When it comes to big things like this, the debate between right and wrong usually pushes back the options available to those in power.
They don't really care whether it's right to curse or hit.
Their first goal is to calm down the incident. To use a modern term, stability is the most important thing.
Because if the chaos continues, I don’t know what will happen, and I don’t know what will be dug up.
This is actually the reason why Emperor Hongzhi agreed to Zhu Houzhao's suggestion.
Just like the imperial examination fraud in the 12th year of Hongzhi in history, Tang Bohu and Xu Jing may not have bribed the examiner Cheng Minzheng, but since the incident broke out, the impact was very bad.
Then the emperor will not care about anything and will knock them all down for you.
Are you not guilty? Just blame yourself for your bad luck.
The final verdict was that because Cheng Minzheng accepted the meeting ceremony from Xu Jing when he came to Beijing, the dignified right minister of the Ministry of Rites was ordered to serve as an official and go home. After returning home, he felt depressed and died a year later.
Tang Bohu and Xu Jing were no longer eligible for the imperial examination.
Of course it was cruel to the two of them. After Xu Jing returned to his hometown, he wrote a book "Bian Gan Ji" to clarify his ambitions.
But what's the use? As long as the emperor is a sensible person, he will deal with it this way. This is politics.
It's the same thing now,
The emperor, who was recovering from illness, went to the morning court the next day to preside over the matter.
The first is to appoint a funeral minister.
The second was to deal with the officials and scholars involved. The emperor himself was also a little angry. In addition, in order to take care of Queen Zhang, his methods were still heavy. In addition to some people who died due to accidents at the scene, many others were picked out by the Jin Yiwei. To capture him, Zhu Houzhao meant dismissal from office and deprivation of his fame. In the end, it was more than that and he wanted to see blood.
The atmosphere in Fengtian Hall was very serious. The emperor was influenced by the prince. The prince had taught him that he rejected King Yong and King Qi last time. understanding.
So he knows now that his uncle and the earl of the imperial court are dead at this time, and he can lose his temper.
When the emperor was angry, he laid down millions of corpses.
At the beginning of the 12th year of Hongzhi, there was a somewhat harsh political atmosphere, and the good days of the past ten years seemed to be coming to an end.
In order to balance the emotions of both parties, the emperor issued a third order, which was to warn and restrain the behavior of the imperial relatives and require them to clear out the invaded land.
The Empress Dowager Zhou was getting older and began to be less willing to fight. In the ninth year of Hongzhi, she had supported the emperor in handling the affairs of the Zhou family impartially. This time she asked her natal family, Chang Ning Bo Zhou, to enter the palace to apologize.
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Zhou Tao, the Marquis of Qingyun, withdrew 446 hectares of farmland, Sun Mingqing, the Marquis of Huichang, 280 hectares of farmland, and Jiang Lunqing, the uncle of Yutian, withdrew 140 hectares of farmland.
The most popular one was Wang Yuan, the younger brother of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty. He was already being impeached for occupying civilian land. The emperor awarded him only thirty hectares of land, but he carved out more than 1,200 hectares by himself.
Well, just in time for this matter, Emperor Hongzhi took a hard stance for the sake of the overall situation and issued a special decree asking him to pay it back.
Of course, in an agricultural country, such a large area of land would not be ownerless, but the original owners were driven away or killed by these people.
Now that it is listed as an imperial village, it is the same to the people. It is nothing more than that the person who occupies the land has changed from a relative of the emperor to the emperor.
In fact, the taxes collected by relatives occupying land or eunuchs managing Huangzhuang are often higher than the taxes set by the court, which makes the people miserable. At least Zhu Houzhao will not do this now.
Otherwise, why would Mr. Zhang Yong, who has a sense of justice, be put in charge of this matter?
at the same time,
Although the emperor wanted to settle the matter as soon as possible,
However, such an important event still caused a lot of reactions among the courtiers. Not to mention, many officials in the capital hung white cloths on their doorsteps to express their condolences.
Emperor Hongzhi had never offended a minister like this.
In the end, everyone was helpless. In the cabinet, Xie Qian could only say bitterly: "This lesson has taught me that in the future, His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, must be more careful when planning a wedding."
"Tsk." Li Dongyang was shocked. "What nonsense is Yu Qiao talking about? How can we, as ministers, control His Highness the Crown Prince's marriage to a wife?"
Xie Qian has a big mouth, and this is not the first time. Anyway, he was scared.
"The matter has reached this level, forcing His Majesty to issue this thunderous edict. The incident seems to have subsided at the moment, but the impact in the future is still unknown." Liu Jian said while writing, "This final solution, It should also be the suggestion of His Highness the Crown Prince. Therefore, all the cleared acres of land are classified as imperial estates, and the taxes earned are used to raise the army."
"What do Mr. Liu Ge think?" Li Dongyang asked.
Liu Jian paused and thought for a while, then said four words, "The art of the emperor."
Yes.
"In this way, the army can be reorganized, the troubles of the relatives will be alleviated, and the officials and scholars will be able to..."
It will be harder to mount effective resistance in the future.
Even, because the capital has a murderous atmosphere,
Therefore, the army reorganization was accelerated on the side. At first, everyone thought it was nothing, but now they know that no matter how benevolent and righteous the emperor is, he is still an emperor after all, and he will still kill people when trouble occurs. ….
In the next few days, Zhu Houzhao no longer thought about these things.
Most of his thoughts fell on those first-class guards, who were in a state like a lovelorn person working harder.
"Your Highness, in addition to the 22,000 soldiers of the Zhenwu Guard, Xuanwu Guard, Xingwu Guard, and Yingwu Guard, after more than 20 days of selection, I and several others have selected Kingo's vanguard, rear guard, and Habayashi left guard. , the right guards and the four guards. They were originally responsible for patrolling the various gates of the capital. These four guards totaled 22,000. In addition, there were also the imperial army avant-garde and the imperial army rearguard. These were originally the sword-wielding guards guarding the imperial city. As for the bodyguards, I suggest that the frontline personnel of the government army should not make any major changes, but they will still be Class A guards."
Zhu Houzhao nodded, "Yes."
Those who guard the imperial city are all noble sons. Elite is one thing, but loyalty is even more important. No matter what, it's best not to downgrade him to a second-class guard. It's unreasonable that he doesn't receive the highest military pay as a personal guard for the emperor.
"This brings the total to only 44,000."
Wang Yue reported: "Your Highness, we can arrange and train the Four Guards and Han Shangshu to provide money and food. But according to the standards set by Your Highness, the soldiers must be strong in body, brave in combat, and have a good record as soldiers in the past. This way It’s... not easy to find.”
Zhu Houzhao sighed, the plan is one thing, and the reality is another. He used to watch TV dramas and thought that when people started talking about it, they said there were 800,000 troops, and the smaller number was 300,000 Northern Liang troops. He really didn't know how they came up with it.
"Then let's do this for now. Standards cannot be lowered easily. As long as you practice diligently, your quality can also be improved. The spare one-guard establishment can be used as an incentive. In the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, there was a full-army competition. If there were secondary guards If it can improve its combat effectiveness, it can also be classified as Class A. Until the Class A guards are full, the total number will not be adjusted, and one will come out when one comes in, otherwise Han Shangshu will complain again. "
There are only twelve guards in total, which is already a lot. In addition to the two false names of the Fujun vanguard and the Fujun rearguard, there is also the Tengxiang left guard led by Zhu Houzhao himself. This cannot be missed, otherwise it will be useless for Tengxiang Zuowei's soldiers to follow the prince, and that is not good either.
Han Wen responded with a courtesy: "As long as it is strong enough to serve as the imperial army and not to build a palace for pleasure, I will save money for Your Highness no matter how hard I work."
Zhu Houzhao felt relieved after hearing this. Even if not many people agree with what he did, there are still some.
As for the phased goal, he has now achieved it, poaching some money from eunuchs, businessmen, and nobles, and pulling out the elite Eight Guards. Although something else happened during the process. There is nothing we can do about it. There are so many people in the court, and everyone has their own ideas.
After this, it will take some time to train and activate your own generals until they become real Tiger and Ben warriors. After that...wait for the opportunity and hit it with one blow. .
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