Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 388 Let them raise troops!

What Cheng Jing just said revealed a lot of information to Lin Cunde. Lin Cunde understood what was going on as soon as he heard it. He immediately raised his hands to Cheng Jing and said, "Excuse me, please wait a moment. I will go to the study to get the evidence!"

"Okay!" Once Cheng Jing heard that Lin Cunde understood, he immediately returned the greeting.

Soon, Lin Cunde took the evidence and some confessions against the vassal kings and followed Cheng Jing to the palace!

When they arrived at the imperial study, Lin Cunde found Chen Xun and the others waiting outside the imperial study!

Chen Xun and the others had just finished their meal!

"Marquis of Luling, this book of yours has caused us great harm!" Chen Xun said helplessly to Lin Cunde.

"What do you mean, I can't write the question book? Besides, this matter is not trivial. If I don't write the impeachment question book, why should I write it?" Lin Cunde said with an unhappy face after hearing this.

Chen Xun didn't expect that Lin Cunde would look down upon him and was stunned for a moment!

"Master Marquis, please wait for a moment, and the servant will go in and make an announcement!" Cheng Jing said to Lin Cunde.

Lin Cunde still handed it over and said it was time to work!

Cheng Jing came out not long after arriving at the imperial study today, saying that His Majesty ordered them in!

Of course, Lin Cunde took the lead. In terms of grade, Lin Cunde was a super grade. Chen Xun and the others still needed to stay behind!

After arriving at the Imperial Study Room, Lin Cunde saluted Zhu Qiyu and said, "Your Majesty, Lin Cunde, pays homage to your Majesty!"

"Well, no courtesy, come here, sit down here, let's drink tea!" Zhu Qiyu nodded and asked Lin Cunde to sit across from him, while the ministers returned to their seats!

The palace maid continued to come over with teacups to change tea for them!

"Is there any evidence for what is written in your question book?" Zhu Qiyu asked Lin Cunde after pouring tea for him.

Lin Cunde nodded, took out the evidence from his arms, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, there are, and there are some things that I have investigated, including how much salt and iron tea was there from last winter to this winter, and After the food and cold-proof materials were delivered to Shanxi and Shaanxi, we found that the winter from last year to this year was almost the same as in previous years!

And now we and Wala have not yet reached an agreement on opening the border market. How do these materials get out? Don’t say that these vassal kings keep so many supplies. If that’s the case, that’s fine. Just go to their warehouses and take a look!

But they certainly couldn't produce so much, and there was evidence that their goods had already passed the border and reached the hands of the Oara people! "

Lin Cunde said and handed the information to Zhu Qiyu!

Zhu Qiyu took the information given by Lin Cunde with a solemn expression and began to look through it. Chen Xun and the others behind him were also staring at the information in Zhu Qiyu's hands. They didn't know whether Lin Cunde really had the evidence!

However, Gao Gu asked at this moment: "Marquis Luling, this matter is not a trivial matter. These are all vassal kings!"

"What's the matter? The vassal king can't be impeached? Also, what do they want to do by arranging Wala people in the gambling house? Shouldn't your cabinet investigate this matter? Also, Wang Zhi was dragged away before Go in, I don't believe you don't know, why don't you remind me? Just wait and wait for things to escalate, what are your intentions? Who doesn't know?" Lin Cunde looked at Gao Gu indifferently and said.

Gao Gu was so rebuffed by Lin Cunde that he didn't dare to speak, so he looked at Chen Xun.

"The vassal king is at fault in this matter, but His Majesty has only been on the throne for only two years. What I want to say is not to touch those vassal kings yet. Although they are at fault, it is not appropriate to mobilize the army. I am worried that when the time comes, Someone will rise up!" Chen Xun also said while stroking his beard.

"I hope they will rise up, but do they have the guts? It would be better if they have the guts. They are collaborating with the enemy, so why don't we continue to keep them to raise our enemies? Raising tigers is a disaster, haven't you heard of it?" Lin Cunde sneered again. He looked at Chen Xun and said. "

Zhu Qiyu was there looking at the evidence. Some of the evidence was given to him by Zhu Qiyu before, but some of the evidence was not. It was investigated by Wang Zhi and Lin Cunde. These were things that Zhu Qiyu didn't know before!

Lin Cunde was quarreling with Chen Xun and the others there, but Zhu Qiyu's face was getting worse and worse, so Chen Xun and the others did not dare to speak. They knew that among the evidence Lin Cunde gave, there must be substantial evidence, otherwise, Zhu Qiyu would not be like this !

After almost a quarter of an hour, Zhu Qiyu put down the information and asked Cheng Jing: "Go to the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and inform Yu Qian and the people in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion to mobilize the troops as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" Cheng Jing immediately raised his hands and said after hearing this. "Ah!" When Chen Xun and the others saw Zhu Qiyu's behavior, they knew that Zhu Qiyu had agreed to mobilize the army!

Chen Xun was very anxious. If Zhu Qiyu really gave the order, then those vassal kings would be in trouble, and all of them would be in trouble! So he stood up, raised his hands to Zhu Qiyu and said, "Does this matter still need to be discussed? After all, they are the vassal kings!"

"I will give them a chance, it depends on whether they cherish it. When the time comes, I will send people over to inform them. Either their vassal kings will come to the capital to explain it to me, or they will raise an army. I will wait for them to raise an army!

How brave are they? My brother is still in Wala! Are you still imprisoned by them? Well, they colluded with Wala, do they want to force my brother to death? I send envoys to Wala every month, hoping to persuade Wala to let my brother come back. Although he is now my commoner, he is also my brother!

But they still sell salt and iron tea to them. Is it because I don’t give them enough money? A vassal king earns more than 100,000 taels a year, and a county prince earns 30,000 to 40,000 taels a year. They are not satisfied. Most of my internal funds have been divided by them. What else do they want? What to do? As an emperor, I may not spend as much money as they do in a year!

What did they think of our Ming Dynasty? What did they do with their vassal title? '

The cabinet immediately sent people to their side, and at the same time drafted an edict, telling them that either the feudal kings would come back and explain clearly to me, or they would raise an army, and I would wait for them to raise an army!

In their eyes, do they still have me and their ancestors? How dare they collaborate with the enemy? They even communicate with Wala. They don’t know that Wala is my enemy of the Ming Dynasty?

Don’t they know how much harm Wala has brought to our Ming Dynasty?

You go immediately. There is nothing to discuss about this matter. What else is there to discuss? The evidence is all here. If you want to see it, see it for yourselves! "Zhu Qiyu said and slammed the evidence on the table. All the ministers were shocked!

However, when they heard Zhu Qiyu say this, they also knew it was bad!

Chen Xun cursed in his heart, you vassal kings, I have given you so much money, you should just be your vassal kings, why are you colluding with those Wala people when you have nothing to do? Isn’t this cheating yourself?

If I knew that you were colluding with Wala, I would not dare to write to you even to death, nor would I dare to negotiate with you to deal with Lin Cunde together!

It's good now. We are being manipulated by those feudal kings. We still need to find a way for those feudal kings to escape safely. Otherwise, it will be found out that they are connected with ourselves and others, and then your majesty will Let these people go?

Chen Xun and the others did not dare to look at the information. His Majesty said so, how could they dare to look at it?

"If there is anything else to discuss about this matter, go ahead and draft the decree, arrange for people to declare it, and let them choose what they should do!" Zhu Qiyu said to Chen Xun.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I'll go right away!" Chen Xun and the others stood up and said with their hands raised to Zhu Qiyu.

They waited here for more than an hour without discussing anything, and Zhu Qiyu made his decision!

Soon, Chen Xun and the others left, and Zhu Qiyu asked all the eunuchs in the imperial study to leave.

"Are these true?" Zhu Qiyu pointed at the information and asked Lin Cunde.

"Really, basically it can be said that those feudal princes have been doing business with Wala these years, and your majesty can send people to investigate how much money those feudal princes have and where the money comes from!" Lin Cunde was very sure. nodded.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Their money, haha, it can be said that they are richer than me. Let's talk about King Qin. This is only the third generation. The money of their lineage, combined, is no less than 30 million." Two taels of silver, including more than one million acres of land, countless mansions, and shops. I was thinking before, did the court give them so much money? Now that I think about it, this money is not a good source!

Moreover, this is what I have investigated, and I estimate that at least half of it has not been found. In other words, the money of King Qin's family, converted into silver, is no less than 60 million taels, which is enough for my taxes in the two years of the Ming Dynasty. Well, one vassal king is equal to the taxes of my Ming Dynasty for two years. I have more than 20 vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, that is fifty or sixty years. The Ming Dynasty has only been a country for more than a hundred years, and they have taken away half of the taxes and taxes of my Ming Dynasty. ! "

"However, what is your Majesty's plan for this matter? If they don't have troops and the vassal king comes to the capital to plead guilty, what should we do? Killing is definitely not an option, and depriving the king of his title is not a good idea either!" Lin Cunde looked at Zhu Qiyu Asked.

"What do you think?" Zhu Qiyu also looked at Lin Cunde and asked.

"I have an idea, I don't know whether I should say it or not! But this matter still needs to be discussed by Your Majesty and the ministers!" Lin Cunde thought for a while and asked.

"Tell me, tell me, is there anything you should say?" Zhu Qiyu immediately signaled Lin Cunde to continue. There is nothing that cannot be said here.

Lin Cunde nodded, raised his hands to Zhu Qiyu and said: "If they really tie themselves up and return to the capital, it is very simple to call all the vassal kings back to the capital and make it clear that they will be allowed to return to the capital to participate in the discussion of the punishment of those vassal kings, including All the princes will also return to the capital. After they all come back, your majesty can implement our plan to reduce the expenses of the vassal prince!"

(End of this chapter)