eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 442 Draw the Sword
According to the memorandum, more than 2000 people in Gu'an County gathered to riot. The rioters surrounded the county magistrate and even rushed into the residence of the imperial envoy.

But the situation was completely out of control, because someone accidentally ran over and killed the chief secretary of the county government office.

This is a terrible moment. After the death of an official, everyone knows that they can't live anymore. Coupled with the accumulation of anger in the past few days, even a cowardly person will risk his life.

"Ugh."

Zhu Houzhao's character is like this, he will get angry only when things are small, but when something really big happens to him, he will not be so angry.He was like this in his previous life.

Maybe it was something so bad that it made him feel cold from head to toe, so his whole body became calm.As soon as you calm down, you will find that anger, fear, and worry are actually helpless to the matter. At this time, it is most important to think about how to deal with it.

Of course, when this happened, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but sigh.

"Tell me, how to solve this matter?"

"Your Majesty, I think that there is a civil disorder, and I should send a large army to quell it quickly, lest the situation get worse and become uncontrollable." The Ministry of War Shangshu Wang replied.

"The rioters are no better than the imperial army. They will disperse at the slightest obstacle, which will cause disaster to other counties. I suggest that your Majesty order the surrounding counties to strengthen their guards, and not let anyone go. After all, a county has been disrupted, and there can be no further chaos. Two counties."

"My ministers thought that when they were coerced and lured, divided and disintegrated, these disorderly people would not be united, because gathering together was not righteous, and as long as there was a little lure, they would be divided and attacked."

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Zhu Hou took care of them, and they all said well and rightly. He couldn't help feeling a sense of sadness in his heart, and said: "How to divide the Zhuangtian from the rich? Smell, it's difficult to say it out, it's difficult, that's also difficult. But how to treat the common people, you have a good way. Disorderly people, if they are disorderly people... we are forced to rebel!"

Coercion, containment, provocation... There are all kinds of methods.

That sounds really ironic.

The emperor pondered for a while, and said: "...The Ministry of War transfers the nearest guard to Gu'an County."

"Yes, Wei Chen obeys the order."

"Elder Sima, this matter cannot be delayed, you go first."

Wang Bing stood up, "Yes!"

When he walked outside, there was still a hint of a smile on his lips. This Li Dongyang... also asked for it.

In the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Houzhao asked: "Old Li Ge, if the people in Gu'an County can rebel, what if other counties respond?"

"I think that in extreme times, we should take strict precautions!"

"But didn't the sage say that the mouth of the people is better than the mouth of the river? The common people have no land under their feet and no tiles on their heads. Under such circumstances, if one county is rebelled today, two counties may be rebelled tomorrow, and three counties the next day." , if our monarchs and ministers continue to live in such a muddle, one day, the people everywhere will rise up and let us die without a place to die!"

Zhu Houzhao's tone gradually became stronger when he talked about it now, and his voice was not small at this time, "This country is passed down from the ancestors and cannot be destroyed in my hands. These people are all my people, not yours. If you don’t love me, I will love you!”

After saying this, he took two steps to the side.Then there was a 'wow' and a sword was drawn out!
Wang Jia was shocked when he saw it. What is the emperor going to do?
"Your Majesty, please calm down! Although there is chaos in Gu'an County right now, the imperial court has sufficient food and grass, strong soldiers and strong horses, so why worry about scabies?!"

British Duke Zhang Mao glanced at the emperor tremblingly,

What he said to him just now was obviously dissatisfied with him.

Now that the sword has been drawn out, shouldn't it be true that the blood will be splashed to clean the palace on impulse?
Zhu Houzhao glanced at everyone with sharp eyes, and then stabbed forward!
Pfft!
Liu Jin knelt down in horror, "Your Majesty, spare me!"

Yes,

Zhu Houzhao walked over slowly and pointed his sword at Liu Jin's face.

All the courtiers were completely dumbfounded.

"Liu Jin, you said that I am loyal and never have two hearts."

Liu Jin hurriedly complained in tears: "This servant is loyal to His Majesty, this matter is absolutely true! No matter whether there is civil disorder or not, this servant only has the sun of Your Majesty!"

"Okay!" Zhu Houzhao yelled, "Now I order you to investigate the farmland occupied by the 24 prisons in the palace in Beizhili, and order them to hand over all the land! Together with my Huangzhuang, return the common people!"

Liu Jin panted heavily, and after listening to the emperor's words, he was stunned for a while before he realized, "Your Majesty means...to call you a slave..."

"You heard me right! That's what I mean! Blast the wind knows the strength of the grass, at this time, I want to ask you and the people in the palace, are you willing to stand with me, or stick to those land deeds?!"

The eunuchs in the palace, especially the smart eunuchs like Liu Jin actually thought about this issue very thoroughly.

As a eunuch, the emperor is willing to reward you, you have everything, and you can even be nine thousand years old, but if you don't want to give it to you, you won't have an acre of land, or even your life.

At the beginning, Wei Bin just didn't understand this truth.

In particular, there are negative examples like the Duke of England in front of him, which can further show his loyalty, and he is not reluctant to part with a few acres of land.

So he shouted: "Your Majesty is only loyal to His Majesty! I will check the fields occupied by the palace! Your Majesty said that I will not let them keep an acre!"

"Okay!" Zhu Houzhao withdrew his sword, "Mr. Li Ge, Mr. Xie Ge."

"Old minister... the old minister is here."

"You make a decree. Pass it to the prefectures and counties in Northern Zhili, and order them to organize manpower, clear up the farmland, and distribute my Huangzhuang, the palace farmland, to the people on the principle of equality for each household! I will order the Jinyiwei to investigate everywhere. Tan, whoever dares to take up more acres of land during this process... Mr. Li Ge, if I kill these people, the world will not be shaken, right? When the people are in chaos, heavy codes should be used. The benevolence at this time can be A woman's benevolence, don't you think?"

The last question was a bit playful.

Li Dongyang knew that there should be no further incidents, so he replied: "In times of crisis, we can only do extraordinary things. I also think that if someone knows the law and breaks the law at this time, he should be punished on the spot!"

In fact, these people are very strange in their hearts.

The emperor said, 'You don't love me, I love you', which almost turned them into opposites.

But even at this time, no one will come out and say: the fields occupied by officials at all levels will be checked by the ministers.

In addition, so far, Zhu Houzhao has not mentioned the Duke of England, let alone other ministers, or bureaucrats who still occupy a large amount of Zhuangtian.

Because people can indeed say that my land is not occupied, but bought.There are millions of acres of fertile land, how can so many people go to find out what's going on here?

Moreover, the people who occupy the land and the people who investigate the case are basically the same group of people. Who will investigate themselves?

But Zhu Houzhao wants to destroy the reputation of these people.

If there is civil unrest, this incident will be spread to everyone, and then people will know what the emperor did in this incident, and what the ministers did in this incident.

Compared with this, what he really needs to pay attention to is actually not the corrupt officials and the more than 2000 ordinary people.

But the field of public opinion.

Once public opinion is in the hands of others, even if you do something good, he will say, ah, look, there was a civil disturbance, now you know how to correct it?Or, it was the emperor who went to Shu so-and-so, so there was such a result.

In this level of struggle, if someone crosses the line, Zhu Houzhao will arrest them.

But he will not arrest the British Duke for the time being. As the leader of the ministers, even if he really occupies a few acres of land, the emperor will appear mean and ungrateful if he wants to kill him.

After all, your old Zhu's family is in the world, so it's impossible not to share a mouthful of soup with these ministers, right?
Compared with this, he chose to create a moral context in which the emperor divided the land to make decisions for the people, while some other civil servants and military generals... They are reluctant to part with their own moral context.

He just wants to stand on the highest commanding height.When it comes to dividing the land next time, he can ignore the rules: because all of you who dissuade me are trying to fight against the people of the world, and you are all really harming the people.

"Your Majesty!" The British Duke was terrified, and this comparison made him uncomfortable, "I am willing to donate one hundred acres of fertile land at home."

But at this time, the emperor had already walked in, ignored them and waved his hand, "Let's all step back. I'm tired."

"His Majesty!!"

It was useless for him to shout, in fact, his previous words had already set his impression in the emperor's mind.

Everyone knows that the emperor is also a little annoyed by these ministers.Since you are angry, of course you can ignore you.

This incident tonight directly led to the suspension of the next day's court meeting.

Right now, officials from all walks of life in Beijing and China are present, and in the midst of the excitement, things spread quickly.

As a result, young people in restaurants everywhere were outraged,

"I really don't understand, where is the evil in the world?!"

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One update today, something tonight.This chapter was written during the day, and I just revised it and posted it.

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