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Beijing! Hall of Supreme Harmony!
Zhu Youxiao was sitting on the dragon chair, looking at the ministers in the palace, tapping his fingers on a memorial. This memorial was written by Yang Lian, and it recorded all the details of the Luoyang case!
The spacious Hall of Supreme Harmony was completely silent at this time. Only Zhu Youxiao's tapping sounded rhythmically, making the atmosphere in the hall seem extremely dull!
After a long time, Zhu Youxiao said: "Yang Lian killed all the officials of Henan Prefecture in one day. This can be said to be the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, right?"
Fang Congzhe smiled bitterly and left the class: "Your Majesty, this is indeed the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. An old minister has sent more officials to Henan Prefecture through the Ministry of Civil Affairs!"
Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "Mr. Fang Ge also knows how to share my worries, but this matter cannot be treated as an isolated case. The officials and gentry of Henan Prefecture can slaughter villages and villages for land and money. What do you think of the officials of other prefectures?" Can a gentleman do such a crazy thing?"
Faced with Zhu Youxiao¡¯s question, even Fang Congzhe didn¡¯t know how to answer. The whole hall was silent again, and the ministers all lowered their heads to look at the ground, for fear that Zhu Youxiao would look at them!
However, Zhu Youxiao didn't expect them to express anything. After all, these civil servants all had close ties with relatives and friends. At worst, they could find some connections with classmates and classmates. Could it be that Zhu Youxiao still expected them to say something about righteousness and annihilation of relatives? Come?
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao himself said: "Someone once compared the kings, ministers, and people of the Ming Dynasty to parents-in-law, daughters-in-law, and descendants. They said that in order to make the king's parents-in-law live a better life, the daughter-in-law would always have to suffer some injustices, and the descendants would always have to endure some hardships. Now it seems that my parents-in-law are not very good. As the descendants of the common people, they not only endure some hardships, but sometimes even their lives are difficult to save. However, you, the daughters-in-law, live happily and unrestrainedly. If you want money and land, you can directly get it from your parents-in-law and descendants. If you don¡¯t give it, you will kill them all. I really want to know that these people are also people who have read the books of sages. How can they treat me and the people like nothing?"
When he said these words, Zhu Youxiao's expression remained as usual, and his voice did not waver at all. But the more he acted like this, the more chilled the officials in the palace felt!
The little emperor, who was originally ruthless, has now grown to the point where he can't show his emotions or anger. This shows that the emperor of tomorrow has gradually matured, and they, the civil servants, are naturally even less able to deal with him!
Zhu Youxiao finally said: "I have issued an edict, giving Yang Lian the right to mobilize less than a thousand troops. Whenever he encounters a case like this in Henan Province again, he can directly mobilize troops to eliminate it. This time I will completely clean up the Ming Dynasty." officialdom!"
Hearing this news, all the ministers felt bitter in their hearts. They were in the temple, but their real foundation was in the local area. Without the intricate local network of relationships, they, the senior officials of the temple, would be rootless people. Zhu Youxiao cleaned up the place. It can be said that we want to cut off the connection between the temple and the place!
If Zhu Youxiao wanted to do this in normal times, the ministers would naturally find various reasons to object. However, after the Henan Prefecture case, it can be said that Zhu Youxiao wanted to do this. Who dares to object to cleaning up local officialdom at this time?
If there is another case of massacre of a village, it will be fatal!
However, others could remain silent at this time, but Fang Congzhe could not remain silent. He thought for a moment and said: "Your Majesty! The Henan Mansion case is indeed shocking, but it is impossible for all the local officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty to be such crazy people. There are certainly officials who are corrupt and gentry who take advantage of others by force, but if all these officials and gentry are caught in one sweep, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably be in turmoil. I dare to ask your majesty to show mercy so that these people can atone for their sins and give them a chance to change their ways. Opportunity!"
Zhu Youxiao looked at Fang Congzhe, pondered for a moment and said: "Mr. Fang Ge's words are quite mature and prudent. Then the cabinet will be written all over the world. Officials and gentry who returned the dirty silver and occupied the fields before Yang Lian arrived can forget about it, but if some people are still stubborn, If it doesn¡¯t work, I believe that the Shang Fang sword in Yang Lian¡¯s hand will still see blood!¡±
Seeing that Zhu Youxiao was relieved, all the ministers were angry. Although local officials and gentry were destined to be severely punished this time, as long as they were handled well, Yang Lian would not be able to seize the handle and save their lives. There is still no problem with your official position and life. This is much better than losing your head!
You must know that if Yang Lian is really allowed to hold the banner of killing for sixty taels of corruption and go all the way to investigate, I am afraid that the local officials of the Ming Dynasty will be killed and their blood will flow into rivers. Moreover, at this time, the officials in the main hall discovered that Zhu Youxiao The real intention of depriving civilian officials of their military power is to make civilian officials face such a situation without even the slightest chance to fight back!
It can be seen that the little emperor in front of him has long been on guard against the dictatorship of civilian officials. In the past, civilian officials controlled local military affairs., even the emperor had to be courteous to them, but without military power, civil servants became toothless tigers, and they could not scare the emperor with just a pen!
The soldiers are not under your control, the common people cannot support corrupt officials, and the emperor still holds the title of righteousness. In this case, as long as there is enough evidence, it is natural to kill all the officials in the Ming Dynasty. thing!
If something like this happened, the people would just applaud and applaud. Who would complain about corrupt officials and local tyrants and evil gentry?
As for whether the Ming Dynasty will collapse after killing all the officials, that is also a question that does not need to be answered. How many scholars are there in the Ming Dynasty now?
There are 800,000 if not one million, and this number is still growing as Zhu You School implements nationwide free public schools!
¡°When I think that in more than ten years, there may be tens of millions of scholars in the Ming Dynasty, any minister who thinks of this can¡¯t help but feel cold!
"After all, everything is rare and valuable. When there are few scholars in the world, scholars will naturally be superior to others!"
But if there are too many scholars in the world, or if everyone in the world is a scholar, then do scholars still have a sense of superiority?
It wasn¡¯t until this moment that those ministers truly understood what Zhu Youxiao¡¯s expensive and laborious office studies were for!
This is to cut off the foundation of scholars from another level, but this is not the foundation of the development of Confucianism, but the foundation of scholars using their status to seek rights and interests!
Deep down in the hearts of these ministers, they are extremely resistant to Zhu Youxiao's approach of creating a large group of scholars, but no one dares to oppose and destroy this matter, because with this matter, Zhu Youxiao is a big tomorrow Emperor Qi is enough to leave his name in history. Whoever dares to do something wrong in this matter will be infamed in the history books for eternity!
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All the ministers lamented in their hearts that this little emperor was too difficult to deal with. He always stood on the right side and made it impossible for people to resist his actions. In this regard, Zhu Youxiao was not only more powerful than the two emperors Jiajing and Wanli, even if Even Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di are far behind! (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com