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Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming were vying to take the blame for the murder of the scholar. This was indeed a bit beyond Zhu Jinsong's expectation. After all, it was easy to shoulder the blame but difficult to wash it off. Not only did the person who took the blame might lose his fortune,

Lives, and even future generations will be affected.

It's just that Zhu Jinsong never wanted to let Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming take the blame, because the perspective was different - Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming looked at the problem from the perspective of the chief minister and the governor, and they were concerned about the stability of the Ming Dynasty.

Or not, Zhu Jinsong looked at the problem from the emperor's perspective, and he was more concerned about right and wrong.

In other words, the key to Zhu Jinsong's view of the problem is the impact of something on all the people of the entire Ming Dynasty.

If we give in this time and abolish the ancestral system of "only students are not allowed" in accordance with the demands of those students, will these students who have tasted the sweetness ask for more in the future?

If we give in this time and follow the requirements of the students and re-introduce the old method of selecting scholars through the imperial examination, will the way forward for the people of the Ming Dynasty be blocked again? Will the right to speak be monopolized by those scholars again?

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Yes, letting Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming take the blame can indeed get rid of those students, but when Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming end up "the cunning rabbit dies and the lackey is cooked", who will be willing to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty in the future?

For example, in the Hongwu Dynasty's North and South List case, the civil servants in the Zhengde Dynasty killed Ma Shun, the commander of the Imperial Guards, and in the Chongzhen Dynasty, everyone except Emperor Chongzhen sold the chief minister at a clearly stated price. There are many such bad things in history.

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Zhu Jinsong naturally does not want these bad things to happen again.

After laughing for a while, Zhu Jinsong snorted coldly and said: "Right is right, wrong is wrong. They are obviously wrong, why do you two act like you are in the wrong court?"

Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming looked at each other again and said tentatively: "Your Majesty, everyone in the world..."

Zhu Jinsong waved his hand directly and asked with a smile: "Yuyouzhongkou? Let me ask you, is this world a world of people, or a world of scholars?"

Zeng Cheng was immediately choked and speechless.

Before the Song Dynasty, the world was nominally the empire of the emperor, but in reality it was the empire of the noble families.

After the Song Dynasty, the world was still the emperor's world in name, but in fact it became the world of the scholar-bureaucrats.

What is the difference between a scholar-bureaucrat and a noble family?

Judging from the literal meaning, the scholar-officials represent the interests of the entire scholar community, and the aristocratic family members represent the interests of a certain clan or a certain surname. Of course, the scholar-officials who come from humble backgrounds want to have more rights, and those who have always been aloof and superior

The family members are absolutely unwilling to give up their rights and interests, so the two can be said to be contradictory to each other.

But looking at the essence through all the appearances, it is not difficult to find that whether it is a group of scholar-bureaucrats or a wealthy family, they essentially want to monopolize the officialdom by monopolizing educational resources and cutting off other people's paths to advancement.

Ensure that power flows within their circle.

A scholar-official who does not want to become a member of a noble family is not a qualified scholar-official.

As for the people of the world mentioned by Emperor Zhu?

Of course, the people of the world are not limited to scholar-bureaucrats and aristocratic families, but the scholar-bureaucrats and aristocratic families can package them as representatives of the people of the world through the right to speak that they control.

Therefore, Emperor Zhu’s question itself was problematic—the scholar-bureaucrats could stately say that they were the people of the world, so the world was the world of the people of the world.

At the same time, it was also the world of scholar-bureaucrats.

But Zeng Cheng also knew in his heart that since Emperor Zhu asked this question, it meant that the people in the world in Emperor Zhu's eyes were not just the scholar-bureaucrats, but all the people in the entire Ming Dynasty.

After being silent for a while, Zeng Cheng bowed slightly and replied: "Your Majesty cares for the people of the world, but the people of the world may not understand your majesty's painstaking efforts."

Emperor Zhu laughed loudly. Not only did he not pay attention to Zeng Cheng's persuasion, he stood up directly and walked slowly: "Right and wrong, merits and demerits, I don't have to say, you don't have to say, those who want to ride

Those who lord it over the common people don't count. Those who really have the final say are the millions and millions of common people in the Ming Dynasty. Even if those bastards can deceive the common people for a while, I will only bear the infamy for a few years.

When the people see their true colors clearly, they will naturally give me justice."

Emperor Zhu's words could be described as sound and clear, but when they fell on Zeng Cheng's ears, they were as scary as thunder on the ground.

"Domineering and doing good fortune" is actually an overused word, not to mention that there is a sentence in "Three Kingdoms·Wei Zhi·Jiang Ji Biography" that "husband 'does good and doing good', the clear commandment of "Book"", the 70th chapter of "Dream of Red Mansions"

There is also a sentence in one episode: "He just coaxes the old lady to like him, so that he can dominate him."

A bad word for the street, right?

But when this word comes out of the mouth of an emperor, saying that someone intends to ride on the heads of the people and "dominate others," the meaning of the word has returned to its original meaning.

"Only use it for blessing, only use it for power, only use it for food. I don't have any luck or food for power."

The phrase comes from "Shu·Hongfan", and its original meaning is that only the king can monopolize authority and give rewards and punishments.

Therefore, Emperor Zhu's words can be understood from another direction, that is, someone intends to exercise the power of the king.

Isn't this tantamount to pointing at the noses of those scholar-bureaucrats and scolding the rebels?

Even if Emperor Zhu himself does not have this idea, ministers like himself must proceed from this perspective!

Liu Heming, who was standing next to Zeng Cheng, was not as thoughtful as Zeng Cheng.

Liu Heming also knew in his heart that although he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, before there was an imperial edict from Emperor Zhu or a document from the Ministry of War to mobilize troops to "counter-rebellion", he could only mobilize a small number of troops into the city at most.

, there is no way to directly "quell the rebellion" unless those scholars first take action against the soldiers of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.

If he wanted to directly "quell the rebellion" and kill all the scholars gathered outside the palace, Liu Heming's only way was to forge an edict or forge documents from the Ministry of War - this would be tantamount to taking the blame and sticking his head out to others.

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Although he knew it in his heart, Liu Heming still planned to directly forge documents from the Ministry of War.

Ever since Zhu Jinsong started his rebellion, Liu Heming has been following Zhu Jinsong. His ability to march and form formations can be said to have been taught by Zhu Jinsong step by step. The relationship between the two is that of a monarch and a minister, as well as a teacher and a friend. Now Zhu Jinsong

When the emperor encountered something difficult, Liu Heming felt very unhappy.

If you can get rid of today's messy thing, what's the point of risking your own life?

Of course, Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming also have selfish motives.

Sometimes, it’s not a big deal to bet on your own life, because it’s a sure-win bet – you’ll definitely lose your head, but your family’s prosperity will last longer!

Seeing Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming even vying to take the blame for sending troops into the city to suppress the rebellion, and taking the initiative to stick out their heads and pose for beheading, Zhu Jinsong couldn't help laughing and said: "You two don't have to."

Even if we fight, there is no need to fight. You can’t persuade me to do anything I decide.”

After finishing speaking, Zhu Jinsong simply walked back to the imperial court, sat back on the dragon chair, and then ordered without looking back: "Draw up the imperial edict and mobilize the first division of the first army of the Imperial Guard to enter the city and surround it.

In the imperial city, all the scholars and officials present are not allowed to escape, and the Solon camp in the capital is transferred into the city to block the gates of the capital, and no one is allowed in or out."

"Pass an edict to the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, asking them to maintain order in the capital. There will be a curfew after Unity Time tonight."

"The imperial edict was drafted again to confer the title of Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty on the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Jianyong. All troops and horses near Osman are temporarily under the control of the prince. Liu Erniu, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Army of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, immediately set off for Osman to assist."

"An imperial edict was drafted again to confer the emperor's second son, Zhu Jianyu, as the king of Liao. The former Eastern Siberia and Central Siberia were his fiefdoms. He immediately left the palace and established the vassal state. In addition, 10,000 young men were transferred from the Sauron tribe to accompany the king of Liao to establish the vassal state and develop the five armies.

Geng Rui, Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Army of the Governor's Mansion, will accompany him."

As Emperor Zhu's decrees came out of his mouth one after another, both Zeng Cheng and Liu Heming were frightened!

Emperor Zhu was only eighteen years old when he started the rebellion. In just two or three years, he overthrew the entire Qing Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor. It has only lasted for more than twenty years.

Zeng Chengcai bowed slightly and bowed to Emperor Zhu: "Your Majesty,"

Mr. Chen, Mr. Hu and others looked at Qi Feng who was talking with bewildered expressions. They couldn't believe that these words came from Qi Feng's mouth.

Mr. Hu's eyes lit up: "The person you are talking about is Zhang Wenhong from the Kinki tribes?"

Daimyo originated from the word "name master", which refers to the named field, that is, private land, and daimyo refers to a person who owns a large amount of land.

During the Muromachi Shogunate period, the samurai leaders who followed Ashikaga Takauji into the army were named guardians. The samurai who led one or several countries were collectively called guardian daimyo.

After the Onin Rebellion, the trend of subjugation from the lower ranks of Japan prevailed. Most of the guardian daimyo declined, and small lords rose up to become the daimyo of the Warring States Period.

During the Edo period, the shogunate divided the country's daimyo into the gushidai daimyo (the retainers of Tokugawa Ieyasu) and the gaijin daimyo (the daimyo who were originally subordinate to Toyotomi Hideyoshi).

Because what Inukai Wenhong said was "if the Ming Dynasty were replaced to rule the Japanese country".

To put it bluntly, the Japanese country, which has been blown away by countless incurable people in the sky and the earth, is actually similar to the situation in Tianzhu. Tianzhu has castes, and the Japanese country also has classes.

For example, why do those ronin samurai who lost their masters remain ronin instead of finding a job?

This also means that if Tokugawa Jiaqi wants to completely complete the blockade, he must first get rid of those ronin.

Chikuzen, Chikugo, Bunzen, Bungo, Hizen, Tsushima, Hinata and other feudal lords also responded one after another, while the other feudal lords and daimyo couldn't help but frowned.

This difference in geographical location naturally resulted in uneven development among the various vassals. Some vassals were relatively wealthy, while others were poor.

The difference in wealth and poverty will be directly reflected in the number of ronin in each domain.

The poorer the feudal clan is, the more rogues there are.

More importantly, the Satsuma clan, Chikuzen, Chikugo and other feudal lords actually have a common name: Kyushu clans.

These feudal clans were originally hanging out on Kyushu Island. The Satsuma clan even sent troops to capture Ryukyu, forcing the Ryukyu king to surrender to Japan and pay tribute.

To say that they are willing, they are definitely not willing to give in. Shimazu Hisamitsu, Chikuzen, Chikugo and other feudal lords have not thought about resisting. At least they must find a good place, right?

Then Shimazu Hisamitsu and the others quickly moved to Ezo, completely giving up Kyushu Island.

What would the shogunate think if they were asked to obey the orders of the feudal lord and ignore the Tokugawa family? They were dragging each other back and fighting to pay off the ronin who had a nest of chickens!

This was even more unacceptable to the feudal lords than directly using money to support Tokugawa Ieki!

When Tokugawa Ieki finished speaking, all the feudal lords present breathed a sigh of relief but at the same time couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.

As we all know, apart from being lustful, Tokugawa Ieki's biggest problem was his greed for money. The problem of his sons and daughters' excessive amassing money can be said to be inherited from Tokugawa Ieki.
To be continued...