Chapter 239: Get Rid of Fame! Not a Human Prince!
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Faced with the Crown Prince's accusation, Yang Rong and others could only remain silent.
What can they do, what can they say?
This was originally a battle between civil servants and imperial power!
Preferential treatment due to fame is the greatest source of confidence for Jin gentry and civil servants, and it is also the reason why they dare to fight.
Otherwise, an emperor who is not subject to any restraints and checks may cause far greater damage to the Ming Dynasty than the slight preferential treatment enjoyed by scholars!
Honors and titles cannot be revoked at will, not even the prince of the Han Dynasty who was in charge of the country, nor the emperor!
This is the bottom line of the civil service group and no one should trample on it!
Big Fatty saw this scene and felt sincerely disappointed.
The despicable performance of Yang Rong and others today is tantamount to once again proving his second son's statement.
These disciples of Cheng and Zhu scholars have always only cared about their own interests!
They knew clearly that local gentry were annexing land, but no one reported to the court to stop it. On the contrary, General Manager acquiesced in this bad phenomenon!
It's really shameless to call it "farming, reading and inheriting the family to bring peace to the world"!
At this moment, Big Fatty was completely disappointed with Cheng Zhu Wenren.
Zhu Gaoxu saw that Big Fatty looked wrong, and immediately coughed twice, smiling to himself: "Fame, fame, this is a good thing!"
"I have heard that many scholars, after gaining fame through the imperial examination, took advantage of the preferential treatment and privileges given by the court to arbitrarily annex local fields." Local officials also defended them in every way, and even colluded with them. "
"Yang Rong, have you heard anything about this?"
Hearing this, Yang Rong's expression changed drastically and he hesitated to speak, but he couldn't come up with a complete sentence.
"His Royal Highness the King of Han... Chen... Chen..."
How to answer?
Never heard of it?
Even the King of Han Zhu Gaoxu has heard about it, but you, the dignified cabinet bachelor, have not heard of it?
Have you always heard something?
Then why not report it to the imperial court and stop it?
Instead, choose to ignore or indulge?
No matter how you answer this question, it is wrong.
After all, Yang Rong himself is a member of the Jin gentry, and his family also has a lot of fertile land!
So when faced with this question from Prince Han, Yang Rong had a guilty conscience and could not retain his previous composure.
"Hmm...what's wrong? Haven't you heard of it? Yang Pu? Hu Yan? Jin Zhong? Xia Yuanji?"
Zhu Gaoxu smiled and named each of the court giants, and threw this problem to them.
However, the truth is out there, and even though they are knowledgeable, they still don’t know how to answer it.
Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, sighed and replied: "Your Highness, Your Highness the Prince, Your Highness the King of Han, there is indeed such an unhealthy trend in the countryside today. After scholars got their fame, they began to annex good farmland."
"but……"
"No need for butts." Zhu Gaoxu sneered, "That means you, the Minister of Household Affairs, admit that it is true that the gentry annexed the fields, right?"
Xia Yuanji opened his mouth, but in the end he could only remain silent, which was considered acquiescence.
Zhu Gaoxu looked at Yang Rong again, "Yang Mianren, do you admit this? Do you want me to send a royal guard to go to Lao Yang's house to check the number of fields and see how many fields you, the cabinet bachelor, have annexed?"
Yang Rong's face froze when he heard this, and instantly became as pale as paper.
He was born into a scholarly family, and his family background was already good. Then he became a popular follower of the emperor, and the Yang family also rose with the tide.
Yang Rong himself doesn't even know how much property his family has.
At least the thousand acres of fertile land at home cannot be escaped.
Therefore, Yang Rong had nothing to say.
Zhu Gaoxu looked at the other court giants and glanced at them one by one. No one dared to look at him.
Perhaps many of them are really honest and self-responsible, and are not as corrupt as Yang Rong, who will not refuse anyone who comes.
But just because they are incorruptible and self-responsible does not mean that their family members are also incorruptible and self-responsible.
Under the influence of small farmer thinking, Chinese people attach great importance to their fields. It is not a troublesome thing for their families to annex some fields with their power.
What's more, what scholars call "farming, reading, and passing down family traditions to settle the world" doesn't really mean they are allowed to farm their own land and chop firewood for cooking!
Without enough fertile farmland, how can they make a living and provide for the children of the clan to study hard?
This kind of temptation is fatal to readers.
"Oh, you've already talked about it, why didn't you say anything again?"
Zhu Gaoxu chuckled lightly and paced back and forth in front of the officials. The sound of his footsteps echoed throughout the side hall.
"This fame is a good thing, right?"
"With this honor, you scholars can enjoy the preferential treatment and benefits provided by the court without having to fulfill your obligations as officials!"
"You gentry have a lot of land, and you gentry have enough land. The servants are not qualified at all, and you don't pay a penny in taxes!"
"When I first started to supervise the country's governance, the treasury was empty, and the court could hardly get out the money for disaster relief. The people in the disaster area began to exchange their children for food. But you gentry are good, you should eat and drink. It’s time to play with women, and while I’m sitting in this palace, I can hear the laughter of the prostitutes from all over Qinhuai!”
The Prince of Han became more and more angry as he spoke. He even kicked Yang Rong to the ground, pointed at his nose and cursed angrily: "Master Yang Rong, come here and tell me that the words of your Confucian sages teach you how to be greedy." Do you want to enjoy yourself and annex fields?"
"What kind of Confucian sage is this? What kind of benevolence, righteousness and morality is this? What kind of sage teaching is this?"
Yang Rong was kicked to the ground violently. He couldn't take a breath and almost fell over.
Prince Han's sudden kick almost killed him!
But when he heard these questions from the King of Han, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he wished he could just go over there and forget about it.
He answered categorically that it would offend the entire Jin gentry group and harm the interests of the entire Jin gentry group.
But if he chooses to confront Zhu Gaoxu, the King of Han Dynasty, he might be beaten to death by the gorilla on the spot!
So Yang Rong wisely chose to pretend to be dead, and UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.net "passed out" directly.
Xia Yuanji and others were horrified when they saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward to check the situation. The whole side hall was in a state of uproar for a while.
Zhu Gaochi was always watching with cold eyes. He also realized that he could not continue today, otherwise it would lead to chaos in the court.
The second brother is already anxious. If he doesn't stop him, if he chops up all the officials, the old man will chop himself up when he comes back!
"That's enough! Today's business ends here. Retreat from the court!"
"Wait a minute! Yuan Chun's meritorious service has been decided. If we don't make it clear today, no one will be able to leave!"
Zhu Gaoxu sneered and winked at Nie Xing. The latter immediately blocked the entrance of the hall with a strange smile and blocked it.
Civil and military officials: "???"
Oh my god!
Can you still play like this?
You, Prince of Han, are shameless, aren't you?
Jin Zhong was so angry that his beard stood on end and shouted angrily: "King Han, what do you want?"
"It's nothing." Zhu Gaoxu showed a harmless smile, "It's just that you shameless scholars have been unhappy for a long time, and now I want to settle the score with you."
"I am expelling Yuan Chun from his official career. If any of you have any opinions, you can raise them!"
A group of civil servants: "!!!"
Numb!
Completely numb!
Who the hell dares to have an opinion?
Yang Rong was almost kicked to death by you!
Moreover, this thief also blocked the door. He will not give up until he achieves his goal!
"Since you all have no objections, it's settled!"
Zhu Gaoxu sneered and threw out his purpose.
"From now on, if an official is found guilty, he or she may be expelled from the official position depending on the seriousness of the case. The Ministry of Punishment has issued an order!"
"If any official neglects his duties and becomes an official, he will be removed from his position and will be banned from being employed forever!"
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