Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 368 The Restless Xiangfan
Even though the few people were puzzled, Gu Dayong quickly let the people waiting outside come in to see who came to see him at this time.

"Meet the governor and several adults!"

Unexpectedly, it was an internal officer who came in.

"Are you? How do you know our identities?"

Gu Dayong looked at the little internal officer in surprise and asked, his tone unconsciously cold.

"Reporting to the governor, the small one is the internal officer of Zaoyang County Prince's Mansion. The place where you are stationed is the newly purchased land of our county king. A few days ago, our county king built a new small manor nearby, and it happened to be burnt here. Guodi (to celebrate the move-in of a new house, there will usually be a banquet), when I saw so many of you coming, I asked someone to ask, and I learned that it was the governor of the capital, Gu Dudu, and a few adults who went to the south on business. The younger one gave you some local ceremonies from Xiangyang.”

The internal officer said, and asked someone to bring in a box of local etiquette.

Gu Dayong, Xu Guangzuo, and Cui Yuan hurriedly stood up when they heard that it was the county king who had rewarded them.

Zaoyang County King?

These few searched their brains and memories in an instant. They were all nobles in the capital, so they were naturally very familiar with the clan of the Daming feudal king.

Although the number of the clan of the Ming Dynasty increases every year, in fact, there are more branches below.

And this Zaoyang King Zhu Youzhen is even more famous, and now he is a man of the clan.

He had previously taken the lead in supporting Emperor Zhengde's decision to allow the clan to participate in the imperial examination, and took the exam in person.

I heard that he did well in the exam, and he was admitted as a scholar in one fell swoop. Later, he was admitted as a juren in the provincial exam!
After the emperor Zhu Houzhao knew about it, he praised everyone and gave him double rewards directly, saying that King Zaoyang was the pioneer and passed the examination.

King Zaoyang became famous in one fell swoop and became a model and pioneer of the clan.

The diligent and studious King Zaoyang has now become a live advertisement of the clan.

Although those vassal kings and county kings disdain to take part in the scientific examination, after all, if they pass the entrance examination, if they become officials, they will give up their titles.

However, this does not prevent them from using Zhu Youzhen as a badge of the clan when they interact with those local officials outside.

Look, the local officials you belong to are really arrogant. The so-called ten-year cold window or something, our clan just doesn't bother to take the exam. Didn't our Zaoyang King also pass the Jinshi exam?
As for other clan branches in remote areas with poor conditions, many of them also aimed at Zhu Youzhen, especially when the annual salary of the imperial court was getting less and less, and there were more and more tricks in it, so it was inevitable to teach their children to learn from Zhu Youzhen and take part in scientific examinations in the future. It's better to find a way out.

I heard that King Zaoyang is still preparing for the exam three years later, many people are waiting to see!

In addition to the imperial examination, Zhu Youzhen did another major event last year, which made him famous in the clan.

This bull-nosed county king actually hung Fengzheng Shaoheng of Xiangyang Mansion directly at the gate of Xiangyang City for a day to show the public. If it wasn't for the timely coordination of the prefect of Xiangyang Mansion, it would have almost caused a big incident!
Speaking of this matter, it is the old lady's foot binding-it is a long story.

King Xiang Zhu Youchu was in poor health, and he was addicted to shame games, which may have hurt his roots, and he did not give birth to a child in his old age.

He himself is not in good health, and he is very dependent on Fengzheng Shao Heng. As for the closer relationship between the two, it is rumored to be very evil anyway. In a word, Shao Heng is very favored, even more favored than Princess Xiang.

After Zhu Youmo was paralyzed in bed, Shao Heng basically took care of Xiangfan's affairs. As a result, Shao Heng monopolized the rights in the Prince Xiang's Mansion, and said nothing.

Not only the people in the palace must listen to him, but the clan of Xiangfan has to honor him a lot every year, otherwise they will wear small shoes to deduct the salary and rewards of the clan.

Everyone in the clan in Xiangfan's land heard Shao Heng's complaints, but they didn't dare to speak out, but Shao Heng became more and more arrogant, and sometimes he didn't even take the county kings seriously.

The county lord of the Zhenning Prince's Mansion was engaged, and Shao Heng also stepped in from the crowd. He had to honor something before approving the marriage of the county lord.

The children of the imperial clan of the Ming Dynasty need to report to the imperial court through the suzerain vassal and get approval before they can get married. They will also be subsidized with wedding money and rewards.

King Zhenning has a gentle personality, and he gave Shao Heng gifts for several family affairs, but this guy's appetite is getting bigger and bigger, and he is gradually unable to do what he wants.

This time, he simply ignored it, and thought about entrusting his relationship to the court to inquire about it and find an important task to solve it.

This angered Shao Heng. This guy has been used to domineering in Xiangfan these years, and his courage is getting bigger and bigger.

In order to deter and avenge King Zhenning, he even arrested King Zhenning's uncle on charges of accepting bribes, and tortured him to extract a confession in the name of King Xiang.

Helplessly, Uncle Zhenning Wang was already in poor health, and he died under torture to extract a confession.

The king of Zhenning mourned greatly, and found his aunt and cousin Zhu Youxi to find a way.

This younger brother is smart and capable, and King Zhenning will discuss many things with him.

In the early years, when he encountered something and gave Shao Heng a gift, Zhu Youzhen objected very much, thinking that he was feeding the wolf's appetite.

King Zhenning understands his cousin's thoughts, but he doesn't have the ability and unscrupulous character of his cousin, and he can't rely on others to cover everything, so he just wants to follow the trend and calm down.

Zhu Youzhen always thought that Shao Heng was not pleasing to the eye, and his business affairs were almost destroyed by Shao Heng several times, so he wanted to deal with this old boy a long time ago.

Knowing this, he directly joined forces with King Zhenning to lure Shao Heng into his home.

Shao Heng knew that Zhu Youzhen was rich, and wanted to blackmail him a long time ago, but he was naughty and had a generous personality, so he didn't dare to target him too blatantly!

This time he killed King Zhenning's uncle, he thought that Zhu Youzhen was afraid, and he was going to bribe himself, so he went happily!

As a result, Zhu Youzhen made people tied up on the spot, and went to Xiangyang Mansion with thin clothes to parade. Along the way, men, women and children in Zhenning Palace and Zaoyang Palace shouted how Shao Heng oppressed and bullied them. Everyone felt pain when they heard it!

The other oppressed clans also stood up to denounce Shao Heng and supported King Zhenning and King Zaoyang when they saw someone stand out.

For a while, the clan line on Xiangyangfu Street lined up several kilometers away, shouting that the slaves insulted the master, and the cries and cries that could not survive the day resounded through the sky.

When Cao Lin, the magistrate of Xiangyang, learned of the situation, he almost fell off his office chair on the spot. If his subordinates hadn't helped him in time, he might have fallen to his knees.

In the territory he governed, You Yun cried and complained about being bullied by slaves. If this matter got out, his official position would basically come to an end!

Even though the affairs of the suzerain and vassal are now under the authority of the court's Ministry of Rites, and the local government only has the function of assisting and supporting the clan, but if something happens to the suzerain and vassal in the local area, the local government cannot escape the responsibility!
Especially now that all the suzerains and vassals are mobilizing to make a fuss, especially not long after Zhu Chenhao's rebellion was put down, and the rights and freedoms of the clan have been tightened again, many clans are full of anger!

A person with integrity and incomplete roots can bully members of the clan, how can the clan surnamed Zhu survive!

Once messed up...

Cao Lin stood up trembling, and it was the master and subordinates around him who reminded him to hurry up to stabilize the situation, Cao Lin reacted, and led a group of people to the gate of Xiangyang Mansion quickly.

When they arrived at the gate of the mansion, they found that Shao Heng had been stripped naked and hung naked at the gate of the mansion!
(End of this chapter)