Before it got dark, Song Guogong Feng Sheng's confession was placed on Zhu Yunxi's court case.
Although the handwriting on the booklet is neat, there is an anxious and urging writing style no matter how you read it. It must be that the first thing the old Duke Feng Shengli did after returning home was to lock himself in the study and rack his brains to both confess and plead guilty.
To describe what happened, it is inevitable to avoid the important and minimize the light, and try to extract as much of yourself as possible from the story.
This was Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song Dynasty. He had read books and was proficient in calligraphy. If it were Cao Zhen, a calligrapher like Cao Zhen, he would not be able to write a single big character even if he took seventeen or eight brush strokes.
From the description in the excerpt, it is quite clear why Zhou Wang Zhu Ju secretly met with Song Guogong Feng Sheng.
Two words, one thing, war horse!
King Zhu Ji of Zhou told his father-in-law Feng Sheng that his army guards were short of war horses, and the court set up a horse farm in the Central Plains with countless war horses, none of which could move. In the past, Zhu Di from Liaodong secretly helped him with some, but
Now Zhu Di doesn't pay attention to his younger brother Zhou Wang at all.
Therefore, Zhu Ju set his sights on Goryeo and Jeju Island Racecourse.
The people who guarded Goryeo were General Longhu Ping'an and Duke Yingfu Rang. The generals who managed the racecourse were Feng Sheng's old subordinates.
King Zhou not only wanted Feng Sheng to help, but also used the merchants selling medicinal materials in Goryeo to buy them at high prices from the racecourse. He also wanted Feng Sheng to help clear the border crossing from Liaodong.
The reason he persuaded Feng Sheng was that he was a vassal king and had too few cavalry guards, which made him look bad!
"Ha!" Zhu Yunxi was very happy when he saw the fold.
"An old fool who pretends to be confused, a bastard who pretends to be calm but is really noisy!"
Bang, Zhu Yunxi put the fold on the table, then stood up and walked to the window.
"The matter of Sheng Hengda is just in time for the old man's birthday. I haven't argued with you yet, but you are secretly thinking about playing with war horses? You are a landlocked vassal king. You are not the King of Sai and you are not allowed to go into battle.
Why do you need so many cavalry for a war?"
"And you privately restored the palace of the former dynasty and pretended to be a corporal of courtesy and virtue and asked someone to compile a book. I didn't even talk to you about it, so you still want to do it?"
The sky is very cold at dusk in winter, and the hazy clouds are very close to the ground, which makes people feel a little depressed.
"I don't understand. King Yan and Zhu Di are all honest. Why do you, King of Zhou and King Chu, challenge my patience again and again?"
"Don't you understand the matter of settling accounts after the fall?"
"Or should you eat me to death? I want to be a benevolent and righteous monarch. What do I believe in respecting the emperor's uncle to show my generosity?"
"Or do you feel from the bottom of your heart that I, the emperor, am still too young to control you, the vassal kings that the old man has personally declared? Because of the ancestral family law set by the old man, even if I want to punish you in the future, I will be helpless?"
Gradually anger appeared on Zhu Yunxi's face, becoming a little ferocious.
His anger was not entirely because of King Zhou's small actions in private, but because of the invisible constraints and hidden worries in this big empire.
It is foreseeable how much resistance and destruction he will encounter once he fully implements the New Deal in this country in the future.
Thinking of this, he suddenly understood why Zhu Yunwen in history couldn't wait to cut down the vassal clan as soon as the old man died.
I also understand better why Yongzheng, who is known as the most diligent in history, left a lot of infamy behind him.
The clan is the trouble for the empire!
"Come here!" Zhu Yunxi said softly.
"My slave is here!" The bastard came in quietly.
"Go, tell He Guangyi!" Zhu Yunxi said, "There is also Baozhao!"
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The sky was completely dark, and the stars hung scattered in the sky, a little dim because of the clouds.
Bao Zhao and He Guangyi entered Lezhizhai one after the other.
"Your Majesty, wait..."
"Sit there!" Zhu Yunxi was sitting cross-legged on the Arhat bed, making tea.
The best Biluochun is placed in a blue and white porcelain cup, and boiling water is poured into it. The originally curly tea leaves are like a woman's stretched waist, dancing gracefully in the water.
Bao Zhao and He Guangyi looked at each other and sat down silently.
"I handed over the Institute of Integrity to you and I haven't asked you about it yet." Zhu Yunxi smiled, but still did not turn to look at the two of them, "Are you fishing for shrimps? Or are you trapping a tiger?"
Bao Zhao quickly stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Back to the emperor, I ordered the imperial censor to inspect and visit, and the Jin Yiwei secretly checked, and indeed found a corpse of a corrupt person." After saying that, he paused, "However,
As the emperor said, they are all small fish and shrimps!"
"A traitor is like a loyal one!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "A big tiger is not so easy to trap!" As he said, he turned around and sighed, "Hey, our Ming Dynasty would have been a peaceful and prosperous age if we didn't investigate, but once we investigate, it will be shocking."
Bao Zhao thought about it and said seriously, "Things like this have been inevitable in all dynasties. Your Majesty, there is no need to worry too much."
"The most difficult and helpless words in the world can only be made with two words: try your best." Zhu Yunxi sighed again, "You and I, the monarchs and ministers, can only try our best to make the officials honest and the government affairs clear!" As he said, he looked at He Guangyi, "Reports from various places.
Doesn’t it only involve local officials?”
He Guangyi's heart condensed, he looked up at Zhu Yunxi's eyes, and said slowly, "Everything reported by the censors has been submitted to Lord Bao!"
Hearing this, Bao Zhao couldn't help but glance at He Guangyi.
"You reported them all to me? What do you mean by that? Are you criticizing me in front of the emperor? Or are you accusing me?" Bao Zhao secretly thought in his heart. In fact, he was a little dissatisfied with this deputy who was originally the commander of the Jinyi Guards.
, even a little defensive.
After all, the commander of the Imperial Guard was the emperor's eagle dog, and in the eyes of traditional scholar-bureaucrats, he was considered a villain.
"But the reports from Jinyiwei are all here!" He Guangyi continued, "Since the unannounced inspection, the Integrity Commission has not only investigated local officials, criminal law corruption and power abuse, but also..."
Zhu Yunxi said in a deep voice, "Go on!"
He Guangyi was his confidant, how could he not know what he was thinking.
"And the Zong Wang!"
The moment his voice fell, Bao Zhao suddenly felt that entering the palace this time was not as simple as being summoned by the emperor for questioning.
And the person next to me is the emperor's confidant. Maybe the emperor wants me to say something and I'm already angry with him.
"Prince of the clan?" Zhu Yunxi raised his eyebrows, "Aren't the princes of the clan all very good? Why, is there something wrong with them?"
"It's not about the princes, it's about the prince's subordinates who have some bad morals!" He Guangyi continued.
"Can't you?" Zhu Yunxi changed his posture and sat upright, "Tell me, which sect king is it? Is it King Yan, King Ning, or King Chu?"
"Since the Emperor named these three princes, it must not be these three princes!"
He Guangyi thought for a moment, "It is impossible for the Qin and Jin vassals. The king of Shu has a reputation as a virtuous man, the king of Liao is the emperor's supporter, the king of Han is far away in Goryeo, and the acting king of Gu is insignificant..."
"It's King Zhou!"
"Oh? Where is the Fifth Uncle?" Zhu Yunxi frowned and said in a deep voice, "The Fifth Uncle has always been quite famous. When there was a disaster in the Central Plains, he even exempted the Wangzhuang land under his name from taxes. And I have never heard of the Fifth Uncle.
What are you doing stupidly? Why are you on his side?"
"Then it must be King Zhou!" He Guangyi was sure in his heart that King Zhou was not a clean person, and there was shit under his butt. But the only thing he was not sure about was what the emperor wanted him to get involved with.
.
"I dare not deceive the emperor, but it is the King of Zhou!" He Guangyi said, "The Jin Yiwei in the Central Plains reported secretly that the official in charge of the Prince of Zhou's Mansion, Li Yuan, used the name of the King of Zhou to buy and sell, expand the farmland, and even take advantage of others.
, occupying farmers’ fields!”
Bao Zhao was listening, and felt that the charges He Guangyi mentioned were very familiar.
"Some people resisted and were beaten, and some complained to local officials. But when it comes to the king, which local official dares to take care of it?" He Guangyi continued.
"Uncle Wu is too confused and is not strict in his governance!" Zhu Yunxi said lightly.
Understood!
He Guangyi secretly thought that lax governance was not a weighty crime.
