Why did the emperor rebel?

Looking at the figures of Dai Wang and the two leaving, Zhu Qiyu couldn't help leaning gently on the couch, his mind was a little far away.

Therefore, it is his cowardly character that is most likely to be manipulated by others.

The intimidation just now, if applied to someone else, is by no means enough to play a decisive role. After all, with Jianwen Yinjian in front, the imperial court actually has not many means available to the vassal king. Summoning, confinement, severe salary cuts, and transfer of titles, as long as it is not a crime of treason, that's it.

Theoretically speaking, as long as he keeps his own place, Zhu Qiyu can't do anything to him. In stark contrast to him is the late old king Zhu Gui.

This heir of the Taizu, can be said to have done many evil deeds, domineering on behalf of the vassal, what kind of conscription of soldiers and civilians, and taking property, even his princess, the daughter of Zhongshan King Xu Da, and the sister of Taizong Empress, did not let go In his eyes, as soon as Taizong passed away, he drove all the grandparents and grandchildren of the acting princess to other courtyards without food and clothing, and left them to fend for themselves.

This kind of behavior has attracted countless reprimands from the court, and even the first emperor personally issued an order, ordering Zhu Gui not to treat the acting princess and grandchildren harshly, and ordered him to allocate three hundred stones from the Luminai of the palace to the son of the deceased son, and to pay Send the officials of the royal family to teach the grandchildren to read.

However, in the face of the imperial court's imperial decree, Zhu Gui accepted it, and put it on the shelf after receiving it, as if nothing had happened, blatantly disobeying the holy will, but unfortunately, the imperial court has no way to punish him. Lu He is not afraid, he will not listen to grounding or anything, disobedience to the imperial decree is a serious crime, but after all, it is not enough to be a big rebellion, and it is impossible to impose a severe punishment, so he can only turn a blind eye. eyes.

To put it bluntly, as a prince, as long as he is shameless, he can really run amok.

Of course, this has something to do with Zhu Gui's status and seniority. Other vassal kings probably wouldn't dare to completely ignore the imperial edict like him. However, it is not easy to say that it is deliberately difficult.

This is also one of the most important reasons why Zhu Qiyu chose to act as the king. His character is the most suitable for going to Zhangzhou Mansion.

As for the concerns of Dai Wang and others, Zhu Qiyu has naturally considered it.

First of all, there is the problem of the Japanese plague. With the experience of his previous life, Zhu Qiyu is very clear that the root of the Japanese plague is actually the ban on the sea.

The initial chaos in the southeast originated from the fact that Zhang Shicheng's old tribe was a bandit and colluded with the Japanese pirates, forming the initial Japanese invasion.

In order to solve this problem, Taizu decided to set up a ban, which was essentially to wipe out Zhang Shicheng's influence, but the stricter the sea ban, the local people near the sea were affected. It is a long-term solution, so most businessmen make profits.

With the sea ban, many people who relied on merchants were unable to survive, and then became pirates, disguised as Japanese pirates, and engaged in smuggling. Therefore, these people are actually the root of the Japanese plague. As for those ronin who really came from the Japanese country, The number is not much.

Therefore, if you want to eradicate the Japanese plague, opening the sea is the best way.

However, there are two major problems in opening the sea. One is that once the sea is opened, it will shake the original concept of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, so that many people will tend to do business, which will affect the revenue of the imperial court. , If you want to be easier, it is actually difficult.

What Zhu Qiyu is doing now is actually to move around and make changes as much as possible under this situation.

Now is not the Hongwu period, when the world was initially established, all industries were withered, and the population was not abundant, it is natural to let the people return to their jobs and strictly implement production.

Although the civil engineering work has gone through, the impact on various parts of the place is not too big, especially after the disasters in various places in the past two years, there have been a large number of refugees, and Zhu Qiyu has been thinking about a problem.

That is, on the one hand, the imperial court has a headache about the resettlement of refugees, and on the other hand, it is worried that the people will leave their jobs. How to solve the contradiction between them.

To put it bluntly, it's not that there aren't enough people to farm, it's just that the people can't get their own fields to farm, so on this basis, he came up with the idea of ​​setting up Huangzhuang.

If this way is feasible, then a large number of returnees will return to their original business, and the suppression of merchants due to fear of the prevalence of private merchants and affecting their business can be loosened. This is all the premise of the matter.

On this basis, the second thing to consider is how to open the sea.

It is definitely not enough to open it directly. To be honest, although the Japanese plague in Daming is already a long-standing evil in the southeast, it is still far from enough compared to the time of Jiajing.

The direction of the imperial court’s policy towards the southeast began to shift, which was marked by the Japanese Rebellion in Jiajing. At that time, due to the long-term sea ban, the localities were relaxed, and dozens of Japanese pirates could drive straight in for dozens of days. It was because of this that the imperial court really began to pay attention to the Japanese problem.

After that, on the one hand, the Japanese army was reorganized and the Japanese pirates were strictly hunted down; Longqing switch.

So in fact, Zhu Qiyu is very clear that the ancestral system is not impossible to change, but often only when serious consequences occur, most people can wake up to it. Before that, it is indeed extremely difficult to change.

Of course, since Zhu Qiyu knew about it, he couldn't sit idly by. Opening the sea is difficult, but opening a small hole is easy.

Dai Wang was right, the so-called geographical survey and map improvement, as long as this reason is released, there must be a lot of businessmen who use this reason to go to sea for smuggling.

But that's what Zhu Qiyu wanted.

You know, even if there is no reason nowadays, there are still a large number of businessmen pretending to be Japanese pirates and doing smuggling, which is hard to stop.

Therefore, it is better to give a relatively normal reason to turn the smugglers to the semi-blind side, so that the merchants and Japanese pirates can be gradually separated without touching the sea ban, and the Japanese pirates can be suppressed.

That's why he insisted on letting a vassal king sit in the past. Except for the vassal king, no one else could have such a privilege.

Before, King Yi was so daring that he ordered people to attack the officials of the imperial court, and afterwards he was sheltered in the mansion openly. The local officials had nothing to do about it. It was not until Yu Qian went there in person that the matter was settled. This can be seen.

The vassal king has almost unlimited judicial immunity in the local area. With the vassal king sitting behind him, those merchants can safely and boldly abandon their identities as pirates and put the smugglers on the half-clear.

That's why Zhu Qiyu said that the acting king only needs to take care of his own errands, and let the magistrates take care of the rest. It's unrealistic to think about it.

These merchants acted on behalf of the king. If the local officials wanted to take care of them, they either had hard evidence seized on the spot, or they had to pass the hurdle of acting on behalf of the king first.

However, if you want to pass the level of acting as a king, you have to go to the imperial court. With this process, when this matter reaches the imperial court, it will naturally change from government affairs to religious affairs.

Since it is a matter of the clan, there are many reasons for Zhu Qiyu to use. There are a lot of reasons such as the way of intimacy. Anyway, these things are trivial matters for the vassal king, and they are symbolic reprimands After a while, that's it.

In the imperial court, at most, it was attributed to the misdeeds of the acting king. Even if it was more serious, if it really involved the sea ban, it was the acting king who privately allowed merchants to go to sea for personal gain.

However, this involves another problem, that is, Dai Wang asked these people to explore the geography and improve the map out of curiosity.

Yes, it is Dai Wang himself who wants to perfect the map, it is just pure curiosity, it has nothing to do with others, of course, this is not important...

The important thing is that with this signboard, as long as Dai Wang refuses to confess to death, it will be difficult for others to charge him with this crime.

Even if it is really buckled up, it is still the same sentence, involving the clan and vassal, the right to dispose of it is ultimately in Zhu Qiyu's hands.

If the courtiers persecute them too much and the news spreads, the lack of security will turn into civil servants targeting the clan. At that time, once the memorials of the kings' intercession are published, they can only calm down.

This is a workaround. After the map is really perfected in the future, and the route is mature, it can also prepare for the re-establishment of the Shibo Division.

However, this is not something that can be accomplished in a year or two, and we still have to figure it out gradually...

Thinking in this way, Wynn quietly stepped forward and said.

"My lord, Eunuch Shu Liang has arrived."

"Call in."

Zhu Qiyu came back to his senses, and gave a casual order.

Now that Dai Wang has made a move, then the hidden tricks laid out before should also be useful.

"Slaves kowtow to the emperor."

As usual, Shu Liang walked into the hall respectfully and knelt down.

Exempting his courtesy, Zhu Qiyu didn't talk nonsense, and said directly.

"Just now when Uncle Dai came out of the palace, I have already negotiated with him to transfer the Dai Fan to the Zhangzhou Mansion, and the rest of the Dai Fan will follow their wishes. However, I reckon that the only one who wants to transfer the title is Dai Wang Shu himself. , you go back and pass this news on, and the matter over there in Zhangzhou Mansion should be done quickly."

Hearing this, Shu Liang said.

"The slaves obey the order."

So Zhu Qiyu nodded and continued to ask.

"Is there any new news recently?"

Since the long-term voyage has been planned, it is natural to be prepared. As for this preparation, it is...

"Return to the emperor, the news just came back that Mr. Ren has already established a foothold in Zhangzhou Mansion. According to your instructions, basically all the local gentry and wealthy households in Zhangzhou Mansion have made friends, and most of them have their details. understand."

"However, these people are very cunning, and it is indeed not easy to obtain evidence. The time for Mr. Ren to go is too short, so he has not fully gained trust, and it is even more difficult to join in. However, as far as the current situation is concerned, if the emperor As expected, more than [-]% of the Japanese pirates operating in the southeast today are related to these wealthy households, and there are as many as dozens of households who have already caught traces."

"This is only in Zhangzhou Prefecture. The situation in Quanzhou Prefecture, Xinghua Prefecture, and Fuzhou Prefecture is even more serious. Among them, Quanzhou Prefecture and Fuzhou Prefecture are the most rampant. Mr. Ren suspects that these rich households have secretly formed an alliance. Colluding with overseas real Japanese, not only doing smuggling, even some real Japanese got firearms in their hands, and they flowed out of their hands."

"How dare you!"

Zhu Qiyu's expression turned cold, which immediately made the atmosphere in the hall a little tense.

He already knew about the situation in the southeast area, but he never expected that besides smuggling, there would be people who would dare to smuggle arms.

You know, this is something that is strictly prohibited by the imperial court. It seems that the wealthy families in these places have indeed been at ease for so long that they have forgotten the majesty of the imperial court.

After frowning and thinking for a moment, Zhu Qiyu slowly opened his mouth and said.

"Check, check carefully, arms smuggling is a felony, we must find out who is behind it!"

However, after a short pause, Zhu Qiyu shook his head again and said.

"Let Ren Hong investigate this matter secretly, and remember not to reveal his whereabouts. I will send another court official to investigate and deal with it."

"Yes, servants take orders."

Yes, the so-called preparation actually refers to Ren Hong.

At the beginning, Zhu Qiyu went to Ren's mansion to meet him in person for this matter.

Speaking of which, from Zhu Qiyu's point of view, this young man's xinxing ability is the best choice, but his body is weaker.

If the Ren family survives, by himself, whether it is studying or winning the title, he will be able to achieve something.

But it's a pity that Ren Li acted recklessly and ruined his future.

To be honest, Zhu Qiyu was also hesitant to send him to the southeast area. After all, Ren Hong was good enough in all aspects, but he had one shortcoming, that is, he was a little weak and had not practiced martial arts much.

However, the tenacity and ruthlessness in him are very suitable for surviving in such a chaotic place.

In order to eradicate the Japanese plague, in addition to separating the fake Japanese from the real Japanese, there is also the need to separate ordinary smugglers from those who really turned into bandits.

In the southeast area, there are many merchants who use the name of Japanese pirates, but there are differences among them. Some people just use this name to avoid the government and do business in private, but some people are real merchants and robbers.

Among them, the former belongs to those who can give them a chance to know their way back. As for the latter, how to deal with it depends on the situation. Of course, those who smuggle weapons must be punished as a criminal Annihilated.

However, the premise is that there must be someone who can ascertain the situation of the various forces in the southeast area. This is what Ren Hong has to do.

In addition, Zhu Qiyu also gave him a lot of Jinyiwei's manpower. If possible, if Ren Hong's ability is outstanding enough, with this strength, he may be able to become a fake Japanese team first, and then gradually grow. , Before the imperial court opens the sea, control the sea routes, and through the method of shopping and fighting, clear the obstacles for the imperial court to eradicate the Japanese plague.

Of course, this is very difficult, and there is a risk that once the power expands, it may be out of control.

However, the reason why Zhu Qiyu chose Ren Hong at the beginning was because of his sincerity and filial piety. The Ren family is still in the capital. With them, the probability of Ren Hong's betrayal is very small, not to mention, there are hidden secrets around him. A squad of lonely souls.

At the beginning, considering that Ren Hong was not good at martial arts, and the things to be done were very difficult, Zhu Qiyu sent a small team to go with him, but only two of them were known to Ren Hong, and the rest were all Hiding among the ordinary Jinyiwei and only attacking at critical moments, even Ren Hong would not know their identities...