The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 330: Overseas vassalage
Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Houzhao paced back and forth with his hands behind his back.

Soon Tang Hao strode in.

"Savage, tell me quickly, why did you let me do this?"

Zhu Houzhao didn't understand why the military power of the Beijing army was thrown away.

This is the foundation of their livelihood!
"There's nothing we can do about it."

Tang Hao sat down on the chair and said in a deep voice: "This time, Tang Mu, An Guo and others were tricked by Li Dongyang. The mutiny is also a fact. We can't just expose it so easily, otherwise other generals will be dissatisfied when they see it!"

"The Beijing Army has long formed a set of inherent training patterns. It doesn't matter who is in charge of the Beijing Camp. With Tang Mu, An Guo and others watching over it, it's nothing more than a change of people. There won't be any trouble."

Tang Hao created the current Beijing Army, so how could he willingly hand over the Beijing Army to someone else?

It's nothing more than finding a random general to take over due to the pressure of the situation. In fact, it's the same old thing in a different form.

For example, after Qiu Yue took charge of the Beijing Army, generals such as Tang Mu, An Guo, and Xu Tianci would certainly not obey him. With Qiu Yue's qualifications and prestige as a frontier general, it would be difficult for him to subdue the Beijing Army soldiers, so in the end it would still depend on Tang Hao to take action!
In name, Qiu Yue was the commander-in-chief of the Beijing Camp, but in reality it was Tang Hao, the Marquis of Zhongshan.

Zhu Houzhao finally felt relieved after hearing this. He would not trust anyone other than a barbarian to command the Beijing army.

Especially since the Beijing army had mutinied not long ago, Zhu Houzhao began to be wary of guys like Tang Mu, An Guo, and Xu Tianci.

It would be best if the savage is still alive, so just pack him up and throw him to him.

But if the barbarians were gone, Zhu Houzhao would definitely liquidate these Beijing army generals, and either send them out to guard a certain area, or strip them of their powers and grant them empty positions. In any case, he would never give them any chance to command the troops again!

This is actually quite understandable.

The reason why Zhu Houzhao suppressed civil officials and gentry was to consolidate his imperial power!
He didn't want the military generals and nobles he had supported to disobey his orders during this process. Wouldn't that be shooting himself in the foot?

Instead of doing this, it is better to give up suppressing the civil officials and gentry. At least these civil officials and gentry will not rebel!

Fortunately, the savage is still alive!

"The second reason is to uphold the law."

Tang Hao laughed and said, "I have to admit that I did go too far this time. I openly executed a veteran of three dynasties and disregarded the laws and decrees of the court!"

"Some rules are difficult to establish, but easy to break. Once they are broken, it is even more difficult to establish them again!"

"So this time, the court must severely punish me, the Marquis of Zhongshan. Whether it's taking away my power or demoting me, this is all for the people of the world to see."

"Laws cannot be ignored, let alone trampled upon. Even if one is as arrogant and domineering as the Marquis of Zhongshan, if he disregards the laws, he will lose his position and be hated by the Emperor!"

After listening to this, Zhu Houzhao was filled with emotion.

"Savage, savage, you really leave me... speechless!"

"It is my fortune and the fortune of the Ming Dynasty to have your loyal help!"

Outsiders would certainly think that Zhongshan Marquis Tang Hao had lost power, but they had no idea that after this incident, the relationship between Tang Hao and Zhu Houzhao became closer.

The king and his minister then analyzed the current situation.

Then Prince Ning Zhu Chenhao would definitely be killed, and his four sons, including the Prince Ning's Crown Prince, would all be wiped out.

As for other members of the Ning clan, those who should be deposed should be deposed or demoted. Zhu Houzhao would never show leniency.

There is nothing much to say about this.

What the Ning clan did in Jiangxi had long since reached the point of "incurring the wrath of heaven and the resentment of the people."

Perhaps those members of the Ning clan did not participate in the rebellion of Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao, but didn’t they know what Ning Wang wanted to do?

Of course they knew, but none of them reported you to the court. This is their crime!
Thanks to Tang Hao's earlier inappropriate metaphor, the Zhu family was compared to a towering tree, and these vassal states were like branches, covering the sky and blocking out the sun, densely packed, constantly absorbing nutrients from the soil, and this "soil" was the Ming Dynasty, and these "nutrients" were the blood and food of the people!
Therefore, as long as there is a chance to cut off an entire large branch, Zhu Houzhao will not give up.

For example, Prince Anhua Zhu Zongqi rebelled before, and with the evidence found by Liu Jin during the clearing of the fields, the entire Qing clan was wiped out from top to bottom. Except for a few individual members of the royal family who were clean and virtuous and could retain their titles, all other royal family princes, including Prince Qing Zhu Taihong, were demoted to commoners and left to fend for themselves. As for those who persecuted the people and killed people, they were secretly executed.

The people of Ningxia applauded when the Qing prince's lineage was destroyed. This shows the harm that this prince's clan brought to the people of the Ming Dynasty!
Therefore, Zhu Houzhao did not plan to keep the Ning clan lineage this time.

They are all woodworms and rice bugs, why keep them?
Will we continue to allow them to persecute the people?
Tang Hao did propose a plan.

"Your Majesty, this behavior will damage your reputation." "Killing relatives is not a good reputation. Emperor Jianwen (Zhu Yunwen) and Emperor Taizong (Zhu Di) did not want to bear such a bad reputation."

Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he laughed when he heard this, and scolded angrily: "Hasn't Emperor Jianwen massacred his clan members yet? The Prince of Xiang was forced to burn his entire family to death by him!"

"Emperor Taizong's methods are indeed brilliant, but they also leave hidden dangers for our descendants. Am I not just cleaning up Emperor Taizong's mess?"

Hearing this, Tang Hao burst into laughter.

Clean up the ass of your ancestor Emperor Yongle?
You, Zhu Houzhao, are truly a filial son!
"What I mean is... to establish a vassal state overseas!"

As soon as these words were spoken, His Majesty the Emperor immediately became interested.

"What kind of rules are these? What are the benefits?"

"Both the Qing Clan and the Ning Clan are guilty, there is no doubt about that."

Tang Hao smiled and said, "Since you are guilty, you must atone for your sins. How do you atone for your sins?"

"First of all, if someone from these two branches rebels, then the ringleader and his relatives must be killed and completely wiped out. There is nothing to say about this."

"Secondly, most of the remaining members of the royal family are just idlers waiting to die. You can say they are not at fault, and they have done a lot of despicable things. You can say they are guilty, but compared to the unforgivable crime of rebellion, their minor crimes are nothing."

"Besides, Emperor Taizu Gao once issued an order that if a member of the royal family committed a crime that was not a heinous crime, his sentence would be reduced by one level, so it is really not appropriate for Your Majesty to depose them all!"

Zhu Houzhao also nodded subconsciously.

After all, he is still the bloodline of the Zhu family!

He still felt a little bit reluctant in his heart.

"The best solution is to establish a vassal state overseas."

"Didn't we conquer Japan? And Japan is waiting for manpower to develop it!"

"Those gold, silver, iron and other mines, although the benefits have been divided up and left to these gentry, generals and nobles to develop, but after all, they are not our own people, it is not good to have no one watching over them!"

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao reacted immediately.

"By savage, you mean... members of the royal family?"

"That's right!" Tang Hao chuckled, "They are just parasites anyway. They will just eat and wait for death wherever they go. Wouldn't they just wait for death if they go to Japan?"

"We can just throw all these parasites to Japan, assign one or two managers to each mine, and have them keep an eye on it. If they find anything wrong, they should report it to the garrison immediately. This can be considered as a contribution to the Ming Dynasty."

"Your Majesty can clearly tell these guys, including Prince Qing Zhu Taihong, that as long as they complete their mission after guarding Japan for a certain number of years, they can return to Ming or have their titles restored. This way, these parasites will be motivated."

"Instead of letting them stay in Ming and harm the people of Ming, it is better to throw them all to Japan and let them harm the Japanese. After all, the lives of the Japanese are not their own, so they can do whatever they want. When these guys have children with Japanese women, the court can refuse to acknowledge them and deny their bloodline. In this way, the two major vassal states will be completely abolished, and they can only stay in Japan to guard a place for Ming from generation to generation."

Zhu Houzhao felt his scalp tingling after hearing this and looked at Tang Hao in disbelief.

This savage is such a vicious person!

First trick them into coming over, and then wait for these parasites to give birth to children with the Japanese women. The imperial court then denies their bloodline issues and refuses to include these children into the royal family. Isn't this equivalent to the immediate demise of the Qing and Ning vassals?
Zhu Houzhao had heard that in order to please the Ming soldiers, the Japanese were willing to offer not only themselves but even their wives and daughters, just to upgrade their own slave status!
When the parasites and parasites of these two lineages pass away, they will be useless playboys who only eat and wait for death. How can they resist the temptation of those Japanese women? Moreover, they have no titles now, so they are not considered as members of the Ming royal family, and they do not have to abide by the new system of the Ming royal family. I am afraid they will just have fun, have children with women... The final result is that the court will not recognize them, and they can only stay in Japan from generation to generation!

"hiss……"

"Savage, you are so vicious!"

Tang Hao was stunned when he heard this, and then he retorted unhappily: "If you don't know how to praise people, don't force yourself to praise them!"

"You have to be smart! Anyway, they are all guilty now. If the imperial court gives them a chance to redeem their crimes and restore their titles, they will naturally not refuse. As long as these parasites go to Japan, won't the rest of the things be much simpler? If they want to return to the Ming Dynasty, they can only obey orders."

"The same goes for the Ryukyu Kingdom south of Japan. I've been there twice and I can confirm that the indigenous people there live a very hard and backward life. As the suzerain of the Ryukyu Kingdom, my Ming Dynasty sent some royal family members to spread technology and support their development. Is that not too much? And if they give birth to children, it would be a pity. The court does not accept royal family members with barbarian blood. At most, they can be given a title to stay overseas, and then the two major vassal states will be completely resolved..."

Zhu Houzhao looked at Tang Hao deeply.

"You vicious savage!"

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(End of this chapter)