Daming: From the end of Hongwu

Zhu Di's face became more and more sad and angry.

Zhen Wu on the side also understood a little bit. He had been with Zhu Di for so many years, and he knew Zhu Di's temperament and style to some extent. At this moment, in Zhen Wu's eyes, Zhu Di obviously wanted to retire.

Now that Zhu Di looks like this, he should start acting.

as predicted.

Seeing Zhu Di's grief and anger, he burst into tears suddenly, as if he was heartbroken, and after several convulsions, he shouted to God: "Father, my son is incompetent, and I can't go to ask for an explanation for you. Don't blame your son, blame the king's fate."

Zhu Di was weeping, then turned his head to look at Qi Tai, and said with grief and indignation: "Qi Tai traitor, you have been disloyal and amended my father's imperial edict, and divorced my family, but I, Zhu Di, am not that unfaithful and unrighteous person. My nephew has become the emperor, since he doesn't want me to go to the capital, I will go back to Peiping, but you Qitai, I Zhu Di will not let you go."

After all, Zhu Di was still not reconciled, and cried a few more times, with tears streaming down his face, "Go back and ask my eldest nephew for me, and ask him why he listened to the words of the villain and buried my father in a hurry. I waited for my brother to think of the turmoil at the beginning of his succession, and I would like to stick to the fief and stabilize the court for him, but why didn't he want to stay with my father for a few more months, so that when the court is stabilized, let us sons You can go to Beijing to see my father for the last time."

"If we are separated forever, I can't even see my father and the old man for the last time. I am a son in vain, and I am even more ashamed of the kindness I have given him for many years. How can I live in this world?"

Zhu Di's sad voice and superb acting skills not only deeply moved the guards, but even some of the sergeants brought by Qi Tai were also a little moved.

Everyone understood that as a son of man, it would be a great pity in life if he could not see his father for the last time.

Seeing this, Zhen Wu and other senior generals shouted angrily: "Your Highness, I can't wait to go back. I will help His Highness rush over and ask what the new emperor wants, why he doesn't let His Highness see the late Emperor for the last time, how can there be such a thing in this world?" reason."

One by one was emotional, as if they had been insulted.

Among them, Zhen Wu, in addition to speaking his lines, also drove the horse so that the horse's head was raised high. This performance suddenly stood out and surpassed others.

After Zhu Di saw it, he reprimanded Zhen Wu directly: "Nonsense, do you want to make me disloyal? Since my eldest nephew doesn't want me to go there, then I will go back to Peiping. If you dare to make trouble again, I will definitely punish you."

Zhen Wu lowered his head obediently, making weak promises repeatedly.

Watching this scene, Guan Tong and other guard commanders, as well as Tan Yuan and other thousands of households were shocked at first, then gasped, and couldn't help but began to curse Zhen Wu in their hearts.

What a fucking thief, everyone is blustering their lines, what the hell do you mean by adding actions.

It looks like we're all dumb.

……

With the noise of the crowd, everyone finally turned around and headed towards Peiping under the leadership of Zhu Di.

On the way, Zhen Wu took the time to look back in the direction of Ying Tianfu.

It's time to cut down the feudal clan.

It's just that they don't know if their harsh words on this trip have also stimulated Zhu Yunqi's determination to cut down the feudal clan.

Chapter 231 – Jianwen New Deal

Cut Fan!

We must cut down the feudal clan!

Qi Tai looked at Zhu Di's turning soldiers and horses, they were orderly and disciplined, and his heart kept sinking. Zhu Di was good at using soldiers, and he could see the clues just from the army in front of him, not to mention that Zhu Di had worked with many famous generals. , belongs to the titan who learned and practiced on the battlefield. He knows how to use soldiers to achieve the goal of victory on the battlefield. This has also been verified by Zhu Di's repeated attacks and victories in recent years.

Qi Tai thought again of the way Zhu Di was crying just now, and he glanced sideways at the soldiers around him. These people were obviously shocked and touched by a dignified prince who wailed loudly in front of thousands of soldiers.

He was also touched. He didn't expect that Zhu Di, who had a great record, would have such a shameless side. He would find an excuse for his behavior in public, and even cry and pretend to be pitiful. Qi Tai thought that maybe after they went back, they would wait by his side. After the sergeant spread the word about today's incident, I am afraid that many people will express their understanding of Zhu Di's violation of the will and will not condemn it.

Well son.

Hundreds of good filial piety first.

How bad a filial person can be.

Since ancient times, people have been more tolerant towards filial people.

Qi Tai's eyes couldn't help congealing, he looked at the sergeant turning around in front of him, as if he could pass through many sergeants and see Zhu Di who was leading the way.

Such a prince who is good at using troops and can put down his face, if his power is not reduced, will always bring a certain threat to the center.

How can this work?

Just when Qi Tai was thinking about this, a person beside him asked, "Qi Shilang, do you think it's time for us to go back?"

Qi Tai took a deep breath, then nodded.

Afterwards, everyone also started to take action, preparing to return to Beijing to return to their orders.

Qi Tai put away the edict carefully, touched the edict, as if asking for strength from the edict, his faith gradually strengthened.

……

The news that Yan Wang Zhu Di was blocked by Qi Tai quickly spread to the ears of all the princes, and many palaces resounded with sighs of pity, and some even secretly thought that the fourth brother was not good enough.

For them, the nephew as the throne more or less made these princes not convinced.

But if they are not convinced, they have nothing to do. Zhu Yunqi was designated as the grandson very early on, and succession to the throne is basically a matter known to the whole world, and they are not to blame for this.

They could only scold Qi Tai unhappily when Zhu Di took the lead in provoking troubles, to show their presence, but they didn't have much idea, which doesn't mean they thought Zhu Di had no idea either.

Everyone knows Zhu Di's strength.

If it is said that Zhu Di led troops to Yingtian Mansion, he was just asking for an explanation for Zhu Yuanzhang out of pure filial piety. They would not believe it, especially Zhou Wang. He is the fifth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, and he has his own ideas, let alone Zhu Di?

Speaking of King Zhou, his father-in-law was Feng Sheng. When Zhu Yuanzhang was still alive, he abandoned his fief and went to Fengyang to find Feng Sheng. This made Zhu Yuanzhang anxious, and he directly ordered King Zhou to move to Yunnan. Zhu Yuanzhang changed his mind and kept King Zhou in Nanjing, but Zhu Yuanzhang, who was still angry, did not allow King Zhou to return to his fief until two years later.

Later, when Zhu Yuanzhang was packing up the blue jade, Feng Sheng went in and out of Zhou Wangfu again, which made Zhu Yuanzhang even more worried about Zhou Wang's careful thoughts. died, and some of them wanted to kill King Zhou.

But the effect doesn't seem to be very effective. At this time, the king of Zhou is obviously still thinking about it.

On the other hand, Zhu Yunqi was a little annoyed by the protests of the kings that he could not go to the funeral. Fortunately, he stopped the biggest thorn Zhu Di from going back, which made Zhu Yunqi feel more at ease.

But after reassuring, Zhu Yunxuan inexplicably felt humiliated. He carefully served Zhu Yuanzhang for six years. For six years, who knows how he got here. During these six years, he did not prove to anyone how great his grandson is. How beautiful it is, all he can think about is to get what belongs to him.

Now he finally got it, but he found that there are still people in this world that he needs to be afraid of.

The kings who were entrusted one by one were deeply stuck in his heart like thorns, making him sleepless at night. This night, Zhu Yunwen, who was tossing and turning, finally got up and came outside the palace. Star Dou, thinking bitterly in his heart.

"I am already the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the only emperor in this world, why should they be so happy, protest when they want to protest, lead soldiers to funerals if they want to, people who used to look down on me, ignore me, and disrespect me , now it’s up to them not to take me seriously?!..."

The wind at night was a bit cold, but no matter how cold it was, the fire in his heart that had existed for many years was still blowing more and more vigorously.

However, Zhu Yunqi knew that he had no political achievements, and the most important thing when he first ascended the throne was to secure the throne first.

The most urgent task is to prove his ability and prove that he can govern the country well.

This needs help.

The next day, Zhu Yunqi started his actions. First, he ordered Fang Xiaoru, a professor of Hanzhong Prefecture, to come to Beijing to take up the post of lecturer of the Imperial Academy.

Fang Xiaoru is famous for his talent and good character. He is called "Little Han Yu". He once talked about Fang Xiaoru with Zhu Yunqi, and his words were mostly admiration, and he told Zhu Yunqi clearly that Fang Xiaoru would be loyal to Zhu Yunqi all his life, because Fang Xiaoru studied under Song Lian, and Song Lian was Zhu Biao's teacher.

At the same time, Zhu Yunxuan promoted Qi Tai to be Minister of the Ministry of War, and the Imperial Academy revised Huang Zicheng to be Taichangqing, allowing these two confidants to participate in the government together.

And after the court came down that day, Zhu Yunqi called the two into the Fengtian Palace for a secret meeting, and asked them where he should start, as his first political affairs after succeeding to the throne.

Both Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng were a little excited. How could they participate in this kind of thing before? This is the governance of the Ming Dynasty, and their words and deeds will have a huge impact on the Ming Dynasty. This feeling makes them feel excited.

And the two belonged to such extremely confident people, both thought they were the number one ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and both ambitiously wanted to create their own prosperous Jianwen era, thinking of surpassing the Hongwu period and passing it down through the ages.

Huang Zicheng had already prepared for Zhu Yunqi's questioning. When Zhu Yunqi was still the grandson, he had been thinking about this day, and he used Zhu Yunqi to realize his political views.

"Your Majesty, during the reign of the first emperor, the regulations and laws were so harsh and strict, and many of them made the officials miserable. I feel that your Majesty can make appropriate amendments, so as to win the hearts of all the officials. When the time comes, the court will be harmonious and the officials will be happy." Together, the Ming Dynasty will surely prosper, and His Majesty will be widely praised."

Qi Tai frowned, looked at Huang Zicheng and said, "Isn't it inappropriate for Your Highness to amend the laws laid down by the late Emperor after less than a month's succession?"

This is a denial of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yunwen was a little moved, but thinking about what Qi Tai said, he was also a little worried, but after thinking about it carefully, he said with a smile: "When Qi Shangshu never made a turn, after the law was revised, I will tell others that the emperor's grandfather At that time, I asked my imperial grandfather to revise it, but I didn't come to publish it urgently, so my imperial grandfather would not be harmed."

Huang Zicheng smiled and nodded in praise, but Qi Tai still frowned. Isn't this way of deceiving oneself after all?But he thought about it seriously, and it would be good for him to amend the law, and it was indeed like what Huang Zicheng said, this law is a good way to buy people's hearts. Nodding in agreement.

Then, the three of them began to review and revise the "Law of the Ming Dynasty".

Under the discussion of the three people, a total of 73 ordinances to be abolished were selected. At the same time, they felt that it was necessary to cancel the legal status of patents and announcements, and decided not to issue announcements in the future.

Speaking of edicts and banwen, after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he issued a set of legal codes. However, there were some negligence in this set of codes, so Zhu Yuanzhang often supplemented them with edicts. At the same time, when Zhu Yuanzhang encountered some classic cases, he would also post them. Announcement, announced to the world, included in the code, so that officials can use it to try and convict similar cases.

Until the revision of the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", these edicts and announcements were revised, and after Zhu Yuanzhang posted the announcements, the criminal law was relatively strict, which made many people miserable.

Speaking of it, Zhu Yuanzhang is jealous of evil, especially the criminal law against officials is still harsh, and he only wants to use heavy codes to create a bright world, and Zhu Yuanzhang is not afraid that there will be no officials available. In his thinking, there is no shortage of people who want to be officials. Really not, at worst he can do it himself, he has enough energy, if he can't, he will handcuff those officials who broke the law to try the cases, and force the officials to finish their work, then beheaded, strangled, and exiled.

Simply think about this scene, where officials in shackles interrogate criminals who are also in shackles. Except for the Hongwu period, this kind of thing is really not seen at other times.

Unfortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang had only been dead for more than a month, and the laws that Zhu Yuanzhang worked so hard to formulate were picked out by Zhu Yunqi to overthrow them.

At the beginning of July, Zhu Yunzheng issued the law they negotiated. Zhu Yunzheng also cleverly used excuses to cover up his denial of Zhu Yuanzhang's order. reputation.

Some literati also began to tout Zhu Yunqi's reputation as a benevolent monarch.

After all, the environment for being an official is better, and the people who benefit the most are the literati who have the opportunity to be an official. How can they not go crazy and cheer, and express their admiration and approval for Zhu Yunqi.

After Zhu Yunqi felt this change, he was very happy in his heart. He didn't know if it was because he had a psychological problem, or because he didn't trust himself, and he valued the approval of others.

Therefore, Zhu Yunqi decided to further attack the household department.

Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the Jiangnan area has been heavily taxed, especially the two prefectures of Songjiang and Suzhou. It can be said that the Jiangnan area was the main source of money for the Ming Dynasty. For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang also specially prohibited people from Suzhou and Songjiang from being householders. Bu Shangshu is worried that some people will miss their hometown and break the law.

With the help of Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, Zhu Yunqi made drastic changes in response to unfair taxation in various places. At the same time, he also abolished Zhu Yuanzhang's ordinance prohibiting people from Suzhou and Songjiang from serving as household ministers.

After the promulgation of this decree.

All of a sudden, the landlords and wealthy gentry in the Jiangnan area also started to cheer, talking about Yingtian having a good emperor, and even wishing to give Zhu Yunwen the longevity throne. They didn't know how much money they saved by going back and forth.

Among the officials, there were also sons of wealthy gentry, and they behaved more directly. Soon, many memorials to thank the emperor floated into the palace.

This time Zhu Yunqi became completely proud, and felt that he had the talent to be an emperor, otherwise why would there be so many people singing his praises.

It doesn't seem too difficult to make the world healthy.

……

At the end of July, Fang Xiaoru, whom he had been thinking of so much, came to Beijing. With Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai, and Huang Zicheng all ready, Zhu Yunxuan felt satisfied that he had returned to the world, and had three great sages to assist him.

In fact, how did he know that if one or two of these three were missing, he would never be so miserable in the future.

It's really just a team of three, unexpectedly gathered Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Young.

This day, rainy day.

The heavy rain was crackling in the palace, Zhu Yunwen stood under the eaves of the palace on a whim, looked at the north and listened quietly to the sound of the rain for a long time.

Until his eyes turned to the north and became astringent.

Zhu Yunxuan finally made a decision in his heart. He wanted to cut down the feudal clan, and he felt that the time had come.

He has endured it for two months, and he can no longer bear even the slightest sense of oppression brought by the kings. He wants to clear up all these threats, and he is unwilling to wait another day.

Zhu Yunqi immediately summoned Fang Xiaoru and the other three.

The three of Fang Xiaoru did not delay, braved the rain and hurried to the palace, and then, led by the eunuch, went straight into the Fengtian Hall.

Zhu Yunqi had been waiting anxiously for a long time, and when he saw the three of them, he quickly asked them to sit down and discuss.

After the three of them sat down, Zhu Yunwen thought for a while, looked at Qi Tai for a moment, and said bluntly: "The last time you went to persuade King Yan to return to Peking, you also said that King Yan is powerful, and now all the kings are mercenaries. What should I do when I am outside and there are so many lawbreakers?"

After the three of Qi Tai looked at each other, they immediately understood Zhu Yunqi's intentions, which was exactly what they thought. Immediately, Qi Tai stood up and said: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, there have been many vassal kings who have caused chaos in the world. , we need to learn from history and have to guard against it, so I think we should cut down the vassals to bring peace to the world."

"How?"

It seemed that Zhu Di's appearance flashed again in Qi Tai's eyes, and then he thought of Zhu Di's strictly disciplined army. He briefly thought about it, and then said in a deep voice: "Return to Your Majesty, there are two methods of cutting, one is to cut his power, Get rid of the army, and then set up generals to guard the kings' lands, and you can leave the kings in the palace, and the other is to cut off their people and move their land, once and for all."

The room fell silent.

Zhu Yunwen didn't know what he was thinking, and his face flashed fiercely several times.

a long time.

Zhu Yunqi opened his mouth and said: "If I want to use the second method, where should I start?"

Qi Tai seemed to have thought about this issue long ago, and spit out two words directly.

"King Yan!"

Zhu Yunwen frowned: "If you cut King Yan, but King Yan is very good at using soldiers, and the northern soldiers are extremely brave, how can it be easy to cut?"

"Catch the thief first to capture the king."

Qi Tai said in a deep voice, and then began to talk to Zhu Yunqi in detail about the reasons for cutting King Yan first, how to deploy troops, how to arrange them, and finally how to successfully cut King Yan.

There are plenty of reasons for this, and the arrangement is also well-founded. Although Zhou Xiang inside and outside may directly force King Yan and cause disturbances, judging from the future results, there is no way out.

Zhu Yunqi was also a little moved.

However, Huang Zicheng jumped out at this moment and said, "Your Majesty, no."

Zhu Yunwen looked over.