However, Zhu Youxiao had to admit that these rebels were not strictly bourgeois, and the rebellion was not a bourgeois revolution.Because Zhu Youxiao found through the administrative decrees of these rebellious gentry that these people still retain some backward forms of agrarian civilization and feudal landlords, and still respect Cheng Zhu's Lixue thought that binds human nature.Moreover, he was very tolerant of himself, the emperor who was the worst of them, and neither said that he would judge himself, nor did he cut off his own head, but still just let the favored ministers around him take the blame; Moreover, there are requirements for women and ordinary men who have nothing to do with this matter, otherwise they would not have deposed the ban on foot binding that they had just enacted, and would also prevent men in the world from engaging in occupations other than farming and studying.Of course, in this, these rebels demanded that people in the world can only engage in farming and reading, which means that not everyone can read, but that the gentry only need to read, and the ordinary people only need to farm well, and the gentry and landlords who study can exploit it."
What kind of decree they are drafting now is hilarious, how can they wait for the imperial army to repel me once, and it is not too late to draft any decree, but the decree drawn up by these people is very popular with the gentry in terms of concept alone."
Zhu Youxiao said a few words, and then asked Xiong Tingbi: "Xiong Aiqing, do you think these traitors may succeed with such a decree to entrap the gentry?"
”Xiong Tingbi replied: "Back to Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, the threat of these traitors is not as good as the rebellion of the exiles, although the rebellion of the exiles cannot make the gentry sympathetic, but it can get a lot of people to respond, because the rebellion of the exiles is mostly because of famine, they just want not to starve to death, and the people are only asking for not to starve to death, so they can respond; And these rebel gentry are not unable to survive and have enough to eat, they are just because their profits are taken away and oppose the court, naturally it is difficult to have empathy with the people, and will not win over the people, and the people will naturally not respond, and the great gentry never act blindly, most of them are people who understand the general righteousness, and naturally will not respond, so the minister believes that the rebellion of these rebel gentry will neither be responded to by the people nor supported by the gentry; Even, in order to strengthen themselves, these rebel gentry although the government decree to favor the gentry, but in fact, it is difficult for them to give preferential treatment to the gentry who do not support themselves, because the common people have no wealth to plunder, and they have no wealth to make them stronger, so they can only ask the gentry for silver, which can only plunder the gentry who do not support them, not to mention, they can not get a response from the people, they can only recruit a large number of unemployed vagrants, ruffians and hooligans, these people are lazy to do things, and they love to rob houses and houses, once they are gathered by these rebel gentry and given them weapons, It will only get worse and worse, and the gentry will be extortion, adultery and plunder, but I am afraid that it is inevitable!
Therefore, in the opinion of the ministers, it is difficult for these gentry to succeed, unless there is a decree in their decree that restricts military discipline, divides grain among the common people, and reduces taxes for the common people, then it will be worthy of the attention of the imperial court. ”Zhu Youxiao agreed after hearing this, and he had to admit that Xiong Tingbi was a far-sighted person in this era, and he was willing to see the problem more thoroughly than many people in this era.Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but say: "Fortunately, it was not Xiong Tingbi who rebelled, of course, a smart person like Xiong Tingbi would not blindly rebel because his own interests were damaged." ”"There is a report on this in Dongchang, how did the rebel gentry treat other gentry in Jiangnan who did not participate in the rebellion?"
Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian at this time, and he needed to clarify whether these rebel gentry had preferential treatment for the gentry who refused to participate in the rebellion.Wei Zhongxian hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor, according to the eyeliner reports of merchants in various parts of Dongchang, as Da Sima said, in the place where the rebellion occurred, all the gentry who refused to rebel were burned and looted by the rebels, and the Yan Zhiji clan of the criminal department was killed, and Sun Yuanwen, the champion of the temple dynasty, was martyred by hanging, and Ma Chunren, a student of Liuhe County, was killed by a spear through his chest.There is also a son Wu Zhiji who jumped into the river to die because he refused to be a thief. ”Zhu Youxiao fell silent after hearing this.Perhaps this is the value of the emperor's legitimacy.Whether you know the general trend of the world or don't know it, but only because you abide by the Confucian way of loyalty to the monarch, its spirit is commendable, and it is enough to show that your identity as an emperor is not something that anyone can deprive and deprive."
All are loyal ministers!
Han Aiqing, the people mentioned in the East Factory were posthumously given posthumous gifts. ”Zhu Youxiao said."
Obey the order!"
Han Yi, who had not been silent much, hurriedly replied at this time.Zhu Youxiao didn't know that these rebellious gentry didn't know if they were really stupid or had no choice, so they treated the gentry of the same class as himself but with different ideas.But he had to admit that this just gave him an opportunity to pull a gang to fight and suppress a gang after going to Jiangnan in the future."
What is the situation in the inner city of Nanjing?"
However, Zhu Youxiao was still worried that among these rebels, a few knowledgeable people would capture the inner city and use the money and food that the imperial court had hoarded in the inner city of Nanjing instead of deporting it to Beijing for disaster in the south, to recruit troops and buy horses, instead of plundering the gentry who did not support their rebellion, or to achieve this goal by slaughtering the nobles in the inner city of Nanjing.
After all, the reason why Xungui is Xungui is because there is a court behind him, and now they have turned against the court, what are they afraid of.Therefore, Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian again at this time."
Back to the emperor, according to the Dongchang report, the inner city has not been lost, and Li Changgeng, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, closed the inner city in time, so that the rebels failed to take the inner city in time."
Wei Zhongxian replied.After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao asked Xiong Tingbi again: "How long does Xiong Aiqing think Li Changgeng can hold on to the inner city?"
”Xiong Tingbi hurriedly replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Li Changgeng has been a border minister for a long time, he knows a lot about military affairs, and he is quite good at guarding the palace, Your Majesty Shengming, let this person be in charge of the Nanjing Military Department, in the opinion of the minister, this person is in Nanjing, even if there are many old, weak, sick and disabled people in Nanjing, but with Li Changgeng's ability to rectify military affairs, coupled with the abundant grain and straw in the inner city and the thick walls of the city, when he can hold on until the army arrives in Nanjing, as long as the soldiers and civilians in the inner city defend to the death, even the warriors of a hundred battles will be difficult to shake such a strong city, not to mention, the rebels are not brave and ruffian!
”Zhu Youxiao nodded.Since Xiong Tingbi thought that Li Changgeng was fine, Zhu Youxiao did not continue to worry about the loss of Nanjing's inner city.But Li Changgeng was not appointed by Zhu Youxiao, but recommended by Fang Congzhe.As an emperor, he was at the top of the power, and it was difficult for him to see the talents of all officials, and he did not ask about everything because of the complexity of affairs.But Xiong Tingbi said this, and Zhu Youxiao also felt that Fang Congzhe still thought about it when recommending officials, and it could be regarded as having the ability to take precautions as the first assistant."
Wei Zhongxian, send someone to ask, after I left the capital, how is the capital now, what are Fang Congzhe and the lords of the capital doing.""
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