Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 231 Marquis Wuqing seizes the title

"Disaster!"

"What a disaster!"

Wu Qinghou Li Chengming never imagined that he would be surrounded by factory guards.

Moreover, the emperor's edict was conveyed, stating that if the property is not confiscated, the property will be confiscated and the property will be ransacked.

This made him really unable to believe it. He didn't understand why the current emperor was so ruthless and wanted to ransack his home without caring about any family ties:

"The Li family is the maternal family of Queen Mother Xiaoding, and the blood of the Li family still flows in Your Majesty's body."

"Did His Majesty really ignore the family ties and raid the Wuqing Marquis' Mansion?"

As one of the most powerful queen mothers in the Ming Dynasty, Empress Dowager Xiaoding Li's influence in the Ming Dynasty is definitely countless.

It was also because of Empress Dowager Li's words that the Taichang Emperor Zhu Changluo was designated as the crown prince.

As the maternal family of the Queen Mother, the Wuqinghou family were the heroes of Zhu Changluo, Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youjian.

Wu Qinghou Li Chengming never imagined that his home would be ransacked one day.

Wang Yongzuo finally regained the emperor's trust and was appointed admiral of Dongchang. Of course, the emperor's orders were carried out faithfully, without any regard for the influence of the Wu Qinghou family, and sneered:
"Wu Qinghou made a good calculation. Being a relative of Ming Dynasty is not enough. He also wants to be a relative of Wei Ni."

"Are you thinking that after Wei Ni usurps the throne, Wu Qinghou will still be a relative?"

"Your Majesty will not tolerate such a traitor!"

Wang Yongzuo had a very clear idea of ​​the emperor's thoughts. A few days before he learned that Wu Qinghou Li Chengming had written a memorial, Wang Yongzuo requested to terminate his engagement with the Wei family, but the emperor never replied. He quickly understood the emperor's thoughts and knew that his majesty could not tolerate such a relative.

Thinking about it, the reason why the relatives were ennobled was that they were the same as the Ming Dynasty and were naturally loyal ministers of the emperor.

Wu Qinghou Li Chengming wanted to jump ship when Wei Zhongxian rebelled. How could the emperor tolerate it?

It is no longer useful to keep such relatives, of course they must be dealt with in time.

After hearing what Wang Yongzuo said, Li Chengming said "ah" and felt a little regretful.

Before, he saw that Wei Zhongxian was so powerful that he not only built a shrine to curry favor with this man, but also married his three-year-old daughter to Wei Liangqing's son.

Who would have thought that Wei Zhongxian had treasonous intentions, and now he was tricked——

His current identity is no longer the emperor's most reliable relative, but a relative of Wei Ni.

How could he justify this and say that he was still loyal to the emperor?
Not to mention whether the emperor would believe it or not, even other nobles would feel that he deserved it and deserved to be inspected by the emperor.

What Wang Yongzuo just said was not only to Wuqinghou Li Chengming, but also to other nobles to explain the reason for the raid on Wuqinghou Mansion.

Passed down for hundreds of years, the nobles of the Ming Dynasty married each other, and the relationship has long been intertwined.

For example, Li Chengming had an aunt who married Pingjiang Bo Chen Wangmo, and a sister who married a descendant of Cheng Guogong.

The emperor ordered the inspection of Wu Qinghou, which may trigger a counterattack by the entire noble group. There must be a legitimate reason why this matter will not affect them.

As a eunuch, Wang Yongzuo was good at understanding people's hearts, so before the inspection, he stated this reason and told all the nobles.

As he expected, every noble family in the capital was paying attention to such a major event as the search of Wu Qinghou's mansion. After Wang Yongzuo's words came out, spies quickly spread the news back to various families.

After learning that Wu Qinghou was being investigated for being a traitor, most of them felt relieved. I know that the current emperor is not out of poverty and wants to raid nobles to repair holes, but is pursuing counter-cases.

This matter does not have much involvement with most nobles. Because the emperor decided that the leaders of the rebellion were Wuqinghou, Bopinghou, Baodinghou, Fengchenghou, Lingbihou and Xiangchengbo.

Now five of the six families have paid the fines, but the Wuqinghou family has been stubbornly resisting, refusing to pay the fines, and still trying to get away with it——

Don't even think about it, the emperor relied on the rebellion to intimidate the ministers and then control the power of the court.

How could he give up such a weapon because of a little affection for the Wu Qinghou family? Therefore, Wu Qinghou's family is finished, and they will even be dealt with severely, as the chicken that was killed to scare the monkeys.

The five families including the Marquis of Boping and the Marquis of Baoding were also startled and broke into cold sweats. He knew that if they were as stubborn as Wu Qinghou, their homes might also be confiscated.

Compared with the Li family of Marquis Wuqing, their relationship with the royal family was weaker, and Marquis Baoding was more involved in rebellious behavior. If the Marquis of Wu Qing and the Li family hadn't been holding them in front, they might have fallen in.

Especially Guo Zhenming, the Marquis of Boping, was even more grateful. Fortunately, he did not listen to the suggestions of some nobles and went to the street to sell off his property and pay the fine.

Otherwise, today's house raid might involve Marquis Boping. The emperor was not as tolerant of his relatives as the heroes.

Those heroes and nobles really used them as vanguards and wanted to use their relatives and nobles to test the emperor.

But at this time, he was still uneasy, worried that after Wu Qinghou fell, his relatives would be vulnerable:
After the imperial concubines were promoted once during the Jiajing period, the existing ones were all canonized after the Wanli period. Starting from the Wuqinghou family, it became hereditary again.

Now that Wu Qinghou's family is about to fall, the emperor has clearly shown his distrust of his relatives. Maybe in the future, the title of a maternal relative will become something that can only be held for life and cannot be passed on to descendants, just like it was during the Jiajing period.

That is not a good thing for all relatives and nobles.

When Guo Zhenming thought about this, he hated Li Chengming a little:
The emperor is short of money now, so he just has to pay the fine.

Why keep resisting and end up like this?

Wu Qinghou Li Chengming didn't know what he was thinking, and until now, he still planned to resist.

He really couldn't believe that the emperor would investigate them regardless of the face of Empress Dowager Xiaoding Li and the merits of Wu Qinghou's family.

Wang Yongzuo had long received an order that as long as Wu Qinghou's family did not accept the ultimatum, they would be forcibly inspected.

Therefore, after reading the ultimatum three times as instructed by the emperor, he immediately ordered the factory guards to enter Wuqinghou's mansion and search all the property.

Facing the wolf-like and tiger-like factory guards, the servants of the Wuqing Hou Mansion did not dare to resist, but they quickly dispersed. Wu Qinghou Li Chengming sat down on the ground, no longer as confident as before.

At this time, he finally realized that the emperor was serious and really wanted to raid the Li family.

Thinking that the wealth of three generations of Wu Qinghou's family had been ruined in his own hands, Li Chengming burst into tears and said that he was a sinner:

"Your Majesty, I am guilty, I am guilty!"

"I shouldn't have attached myself to Wei Zhongxian and allowed the Li family and the Wei family to marry!"

"But I really didn't know Wei Zhongxian wanted to rebel."

"If I had known he had such courage, I would never have dared to agree!"

I was crying and still defending, but no one listened.

However, perhaps this scene reached the palace, or perhaps the emperor remembered Empress Dowager Li's affection. Not long after, another order came from the palace:
The title of Marquis of Wuqing was removed, and Li Chengming's legitimate son Li Guorui and his concubine's eldest son Li Guochen were appointed as commanders of Dongning Guards. He left Beijing a few years ago and went to Fujian to take up his post.

The Li family's property, fields and houses were all handed over to the inner treasury. All men and women are allowed to bring only personal belongings.

　"History of Ming Dynasty·Biography of Xue Guoguan"

　　At the beginning of the emperor's life, he was worried about the insufficient resources of the country, so he asked for help from Guoguan, saying: "Outside the group of officials, ministers and ministers will take care of them; inside, Qi Wan must be arbitrary."

　　Because Li Guorui, the Marquis of Wuqing, was the speaker. The most auspicious person of the country is the brother-grandson of the Empress Dowager Xiaoding, who belongs to the emperor's great-grandmother's family. The ministers of the country were angry and said, "My father has given me 400,000 yuan, and I should get half of it. Now please help the country and support the army."

　　The emperor did not agree at first, but because of the Guan Guan's words, he wanted to borrow all the 400,000 he had promised, and if he did not comply, he would be severely pursued. Or teach the country's auspicious people to hide their donations and not give them away, demolish them and keep them in the lower house, and display them in the streets to show that they have nothing.

　　Jiading Bo Zhou Kui and Youlian asked him on his behalf. The emperor was angry and took away the country's auspicious title, and the country died of throbbing. There are officials chasing him endlessly, and Qi Wan is in danger.

　　Due to the illness of the emperor's fifth son, he visited the eunuch's palace and concubines, and advocated that the Queen Mother Xiaoding had become the Nine Lotus Bodhisattva. She blamed the emperor and his wife's family in the sky, and all the princes died young, and the spirit descended on the emperor's fifth son.

　　The Russian prince died, and the emperor was greatly frightened. He hurriedly made Guorui's seven-year-old son Cunshan a marquis, and paid back all the gold and silver he had received.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)