Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 273 The emperor is humble, God's will is dark (monthly ticket 4)

"Your Majesty, this servant will lead someone to arrest Zhu Ji to Dongchang?" Liu Jin immediately understood when he heard that Zhu Ji should not be allowed to run away.

Zhu Youtang almost spit out all the tea he had just put into his mouth, and looked at Liu Jin with resentful eyes, not expecting that this guy was not as smart as he imagined.

It's just that this kind of IQ seems to be more in line with history, otherwise it would be impossible to naively send civil officials to rectify the army to benefit Daming, but in the end they were framed by the entire civil official group for rebellion.

"Your Majesty, what did the slave girl say wrong?" Liu Jin noticed Zhu Youtang's reaction and asked with a guilty conscience.

Zhu Youtang gently put down the teacup in his hand, and said lightly: "Sun was handed over to Dongchang, and Li Min was also handed over to Dongchang. What did Dongchang interrogate me? Now I really allow you to treat Zhu Ji Severe torture, can you guarantee that Zhu Ji will confess everything?"

Ordinarily, since Zhu Ji had already been suspected, he only needed to make an order to arrest Zhu Ji and torture him severely, which would be a way to solve the problem.

It's just that Wang Zhi is not in the capital, and the Dongchang gang is not much better than Jin Yiwei. He really can't believe that the Dongchang gang can forcibly pry Zhu Ji's mouth open now.

Arresting people for interrogation is certainly a matter of lip service, but if you always wrong innocent people, perhaps letting "innocent people" die tragically in prison, it will actually have a bad consequence.

Even if I don't mind being a tyrant who kills a lot, an emperor who is completely unruly is doomed to be alienated, and he can't get workers who really work hard for him.

As an emperor, he only needs an excuse to execute any important minister.

Yingzong killed Yu Qian because he suspected that Yu Qian wanted to be the son of King Xiang. Chongzhen beheaded Yuan Chonghuan because he suspected that he would join Nurhachi, and even beheaded Yue Fei for nothing.

After all, Zhu Youtang is the emperor who wants to lead China to the top of the world. Now it is not the end of the dynasty that needs to be cut quickly, so the best way is not to kill because of doubts, but to find out who can convince the world. Evidence.

The emperor is where the world is; the king is where the world is going.

Zhu Youtang is on the throne of the emperor, the lord of all the people in the world, and the object of allegiance.It is only necessary to establish a positive image for the world to win the support of all people, but there is no need to use such despicable methods that are eager for success.

Although he was quite convinced that there was something wrong with Zhu Ji, it would be difficult for Dongchang to get Zhu Ji to confess.Even if he really confessed, it would be difficult to convince the world. In the end, he would still presume his evil deeds to be persecuted by Wang Zhi like Yang Rong's son.

What's more, although Zhu Ji has problems with party formation and economics, he may not be unfaithful to himself. After all, he has witnessed his hard work every day with his own eyes.

Just like this, Zhu Youtang does not intend to abandon the great way and take the small way, but wants to be an emperor who can make the people of the world loyal and support him from the heart.

"What is your Majesty going to do? This servant is willing to go through fire and water!" Liu Jin also realized that Dongchang was really not doing well, so he expressed his loyalty unhappily.

Zhu Youtang was about to ask him to find Wang Yue, but he suddenly caught a glimpse of a memorial in his hand, so he asked suspiciously: "Who else wants to resign?"

"This is Yin Yumian's resignation from Yingtian Mansion!" Liu Jin immediately realized and presented another memorial.

Zhu Youtang didn't react at the beginning, and then he smiled wryly and said: "Yin Yumian of Yingtian Mansion? I remember this person, the son of Yu Qian. I heard that he gave birth to six daughters?"

"Your Majesty has a good memory. Yu Shaobao has only Yu Mian as his only son, so Yu Shaobao's bloodline may be cut off!" Liu Jin actually admired Yu Qian all the time, and sighed helplessly.

Zhu Youtang also felt sorry for Yu Qian, but when he saw Yu Mian begging himself to give Yu Qian a posthumous title, he couldn't help but feel slightly embarrassed.

Yu Qian was killed by Emperor Yingzong. Although he obviously did something wrong, his relationship with Yingzong was still too close, so it is not appropriate to give Yu Qian too much praise.

In fact, in terms of behavior, Cheng Huachao has corrected his mistakes, which can be said to be good for his family.

Emperor Chenghua tried it himself and rehabilitated Yu Qian. Originally, Yu Mian could only get a military post with a thousand households, but Yu Mian refused to take the military post at that time.

Facing this request, Yu Mian was not even a Juren, so he could at most give in to the shadow of a civil servant.It's just that Emperor Chenghua directly gave a vacancy to a member of the Ministry of War, Wailang, and now Yu Mian is a third-rank official of the Ming Dynasty, Ying Tian Fu Yin is not much inferior to Ying Tian Governor.

As for Yu Qian's son-in-law, he was promoted to the position of commander of Jinyiwei early on.

It's just that some things are inevitable after all, Yu Mian knows how to sell misery, saying that his dying wish is to see the court give his father a posthumous title.

Zhu Youtang had no reason to refuse, but suddenly he said in his heart: "Withhold Zhu Ji's resignation, and I will soon pass on my will, let him discuss with the Ministry of Rites about Yu Qian's posthumous title!"

"Your Majesty, Zhu Ji is Yu Shaobao's son-in-law, so it's inappropriate for him to participate?" Liu Jin was taken aback for a moment, and then carefully reminded Zhu Ji to avoid suspicion.

Zhu Youtang realized that Liu Jin needed more polishing, so he said with a sullen face, "Do it!"

"Observe the order!" Liu Jin found that the emperor in front of him was good at everything, but sometimes his actions were unpredictable, but naturally he did not dare to disobey.

Dashi Yongfang, Zhufu.

This mansion is located in the innermost part of Gongming Hutong, outside of the Hutong is West Chang'an Street, which has an artistic conception of "quiet amidst the hustle and bustle".Although the gate looks very ordinary, it presents a luxurious building inside.

In the capital where every inch of land is expensive, it is actually not an easy task for even the dignified Commander of Jinyiwei to own such a big mansion.

In the evening, a spring rain fell on every corner of Beijing.

A sedan chair came here in the rain, and an old man in black robe came out of the sedan chair. The old man in black robe was led directly to a secret room by the housekeeper.

The person who came was none other than Ma Wensheng, the censor of the left capital of the former Metropolitan Procuratorate. When he saw Zhu Ji who came in, he complained: "Brother Zhu, didn't I tell you? A few ecstasy formations have seen through, and know that Yang Han has sneaked back to Beijing to hide! Yang Han is not reliable, you don't want to miss this power anymore, it is the best policy to resign like this old man!"

Zhu Ji looked at the anxious old man, with contempt flashing in his eyes.

Ma Wensheng resigned because he complained for the first corrupt official of the Ming Dynasty, so he couldn't continue to gain a foothold in the court.Fortunately, he even boasted that he resigned from office in a desperate manner to save his life, and resigned in a free and easy manner.

It's just that it's inappropriate to say what's in your heart, so Ma Wensheng was asked to sit down first, and the servants brought good tea.

Zhu Ji actually didn't want to resign in his heart, even though he had already noticed that the emperor had guessed about him, and even arranged for the prime minister to investigate him secretly, but the power of the Jinyiwei commander was too tempting.

Although everyone knows that monkeys can grab fruits from small holes and they can come out as long as they let go, but human nature and animal nature are actually the same thing, and how many men are willing to give up the power in their hands?
"Brother Zhu, the emperor wants to keep you, but this must be the emperor's expedient measure. You must not be deceived!" Ma Wensheng knew that Zhu Ji had to leave so that he would not be found out, and seemed to persuade him earnestly.

Zhu Ji took a sip of tea, but shook his head lightly: "Your Majesty has no instructions on my resignation, but I can't go now for the time being!"

"How could you not be able to leave? At worst, you hang up your boots and leave. The old man will let someone sing your name, and you will surely leave a long story of not admiring power!" , immediately said with disdain.

In fact, he knew that Zhu Youtang must be in a dilemma now.

If Zhu Ji was allowed to leave, it would make it impossible to dig deeper into the matter; he just used sweet words to persuade Zhu Ji to stay. If the evidence of crimes were found in the future, then the emperor would be self-defeating.

Zhu Ji found that everyone underestimated the wisdom of the diligent emperor, so he asked jokingly: "Your Majesty ordered me to discuss the posthumous title of my father-in-law with the Ministry of Rites today. If I choose to hang up my boots and leave office, can you really help me?" Leave a good story?"

"Ah? He... how could he think... think of such an excuse?" Ma Wensheng stared hard, looking unbelievable.

Although it is true that Zhu Ji did not hang up his boots for power and leave office, it can indeed be made into a good story, but now the emperor wants Zhu Ji to stay and discuss Yu Qian's posthumous title.

Life is nothing more than "loyalty" and "filial piety".

If Zhu Ji dared to ignore this matter and forcibly leave, then if the matter gets out, let alone his name will go down in history, Zhu Ji may not even be qualified to return home.

For a long time, he suspected that the emperor had expert guidance by his side, and now this judgment has undoubtedly been confirmed. This kind of wisdom is definitely beyond the imagination of the young emperor.

Zhu Ji actually knew that the matter might have something to do with his brother-in-law's resignation, but he was able to directly use his brother-in-law's affairs at once, which shows that the current emperor is extremely intelligent.

However, he already had a decision in his heart, but he chose to stay in the capital for a few days temporarily, deal with this matter before leaving.

Not to mention that he can't leave in the name of disloyalty and disfilial piety, since his father-in-law has only one son and one daughter, but he has always treated himself as half a son, so he needs to stay and fight for a good posthumous title for his father-in-law.

"Brother Zhu, it's really not good to hang up your boots and leave immediately. It's just that if Wang Yue continues to investigate like this, Yang Han might really be found out by him! The most urgent thing is to finalize the posthumous title with the Ministry of Rites tomorrow, and then leave the capital immediately tomorrow evening!" Ma Wensheng Knowing that Zhu Ji cannot be forced to leave, Dang even warned him.

In fact, he was very anxious on the surface, but not so anxious in his heart, but he didn't quite believe that Wang Yue really had the money to find out the person he had hidden.The reason why he repeatedly urged Zhu Ji to leave as soon as possible is mainly to hope that Zhu Ji's departure will add another insurance to his own safety.

I have to admit that Wang Yue did have two brushes, so that he had to encourage Zhu Ji to take the initiative to hand in his resignation and leave.

On the fourth day of March, Shanchuan Altar.

"sowing!"

After the plowing is over, the plowing ceremony comes to the important part of spring sowing.

"rice!"

"Milk!"

"millet!"

"wheat!"

"Shu!"

"cotton!"

……

In the process of planting five grains, cotton seeds were also added this year.

None of the civil and military officials questioned this move last year. Now that they see the benefits that cotton brings to ordinary people, they naturally have no reason to oppose it.

After Zhu Youtang changed back to the dragon robe, he rewarded civil and military officials as usual, but he was not very interested in this banquet.

Although Wang Yue found Yang Han's hiding place all the way through clues yesterday, but the news leaked ahead of time, so that Yang Han was transferred first.

The more things are investigated, the more things are exposed.

This time, I don't know if there is an internal response from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, or if the cleaning of the palace is not thorough enough, this caused the news to leak out one step ahead of time.

The Ceremony of Farming and Borrowing came to a successful conclusion, and Zhu Youtang returned to Beijing in a grandiose palace chariot, followed by a large group of civil and military officials.

Zhu Youtang was sitting on the palace carriage, and when he looked at both sides of the road, it brought him a little surprise.

In addition to the Royal Weaving Factory and the United Weaving Factory located here, many spinning, dyeing and weaving workshops have sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain, resembling a textile industrial park in later generations.

Zhu Youtang couldn't see the scene of the workers going to work, and there was a road under martial law in front of him, so he still felt a little regretful.

However, he knows that the textile industry is only in its infancy now. Whether the domestic textile industry can really take off depends on the fact that the people have money in their pockets.

Perhaps it was the relationship of being born at the bottom in the previous life, which allowed him to see the savings of the people at the bottom, and he also deeply realized the importance of having money in the pockets of the people of any era.

If the majority of the people can no longer survive and only need ordinary black cloth to sew and mend, then the shuttle loom can only create an ordinary cotton cloth market.

Only when the pockets of the common people are really bulged, can the cotton cloth industry present a new industry in which a hundred flowers bloom.

When I returned to Xiyuan, I felt like I was at home.

"Your Majesty, the decree has been issued!" Guo Yong came forward and reported bitterly.

Zhu Youtang saw that things did not develop in the direction he thought after all, so he nodded lightly: "Got it!"

In fact, I have figured it out in the past few days. Who doesn't have a few mice in the house, and now the most important thing is to promote the development of the Ming Dynasty, but we can't put too much energy on these mice.

Now God actually wanted to give Zhu Ji a way out, so that he could not use Zhu Ji's line to uncover the mastermind behind the scenes, so Quan Tian will do what he wants.

Yu Qian's posthumous title has come to a conclusion. Although Zhu Ji has always insisted on Yu Qian's Wenzheng and Peiheng Taimiao, it is impossible for Zhu Youtang to give Yu Qian the highest posthumous title and treatment since the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention that the defense of Beijing cannot be entirely attributed to Qian alone, but also because all parties have used the power of the whole country to defend the city, and his relationship with Yingzong is still too close.

Even if Yu Qian really deserves to be the number one civil official since the Ming Dynasty, Yingzong cannot be charged with manslaughtering the first civil servant of the Ming Dynasty, which would be detrimental to the prestige of the royal family.

Just like this, he gave the posthumous title "Sumin" according to the original history.Appearance is respectful and respectful, and people say "Su", when they are in trouble in the country, they say "Min", and when Zuo country is in trouble, they say "Min".

Now that Yu Qian's posthumous title has been finalized, and he has allowed Zhu Ji's resignation, this matter has come to an end.

Zhu Youtang knew that Wang Yue should not be too demanding, after all, the muddy water in the capital was too muddy, even he himself didn't know how many rats were hiding there.

"Your Majesty, Wang Yu, Deputy Qianhu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate's Procuratorate, and Wang Shouren, a student of the Imperial Academy, just had trouble outside the palace. I don't know how to deal with it?" Liu Jin walked over, reporting the report carefully.

(End of this chapter)