After learning the detailed situation, Zhu Youxiao finally knew what he was worried about.
He also promised him that as long as he was willing to be his servant guard, he could arrange for someone to take care of his family, and he could also arrange the autumn harvest for him.
This shocked Qin Ying. Although he was tall and strong and had practiced some martial arts, he could not be treated so politely by a prince.
"The common people will only obey the orders of the young master from now on!"
"Okay, it's already late now, and you've been working hard all day. I'll ask you in detail tomorrow!"
"Rui Zheng, find a good room for him to have a good night's rest and settle him down!"
"From today onwards, Qin Ying will be under your jurisdiction, so be sure to take good care of her!"
"Don't worry, sir!"
Although Ma Xianglin has been a general for generations and belongs to a prominent family, he does not treat ordinary people like others, and he is extremely willing to get along with such a true-hearted hero.
Although Zhu Youxiao had no involvement in today's matter, he felt uncomfortable every time he thought about it. He just casually went out for a walk and discovered this kind of thing. He didn't know what it was like in normal times.
What he hates most now is that the eunuch guarding Taiyuan City has never reported any news to him about Taiyuan's officialdom and people.
Although he sent the Jin Yiwei to monitor, the time was too short. It had only been a few months. I am afraid that even the basic intelligence system had not been sorted out. Therefore, he did not blame the Jin Yiwei for not doing things well this time.
"Xu Xianchun, take my gold medal and bring the Taiyuan garrison eunuch to me, as well as the descendants and grandsons who are attached to him, so that none of them are left out!"
"I'll go right now!"
Seeing that the emperor was a little angry, Xu Xianchun took over the gold medal and immediately took more than 20 guards and guards to the most prosperous wealthy area in Taiyuan City. It seemed that they already knew the basic information about some big shots.
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Zhu Youxiao didn't stay long, and went straight to the Jin Palace with Ma Xianglin and the remaining guards.
He didn't want to reveal his identity, after all, his itinerary could not be known to others, but what happened today gave him no choice.
He didn't want Shanxi to become the second Shaanxi due to corrupt officials' hands-on rule and excessive taxation, causing public dissatisfaction to boil. He must take decisive action while there was still an opportunity to remedy the situation.
Zhu Youxiao did not arrange for anyone to notify him in advance of his trip. When he arrived at the gate of Prince Jin's Mansion, he still used the identity of Zhang Shize.
Although there are several levels of differences between the Duke and the Prince, the British Duke's status in the Ming Dynasty is indeed a bit transcendent, which is known to everyone. Therefore, the guards of the Jin Palace did not create difficulties, but reported it as soon as possible.
In order to prevent the feudal princes from rebelling like them, Emperor Chengzu and Emperor Xuanzong not only reduced power and abolished the guards, but also sent eunuchs from the palace into various palaces to monitor every move of the feudal princes.
In addition, each palace has three to five royal guards. Their task is to act as the emperor's eyes outside the palace to see if the vassals have any contacts with local officials and generals.
Compared with the vassal kings during the Hongwu period, the current vassal kings are really no different from pigs. Apart from eating, drinking and having fun in the palace, the rest is to waste their lives to make babies.
Although Emperor Chengzu was a heroic figure, his handling of this issue and his results can be described as a complete failure. At the same time, you can also say that his reduction of vassals was a success.
Although the pig-raising vassal system of the Ming Dynasty was created, it did not lead to the rebellion of all the vassal kings in the world like the Sima family's Jin Dynasty. The Eight Kings Rebellion harmed the entire nation, and there was no Seven Kingdoms Rebellion like the Han Dynasty.
Since the Yongle Year, the imperial court and the emperor's control over the vassal kings, apart from monitoring whether they had any rebellious intentions, has become increasingly smaller and smaller, and now it is almost gone.
As a vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, as long as you did not kill officials and rebel or touch the emperor's bottom line, the emperor would not care about you no matter how you made trouble in the feudal country.
When the impact was really bad and the people complained, they only issued a warning edict without any actual punishment. This also caused the already deformed lords to become more and more unscrupulous.
Zhu Youxiao could only lament about this. This was the result of an unfair position. In order to please them and appease them, he could only indulge in many things without limit.
If you want to cut down the vassal, you should be like Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty, who completely eliminated all hidden dangers and bad factors, rather than removing their threats to you. If you cut it like this, it would be better not to cut it off at all.
Although Emperor Jianwen did not care about family ties and was extremely cruel when he cut down vassals, he was right. Cutting down vassals was not just about reducing the military power and political power of the vassal king.
But Zhu Youxiao could understand him, because he really had no choice. Chengzu may not have seen the shortcomings of the pig-raising vassal system, but he had too many things to worry about.
There is a saying that goes well: how he started his business, he was also afraid of others following suit. What he considered was not to make the Ming Dynasty last forever. On the contrary, he was very selfish. He did not have the self-confidence and broad-mindedness of Taizu.
His first consideration was whether his children and grandchildren could successfully succeed to the throne, and whether his children and grandchildren, like Emperor Jianwen, would end up dead and their country destroyed. (The author himself would never believe the theory of disappearance.
, The Imperial City of Nanjing is so big, just outside the palace gate are the Chaoyang and Zhengyang gates, with a radius of dozens of miles, which were the key defense lines of the Yan army at that time. Jianwen would never be able to escape unless he went to heaven and earth.)
Zhu Youxiao looked at the gate of Prince Jin's Mansion. It was time to end this deformed pig-raising vassal system. The first step would be to start with Prince Jin's Mansion.
"Young Master, the King of Jin has ordered you to come to the palace to talk. However, according to the usual practice, the Young Master's bodyguards can only choose two to enter the palace, and the others have to wait outside the palace!"
Zhu Youxiao brought seventy or eighty people with him this time, and they were all tall and powerful. The most important thing was that everyone was wearing a waist knife, so no one could rest assured.
"You are going to inform King Jin. This time I am following the emperor's orders and carrying the imperial edict to see King Jin. Please ask King Jin to be accommodating. I won't stay too long."
"Could it be that King Jin suspects that my son has unknown intentions and wants to harm King Jin?"
After saying that, he took out a pair of dragon pendants from his arms, handed it into the hands of the palace steward, and said:
"You hand this jade pendant to King Jin, and King Jin will let us in!"
Steward Ding smiled apologetically, bowed his head and said complimentarily:
"Young Master is joking, my servant will go right away!"
After nearly a quarter of an hour, the steward Ding came out to greet Zhu Youxiao and allowed the accompanying guards to enter the palace together.
But Zhu Youxiao only brought thirty people to follow him, and he arranged the remaining guards at the gates and passages entering the palace.