eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 449

The emperor waited for this memorial.

A memorial that gave him a reason to pick up the knife.

He can make a fuss with this.

So even if the body is slightly unwell, it will be the same tomorrow morning.

The sound of the rooster breaks the dawn, and the sky is getting brighter.

The emperor took a bowl of gentle conditioning medicine yesterday, and he was heavy after falling asleep, but he felt a little uncomfortable when he woke up in the morning, and he always felt a little heavy in his body.

There is probably no strength on my body.

"Your Majesty, why don't you take a break today?" Qiu Yun, who was waiting for him to change his clothes, was worried.

The girl was wearing a turquoise dress, emerald green, and she looked very pretty. Zhu Houzhao took her warm and jade-like little hand, and leaned her forehead against the back of her hand for a while.

"No, I'm going to court today."

Qiu Yun was slightly resentful, but she still kept moving her hands, no matter what the emperor chose, everything was ready.

If you choose to face up at this moment, then take a piece of sliced ​​ginseng.

and also……

"Your Majesty, you still have to drink the medicine."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hands in resistance, because he woke up early in the morning because he was not feeling well, and he had no appetite at all, and he didn't want to eat delicious food, let alone medicine.

"A bowl of warm water is fine. I really can't drink this medicine."

Qiu Yun could probably understand the emperor's mood, so he said, "All right. Your Majesty will take a rest in the afternoon today, and Qiu Yun will rub your shoulders then."

"it is good."

There is something important today.

It's one thing for a great dynasty to be anticlimactic, and Yang Yiqing, Zhou Shangwen, Yibura and others all had to return to Datong.The frontier defense attaches great importance to it. What if the Tatars call at this juncture?
Compared with this, how to fight in the court is really a trivial matter.

As for the money, now that Gu Renyi has sent a memorandum, many people are too busy to take care of themselves, the land in their hands is hot, and they are reluctant to give it back, and they don't know how to use it.

The cabinet didn't go into too much depth. The so-called concession to the people has already given the emperor a more thorough 'give up the land to the people'.

Moreover, this year's expedition to Tatar was not approved by the emperor.

Basically, it was a compromise, so the people on both sides still accepted it.

For Zhu Houzhao, a little more time to prepare will naturally give him more hope of winning the decisive battle between Ming and Tatar. Even if he raises one more horse and trains one more soldier, that would be good.

There is no need to rush to make dangerous moves immediately.

However, if you want to come to Zhengde for two years, you will not be stable, because the blockade of trade can easily lead to war.Although there is all kinds of smuggling, once the border trade is officially controlled, the cost of smuggling will rise sharply, and the volume of trade in goods will decrease.

This has a great impact on the country. The grasslands are short of supplies, and the amount of smuggling is not enough to fit between the teeth.

They have nothing to do but come and grab it.

This point was clear to the entire Ming army from the moment they implemented the blockade strategy, and even forced them to come over.

Another point is that in the tense pre-war preparations, Zhu Houzhao planned to send Yibula and Ming general Ma Rong as envoys to contact the other two Wanhu.

Economic means, political means, and military means are indispensable.Such a steady and progressive frontier strategy was the overall tone set by the last emperor.

In a word, whether to fight or not this year depends on the little prince Dayan Khan. If you don't fight, I will continue to block you and weaken you. If you fight, then I will stay with you to the end.

Under this situation, the military situation in the frontier has actually become more active.The situation is also much better than the pure defense a few years ago.

Yang Yiqing, Yang Shangyi, Zhou Shangwen...

These people met the emperor according to the procedure of the early court, and the emperor gave a few more instructions, and then they could leave Beijing.

This was normal in the first place, but the morning court was extremely depressing. There were obviously a lot of things going on in the capital, but apart from the process that the "officials who left the capital" had to go through, no one came out to speak out.

The emperor himself also made a 'cough' sound, which seemed to suppress the overall mood.

All the ministers knew the actual reason.

In Gu Renyi's memorandum, there was a sentence that His Majesty was always for the people, but he hesitated to go forward after seeing the suffering of the people, and directly brought the emperor along to scold him.

Over the past few years, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have become more and more afraid of the emperor, and they have hardly seen anyone use such words to admonish the emperor.

And in the early morning, many people saw that the emperor was coughing slightly and his face was not good, so they guessed that he must be angry.So I was afraid of encountering bad luck in my heart, so naturally I became more silent.

In fact, there is more than one memorial from Gu Renyi.

And because they didn't speak, it doesn't mean that Zhu Houzhao just said "retire without incident" and skipped over. It's already reached this pass, so there is no such cheap thing.

"In the past few days, Beizhili has divided the fields. In the middle and high levels, inside and outside the capital, there are many courtiers who have spoken out and said that Xunchen and civil officials have invaded the people's land. I... cough cough." Zhu Houzhao coughed twice with his fists clenched. Then he continued: "In my opinion, Gu Renyi is the strongest. It turned out that a small county magistrate in Yibin even questioned me, saying that I was afraid to move forward, and compared me to Yuan Benchu, who is stern and cowardly."

At this point, the whole hall was silent.

This is not wanting to live anymore.

Zhu Houzhao also paused for a while, his eyes shifted, and he fell on Li Dongyang, "Old Li Ge, I don't remember a little bit. Among the Three Kingdoms, how did Cao Cao describe Yuan Benchu?"

Li Dongyang didn't dare to answer at the first moment, but said: "Your Majesty, the Holy Son of Heaven, can't be compared to Yuan Shao who lives in a different place and is king."

"Tell me." Zhu Houzhao emphasized.

Li Dongyang had no choice but to say: "Cao Cao said that Yuan Shao is a man of courage and courage, who is always scheming; he cherishes his life when he does great things, and forgets his life when he sees small gains. He is not a hero."

"After dividing the land of Huangzhuang and stealing a word or two of the name of the sage, I stopped here. Mr. Li Ge, do you think I forgot my life because of the small profit?"

"All the ministers say that I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but I do know that if Beizhili is only divided into Huangzhuang and Zhongguan's farmland, the people will have no place to stand, but I have not yet issued an imperial decree. Thank you, Mr. Ge, what do you say? Is this not doing great things and sacrificing oneself?"

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were named, there was no other way, the old man knelt down tremblingly.

"Your Majesty is extremely talented, wise and wise, and he is the wise king of my Ming Dynasty! A magistrate of Yibin was promoted suddenly, ecstatic, and didn't know the heights of heaven and earth. That's why he made such shocking words. Your Majesty's imperial decree, kill this humiliating father, Unfaithful and unfilial ministers, make an example to others!"

"Fangmin's mouth is stronger than Fangchuan's. What he said is what I did. If you kill him, the facts will not change."

"His Majesty!"

"Ahem." Zhu Houzhao's face was indifferent. He didn't have that much strength, but his emotions were accumulated in his chest, and he couldn't help heaving, "Bring it up."

Liu Jin nodded upon hearing this, "Yes."

The person he brought was arrested overnight last night.

Zhu Houzhao trusted the situation Gu Renyi said. In his memorial, he said that Wu Jiao, the Minister of Dali Temple, and Shi Weijie, the deputy envoy of the Tongzheng Envoy, consulted with Qin You to occupy more than [-] hectares of people's land. After a little verification, it can be confirmed. .

Three men, two fat and one thin, were tied into Fengtian Temple just like that. Their hair was disheveled, their faces were dirty, their eyes were red, and the veins on their necks protruded, but they had suffered once.

Besides the sound of their footsteps, there was no other sound in Fengtian Hall. Everyone bowed their heads and knelt, and many people wondered if their names would be found in the memorials piled up on the imperial case.

"...I only checked these three people, and the land deeds and land properties are all physical evidence. The British Lord told me that some of the land in the mansion was also bought. Okay. It is also possible that the British Lord has been expensive for generations. But you Dali Wu Jiao, Minister of the Temple, and Shi Weijie, deputy envoy of the General Political Department, are all from poor families, where did they earn money to buy more than 1 mu of land?! Cough cough."

Zhu Houzhao's voice was so loud that he couldn't help coughing.

Liu Jin panicked, "Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, please pay attention to the dragon body!"

"I'm doing well!" Zhu Houzhao finally couldn't bear the depression that had lasted for several days, "Gu Renyi said that I cherish my body when I do great things. I don't care about my body. I'm thinking about the monarch and his ministers. Why make people panic However, my ministers, the memorials from the various houses in Beizhili all say that the land of Huangzhuang is not enough, have you read these?!

The Deputy Envoy of the Tongzheng Envoy is the fourth rank, and the Minister of Dali Temple is the third rank official of the imperial court, one of the nine ministers, I have no choice but to dismiss him today and tie him in front of the palace.I have been enthroned for two years, and most of the officials standing here have been promoted by me. You have become like this, I am really heartbroken. I only feel ashamed of the former emperor, ashamed of the ancestors, and ashamed of the hundred trillion people of Ming Dynasty! "

Zhu Houzhao shook his head, looked a little helpless, and said with a long sigh: "Take them down, lock them up, sentence them according to the law, and don't let them go lightly! In addition, from now on, I will personally lead the attendant room, the supervisor of ceremonies, and the Jinyiwei. , to track down the heads of the households of the indivisible farmlands in various parts of Beizhili, and whoever is found will have to explain to the court how your land came about. Even a transaction must have a certificate, right?
I know that there are many loyal ministers among you who will try their best to persuade me that if such a move is made, the world will be in chaos.But civil unrest is imminent, and the common people will rebel against the imperial court if they lose their fields. Where is there room for whitewashing the peace? !I am in the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City. If anyone rebels and leads troops to attack, I will give up the throne to him! "

If an emperor can't do what he thinks is right, then this emperor is wrong.

"Slave Liu Jin, swear to be loyal to His Majesty to the death!"

This sycophant was a good mover, seeing this opportunity, he immediately knelt down to show his loyalty.

Seeing him like this, Jin Gui and Xie Pi in the attendant room, Yang Yiqing in the cabinet, and Wang Jia, the emperor's teacher, also immediately expressed their attitudes, Li and Xie in the cabinet, and other important officials among the six ministries and nine officials also expressed their loyalty language.

After the imperial court disbanded, the imperial decree was handed out in the palace: Governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, Wang Jia, with the title of Crown Prince Taibao and a Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, who entered the cabinet to participate in the military affairs, was given a jade belt and Linpao, and was restored as the head of the Minister of Military Aviation, and he was still in charge of military affairs. , Wang Bing and Yang Tinghe, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, followed.

(End of this chapter)