The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 377 Execution of the Nine Clans! (Dazhang asks for a guaranteed monthly pass)
After all, it was one step too late.

Several hundred meters away, Lan Yu and the others watched Song Zhong enter directly under the escort of the palace guards.

He knew that letting the palace guards escort him in would definitely be a big case.

"Brother, what should we do now?"

Cao Zhen asked out of breath.

When Lan Yu heard this, she began to ponder in her heart.

What he can be sure of is to dispatch the palace guards to avoid the time of reporting, the case must be serious.

The key is now, what is the situation of this case.

Thinking of this, Lan Yu said bluntly: "Let's go to Jinyiwei Prison."

As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately understood, and quickly turned and left.

Soon, a group of people came to the prison.

In fact, according to the rules, Duke Liang is not qualified to come to Jinyiwei.

However, recently Zhu Ying issued an order to let Jin Yiwei and the Department of Public Security, including the Department of Military Affairs, work together.

So Sapphire has an excuse.

In Jin Yiwei's place, without Song Zhong's presence, no one dared to stop him.

In the imperial prison, under the pressure of Lan Yuwei, the guards of Jin Yiwei did not dare to hide anything, so they had to tell the story of Song Zhong's interrogation of Cao Zixing.

Cao Zixing was interrogated again.

"Sinner Cao Zixing, pay homage to Liang Guogong."

Cao Zixing saluted with blood all over his body.

"Tell me, what did you explain to Song Zhong just now, and tell me again."

Sapphire didn't have a good tone, she ordered directly.

After Cao Zixing heard the words, he stood there after saluting, as if he didn't hear.

Civil servants and generals are born enemies, so Cao Zixing didn't bother to tell it again, and his own affairs were not a good thing.

Sapphire frowned.

boom! !

Cao Zhen next to him, who had no hesitation in his duty, directly kicked Cao Zixing hard in the chest.

The huge force directly penetrated Cao Zixing's body, and smashed hard against the wall of the prison.

Big mouthfuls of blood kept pouring out of Cao Zixing's mouth. The several hours of whipping made Cao Zixing feel pain, but Cao Zhen's kick almost killed him directly.

"If you dare to put on a show in front of us, I think you don't want to live anymore." Cao Zhen scolded.

Cao Zixing wanted to get up, but he didn't have the strength, so he simply lay down on the ground with his bloody mouth open, and said with a smile, "After entering this prison, I have no intention of getting out alive."

Cao Zhen sneered when he heard the words: "You are doomed, but if you offend our brother, you still have a way to survive as a member of your clan?"

"When a certain letter reaches Shanxi Wei, I will slaughter your entire clan!"

"I want to see, you can still laugh."

Cao Zixing was almost choked to death by a mouthful of blood, and his expression that was pretending to be noble turned into tears.

What the hell, why come one by one, the family will be wiped out at every turn, can't they give some way to survive?

He didn't dare to gamble, and at the same time, he also believed that the guy in front of him would definitely be able to do this.

Huaixi military generals are well-known in Daming, even His Majesty knows that they are thorns, and they have done a lot of things like massacring cities and clans.

In comparison, it was much more ruthless than Jin Yiwei.

Cao Zixing also knew that he had hit the south wall, so he could only explain the matter again.

"Bah, you bastard!"

Before confessing, Cao Zhen scolded him, thinking that this guy really has no backbone.

After the confession, including Sapphire, all complexions changed.

"This kid, it's no wonder he ran so fast. He took away such credit."

While talking, Cao Zhen looked at Cao Zixing viciously, and Cao Zixing was so frightened that he curled up in the corner, buried his head and did not dare to move.

He wasn't afraid of being beaten to death, but he was afraid of offending people like Cao Zhen. If he died, his son would be buried with him.

It was hard to see a glimmer of hope. If it is destroyed at this time, it will not be able to rest in peace after going down to the Nine Springs.

Naturally, the list of those accomplices was also honestly explained.

"Brother, why don't we go ahead and arrest these people." Cao Zhen suggested.

Lan Yu frowned and said: "No, it's a foregone conclusion. We brothers don't lack these credits, but it's just to get into the eyes of the grandson. If you offend His Highness the grandson because of the robbing of the credit, then the loss outweighs the gain."

People like Lan Yu didn't care much about credit for a long time ago.

What you want, you can just get it on the battlefield. The key now is to gain the trust of your grandson.

"Brother, what should we say now?" Cao Zhen asked again.

Lan Yu looked at Cao Zixing and said, "Now that we know about these plots, things will be much easier to handle. Do our job well and continue to arrest Shanxi Merchants and Merchants. Those who deserve to be killed will be tried."

The current Lan Yu, in fact, has nothing else to ask for, just thinking of being able to make enough credit for the grandson and gain full trust.

Only by going through life and death for the grandson can he stabilize his own power in the future.

Now that the Japanese are being defeated, Liao is suppressed, rehabilitated, and the situation is turbulent in many places, these generals can be regarded as having a place to use their talents again.

In Lan Yu's heart, he was more afraid of the grandson than his majesty.

On His Majesty's side, at any rate, he has been working with him for decades, and he has done a lot of hard work.

But on Taisun's side, he has learned the lesson, and he was caught in the trap invisibly.

After a set of rules, killing without blood, somehow all his military power was taken away, including the power of his brothers, which was also greatly weakened.

And everyone in the army sings praises, and everyone can't express their temper.

This method, I didn't realize it in the middle of the game, but when I think about it afterward, my back will be soaked.

After Lan Yu and the others left, Jin Yiwei was relieved.

The current Jin Yiwei is not as strong as before.

If it was before, let alone Liang Guogong, even a vassal king would not dare to trespass privately.

It's just that the current grandson is in power, and the situation is a little unclear. No one knows which Yamen His Highness the grandson will fall in love with.

The reason why Jin Yiwei is so strong is not all because of His Majesty's trust.

In the court, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Ying are discussing arrangements after the Spring Festival.

"The residence newspaper you mentioned is not bad, but we think it has little effect, but the method of using copper characters is really good."

Zhu Yuanzhang spoke after listening to the thoughts of the grandson.

Just now, Zhu Ying revealed to the old man that he wants to run a folk newspaper, which is equivalent to a semi-official one.

In addition to some information that can be made public in the court, the rest, such as some introductions to customs and customs, and some new and interesting things, can be published on the website.

Naturally, there will be personnel to strictly control the details above.

Among them, in order to better print Dibao, or expand the sales of Dibao, Zhu Ying proposed to reform movable type printing.

Since Cai Lun improved the production of paper in the Han Dynasty, the writing materials are lighter and more economical than the oracle bones, bamboo slips, gold stones and silk used in the past. However, copying books is still very labor-intensive and far from meeting the needs of society.

In the Xiping period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the method of copying and rubbing stone tablets appeared.

The clay movable type invented by Bi Sheng during the Qingli period of the Northern Song Dynasty marked the birth of movable type printing.

In the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Zhen successfully created wooden movable type, and invented the typesetting wheel.

Now it is Zhu Ying who proposed copper movable type, which can be used more durable and convenient.

At present, most of the types popular in Ming Dynasty are wooden movable type. The only disadvantage is that they are often soaked in ink. Ordinary wood is easy to be corroded and damaged, and needs to be replaced frequently.

Good wood, but the cost is too high.

If it is made of copper, it is too strong in terms of durability.

Hearing that the old man was not very interested in the residence newspaper, Zhu Ying pursed her lips.

In fact, as far as the current market is concerned, the role of Di Bao is really not that big.

One is that there are only a small number of people who can read and write, and the audience is too limited. Eighty to ninety percent of Ming people are almost illiterate. Even though Zhu Yuanzhang has started compulsory education, very few people can really read.

Eating is always a problem, who cares about reading and literacy, let's live first.

Coupled with the invasion of Mongolian and Yuan culture, for the destruction of most aristocratic families, the Han culture will form a fault line. In the north, even those who understand Mongolian are not much different from those who understand Chinese.

Another reason is that the mouth of the people is better than that of Fangchuan.

Zhu Yuanzhang is no exception.

The control of public opinion is very strict. Although there is no literary inquisition, there are not a few people who are convicted for their words.

At least in the case of Hu Weiyong, a lot of people were convicted for speaking out, and this is the main crime that Jin Yiwei usually arrests civil servants.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang has little interest in developing the Mansion newspaper.

Fortunately, it was the great grandson who came to mention it, so Zhu Yuanzhang didn't raise any clear objections.

"Grandpa, in fact, the biggest advantage of the mansion newspaper is to control public opinion. With official endorsement, most people will definitely choose to believe the contents of the folk mansion newspaper."

"For the propaganda of the imperial court and the control of people's hearts, it is a big weapon."

"Although there are not many people who are literate now, Suner plans to arrange some people to tell the contents of the mansion newspaper full-time, like storytelling, when he plans to run a large school."

"Since ancient times, common people have been afraid of military service like tigers, and they often need to be recruited by force. And we can completely publicize the glory of soldiers in the mansion newspaper, such as some heroes who are loyal to the emperor and serve the country, and promote them for them."

"In this way, conscription is naturally much easier than before, and it is easier for soldiers to cultivate faith and loyalty after enlisting in the army."

"The only major national events that the common people can know can only be obtained from the mansion newspaper, and naturally it will be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people."

In Zhu Ying's mind, it is definitely a very good thing for this mansion newspaper to control public opinion.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the Mansion Newspaper is naturally the only one run by the government, and then it will be printed in large quantities and quickly spread across the country at a low price.

In the past, the reason why there was a saying that the imperial power should not go to the countryside was because the common people were illiterate, and they couldn't understand the court's announcements at all, and generally speaking, they seldom left their one-acre three-point land.

This also led to what those country gentry and landlords said, they believed.

Dibao is different. First of all, it must be full of positive energy, mainly to promote loyalty and patriotism, and thoroughly stimulate the concept of the rise and fall of the world and the responsibility of everyone.

In addition to creating a hero character design, what is self-sacrifice to serve the country, to block the sword for brothers, to go to the grassland alone, and kill the enemy for thousands of miles.

These small stories are constantly produced, and accumulated over time, they have a great effect on shaping the hearts of the people.

Don't underestimate these heroic designs. From the perspective of the superior, the influence of these heroic designs will have a huge impact on the common people, especially the young and middle-aged.

Those who have a lot of strength in their bodies, want to fight for a future, and have ideas.

Joining the army and becoming a hero of Ming Dynasty is the best choice.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't pay much attention to it at first, but as he listened, he became more serious.

As the saying goes, times make heroes, and the disintegration of the Mongols and the Yuan Dynasty has an inseparable relationship with their tyranny against the Han people and their unceasingly suppressed anger.

Zhu Yuanzhang once called on the people of the world to follow in the name of reopening the Sun, Moon and Song Dynasty.

From Dasun, he saw a different angle, that is, using the mansion newspaper as a guide to manipulate the public opinion of the world on a large scale, or in other words: the hearts of the people.

Zhu Yuanzhang is naturally very clear about the truth that people can carry a boat or overturn it.

That is why he wants to set Confucianism as the mainstream and vigorously promote the thought of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.

A unified country is not only in terms of form and system, but also ideology is very important.

At present, many of the Four Books and Five Classics of the Ming Dynasty and Confucianism have been revised by Zhu Yuanzhang himself. For example, what is more important to the people and less important to the emperor has long been removed.

When the content of the imperial examination is strictly limited, reading and taking the imperial examination is to actively cater to the unity of thought. If you don’t cater to it, you will be a servant for the rest of your life.

In contrast, all government schools and private schools only teach the "Four Books and Five Classics" of Confucianism.

This is the effect brought about by the stereotype.

In fact, Zhu Ying's other way of imperial examination did not shake the stereotyped selection of scholars in principle.

Because what Zhu Ying gave was mainly officials, life and skills.

The salary is generous, but there is no power to speak of. To be an official, you still have to learn the current orthodox Confucianism.

And Zhu Yuanzhang realized that the low-cost residence report proposed by Dasun is to control the thoughts of the entire Ming people from a more in-depth perspective.

It is not only aimed at scholars, but even ordinary people can have a great impact.

The key here is the price.

The price of the residence newspaper proposed by Dasun just now is only three Wen per piece.

At this price, even long-term and short-term workers of the landlord's family, and even tenant farmers, can afford it.

If you think about it carefully, these mansion newspapers, as books, may even bring the possibility of literacy to more people.

At present, if Ming wants to be literate, it is inevitable to purchase books, but the price of a book is often very expensive.

Even the most enlightening books are calculated in money.

This makes it even more difficult for people who want to be literate, because they don't even have a high chance of seeing words.

Once the Di Bao came out, the concept was different.

First of all, the content of the Dibao will undoubtedly be deepened and influenced in the process of learning by the common people.

There is a saying in later generations, when a sentence is mentioned every day, it will be engraved in the mind vividly.

The loyalty of these common people who have acquired the ability to read and write to the entire Ming Dynasty will become very strong.

And in the future, no matter when recruiting more talents, it will be more convenient and faster to train them.

"It must be done, it must be done, and it cannot be done in a small way. It must be done in a big way. Let's see, the newspaper must form a charter. No one should hinder the spread of the newspaper. Let the newspaper, even if it is in the frontier All the people can get it."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought it over, and after thinking it through, he said loudly.

Some of these things, after thinking about it, are completely stabilizing the entire Daming country, which is more important than the imperial examination.

This also means that it is very possible that when Da Ming is in trouble, he raises his arms and shouts, and the four directions respond, and all directions follow.

Such popular support can be of great use.

"Da Sun, how do you grow melon seeds in your head? Throughout the ages, talented and intelligent people are like crucian carp crossing the river, boundless, but no one has ever proposed to truly control people's hearts, but to prevent and defend."

"When I arrived at Dasun's place, I played tricks like this."

Zhu Yuanzhang praised.

The mansion newspaper has been around for a long time, and it was more popular in the Song Dynasty, but no one ever said to use the mansion newspaper to influence the hearts of the people.

This point of view is really novel.

Zhu Ying smiled.

This is the difference in the vision of the pattern. In later generations, due to the advancement of the times and the opening up of people's wisdom, they attached great importance to propaganda.

The Ming Dynasty was no different. The Song Dynasty was weak and its policies were not good. The people at the bottom were like cattle and sheep.

Even the emperor's decree, even Bianjing is difficult to get out.

Moreover, although there was movable type printing at that time, it was not taken seriously, including the current Ming Dynasty newspapers, which were not printed, but mainly hand-copied.

This has caused a price difference, and it can only become popular among country gentry officials and nobles.

And Meng Yuan, let alone.

Taking control of the Central Plains has always been based on force suppression. What do the common people think, and those Mongolian nobles will care?
If you are disobedient, you will be whipped.

Slaves can still have their own ideas, which is disrespectful to the master.

Until the Ming Dynasty, now high-yield grain is produced, the national treasury is full, before the establishment of compulsory education by Zhu Yuanzhang, and now the emergence of Zhu Ying School.

Coupled with the maturity of movable type printing technology, the prosperity of the paper industry, and the low price of paper.

Finally, we have to add the prosperity of novels in the Ming Dynasty, and the emergence of a large number of storytellers who made their careers in this field helped to strengthen propaganda.

And so on, a series of conditions are extremely fulfilled, so this can be achieved.

It would be difficult to do it in any previous dynasty.

What Zhu Ying did was to propose a suitable arrangement at the right time.

"Grandpa, the majesty of the Ming Dynasty lies in its strong army, and the report is only a support. The so-called weak country has no diplomacy. If you want the Ming Dynasty to prosper and govern for a long time, in my grandson's opinion, it needs to be protected by force."

"So the mainstream content in the mansion newspaper, my grandson should think that it is to promote the soldiers and convey the concept of protecting the family and the country."

Zhu Ying said along the way.

Zhu Ying has always been opposed to the suppression of warriors.

Naturally speaking from the source, Zhu Yuanzhang's suppression of warriors does not refer to the entire army, but refers to the military generals of the Ming Dynasty who are honorable and have military power.

What Zhu Ying has to do is to create a real strong army of Ming Dynasty, a strong army with its own ideas.

It is their responsibility to protect the safety of Ming Dynasty all the time, even if their general wants to take the lead in rebellion, he will be tied up by his subordinates.

The military school that Zhu Ying is now establishing is to train a large number of middle-level officers, to support the skeleton of Ming soldiers, and to weaken the influence of the commander-in-chief.

So far, the effect is still very good.

Not to mention the locality, at least around the capital, the soldiers who went out from Xuanjiawei continued to enter various guards, eroding the military power of the former veterans.

Their entry was like a nail, buried deep in it.

If there is a command envoy of the guard station, if there is any idea of ​​conspiracy, it will be difficult to achieve it.

"Defend the family and defend the country, what a defender to defend the country!!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, and he praised loudly.

In the current Ming Dynasty, or even in the past, there is no such word as defending the home and defending the country.

Hearing the old man's praise, Zhu Ying was also taken aback.

This idiom is known to almost everyone in later generations, but it doesn't exist in Daming?

This is because Zhu Ying is ignorant. The idiom of "protecting the family and defending the country" comes from Bing Xin, a famous poet of later generations, rather than it has existed since ancient times.

Just when Zhu Ying took this opportunity to chat with the old man about strengthening the army, increasing military pay, and improving the military security system.

The eunuch outside the door came to report: "Your Majesty, Song Zhong, the Governor of Jinyiwei, has urgent matters to see."

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little displeased.

In this cold and twelfth lunar month, the grandfather and grandson chatted lively here, and it was still a major issue related to the future of Daming.

If there is nothing important, Song Zhong's impression points will be greatly reduced.

"Let him in."

"According to the order."

Song Zhong came in and saw that His Majesty and His Highness Taisun were both there. He was overjoyed and saluted, "I pay my respects to Your Majesty, Your Highness Taisun."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and said lightly: "Get up and talk, what's important this time."

Song Zhong quickly said seriously: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the minister arrested the Shanxi household registration according to the order, and Cao Zixing, the household doctor, went to the imperial prison for interrogation, and found that Shanxi merchants had committed a serious crime of treason."

Briefly, Song Zhong quickly submitted the dossier.

Liu He stepped forward to take the file and handed it to His Majesty for inspection.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little upset at first, but after seeing the details in the dossier, he immediately exploded.

"Conspiracy! Conspiracy! This is to steal the foundation of our Ming Dynasty and destroy the country of the Ming Dynasty."

"It's a big deal to communicate with foreign clans and hide the capital inside. These Shanxi merchants should kill the nine clans one by one!!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect that the rumor case would involve a huge conspiracy.

The layout of Shanxi merchants is too far-reaching. They have already deviated from the capital, and the imperial power is difficult to achieve. They also sell a large number of iron wares to the grassland.

What's more, almost all officials in Shanxi were bribed to thoroughly investigate corruption cases, which rarely happened in Shanxi. Zhu Yuanzhang still thought it was good, and his politics was clear.

Now it seems that each is a nest of snakes and rats, and even the capital has a layout.

In an instant, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that this method was a bit familiar. Thinking about it carefully, it seemed to have similarities with Dasun's method of deploying Goryeo.

In just a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's anger dissipated, and his half-closed eyes were full of evil spirits.

When encountering major events, anger is useless. In fact, most of the time, Zhu Yuanzhang's anger is for others to see.

As the founding emperor, it is Zhu Yuanzhang's habit to deal with everything calmly.

After thinking deeply, Zhu Yuanzhang became indifferent.

If it is allowed to develop for a long time, maybe the future Ming Dynasty may be destroyed because of these Shanxi merchants.

This guess is based on Dasun's previous methods.

In fact, it is true.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, these Shanxi merchants manipulated their power and wantonly annexed the military salaries of the Nine Frontiers, especially in Shanxi. The imperial court took as much money as they wanted, just like a bottomless pit.

The rise of the Qing Dynasty was precisely because of the large number of transactions with Shanxi merchants.

The greatest advantage of the Central Plains dynasty over foreign nations was its superiority in armaments.

The Shanxi merchants sold armaments wantonly, which made the fighting power of the Manchu Qing skyrocket. In addition, the Ming Dynasty was full of disasters and disasters at that time, which became the last straw that overwhelmed the camel's camel.

It is said that Li Zicheng's peasant uprising banned Daming, but in fact, how many troops of Ming were involved in the Manchu Qing.

The important town on the Nine Borders has hoarded the most powerful soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

If Li Zicheng is really the only one, it's hard to say about the rebellion.

After Zhu Yuanzhang figured it out, he didn't express his position immediately. Instead, he waved his hand and asked Song Zhong to leave.

His Majesty's reaction was beyond Song Zhong's expectation, but he knew that this matter would cause a shocking wave as he often dealt with His Majesty.

"Let's take a look, grandson, too."

Zhu Yuanzhang handed the dossier to Zhu Ying and said.

Zhu Ying took the file and started browsing.

Good guy.

Zhu Ying used to know that Jin merchants had some transactions with grassland tribes, but she never thought that it was only the beginning of Ming Dynasty, and it was already so exaggerated.

After all, many merchants in the frontier, including Beiping and the Western Regions, have more or less smuggled transactions.

The huge profits make many people willing to take risks, which can only strengthen the suppression, and it is difficult to stop it.

It's just that I didn't expect that these Shanxi merchants have been laying out since the early Ming Dynasty.

It's normal to have people in the capital, but it's not normal to have so many people.

There are more than [-] people involved in the list attached to the dossier!
It seems that there are not many, and the grade is not too high, but these people are all important officials of the court, scattered among the six ministries, especially some seemingly inconspicuous officials.

It is no wonder that for nearly 300 years in the Ming Dynasty, these Shanxi merchants have been secretly accumulating wealth without being noticed.

Until the strength is enough, there is enough power to overwhelm the country.

There are many stars and stars in this relationship, and the list is only leaked by Cao Zixing, there must be others hidden.

"There is no difference between Shanxi and rebellion, and it is even more insidious than rebellion on the surface. Many officials have gone to Shanxi, and I am afraid that not all of them will be eaten into it."

"It seems that this place in Shanxi needs to be cleaned thoroughly to remove all the dirt."

Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was very calm, and he could not hear any joy or anger.

If Empress Ma was still there, or if the prince Zhu Biao was still there, when he heard this voice, he could understand that this was a manifestation of Zhu Yuanzhang's extreme anger.

The beginnings of the three previous cases were all like this.

Although Zhu Ying had never seen it before, the feeling was very strong.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Grandpa, it seems that the first thing to do in spring is to rehabilitate the army and clean up Shanxi by the way."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

In the past two days, it seems that no decree has been issued, but in the early court, many officials found that there were suddenly many empty seats around them.

In Fengtian Hall, there are about five hundred civil and military officials.

In just one day, hundreds of civil servants were arrested.

The ministers naturally knew about such an obvious matter, but no one dared to ask what the situation was.

Everything in the hall was normal, but it was a little empty among the officials in the future.

In the capital city, compared with the court hall, it is called a changing situation.

The civil servants captured by Jin Yiwei are fine, and have little influence on the common people.

But Lan Yu followed suit, first arresting the members of the Shanxi Merchants and Merchants Gang, and then under interrogation, anyone involved was arrested and brought to justice.

The cells of the Security Department and the Bingma Department were already full, and even the dungeons could no longer be closed.

All the people arrested now are sent to the barracks.

At the same time as the arrest of people, a large amount of goods and money were also taken back as dirt.

"Brother, this is too much."

Looking at the part of the money collected in front of him, Cao Zhen swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty.

(End of this chapter)