Zhu Youjian: Taizu has an order! kill!

With a dark face, Zhu Gongzhen stopped listening to his mother-in-law's nonsense.

He called his servants to quickly send the collected land deeds and money to Nanjing.

At the same time, he ordered everyone to close the door and thank guests.

And just when Zhu Gongzhen was nervously preparing to deal with this matter.

In the capital, Tang Wang Zhu Qiji, who got the news first, has also arrived in the capital.

Because his son Zhu Yujian is now the president of the Royal Bank.

He also had the advantage of being able to enter and leave the capital freely.

After seeing the land reform policy published in the Ming Dynasty Daily, Zhu Qiqi immediately realized the risks involved!

Your Majesty finally couldn't help but take action against the world's feudal kings!

He couldn't control other people's affairs, but he could still make the decision in the Tang Palace.

No, His Majesty has clearly not targeted the prince in the north this time, but he has already packed his things.

Just today, at the court meeting, the property was handed over to Zhu Youjian.

"Your Majesty, this is all the land and gold and silver in my family."

"A total of thirty thousand hectares of land and thirteen million taels of silver."

"Except for the salary and the income from the shops affiliated to the Tang Palace over the years, the rest are mostly gifts from gentry, landlords and local officials."

"I didn't know the amount of property in my family before, but after careful inspection this time, I feel even more frightened."

"Therefore, I hand over all the gold and silver from the land of the Tang Dynasty Prince. I beg Your Majesty, for the sake of us all being relatives, to give him a lenient sentence!"

Zhu Qiqi's words made the officials in the court widen their eyes.

Especially those Confucian officials, their expressions were even worse!

This Tang Wang's style is simply to roast them on the fire.

Just imagine, even the Prince of Ming Dynasty handed over all his property to plead guilty. How can officials like them escape?

Dear Prince of Tang, this is the savings of several generations of your Tang Palace!

If you just hand it in like this, you won't be afraid that you won't be able to see your ancestors after you go down!

"Twelve million silver... thirty thousand hectares of land."

"What a prince of Tang. He is really rich."

Zhu Youjian sat on the dragon chair and was speechless after listening to what Zhu Qiqi said.

Sure enough, what Taizu said before was true. He was the poorest emperor in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Even a Tang king had such a net worth, one can only imagine how wealthy those favored vassal kings were.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

Zhu Qiji quickly knelt down with sweat on his forehead.

He knew that he was absolutely spineless in the eyes of the surrounding civil servants.

But there is no way...

As the only person in the Ming Dynasty who knew the existence of Taizu, he really had no intention of resisting at all.

Others may think that Zhu Youjian would be reluctant to take action because of his relatives.

But he knew that this was all nonsense!

The policies carried out by Zhu Youjian were all initiated by Taizu, which means that it is Taizu himself who wants to touch these princes now!

He Zhu Youjian can have hammer pressure.

If you don't cooperate, you are going against Taizu.

Just thinking about it makes it impossible.

"Taizu, what do you think we should do about this?"

"Zhu Qiyao obviously knows that this policy comes from you."

"I came here to beg for mercy."

Looking at Zhu Qiqi, who was sweating profusely, Zhu Youjian, who was sitting above him, couldn't help but ask in his heart.

He still has a good impression of the Tang Palace.

In particular, his son Zhu Yujian managed the Royal Bank in an orderly manner.

He can be regarded as one of the few capable men in his hands.

So he didn't want to do things too cold-blooded.

Even if you want to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, you still have to find someone who refuses to obey discipline.

"Simple."

"Take them all."

"Take back his fiefdom again."

"Then you do this..."

Li Chen, who had been watching silently, made a decision after thinking for two seconds.

King Tang's initiative to vote can be regarded as an example.

In this case, it can be operated, and it can be regarded as a warning to other princes.

As long as we cooperate honestly, it will be convenient for everyone.

He quickly explained his thoughts to Zhu Youjian, and Zhu Youjian spoke after listening.

"Your father doesn't like you at all. What Prince Tang's Mansion did before really has nothing to do with you."

"But having said that, you are the prince of Tang Dynasty after all. Although it has nothing to do with you, you will be responsible if you sit in this position."

"Since you admit that this land and money were obtained through bribery, I will take them away as punishment."

"At the same time, take back the fiefdom of your Tang Dynasty lineage."

"From today on, you will move your mansion to the capital."

"Also, pass your title of Prince of Tang to Zhu Yujian, and let him reshape the Tang Palace."

Zhu Youjian quickly expressed Taizu's thoughts.

This punishment is not low.

Not only was the fiefdom gone, but also the title with Zhu Qiqi was gone.

Suddenly, many Confucian officials looked at Zhu Qiqi with gloating.

Some people even cheered secretly in their hearts.

"Zhu Qiqi, scold him, this grandson is going too far!"

"What's the difference between this and being demoted to a civilian? What a shame!"

"You are the prince, why don't you keep it for the New Year if this fiefdom is gone?"

But Zhu Qiqi seemed to have no bones.

After listening to what Zhu Youjian said, he kowtowed directly to express his surrender.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"The king accepts the decree!"

"We will exchange fiefdoms and move into the capital."

I would never dare to resist.

On the contrary, Zhu Qiqi breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhu Youjian's ability to say this means that Taizu will not trouble him again.

Okay, okay, that’s good!

As for fiefdoms and stuff...

never mind.

Anyway, their family's future fiefdom will be the Japanese state, and the land of Nanyang will have to be returned sooner or later.

Furthermore, as long as Zhu Yujian plays well, it won't matter.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Yujian's position as president of the Royal Bank is now more important than his status as the Prince of Tang.

"Well, so be it."

"By the way, I forgot to commend Zhu Yujian during the Chinese New Year this year."

"This guy does a pretty good job with the bank."

"Since he is now the new king of Tang Dynasty in Ming Dynasty, I will reward him with five million silver and a royal palace in the capital."

"This money comes from me and does not go to the household department."

Seeing that Zhu Qiqi had no objection at all, Zhu Youjian smiled and said the last thing Taizu said.

It can be regarded as compensation for the Tang Palace.

Zhu Qiqi, who originally thought that everything was over, burst into laughter when he heard that there was such a good thing!

Without saying anything, he rang his head three times at the portrait of Taizu next to him.

With these five million and the capital's palace, the losses to the Tang palace were basically negligible.

It will even be more comfortable than before!

After all, the excitement of this capital city is far beyond that of Nanyang.

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he waved his hand for Zhu Qiqi to retreat first.

Seeing the different expressions of the officials below, he ordered again with a smile on his lips.

"Shi Minlai, now that Wen Aiqing is away, you will be in charge of the newspaper office for the time being."

"You have seen everything that happened to King Tang today, right?"

"Print another issue for me immediately, and I will let all the princes in the world know about it."

"Okay, let's discuss another matter now."

"Feng Ying has arrested all the officials and gentry in Suzhou City."

"There are nearly 10,000 people on the list of people who have been dealt with."

"Let's discuss how to deal with it specifically."