Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 677: The king and his ministers broke up with each other and broke up with Lu Fan to provide disaster relief and rescue the family.
Zhu Qiyu's real strategy is to log in at multiple points.Kyoto is surrounded from three directions: Kaga to the northeast of Kyoto, Ise to the southeast, and Sakai Port to the southwest.

Then instead of attacking, they turned around and captured Hakata Port with all their strength, completely controlling tomorrow's trade.

Finally, the gold and silver mines were slowly captured, and the Han, Miao and Yao people were slowly moved in.

Once you have the gold and silver mines and the trade surplus, you are done. Leave the rest to your descendants.

In the blink of an eye, August [-]th came, and the Taishan earthquake incident was almost over.

When the ministers saw that the emperor did not respond to the satirical memorial, they became more angry. The memorial pointed out that the number of people who made the emperor angry and caused disasters reached more than [-] people.

The tiger had not shown its power for a long time, so it was regarded as a sick cat by everyone.

Just when the government and the public were getting carried away, the emperor's edict suddenly reached the cabinet, announcing the establishment of a new Fengtian Jingnan Office outside the Daming Gate. All civil servants and military generals who believed that the emperor was guilty of God's crime could gather together to organize the Fengtian Jingnan.

Thirty-six people including Xu Bin, the minister of Taichang Temple, Chen Ruyan, a doctor in the Jiangxi Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Zhang Ying and Shen Xing, the censor of the Yunnan Road Supervisor, and Zhengtang Xu, the official of the Qintian Prison, were appointed by the emperor as loyal and good ministers of Fengtian Jingnan. On the same day, I went to the new Yamen outside Daming Gate to organize Fengtian Jingnan.

Of course, these people will not submit obediently, but the Jin Yiwei will accompany them kindly and kindly to serve God respectfully in the new Yamen.

This move caused an uproar, and everyone in the government and the public was shocked by the absurdity of today's society.

But there was no way. With the degree of centralization of power in the early Ming Dynasty, as long as the emperor was willing to lower his face and act recklessly, officials would be almost unable to stop him, not to mention that the capital's army was firmly in the hands of the emperor.

The leader of the capital army was more eager to save money than the emperor.

For the generals of Xiaoqiying, Shenjiying, Shenshuying, Tiancewei, Yingzhouwei, and Duoyanwei, if the emperor is not easy to save, then what is everyone's credit and what is everyone's title.

These were all obtained by annihilating the Sun family and Zhu Qizhen's gang members. We can't wait foolishly for Zhu Jianshen to acknowledge everyone's contributions and titles, right?
Jin Yiwei doesn't have much motivation. This reserve is not easy.However, Wuding Marquis Guo Chang, who was in charge of the Jinyiwei, had a very clear attitude. As long as the Jinyiwei showed a slightly arrogant attitude, he would immediately be sent to the Japanese front line to be used as cannon fodder.

Jin Yiwei doesn't have to go to the battlefield?There was no such rule in the Jingtai Dynasty, and anyone could go to the battlefield and serve the country.

There was even a new stone tablet erected at the gate of Jinyiwei. Zhu Qiyu personally wrote: Loyalty is not absolute, it is absolutely disloyal.

Then he ordered craftsmen to carve it into a stone tablet and place it at the entrance of Jinyiwei.

Anyone who does not pledge allegiance to the emperor will be sent to the Japanese front immediately without any hesitation.

The Jinyiwei were forced to have no choice but to desperately suppress the civil servants who challenged the emperor's authority.

Before the government and the public could react, the emperor's order came again: the three original concubines of Qi were renamed imperial concubines.

On that day, the emperor officially passed the throne of King Qi to the eldest son Zhu Wenfang, and named the eldest concubine Xu as Princess Qi.

The emperor's attitude was tough and unquestionable, and he did not consult with his cabinet ministers in advance.

The important ministers had no choice. The emperor's eldest son was granted the title of king. It was a matter of course and no one else could control it.

There is nothing we can do about it. If we fail to say a word and are sent by the emperor to prepare for the Fengtian Jingdi, then the matter will be serious.

Not to mention the important ministers, even the ordinary people in the capital know the meaning of Fengtian Jingnan. The emperor asking you to Fengtian Jingnan means that the emperor has clearly accused you of being disobedient.

In fact, the 36 civil servants who were forcibly sent to Fengtian by the emperor did have disobedient intentions.In the minds of these people, Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Qizhen, and Zhu Jianshen were of the same orthodox lineage.

Zhu Qiyu acted so toughly in order to completely put an end to the unhealthy trend of using celestial phenomena to make decisions.

If there is an earthquake, God is angry with the emperor; if a star is dim, it is God's anger with the emperor; if it does not rain, it is God's anger with the emperor; if it rains a lot, it is God's anger with the emperor.

Even the three main halls of the Forbidden City were burned down by "thunder and fire from heaven", which was because God was angry with the emperor.

Even Taizong was ridiculed by civil servants because of the "thunder and fire from the sky" in the three main halls.Zhu Qiyu has made up his mind to completely curb this trend.

I have to admit that on some issues, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty were right.

For example, when treating civil servants, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty were like killing dogs. After killing one batch, they killed another batch until they were convinced.

In the end, Kangxi and Qianlong became the Mingjun Holy Lords and were licked by a bunch of people.

I didn't see the ministers of the Kangxi and Qianlong dynasties chirping about celestial phenomena all day long to warn and make God angry.

The gentler and kinder you are, the more others will bully you; the more cruel and violent you are, the more others will kneel on the ground and praise you.

This is magical realism.

After a day of fermentation, Hanlin Academy lecturers Lu Yuan, Lin Wen, Li Shao, editors Qian Pu, Ke Qian and others wrote a letter to express their grievances for the 36 civil servants yesterday, and were also sent to join those people in approving the emperor.

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Qufu, Shandong.

There have been heavy rains in recent days and people have been displaced.

The disaster in Qufu was extremely serious, and the people could no longer survive.

For several days in a row, many groups of people have gathered in groups to petition in front of the government office in Qufu County, hoping to exempt them from taxes, corvees, and land rent this year.

Unexpectedly, in order to give preferential treatment to the descendants of Duke Yansheng in the Ming Dynasty, the post of Qufu County Magistrate has always been in the hands of the Kong family.

The Kong family happens to be the largest landlord in Qufu.

The corvée service is negotiable, but do you want to be exempted from taxes this year?
We will exempt the taxes due from the imperial court and discuss with others.But how can the local receivables be exempted?What can I eat without going to and fro in the Yamen?
As for the exemption of land rent, it is even more of a dream.

If you can't harvest food this year, you can sell your property. If that doesn't work, you can sell your sons and daughters.

Lu Fan was moved to Qufu and had been staying in Confucius Mansion before. The new palace had not yet been built.

One month ago, an emissary gave gold, silver, cloth and silk to King Lu on behalf of the emperor.

In order to repay the emperor's favor, King Lu opened a porridge shed in front of the gate of Confucius Mansion a few days ago to give porridge to save the people.

The King of Lu was not just a show-off. Instead, he sold off his property and raised 30 shi of grain from his original fiefdom of Yanzhou. He promised the people of Qufu that he would do his best to provide disaster relief until Lu Fan's wealth was exhausted.

The disaster in Yanzhou was also quite serious, so Lu Fan sold off his property and provided relief to Yanzhou and Qufu at the same time.No matter how rich Lu Fan was, he could not afford such consumption.

According to King Lu's own calculations, even if he tried his best, he would only be able to support it for more than 50 days at most.

The Confucius Mansion was disgusted by King Lu, so they took out three melons and two dates to help the people. With King Lu's pearls in front, they really couldn't do anything.

Spend some real money, but it really hurts.

Moreover, disaster relief is a bottomless pit. There are now 10,000+ disaster victims in Qufu alone.

There will be more next year, because many people can no longer survive this year. How can they farm next year?Most cannot even afford seeds.

(End of this chapter)