"I knew I would be exposed!"
"I have been advised not to cause trouble for a long time. If you disobey, you will be exposed!"
"I regret it. After all, I am greedy!"
"What's the point of being a prince? The palace is like a prison!"
"Concubine, you have harmed the entire Prince's Palace..."
Before Chongzhen finished speaking, Zhu Dingwei collapsed, crying and yelling at the top of his lungs.
You seem to be venting something?
Cao Bianjiao and Zhou Yuji, who heard the commotion in the distance, rushed over immediately. They looked at Dai Wang who collapsed and cried bitterly, with astonishment on their faces.
Not only were they confused, but Chongzhen, who was sitting in the first seat, was also confused.
What is the situation?
He didn't say anything, so he wasn't scared?
But Zhu Dingwei's self-talk revealed a lot.
boom!
Chongzhen slammed the table and said in a deep voice: "Zhu Dingwei, as a prince, how disrespectful is it to be so disrespectful!"
"Stand up, I ask, you answer!"
The sudden roar made Zhu Dingwei, who was talking to himself, tremble and stand up immediately.
"Let me ask you, what do you mean by persuasion just now?"
"Your Majesty, minister..."
…
Chongzhen asked a dozen questions, and every question Zhu Dingwei answered was like pouring beans. He told everything he knew.
Chongzhen also understood what was going on with his prince.
I finally understood that when he asked Zhu Dingwei what it felt like to be a prince, Zhu Dingwei said it was just fate.
The whole process was similar to what he had guessed, but it was led by Zhu Dingwei's mother Pei.
The eighth generation king's main concubine was from the Bian family. During the Ming Dynasty, Muzong was granted the title of Princess Xinning. She had already passed away. The second concubine was Zhu Dingsha's mother, and his mother was a concubine.
But this concubine was particularly popular with the eighth-generation king. They relied on this favor to compete with Zhu Dingsha's mother, and finally won the heir apparent.
But Zhu Dingwei yearned for freedom and did not like the throne. However, he could not withstand his mother's strong arrangements and driving, and finally embarked on the road to fight for the crown prince.
Chen Sandao was obviously Zhu Dingsha's bodyguard, but in fact it was his mother who secretly arranged to be by Zhu Dingsha's side.
After Zhu Dingsha died, they silenced the insiders, but Chen Sandao disappeared on the eve of the silence.
This is a heartache. Twelve years have passed since he became the crown prince, and he feels scared every time he thinks about it. He wakes up at night.
"Your Majesty, I plead guilty!"
"I am willing to contribute the wealth of Dai Wang's family and lead my family to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum. Please ask Your Majesty to give Dai Wang's family a way out."
After the truth was revealed, Zhu Dingwei's mood stabilized and he understood what the emperor wanted to do with him.
It can be seen from the emperor's treatment of the King of Qin and the King of Jin that the emperor is ready to take action against the vassal king. Why bother him about this matter now? He just wants to take action against the Prince Dai's Mansion.
Shaanxi's return of land to the people has been vigorously carried out, and public opinion has already been established. It is only a matter of time before they are killed.
And the emperor is right. As long as the emperor wants to, he can connect the Dai Wangfu with the eight major locust merchants. The Jin Dynasty is also involved, but will your Daiwangfu be involved?
You must know that Datong City is the headquarters of Datong Border Town. The governor of Datong and the general army of Datong are stationed here.
The Jin family of the Eight Great Locust Merchants is also in Datong. If they say that Dai Wangfu has nothing to do with the Eight Great Locust Merchants, they will not believe it even if they beat the people to death.
"Since you took the initiative to bring it up, I will give you the dignity of a confession. You can decide the crime yourself and take your family to Fengyang to watch the funeral!"
"I'll give you one day to prepare. You must set off tomorrow at Tatsuki!"
"Get down!"
"Thank you for your majesty's grace!"
Zhu Dingwei knelt down towards Chongzhen, then turned around and left, very simply.
After leaving the lobby and entering the sedan, Zhu Dingwei's expression became calm, completely different from the cowardly person before.
In the lobby, Chongzhen was in an unusually comfortable mood.
Passing through Datong and preparing to return to Beijing, I didn't expect to encounter Prince Dai's Mansion, and easily captured Prince Dai's Mansion.
As for why it was handled so lightly, it was because 'family scandals should not be made public'.
Two quarters of an hour later, Yuan Keli and Han Huang came back, but their faces were a little ugly.
"Your Majesty, the Acting Queen Mother Pei and the Acting Princess Guo refuse to admit the murder of the former Crown Prince. They only have witness evidence and oral confessions, and there is insufficient chain to confirm."
Chongzhen waved his hands and looked at Yuan Keli and the two of them: "It doesn't matter whether you admit it or not. Zhu Dingwei is willing to contribute all his family wealth and take his family to Fengyang to guard the mausoleum."
"Contribute to the family fortune?"
"Fengyang Guards the Tomb?"
Yuan Keli and Han Huang looked at each other and saw the surprise in their eyes. After the surprise, they didn't ask, as long as the result was good.
"Han Aiqing, first of all, issue a hush-hush order to those involved in the investigation. The affairs of Prince Dai's Palace will stop here. If you dare to leak it, I will punish the three clans!"
Second, take over the inventory of the family property of Prince Dai’s Mansion. Later you go to Prince Dai’s Mansion to see Prince Dai and tell them that it was me who said that you can take away things with a total value of no more than one hundred thousand taels of silver from Prince Dai’s Mansion. This is a special treat for them. Gift! "
There have been too many items such as antiques, calligraphy and paintings confiscated during this period, and they are all piled up in the internal funds. They will not be able to cash them out for a while, so it is better to be a favor.
"The cultivated land owned by the King of Jin, the King of Dai, the Eight Great Locust Merchants and Shanxi officials should be 30 to 40% of the cultivated land in Shanxi.
You are responsible for counting and re-measurement, and tell the tenants that you will only charge 10% of the rent this year, but only if you help Qingzhang clarify the area of cultivated land! "
"Your Majesty has mercy!"
Han Huang understood what the emperor meant as soon as he thought about it.
The court only took 10%. After word spread, would the gentry and wealthy businessmen dare to take 50%?
Coupled with the news that the cultivated land in Shaanxi has been returned to the people, the gentry and wealthy businessmen can only reduce the rent, and it is unlikely that it will be reduced to 10%.
But it should be possible to reduce it to 20 to 30%, which would make the tenants feel better.
"At the same time, send someone to Xi'an to ask the Chief Secretary of Shaanxi Province to learn the methods and precautions for clearing, numbering, registering, and selling, etc.
When Guo Yunhou comes to take over, I hope that the sales work can start immediately after the imperial edict arrives. "
After Han Huang responded, Chongzhen continued: "Let Hei Yunlong and Hou Gongji come in!"
After a while, the two came in, saluted again, and sat down.
"Hei Aiqing, tell me about the situation in Datong Town!"
"Your Majesty, Datong Town has a capacity of more than 82,000 sergeants and sergeants. When I took over, there were only...only 52,000 people.
Among them, 40% were old, weak, sick and disabled, 10% were generals and servants at all levels, and less than 30% of the remaining 50% were combat-ready soldiers. In the past two months alone, more than 900 deserters had escaped. "
After hearing this, Chongzhen's face was calm, but he let out a long sigh in his heart.
This data is normal. If he hadn't traveled through time and made a series of actions, Datong Town would have been filled with blood.
