Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chapter 725: Weakening the vassal king
  Li Jinglong, the Ming Dynasty God of War, and Zhu Xuan haven't seen him for a long time.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Li Jinglong's request for an audience, he asked Yun Qi to pass him in, but as soon as he walked in, he knelt down.

"The guilty minister Li Jinglong deserves death!"

Li Jinglong kowtowed vigorously, with a look on his face like "I was wrong," and his attitude of admitting his mistake was very sincere. He also had tears in his eyes as he spoke, grief-stricken and regretful.

"Cousin, why are you guilty?"

Zhu Xuan asked curiously.

Li Jinglong kowtowed and said, "I discovered during my self-examination last night that my incompetent brothers also hid their property in Xuyi, my hometown, and had connections with Buddhist temples. They hid this from me, and I deserve to die..."

The Li family is from Xuyi.

Li Wenzhong was also Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew.

The Li family and the Zhu family are relatively close relatives. As a relative of the emperor and the cousin of His Royal Highness, Li Jinglong had a strong backstage in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang treated the Zhu family very well and gave them a lot of preferential treatment. After hearing Li Jinglong's words, he suddenly slapped the table in anger.

Seeing this, Li Jinglong's kneeling body trembled slightly.

He was so frightened that he didn't know how to describe it.

But when something like this happened, he had to take the initiative to plead guilty.

If the Jin Yiwei were to investigate, the crime would be even greater. Taking the initiative to plead guilty would be regarded as surrendering. Perhaps His Majesty could be lenient online for the sake of his relatives.

"I deserve to die!"

Li Jinglong kowtowed again as he spoke, almost crying.

I almost couldn't resist the urge to go back and beat all my brothers to death.

However, Li Jinglong must have known about what those younger brothers did in Xuyi, and he pretended not to know about it. Now that the matter was exposed, he could only pretend to apologize.

"You are so brave!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly.

Li Jinglong said in a trembling voice: "I also know that this is a capital crime, but I beg your majesty to leave a descendant for me, and I will let your majesty deal with it! As a relative of the emperor, I know the law and break the law. Please punish me."

After finishing speaking, he raised his head and glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang.

These words were still based on a bitter trick, hoping to impress Lao Zhu with family affection.

Zhu Xuan said: "Grandpa Huang, my eldest cousin's family made a mistake, but the crime does not lead to death. In fact, according to our method, it would be better to increase the punishment."

Li Jinglong could tell from these words that His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Emperor Grandson seemed to have discussed some method of dealing with it, but he was not sure whether it was true or not.

"okay!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said: "Get out of here! Don't let us see you again."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Jinglong felt that he should be fine, but his attitude must continue to be maintained. He kowtowed and said: "I am really guilty. Thank you for your majesty not to care about it. I..."

"All right."

"What else can you do? Get out!"

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to see this guy again.

Out of his concern and affection for the Li family, Zhu Yuanzhang could not care too much. He originally wanted to keep Li Jinglong as his good grandson. From this point of view, Li Jinglong was very unreliable.

Li Jinglong burst into tears of gratitude, said many more words of thanks to Lao Zhu, and then walked out of Jinshen Hall.

"Grandpa Huang, the noble family has more power and more resources. It is indeed easier for them to let themselves go."

Zhu Xuan said, and then added: "Actually, the vassal king seems to be like this too."

He had the idea of ​​​​killing Xungui.

It's the same as killing the feudal lord.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he mentioned the vassal king.

The nobles and nobles are all like this. It is basically impossible to say that the vassal king can't do it, but they are all his own sons. Zhu Yuanzhang actually doesn't want to involve those bastard sons at this time. Throughout the whole incident, he never mentioned that he wanted to investigate the vassal king. As long as the Buddhist temple is solved, those bastards should stop messing around again.

"My dear grandson, do you think your imperial uncles should also be investigated?"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it for a long time and finally raised this issue.

Definitely should check it out!
  Zhu Xuan said: "My grandson's statement may be inhumane or even ruthless, but my grandson feels that we should investigate! The imperial uncles have more power, and they are more likely to do evil. If they want to do something , local officials can’t stop it at all.”

After a pause, he continued: "It is easier for the emperor's uncles to annex land, seize the fields belonging to the people, and then collude with Buddhist temples. In fact, the emperor's uncles' salaries, military pay, etc. can all be provided by our court. Too many fields are needed.”

Zhu Xuan said this for selfish reasons.

Before reducing the vassal status or extending the favor order, the vassal king's fields were confiscated, so that they could only rely on the supply from the court. Once the court cut off the supply, their subordinates' garrison might not even be able to provide military rations.

Even if they want to rebel in the future, they will not be able to.

Zhu Yuanzhang fell silent, clearly seeing what his good grandson was thinking.

The good grandson is afraid of those imperial uncles who hold military power.

The concept of brothers fighting tigers and father and son fighting in the battle has long been broken by Zhu Laosi. Lao Zhu's hopes for his sons are not as good as they were at the beginning.

It is really possible for those bastards to do something they shouldn't do in the future.

"If Biao'er is still here, will he also be wary of his younger brothers?"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly thought.

In fact, he felt in his heart that even Zhu Biao might be wary. No emperor would not be wary of those vassal kings who had military power. Of course, he, the emperor, was an exception and could suppress those bastards.

After Zhu Xuan finished speaking, he saw that Grandpa Huang was deep in thought and said nothing more.

"Forget it, let's check it out together!"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it for a long time, and finally felt that the idea of ​​​​the good grandson should be given priority, and the future of the Ming Dynasty should be given priority. Those bastards must not be allowed to have the ability to rebel. He agreed: "We will arrange for Jin Yiwei to thoroughly investigate them all. Don't worry, good grandson." Bar!"

"Thank you, Grandpa Huang!"

Zhu Xuan smiled.

He knew that Grandpa Huang could do this mainly for himself.

If you can check it once, that's enough.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head helplessly. Sometimes, some things develop to this point and are beyond his control.

"His Majesty!"

Yun Qi came in again and said: "Xinguo Gong Tang Fu wants to see you."

According to the plan, I was going to meet Tang Fu today.

However, when Zhu Yuanzhang came back from the court, he was very angry by the ministers. He discussed other matters with Guaisun and ignored Tang Fu.

"Then why did the child come by himself?"

Before Zhu Yuanzhang went to court, he was still thinking about asking someone to pick him up later, and said: "Pass it in quickly."

He was still very polite to Tang and Brother's descendants.

After a while, Tang Fu came in and was about to kneel down, but Zhu Yuanzhang said: "No need to be so polite, someone will give me a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Tang Fu said gratefully: "I should have gone to the palace to see His Majesty yesterday, but my health was really bad. In order to get treatment, I had no choice but to come to Beijing and disturb His Majesty. This is my fault."

"You are welcome."

Zhu Yuanzhang said nonchalantly: "In Yingtian, there are the best doctors and hospitals, so feel free to stay! You don't have to worry about anything. Your father and I grew up together naked, and we are also the ones who watched you grow up." , you are considered our nephew."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Tang Fu burst into tears of gratitude and almost cried.

(End of this chapter)