The second son of the emperor, Zhu Cican, also looked at the officials and squires who were ordered to be escorted by the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Ciwei.
Suddenly, Zhu Cican noticed that among these prisoners there were many great scholars whom he knew.
"Brother Imperial! Xu Kaifa, Duke Xu, Duke Jiang Chao, and others are all great Confucians! Do you want to kill them too?"
Zhu Cican asked Zhu Ciwei in surprise.
Zhu Ciwei nodded: "The king's law is ruthless! If we don't severely punish a few restless people, the relocation of the big clan will not proceed smoothly, and the children of these big clans will not be honest!"
"But they are very knowledgeable! If we kill them, it will be a loss for the imperial court!"
Zhu Cican said.
"My father has no stipulations. He is very knowledgeable and liberal. He only stipulates that pregnant women can be exempted from death, and the orphans of loyal ministers and martyrs can be exempted from death!"
Zhu Ciwei replied.
"Brother, can you please forgive Mr. Xu and Mr. Jiang for the sake of your brother?"
Zhu Cican asked.
Zhu Ciwei therefore loudly questioned: "Can talking about emotions be a reason to violate the law?!"
"I think you are confused!"
Zhu Ciwei said angrily to Zhu Cican.
"kill!"
With that said, Zhu Ciwei waved his hand.
Click!
Click!
Click!
These prisoners were all beheaded.
All the people present were so frightened that their faces were ashen.
Some women even screamed.
The faces of the scholars present who had to be moved away with their clans all turned pale.
Zhu Ciwei then looked at the scholars present who were about to be moved to India:
"You just read some books and know some knowledge, but it doesn't mean that you are superior to others. Ask yourself what you have done for the imperial court. It just made you move your clan. You are all complaining so much. Look at the patrols around you. The officers and soldiers, they dare to sacrifice their lives for the imperial court! After going to India, they will still have their fame and land, so there is nothing to complain about."
With that said, Zhu Ciwei left here.
This time, he didn't give Zhu Cican any reason or brotherly love.
He knew that he and Zhu Cican had different ideas.
Zhu Cican only looked at Zhu Ciwei's retreating back without saying a word: "Severe punishments make people fear power and not admire their virtues. When the situation is in danger in the future, will anyone stick to your will?"
As he spoke, Zhu Cican came to the faces of the executed scholars such as Xu Kaifa and Jiang Chao. Enduring the physical discomfort, he bowed deeply to these scholars who were executed by his imperial brother and said:
"I'm offended! My brother doesn't know the way of mercy and forgiveness, so you all ended up like this and your literary fortunes were damaged. I am here to apologize on my behalf!"
Chen Weisong, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, was very moved when he saw this and bowed accordingly.
Zhu Xieyuan was moved and thought: "If the emperor's second son can become the emperor, he must be a benevolent master!"
When the scholars near Chang Gate saw this, they were moved to tears.
Even Wu Daodeng, who saw this scene, couldn't help but sigh: "If we talk about the virtuous princes, only the second prince can be called!"
Zhu Ciwei turned around and saw this scene, and his face dropped for a moment.
Regardless of whether Zhu Cican did this based on emotion or rationality, this was a scene he didn't want to see.
"Why does Your Highness look unhappy?"
When Zhu Ciwei came here, Tang Aiming saw that his face was ugly, so he asked.
Zhu Ciwei waved his hand and said, "Nothing!"
But suddenly Zhu Ciwei asked Tang Aiming again: "You said that the one who is popular among people can win the world?"
Tang Aiming did not expect that the eldest son of the emperor would suddenly ask this, and couldn't help but reply: "That's not necessarily true! Those who are popular may not necessarily win the hearts of the people. Most people do not have the ability to express their demands. When I was a child, my father and I were refugees and we were hungry. The only thing on my mind at that time was to have enough to eat, and the most popular people at that time didn’t know that we, the refugees, were thinking about this, or didn’t care that we were thinking about this.”
Zhu Ciwei nodded after hearing this: "I understand what you mean!"
Zhu Ciwei then breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Moving to a wealthy family will not hurt the people's hearts, it will only hurt people's popularity. That is not important!"
"Yes, it's not important. The scholars' rebellion will not happen in ten years. It is useless for the scholars to be dissatisfied. The key is whether the people are satisfied or not. The relocation of the big families this time will help to suppress mergers. The people at the bottom are very willing. In addition, these relocated people When the wealthy people arrive in India, they will find that the court actually treats them well. Although they are kept far away from their homeland, it is more comfortable than staying at home."
Tang Aiming replied with a smile.
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India, the Tanghe Prefecture newly established by the Ming Dynasty.
Wu Daodeng looked at the thousands of miles of fertile fields here and was very horrified: "It turns out that there are really fertile fields here. I hope the court didn't fool us!"
"Come here and collect the slaves with your household check. These slaves are allocated by the government to you, the newly relocated people, to help you farm here! Each person is assigned two slaves!"
As the Ming Dynasty continued to expand in India, it captured many natives.
When the Han people moved here, the Ming Dynasty naturally deprived these natives of their land ownership rights, and all the land was taken over by the court and distributed to the moved Han people.
These natives naturally became slaves, waiting to be distributed.
Wu Daodeng did not expect that the Han people could still have their own domestic slaves here.
For a moment, Wu Daodeng felt that it was not so bad for his Wu clan members to come to India.
“The imperial court really wants to give us so much land?”
Wu Daodeng even asked about a Ming official here.
The official replied: "Why are you lying to me? Because of the war, the natives were almost killed by the Japanese slaves we hired, so the land here is vast and sparsely populated. I am worried that there are not many people farming. However, here is different from China." It’s different, you have to collect land tax.”
"Collecting land tax?"
Wu Daoden asked in shock.
"That's right! The imperial court can't give you the Tian Bai it captured."
The official replied.
"There are brothels and casinos here, and the Han people are divided and ruled? If the Han people beat the natives to death, they can pay silver to atone for their sins. If they can't afford the money, they only need to serve in the army, and there is no death penalty?"
"The Han people do not restrict the number of concubines? The Han people do not restrict land transactions? The Han people do not restrict lending?"
"Only respect Confucianism? The imperial examination only tests Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism?"
Wu Daodeng was quite excited after learning in detail about the system of the Indian Governor-General's Office in India.
Not only Wu Daodeng, but also the scholar Lu Fu also praised Huang Zongxi in his letters after moving here with his people:
"This is the place where we, the Han people, have the most freedom! Here, the Han people are given lenient punishments and governed by benevolent governance. Confucian scholars are even treated with special courtesy, and there is even a preferential and exemption system!"
When Lu Fu praised India to Huang Zongxi, he specifically asked Zhang Tongchang, the governor-general of India: "Zhang Zhitai, I dare to ask why the Ming Dynasty's newly expanded new land, India, is different from the local government."
"This is what your Majesty means! All the natives are Han people, and there is no distinction between nobles. Naturally, they are all people-oriented and there is no distinction between classes. But this is different in India. There are still many native people. To maintain stability and gradually become Han Chinese, we only need to If we can temporarily allow hierarchies to exist, with the Han people being above the natives, and the natives continuing to be divided into hierarchies, only in this way will the nobles among the natives be willing to help us Han people suppress the natives below them."
Zhang Tongchang replied.
"People have dignity and inferiority, and etiquette and laws are in order, which is very good!"
Lu Fu nodded and said with a smile: "If I had known this, I would have come here first without any order from the court."
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