eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 85 The Son Is Difficult To Be (Second)

Xiao Jing is an old man by the emperor's side, and Zhu Houzhao has some truths, so it's hard for him to say it, so he should let him say it.

Eunuchs are different from civil servants. Eunuchs are best not to offend Donggong, because he is a domestic slave, not a courtier.The old emperor is gone, and once the new emperor wants to kill him, he can think of any reason at the moment.

So Liu Jin went to pass on the message, and Xiao Jing would naturally find time to come over.

It's just that he came a bit late, after all, he was going to serve the emperor.

When he came, Zhu Houzhao was reading at night with the lamp on.

"Slave Xiao Jing, see Your Highness the Crown Prince."

"Get up." The prince put the book down, sat down on the rug, and waved his hand to let Xiao Jing get closer.

"I don't know Your Highness, what is your order for calling the slaves?"

"I have one thing to ask Eunuch Xiao."

"Your Highness is serious, just tell your servants."

"The matter of King Qi and King Yong. I have a few words, which I want to say to Father Huang on your behalf."

Xiao Jing lowered his head a little, and his heart was full of energy.

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On the second day, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't bear it anymore.

"Your Highness, there is a decree from Qianqing Palace, and the emperor calls His Highness to come over."

In the afternoon, when Zhu Houzhao was riding and shooting, he heard an eunuch coming to deliver an order.There are not many such decrees.

It should be the matter of King Qi and King Yong begging for land.

This happened on the third day of the third month after the East Palace lectures were finished.

That is to say, the cabinet suddenly went up, imploring the emperor to reject the request for land from the two vassal kings, King Qi and King Yong.

This King Qi is called Zhu Youfu, not to mention the child of Emperor Chenghua who died young, but Emperor Hongzhi is the greatest, then this King Qi is the third eldest, aged 21, and he is a vassal of De'an.

The reason for his begging is that there are people who can't cultivate the farmland, that is to say, some of the farmers on the land he originally owned can no longer cultivate the fields, which will naturally lead to a decline in the harvest, so I ask the emperor to reward me a little more.

King Yong's name is Zhu Youzun, and he is the sixth eldest son. His reason is also very simple.It is said that the land previously rewarded was a horse grazing field, and now it has been resigned from the government. Please give more than 220 hectares of open land in Hengzhou and other places.In fact, it may be that the previous land was not fertile and wanted to change it to a better one.

Hongzhi is an emperor who attaches great importance to family affection. There were many such rewards during the Hongzhi period, very many!
So much so that it has affected the country's finances.

This is also one of his stains in historical evaluation.

Zhu Houzhao also knows this from later generations, but this is the first time he has actually encountered this problem.

To be honest, he is not so fraternal. Some of these lands have common people, and they are all assigned to the palace. There are so many palaces in the world, what will the court do in the future?
But Emperor Hongzhi didn't think so, those princes were his brothers, descendants of the Zhu family, so they couldn't be wronged in life, right?

In fact, it's more than that, Queen Zhang's natal family also has some "evil relatives",

On all such matters, Zhu Houzhao's attitude is very clear and opposed.

Nothing to discuss.

Because this is equivalent to digging the foundation of his prince.

"Son, see Father!"

"Ah, the emperor is here." Emperor Hongzhi panicked, "Come here quickly, and think about it with me, what should we do about this matter?"

A memorial was crammed in his hand.

Emperor Hongzhi hung his head angrily, waiting for his son to finish reading the memorial, and said, "Zhaoer, how do you deal with these ministers this time, just like you do every time? !"

After reading it, Zhu Houzhao put the memorabilia aside, thought for a while, and said, "Father, do you remember Yang Tinghe who was sent to Qingzhou as the magistrate?"

"I have a little impression, what's the matter?"

"In February, he went to the East Palace to pay a visit to his son. He was talking about the crime of Qi Kuan, the inspector of his superior Shandong Province, who forcibly occupied the people's land. The son had already told him that he must bite Qi Kuan. If there is something to do, the East Palace will take care of it. Thinking about it, there should be a letter in a few days."

Emperor Hongzhi didn't mind, "He is your man. Since you have told him, just let him do it. What does this have to do with this matter?"

"Father, Qi Kuan's incident has left many people homeless. Land and acres...cannot be rewarded lightly."

He wanted to be filial, but he didn't follow Hongzhi's wishes in everything.

Just like parents love their children, but they can't cling to everything, that's not called normal love.

Zhu Houzhao has a position on some matters, even if the emperor Hongzhi objects, then he has to follow what he thinks is the right path.

Anyway, you won't tell me not to be the prince, what are you afraid of?
On the contrary, it was difficult for Hongzhi to accept, "This... I originally asked you to come here to discuss how to get the ministers to agree. Why... why do you still object?"

"Father, my son never thought of angering those ministers."

What a boring idea it is to come to such a conclusion. Every time he fights, there is his political purpose behind it.How could a major national event be related to venting one's anger.

"Actually, since I came into contact with the gentlemen, I found that many people are actually concerned about the country and the people. They can find the shortcomings of the country and the court. The only problem is that they often attribute these shortcomings to our father and son, or It's extravagant, either the virtue is not enough, or some treacherous ministers are wrongly trusted. As everyone knows, there are too many people like Qi Kuan among the courtiers, and they are also deceiving the people."

"Father, the people can't live without land. Our ancestors also said that the people should not be bullied. Even if we care about our family, we can't take away the people's land. There are only so few fields in the world, but the vassal kings everywhere are getting more and more If you give them a lot, what will the common people do?"

In fact, Hongzhi understands the truth, otherwise he would not become the master of ZTE praised by civil servants.

But he just loves short.This is where he treats his family softly.

"It's just a few hundred hectares of land. If the two kings don't ask for it, I'm afraid they will complain. If the ancestors know it, they will say that I... didn't take good care of them."

Zhu Houzhao really didn't understand, "How can they have complaints? The father and emperor are working hard for such a big country. Now the court has to provide disaster relief every year, and the border has to fight every year. Under such circumstances, they would have It is time to reduce expenses and be considerate of the father. Well, even if they don’t cut it, how can they ask for more land? If they ask for more land, if they are not satisfied, they will still complain? Isn’t such a person unfaithful and unfilial?”

Emperor Hongzhi was speechless, he really didn't expect the prince to object.

Then he sighed heavily, "But they are our Zhu family after all. When I was young, I hugged them. And these courtiers are also hateful. What do you mean by coming here as soon as the third day of March is over? I am afraid that I will go back on my word. , want to land in peace?"

"If the father wants to make such a fuss, there is nothing I can do. In the past few times, how has the son let the father be angry with them? But this place cannot agree to the two emperor uncles."

Emperor Hongzhi scolded with a smile, "Since there is a solution, then you should hurry up and talk about it."

"The method is actually simple. Ask Jin Yiwei to find more Qi Kuan, and after the case is clearly stated, hand it over to the cabinet for judgment."

Just ask the cabinet to figure it out.

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes began to look intensely tangled, "What Zhao'er means is that they won't let our Zhu family take up more land, so let's let them spit it out."

Zhu Houzhao cupped his hands and admitted it.

In this case, you will lose your old anger, and the land requested by the vassal king will not be given, and those who have been annexed by corrupt officials can also ask them to spit out some to return to the people.

Now that this time has happened, the latter kind of large-scale rewards of land to the vassal kings will not be allowed in the future.Otherwise, wouldn't King Qi and King Yong be treated differently?

Thinking of convincing the emperor, Zhu Houzhao told the whole plan and let him see the whole picture. "This memorial, my father will have to delay it for a while, but the delay is not for not doing it, but for waiting. Waiting for a minister to submit it."

The meaning behind it is that whoever goes to this book will bear the blame.If Hongzhi still can't understand this, then he is too politically sensitive.

"Because the ministers strongly objected, the father had no choice but to forbid the two uncles to beg, and he could completely act out the feeling of being wronged. At this time, Qi Kuan's case happened to happen, so even if the father investigated it more seriously, Expand the scope, and even...investigate some of their own people, and they can't say anything. And the grievances of the emperor's uncles...can be relieved for the most part."

After all, among those who opposed King Qi and King Yong, some were unlucky.

Emperor Hongzhi's hands trembled a little: You kid usually do things like this, don't you?
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The third is later.

(End of this chapter)