Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 493 Road, I gave it to you

Since the founding of the Jingwei Dudu Mansion, the imperial guards involving the palace city and the imperial city have become more and more strict, especially when Liu Wenbing and Wei Shitai are in power, the direct personal guards are not as loose as before.

The Forbidden City is no longer a sieve.

It is extremely difficult for the civil servants of the outer dynasty to know the situation of the inner court. No one knows what Emperor Chongzhen does or does not do.

It is difficult to try to figure out the holy will!

"Xin Lehou, why do you say that the emperor summoned the feudal clans in the north?" Wei Shitai frowned slightly, walked forward with a knife in his hand, looked sideways at the princes of the feudal clans behind him, and said in a low voice: "These The entry of the prince and the county king to the capital caused quite a commotion, and the ministers from the outer court were all arguing."

"I don't know."

Liu Wenbing glanced at the kings behind him, and then said: "What does the emperor say, what do we do, as for other things, don't think about it, don't ask."

Led by Fu Wang Zhu Changxun, the princes and county kings of the various vassals in the north all looked nervous, followed Liu Wenbing, Wei Shitai and the others, and rushed towards the Qianqing Palace.

Being in this majestic Forbidden City, there is an indescribable uneasiness in my heart. Many of them are visiting Beijing and the Forbidden City for the first time in their lives.

Zhu Changxun and the others didn't know why the emperor summoned them to Beijing to meet His Majesty.

Nearly.

On the other side of Qianqing Palace, there were many Han generals and inner court eunuchs, and countless eyes focused on them. Zhu Changxun and other vassals all became nervous.

In their respective vassal places, they are high-status vassal kings, enjoying the glory and wealth, but when they come to the Forbidden City and the Qianqing Palace, they are ministers!

Wang Chengen looked calm, walked from the main hall of Qianqing Palace, looked at Zhu Changxun and the others, and said in a clear voice: "The emperor's oral order is announced, and the vassals in the north will meet."

"The ministers obey the order."

When Zhu Changxun and the others heard the words, they hurriedly bowed and saluted.

There are more than a hundred princes and county princes from the northern vassals who came to Beijing to meet this time, and there are still many vassals under the rule of the south of the Ming Dynasty and the southwestern provinces.

The problem of the vassal clan of the Ming Dynasty has reached an imminent level.

Emperor Chongzhen sat firmly on the dragon chair and looked at the group of vassals who entered the palace. Except for Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu, who had some impressions, he didn't know anyone else at all.

If it wasn't for his elder brother, Emperor Tianqi had passed away, I'm afraid that at this time, he would also be a member of the Ming clan, and he would be entrusted to a certain place as a feudal clan.

Daming hides too many secrets.

"Your Majesty, my lord, long live my emperor..."

In the main hall at that time, all the kings headed by Fu Wang Zhu Changxun bowed down and bowed to Emperor Chongzhen one after another.

Emperor Chongzhen looked calm, looked at the group of pampered kings in front of him, didn't say anything, just watched quietly.

Among the kings kneeling on the ground, many became nervous.

"It seems that many people are thinking in their hearts, what is the purpose of summoning the feudal vassals from the north to Beijing to meet your Majesty?"

After an unknown amount of time, Emperor Chongzhen looked calm, looked around at the kings in the palace, and said indifferently: "For no other reason, I just want to see you.

On behalf of Taizu Emperor Gao, ask him, these descendants, whether they have the Ming Dynasty in their hearts, and whether they want to ruin the Zhu family to that extent. "

Fu Wang Zhu Changxun and the others all changed their expressions slightly and looked at each other. They didn't know what the emperor meant by these words.

"You are more or less aware of the current situation in Daming."

Emperor Chongzhen leaned on the dragon chair, overlooking the group of vassals, and continued: "I won't mention the Jianlu rebellion in Liaodong, everyone knows it.

The bandit rebellion in Shaanxi must be from the Dai Fan, Jin Fan, and Qin Fan. You must know it most clearly.

The floods in many places in Shandong, presumably the people of Lu Fan and Heng Fan are also very aware of it. After all, some people can take advantage of the opportunity to make money when the people are affected by the disaster.

The successive years of poor harvests in Henan must be understood by the Fu Fan, Tang Fan, Chong Fan, Zhou Fan, and Lu Fan. What do you think of the Zhu family's country? "

The princes of the vassals who were named one after another, including the gang of county kings of the same line, broke out in cold sweat, and mentioned these issues in a proper manner. What did the emperor find?

Regarding the group of vassals in front of him, Emperor Chongzhen was not interested in knowing anything more, he just wanted to beat these guys, so that the eldest sons and legitimate sons of the various vassals, including their favorite sons, all gathered here in the capital.

Without him.

One is to abandon the previous policy of raising pigs by suzerain vassals, start religious education, and prepare for the future overseas transfer of vassals.

Second, use this as a hostage to warn the feudal vassals who inherited the title not to do whatever they want in the vassal land in the future.

Third, take away a batch of their accumulated family wealth, enrich the internal funds and reserve silver, and lay the foundation for their own reform of the Ming Dynasty.

"I know exactly what you did in the feudal land."

Emperor Chongzhen stood up slowly, looked down at Zhu Changxun and the others, and said coldly: "Before, I thought in my heart that you are all descendants of the clan of the Ming Dynasty, even if you are fascinated by ghosts for a while, you will know your way back.

It's just that some of you, those things you did, disappointed me too much.

I don't want to mention those dirty things.

Today I summoned you in Qianqing Palace, and I will explain one thing. I want to set up a religious school in Beijing, and all the sons, sons, and sons of the vassals will be sent to the capital.

I, the head of the Zhu family, came to find someone in person, teach them the rules, teach them the patriarchal law and etiquette, and let them understand what is a king and what is a minister! "

"!!!"

When Zhu Changxun and the others heard this, their faces changed slightly, and many of them raised their heads to look at the stern Emperor Chongzhen.

"Wang Banban, you read the rest of the matter!"

Emperor Chongzhen flicked his robe sleeves, without even looking at them, he frowned and said to Wang Chengen, then walked quickly towards the back of the palace with his head raised.

"The slaves obey the order."

Wang Chengen hurriedly bowed in response.

Emperor Chongzhen could not directly explain the extortion of money from these vassals. After all, he was the Son of Heaven, so he still had to maintain the dignity he should maintain.

There are not many extortionists. The princes are 200 million taels per person, and the county princes are 50 taels each. When the money arrives in Beijing, and all their offspring go to Beijing, then they can leave Beijing and return to the vassal.

No one knows how much family wealth accumulated by the vassals and clan groups of the Ming Dynasty, but Emperor Chongzhen knew a little bit that each of these princes and county kings was extremely rich.

Not blackmailing them, blackmailing whom?
The northern feudal clans are just the beginning.

After this matter is done, Emperor Chongzhen will gradually implement the feudal vassals in Huguang, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places step by step, pinching their heirs, not afraid that they will be disobedient.

If you are really disobedient, you will be punished by confiscating the title.

(End of this chapter)