In the Heavens

After venting in the leopard garden, Zhu Houzhao killed several animals who were protecting animals, and the anger of success was brought to the court.

It's really deceiving too much, it's nothing more than being robbed of my creativity, anyway, it's all a game, just for fun.

The key is that his ranking is still low. As the emperor who is rich all over the world, he is actually at the bottom of the rich list.

According to the information released on the rich list, every family that ranks ahead of him, the emperor, can be called an incomparably rich country.

Just copying one of them is enough for him to squander his whole life. When it comes to the extravagance of life, he is not the emperor at all.

The emperor, who had not been in court for several years, suddenly came to the court meeting, and all the civil and military officials were crying and mournful, as if the sky was about to fall.

Those who can hang out in the court are all well-informed people. Ever since they learned that Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng made the rich list, everyone knew that something big was going to happen.

Exposing a huge amount of wealth to others, even if there is no black history, it is still a crime. What's more, everyone's capital accumulation is inherently shady.

Either it is obtained from land annexation, hidden property and population, or it is obtained by plundering and plundering, and it has nothing to do with cleanliness.

Things that should have been hidden in the dark were now exposed, and things became troublesome.

Not to mention the emperor, even among the hundreds of officials, many people had thoughts that they shouldn't have. You don't need to seize all of them, as long as you touch them casually, you can save decades of struggle.

The power of the aristocratic family is to control the situation in the dark, and it is suddenly shown on the bright side. Their seemingly rock-solid foundation suddenly becomes illusory.

If you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves thinking about them. Now there are more than ten million people who are thinking about their wealth?

For the officials in the court, no matter what the final result of the competition is, these industries cannot be allowed to fall into the hands of the emperor.

Finance is the biggest means for civil officials to check and balance the emperor. If the emperor has enough financial resources, the value of the civil official group will be greatly reduced.

The early years of the Kingdom was the last example. At that time, the guard system had not yet been corrupted, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who raised millions of soldiers without spending a penny, could kill anyone who didn't like him.

It's different now, if the emperor dares to overturn the table, the bureaucrats can bankrupt the court at any time if they don't cooperate.

Of course, that was a last resort choice. Unless it is a last resort, no one wants to smash their jobs.

If the Ming Dynasty really collapsed, no one would be able to please anyone. As a vested interest, no one wants a violent reshuffle.

For the sake of profit, everyone retains the last ounce of loyalty to the imperial court. Maybe some people have a little more, but that is only a very small number.

For most officials, the family is always above the court. The purpose of being an official is for oneself and for the family, and if you can incidentally, you can also serve the court.

Mutual struggle and mutual compromise are the essence of the Ming court. It is undoubtedly a dangerous situation now, a bad emperor or a big family will overturn the table.

With Erlang's legs crossed, Zhu Houzhao said to the officials: "Everyone, stop crying, if it spreads, I don't know what I think I will do to you.

You should know why I came here today.

As a wealthy emperor, he suddenly discovered that there are so many people in the world who have more money than me. You still got it by poaching my Daming corner, what do you think I should do? "

Judging by Zhu Houzhao's posture, he almost had "I want to rob" written on his face. The censors who originally wanted to persuade the emperor to think about his appearance were also dumbfounded at the moment.

Past experience tells them that if they show up at this time, accidents will definitely happen on the way back.

The gift I received yesterday was only enough for everyone to help me talk, but not to the point where I had to work hard.

Even if you want to invite names, you have to choose a good time, at least wait until the emperor's anger subsides.

Otherwise, if the scene is messed up, it would be a small thing to lose one's own life, and it would be a tragedy to cause the family to die together.

Under the recommendation of all the officials, Yang Tinghe stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, some rumors in the world are all fabricated out of thin air and have no basis."

If you are in the officialdom, you must learn to talk nonsense. No matter how much evidence there is on the surface, he must insist that this is false.

Above the court, it is better to offend the emperor than to offend the aristocratic family and officials.

If you offend the emperor, you will go home early to enjoy the blessings at worst; if you offend the latter two, not only will you lose your wealth and life, but you will also have to sacrifice your life before and after your life.

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao opened his mouth into an O shape, he pointed at Yang Tinghe with a trembling right hand, as if he wanted to reprimand him sharply.

Dai Fengting, the censor of Zuodu who was at the side, reacted, and immediately continued: "Your Majesty, what Elder Yang Ge said is true. It's just a few rumors, don't take it to heart at all.

As we all know, Yan Shenggong was poor all his life, and he was usually reluctant to eat an egg. He is a model for us saints to learn from.

Such a moral model should be slandered by sinister villains, it is really unreasonable.

It's a pity that Yan Shenggong, a great Confucian of the generation, worked hard for the country and the people for most of his life, and died in his later years because he could not bear the insult.

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All kinds of nasty words, don't want to pile up money. Regardless of whether the dead Yan Shenggong could bear it or not, he was directly described as a morally perfect person surpassing Kong Shengren.

Civil and military officials with experience in fighting all know that they seem to be praising Shenggong, but in fact they are deliberately drawing the emperor's anger on them.

A dead fellow Daoist would not die a poor one. At such a time, the first thing the aristocratic family should do is to protect themselves. Going against the emperor at this juncture will definitely kill you.

No matter how deep their influence on the court is, it is of no use if they push the brat on the dragon chair into a hurry, they may be able to issue an imperial edict to punish the whole world.

With a reputation, even if the local government does not move, people in the rivers and lakes will attack them.

At worst, the emperor and the various factions in the rivers and lakes will share the profits, one side will take away the land, and the other side will divide up the property and floating wealth. The major forces in the martial arts world would not mind helping the emperor to ransack the house.

As a last resort, everyone could only push Yan Shenggong, who was protected by a saint, to fight the emperor. It just so happened that Yan Shenggong himself died, so he could get some sympathy points.

First, he was stabbed in the back by his own people, and then he was attacked by Dai Fengting's words without saying anything. Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he almost slapped the dragon chair.

I thought I was already shameless enough, but I didn't expect that the guys in front of me were even more shameless than him.

Nonsense is nonsense, Zhu Houzhao still knows what can't be done. At least it is not enough to take down Yan Shenggong, this is the face of the scholars, and if the Confucian scholars are moved, they must riot.

But if you let Yan Shenggong go, can you still attack the people behind?

The nonsense of "the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die" can only be fooled by Shengdou Xiaomin. The emperor can't act willfully, such a big event must be famous.

The civil servants have very low demands on themselves. Corruption and bribery, and disregard for human life can only be regarded as minor losses.

Annexing land and taking it by force are not crimes at all for aristocratic families.

After thinking hard, Zhu Houzhao found it with great difficulty: "wealth surpasses the emperor", and he committed a big taboo crime.

I thought that even if I didn't search the house, I could get a fortune from them, but I didn't expect to be blocked at the beginning.

Now it is not only a question of whether to copy or not, but the imperial power has been impacted. The emperor's pretense of being rich in the world was torn off, and the sanctity of imperial power was broken.

It can be said that Yang Tinghe's back stabbing directly put Zhengde in a dangerous situation, and if he was not careful, he would fall into the abyss.

Seeing all the officials come on stage one by one, and the confidants who have been painstakingly cultivated either defected or kept silent, Zhu Houzhao felt sad from his heart.

Now he finally understands the power of the aristocratic family. The so-called distinction between poor families and aristocratic families is essentially a fallacy.

The humble family is originally a declining family, and when the children become officials, they bid farewell to the existing class. With a little effort, they will become a new family.

Class determines everyone's position. As a member of vested interests, no one wants to see the emperor have the power to reach out at will.

If the emperor allowed the emperor to strike at the top of the leaderboard today, who could guarantee that the knife would not be cut on him tomorrow?

The general trend is like this, even if there are people who are loyal to the emperor. Now I can only pretend to be deaf and dumb, so as not to cause trouble to my upper body.

In a sense, Zhu Houzhao should be lucky. Although the current Aristocratic Group is still powerful, there are already many heroes in the group, not as perverted as the powerful families in the Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Otherwise, it would not be a group of people arguing with him now, but a different emperor on the spot.

However, any big family that has inherited the ancients is very familiar with this aspect of business. Even if he hadn't personally led the abolition of the monarchy, he definitely participated in it.

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Mount Tai Yuhuangding

Putting down the letter in his hand, the Taoist priest of Tianmen said slowly: "The leader of the Five Sacred Mountains has ordered that from now on, the Five Sacred Sword Sect shall not collect property from anyone on the rich list, and shall not undertake related protection tasks.

Send an order to return all the ritual gifts sent by the Kong family, we Taishan faction can't bear it! "

Hunjianghu talked about loyalty, if the protection fee was collected, he had to provide security protection. Now that there is no protection, it is natural to send the money back.

The elder Yu Jizi immediately objected: "Nephew, the head of the sect, this year they sent gifts, but they are more than ten times thicker.

The members of the Kong family also promised that in the future, the annual ceremony will not be less than one hundred thousand taels, as long as we..."

After glaring at Yu Jizi, the Taoist priest of Tianmen sternly reprimanded: "That's enough, didn't my uncle hear what I said just now?

Or maybe Uncle Master thinks that he is so noble that he can even disobey the order of the leader of the Five Sacred Mountains? "

It can be seen that Taoist Tianmen doesn't have any good feelings for this elder of the master who has been making trouble for him.

It's a pity that these shameless elders still have a large group of disciples under their command, accounting for nearly 40% of the strength of Taishan Sect, even if he is the leader, he can't beat these old guys.

Now it is rare that Yujizi is greedy for a while, ignores the seriousness of the problem, and directly hits the muzzle of the gun. Naturally, Tianmen will not let go of the opportunity to suppress his prestige.

"snort!"

"Of course, I must abide by the order of the leader of the Five Sacred Mountains. But it must be the order of the leader Li.

Leader Li just told us not to collect gifts from the Kong family, but he didn't ask us to return the things. "

It's not Yujizi Toutie, it's mainly because the etiquette of the local big clans has always been the responsibility of their brothers and sisters. In addition to the daily etiquette, there is usually an extra reward.

The emergence of the rich list made the Kong family aware of the danger. In order to avoid harassment from the people in the Jianghu, while taking the initiative to increase the protection fee, he did not hesitate to spend huge sums of money to buy off their brothers and sisters.

Not only Taishan School received it, but several first-class schools in Shandong Wulin, none of them were left behind.

Even the Kong family offered to hire Taishan disciples to serve as worshippers, but Yujizi and the others were greedy, but they still knew what they couldn't do, so they didn't make random promises.

After a sneer, Taoist Tianmen stared at Yujizi and said indifferently: "If you are told to retreat, you will retreat!

It is about the reputation of my Taishan School and Wuyue Sword School, if anyone dares to corrupt them, they will have to try the sword in my hand! "

Strength is the greatest confidence. After more than ten years of hard work, Taoist Tianmen has become the top master of the Taishan School. With the rise of a group of brothers, he has gradually gained the upper hand in the school's power struggle.

It's just that the struggle between the two factions has not stopped, but has become more intense, even surpassing that of the past.

One of the important reasons was the allocation of Xiaopei Yuan Pill back then, and the Tianmen Taoist took advantage of his position as the leader to give all of it to his own people, which aroused strong dissatisfaction from the Supreme Elders.

However, Taoist Tianmen didn't regret it. If he hadn't strengthened his own strength, the strength of the sect leader would not have developed so fast.

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