat at this time.

But there are more and more Wenchen who stand up.

Of the six Shangshu, four stood out.

They know that if they don't make trouble now, it will be too late afterward.

God knows what the next emperor will look like, what if another strong monarch comes out and further strengthens the imperial power?

And Zhu Zhanji had no intention of agreeing.

He exhaled heavily:

"To the officer, no! The matter of going to the West will be postponed and discussed! ”

"Retreat!"

"Your Majesty doesn't agree today, so the old ministers and others will kneel here, waiting for Your Majesty to change his mind!"

Li Chang dragged his long gray beard and said tremblingly.

"Then you guys just kneel!"

Zhu Zhanji snorted heavily with his nose and walked away.

The place where the emperor of the Ming Dynasty went to court was Taihemen, also known as "Yumen Listening to Politics".

And those courtiers are really in that Taihe Gate, and they can't afford to kneel for a long time!

(End of chapter)