System, help me be an empress

Chapter 68 Snow in May
Meng Shangshu didn't sleep at night and ran to the palace, insisting on dragging Xu Youxi to hold a long talk, discussing the superiority of 'clairvoyance' in different battlefields.

Xu Youxi held back his drowsiness, and had to give applause and praise, alas, it's hard to be a wise king.

"Then I will leave this matter to Meng Aiqing. I hope to see the shadow of 'Clairvoyance' in the army in the near future."

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After finally surviving until Meng Zhiqian left, Xu Youxi looked at the memorial on the table that hadn't started to be reviewed, full of despair.

Before the memorial had time to approve a few copies, Yu Xuejing came over with the latest information collected by Jin Yiwei.

"A total of 22 people have more than one million private assets." Xu Youxi took the information and quickly read to the end, "What do the red dots on the left mean?"

Yu Xuejing was silent for a while, and replied: "Your Majesty, there are a total of 16 people marked with red dots, and they are all recorded by the clan's government."

The original purpose of the "Clan Mansion" was to be an institution responsible for recording the royal family tree and succession of titles. If there were royal-related cases, the Clan Mansion would be responsible for reviewing them.

In the recent dynasty, the meaning of the existence of the "clan mansion" tended to restrain the vassal kings and other clans from all over the country to prevent them from rebelling, and even sent special personnel to record their actions in detail. If there was any abnormality, the clan rules and strict laws would be adopted immediately disposal.

In fact, in the early days of the founding of Dagan, the vassal kings still had great power. Not only did they hold military power, but they also had the opportunity to go to court to discuss politics.It's just that the successive emperors became tougher and tougher. They restricted the military power in the hands of these vassal kings, and even didn't allow them to enter the court to discuss politics.

These vassal kings lost their power, but at least they did not have to worry about food and clothing, and they were all supported by the imperial court.After working hard and not copying the "Tweeting Order" of the Han Dynasty, this group of clans began to desperately have children. Anyway, no matter how many children were born, the imperial court would raise them again, and they could even take the opportunity to ask for more land and other resources.

The treasury is empty, at least half of the reason is because of raising this group of people who eat nothing!
"So rich..." Xu Youxi had mixed feelings.

"Your Majesty, are you planning to do something?" Yu Xuejing asked in a low voice.

"Ah."

Xu Youxi didn't deny that she had an idea for a long time, but she didn't dare to bring it up.

She has to cut her feudal clan!

There are many painful lessons in the history of cutting feudal vassals. During the Rebellion of the Eight Kings in the Western Jin Dynasty, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, shouted at the side of the Qing emperor, and Wu Sangui of the Qing Dynasty revolted because of the cutting of feudal vassals.

In today's Daqian, once the process of reducing the feudal clan starts, the world will be in turmoil in an instant, and the people will suffer.

Therefore, in any case, when her foundation is not stable, she must not shout the slogan of "cutting the feudal clan" on the public face.She doesn't need to do all of these feudal lords, but it's okay to kill some of the most 'arrogant' ones.

"Your Majesty, leave this matter to the minister." Yu Xuejing took the initiative to take over the task.

Xu Youxi laughed and said, "What should I do? What does Master Yu plan to do?"

"The imperial court is still investigating the absconded personnel related to the White Lotus Sect. I feel that I can take this opportunity to arrest several vassal kings in the name of rebellion, behead them and search their homes to avoid future troubles."

Xu Youxi denied: "Jin Yiwei has already taken action, does Lord Yu think those vassal kings are fools? What is the difference between doing this and directly telling these people that I want to cut down the vassal?"

"Can……"

"In my opinion, this matter has to be handled by the clan's residence." Xu Youxi thought about it.

"But the clan mansion and His Majesty may not be of the same mind..."

Yu Xuejing thought of the patriarch Ling Peng Dayong. Although the purpose of the patriarchal mansion was to strictly restrict the development of the clans, the patriarchal mansion was also constantly helping the emperor's relatives to fight for various things from the imperial court. Benefit.

"Isn't it better if you don't have one mind? This group of clans is even less suspicious of me. But the excuse of rebellion is too vulgar, so I have to change it." Xu Youxi shook his head, "Master Yu, look at these more than 20 vassal kings , who should we attack first?"

Yu Xuejing looked at the roster, without hesitation: "If you look at the character of the vassal kings, King Anke and King Changle have the worst reputation among the people, but from the perspective of the country, the king of Shu has great ambitions. It's not good for your lord."

Xu Youxi really doesn't care if he doesn't have great ambitions.When she has enough economic strength, she can make a rifle and a tank.

No matter how ambitious the King of Shu is, he has to hold back for her!

"Then who is richer, King Anke or King Changle?"

"King of Changle."

"How is the relationship between these two people?" Xu Youxi continued to ask.

"Have a grudge."

Xu Youxi seemed to have thought of something: "My lord, has Jin Yiwei collected any past stories about these two people?"

"There are folk rumors that King Anke once poisoned King Changle, but it seems to be unsuccessful."

"What poison?"

Yu Xuejing hesitated to speak: "A poison that can make people... cut off their children and grandchildren."

"Does King Changle have any heirs?"

"Yes. The king of Changle is a licentious man. He has hundreds of wives and concubines in his family, not counting the outer chambers. He has raised more than 30 children and nearly 70 grandchildren."

Xu Youxi's expression was serious: "I think it's not important whether King Changle will have no descendants, what matters is whether his father can wear more green hats."

Yu Xuejing was almost entangled by Xu Youxi's words. After thinking about it carefully, he suddenly realized: "You mean that King Changle is not of royal blood, so none of his blood should enjoy the treatment of the clan!"

"Find out the evidence and give it to King Anke, and see if we can kill two birds with one stone."

"Your Majesty is wise."

"Okay, why is Master Yu still playing flattery? I reviewed the memorial just now, and I did not hesitate to remonstrate with you. There is only one Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Chen Huishi, who is struggling to survive the 'Respecting the Virtuous Party'. , don’t always stare at them. If the Jingxian Party is gone, and only the Qing Party is left in the court, it may not be a good thing." Xu Youxi mentioned by the way.

"The minister obeys the order."

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May [-]th.

The clan's mansion suddenly accepted a major case, and the twists and turns of the matter attracted all the attention of the court.

At the beginning of this matter, it was Jiang Lao Wangfei from the Changle Palace who suddenly came to Beijing to sue the imperial court.

The one who sued was none other than her husband, Lord Changle, who sued her husband for disregarding human life and persecuting women, causing many families to be destroyed.

This matter was complained by the concubine of King Changle, and it was brought to the emperor again.Even the clan's mansion didn't dare to let things go, so they had to bite the bullet and investigate thoroughly, but they still held the idea of ​​whether they could make big things small.

Two days after this matter simmered, King Changle didn't see anything wrong, but the concubine was sentenced by the clan's mansion to deceive the crowd and was ready to be executed in autumn.

The people who had been persecuted in the fiefdom of Changle King couldn't hold back anymore, each holding a copy of "The Law of the Great Truth", regardless of the obstruction of the officials along the way, they drove from the fiefdom to Shangjing all day and one night, and knelt at the gate of the clan's mansion.

That day, it was a rare rainy day in Shangjing.

Braving the heavy rain, this group of people yelled over and over without thinking.

"Please ask the clan's government to implement the "Great Qian Law". If the murderer pays with his life, the king of Changle should pay with his life!"

"Please ask the clan's government to implement the "Great Law" and force women to pay for their lives! The death of King Changle is not a pity!"

"I ask the clan government to implement the "Great Qian Law", and the emperor should commit the same crime as the common people when he breaks the law! Please the clan government implement the "Great Qian Law", and give me a fair and clear job!"

Shouting until everyone is exhausted, shouting until their voices are hoarse, shouting until they are desperate, shouting until everyone is covered by endless despair.At the moment when the sky darkened, the lanterns lit up at the gate of the Zongren Mansion illuminated the snowflakes falling from the sky.

Big dry May snow, the folks have grievances!

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(End of this chapter)