The back door of my house can last until the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 211 The Change of the Feudal King
Finally, they were succeeded by these people, and the ban was finally lifted.

With the efforts of Zhou Yanru and the others, Zhu Cihong's imperial edict was obtained:

".Because of the great power of the rebels, they sent troops to various places for training. The local vassals, officials, and squires can all contribute to the country."

Such an imperial decree spread throughout Jiangnan in a short period of time.

Of course, Zhou Yanru and the others are responsible for this. He wants to drag the entire Jiangnan into the water.

In the final analysis, people like Yang Sichang were unfairly distributed, and people like Zhou Yanru were greedy.

Various reasons led to this happening.

The imperial decree not only spread in the south of the Yangtze River, but also began to spread to the Central Plains, Shandong and other places that Sun Jie had not yet occupied.

All of a sudden, the wealthy families from all over the world were extremely excited.

For them, this is something that changes the ending of the world.

Although most of the gentry are not as good as the gentry and rich merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, the abolition of the ban means that they also have the possibility to compete in the Central Plains.

People are ambitious, and under this imperial edict, the ambitions of gentry and officials from all over the world have been drawn out.

They all looked at Zhongyuan with fierce eyes.

Among them, the Qufu Confucian Temple also had thoughts that it shouldn't have.

This family known for kowtowing also wants to change the current situation at this time.

There is no doubt that the Confucian family is the number one wealthy family in Shandong.

Almost the whole of Qufu is owned by the Confucian Mansion, and their family's money is much more than ordinary vassal kings.

In addition, Shandong is a populous province, the Kong family is rich, there are people in Shandong, and now there is an "righteousness" from the imperial court. If they want to, they can pull out a soldier at any time.

Not only that, the minds of those vassal princes in Henan and other places who have not been captured by Sun Jie also began to come alive.

Luoyang, Henan, Fu Wang Zhu Changxun, third son of Emperor Wanli, uncle of Zhu Youjian.

Now he is sitting under a big tree in the back garden, looking at a document in his hand, laughing from ear to ear.

After living for so many years, this is the second time he is so happy.

The first time was when Emperor Wanli said he would make him the crown prince, and the second time was today.

His son Zhu Yousong, the little fat man stood in front of him and asked with a puzzled look: "Father, is there any great event?"

For so many years, although his father Zhu Changxun has laughed, he has never laughed so freely like today.

Zhu Yousong could clearly sense his father's excitement.

Zhu Changxun stuffed the documents in Zhu Yousong's hands, then stood up and walked in the garden.

The beautiful scenery in summer, the lush greenery in the garden, and the beautiful scenery on a good day made him feel more comfortable.

Zhu Yousong stood where he was, looking at the document in his hand, and the corners of his mouth began to rise.

No matter how stupid he is, he can figure out what is going on now.

Isn't the lifting of the prohibition on military training just to say that they, vassal kings, can also train soldiers?

Local gentry or officials, no matter how rich they are, can they still be richer than the palace?

The rich merchants in the southeast may be richer than these vassal kings, but in the Central Plains, there are not many richer than the vassal kings.

King Fu is the most beloved son of Emperor Wanli. When he became a vassal, Emperor Wanli rewarded him a lot, even more than that of King Lu back then.

There are also salt seals, shops, land and various rare treasures in several places.

Although a lot has been spent over the years, there is still a lot left behind.

Using this money to recruit soldiers and horses will definitely be able to pull out a powerful army.

Letting these vassal kings contribute to the country is like cutting flesh.

But if you let them expand their strength, that would be a pleasure.

Although Zhu Yousong is not a smart person, this thing can still be seen.

Moreover, when facing power, people tend to become much smarter than before.

Fu Wang's useless father and son are like this now.

After reading the documents, Zhu Yousong hurriedly chased after his father.

Zhu Changxun walked into the depths of the garden. He looked at the sun in the sky with a look of madness.

"Hahaha, Zhu Changluo, you short-lived ghost, why do you have to be the emperor? How can you be better than me? If it weren't for those damn civil servants, do you think you can be the emperor?

Back then, the first emperor loved me, but you were born a few years earlier than me. If you and I were born in different years, do you think you could become emperor?It's just a dream!
Your two sons are as stupid as you, one is a short-lived ghost, and the other is a subjugated king!I, Zhu Changxun, will tell you today that I am no worse than you. What you took away back then, I will take back today! "

Zhu Changxun's voice was loud, cursing at the sky.

The anger accumulated over the years can be vented today.

Back then, he was only a few steps away from that position.

If it weren't for those civil servants who made troubles, it is not certain who will win and who will lose.

Zhu Changxun has always believed that his abilities are superior to Zhu Changluo's, and he should be the emperor most.

Finally, he finally got a chance.

"Zhu Changluo, your grandson is really an idiot, an idiot! Hahaha!"

Zhu Changxun laughed even more wildly.

After Zhu Changxun's voice gradually calmed down, Zhu Yousong came to Zhu Changxun.

He held back the excitement in his heart and asked, "Father, what should we do now?"

"Let the guard commander of the three guards of the palace come to me!" Zhu Changxun said.

Zhu Yousong nodded heavily, and then ran out like flying.

Things like this are happening all over the place.

Zhu Gongzun, king of Zhou in Kaifeng, Zhu Changpi, king of Lu in Weihui, Zhu Yihai, king of Lu in Gunzhou, and Zhu Youlang, king of Yongming in Hengzhou, Huguang, all began to conscript troops and buy horses.

The vassal kings in the late Ming Dynasty were very rich, but basically had no rights.

Now, Zhu Cihong has abolished the rules established by his ancestors with "a piece of official document". These people have no restrictions, and their minds are gradually becoming more active.

Especially the young Zhu Youlang, who even chanted the slogan "Invade the capital and return the government to the sky".

Fengyang Mansion, ever since Emperor Zhu came out here, it has left a strong mark in the history books.

When Zhu Yuanzhang first built Fengyang, he planned to make it the capital.

Although the plan was later scrapped, construction did not stop.

He spent a lot of time and money during his reign.

The Zhongdu Imperial Palace at that time was 12 square meters larger than the Forbidden City in Beijing.

From this we can see the splendor and glory of Zhongdu.

It's just that the glorious years will slowly fade in the river of time.

Those thousands of palaces have gradually turned into loess now.

More than 200 years of wind and frost have washed away the imperial aura here.

The continuous imperial palace collapsed and collapsed, and the glory of the past has long been lost.

Outside the palace, however, there is a huge black courtyard that is still standing firm, and its name is the Clan Mansion.

After the Yongle period, the responsibilities of the clan mansions in the capital and Jinling were gradually replaced by the Ministry of Rites, and then gradually declined, losing their original responsibilities.

But the Clan Mansion in Zhongdu is still strong, because this is where the children of the Zhu family are imprisoned.

The court officials have no right to intervene when the children of the Zhu family commit crimes. They can only be handled by the emperor himself, and most of them will be imprisoned in Fengyang Mansion.

In a cell in the backyard of the Zongren Mansion, several young figures squatted inside, watching the sun outside quietly through the window.

He was the future Emperor Longwu Zhu Yujian.

Now he is in a mess, emaciated, and haggard.

The clothes on his body were torn, and the wound was faintly visible under the rags, and yellow pus slowly flowed out from the wound.

But he didn't feel any pain, and his eyes were quietly looking at the sun outside.

The sun shines on him, giving him hope.

In August of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Azige led his troops to attack Beizhili and other places, even Ke Baodi, and went straight to the capital, and the capital was under martial law.

The innocent Zhu Yujian was eager to ask King Qin, but Emperor Chongzhen forbade him.

But he was so infatuated that he disregarded the national rule that "vassal kings do not command soldiers", destroyed his family to relieve difficulties, recruited soldiers and bought horses, and led more than a thousand guards from the fiefdom Nanyang to the north to serve the king.

When he traveled to Yuzhou, he was discovered by the local governor Yang Shengwu and reported the matter.

Chongzhen originally inherited the Datong as a vassal king, and was particularly sensitive to the matter of the vassal king leading the army, so he was ordered to return.

Later, Zhu Yujian did not meet Jiannu, but on the way back, he fought against the bandits. They fought for a few rounds, and they won each other. Finally, they returned to Nanyang.

Later, when the Jiannu soldiers retreated, Chongzhen thought of Zhu Yujian.

Even though Zhu Yujian's motives were pure, Chongzhen was still furious. In winter and November, the lower ministers discussed and abolished him as a commoner, and sent Jin Yiwei to imprison the Tang king in Fengyang Royal Prison.Emperor Chongzhen changed his younger brother Zhu Yukai to be the king of Tang.

During the period when Zhu Yujian was imprisoned by the high wall, the eunuch guarding the mausoleum in Fengyang saw that the king of Tang had lost his power, so he asked him for bribes.

But Zhu Yujian's family is complicated, coupled with infatuation, and spent a lot of money in recruiting soldiers, how can there be money to "respect" these eunuchs?
Seeing that they could not ask for bribes, these eunuchs tortured Zhu Yujian with pier locks, and Zhu Yujian was almost ill.

"Thousands of hammers and tens of thousands of hammers have chiseled out the deep mountain, and the fire is burning like nothing. Don't be afraid of being smashed into pieces, and you must stay innocent in the world!"

Looking at the bright sun outside the window, he recited the "Lime Song" by Yu Qian and Yu Shaobao.

"Boom!"

The sound of hurried footsteps broke the silence, Zhu Yujian looked in the direction of the footsteps, and frowned slightly: "Are these eunuchs going to start again?"

It has been four years since Chongzhen was imprisoned for ten years. During these four years, he has been tortured a lot by the eunuchs here, and it has even become a habit.

However, the person who finally appeared in front of him took him by surprise.

Lu Zhenfei, governor of Fengyang Mansion, led his followers, opened the cell and walked in.

After Lu Zhenfei became the governor of Fengyang Mansion, he heard about Zhu Yujian's deeds and admired him very much, so he often came to visit him.

The two often held talks in prison, and they had a close relationship.

Therefore, Zhu Yujian has always been aware of the current situation in the world.

With Lu Zhenfei's intervention, the eunuchs here did not dare to go too far.

But after all, he is a literati, and Zhu Yujian is a prisoner appointed by Chongzhen, so he can't interfere too much, and can only do what he can.

"So it's Lord Lu, it's been a long time!" Zhu Yujian had a spring-like smile on his cold face.

Looking at the bruised Zhu Yujian, Lu Zhenfei frowned, and hurriedly asked: "My lord, I'm only five days away, why did I look like this? These damned eunuchs will definitely kill them all later! "

Lu Zhenfei was murderous.

Lu Zhenfei could protect Zhu Yujian for a while, but he couldn't protect him forever.

There is always a free period, and these eunuchs will take advantage of this time to double the pressure Lu Zhenfei put on him and return it to Zhu Yujian.

A phoenix that has lost its hair is not as good as a chicken, and the prince who has lost his power is like this.

Zhu Yujian shook his head bitterly, and said with difficulty: "If you can survive, you are lucky, why do you take revenge on a few Xiaoxiao?!"

Lu Zhenfei shook his head, took out a document from his body, and handed it to Zhu Yujian.

Zhu Yujian took the document and looked around.

Before I finished reading it, I asked excitedly: "Is the content on this true? But true? Could it be that I'm about to be free? Could it be that my hard days are finally coming to an end?"

Lu Zhenfei nodded solemnly and began to explain:
"It's a long story, since the imperial court went to the south, the government has been controlled by traitors like Yang Sichang.

On the third day of June, the loyal ministers headed by Lord Zhou Yanru launched a palace coup to force the sycophant to return to His Majesty.

Although His Majesty is young, but he is grateful for the turmoil in the world and the prosperity of the Sun Bandit, so he ordered the vassals, officials, and squires to train their own troops and contribute to the country.

At the same time, all the clans imprisoned in Fengyang will be pardoned! "

Lu Zhenfei explained the main points of the matter with excitement.

The ass decides the position, although Zhou Yanru is not a good thing, but what he did this time is of great benefit to people like Lu Zhenfei.

In terms of interests, Zhou Yanru is a loyal minister and good general.

"After four years, four years, I finally made it through, finally made it through!"

Zhu Yujian wept with joy, knelt down and howled.

Lu Zhenfei quickly picked him up, and tears rolled down his cheeks.

"My lord, it's time for revenge! It's time to kill those damned eunuchs!"

A fierce light suddenly shot out from Lu Zhenfei's eyes.

Zhu Yujian wiped away the tears on his face, revealing a fierce look!
After so many years of suffering here, these damned eunuchs almost tortured people to death, if they are so easily spared, is there any justice?
Zhu Yujian thought he was very broad-minded, but he was not so broad-minded.

These eunuchs almost forced Zhu Yujian to death, how could they spare them?

……

The sound of footsteps resounded in the clan's mansion, and Zhu Yujian held a waist knife with a stern expression on his face.

Even though he was bruised, it still didn't affect his actions.

Lu Zhenfei followed closely behind, leading his entourage to guard him.

Come here today, Lu Zhenfei transferred all the people he could mobilize.

He has been at odds with eunuchs, and was harmed by Wei Zhongxian during the reign of Tianqi.

When he first came to Fengyang Mansion, he was severely beaten by the local eunuch.

In other words, Lu Zhenfei also had a lot of hatred with these eunuchs.

"My lord is a well-known virtuous king in the world. How can a dragon be trapped in the shallows and be played by swimming shrimps? I will definitely kill these young people!"

Lu Zhenfei's voice kept ringing behind Zhu Yujian.

Lu Zhenfei was a loyal minister who later died fighting the Qing Dynasty.

But he also has the marks and shortcomings of this era. He is similar to those scholars, but the betting objects are different.

But these things can't cover up his advantages.

(End of this chapter)