eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 305 The emperor is ruthless
Zhu Houzhao has never been a cruel person, at least he thinks he is not.He has the basic respect of life for modern people, so he restricts Jin Yiwei's inhumane torture.

In fact, there is a clear statement in "Emperor Ming Bao Xun": Yuan lost the world by being lenient and benevolent, and lost it by being too lenient.In the past, the Qin Dynasty was defeated by violence, and the Han Dynasty prospered with leniency, and with leniency and fierceness, it was achieved.In the Yuan Dynasty, the loss was due to lenient, so I will help with fierceness, and the combination of leniency and fierceness is only suitable for you.

The lenient here does not mean lenient to the common people, but lenient to officials.

But Zhu Houzhao's restriction of Jinyiwei can also be said to be against the precepts of the ancestors.Why is no one talking about this?

Apart from torture, he didn't say that he would directly kill people like Wu Kuan and Cheng Minzheng who had opposed him in the past few years.In recent years, Liu Daxia has also been imprisoned, and Liu Jian is still an official...

What do you mean?
People in later generations say that the civil servants of Ming Dynasty ruined the world.This is from the emperor's point of view.In fact, looking at it from the perspective of a civil servant, there are not many normal emperors in Ming Dynasty.

People only like loyal ministers who have no selfishness at all and are only for the country wholeheartedly. Of course, such people need to be praised, but as an emperor, if he asks his ministers with this mentality, not only will he fail to achieve his goal, but it will also be extremely painful.

Because a person's greatest selfishness is to make others selfless.

Basically, Zhu Houzhao still agrees with the minister to a certain extent, and in the Hongzhi and Zhengde years of the Ming Dynasty, there were no such broken things as the Donglin Party in the later period.

But none of this prevents him from ordering to kill people today.

In the 17th year of Hongzhi, he also ordered to kill people.

Because he wants to 'do things', once things start, they can't stop.Or don't do it.

This is Zhu Houzhao's rationality.

From an emotional point of view, after pushing Kaihai to this level, he continued to show his determination as the emperor, but he still kept resisting. He even said in front of his important ministers: If there is any obstacle in the way, I will kill it.

In the end, someone actually jumped out.This is a fight with him.

No matter how good-tempered he is, it is impossible for him to be without emotion.

If so, kill it.

When the eunuchs in the palace dragged him to the Meridian Gate, all the officials felt chills. This was the first time that the new king had killed a minister in court.

After Zhu Houzhao returned to Qianqing Palace from Fengtianmen, he was actually a little angry. He walked back and forth with his waist pinched, and he lost a little concentration to sit down.

"Your Majesty, Gu Zuo, Minister of the Household Department, asks to see you."

Zhu Houzhao wanted to say no, but Gu Zuo was not an outsider, so Xuan came in to see what he had to say.

After Gu Shilang came in, he was not as relaxed as he used to be when meeting the emperor. He walked with his head bowed in small steps, and knelt on the ground when he got close.

"Wei Chen meets His Majesty."

"What do you want to see me?" The emperor's tone was obviously stiff.

"This humble minister has the courage to implore His Majesty to calm down his anger and issue a decree of grace to pardon Yang Guiru's death crime."

Zhu Houzhao frowned, "Can the words of the emperor not be counted?"

"Your Majesty will open his mouth immediately, so of course he can't change it!" Gu Zuo's back began to sweat, and he had a huge responsibility for saying this, but a literati must have some backbone, and he must say what should be said, "Just Yang Guiru is very diligent and hardworking in the Ministry of Household Affairs, I don't want to see a pillar of the court die immediately, and I don't want to see His Majesty regret it in the future!"

Zhu Houzhao was silent for a while.

When you are an emperor, you will always encounter such a situation. The world is complicated, and there is not always a distinction between good and evil. Are all the bad people against you and all the good people support you?

wrong.

More often, this can only be said in reverse, that is, all those who oppose me are bad people, and all those who support me are good people.

"Gu Aiqing, I want to believe that what you said is true."

Gu Zuo was moved in his heart, and the emperor could still listen to his words under the rage, which was something he did not expect, "Your majesty is a wise king, I am ashamed of my majesty!"

Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair and thought for a while, then asked slowly, "But do you think... opening the sea is more important, or leaving a capable minister behind?"

Gu Zuo was taken aback.

The emperor is ruthless, but the emperor cannot be blamed.

"Go down. I want to be alone." Zhu Houzhao covered his head.

What Gu Zuo said should not be false. Yang Guiru is probably doing a better job in the Ministry of Household Affairs, otherwise Gu Zuo would not have risked his beheading to intercede.

So he believes.

But the emperor sometimes kills his own relatives for the sake of the country, let alone a potential official?

Zhu Houzhao doesn't like to kill people, but he never does some benevolent things at critical times.

At this point, Gu Zuo also understood.Moreover, the always high-spirited emperor showed a sad expression in front of him, which was very rare in the past.

"Your Majesty, please be relieved, it is important to take care of the dragon's body."

The emperor dialed his hand.

Gu Zuo left in shock.

Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Han Wen, Yang Tinghe and other ministers did not go far.They originally thought that if Gu Zuo went in today, he might not be able to come out properly, but they didn't expect that he was safe and silent.

Han Wen stepped forward, but didn't say anything.Gu Zuo shook his head.

"It seems that His Majesty is really furious."

Are you furious?

Gu Zuo originally thought so, but now he is a little uncertain, "Your Majesty, I have thought clearly. Da Situ, let the next officials handle the affairs behind Yang Guiru."

Han Wen was worried, "Will His Majesty be upset by this?"

"No. The officer is doing it for His Majesty."

This is very connotative.Li, Xie, Han, and Yang almost didn't understand.

Of course, there is a sigh at the end, and the road of the emperor is not easy.

In November, outside the Meridian Gate, it was raining lightly in the south and sunny in the north. The big knife shining in the sun was dazzling. After the knife was cut down, the picture was frozen.

The emperor killed someone with a knife, almost finalizing the matter.

No one can really oppose the emperor. The scholars in Zhejiang want to do this collectively, so they collectively lose their fame.

Today's capital is also chilling,

Gu Zuo personally supervised the collection of Yang Guiru's body, he can do these actions.

But it is impossible for the court to give Yang Guiru any posthumous name.Regardless of his merits and demerits during his lifetime.If he was wrong, it was that he shouldn't test the hardness of the imperial power at this time.

Officials from all walks of life kept their opinions in their stomachs. If they wanted to express them, they would only recall Yang Guiru, and the rest would still follow the emperor's will.

For such a big event, those who forwarded the imperial decree did not dare to delay for a moment, and the news that shocked the world quickly blew south like a gust of wind.

The Nanzhili area, which was still noisy before, fell silent, and Zhejiang was even more dead silent.
For many people, death is not that terrible, but getting rid of fame is a punishment. They have been taught by the elders in their families since birth that they should study and take the imperial examination, and they will honor their ancestors when they become officials.

Now this road is cut off, just like a person who has lost the pursuit of life, even if he is still breathing, he is in great pain.

The imperial decree also mentioned that there is no need to take people like Huang Siguo and Li Min to the capital. The reason is very simple, I don't want to see them.

After receiving the decree, the government in Zhejiang was a little dumbfounded for a while. They didn't say they did it themselves, but they had never seen so many people's reputations being taken away.

Gu Dayong leaned closer and said, "Zhongcheng, according to the news from the Li Supervisor, His Majesty is still thinking that so many scholars in Zhejiang have lost their status as gentry, so the money and food in Zhejiang will increase a lot next year compared to previous years." It is."

This is a reminder.

Because Wang Qiong and Liu Jin seem to have some relationship.

The emperor's thoughts were not written in the imperial decree, but he had such an impression in his heart.Therefore, if the money and grain in Zhejiang do not increase next year, it will be a dangerous factor for Wang Qiong.

This is a normal logic, and the number of taxpayers has increased.Don't look at just a few hundred people, these people have a lot of land in their homes.

Wang Qiong had a headache. The status of a gentry actually involved land donation.

Now that so many people have lost their identity protection, it means that there will be a large number of land dispute cases in Zhejiang in the future.

Because donating to this group of people can no longer be exempted, it will naturally be taken back.But this is not easy.

Of course, these have nothing to do with the Mao language.

Huang Siguo, Li Min, and Li Zhi were all released from prison.
Mao Yuwen played it by himself.

These three scholars still pay attention to the decency of literati, they don't cry or make trouble, and they also concentrate on reading in the cell.

"The imperial court pardoned your capital crimes."

In the dark corridor, Mao Yuwen's voice still echoed.

All three of them were in a daze, as if they couldn't believe it.

Huang Siguo was the first to respond, "Then what about the four people who were killed earlier?!"

Mao Yuwen didn't care, "It's their fate."

"How dare the thief be so arrogant? Are you not afraid of retribution in the future?" Huang Siguo stood up and scolded angrily.

"In the end you will thank me. Because so many people are alive, it is not as good as a few people who died."

While speaking, Mao Yuwen summoned the three Jinyi guards who followed him. Each of them had a wooden tray in their hands, and on the wooden tray was a set of clothes, but they were not good clothes, coarse linen clothes, ordinary tight.

"Take off the prison uniform, put on this suit, and you can leave."

Put on this suit?

All three were puzzled.

Li Min cupped his hands, "Deputy envoy, what does this mean?"

"The rules of the imperial court, if a peasant family is engaged in business, the whole family is not allowed to wear silk faille." Mao Yuwen has investigated them, "The three families should have merchants, right?"

The status of merchants in the Ming Dynasty was the last, which was stipulated by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Seeing that they were still puzzled, Mao Yuwen stopped being a stalker, "Your Majesty's imperial decree, all officials who gather crowds and make troubles in Zhejiang shall be dismissed from their merits, and the children of the same clan shall not be allowed to take scientific examinations again. In the future, are you wearing silk grosgrain?" Incredible."

Huang Siguo, Li Min and Li Zhi turned pale when they heard this, "What did you say?!"

People like them can say that they love mountains and rivers. After all, they have passed the exam and seen the scenery on the top of the mountain, but why are there so many younger generations in the clan?And there are their own children and grandchildren, if they can't take the scientific examination.

"Your Majesty really made such a decree?" Li Min couldn't believe it, "I also served His Majesty before, His Majesty is reasonable and benevolent, how could he make such a decree?"

"Reasonable, benevolent? Your Majesty has continuously expressed the firm will of the imperial court to open the sea, sent governors, investigated important cases, reprimanded nobles, and investigated suzerain vassals. All signs indicate that His Majesty is going to accomplish this. Are you sure? Can not you see?"

"No, you can see it, but you don't agree. If you don't agree, you want to oppose it. The court has spent so much effort. In the end, it's going to look at the face of hundreds of scholars like you and don't do it?!"

boom!
Li Min fell to the ground. He was already worried about the Li family in Qiantang, but now it was even worse.

(End of this chapter)