After Zhang Xianzong left, Yang Feng sat there and looked out at Nanjing City with a deep look on his face.
This is a conspiracy.
This is Zhu Yuanzhang's conspiracy.
Coax him out in this way, and then hand him over to someone outside to see if they can kill him.
After all, Zhu Yuanzhang wants to kill him all the time now, but the problem is that he can't do it himself, as that will cause the relationship between the two parties to break up, forcing him to take risks, and it will be bad if he really kills him in the palace. So he coaxed him out to investigate the case, and then let him
The dead men of King Jin are responsible for taking action, and it doesn't matter what the outcome is for King Jin.
In order to kill him, Zhu Yuanzhang did not mind sacrificing his son.
Anyway, King Jin is not very honest.
No matter who Zhu Yuanzhang chooses to inherit the throne in the end, King Jin will be an unsettling factor.
Zhu Yuanzhang knew this very well.
Zhu Di succeeded to the throne. As the elder brother, King Jin would definitely not accept surrendering to his younger brother...
They are both legitimate sons, both have military achievements, and he is still older, why should he submit to Zhu Di?
What's more, the relationship between the two is already bad.
The King of Jin also has a large number of subordinates from the northwest. He has been controlling the northwest for many years. He has many cronies, as well as veteran generals such as Fu Youde and his father-in-law Xie Cheng, who are in-laws. If Zhu Di succeeds to the throne, he will definitely rebel in the northwest.
Zhu Yunxi succeeded to the throne, not to mention cutting down the vassal vassal, but the old accounts of the assassination case also had to be settled. Will the King of Jin just sit back and wait for death?
When Zhu Yunwen succeeded to the throne, he took control of the northwest with his support. At the very least, it was a separatist trend. What's more, why did he support Zhu Yunwen? Isn't it because Zhu Yunwen was weak and easy to control? And the result of being weak and easy to control was not because of his uncle.
You can control the power, and even unite with other lords to create a situation where strong branches and weak cadres are strong, and then for the sake of profit, you will finally launch a new version of the Eight Kings Rebellion. This is actually very possible. The most dangerous result of the Jingnan Incident is actually
The Rebellion of the Eight Kings, but Zhu Di's military ability was too strong and could overwhelm the other vassal kings, so Jingnan did not turn into the Rebellion of the Eight Kings. However, the King of Jin was not as capable as Zhu Di. As a result, he wanted to control the government, and the other vassal princes were all
Unsatisfied, they finally showed their magical powers and turned the Ming Dynasty into a pot of porridge.
A mind like Lao Zhu's will deduce various possible outcomes.
Ever since his third son got involved in this fight, he has probably started to consider various possibilities.
This son cannot be kept.
Let him fight Yang Feng!
Even if he was killed by Yang Feng, he had dedicated his life to the Zhu family. If he had the ability to kill Yang Feng, he could also use privately manufactured arms to capture him and imprison him in Fengyang. Therefore, the whole incident was approved by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Di has a close connection with his father.
"Damn, just your father is already giving me a headache, and now you add your fourth brother, two old thieves, it's going to make my head explode!"
Yang Feng said angrily.
The little princess raised her head, pushed up her glasses, and looked at him blankly.
These are obviously beyond the scope of her IQ.
"Then you are still going?"
She said carefully.
She also saw that Yang Feng was very serious now.
"Go, why don't you go? The old score of your third brother's murder of me has not been settled yet!"
Yang Feng said.
"But, you can't kill my third brother."
The little princess said in a pleading tone.
"Okay, he's still your brother after all. If you don't want to kill him, I won't kill him. But I can't guarantee anything else!"
Yang Feng said.
"As long as I don't kill him!"
The little princess waved her hand vigorously.
It was obvious that her affection for Zhu Fan was limited to this point. In fact, in terms of age, she and her third brother had only met each other in single digits in their lifetime. Zhu Fan was a vassal in the eleventh year of Hongwu, and she was in the tenth year of Hongwu.
She was born four years ago. When she was born, Zhu Fan was already a vassal in Taiyuan. It was impossible for her to go to Taiyuan, and it was impossible for Zhu Fan to enter the court once a year. Even if he entered the court, he would not necessarily see this sister. In this way, the two of them would spend their entire lives
The number of meetings must not exceed ten times. For such a brother, it is indeed enough not to kill him.
It would be a shame not to kill him.
You must know that he tried to kill Yang Feng. If it were not her third brother, the little princess would think that such a person should be killed quickly.
As for the relationship between the little princess and Zhu Di, which is slightly better, it is mainly because she went to Liaodong last time, and she is more familiar with Zhu Di's two sons.
But Yang Feng didn't care about Zhu Fan.
His target was not Zhu Fan originally.
In this way, His Majesty the Emperor's imperial edict was officially issued the next day. Shanxi businessman Wang Ping was the first to report the Jin vassal worker Zheng Hu Xin in Datong Ye for his illegal intentions of privately manufacturing arms. The Youdu Censor Lai Gong from the Metropolitan Procuratorate went to Taiyuan.
He investigated with Wei Guogong Xu Huizu and invited Daxia envoy Yang Feng to accompany him as a consultant.
Departure today.
Datong Ye is actually located in Jiaocheng, which is one of several major official smelters in Shanxi and the main production area of the ordnance of the Jin Dynasty and Taiyuan Guards.
In fact, Yang Feng's guess should be correct. Not only the King of Jin, but also people like Zhu Di were secretly manufacturing arms in the iron smelting base under his control. Even Zhu Yuanzhang might have known about it for a long time, but he just pretended not to know.
After all, it's a matter of time.
The previous ban on the Ministry of Industry and Steel Metallurgy manufacturing these arms in places other than the factories in the capital was actually insisted on by Zhu Yunxi, who did not want his uncles to master the manufacture of these new weapons. But for Zhu Yuanzhang, such precautions were not necessary.
New tactics and weapons will be promoted sooner or later, so his sons will create them privately and there will be no need to delve into them.
Anyway, they built it to enhance the combat effectiveness of their own guards.
But now I can only check.
Longjiang Pass.
"My dear sir, you dress lightly and are simple and obedient!"
Yang Fenglao looked at his partner with interest.
The latter is alone.
However, there were fifty guards in royal robes guarding them, and there were also four subordinate officials accompanying Lai Gong, but they were official personnel, and Lai Gong had no personal entourage.
"I am old and poor. I have the only old servant in my family, and I have to stay to take care of my family!"
Lai Gong stroked his beard and said.
He was indeed very poor. Someone accused him of corruption, but Zhu Yuanzhang secretly went to make a surprise attack. As a result, he was hoeing vegetables in the yard, and his wife was spinning and weaving. His Majesty the Emperor was very happy, and he was finally sure that his officials really had some wealth.
Integrity, he then turned around and chopped up the person who accused him.
Of course, this is only in the capital, and it’s hard to say what it’s like in my hometown.
He is from Shaanxi.
Sanyuan, Yaozhou, Shaanxi, and the Sanyuan clan was the main family of Shaanxi officials in the late Ming Dynasty, especially in the Jialong Wansan Dynasty. Each generation of the Sanyuan clan had officials of fifth rank or above, and was considered an important member of the Confucian family in Shaanxi.
"There are not hundreds of hectares of fertile land in your hometown?"
Yang Feng said.
"Old man's hometown is Sanyuan, Yaozhou. If the ambassador is interested in this trip, you can go there and have a look. Although I don't have fine wine and food, I can still afford to entertain him with simple meals."
Lai Gong said calmly.
"Then what are you trying to do as an official?"
Yang Feng put his arms around Chun Ji's waist and said with a villain's face.
"To establish a heart for heaven and earth, to establish a destiny for the people, to inherit the unique knowledge of the past saints, and to create peace for all generations. If you don't read the books of the sages, but only make profit plans, you naturally don't understand the old man's plans. If you are an official and only seek profit, then
How is it different from a merchant? A gentleman only lives by farming and studying. His daily life is nothing more than simple food, food and drink. He only has a wife who is a chaff by his side. What use is money to me?"
Lai Gong said.
"Lai Gong said it well!
If the ambassador does not read the books of sages, he cannot understand these things.
If the ambassador is interested, I would be willing to give you a few copies so that the people of Daxia can know the way of the sages."
Liu Sanwu, who was seeing him off next to him, said.
"Do you agree with what he said?"
Yang Feng smiled.
"This is the way that we Confucian scholars seek."
Liu Sanwu said while stroking his beard.
"Okay then, let's calculate the land property of your Liu family and leave enough to provide you with simple food and drink. How about giving the rest to the tenants?"
Yang Feng said.
"Well, this is the legacy of our ancestors, how dare you abandon it!"
Old Liu Tou said with a smile.
"How did your ancestors obtain it?"
Yang Feng said.
"Of course it is the result of hard work in reclaiming wasteland."
Old Liu Tou said.
He didn't want to be fooled by Yang Feng. His family had been officials in the Hu Yuan Dynasty. Recently, the public opinion was recorded by Yang Feng's "Second Ministers" and began to attack families like them. If he dared to say anything else, it would be easy for Yang Feng to say anything else.
Yang Feng brought this issue to the attention, and someone was already mentioning his family's situation in the Song Dynasty to Yang Feng. It was obvious that they were planning to get his family into the Erchen Lu.
This Erchen Lu has caused people to panic recently.
Many famous Confucian scholars were included in the Erchen Lu because their ancestors served as officials in the Song Dynasty and surrendered to Hu Yuan.
But there is nothing you can do.
After all, even the emperor had nothing to do with Yang Feng.
As for these famous scholars, they could only endure it and try to explain Hu Yuan's legitimacy.
but……
Even if they try their best to explain Hu Yuan's legitimacy, they still can't change the issue of the two ministers. After all, even if Hu Yuan is orthodox, if he becomes an official of the Song Dynasty and then surrenders to Hu Yuan, he is still a second minister. Loyal ministers do not care about the two masters, as long as you
If you serve two masters, then you are a second minister, and if Hu Yuan is orthodox, then those who served as Hu Yuan officials and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty are still second ministers.
There's really no way to wash this.
The key is that this theory conforms to Confucian standards.
Confucianism, especially Neo-Confucianism, preaches that loyal ministers should not serve two masters. This even extends to the fact that widows cannot remarry. So no matter how they argue, it is useless. They can only endure the Erchen Lu silently and endure the ridicule of those ignorant and cunning people.
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The bastard Yang Feng also set up a row of signs at the foot of Mount Wutai that are updated from time to time. All the characters in the Erchen Lu and their current reproduction status of descendants are all marked, especially those whose descendants are still officials, and the key points are highlighted.
This made many officials gnash their teeth. Moreover, he also claimed that one book would be published for every 100 people. In the future, if there are 100 people, one book would be compiled, printed and distributed. It is said that the first book has been finalized and is being prepared for printing and distribution, and is also being used in various places.
The bank is preparing to hold a public book sale.
Lucky draw.
Some books have gold leaves inside. A book is worthless, but if you are lucky enough to buy one with gold leaves inside, you can make a lot of money.
It’s so heartbreaking!
Countless officials are beating their chests and feet.
In addition, Hu Yuan's legitimacy was also shaken by Yang Feng's theory of merit.
After all, the basis of the former is the theory of destiny, but Yang Feng's theory overturned the theory of destiny, but it also reasonably explained the rule of the Zhu family, which also made Confucian scholars uncomfortable.
Grab business!
He is seizing the right to interpret the emperor's legitimacy.
In short, the relationship between Confucian scholars and civil servants and Yang Feng is becoming more and more irreconcilable. This is also the reason why more and more civil servants and Confucian scholars support Zhu Yunxi. After all, Zhu Yunxi supports the theory of merit. Once he succeeds to the throne, Confucian scholars will lose
The right to interpret the legitimacy of the emperor.
"Reclamation.
Your ancestors also paid close attention to the word "profit". It is obvious that a few dozen acres of thin farmland is enough to make a simple meal, eat and drink, and then live a life of farming, studying and inheriting the family. Why do you have to cultivate hundreds and thousands of acres of wasteland and then do it?
You collect rent with your hands and enjoy the support of tenants? You enjoy the fertile land left by your ancestors and can enjoy the support of tenants. And as far as I know, your youngest concubine is only over forty years old, right? An eighty-year-old man has forty concubines.
She is not a wife of chaff! She talks about farming, studying and passing down family traditions, but in fact she is a rent-collecting landowner who relies on the blood and sweat of her tenants to support her. She talks about having food and drink in a bucket, but in fact she is well clothed and well-fed. In reality, she is a wife of chaff.
They all have beautiful concubines.
Although there is nothing wrong with this, the inconsistency between words and deeds seems to be inconsistent with a gentleman, right?
Lai Gong, I'm not talking about you.
You really don’t have a concubine.”
Yang Feng said.
Liu Sanwu stroked his beard in embarrassment. He did not expect Yang Feng to investigate him so clearly. He indeed had a concubine when he was in his fifties.
"The ambassador has a beautiful concubine, but he is talking about someone else?"
Huang Zicheng sneered.
"I didn't say that I was a wife of dregs and dregs. I just like fine clothes and fine food. I just like beautiful wives and concubines. I never think of myself as a gentleman. I believe in pursuing interests and pursuing enjoyment.
That's right, as long as you pursue something clean.
It’s not like you who keep saying you want to be a gentleman and disdain businessmen who pursue profit, but in the end you still can’t bear the word profit.”
Yang Feng said.
A group of civil servants stood there in embarrassment on the dock.
"Ambassador, it's time to board the ship."
Lai Gong said.
Yang Feng looked at him with some surprise.
This old guy didn't seem to be interested in his discussions with these people, but if you think about it, it can be understood that as a Shaanxi native, even if he is a civil servant, he is not really compatible with these southern civil servants.
In the eyes of southern civil servants and Confucian scholars, they from the north were no different than barbarians.
"Everyone, can you be more sincere?"
Yang Feng then said to Liu Sanwu and others.
After saying that, he put his arms around Chun Ji's waist and walked towards the gangplank. His specially made carriage had also been loaded onto the ship. Then Lai Gong and others boarded the ship. They crossed the Yangtze River and then went north via Qingliu Pass.
Fengyang, then go west from Fengyang to Kaifeng, then cross the Yellow River to the north, take Tianjingguan to Zezhou and continue north to Taiyuan.
This is the post road from Beijing to Taiyuan.
This is Ma Yi.
There is also a Shui Ma Yi, but the route to Kaifeng has become a waterway.
But it takes a big circle.
From Yangzhou to the north, turn to Hongze Lake to Fengyang and then to Shouchun to take the Yinghe River to the north. At this time, the Yellow River still partially flows through the Yinghe River. This water transport line is much more stable than the one in Xuzhou, but no matter what, it will eventually converge.
To Daliangyi in Kaifeng, there is no difference in the route from Kaifeng to Taiyuan. So they and their party have to go to Kaifeng first to see the King of Zhou. This is essential because there are inns all the way, and all the food, food, carriages and horses are all the inns are responsible for.