"Jiang Fangjun."
Is it the Jiang Fang Army currently under the control of Sheng Yong? !
Xu Qin was shocked.
"Jiang Fangjun is an army surrendered by Jianwen, and is now under the jurisdiction of the Central Military Governor's Office. Sheng Yong should go to Qiu Fu, or the Imperial Procuratorate."
"Why do they want to send the memorial to the inner court through Yingtian Mansion?" Xu Qin asked doubtfully.
"I heard that Sheng Yong went to Qiu Fu several times, but he was unwilling to even meet him. No one in the Metropolitan Procuratorate dared to accept his complaint."
"Ying Tianfu Yin was an old minister of Jianwen and deeply sympathized with this, so he asked Sheng Yong to complain and wanted to bring this matter to the emperor."
Wu Yong said with a sad face.
Zhu Di still doesn’t know about the love affair?
Sheng Yong was a surrendered general and was titled "General Ping Yan". He was the one who killed the most soldiers of the Yan army among the Jianwen generals.
He, Qiu Fu, Zhu Neng and Wu Liangha had several life-and-death battles in the battles of Jinan Prefecture and Dongchang.
Zhu Di almost died in Dongchang.
Generals Zhang Yu, Chen Heng, and tens of thousands of Yan troops died there.
These people hated Sheng Yong so much that they wished they could cut him into pieces with a thousand knives.
Now, after Zhu Di ascended the throne, the Jingnan upstarts began to demote Jianwen and carry out post-autumn liquidation.
Damn, we are so on the wrong side of the road.
Regarding the assassination at the Liuhe Ancient Road Station, Xu Qin thought hard these days and sent someone to conduct an investigation.
It is believed that Zhu Gaoxu was the mastermind behind the scenes, while Qiu Fu was a pawn, and he personally arranged the arrangements.
Xu Qin is now an important minister assisting Da Pang. He has been looking for opportunities and trying to get rid of him.
Zhu Gaoxu currently does not dare to act rashly in public.
It is impossible for him to send the dead soldiers of the Han Dynasty to assassinate him, unless his head is kicked by a donkey.
If his father and mother knew the truth, he would never want to be the crown prince again in his life.
Zhu Gaoxu could not move, and it was even more impossible for Jin Yiwei Ji Gang to do so.
Although he doesn't like Xu Qin, he currently only takes orders from Zhu Di.
The eldest son of Wei Guogong and the nephew of the Queen Mother would not have dared to act rashly without Zhu Di's order.
When Zhu Gaoxu asked him to deal with Xu Huizu in the prison, he thought it was Zhu Di's secret instruction.
But later Xu Miaoyun made a big fuss in Tianlao, and Zhu Di's attitude scared him into a cold sweat.
You can't do it!
But Qiu Fu had no such scruples.
He is from Haozhou. During the reign of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, he was a soldier and later joined the Red Scarf Army.
During this period, he made friends with many heroes in the Jianghuai area.
When Zhu Difan was in Yandi, he was transferred to the Peiping Dusi with the army, and was first appointed as a guard for hundreds of households in Yanshan.
By the time Zhu Di raised his army, he already had thousands of households, and the guards were in charge of the affairs.
Now he has many soldiers, and their origins are unknown. Many of them were horse bandits and thieves before joining the Yan army, and were murderers and criminals in the world.
He secretly instigated a confidant to come forward and spend money to hire rogues to do it without revealing the truth.
From the analysis of the last assassination scene, the dozen or so people who came were not professional killers, their martial arts skills were not high, and their killing methods were also very low-level.
Anyway, I have already carried it. I will use this opportunity to find a way to pull this guy off his horse, at least to give him and Zhu Gaoxu behind him some color.
Let him know that Young Master Xu is not to be trifled with.
Xu Qin thought for a while and ordered Wu Yong:
"Okay, Councilor Wu, you pick out a few memorials with detailed evidence and stuff them into the title book handed to the palace. Just treat it as our negligence."
"Don't take the initiative to offend others. After all, the entire Jingnan Upstart Group is implicated. I don't know His Majesty's attitude, so I cast stones first to ask for directions."
After hearing this, Wu Yong agreed repeatedly, "Young Master is wise, I will take care of it immediately."
…
The next afternoon.
Zhu Di held the last court meeting two years ago.
In addition to the leaders of the six ministries and three divisions, those who went to the court for discussion also included the prime minister Yao Guangxiao in black and the prince Zhu Gaochi.
Of course, there are also the young envoys of the General Affairs Department and the young minister of Zhan Shifu of the East Palace, Zhan Shi Xu Qin.
Before coming, Wu Yong quietly told Xu Qin that the memorial had been delivered to the palace with "something in it".
Regarding the last discussion with the Seven Scholars in the Qinzheng Hall about land and field tax reform, Xu Qin and the prince communicated and explained to Yao Guangxiao in the morning.
Yao Guangxiao was knowledgeable and talented, and he praised him repeatedly after hearing it.
The three of them estimate that the main content of His Majesty's court discussion is this land and field tax reform.
When the three of them arrived at Wuying Hall, more than a dozen ministers who had come to the court for discussion were already in place.
Just wait for the three of them.
Xu Qin cannot be blamed for being late. The main reason is that the prince is fat and walks too slowly, out of breath.
Worse than a sixty-eight-year-old demon monk.
Zhu Di looked angry at the prince's tardiness, but seeing Yao Guangxiao coming with him, it was inconvenient for him to reprimand him in court.
All the ministers and ministers were standing with their ivories in hand and their heads bowed towards the board. Only the prince and Yao Guangxiao were allowed to sit.
"My dear friends, in a few days it will be New Year's Eve. After midnight, it will be the beginning of the new era of Yongle in this dynasty. Everything must start again."
"I have inherited the destiny and shall work with all my dear friends to create a prosperous age of Yongle."
Zhu Di's opening remarks are beautiful and full of passionate poetry.
Who says he has lost his eloquence?
"Your Majesty is wise, and we will swear allegiance to you and dedicate ourselves to the eternal happiness and prosperity."
"..."
More than a dozen ministers below sang the promise together, and everyone gathered firewood and the flames were high.
"Okay. Next, Major Ambassador Xu will talk about the land tax policy that will be introduced by the Yongle Dynasty at the beginning of the new year. Please discuss it with all ministers."
Zhu Di changed the topic and said to Xu Qin.
Xu Qin was confident. After he went out to pay homage, he explained in detail the three major propositions of "sharing the land with the peasants, abolishing corvee service, and paying grain and serving as errands to both officials and gentry".
As expected.
As soon as his three major propositions came out, they were quite earth-shattering and the scene was suddenly in chaos.
There were all kinds of expressions on the field.
What followed was a live debate, with both sides engaging in verbal exchanges.
A dozen heavyweight ministers, except for Xia Yuanji who supported and Jian Yi who abstained, all voted against it.
Zhu Di did not interfere during the court discussion and allowed Xu Qin to fight with the Confucian scholars alone.
And he asked Yao Guangxiao and the prince to come to his court, and the three of them had a small meeting while listening and whispering.
Damn it, Zhu Di is so uninteresting, he often asks me to wade through muddy waters and block guns alone.
After more than an hour, Xu Qin was eloquent, spitting and talking, his scalp was numb and his lips were cracked.
"Dear sirs, the court discussion will be paused for a moment. I and Master Yao will listen for a while. What everyone is mainly worried about is that these three propositions subvert Taizu's established policy and are they afraid of causing social unrest?"
"I have thought about this. It is inappropriate to say that it is subverting Taizu's established policy. Decades have passed and various system improvements and improvements are inevitable."
"As for social unrest, as long as the court situation is stable and the unrest below is not terrible, the court that is reasonable and compliant will mediate and persuade."
"If it is unreasonable and compliant, the court will forcefully promote it, and if there is disturbance, it will send troops to suppress it."
"Change is revolution. We must revolutionize the lives of wealthy gentry and landowners. Ambassador Xu said it well in the memorial. Revolution is not a dinner party."
