Next, as soon as Shi Fenglai was escorted to Beijing, his head was shown to the public, and then he was skinned and stripped.
The civil servants all sighed because of this. They felt that after the clan stayed in Beijing and stayed at the feet of the emperor, they felt a lot of pressure.
Although they are still the civil servants who preside over the affairs of the government, and the clan still has no right to interfere with the affairs of the government, the fact that these clans now have the opportunity to go to heaven to listen means that they have an additional layer of supervision.
Even Fang Congzhe said to the ministers of the Nine Qing Dynasty: "Everyone should be more careful and abide by the law from now on. Now more eyes are staring at us. Do things honestly and be honest!"
"Understood! What we did after the one-party dominance of the civil servants in the past was indeed too much [1]. Now, it's good that we have clans, factory guards, our civil servants, and military generals to check and balance each other. It is beneficial to the country and the country."
Even Liu Zongzhou, who was recently promoted to bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and right minister of the Ministry of Rites, responded accordingly.
The other ministers also nodded.
Although the civil servants and even the eunuchs, nobles and generals all knew that there would be another force in the capital because Zongfan stayed in the capital, and had to be more cautious than before;
But for the vassals, in any case, the corrupt official Shi Laifeng was executed for causing grievances to the vassals, which really relieved them and made them closer to the emperor Zhu Youxiao, and they were willing to serve as the emperor's Eyes, monitoring all the big and small things in the capital for the emperor, especially things that Dongchang cannot see or Dongchang deliberately cannot see.
However, for Zhu Yujian, his initiative to expose the evil deeds of civil servants naturally offended the civil servant group.
But now he did not feel uneasy because of this. After he learned that Shi Laifeng was executed, he just bowed in the direction of Nanyang and said: "Sister, the corrupt official who caused you to be wronged has been executed by the emperor!"
Princess Changzhou of the Zhou Prince's Palace, who had come to Beijing with other members of the Zhou Palace, also cried because of Zhu Youxiao's justice for the clan, and wrote a memorial in person, preparing to submit it to the emperor, asking the emperor to allow her to marry Yibin Kanggui. Heli, because her guest is really misbehaving, addicted to alcohol, and more importantly, he is a eunuch.
"Your Highness the Princess! You can't just abandon me! I admit that I am actually a eunuch, but I paid for it! You can't just drive me away! You are not giving the court face, I will go The Rites Yamen is suing you!"
However, Yibin Kanggui became unwilling to let go when the princess of Changzhou asked her to leave the Zhou Palace.
"Get out! It's the emperor's decree that allows our clan to marry those who are unworthy! Just go and sue."
King Ruyang, the brother of the Princess of Changzhou, came and drove Kang Gui away, so that Kang Gui had to leave in anger.
In short, although this sectarian reform caused heavy losses to the most powerful princes and princes at the top of the sect, it was indeed a great relief for the ordinary children of the clan.
Next, Zhu Youxiao also conducted an examination on the vassals and selected a group of talented and intelligent vassals who had studied in the vassal area in advance to serve as official positions in the clan mansion and manage clan affairs for the imperial court.
Among them, although Zhu Youjian was still young, because he was personally educated by the emperor and was the closest to the emperor among the vassals, he also served as the ancestral order.
Because of his good performance, Zhu Yujian became Zuo Zongzheng, assisting Zhu Youxiao in managing the vassal affairs.
Youzong Zhengze is Zhu Yousong.
Zhu Youxiao had been in contact with Zhu Yousong for a period of time, and he could see that the historical Emperor Hongguang was a very smooth and knowledgeable person, so he made him serve as You Zongzheng, who happened to be with Zhu Youjian and others who were still inexperienced in the world. Zhu Yujian, who had offended civil servants when he entered Beijing, complemented him.
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"This is the latest Di newspaper. The tyrant has reformed the vassal system! All the vassal kings stayed in the capital, the clan can engage in the business of the four people, and all the vassal land and farmland were given to the people. I knew he would do this, so I originally Then I gave up the idea of supporting the vassal king and raising an army!"
In October of the fifth year of Tianqi.
Kuga Island.
Yang Sichang handed a copy of the Di newspaper to Hong Chengchou.
This kind of official Ming Dynasty newspaper is the only way they can learn about the internal situation of the court.
After Hong Chengchou took it and looked at it carefully, he sighed first and then said: "What a ZTE king who is determined to innovate! Ordinary kings really can't do this. If they don't centralize power in advance, they will lose military and financial power. Hold it in your hand, and first make the courtiers become obedient members of the family. Just because of this, tampering with the ancestral system cannot be mentioned, let alone modification! As long as you have such thoughts, you must be replaced! But he did it!”
"Yes! You are right. He, Zhu Youxiao, is actually the King of ZTE. He is tenacious, resolute, and resourceful, so he solved the vassal issue that has hindered the imperial court's wealth for hundreds of years. But the price is us These gentry were forced to go overseas, otherwise they would have to accept the fate of being slaughtered at will by him. Who would be willing to do that!"
As Yang Sichang spoke, he threw a stone into the sea with all his strength, and then said: "The operation is about to begin. Starting tomorrow, all Ming merchant ships coming to Nagasaki, whether official or private, will never return. Everyone on board will Will be slaughtered!"
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"Is the news true?"
Daming Garden, Qinzheng Hall, Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian solemnly.
Wei Zhongxian nodded: "Back to your lord! It's true! It's the news brought back by my Dongchang spy Ye Chuchun. After translating it using the imperial cipher method used by Dongchang, the content does say that Mingren in the Japanese country of Nagasaki will be in trouble." .”
After listening to this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but think of the Spanish Massacre in Manila during the Wanli Period.
"The people who went to Nagasaki were just ordinary merchants from the Ming Dynasty. Aren't they trying to plunder the mainland? Why did they bully the merchants in Nagasaki?"
Zhu Youxiao asked.
"As far as the slaves know, it is to boycott our cotton. Our cotton is too good and too cheap. The local daimyo's cotton cannot be sold. Then, some squires who fled to the Japanese country all testified that we Ming people used slave property to The cloth was cheap, and the slaves they captured were all Japanese. Therefore, these Japanese lords asked the shogunate to expel our Ming merchants, and even asked the shogunate to retaliate against us. However, due to the inconvenience in communicating with the Japanese, Dongchang was not very sure. It’s not because the Japanese shogunate believed the words of the daimyo and the gentry who fled to Japan, so they wanted to deal with our merchants.”
Wei Zhongxian replied.
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered: "Inform the Privy Council of this matter! Let them discuss the matter immediately and come up with a troop dispatch plan as soon as possible. The Ming Dynasty's naval training has been resting for so long, and it is time to go out and promote martial ethics. !”
With that said, Zhu Youxiao gritted his teeth and said: "If the shogunate dares to kill my people, I will massacre him in Nagasaki!"
Wei Zhongxian hurriedly replied: "Slave, go right now!"
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