King Zhu Huakui of Chu agreed with Ruan Dacheng's words. Although he asked to cut off his salary and give up part of the land, it was not much different from other criminal vassal kings who were forcibly fined one or even two years of salary and were banned from hereditary inheritance. He felt distressed when he thought of asking court officials to come to his palace to ask for it after returning to Wuchang.

"According to what the gentleman said, whether you obey the emperor's will or refuse to obey the order, you will only end up being a commoner?"

Zhu Huakui naturally had anxiety in this regard. Because he had a good attitude, Zhu Youxiao did not take care of him so strictly in Jinling City, and allowed him to inspect the business of Jinling City, especially royal capital such as the Royal Industrial Company and the Daming Daily. However, when he thought of other vassal kings who were under house arrest and refused to ask for a reduction in their salary and were not released, he could not help but feel sad about the death of a rabbit and the fox.

Ruan Dacheng nodded: "It is understandable that Your Majesty wants to revive the Ming Dynasty today, but vassal kings like you, gentry like me, etc. have become the biggest obstacle. If you don't get rid of it, it is not enough to save the national fortune. This is also impossible. Shang Yang of Qin, An Shi, the king of Song, and Zhang Jiangling of the previous dynasty, what he did was not to attack people like us."

"Looking at the past and present, after a hundred years of dynasty, it is inevitable that the accumulated problems are very serious. After more than two hundred years, most of the money, grain and land in the world have been in charge of our hands. The common people cannot make a living and rebelled. However, since ancient times, few common people have become the rulers of the world, because they are the great officials who occupy the wealth of the world!"

"Only those who are great officials and nobles can get the favor of heaven and reorganize the world!"

Ruan Dacheng's long speech made King Zhu Huakui very excited. He also sighed in secret that this person was wise and understood the general trend of the world so clearly. He couldn't help but ask: "With Mr., why is it that a noble official like you and me who wins the world?"

"Because only we gentry understand the way of controlling the kingly world, how do the common people know that you are the descendant of the royal family, and you can command all the heroes. Now Your Majesty has offended the vassal kings and gentry in the world. Although he is suppressed by the friendship between the king and the army, he is all feeling aggrieved.

"In fact, since ancient times, the phenomenon of national poverty and even destruction caused by the large concentration of this land in the hands of our gentry is just a common occurrence. However, as long as someone raises up a rebellion at this time and gets the support of our gentry officials, he can solve the dilemma of land being occupied by a few people and the majority of people having no land to plant. Because of this, the place where each dynasty founded will be desolate and poor, with few people and many lands, and can establish a prosperous era of civilized governance."

"Since ancient times, if a dignitary like you and me want to survive this change of the current situation and continue to enjoy this glory and wealth, either start a war and become the lord of the world, such as the Li family of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, or surrender to the rising heroes, such as Yang Ye of the Song Dynasty. Now it is the time of this tripod. Prince, you are the prince of the Ming Dynasty. If you call for a high place, there are naturally many people who respond to you. Do not seize the land of the gentry and protect their own personalities. By massacring the population, the surviving people have land to plant, then the gentry will inevitably follow and the people will obey their power."

After Ruan Dacheng said that, he bowed to Zhu Huakui and said, "Prince, why not plan it!"

Ruan Dacheng's rebellious words scared Zhu Huakui immediately stood up and pointed at Ruan Dacheng for a long time and couldn't speak.

Although Zhu Huakui could hear from Ruan Dacheng's words that this person was rebellious, he did not expose it, but he was a little dissatisfied with the court. And as Ruan Dacheng said, he also saw that if the Ming Dynasty allowed him, such as the vassal kings, officials and gentry to continue to be arrogant, the Ming Dynasty would indeed be destroyed in a few decades.

Moreover, although he was a vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, he was essentially a big landlord. Therefore, he did not want to let the Chu Palace be buried with the Ming Dynasty in the future. He also had the intention to make friends with his next family. In the past, the Later Jin forces rose outside the pass, and he secretly asked someone to send congratulatory gifts to Huang Taiji, and the same was true with several tribal leaders in Mongolia, because even now, the people of the Ming Dynasty were worried about whether they would follow the path of Song Dynasty and were stolen by people on the grassland.

But Zhu Huakui really didn't dare to clearly propose to stand up and command the world, carry out treason, and overthrow Zhu Youxiao's country.

It is true that as the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, he had certain political advantages, and many gentry could find a reason for him to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty but not to be a foolish monarch. He himself was also a little ambitious, but when he thought that the vassal kings of all dynasties had not succeeded in rebelling and ending, he was also a little timid and scared, fearing that once the rebellion was not successful, it would be even worse than now.

"Mr. Ruan doesn't need to say this anymore. Rong Gu thinks about this matter." Zhu Huakui said that, and hurriedly fled here, and looked around nervously, afraid that the people from the East Factory would pay attention to it in secret, but he could feel his heart beating and his breathing was rapid.

As soon as Zhu Huakui left, Ruan Dacheng couldn't help but snorted coldly: "A dignified vassal king, who has this ambition but does not have this courage. In the royal palace, the member of the life of the dragon robe shouted long live the courage to go!"

"Mr. Ruan, do you think he will go to His Majesty to expose us?"

At this time, the big man who had been beside Ruan Dacheng couldn't help but ask with concern.

"He is not that stupid. He should know that he will die after exposing us!" Ruan Dacheng said as he turned around and ordered the big man beside him: "You go back to Huguang first and recruit more troops in secret. I have greeted Hou Zhongcheng and I will not care about you. In addition, the Huguang Imperial Guards are now in Yueyang, so you should recruit soldiers near Wuchang City."

"Okay, then I'll go back and report to the Central Chief." As soon as the man left, Ruan Dacheng couldn't help but slapped the railing with a palm and said fiercely: "Ma Shiying, you are determined to follow Zhu Youxiao and offend the gentry in the world. Now we'll wait and see. I will support King Zhu Huakui of Chu, unite with the remnants of Donglin, and see which of us can beat whoever!"

After all, Ruan Dacheng was unwilling to be lonely. Since he first entered the official career, he had joined the eunuch party and the Donglin party. He was a rat, but he could always get up after falling repeatedly. In history, his last rise was when he became the Minister of War after surrendering to Ma Shiying in the South Ming Dynasty. However, in this time and space, he had a disagreement with him because Ma Shiying chose to follow Zhu Youxiao's new policy to reform, which made his political line go from resigning to Ma Shiying to becoming a mortal enemy with Ma Shiying.

Of course, it is not only because of Ma Shiying, but also because of Zhu Youxiao.

Ruan Dacheng naturally knew that it was the will of the current emperor Zhu Youxiao that led to the Fengyang area's high commercial tax collection system, which in turn destroyed the interests of his family. Zhu Youxiao also killed his cousin Wei Guangwei.

Among bureaucrats and gentry, many people got married to establish social relations. When the eunuch party was in power, Ruan Dacheng was able to rise to the top, which was not unrelated to Wei Guangwei. Moreover, Wei Guangwei personally taught him to take the initiative. Therefore, in terms of personal feelings, he could no longer stand on Zhu Youxiao and Ma Shiying's side.
Chapter completed!