Start with Baihuguan

Chapter 524
Just when the news about the Nanyang Province was spreading in the capital, a grand dynasty would come as scheduled.

Baiguan came to the big square in front of Qianqing Palace early. Although there are one or two grand court meetings every month, the mood of Baiguan is very different every time they come.

For example, this time, because of the commotion caused by Li Huan's return not long ago, coupled with some gossip that has been circulated privately in the past few days, the officials can be said to be full of thoughts.

It was just dawn, and the civil and military officials of the court had already gathered on the large square in front of the Qianqing Palace.

At this time, the emperor Luanjia had not yet arrived, but all the civil and military officials, nobles and even the clan members had gathered here, just waiting for the emperor to arrive.

At this time, many officials secretly cast their eyes on the figure of Li Huan standing in the ranks of nobles.

At this moment, Li Huan was surrounded by a group of nobles. Just seeing Li Huan talking in a low voice with the British Duke and Cheng Guogong, the smiles on the faces of the British Duke, Cheng Guogong and other nobles made the crowd The officials who saw this scene had a strange reverie in their hearts.

It is rumored that Nanyang is where a treasure house of Jinshan is located. As long as you can go to Nanyang, you will definitely gain a lot.

Not to mention anything else, just look at the fact that in the past few years, the Daming Royal Firm established by Li Huan brought back a large amount of goods every time, making all the nobles who participated in it at the beginning all rich. It makes people jealous.

At the beginning, many officials wrote to the emperor, admonishing the emperor not to compete with the people for profit, but the emperor ignored the memorial. Now the emperor and a group of nobles have earned a steady stream of wealth from the royal business of the Ming Dynasty. People are moved by it and even jealous.

This time when Li Huan came back, he brought back a large amount of goods, which was even more exciting, and some people's hearts became restless.

Now in the court, almost everyone has a unified understanding, that is, the land of Nanyang is a treasure, and no matter what, they must get a foot in the Nanyang province, otherwise they will miss such a good profit. opportunity for wealth.

"His Majesty is here!"

Accompanied by a sharp voice, all the officials came back to their senses, and after the emperor sat down, they all bowed to the emperor.

The Grand Court Assembly officially started, and a figure was seen walking out of the ranks of hundreds of officials, it was none other than Wang Yangming, the current chief assistant.

Wang Yangming stepped forward and bowed to the emperor, saying: "Your Majesty, I have something to announce!"

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, with a smile on his face, he said, "Oh, I don't know what's the matter with the chief assistant?"

Wang Yangming took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, after the cabinet's discussion, the imperial court plans to move millions of people to Nanyang this year, but it needs a large number of ships. Not only that, but also more officials need to be dispatched to Nanyang Province to establish prefectures and counties. , on behalf of the heavens to caress the people..."

Zhu Houzhao straightened his expression, and said, "I don't know if the chief assistant has any good strategies?"

In fact, these issues were discussed by the emperor and the cabinet in advance, and now they are going through the big court meeting, so it looks more like a process.

But among the officials present, most of them didn't know, so they said that they were listening attentively at the moment.

Everyone knows that now it is related to the Nanyang Province, and every move may contain great opportunities. Perhaps in this grand court meeting, an inconspicuous policy policy can bring them earth-shaking changes.

Here Wang Yangming said slowly: "Your servant must allow the Ministry of Industry to build shipyards in local areas and increase investment in the shipbuilding industry."

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly and said, "Yes!"

Wang Yangming continued: "In order to prevent the transfer of a large number of officials to Nanyang and the shortage of court officials, the cabinet discussed and prayed that His Majesty will continue to open Enke to recruit scholars this year, so as to reserve talents for our Ming Dynasty."

Many officials' eyes lit up when they heard the words. Last year, the imperial court had already opened Enke and admitted a group of Jinshi. It is said that it is unlikely to continue to open Enke this year, but who made the imperial court need to be in Nanyang Province? The establishment of prefectures and counties requires a large number of officials, so the court must reserve reserve officials, so adding Enke is a must.

In previous years, the exam had to be taken every three years, and many scholars might only have the opportunity to take the scientific exam a few times in their lifetime. Now that the imperial court has added Enke one after another, it is equivalent to increasing the number of admissions for scholars in disguise.

After all, in the past, one or two hundred people were admitted once every three years, but now, two or three hundred people may be admitted once a year. One can imagine what good news this is for scholars.

There are quite a few children who are preparing for exams in the families of the officials present. The addition of Enke by the imperial court is definitely great news for their younger generations. It is no wonder that these people were delighted when they heard what Wang Yangming said. .

Under the watchful eyes of all the officials, the emperor nodded and agreed to Wang Yangming's request after pondering for a while, and formally decreed to add Enke this year to select talents for the imperial court.

It has been nearly an hour since Wang Yangming, the chief minister of the cabinet, went through the procedures of the important matters that had been agreed upon at the Great Court Conference.

As Wang Yangming retreated, the slightly exhausted Son of Heaven glanced at all the officials, coughed lightly and said, "Is there anything else you want to play?"

Under normal circumstances, the discussions on major matters in the court have just been completed, and there should be nothing wrong, but after the emperor's voice fell, a figure came out and said, "I report to Your Majesty, I have something to report."

After a clatter, all eyes looked at Li Huan in unison.

It was none other than Li Huan who came out. Li Huan had been away from the capital for two years, which made many officials somewhat uncomfortable with Li Huan's appearance at the Great Court Assembly, so seeing Li Huan at this moment Standing up, many people were subconsciously taken aback.

At the same time, some people's complexions changed. Everyone knew that at this grand court meeting, with Li Huan's past performance, it would definitely not be a small matter if Li Huan stood up and spoke at this time.

After all, what Li Huan did in the Great Court Meeting in the past will never be forgotten when you think about it, whether it was the elimination of the Beijing camp from the beginning or the implementation of the New Deal later, or the implementation of the official and gentry payment of food and even Later Kaihai established nine major shipping divisions, Daxing Maritime Trade and so on.

It can be said that these things, no matter what that is, are not trivial matters.

Originally thought that Li Huan had been away for two years and would calm down a bit after he came back, but he did not expect that Li Huan would stand up at the first court meeting after returning to Beijing.

Zhu Hou looked at Li Huan with a smile and said, "Oh, what's the matter with Li Qing?"

Li Huan's eyes were fixed, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I have heard that the clans of the vassal princes in the world have invaded the fields of the world. Please check the Wang Tian to which the clansmen of the vassal princes in the world belong..."

Li Huan's opening directly stunned the civil and military officials present. Many people blinked their eyes, looked at Li Huan's righteous and awe-inspiring appearance, and subconsciously murmured: "As expected, it is Li Huan. Dare to say anything, dare to do anything!"

"Even the vassal king's clan dared to provoke him, such audacity, tsk tsk, I can only say that he is indeed the Duke of Qin!"

Some people were surprised at first, but after realizing it, Li Huan felt that it was not so unacceptable to check the number of acres owned by the clansmen of the vassal kings in the world. If other officials spoke, they would definitely be regarded as crazy by all officials Ordinary, but if it comes from Li Huan's mouth, then it can't be more normal.

The Son of Heaven showed some astonishment on his face, looked at Li Huan and coughed lightly, "Li Qing, you..."

Seeing the change in the emperor's expression, some officials obviously thought that the emperor was subconsciously protecting the royal family.

However, Li Huan continued: "Your Majesty, the people of the world are overwhelmed with the burden of supporting the clan of the vassal king. I not only request the court to investigate the land and acres of the clan of the vassal king, but also ask your majesty to take back all the privileges of the clan of the vassal king in his fief. Wang Tian or the shops he belongs to must pay taxes like ordinary people..."

Previously, the imperial court had implemented the government-gentle payment system. Although it has been gradually implemented after several years of strong implementation, there are still some obstacles in it. The most obvious group is the royal family.

Now Li Huan's knife directly slashed at the royal family members. It can be imagined that if the news of today's Great Court Meeting is spread, then the princes and relatives from all over the world will definitely jump up and curse for it, and they can't wait to let Li Huan go. Eight dollars is a must.

One after another subconsciously looked at the emperor sitting there, but at this time the emperor's face was calm, making it impossible to see what the emperor was thinking.

All of a sudden, the Son of Heaven stood up and glanced at all the officials, saying: "This matter is of great importance. It involves the clan of the vassal king. We will discuss it later and retire from the court!"

The emperor Luan drove away, and all the officials also dispersed, but the news of today's court meeting spread like wings.

Even a fool can see that Li Huan's suggestion at the Great Court Meeting, the emperor may have already made some intentions, otherwise he would not have reacted like that.

Such a big event in the court can never be hidden from those vassal kings.

Although it is said that all the vassal kings in the world stay in their respective fiefs and are absolutely not allowed to leave the fiefs without the imperial court's order, this does not mean that these vassal kings are ignorant of what is happening above the court.

It can be said that as long as they are not fools, the local vassal kings will order people to pay attention to the movement above the court, so when the news of Li Huan targeting the vassal king's clan relatives came out, in less than half a month, everyone except those whose fiefdoms were in remote places Except for the family members of the vassal king, almost [-] to [-]% of the vassal kings have already known about this matter.

Today, there are dozens of vassals at the prince level of the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that the number of princes and vassals granted by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty since the founding of the country is already quite amazing. This is only at the prince level. Many clansmen, a large number of clansmen of the vassal princes sucked the flesh and blood of Daming like vampires lying on him.

Prince Jin of Datong in Shanxi, King Zhou of Kaifeng in Henan and other princes conferred by the former emperor Taizu have been in the area for a hundred years. power, but no one dared to ignore the local influence of these vassal kings.

Of course, the influence of these vassal kings on the local area is often negative, but the negative impact is also an impact.

For these vassal kings who are domineering in the local area, as long as they don't rebel, they can do whatever they want and do whatever they want. Suddenly they heard that someone dared to attack them. It would be strange if these vassal kings didn't fry the pot .

They are all confined to the fiefdom, shouldn't they be allowed to find a way to annex the fields and try their best to steal property from the mansion?It can be said that Tianmu is one of the lifelines of these feudal lords, and as a result, Li Huan wanted to touch their lifeblood as soon as he came up, but all the vassal kings who knew the news jumped angrily and cursed at the same time, and wrote letters to the emperor, praying to the emperor Kill Li Huan, a treacherous and sycophantic person who alienates the family relationship of the Tian family.

Of course, many vassal kings were worried and panicked. After all, not all vassal kings are so lawless. Everyone knows that the emperor has great trust in Li Huan. If the emperor listens to Li Huan's words and takes action against them, How will they maintain their extravagant life by then?

So no matter what you think in your heart, under such circumstances, the princes and relatives of the vassals all over the world wrote to the emperor one after another, asking the emperor to kill Li Huan.

A month passed, and there was another big court meeting. Regarding Li Huan's proposal, after two big court meetings, there was still no result, and there was even a lot of commotion in the court hall.

At the court meeting, Li Huan said loudly to the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, since the vassal kings of the world feel wronged and are yelling at the ministers to beat and kill them, then please call the vassal kings of the world to Beijing. I want to see what they can do to my ministers!"

Immediately, some ministers jumped out and repeatedly objected.

However, the emperor agreed to Li Huan after a moment of pondering, and immediately issued an order to call all the vassal kings from all over the world to Beijing.

Ever since Emperor Hongwu had all the kings in the world, it can be said that almost no vassal kings entered the capital together. This time Zhu Houzhao ordered the world's vassal kings to enter the capital, which is definitely a precedent.

The emperor's will to summon the vassal kings to Beijing was delivered to the hands of the vassal kings at an extremely fast speed. It can be said that the first time they received the emperor's order, many vassal kings were stunned. He wants to call them into Beijing.

You must know that for these vassal kings, without the will of the emperor, they are absolutely not allowed to enter the capital, and even the fiefdom cannot leave a step. Once they are discovered, they may be charged with treason by the court .

Therefore, many vassal kings have never left their fiefs since they were born, and their entire lives were confined to that small fiefdom. Now that they suddenly received the emperor's order, some vassal kings were surprised inexplicably .

Regardless of the outcome after entering Beijing, at least this time you can leave the fief, and at least you can see the scene outside the fief, right?
It can be said that after receiving the emperor's will, a family member of the vassal king couldn't wait to come to the capital in a chariot and horse under the protection of the guards of the palace.

【Ask for a monthly ticket】

(End of this chapter)