Chapter One Hundred and Five: Clan Limited Lu
"The Emperor Zhu Youchao's edict:
Taizu first decided the world and the feudal relatives wanted to share peace from generation to generation. The throne has been passed down here for nearly three hundred years. Year after year, the land has been produced, but the descendants of the clan are growing increasingly.
In the past, the people of a county were used to support a king, but now the people of a county were used to support thousands and hundreds of descendants of the vassal states.
The taxes are limited, the wealth and food are endless, and the people are suffering. If I do not restrict them, decades later, the royal family will harm people's livelihood and will inevitably lead to great disasters.
Now, I personally conquer the southwest and sent the ministers to the people to investigate the situation of Luoyang's relatives. As people say, the clan has many wealth. The king of Luoyang has a large number of land and occupied the people's land. In the year of disaster, the grain produced was not enough, and the people were living in poverty.
I mean, starting from July of the first year, the law of limiting wealth in the royal family will be implemented.
Since Luoyang, the provincial governors and ministers have stopped the number of royal families in each prefecture, and the average number is determined. In the future, no matter how many descendants of the clan have reproduced, they will only provide the salary according to the limit average number."
When the news came out, most of the world was shocked.
Since the emperor had this tendency, Wei Zhongxian was the first to take the blame and set an example in the capital. He ordered: This autumn and winter, the cost of each supervisor, palace and bureau will be less than half, saving food, rice, clothing and shoes.
Two percent of the expenses spent by Wei Zhongxian were put into his own pocket, and one percent of them were distributed to the "eunuch party" and the remaining 70 percent were all included in the emperor's treasury.
Zhu Youxiao didn't say much, and intended to acquiesce.
Anyway, if he took the big head, Wei Dang always had to drink soup when he did his own business.
After the emperor expressed his attitude, a group of flatterers in the capital began to praise Wei Zhongxian and praise his gratitude for his country.
It is worth mentioning that Wei Zhongxian took advantage of the opportunity of the imperial court to implement the "Law of the Clan's Limiting the Lunar Restriction Method" to deduct the cost of each palace, especially the residence of Concubine Zheng, and especially the residence of Empress Zhang.
The Kunning Palace where Zhang Yan lives not only did not deduct the cost, but also had many utensils. Recently, many criticisms about the emperor's biasedness have appeared in the dark.
Wei Zhongxian was also decisive and took the ruthless move directly.
For him, the most important thing to control the government is that nothing is unfavorable to the emperor. Only when the emperor speaks one thing can he "speak one thing right".
Concubine Zheng was still unable to move, but Wei Zhongxian, the female official in charge of Concubine Zheng's palace, was enough to establish her authority to block her long-lasting mouth.
Thinking of this, Wei Zhongxian showed a sly smile like a sign.
In the Forbidden City, outside a lonely palace, the female official Xu was chatting and laughing with people in the city.
"Is it a bit too much for Your Majesty to be so fond of the Empress of the Central Palace, even surpassing the Empress of the Palace,"
After Xu finished speaking, the people in Yugong didn't agree. In the past few days, these rumors seemed groundless and everyone was talking about them.
The emperor was not in the palace, and Concubine Liu was more Buddhist and unwilling to ask more questions. Many people subconsciously relaxed.
"On the day when the emperor chose the third day, in addition to saying a few words to the Empress of the Central Palace, he also said something to the other Empresses?"
"That's right, what's there."
"The Emperor of Shenzong only favors Concubine Zheng, and now he is here to favor the Empress of the Central Palace. What's so strange about it?"
The women were chattering, but a few eunuchs from the East Factory came from a distance. They didn't say a word when they came here, and they caught Xu and left.
All the people in the capital and the palace were shocked and their faces were pale, and they dispersed like birds and beasts.
Not long after, Concubine Zheng, who rushed to the execution ground, looked at the scene in front of her, covered her mouth, and her eyebrows were sometimes frowned and sometimes stretched.
Also, several eunuchs in prison and more than ten flag schools transferred from the East Factory were surrounded by the female official Xu in her palace, and all of them looked cruel.
The East Factory had previously promoted Xu's crimes, but Concubine Zheng did not hear it. She just saw that several vermilion-lacquered chestnuts were taken to Xu by a burly Dongchang Banner School.
After all, Xu was the female official in charge who served in the palace for many years. Concubine Zheng didn't understand why and was about to plead for it, but she saw that Concubine Liu, who had always ignored the affairs of the inner palace, was quietly standing on the other side.
Concubine Liu was quite enchanting, and Concubine Zheng also had her own thoughts. Seeing that the former did not say anything, she swallowed it back by her words.
Dongchang Banner School peeled off Xu's dress and looked at her white body without any slight waves in her eyes.
The two eunuchs in prison pressed Xu on the wooden bench, and no matter how she struggled and howled, they raised the big wood and hit the flesh and blood.
Concubine Zheng was far away, but the muffled sounds and the disappointed and hopeful eyes of Xu, she could still hear clearly and see clearly.
The cochlear that gradually cried weakly into Concubine Zheng's cochlear, causing her to tremble all over.
Concubine Zheng didn't want to see her anymore. She wanted to go back to her palace, but she was afraid that the palace ladies would tell her that she was timid and afraid of things, so she had to bite the bullet and continue watching.
One end of the big wood was sharpened, wrapped in iron sheets, and the flag school where the execution was executed was a stick, and it also brought out a lot of flesh.
There were more and more concubines from the palace people and concubines. When they saw this tragic situation, everyone covered their mouths and no longer dared to say what they had previously questioned the emperor or the queen.
They spent several years in the inner palace, but ten years were gone, but they could not get the emperor's eyes down.
However, Queen Zhang Yan, since she entered the palace, was inseparable from the emperor, and soon became pregnant with the dragon son. She was so angry that she was so angry that she was so angry.
Due to jealousy, many people are thinking of watching the fun without much trouble, and sometimes criticize them, but they do not expect that those who are interested use this as a means to criticize Zhang Yan.
The rumors became more and more intense, which had affected the Queen's authority in the central palace, which attracted the attention of Wei Zhongxian, the firm royalist party.
Concubine Zheng suddenly felt that she was very stupid, and she even ridiculed the emperor and the empress in a sarcastic manner.
"Although the emperor has gone to war, his remaining power is still there. Isn't Wei Zhongxian just a loyal hunting dog..."
After a few breaths, Xu had been beaten to pieces and was unconscious. Seeing this, Concubine Liu narrowed her eyes and said without saying a word:
"Return to the palace."
You will be guilty of your own sins and cannot survive!
Dongchang Banner School obviously wants to take action against Xu. Xu still has a breath, so they will continue to fight without any affection.
After not having to take two or thirty sticks, Xu's lower body was already covered in blood and his bones were exposed. Concubine Zheng really couldn't continue to watch and was about to follow Concubine Liu's footsteps.
Just now, Wang Tiqian appeared behind her at some point, stopped her with one hand and said with a smile:
"The Imperial Concubine thinks twice. Although Eunuch Wei ordered and His Majesty was in Luoyang, he also knew about this."
The implication is that killing Xu's family is still the emperor's decree.
Concubine Zheng was speechless and looked over in pain.
At this time, Xu woke up, and with his last breath, he roared a few words, but the eunuch in prison spat out and said sarcastically:
"Who dares to be lazy and can still ask her to say so many things?"
Hearing this, Dongchang Banner School was shocked when he was executed. After a moment of brewing, the force increased a little more. Without five sticks, Xu was silent.
"I've finished fighting, I've been beaten to death!" Concubine Zheng had red eyes, not knowing whether it was regret or hatred, but went to the king's body:
"Can I leave?"
Wang Tigan smiled slightly, moved aside, and did not reply.
A few days later, Wei Zhongxian met his intentions, and the news that Xu's family was killed by the inner court reached Luoyang. Zhu Youxiao sneered and said with a self-deprecating:
"I have such a cruel heart..."
Chapter completed!