As the situation became like this, Cao Zideng really regretted that he had reached this point step by step.
At first, he just couldn't bear to accept the bribe from Qing Wang Zhu Shenshuang, so he helped Qing Wang conceal Qing Wang's abuse of the Qing clan clan. Later, because of his visit to Ningxia Hulu, his numerical advantage over the Han people increased. However, his ambitions grew and he wanted to rebel against the new policy of the imperial court, so he recruited him to rebel together. Because he was afraid of death and disgusted with the new policy, he half-heartedly colluded with Kuai Bai to rebel.
He thought it would really work, but he didn't expect that the Jingnan plan of him and Kuai Bai and others would be overwhelmed by the vast pool of flowers in the world. Then the Camel City tactics could not defeat Li Rusong, and later, he even had to Unexpectedly, Ma Gui defeated the Mongolian army that ambushed him.
This made Cao Zedeng very frustrated.
And therefore, he knew that perhaps he should not indulge his greed, otherwise, he would not have lost his mind because of greed, and then underestimated the strength of the imperial court, and made mistakes step by step until now.
You know, if he didn't have these things, the next step would be to be promoted to governor or directly to the capital to be a minister, and then to be a minister.
While Cao Zideng regretted it, he also complained about Kuai Bai, complaining that Kuai Bai's ambitions had inflated his ambitions, causing him to be dragged into the water, so his attitude towards Kuai Bai was no longer as good as before.
Anyway, it doesn't matter if Kuai Bai kills him now, after all, his ending cannot be any better than being killed by Kuai Bai.
After Cao Zideng said this, Kuaibai didn't feel angry. He just took a sip of tea and let the tea juice flow on the stubble, and said to Cao Zideng: "Then what do you think we should do?"
After asking.
Kuaibai then added: "What's the use of blaming me for this matter now? With all the things we did for King Qing, we would have died even if we didn't. Why didn't you say it was wrong when we killed the clan members for King Qing? "
Cao Zideng was silenced by the rebuke. He just put his hands in his sleeves and stood aside sulking. After being sulky for a while, he said:
"For the current plan, we can only withdraw from Helan Mountain to the west and take away all the Han people in the city. I would rather take away fewer barbarians than take away the Han people. There is a place for farming in Yarkand. As long as there is a place for farming, You can build a city without having to herd sheep and horses.”
Although Kuaibai is a general, he has long been accustomed to the life of a landlord, and he does not want to live in the days of moving around again. Now when he heard what Cao Zideng said, he nodded and said: "This is the only way."
Just as Kuaibai, Cao Zideng and others were discussing their preparations to withdraw from Helan Mountain, Zhu Yijun had already begun to send his army north to pursue the rebels.
However, Zhu Yijun himself did not personally lead the army to the north, but only sat in Xi'an. He also decreed that the palace of the Prince of Qin should be changed into the palace of Xi'an, and he asked Zhu Suqin, the king of Zhou who accompanied him, to help the poor clans on his behalf and provide replacement money to the poor clans of the Qin vassal. With a salary, he hired people to repair houses, build schools, and educate young children in the clan.
On this day, when looking at the impoverished clan members who were brought to the Prince of Qin's Mansion by Zhu Suqin, Zhu Yijun couldn't help but say to Zhu Suqin:
"Emperor Taizu Gao has always valued family ties. If he knew that some of his descendants would live worse than ordinary people in the dynasty he established, he would not know how he felt. The key is to let them Some descendants have become like this, and it happens to be another batch of his descendants. They all say that we Han people like to be cruel to our own people, and our royal family is no exception!"
"If it weren't for the princes and princes of the Qin Dynasty, who didn't treat the lower-level clans below them as human beings, why would these clans still not enjoy my grace to relax the restrictions on clans?"
"Your Majesty said so."
"I just came into contact with the impoverished clan and found out that Zhu Yizhen also sold the children of the clan as slaves of wealthy families, mainly by asking someone to pretend that these children were the children of civilian parents. It can be said that in order to make profits, he actually reached out to The child who has taken over his own house is so ruthless and unjust that he would even cut off his descendants in order to get rich, which is simply outrageous!"
King Zhou then echoed.
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun's face darkened: "We are the same as those corrupt officials and evil gentry who abuse and harm the people! They only know how to exploit their own people, even to death, even those who are blood relatives; and if we don't change This model of only seeking internal profits will only exist forever, so we must change this model!"
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
King Zhou replied.
At this time, Zhu Yijun ordered: "Give them a replacement salary, and by the way, rescue all the clan members who were pretended to be the children of civilian parents and sold them as slaves, and give them some silver dollars as the cost of relocating. "
"Although the buyer does not know the inside story, he will be punished by the Fuyuan for the crime of buying and selling members of his own clan without permission."
"yes!"
Not long after.
King Zhou brought out some of the clan's children who were already working in the clan's mansion, came to these impoverished clans, and asked Zheng Fan and Zhu Zaisi, who was responsible for registering relevant information for these impoverished clans: "Have they all been registered?"
"Registered."
Zhu Zaixi replied.
After hearing this, King Zhou nodded and said, "Then let's start the reissue."
Zhu Zaisi raised his hand and said yes.
All of a sudden, these poor clan members of the Qin dynasty began to line up to receive their salaries and the cotton-padded clothes and socks given by the clan mansion.
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Fengguo Lieutenant Zhu Cuncai, who was waiting in line to receive his salary and cotton-padded clothes, started sobbing on the spot and said, "If Your Majesty hadn't come here, I would never have been able to receive my salary."
"Cry if you want."
"As Your Majesty said, if you don't treat your own family as human beings, how can you expect others to make decisions for you?"
"Remember, you have to rely on yourself in the future."
King Zhou came over at this time, patted Zhu Cuncai on the shoulder and said a few words.
For a while, many clan members began to sob and cry.
"His Majesty!"
At this time, Zhu Yijun also came over.
Zhu Zaixi shouted first.
King Zhou also looked back.
Zhu Cuncai and other poor clan members stopped crying and looked towards Zhu Yijun.
Zhu Cuncai himself even knelt down directly: "Thank you, Your Majesty! If it weren't for Your Majesty, I would still be begging."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"I also thank you, Your Majesty!"
For a moment, many poor clan members knelt down.
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but wanted to come down from the attic to see these people. Seeing this, he hurriedly stretched out his hand and raised his head: "Don't kneel, please stand up. This is money that belongs to you. If you want to thank me, , just thank you for the new gift, it is the new gift that fills the treasury, so that your salary can be reissued in time, and the purpose of Zhu Yizhen and the others in raising the army is to abandon the new gift, so that you will not have the chance to be regarded as a human being."
Zhu Cuncai stood up after hearing this, and most of them nodded, as if they were trying to understand what Zhu Yijun said.
The clans of the Ming Dynasty, like military households, medical households, and craftsmen households, had been bound by the system that had bound them for many years, and had been oppressed by the beneficiaries of the system for many years. Therefore, they had become numb and did not know how to resist. Then he became submissive, and eventually those who resisted were killed.
But now, no matter what Zhu Yijun said, they could only nod.
"Qin Fan will naturally no longer exist. Those poor clan members of Qin Fan who did not follow the rebellion can arrange to go to Zhongdu and Nandu, and the branch offices of the clan government there will arrange residence, occupation and education for them. School."
"If you don't want to go, if you don't have any land, you can divide the farmland in the Qin Palace. After dividing it, give the remaining farmland to the Chief Secretary, and let the Chief Secretary divide the land among the tenants and turn the tenants into self-cultivators."
After Zhu Yijun rescued the poor clan in Xi'an, he issued further instructions to the King of Zhou.
King Zhou raised his hand and said yes.
Zhu Yijun looked at the poor clan members who had put on new winter clothes and started to leave the palace one after another with their children or wives. He sighed: "I don't know how many powerful feudal lords in the world are still secretly restricting themselves. The personal freedom of a clan clan."
"Your Majesty, I believe that we can send young members of the clan to inspect all the vassals in the world, and expose those who are still secretly restricting the personal freedom of this clan and are unwilling to cooperate with the imperial clan reform, instead of just relying on pacification and factory guards. , after all, they are not that concerned about the treatment of the clan, maybe it would be better to let some of the clan members who still have conscience, especially the young ones who have not yet contracted bad habits and are not afraid of trouble, to patrol, at least it can provide an extra layer of protection."
King Zhou said at this time.
Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this: "This is a way. Not only can we send the young people in the clan, but in the future when my princes have grown up, we can also send my princes."
"Your Majesty! Zhu Shensong has been escorted to Xi'an Palace by Tieling Marquis according to the order."
At this time, Tian Yi came to Zhu Yijun and reported.
Zhu Yijun's face turned dark immediately: "You've come just in time! Tell him to come see me!"
"According to the order!"
Not long after, the former Qing King Zhu Shensong was escorted to Zhu Yijun.
Zhu Yijun looked at him and asked: "Zhu Shensong, why did you collude with Taolu to massacre your Qingfan clan?"
"Who told them to be dishonest and insist on leaving the city to file a lawsuit against me!"
Zhu Shensong replied without any shame at this time.
Zhu Yijun immediately said in a deep voice: "This is their right. You should not kill them for this reason, let alone collude with the captors to kill them!"
"I've already killed you. What else can you do? Does your Majesty really want to kill me for this?"
Zhu Shensong asked Zhu Yijun as he spoke.
Zhu Yijun pointed directly at Zhu Shensong and said: "Not to mention killing you, cutting you into pieces is not an exaggeration! You colluded with the captives and killed people of your own sect. Do you take the new gift seriously?!"
"I am definitely not the only one who has done this. Your Majesty, can you kill me? Do you really want to destroy all the vassals and clans in the world?!"
"And if Your Majesty does this, won't you be afraid of repeating the same mistakes as Emperor Jianwen?!"
"You know, because of the new ceremony, three feudal princes have already rebelled. Is Your Majesty really not afraid of forcing all the feudal princes to rebel?!"
Zhu Shensong asked loudly at this time. He knew that Zhu Yijun was not an emperor who did not know the interests.
Of course, he didn't know how important the lives of people of his own clan were to Zhu Yijun.
(End of chapter)
