In the second year of Shaofeng, the Lantern Festival had just passed.
After all, Zhu Zaijun is a young man. He has been on vacation for ten days, and it is inevitable that he will feel a little tired when he returns to work.
Zhu Zaiyi didn't pay much attention to what the eunuchs reported. He had so much fun with Concubine Shu last night that his eyelids were constantly fighting at the moment.
In a daze, Zhu Zaiyi suddenly heard a sentence: "On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhu Zhixian, the grandson of King Qingcheng of Shanxi, gathered his troops to rebel. Han Gang, the commander of the Taiyuan vanguard, Zhou Peng, the commander of the left guard of Taiyuan, and Zhang Yi, the commander of the right guard of Taiyuan
, and twenty-one officers of the Three Guards followed him..."
The eunuch said carefully: "Your Majesty, King Qingcheng did not rebel, nor did King Qingcheng's son rebel. King Qingcheng's eldest grandson, General Zhu Zhixian, rebelled. Among the three guards of Taiyuan, there were 21 generals and officers who joined the rebellion and supported him.
Tens of thousands of people attacked the Third Division of Shanxi Province, detained the officials of the Third Division, and killed the Shanxi Governor who was supervising Qingtian, and the right deputy capital censor Li Wenjin."
"How brave!" Zhu Zaiyi was furious.
The governor of Shanxi and Governor Qingtian sent by the imperial court was unexpectedly killed by the grandson of a county prince and many officers in Taiyuan.
Zhu Zaiyi was angry and quickly asked: "How is the situation in Shanxi?"
The eunuch said: "The traitor Zhu Zhibin led his army eastward and threatened... He threatened to Qingjun side and wanted to kill Mr. Wangge."
"Poof!"
Zhu Zaiyi slammed the table: "What is the Qingjun side? He wants to be the emperor!"
Zhu Zaiyi took an imperial chariot and quickly arrived at Wenyuan Pavilion, where all the ministers greeted him.
"Has there been an order to conquer Zhu Zhibin?" Zhu Zaiyi asked as soon as he entered the door.
Wang Yuan handed over a military report: "Your Majesty, we have just received an urgent call from Eight Hundred Miles. The chaos in Taiyuan has been calmed down."
Zhu Zaiyi quickly grabbed the military memorial, glanced at it, and felt dumbfounded.
Under the banner of "clearing the emperor and punishing the treacherous prime minister", Zhu Zhixian commanded more than 10,000 troops and more than 20,000 civilians, and rushed towards Beijing. He killed all the way through Pingding Prefecture, but was unable to advance in front of Xinguguan Pass.
There was only one thousand-household settlement in Xinguguan, and there were only a few hundred soldiers. It took two days and two nights to carry Zhu Zhixian's more than 30,000 ragtag troops.
Immediately, the only two thousand elites left in Datong (the rest were in the Hetao area) came day and night on donkeys and horses. After a burst of musketry, the "big army" of thirty thousand collapsed instantly, and Zhu Zhixuan committed suicide in front of the battle.
Zhu Zaiyi said: "General Datong, thousands of new households will be rewarded."
Wang Yuan reminded: "Your Majesty, Zhu Zhixian killed the King of Jin and established himself. The King of Jin has no heirs."
"Destroy the Jin vassal?" Zhu Zaijun said in shock.
"It can be cut." Wang Yuan said.
The King of Jin who was killed by Zhu Zhixuan was named Zhu Zhiyang. Not only did he have no heirs, but all his brothers were dead, and his cousins could not find a legitimate son. Historically, after this guy died of illness, the position of King of Jin has been vacant, and the cousin's concubine
They fought frantically for three years before the imperial court decided on the successor.
Zhu Zhibin, who caused the rebellion this time, also belongs to the Jin Dynasty. He can definitely pursue the crime and reduce the Jin Dynasty. Anyway, he can't find a suitable successor for a while.
Zhu Zaiyi said: "Then the Jin vassal will be removed, but the princes, generals and lieutenants below the Jin government should be retained."
Wang Yuan said: "The line of Qingcheng County Princes who caused rebellion must be eliminated!"
Zhu Zaiyi nodded, and then asked doubtfully: "With more than 10,000 guardsmen, how dare Zhu Zhixuan and Taiyuan generals dare to rebel? Are they all stupid?"
"It's just a dog jumping over the wall." Wang Yuan explained casually.
After recapturing the Hetao, Shanxi changed its position from the front line to the rear, constantly moving guards and soldiers to the Hetao, and at the same time cleaning up the military fields in Shanxi. The officers who caused the rebellion this time were all victims of the reform.
They saw "opportunity".
As for the general Zhu Zhixian, he was the eldest grandson of King Qingcheng. He was also good at poetry and painting, and was good at handling weapons. He was both civil and military.
However, his grandfather is still alive at the age of over eighty, and his father is still in good spirits at the age of seventy. When Zhu Zhixuan kills his grandfather and father and inherits the title of King Qingcheng, his beard will probably turn white. So, this guy and Wei Suo
The officers hit it off immediately and started a rebellion while resisting the imperial court's efforts to clear the land.
It was like a farce. Poor Shanxi Governor Li Wenjin died unjustly.
Moreover, the imperial court also gained something. It just happened to cut off the whole line of King Qingcheng, which could save countless grains for the court every year. Because the kings of Qingcheng in the past dynasties were so capable of giving birth!
Zhu Zhixuan's great-grandfather was said to have fathered more than a hundred children. According to the local chronicles, "forty-seven of his sons were all granted the title of general of the country; and forty-four of his daughters were granted the title of county lord." Good guy, one person gave birth to 91 children.
And all of them grew up healthy. Up to now, this person has 163 grandchildren and more than 500 great-grandchildren.
Zhu Zhixuan's grandfather was even more talented than his great-grandfather, having given birth to 70 sons alone. You could say that this man indulged in lust, and he was still alive in his eighties.
This crazy phenomenon of clan reproduction was connived by the imperial court: "There is less than one in a hundred (clan) people who are good at reading and good at reading. If someone likes to drink good wine and be close to women, he is called a virtuous king."
As long as you drink and play with women all day long, then you are a wise king!
During the Zhengtong period, the Mongols invaded. King Ninghua and his five sons wanted to join the army to serve the country and kill the enemy. Not only was he not rewarded by the court, but he was also jealous of the court. He could only voluntarily hand over the few guards he had to express himself.
No rebellious intentions.
How can you make the clan rise up after being treated like this? You can only pass the time by making villains all day long.
The clan problem in Shanxi is the most serious. The place is already very poor, but there are three princes at the same time. And they have been crowned kings for a long time, and their mothers are particularly fertile. After several generations, the population has exploded.
I can only be glad that these two generations of Qing became kings, but fortunately they did not become princes.
If they were princes, then more than 110 of their sons would be crowned county kings. The thought of them giving birth to more than 100 county princes would scare Shanxi officials to death. How could local food be supplied?
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Li Wenjin, the governor of Shanxi Province, died in the line of duty and was posthumously awarded the title of censor of Youdu. Yin Yizi was appointed as the imperial eunuch.
Officers and soldiers who have made contributions in quelling chaos will each be rewarded.
King Qingcheng, the eldest son of King Qingcheng, deprived him of a title because he taught his grandson and his son immorally. They were supposed to be sent to Fengyang, but because they were old, they could stay in Taiyuan until their old age.
Hundreds of members of King Qingcheng's clan, generals, lieutenants, and county heads were demoted to common people and allowed to fend for themselves.
It was unfavorable for the King of Jin to restrain the clan, but he accepted that he was dead and would not pursue any fault on his part, so he was buried with royal rites.
The King of Jin has no children, all his brothers in the clan are dead, and none of the brothers in the clan has any legitimate sons. From now on, the King of Jin will be deprived of his title, but the clan of the King of Jin will not be affected.
This method of seizing a title is against etiquette and law, but the civil servants will not help and the clan members do not dare to speak. What's more, all the heirs and brothers of King Jin are dead, leaving only a bunch of brothers and concubines with weak inheritance.
None of these concubines are sure to inherit the title, so why would they take the risk?
If any emperor has a brain attack in the future, he will most likely be reinstated as King Jin, because the princes and prefectures separated by King Jin are still there, and the feelings, etiquette, and law should all be restored.
But at least now, Wang Yuan took the opportunity to reduce the three princes in Shanxi to only two.
Seeing that the King of Jin next door was deprived of his title, King Dai and King Shen were frightened, and they cooperated with the official Qingtian. They also encouraged the middle-level and lower-level clans to respond to the court's call to study, and encouraged the clansmen to learn their skills, find jobs, and not to let down the court.
With goodwill for reform, don’t miss the great opportunity given by Mr. Wangge to become self-reliant.
The Shanxi clan, which caused the most trouble, was cleaned up the most smoothly, but it seems that it still needs to see blood.
In Shandong, the results of the trial have also been announced.
The king of Lu sent him to Fengyang Gaoqiang to discuss the crime, Lu Fan's annual salary was reduced to five thousand dan, and Lu Fan granted land and took back one hundred thousand acres.
King De was punished for his crimes, and was banned from the city for five years. The prince was responsible for performing sacrifices. De Fan's annual salary was reduced to 8,000 dan, and De Fan granted land and took back one million acres.
The two families of King Lu and King De found a total of more than 4 million acres of illegal private land, all of which were state-owned. They also discovered more than 3 million acres of legal private land, but had owed taxes for decades, and confiscated 1 million acres of it to pay taxes.
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The Confucius family in Qufu has a big problem.
The civil and military officials were already quarreling about how to deal with it, and they were also arguing over Zhang Cong's second memorial.