Chapter 503 Give Solitary A Reason
Zhu Changluo asked in a low tone: "Why is Luoyang?"
Chen Li replied: "Go back to Your Highness, Luoyang is almost the capital, and Luoyang has been rich since ancient times. If the emperor's three sons come to Luoyang, it will not only be the best for His Highness to be friendly and respectful to his brothers, but also save the taxes of the court."
As soon as Chen Li's words came out, Zhu Changluo knew what he was going on.
Chen Li set his mind on the Yifan lineage, which had been abandoned.
Yi Fan's fiefdom is Luoyang, which is the fief of Zhu, the 25th son of Emperor Taizu.
Zhu?? This person is actually quite tragic, and Yi Fan, who is of his lineage, naturally has tragic fate.
Zhu?? was conferred the title of Luoyang by Zhu Yuanzhang when he was young, but this man was born restless and liked to do some messy things all day long. In the end, he was slap himself to death at the age of 26.
After his death, the Ministry of Rites at that time wrote a memorial to Emperor Yongle, asking to remove Zhu's title and be buried with the rituals of the common people.
However, Emperor Yongle did not agree with the request of the Ministry of Rites. After all, Emperor Yongle rebelled because he could not stand the reduction of the vassals of Emperor Jianwen, so he set up the slogan of Jingnan clearing the monarchy and restoring the old Taizu system.
Now, King Yi has passed away and he is not reliable.
However, in order to make the legitimacy of his own legal system, Emperor Yongle naturally did not reduce the vassals according to the suggestions of the Ministry of Rites. Instead, he suppressed Yifan for ten years before allowing Zhu's son to inherit the title of king.
As a result, Emperor Yongle also showed his benevolence and dignity to the royal families in the world, completely shocking the unjust intentions of the kings in the world.
If Emperor Yongle had not thought about it, he directly adopted the intention of the Ministry of Rites to request the reduction of the vassal states, wouldn't it be said that Jianwen was right and that he was wrong in rebelling?
Therefore, the crisis of Yi Fan's nearly extermination of the country was resolved in this way.
However, lifting it does not mean that Yi Fan can rest assured.
During the Jiajing period, Zhu Dian, the son of the seventh generation of King Yi, was promoted to the title. This guy was even more arrogant and domineering than his ancestors!
Not only did he build palaces and buildings on a large scale and occupy private property, but he would also be humiliated and inappropriate as long as there were officials in the court who passed through Luoyang and did not enter the court. This time, he made the scholars and officials who had always been disgusted with the royal family.
A vassal king whose bloodline was lacking in the imperial system for seven or eight generations actually treated himself as a dish.
Once these scholars and officials became cruel, they immediately let Zhu Dian'o know why the flowers were so red.
Then, King Yi Zhu Dianyou was reported by his ministers. When Emperor Jiajing saw that such a thing was capable of offending so many ministers, and he was so arrogant.
Emperor Jiajing immediately ordered Zhu Dianyou to demolish the illegal buildings, return the seized women, and hand over the villain to instigate the villain.
Originally, the "inciting villain" handed over the last bit of face to give Zhu Dian'o, but Zhu Dian'o was very stubborn! He refused to obey the order and did not hand over a "inciting villain" handed over, which seemed extremely righteous!
However, the emperor's will here still needs to be implemented, so the officials of Henan Prefecture sent soldiers to demolish Zhu Dian's palace.
Zhu Dian'o was also frustrated at that time. He actually sent hundreds of people to fight with weapons. Luoyang City was in an uproar and said that "King Yi has rebelled"!
Now even if the Heavenly King comes, I can't save him.
So in the 43rd year of Jiajing, the court abolished him as a commoner for his lewdness and violence, and imposed on Kaifeng and banned him on the high walls of the provincial capital.
The property, rice, salary, and silver were all not earned by the officials.
Later, at the request of Henan Governor Chi Fengxiang, the property of the Prince Yi Mansion was sold to Yi Silver, and kept it as the grain of the prince's palace and the use of military and civilian relief. He also issued 30,000 taels of silver in the Prince Yi Mansion and more than 4,000 stones to assist him. The banned treasures and 80,000 taels of silver were collected into the inner warehouse.
Since then, the Yifan Directs were eliminated from the country.
Now Shen Li said that he could save money by enthroning Zhu Changxun to Luoyang. Obviously, he had set his mind on Prince Yi's mansion.
You should know that the cost of building a royal palace is extremely huge. If it is ready-made, it can really save a lot of money.
From this we can see that Chen Li's proposal to Luoyang is considered to be a good intention.
However, the limitations of his times are still too great. He only wants to complete the tasks, but does not think too much about the feelings of the people of Henan.
Of course, it may also be that Chen Li never thought about the life or death of the people at the bottom.
In the eyes of traditional literati, the real people are actually the landlords and gentry class.
Once the court has any new policy and tax policies, they want to adjust social conflicts or increase the income of the court, they often talk about the reason of "competing for profit with the people", criticize the new policies and attack the reformers.
In fact, this is not a competition for profit with the people, it is a competition for profit with the scholars and officials.
Once the court compromises and no longer competes for profit with the "people", they will recommend the emperor to increase land taxes to solve the problem.
Over time, it will lead to a huge gap between the rich and the poor and vicious land annexation.
In the end, the court has no taxes and the poor have no life.
These literati and landlords who annexed the land enjoyed a corrupt life of extravagance and desire, shaking their heads and reading the moral article "Governing the country and pacifying the world", and criticizing the unkindness and unrighteousness of the court and the court's court's etiquette and integrity of the poor people.
It seems that the only ones left in the world are noble people who are untainted by the mud and moral examples.
This is a group of exquisite egoists. It seems to be all truth, but it is actually all sin.
Zhu Changluo looked at Chen Li, and his eyes were clear and said, "Luoyang cannot be done. Henan's royal family is dense, and floods and droughts are constantly alternating. In the 22nd year of Wanli, due to a heavy rain, millions of people in Henan were displaced. , homeless, tens of thousands of people in the royal family suffered their harm, without food or clothing."
"If I hadn't seen this situation, how could Gu be appointed as the sect's order by his father and emperor? Gu wanted to adjust the conflict between the vassal kings and the local governments. If I had asked my third brother to go to Henan, wouldn't that be Add fuel to the fire?”
Zhu Changluo directly rejected Chen Li's proposal.
After Chen Li was rejected, he was not nervous.
Because he had long thought that the crown prince would not agree to go to the third son to establish a vassal of Luoyang.
Chen Li knelt down and said, "I have another discussion."
Zhu Changluo said: "Mr. Chen continues."
Chen Li said: "I suggest that the third son of the emperor can establish a vassal of Liaodong to consolidate the land of Liaodong."
Zhu Changluo's eyes shrank, and this suggestion was indeed beyond Zhu Changluo's expectations.
Since the rebellion of Emperor Yongle, all the kings along the border have been deprived of power or re-elected.
At this time, if another prince is granted to go out of the frontier, is it necessary to reset the King of the Forbidden?
Zhu Changluo said in a deep voice: "Mr. Chen, do you know what you are talking about? It is difficult to get rid of the king's tail, and there are worries about the crisis of the country. If you cannot give me a suitable reason, I will not be able to protect you."
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