Xiao Jing was the old man next to the emperor. There were some truths that Zhu Houzhao couldn't explain, so he had to let him do it.
Eunuchs are different from civil servants. It is best for eunuchs not to offend the East Palace, because he is a domestic slave, not a minister. The old emperor is gone. Once the new emperor wants to kill him, he can think of any reason at the moment.
So Liu Jin went to pass the message, and Xiao Jing would naturally take the time to come over.
It's just that he came a little late, after all, he had to serve the emperor.
When he arrived, Zhu Houzhao was reading at night.
"Slave Xiao Jing, please see His Highness the Crown Prince."
"Get up." The prince put down the book, sat down on the couch, and waved to Xiao Jing to get closer.
"I wonder, Your Highness, what are your instructions for summoning your slaves?"
"I have something to ask of Eunuch Xiao."
"Your Highness is serious, just give your orders to your servants."
"The matter of King Qi and King Yong. I have a few words to tell my father on your behalf."
Xiao Jing lowered his head and became very energetic.
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By the second day, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't bear it anymore.
"Your Highness, there is a decree from Qianqing Palace. The Emperor calls His Highness to come over."
In the afternoon, when Zhu Houzhao was riding and shooting, he heard a eunuch coming to deliver an order. There are not many such edicts.
It should be the matter of King Qi and King Yong begging for land.
This happened on the third day of March after the East Palace lecture was completed.
The cabinet suddenly came to the meeting and begged the emperor to reject the petition for land by the two vassal kings, King Qi and King Yong.
The name of King Qi is Zhu Yougang. Not to mention Emperor Chenghua's child who died in infancy, but in terms of Emperor Hongzhi being the most important, King Qi is the third eldest son. He is 21 years old and is named Fan De'an.
The reason why he begged was that there were people in the fields who could not cultivate the fields, which meant that some of the farmers on the land he originally owned could no longer cultivate the fields, which would naturally lead to a decline in harvests, so he asked the emperor to give him more rewards.
King Yong's name is Zhu Youyang, and he ranks sixth. His reason is very simple. He said that the land previously rewarded was horse pasture, but now it has been handed over to the officials. Please give him more than 220 hectares of open land in Hengzhou and other places. In fact, it may be that the land was not fertile before and you want to change it to a better one.
Hongzhi is an emperor who attaches great importance to family ties. Rewards like this were very abundant during the Hongzhi period, very many!
So much so that it affects the country's finances.
This is also one of his stains in historical evaluation.
Zhu Houzhao also knew this from later generations, but this was the first time he had actually encountered this problem.
But Emperor Hongzhi didn't think so. Those princes were all his brothers. The descendants of the Zhu family couldn't be wronged in life, right?
In fact, it's not just that. Queen Zhang's natal family also has some evil relatives.
On all such matters, Zhu Houzhao's attitude was very clear and opposed.
Nothing to discuss.
Because this is equivalent to digging into his foundation as a prince.
"My son, please see your father!"
"Ah, the emperor is here." Emperor Hongzhi said in a hurry, "Come here quickly and think about it with me, what should we do about this matter?"
A memorial was thrust into his hand.
Emperor Hongzhi hung his head angrily, waiting for his son to finish reading the memorial, and said: "Zhao'er, how are you going to deal with these ministers this time? It's better to make them angry like you do every time. !"….
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After reading it, Zhu Houzhao put the memorial aside, thought for a moment, and said, "Father, do you remember Yang Tinghe, who was sent to Qingzhou as the prefect?"
"I have an impression, what's wrong?"
"In February, he went to the East Palace to visit Erchen. He was talking about the crime of his superior, Shandong Inspector Qi Kuan, who seized people's fields. Erchen had given him words, telling him that he must bite Qi Kuan. If If something happens, I'll take care of it from the East Palace. I think there should be a letter coming in a few days."
Emperor Hongzhi didn't mind either, "He is your
people. Now that you've told him, just let him do it. What does this have to do with this? "
"Father, Qi Kuan's incident has made many people homeless. Land and acres of land...can't be rewarded lightly."
He wants to be filial, but he doesn't always follow Hong Zhi's wishes.
Just like parents love their children, but they cannot rely on everything, that is not called normal love.
Zhu Houzhao had a stand on some things. Even if the emperor Hongzhi objected, he would still follow what he thought was the right path.
Anyway, you won’t tell me not to be the prince, so what are you afraid of?
But it was a little hard for Hongzhi to accept, "This... I originally asked you to come over and discuss how to get the ministers to agree. How... why do you still object?"
"Father, I never thought of making those ministers angry."
What a boring thought to come to this conclusion. There is a political purpose behind every fight he has. How could a national event be related to whether one is angry or not?
"Actually, since I have been in contact with the gentlemen, I have found that many people are actually concerned about the country and the people. They can discover the shortcomings of the country and the court. The only problem is that they often attribute these shortcomings to us, father and son, or It is extravagant, and either the virtue is not enough, or the female ministers have mistrusted. As everyone knows, there are too many people like Qi Kuan among the ministers, and they are also bullying the people."
"Father, the people cannot survive without land. Our ancestors also said that the people must not be bullied. Even if we care about family ties, we cannot take away the people's fields. There are only so many fields in the world, but the vassal kings everywhere are getting more and more If you give them a lot, what will the people do?”
In fact, Hongzhi understood the truth, otherwise he would not have become the master of ZTE praised by civil servants.
But he just cares about his shortcomings. This is his softness towards his family.
"It's just a few hundred hectares of land. If I don't ask for it from the two kings, I'm afraid they will complain. If the ancestors know it, they will say that I... didn't take good care of them."
Zhu Houzhao really didn't understand, "How can they complain? My father is responsible for such a big country. Now the court has to provide disaster relief every year, and the border has to fight every year. Under this situation, they originally We should cut down on expenses and be considerate of my father. Well, even if they don’t cut back, how can they have the nerve to ask for more land? If they are not satisfied, they still have complaints? Aren’t such people unfaithful and unfilial?”
Emperor Hongzhi was speechless. He really didn't expect the prince to object.
Then he sighed heavily, "But they are our Zhu family after all. I hugged them when they were young. It's also hateful to have these courtiers. They came here as soon as the third day of March. What do you mean? Is it because they are afraid that I will regret it? , Do you want to land in peace?”….
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"If my father is thinking of this, my son is not helpless. How many times have I let my father suffer from their anger? But we cannot agree to give this land to the two imperial uncles."
Emperor Hongzhi laughed and scolded, "Since there is a way, you should tell me quickly first."
"The method is actually simple. Ask Jin Yiwei to find a few more Qi Kuan, and after the case is clearly stated, submit it to the cabinet for adjudication."
Just ask the cabinet to take care of it.
Emperor Hongzhi's eyes began to show intense confusion, "What Zhao'er means is that if they don't let our Zhu family occupy more land, we should also let them spit out some of it."
Zhu Houzhao bowed his hand and acknowledged it.
In this case, if you are angry, you will not be given the land requested by the feudal king, and you can ask them to spit out some of the land that has been annexed by corrupt officials and return it to the people.
Now that this has happened, the subsequent large-scale reward of land to the feudal king will not be allowed in the future. Otherwise, wouldn’t King Qi and King Yong be treated differently?
Zhu Houzhao thought about convincing the emperor, so he told him the whole plan so that he could see the whole picture at a glance, "My father will delay this memorial for a while, but the delay is not to avoid doing it, but to wait. Wait for a minister to submit the memorial."
The meaning behind it is that whoever takes the blame will bear the blame. If Hongzhi can't understand this, he is too politically insensitive.
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Due to the fierce opposition of the ministers, the father had no choice but to forbid the two imperial uncles from begging. He could have acted out his aggrieved emotions. At this time, he happened to meet Qi Kuan's son. Even if the father's investigation was more serious, If the scope is expanded, and even... some of their own people are investigated, they won't be able to say anything. And most of the grievances of the imperial uncles... can be relieved. "
After all, some of those who opposed King Qi and King Yong were unlucky.
Emperor Hongzhi's hands were trembling: You guys usually do things like this, right?
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