Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 1106 The Disadvantages of Huangzhuang
In the prison of the Imperial Prison, Zhu Qiyu was sitting on a chair and Yu Qian was kneeling on the ground. This is not a standard pattern, but Zhu Qiyu didn't mean to make Yu Qian stand up, and Yu Qian didn't seem to care. He straightened his back Back, pondered and opened his mouth, and said.

"After His Majesty's decree, I have carefully read the regulations of Huangzhuang. According to the decree, Huangzhuang will be assigned by His Majesty to be under the jurisdiction of the mine tax eunuch, with the assistance of local officials. In the process of implementation, it may not be as His Majesty envisioned."

Speaking of it, the fuse of the palace gate's kneeling and remonstrance was Zhu Qiyu's decree to implement the Huangzhuang system, so Yu Qian naturally had to solve this problem first.

"From a rough perspective, there are three disadvantages in this matter."

"First, His Majesty's use of mining tax envoys to manage Huangzhuang is illegal and difficult to control."

"The mine tax is the internal supervisor of the palace. Because of this, his actions are only to fulfill His Majesty's will. The system of Huangzhuang involves many matters such as relocation of land and immigration. There will inevitably be many difficulties. However, according to the palace The style of eunuchs, if such things happen, they often suppress them with violence, and act quickly, so that the public opinion and civil disturbances caused by this are completely ignored."

"Song Wenyi is near the capital, so it can be regarded as a small fight, but once it spreads out, how do you know that the mine tax envoys will not hit the common people with ideas to annex and plunder in order to expand the Huangzhuang?"

"Furthermore, this generation of internal eunuchs is ordered by His Majesty to be an imperial envoy, and will not be restrained by any yamen. In this way, once they do something wrong, no one can stop it. If you stick to one word, you will argue endlessly. Your Majesty is far away in the capital, so it is difficult to discern the truth. If you are a little careless and make a mistake in your judgment, it will first damage your Majesty's morality, and second, put the people in trouble."

It should be said that under normal conditions, Yu Qian has outstanding abilities.

Years of local experience allowed him to see at a glance the disadvantages of the emperor's Huangzhuang in its actual implementation.

To put it bluntly, many strategies are good when they are formulated, but when they are put into practice, many problems will arise.

The disadvantage of Huangzhuang is that its manager is an eunuch. This status makes the court helpless. The only emperor who can control the eunuchs is bound to be impossible to do everything personally and stare at the eunuchs all the time. .

More importantly, because most eunuchs are from the inner court, when they have conflicts with local officials, there is a high probability that the emperor will protect the eunuchs, but the facts have proved that it is the emperor's protection that makes these eunuchs unscrupulous , Become a generation who oppresses the people.

This is also the reason why Yu Qian insisted that the emperor deal with Song Wenyi in the matter of Song Wenyi. He can understand the emperor's approach, but this example cannot be opened.

After setting this precedent, the result is that more and more mining tax envoys will come out like now. After they arrive at the place, under the connivance of the emperor, they will not be bound by the law. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. As expected by the emperor, is it only aimed at the wealthy gentry who plundered the land of the people, and not the common people?
It has to be said that when it comes to specific practice, Yu Qian returned to the Yu Qian that Zhu Qiyu was familiar with.

What I said... Zhu Qiyu is indeed a little guilty.

Because what Yu Qian said was indeed the biggest flaw that Huangzhuang might have. Although he had expected it, it was not as deep as Yu Qian thought.

After all, no one is perfect, and Zhu Qiyu's advantage lies in that he has hundreds of years of vision, has seen the rise and fall of dynasties with his own eyes, understands everyone's temperament, ability selection, and has power tactics beyond ordinary people.

However, he has never seen the world with his own eyes!

The emperor is high above the ninth level, controlling all nations in the world, but in fact, in Zhu Qiyu's past and present lives, most of his activities are in the palace city, and most of his understanding of the world comes from paper. All his life, he paid special attention to people with practical experience.

It is also because of this that he is always refuted by Yu Qian after he talks about such specific matters with Yu Qian, and this time is no exception...

Touching his nose, most of Zhu Qiyu's anger subsided. Looking at Yu Qian who was kneeling on the ground, his expression was a little unnatural. He glanced at Wynn next to him, so the latter immediately understood and took the two of them, Another pier was moved and placed next to Yu Qian.

However, Yu Qian turned a deaf ear and did not take any action. Seeing this situation, Zhu Qiyu was a little depressed and said.

"Sir, get up, don't kneel down."

"According to the purpose..."

Yu Qian stood up, but did not sit down.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Qiyu didn't say much, just said.

"Sir, I know that before sending out these mining tax envoys, I have summoned them one by one and strictly ordered them not to disturb the common people."

Hearing this, Yu Qian sighed, his face was quite helpless, and said.

"Your Majesty, I still say the same thing. Once these eunuchs leave the capital, no one can control them except the imperial decree. Who can guarantee that they will not deceive Your Majesty?"

Never overestimate human nature.

It is true that the eunuchs in the palace are all slaves of the emperor, and Zhu Qiyu can deal with them with one word, even without any charges.

However, being able to control their life and death does not mean being able to completely control them, otherwise, there would be no such thing as obedience.

If a decree can make everyone dare not do evil, then where are there so many injustices in this world?
The eunuchs in the palace were indeed afraid of the emperor, but that only required the emperor to really believe that they were doing evil.

The most critical part of the Huangzhuang system is not how determined the emperor is, but that substantive justice is bound to be difficult to guarantee in the end under the premise of violating procedural justice.

This point, Yu Qian understands, Zhu Qiyu also understands, so what he said just now is without confidence.

However, it was only for a moment before Zhu Qiyu said again.

"Don't worry, sir, of course I won't be so naive. I feel that once the will is given, everyone will obey it. That's why I ordered the local officials to assist. Moreover, I also asked the vassal king's clan to send staff to supervise. Although this can't stop this matter , but it can be curbed a little bit.”

"The establishment of Huangzhuang in the local area mostly uses official land, and the local land is relied on. Whether there is any illegal act, you can find out if there is any illegal act. The tax envoys squeezed the tenants and filled their pockets, and the vassal kings and clans probably would not agree."

Although it is said that Zhu Qiyu does not have the experience of visiting places like Yu Qian, but still, he has a lot of understanding and grasp of the ruling and opposition parties.

Therefore, of course he knows what kind of disposition these eunuchs are, and it has nothing to do with individuals. Because of the special environment in which eunuchs are in, most of them are the ones who will show off their power when they are powerful.

Now that he knew it, he would naturally be prepared, but to be honest, Zhu Qiyu himself had no idea how effective this preparation would be.

As for Yu Qian...

Not surprisingly, after hearing what the emperor said, he even sighed and said.

"Your Majesty, this is the second drawback I want to talk about."

"The vassal king's relatives were originally enshrined by Pinghu Sheji, but since Taizong, all the places have been peaceful, and the guards of the kings have all been taken back by the court, and the officials of the palace... are mostly selected from the juren and the students. Although there are available people, However, among them, there are very few who have both talent and virtue.”

Originally, Yu Qian wanted to say that the officials in the royal palaces of various vassals are basically a bunch of useless waste.

However, when the words came to his lips, he suddenly remembered that the person in front of him seemed to be the successor of the vassal king. Once he said this, it would be fine to offend those old officials of the Prince's Mansion. I am afraid that His Majesty would think that he had something in mind refer to.

Therefore, Yu Shaobao said half of what he rarely said, and abruptly changed his words, but even so, the face of the emperor who heard these words changed obviously.

However, what Yu Qian said made sense.

Although Emperor Taizong did not talk about cutting the feudal clan, in fact, the policy of cutting the feudal clan has been implemented all the time, but the means are more subtle and gentler. One of them is to reduce the number and quality of royal officials.

To this day, except for the most important long history, the officials in the royal palaces of the feudal princes are really incapable.

"Your Majesty's intention is to use the suzerains and vassals to contain the eunuchs, and then coordinate with the local officials to ensure that no one can intervene. However, in the matter of Huangzhuang, the interests of the vassal kings and the mining tax authorities overlap. Not only will the vassal king not help His Majesty in monitoring the eunuchs, but he will cover up and assist them, and they will be in collusion with each other, so this will defeat His Majesty's original intention."

"Besides, there are many fields in Huangzhuang, and there are many lands. Although the vassals directly manage them without intervening, if the eunuchs make friends with the vassals, the local officials will be even less able to resist. It is easy to collect rich talents, and the emperor The peasants in the village live by the Huangzhuang, and if things go on like this, they may end up in disaster..."

If Yu Qian still had some scruples about what he said just now, then the last two sentences should not be more explicit.

The essence of Huangzhuang is actually to gather the fields together and produce them together to increase the yield of grain. However, in this way, a large number of farmers are actually attached to Huangzhuang. Among the Huangzhuang.

There is land, food, and people. Under such circumstances, it is indeed possible to cultivate some ambitious people.

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Qiyu's face also turned cold, and he scolded.

"presumptuous!"

"Yu Qian, do you know that based on what you said just now, I can punish you for the crime of alienating the heavenly family!"

Yu Qian leaned over and said.

"The minister is willing to accept the crime."

Zhu Qiyu leaned back on the chair slowly, paused for a moment, and then spoke.

"The family of the vassal king, after all, is the blood of the Tian family. I know what your worries are, but the affairs of the clan will affect the whole body, so don't speak nonsense."

Hearing this, Yu Qian was a little surprised. He originally thought that the emperor had ignored the harm of delegating power to the clan, but now it seems that the emperor is clear.

Moreover, judging from the emperor's expression at this moment, he knew that the old man did not intend to make any jokes. The emperor really didn't want people to interfere in the matter of the clan.

Perhaps, it's because of being too emperor... Yu Qian found a reason for himself, bowed his head and said.

"According to the purpose..."

He didn't intend to stir up the affairs of the clan at this time. In fact, he also knew very well that what he said just now was actually exaggerated and unfounded.

Under the current vassal system, it is no longer possible to set off a miracle like that of Jing Nan. After all, rebellion is not only enough for people to have food, weapons, armor, ordnance, these things are indispensable.

Not to mention, now that the vassal kings and even the guards in the mansion have been brought back to the court. Under this situation, the guards all over the place in Ming Dynasty make it impossible for the vassal kings to raise an army in private and retreat [-] yuan. Bu said that even if there were any accidents, the imperial army would be enough to put down the rebellion quickly.

Of course, this does not mean that there are no hidden dangers in Huangzhuang, it just means that it is not enough to support the rebellion, but if you want to say whether the shackles of some vassal kings have been untied and the risks have increased, there must be.

Now that the emperor has made it clear and has a plan in his mind, but in the present, it is not necessary to intervene, Yu Qian naturally does not want to get too entangled in this matter.

"Your Majesty knows that His Majesty wants to open a new path for the clan, and I have no intention of obstructing His Majesty, let alone alienating the clan, but the matter of Huangzhuang really needs to be considered. This is also the reason why I insist on seeing Your Majesty after learning of the decree. "

"It's not that this matter cannot be implemented, but it needs to be done carefully. At least, it should be discussed repeatedly in the court meeting. After all the hidden dangers that the minister just mentioned have corresponding strategies one by one, they will be slowly drawn, rather than a decree. , so that the government and the public will obey you..."

If these words were said in the court, there would probably be another storm, or in other words, Yu Qian was the only one who dared to be so straightforward in front of the emperor.

Sure enough, after hearing these words, the emperor's face was not very good-looking, but, after all, he was right in private, and the emperor was still able to hold on. Although he was not in a good mood, he just snorted and asked.

"Since that's the case, what should you do in your opinion?"

It can be seen that Yu Qian has not been idle for more than a month. On the table in front of him, in addition to the latest novel, there is also a stack of papers full of lower characters, which are scribbled and changed. It has been considered many times.

Hearing the emperor's words, Yu Qian cupped his hands, and then, he did pick up the papers and said.

"I originally thought that I would submit this memorial in a few days, but I never thought that His Majesty would come to visit you in this cell in person today. It would be disrespectful to submit it to the imperial court before finishing it. Please also ask Your Majesty." Forgive me."

Zhu Qiyu snorted, took the slightly messy stack of paper from Wynn's hand, and looked at it seriously.

However, after staying for a while, he raised his head again, his eyes fell on Qian's body, but his face was not very good-looking, and he asked in a deep voice.

"This is the countermeasure you gave me, Mr. Yu, after you have been thinking hard for a month?"

(End of this chapter)