After Zhu Yijun heard what Wang Shangwen said, he didn't say anything else.
He knew that most of the ruling class of the Ming Dynasty were unwilling to make progress and preferred to enjoy honor and dignity. Therefore, they actively absorbed the idea of abstinence and subjugation, in order to excuse their thoughts of only being comfortable and relying on the support of the people.
Even for the sake of this kind of stability, he would actively suppress his desire for power, thus providing fertile ground for the development of Neo-Confucianism.
In terms of politics, many bureaucrats in this era will advocate that famous instruments cannot be abused and advocate financial restraint.
Because Zhu Yijun knew better, he didn't say anything more, and he had no intention of criticizing generals such as Wang Shangwen and Feng Mengfeng. He just waved his hand and said:
"Detain them, so those suspected of this matter are all from the three barbarian tribes! The nine tribes have been exiled thousands of miles away."
Wang Shangwen and Feng Mengfeng looked up at Zhu Yijun in shock, but said nothing.
"yes!"
Zhang Jingxiu said yes.
At this time, Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Jingxiu: "Besides the civil servants and generals, what other dignitaries are involved?"
"King Chong!"
"He is the one who has been found so far."
Zhang Jingxiu replied.
"My cousin?"
Zhu Yijun suddenly asked.
Zhang Jingxiu nodded, and then reported: "According to the testimony of the prisoner Wang Zhen and others, King Chong has been in the capital for a long time in the name of the Gao Dynasty without getting the decree. He lurked in Zhou Hongzu's mansion, assumed the identity of a domestic slave, was responsible for running a private temple, and interacted with the ministers of the court. The contact was nominally to make the concubine the crown prince, but secretly it was for the convenience of lending money to officials in the capital, and Zhou Hongzu, Fang Hongjing, etc. all borrowed money and wasted money!"
"But because Hai Rui is now in charge of the staff, Chen Yujiao, who had promised to sell his official position, took the money and left in advance. Therefore, the money released by the palace cannot be recovered in interest, and everyone is thinking about when the majesty will collapse and let him Officials will return to the situation where they could make money by paying bribes."
"I knew that if I kept catching it, I would eventually catch it on my own family!"
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but say something at this time, and then ordered: "Then arrest Prince Chong and bring him to the capital! Get back."
Zhang Jingxiu raised his hand and said yes.
After Zhang Jingxiu left, Zhu Yijun sat on the couch and felt lost for a long time.
He had to admit that after he fished with Liu Yao, he felt like he had uncovered many dirty things hidden in the prosperous age, and also brought out many conflicts that had been suppressed.
for example.
There is a conflict between many military generals who also want to be comfortable and enslave their soldiers to become masters, while the court wants them to make achievements and honor their ancestors.
In addition, the eunuch wanted to control the emperor together with the scholar-bureaucrats, but did not want to be manipulated by the emperor.
There is also the conflict between the feudal king who wants to make huge financial profits through the corruption of the bureaucracy, and the court who wants a more honest bureaucracy.
These contradictions would not have been revealed.
Because as long as Zhu Yijun did not allow Liu Yao to go swimming, no matter how dissatisfied these people were with the government and wanted to kill the king, they would only think about it and not dare to do it casually.
But Zhu Yijun turned him out.
However, Zhu Yijun has no regrets about this.
He wants to use this method to make people in the world not even think about regicide!
He did not allow the entire ruling class to feel comfortable for its own sake. While making the people uncomfortable and uncomfortable, he also wanted to make him, the emperor, uncomfortable and uncomfortable.
If the bureaucrats and dignitaries insist on this, Zhu Yijun would rather just let the people live in peace and comfort, and really be an emperor who works hard for six or seven hours for the people of the world to live a peaceful and prosperous life.
Therefore, there is no room for negotiation or compromise. Only those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish.
"Why do natural disasters often lead to man-made disasters? The root cause is here!"
"The powerful bureaucrats don't want to make progress. To be precise, it's not that they don't want to make progress. It's because their enterprising thoughts are not focused on practicing new etiquette and enriching the country, strengthening the army and benefiting the people, but on amassing wealth and profit!"
"I am not forbidding you to not take money for profit. As the saying goes, a gentleman loves money and gets it in the right way;"
"However, whether you are nobles of the clan, or ministers and generals, none of the wealth and wealth you receive is not the support of the people. As a result, each and every one of you is supported by the people, but you only want to enjoy peace and honor, not to enrich the country, strengthen the army, benefit the people, and enable the people to fight against disasters. His ability has not been improved, so that along with natural disasters, man-made disasters have occurred."
"So the best way to fight against natural disasters is for everyone at the top and bottom to remember that enriching the country, strengthening the military, and benefiting the people are the responsibilities of producers. All producers have the obligation to cooperate with the government to achieve the set goals."
"The five-year goals set by Yuan Fu are not the goals of Yuan Fu alone."
"Please keep this in mind."
Zhu Yijun also mentioned in the morning meeting that the ruling class should be enterprising because of disaster relief.
Although Zhu Yijun knew that saying this verbally would not have much effect, it was still an expression of his attitude.
After all, there has begun to be a trend that the Holy Will is the will of God, and his attitude has become more and more important.
Therefore, if his attitude can be made clear, it will naturally lead more people to know what they should put their minds on in order to comply with God's will.
"I will obey the Holy Instructions!"
The ministers all responded after Zhu Yijun said this.
Shortly after the morning court ended that day, King Chong was arrested and taken to Beijing.
Zhu Yijun specially announced to meet him.
After seeing Zhu Yijun, King Chong first asked: "Your Majesty, why are you doing this? I just sent a follower to hide in the capital, and there is no evidence that I really have the intention to kill the king."
"Although there is no evidence, if you send a servant to Beijing to lend money and bribe people and collude with Beijing officials, it is already a crime and suspected of evildoing."
Zhu Yijun replied.
King Chong laughed and said: "It's just making money. Now that the vassal kings can't lead troops to guard the borders according to the rules, isn't it even allowed to make money?"
"It's okay if it's a formal operation, but you shouldn't violate the imperial court's laws and achieve the goal of making money at the expense of corrupting the imperial administration!"
Zhu Yijun replied.
King Chong said: "Your Majesty said that, the minister was indeed at fault, but is it worthy of being arrested and taken to the capital? Does your Majesty still want to kill the minister for this?"
Zhu Yijun looked at Prince Chong with a serious face: "Do you really think that I dare not kill the emperor's relatives?"
King Chong was slightly startled and looked at Zhu Yijun: "The etiquette and law are inconsistent! Even if you follow your majesty's new etiquette, you should treat your clan members with kindness! And the guilty minister is your majesty's cousin after all!"
Zhu Yijun said nothing.
Then, King Chong said: "Even if your Majesty is jealous of evil, you should always consider the feelings of the entire royal family."
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager Cisheng is here!"
At this time, Zhang Hong also walked in and reported to Zhu Yijun that Li had come to Xiyuan.
After hearing this, King Chong raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
Zhang Hong then handed over three more memorials to Zhu Yijun: "In addition, King Yi, King Chu, and King Qin have these memorials, all of which are to plead for King Chong!"
After hearing this, King Chong couldn't hide his smile even more. When he saw Empress Dowager Li coming in, he looked frightened and uneasy, and immediately kowtowed to Zhu Yijun and said:
"Please, Your Majesty, be merciful and forgive my death penalty!"
Empress Dowager Li also saw the scene of King Chong begging Zhu Yijun at this time, and suddenly her face was as cold as ice as she looked at Zhu Yijun.
(End of chapter)
