"The Supreme Emperor has conquered the country through bloody battles, but he will be ruined by you!"
Pu Gang struggled to stand up, ignoring the ropes tied around his body, and pushed desperately towards the direction of the Guangde Dragon Chair.
Jiang Liuer and others quickly stopped him.
Liu Kan looked calm, stood up from the dragon chair, and motioned Jiang Liu'er to step back, with a calm expression:
"My father has passed away, and the disarmament of the imperial court has been completed. This autumn, I will lead the people of the world to hold a funeral for the Supreme Emperor! This is the ending."
"Father is gone! His land tax system, military system and legal system must be changed! It is the way of heaven and the general trend, and it cannot be stopped by one or two people acting like a chariot!"
"Even if you all die, I will change."
Pu Gang broke free and stepped forward to kick Emperor Guangde.
The chief steward Li Juying who was standing next to him screamed:
"Stop him! Protect him! Protect him!"
Liu Kan pushed Eunuch Li away and said without changing his expression:
"Kick me, I won't die!"
The emperor stared at Pu Gang's angry and deformed face and said calmly:
"When I inherited the throne, I was only 20 years old. My father had been the regent for six years. During these six years, I saw that we were resorting to militarism and faced difficulties both internally and externally. I was thinking about how to save Daqi all the time."
"The system established by my father is riddled with ills. The coir raincoat guards kill as many people as they can; the people are like puppets, and the army is too powerful to lose its weight. If I don't change, the second generation of Da Qi will die, and you will also die without a burial place."
Pu Gang glared angrily and shouted filial piety with all his strength:
"The Supreme Emperor is not dead! The Supreme Emperor is just missing! Wait until he comes back from Japan and see how he deals with you, you guys..."
Because he was extremely angry, the commander of the Eighth Corps turned red, as if someone had choked him, and he was speechless for a long time.
Liu Kan stepped forward and patted Pu Gang on the back, and sighed:
"My father studied little since he was a child, and relied on the Empress Dowager Cisheng to teach him how to read and write. Later, he conquered the world with force. At the beginning of the founding of the Qi Dynasty, he emphasized martial arts and neglected literature. Although there was a change in the later period, there was always a problem with scribes. A deep-seated suspicion."
"this is not right."
Emperor Guangde looked back at the civil servants who supported him:
“How can we conquer the world immediately if we conquer it immediately?
For example, in the third year of Taichu (1648), the imperial examination was issued, and in the fourth year (1649), the imperial examination was stopped.
"Da Qi Code" clearly stipulates: "Civil officials are not allowed to be granted the title of Duke".
At the beginning of the Qi Dynasty, the left and right governors of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion were all first-rank officials, and the governor's fellow magistrates were also first-rank officials, while the six ministers were third-rank officials. During the Taichu period, civil servants were not only lower in rank than military ministers, but they were also easily offended. Many of them were inexplicably sent to Sakhalin by the Supreme Emperor, such as Zhang Dai, the unlucky Jiangnan scribe.
"In the future, I will treat the scribes with courtesy and improve the grade of civil servants in order to reverse the tendency of our dynasty to emphasize military affairs and neglect literati."
"I want to upgrade the six ministerial books to the first rank. I want to launch a large-scale imperial examination, issue an edict to recommend people who are excellent in literature, and confer officials together."
Wu Sheng, Hong Chengchou, Fang Zongji (eighth grandson of Fang Xiaoru) and others burst into tears and knelt down in gratitude:
"Your Majesty is kind to all the scholars in the world. I look forward to the warm spring sun, and my old heart is full of joy."
Later history proved that the status of Da Qi's civil servants had improved and they had become bolder in speaking. They no longer had to take offense as easily as they did during the reign of the Supreme Emperor.
Because of this, Liu Kan received heartfelt support from the scholar-bureaucrats. This was an important reason why a large number of civil servants were willing to die for Emperor Guangde when Empress Liu (Liu Yufei) attacked Qi.
Liu Kan stretched out his hand and pointed forward, as if a god had descended into the world, and said to the general in front of him in an unquestionable tone:
"General Pu, I know that you are loyal to Da Qi and loyal to the Supreme Emperor."
"In the first year of Wuding, when I was still in my infancy, there was a big explosion in Wang Gong's factory. My father's whereabouts were unknown. The Qi army was fierce and dangerous. The soldiers died and fled. You led a lone army to defend Linqing and held on in Shandong. For a year, the continuation of the Qi Dynasty and the survival of my father, emperor and mother are all due to you. I traveled from Dengzhou via Liaohai to Liaodong. You led the troops to personally escort me to Wendeng County, so that we, mother and son, were safe. "
Pu Gang shook his head and sighed: "It's all in the past, why does Your Majesty still mention him?"
Emperor Guangde looked solemn: "Of course I have to mention that I am also a kind-hearted person. I will always remember the good things others do to me. No matter what you do, I will never kill you."
"It's just that people cannot be resurrected. Metabolism and natural laws must not be violated. The Emperor is no longer here, and his funeral will be held soon. The achievements of my father's life can also be finalized."
When Emperor Guangde said this, he took out a book from his arms, which was "Deep Consideration" written by Fang Zongji.
"Mr. Fang is a descendant of Fang Xiaoru, a loyal minister of the Jianwen Dynasty of the former Ming Dynasty. He is rich in knowledge and knowledge, and has great talent in the world. He told me that timely changes can be regarded as abiding by the "ancestral law." Therefore, I can change the regulations before the Supreme Emperor. .”
Fang Zongji kowtowed and said: "Thank you for your false praise, implement lenient administration, pardon the guilty, and redress the unjust imprisonment. These are the most urgent matters at the moment."
"Pardon the sergeants who were tattooed and exiled for their crimes during the Taichu period. Appoint some officials who were punished and exiled. Some of them were used too harshly at the beginning, and some were deliberately ensnared by the sycophants. I hope your majesty will pay attention."
Emperor Guangde had long been dissatisfied with the harsh punishments imposed on civil servants during the Liu Zhaosun era. As early as when he was still the prince, he decided to correct and vindicate those unjust, false, and wrongdoings.
"The minister's advice is gentle and restrained."
The speaker was Sun Qifeng. Sun Qifeng, courtesy name Qitai and nickname Zhongyuan, was a great Neo-Confucian scholar in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qi Dynasty. In his later years, he gave lectures in Xiafeng Village, Huixian County for more than ten years. He was followed by many people and was known as Mr. Xia Feng in the world.
In the third year of Tianqi, after the demise of the Ming Dynasty, the Qi court repeatedly called him out of office, and he was known as Sun Zhengjun.
Together with Li Yong and Huang Zongxi, they are collectively known as the three great Confucian scholars in the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qi Dynasty.
After Emperor Guangde came to power, he sent someone to kidnap Sun Zhengjun from his hometown in Baoding to Nanjing. The scholar, who was originally looking for life and death and prepared to be buried for the former Ming Dynasty, was moved after several conversations with Emperor Guangde and decided to serve the new dynasty and start the reform process. road.
"We have given a lot of land to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, especially Su Song. In addition, there have been frequent wars in recent years, and the local people have long been unable to bear the hardships and have fled and are in debt. Your Majesty, in accordance with the destiny of heaven, should be civilized and martial arts, and should be light on corvee and light on taxes. I suggest that next year the people of Jiangnan will be enriched. , pay less than half of the rent. The Holy Emperor is open to all rivers and does not compete with the people for profit. He allows the trading of various Tunpu mines to improve the efficiency of mineral production..."
"You, you want to turn Da Qi into a bright future, you losers!"
Pu Gang vomited blood and fell to the ground.
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The trial of Pu Gang and other rebel generals continued until the next day.
Finally, Emperor Guangde sentenced Pu Gang and other eighteen people to death for eighteen crimes, including "treason", "disrespect" and "attack in the capital".
Upon seeing this, Kang Jingxiu, Wu Sheng and other ministers immediately interceded for Pu Gang. They begged Emperor Guangde to see that Pu Gang had worked hard and made great military exploits for the Qi Dynasty, and spared his life this time.
Emperor Guangde knew very well that if Pu Gang was really killed, the soldiers of the Eighth Corps would immediately rebel, and there was no guarantee that other regiments would continue to be loyal to Da Qi.
So, he had no choice but to push the boat along, saying that for the sake of the officials, he could spare Pugang's death this time.
As for the Mongolian general Anglar, he was not so lucky. This Mongolian Taiji was beheaded in public, and the reason for killing him was to deprive the soldiers of their pay.
Pu Gang was exiled to Sakhalin Island and was never allowed to return to the customs.
The Eighth Corps was directly demobilized and dispersed and reorganized into seven other corps.
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