A family banquet, where the guests and hosts enjoy themselves.
All the kings were very drunk and were sent back to the post house to rest.
Zhu Di also forcibly held Zhu Gaoxu away, and the father and son continued to drink and chat.
After chatting for a while, Zhu Di suddenly spoke meaningfully.
"I heard that Yang Shiqi is back this time?"
Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu was shocked.
No, no, no, you, Emperor Yongle, can't really be so small-minded, right?
It's been several years, so it's impossible to still hold a grudge against someone because of the incident of seizing the legitimate son, right?
"Well, he's back, and I'm going to let him stay and entrust him with important tasks!"
Zhu Gaoxu did not hide it, but directly expressed his attitude.
After all, Husky has always been loyal and made great contributions to Zhu Gaoxu's victory.
No matter what, Zhu Gaoxu must return the favor and give others the rewards they deserve.
Zhu Di snorted coldly when he heard this, a little unhappy.
"Second brother, I have to remind you that Yang Shiqi is too ambitious and is not easy to control!"
"Do you really think that your father and I are so narrow-minded that we always hold a grudge against Yang Shiqi because of the matter of seizing the legitimate son?"
Zhu Gaoxu looked straight at him, as if saying "Isn't it?"
You, Mr. Zhu, are notoriously petty!
Bao Zhao, Sheng Yong, Tie Xuan...
Seeing Zhu Gaoxu's eyes getting weirder, Zhu Di slapped him angrily.
"You rebellious son, what are you thinking about?"
"The reason why I hate Yang Shiqi so much is because your eldest brother's death has nothing to do with Yang Shiqi!"
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Gaoxu was really shocked.
Could it be that Zhu Di really asked Dongchang to track down something?
"But I have no evidence."
Fortunately, Zhu Di's words completely reassured Zhu Gaoxu.
"I just feel that the method used by Yang Shiqi the last time the King of Han and his grandson fought for the heir are exactly the same as what happened to your eldest brother. He lived in seclusion behind the scenes and plotted against everyone, and then used any means to achieve his own goals!"
"This kind of behavior and this attitude reminds me of Monk Dao Yan. He is just as bastard and hateful, and he deserves to be killed!"
Zhu Di roared viciously, not hiding his murderous intent.
The reason why he wanted to kill Yao Guangxiao back then without caring about his old relationship was because Yao Guangxiao had touched Zhu Di's bottom line!
He plotted against the Crown Prince and the King of Han, intervened in the fight between the crown princes, and regarded the old Zhu family's Tianhuang nobleman as an ant, and regarded him, the Yongle Emperor, as nothing!
Why are you, Yao Guangxiao, so arrogant?
Just because you are monk Daoyan, just because you are the prime minister in black?
The dragon has reverse scales, if you touch it you will die!
Only the emperor can decide the candidate for the crown prince. This is the emperor's prerogative and the emperor's bottom line!
Zhu Di will never tolerate anyone who dares to get involved in this matter, even if that person is Yao Guangxiao!
First there was Yao Guangxiao, and then there was Yang Shiqi!
Zhu Di had long wanted to kill this bastard Yang Shiqi, but he was a close confidant of Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Di had no evidence at all, so Zhu Di tolerated it again and again and allowed Yang Shiqi to escape to Nanyang!
But now, Zhu Gaoxu wants to keep Yang Shiqi in the central court and enter the central court to take charge of power. Zhu Di can't bear it anymore.
"Second brother, I'm worried that this Yang Shiqi will become the next Yao Guangxiao!"
Zhu Gaoxu was stunned when he heard this, and then shook his head with a wry smile.
"Dad, you are overthinking it. Yang Shiqi doesn't have Yao Guangxiao's talent, nor does he have Yao Guangxiao's paranoia!"
It is true that Yang Shiqi is indeed ambitious, but after all, he is still a civil servant, so he is not as crazy as Yao Guangxiao, the prime minister in black!
In history, after the deaths of Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi, Sanyang Xianxiang officially stepped onto the stage of history and took over the power of the government.
Among them, Xiyang (Yang Shiqi) has talent, Dongyang (Yang Rong) has industry, and Nanyang (Yang Pu) has degree.
During their tenure as assistant ministers, the three men stabilized border defense, rectified official administration, and developed the economy, which enabled the Ming Dynasty's national power to continue to develop along the track of its peak, and the status of cabinet ministers was unprecedentedly improved, transforming them from the original emperor's clerks into prime ministers. Assistant minister.
In other words, the reason why the cabinet developed into a behemoth in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and the reason why the civil and military affairs of the Ming Dynasty were completely out of balance was due to the contribution of these three Yang Xianxiangs.
And Yang Shiqi, the leader of the Three Yangs, also successfully used the cabinet system to re-concentrate the power of the prime minister in the cabinet, which had been abolished by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's express order!
But Yang Shiqi's ambitions only stop there.
After all, he was still a civil servant and did not do anything to persecute the royal family.
"Second brother, do you really think so highly of Yang Shiqi?"
Zhu Di asked with a gloomy face, which put enough pressure on Zhu Gaoxu.
Zhu Gaoxu didn't know what to say for a while. After thinking for a long time, he carefully considered his words.
"Dad, do you still remember our dream?"
"Oh?" Zhu Di was stunned, "You mean to abolish the corvee tax?"
"Yeah, but if you want to get to that point, you have to go through many stages."
Zhu Gaoxu opened his heart again and revealed his plan.
"A whipping method is only the first step, and the next second step is called sharing the land!"
Divide a small family into an acre?
Zhu Di murmured a few words, and a different kind of brilliance bloomed in his eyes.
"The One-whip Law only simplifies tax collection procedures and uses currency to collect taxes based on land and population, but it does not abolish the head tax."
"The apportionment of people into acres of land directly abolishes the head tax and only collects taxes based on the amount of land. It can be said that the apportionment of people into acres of land is a further development of the whip law."
"Furthermore, dad, you should also be able to see that once the imperial court implements the idea of dividing a family into an entire household, it will inevitably abolish the academic privileges, and the gentry and the common people will work together to pay for the food, completely cutting off the fundamental lifeline of the gentry and the gentry to seize the people's interests!"
Hearing this, Emperor Yongle couldn't help but take a breath!
Directly abolish the academic privileges of scholars, and make the gentry and the common people work as servants and pay for food. How could those scholars agree or accept it?
It would be strange if they didn't jump out and fight back with all their might!
After all, this is their greatest confidence as scholars!
Relying on fame and privilege, scholars can seize land and plunder people's wealth and wealth.
With this strike of Zhu Gaoxu's sword, it can be said that they have completely cut off their fundamental lifeline. It would be strange if the scholars in the world do not rebel!
"Second brother, is this... too risky?"
"Adventure?" Zhu Gaoxu smiled, "What can they do if they don't agree? Scholars will rebel in ten years!"
"What's more, at that time, all the military power in the world was in the hands of the royal family. What could they use to fight against the royal family? The worst they could do was start another killing spree to scare hundreds of people, kill chickens to scare monkeys, and kill until rivers of blood and heads roll in, and then they would be obedient!"
"Only when the second step is completed, making the gentry equal to ordinary people, without any fame and privileges, can we proceed to the third step, which is our final dream, to abolish corvee taxes and subsidize the people who farm the land, and then the Ming Dynasty can usher in the Ming Dynasty A truly peaceful time!”
Zhu Di: "!!!"
