Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 401 If you want to talk, talk sincerely

Zhu Qiyu pointed at the memorials on the ground and showed them to the feudal kings. Those feudal kings did not dare to look at them!

"King Lu, please flip through a few books and see if they are all memorials to impeach them!" Zhu Qiyu saw that the feudal kings did not move, so he asked King Lu to look through them!

How dare King Lu? How can they read the memorial? So he stood up, raised his hands to Zhu Qiyu and said, "Your Majesty, I don't dare!"

"Look through it, otherwise, they will think it is fake!" Zhu Qiyu said to King Lu.

"I don't dare!" When the feudal kings heard this, they immediately raised their hands and said.

After King Lu heard what Lin Cunde said, he randomly picked out a few books and looked through them!

Then he showed it to the previous vassal kings, all of which were memorials to impeach them!

After the display was over, he returned!

"I just asked you whether I have wronged you, and you all said no! Now, all these memorials here are impeachments by military generals!

My Ming Dynasty has been fighting wars with the Wala, or those enemies in the grassland for hundreds of years. In the past two years, I have completely wiped out the Wala army three times in Hequ, Shanhaiguan, and Liaodong Town, and only then have the Wala calmed down a bit. In the past two years, , the northern border is more stable!

But what about you? Completely disregarding the safety of our Ming Dynasty border! You actually do business with Wala, and you actually want to make such money?

Did I give you less money? Or am I being mean to you? "Zhu Qiyu sat there and asked them.

"Your Majesty, no!" the feudal kings said again.

"Since there is no such thing? Why is this so? Tell yourselves, tell yourselves, how should I punish you? For treason, if it is an ordinary family, the whole family will be executed. You are a clan! Do you want me to execute your entire family? "Zhu Qiyu sat there and said calmly!

All the vassal kings knelt down, and King Qin said to Zhu Qiyu: "I am waiting for death, please punish me!"

"Punishment means punishment. You decide for yourself how to punish me? Don't say that I didn't give you a chance! I need to give an explanation to the generals and an explanation to the people of the world!" Zhu Qiyu looked at them and said calmly.

Those feudal kings were kneeling on the ground and did not speak.

Seeing that they were silent, Lin Cunde smiled and said, "Have you not thought it through yet? So many days? Although today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, you shouldn't say such murderous words! But if you eight kings don't pay the price, what will happen to Your Majesty? To convince the generals and the people of the world?

How to convince those civil servants?

If you don't punish him, His Majesty will be sad, and it's time for those civil servants to attack His Majesty!

His Majesty has been detaining the things you did in the fiefdom to bully the court officials before, and the civil servants are also constantly impeaching and putting pressure on His Majesty. Now it is not only the civil servants who are putting pressure on His Majesty, but the generals are also putting pressure on His Majesty!

Your Majesty does not want to punish you! But who can share the pressure with His Majesty?

You are just making money for yourselves. Who could have imagined how difficult it would be for His Majesty to protect you!

Now that we are here, you are still silent!

I gave you the opportunity, but you didn't cherish it. When the time comes, you will go out and not see His Majesty, and you will have no place to say what you have to say!

Therefore, your highnesses, if you have any ideas, please tell me!

Now I am not saying that Your Majesty will spare you! It's up to you to think about what price you should pay to make those generals and civil servants let this matter go!

Everyone is happy! Don't force Your Majesty to have no choice but to kill you! "

Lin Cunde's words of "killing people" shocked the eight kings!

In other words, Zhu Qiyu had not considered killing them!

"Your Majesty, I beg you to spare my life and retain the title of vassal king!" King Qin thought about it and said to Zhu Qiyu.

The other seven vassal kings also raised their hands to Zhu Qiyu and said.

After Zhu Qiyu heard this, he looked at them coldly!

The King of Qin thought about it again and said, "All my property will be confiscated and handed over to Your Majesty!"

"What does it mean to hand it over to His Majesty? The confiscated money can be directly transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Your Majesty needs this little money from you? Is Your Majesty looking at your money? There is no point in doing this! Spare your life and keep the title of feudal king! It's just that Fine! After a few years of this, if you continue to rob the people, the money will not be returned to you sooner or later!

Everyone, don't say that I, Lin Cunde, speak outright. The way you handle it, let alone others, can't get through it. Even my side can't get through it. How will your Majesty explain it to those civil servants and generals?

If you want to talk, talk sincerely; if you don’t want to talk, then don’t talk!

Hey, what do you think this has to do with me, Your Majesty, otherwise, should I go back? "Lin Cunde looked at Zhu Qiyu and asked.

"Let's sit for a while. I probably won't be able to talk about anything, but I will give them the opportunity!" Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and said!

As soon as these words came out, the vassal kings began to become nervous. Zhu Qiyu had no hope for this conversation. In other words, Zhu Qiyu would decide how to punish him at that time!

If this is the case, then the country will be eliminated!

"Your Majesty, I also request that I spare their lives. In addition, I will not destroy the country. However, I want to pay some price in other places!" King Lu stood up at this moment and said to Zhu Qiyu.

When the other vassal kings heard this, they also stood up and said similar words!

Zhu Qiyu just looked at them! Wait until they finish talking!

Zhu Qiyu asked calmly: "What price?"

"My lord, I request that the vassal and royal family expenses be reduced by 30%!" King Lu said to Zhu Qiyu, cupping his hands.

"I agree!"

"I agree!"

The other feudal kings also stood up and raised their hands.

"That's it?" Zhu Qiyu looked at them and asked.

"This!" When the feudal kings heard this, they all looked at Zhu Qiyu dumbfounded!

Isn't this enough?

They thought, they have already given in 30%, is this not enough?

"Ha!" Lin Cunde laughed after hearing this!

"Your Majesty, please make it clear!" The feudal kings immediately said to Zhu Qiyu with their hands raised.

"There's nothing to say, that's all, right?" Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and then asked.

"Your Majesty, can I say a few words?" Lin Cunde immediately raised his hands to Zhu Qiyu and said.

"Well. You go ahead and say it. After that, we're done! Shouming, you also go to pay New Year greetings. It wouldn't be appropriate not to go!" Zhu Qiyu nodded and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Lin Cunde raised his hands to Zhu Qiyu, stood up, and looked at the vassal kings with a smile.

Then he looked at King Qin and asked: "I heard that your Qin Prince's family, including those county kings, generals who govern the country, and generals who support the country, own more than five million acres of land in total. Among them, your Prince Qin's house owns more than 100 acres of land." Ten thousand acres, that is to say, this land alone is worth fifty million taels of silver, and the mansions, shops, shops, and other businesses you own, I estimate it to be ten million taels!

In other words, your Qin Wang family owns almost 60 million taels. This is still a conservative estimate! "

Now, the money your Majesty needs to pay to all your clans every year is converted into silver, which is almost five million taels. In other words, the money of King Qin and his family is enough for your Majesty to pay for twelve years. The eight kings combined will be nearly a hundred years, and , those clans behind the Eight Kings can no longer receive money, and our Ming Dynasty has also changed from the existing twenty-one kings to thirteen kings! Cut by almost 40%!

In other words, if His Majesty seizes your homes and wipes out the country, your money can probably be used by other vassals for hundreds of years!

Now that you are talking about retaining the titles of vassal king and county king, how will your majesty explain it to the ministers? You are fine, what can your majesty do?

A quarter of the annual court tax is given to your clans. It is difficult for Your Majesty to do anything!

Wala originally wanted to take advantage of the victory, but because he had no money at the beginning, he did not dare to move!

Originally, I had money last year and could move it, but during the promotion of the New Deal, you vassal princes kept making troubles and putting pressure on His Majesty, and His Majesty did not dare to move it!

This year, I guess you are still unwilling to give in and are still going to cause trouble. What do you think His Majesty should do? What to do with you?

They are both descendants of the clan, and descendants of Taizu. There are only two brothers, one of whom is still in Mobei and has been trying to rescue him, but Wala wants benefits!

Your Majesty does not dare to give benefits to Wala. I, a descendant of the Ming royal family, would rather die in battle than give benefits to the enemy!

Everyone is forcing His Majesty, but who has thought about His Majesty?

Therefore, today, you came to talk to His Majesty, and His Majesty also gave you the opportunity to talk, but your behavior is completely perfunctory. You say, how can His Majesty talk to you?

Since we can't talk about it, let's follow the laws of the country!

This is also the most helpless choice for His Majesty, and I hope you can understand! "Lin Cunde stood there with his hands behind his back, looking at the feudal kings with a smile!

When those vassal kings heard what Lin Cunde said, they immediately knelt down and said they didn't dare!

Among them, the King of Shu immediately said to Zhu Qiyu: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will definitely protect anyone who promotes the New Deal in Sichuan. If there is anyone, please punish him at will!"

Then other vassal kings also knelt down to express their stance!

"Okay, I believe you. Get up and go back if you have nothing to do! It is estimated that someone from your palace will come to visit today. Shou Ming is here, which is also delaying his business. He still has many places to go to pay New Year's greetings. Although those ministers are Bian, I just said, he doesn’t need to go!

But there are guests at Shouming’s home, and Shouming also has friends and elders who need to visit!

Let’s stop here today. After the dynasty, I will also listen to the ministers’ opinions and see what their opinions are! "Zhu Qiyu waved to them and said!

"Your Majesty, I, I am willing to hand over all the land, mansions, shops, and businesses, just to keep the kingship and other titles. Please forgive me!" King Qin knelt there and raised his hands to Zhu Qiyu.

"Queen of the court, let's talk!" Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and said.

King Lu also knew at this moment that His Majesty was not dissatisfied with the eight kings, but was dissatisfied with himself and others for not expressing their dissatisfaction!

Thinking of this, King Lu raised his hands to Zhu Qiyu and said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to keep those eight kings and pay the price. Please make it clear to your Majesty!"

"I am willing to pay the price, please make it clear to your majesty!" The other vassal kings also said to Zhu Qiyu!

After Zhu Qiyu heard this, he stared at them fiercely.

(End of this chapter)