Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 863 comes to an end
Emperor Taizu was born at the lowest level, drove away the Mongolian and Yuan nobles who were superior to the Han people, and wiped out countless Mongolian and Yuan officials who oppressed the Han people. The court created a huge parasitic class with a lot of money, no worries about food and clothing, and a thriving multiplication.

This increasingly large class, relying on the "family friendship" stipulated by the Taizu, the "Emperor Ming Zu Xun", and relying on the status of the royal family, violently killed people in the domain, licentiously corrupted, and harmed the people.

Among the feudal vassals in the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult to find a vassal mansion without bad deeds.And among the vassals, there are many evil people everywhere.

Wang Yan asked people to bring the case file from the Ministry of Punishment and the Clan Mansion, but the result shocked him.

Wang Yan was not ignorant of the feudal lord's crimes, but he never expected it to be so serious.

This is because there are relatively fewer vassal kings in Huguangfeng than in the north. The second is because it is related to the face of the royal family. not much.

Among the case files brought in, for example, King Zheng Jing was "violent and killed several people under the stick"; King Lu Duan "gambled too much, played with prostitutes, and sat naked with men and women. Those who disobeyed on the left and right were killed with an axe or punished. Cannon fire." Like King Jing's son, "gathered street thugs, rode across the Han River, and plundered the wives and daughters of the people." Like King Yi, he took advantage of the opportunity of building the palace wall to occupy the people's houses and expand the king's city. The doctor Chen Dazhuang protested with courtesy, He was beaten and imprisoned, not given food, and starved to death in the prison.King Yi also ordered the guards to close the city gate of Luoyang and forcibly plundered more than 700 civilian women in the city.

In addition, there is also King Xin'an of the Zhou Mansion, the main character of today's show. He is fond of eccentricities and likes to eat the livers and brains of living people. He often waits for people passing by his door in the evening, waiting for the opportunity to lure them into the mansion to kill and eat them. The whereabouts of people were cut off in front of the palace gate.

The protagonist of Ling Yi's play is the famous Fu Wang. His story has been widely spread because of the Fu Lu Banquet.

Wang Yan asked people to arrange these plays to expose the shortcomings of the old Zhu family, but the old Zhu family was the royal family after all, and the common people could not distinguish the relationship between the royal family and the court, thinking that the Zhu family was the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty was the Zhu family. To be short is to expose the shortcoming of the imperial court, so there is a lot of emphasis on the arrangement of this opera. It is necessary for the people to trust the imperial court and bureaucratic groups even though they hate the clan, and have the ability to change the status quo of Ming Dynasty.

The play was written by the Chu Party, and it is natural for the gentry and officials to speak for the play, so the person who wrote it put all the responsibility for Henan's corruption on King Fu.

The meaning expressed in the whole plot is that the government is a good person, King Fu is not a thing, the common people are forced to be helpless, and Li Chuang is a shit stick.

People in the Ming Dynasty did not have many entertainment methods. Watching operas and listening to books was one of the main activities. When the gongs and drums sounded, people immediately gathered around the stage.

In the first act of the play, a voice recited the identity of King Fu, and explained that he was the beloved son of Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty. , and gave more than 30 hectares of land at a time.After he came to the country, King Fu expropriated and extorted money, invaded the small people, tried every means to search, and never did bad things.

As soon as the show started, the common people exclaimed again and again. A wedding cost 30 gold and more than [-] hectares of land. The common people were shocked by the wealth and luxury of the suzerain vassal.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were a lot of dramas scolding corrupt officials, but there was no one who said that about the clan, because the "Emperor Ming Zu Xun" has a clear clause, from the Sangong to the villagers, "If anyone dares to insult the king, the king will take it to Beijing."

The loyal Bo Ru passed through Changsha, but he was sent to prison and executed because he failed to pay homage to the king of the valley, Zhu Sui.

Immediately afterwards, the drama began to explain that a natural disaster occurred in Henan, and starvation was everywhere. The chief envoy approached Fu Wang and hoped that he could provide money for disaster relief, but was rejected by Fu Wang.

It's only the first scene, and many people are crying. China is too short of good officials. As long as the officials are a little more polite to the people and think about the people, they will win applause.

In the second act, the chief envoy was running around for disaster relief. At this time, Li Zicheng, who had disappeared for a while, led his troops, and suddenly appeared in Henan. The chief envoy for disaster relief was killed. It got bigger and bigger, and many innocent people were killed, and the place Li Zicheng passed was in ruins.

The hearts of the people watching immediately sank. They felt helpless because the people had no way out to follow the thieves, and they were also afraid of the destructive power of the thieves. They even secretly hated Li Zicheng for sabotaging the court's disaster relief.

The literati in the palace originally wanted to describe the thieves as more hateful, but Wang Yan considered Shun's feelings, so he asked them to focus on portraying Li Zicheng as a hateful person, while the others were mainly instigated and deceived by Li Zicheng.

In the third act, bandits are rampant, Henan has been plagued by drought and locusts year after year, and the people eat each other. King Fu ignores it and still collects taxes, even unwilling to act as a relief.

At this time, the troops from all directions passed through Luoyang, and the soldiers said angrily: "Luoyang is rich in the imperial palace, and Shenzong spent all the wealth in the world to enrich the king, but let us go to war on an empty stomach and kill the thieves, how unfair!"

Sure enough, the two governors who went to war successively committed suicide because of lack of food.

Seeing this, the people below were already furious, wishing to kill the fat man above who played the King of Fu.

Even if the clan members who sit quietly are being stupid, they have realized at this time that Wang Yan is trying to stigmatize them and make the public opinion completely turn to the imperial court. Not to mention moving to Taiwan, even if they are dispatched to a small island in Nanyang, the people will applaud .

For a moment, all the clan members who were sitting in meditation stood up in horror, a little rightly so, panicked.

At this time, in the restaurant where Wang Yan was, there was a sudden rush of footsteps. The two kings Tang and Lu came to the door by coincidence, but they were blocked by the guards.

At this time, the fourth act has begun, and the imperial court reactivates Sun Chuanting. Sun Dushi conquered the bandits while resettling the people. The situation began to improve.

This is another image of a good official, causing the people to cry again and again, hoping that he will defeat the thieves and give the people peace.

Sun Dushi victorious day by day, and finally ushered in a decisive battle with the demon king Li Zicheng, but at this time the grain supervisor told the army that the grain originally allocated was swallowed up by King Fu, and the rice grain sent was mixed with sand and gravel, so Sun Chuanting sang a solo A large paragraph of dialogue expresses his helplessness.

Sun Chuanting confronted the Demon King and sent Shangshu Lu Weiqi to ask for food, but he knelt in the rain to persuade King Fu, persuading him that even if it was only for himself, he should open the treasury and give some money to help the people, but King Fu was greedy for money. Don't listen, just caring for sex.

The two kings of Tang and Lu arrived outside the private room, but the guards stopped them. The two kings were immediately furious, and when they were about to explode, Wang Yan's voice came from inside, "Let them in!"

The door was opened, and as soon as King Lu stepped in, he panted anxiously: "King Chu, stop all the teams quickly."

The king of Tang followed closely behind, and said anxiously after entering, "Moving the feudal clan to Taiwan, I will fully support it, and the show must stop immediately."

Both voices were in a hurry, obviously they were running over, Wang Yan snorted coldly, without even turning his body, "I want to stop now, but I'm afraid I can't. Look at the people, they are all fascinated."

A total of several dramas have been compiled. There is a king of Xin'an who eats human livers and ruins the families of the people. The magistrate upholds justice for the people and is beaten to death. In the novel, the vassal kings are all bastards with sores on their heads and pus on their feet, but most of the officials who appear are extremely good officials.

After hearing Wang Yan's words, the two kings of Tang and Lu saw a trace of complacency in his voice, and their faces darkened, "King Chu, stop now, and King Gu and Lu will help persuade the clan to move to Taiwan, and settle this matter as soon as possible. It’s all good, otherwise both sides will suffer, and moving to Taiwan still won’t solve the problem.”

Wang Yan was also an official of the Ming court, and he was unwilling to expose such shortcomings. Although he tried his best to adapt the drama, it still cannot avoid the damage to the court's image.

This kind of matter should have been resolved within the system, but he showed his favor to Tang and Lu, but they turned a blind eye and wanted to see his jokes. If they responded to him and took the lead in changing fields, how would those clans dare to fight against him?
Seeing that the situation is not good, I immediately ran over and asked him to stop. Do you really think Wang is made of mud?
After hearing this, Wang Yan stood up, turned to face the two kings, and said coldly: "Today, Gu must finish singing this play! This is a lesson learned by the clan, and it is also the result of your deliberate indulgence. Your Highnesses , let Gu stop now, don't you think it's a bit late?"

Wang Yan's words were tough, there was no room for discussion, and he clearly said that he wanted to teach them and the clan a lesson, which shocked the two kings Tang and Lu. They were angry for a while, and their faces were very ugly, but they were not easy to attack. It was indeed their fault. First.

There was silence in the private room for a while, and after a while, King Lu said angrily: "Okay, today I will see how King Chu persuades the clan to quit!"

After finishing speaking, King Lu sat down on the chair, obviously very angry.

King Tang didn't speak when he saw this, he pulled a stool and sat down next to King Lu.

Now the clan is also riding a tiger. It doesn't mean that the clan will back down if the public opinion is on Wang Yan's side.

Seeing the two people like this, Wang Yan looked towards the window and said with a smile: "Your Highnesses are interested, so let's take a look!"

At this time, on the stage, Sun Chuanting, who had high hopes from the people, was defeated again because King Fu was defeated, and King Fu was also cooked and killed because Li Zicheng broke through Luoyang. Sun Chuanting, who wanted to turn the tide, was heartbroken, but only applauded the death of King Fu.

The Prince of Ming Dynasty was made into Fulu soup, and the common people clapped their hands and applauded. The gathered clan felt a wave of fear and shuddered in their hearts.

Nanjing is a place with many dignitaries. Many people look at those vassal kings, but in fact, they more or less sound like the nobles in the city of Nanjing in the past. They have also been bullied, so they feel the same way.

The other places were also sung, and the people who had watched the play were outraged, wondering why the clan was so bad.

At this time, the secret agent of Jinyiwei in the crowd began to explain that these plays were adapted from real cases, and brought the topic to the clan assembly to fight against the relocation order, explaining that the purpose of the imperial court's relocation of the vassal was to make more land and let the people Farming, and taxing the suzerains is to reduce the burden on the people, but these suzerains, like the vassal kings in the play, continue to occupy large areas of land for the world to support, while they continue to live a luxurious life.

In this way, the people will understand, just like King Fu in the opera, 400 hectares of land is [-] million mu. If these fields are paid taxes to the court, then the court will have enough taxes, and the exploitation of their small people will be light. Some.

What's more, not worrying about scarcity but inequality, the wealth of the clan makes ordinary people feel deeply disgusted.

The common people, who understood, gathered like Xihuamen, pushing the soldiers of the surrounding clan back again and again, forcing thousands of clans into a group, and voices of accusation came from all directions.

Generally speaking, the people of Nanjing would not dare to criticize these clans, but after watching the play today, their hearts were filled with anger, and with the people from Jin Yiwei taking the lead, the scolding, let go of their emotions, and they couldn't control it.

Where have the clans ever seen this kind of battle, their faces are full of fear, Yi Wang and others have already turned pale, they want to use public opinion to make the people think that Wang Yan is going to attack the clan, and has evil intentions, so that Wang Yan Under pressure, Yan compromised with them, but now the situation is reversed. I am afraid that even if Wang Yan sent them to a small island in Nanyang, or even sent them to prison, the people would applaud.

King Liao's legs trembled a little, "What should I do now? Why don't you accept it!"

Before King Yi and King Xiang could speak, one of the ministers under Xihua's sect who had been with them for most of the day suddenly boarded the high table and shouted: "This official is a university scholar who is also the Minister of the Household Department. Taiwan is the national policy of the imperial court, and the imperial court will never give in. I advise the clan to focus on the overall situation. The imperial court is still confronting the Qing court. Nanjing needs stability. The imperial clan is also the people of the imperial court and should support the imperial court. Now the clan has different ideas Unpredictable people, for their own self-interest, obstruct the imperial court from moving to the feudal domain, let the southern clan follow suit, and the clan fleeing from the north follow suit, what are you planning?"

(End of this chapter)