Zhu Yunwen was not joking. Ping Xiangwei wanted it himself, but the court would not give him the money.
By the way, is it really impossible to get things done without money?
This is the army, the most violent machine in the world. You can make money without money. As long as someone has a weapon, why are you afraid of not having food and pay?
For Zhang Fu, the court only needs to give him a policy...
Yu Xin looked deeply at Zhu Yunwen, no longer entangled in the matter of the Guangxi Guards Station, but said: "Secondly, although the Hajj is in December, there is not much time left for the court to clarify the situation of various prefectures and counties in the past two years. The minister proposes to arrange officials in advance to check the finances, population, land, land reclamation, etc. of various regions, in order to select the top 100 counties and the top 10 prefectures."
Zhu Yunwen deeply agreed. There are still more than four months before the Hajj, but the data processing for the selection of the top 100 counties and the top ten prefectures requires a lot of time. That is to check whether the data reported to the Ministry of Household Affairs by various places is accurate, and also to Check the situation with the supervisory censors from various places. If there are false reports or wrong reports in some places, people will need to be arranged for secondary verification. Based on this calculation, more than four months of preparation time is indeed not much.
"This matter should indeed be prepared in advance. However, the Ministry of Revenue is currently busy with summer tax calculations, and I am afraid that such complicated matters will be inseparable. Is there a suitable candidate in Yuge?"
Zhu Yunwen asked.
Yu Xin thought for a while and said: "I believe that the selection of the top 100 counties and the top ten prefectures requires a huge number of checks, and it is necessary to compare the numbers in the Hongwu Dynasty and check the increases and decreases, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. If personnel from the Ministry of Households are transferred to do the calculations, , it will definitely affect the summer tax calculation, so we should hand this matter over to the Imperial College of Mathematics."
Zhu Yunwen's eyes lit up and he nodded in agreement: "That's right."
Under the guidance of Qintianjian Mahama and others, the Institute of Mathematics of the Imperial College of Mathematics did not produce any highly sophisticated mathematical geniuses, but they were still able to do basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, especially among the graduates of the Institute of Mathematics. Arabic numerals are used, and this opportunity can also be used to show the advantages of Arabic numerals to officials participating in the Hajj.
The most important thing is that there are many people in the Imperial College, and these students are not real court officials. They have simple political backgrounds and are not closely related to local politics, so the possibility of favoritism and fraud is even lower.
Yu Xin gave a salute and then stepped back.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Yu Xin appreciatively. Although this person had been in the imperial court for many years and was very resourceful and sophisticated, his ability to do things was indeed very strong and he could focus on the future and take precautions.
"Go on with the story, Xie Jin, and you should also tell me."
Zhu Yunwen saw that Jin was hesitant, so he shouted.
Xie Jin left the office and said in a deep voice: "I would like to ask the emperor to waive the agricultural tax and commercial tax in Qingzhou Prefecture this year."
Zhu Yunwen did not respond.
Xie Jin explained: "According to the documents from Song Zhengchen, the supervisory censor, Qingzhou Prefecture has been oppressed and worked hard by King Zhu Su of Qi for more than ten years. In addition, the local government is attached to the King of Qi, and they work together to deceive the superiors and deceive the subordinates, and plunder the people. Migrant workers were forcibly recruited to build mansions, and the dead and injured people have become three miles of graveyards!"
"The rebellion of King Qi caused countless casualties to the people and soldiers. The people who stayed in Qingzhou were also bewitched by the White Lotus Cult. I think that the people must have suffered a lot from this battle. If you want to restore the vitality of Qingzhou, you need to give them If we have a chance to breathe, if we continue to impose heavy taxes, the people will collapse."
Zhu Yunwen was a little sad, with a bit of pain in his eyes, and said: "My people, I don't even know they have suffered for many years! The Security Bureau, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Shandong Chief Envoy did not report this matter! Such a disaster! Performed for many years, who
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Who should be responsible for this? "
Jie Jin opened his mouth and didn't dare to speak.
It cannot be said that the culprit is your grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang. It was he who resettled Zhu Shu to Qingzhou, who gave Zhu Shu the right to recruit migrant workers, or who ordered local officials to move around for the vassal king during the holidays.
If you move around a lot, problems may arise.
During the Hongwu period, many officials impeached Zhu Su, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not take it seriously and at most reprimanded him a few times. In the past two years, Zhu Shu has been extremely bold. The people who oversee the censor and the security bureau have dared to cheat. It would be strange if the court knew about it...
Yang Rong was silent for a long time. Seeing that the court was silent and no one dared to speak, he came out and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say."
Although Yang Rong was just an inconspicuous figure on this occasion, due to the importance the Ministry of War paid to him, and the fact that both Xie Jin and Ru Yu admired Yang Rong very much, the courtiers did not dare to despise Yang Rong.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Yang Rong, who was standing a little further away, and said, "Speak."
Yang Rong's face became serious and he said: "The chaos in Kaifeng, where countless people suffered, is it the fault of the King of Zhou? The chaos in Qingzhou, where hundreds of thousands of people were enslaved, is it the fault of the King of Qi? In my opinion, it is not the case. ! The ultimate blame lies with the Emperor!"
The opening words shocked everyone.
Xie Jin, Yu Xin, Tie Xuan and others suddenly looked at Yang Rong, with some worry in their eyes.
Everyone knows that you are talented, capable, and have a sense of the overall situation, but you can't be ungrateful. This is a court meeting, full of civil and military officials, and the emperor is still there listening. You can blame Zhou Wang Zhu Ju and Qi Wang Zhu Su for their sins. , all on the emperor’s head, what’s going on?
Some officials secretly regretted that the career of a good young talent in the court would end here.
What good will come of scolding the emperor?
Tie Xuan was also a little anxious. Ru Rui had entrusted Yang Rong to his care. If Ru Rui hadn't come back yet, Yang Rong would be driven away first. When Ru Rui returned to Beijing from the governor of Shanxi, how could he have the face to meet his old boss?
Zhu Yunwen's face was also a little ugly. Although he had a good temper, he was said to be the culprit of the chaos in Kaifeng and Qingzhou in front of so many people, and he was almost labeled as an executioner. Who could bear this unfair injustice?
Seeing that something was wrong, Jie Jin quickly shouted: "Yang Rong, be careful! The world has already publicized the mistakes of King Zhou and the chaos of King Qi. How can we not distinguish right from wrong and involve the emperor? Hurry up and plead guilty!"
Tie Xuan also advised from the side: "Don't make mistakes in your errands, please apologize quickly."
Yang Rong ignored the dissuasion of Xie Jin, Tie Xuan and others, but looked at Zhu Yunwen without fear and said loudly: "I am not guilty, I will not plead guilty!"
Xie Jin and Tie Xuan were so anxious that they were sweating. Yang Rong, who was usually good, was so crazy today.
With a cold face, Zhu Yunwen stopped the discussion among the ministers and asked: "Are the faults of King Zhou and King Qi all my fault?"
Yang Rong said proudly: "That's right!"
Zhu Yunwen laughed angrily, stood up, looked down at Yang Rong in the audience, and said: "If you don't tell me a reason, I will send you to Kaifeng to reclaim wasteland!"
Yang Rong took a step forward and shouted loudly: "The King of Zhou and the King of Qi are both the vassal king and the emperor's uncle. People in the world have been suffering from the vassal king for a long time. They dare to be angry but dare not speak out. It's just because the emperor is supporting them." ! If the emperor really cares about the people, he should immediately issue an order to recall the feudal kings from all over the country to the capital, abolish the feudal king’s guards, take back the feudal king’s land, and there will never be chaos among the feudal kings!”
"Cutting the feudal lordship!"
Zhu Yunwen, who was originally furious, suddenly
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After time passed, he understood Yang Rong's intention. He wanted to take this opportunity to completely eradicate the source of trouble for the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty.
Xu Huizu shuddered and grinned secretly, this damn scholar was talking about the emperor, and he was already cutting the vassal king's flesh with a knife in his hand.
Tie Xuan and Xie Jin were relieved. Although Yang Rong's words were fierce, his purpose was noble and must be in line with Zhu Yunwen's wishes.
After all, it is to reduce the vassal status. To achieve this goal, it is worth getting scolded...
In the past, when Zhu Yunwen first came to the throne, he did not deal with the vassal king because his footing was not yet stable and his swords had not been sharpened. Now, the court has not only sharpened the swords and guns, but also fired a bunch of magical cannons and fire blunderbuss, and the King of Qi has rebelled. Excuse, if we don’t reduce the vassal status, it will be unreasonable...
Yang Rong struck while the iron was hot and said: "First, King Zhou was ambitious and exposed it for the prince, but in the end it did not cause a big storm. Now King Qi leads his troops to cause chaos, involving more than 40,000 soldiers and people. In the final analysis, the feudal kings are The root of evil is that the emperor is the Son of Heaven, who rules the world and governs the world, so why can’t he see that the root of the feudal kings’ troubles lies in enfeoffment?”
Zhu Yunwen took advantage of the situation and responded: "It is Taizu's system to entrust vassal kings to the frontiers and defend the country of the Ming Dynasty. It is not easy for me to handle..."
Yang Rong thought to himself: Your Majesty, are you really embarrassed to mention Taizu's ancestral system? In the past two years, you are the one who has made the most changes to the ancestral system...
But these words cannot be said clearly.
Yang Rongdao: "Your Majesty, if you don't move the vassal kings, the disaster of King Qi will happen again in the future, which will be a disaster for all the people. I sincerely ask the emperor to take the disasters of King Zhou and King of Qi as a lesson and reduce the guards of each vassal king!"
After saying that, Yang Rong lifted his clothes and knelt down.
Upon seeing this, Tie Xuan and Xu Huizu also stood up and said in unison: "I second my opinion!"
By this time, the picture has been turned over and the dagger should be revealed.
Cabinet ministers Xie Jin, Yu Xin, and Huang Zicheng, as well as officials from the six ministries such as Jian Yi and Zheng Ci, also began to kneel down and ask the emperor to reduce the vassal status.
Regarding this kind of public and registered request for orders, few officials would choose to isolate themselves and stand out from the crowd. No matter how big or small their official position is, no matter how high their position is, they all say in unison: "I second my opinion."
The general trend of reducing the vassal state was established.
In fact, there are few current vassal kings who can cause trouble, except for Prince Ning of Daning.
However, regardless of whether other vassal kings are honest or not, obedient or not, having military power in their hands is in itself a threat to the central government and a threat to the local governments.
In that case, let's do it.
King Qing Zhu Zhuan controls the Ningxia area, King Suzhuang Zhu Lai controls Ganzhou, Shaanxi, and the second-generation King of Lu Zhu Zhaohui of Shandong... It's time to hand over the three guards of the vassal kings.
The King of Qi is dead. You brothers should also be discerning and understand the court's good intentions to some extent.
Zhu Yunwen issued an edict: "Since hundreds of officials asked for orders like this, I will break the ancestral system of Taizu. The cabinet Xie Jin drafted an edict and ordered to remove the officials of King Qing, King Suzhuang, King Lu, King Su, King Shu... I will serve as my guardian, collect my property, and return to the capital according to the order."
Jie Jin's memory was good, but when he heard that Zhu Yunwen had dismissed so many vassal kings' guards and officials, but did not mention Ning Wang Zhu Quan, he couldn't help but remind him: "Your Majesty, are there any more?"
Zhu Yunwen looked at Xie Jin, paused, and said, "Let's draw up a decree based on this."
Xie Jin understood that it was not that the emperor had missed Zhu Quan, but that he had other plans. In that case, let's deal with the other vassal kings first.
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