Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 196 I defended my father
Lu Mou raised a toast to Liu Jianye, the commander of Dashun, and then stopped for a brief taste.

Liu Jianye was also heroic, he didn't care whether it was poisonous or not, he drank it all in one gulp.

Lu Mou praised him: "A true hero and a true man."

Liu Jianye said indifferently: "In the seven years since Chongzhen was defeated, I rebelled against your old Zhu family and put my head in my belt. It is common for life and death to happen in an instant. If you die, you will die. How can I be afraid of your bowl of wine?" .”

Lu Mou filled him up with wine and said, "My father is not as bad as you think. You can say that my father is capable of anything, but no one in the world can say that my father is stupid and ignorant and ignores the government." , addicted to wine and sex, squandering money, and not wanting to govern the world well."

Liu Jianye snorted: "Your father, of course you have to tell him."

"He is my father, but I cannot speak without fairness."

"No matter what you say, I haven't seen it anyway."

"Ha, this is just catching wind and catching up with rumors. As the saying goes, words can be heard in three ears. What he is talking about is the hip axis, and what you are listening to is Qianmenlouzi.

Then I will tell you the real situation of my father. My father gets up at three o'clock every day to prepare for the morning court. After the morning dynasty, it will be the middle dynasty. After the Chinese dynasty, in the afternoon, he had a banquet with the great Confucian scholars to learn how to govern the country, and then returned to the imperial study to review official documents and memorials from various places until midnight. I only sleep less than two hours a day.

And you hate corrupt and cruel officials, why don’t my father hate them? According to incomplete statistics, from the first year of Chongzhen to the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, eighteen of the officials of the Ming Dynasty were killed by my father, not counting ordinary officials, including high-ranking officials such as governors, governors, and assistants. In fact, through the hands of my father, I killed more corrupt officials than you rebels. This is how he gained a reputation as cruel, easy to kill, mean and ungrateful. "

Liu Jianye fell silent, drinking in silence with his glass in hand, thinking deeply.

"And the extravagant eating and drinking you mentioned is even more nonsense. First of all, I don't care if you believe it or not, I tell you that my father, the emperor and my mother's daily meals are only six dishes and one soup, mostly vegetables. I My father is not good at drinking at all. He only drinks a little during the happiest times of the year.

As for women, that's even more nonsense.

My father, Emperor Kangli, was very affectionate. Only when he was in the Xinwang Mansion, the late emperor chose one concubine and two concubines, and there were not the three wives, four concubines, or seventy-two concubines you mentioned. If you really want so much, you won't be able to make people into adults.

My proof of this is that my father fathered a total of nine children, all of whom were born to Concubine Tian, ​​Queen of the Zhou Dynasty, and Concubine Yuan. Have you heard of any other concubines? When an emperor's concubine gives birth to a child, he must tell the world openly. Can this be hidden? "

Everyone knows this, because according to custom, when the emperor has a child, the whole world will celebrate it, and the government will take the opportunity to blackmail the people. If another concubine gave birth, she would never be able to hide it.

"There are more than a hundred dishes in each meal. I don't say that you can't finish it. If you sit at the table, can you get enough food? A banquet is given to the ministers. The ministers think it is a punishment rather than enjoyment. Just imagine. Just guessing will kill people."

At this time, Liu Jianye could no longer refute and could only drink in meditation. Because any normal person knows that Lu Mou is right.

"However, after encountering the crisis of our family and country, my father, under his own persuasion, learned from the pain and implemented the Emperor's Enemy Reform.

First of all, abolish the support provided by the world to the Zhu family, from the prince to the royal family, and let them all become self-reliant civilians. The land of the royal family that you killed and exterminated will no longer be returned to the royal family, but will be contracted to the people of the world.

And look at how old I am. According to royal rules, I should have left the capital to become a vassal and obtain a fief. But have my brother and I received the land as a reward?
No? Why? We will not increase the burden on the people of the world to build royal palaces for our brothers, and we will no longer rob the land from the people. My father was so cruel to the royal family regardless of blood and family ties. Doesn't this show love for the people? "

Liu Jianye was speechless and speechless. : "If the previous emperor could do this, we and we would have no choice but to rebel. Why should we rebel?"

"As for yourself, have you heard that from the time when my father ascended the throne to now, he has commanded a single people to build himself a palace and a tower?"

"It seems not."

"That's it. An emperor sleeps for two hours a day and works hard for the country. He shows no mercy to corrupt and cruel officials who have evil deeds. He is not a womanizer. He wears a dragon robe for three years. He does not repair palaces or build buildings. In the mausoleum, you dug up my ancestral graves, and my father even issued an order to forgive you. How many such emperors do you think there are in history?"

Liu Jianye could only admit: "History is rare, but why has the world reached this point?"

Lu Mou could only smile bitterly: "There are too many reasons, but in the end I can only regretfully conclude that he was born at the wrong time. What he inherited is a mess that is destined to perish."

"But now that you are collecting money from the people for service, isn't it still exploitation?" Lu Mou smiled: "There are many things that the people cannot do and require the state's intervention. Collecting money for service is used to do great things for the country. For example, the labor money collected the year before last was used to manage the Haihe River. Instead of enslaving the people in vain, it hired the people to do the work. After one year of governance, the Haihe River was no longer a river of disaster, but a river with drought and flood protection on both sides. Secondly, Years of service money was repaired until it was completed, making it easier for people to travel.

I hereby order the Chief Envoy of Shanxi Province. The money collected by Shanxi Province this year is not to repair government offices or city walls, but to repair roads, dredge rivers, maintain the Yellow River, and benefit the people. I call this taking from the people and using it for the people. Although you don't see this now, you will see it in the future. "

"I'll see."

"Actually, you can go to Datong and see. The money that the people voluntarily paid for the first year of service has already begun to be used to hire refugees to build roads."

Liu Jianye nodded slightly: "I've heard of this."

"In the emperor's decree, all taxes and exorbitant taxes, including three rates, are abolished. Each acre of land is only collected as land rent of two coins and two coins as service money. No more taxes will be added, and the people will no longer be forced to do corvee for free. Is this obvious to all the world?

Pardon all rebels who are willing to surrender, lift the household registration system that has imprisoned the people for three hundred years, allow farmers to have their own land, and allow all walks of life to make a living.

Jinyi Weidong Factory is no longer domineering and bullying the people, but has become a supervisory official and a person who upholds justice for the people.

Officials' salaries have been increased and they no longer need to exploit the people to be decent. And what my Dongchang and Jinyiwei do is, if the official doesn’t want to be dignified, we help him look decent.

The army no longer kills good people and takes credit for their merits, but becomes the true protector of the people.

Could it be that you rebels have done this? "

Liu Jianye blushed. His group of bandits had been occupying Shanxi for four years. They just robbed the big families, forced them to pay them, and paid no attention to the lives and deaths of the people. In the past four years, there has really been no achievement, only destruction.

"I don't advise you to surrender. That is your own choice. But I will tell you the truth. I just want to tell the people of the world that the Ming Dynasty now and in the future will no longer be the Ming Dynasty before. This Ming Dynasty will be a whole-hearted Ming Dynasty. A Ming Dynasty for the welfare of the people. Under the shining of the sun and moon of the Ming Dynasty, the people will be peaceful, wealthy and peaceful."

Faced with the powerful facts, Liu Jianye could only drink and reflect.

I finished a bowl of stewed pheasant, a plate of soy sauce beef, and drank enough wine. Yes, what Lu Mou brought out for the guests at this time was rice wine. For those who can drink, it is a drink, so they are full.

He stood up, raised his hands to Lu Mou, and said calmly: "Thank you for the hospitality." Then he rode back to the camp silently.

Zhu Hengguang looked at the back of Liu Jianye, who was looking desolate and lonely, and asked Lu Mou: "Prince Regent, why don't you take the opportunity to kill this gangster? It's a shame to let him eat our meal of wine and meat in vain."

Lu Mou smiled: "Am I the kind of person who has the bad habit of paying for meals? Which one is more effective, killing people and killing people's hearts? Do you have to pay for one of my meals?"

Zhu Hengguang suddenly said: "Yes, yes, the prince has always been a freeloader, how can he be so generous?"

"That's right. I can't eat my food for free. I have to pay for it. Someone."

A guard in royal robes came in: "Your Majesty."

"A letter was sent to Taiyuan Jinyiwei, saying that Liu Jianye and King Ding joined forces, drank freely every day, and talked happily."

"My subordinate understands."

Zhu Hengguang was thoughtful.

"Liu Jianye, come out and be well, you can't go back."

(End of this chapter)