eldest son of Ming dynasty

Liang Chu in history was one of the cabinet members of Yang Tinghe's cabinet and also a figure of the Qing Dynasty.

Later, after Yang Tinghe resigned, he also succeeded Yang Tinghe as the head of the cabinet for a period of time.

The main achievements of Qingliu officials are often reflected in how the emperor was confused and how they persuaded the emperor to give up such things. They said things like being upright and outspoken and daring to admonish.

In fact, there is a little thought in it. The historian's record reflects the behavior of the ministers, and the emperor became a negative figure.

Scholars are not so simple-minded. For example, the "Guochao Xianzhenglu" compiled by the Ming Dynasty scholar Jiao Hong once recorded such a story, saying that "the crown prince (Zhu Gaochi) was shooting arrows in the school field, and all his shots were missed when he dismounted."

On the surface, this was a compliment, but in fact it was ridicule.

In ancient times, archery was not simply about shooting accurately. It was all about riding and shooting at moving targets. This is called good kung fu!
So I deliberately wrote it like this to say that Emperor Renzong was too fat.

In Zhu Houzhao's words, it's very tasteless to laugh like this, Moman, have you eaten your rice?
In comparison, for a leader like Zhang Cong, looking back on his political achievements, he has some specific reform measures, but his reputation is a bit worse.

Zhu Houzhao was aware of the subtleties here.

Of course, this does not mean that Liang Chu had too many problems. As the official minister, he was upright and upright, and selected many people of high moral character for the two capitals and fourteen provinces, so his reputation has always been good. In addition, after so many years, the reputation is still very high.

But the quarrel between the emperor and the cabinet ended up hurting him, which was really unexpected.

Even Liang Chu himself couldn't figure it out at all.

And, this is somewhat disappointing.

Because as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, he was originally qualified to join the cabinet, especially after Yang Yiqing left.

Who would have thought that Zhang Cong suddenly emerged from the army, but that was all, and now he was asked to serve as the censor of Zuodu.

Although they are in the same rank as the Nine Ministers, the power of the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel is not comparable to that of the Yushi of Zuodu. In this case, he had little hope.

In fact, he was dragged down by the kidnapping of his son Liang Cizhi, and Zhu Houzhao never considered him at all.

Liang Cizhu was fighting for land and went so far as to directly kill people. Although this person had been exiled, the punishment was relatively light for his sake, and for officials who had been cleared as core competitiveness To put it bluntly, it's a big stain for a Zongzi to kill people.

He was righteous, but he couldn't even manage his son, so how could he manage the country?

The final destination of such a person would probably be the censor of Zuodu, leaving him to bother those unruly officials.

It's just that the emperor keeps hiring people like this one after another, obviously to "stay close to villains and stay away from gentlemen"...

This is why Wang Hao is considering obeying the emperor's order and actually issuing another Qingtian Order in the name of the cabinet.

He summoned the nine ministers to the cabinet, pointed to the order that had been drafted and placed it on the desk, and said, "This is the Qingtian Order drafted in accordance with His Majesty's will. Once this order is issued, no official in the world can provoke the cabinet again." The relationship with the emperor. All three of me need to sign, but as for you, it’s up to you."

This order was essentially an order to support Liu Jin.

Regardless of the fact that the emperor is the most powerful person in the world, some civil servants in the Ming Dynasty were very strange. Some people insisted on opposing things and would not agree even if they had their heads chopped off, just like Liu Jian and Yang Yiqing.

If you threaten to kill people, they will straighten their necks, but they won't do it anyway.

There is a vague atmosphere of pride in resisting the decree.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao had done many things to coerce the cabinet and the six ministries in the past, but this time he did not resort to this trick until now.

In fact, he speculated that Wang Hao might refuse, and Yang Tinghe might as well.

So when he suddenly got angry that day, it seemed a bit intentional. In short, it was just some 'angry words'.

No matter what, Jinkou was about to open, and it was Wang Hao and Yang Tinghe's turn to be entangled.

After Wang Hao spoke these words, the officials who sat down began to be confused.

It cannot be said that they are disloyal to the emperor, but being with Liu Jin is a boundary that they cannot break through.

Seeing that no one was speaking, Wang Hao understood in his heart, "In that case, let the three of us sign."

He Jian, the Minister of Hubu, asked in turn: "Old Wang Ge, do you really want to do this?"

"You are clear about what the emperor means. The emperor said that it was us who 'forced' him. If the three of us don't get involved, the result will be more Liu Jin poisoning the people of the world."

Everyone was surprised that Wang Hao still had such thoughts.

And the eyes in the hall were also focused on Liang Chu - the official minister, who had been stationary for many years, suddenly made adjustments at this time. Is there not a trace of hidden meaning?

Wang Hao and Yang Tinghe understood that none of them could stop the emperor and insisted on resisting, which would mean that the court would be full of 'treacherous evil spirits'. Instead of doing this, it would be better to let them stay, at least to retain some seeds.

In the final analysis, is one's own name more important, or the interests of the country and the people?

Actually, that's the problem.

Wang Hao sighed in his heart, it was a pity that Li Dongyang was dead, otherwise he would have understood.

"I am willing to sign." Suddenly, the 'newcomer' Zhang Zilin spoke up.

He stood up silently, stretched out his cuff with his left hand, picked up the brush with his right hand, and started writing in front of everyone's attention. Wang Hua, the Minister of Rites, sighed slightly and followed suit.

After all, he and the emperor have been in love for many years. When things got to this point, he still wanted to stand as emperor.

When these things reached Zhu Houzhao's ears, he snorted softly. He had been the emperor for more than ten years, and his temperament and wisdom had long been familiar to him. It should have been like this on the first day. How could he still do it? It needs to be this way.

But there is no point in mentioning that now. Anyway, starting from today, if it is unfavorable to Qingtian and wants to slow down or stop, the court will ignore it.

Those who serve for this purpose will be allowed to do so, and so will others. Without these people, the implementation of land clearing in the provinces below will be smoother.

After Wang Qiong came, he was asked to fill these positions. If there was a real shortage, he would fill it slowly. In an official-based society, there was a fear that no one would be an official. Zhu Houzhao really didn't believe in this evil.

In short, just one sentence now, if you can do anything about Qingtian, do it well, and if you can't do it, you will have to kill your mother.

As soon as this order came out, the people in the court were naturally shocked.

When Zhu Houzhao listened to the government in the morning a few days later, many officials still expressed "shock" and put forward various theories.

As an emperor, he threw all those memorials back!
The same Jiangnan a few days later,
The Qingzhang matter continues to move forward amidst the turmoil,
Jing Shaokui, the governor of Yingtian, led his troops into the homes of wealthy families in the countryside in Wuxi County, Changzhou Prefecture. The governor already had military power, so it was not difficult for him to mobilize a guard.

Unfortunately, when the soldiers and horses arrived in the countryside, those families and their servants dispersed and fled far away.

That won't work either.

Jing Shaokui took Changzhou Magistrate Cong Changde and pressed the Wuxi magistrate to report the list one by one. "According to the imperial decree, these are traitors. Although they have escaped, they must be wanted nationwide! The list, place of origin, appearance and characteristics must be Write them down one by one and post them in every prefecture and county in the south of the Yangtze River!"

If you must live a wandering life, then let him.

There was no other way, the news from the capital was becoming more and more firm. If he didn't take these actions, Jing Shaokui would be worried about living up to the emperor's trust.

Everyone in Suzhou Prefecture was also shocked.

The prefect of Suzhou, Min Yiqin, was relatively clean and did not disgrace his grandfather Min Gui. He summoned the big households in the city and all the magistrates under his jurisdiction to the Yamen and announced, "Now the imperial court is determined. I don't care who you rely on behind." , starting from today, put aside your luck, and the surveyors in each county will start with your fields, starting with the larger ones and then the smaller ones, and expand them in order. If I let this officer know who is secretly obstructing the surveyors, then wait. Convict and go to jail!"

There were people in Suzhou Prefecture who were revolting before. After Min Yiqin explained the matter, he immediately led his people to the countryside to hunt them down. There was nothing to hesitate about, and now he just took the lead and caught them one by one.

Zhuo Ding, who fled thousands of miles away to seek help for his father, also caused a stir, but the government was arresting those who spread rumors, and he soon became involved.

Once Zhuo Ding is captured, the Suzhou Liu family will not be able to escape.

Normally, in such an arrest, the number of people involved in the final case could even reach tens of thousands. However, the court's current attitude is that tens of thousands, tens of thousands, arrest them!
No matter how much the bureaucracy resists, the emperor wins several 'gold medals' in succession, and there is Liu Jin waiting in Nanjing to take over, but it still has some effect.

The Liu family was originally from a prominent family in Suzhou, and their family had a house in Suzhou's Fucheng, a bustling place.

Seeing the government surrounding the house, the people on the roadside looked frightened. They hid outside the government soldiers and pointed, "This is a big disaster. Many wealthy families have been arrested recently. I guess it involves a lot of land." thing."

"I thought that Liu Tong was also a man with great magical powers... I didn't expect that he would not escape this disaster..."

"No matter how great your magical power is, is it greater than the ones above?"

……

Liu Tong himself in the mansion had a miserable look on his face, and several of his wives, sons and daughters were hugging each other and crying.

He really didn't expect that Zhuo's tragedy would happen to him so quickly.

Hearing that Min Yiqin had arrived in person, he tremblingly went out to greet him, wondering if there was any room for maneuver. So after meeting and kowtowing, he immediately said in a trembling voice: "Master Fu, measure... the matter of measuring the land, Liu I will cooperate with you fully, and I will never dare to stand in the way! I also ask the Lord of the Palace to give me a chance. There are more than a hundred people in my family, and it all depends on the Lord of the Palace. I beg the Lord of the Palace to spare my life, spare my life!"

At the end of the speech, he was crying and shouting, and his expression was broken.

Min Yiqin was an upright person. He couldn't bear it and couldn't stand it anymore. He could only turn his head and said, "Liu Tong, I don't want to be like this. In fact, this case is related to the Qingtian of the imperial court, and the emperor has questioned it several times, even if it is my own family. Son, I dare not hide. What I can tell you is that Mr. Zhongcheng will arrive in Suzhou in a few days. Please explain carefully. If there is no serious crime, you may be able to save your life. If you still resist, you will be fooled. It’s possible to cut it off accidentally, but it all depends on you.”

Liu Tong suddenly collapsed, "Fu... Fu Zun, since the Zhongcheng has not arrived, everything is still possible. The Liu family and the Liu family have never opposed the imperial court's clearing of land from the beginning. Even... even the villain is willing to give up most of the land. …”

"Shut up!" Because Min Yiqin is a square man, he can't listen to such words, "The court's decree is clear. The fields of your Liu family belong to your Liu family. Clearing the fields is not to seize the fields, and I will not privately Excessive harvesting. As for what you said about the Prime Minister’s arrival...did you think there were no royal guards in the city? If you knew what was going to happen, why did you do it in the first place?!"

This movement was very loud, but no matter how wealthy they were, they had no power to resist the imperial court's force.

Otherwise, when Liu Jin inspected the military villages, those who objected could just kill the officials sent by Liu Jin. Wouldn't it be simple to kill Liu Jin as well in the end? Why did the final summary of the reason for his failure say that he offended too many people, causing him to lose his foundation and was finally abandoned by the emperor?
Ultimately, it can only be done through political means.

The same was true for Wei Zhongxian later.

Even if they act recklessly, they are said to be politically defeated.

But there is no such thing here in Zhu Houzhao. If you want to stop it, just one way is to gather a hundred thousand troops and go out to kill for a while. This still has a chance.

The premise is to do it.

For people like Liu Tong, even if there are a few of the same families, the government wants to arrest them, so other than running away, they have no choice but to admit defeat. Even if they gather together to create a momentum, they will actually fall apart at the first touch.

A big sign with the word "Feng" was posted on the door, and the Liu family stood in line wearing shackles. This cannot be said to be very popular among the court, but the people on the street commented on it, were afraid of it, and even got angry, but in the end they just looked at it.

Some wanted notices were also posted near the government office, and the government officials sang loudly: "These people deliberately provoked trouble, secretly resisted the court, and committed unpardonable crimes, so they ordered a wanted order! At the same time, it is also a warning to you, if there is another Anyone who refuses to measure the land will be killed!"