Chapter 458 I want to kill him, but it’s just like killing a chicken!
The Confucian family of Qufu is the orthodoxy of Confucianism for thousands of years after the saints, and it is the Chinese brand that all dynasties and generations must respect.
But in Zhu Gaojie's place, Kong Laoer didn't have much face.
He was even very dissatisfied with the Kong family who had annexed countless fields.
Now this Ming Dynasty is my world!
For so many years, your Kong family has been lending money, hiding households, and seizing land... On the surface, you pretend to be a gentleman, but secretly you are a male thief and a female prostitute. This greedy and tyrannical local family has an extremely big appetite.
In the entire Hejian Prefecture, in just a few decades since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, more than half of the land has been secretly or secretly owned by your Kong family!
Is this okay?
Zhu Gaojie had the advanced ideas and experience of later generations, and knew that the people and the people were the most important part of the country. Now that he has succeeded to the throne, how could he allow the Kong family to continue to be greedy like this?
"Your Excellencies," Zhu Gaojie said slowly to the important ministers of the cabinet:
"Although the court is temporarily peaceful, there are still people with evil intentions who secretly want to do harm to me and the Ming Dynasty!"
"I'm very angry!"
Yang Rong, who was familiar with Zhu Gaojie's temper and character, was immediately shocked. His Majesty said this, and it seems that he still wants to strike hard...
However, when he thought about the current situation in the court, he had to speak:
"Your Majesty, after you succeed to the throne, He Qing and Hai Yan are convinced by all parties, and the masterminds of the assassination have also been beheaded. You should be comforted slowly..."
When Wang Zhi, Cui Shangshu and others were in the prison, Zhu Gaojie ordered the Jinyi Guards to kill them.
Such a decisive and cold approach, although it frightened those who secretly plotted evil, also made many officials feel sad.
After all, he was an important official of the imperial court, a minister of the Six Ministries, a minister, and a dignified second-rank official!
His life was taken so easily, and the entire family was implicated, and it almost disappeared completely from then on.
Such a tragic and shocking result indeed made some officials not only horrified, but also vaguely dissatisfied with Zhu Gaojie.
You, Zhu Gaojie, are now the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty after all, and you have just ascended the throne. Can you not be as bloodthirsty as your grandfather was in his later years?
Even if these people committed the heinous crime of treason, then there is no need for you to rush to kill them in the sky prison, right?
Therefore, although things have seemed calm in the capital recently, there is still a surge secretly...
Zhu Gaojie had already learned this news from Jin Yiwei's report.
However, in his opinion, these people are simply ridiculous and have no sense of right and wrong.
Now that we have reached the stage of life and death, if we still expect him to show kindness, isn't it just a daydream?
He didn't order the gang of scumbags who dared to assassinate him to be killed on the spot. He was being very polite, okay?
Therefore, after hearing Yang Rong's words, Zhu Gaojie just shook his head slightly:
"You don't know something. You must not be merciful when dealing with these guys. You must be as ruthless as the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves in order to completely suppress them!"
"Otherwise, if there is a slight delay, the relationships between these people will become entangled like a spider web, slowly boiling frogs in warm water, and stuffing us all into a big pot!"
Everyone immediately looked at each other. Seeing what your majesty meant, it seemed that he thought the killing was too light.
Zhu Gaojie continued:
"In theory, as soon as I took over the throne, I should indeed offer amnesty to the whole world. At least I should have a reputation of being benevolent and generous."
"After all, more than thirty years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, both Taizu and Taizong started their careers immediately. They were very strict in running the army and the country, which made many people feel very constrained."
"My generation should be more relaxed and flexible so that the people below can be more tolerant, right?"
Zhu Gaojie suddenly sneered and raised his voice:
"I'm very unhappy!"
He stood up, stood with his hands behind his hands, looked at the cabinet ministers in front of him, and said in a deep voice:
"Now Ming Dynasty is far from being able to rest on its laurels!"
"Everyone in the court should be more energetic and work hard to govern!"
"They have enough to eat and live such a comfortable life, but what about the millions of people in the Ming Dynasty?"
"What kind of poor life do people live?"
"I went to Liaodong, went down to the south of the Yangtze River, visited the northwest, and even personally led troops on a tour of Mobei. I was deeply touched by this!"
"The people of Ming Dynasty are living in such a miserable state now!"
The more Zhu Gaojie talked about it, the more annoyed he became. He used to be King Qi and the prince, and he always had the old man on his head. The old man's attitude towards him was very strange. He wanted to let go but didn't really want to let go, which made it difficult for him to let go.
Use your hands and feet to do things.
Even if he killed so many people in Jiangnan, it was because the old man had long been in a coma, so he took this opportunity to rectify a wave of Jiangnan aristocratic families. And despite this, from the news that Jin Yiwei has been sending, there are also people who were sent to Jiangnan by him.
Zhu Gaojie knew clearly from Lu Chaoyang, the tax superintendent who was guarding the place, that Jiangnan was still very hostile to him!
Even if he now becomes the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and becomes the supreme leader of this huge empire, the same is true!
And here in the North, from Shuntian Mansion to Hejian Mansion, many aristocratic families are showing respect on the surface, but secretly colluding to create trouble for the new emperor...
The more Zhu Gaojie talked, the more angry he became. He really thought that the imperial power would not go to the countryside, right?
"Huh," he walked back and forth a few times with his hands behind his back, his eyes cold:
"The man surnamed Kong relied on his status as a descendant of a saint to secretly flirt with those people, and even went so far as to take the lead in planning the battle himself."
"Do you really think I don't know what he did?"
"A descendant of a saint, the Wen Sect of the world, the head of the Confucian sect is so great, right?"
Several cabinet ministers murmured silently in their hearts, these statuses are indeed remarkable. When the Mongols conquered the world, they were all polite to the Confucius family and gave them great rewards...
"In my eyes, what kind of bullshit does the Kong family count?"
"I want to kill his surname Kong, but it's just like killing a chicken!"
Yang Rong was shocked when he heard this. Although he was loyal to Zhu Gaojie, he was also a scholar and was sensitive to this kind of thing. He immediately persuaded with a helpless smile:
"Your Majesty, please calm down. It seems that the relationship between you and the Kong family has not yet reached such a tense stage..."
Xia Yuanji, who was on the side, did not agree. Ever since the Confucian scholars stormed the Academy of Arts and almost beat him, the dean of the Academy, to death, the Minister of Revenue's attitude towards Confucianism has been very bad.
"The first assistant's words are wrong."
"The Kong family was obviously deeply involved in the assassination case, and they also had secret contacts and plans with Wang Zhi and others. The ill will towards His Majesty has already been very obvious. How can we continue to take it lightly?"