The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Yan Chengjin followed Emperor Hongzhi back to Huagai Hall.

Immediately, the cabinet and nine ministers were announced to the palace, as well as the left and right assistant officials of the six ministries, which shows that His Majesty attaches great importance to this matter.

Wu Kuan looked at Yan Chengjin for no apparent reason and asked in a low voice: "What is your Majesty calling me for? Is it related to the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

Just as he entered the palace, His Majesty's eyes fell on him intentionally or unintentionally.

Wu Kuan felt uneasy.

Yan Chengjin whispered: "My lord, what you said is true. King Shou fished the villagers with meat, but the censor did not send back the report. Your Majesty blamed Lord Wu, always saying that the world is at peace."

Wu Kuan opened his mouth slightly and froze in place. Suddenly, his legs became weak and he almost fell down.

Yan Chengjin stretched out his friendly hand and gave him a hand.

Emperor Hongzhi opened his mouth and said: "Wang Ji, please tell the princes what you have seen and heard about Shu."

"Students obey the order!" Wang Ji started from the beginning. It was inconvenient to be in Renshou Palace just now, so he went into more detail.

About half a quarter of an hour later,

"...Bonyeong Mansion is far away from the capital, and the law cannot reach it. The people in the royal land are bullied and oppressed by King Shou. The students swear an oath of medical ethics, and everything they say is the truth."

After hearing this, Li Dongyang and others felt as if they had been beaten violently and became indignant.

Liu Jian's anger went straight to Tianling Gai, and he whispered: "If Your Majesty does not punish him, I am afraid that Sichuan will be like Guizhou, causing the people to rebel."

"I am constrained by Confucianism and do not know how to adapt, but I also know how to govern a feudal country and treat the people like sons. King Shou's move not only violated the law, but also chilled the people's hearts. Even though the Queen Mother favors you, I sincerely ask your Majesty not to do anything. Forgive me!" Li Dongyang said bluntly.

"I second the proposal!"

Jiuqing and his assistant officers were united in spirit.

Yan Chengjin also shouted.

Li Dongyang's analysis is always so reasonable. His Majesty may be concerned about the Queen Mother's feelings and treat King Shou leniently.

Emperor Hongzhi was worried that other vassal kings were like King Shou.

"Of course King Shou must be punished, but how should we deal with the chronic illness of the feudal prince?

The palace is far away from the capital, and the court does not know much about the dynamics of the feudal country.

Because of the majesty of the vassal king, the censor did not dare to report. I feel deeply powerless. "

Your Majesty doesn't want to cut down the vassalage, right?

Liu Jian looked at Emperor Hongzhi anxiously. His Majesty's expression seemed to be determined, and he seemed to intend to correct the vassal king.

Yan Chengjin thought about it for a long time, raised his head slightly, looked at Emperor Hongzhi, and said: "Your Majesty, how about selecting ten vassal kings to come to Beijing for training every year?

In order to manage the area under their jurisdiction, all officials have mid-year plans and need to go to Beijing for assessment every three years.

After the vassal king arrived in the fiefdom, he could do whatever he wanted. If he also needed to go to the capital for assessment, he would control his behavior to meet the requirements of the assessment. "

"The imperial system prohibits vassal princes from entering the capital. As a censor, you are familiar with the Ming Dynasty laws. How could you not know this?"

"When the vassal king travels, he raises troops and mobilizes a large number of people. It will cost a lot of money to travel to and from the capital. I'm afraid it's inappropriate."

Qin Hong and Han Wen said one after another.

Liu Jian and others nodded.

Yan Chengjin thought for a while and said: "I have something to say that may disobey His Majesty and offend the feudal king. I don't know whether to say it or not..."

Although I knew His Majesty wouldn't mind, I still wanted to be more prudent and do some foreplay first.

If His Majesty said that he would not blame me, the cabinet and the Nine Ministers would not get into trouble.

"The Yan Qing family should speak frankly. Don't tempt me like this again!"

Emperor Hongzhi saw that this son had already grasped the gold medal for immunity from death. It must be an important matter.

Yan Chengjin said: "The vassal king is not allowed to enter the capital because he is afraid that he will rebel. What does it have to do with waste?

If you are afraid of disturbing people along the way, just stop driving. "

Bringing a dozen followers with him is more than enough to deal with the green forest heroes along the way.

As for rebellion.

Among the current vassal kings, except for King Ning, none of them can compete with the imperial court.

The Ministry of Works controlled the Hongyi generals, and the Ministry of Households had enough money to treasury as long as it was time to collect summer taxes and autumn grain. Under Wang Shouren's order, the Beijing camp was completely transformed.

And Dad controls the 150,000 elites on three sides of the Loop.

The feudal lord wants to rebel? That's just right, send Wang Shouren to kill the people and get the fiefdom back.

All in all, the imperial court is not afraid of feudal kings coming to Beijing for the time being.

What's more, they will not rebel if they don't move to the root of the feudal king.

"Yan Chengjin, how dare you say such indifferent words in front of His Majesty?!" Jiao Fang pretended to be stern and looked over.

I wanted to take the opportunity to anger His Majesty, but His Majesty seemed unmoved?

Jiao Fang lowered her head again.

The atmosphere in the hall became weird.

Li Dongyang looked at Yan Chengjin with complicated eyes. Only Yan Chengjin dared to speak out such a big idea.

Emperor Hongzhi stood up and asked ten vassal princes to enter the capital. It was too risky.

"Why do you want the feudal lord to come to the capital?"

"Learn the laws of the Ming Dynasty and experience the sufferings of the people."

Emperor Hongzhi and his ministers looked strange. They came all the way to the capital to study the Ming Dynasty law?

Being stared at by more than a dozen pairs of eyes, Yan Chengjin remained calm.

If they don't learn the laws of the Ming Dynasty, how can they teach them how to govern a feudal country?

The late emperor threw the vassal kings into a feudal state far away from the capital, just to let them live in ignorance and wait for death.

Lest they learn the imperial art of governing a country and rebel.

But this is of no use to individual feudal kings.

For example, King Ning.

Liu Jian looked puzzled: "What does Master Yan mean by training?"

"It's just for learning. After passing the examination in the capital, it tells the vassal prince that he is still under the control of the court." Yan Chengjin said.

These vassal kings had been away from the capital for a long time and had little awareness of the law, so they did whatever they wanted.

More importantly, the princes were born without any experience and did not know the suffering of the people.

They were like people living in another world.

If their money and status were stripped away and they were thrown into the refugees' pile in the good hometown without food and clothing,

they would know how the people lived.

Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a long time. If I did not cure the chronic illness of the princes, I would have to hand it over to the prince in the future.

The suffering of the people started from the princes, and perhaps they would call him a tyrant and collude with the princes.

For these princes, he regarded them as his subjects, but did not have much affection.

"Do you have any other way to govern?"

Liu Jian, Ma Wensheng and others bowed their heads and said nothing.

The problems of the princes were deep-rooted. If they could be easily governed, there would be no Jingnan Campaign.

Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath: "Since you have no advice, let's try Yan Chengjin's method and select ten princes to come to Beijing for assessment."

This?

The ministers were shocked, and they didn't expect that His Majesty really listened to them.

Emperor Hongzhi added with a stern face: "You, my dear ministers, will select ten people and visit the capital in secret, and you must not make it public!"

"I'm afraid that the princes don't want to come to the capital." Xie Qian looked embarrassed.

Everyone rushed to let the princes come to the capital for fun.

But they might not be willing to come to the capital for assessment.

"If they don't want to come, they must be tied up!" Emperor Hongzhi said coldly: "I will choose the Prince of Shou, and the other nine people will be selected by each of the nine ministers."

Your Majesty is really smart, this is a job that offends people.

The ministers looked at each other, and Ma Wensheng took the lead in selecting the Prince of Xing Zhu Youlu.

Han Wen thought about it and selected the Prince of Rong Zhu Youshu.

Seeing Wu Kuan was undecided, Yan Chengjin whispered, "The Censorate chooses Prince Ning."

Wu Kuan cleared his throat, "Censorate, Prince Ning!"

Xiao Jing took a pen and quickly wrote down the candidates for the ten princes, and immediately sent them to the secretariat to draft an edict.