Chapter 117 A letter from King Fu begging for mercy
"The eunuch of the East Palace, Wang Tiqian, is honest and honest, and has served His Majesty and the East Palace for the longest time. He is appointed as the eunuch in charge of the East Palace."
"Your servant Wang Tigan thanks His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
Dongchang's new appointment can be regarded as officially announced. Although he has appeared in front of some ministers to talk about it before, he is now officially assuming this position.
"Wang Tiqian, after investigating the Dongchang, Jinyiwei personnel and their families who support the rebellion, you don't need to kill them. You can lock them up first and make them reflect, and at the same time participate in labor to support themselves."
"This servant knows this and will definitely handle this matter well."
Huh?
When the ministers heard this, they found that many people involved in the rebellion did not kill them, but instead imprisoned them for reflection and worked to support themselves?
This is very generous!
It doesn’t smell like mass killing at all, which is very different from what some people say...
Qian Qianyi and Liu Mao glanced at Yang Lian secretly and found that the latter was calm and not surprised because the prince supervisor did not kill anyone.
"Dongchang, Jin Yiwei is his, and if you want to use it for his own good, of course you won't kill them all." Yang Lian found an explanation in his heart, feeling that the prince would be impatient and cold next.
Wen Tiren, who was in charge of recording the files, also immediately wrote down the new measure of the Prince Supervising the Country. The rebellion had participants and supporters. The Prince Supervising Country did not behead all of them across the board. Instead, he specially assigned Dongchang to be responsible for the detention and ordered them to be detained. Going back on your word and working to support yourself is very different from the traditional prison.
This was the first time in history that he recorded it clearly.
"Okay, do you have any other suggestions for the first topic?
If not, we start talking about the clan!"
Coming, coming.
Yang Lian thought that this young and impatient prince was really going to step into the clan's big trap. Just like Zhu Yunwen back then, he attacked the clan as soon as he got up, he was young and impatient.
Once you have a reputation of being cold and uninvolved in family relationships, it will stay with you for a lifetime. In the end, you can only compromise with civil servants and hand over power in many matters.
Only when the holy king vacates the throne, delegates power, and listens to advice, and the people are upright and prosperous in the court, can the Ming Dynasty be revived~
Under Yang Lian's expectant gaze, Zhu Youxiao spoke.
"In this rebellion, Zheng Yangxing's rebels shouted that Concubine Zheng should be the queen mother and Prince Fu should be the emperor. Did this slogan sound like a tsunami and was heard both inside and outside the palace?"
Zhang Weixian, the British Chief Minister of the Military Aircraft Department, replied: "I heard with my own ears that the rebels were shouting slogans and dreaming of being heroes."
Fang Congzhe and Huang Kezuan were also present, saying that they heard it with their own ears.
One of the civil servants was Liu Mao, the official: "I thought that King Fu must be involved and occupied too much land and wealth. From the perspective of involving rebellion and reducing the burden on the people, I proposed that King Fu cut down the vassalage."
As a member of the Donglin Party, Liu Mao began to set the pace.
Prince Fu, like Concubine Zheng, has been an old enemy of the civil servants for more than ten years. The proposal to reduce the vassal status for him is not only in line with the major rebellion, but also in line with the ideas of the civil servants. It is probably also in line with the prince's purpose of making money. This is a move.
Sande's proposal.
"I second the proposal! Please ask His Royal Highness, the Supervisor, to take over the palace to prevent anyone from arrogating and causing chaos!"
The imperial censors are now particularly loyal, but they have accelerated the pace of reducing vassals.
Zhu Youxiao felt calm in his heart. He just nodded slightly to Liu Mao and others' proposal, and then asked others: "Do you all think that King Fu must be related to the rebellion?"
When I asked this question, everyone started to beat drums in their hearts.
Is it okay?
Didn't Zhang Weixian and Fang Congzhe say they heard "Supporting the King of Fortune" with their own ears?
A few days ago, we ransacked homes like crazy. I heard that even old shabby houses in the countryside and hundreds of acres of land were confiscated. Aren’t you jealous of King Fu’s land and property?
Yang Lian also thought for a moment, if he didn't cut down the feudal vassal against King Fu, then the prince overseeing the country... would be full of evil! If he dared to be cruel to civil servants, but treated the clan with no pain or itching, the Jiangnan scholars could still scold him to death~<
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"Liu Ruoyu, please read Prince Fu's letter."
"Yes."
Liu Ruoyu took out a letter and said loudly:
"Long live my emperor's clear warning:
It has been 19 years since my younger brother Chang Xun was granted the title of Prince Fu by the late emperor. However, he has been a feudal lord of Luoyang for only six years and has never left Luoyang. He is only fearful and sincere, and has never done anything arrogant. Everything inside and outside the palace is managed by the staff and family members.
, I never ask about political affairs.
Today, the Zheng family marries my younger brother in order to usurp the throne and rebels in the name of it. In fact, it has nothing to do with my younger brother. This is an eternal injustice. The whole family has nothing to do with Zheng's rebellion. I hope my emperor will understand.
The Zheng family is a close relative of my younger brother, who is responsible for his negligence. He asked himself to reduce his staff, clear out the Zheng family members around him, and impose a penalty of three years for the vassal territory to be transferred to the imperial court.
Long live our emperor! Long live! Long live!
My younger brother, Chang Xun, bows down and bows down!"
Zhu Youxiao said: "When King Fu heard that there was a rebellion in the capital, he immediately sent a letter to inquire about his father's safety, and then wrote this memorandum explaining the situation and asking for a light punishment."
As he spoke, he suddenly stood up: "But! Many people in this world know that Prince Fu is my father's younger brother and the uncle of this prison country. He is the one who has the most inheritance of the law besides my father, me and my younger brother Youjian. Therefore, assassinating us does have the intention of supporting us. Isn't that right for Duke Cheng?" He suddenly asked Zhu Chunchen.
"Ah!? I will definitely punish such evildoers!" Zhu Chunchen reacted quickly and quickly expressed his loyalty.
Zhu Youxiao continued: "Why are you asking Duke Cheng? Because he has discovered incredible things in the Ministry of Industry these days! The rebels tried to detonate Wang Gong's factory at that time, creating the appearance of God's punishment and creating the impression that murdering us was God's will.
Looks like!”
The Wang Gong Factory is full of gunpowder. It would be unthinkable if the Wang Gong Factory exploded.
The officials were secretly frightened, especially the ministers who lived in the west and south of the city. Because they would definitely be affected by the big explosion, they immediately hated the rebels even more.
"Mr. Cheng Guo, please tell me about the findings of the Ministry of Industry."
"Yes!"
Zhu Chunchen was really afraid that the prince would say that he sent troops to join the fifth son of the emperor Zhu Youjian. Once this was dug out, the Donglin Party would definitely jump out and add fuel to the fire, and he would really support the fifth son of the emperor Zhu Youjian. p>
Now when we talk about the findings of the Ministry of Industry, we really stand up straight and speak loudly.
"My investigation revealed that during the Saarhu War, our army's armor, firearms, and swords were all corrupted. The Armor Factory under the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Wang Gong Factory had more than 60% corrupted. The weapons of the frontline soldiers were far inferior to those of the enemy, which was an important reason for the defeat.
One!"
He also gave examples of how poor the quality of armor and helmets were, and how crude firearms were, and told the officials about the helplessness of the soldiers on the battlefield in an emotional voice.
Some censors and officials were almost dumbfounded.
I can’t believe it. It turns out that after impeachment and impeachment, the culprit turns out to be the Ministry of Works, on our own side.
There are still a few who are silent because they are responsible for supervising the Ministry of Industry and have already taken the filial piety money and embezzled together, so nothing has been monitored over the years.
Zhu Chunchen and Zhou Yingqiu suddenly took out a handful of account books.
"These are all evidence of corruption. These real accounts clearly record that only more than 30% of the money was actually paid. The public fake accounts actually cannot withstand scrutiny at all."
Zhou Yingqiu added: "These real accounts are kept by senior officials of the Ministry of Industry to control their subordinates. Wang Zuo is afraid that his colleagues in Donglin will find out in the future, and wants to take advantage of the explosion to burn them.
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Other officials in the capital are also a bit corrupt, but the Ministry of Industry is so greedy that they cut corners on the products they manufacture every year, which is really shocking.
The atmosphere in the court has changed this time, with most people supporting severe punishment.