"The imperial court has issued repeated orders not to form private associations. These people really turn a deaf ear to the imperial ban!"
"But since you dare to form a society privately and ignore the imperial court, why are you confessing to the riot now? You really don't have the courage to break with me completely! I am not afraid of chaos in the world, and I don't know that you Why are these Jiangnan gentry so afraid? These rentiers are truly cowardly! In this case, don’t blame me for being tougher on you!"
After receiving Zhang Tongchang's report, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but curse a few words.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao then ordered Fang Congzhe to Fang Congzhe in the political hall: "Draft an edict to Zhang Tongchang, Sun Chengzong, and Yang Huan, telling them that although Man Chaojian has surrendered, there is no guarantee that he will not be suspected of being forced to confess. This This riot is not something they Jiangnan gentry can end if they want. In order to better rule Jiangnan, a land with great wealth, in the future, we must take this opportunity to eradicate more Jiangnan gentry! And let them strictly investigate private individuals in Jiangnan again. Once found, the founders of the association will be directly executed, and all those who join the association will be exiled! In addition, regarding the association, the first thing they have to do is to immediately demolish and burn Donglin Academy, and change all the land it occupies to The farmland, including the teaching fields, will be classified as the imperial village and distributed to the common people for cultivation! My previous decree may not be a shock to those who do not take the imperial decree seriously, so this time it will be Let them know my determination by demolishing and burning Donglin Academy!"
After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he sat back on the dragon chair without any anger or authority.
As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he really no longer valued the Jiangnan gentry at this moment, so he directly issued an order to demolish Donglin Academy.
Because Zhu Youxiao now has to admit that after the Jiangnan gentry was suppressed, few dared to directly resist.
Of course, Zhu Youxiao knew that if he continued to be tough like this, if the Jiangnan gentry were still unwilling to give up their interests, they would really have only one way to rebel directly.
However, just as Zhu Youxiao had been extremely tough as soon as he came to the throne, he was still not worried that any of these Jiangnan gentry would dare to rebel directly.
Because Zhu Youxiao believes that even if these people rebel, they will not succeed. After all, history has proven that these people are very good at fighting among themselves and bullying the people, but if they really want to risk their lives, they are really unable to do it. It dropped several levels, such as uniting with the Jin Dynasty to defeat the Liao Dynasty, uniting with the Qin Dynasty to defeat the Liao Dynasty, uniting with the Qin Dynasty to quell the invaders, and so on.
However, what Zhu Youxiao is more curious about is that when the Manchu Qing Dynasty ruled China in history, these Jiangnan gentry who dared to rebel directly used the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. What banner would these people use if they rebelled against himself, the emperor? Anti-Ming restoration? "
"According to the order!"
Fang Congzhe accepted the order, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and said to himself: "These Jiangnan literati's love of association has completely angered His Majesty. The temple often interferes in the government's affairs, and even the high officials in the court have to be controlled by it. Donglin Academy will finally be completely cleansed! However, Gu Xiancheng, the villain who brought trouble to Chao Gang, has passed away, otherwise I don’t know how he would feel."
"I remember that Donglin Academy was built under the leadership of Gu Xiancheng and others, and then he preached the decree to have Gu Xiancheng's body dissected in the coffin, and his bones crushed and ashes scattered!"
Zhu Youxiao suddenly said something at this time.
Fang Congzhe glanced at Zhu Youxiao in astonishment, and quickly replied: "I obey your order!"
Next, Zhu Youxiao thought that nearly ten thousand Jiangnan gentry had been arrested, and they should be dealt with immediately. They could not be kept in prison forever, otherwise they would only be a waste of money and food.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao once again sent an order: "In addition, send an order to Zhang Tongchang, Sun Chengzong, and Yang Huan, asking them to distinguish the principal and accomplices of the Jiangnan gentry who have been detained and are suspected of instigating the riot. The principal culprit is the direct participant and beheaded." It was decided that all the accomplices, regardless of their severity, and their dependents and slaves would be exiled to Liaodong to cultivate potatoes and cotton. The stolen family property records would be confiscated and the Ministry of Household Affairs would allocate part of it for consumption during the exile of these people."
Zhu Youxiao exiled these Jiangnan gentry, who were considered wealthy households in the south of the Yangtze River, to Liaodong outside the Pass. This was also regarded as a disguised immigration, increasing the number of Han people outside the Pass.
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"I don't want to plant potatoes! I don't want to plant them! This is not what a noble person like me should do!"
At this time, in the newly reclaimed wasteland in Liaodong, Zhu Zhonglin, the commander of Jinyiwei and the son of Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo who had been exiled here, shouted about planting potatoes and even gave him the potato pieces. Fell to the ground.
Duan Huangyi, the head of state who was in charge of growing potatoes, came over angrily when he saw this. He grabbed the whip of an overseer and whipped Zhu Zhonglin hard: "Pick it up for me! This is edible food, who told you Thrown on the ground?! Do you still think that you are a prince of some kind of government? After being exiled here, you have to obey the rules and farm honestly. Don't throw too many potato pieces in each pit, don't be careless, otherwise, look at me I won’t beat you to death!”
"Ah! It hurts, it hurts!"
Zhu Zhonglin screamed, and after shouting a few times, he had to squat on the ground and pick up the potato pieces he just threw. Then his tears fell to the ground one by one, and he cried: "I want to go back to the capital. ! I want to go back to the capital! I want to go back to my Duke’s Mansion!”
The other people who were exiled here also became more honest after seeing this, and they began to dig holes and throw potatoes obediently. They would only cry secretly when they returned to the hut to rest at night.
However, Duan Huangyi, who was already the head of the Ming Dynasty but still thought of an ordinary farmer, was very puzzled by this. Whenever he saw these exiled dignitaries crying, he would say: "What is there to cry about! I’m just asking you to grow potatoes. It’s not going to cost you your life, and I’m not going to make you hungry. You are all used to the life of being a master! I am now a high-ranking official after all, so I can’t farm well. Well!"
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"No, we don't go to Liaodong, we can't go to Liaodong!"
"Please, please, please, don't let us go to that bitter cold place in Liaodong!"
"I want to stay in Jiangnan! If you ask me to go to Liaodong, you might as well kill me directly!"
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And when Zhang Tongchang ordered most of the Jiangnan gentry suspected of riots and sentenced to be accessories to be exiled to Liaodong in accordance with the decree, and after reading the decree to these people, these people also excitedly refused or begged or even roared.
It was also difficult for these Jiangnan gentry to accept the arrangement of going to Liaodong to grow potatoes.
But in Zhu Youxiao's view, this is what he, the emperor, needs to do most now.
Without moving a large number of Han people, especially those with a certain level of knowledge of Chinese culture, to settle outside the Pass in exile, it would be impossible to establish the Central Plains dynasty's long-term effective rule over these places.
Because the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the Ming Dynasty has now cultivated potatoes, a highly cold-resistant and high-yielding crop, it has the basic conditions for more Han people to go further north and take root.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao must seize the time to let more Han people outside the pass.
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Man Chaojian now also yelled at Yang Huan because he knew that the court wanted to exile most of the Jiangnan gentry to Liaodong to grow potatoes: "Why, why are you so cruel! You actually came up with the cruel idea of deporting so many people to Liaodong to farm." Move! In that case, why not kill them all! Why do you humiliate the gentry so much and make them farm in the bitter cold like untouchables!"
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