So, Zhu Youzhen read out the crimes of these vassal kings one by one.When the vassal kings heard their own names or the names of those related to them, they all bowed their heads in embarrassment, and some even trembled because of this, fearing that the emperor would punish them for this.In particular, Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, knelt down directly after hearing Zhu Youzhen remember his crimes of hoarding grain and frying grain, and forcibly occupying people's land and women."
Tang King Zhu Shuoxi favored his concubine and abused his son, and banned the son Zhu Qiqi and the grandson Zhu Yujian, if it weren't for the Holy Lord's decree in advance to canonize the children and grandsons, I'm afraid that a human tragedy would have happened long ago!"
Tang King Zhu Shuoxi couldn't help but tremble at this time.In fact, few of the vassal kings wanted to enter Beijing, because they had more or less heard that His Majesty the Emperor was very powerful, brutal and murderous, and ruthless.But the matter of King Fu made them dare not obey the order, nor did they dare to prevaricate, so they all came to Beijing obediently.Now after seeing Zhu Youxiao and being read out by Zhu Youxiao, one by one naturally became ugly, as if someone was poking his backbone, and he was uncomfortable.It wasn't until Zhu Youzhen finished reading their evil deeds that the demeanor of these people improved slightly."
Now you've all heard it, it's hard to write!
Where has the dignity of the nobles of heaven gone, and done so many absurd and even hateful things, who of you can answer me!
Don't you want the Ming Dynasty to live for a long time, and you also want the world to change to his surname and end your royal status?!
”Zhu Youxiao questioned at this time.None of the vassal kings dared to answer.Zhu Youxiao continued: "Even if I kill all of you now, it is estimated that no one will say that I am not. ”"Because you're so unsuccessful!"
Zhu Youxiao scolded loudly again as he spoke."
The ministers are not angry, and it is the crime of the ministers to make His Majesty angry!
Please also ask Your Majesty to calm his anger, we will definitely correct it in the future!
We are all descendants of the Zhu family, all of whom are of royal blood, and no one wants to change this world to his surname, but we don't know what to do, so please teach us Your Majesty!
”Zhu Youxiang knelt down with a cowardly face on his face and said a word.Zhu Youxiao glanced at Zhu Youxiang with satisfaction, and then raised his eyes to look at the other vassal kings.The other vassal kings also fell to the ground and replied, "Please teach us, Your Majesty!"
”That's why Zhu Youxiao said: "Let's be even!"
Since you are a family, I will not speak two words, your crimes, I have been written in the "Imperial Records of the Imperial System" according to the old practice of Taizu, in order to warn the descendants of the clan, in addition, I also decided in a dream yesterday with Taizu and other ancestors and ancestors of the Ming Dynasty that your crimes, no matter how big or small, will be used to atone for your crimes, and all of them will be confiscated into the officials, and then they will be divided into the people who have been abused by you, so as to resolve the grievances of the people, do you have any objections?
”During the Zhu Yuanzhang period, he once issued a special decree to use a book to record the evil deeds of the clan to warn his descendants, and this book is "Imperial Ji Feilu".Now, Zhu Youxiao's real purpose in compiling the "Imperial Records of the Imperial System" is naturally not to warn the descendants of the clan, he knows that it is impossible to rely on a book to warn these clan children, so that they feel ashamed, and it is impossible to restrain themselves, and his real purpose is to reduce the prestige of these clan vassal kings through this book, and indirectly promote the legitimacy of his own emperor.And Zhu Youxiao took advantage of the crimes of these vassal kings to make them pay for their sins, and naturally carried out land reform on their fields in disguise.Because the biggest drag caused by the vassal clan to the Daming Sheji is mainly two points, one is that the expenditure of Suilu is too much, and now the expenditure of the Zong's Suilu has reached tens of millions of stones, if it were not for Zhu Youxiao's reform to take away a lot of food from the gentry's mouth, and borrow a lot of food from overseas, these would have become a burden on the people; The second is that it occupies too much land, which causes serious losses in the tax revenue of the imperial court.On the one hand, there are more and more vassal clans that need the imperial court to raise Gao Sui Lubai, and on the other hand, the vassal royal clans occupy more and more fields, and the phenomenon of the Ming court's inability to make ends meet will naturally become more and more serious.Therefore, Zhu Youxiao asked them to donate all the fields in the name of atonement for the sins of the vassal kings.In addition, in Zhu Youxiao's view, it is indeed appropriate to let the vassal kings atone for their sins by donating farmland, because although the vassal kings committed many crimes, most of them are only limited to collecting wealth and the palace, after all, the vassal kings cannot leave the fief according to the regulations, so as long as the vassal king confesses, according to the law of this era, there are still very few who can be sentenced to death.Therefore, Zhu Youxiao's punishment of them by confiscating their farmland is just right, not light, after all, it is tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of acres of farmland, and it is not particularly heavy, after all, he did not ask for their lives, and did not let them go to Mobei to dig potatoes and lose their dignity.Moreover, the resentment they caused was mainly concentrated in the area of his fiefdom, and the farmland was divided and distributed to the local people, and when the common people got the land, there was naturally no resentment.Naturally, the vassal kings did not dare to refuse, after all, the example of King Fu was there.They were also afraid that if they refused the emperor, they would kill them, saying that they did not obey the holy decree and did not follow the wishes of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty in their dreams."
The ministers have no objections."
Therefore, these vassal kings answered one after another."
In this case, your past evil deeds will be written off, and I will issue an edict to the world to explain this matter, and next, I want to say that through these evil deeds, I also know that it is not possible to let you be a vassal outside, when I mentioned this matter to my ancestors and ancestors in my dream, they also have this opinion, you, you still owe teaching and control, since you let me instruct, then I will instruct, in my opinion, in the future, the clan will no longer be a vassal, just stay in the capital, and I will personally discipline you, without my decree, you will not be allowed to leave the capital!"
Zhu Youxiao continued."
Yes!"
The vassal kings immediately replied.But they are naturally reluctant in their hearts, after all, if they really stay in the capital and are managed by the emperor, it will definitely not be as comfortable as in the fief, although they can't leave the fief at will, but at least the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and no one can control themselves."
You will definitely say that you have no Zhuangtian this time, and a large family stays in the capital, everything in the capital is expensive, and it will be difficult to support a large family in the future if you rely on Suilu alone, and I have already considered this for you, in order to let you have an additional livelihood in addition to Suilu, I have decided to open the business of the four people to the clan, and the clansmen of the near branch will be arranged by the clansmen to make a living of their own volition, and the distant branches of the clans can freely choose their careers, and there are no longer any restrictions; In addition, you can still get fiefdom rewards and knighthood rewards in the future by meritorious service!
”Zhu Youxiao asked, "Do you have any objections?"
”The enterprising vassal kings among these vassal kings were excited when they heard that they could engage in the business of the four people, and they all had their own careers that they wanted to engage in, such as serving as an official or in the army or even doing business, etc., although the clan status brought them privileges, but also brought them constraints in many cases, and now the emperor is naturally happy that they have developed the business of the four people.And there are also unenterprising vassal kings who are still a little reluctant to do this, but this kind of personal courage and ability is naturally much worse than that of enterprising, and it is a very mediocre person, even if he is reluctant, he can't stop the emperor from doing this."
Your Ministers obey!"
For example, these reluctant vassal kings joined the vassal kings who were willing to do so because of the herd effect."
Very good, do you have any suggestions for other clan affairs, such as your marriage and study, since I have summoned you to Beijing to discuss the reform of the clan and domain, you can naturally speak freely, and I will not punish you for your crimes!"
Zhu Youxiao continued.And at this time, Zhu Yujian stood up first: "Your Majesty!
The minister has something to say, and when it comes to marriage, the minister asks for the revocation of the Ministry of Rites to select concubines and honor guests for the clan, because those civil officials are too hateful, because they receive other people's money, so they will only choose some old prostitutes to match the clan family, and choose some sick seedlings or even extremely ugly people to match the clan girls as honor guests, and the sister hanged herself because she was unwilling to live with the honor guests who were infected with willow disease!
But because the guest of honor was sealed by the imperial court, we did not dare to oppose it, nor did we dare to report it. ”