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Chapter Four Hundred and Fortieth: Perfect Compensation

Yang Shiqi was already crying and continued: "I remember that I lost my father when I was young and my family was poor. My mother had no choice but to remarry. Although I was not born by my stepfather, I treated me like a child, and I was worried about it by words and deeds everywhere..."

Zhu Di couldn't help but sigh when he heard Yang Shiqi's memories and couldn't help but say, "Yang Qing doesn't have to say anything anymore. You are both determined and filial."

Yang Shiqi shook his head, but said, "When my father passed away, he was still worried about his ministers, saying that he was now a Hanlin person and walked in the cabinet. If he returned to his hometown to observe the system for three years, he would inevitably delay his future. Therefore, he sent a letter from his family, saying that since he was Yang, he wanted to cut off the father-son relationship with his ministers. He entered the Luo family ancestral temple. He had children of the Luo family to guard the system for him, so why should he return to his hometown? In addition, he respected the teachings, saying that it was the sage of the emperor, and he did not regard the humble minister as a humble minister, and he favored the ministers. The country's kindness was great. How could he leave the emperor because of his family affairs? Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety could not be achieved at the same time. Besides, the ministers were just fake sons... Your Majesty... Here is a letter written by a father, who begs Your Majesty to read it."

When Zhu Di heard the letter, he became interested. When Yang Shiqi handed it over, he opened it and saw it. As Yang Shiqi said, this was a letter from Luo Xing. In addition to some warning words, it was a strict teaching, telling Yang Shiqi that he could not go home to observe the system. Since he had already ordered Yang Shiqi to change his surname to Yang, then Yang Shiqi was not a member of the Luo family. How could the children of the foreign surname be kept by the Luo family? They even scolded him, saying that he must be loyal to the emperor. If he did not respect his teachings, even if Luo Xing was buried in the soil, he could not be at ease.

Luo's nature is ruthless. On the one hand, according to the ancestral temple and family law system. If Yang Shiqi did not have the surname Luo, he did not enter the Luo family's ancestral temple. If he did not enter the ancestral temple, there was indeed no need to adhere to the system. It is reasonable for both emotion and reason.

On the other hand, Luo Xing actually made a poisonous oath, and if Yang Shiqi was disobedient, he would not be able to be buried. In this way, if Yang Shiqi returned to his hometown to observe the system, it would become an unfilial thing.

After seeing this, Zhu Di couldn't help but be moved by Luo Xing. Yang Shiqi was not his biological child, but he planned for Yang Shiqi everywhere.

For Yang Shiqi, this matter was his biggest weakness. How could Yang Shiqi have no backup plan? When this letter was delivered to the emperor, in a sense, it had completely solved this hidden danger.

Yang Shiqi did not observe or figure out the emperor's thoughts, but his voice was choked and he looked in tears.

However, Zhu Di held the letter and sighed. Finally, he put the letter on the imperial case and said, "Luo Aiqing, was he a dean of De'an during the Taizu? I know a little about it, and later I learned that he had been guilty and suffered a lot. It was not until the 18th year of Hongwu that he had an order to pardon and dismiss his post for the people. Your father's calligraphy is said to be quite good, but he didn't expect that his desire to protect his calf would make people sigh."

After pondering for a while, Zhu Di continued, "It's not your fault for this matter. Since this is his last wish, it's not wrong for you to abide by it. If you get up, don't be sad. Life and death are common things for human beings, so what can you do? You can be filial."

Yang Shiqi wiped his tears, sat down carefully, and said, "Your Majesty clearly understands. I didn't want to argue for myself. I would rather ask you to surrender, but instead make me feel more comfortable."

Zhu Di smiled and said, "What are you saying? You are not guilty. Why do I want to punish me? Do you think my rewards and punishments are unknown? This matter has been revealed, and no one is allowed to mention it again. You don't have to doubt or blame yourself."

Yang Shiqi said with gratitude: "I obey the order, Your Majesty will be kind to you, but I will never repay you."

Zhu Di smiled lightly and said, "No need to do this."

At this time, the monarch and ministers were cold in response. Zhu Di said casually: "Oh, yes, I saw you not expressing your opinion on this Jiaozhi in the court discussion today. Yang Qing, you have always been able to make an idea, why don't you say a word today?"

Yang Shiqi said: "I dare not say it."

Originally, if Yang Shiqi had to go through it perfunctorily and said nothing was wrong, Zhu Di would not have asked about this matter. After all, Zhu Di had already made up his mind and just asked casually.

But what Yang Shiqi said was that the empress did not dare to say it, which was completely different.

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes and said, "Oh, what's there anything I dare not say?"

Yang Shiqi's face turned pale and embarrassing: "Today's court discussion reminds me of some past events?"

"Hmm?" The more Yang Shiqi did, the more Zhu Di wanted to ask the bottom line. Zhu Di asked, "After you say it, don't be shy."

Yang Shiqi looked at Zhu Di deeply and said, "Your Majesty... I thought that as early as the year of Jianwen, Fang Xiaoru asked the court to change his course during the court's discussion, saying that although some of the Taizu's systems were ancestral laws, they were unrealistic. You might as well restore the Zhou rituals and implement the well-field system. This would be a model for rule with hindrance."

Yang Shi paused for a moment and continued, "Oh, that was the twelfth lunar month of the year of Jianwen. Wei was just a little editor at that time. He was lucky enough to enter the palace to discuss. Fang Xiaoru talked freely, but it attracted many ministers' opposition and debate. Emperor Jianwen looked dissatisfied and had to dismiss the matter. However, it was obvious that Emperor Jianwen also had plans to resume the Zhou Li."

"In fact, this well-field system is a good idea. Many scholars agree with it..."

Yang Shiqi spoke very relaxedly, but Zhu Di's face suddenly changed.

Of course he didn't know about this. Although he was in Peiping at that time, he had already ordered people to collect information from the capital and inquire about the movements of the capital, such news was not what Zhu Di was concerned about.

But now, Zhu Di realized that he had been cheated.

The well-field system is indeed contrary to the ancestral system.

Zhu Di's cover is nothing more than Jianwen, you turtle son, who dares to disrespect your ancestors, change your ancestors' laws, and obey the evil words of a minister, and even don't want the ancestral temple.

Zhu Di himself was naturally the embodiment of the law of maintaining his ancestors, so he went to Nanjing in one breath after the Tian Jingzhang.

But what about now?

The treacherous minister Zhu Di hated actually proposed to restore the well-field system and restore the Zhou rituals. How could Zhu Di adopt what he advocated by Zhu Di? If Zhu Di adopted it, wouldn’t he tell the world that Zhu Di and Jianwen were not different? Zhu Di was wrong to kill Fang Xiaoru!

More importantly, emotionally speaking, Zhu Di hated Fang Xiaoru to the core. Zhu Di instinctively hated the initiative put forward by such a person.

Fang Xiaoru was a corrupt scholar. It was precisely because he was a corrupt scholar that he proposed such ridiculous things unrealistically, and he was immediately besieged by civil and military officials, because this guy wanted to implement the well fields in the 13 provinces of the Ming Dynasty, which was equivalent to confiscating the land of the landlords. So people in the world opposed it, and even Jianwen, who was fooled by Fang Xiaoru, did not dare to try it easily.

What is proposed now is to implement the well field in Jiaozhi, and the one who grabs it is not yourself, but others. Therefore, the ministers agreed with it out of their expectations for the Zhou Li.

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes and became angry.

He felt that he was deceived, deceived, and deceived.

These people regarded him as a fool.

How dare Fang Xiaoru take out the things he used? What Emperor Jianwen once wanted to try was also rampant?

What's even more terrifying is that so many ministers in the court agree with it.

"Yang Qing, no, Wang An, go and get the courtroom archives in the twelfth month of the first year of Jianwen. Come on, hurry, hurry!"

Zhu Di's voice was obviously impatient, and he seemed a little impetuous.

Zhu Di could even imagine that later scholars couldn't help but sneer when they read this ridiculous scene of their own today.

How could he not sneer? The national policy he adopted in Fengtian Jingzhan was actually supported by those foolish monarchs and treacherous ministers. Even those foolish monarchs and treacherous ministers could not do, and he actually made himself accomplish this. Isn’t this Fengtian Jingzhan just seen through and became a trick of uncles and nephews fighting for power and profit?

Shameful, hateful, ridiculous!

Zhu Di's body like an iron tower was still motionless. He tried his best to calm his face, but his every move had already fallen into Yang Shiqi's eyes.

Yang Shiqi didn't say anything anymore. He knew in his heart that after Hao Fenglou planned, he took every step forward, but now, the last knife has been completed by himself.

Someone is dead.

Although the emperor is quite broad-minded in daily life, he tries to show his generosity and tolerance, and even tolerate the conspiracy and ministers' confrontation. However, this does not mean that he will remain indifferent to such issues related to major issues and legal principles.

Moreover, when Zi is a hero today, once a hero realizes that he has been fooled and deceived, his mood can naturally be imagined.

So, someone must be done.

Wang An did not dare to neglect and hurriedly returned and submitted the documents he brought.

The court's court congresses ordered people to record the records, copy two copies, one was archived in the palace, and the other was sent to Hanlin for the purpose of compiling the records.

Now this document in the palace is naturally preserved and has not been damaged at all.

Zhu Di put it on the imperial desk, clasped his hands and uncovered the document, and began to look carefully.

This is indeed related to a court discussion record in the first year of Jianwen. At that time, Fang Xiaoru proposed to restore the Zhou rituals, and the court immediately quarreled. Although Fang Xiaoru received some support from Qingliu, most ministers found it absurd and even launched a fierce debate for this. Fang Xiaoru's opponent was ridiculous in the banner - the ancestral system.

At that time, the ancestors' laws were actually fighting against the Zhou Li.

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