Chapter 22 Zhu Yuanzhang beats Hu Weiyong "What about yesterday?"
Lin Che recalled for a while, and quickly remembered that yesterday, Zhu Xi told him that he wanted his father to ask the emperor to pardon Lin Che.
Is this idiot really going to do this? He is deceiving the emperor and disrespecting his superiors, which is a capital crime for disrespect.
During this period of time, the lectures given to this boy in the imperial prison must have reached the ears of the emperor.
At least he will be accused of deceiving others with his lies.
He was one step closer to beheading.
"Your old man didn't agree, did he?"
Lin Che glanced at Zhu Xi and advised, "I told you not to bother. We have committed a capital crime. It's not as easy as you think. We'll just wait to be beheaded."
"Don't bother me! Although my father didn't reply, I must rescue my husband from prison!"
Speaking of this, Zhu Xi approached Lin Che's ear mysteriously and muttered a few words.
Hearing this, Lin Che suddenly stood up and exclaimed: "prison Break?"
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Fengtian Temple.
Zhu Yuanzhang waved.
Prince Zhu Biao understood it, took out a memorial from his sleeve, and stepped forward to hand it to Lao Zhu.
It was Captain Mao Xiang’s secret.
Zhu Yuanzhang threw the secret fold hard on Zhu Liangzu's face.
"Look carefully, and then think about where all the fields and people in Ming Dynasty have gone!"
Zhu Liangzu picked up the secret folder from the ground. After reading it, he realized that the emperor had already understood the background of these ministers.
but.
Zhu Liangzu was not afraid, even though he had grabbed the most fields listed in the secret book.
But which of the civil and military officials in the court is not on the list? Even Xu Dabu, the first minister of the Ming Dynasty, seized hundreds of acres of land.
The South Korean Gong Li Shanchang, the leader of the six princes, did not seize much less than himself!
What's more, these fields were bought with their own money.
Even if some of them were stolen by force, they were written in black and white and stamped with fingerprints.
You can't just accuse someone without any evidence! In order to purchase these fields, I invested my entire wealth.
It is absolutely impossible to hand it over so easily! Wait until Zhu Liangzu reads the secret book.
Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Liu He to circulate the secrets one by one to all officials.
When all the officials in the court saw this secret, they all broke out in a cold sweat.
These people have been in the officialdom for many years and have seen everything in their career.
Combined with the data from the Ministry of Household Affairs Fu Youwen, the Minister of Household Affairs, let’s look at the numbers on this secret book.
They understand everything.
In the past three years, the disappearing fields and people are all related to this secret.
Although the secret book only lists the data of more than [-] No. [-] officials in the court.
It is estimated that the Ming Dynasty court had tens of thousands of officials.
Coupled with the land purchased by the gentry and students, doesn't this match the data from the Ministry of Household Affairs?
There was silence in Fengtian Hall.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced fiercely at the silent officials.
Walking up to Li Shanchang, he asked coldly:
"Bai Shi, tell me how to deal with this matter?"
Li Shanchang thought for a moment, then bowed and replied:
"Your Majesty, I think there are three ways to deal with this matter: First, order all officials to return or take back all the purchased fields to the state."
"Second, strictly order officials and gentry to prohibit the sale and purchase of land."
"Third, the tenant farmers who are attached to the households of officials and gentry will be re-registered and filed."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and then asked: "Any other suggestions?"
"The old minister is old and comatose, and can only think of these things."
Zhu Yuanzhang was noncommittal and looked at Hu Weiyong behind Li Shanchang.
"Hu Aiqing, as the Prime Minister of Zhongshu and the head of all officials, what do you think of this matter?"
Hu Weiyong came out of the class and said: "I agree with the proposal of the South Korean Lord to return the land and prohibit the sale and purchase of the land, and the tenant farmers will return to their hometowns."
"However, I think this matter involves tens of thousands of officials in our Ming Dynasty. It is not easy to make it too loud, so as not to panic the officials."
"Weichen suggested that we, the Central Secretariat, take the lead in handling this matter together with the Metropolitan Procuratorate."
"I will handle this matter properly and make the emperor feel at ease."
"Haha, make me feel relieved?" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, pointed at Hu Weiyong and yelled: "You reassure me?"
"What have you been doing in Zhongshu Province all these years? There is such a huge gap in land and population. Have you, the Prime Minister, reported it to me?"
"Zhongshu Sheng is in charge of six departments and goes directly to Tianting. He reports trivial matters to me every day."
"Flattery and flattery, how can I feel relieved?"
"What use do I need from Zhongshu Province? What use do I need from you, the Prime Minister?"
Hu Weiyong didn't expect that when he wanted to flatter him, he ended up flattering him on the horse's leg.
Facing the furious Zhu Yuanzhang, Hu Weiyong's calves became weak and he fell to his knees with a 'plop'.
His whole body was shaking like chaff, and his coat was instantly wet with cold sweat.
Zhu Yuanzhang stood proudly, looking at Zhu Liangzu and other nobles: "And you guys, don't think that because you helped me conquer the country, I won't dare to touch you!"
"I will tell you today!"
"My country is shared with the people, not you nobles!!"
As soon as these words came out, the audience fell silent.
After a moment of silence, the officials hurriedly shouted:
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
Zhu Yuanzhang turned a deaf ear and ordered loudly:
"Come on!"
Following the shouts, the Han generals in the hall rushed forward.
"Bring me Zhu Liangzu, the Marquis of Yongjia, Lu Zhongxiang, the Marquis of Ji'an, Fei Ju, the Marquis of Pingliang, and He Rong, the Bo of Dongguan!"
"He will be sent to a prison, and the Ministry of Punishment will take the lead, and the Supervisory Office and Dali Temple will jointly try him."
Zhu Yuanzhang gave orders with a gloomy face.
The generals of the Han Dynasty stepped forward one after another and captured Zhu Liangzu and others one by one.
Zhu Liangzu, the Marquis of Yongjia, and other nobles were dissatisfied and shouted loudly:
"Your Majesty, we are the heroes who helped you conquer the country, you can't just kill the donkey!"
"emperor…"
"emperor…"
Zhu Yuanzhang turned a deaf ear to the call, and turned to look at Hu Weiyong kneeling on the ground with lowered eyebrows, with a playful look on his face: "Hu Xiang, why don't you plead for them?"
"They are colleagues with you, and they have a friendship with you!"
Hu Weiyong was so frightened that his face fell to the ground, his body fell on the ground, and he said loudly:
"The sun and the moon are bright, and there are no two days in the country!"
"I swear to be loyal to His Majesty to the death, and I will never be selfish!"
"What I say is from the bottom of my heart. I will never deceive Your Majesty. Your Majesty, please calm down!"
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was serious about it, Hu Weiyong still dared to play tricks in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and honestly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
As everyone knows, Lao Zhu is waiting for his attitude to pave the way for the future.
"Where is the prince!"
Zhu Biao stepped forward quickly, came to Zhu Yuanzhang's side, bowed and said:
"Father, my son is here!"
"You come and read out the imperial edict so that everyone can hear how I will deal with land annexation and population loss."
"You all remember me, under my rule there is no need for sycophantic jesters."
"If you can do it, do it for us. If you can't do it, get out of here! Don't get in my way!"
The more Zhu Yuanzhang talked, the angrier he became, and he uttered foul language.
Hu Weiyong lay on the ground, his face ashen.
Now that it's all said and done, even a fool understands what's going on.
Mr. Han is right. The emperor has already found out the basics clearly.
If you try to be clever in front of him, you will be slapped in the face in the end.
The emperor is just pretending to be confused, waiting for me to get into the trap.
From the beginning to the end, my group of people have been part of others' calculations.
Think about this.
Hu Weiyong's intestines were filled with regret.
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(End of this chapter)