Because Concubine Zheng had always been favored by Wanli, and Prince Fu Zhu Changxun, as the son of Concubine Zheng, was naturally more favored by Wanli than Zhu Changluo. As a result, Zhu Changxun had been pampered since he was a child and had little respect for the imperial power.
What's more, he once almost took over the power of the Ming Dynasty, which made him feel even more dissatisfied with the current emperor Zhu Youxiao, who was his nephew.
"Fight it out!"
"Let's see who dares to take away this king's property!"
"What kind of debts are not debts? They are just done by the subordinates without telling the king. The debts owed by the subordinates are collected from the subordinates. What does it mean to seize the king's property? Even the court must be reasonable. If he has the ability, his court will directly kill me, otherwise, don’t think that my father’s death just means that I am easy to bully, so you can take away my property at will!”
Zhu Changxun immediately slammed the table and shouted sternly.
Therefore, Liu Bizu, an official in the royal palace, replied hurriedly: "I obey your order!"
In Luoyang, the people in Prince Fu's Mansion were really not afraid of official duties.
Especially during the Wanli period, because King Fu was favored by Wanli, not only King Fu himself, but the entire people in Prince Fu's mansion basically walked sideways in Luoyang, even Henan, and the entire Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, everyone from Prince Fu to an ordinary serving officer or guard in Prince Fu's palace has an air of arrogance.
Even though Wanli has passed away for more than five years now, because Taichang died early, Zhu Youxiao has been busy centralizing power and training troops in the past few years after taking the throne, as well as dealing with foreign and internal troubles such as Liaodong and Southwest, and suppressing the gentry in Jiangnan. , Therefore, the people in Prince Fu's Mansion are still very arrogant.
"Damn it, you didn't even ask before you came here. Whose business is behind the shop owned by Dou Dingsuo, the owner of the Henghe Grain Store? There are more than 200 stores in this area, all of which belong to our Prince Fu Mansion! Who the hell is this? Dare you take it away?! According to the king’s order, these people were beaten out!”
Liu Bizu led more than two hundred royal guards out of the royal city and came to a large store in Luoyang City where Li Zhizao, Lu Xiangsheng and others were at this time. As soon as they arrived, they showed off their power and spoke harsh words.
But at this time, Lu Xiangsheng only waved his hand.
More than three thousand guardsmen raised their firearms and spears, aiming at the two hundred guards of Liu Bizuhe.
Liu Bizu decisively shut his mouth and did not dare to speak anymore. He just smiled and said: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I'm just joking."
"withdraw!"
Liubizu then shouted.
Then, Liu Bizu decisively took his guards back to the palace.
Seeing this, Lu Xiangsheng rolled his eyes at Liu Bizu's back speechlessly.
Here, Li Zhizao also rolled his eyes at Liu Bizu, and then shouted: "Drive everyone out of this store first, check the account books, goods, and cash. Anyone who obstructs will be killed!"
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"Your Highness, I don't dare to lie. The officials brought by the imperial court for inspection this time are well-trained officers and soldiers! They have many firearms, and they are all tall and powerful. I am afraid that I will hurt your guards in vain, so I have to retreat. I will come back and report to you in time."
After Liubizu returned to the palace, he hurriedly informed King Fu of what he had encountered.
After hearing this, King Fu kicked Liu Bizu directly: "Useless thing! Get out of here!"
"Yes, slave, get out now!"
Liu Bizu touched his belly and hurriedly walked backwards and left the main hall of Prince Fu's Mansion.
After Liu Bizu left, King Fu directly overturned a large porcelain bottle in front of him to the ground, and shouted: "Asshole! Asshole! Why did you take away my property! Why did I leave the capital? What kind of bullshit prince are you here in Luoyang City! Why can he be the master of the world just because he, Zhu Changluo, was born before me? Even if he is just the son of a humble palace concubine, he and his son can now bully me at will! "
King Fu vented his anger until he smashed everything in the hall, then he calmed down a little and stared at a pair of red eyes, looking at the outside of the hall in confusion.
At this time, another official serving King Fu, Qin Zhaohe, ran over in a hurry: "Your Highness, our retainer Ye Chuchun has something important to see you."
"Xuan!"
After Ye Xianggao fell into the water, Ye Chuchun left Fujian and came to Luoyang. Through his connections, he became a retainer of King Fu and was mainly responsible for contacting people in the scholarly community on behalf of King Fu.
King Fu also got a lot of important news from Ye Chuchun.
At this time, King Fu saw that Ye Chuchun wanted to see him again. He also knew that something more important must have happened in the court, so he hurriedly asked Xuan to see Ye Chuchun.
As soon as Ye Chuchun came to Prince Fu, he immediately pretended to be anxious and said, "Your Highness! This matter is extremely urgent, and it may even have happened."
"What's the matter?"
King Fu asked, feeling slightly unhappy.
"According to the secret message sent back by the student's informant in Dongchang, the emperor has issued an order to strangle the imperial concubine and his wife to death, and has ordered all members of the uncle's family to be executed except for the women and children. This is to destroy the entire family of the uncle. !”
Ye Chuchun replied hurriedly.
"What?!"
After hearing this, King Fu was immediately shocked and shouted: "Mother Concubine!"
Then, King Fu felt dizzy because of his excitement and took a few steps back.
Tan Zhaohe hurriedly supported him: "Your Highness!"
Only then did King Fu come to his senses, and he jumped and shouted outside the palace: "Zhu Youxiao! You are so vicious, do you really want to force me to rebel?"
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"It would be best if King Fu is really forced to rebel. It would not take much effort to pacify such a vassal king with no foundation, and the court can save a lot of support in the future. The same goes for King Lu and other vassal kings. I I am not afraid that they will rebel, but I am afraid that they will not rebel! If they endure the humiliation and bear the burden, then I will not find the opportunity to deal with these worm-like vassal kings! On the contrary, I will not have enough reasons to reform the clan, otherwise, the Ming Dynasty will continue like this , these increasingly numerous clans will sooner or later bring down the imperial court’s finances!”
After Zhu Youxiao executed a number of nobles in Nanjing on the grounds that he was cleaning up the family of the distinguished heroes, he began to prepare to return to Beijing.
The night before returning to Beijing, Zhu Youxiao expressed his attitude towards these sects and vassals because he asked the ministers around him whether such forced demands for the vassal king's property would provoke the vassal king to rebel. Willingness to reform the clan system.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty! The annual salary of the vassal vassal was so huge that it was no longer necessary in the early days of the country. Now the annual salary of the vassal vassal can hardly be met, not to mention preparing for war and even providing disaster relief. In the later period of the temple, after King Fu came to the vassal, the court became even more embarrassed. Unfortunately, the country is in danger of collapse because of this. Fortunately, Your Majesty governs the country well, stealing money from corrupt officials and profiteers and operating government-run industries to enrich the national treasury. However, the vassal and feudal lords still have no restraint in their annual income, and even in the future, as long as the Ming Dynasty Zuo Zuo If it continues, the number of vassal kings will inevitably increase, but the annual salary will continue to increase. Therefore, sooner or later, it will be difficult for the court's tax revenue to cover the vassal's annual salary. For example, there are five His Highnesses who are about to leave the vassal, and in the future, Your Majesty Several of the emperor's heirs are also going to join the vassal, and these require vast fields from the world and generous salary from the court to support them, so the reform of the vassal system is indeed urgent!"
Xiong Tingbi echoed.
Zhu Youxiao nodded after hearing this, and then said: "Preach the message! King Fu and King Lu colluded with nobles and speculated on grain prices. The crime is unforgivable. However, considering that he is a noble man from Tianhuang, I will give him dignity and will not send any official to lock him up." , it is a disgrace to his dignity, and you should, after receiving the order, together with the chief historian and the crown prince, come to Beijing in person to report the crime, and I will deal with it!"
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