Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 536: Integrity is a knife
Looking at the essence through the appearance, since the arrival of the second year of Tianqi, many things have happened before and after, but a sign that appeared in the center was clearly seen by Zhu Youxiao.

The various parties and factions that used to fight, secretly plot, and restrict each other began to show a tendency to merge on some matters, especially the Shandong Water Transport Case. During this period, many problems were associated, and the Qi Party headed by Qi Shijiao was Severe punishment, the title of Yan Shenggong remains vacant, which has become an extremely important turning point!

"I have read everything you wrote one by one."

In an open space in the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao was leaning on a recliner, looking at Zhu Youjian, Zhu Changqi and other people standing in front of him, and said in a calm tone: "It's rare that the weather is good today, everyone, please don't be immodest and move." Sit down on the brocade bench, and I will talk to you. The only bad thing is that Changshou is on an errand as ordered."

When Zhu Youjian, Zhu Changzi and other people heard this, they looked at the people around them one by one, and then led by Zhu Youjian to move the brocade stools.

The rise of the Ming royal family and clans must be promoted at the central and local levels.

Looking at the backs of Zhu Youjian and the others, and thinking of all that had happened in the past few days, Zhu Youxiao became more and more determined in what he was thinking. He wanted to restrain the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, wanted the military generals and other groups to raise their heads, and wanted the Lord to reward the people who deserved it. To play a positive role, we must support a strong group!
In Zhu Youxiao's eyes, this group must be the royal family and clan members of the Ming Dynasty. If they continue to rely on supporting the eunuchs in the inner court to fight like in the past, even if they achieve corresponding results, they will also lay the foundation for greater disaster!
As long as the overall situation can be controlled, as long as the army can be firmly controlled, and as long as the clan mansion can be made effective, even if there will be a very small number of ambitious people between the royal family and the clan, everything can be controlled.

Of course, in Zhu Youxiao's eyes, this kind of thing would not happen in Tianqi Dynasty. This is not because Zhu Youxiao is overconfident, but in fact, he is very careful in what he does.

People like Zhu Youjian and Zhu Yujian were raised by him and received what Zhu Youxiao considered the most orthodox royal education. No matter what their seniority, these people all had one characteristic. They were generally under the age of 18, and some The experience is not good, which means strong plasticity.

The Huangming Zongxue and Huangming Zongjun that were successively established were aimed at the huge vassal clans of the Ming Dynasty. Those who were within the fifth server would be given priority to study at the Huangming Zongxue. In the future, if there are really outstanding ones among them, they would be placed in the non-military army. Field wrestling experience.

Those ranked outside the fifth server will be given priority to be trained in the Emperor Mingzong Army. In the future, those who stand out on the battlefield will be awarded the corresponding clan title to enable them to realize their dream of honoring their ancestors.

Against such a general background, the clan government will gradually improve its powers and strengthen its voice in the center. The hereditary lineage of clans will be reduced. In the future, unless major achievements are made, the clans will mainly follow several generations, and everything will be considered. If we don't do this, it will be a luxury to hope to retain the hereditary title!
Not to mention that as the above-mentioned plans advance, the overseas migration strategy will also follow up.

In this three-acre area of ​​the Ming Dynasty, the scale of the vassal clan is very large. However, if all overseas lands are included, the size of the vassal clan of the Ming Dynasty is not too much for Zhu Youxiao. On the contrary, he feels that it is too small. .

After all, real leaders or talents are so rare!

The advancement of the overseas migration strategy was one of the important components of the Ming Dynasty's expansion in the mainland and the construction of the Chinese civilization circle. Several major signs of achieving phased results were the establishment of a special vassal academy to govern the newly opened territories, allowing batches of sects to As a pioneer, the vassal clan took root in undeveloped new territories, integrated these territories into the local rule of the Ming Dynasty, and then moved the vassal state again to build branch clan chiefs in various places...

To realize the above-mentioned plan, it will take at least dozens of years or even longer before it can be gradually implemented, so Zhu Youxiao must live long enough.

If the roots of these plans are not taken down, the half-implemented policy will most likely be subverted, and this is something Zhu Youxiao never wants to see!

"You all know what has happened recently."

Zhu Youxiao lifted up his robe sleeves, leaned on the couch, looked at the people sitting in front of him, and said calmly: "I want to ask you, are the decisions I made wrong?"

"Brother Imperial, I think you are right!"

"Let's sit down and talk."

Seeing Zhu Youjian stand up and bow to him, Zhu Youxiao smiled and waved his hands.

When it's time to talk about rules, it's true that you should talk about them. After all, there is no rule without rules. However, in daily interactions, it is better not to be too rigid in one set. This is not good.

"Since my brother wrote about the incident involving the Huaihe bandits, I have thought carefully about what happened before and after." Zhu Youjian sat on the brocade stool, his expression became very serious, and Zhu Changqi, Zhu Youdong and others , all listened to what Zhu Youjian said.

"My brother discovered a situation. The origin of all this was because the emperor's brother set up the Huang Ming Zong Army. Some people's ideas began to change."

Zhu Youxiao smiled, motioned for Zhu Youjian to continue, and then picked up the tea cup and took a sip.

Since we are talking freely, we should speak out what is on our mind boldly.

"In the past, although the emperor's brother Qian Gang made many decisions arbitrarily, judging from the facts and results, what the emperor did was undoubtedly wise."

Zhu Youjian received encouragement and no longer had any worries. "At that time, many civil servants had many ideas or opinions in their minds, but they also had ways to fight back."

"But the Emperor Mingzong Army is different. This is undoubtedly a strong signal, which makes many people feel a sense of crisis. They are afraid that many things are beyond their control."

"indeed."

Zhu Changzi followed closely and said: "The subsequent Shandong water transport case involved the Yanshenggong Mansion and various vassals in Shandong. In particular, the remnants of White Lotus, the remnants of oral smuggling, and His majesty's attitude towards building hidden stakes and other things clearly shows that he wants to attack privileges!"

"Then do you think privilege should be attacked?"

Zhu Youxiao smiled and asked questions to everyone. "Should!!"

This time I got a unanimous answer.

"Oh?"

Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows slightly and asked with a smile: "Then you are not afraid that you will be restricted in the future?"

"I have indeed thought about it."

Under this situation, Zhu Shihong leaned forward and said, "It is impossible to say that I am not afraid. After all, although the prince is in the vassal territory, the privileges he enjoys are not too many, but not too few."

"But I am a descendant of the Zhu family first, and a vassal second. If privileges were rampant in the Ming Dynasty, it would be the country and the country of the Ming Dynasty that would be harmed in the end."

"That's right!"

Zhu Youdong nodded and said: "If in the past, His Majesty's crackdown on privileges was limited to the Ming Dynasty vassal clan, then I would have a lot of ideas."

"But what your Majesty is doing now is not targeting the privileges of a certain group, but all groups. So I think this should be done."

"Everyone in the world says that the Ming Dynasty clan is greedy, but no one mentions the civil servants or even the scholars. They are more numerous than the clan, but they are not one family with one surname, but they all believe in the sages and sages. Tao, even relying on the imperial examination, they got a lot."

"It's just like the Lianghuai bandit rebellion this time."

Before Zhu Youdong finished speaking, Zhu Changzi interrupted: "Although I don't know what happened in Lianghuai, my intuition tells me that this is a clear provocation to the majesty of the imperial court and even to His Majesty's majesty!"

"If His Majesty doesn't suppress it with thunderous force, let alone what will happen in Lianghuai in the future, I'm afraid there will be more troubles in the court in the future."

This is why Zhu Youxiao wants to select and train a group of royal ministers from among the royal family and clan members.

Because they dare to say what others dare not say.

It is worth mentioning that Zhu Shihong, Zhu Youdong, and Zhu Changzi are all princes of the Ming Dynasty. This is different from Zhu Yujian and others, including Zhu Youjian.

In the past, they would not have said these words. After all, the Ming Dynasty's policy towards the vassal clan was like raising waste. However, they were taken to the capital and arranged to study in the Forbidden City. Zhu Youxiao let them know more things , especially outside the Ming Dynasty, their personalities may not change, but their vision and ideas will.

The upper limit of a person's growth is destined to be related to his vision.

"Then do you think I will continue to be strong in the future?"

Zhu Youxiao paused, looked at the people in front of him, and kept smiling.

"want!!"

Zhu Youjian stood up and said: "Brother Huang must not only remain strong, but also be able to intimidate the courtiers. Otherwise, as some of them think, the court situation will be unstable and the central order will be disrupted." , it will definitely affect the local area.”

"Then what do you think I should do first to scare them?"

Zhu Youxiao asked rhetorically.

"If you hit a snake, hit it seven inches!"

The elder Zhu Shugui jumped down from the brocade stool at this moment, "They want to cause trouble for His Majesty, then Your Majesty will cause trouble for them. The Integrity Yuan and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will take action together. I don't believe that everyone is in danger. Do you have other thoughts to care about others!!"

"Being an official of my Ming Dynasty has caused so many problems in Ming Dynasty. This is unreasonable. The power is in their hands. If anything happens, they will be held accountable!!"

"Ha ha…"

Zhu Youxiao clapped his hands and laughed. He did not expect that Zhu Shugui could say these words, but although these words were a little childish, the truth was the same.

Since everyone has so much leisure to care about other things, they still don’t have enough burdens. They are eating royal food, receiving official salary, and sitting in this position. Then they must bear what they should bear. When dealing with some civil servants, then Don’t get too used to it, otherwise you will easily get into trouble! !
So some things should change...

(End of this chapter)