my days with tyrants

Chapter 171 Can You Be Sincere?

After Zhang Xianzong left, Yang Feng sat there looking out at Nanjing City with a deep expression on his face.

This is a conspiracy.

This is Zhu Yuanzhang's conspiracy.

Coax him out in this way, and then give it to someone outside to try to kill him.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't want to kill him all the time now, but the problem is that he can't do it himself, which will cause the relationship between the two parties to break down, and force him to take risks. It would be bad if he really kills the palace.So coax him out to investigate the case, and then let Jin Wang's dead men take charge of it. It doesn't matter what the result of Jin Wang is.

In order to kill him, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't mind paying for his son.

Anyway, King Jin is not very honest.

No matter who Zhu Yuanzhang chooses to inherit the throne in the end, King Jin is an unstable factor.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew this very well.

Zhu Di succeeded to the throne, King Jin, as an elder brother, would definitely not accept submitting to his younger brother...

They are all sons of the first line, all have military merits, and he is still old, why should he submit to Zhu Di?

What's more, the relationship between the two is already bad.

Jin Wang also has a large number of descendants from the northwest who have been in control of the northwest for many years. He has many cronies, as well as veterans such as Fu Youde and his father-in-law Xie Cheng who are in-laws. If Zhu Di succeeds to the throne, he will definitely use the northwest to rebel.

Zhu Yunxi succeeded to the throne, needless to say, cutting down the feudal clan, the old score of the assassination case must also be settled, Jin Wang will sit and wait for death?

Zhu Yunxuan succeeded to the throne, and he was sitting in the northwest with the merit of supporting him. The lowest is the separatist regime, not to mention why he supported Zhu Yunqi, isn't it because Zhu Yunqi is weak and easy to control?And the result of being weak and easy to control is not that his uncle can control the power, and even unite with other vassal kings to create a situation where the strong branches are weak, and then finally come to the new version of the Eight Kings Rebellion for the sake of profit.This is actually very possible. The most dangerous outcome of the Jingnan Rebellion is actually the Rebellion of the Eight Princes, but Zhu Di's military ability is so strong that he can overwhelm other vassals, so Jing Nan did not become the Rebellion of the Eight Princes.But King Jin is not as capable as Zhu Di. As a result of his attempt to control the government, the other vassal kings refused to accept it, and eventually each showed their magical powers, stirring up Ming Dynasty into a pot of porridge.

People with Lao Zhu's mentality will deduce various possible outcomes.

Since his third son got involved in this struggle, he probably has already started to consider various possibilities.

This son cannot stay.

Let him fight Yang Feng!
If he was killed by Yang Feng, he would dedicate his life to the Zhu family. If he had the ability to kill Yang Feng, he could use privately manufactured arms to take him down, catch Fengyang and lock him up, so the whole incident was approved by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Di has a tacit understanding with his father.

"Damn it, your father already gave me a headache, and now you add your fourth brother, two old thieves make my head explode!"

Yang Feng said angrily.

The little princess raised her head, pushed her glasses, and looked at him blankly.

These are obviously beyond the range of her IQ.

"Then are you still going?"

she said cautiously.

She also saw that Yang Feng was serious now.

"Go, why don't you go, the old account of your third brother killing me hasn't been settled yet!"

Yang Feng said.

"Yes, but you can't kill my third brother."

The little princess said in a pleading tone.

"Okay, it's your brother anyway, if you don't kill him, you won't kill him, but I don't guarantee anything else!"

Yang Feng said.

"As long as you don't kill it!"

The little princess waved her hand imposingly.

Obviously, her affection for Zhu Bing is limited to this point. In fact, in terms of age, the number of times she and her third brother have met in this life is in the single digits. When she was born, Zhu Bian was already in Taiyuan.It is impossible for her to go to Taiyuan, and it is impossible for Zhu Yan to enter the court once a year. Even if he enters the court, he may not necessarily see this younger sister. In this way, the two of them will definitely not meet more than ten times in their lifetime. Just kill it.

It would be a shame not to kill him.

One must know that he was trying to kill Yang Feng. If it wasn't for her third brother, the little princess would think that such a person had better be killed quickly.

As for the relationship between the little princess and Zhu Di is a little better, in fact, it is mainly due to the last time I went to Liaodong, and the other is that I am familiar with Zhu Di's two sons.

But Yang Feng didn't care about Zhu Yan.

His goal wasn't Zhu Yan in the first place.

In this way, His Majesty's imperial decree was formally issued the next day. Shanxi businessman Wang Ping was the first to report Jin feudal workers Hu Xin Yu Datongye's illegal intentions of privately manufacturing arms. He will investigate together with Wei Guogong Xu Huizu, and invite Yang Feng, the envoy of the Great Xia Kingdom, to accompany him as a consultant.

Departure today.

Datongye is actually located in Jiaocheng, one of the main official factories in Shanxi, and the main production area of ​​Jin Fan and Taiyuan Weisuo's ordnance.

In fact, Yang Feng's guess should be correct, not only the King of Jin, but also Zhu Di and others should have privately manufactured arms in the iron smelting base under his control. Even Zhu Yuanzhang probably knew about it long ago, but he just pretended not to know.

After all, it is a matter of time.

In fact, it was Zhu Yunxie who insisted on prohibiting the Ministry of Industry from manufacturing these weapons in places other than the factories in the capital. The latter did not want his uncles to master the manufacture of these new weapons.But for Zhu Yuanzhang, this kind of prevention is unnecessary, and new tactics and weapons will be promoted sooner or later, so that his sons will make them privately, so there is no need to delve into them.

Anyway, they built it to strengthen the combat effectiveness of their guards.

But now I can only check.

Longjiang Pass.

"Mr. Lai, you dress lightly and easily!"

Yang Fengrao looked at his partner with interest.

The latter is alone.

However, they were guarded by fifty brocade guards, and four subordinates who accompanied Lai Gong, but they were officials, and Lai Gong had no entourage.

"Old and poor, the only old servant in the family, I have to stay and take care of my family!"

Lai Gong stroked his beard and said.

He was indeed very poor, someone accused him of corruption, Zhu Yuanzhang secretly poked and ran to make a surprise attack, but he was weeding vegetables in the yard while his wife was spinning and weaving. Incorruptible, and then turned around and chopped off the accuser.

Of course, this is only in the capital, and it's hard to say what it's like in my hometown.

He is from Shaanxi.

Sanyuan, Yaozhou, Shaanxi, and the Sanyuan clan was the main family of eunuchs in Shaanxi in the late Ming Dynasty, especially in the Jialong Wansan Dynasty. The Sanyuan clan had officials of the fifth rank or higher in each generation, and it was an important member of the Confucian family in Shaanxi.

"Isn't there a hundred hectares of fertile land in my hometown?"

Yang Feng said.

"The old man's hometown is Sanyuan, Yaozhou. If the ambassador is interested in this trip, he can go and have a look. Although the old man doesn't have good food and wine, he can afford simple tea and light meals."

Lai Gong said calmly.

"Then what do you plan to do as an official?"

Yang Feng put his arms around Chunji's waist, and said with a villainous face.

"Build a heart for the world, establish a life for the people, inherit the knowledge of the past sages, and bring peace to the world. Your Excellency does not read the books of sages and sages, but only counts on profit. Naturally, you don't understand the plans of the old. If you are an official, you only want profit. Then How is it different from a businessman? A gentleman builds his life by farming and studying, and his daily life is nothing more than simple tea and light meals. He eats and drinks, and only has a wife with filth by his side. What use is money to me?"

Lai Gong said.

"Well said sir!

It is true that the ambassador cannot understand these things without reading the books of sages.

If the ambassador is interested, I would like to donate a few copies, so that the people of Great Xia can learn the way of sages and sages. "

Liu Sanwu who was seeing him off next to him said.

"You agree with what he said?"

Yang Feng laughed.

"This is the way we Confucian scholars seek."

Liu Sanwu stroked his beard and said.

"That's good, calculate your Liu family's property, keep what you need for your rough tea and light meals, eat and drink, and share the rest with those tenants, how about?"

Yang Feng said.

"Uh, this is the legacy of our ancestors, how dare we abandon it!"

Old Liu said with a smile.

"How did your ancestors get it?"

Yang Feng said.

"Naturally, it is the result of hard work in reclamation."

Old Liu said.

He is not fooled by Yang Feng. His family has been an official in Hu Yuan for generations. Recently, public opinion has been recorded by Yang Feng's "Secret Officials", leading them to start attacking their old families. If he dares to say anything else, it is easy to be caught by Yang Feng. Feng brought this issue up, and someone was already mentioning their family's situation in the Song Dynasty to Yang Feng, and it was obvious that they were planning to bring his family into the Record of Two Officials.

This record of second ministers has recently made people panic.

Many famous Confucian scholars were included in the Second Official Record because their ancestors served as officials in the Song Dynasty and surrendered to Hu Yuan.

But to no avail.

After all, even the emperor had nothing to do with Yang Feng.

As for these famous Confucianists, they can only endure it, and then try to explain Hu Yuan's orthodoxy.

but……

Even if they can do their best to explain Hu Yuan's orthodoxy, they still can't change the issue of second ministers. After all, even if Hu Yuan is orthodox, he would still be second ministers if he was an official of the Song Dynasty and then surrendered to Hu Yuan.Loyal ministers don't serve two masters, as long as you serve two masters, then you are a second minister, and if Hu Yuan is orthodox, then those who have served as Hu Yuan officials and surrendered to Ming are still second ministers.

This can't be washed.

The key is that this theory conforms to Confucian standards.

Confucianism, especially Neo-Confucianism, calls for loyal ministers not to serve two masters, and even extends that widows cannot remarry. Then it is useless for them to justify these things. They can only silently endure the records of second ministers and the ridicule of those ignorant people .

This bastard Yang Feng also set up a row of signs at the foot of Mount Wutai, which are updated from time to time. All the characters in the official records and their current descendants' reproduction status are all marked, especially those descendants who are still officials, and it is even more important to point out. It made many officials gnash their teeth at this.Moreover, he also claimed that every 100 people would publish one book, and that after [-] people were collected, one book would be compiled and published. It is said that the first book has been finalized and is about to be printed and distributed, and he is also using banks in various places to prepare for public sales.

Lucky draw.

Some books have gold leaves in them. A book is worthless, but if you are lucky enough to buy a book with gold leaves in it, you can make a lot of money.

It's crazy!

Countless officials were beating their chests and feet.

In addition, Hu Yuan's orthodoxy was also shaken by Yang Feng's theory of merit.

After all, the foundation of the former is the Mandate of Heaven theory, but Yang Feng's theory overthrows the Mandate of Heaven theory, but it also reasonably explains the rule of the Zhu family, which also makes Confucian scholars feel very uncomfortable.

Grab business!

He is robbing the right to interpret the emperor's legitimacy.

In short, the relationship between Confucian scholars and civil officials and Yang Feng is becoming more and more irreconcilable. This is why more and more civil officials and Confucian scholars support Zhu Yunqi. After all, Zhu Yunxi supports the theory of merit. Once he succeeds, Confucian scholars will lose The right to interpret the legitimacy of the emperor.

"Reclamation.

Your Excellency and ancestors also paid close attention to this word. It is obvious that dozens of acres of Susukina are enough to eat and drink, and then live a life of farming, studying and passing on family history. Collect the rent by hand and enjoy the support of the tenants?Your Excellency enjoys the fertile land left by your ancestors, and you can enjoy the support of your tenants, and as far as I know, your youngest concubine is only in her 40s, right?An eighty-year-old man with forty concubines, Your Excellency, this is not a wretched wife!They talk about farming and studying, but they are actually rent-collecting landlords, relying on the blood and sweat of their tenants to provide for them.

Although there is nothing wrong with this, the inconsistency between words and deeds seems to be inconsistent with a gentleman, right?
Lai Gong, I'm not talking about you.

You really don't have a concubine. "

Yang Feng said.

Liu Sanwu stroked his beard in embarrassment. He didn't expect Yang Feng to investigate him so clearly. He did take a concubine when he was over 50 years old.

"The ambassador is sitting on a beautiful concubine, but he is talking about others here?"

Huang Zicheng sneered.

"I didn't say that I eat and drink, and I am a wife of chaff. I just like rich clothes and fine food. I like beautiful wives and beautiful concubines. I never pretend to be a gentleman. I think that pursuing benefits and pursuing enjoyment That's right, as long as the pursuit is clean.

It's not like you who keep saying that you want to be a gentleman and disdain merchants for profit, but in the end you still don't want to part with profit. "

Yang Feng said.

A group of civil servants on the pier stood there in embarrassment.

"Ambassador, it's time to board the ship."

Lai Gong said.

Yang Feng looked at him in surprise.

This old guy doesn't seem to be interested in the discussion between him and these people, but it's understandable when he thinks about it. As a Shaanxi native, even if he is a civil servant, he can't really be compatible with these southern civil servants.

In the eyes of civil officials and Confucian scholars in the south, those in the north are similar to barbarians.

"Everyone, can you be more sincere?"

Yang Feng then said to Liu Sanwu and others.

After finishing speaking, he put his arms around Chunji's waist, and walked towards the springboard like that, and his special carriage had already been loaded, and then Lai Gong and others boarded the boat, they crossed the Yangtze River, and then went northward through Qingliu Pass From Fengyang, from Fengyang to Kaifeng, go west and cross the Yellow River north, go to Tianjingguan to Zezhou and continue north to Taiyuan.

This is the post road from the capital to Taiyuan.

This is Mayi.

There is also a water horse station, but the route to Kaifeng becomes a waterway.

But it takes a big detour.

Go north from Yangzhou to Hongze Lake to Fengyang and then to Shouchun to go up the Yinghe River. At this time, the Yellow River is still part of the Yinghe River. This waterway is much more stable than the one in Xuzhou, but no matter what, it will eventually converge. As for the route from Kaifeng to Taiyuan, there is no difference between Kaifeng Daliangyi.So they had to go to Kaifeng first to meet the king of Zhou. This was essential, because there were post stations along the way, and all food, carriages and horses were in charge of the post stations. The whole trip went smoothly.
(End of this chapter)