Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 66 House Arrest and Coercion

As early as shortly after Zhu Youjian took over the feudal domain, Zhu Youxiao got the news brought back from Dongchang. Zhu Youjian even made the evil slaves of the palace to take all the fertile land in the mountains reclaimed by the refugees by means of clever robbery.

Zhu Youxiao didn't understand it when he knew it at the beginning. Logically, as a vassal king, Zhu Youjian gave him a lot of salary every year, and the fiefdom he gave him was not small.

But why, as soon as Zhu Youjian arrived in the place, he did the same thing as other gentry and powerful to annex the land, destroying the foundation of his Ming Dynasty.

Later, Zhu Youxiao found out that after Zhu Youjian took office, the officials who were dissatisfied with Zhu Youjian and secretly supported Zhu Youjian did not give up completely. The officials at home even had secret meetings with Zhu Youjian through various literary gatherings.

And the plan to seize [-] mu of fertile land, which should be used as a place to raise horses, in case of a comeback in the future, was done by a former Imperial servant named Quan Yiru who had taught King Xin to read.

Since these thieves were not dead, Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to escort the letter king Zhu Youjian to Beijing to isolate him from those restless Donglin Party officials.

Zhu Youjian also didn't realize that he was a chess piece used by Donglin Party officials.

Bewitched by the officials of the Donglin Party, he always thought that he was doing a righteous thing for the Ming Dynasty, and his brother was a fool, so he couldn't let him go on like this.

But now Zhu Youxiao asked him about the [-] mu of fertile land, and he didn't know how to answer it. It is indeed a fact to embezzle the people's land. Thinking of being known by his emperor brother so soon.

Since there was no way to deny it, Zhu Youjian simply raised his head and said, "Since my younger brother is guilty, brother Huang just killed me."

Zhu Youxiao was so angry that he couldn't speak for a while, if he didn't know that he was the Chongzhen Emperor who died for the Ming Dynasty in history, and since he was still an inexperienced child, he really wanted to beat him directly into the Prison.

"Don't think I dare not kill you!"

Zhu Youxiao got up and walked to Zhu Youjian, staring at him and said.

"I didn't say that the emperor dared not. Now that the Ming Dynasty is about to perish, instead of dying in the hands of others, it is better to die in the hands of the emperor first, so as to save the country from being overthrown. As a descendant of the royal family, I am afraid that there will be a scroll No shroud mats either."

Zhu Youjian couldn't help but twitched as he spoke, and couldn't help crying sadly when he thought of the precarious Daming country.

"You!" The furious Zhu Youxiao now had nothing to say to Zhu Youjian, who regarded himself as a foolish king, so he simply walked away: "Wang Chengen, pass on my will, Zhu Youjian rebelled against the holy grace, and wrote That is to say, he is under house arrest in Xiyuan, and he is not allowed to leave the palace without my permission! I want Zhu Youjian and those who support him to see if Daming will perish in my hands!"

Wang Chengen hurriedly chased after him, and seeing Zhu Youxiao's displeasure on his face, he didn't dare to offend him, so he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Tang Ruowang, who was imprisoned in the East Factory, has compromised and expressed his willingness to give away everything he knows for free. Dedicated to Daming, including the art of tapping."

The "point and release technique" in Wang Chengen's mouth refers to the use of instruments such as gun gauges, gun rulers, and squares. These so-called point and release techniques determine the fire control ability of Ming artillery.

However, Tang Ruowang and other Western missionaries kept a hand in this aspect. When Zhu Youxiao asked about this matter, he was also vague and pretended not to know, so Zhu Youxiao simply sent him to prison, toasted and refused to eat. Tang Ruowang and other missionaries did not expect to meet such a powerful Ming emperor who also knew the art of point release. Under torture to extract a confession, he did not dare to hide it. What's more, even if he concealed it, he believed that this The emperor's ability, these so-called key technologies will be mastered by Daming sooner or later.

So in order to escape the hellish prison and great missionary work, he compromised.

Seeing his feet being taken away, Zhu Youxiao, who was wearing shackles around his neck, couldn't help but chuckled, and couldn't help but think to himself: "At least in the current Daming, the emperor himself dares to arrest and threaten these foreigners."

"The guilty minister pays his respects to His Majesty!"

Tang Ruowang has been in China for a long time, and he can not only speak the official Chinese of Ming Dynasty, but also several dialects, so there is no language barrier, and he also understands the daily etiquette of Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, he also knew that he was now a prisoner and could not stand and talk to His Majesty, so he also knelt down in fear.

At this moment, in his eyes, Zhu Youxiao is no longer the open and wise emperor who talked with him about the Bible, the Crusades, and Descartes a month ago, but a ruthless and ruthless emperor who can kill with a single click. The devil of several missionaries.

"Get up."

Zhu Youxiao replied coldly, and then asked: "How is it, Tang Ruowang, do you know what my Daming East Factory is like, how does it compare with your secluded residence?"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me, please don't let the criminal go to that hellish place again, the criminal is willing to tell His Majesty everything he knows!"

Tang Ruowang cried.

"Very good, from now on, please let me remember that you are no longer a citizen of the Holy Roman Empire, you are a citizen of my Ming Dynasty first, an official of my Ming Dynasty, and a Christian second, you are the first What I want to protect is the interests of my Great Ming Dynasty, if you dare to have second thoughts, I can still kill you alive!"

Tang Ruowang couldn't help but thumped in his heart. He had witnessed the murder of criminals in the capital a few months ago.

Hearing that Zhu Youxiao was going to cut himself alive, he was so frightened that he knocked his head on the ground: "I don't dare!"

"It's fine if you don't dare," said Zhu Youxiao, "I will now officially resume your previous official position and confer on you the rank of major general. I will command the artillery battalion of the Imperial Guard Army. During the training period of the Imperial Guard Army, you will Assist Chang Yanling in training our artillery, and work with Song Yingxing to develop a more powerful six-pound gun for me within one month!"

"If you can finish these things, I can allocate money from internal funds to build a church for you in the capital. If you can't, you can stay in Dongchang!"

When Zhu Youxiao said this, Tang Ruowang was both excited and frightened, and hurriedly said: "This minister will do his best and do his best."

Now not only Tang Ruowang, a missionary, was forcibly forced by Zhu Youxiao to serve Daming's technology, he even ordered Dongchang fans to search for missionaries walking all over the country, and escorted them all to Beijing.

In addition, Zhu Youxiao even encouraged missionaries to come to Daming, and personally instructed the governors of the coastal provinces to offer high rewards to coastal residents for arresting missionaries to Beijing.

Some pirates also got involved. In order to earn money from Emperor Zhu, they caught a person wearing a cross everywhere in Southeast Asia. For a while, countless missionaries disappeared, which even alarmed European countries.

Some missionaries refused to serve the Ming court, and Zhu Youxiao simply killed several stubborn missionaries on the grounds of setting up a teaching altar without authorization, so as to make an example of others.

At the same time, once the missionaries were willing to serve Daming, Zhu Youxiao did not hesitate to bestow official positions and certain political treatment. Comparing the two, it was impossible for these missionaries not to work for Daming.

(End of this chapter)