Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 730 The Emperor’s Mental Technique
The imperial edict was read out outside the Wuying Hall and then announced through the Military Affairs Council. It spread throughout the central government in the shortest time and subsequently set off a trend.

This trend even quickly overshadowed the integration of the imperial court and the government, the special procuratorate, and the Beijing inspection plan...

Conferring titles on more than 200 nobles at one time was extremely rare, not to mention unprecedented in the Ming Dynasty, even in all dynasties, and it might have never happened before.

This is a title, not a piece of cabbage that is sold everywhere!

Even at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, or during the Jingnan Rebellion, these two periods had special significance for the Ming Dynasty, there were not so many titles conferred.

For a time, there were endless disputes, criticisms and accusations between the government and the opposition.

Forbidden City.

Qianqing Palace.

"This is really too much! Those who slandered your majesty should all be arrested and executed. The title of nobility was originally determined by the emperor. What right do they have to make irresponsible remarks?"

"That's right! They don't even know the truth, yet they are discussing state affairs here. Liaodong has won a great victory, which has enhanced the prestige of our Ming Dynasty and established the prestige of our Ming Dynasty's army. This is how the title should be conferred. What right do they have to criticize them?"

"That's because they didn't see how many people died in Liaodong, especially how many warriors who defended Liaodong died in battle, and how many warriors were disabled. Damn it, what qualifications do they have to be so sarcastic!"

"Your Majesty, why don't you order the arrest of these people? These guys are..."

The princes and vassal statesmen who were sitting around Zhu Youxiao were talking excitedly. The youngest one, Zhu Shugui, even ran to Zhu Youxiao and said to him with indignation on his face.

Zhu Youxiao was leaning on a recliner with a faint smile on his face. He was very satisfied with the performance of Zhu Changxun and the others.

At least when public opinion was one-sided, none of them hesitated, and they all stood firmly on their side to express their dissatisfaction with the various public opinions.

This is a premise.

This means that what he did before was not wrong.

It is true that the consolidation and promotion of imperial power relied on the Imperial Guards, but it could not rely solely on the Imperial Guards. Groups with special identities such as royal children, royal relatives, royal vassal states, and imperial nobles must unconditionally stand on the side of imperial power at all times.

This is what it means to have the imperial power forever!
"If they want to speak, let them speak. They have mouths on their faces and they are free to say whatever they want." Zhu Youxiao restrained his smile and said calmly facing the gazes of the crowd.

"The more they criticize me, the happier I am. My attitude towards the conferring of titles is very clear and no one can change it."

"I will have people spread the news of what happened in the court and the country to the entire Liaodong area. I want everyone who has made contributions to know about it. What will happen then?"

The crowd, who were originally filled with doubt, fell into deep thought after hearing what the emperor said at the end, but soon someone thought of something.

"Those who were conferred titles will certainly be grateful to Your Majesty!" Zhu Youdong widened his eyes, became a little excited, and stretched out his hand and said.

"What?"

Zhu Shugui did not turn around.

"you're so dumb!"

Zhu Shihong glared at Zhu Shugui and said, "Your Majesty bestowed the title to show the might of heaven, but it caused a lot of opposition and criticism from both the government and the public, but Your Majesty did not change. If it were you, what would you think?"

"Oh, so that's how it is." Zhu Shugui nodded, not quite understanding, but then he looked at Zhu Youxiao and pointed at Zhu Shihong, "Your Majesty, Prince Su called me stupid! Just two days ago, Your Majesty praised me for my intelligence."

Zhu Shihong: “…”

"Haha~"

There was laughter.

"okay."

Zhu Youxiao leaned forward and tapped Zhu Shugui on the forehead. "Let's leave it at that. From now on, all matters related to civil and military titles will be handled according to this example. As members of the imperial clan and vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, you must assume the corresponding responsibilities. From now on, if the imperial titles are to be legitimate, they must be read out by members of the imperial clan or even the royal family selected by the Imperial Clan Court!"

"The ministers obey the order."

Zhu Changxun, Zhu Youdong and others bowed immediately.

Zhu Youxiao thought about this matter for a long time. The issue of the central government's conferring of titles had been blocked by the civil servants in the central government for a long time. The reason for doing so was, on the one hand, to prevent the spread of privileges, but it could not be concealed, and the consideration of suppressing military generals could not be concealed.

Xiong Tingbi led the army to defend Liao and fought against the Jianlu in front of Liao, in Tieling, Jinshan and other places. He defeated the Jianlu time and time again and achieved the greatest result in the war against the Jianlu. Zhu Youxiao certainly could not pretend not to see it.

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If Zhu Youxiao behaved stingily and hesitated in this imperial decree of nobility, then the advantages and people's support he had gained previously would be lost.

This is definitely not what Zhu Youxiao wanted to see.

After all, the military reform of the Ming Dynasty seems to have achieved certain results, but in fact it has just started. There is still a lot that needs to be changed in the Ming army. If you want to stimulate the generals and grassroots soldiers to obey the orders of the Ming emperor, the reward for military merit must be continuously implemented!
Another thing is that the increase in the number of titles conferred by imperial decree will not only affect the continued advancement of military reform, but will also affect the special group of Ming Dynasty nobles.

Without this large-scale granting of titles, more than 90% of the Ming nobles would have been hereditary. Their say in the court was very low, but the influence of their followers was considerable.

If one wants to get rid of the corrupt elements among them without causing tension among the nobles loyal to the Ming Dynasty, the best way is to expand the scale and dilute the proportion of the titles granted for the founding of the country and the titles granted for the pacification of the rebellion. This way, when dealing with them in the future, no one will think too much about anything else.

"Your Majesty, there is one thing...I think some people are right."

In this atmosphere, Zhu Changxun, who had been silent all this time, hesitated for a long time, then bowed to Zhu Youxiao and said, "There are many people who are being conferred titles this time. If there are people among them who really betray the Ming Dynasty, violate the law, abuse their power for personal gain, and commit corruption and pervert the law, wouldn't the reputation of the court be affected?"

"Since I did this, would I not have considered this?"

Zhu Youxiao smiled, looked at Zhu Changxun and said, "Whether it is the imperial family of the Ming Dynasty or the clans of the imperial vassal states, I have handed them over to the Zongrenfu for jurisdiction. The Zongrenfu has corresponding offices to deal with the various things you mentioned. Now that there are more nobles in the Ming Dynasty, there will also be offices to deter and restrain them!"

It’s time for the Lifanyuan to show up.

While saying this, Zhu Youxiao was thinking secretly in his heart.

Whether it is the Ministry of Clan Affairs or the Ministry of Frontier Affairs, they will be important government offices assisting the imperial power in the future. In order to better perform their corresponding powers, the above-mentioned officials will be divided into internal and external powers. The internal powers must be refined, and the external powers must be refined. Before the two national policies of moving the fiefdoms overseas and establishing fiefdoms by enfeoffment are fully implemented, Zhu Youxiao needs the above-mentioned officials to first establish authority and deterrence in the mainland of Ming Dynasty, so that it will be easier to manage and check and balance in the future.

The formation of any road does not exist at the beginning. It requires many people walking back and forth to create a road.

The new policy reform planned by Zhu Youxiao involved a wide range of issues, so Zhu Youxiao had to take everything into consideration and accumulate some experience before fully implementing it, so that he could proceed smoothly and not lose everything because of some things. Zhu Youxiao could not afford to lose, nor did he dare to lose. This was a campaign that could only win, not fail! !

(End of this chapter)