Chapter 158, no money
Zhu Houzhao, who vented in the leopard garden and killed several protected animals, was brought to the court with a successful anger.
It's really too much to deceive others. It's fine if someone robs his creativity. Anyway, it's just a game, just to play with it.
The key is that his ranking is still very low. As the emperor who is rich all over the world, he actually topped the rich list.
According to the information released on the Rich List, every family that ranks ahead of him as an emperor can be called wealthy and a country.
Anyone who just bought a family would be enough for him to spend his whole life. When it comes to the extravagance of life, he, as an emperor, could not be ranked at all.
The emperor, who had not attended court for several years, suddenly ran to the court meeting. All the civil and military officials were mourning, as if the sky was about to collapse.
Those who can make it in the court are all well-informed people. Since they learned that Bai Xiaosheng of Jianghu created a list of rich people, everyone knows that something is going to happen.
If huge wealth is exposed to people, even if there is no dark history, it is a crime to bear a treasure. What's more, everyone's capital accumulation is shameless.
Either it is land annexation, concealing the income from the land and population, or it is a clever way to take advantage of the gains, which is completely unrelated to the cleanliness.
Things that should have been hidden in the dark are now exposed and things become troublesome.
Not to mention the emperor, even many people in the officials have thoughts that they should not have. They don’t need to seize them all, as long as they touch them, they can struggle for decades less.
The power of the aristocratic family is to control the situation in secret, and suddenly it was put on the surface. Their originally seemed as solid as a rock suddenly became illusory.
If you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves thinking about them. Now there are more than tens of millions of people who care about their wealth?
For the officials in the court, no matter what the final result of the competition, these industries should not be allowed to fall into the hands of the emperor.
Finance is the biggest means for civil servants to check and balance the emperor. If the emperor has enough wealth, the value of the civil servant group will be greatly reduced.
The first year of the State Dynasty was the last example. At that time, the garrison system was not yet corrupt. Zhu Yuanzhang, who had not spent a penny to raise soldiers, could kill anyone who was disliked.
It's different now. If the emperor dares to overturn the table, the bureaucrats will be able to bankrupt the court at any time if they don't cooperate.
Of course, that is a last resort. No one is willing to lose their jobs unless it is absolutely necessary.
If the Ming Dynasty really collapses, no one can get it. As vested interests, no one wants to carry out violent reshuffle.
For the sake of interests, everyone retained the last bit of loyalty to the court. Perhaps some people would have a little more, but that was only a very small number.
For most officials, families are always above the court. The purpose of being an official is for oneself and for the family. If you can serve the court, you can also serve the court.
Mutual struggle and mutual compromise are the essence of the Ming court. Now it is undoubtedly a dangerous situation, and a bad emperor or a big family will overturn the table.
With his legs crossed, Zhu Houzhao said to the officials: "Don't cry with a sad face. If it spreads, I don't know what I'd done to you."
I believe you should know why I came here today.
As the world's rich emperor, I suddenly found that there are so many people in the world who have more money than me. I still got it from my corner of the Ming Dynasty. What should I do if you think I should do?"
Judging from Zhu Houzhao's attitude, he almost wrote "I want to rob" on his face. The censors who originally wanted to persuade the emperor to make a decision were now silent.
Past experience tells them that if they emerge at this time, an accident will definitely happen on the way back.
I received the gift yesterday, which was only enough for everyone to help me speak, and it was not as hard as I had to work hard.
Even if you want to invite a name, you have to choose a good time, at least you have to wait until the emperor is angry before talking.
Otherwise, if you mess up the scene, you will lose your life, and it will be a tragedy that will hurt your family and die together.
Under the recommendation of all officials, Yang Tinghe gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, some rumors in the world are all fabricated out of thin air and are not worthy of evidence."
When you are in the officialdom, you must learn to talk nonsense. No matter how much evidence is made on the surface, he must insist that it is fake.
In the court, offending the emperor is better than offending the great families and officials.
If you annoy the emperor, you will have to go home early to enjoy your life; if you offend the latter two, not only will your life be lost, but your life will be taken in during and after death.
Seeing that Zhu Houzhao's mouth was opened into an O-shaped shape, he pointed at Yang Tinghe with his right hand tremblingly, as if he was about to scold him.
The left censor Dai Fengting, who was standing beside him, reacted and immediately said: "Your Majesty, what Mr. Yang said is very much. Just a few rumors, you don't have to take them to heart at all.
As we all know, Yan Shenggong was poor all his life and could not even bear to eat an egg. This is a model for our saints and students to learn.
Such a moral model was actually slandered by the insidious villain, which is really incompatible with nature.
Unfortunately, a great scholar of Yanshenggong worked hard for the country and the people for most of his life, but in his later years he died because he could not bear the insult.
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All kinds of stingy words are piled up without any money. Regardless of whether the dead Yan Shenggong could bear it, he directly described him as a moral perfection that surpassed Confucius.
All civil and military officials with experience in fighting knew that they seemed to be praising the Lord Yan, but in fact they were deliberately drawing the emperor's anger at them.
If a fellow Taoist dies, I will not die. At this time, the first thing aristocratic families must do is to protect themselves. At this critical moment, it will definitely kill people.
Even if they have a deep influence on the court, it is useless. If they force the naughty child on the dragon throne, they may be able to give up an imperial decree to kill him all over the world.
With a title, even if the local government remains unmoved, people in the world will attack them.
At worst, the emperor and the various factions in the martial arts world will share their profits. One side takes away the land, the other side divides the industries, and spreads wealth. None of the major forces in the martial arts world will mind helping the emperor scout their homes.
As a last resort, everyone could only recommend Yan Shenggong, who was protected by the saint, to fight with the emperor. It just so happened that Yan Shenggong was dead, so he could still get some sympathy.
First, he was stabbed by his own people, and then he was attacked by Dai Fengting's words. Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he almost slapped the dragon throne.
I thought I was shameless enough, but I didn't expect that the guys in front of me were even more shameless than him.
No matter how nonsense is, Zhu Houzhao is still clear about what he can't do. At least he won't be able to take down Yan Shenggong. This is the face of scholars, and the Confucian scholars must riot.
But if you let Yan Shenggong go, can you still attack the people behind you?
The nonsense of "The king wants his minister to die, but the minister has to die" can only fool the common people. The emperor cannot act willfully and recklessly. Such major events must be famous.
Civil officials have very low requirements for themselves. Corruption and bribery and neglecting human lives can only be considered a small loss.
Annexation of land and robbery are not considered a crime for the aristocratic families.
After thinking hard, Zhu Houzhao finally found out that "wealth exceeds the emperor" and committed a big taboo.
I thought that even if I didn’t search the house, I could knock it out of them, but I didn’t expect that I was blocked back just now.
Now it is not just a matter of whether the house is raided or not, but the imperial power has been impacted. The emperor's disguise of being rich everywhere was torn apart, and the sacredness of the imperial power was broken.
It can be said that Yang Tinghe's prickly back directly put Zhengde in a dangerous situation, and if he is not careful, he will fall into the abyss.
Seeing all the officials come on stage one by one, the confidants he trained so hard either turn against or keep silent, Zhu Houzhao is sad.
Now he finally understood the power of the aristocratic families. The so-called poor families and the division of aristocratic families is essentially a fallacy.
The poor family is a declining family. When the children become officials, they bid farewell to the existing class. If they work harder, they will become an emerging family.
Class determines everyone's position. As a member of the vested interests, no one wants to see the emperor have the power to reach out casually.
If the emperor is allowed to attack the top of the rankings today, who can guarantee that this knife will not be slashed on him tomorrow?
This is the general trend. Even if there are people loyal to the emperor, they can only pretend to be deaf and dumb to avoid causing trouble.
In a sense, Zhu Houzhao should be glad. Although the current Aristocratic Group is still strong, there have been many heroes within the group, not as perverted as the clans in the Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang dynasties.
Otherwise, it would be not a group of people who would quarrel with him now, but a change of emperor on the spot.
Any big family that has inherited the ancient tradition is very familiar with this business. Even if you have never personally led the destruction of the monarch, you have definitely participated.
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Mount Tai Jade Emperor
After putting down the letter in his hand, Taoist priest Tianmen said slowly: "The Five Mountains Alliance Leader Order, from now on, the Five Mountains Sword Sect has to collect property from anyone on the list of rich people, and is not allowed to undertake related protection tasks.
We sent orders to return all the gifts sent by the Kong family. Our Taishan Sect can't afford it!"
The world is about loyalty. If you collect protection fees, you have to provide security protection. Now that you don’t provide protection, you will naturally have to send the money back.
The older Yujiko immediately opposed: "The head and nephew, they sent a romance gift this year, but it has been more than ten times thicker.
The people of the Kong family also promised that the annual boudoir ceremony will not be less than 100,000 taels in the future, as long as we..."
He glared at Yu Jizi, and Taoist Master Tianmen scolded sternly: "Enough, did Uncle Master not hear what I said just now?
Or maybe the uncle thinks he is of great seniority and can even disobey the order of the Five Mountains Alliance Leader?"
It can be seen that the Taoist of Tianmen has no good feelings for this elder of the master who has been making trouble for him.
It’s a pity that these shameless elders also have a large group of disciples under their command, occupying nearly 40% of the Taishan Sect’s strength. Even if he is the head of the sect, he will not give up on this old guy.
Now it is rare that Yu Jizi is greedy for a moment, ignores the seriousness of the problem, and directly hits the gun. Tianmen will naturally not miss the opportunity to suppress it.
"snort!"
"I naturally have to abide by the order of the leader of the Five Mountains. But that must be the order of the leader of the Alliance Li.
Alliance Leader Li just told us not to receive the Kong family's bodhisattvas, but we did not ask us to return the things."
It’s not that Yujizi is the iron-headed one, but mainly because the local tribes are always responsible for the bodding ceremony. In addition to the daily bodding ceremony, there are usually an additional reward.
The emergence of the rich list made the Kong family realize the danger. In order to avoid harassment from people in the world, while actively increasing the protection fee, they also spent huge amounts of money to buy their brothers and sisters.
Not only did the Taishan Sect receive it, but all the first-class sects in Shandong Wulin have never been left behind.
The Kong family even offered to hire Taishan disciples as worshipers, but Yu Jizi and others were greedy, but they still knew what they could not do, and finally did not make any promises.
After a sneer, the Taoist Tianmen stared at Yu Jizi and said coldly: "If you ask you to retreat, you will retreat!
It is related to the names of my Taishan Sect and the Five Mountains Sword Sect. If someone dares to ruin it, then you have to try the sword in my hand that is not good!”
Strength is the greatest confidence. After more than ten years of hard practice, the Taoist in Tianmen has become the number one master of the Taishan Sect. With the rise of a group of brothers, they have gradually gained the upper hand in the power struggle of the sect.
However, the struggle between the two factions not only did not stop, but became more and more intense, even surpassing that of the past.
One of the important reasons is that the distribution of Xiao Peiyuan Dan back then, and the Taoist Tianmen used his position to give it to his own people, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among the Supreme Elder.
However, the Taoist of Tianmen did not regret it. If it weren't for strengthening one's own strength, the strength of the leader's team would not have developed so quickly.
Chapter completed!