"Uncle Rui's second uncle and nephew often deal with shopkeepers, Zhuangtou, and the people. What we see every day, alas, the people of Shanxi are really suffering."

Shen? He is a clever person. Although he is sitting beside him, waiting for Shen Rui to read a letter with his eyebrows down, he has been secretly judging Shen Rui's face.

Seeing that Shen Rui had read the letter, he was meditating and silent, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Shen Rui sighed after hearing this, put the letter on the desk at hand, and then served tea to Chen.

Shen? Even if you have something to say, you can't say it. You have to thank me and pick up the teacup and sip it.

After putting the teacup, he seemed to have thought about it and lowered his head and sighed: "Uncle Rui also knows that my father...ah, since my elder brother... lost his message, my father has been worried day and night..."

This pole has started from caring for people's livelihood to caring for one's own home.

Shen Rui lifted his eyelids, and he didn't know what he meant.

One reason is that the matter involves the vassal state and has to act in secret. I am afraid that even the trusted staff members cannot trust them, but only trust their own sons.

Then again, I am only depressed? Standing, I reminded people of his missing brother Chen Dong.

Brother Xiaodong is in the hands of King Ning!

The sons of the Fang Zong knew the rebelliousness of King Ning, Shen Rui, Chen Li and other parties the most.

Chen Feng is also a "reminder" to Shen Rui. Once the incident of Ning Wang happens, although the Shen family has divided the clan and the second family is not implicated in the nine clans, it is the nephew of the legitimate clan, and it will inevitably be the political enemy who will attack Shen Rui in the future. Reason for

He is now taking action on the issue of vassal issues, and surrenders to the emperor and expresses his position to all officials. Could it be that you, Shen Rui, don’t express your opinion with the flow?

Shen Rui didn't take Shen? He put down the teacup and said lightly: "Li Xi is a little aggressive in this matter."

Chen? He was stunned for a moment, and reacted quickly. He smiled bitterly and said, "My nephew has contacted Prince Li, and he is also... thinking about opening a good business road in Shanxi and sharing the worries of the emperor."

"Now, the Prince of Jin, Dai, exploited the people in the local area, occupied the business roads, opened many shops, dominating the most profitable business, and not allowing others to touch them. They also recruited the husbands from time to time, and helped them transport goods, There are even more things like buying and selling.”

Shen? Paused, his voice lowered, and said, "Besides, there are business dealings between the Dai Mansion of Jin and the grassland. I pity my Ming people, who have no surplus food at home, have entered the Tartars' belly bag."

"It's not just food and grass, but also many things that are taboo, such as iron tools, which are sold at a good price on the grassland.

"Uncle Rui Er has heard of the embroidery needles in Dayang, Zezhou, and I heard that this needle in Shandong Haimao is also very intimate."

All the benefits are for Shandong to be useful, but Shen Rui was never moved.

Shen? His eyes flashed and said, "The craftsmanship of Dayang Town, Zezhou is so exquisite. My nephew also heard that Yan Qing's uncle has made many great achievements in the Military Machinery Bureau. If there are craftsmen from Dayang Town, they are What my uncle uses is the icing on the cake..."

This is about Shen Rui's brother-in-law Li Yanqing.

Since the Shandong Navy used a large number of new weapons in the Arms Bureau to use the Giant Shark Gang in one fell swoop, Li Yanqing was promoted to the 5th-rank military department's armed lieutenant. His family has a background in his family and was a first-class hero in the Arms Bureau. It is well known to everyone.

Shen Rui has also become a pioneer in everyone's eyes to support the construction of the navy and the reform of new ordnances.

Shen Rui smiled when he heard this. He had sent someone to inspect the craftsmen in Dayang Town, Zezhou, and also dug smelting craftsmen like those who were digging glass craftsmen from Yanshen Town. But these were not enough and heavy.

Shen? He tried to meet his preferences, but finally saw Shen Rui showing some interest. He was happy and quickly lit up and said, "Only Zezhou is now in the hands of King Xuanning and King Xichuan of Daifu. These two... …Alas, I was scolded by the emperor a few years ago... The workshop was in their hands, afraid that the ones on the grassland would be faster than those on Shandong..."

There are few kind people in the Dai Palace, and these two are not, but they are not as openly as King Qingcheng.

As for that reprimand, it was in the fourth year of Zhengde that King Xuanning Chenghuolu and King Congxian of Xichuan went out of the city to play privately, and Bao Zhanle's wife was accused of.

It is naturally a trivial matter for ordinary young men to take on musical music when they leave the city, but it is a serious crime for the vassal kings to leave the city without permission. Therefore, they are rampant in the city and local governments dare not deal with it. Only by arresting such a taboo as leaving the city can they "report".

At that time, Shouge's punishment now seems quite meaningful, which is to dismiss Lumi, two-thirds of King Xuanning, one-third of King Xichuan, and relevant prefectures.

The emperor must have known that Zong Lu is difficult to get.

Shen Rui tapped the letter with his fingers. There were more than 3,000 royal families in the Jin Mansion and more than 2,000 royal families in the Dai Mansion. There were only 500 or 600 people in the Chen family. They were all like this, and they wanted to take the finances. How can it not be regrettable to raise such a bunch of disasters?

Shanxi is naturally a great land and has great potential, otherwise Zhao Hongpei, Li Xi, Tian Feng, and Lu Ershiqilang would not have been deployed early.

However, there has not been any results yet, and it is not because of the complexities of local forces.

None of the border military generals, the eunuchs in the garrison, and these royal vassal kings who were walking sideways were good at it.

Now that King Anhua rebelled, the original pattern will be broken. The first thing to do is to be the generals who have to change their defenses, and these people from Shanxi can move their positions.

Is the eunuch in custody? It’s not possible now, but soon - Liu Jin fell, so he naturally has to replace a large number of them.

Only the vassal states remain.

Li Xi wanted to arrest the "father kings involved in the rebellion" incident and eliminate several princes and generals of the state, but also wanted to take back their business paths.

And if we can tear apart from here and solve the Zonglu problem...

The fingertips lightly tapped on the letter paper and made a slight sound, which continued, making people's mood drift away.

After a while, Shen Rui raised his eyes and looked at Chen, waved his hand and said, "I'll let this matter be carefully considered. Let's take a rest first and welcome you to the evening."

Such a major event cannot be decided immediately. This sentence means that Shen Rui is already moved and calm? He is happy and immediately hurriedly got up respectfully and bowed respectfully, and retreated.

*

When Mr. Xie was invited into the study, Shen Rui had already written and painted several pieces on the paper.

The manifesto was not a secret, and the staff of the Chen family knew it, but the news sent by Tian Feng was secret because it involved the vassal state, which was only known by Mr. Xie and several senior think tanks.

Because Li Xi used the method of "exposing evil deeds", this was very common in the Yongle Dynasty. Chengzu tacitly agreed and even encouraged this kind of report on the vassal kings. At that time, many people used this to do so. Therefore, Mr. Xie didn't care much.

Until he saw the letter from Chen Shu, Mr. Xie was shocked and glanced at the content of Shen Rui's reform. He couldn't help but say hurriedly: "Sir, no! Never!"

The boss didn't agree to interfere with the impeachment of Liu Jin. He was quite happy, and felt that the boss was wise and calm, far superior to other young officials.

But I didn’t expect that my boss would be more impulsive than those young scholars!

Li Xi just attacked a vassal king, and it was not surprising that a vassal king had plotted against him and involved two other royal families.

Shen Rui is going to attack all the vassals!

This is to force others to rebel if you don’t rebel!

Mr. Xie was not good at going over and snatching Shen Rui's pen and paper, and he was so anxious that he stamped his feet, "Sir! When is it now?! When the rebellion comes, the court will only appease the vassals even more, for fear that someone will rebel!"

"As a lord handed over such a memorial, he was criticized by the old people in the cabinet. If a few words were spread, there were just a few thorny vassals who followed him back... lord! Then the court will ask for guilt, lord But it's just a disaster!!"

Shen Rui got up and pulled a chair for Mr. Xie himself, asked him to sit down, and said, "Sir, don't worry, I have a proper position. When my letter entered Beijing, I was afraid that the news of the rebellion had already entered Beijing first."

"We haven't said it just now. With Eunuch Zhang Yong and Master Yang Yiqing and Lord Yang, maybe they have already quelled the rebellion now." Although Shen Rui still had a smile on his face, his eyes were extremely sharp, "So quickly quelled it." When rebelling, the vassals should know the strength of the emperor and fear the power of the emperor. How dare you act rashly!"

Mr. Xie still advised: "Although there are two masters Zhang and Yang, it should be safe. However, this is a military matter, and it changes rapidly. How can it be as if you and I have planned? One... I can't bet, I can't bet!"

"This is not a bet, don't worry, sir." Shen Rui said with a firm tone.

"Even, sir, do you expect all the vassals to be afraid of the emperor's power?" Mr. Xie in the secret room said bluntly without any scruples, "The vassals are hard to distinguish, and sir has seen them, and those vassals are really afraid of these vassal kings. National law?"

He shook the letter in his hand, "Will the King of Anhua write about Lord Cong in the manifesto? Will the vassal king next to him be accused Lord Shen in the future?!"

"It is precisely because they know that they are lawless that they cannot allow them to snatch them from the Ming people like this, and drink blood and suck marrow on the Ming court!" Shen Rui stretched out his hand and clenched the letter, saying word by word: "Sir, the Ministry of Rites is the best at knowing the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. , What has the current vassals crushed the Ming Dynasty?”

Mr. Xie couldn't help but be punished. Managing the vassal state is also an important task of the Ministry of Rites. The enthronement, marriage, funeral, title and salary, and visits to Beijing must be approved by the Minister of Rites before they can be submitted for approval.

He knew the situation of the vassal states best. If it is not important if the vassal issue does not appear.

He sighed, let go of his hand dejectedly, and said, "It's just at this time...at this time..."

Shen Rui put the letter aside and lowered his voice and said, "It was at this time that the court won a great victory and the victory was rapid. It can be seen that the strength of the force is so strong that all the vassals must consider it!

"With Li Xi's exposure, they used thunderous means to deal with the Jin Mansion, the vassals would only be anxious, fearing that it would be their turn next. At this time, they could only accept the policy of the court."

"The King of Jin was a member of the three thousand royal family members, and there were many problems. When the investigation was made against the enemy, it was exposed and promoted the reform of the clan and vassal states. It was no longer a matter of deliberate dealing with the royal family members.

Mr. Xie opened his mouth again and again, and bypassed countless thoughts in his mind. However, the two evils were the least, and he finally nodded slowly, "It's good at this time."

When we introduce it, we will first investigate Shanxi and Shaanxi, and then whether we will investigate the vassal kings elsewhere, it depends on the situation.

If the emperor followed the situation and avoided other families, it would be a great grace, which would be considered as appeasement of the vassals.

And, there is another benefit at this time...

Mr. Xie sighed softly, his voice almost unheard, "The emperor has no heir yet... and he is also very tired of the vassal."

It’s a pity that parents in the world have children and grandchildren. Who wouldn’t plan for their children and grandchildren? This plan makes it easy to be reluctant to let go.

People like Chengzu were inevitably be beloved of their son, and they did not quit the Han King's military power, and later the Han King rebelled.

The emperor had no heir, but these words made Shen Rui feel nervous.

For a moment, it strengthened the heart of the vassal reform. If the wishes are really not fulfilled, Shou Ge has no heir, then the royal family must have an emperor suitable for the Ming Dynasty, and never drag the Ming Dynasty into the abyss.

pulse!

While getting up to get the first draft of Shen Rui's pen, Mr. Xie said, "Sir, the prince, the prince cannot move first and have nothing to do with them, so that he will not have the will to arouse his rebellion."

Below the prince, there is basically no strength to rebel.

Shen Rui nodded and said, "The first sect is thinking about whether the ban can be lifted outside the five sermons and open up the cause of the four people."

Mr. Xie was stunned and nodded and praised: "It is rare for the master to think of these people. They are really great kindness and kindness! Those vassal kings ignored the side branches. I have seen things that refuse to ask for a title for the side branches, let alone the five.

Outside of service.

As he said that, he couldn't help but feel a little indignant, "The prince and the prince are short of their own, and the prince cannot be hungry. Those who cannot survive are those who are not named but have to guard the ban and cannot support their families!

"These people have a small amount of Lumi, and even if they take Lumi, they will find it difficult to support their families. However, these people have a lot of ditches and a lot of Lumi is accumulated, which is a great burden to the national treasury."

Mr. Xie first was happy for the Zonglu saved by Dingkou, and then said a little sadly, "These people are only doing business for the four people, and they don't know what scholars, farmers, industry and commerce can do..."

I am afraid that Lumi has been slaughtering everyone for so many years and can do nothing.
To be continued...