"Your Majesty, all those students have dispersed!" In the inner palace, Wang Zhonghou hunched over Zhu Youde like a shrimp.
"Mr. Lu is really capable!"
Zhu Youde twitched the corner of his mouth, put down a brush in his hand, and looked at the big characters he had just written, feeling very dissatisfied.
After all, he is not an authentic ancient person. He can only read the calligraphy with his hand, and may not be able to write as well as an ordinary student.
"Your Majesty's handwriting is getting better and better."
Zhu Youde smiled and said: "You are a bitch slave and you are flattering me again. My handwriting can only be said to be legible, not good. It is far worse than other ministers!"
"Your Majesty governs the world with the Holy Heart. It doesn't matter if your words are a little bit different!"
"Haha!" Zhu Youde looked at Wang Zhonghou: "If it weren't for me, other emperors would inevitably be coaxed after listening to your words. You are really good at flattering, and there is no trace of it!"
Wang Zhonghou didn't say anything, smiled, and quickly brought the tea to Zhu Youde: "Your Majesty, those students who were spanked were also sent back."
Wang Zhonghou laughed as he said this: "I'm afraid they won't be able to see anyone in the future!"
"Really?" Zhu Youde smiled slightly.
How could Wang Zhonghou know the shamelessness of literati?
Wang Zhonghou was stunned and saw that Zhu Youde did not agree with his opinion, so he asked cautiously: "Does your Majesty think they still have face?"
"Now, that's because you don't understand literati." Zhu Youde smiled and said: "Believe it or not, the embarrassing things today will become gold in their faces in less than half a month. With just some praise, this imperial staff will also become the gold in those literati's faces."
Glory, some of the Six Gentlemen will appear in a few days."
Wang Zhonghou looked at Zhu Youde dumbfounded: "No, those students wouldn't be so shameless!"
"Just watch it, your royal staff will be indispensable in the future, so you can have your people prepare more!"
Wang Zhonghou still looked unconvinced. According to His Majesty's opinion, those students will still be proud of being beaten in the future?
Students from Daliang are not so shameless!
Zhu Youde was too lazy to explain to Wang Zhonghou that these young students might not have expected it, but there were no elderly people in their families!
Wouldn’t those old people take advantage of this kind of thing?
Emperor Zhu could use this incident to make Lu Shengzhi an official, and these southeastern nobles could naturally use this incident to make their children famous.
It is enough to call the emperor a coward. If he is beaten by a coward, then those who are beaten are right, righteous and gentlemen.
In the Ming Dynasty, people in the southeast liked to do this. Being beaten by the emperor would help them become famous.
Wang Zhonghou naturally didn't understand. When he saw that it was getting late, he said: "Your Majesty, it's dinner time. Where are you going today? I can make arrangements for you!"
You can eat again, and of course you have to eat with your girl!
"Let's go to Concubine Zheng's palace to have a meal!"
Zhu Youde was having dinner in the harem, and Lu Shengzhi returned to the academy, sighing. After a while, the servants reported that someone was visiting!
Lu Shengzi thought for a moment and smiled bitterly. He knew that the people coming must be from the southeast!
Things were so big today, it seems Zhu Youde just spanked a few students!
Anyone who understands understands!
The emperor was slapping the faces of the southeastern gentry.
Aren’t you nobles the best? You usually don’t obey, so now I’m going to whip you.
Lu Shengzhi served as an official in the Southeast in his early years and knew all the Southeastern gentry.
When I met the people, it turned out that they were all officials from the southeastern gentry!
"Sir, the emperor really went too far today. He hit anyone at will, and even took off his pants to beat him. My Southeast student can't even lose his face!"
"That's it. The emperor really doesn't take us Southeast nobles seriously and brutally abuses the students. Who will dare to speak out in the future? What dignity do we, the Southeast students, have?"
The face of any student is the face of the Southeastern nobles!
Lu Shengzhi secretly thought, you trash can still want to fight with the emperor?
Have you ever seen the emperor’s methods?
"Don't talk nonsense, your Majesty has shown mercy today!"
Lu Shengzhi said that the people who came were immediately dissatisfied.
"To be so merciful, it's better not to be merciful."
"Your Majesty is really in a coma...it's too much. We, the nobles, also need to be ashamed!"
"Sir, these students are all from the southeast. The emperor feels comfortable operating on them today, but the southeast is the land of money and food for Daliang, and it bears 50% of the taxes of the national treasury. If today's incident spreads to the southeast, people's hearts will be boiling!"
Lu Shengzhi's expression changed drastically. He realized that these people were threatening the emperor with national taxes.
If you don't give face to our southeastern gentry, then you can't even think about collecting taxes.
"You guys have discussed it!" Lu Shengzhi sounded a little angry.
These people dare to think like this, which is tantamount to rebellion!
"Your Majesty is unkind, and there is nothing we can do about it."
"Sir, your Majesty needs to give an explanation for this matter, otherwise we will not be able to suppress the nobles in the southeast!"
How dare you threaten me!
Lu Shengzi said angrily: "Your Majesty is not a foolish king, but a heroic leader with the appearance of a martial emperor. If you think like this, you know you are seeking your own death!"
One person sneered and said: "Sir, why do you need to say this? The emperor is unkind. The taxes in the southeast are already heavy. This time, your majesty suddenly wants to increase taxes. The agricultural tax will be increased by 10%, and the commercial tax will be increased by 50%. This is
What a foolish king did!"
"The real thing is that the emperor is not upright, his ministers defected to other countries, your majesty imposed levies and expropriations, and we in the southeast are short of financial resources. What can we do if we don't make preparations in advance? It's your majesty who forced us!"
It's all the emperor's fault, Zhu Youde is trash.
"Okay!" Lu Shengzhi waved his hands with a cold face: "There's no need to tell you everything. You just want me to tell His Majesty, right?"
Several people looked at each other and this is what they thought.
These people are all officials in the imperial court. They all know that several ministers of the imperial court are already discussing how to increase taxes, and some documents even need to go through their hands!
Everyone represents the interests of the southeastern gentry, not the emperor.
One person cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Sir, as long as your Majesty is merciful, we naturally dare not say anything!"
Lu Shengzhi understood what these people meant. If the emperor canceled the tax increase, the gentry in the southeast would not cause trouble.
This is to force His Majesty to compromise.
In the southeast, East Vietnam lies to the south, and Southern Tang lies to the west. The key is that Daliang only garrisoned troops in the south, and local government affairs were still in the hands of the gentry.
There are many wealthy families everywhere, and even the appointment of officials has to be involved.
Lu Shengzhi also knew the internal situation of Daliang very well. It seemed that Daliang was very powerful in suppressing the Western Regions, but in fact, there were many internal contradictions.
It is impossible to balance the royal family and the wealthy family!
Several people were about to leave, but one person was a step behind and said to Lu Sheng: "Sir, please tell your Majesty, don't forget the promise of well water!"
Lu Shengzhi was stunned, nodded hesitantly and said: "When I was an official in the southeast, I heard that your Southeast wealthy family had an alliance with Emperor Gaozu, but I don't know the details. Can you tell me more about it?"