The second half of the ninth year of Zhengde was a lively year, because Li Huan's memorial at the Great Court meeting directly shocked the Ming vassal kings and clans. Even the emperor had to issue an unprecedented order to urgently summon clansmen and clans from all over the world.
Wang enters the capital.
Within a month or two, the people of the capital had their eyes opened to see the luxurious bicycle frame of a famous clan member of the feudal clan. For a while, the discussion in the capital about these clan clans of the feudal clan could be said to have taken over.
Mainstream.
It was almost approaching the end of the New Year, and all the clan members of the feudal princes in the world who could get the news and were able to travel all came to the capital. The capital suddenly became a lot more lively because of the arrival of the clan princes and clans from these places.
After all, these vassal princes and clansmen are accustomed to enjoying themselves in the local area. Whether it is food or drink, it is top-notch. Naturally, they will not lose their status when they enter the capital. Therefore, the expenses in the capital are not small at all.
, which naturally drove consumption in the capital.
It is said that these vassal princes brought a considerable number of followers with them to the capital. These followers also need expenses in the capital. For these vassal princes, a mere expense is naturally nothing. After all, that prince has no savings in his house.
If you have tens of millions of taels of silver, you will be embarrassed to say that you are the prince of the Ming Dynasty.
In the imperial city, in the imperial study, Zhu Houzhao, as the emperor, looked through the reports from Dongchang and Jinyiwei about the series of actions of these vassal princes and clan members after they entered the capital.
These vassal kings and clansmen seemed to be more at ease after entering the capital. After all, the important place of the capital is different from their fiefdom. In the fiefdom, they can do whatever they want, but in the capital, few vassal kings dare to act recklessly. After all, no one knows what happened.
What did the emperor mean, and why did he summon them to the capital?
If you are targeted by the emperor for a moment of wanton behavior, it will be a big loss if the emperor deprives you of your title.
After looking through the information about the clan members of the vassal princes presented by Jin Yiwei and Dongchang, Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly and said: "These people are quite honest. If you don't know what they are doing at their lower level, just look at them."
Being so honest in the capital, I thought these were all the wise kings of my Ming Dynasty."
Li Huan on the side couldn't help but chuckled when he heard this: "Your Majesty, can't you take this opportunity to solve the problem of these feudal princes and clans? As long as these feudal princes and clansmen can be moved out of the fiefdom, then a cancer that has been a problem for the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years can be eliminated.
Get rid of it.”
Zhu Houzhao took a long breath, nodded slightly and said: "If it weren't for Li Qing's plan, I really don't know how to deal with these vassal princes and clan members."
It’s no wonder that Zhu Houzhao was so emotional. After all, from his standpoint, he naturally wanted to solve the problem of these vassal kings and clansmen. However, because of the identity of these people, if there is no reasonable solution, even if it is
As the emperor, he could not rashly attack the clans of the feudal lords and clans of the world.
Do you really think that all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were fools? Do you not know what kind of harm the existence of these vassal princes and clans has to the Ming Dynasty? However, several generations of emperors were helpless about this.
Zhu Houzhao knew very well that if the problems of these vassal kings and clans could be successfully solved this time, just by virtue of this alone, his emperor would be remembered in history.
Taking a deep breath, Zhu Houzhao glanced at Li Huan and said, "How is everything arranged?"
Li Huan said with a confident look on his face: "Your Majesty, don't worry, everything has been arranged. The vassal kings who have taken care of me are begging your Majesty to move their fiefdoms one by one."
Here, when Li Huan and Zhu Houzhao were discussing the clans of the vassals, they mentioned the most prosperous restaurant in the capital.
This restaurant belonged to the Ming Dynasty Royal Commercial House, and behind it stood the emperor of the day, a group of nobles, and Li Huan, a powerful official who was in the emperor's heart and was very popular.
It can be said that such a restaurant is one that no one dares to mess with in the capital. Even the plaque on this restaurant is the Ming Dynasty Royal Restaurant written by the emperor himself.
One can imagine the influence of the Ming Dynasty Royal Restaurant in the capital under such circumstances.
Anyone who is not a high-ranking official or a very wealthy person would not have the confidence to enter it. After all, a casual visit would cost hundreds or even thousands of taels of silver, which is beyond what ordinary people can afford.
Naturally, in this Ming Dynasty Royal Restaurant, all the people coming and going are prominent figures in the capital.
On this day, in the huge hall of the Daming Royal Restaurant, there were several figures sitting at a table near the window. Each of these people was about 20 years old, and they were all dressed in luxurious and noble clothes.
, if anyone knows these people, they will definitely be able to recognize that these people are the descendants of the top noble families of the Ming Dynasty, such as Ying Gong, Cheng Guo Gong, Ding Guo Gong and so on.
Several people were sitting there, and the table was full of delicacies from the mountains and seas. Not to mention other things, the food on this table alone would probably not be worth a thousand taels.
At this time, several people were drinking and talking proudly about their families' harvests in Nanyang.
There is never a shortage of people in the restaurant, and now it is almost half full. In a private room on the second floor, a few people who look like they are pampered are gathering together.
If someone from Jinyiwei or Dongchang saw this, they would definitely recognize him at the first sight. He was one of the princes among the vassal kings who came to Beijing, such as the King of Zhou, the King of Jin, and the King of Qin.
These princes inherited the title of king and have always been pampered and pampered. This time they came to the capital for no other reason than to express their grievances to the emperor. They must not let the emperor listen to Li Huan's slander.
If Li Huan really attacks these vassal clan members, just look at the gentry and officials who are targeted by Li Huan and how many benefits they have handed over to the court, they can imagine what their future will be like.
How miserable.
It is absolutely impossible to cut flesh from them.
The extremely wealthy King Zhou was sipping tea and said to King Jin: "King Jin, we must not let that traitor Li Huan seduce His Majesty this time, otherwise we will never have a good life by then."
King Jin nodded without hesitation after hearing this: "Of course, I have already sent people to contact some officials in the court, hoping that these people can say something good for us..."
King Zhou snorted coldly and said: "You said that the imperial court is so rich now, why can't it be used to distribute some to us clan members, especially your majesty. I heard that the gold and silver in your majesty's inner treasury has been piled up.
It's like a mountain. He has the emperor's throne to sit on, but we can only stay in the fiefdom and be honest. Are we reluctant to give even some benefits to us people? After all, we are also the descendants of Taizu.
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The King of Qin on the side suddenly said: "You said that it was said that Li Huan brought back a huge amount of wealth from Nanyang some time ago, worth hundreds of millions. Is this true or false? Is the Nanyang Province really like those?
People say it is a blessed land, and as long as you go to Nanyang, you can easily make a fortune?"
After hearing what King Qin said, King Zhou and King Jin looked at each other. King Jin coughed lightly and said: "Anyway, according to the news I received, Li Huan really brought back a huge amount of wealth, and according to the merchants who went overseas,
As I said, the land of Nanyang is indeed a treasure land. If you are lucky enough, you may be able to find a gold mine, silver mine, etc...."
As he spoke, King Jin said in a low voice: "I heard that the imperial court has discovered large amounts of gold and silver deposits on several large islands in Southeast Asia. Now the imperial court is frantically migrating people to Southeast Asia. It is said that it is to exploit those mineral deposits."
King Zhou said: "How did I hear that the imperial court moved people to Nanyang in order to occupy the fertile land there? It is said that the land there is extremely fertile. There are hundreds of thousands of acres of unclaimed farmland on any island, and there are hundreds of thousands of acres of unclaimed fertile land in Nanyang.
The yield of the land in the land is still extremely high. Now the imperial court is constantly transporting the grain produced in Nanyang back. For this reason, even the grain produced in the Huguang land is rarely supplied to the capital, which directly leads to a drop in grain prices.
It’s almost more than 10%.”
King Qin said with emotion: "If these are true, then the land of Nanyang is really a treasure land. As long as you can occupy a piece of land, there will be a steady stream of wealth. It's a pity that we vassal kings don't have that at all.
The ability to occupy such a treasured land..."
While he was talking, a loud voice suddenly came from downstairs and said: "Xu Guang, what are you proud of? Your Dingguo Palace has occupied more than a dozen gold and silver veins in Nanyang. Our Chengguo Palace still occupies
We have built a gem mine. How can the gems in this entire mine be inferior to your gold and silver veins!"
Zhang Han, who was sitting there, said with a bit of contempt: "Who do you think you are? The British government and the Qin government jointly occupy a large gold mine, and we can get as much as 300,000 taels of gold a year..."
Many people around were pricking up their ears to eavesdrop on the information that these direct descendants of the Duke's Palace were unintentionally revealing while they were talking nonsense. However, each and every one of them was also shocked by the information that was revealed by these people.
He was stunned for a while.
Nowadays, the wealth of Nanyang Province has long been widely known, but no one has a specific concept of the specific extent of its wealth.
However, the few words spoken by these direct descendants of the Duke's Mansion shocked everyone.
Listen, is that human talk? More than a dozen gold and silver mines and gem mines are occupied at every turn. Even according to what Zhang Han of the British Duke said, a gold mine jointly occupied by the British Duke and the Qin Duke.
The amount of gold produced in a year was hundreds of thousands of taels. If they had not heard it with their own ears, they would not have believed it.
At this moment, I heard someone shouting in a deep voice: "That's enough. After drinking some wine, you won't know where the world is. You dare to say anything and you won't shut up."
Xu Guang, Zhang Han and others immediately started up, their drunken faces showed a bit of panic, as if they realized what they had revealed, they subconsciously looked around, looking guilty.
Soon, several people left the restaurant in a hurry.
But just because a few people left doesn't mean that what they just said is over. It can be said that what they said caused a huge sensation in the restaurant.
The King of Qin, King of Jin, King of Zhou and other vassal princes and clansmen in the box on the second floor could clearly hear the words of Zhang Han and others. At this moment, they looked at the delicacies in front of them one by one and felt that they were not satisfied for a moment.
Fragrant.
After a while, King Zhou couldn't help but say: "Damn it, did you hear that? Those are gold and silver mines. The only thing in the world is the king's land. That Nanyang province belongs to my Ming Dynasty, and those mines in Nanyang belong to my Ming Dynasty."
Yes, why do they occupy it?"
"I think we, as Taizu's bloodline, work so hard that the income of the palace is only tens of thousands taels a year, but they, relying on the mineral deposits, make money lying around, the money they earn in a year is worth
The income of our palace for decades is unbearable..."
King Qin said with a wry smile: "So what, we now sound like we are relatives of the Ming vassal kings, but except for a little money and food, we have nothing, not even freedom, so what can we do! The interests of Nanyang Province
It is destined to have nothing to do with us. You guys have the time to envy others, so why not worry about whether the benefits we have obtained will be deprived of us? Don't forget, that traitor Li Huan is still watching us."
As soon as King Qin said this, everyone couldn't help but fell silent.
Yes, they may not even be able to protect their own interests now, so how can they think about other things?
As the New Year approached, the vassal princes gathered in the capital, and there were naturally more and more discussions about Li Huan's petition to the emperor to investigate the vassal princes. Li Huan's several petitions to the emperor were temporarily suppressed by the emperor.
But everyone in the court can see that this matter cannot be suppressed for a long time. After all, this matter must have an outcome.
At the last great court meeting before the end of the year, all the vassal kings who entered the capital finally received the news that the emperor summoned them after waiting for a while.
To be precise, the emperor had an order to order a group of vassal princes and relatives to participate in the court meeting, and allowed them to defend themselves at the court meeting.
The sky was still bright, and carriages gathered outside the palace gate. As the palace gate opened, and hundreds of officials entered the palace, a group of vassal princes and relatives also entered the imperial city.
For these vassal princes and clan members, it can be said that almost 99% of the vassal princes and clan members entered the imperial city for the first time. The solemn power made all the vassal princes feel a coercion unique to the emperor.
The officials returned to their respective positions, while the vassal princes and clan members stood together with all the nobles. Of course, these vassal princes and clan members also attracted the attention of many officials.
Everyone knows that there is very likely to be a result in today's imperial meeting. Whether these feudal kings will have a better life in the future or not, there is a high probability that there will be a result in the near future.
Many officials looked at Li Huan, who was standing at the top of the list of honorable men, and then looked at all the vassal princes and clan members who were in the same row as Li Huan, but looked at Li Huan as if they were enemies who killed their fathers. This situation made many officials feel uncomfortable.