eldest son of Ming dynasty

Daming has nine sides, from east to west are Liaodong Town, Jizhou Town, Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, Shanxi Town (Taiyuan Town), Yansui Town (Yulin Town), Ningxia Town, Guyuan Town (Shaanxi Town), Gansu Town.

In order to guard against the Mongols, the Nine Frontiers deployed millions of soldiers, spending millions of taels of military expenditure every year, and as the situation became more and more deteriorating, military expenditures gradually increased.

In fact, in the 21st year of Jiajing, due to the heavy defense pressure, Emperor Jiajing built many new towns outside the Nine Borders.

Looking forward, the earliest north had only four sides, not nine sides, and the nine sides itself came because of the increased pressure of defense.

This is a cycle. Because of the corruption of officials and guards, the soldiers who can fight become weaker. The defense system envisaged in the early days cannot be maintained, and more gaps are gradually exposed. Therefore, we can only send more troops, set up more border towns, and send more troops. The horse also caused more pressure on the court, further weakening the national power, and the weakening of the national power made military affairs even more unbearable. This cycle continued, so that the military expenditures that were basically small in the early Ming Dynasty accounted for half of the annual revenue in the middle and late stages.

It is absolutely impossible not to break this vicious circle for him.

Now that the Tatars are entering a period of weakness, Zhu Hou vowed to take this opportunity to rectify the border towns and clean up the military settlements.

Ningxia Town is actually just the beginning.

But seriously, it has been many years.For many years no feudal lord rebelled.

When the news spread, there was an uproar in the capital, ministers and workers talked a lot, and the cabinet and emperor received a sudden increase in memorials.

In the early dynasty, it was difficult to put other issues ahead of the counter-insurgency.

But there is nothing to discuss about this point. The current Zhu Houzhao is not the kind of weak emperor who can only order the Beijing camp. He must be an imperial edict ordering Guyuan and Shuofang soldiers to quell the rebellion.

The key lies in what happens after the counter-insurgency.

According to Zhu Houzhao, there are two things.

One is to clean up the military settlements. This needs to be discussed in a small area, so he asked a few elders, and a lot of chatter is actually not conducive to the advancement of the matter.

The second is how to deal with Anhua County King and Qing King.

This matter will be discussed at the court meeting.Because Zhu Houzhao took advantage of it, and it involved some morality, he couldn't just do it in a sneaky way.

Anyway, it is a rebellion, this kind of thing is a father and son, and they will see each other's blood.

Fengtian Temple is above the early dynasty, and no one can change this.

Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair, and said with some majesty: "Raising troops to revolt and claiming to be my name, this kind of treasonous crime is not tolerated by the heavens. The king of Anhua County is the chief villain. Whether it is the law of the country or the law of the family, I All can only be punished with death, this is the result he seeks!"

So far, he has restrained himself and has not killed Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants.

If you grab an opportunity now, you will never let it go.

Below him, civil servants are on the left, military officers are on the right, none of them can tell a different result.

"As for that Prince Qing, how do you think we should deal with it?"

Zhang Mao, the censor of the left deputy capital, said: "My minister thinks that King Qing was coerced and forced to do it. With this section, the circumstances are justifiable. Although he is guilty, he is not guilty of death."

"It's true that he was coerced. But he committed himself to the enemy after all. Let me put it this way," Zhu Houzhao's sword eyebrows combined with his long-standing majesty, gave people the impression that he was quite imposing. "This time, I will suppress the rebellion. With absolute confidence, he can win, but if the court is defeated, then he, Prince Qing, will he follow that An Ni?! At that time, will he be as loyal as he said, and will he remember the emperor?

The crime of treason is the most serious crime, and everyone in the world fights against it, so how can you easily commit yourself to the enemy?If the prince can survive like this, then can the ministers of the court and my generals use the reason of being coerced? "

Zhu Houzhao is still unwilling to let go of this opportunity.

"Furthermore, I checked the past records and found that this Lord Qing is not a virtuous king, and he has never been loyal to the emperor and the people. I am afraid that he has a bad intention to easily accept An Ni. Since he is willing to call An Ni the emperor , I will fulfill him and let him follow."

Fengtian Temple has a certain level of tranquility.

Whether Prince Qing deserves to die or not, there are actually opinions on this matter.

If there is a debate, some argue.

But the more important reason is that this little king of Ningxia actually has no resources in the imperial court.The emperor's attitude has become clear, and the next thing to worry about is to entangle with Emperor Zhengde for the sake of King Qing. Is it worth it?

This is for everyone to evaluate for themselves.

If some old masters are still in court, they may have to argue with Zhu Houzhao about theories, such as blood relationship, benevolence and righteousness, and so on.

But times have changed.

It is difficult for such a person to gain a foothold in the court.

The only concession Zhu Houzhao can make is that he can give the whole body of King Qing.

It's impossible for King Anhua. If the car was cracked or skinned, he must have died a miserable death. In the end, his body was decapitated.

In this year, different ways of dying are also different.It's just the same for Zhu Houzhao, he just wants to get rid of these wastes.

He will not give the title anymore. After this incident, King Qing's lineage has formed a relationship with him, King Yan's lineage. It may be quite old-fashioned and boring for future generations to stage a revenge drama. of.

Let's end it here.

Since it is a rebellion, there is a reason for Zhu Houzhao's severe handling.

Above the court, there are very few people who speak for Prince Qing anymore.

But it’s not just that, Zhu Houzhao continued: “It is said that there were three thousand soldiers in the royal palace for Anni’s rebellion this time. All lovers know that after the reign of Taizong, it was stipulated that the guards of the royal palace should not exceed three hundred. Unruly, these people are supported in the mansion in the name of servants of the palace. I remember that the imperial court set a fixed number for the salary of the vassal prince's mansion, but I don't know how this An Ni got the money? It can support 3000 people!"

Everyone didn't understand what the emperor meant, nor what his purpose was.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the royal residence often occupies hundreds of thousands of acres of land, so if you accumulate it over time, you can accumulate a huge amount of wealth."

The person who said this was not elder Ge or a minister, but Gu Renyi, Governor of Shuntian.

Zhu Houzhao frowned and said: "Oh? In this way, the wealth of the palace increases, and the ambition expands. Although the court controls the number of guards, as long as the restless people benefit people's hearts with money, they can recruit some desperadoes. I have known in the past that the land used by a vassal king often consumes the money and grain of the vassal’s land for a year. In addition, the imperial court also pays a salary of [-] shi per year. It’s nothing if it consumes the people’s wealth, and in the end it will be raised. Every time I think about these unworthy descendants, I feel heartbroken!"

In other words, when it comes to this place, its true intention is already obvious.

Zhu Di succeeded in his own rebellion, and immediately realized that he could not provide these vassal kings with a large number of guards.On the surface, if you give him 1 people, you can't guard him every day. If you don't pay attention, he will expand to 2 people.

Now, Zhu Di's policy of restricting the palace guards has also failed.

King Anhua rebelled.

So Zhu Houzhao has to increase the policy-he wants to limit the wealth of the princes.

It's okay to be a prince of Taiping, but the prince of Taiping is too rich, so he has the financial resources to pull up a rebel team, which is not acceptable.Rebellion is not about willingness, but about ability.

That is, whether I will kill you or not does not depend on whether you will rebel, but whether you can rebel.

To be able is also a sin.

The courtiers are all smart people, and when they saw the emperor's thoughts, they all understood... This should be a plan that has been considered for a long time.

Even if the vassal kings themselves were disadvantaged groups in a certain sense in the Ming Dynasty, and the political environment of the Ming Dynasty also felt politically correct to a certain extent, the vassal kings who occupied a large amount of wealth were actually not welcomed by civil servants.

Some stunned youths, such as Wang Jia when he was young, simply regarded it as an honor to fight against the prince.

And if any small official fights against the feudal lord for the common people, then he must have a place in the Qingliu.

So it seems that restricting the wealth of the vassal king... has advantages rather than disadvantages?