"How can you be so flustered?" Zhu Di frowned slightly, "You are the prince after all, look at you like this."
"Father, something really happened." Xiaopang was so anxious that his face was covered with sweat. He was so anxious that he couldn't even speak clearly.
Seeing this situation, Li Qing felt a sudden change in his heart and asked urgently: "Did someone rebel?"
He always felt that the relocation of the capital would not be so smooth. Seeing Xiaopang being so rude, he immediately thought of officials breaking the rules. You know, in the past, the Weaving Bureau was burned down and the Tongcanal was in turmoil, which made him anxious.
"Shut your stinky mouth." Zhu Di glared at Li Qing fiercely and looked at the big boy, "What on earth happened?"
"It's really... reversed." Xiaopang wiped the sweat from his face and nodded heavily.
"Ah? Rebellion?!"
Zhu Di was stunned and then said angrily, "Who dares to rebel?"
No wonder he was so rude, any emperor would be extremely taboo about rebellion, not to mention that his father was the one who won the world through rebellion, and he became the emperor through rebellion. Now that he heard that someone was rebelling, how could he not be angry?
"Who is it? How many people are there?" Zhu Di revealed his murderous intent.
Xiaopang took a breath and said: "The leader is from Puzhou in the east of Shan. He has a daughter-in-law named Lin San, the witch Tang Sai'er."
"Female?" Zhu Di was stunned and said nonchalantly: "A woman rebels?"
Li Qing was also shocked. Can women rebel in these days?
Tang Sai'er...this name sounds familiar...Li Qing's scalp felt itchy, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it.
"What's the specific situation?" Li Qing asked.
After a while, Xiaopang took a breath and explained what happened, "The bandit chief Tang Sai'er, the second chief Liu Xin, Liu Jun, Ding Gugang... made chaos in Jimo and Shouguang. At first, there were only 500 people. In a short time,
On that day, a team of 3,000 people was gathered..."
Xiaopang said worriedly: "Father, the situation is getting worse and worse. Please make a decision as soon as possible."
Li Qing asked: "Who handed over the fold?"
"Zhezi from Shandong Yizhou Weidi." Xiaopang said.
Li Qing wanted to talk again, but Zhu Di got angry first.
"What's the use of asking this?" Zhu Di said anxiously, "Damn... his heart is so cruel!"
"Father, think twice!" Xiaopang said quickly, "We are all common people, and it is not appropriate to go on a killing spree. The emperor's ancestors taught: If there is a civil uprising, the culprits will be dealt with severely, and threats will never be asked."
The people are the foundation of the country. Massacre of the people on a large scale will lose the support of the people, and it is best to appease the people. As long as they are given some benefits, they will turn around and become good citizens again.
Li Qing felt that the matter was not that simple. First of all, the fact that the leader was a woman was very suspicious.
This era is the era of men. No matter how capable a woman is, she cannot show her face. A weak woman rebelling is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world.
Secondly, the civil unrest was caused by the people being unable to survive and having no choice but to rebel. But today, the Ming Dynasty is full of vitality. With the planting of acres and the planting of Yongle rice, the people's lives are getting better and better. How could they rebel?
Woolen cloth?
When the corvee and taxation were increased in order to build the capital and open the canal, no one resisted. Now that the taxation has been greatly reduced, the people are rebelling. This is unreasonable.
Finally, the location of the incident in Shandong is very thought-provoking.
Shandong is the only place that must be passed from Jinling to Shuntian. The capital is about to be moved, but a civil uprising happened here. Li Qing had to think about something.
The energy of ‘capitalists’ in this era is not ordinary.
Zhu Di saw Li Qing frowning and asked, "Li Qing, what do you think?"
"Your Majesty, there must be something fishy about this matter." Li Qing cupped his hands and said, "Although the canal was opened and a new capital was built, many people from Shantung were requisitioned, but the imperial court took care of the food and paid wages, so many people had a living.
Life is better, and you will never rebel;
Even if he really rebels because of hard work, he will not rebel when the Shuntian Mansion is about to be completed, fearing that someone with ulterior motives is causing trouble and sabotaging the relocation of the capital."
Zhu Di's eyes narrowed and his eyes were cold: "Gao Chi, order the Jinyi Guards to investigate the matter in detail. In addition, Babaili hastily sent the commander of the Qingzhou Guards to appease and calm down the disaster as soon as possible."
"Tang Sai'er?" He sneered, "I want to see what magical powers this witch has."
"My son obeys the decree." Hearing that his father did not go on a killing spree, Xiaopang slowly felt relieved, bowed hastily, and hurriedly went to do it.
Zhu Di's face was full of anger, and Li Qing was also worried. He was basically sure that this was not a civil uprising at all, but a premeditated turmoil to prevent the relocation of the capital.
Obviously, the officials and gentry couldn't stand Zhu Di's layers of exploitation, and moving to the capital was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Zhu Di broke the rules and overturned the table time and time again, but now, the backlash is coming.
In previous dynasties, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats shared the world, but things changed in the Ming Dynasty. They were already holding fire in their hearts, and with the addition of Lao Zhu and Lao Si, the father and son, they had reached the point where they could no longer bear it.
Lao Zhu was ruthless, and he was ruthless in terms of harsh punishment. In fact, generally speaking, he was fair to the officials and gentry and did not exploit them.
The fourth child is ruthless and ruthless in exploiting the interests of officials and gentry.
Although Zhu Di killed fewer officials than Lao Zhu, the officials and gentry hated him far more than they did Lao Zhu.
"Your Majesty, what do you plan to do next?" Li Qing asked.
"The culprit shall be punished with capital punishment!" Zhu Di said coldly, "The officials, gentry and barbarians who instigated it!"
Li Qing nodded, there was no better way. We couldn't just kill all the people, right?
This incident gave Li Qing a clearer understanding of the overall situation. The Jiangnan family just wanted to trap the emperor and Xu Tu was left behind.
It is conceivable that if the capital is not moved, after several generations of emperors, the kings of future generations will be completely ignored and become puppets of the famous families.
If that were the case, the Ming Dynasty would probably have been wiped out within a hundred years, not to mention more than 270 years ago.
Originally, Li Qing only thought that moving the capital to Shuntian could extend the strategic depth, but now it seems that moving the capital is of greater significance.
As a unified dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was not suitable to have its capital in a corner of the south of the Yangtze River.
…
The next day, morning.
The ministers collectively attacked Zhu Di at the court meeting, especially Yan Guan, who almost pointed at Zhu Di's nose and scolded him, such as: wasting money and wasting money, arousing public resentment, enjoying great achievements, wasting national power...
He scolded Zhu Di so much that he almost became the king of subjugation. The central idea is: you are the one who forced the people to rebel.
This time, Zhu Di did not catch the typical example or hit the imperial staff. Instead, the old god looked at the ministers. He looked at whoever scolded him coldly, with cold eyes as if from hell.
He was really angry, waiting for the truth to come to light, and a thorough reckoning was necessary.
Gradually, the officials stopped scolding and the officials stopped arguing.
They were not afraid of getting slapped with a royal stick, and they were not even very afraid of dying for it. At least they could gain a good reputation, but...the emperor's look, like a clown, really frightened them.
These people understood that this man was really angry and might have to take advantage of the family this time.
Not everyone is as weird as Fang Xiaoru. Whether it is fame or profit, most people do it for their children and grandchildren, and do not want their children and grandchildren to be buried with them.
"Aren't you talking anymore?" Zhu Di said jokingly, "My dear friends, you might as well take a guess, how will I deal with these people after the culprits are found?"
After a pause, "Xiao Linzi, bring me pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and ask the officials to write down their suggestions for dealing with the evil culprit."
He glanced at the ministers and said with a playful smile: "This time it is by name. I will read all your beloved ministers' suggestions."
If you are not afraid of the emperor being angry, you are afraid of the emperor laughing.
After getting along for so many years, they had no idea what the emperor's temperament was.
This man's violent outburst was no joke. Fang Xiaoru's fate was vivid in their minds. How could they deal with it calmly?
Asking the ministers to write down how to severely punish the evil leader is actually a masterstroke. Zhu Di's move can be said to be murderous and heart-breaking.
The huge Fengtian Hall is eerily quiet, and you can hear a pin drop.
Not long after, the eunuch standing in the palace brought pen, ink, paper and inkstone and began to ask the officials to write down suggestions for punishing the evil leader. Zhu Di watched coldly.
Regardless of whether they were ministers with an open mind or those with evil intentions, everyone wrote harshly.
Three tribes started, and nine tribes passed; what's worse, they dug up graves and whipped the corpses of eighteen generations of ancestors... one after another.
…
Ten days later, the intelligence was once again transmitted to the capital, including the story of the temptress Tang Sai'er's uprising, Tang Sai'er's personal files, and the latest military intelligence and battle reports.
When Zhu Di saw this information, his expression changed completely.
After Li Qing learned about it, he couldn't help but be shocked. The development of the situation was far beyond his expectation, and even reached the point of getting out of control.
No one could have imagined that this civil uprising could cause such a big disturbance.
Things are getting serious... Li Qing looked solemn.
Even the little fat guy who always had a big heart and didn't take anything to heart had a serious look on his face. He no longer had any gentleness, and his whole person looked murderous.