In today's Northland of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the behemoth North Sect of the Kong family, there are also many aristocratic families of various sizes.
When the Mongols ruled the Central Plains, the Han family here in the North quickly saw the opportunity and quickly defected to the Mongols' side, helping the Mongols to clear out the rest of the Central Plains.
Therefore, many of the great clans in the North have survived. Although their status is not as good as that of the Mongols, they are far superior to fourth-class Han people and ordinary Mongolian civilians, and they have been accumulating strength.
Even though Zhu Yuanzhang later swept across the world and destroyed the Yuan Dynasty, he was polite to these northern tribes and never had any large-scale military encounters. After the founding of the country and the establishment of the dynasty, these Han tribes in the north became more closely related to Huaixi.
Xungui, a huge force that sits on equal footing with the gentry in eastern Zhejiang.
Even if Zhu Di was unsuccessful, it did not cause any damage to these wealthy families in the North. On the contrary, because Zhu Di's basic power was in the North, these wealthy families were able to further expand their power...
Among them, the six major families of Yu, Jiang, Qi, Li, Cui, and Zhang are the most powerful.
Since the Zhang family was almost uprooted in the Yunzhou assassination case, it has been quickly annexed by other families, which is basically equivalent to extinction.
The Cui family also declined rapidly after Cui Shilang was confiscated and exterminated. However, the centipede insect did not die. The Cui family has a large base and branches all over the north, so it only suffered a great loss in strength, but not as a result.
And completely dissipated.
Beizhili, Damingfu.
In a luxurious and extravagant mansion, dozens of men were discussing intensely, with different expressions on their faces.
"Hmph, that dog emperor is about to raise his butcher's knife to kill us, yet someone actually wants to give in! How ridiculous!"
One person immediately argued:
"How can the new emperor continue to kill after he ascends the throne? He must be able to stabilize the government and the opposition. Since he has changed his name to Hong Xi, it means that he has great ambitions and is not a mindless and murderous person! Why should we confront him tit for tat?
"
The person who just spoke sneered, pointed at him and said:
"What? Are you afraid?"
"We have already created countless conflicts with this dog emperor!"
"It would have been fine if he had died in Mobei or was assassinated. But now that he has ascended the throne as emperor, do you still expect him to be kind enough to forgive us?"
"Do you think those dogs in golden clothes really can't find us? It's simply ridiculous!"
Upon hearing this, everyone present almost dropped their faces.
Yes, what the head of the Jiang family said was absolutely right. At the beginning, they were only thinking about killing the prince Zhu Gaojie. They felt that he had greatly harmed the interests of their own aristocratic families. Coupled with the secret instigation of the Confucian sect, this led to
The contradiction between oneself and Zhu Gaojie is getting bigger and bigger.
Just judging from the last time that Wang Zhi, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and others were imprisoned and executed by Zhu Gaojie, and then their homes were confiscated and their clans were exterminated, Zhu Gaojiu had obviously found some clues, and it could even be said that he was almost on the verge of finding them!
Now that Zhu Gaojie is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he has almost an overwhelming advantage in public. This can't help but make everyone feel very panicked and at a loss.
Are these people really going to rebel?
It has been more than thirty years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. The emperors have changed three times. The dragon spirit is stable and the people's peace of mind is no longer the same situation as in the late Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties. How can they still rebel?
To put it bluntly, it has been 30 years since Emperor Hongwu killed King Xiao Ming. The Ming Dynasty has long been stable. Even after Zhu Di launched an army to suppress the war, there were no major anti-kings among the people. Most of them were old people.
The Zhu family's own anti-kings are fighting back and forth...
Under this situation, no matter how dissatisfied the families in the North were with Zhu Gaojie, they only dared to plan secretly and never thought of raising an army to rebel.
Assassinating Zhu Gaojie is almost their limit...
Seeing that everyone was silent and with different expressions on their faces, the head of the Li family sighed and said helplessly:
"Everyone, the situation is so complicated now. Let's stop arguing. Let's discuss how to deal with the new emperor."
"The news coming from the capital is that Emperor Hong Xi seems to be planning to take action against us..."
After the assassination in the capital, they saw the army entering the city again, and worried that they would be wiped out. Therefore, these family heads left the capital one after another. However, the news was still relatively well-informed, and messengers kept coming and going.
These major families all have hidden secrets and support in the court, so they are also very sensitive to the court's decrees.
"I also received news that the emperor summoned the cabinet for a secret meeting and issued an edict to the six ministries and five departments. In addition to continuing the investigation, a series of decrees will be issued. I heard that it is related to the land and population, but I can't find it.
What is the specific content?”
The head of the Qi family frowned and said:
"Isn't there someone in my family who is in the Ministry of War? I heard that all the defense of the capital has been handed over to Shuntian Mansion and taken over together with the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, and the Forbidden Army is responsible for supervising the defense."
The head of the Yu family suddenly narrowed his eyes:
"What about the three major battalions? Have they ever evacuated the capital?"
"And what's going on with Jin Yiwei?"
The head of the Qi family also let out a long sigh, with a very helpless look on his face:
"It's easy to talk about the Jin Yiwei side. We found out that many of them left the city and quickly dispersed to various places. My people have already found a way to follow some of them up."
"But there's nothing I can do about the Third Camp."
"Ever since the Confucian scholars made trouble, all our people have been eliminated. Now the army is almost impenetrable and airtight. It is impossible to detect any information at all."
"Besides, since the three major battalions were taken by the emperor to expedition to Mobei, they seem to have transformed into a powerful army that is unparalleled in the world. My people cannot track and lurk at all, let alone gather information. Those military scouts are simply
Like a ghost, he is extremely skilled and can detect movements from a long distance. The leader of the secret guards in my house went there in person and almost didn't come back alive. The others were even more damaged and no one was left alive there.
Yes, kill them on sight."
"The only thing I know is that the three major battalions have been making a lot of noise recently. They seem to be moving out, but it doesn't seem like they are about to evacuate. Instead, they are marching out one after another..."
Everyone was immediately horrified!
His face was horrified and his heart was horrified!
“Isn’t this, that you are going to take action against us people?”