I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 617
Zhu Gaochi in his previous life, if the three causes of death analyzed by later historians are excluded, Li Tian can think of not many people who want him to die.

He also thought hard and finally analyzed a plausible possibility.

That is, Zhu Gaochi is a hard-core supporter of re-establishing Nanjing as the capital.

And since he became the throne, he started to plan this matter. Although he was obstructed by many people, he was like a stubborn child, unwilling to give up this idea no matter what.

Even before his death, he was fully prepared to move the capital.

Prince Zhu Zhanji was sent to Nanjing a few months in advance to prepare for the transfer of the capital.

Li Tian believes that the people who are most likely to want his life should be those who tried their best to prevent him from moving the capital.

However, in Daming at this moment, who would stop him from moving the capital at the cost of killing him.

Li Tian felt that the last ones who might be killed were actually those nobles who were left behind in Nanjing.

He thinks so is actually justified.

First of all, it is only four or five years since Daming moved to Beijing at this time. It is impossible for the nobles who came here with Zhu Di not to miss their original home.

Moreover, they were willing to come here with Zhu Di, which shows their loyalty to Zhu Di and the Ming royal family, so the possibility of them opposing the move of the capital is very small.

Secondly, the capital city has changed from Nanjing to Beijing. It seems that Nanjing has been downgraded to a companion capital, and its status has dropped a lot, but for those nobles who stayed in Nanjing, it has completely relieved them.

Without the emperor watching them all the time, it would be easier for them to collect money and continue to expand their family's power.

Thirdly, the structure of the two imperial courts in the north and the south, to Ming, seems to have dispersed power, but in fact, to the Central Plains, with the emperor guarding the border and defending the country, they can enjoy peace in the south with peace of mind, which is really the best .

Therefore, when Zhu Gaochi proposed to move the capital, the first ones who jumped out to object were actually those Nanjing nobles who had already tasted the sweetness.

It is conceivable that once Zhu Gaochi returned to Nanjing with the power center of the entire Ming Dynasty.

The residential fiefdoms of these nobles around him will be redistributed, and half of the benefits of the nobles in Nanjing will be divided at once, how can they be reconciled.

More importantly, after Zhu Gaochi returned to Nanjing, their rights were about to be knocked back, and they couldn't do anything. How could the Emperor Tiangao feel comfortable coming from afar.

After this analysis, Li Tian is already [-]% to [-]% sure that the people who killed Zhu Gaochi in his previous life are most likely those nobles from Nanjing.

But in this life, although Li Tian didn't have any idea of ​​moving the capital, he started the household reform as soon as he came up, and then checked the Tianxia Weisuo.

These two incidents, no matter which one they are, are threats to the dignitaries of Nanjing.

Once the household reform comes to Nanjing, it will thoroughly investigate the land and tenants that the nobles have seized by various means.

At that time, the world will know how much land they really have.

Although annexation of land is a normal behavior in Da Ming, but it is only limited in the dark.

Once the identities of those tenants have been checked and the identities of the tenants confirmed, they will have to pay taxes in their real names.

When the time comes to pay taxes at both ends, whether they are still willing to donate the land to the nobles is another matter.

A single household reform can lose nearly [-]% to [-]% of the land in the hands of these nobles. This is absolutely intolerable for the group of people who are already content with enjoying themselves.

Even if these lands are gone, the nobles would not say that they will fight Li Tian desperately, at worst, they will just try to get them back after the limelight passes.

But as soon as the news of the inspection of the guards came out, the nobles were completely panicked.

The guard is their lifeblood, and the foundation for them to maintain their current prosperity and wealth.

Once the guards are investigated, they probably won't even be able to guarantee their current lives, and moving the guards is tantamount to mobilizing their military power, which is a terrible thing.

Without military power, they are basically the same as ordinary people. If this can't drive them crazy, then nothing can really touch their nerves.

Therefore, before these two policies reached Nanjing, they secretly united to give Li Tian a blow and to stop him.

They first came up with a tea horse case, trying to divert Li Tian's attention, but seeing that it didn't work, they actually started to blatantly assassinate the governor Li Tian was discharged from.

When the assassination of the governor failed, they jumped over the wall in a hurry, and prepared to get someone to do it themselves to eradicate Li Tian, ​​the troublemaker.

Combining the analysis of the previous and previous lifetimes, Li Tian has been 100% sure that the people who want to kill him are those nobles in Nanjing.

He hated it so much that he wished he could fly to Nanjing right now, and kill all those ambitious guys one by one.

But when he thought about it again, he felt that this matter could not be handled in this way.

After the rewards of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty, plus the rewards from Zhu Di's Jingnan battle, all the honors add up to thousands of people.

Now more than half of them have stayed in Nanjing, a small part has followed Zhu Di to Beijing, and a small part is scattered in the army on the nine sides.

The connection between these nobles is more responsible than the parties in the imperial court. It is not enough to describe it as a move that affects the whole body.

Not to mention anything else, just talking about Zhongshan King Xu Da's family is not someone Li Tian can easily move.

Not to mention how much credit their family has made for Daming, but their family's empress Xu is the biological mother of the three brothers Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu. No matter how heartless Li Tian is, he cannot move A descendant of Xu Da.

The Xu family cannot be moved, and the situation of the Xu family is similar. The descendants of the Chang family, the Mu family, the Tang family, the Deng family, and the six founding kings are also easily immovable.

Xungui seemed to be one of Daming's cancers at this time, but after all, they were all the queens of Zhongliang who had shed blood for Daming and were injured.

The consequences of rashly attacking them may be much more serious than imagined.

Moreover, the North and South Five Armies Commander-in-Chief, [-]% of the army and horses in the world are in their hands. Even if Li Tian had ten more courage, he would not dare to offend them all at once.

Moreover, it is still unclear whether all the nobles in Nanjing participated in it. Once the wrong person is killed, it will be quick for relatives and enemies.

For now, he can only pretend not to know about it, wait until all the time is ripe, and then start to gradually clean up those who have different intentions.

(End of this chapter)