"Men, pass on the decree. Although the prince was born in the palace, he could not grow up in the hands of a woman. From then on, all princes had to enter the folk after reaching adulthood at the age of sixteen to observe the lives of the people. The crown prince and the emperor had to go to the people every two years. When the emperor and crown prince entered the commoners, all expenses were paid by the palace treasury! This decree cannot be changed as long as there is a Ming Dynasty!”
Zhu Houzhao did this to prevent the Emperor from being deceived by the officials. He would never allow his descendants to suffer the fate of being minced meat.
At the same time, he ordered the emperor to go out on an inspection tour. All the expenses would be paid by the palace treasury, which also avoided increasing the burden on the people and the national treasury.
The so-called palace treasury was the emperor's private treasury.
"This…Your Majesty, you must not!”
Wang Ao, who was still trembling, immediately crawled up to Zhu Houzhao and wailed in protest.
"Hmm? Minister Wang, Grand Secretary Wang. May I ask, what is wrong with my order?”Zhu Houzhao squatted down and asked Wang Ao with a cold smile.
"This…Emperor, a gentleman should not sit in the hall or stand under a dangerous wall. How noble is a prince, how can he enter the folk?”Wang Ao couldn't think of any other reason to object, so he made an issue out of the prince's safety.
Even so, he still had to object. If all the princes knew the people, how could they deceive their superiors and subordinates? How could he get any benefits? How could he let the emperor govern according to his will?
However, Zhu Houzhao didn't listen to him. He smiled coldly!
"Hehehe…I'm not afraid! Isn't it dangerous for the common people to exchange their sons for food? The common people do not have enough to eat. Is it dangerous? The lives of the descendants of the Huang family were lives, and their lives were also lives. The descendants of the royal family were born with a luxurious life, so they had to bear more responsibilities.”
"Like all of you who say that you can't sit in the hall and that a gentleman doesn't stand under a dangerous wall, these are all excuses for cowardice and lies to avoid responsibility. I don't have such a saying here. In the future, this sentence was forbidden. Anyone who said this sentence would be punished for the crime of defaming the emperor.”
Disrespect without knowing the crime was even more serious than the crime of deceiving the emperor. According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, disrespect was a crime of beheading.
However, this sin did not affect his family!
"But…a prince is noble and has a golden body.”Wang Ao still wanted to make one last effort.
"If they are unfortunate enough to be killed, it is their bad luck. However, those who dared to harm the prince had to be found even if the empire was turned over and their entire family was executed. As long as a prince was killed, the murderer must be found.”Zhu Houzhao said indifferently, but his words were unquestionable.
"Your Majesty…"
Wang Ao burst into tears. He felt that the sky was about to change!
"It's said that you, Wang Ao, dare to remonstrate. It seems that you don't dare to say anything. You didn't dare to say a word about the land merger. Your outspoken remonstrance is only directed at the Emperor. Emperor Taizu is too good to you, allowing you not to be punished for your words.”Zhu Houzhao laughed coldly and said in a contemptuous manner.
Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention of not being punished for his words was good, so that these ministers could dare to mention the emperor's mistakes.
However, these ministers were indeed experts in fighting for power and profit. They relied on not being punished for their words to scold the Emperor. The key was that the Emperor could not touch them.
Look at the Qing Dynasty, which minister dared to scold the emperor? They were all spoiled!
"Men, pass on the decree!" Zhu Houzhao said indifferently.
"Yes, sir!"
A young eunuch immediately came to the door, but his entire body was trembling. Obviously, Zhu Houzhao's roar had scared him quite badly.
"Decree: Profound Language Pavilion Grand Scholar, Minister of Revenue Wang Ao is in charge of the Ministry of Revenue but neglects official duties. Moreover, they seized land by trickery. Disregarding human life, causing the death of Wang's family of three, beheaded according to the law. In addition, Wang Ao's family was exiled for three thousand miles!”
Zhu Houzhao was really using this as an excuse to make a fuss.
In fact, Wang Ao's evaluation in history wasn't bad. History had evaluated him as an upright and upright person.
However, his integrity came from fighting against the eunuchs. One had to know that the eunuchs were the most loyal to the emperor in the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, eunuchs were also tools used by the emperor to check and balance the literati.
The integrity gained from fighting the eunuchs could be said to be the most exaggerated. If he was really upright, why did he never mention the land merger?
He was the Minister of Revenue, this was his duty! However, he had never mentioned it.
However, history was written by scholars, so there was not much credibility. What was beneficial to them was loyalty and virtue. Those who went against them would bring disaster to the country and the people.
For example, eunuchs!
"Yes!"
The young eunuch received the order and immediately summoned the Brocade Guard.
"Your Majesty…Your Majesty, this subject has been wronged! "I didn't disregard human lives, I didn't…" Wang Ao shouted.
In fact, Zhu Houzhao was the one who had wrongly accused him of disregarding human lives. Because he had made up the story of the Wang family being killed.
However, when it came to land acquisition, there were no gentle methods. Perhaps someone would die. Therefore, Zhu Houzhao did not completely accuse him.
Moreover, so what if he was wronged? If he said there was, there was!
He did this to warn the others. In addition, it was also to prepare for his future reforms. Wang Ao was merely a political sacrifice.
However, even though he was a sacrifice…However, sacrificing him alone could benefit millions of people.
He had died a worthy death, and he had fulfilled the great principle that he had been talking about all day.
Therefore, Zhu Houzhao would not be soft-hearted.
"Men, pull him down! He was sent to the ninth floor of the imperial prison and no one was allowed to visit him. Anyone who disobeys will be punished equally!" Zhu Houzhao said coldly.
"Yes!"
Ignoring Wang Ao's cries of injustice, the Embroidered Uniform Guards grabbed Wang Ao like wolves and threw him into the imperial prison!
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