Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 172 General Trend

King Zhou and King Qin have entered Beijing!

It is rare in the entire history of Ming Dynasty that two vassal kings enter Beijing at one time.

What's more, these two people came to Beijing in a prison car.

This is even more of a wonder.

This matter soon became the talk of the people in the streets and alleys of Beijing, and there were many discussions and speculations.

At this time, the strange talk about Duke Ding Xu Guangzuo taking down two vassal kings also spread from the noble circle at this time.

"Old Xu, you are really good, Old Xu!"

"A memorandum, isn't it right? It should be said that once the king's prelude was right, he won two princes, and they were the heavyweight King Zhou and King Qin."

"You don't even know what the outside world is saying about you now."

"It is said that you are stern and selfless, upright, benevolent and righteous." Ding Guogong's back house, Cheng Guogong Zhu Xizhong rushed in, and as soon as he came in, he grabbed Xu Guangzuo and shook him excitedly.

But Xu Guangzuo, who was shaken by him, was full of lovelessness.

Frightened by Zhu Yuanzhang, he was bedridden for two months, and his condition had already improved.

As a result, as soon as the prison car carrying the two princes entered Beijing, Xu Guangzuo, who was out for a walk, saw him, and he spurted out a mouthful of old blood on the spot.

Lying on the bed at this moment, he even felt that his time was numbered and his life was near.

"Cheng Guogong, stop shaking, don't you think I'm not miserable enough?"

"I'm still thinking about whether I should apologise with death." Xu Guangzuo spoke weakly after being shaken dizzily.

"die?"

"Old Xu, a great future is waiting for you! Why are you looking for death?" Zhu Xizhong was surprised.

"future?"

"What future do I have now!"

"I forced Your Majesty to arrest King Zhou and King Qin into the capital, and according to His Majesty's wishes, I also want to abolish them as common people and take back all their fiefs and family properties in the local area."

"Can you tell me what kind of impression your Majesty has on me?"

"I'm not moving now because of public opinion. Once the gust of wind passes, I might have something to hang up.

"Now our Majesty is not the same as before. He will not be soft when killing people."

"If I die now, Your Majesty may see that the Duke of Dingguo will not be angered because of the merits of my Xu family ancestors. If I don't die, I'm afraid I will bring disaster to my descendants!" Xu Guangzuo said with no love.

"Old Xu, old Xu, I think you are really confused!"

"You're scaring yourself."

"In my opinion, not only will you not be in any danger, but if you seize this opportunity, you might be able to rise to prominence and reappear the glory of Zhongshan King." Zhu Xizhong said excitedly.

"Ok?"

"What do you mean?" Xu Guangzuo's eyes widened slightly.

"Didn't you see it?"

"Your Majesty is going to improve the status of us warriors."

"Then what are Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, and Wang Chonggu? They are just a bunch of mud legs, and now they have become uncles, and they are in the limelight in Beijing."

"Why do you think His Majesty wants to use them?" Zhu Xizhong asked.

"There is no one who will succeed you..."

"If I have the ability to organize and manage the army, His Majesty will let us old-fashioned honorable children use those mud legs instead?"

Xu Guangzuo couldn't help sighing when he said this: "But what does it have to do with you and me? Our military positions have already been dismissed!"

"It's only for the time being, what to do specifically, in the end, it's not a matter of His Majesty's words!"

"As long as we can make a little contribution." Zhu Xizhong said with a flash of light in his eyes.

"What merits can we make?" Xu Guangzuo was full of doubts.

Seeing Xu Guangzuo's puzzled face, Zhu Xizhong smiled mysteriously: "What do you say, my lord?"

"Do you know where the name of your upright, benevolent, righteous and good Duke came from?"

After all, Xu Guangzuo was a veteran who had been in the officialdom for half his life. After Zhu Xizhong gave him such a little push, his head didn't feel dizzy and his eyes didn't blur immediately.

He suddenly sat up from the bed, his eyes widened: "You mean... the palace."

At this moment, Xu Guangzuo understood completely that His Majesty wanted to use him as a sword, continue to eliminate feudal clans, and continue to shoot at the entire Ming Dynasty's honorable group. "

Now he has become Hai Rui in the Xungui Group.

"This... this is too scary!"

"I'm going to take it slow." Cold sweat broke out on Xu Guangzuo's forehead all of a sudden.

"Old Xu, don't I didn't remind you, there are many people in the world who want to make knives. If you hesitate to make His Majesty unhappy, then your Dingguo Mansion will be in real trouble."

"How many clean ones do you think there are under the buttocks of noble families like us?"

An hour later, Zhu Xizhong came out of Duke Dingguo's mansion and heaved a long sigh of relief.

"Finally, the task assigned by His Majesty has been completed!"

Ding Guogong nodded, and he will go to Nanjing next to persuade Xu Guogong.

At that time, the Xu family of the two kingdoms will make a knife, and the corrupt situation of the nobles of the Ming Dynasty and the vassal kings will be broken, and drastic reforms will be made.

A glimmer of anticipation flashed in Zhu Xizhong's eyes.

As the Duke of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Xizhong was considered to be a very self-motivated one, and he was also the most powerful one in the Jiajing Dynasty.

It is absolutely impossible to say that he does not have the slightest idea of ​​regaining control of the Ming army.

As a nobleman, who hasn't had the idea of ​​fighting on the battlefield and recreating the glory of his ancestors?

It’s just that the previous conditions did not allow it. The power of the civil servants is too great, and the civil servants also have the talents of Confucianism and Taoism to help. They, the princely and noble families, are too restricted. They can’t do anything except make a mess of mud.

The main job of him, the most powerful Duke of the Ming Dynasty, was to perform sacrifices instead of the emperor.

How could he be willing?
Zhu Xizhong has always been a man with a desire for power.

In the past, he could not see the hope of regaining control of the army, but now with Zhu Yuanzhang's operations, he suddenly began to feel restless.

"It's indeed time for this Ming Dynasty to change the rules."

"Recreate the invincible Ming army, let's start now!" Such a thought flashed through Zhu Xizhong's mind, he tightened his cloak, and walked quickly into the wind and snow.

He is also the knife in the hands of the current saint, and will be the sharpest one.

Daming Jiajing 45 years.

In the original history, Emperor Jiajing died in this year.

But now, Emperor Jiajing is still alive and kicking.

Jiajing, who was bestowed with a real longevity pill by Zhu Yuanzhang, now feels that he is in good health, and the food is delicious.

In the same year, Zhu Yuanzhang began to expand his influence with the help of the cases of King Zhou and King Qin.

The honorable family is like a net, and every honorable person plays a light or heavy role in it.

As long as you catch one of the lines, you can implicate a series of nobles and royal families on the entire network.

And this is what Zhu Yuanzhang will do next.

King Zhou and King Qin took the initiative to confess a case of reselling imperial arms during the interrogation process.

And this case also involved Zhao Wang, who was also in Henan.

Then, like the dominoes were toppled, more and more royal families and nobles were involved, and all those who committed serious crimes were stripped of their titles by Zhu Yuanzhang and deposed as common people.

If it is not serious, the title will be downgraded, pending arrangement.

When it came to the 47th year of Jiajing, the civil servants in the capital realized that [-]% of the nobles and royal family of the entire Ming Dynasty had been cut off by the Holy One.

The properties of these people were basically taken over by the imperial court, and then leased to the landless people to plant.

This alone eased the increasingly serious conflict between people and the land in the entire Ming Dynasty, and the peasant uprisings in many places disappeared invisible.

Of course, not all nobles were unlucky. Many capable nobles and even royal children stood out amidst the great turmoil, and began to join the army and truly took control of the military.

And this is also the reason why this slashing of feudal clans can be carried out quietly.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang did not stand on the opposite side of all noble vassals, he turned this into a civil war among nobles.

In the end, the one that stood out was the brand-new Xungui Group that had gone through the test of blood and fire.

And it is the honorable group that is completely used by him.

"It's really hard to imagine, His Majesty really did it!"

"He really cleaned up the Xungui Group, and he also lifted the burden of the royal family from the court."

"I have served His Majesty for more than 20 years. It is really hard to imagine that His Majesty has such courage and ability."

"Let the children of the royal family lead the army, the entire Ming Dynasty, except for Emperor Hongwu, even Emperor Yongle would not dare to do this?"

In Xu Jie's mansion, Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng, a pair of master and apprentice, sat opposite each other and were talking.

"Yes!"

"There is indeed a legacy of Hongwu in today's holy majesty, and the revival of the Ming Dynasty is just around the corner." Zhang Juzheng also nodded, and he very much agreed with this point of view.

Even now there are rumors in the capital that Emperor Jiajing's temperament changed drastically because of Taizu's manifestation.

Otherwise, it is really impossible to explain why Emperor Jiajing, who has been cultivating immortals for more than 20 years, suddenly changed his temperament, and why his way of doing things is so similar to that of Emperor Hongwu.

"Do you think His Majesty will stop here?" Xu Jie asked.

"What does teacher mean by this?" Zhang Juzheng asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty has completely tamed the nobles, and has taken control of the whole country's army."

"You said if there was a next target, who would he target?" Xu Jie asked.

Zhang Juzheng sighed: "Teacher, I think sometimes we still have to follow the general trend!"

Hearing Zhang Juzheng's words, Xu Jie fell silent.

Why doesn't he know what the general trend is.

While His Majesty was killing nobles here, Chen Hong and Dongchang along the southeast coast were also setting off a major case, and the Tongwa case is still going on.

Chen Hong has killed at least 3 people.

Now the entire southeast coast has reached the point where Chen Hong's face has changed.

It is said that Chen Hong's name can stop children from crying at night.

In the past two years, there have been countless memorials to impeach Chen Hong every day, but all of them have been kept by the Holy Majesty. How could Xu Jie not know what this means.

His Majesty was clearly planning for the next stage two years ago.

Its purpose is obvious, and it is definitely aimed at the southeast gentry.

This is the so-called general trend in Zhang Juzheng's mouth.

And such a general trend is what Xu Jie is the last to see.

(End of this chapter)