People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 422 What happened to the emperor’s son? He must die too! !

King Zhou now understood why his brother King Yan was confident. It turned out that all the confidence came from the improvement of Ming's national power.

King Yan would not dare to say such a thing without the support of strong national power.

"Brother, if you really have such confidence, then my younger brother will be waiting for you to triumph in Peiping." King Zhou said.

King Yan looked at King Zhou: "You will see it."

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Northern grassland.

The Horqin tribe is a tribal group headed by the descendants of Genghis Khan's brother Habtu Hassar. Their status among the entire grassland tribes is relatively special.

First of all, Habtu Hassar himself, as the younger brother of Genghis Khan, made immortal contributions to the establishment of the Mongol Empire. This made the Horqin Grassland Tribe’s status on the grassland unmatched by ordinary tribes.

Even though part of the Horqin tribe moved away in the seventh year of Xuande and their power weakened, they can still be called the strongest among the grassland tribes.

The reason why Munch dared to do this was not only because the cold season was coming and the grassland tribes were about to face the danger of running out of food, but also because his spies had brought some news, saying that the current Ming Dynasty was extremely wealthy. , to the point where you can squeeze out oil by pulling up a handful of soil.

The momentum is quite huge.

The name of the leader of this area, Monk, means leader and bravery, which shows his ambition.

These people who are dead now are just the principal of buying bones with thousands of gold.

"Brothers, our attack this time is not only to grab things, but also to fight for our honor. Several Northern Expeditions of the Ming Dynasty destroyed our royal court, the imperial concubine was humiliated, and the royal family was killed. We, all hot-blooded Mongolian men, cannot This is allowed to happen, so we must take revenge!”

If Chen Han were here, I would have to applaud this guy. He is really awesome, so awesome.

Although Munch knew that he would definitely fail and many people would die here, as long as he dared to attack southward and shouted the slogan of restoring the Yuan Dynasty, many people with great ambitions in this regard would join him.

After all, wars in ancient times were fought on the basis of population. As long as the number of people increased, the opponent could be made to surrender.

It was he who raised the slogan of counterattack against the Ming Dynasty.

Only those who are really stupid would believe what he said. He still thought about going back to the south and going back to that colorful world to enjoy happiness. How could such a good thing happen? It would be great if he could be in his current position.

But now their fighting power is still there, and they have strong appeal.

Monk had a smile on his face when he saw how brave the soldiers he led were.

In fact, the so-called revenge, the so-called going south to regain our former homeland, is nothing more than a political slogan. Really smart people will not do this. Their only purpose of shouting this slogan is to gather more troops. For your own use, expand your army to defeat other competitors.

Peiping used to be the capital of their Yuan Dynasty, but now it was occupied by the enemy, which made them very unhappy, so this time they went to kill Zhu Di, King of Yan in Peiping, to give the Mongols a bad breath.

Although they only have 20,000 troops, they claim to be 100,000.

For a commander of his level, it doesn't matter whether he wins or not. What matters is whether he can organize so many people. He is actually very insidious. Since the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, the entire The grassland tribes no longer have a unified calling, and various princes have established themselves as kings to attack each other.

After Monk finished shouting, 20,000 Mongolian cavalry shouted loudly: "Revenge! Revenge!!"

The news also pointed out that although the Ming Dynasty is now rich, there is still no way to guarantee the supply of grain and grass in the north, so this time they decided to attack two places. One is the trade center of Zhangjiakou to rob merchants of their money, and the other direction is Peking.

This is not their fault, but it was a way of fighting in ancient times to deter the enemy.

Munch has always had a regret in his heart.

If the prairie tribes in such a country don't take a chance, how can it be worthy of the prairie warriors?

This kind of person is the one who really does great things.

So what if you sacrifice a few lives for your own benefit?
Who said that rough guys on the grassland have no brains? Monk was very clear-headed when he saw that there was no one around. He knew how to exchange a few unimportant lives for a righteous name.

If these young Mongolian guys knew that their commander had this idea, I wonder if they would be sad, but I guess they would be.

And Munch may never know that the Ming army he faces this time is completely different from the Ming army led by Lan Yu.

The Ming army led by Lan Yu was still in the era of cold weapons, but now the army led by King Yan used authentic firearms.

This battle is destined to be refreshing for people like Monk.

Seeing such a high-spirited momentum, Munch could no longer restrain his inner impulse. He would lead his men to rush over in one go, completely tearing apart the Ming army's defense line, and then be killed by himself and others.

It's just that the idea is good, they don't know what kind of army they are facing.

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Beijing.

Chen Han is receiving a report from the Taxation Department.

"Master Guo, according to your instructions, we have made a summary of the world's grain purchases and handed it all to the government. At the same time, we have to talk to you about the problems we encountered in the process." Taxation said the colleague from the Audit Department.

Chen Han did not expect that in this reform that was in full swing, everyone in the world should be supportive. How could there be any obstacles?

"Tell me!"

"It's now...this..." Tongzhi's tone faltered.

Chen Han realized that something must have happened and put down the account book he was looking at.

"Just say, if there is really any problem that you can't solve, I will come forward!"

Tongzhi then said: "Actually, everything else is fine. However, there are still obstacles in our current implementation of the taxes related to the royal family and relatives."

Chen Han frowned: "Tell me specifically what problems you encountered?"

"It's still an old problem. The three princes, King of Xiang, King of Chu, and King of Lu, have great resistance to our tax system, especially King Lu of Shandong. After you solved the Kong family, King Lu went on a rampage in Shandong. The land in Kong Mansion was purchased at a very low price,” Tongzhi said.

Chen Han slapped the table: "This is wrong. I made it very clear at the beginning that the land belongs to the people and should be returned to the people. The land belonging to the Confucius Mansion is given priority to the poor people around it. How come they dare to sell it to them at will? King Lu."

Chen Han carefully recalled the historical records about King Lu, and suddenly realized that this guy was someone who deserved to be cut into pieces.

The first generation of King Lu in the Ming Dynasty was Zhu Tan, the tenth son of Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. He was born in the third year of Hongwu and established a feudal lordship in Yanzhou at the age of eighteen. This man was addicted to women and lived a luxurious life; he pursued immortality by refining elixirs and taking medicine; what was even more absurd was that in order to pursue immortality, he even worked with the princess to kidnap civilian and military children into the palace to be castrated, and the castrated children were Things are used as medicinal ingredients and used in conjunction with elixir refining.

No wonder Zhu Yuanzhang would give him the posthumous title of "Huang" after this guy died. This is really a crime worthy of death.

At the same time, Chen Han also understood why this guy dared to do what he did locally, and even dared to touch the confiscated land of the Confucius Mansion. This was a criminal record.

After listening to Chen Han's words, Tongzhi said: "King Lu has always been lawless in the local area and regards the king's law as nothing. The local officials are helpless against him, so... so..."

Chen Han said: "So he just grabbed the land?"

"Yes! The Tax Inspection Department and the yamen at all levels in Shandong have either returned the land occupied by the Confucius Mansion to the people or distributed it to the people. There is no buying and selling relationship, but King Lu insists on saying that he has taken a fancy to a lot of land. , forcing the government to sell it to him. The government did not dare to argue with him when they saw that he was a prince. It was not until the Tax Inspection Department conducted a rigorous investigation due to tax irregularities that they discovered that although the land was in the name of a commoner, it actually belonged to King Lu. ”

Chen Han slapped the table: "This bastard is rebelling."

It seems that even the strictest reform measures cannot stop some people from misbehaving.

"Why didn't you report this matter earlier?" Chen Han asked.

Tongzhi: "I just found out a few days ago."

"What is so important is that the local government has no voice. It seems that I really think that my reforms are a joke. You should immediately report these circumstances into a memorial. I will personally impeach all the officials in Shandong. Including King Lu himself, I just took this opportunity to go to Shandong to see what this King of Lu is capable of and how powerful he is." Chen Han said.

He knew very well that these local officials really felt that the sky was high and the emperor was far away, and the emperor's son was difficult to discipline, so they left it alone.

But Chen Han wanted to tell them that once this kind of thing happened to him, it would not be something he could get over.

Tongzhi cupped his hands and walked out the door: "Yes!"

Coming out of Chen Han's study, he let out a long breath.

He thought to himself: It’s so dangerous! This kind of matter can only be solved by the Duke of Guo himself.

It was true that the information came to him only a few days ago, but as he said, King Lu was so unscrupulous in Shandong, and the local government had nothing to do with him. He spoke frankly. Say it out loud: No one can control me, not even Chen Han.

The local government and the tax inspection department were dispatched several times, but they were beaten out by people from Prince Lu's palace.

If it weren't for the fact that King Lu was a prince, the people from the Tax Inspection Department would have gone straight in to arrest him.

If the people below can't solve this matter, they can only blame Chen Han.

In the study room that Tongzhi didn't see, Chen Han was actually quite happy at this time.

He was just about to find an excuse to deal with these royal relatives, but he didn't expect these people to come to his door. Isn't this just a hailstorm if he wants to eat ice? This is their courting death.

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royal palace.

"Old man, do you think this King Lu is going too far?" Chen Han found Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very embarrassed when he looked at the information sent by Chen Han.

Chen Han sent this thing to him to force him to agree to deal with his son.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang has always been cruel to corrupt officials, he has always been partial to his own son.

This kind of thing happened to many of his sons. A typical example is his second son, King Qin. Didn't he do many unethical things? But as long as someone pleads for mercy, he will get off the donkey and let him go. But this time, Chen Han obviously did not let him have such a chance. All kinds of evidence were put in front of him, and it was a very serious crime, and it even involved killing young people. children.

This kind of thing is unreasonable and will arouse public outrage. Now the situation in Ming Dynasty is so good. It is bathing in the spring breeze of reform and moving forward. The people and officials are all proud of the growing national strength. Over here, King Lu is eating a child's genitals. It would be a shame to tell anyone about this.

This is simply smearing shit in the royal face.

"Old man, make a decision!" Chen Han said.

The old man blew his beard and stared: "What if this is your son Chen Jinnian?"

"Then I'll kill him first. How can I still live after doing such a shameful thing? A sensible adult would drag out such an unscrupulous descendant and beat him to death." Chen Han replied unceremoniously.

The personal eunuch at the side hurriedly persuaded: "My lord, this is a dragon species after all. Even if it is a mistake, it will not be like this."

Chen Han slapped the table angrily: "It doesn't mean this, that doesn't matter, then when can fairness be truly realized? Now the people all over the world are making great strides forward following the Ming Dynasty's reforms. We have also told the people that there will be good things in the future. Life is good now. In the hometown of the saints in Shandong, there are not only unscrupulous descendants like Confucius, but also evil spirits who eat children's genitals among the royal relatives. How can we do ideological work for the people? Do we need to tell the people? You guys, please tolerate this as a relative of the emperor. Is this something you can tolerate? As a member of the royal family, you enjoy the taxes and offerings from the people of the world. Can you not do it without loving the people like your own children and harming them? ?”

Seeing the angry old man Chen Han, he finally softened: "Can't you give him a way out?"

Chen Han also looked at the old man and said, "Remove me or let him live! You choose one of the two!"

Chen Han said, don't look away, you can't back down on this matter.

"You..." Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to lose his temper.

If this were a minister with Chen Han's temper before, he would have been dragged down and beaten to death.

But on the one hand, it was wrong, and on the other hand, he really liked Chen Han's little temper.

In the end, he could only agree: "He deserves it. He deserves it. We don't care. I don't care whether it's successful or not. It's up to you to decide. Walk around and don't hinder us from fishing."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After saying that, Chen Han picked up his things and left.

Looking at Chen Han's leaving figure, the eunuch was still complaining about the old man: "It's true, my lord, how could I force you like this!"

"Shut up!" the old man shouted.

"No more fishing, annoying!!" Zhu Yuanzhang threw all the fishing rods into the lake.

Then he got up and went to the bedroom.

The great eunuch looked at the emperor's figure, and monk Zhang Er was confused, "What's wrong with this old man?"

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(End of this chapter)