Tie Xuan was wearing a prison uniform, with his hands and feet shackled, sitting upright, looking calm and fearless.
Across the way, Li Qing's lips foamed as he spoke, but Tie Xuan remained unmoved.
Li Qing had no choice but to say: "You are a minister of Jianwen, but you are also an official of the Ming Dynasty. Why bother?"
After a pause, "During Jianwen's administration, the government was corrupt and the country's power was weakening day by day. You should know this. Now the emperor wants to imitate Emperor Taizu and make the Ming Dynasty prosperous..."
"There is no need to waste your breath. I will never surrender to a person who usurps the throne." Tie Xuan said calmly, "The late emperor's governance is indeed biased. However, as a minister, you should give advice and not be a traitor like you.
Seeking glory.”
"..." Li Qing smiled bitterly, "Do you think I didn't persuade you? It's a pity that he didn't listen!"
"They are all excuses!" Tie Xuan scorned, "The late emperor was the successor appointed by Emperor Taizu, and he was orthodox. King Yan was only a vassal king, so what qualifications did he have to inherit the throne?
Even if the late emperor dies, he still has his son, and even if things go wrong, he still has the King of Wu;
After the father dies, the son succeeds, and the elder brother succeeds the younger brother. No matter what, it will never be his turn as King Yan!"
Tie Xuan was very upright and said loudly: "Zhu Di, you are planning to usurp the throne, how can I not do it?"
Li Qing was really speechless, but he also felt a sense of respect.
The character of a scholar is nothing more than this.
Tie Xuan is different from Qi Fanghuang. Although those three are loyal, their actions are for personal gain and bring trouble to the government. They are corrupt scholars and do not deserve sympathy.
Tie Xuan, on the other hand, wholeheartedly worked for the Ming Dynasty. Although he was loyal to the wrong person, it was not his fault. It was Zhu Yunwen who betrayed him.
To be fair, Li Qing still wants to save Lao Tie. This man is indeed talented, and the Ming Dynasty also needs such a person.
Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief, "The Master said: The people are the most important, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important. Is it possible that the common people in the world, the country, the country, and the country are not as good as a weak king?"
Tie Xuan turned his back, his attitude was very clear.
Facing such a person, Li Qing had no choice but to sigh, stood up and left.
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the other side.
After Zhu Di took control of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, he began to reorganize the imperial court, re-appoint and promote a large number of young officials.
The minister Jian Yi was promoted to minister, the minister Xia Yuanji was promoted to minister, the imperial minister Xie Jin was promoted to minister, Yang Rong was the editor, and Jin Youzi was the reviewer...
These are all officials who were not put in important positions during the Jianwen Dynasty and were relatively young.
After Zhu Di waved the stick, he gave Tianzao another gift. As for the officials who had been replaced before, no one dared to have any objections.
Because, the real reckoning has begun.
Zhu Di summoned Chen Ying, the inspector-general of Peking, and promoted him to the left deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, ordering him to strictly investigate the Jianwen party. For a time, everyone in the court was in danger.
Seeing that the trouble was getting bigger and bigger, Li Qing had no choice but to persuade him: "Your Majesty, just set one or two examples. It is not appropriate to involve too many people."
Dao Yan also advised: "The harder the pressure, the stronger the backlash. The world still needs great governance. Although the border areas have been peaceful in recent years, there may not necessarily be any conspiracy. We are at war internally, but they are developing!"
The two of them talked hard and finally managed to persuade Zhu Di.
Zhu Di changed the investigation of Jianwen's party to a thorough investigation of Fang Xiaoru.
The big stick was waved, sweet dates were given, and the army was under control. In just one month, Zhu Di cleared all obstacles.
Logically speaking, his throne can be said to be secure, but he still has to do something big.
————Dealing with Jianwen’s family.
The next day, noon.
Ru Jin reported: "Your Majesty, I have something to say that I am unhappy about."
"My dear, please speak!"
Rujun said: "Emperor Taizu originally wanted to pass the throne to you, but Jianwen changed the imperial edict. I was bold and begged the emperor to move Jianwen out of the ancestral temple!"
"This..." Zhu Di frowned slightly, wondering: "Do you have any evidence?"
"Yes." Ru Jin immediately took out the 'evidence' and presented it with both hands.
Zhu Di pretended to read it again and became furious: "Jianwen son, you are so despicable...move the Jianwen Spirit Tablet out of the Ancestral Temple and erase it from the family tree."
Zhu Yunwen also did this matter of expulsion from the family tree, and now Zhu Di did it again.
The ministers were all human beings. They couldn't understand anything, so they immediately saluted and echoed: "Your Majesty, your Majesty!"
Jin Youzi drew inferences from one example: "Prince Yiwen, who had never ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, was posthumously given an imperial temple title and a posthumous title by Jianwen. It's really...
This approach is simply a scandal to the world. I sincerely request the emperor to take back the temple title of Prince Yiwen, Xingzong, and the posthumous title of Emperor Xiaokang, and change it to Prince Yiwen!"
Before Zhu Di could speak, the ministers were already kneeling on the ground shouting, "I second my opinion!"
Zhu Di hesitated for a long time, then reluctantly nodded in agreement.
The ministers shouted: "The Emperor is wise!"
Then, Zhu Yunwen's biological mother was brought into the case. Since Zhu Biao's status as emperor was gone, Lu's status as queen mother would naturally be taken back.
Zhu Di followed his good example and demoted Lu to Princess Yiwen, and then sent her to visit Zhu Biao's grave in the name of missing his eldest brother.
At the same time, Zhu Biao's eldest daughter, Princess Jiangdu, was demoted to Princess Jiangdu; King Wu Zhu Yunxi was changed to King Guangze; Zhu Yunxi was demoted from King Heng to King Huai'en...
Li Qing felt mixed emotions in his heart. He knew that the fourth child would probably kill these nephews in the future.
So after the dynasty dispersed, he took the opportunity to admonish Zhu Di: "Prince Yiwen has dedicated his whole life to the country, and now the emperor has ascended to the great treasure, which is expected by everyone..."
Li Qing knew that Zhu Di had a guilty conscience. For himself and for the sake of future generations, Zhu Di would definitely find an opportunity to kill him.
But actually...it's not necessary at all.
"Your Majesty, the people have a strong balance in their hearts. The best way is to win their hearts."
Zhu Di was silent for a moment, nodded slightly, "Come with me."
…
Qianqing Palace was under renovation, and the two came to the middle hall.
After sitting down, Zhu Diping stepped back and said: "Jianwen is not dead."
"Ah?" Li Qing looked surprised, and then said: "That's not important. What's important is that people in the world think he is dead. To say the least, as long as the emperor works hard to govern, it doesn't matter if Jianwen stands under Jinling City one day."
Zhu Di looked straight at Li Qing, who looked calm.
After a long time, Zhu Di looked away and said calmly: "According to the investigation, there was a young man who followed a sloppy Taoist out of the city that night. I remember that your master was Zhang Sloppy, right?"
"Does this...what does it have to do with it?"
Li Qing was still calm, but he was already a little panicked, and said to himself: "Isn't it right? You can all relate these things together, it's simply... outrageous."
"I'm worried that there will be another Jingnan disaster and the country will be in chaos again." Zhu Di looked uneasy and said feebly, "If I can't find Jianwen, I will have trouble sleeping and eating!"
"The emperor is in trouble." Li Qing consoled him, "Jianwen has no team at all. The military generals do not support him, and the civil servants...the emperor has also seen it. They will not go to Jianwen. The situation is set."
After a pause, "Now that the situation is basically stable, governing the Ming Dynasty is the right thing to do."
Zhu Di nodded, but there was still deep uneasiness in his eyes: "On the grounds of restoring the ancestral system, I have abolished all the Jianwen New Deals. Let's go step by step this year, and the New Deals will be implemented next year."
"By the way, do you have any good ideas?"
"A little bit." Li Qing didn't shy away from it, and immediately explained the strategy of changing the household registration system in detail.
After Zhu Di heard this, he nodded his head: "Yes, if the country wants to develop, it must allow the people to run forward;
However, if you want to prosper, the most important thing is to have money. In the past few years that Jianwen has been in power, he has spent a lot of money, but what I want to do is too expensive."
Li Qing's heart sank and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please don't print treasure banknotes indiscriminately. They are just tools for trading, not wealth..."
"Of course I know." Zhu Di glared at him angrily, and then said, "What do you think of the maritime trade?"
"Open the sea?" Li Qing's eyes lit up, "Okay, the Song Dynasty was so rich because it relied on maritime trade, the emperor is wise!"
He didn't expect that Zhu Di would realize it before he said anything.
If you want to develop rapidly, opening up the sea is definitely the best strategy. As long as the silk, porcelain, tea of the Ming Dynasty...as long as they go overseas, the price can increase at least ten times, or even dozens of times, which is a huge profit.
Li Qingxin said: "Lao Si is really extraordinary. This courage is much stronger than Lao Zhu."
It is true that there are many benefits to opening the sea, but there are also disadvantages.
First of all, to open the sea, a large number of naval forces must be formed, and the ships will travel across the ocean. Over time, it is easy to form a situation where the tail is too large to be lost.
Moreover, the gentry and wealthy people would take the opportunity to become stronger and might even overwhelm the imperial power.
In the Song Dynasty, the scholar-bureaucrats were too powerful and emptied the imperial power, which eventually led to the destruction of the country.
This is also the reason why Lao Zhu banned the sea!
Moreover, once the sea is opened, the gap between the rich and the poor among the people will widen. In order to make money, there will definitely be many wealthy gentry and landlords who will convert rice into mulberry, which will cause the people to starve.
However, compared with these disadvantages, there are more benefits to opening the sea.
Opening up the sea will enable rapid economic development, broaden horizons, learn from each other's strengths, and communicate with all countries; the necessity for the country to remain open is too great.
"Your Majesty, if you want to open the sea for trade, you must first solve the ship problem." Li Qing said excitedly, "Then, find a way to restrict the wealthy gentry, such as changing rice to mulberry for profit."
Zhu Di nodded, then shook his head: "The treasure ship is not a problem. Don't you know Chen Youliang?"
"Chen Youliang?" Li Qing nodded, "You know, does this... have anything to do with him?"
"Of course, when my father and he fought in Poyang Lake, if he hadn't been able to tie the boat together, it's not certain who would win and who would lose." Zhu Di said with a smile, "The fight was not very good, but he was a good shipbuilder;
He has made great contributions to our Ming Dynasty's ships, so casting treasure ships is not a problem at all."
After a pause, "As for restricting wealthy gentry and landlords... there is no need at all!"
Zhu Di said calmly: "Only the imperial court can do the business of opening up sea trade. How can I give them the opportunity to expand and follow the footsteps of the Song Dynasty?"
His eyes were blazing: "What I want to do is to make the country's wealth drive the people's wealth, not the rich gentry to drive the people's wealth. They cannot bring the people's wealth, let alone they will not."