Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 257

Zhu Youtang looked at his son with a slightly hesitant expression on his face. He had never been a bold emperor. At this moment, Zhu Youtang was really worried. Could it be that he really wanted to clean up the nobles?But this action is too big.Looking up at his son, Zhu Youtang sighed and said, "You didn't just do this to clean them up, did you?"

Regarding his father, Zhu Houzhao had nothing to hide, and said directly: "It's really not, my son wants to kill chickens and monkeys."

"These honorable generations have enjoyed the grace of Ming Dynasty. Do the court and the royal family give them little preferential treatment? What the royal family wants is that they do not make trouble and are obedient, but what about these people? Do they still have the royal family in their hearts? Is there a Ming Dynasty? Going in and out of eight houses, running wild in the countryside, oppressing the people, is this what a noble should do?
"Now the royal family asks them to pay taxes on their estates, and one by one pushes back and forth. If Daming is gone, what else do they have? They can't bear any money. If Daming is gone, their lives are gone."

Zhu Houzhao was a little agitated, he was really irritated, he didn't expect these nobles to be so shameless, Yanzheng took them by himself, right?They have made a lot of money in recent years, right?Mines, steel mills, Qiqizhai, the logistics of the Black Dragon Army, where are they not?But now?It's just that Zhuangtian pays taxes, and he actually does this for himself.

A group of unfamiliar white-eyed wolves, in Zhu Houzhaoneng's view, this is because the royal family is too kind to them and they are used to them.

Zhu Houzhao still remembers how the Han Dynasty dealt with the nobles, that is, to confer titles arbitrarily, and then directly find a reason to dismiss them.In Zhu Houzhao's memory, in the Han Dynasty, a large number of nobles were directly dismissed because the gold they donated was not good enough. Why didn't the nobles in Hongwu Yongle dare to do this?

When the emperor said a word, they followed him. Wasn't it because Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong were able to use swords?

How many people did Zhu Yuanzhang kill, how many dignitaries he killed, how many civil servants he killed, is the world unstable?On the contrary, at that time, Daming's national power was at its peak, and even after the end of Yuan War, Daming still beat everything.Is the place unstable?Did the people rebel?No, on the contrary, the people were doing well at that time.

It has been a long time, and the country has developed for so long, but Daming has become what it is now, and it is getting weaker and weaker. Why?
Seeing his son's angry look, Zhu Youtang was stunned for a moment, he felt a murderous aura in his son.After a long while, Zhu Youtang finally opened his mouth and said, "But if you act like this, I'm afraid you will be questioned!"

Zhu Houzhao glanced at his father, and said directly: "How many nobles did Emperor Taizu kill? Those are all heroes who founded the country, but will it damage the reputation of Emperor Taizu?"

Zhu Youtang glared at his son, the emperor Taizu's actions were almost being sprayed into a sieve, but now the old Zhu's family is still in charge of the country, no one dares to say it with great fanfare.All the emperors of the Ming Dynasty knew that the emperor should not learn from the emperor Taizu, but to be a benevolent emperor. Zhu Youtang naturally received this kind of education, but he couldn't say it out loud.

"But this is not an act of benevolence and righteousness!" Zhu Youtang looked at his son, still trying to persuade him, but Zhu Youtang still didn't understand that his son also received Confucian education since he was a child, and he also arranged many ministers to be his teachers , usually honest and polite inside, how did it become like this?Could it be the influence in the army?
Zhu Houzhao glanced at his father, he felt a little sad for his father, and for the emperors of the Ming Dynasty.

Renjun?

In Zhu Houzhao's view, it was the shackles that the gentry put on the emperor, and it was their means of taming the emperor, yes, taming.Emperors want benevolence and righteousness, but what is the concept of benevolence and righteousness?It was set by the gentry, what is the definition of a wise gentleman?It's still their definition. Under such circumstances, if there is an emperor who does not suit their interests, it is not a benevolent emperor, not a wise emperor.

But the gentry defended their own interests, while the emperor defended the interests of the country and the royal family.

This is just like the presidents of certain countries in later generations. What they should defend is the interests of the country and the people, but they have become those who defend the interests of big capital. History really is a circle.

"Father, which generation of Ming emperor is the benevolent emperor?" Zhu Houzhao said with a wry smile on his face: "Is it Qin Huang Han Wu, or Tang Zong Song Zu? Or is it the Taizu Emperor and Taizong Emperor of our Ming Dynasty? Zhao Zhen's posthumous title It's Song Renzong, but what happened? Doesn't Father know what the former Song Dynasty was like in Renzong's generation?"

Zhu Youtang looked at Zhu Houzhao and sighed helplessly for a long time. He knew that he could not convince his son.

Even Zhu Youtang felt that he seemed to be persuaded by his son, and he decided not to discuss this issue with his son anymore. After pondering for a moment, Zhu Youtang said in a deep voice: "It's too much to steal the title, just take the title , after all, the ancestors have made meritorious deeds, so we still need to keep some decent ones."

Zhu Houzhao knew that this was his father's last concession. After thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao didn't argue, but just said: "Then listen to the father."

Although Zhu Houzhao said so, he didn't intend to do so in his heart. Once some things started, they couldn't stop at all. The old man's thoughts were really simple.

Seeing that his son agreed, Zhu Youtang also breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately asked someone to draft an order, the content of which was also very simple, that is, someone participated in the performance of the three nobles, and the three legal divisions thoroughly investigated, and Dongchang also followed.The imperial decree was issued immediately, and then it was issued. It seems that this matter has passed, and when the investigation results come out, it is enough to dismiss the official and seize the title.

Zhu Houzhao heard the news as soon as he returned to Xianyang Palace. The memorial went down very quickly, and the court was still a little confused for a while.

But the action was not slow, and the Sanfa Division immediately launched an investigation on some things. After all, there were all the items in the memorial, and all items were listed there, and it was enough to check each item.The results came out soon, all of them were true, all three families were involved in life lawsuits, and the family that was more involved killed more than [-] people, shaking the government and the public for a while, and the memorial of impeachment flew into the palace like snowflakes .

Because there was also a scholar who was forced to death, this time it was like stabbing a hornet's nest, and the civil servants were full of enthusiasm.

You must know that in this era, the gentry are politically correct to each other, and no civil servant dares to cross this red line, so the whole court was in chaos for a while.

The civil servants will be severely punished, but Xungui's people are in panic. Obviously something has happened. Whose buttocks are not clean, how can they not be afraid?His Majesty really did it?All of a sudden, the mansion of the Marquis of Shouning was full of people, and Marquis of Shouning instantly became very popular.

(End of this chapter)