eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 144 Phased Goals

For such a big event, the dispute between right and wrong usually recedes in the options of the ruling party.

They don't really care whether it's right to curse or hit someone.

Their first goal is to quell the incident. To use a modern vocabulary, it is called stability over everything else.

Because if the chaos continues, I don't know what will be triggered, and what will be dug out.

This is actually the reason why Emperor Hongzhi agreed to Zhu Houzhao's suggestion.

Just like the imperial examination fraud case in the 12 years of Hongzhi in history, Tang Bohu and Xu Jing may not have bribed the chief examiner Cheng Minzheng, but since the incident broke out, the impact was very bad.

Then the emperor just doesn't care about three seven and twenty one, and will knock you down.

You are not guilty?Blame your own fate.

In the final judgment, because Cheng Minzheng accepted Xu Jing's meeting ceremony when he came to Beijing, the dignified right servant of the Ministry of Rites was ordered to resign from his post and go home. After returning home, he was depressed and died a year later.

Tang Bohu and Xu Jing are no longer eligible for the imperial examination.

Of course it was cruel to the two of them. After Xu Jing returned to his hometown, he wrote a book "Ben Gan Ji" to show his ambition.

But what's the use of this, as long as the emperor is a sensible person, he will deal with it like this. This is politics.

It's about the same now,
The emperor, who was recovering from illness, went to the morning court to preside over the matter on the second day.
One is to appoint a funeral minister.

The second is to deal with the officials and scholars involved in the incident. The emperor himself was also a little angry. In addition, in order to take care of Queen Zhang, the method was still heavy. In addition to the accidental death of some people at the scene, many others were caught by Jin Yiwei To be taken away, what Zhu Houzhao said was dismissal from office and removal of fame, and in the end it was more than that, it would be bloody.

The atmosphere in Fengtian Temple is very serious. The emperor was influenced by the prince—that is, the last time he refused the matter of King Yong and King Qi. The prince taught him that you have grievances, father. understanding.

So he knew now that his uncle and the earl of the court were killed at this time, so he could lose his temper.

The emperor was angry and laid down millions of corpses.

The beginning of the 12 years of Hongzhi was a harsh political atmosphere, and the good times of the past ten years seemed to be coming to an end.

In order to balance the emotions of both parties, the emperor issued a third order, which was to warn and restrain the behavior of the court's relatives, and asked them to return the invaded land.

The Empress Dowager Zhou was getting older, and she was less willing to fight. She had supported the emperor in dealing with the Zhou family's affairs fairly in the ninth year of Hongzhi. This time, she asked her natal family, Changning Bo Zhou Yu, to enter the palace to apologize.

In the ninth year of Hongzhi, Changningbo and Jianchangbo released their slaves to fight each other in order to seize the land.

This is what Minghuang committed.

Therefore, Changning Bo Zhou Yu took the lead and returned 980 hectares of land.

When Zhu Houzhao heard about it for the first time, he still had some doubts, "Why, this place is in Taizhou?"

Both Liu Jin and Zhang Yong couldn't answer.

In fact, as long as you think about it, you can understand that although they are all in Beizhili, they can't just grab a place. In fact, it can be seen from the side that these foreign relatives and nobles have long been fighting for land across regions and even across the country. .

Zhu Houzhao didn't know what to say, "The empress dowager ordered them to return some acres of land, but who would spit out the meat so obediently? It was Changning Bo, who covered an area of ​​five thousand hectares. Not only that, but such a piece was thrown out in the end.”

Zhang Yong is righteous, "These people are really hateful! It feels like he is the most sincere when he speaks out, and what he gave out was his precious family wealth, and in the end, he was obedient and obedient!"

"You don't have to be angry for me." Zhu Houzhao handed over these land deeds to him, "There is still a chance in the future. All the land that has been cleared this time is listed as Huangzhuang, Zhang Yong, you take someone to receive it yourself, the court The whole army is in full swing, let's make up for the gap in raising the first-level guards first."

After Changning Bo Zhouyu, Qingyun Hou Zhou Taoqing retired 440 hectares of farmland, Huichang Marquis Sun Mingqing retired 280 hectares of farmland, and Yutian Bo Jiang Lunqing retired 140 hectares of farmland.

The most popular one is Wang Yuan, the younger brother of Emperor Xianzong of Ming Dynasty, who was already being impeached for occupying people's fields.The emperor gave him only 200 hectares of land, but he drew more than [-] hectares by himself.

Well, just in time for this matter, Emperor Hongzhi took a hard look at the overall situation and ordered him to pay it back.

Of course, in an agricultural country, such a large piece of land would not be left without an owner, but the original owner was driven away or killed by these people.

It is now listed as Huangzhuang, which is the same for the common people, nothing more than the person occupying the land has changed from the emperor's relatives to the emperor.

In fact, the taxes collected by foreign relatives occupying land or eunuchs managing Huangzhuang are often higher than the taxes set by the court, which makes the people miserable. At least Zhu Houzhao will not do this now.

Otherwise, why send Mr. Zhang Yong, who has a sense of justice, to take charge of this matter?

at the same time,

Although the emperor wanted to calm down the matter as soon as possible,
But such an important event still caused a lot of repercussions among the courtiers. Not to mention, many officials in the capital have hung white cloths in mourning at the gates.

Emperor Hongzhi had never offended a minister like this.

In the end, everyone had no choice. In the cabinet, Xie Qian could only say bitterly: "With this lesson, in the future, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will get married, so he must be more careful."

"Tsk." Li Dongyang was taken aback by him, "What nonsense is Yu Qiao talking about. His Royal Highness is marrying a wife. Can we, who are courtiers, still be able to control it?"

Xie Qian had a big mouth, and it wasn't the first time.Anyway, he was scared.

"The incident has reached such a level that His Majesty has to make such a thunderous order. The incident seems to have subsided now, but it is still unknown what impact it will have in the future." Liu Jian said while writing, "The final solution, It should also be suggested by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Therefore, the reclaimed fields everywhere are listed as Huangzhuang, and the income tax is used for the whole army."

"What does Liu Ge think?" Li Dongyang asked.

Liu Jianzhu thought for a while, and said four words, "The art of the emperor."

Yes.

"In this way, the whole army can be accomplished, the troubles of relatives will be eased, and officials and scholars..."

It will be even more difficult to have any effective resistance in the future.

Even, because the capital has a murderous atmosphere,

That's why the whole army has been speeded up. At first, everyone thought it was nothing, but now they know that no matter how benevolent the emperor is, he is still the emperor, and he will still kill people when things happen.

In the next few days, Zhu Houzhao stopped thinking about these things,
Most of his thoughts fell on those first-level guards. In that state, it was like a lovelorn working harder.

"Your Highness, in addition to the 2 soldiers of Zhenwuwei, Xuanwuwei, Xingwuwei, and Yingwuwei, after more than 20 days of selection, the minister and others have selected Jinwu's vanguard, rear guard, Habayashi left guard, The right guard and the four guards, originally they were all in charge of patrolling the various gates of the capital. There are a total of 2 of these four guards. In addition, there are also the avant-garde guards of the government army and the rear guards of the government army. These were originally guards with swords guarding the imperial city. , I suggest that the avant-garde personnel of the government army should not make major changes, but they will still be Class A guards."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, "Sure."

Those who guard the imperial city are all honored children. Elite is one aspect, but loyalty is even more important.In any case, it is best not to downgrade him to a second-level guard. Those who serve as the emperor's personal guards will not receive the most military pay, which is unreasonable.

"In this way, there are only [-] people in total."

Wang Yue reported: "Your Highness, if you train the Four Guards and Han Shangshu, you can solve the money and food. But according to the standards set by Your Highness, soldiers must be strong, brave in battle, and have a good record as a soldier in the past. ...it's hard to find."

Zhu Houzhao sighed, planning is one aspect, and reality is another aspect.He used to watch TV dramas, and felt that when people opened their mouths, they were all 80 troops, and the lesser ones were 30 Beiliang troops. He really didn't know how to do it.

"Then let's do this first. The standard cannot be lowered easily. As long as you practice hard, the quality can also be improved. The spare one-guard organization can be used as an incentive. In Hongzhi's 13th year, there was a full-army competition. If there are secondary guards who can Improvement in combat effectiveness can also be classified as Class A. Until the first class guards are full, the total number will not be adjusted, and one will be taken out, otherwise Han Shangshu will complain again. "

There are only twelve guards in total, which is already a lot.In addition to the Fujun Vanguard and Fujun Backguard, which are not worthy of their names, there is also the Tengxiang Zuowei led by Zhu Houzhao himself.This cannot be missed, otherwise it would be no good for the soldiers of Tengxiang Zuowei to follow the prince, and that is not good.

Han Wen Zhili replied: "As long as it is strong enough to be an army of the imperial court, not to buy a palace for pleasure, the minister will work hard, and he must save money for His Highness."

Zhu Houzhao felt relieved when he heard this. Even if there are not many people who agree with him, there are still some things he does.

As for the phased goal, he has now achieved it, digging some money from the eunuchs, businessmen, and nobles, and pulling out the elite of the eight guards.Although in the process, some other things happened.There is no way to do this, there are so many people in the imperial court, after all, everyone has their own ideas.

After that, it will take a little time to train and activate your own generals until they become real masters of the tiger.After that... Wait for the opportunity and hit it with one blow.

(End of this chapter)