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Chapter 26 What About the Royal Relatives?Give death to the second king of Qin and Jin!
"Grandpa, Sejong!"

Zhu Youjian walked over quickly, and after saluting respectfully to the two Ming emperors, he continued: "The two ancestors, Zhou Kui is the empress's father. Although he is greedy for money, he is not guilty of death. He still wants to be decent..."

"Decent?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was not good, so he picked up the whip directly, and slammed it on Zhu Youjian's body, which immediately made Zhu Youjian feel the burning pain: "Both we and the fourth brother are good at fighting, and we can easily handle these civil servants. Why did you get here and be kneaded by these civil servants at will?! Could it be that you, Emperor Chongzhen, are made of dough?!"

"Your dignity is already there, where is my great Ming's country?!"

Zhu Houcong also said to Zhu Cilang: "Cihong, you say, should this person be killed?!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhu Cihong immediately cupped his hands and said, "I would like to report to Emperor Taizu and Emperor Sejong that although Zhou Kui is a relative of the emperor, he has embezzled and accepted bribes, causing people's grievances to accumulate. According to the Emperor Taizu's law, he should be sentenced to skinning, but the boy is not talented. I think he is the grandfather of the boy. Please be Ling Chi to save the corpse!"

Although Zhu Youjian was whipped by Zhu Yuanzhang, he didn't dare to speak, but looked at his son in disbelief.

He felt that although his father-in-law loves money a little, he should not be corrupt and accept bribes.

This, this is why?Could it be...

"His Majesty!"

Lu Bing rushed over quickly, returned to Zhu Houcong's side, and said respectfully to Zhu Houcong, "According to your instructions, the Jiadingbo Mansion has been sealed up, and a total of 300 million taels of silver, 11 taels of gold, [-] stones of grain and grass, countless calligraphy, paintings, and jade have been confiscated!"

After hearing Lu Bing's report, Zhu Youjian was stunned.

For a while, I felt a little dazed.

How many?

Zhu Youjian couldn't believe his ears.

Three, three million taels? !
Zhu Youjian was taken aback by this number, and he even ignored gold and grain.

His finances during the reign of Chongzhen were only 100 million taels of silver a year!
My good father-in-law, unknowingly, has been greedy for three years of financial income!
Zhu Youjian was furious, and regardless of the majesty of the emperor, he rushed forward, punched Zhou Kui in the eye socket, and cursed at the same time: "I, I... I am not mean to you! I am not mean!!! Why are you doing this to me! I thought that your loyal ministers and filial piety would laugh at your stingy and greedy behavior, thinking that you are just greedy. I, I miss the friendship of Queen Zhou, and I have always... I!"

After punching more than ten times in a row, Zhou Kui's face was already blood soaring at this moment. It could be seen that Zhu Youjian was really angry.

Regarding Wei Zaode, although Zhu Youjian was angry, he could still control himself and let himself hack the dog to death with a knife.

But facing his old father-in-law, Zhu Youjian couldn't even control his emotions, and spoke incoherently and nonsense.

"Cihong, take your father down to rest." Zhu Houcong shook his head.

He knew that in just a few days, Zhu Youjian's three views could be said to have suffered a great collapse, and all the loyal ministers and generals he thought turned out to be this kind of virtue.

If Zhu Youjian can survive, he will become stronger and become a real and qualified emperor!

If you don't make it through...then let the crown prince Zhu Cihong supervise the country. Judging from his performance just now, Zhu Cihong's performance in Zhu Houcong's place is quite good.

"Shen, Shen..."

The bridge of Zhou Kui's nose had been beaten to the point of collapse, several teeth were missing, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, his face was bleeding, and he couldn't speak fluently.

And Zhu Houcong didn't hesitate at all, just waved his hand, and said coldly: "What are you still doing? Drag it on, Ling Chi! Since 300 million taels of silver were found in his house, then I will cut him [-] knives! Let the imperial doctor wait by his side, even if he died halfway, facing the corpse, he will give me [-] knives!"

This aura spread out, and even the Jin Yiwei around him shuddered, and when Zhou Kui heard this, his eyes went dark, and he passed out on the spot, with the smell of urine in his crotch.

Jin Yiwei dragged Zhou Kui away, and everyone present became sober.

And Zhu Youjian, under the support of Zhu Cihong, unexpectedly slowed down!

"Grandfather Taizu, Lord Sejong."

Zhu Youjian took a deep breath, tried his best to control his desire to do it himself, and said to the two ancestors: "The unworthy descendants came here this time for the affairs of Qin Fan and Jin Fan... The intruders in front conquered Xi'an and Taiyuan.

King Qin, King Jin!
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help thinking of his two unfilial sons, and couldn't help sighing deeply: "The Nine Great Sailors are supposed to guard the frontier, why are they like this?"

"Forehead……"

Hearing the words, Zhu Youjian calmed down a lot, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Master Taizu, the Nine Great Fortress Kings are long gone, and now there are only vassal kings who cannot get out of fiefdoms."

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback, "Why is this?"

"Emperor Yongle, after Jing Nan's victory, was worried that the kings would follow him and rebel against him, so he used peaceful means to weaken the power of the feudal lords, and used the power of the country to support the clan." Zhu Houcong explained.

Hearing Zhu Houcong's explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, and couldn't help cursing: "Well, he is the fourth son. Our sons and sons will always guard the frontier, but it seems that he is capable! When we divided up the nine great fortress kings, we saved the meaning of defending the frontier for future generations. The kings divided the land according to the terrain, and the enemies from the north can be resisted layer by layer. His imperial decree has easily abolished our defense line!"

"Grandfather, since ancient times, the country has not taken the risk of mountains and rivers. If the dynasty declines, no matter how many lines of defense it is, it will be useless."

Zhu Houcong shook his head, as if he didn't quite agree with Zhu Yuanzhang's approach: "Emperor Yongle swept the world as a vassal king, so naturally he would weaken the power of other vassal kings; even if Emperor Yongle failed, Emperor Jianwen would also cut down the vassals. In any case, your prince's strategy of defending the frontier was unsuccessful."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he heard this.

Since my sister fell ill, it's been a long time since no one dared to talk to us like that!

"However, the solution that Emperor Yong Le came up with is to provide the clan with money and food." Zhu Houcong continued, "For example, the prince has [-] shi a year, and the county king has [-] shi. Even the lowest-ranking Feng Guo lieutenant has a salary of [-] shi!"

"What's the problem?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's original angry expression eased a lot. Although the fourth son cut off his brother's military power, he treated his brother tens of thousands of times better than Yun Wen's grandson.

"If it's only one or two dynasties, then it's no problem." Zhu Houcong shook his head, "But in the Chongzhen Dynasty, there have been fifteen generations of kings, and more and more vassal kings have been born, and the number of titles has naturally increased. In the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Ming clan has more than one million people. Just supporting them, the royal family that does not do production, will consume most of the silver taels!"

"The descendants of the Zhu family at the bottom are lying down to receive their salaries, while the princes at the top are crazily amassing money. The feudal lords of Henan alone already occupy one-tenth of Henan's arable land! Sometimes, the annual salary of the Zhou feudal clan can even reach as much as 60 shi!"

Zhu Houcong did not hesitate to expose this bloody fact: "My Daming's financial expenditure is difficult. On the one hand, it is because of the corruption of officials, on the one hand, because of natural and man-made disasters, on the one hand, the army is seriously underpaid, and on the other hand, it is because these descendants of the Zhu family are like locusts. They lie on my Daming, drink blood and eat meat, until they eat and drag me down!"

Although Zhu Houcong himself is the successor to the throne, but...

so what?The vassal king was indeed sucking blood from Daming's body crazily. As a member of the royal family of Daming, as the emperor of Ming, Zhu Houcong had to change this malpractice!

In the Jiajing Dynasty, he had already reduced the titles, encouraged the clan to start their own businesses, and even planned to organize the redundant clan and prepare to send it out to establish a colony at any time, so that my Ming clan can be the first line... But now that we have this chat group, with Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu here, which clan dares to say that the law of the ancestors cannot be changed?Just hack and kill!

Hearing Zhu Houcong's words, Zhu Youjian nodded frantically.

Yes, great grandfather.

You have no idea how serious the problem I am facing!
And Zhu Houcong glanced at Zhu Youjian, and Zhu Youjian immediately fell silent and dared not speak.

In fact, ten years after Chongzhen, the financial expenditure of the Chongzhen dynasty's clan was not very high.

After all, the thieves are scattered, and many princes have been killed by the angry peasant army, such as Daifan and Sufan.

"The king of Qin, Zhu Cunji, corrupted the fertile land of Qin, causing public dissatisfaction to boil over. The intruders attacked Xi'an. This person actually took the lead in surrendering and accepting the official position of the intruders! Instead, it was Qin Wangfei Liu who jumped from the city wall and died as a martyr for the country!"

"Jin Wang Zhu Shenxuan has a lot of savings in his mansion. When Li Zicheng attacked Taiyuan, he was stingy and didn't pay any money. After breaking into the city, the Jin Fan surrendered on the spot, and then the Man Qing entered the customs. This Jin Fan served the Man Qing again!"

After hearing Zhu Houcong's words, Zhu Yuanzhang completely understood everything. He couldn't recover for a long time, until he felt a surge of blood in his chest, and a fishy sweet smell came from his throat.

"As a vassal king, you can't fight against the enemy with millions of assets; as a royal family, you can't die for the country in the face of rebellion!"

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath, felt the bloody smell coming from his throat, and said murderously: "Since the relatives of the country have been punished, how can the royal family tolerate it?! Order Qin Fan and Jin Fan to kill themselves and preserve their bodies..."

In the middle of speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly shook his head, and then said: "Death, direct death! Save face? If it weren't for my Zhu family descendants, I would have skinned them a long time ago. Now it's just killing them with poison, and it's cheaper for them!"

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)