After hearing this, Fang Congzhe trembled in his heart and thought: "Since His Majesty imposed strict policies, even the factory guards around him have become so tough. Three princes and a Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing were killed like this! From now on, the powerful people in the world will If the gentry wants not to be suppressed by His Majesty, they have no choice but to rebel. Once these powerful gentry succeed in their rebellion, they will definitely be the first to be cut to pieces. After all, His Majesty is still the master of the world. As long as the powerful gentry still want to To use the title of Ming Dynasty to be a master, you still have to give your majesty some face, just like Emperor Yang of Sui was just strangled to death."
Because he thought this way, Fang Congzhe couldn't help but secretly vowed not to let those who wanted to rebel succeed.
Wei Zhongxian also had the same idea as Fang Congzhe at this time.
Even though he was not very willing to see such a situation arise, Wei Zhongxian knew that he was already a vassal of the emperor, and he must support his emperor without reservation.
Therefore, Wei Zhongxian did not object because Zhu Youxiao said that Xu Xianchun killed well. He only continued to report calmly: "To report to the emperor, Commander Xu also reported that he had arrested people suspected of illegal association and criticism. There are more than 670 scholars in the government."
"It is proposed that all those who join a non-literary society will be expelled from their official titles, and those who form an illegal literary society will be deprived of their official titles, their properties will be confiscated, and they will be returned to the local vassal treasury to support education and benefit the people, and they will be exiled for three thousand miles!"
At this time, Zhu Youxiao gave instructions to the other party Congzhe.
"I obey the decree!"
Fang Congzhe had no objections, and he also knew that he must be strict at this time.
Moreover, Fang Congzhe also handed the title book delivered by Chongwen Temple to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, Chongwen Temple has also come to report. They have investigated 349 bookstores and arrested people selling banned books and demon books. The number of people who rebelled against the government and slandered the government reached 1,307."
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao nodded and ordered: "Draw up a decree that all those who sell demonic books and banned books will have their honors removed, and then be exiled to the border guards, and their property will be confiscated, and returned to the local vassal treasury for the purpose of aiding education and benefiting the people. ! Instruct the local governor to use this money to open more government-run social schools and fewer private academies, and build more government-run hospitals, public toilets and water canals, so as to benefit the people and enhance the local ability to resist epidemics; those without meritorious service will be exiled to guard the border and be fined and confiscated The property is returned to the local vassal treasury for the purpose of aiding education and benefiting the people. It is also the same as what I just said, increasing the function of the government to feed back the people after collecting taxes. Stop relying solely on a few conscientious squires to build places! Selling and slandering the imperial court is the opposite. The person who wrote the book, the person who wrote it, and the person who sold it will all be killed!”
After chatting with the queen, he learned that in the local area, the big landowners and squires were very destructive, but some conscientious small landowners and squires also played a positive role in maintaining stability at the grassroots level. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao had no intention of publishing books and giving lectures that were illegal due to inspections. The money was returned to the central government of the imperial court. This way, on the one hand, the imperial treasury was now full and there was no need for this small amount of money. Moreover, transporting it into Beijing would in vain increase more freight costs;
Second, Zhu Youxiao wanted to strengthen the government's ability to control at the grassroots level, so he thought it would be better to keep the money in the local area to open social medical clinics, public toilets, and public water canals. In this way, he was offending the big squires and landowners in Jiangnan. At the same time, they win over the small landowners and common people in the south of the Yangtze River. This is called fighting one group and pulling another group together.
"Your Majesty is wise! I will draw up an edict now!"
Fang Congzhe was quite surprised by the emperor's method and flattered him sincerely.
Then, Fang Congzhe said again: "Your Majesty, Feng Quan, the governor of the southeast, reported that Qian Qianyi, Ye Maocai, Chen Yutai, Zhang Pu and others are crying in Confucius Temple to worship Xu Yuanqing and Dong Zu who died for resisting taxes and inciting the villagers to cause trouble and attacking and killing the imperial envoys. The people of He and Gu Yongcheng are crying out to the late Emperor and want him to avenge their grievances. Their motives are sinister and they are obviously slandering the imperial court, dissatisfied with the Holy One and have treasonous intentions, so please punish them severely."
Crying temple?
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao said directly: "All the principal criminals reported were executed and they lost their family property. In addition, as far as I know, Qian Qianyi was born in Tanhua, but he was so disrespectful to the country's laws and disrespectful to me. I will punish him by drowning." Punishment!"
"yes!"
Fang Congzhe replied.
"Dongchang and Chongwen Temple have implemented very well the ban on private associations, lectures and even publishing in southern Zhili. According to the decree, all officials in Dongchang and Chongwen Temple will be rewarded with a five-year salary increase, and all officials in Chongwen Temple will be rewarded with a five-year salary! Xu Xianchun He was promoted to Prince Shaobao, Feng Quan was appointed Prince Shaobao, Fang Shihong was promoted to Minister of Chongwen Temple and Right Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Ruan Dacheng was promoted to Minister of Chongwen Temple and Bachelor of Nanjing Hanlin Academy! I am very disappointed with the performance of some nobles in Nanjing this time Xu Xianchun met with Nanjing dignitaries and immediately expressed his attitude towards the imperial government's new policy! In addition, Wang Qia and others who obstructed the emperor's mission were all punished with treason, including the three Marquises of Linhuai, Dingyuan and Anyuan. Your Excellency! The title is revoked! The right minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing, Zonghe, is also charged with treason!"
Zhu Youxiao continued to announce his decree.
"According to the order!"
Fang Congzhe continued to draft the decree.
Suddenly, strict decrees were issued from the political hall.
Zhu Youxiao used tough methods to suppress the dignitaries and Jiangnan gentry who opposed the court's new policy.
And this naturally caused great repercussions in Jiangnan.
It can be said that the dissatisfaction of the powerful gentry throughout Jiangnan with the imperial court is getting stronger and stronger.
But just like after the Manchus did this in history, no one dared to be the first to rebel.
These powerful gentry are different from the refugees who cannot survive. Their class attributes determine that they have to be more cautious in this kind of risky investment.
However, there is no doubt that they are now more looking forward to someone being able to rise up, or even cause chaos in the world, and a more powerful force to suppress Zhu Ming's regime, so that they can get rid of Zhu Youxiao's rule over them and stand up again.
But for now, there has been no major war in the world.
Nurhachi in the northeast was restricted by Xiong Tingbi and could only bully the Mongolian tribes and North Korea in the southeast.
She Chongming in the southwest could not find a reason to rebel for a while because Zhu Youxiao did not allow him to lead troops to Liao.
As for the people in the mainland, due to the ban on Liao's salary and the rectification of official administration after the implementation of the Kao Cheng Law, their burdens have not increased but decreased, and the trend of increasing refugees has been curbed.
Because the imperial court had money and the officials were in charge, the Nine-Border Army received its military pay in a timely manner. Naturally, there was no large-scale mutiny of soldiers and the flight of military households.
Therefore, at the end of the first year of Tianqi, although the Emperor Zhu Youxiao and his important ministers were turning Jiangnan upside down and making the sky full of chaos, the rest of the country was suddenly at peace!
Historically, this period in Liaodong should have been a mess, with a large number of Liao generals killed in battle or surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. There was almost nothing important to report.
Therefore, the powerful gentry could only grit their teeth and endure the rule of the "tyrant" Zhu Youxiao.
However, although the powerful gentry can only grit their teeth and endure it now, various means behind the scenes are still inevitable.
At this time, Fang Congzhe had to use his decades of experience as an official and his shrewd mind to think about what methods these powerful gentry would use to deal with his Majesty.
Because now he and the emperor are in the same boat, and in addition, since the emperor let his son take charge of Chongwen Temple and let his Fang family buy shares in Chongwen Temple to pay dividends, the Fang family has made a lot of money just from the dividends of Chongwen Temple. Income, therefore, now Fang Congzhe has no choice but to protect Zhu Youxiao's imperial power regardless of political or economic interests.
This was also the real motivation behind Fang Shihong's courage to purge the Jiangnan gentry for the court at the expense of offending the Jiangnan gentry after he went to Jiangnan.
Fang Shihong's hatred for the Donglin Party alone is obviously not enough.
Therefore, Fang Congzhe still honestly drafted various harsh and ruthless imperial edicts for the emperor, and now he had to continue to take the initiative to remind Zhu Youxiao:
"Your Majesty! I boldly say that if the imperial court is doing this now, the scholars in the world will be even more dissatisfied. However, it will not be a problem if they raise troops to rebel, because the Ming Dynasty is different from the late Sui Dynasty. In the late Sui Dynasty, both the aristocratic families and the people could not bear it, and now Although the people of Ming Dynasty also suffered from exploitation, they were only exploited by the powerful and gentry below. The imperial court did not impose any large-scale levies. Now they are exempted from Liao pay. Moreover, Your Majesty allocated a large amount of internal funds for disaster relief last year. Therefore, these people will not Despite the great dissatisfaction of the world, I am worried that they will take advantage of the dissatisfaction of the meat-eaters against Your Majesty and spread their plans in His Majesty’s outer court and even the Inner Court. Although Your Majesty does not have any heirs yet, you do have a younger brother!”
When Fang Conzhe said this, he paused for a moment, and then resolutely chose to speak out: "I ask your Majesty to strengthen the guidance of His Majesty the Fifth Highness! In my opinion, it is not appropriate for the Fifth Highness to become a vassal before he is sure of his aspirations, as well as the harem. Control! And the education of future emperors’ heirs.”
"Yuan Fu has far-reaching concerns, I know!"
Zhu Youxiao said something and glanced out the window, but because of this, he saw Zhang Yan, who was wearing a Guanyin pocket and a feather satin, holding plum blossoms and walking on the snow with a smile, heading towards Kunning Palace.
He suddenly wanted to know whether he would fall into the water in the inner court after traveling through time and become Emperor Tianqi, as in the original history, and whether Zhang Yan would commit suicide because of the pain of losing her country and her family?
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