Chapter 1579: The Remuneration Is Lost

ah! Seeing this scene, the envoys who offered sacrifices immediately fought against each other. Could it be that Emperor Taizu is not satisfied with our tribute? Especially those who have already confirmed that the tributes presented by their princes have been blown off the altar, they are even more frightened and weak, and they are almost unable to stand still.

When His Majesty presented the Jade Seal of Chuanguo earlier, it was a good omen! And after the sacrifices of the kings were sent up, the sky changed suddenly, and a strong wind blew up the sacrifices to the ground. I am very dissatisfied with the sacrifices of other descendants!

Well, it must be so, otherwise how to explain the completely different scene just now? Those clans are coming to an end! Many civil servants have such thoughts in their hearts. You must know that the civil servants of my Ming Dynasty don’t have much affection for those clans. Those in the court have a headache every year about how to reduce the supply of clans; If there is a vassal king, it will be bloody bad luck, and you will be constrained by the vassal king in everything you do.

Moreover, these vassal kings also occupy a large amount of land. You must know that there is only so much land in the world, and if the vassal kings occupy more, then don’t we scholars who cultivate and study family heirs have to occupy less? For these reasons, they were very angry with the vassals; they had raised this question with the emperor many times before in court.

But most of the previous emperors felt that these were their relatives. If they couldn't even take care of their relatives, what's the point of being an emperor? Moreover, they are both the descendants of Emperor Taizu, if they are too harsh on them, wouldn't it be unfilial to Emperor Taizu? This infamy must never be recited, so even if there is an occasional strategy to restrict the vassal king, it cannot be implemented.

When the emperor's own children and grandchildren grow up, they will be entrusted to various places. For the sake of their children and grandchildren, they will reward a large amount of land and spend huge sums of money to build the palace. On the whole, it is getting stronger and stronger.

Right now is definitely a good opportunity! Seeing what happened just now, many civil servants with active minds immediately thought that maybe they could take advantage of this opportunity to greatly reduce the pressure brought by the imperial clan on Daming. The silver, maybe I can get some light from it.

Since His Majesty came to the throne, he has strictly investigated corruption. Although we dare not embezzle money from it, the court's expenses have been relaxed, and we can exchange money for political achievements! It is a great thing to apply for a little money from the imperial court to build water conservancy projects under his own rule. Not only does his performance look good, but he can also be welcomed by the local people.

Even if the imperial court doesn't pay it, the prefecture where I live still has the obligation to pay tribute to the vassal king for land rent. If this expenditure can be wiped out, the prefecture's financial resources alone will be enough to do something.

Also, once those vassal kings are punished, the land under their names will become ownerless. Will my family be able to take the opportunity to get back a large number of them? You must know that most of the land occupied by those vassal kings is Ueda! Even if you take a few bites, it will definitely be enough.

Many civil servants came up with the same idea. They looked at each other quietly, exchanged glances, and quickly understood the current situation. Immediately, a servant of the Jinling Ministry of Rites stood up and said, "Qizou Your Majesty, I guess, this may be It must be because Emperor Taizu was dissatisfied with the sacrifices offered by the clans!"

Emperor Taizu was very happy when you presented the Jade Seal of Chuanguo just now, why is it like this now? What else could it be? Can't let you or us take this responsibility?

"My minister seconded the proposal, and please ask your majesty to order someone to carefully inspect the sacrifices offered by the clans.

See what's wrong! "As soon as the voice fell, someone responded immediately.

Now even the ministers who didn't expect it just now realized that this is definitely a good opportunity to deal with the clan and solve the burden on the clan. They immediately stood up and echoed. Someone is taking the blame, and it must not be the responsibility of His Majesty and me!

Then the only ones who can bear the blame are the clan clan. Killing them can either throw the blame away or seek benefits for themselves. It has been more than two hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the benefits have been divided up. If you want to get more benefits, then You have to pull people down; after the nobles in the capital were deposed, many people ate a lot of money, but we didn’t eat as far away as Jinling; if we can take down the clan now, we will always Should be able to eat it? You must know that the clan can be spread all over Daming, everywhere!

"Your Majesty seconded the proposal, please order someone to check in detail the tributes presented by the feudal lords!" Almost all the civil and military officials at the scene made the same call.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! My prince doesn't dare to be sloppy with the sacrifices. These sacrifices are all carefully selected, and there will be no omissions!" Now the envoys who brought the sacrifices are in a hurry. If any mistake is found, not only the prince, but the envoys like them must also be finished!

"If there are really no omissions, why worry about checking?" The civil servants turned back unceremoniously. If it was your prince who was present, I might still be worried, but what are you? It has always been those who can't get along in the officialdom, who will be sent to various palaces to serve as the chief historian. I will be afraid of you?

The two sides argued a lot, but in the end it was the civil servants who were more experienced in talking and talking, and Shen Long also took advantage of the situation and agreed, "If that's the case, let's pick out a few of them to take a closer look!"

"Your servants will obey the decree!" The civil servants were overjoyed, and immediately selected a group of senior ministers who had studied etiquette from the Ministry of Rites, Taichang Temple, Zongzheng Mansion and other relevant yamen to take up this position.

Each of these candidates is well-known. If they jointly issue the appraisal result, it will definitely be at an authoritative level, and ordinary people have no right to question it.

These veterans came forward tremblingly, and after respectfully saluting, they came to the altar and began to carefully inspect the sacrifices that had been blown down by the strong wind.

"Your Majesty, the sacrificial offerings offered by the King of Qin, the patterns are somewhat overreaching... Your Majesty, the offerings offered on behalf of the king are quite insufficient in gold fineness... The major events of the country, the sacrificial offerings to the Taizu are so sloppy. You princes, this is very unfilial!" They all put on a posture of righteous indignation.

And in the hearts of those envoys, a word popped up almost at the same time: Sitting reward lost!