After hearing this, Yin Zhengmao's face immediately turned the color of pig liver in shock. He hurriedly picked up his belt and walked towards Zhou Yong's sedan: "Oh, why can't I think about it!"
Not long after, Yin Zhengmao got a line of words left by Zhou Yong.
"I am ashamed of Your Majesty!"
Yin Zhengmao looked at this line and was silent for a long time. Then tears filled his eyes and he covered his face and said, "I am also ashamed of the emperor!"
With that said, Yin Zhengmao hid his face and left here.
"Have I done anything to them yet?"
After Zhu Yijun learned that Zhou Yong committed suicide by taking poison, he couldn't help but say this to Shen Shixing and others.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
"Mr. Zhou is like this. After all, it shows that he is still loyal, so he chose to end himself in this way."
Shen Shixing said at this time.
Zhu Yijun nodded: "Loyal ministers and good generals who are willing to work for the welfare of the people of the country can't learn from the stubborn and conservative treacherous people and be thick-skinned?"
"Even if you can't help but do something counterproductive secretly because you don't want to harm your own interests, you can't commit suicide to apologize! It makes it impossible for me to arrange for a few more ministers to come to the cabinet."
"Your Majesty, those who are shameless will naturally not want to benefit the common people of the country."
Shen Shixing spoke at this time.
Zhu Yijun said: "Forget it, let's pass on the decree and offer sacrifices to Zhou Yong, deputy minister of the privy council, as usual, and grant him the title according to his merits."
Shen Shixing handed over his hand and said yes.
Then, Zhu Yijun said to Shen Shixing: "Weng Yuanbo gave a secret report, and his aide Li Wenhe exposed that many wealthy families along the coasts of Fujian, Guangdong, and Zhejiang still blatantly colluded with the Western Yi after they massacred the Chinese. He even intended to use Li Wenhe to instigate Chen Lin and the Chen family behind Chen Lin to prevent the Kingdom from regaining Luzon, and even planned to create a plan to defeat Luzon by creating a plan to conquer Luzon. News, sell the subscription tickets, and then destroy the new governance policy established by the country to develop the country to enrich the country, strengthen the military and benefit the people!"
"These people have ulterior motives. They would rather harm the country's political affairs than protect their own family's private interests. If they are not severely punished, it will not be enough to correct the trend!"
Zhu Yijun said this: "Therefore, an edict was immediately drawn up and the Ministry of Rites banned the examination for three generations of these clans based on the list provided by Li Wenhe!"
"The Ministry of Civil Affairs will remove all those who have official status from these clans and remove them from office, and never use them again;"
"The Ministry of Punishment imprisoned all these people, beheaded the main culprit, and executed the nine tribes. That is, all the people from the nine tribes were regarded as accomplices and were all exiled to Luzon!"
"According to Chen Lin's secret report, many Han people in Luzon who were defrauded, sold or taken away by force became either their own slaves there or slaves of the Western Yi people, and because these Han people were already regarded as slaves Beasts, so the Western Yi did not massacre these Han people. It can be seen that these wealthy families have long lost their conscience and turned a deaf ear to the consciousness of compatriots advocated by Xinli! They did not hesitate to enslave their own compatriots to develop Luzon for the Western Yi!"
"Since they like to develop Luzon so much, let all nine of their tribes go to Luzon to develop Luzon for the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time atone for their participation in enjoying the benefits brought by enslaving the Han people!"
"In addition, although according to the new rites, the legal private property of the people is granted by the Heavenly Constitution and cannot be infringed, these wealthy families are suspected of illegally enslaving the Han people and smuggling domestic goods to make money. They have issued an order to confiscate their official status and confiscate their illegal properties. Lawful property as a fine!”
"After drafting the decree again, the Privy Council sent it to Qi Jimei in an urgent manner, asking him to supervise Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and Zhejiang to be on guard. If any wealthy family disobeys, resists the decree and rebels, they will be killed on the grounds of treason!"
After Zhu Yijun said in a deep voice, Shen Shixing, Qi Jiguang and others all raised their hands and said yes.
Since Chen Lin did not choose to side with the coastal wealthy families who belonged to the old party, and forced Li Wenhe to take off the pants of the coastal wealthy families, the crimes of these coastal wealthy families were exposed to the outside world.
Zhu Yijun naturally did not intend to let these coastal wealthy families go so easily.
You know, throughout the ages, in China, all kings who have accomplished something have to fight against the powerful if they want the country to have long-term peace and stability.
Even if they use some shady means or exaggerating means, many capable monarchs will attack the powerful.
Because in this land, the growth of powerful powers will seriously affect the stability of the entire society, not just the authority of the central court.
After all, most of the people in power and power in the central court were controlled by people from powerful backgrounds, that is, from big landowners.
When they attack powerful people, aren't they attacking themselves?
And the reason why they still want to crack down on the powerful is because they have to do so for the long-term interests of their own ruling class! But it is necessary to crack down on the powerful from time to time, curb mergers, and continue the national destiny.
Just like a person should exercise himself from time to time to lose weight in order to become healthier.
The same goes for countries.
Especially in a large centralized empire, there are many powerful people, and then there are more common people. Therefore, if the powerful people are not cracked down, a large number of common people who do not have enough to eat will become a big bomb that can be detonated at any time.
But Zhu Yijun has never really done much to crack down on powerful people, at least not by using unruly means, that is, by forcibly seizing their legitimate property.
The reason.
It's not that Zhu Yijun doesn't know the dangers of becoming powerful.
It's because Zhu Yijun knows that it is easy to break rules and difficult to rebuild them. If anyone who is rich and powerful will become a fat sheep and be slaughtered by the central court, who will want to get rich?
I'm afraid, regardless of superiority or inferiority, everyone will pursue power relentlessly, and even hope that it would be best if they were the one with the most power, that is, the emperor!
Then, after everyone has power and money, they have no perseverance because they have no permanent assets, and they only know how to extravagance and waste, or even work only for short-term benefits and are unwilling to make long-term plans. This is also damaging to the civilization of a country and a nation. very big.
You must know that the peasant uprising was so destructive because the people in power did not follow the rules when they exploited them at the beginning, and they did not know what the rules were when they ordered them to resist.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun has been using legal methods to crack down on powerful people, that is, establishing policies first and then implementing them, instead of directly identifying the powerful people as guilty and then forcibly ransacking their homes;
Even when it comes to establishing policies to curb the powerful, he cuts the flesh slowly, rather than bankrupting them all at once;
Even in many cases, Zhu Yijun will restrain the powerful while giving him new investment channels to increase his wealth, so that he can find new ways to survive while being cut with a slow knife, so that people in the world are willing to make a fortune and work hard. They want to accumulate property and pursue their own happiness, and know that even if they are as rich as the country in the future, they will not end up in vain, and will only promote the change of society in a better direction.
Zhu Yijun hopes that if this continues, in the future, there will be an era of great explosion of ideas, knowledge and technology, and a great explosion of productivity in Chinese civilization. This will naturally bring about new social relations and make the successors in power aware of the original ways of maintaining society. Prosperity and stability are not just as simple as robbing the rich and giving to the poor.
But now these coastal wealthy families who colluded with the Western barbarians to undermine the country's political affairs took the initiative to give Zhu Yijun a reason to attack them, and Zhu Yijun would naturally attack them without mercy.
It is equivalent to having the opportunity to quickly eliminate a few sores. Naturally, there is no need to slowly treat them and wait for them to disappear on their own.
What's more, various reports on the brutality of the Western Barbarians have already been rampant, and the atrocities committed against some wealthy families on the coast have been exposed. Even the children in the neighborhood know that the traitors who collude with the foreign barbarians are the most abominable. They will not only destroy the country, but also the world and the race. , to make the Han people in the world turn into evil people with two legs again.
Therefore, if Zhu Yijun now sends soldiers to deal with these people, even if he cuts them into pieces, he will only be applauded.
"quick!"
"quick!"
Xing Jie, who had been promoted to governor of Guangdong, first led troops into Guangzhou City after receiving the urgent order, and also sent troops to surround Guangzhou City.
Because there are several wealthy families in Guangzhou who are suspected of colluding with Western barbarians and sabotaging national affairs.
That day, at dawn, when Xing Jie led his troops into Guangzhou City, there were already officers and soldiers rushing towards the mansions of these wealthy families.
Some officials and schools are still urging them, fearing that someone will commit suicide prematurely.
In addition, Qi Jimei also led his troops all the way to Haojing, ready to deal with emergencies caused by the seizure of these wealthy families.
(End of chapter)
