Last year Zhu Youxiao issued an imperial edict to all sects and vassals, hoping that they could donate some money and food to replenish the national treasury.
I originally thought that the three great vassals of Qin, Jin, and Shu took the lead, and the other vassals were more or less interested.
But I didn't expect that they would actually dare to disobey their own imperial edict.
Although these sects and vassals all obeyed the decree, nothing happened after they obeyed the decree.
He found various excuses to evade the prevarication, and some vassal kings actually wrote to him to complain about their poverty. Zhu Youxiao was so angry that he almost chopped them off.
This gave Zhu Youxiao the idea of cutting off the vassalage, but in the end he resisted because the time to cut down the vassalage has not yet come.
But it doesn't mean that he will lose face and suffer the consequences of being dumb.
Now that he can't afford to offend the vassal kings in the world, why can't he find a few chickens and kill them to vent his anger?
And Dai Fan was the first chicken Zhu Youxiao wanted to kill.
Datong's military and political system had been purged from top to bottom by him. Naturally, Dai Fan, the biggest worm, could not be let go.
Moreover, the Dai vassal vassal is also a strong vassal and can also act as a deterrent among the vassals. It can be said that one stone kills two birds with one stone.
Facing the emperor's questioning, Zhu Naijun was actually mentally prepared.
As the saying goes, don't go to the Three Treasures Hall if you have nothing to do.
The emperor came to him. He said he came to comfort him, but he didn't believe it even if he wanted to fight with him, he would beat him to death.
He is a descendant of Dai Fan, not a descendant of Yan Fan. They have been strangers to each other for generations, so why would they come to him when they have nothing to do?
As for why the three vassals of Qin, Jin, and Shu spent so much money and donated so much money and food, he didn't know the reason and didn't want to know.
In short, he is acting as a vassal, and as long as he is alive, he will not donate family wealth easily.
"I am guilty, and I ask Your Majesty to punish me. I also want to contribute to the country, but I really don't have any food or money."
"Your Majesty also said just now that the land of Datong has experienced wars for more than two hundred years. Although my vassal is not in danger of life, it only has enough food and clothing."
"Although I have farmland here given by Emperor Taizu, the weather in the north makes it really difficult to grow food crops."
"In addition, the Mongols invaded the country from time to time and burned, killed, and looted everywhere. The farmland that I owned has been abandoned for a long time."
"If it weren't for the imperial salary, I don't know how I would have lived this day. I hope your Majesty will take notice."
He really couldn't shed tears until he saw the coffin. Did he, Zhu Naijun, really think that he was so easy to fool?
"On behalf of the king, I see that you are a descendant of Taizu and a member of my Zhu family, so I have saved some face for you."
"I didn't expect that instead of accepting my kindness, you would still lie here with open eyes to deceive me."
"Do you know what the crime of deceiving the emperor is?"
Although the emperor began to speak harsh words, Zhu Naijun was still unwilling to do so.
The world belongs to you, Yan Fan, what does it have to do with me acting as a vassal?
You don't have any money and you want to come to us to rob us. How can it be such a good thing?
There are two reasons for this. If you give in this time, won't you have to come to me when you have no money in the future?
I just refuse to admit it and don’t provide money or food, so what can you do?
Do you still dare to kill me?
"Of course I know the crime of deceiving the emperor, but everything I said is true. If your majesty doesn't believe it, you can check the palace account books."
Seeing his attitude, Zhu Youxiao also knew that there was no need to waste words with him anymore.
These vassal kings had the same character as those civil servants, they were all extremely selfish people.
If you just talk with your mouth, you won't be able to say a penny of food when it comes to the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
But as long as they change the way, they will be more honest than dogs.
To say that they knew the current affairs, but they dared to fight to the death with the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. To say that they did not know the current affairs, they surrendered very actively as soon as Li Chuang and the Qing soldiers entered the city.
The reason is simply that the Ming Dynasty emperor did not dare to do anything to them, let alone kill them.
But Li Chuang is different from the Qing soldiers. They kill people when they see them, and dogs when they see dogs. There is no grass growing wherever they go. Who cares what your status is.
There were countless vassal kings who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and Li Zicheng in the late Ming Dynasty. They had mountains of gold and silver, but they only cared about eating, drinking and having fun.
As for Dai Fan, in history, he surrendered to Li Chuang and wanted to survive.
It's a pity that Li Chuang hated the Ming Dynasty clan so much that he would never let them go.
Zhu Youxiao also looked down on this kind of capitulation faction, not to mention that he was now the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so he could not tolerate them.
Today, his princely title must be abolished. Otherwise, how can he re-establish the prestige of his emperor branch among the Zhu family?
Isn't it a joke that a dignified and centralized emperor cannot give orders to the feudal princes who are just waiting to die?
After receiving the emperor's signal, Sun Yunhe, who came with him, seemed to have been prepared. He took out a document and began to list in detail the unscrupulous acts and crimes committed by Dai Fan over the years.
The record can be traced back to the 20th year of Wanli, when he began to attack the king.
No matter whether it is a small matter or a big one, everything is recorded clearly.
There were more than a dozen crimes listed, such as robbing women from good families and secretly colluding with local tycoons to seize people's property.
Sun Yunhe talked for a full quarter of an hour, and his mouth felt a little sore, and he didn't even finish.
Of course, these are just appetizers.
In the Ming Dynasty, this was just a common thing. Although the vassal king had no power, his freedom was restricted.
But as long as they are not too arrogant, even if they do something outrageous and resentful, the local government will not care about it. It can even be said that they dare not care about it.
After all, it is still the honor of a prince, a minor official and a minor official. Who is willing and who dares to offend a prince?
The emperor will not care about it, as long as these feudal kings do not touch power and do not rebel.
At most, when the situation is serious, you can issue an order to scold him and fine him some salary, and that's it.
It is precisely because of this that these vassal kings are even more careless and can be said to have all the influence in the local area.
This is also one of the hidden dangers Zhu Di left for the Ming Dynasty.
When he was in trouble, in order to gain the support of the vassals, he spent a lot of money and made all kinds of empty promises.
The one who was deceived the most was Ning Wang Zhu Quan. He talked about dividing the world equally, but in the end it was fine if he had nothing to do. He was also suspected by Zhu Di and suppressed and reduced his power in various ways.
Zhu Di's throne was not upright. Even though he knew that the country had to cut down the vassals, he did not dare to be too cruel. He only dared to cut down their military power and put them under house arrest in an alternative way.
And Zhu Youxiao wanted to depose a powerful vassal today to send a message to the world and let the vassal kings take a good look at it.
What will be the consequences of disobeying the imperial edict and disobeying the imperial court? He is not like the previous emperors, and he does not dare to be cruel to them.
Zhu Naijun felt scared when he heard the list of crimes Jin Yiwei listed for him.
Whether these things are big or small depends on how the emperor handles them.
But at this point, he still didn't want to contribute money or food.
If he carries himself to the end, the most he can do is to be imprisoned. Anyway, he is almost sixty years old and does not have many years to live. (Historically, he died in the sixth year of Tianqi.)