Winter of the 18th year of Wanli, East Palace.
The prince was preparing to go to Wenhua Hall for class that day, but suddenly he found a book falling to the ground in front of his bed, and it appeared brightly in front of him.
The prince picked up the book out of curiosity and read aloud: "A poem about the plum blossom in the golden pedestal?"
Yang Rong, the eunuch who was responsible for accompanying the prince, also heard the prince's words outside the house. He was so frightened that he lost his true soul. He quickly ran over and appeared in front of the prince on his knees. He stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "My Master, you can’t read this book, give it to your slave!”
"Why can't you see it?"
The prince asked at this time.
Yang Rong held it in for a long time before he finally uttered a sentence and said: "Because this book is not suitable for young masters to read now."
"What qualifications do you, a slave, have to say that I can't watch?"
the prince asked.
Yang Rong hurriedly confessed, and then said urgently: "But Master, he is indeed not suitable!"
"I don't plan to watch it either."
"Because my father read this book to me, I didn't think it was good."
"However, I am just curious as to why this book suddenly appeared here. I would never steal some miscellaneous books from my father's study to come here. Besides, this is not the book that belongs to my father. The paper of that book is better."
The prince spoke at this time.
Yang Rong was very embarrassed after hearing this.
He did not expect that the emperor had already read the book to the prince.
But then, the prince's words made him feel scared again.
"Huh!"
"Why is there still Journey to the West?"
"No, this is not Wu Ben. This has been changed. It didn't say at the beginning that refining the elixir can lead to immortality."
The prince then saw another set of books on the floor beside his bed.
"who is it?!"
Yang Rong became even more anxious at this time and shouted back in a hurry.
Immediately, Yang Rong shouted loudly and asked: "Who deliberately placed these books on the will and temperament of bad people in the market here, harming both the young master and our family?!"
At this time, the eunuch Liao Qin who was accompanying the prince came over and said: "My father-in-law, calm down. This kind of thing should not be made public, so as not to affect the impression of the young master in the minds of the courtiers. By then, we will not be able to bear this crime even if we die!"
After hearing this, Yang Rong nodded and said: "You are right, but the person who secretly threw this kind of book into the master's room is too despicable. He clearly wants to hurt people!"
"It's not that I want to harm anyone. After all, if the young master comes into contact with anything, we will keep an eye on it for the emperor at any time."
"In my opinion, someone probably thought that I would like the contents of this book, especially the "Jin Ping Mei Ci Hua". This is to make it easier for me to beat Xiaodu. Of course, it is also possible that they want to harm me. From now on, the emperor thought that the good things of the young master were these things, and from then on he disliked the young master and began to want to depose the prince."
Liao Qin said.
Yang Rong glanced at Liao Qin, and then nodded: "Then who left this thing here to frame us for nothing?"
Liao Qin said: "Who knows! We can only report it truthfully."
…
"What did you say?"
"The Prince's residence, "The Poems of the Plum in the Golden Lotus" and "Journey to the West" appeared?"
After Zhu Yijun returned to Qinzheng Palace after discussing with Shen Shixing the arrangements for the prince's education, Tian Yi reported the latest incident to him.
Tian Yi hurriedly handed the book over: "Please take a look at it, your Majesty. This is stolen property."
Zhu Yijun took it, flipped through it a few times, and sneered: "This is to make my prince indulge in beauty or things like gods and demons, and also to make me feel dissatisfied with the prince."
“This kind of book, if no one guides it, it is easy to get addicted to the superficial meaning.”
Qi Jiguang said something at this time.
Shen Shixing also followed suit: "It can also be easily used to frame people."
"Fortunately, I had anticipated this and took the initiative to tell my prince about these books in advance. I also told my prince about the social pathology reflected in The Golden Lotus and the darkness of power suggested by Journey to the West; unless I The prince's qualifications are too poor, otherwise when he reads these two books now, he will only think of the evil in the world."
Zhu Yijun started talking at this time, and then said: "But this matter needs to be investigated closely. We must find out who is using such despicable means behind the scenes. Thinking that he cannot control my prince to become his ideal king, he went to Indulging in lust, worshiping Buddha and immortals, and alienating the royal family, he has far-reaching intentions, and if he is not strictly investigated, it will not be enough to deter Xiaoxiao!"
Tian Yi raised his hand and said yes.
Zhu Yijun then walked out of the palace, looked at the snow-capped palace walls, and began to think deeply.
He had to admit that, as Shen Shixing said, because most of the social structure of the Ming Dynasty was still composed of landlords, he did not want the emperor to use imperial power to incite most of the emerging classes to change the social structure in the name of advocating new rites. The forces of the old party still exist, and they still refuse to give up.
Therefore, some people are still thinking about influencing the future prince.
Unless one day.
In the economic society of the Ming Dynasty, landlords no longer accounted for the majority, or in other words, the landlord economy was no longer the main economy, but a commodity economy.
Only when that day comes, the old party will not have such a huge power, nor will the old party continue to appear in the Ming Dynasty because of the continuous development and growth of owner-peasants and becoming new landlords.
At that time, they will actively ask the emperor to expand.
But that day has obviously not yet arrived.
Therefore, there are still forces from the old party trying to influence the prince. If the prince cannot become the ideal king in the hearts of the traditional old party scholar-bureaucrats, they will not hesitate to turn him into a fatuous king who only indulges in wine and sex, or make the current emperor mistakenly think that the prince will become like that. people.
"As the master expected, the old party is still evil!"
Zhu Yijun said something at this time.
Shen Shixing and Qi Jiguang looked at each other, then raised their hands and said: "Fortunately, Your Majesty predicted it in advance, otherwise, I am afraid that the prince will really suffer a big loss."
"This is really hard to guard against. Now it seems that the only possibility is that someone from the inner court secretly placed this thing next to His Highness."
"Now it's just a few books. I really don't know what to put there in the future. Your Majesty, I'll just kill everyone around His Highness first!"
Qi Jiguang, who is kind but not in charge of the army and has always been strict in running the army, does not mind solving the problem by annihilating the body. At this time, he directly suggested that the emperor cleanse the people around the prince indiscriminately.
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun pondered for a moment and said: "Governing a country is different from running an army. The crimes and punishments must be equal to prevent them. If we kill them all directly, I am afraid that the people who will be transferred to the prince later will choose not to report the matter again when they find out about it again. They even deliberately hide each other to protect themselves, which is not good!"
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
"Not only can't we kill him at this time, but we must also reward the person who took the initiative to expose the matter until the evidence is found."
Shen Shixing said, "Let's move these people away on the grounds of promotion of rewards!"
Zhu Yijun nodded, and then ordered Huang Xun, the eunuch in charge of the ceremonial department: "Do as Master Shen said, and get rid of these people as soon as possible."
Zhu Yijun then looked at Tian Yi: "At the same time, Dongchang is secretly keeping an eye on these people!"
Huang Xun and Tian Yi bowed their hands and said yes.
Zhu Yijun did not forget to remind him at this time: "You officials have done embarrassing things many times. We can't make another mistake this time, otherwise we will really have to clean toilets and serve others."
Huang Xun and Tian Yi hurriedly knelt down: "The slaves don't dare! Please rest assured, Your Majesty, if this happens again, the slaves will kill you if you dare!"
“It’s good to be so determined!”
After Zhu Yijun said that, he looked at Shen Shixing and said: "The chess game is outside the game. On the surface, these things are just some trivial tricks aimed at the prince, but the root cause still lies in the fact that the big families with vast fertile land in the world still miss the old rituals." It was an era in which people could be arbitrarily exploited to increase their wealth, so we must turn the development of Luzon into a new opportunity for a rich country, strong military, and benefit the people as soon as possible, so that fewer and fewer people miss that era!"
Shen Shixing said: "What Your Majesty is saying is that the Policy Department is already formulating policies related to the development of Luzon, and the General Branch has also begun to allocate funds. Now we are just waiting for the immigrants to open mines and even increase commercial ports after the confiscation is completed."
Zhu Yijun nodded, and then asked: "How about the rich families along the coast who colluded with the Western Yi people and ransacked their homes?"
Shen Shixing replied: "In total, we have copied 303 million taels of silver, more than 27,000 hectares of fertile land, more than 3,000 shops and workshops, more than 9,400 taels of domestic slaves, and other taels of silver. More than a thousand taels."
"It's so rich!"
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but sigh, and then looked at Qi Jiguang: "I remember that North Korea didn't even have that much silver in its treasury."
"Your Majesty, yes, there are many wealthy families along the coast who are no less powerful than many powerful vassals."
"And this is the result of continuous restructuring and restraint of tyranny since Mu Miao came to the throne. If it had not been reformed, I really don't know who would rule the world today."
Qi Jiguang said solemnly at this time.
(End of chapter)
