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Chapter 706 I have nothing to do and write a side story ()

In the thirty-fifth year of Jianwu's reign, Zhu Yijiong abdicated and the new emperor ascended to power.

The new emperor ascended to power, but he did not grant a general amnesty to the world. All ministers and officials were anxious and uneasy.

Half a year has passed and it’s spring next year.

The thirty-fifth year of Jianwu came to an end, and the name of the new dynasty had already been decided. It was changed to Yuan Xingping, which means Zhongxing Taiping.

In the month of the Yuan Dynasty, the new emperor suddenly issued an order to inspect the coastal customs, municipal shipping departments and civil affairs officials across the country, including overseas governor-general offices.

At this moment, the whole country was caught off guard.

Not only were they caught off guard, many officials even felt as if the sky had fallen. They managed to survive until the emperor abdicated and a young new emperor was replaced, but in the end, they went even further than Zhu Yijiong did.

After ascending to the throne, not only did he fail to grant amnesty to the world according to the rules, but he also started killing people in the same year.

It was not a mass killing, but more than a hundred heads were chopped off, all of which involved relatively large amounts of corruption, and the rest were directly exiled.

Among the six, there were Chen Hongmou who was in Beijing and Liu Tongxun, the governor of Liaodong Zuo.

Although Zhu Yijiong always used the name of the New Dynasty, which meant innovation, he inherited the country's title from the previous Ming Dynasty, so this was the inheritance of the restoration of the country.

The Governor's Palace of Coconut City was abolished and replaced by the Governor's Palace of Java.

In the three years of Xingping, nothing major happened.

He had previously felt that his father's tendency to exile the three clans at every turn was a bit excessive.

The new emperor of the Qing Dynasty was governed by officials and went on a killing spree. More than 10,000 people were exiled to the frontiers alone. This instantly changed his image in the minds of literati from a benevolent emperor like Zhu Biao to a particularly supreme emperor. , a mean and unkind "tyrant".

The Governor's Palace of Old Port was upgraded to the Governor's Palace of Old Port, and the Governor's Palace of Malacca was placed under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Old Port.

At least 20% of the corrupt officials were investigated and punished in the past year. Apparently seeing him as the new emperor ascending to power, he felt that corruption should be no big deal.

In the second year of Xingping, the first assistant Zhu Chengxun went to beg for the remains, and the cabinet minister Wu Sidao also resigned.

Zhu Boxi originally just listened to the words of his teacher and father, and used this method to knock down the mountain and establish the emperor's authority. The truth found out shocked him.

Emperor Xingping approved the report and proposed six people to the cabinet to fill the vacancies.

It has only been a year since the "Xingping Case" started.

The second assistant Wang Yuan was promoted to the first assistant, and Lin Jingyu, who had no sense of presence, was promoted to the second assistant.

Identical to Liu Xiu, the founder of the Han Dynasty in history books, although Zhu Yijiong has a bad impression in the eyes of literati, he is indeed regarded as the only two people in history who have successfully restored the dynasty.

In December of that year, the Supreme Emperor passed away at the age of 72.

Xingping four years.

The imperial court no longer fought external wars, only conferred vassal states, developed foreign trade, and recuperated internally. It actively continued the immigration policy during the Jianwu period, went to major capitals in the border areas to establish military and civilian offices, and relocated people to open up the frontiers.

Just like during Zhu Yijiong's reign, the three clans were exiled, and all the officials' remonstrances and memorials were harshly refuted.

The cabinet proposed the temple name Shizu and the posthumous title Emperor Guangwu.

But now, is this too much?
These literati just exiled the three tribes, which was too easy for them. If they don't kill a group of people, they will never know how to restrain themselves and love the people.

The number of cabinet ministers in the new dynasty increased to nine.

On the contrary, the previous Eastern Jin Dynasty, Southern Song Dynasty, and Southern Ming Dynasty cannot be counted, because they did not conquer the world, but were more like separatist regimes, but they were just lingering.

The ancestor Guangwu did his duty.

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Suburbs of Nanjing.

There is such a Lijia Village. Because it is close to the foot of the Emperor of the Capital, the villagers here often have more opportunities to make money than other villages just by selling goods on a daily basis.

Moreover, this place is too close to the capital, and few officials really dare to commit corruption. At most, they just falsely report some accounts. More often, there is no need to commit corruption. For those who can be so close, as long as they work hard, their future will generally not be too bad. .

Old man Liu is sixty-one years old this year. He is not a villager in Lijia Village. He is just from another place. He got married and settled here to divide the land. It is said that when he was young, he served as a soldier with the emperor for two years. Later, he injured his leg in the war and became disabled. He was divided into pension money and acres of land, and he started farming in Lijia Village.

Old man Liu was squatting under the shade of a tree, smoking a dry cigarette.

However, his grandson led a few neighbor children and ran over happily: "Grandpa, tell your grandson the story about how you killed the Tatars back then!"

Old man Liu smiled and took a breath of dry cigarette: "Okay, okay, grandpa will tell you what my grandson said again. It has to start from thirty years... forty years ago. Long live the Lord back then... "

"Dang Dang Dang!"

Just as he was talking, the sound of drums and gongs suddenly came from the entrance of the village.

Beating drums and gongs usually means something big has happened.

As an old man in the village, Old Man Liu, although he had a foreign surname, was similar to his own village. He immediately stood up, patted his trouser legs, and walked towards the entrance of the village.

Before reaching the entrance of the village, I saw several elderly people kneeling on the roadside crying.

What's going on?

Old man Liu asked the village chief, who was also wiping tears, "What's going on? What's the big deal?"

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty has passed away!"

"Die Beng? What does death mean?" Old man Liu looked confused.

The village chief said: "Ji Beng...Ji Beng is just doing nothing."

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The pipe in Old Man Liu's hand instantly fell to the ground, and then he rushed to the entrance of the village like crazy and knelt down facing the direction of Nanjing City.

An old man in his early sixties cried bitterly: "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

This was not only the case in Lijiacun, radiating out from the austere city of Nanjing, a large number of knights rode on fast horses to announce the news of the death of the Supreme Emperor to all parts of the country.

In just half a month, production in the Jiangnan region almost came to a semi-standstill.

Although the imperial court did not issue a decree requiring officials and people across the country to pay tribute to the Supreme Emperor, this was also the Supreme Emperor's last edict. Royal funerals were not allowed to disturb the people, and no general amnesty was allowed.

However, countless people still spontaneously came out to cry, especially the villagers on the outskirts of Nanjing. A large number of villagers rushed into Nanjing.

Even the government couldn't stop him. After all, this was all a final kowtow to the Supreme Emperor.

Some literati could not help but be surprised when they saw such a scene. They had no choice but to attribute it to the founding of the country and the aspirations of the people, and wrote a few poems to see if they could flatter the late emperor and the new emperor.

Where is the public aspiration?
The hearts of the common people are made of flesh. The emperor Zhu Yijiong gave them food, books and education, and gave them equal status.

In the new Ming Dynasty, there were no slaves, no sluts, no exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and land was divided and settled. Even women could show up to work and make money, and factories were gradually opened in many places.

The people's income has increased visibly, and their lives are getting better day by day. It may not be as good as that of later generations, but compared with the past, when families were destroyed and families were starved to death by harsh government at every turn, it has been much better.

However, there were too many people who spontaneously mourned and mourned. Not only was Nanjing overcrowded, but it also seriously affected local production, especially the production of cotton spinning factories.

As the new emperor, it was difficult for Zhu Boxi to issue decrees to reprimand and dissuade, and it was also difficult for officials to submit remonstrances for fear of being slapped accidentally. After all, the late emperor had just passed away.

As more and more people mourned in Nanjing, Zhu Boqi couldn't bear it anymore. After discussing with the cabinet, he decided to make the imperial edict left by the late emperor public.

Discourage the people from going back to their own homes, and at the same time promise to give these places the original policy and tax cuts for two more years.

By doing this, the people in the capital were finally calmed down.

The people mourned. On the one hand, they did respect and love Zhu Yijiong. On the other hand, they also distrusted the new dynasty. They were afraid that if Zhu Yijiong died, the new emperor would no longer maintain the original good policies.

They even returned to the former Tatar rule, with all kinds of exorbitant taxes and levies, leaving them with no way to survive.

You know, among the mourners, there were many old men in their seventies and eighties, and they cried the most passionately.

(End of this chapter)