At some point, fine snowflakes fell from the sky and fell to the ground.

Looking up at the gray sky, Xiao Ming felt a little emotional, for him another year has passed, and this is also the fifteenth year of his coming to this world, according to the modern calendar, it should be the end of 1714, and unconsciously more than ten years have passed in the eighteenth century.

"Thank your mother for your care, and the child should keep it in mind." , Facing Concubine Zhen's worried eyes, Xiao Ming opened his mouth and said with relief.

In any era, change requires great courage, because it will inevitably hurt the interests of some groups, but if they do not harm their interests, the interests of the empire will suffer serious losses.

Xiao Ming didn't know that the decree he introduced would make the contradictions between him and the magnates even more intense, but if he didn't take decisive measures, everything he had done for the empire over the years would be to make wedding dresses for others after all.

Coming from modern times, he has experienced the rise and fall of contemporary great powers, and the Soviet Union, which was once a pole of the world, has disintegrated into the past in the blink of an eye, which is enough to show that powerful force and advanced technology are not a panacea for all diseases.

The most important thing is the stability of the imperial system to ensure that there is no chaos within the empire.

But now everything Wang Chengye is doing is a time bomb, as the empire becomes more and more enlightened, this distinction between the noble and the low will inevitably cause chaos, and it is precisely when he sees this that he will take decisive measures.

Because if the situation continues to develop, a war between the powerful and the Hanmen will be inevitable, so it is better to slowly weaken the various rights of the nobles and finally resolve this contradiction peacefully.

However, as Concubine Zhen said, in this way, he will have to bear the resentment and resentment from the nobles.

Fixedly glanced at Xiao Ming, Concubine Zhen sighed softly, because she could see that Xiao Ming was just dealing with her, and he still had to carry out this matter in the end.

Shaking her head slightly, she pulled Fei Yue'er and turned away.

Seeing the two leave, Xiao Ming's brows stretched a little, and at this time Qian Dafu said: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother's words are not unreasonable, from now on the emperor should be careful, after all, this time the emperor is going to deal with not a certain person, but a large group of people." ”

Clenching his fists, Xiao Ming walked out of the door, bathed himself in the cold wind, and said aloud: "I rose in the impoverished land of six states, fought in the south and the north, and killed countless people, and now this throne is killed in the sea of blood in the sword mountain, I didn't get the Golden Horde, I destroyed Goryeo, and I also destroyed the Japanese country, are you still afraid that you can't destroy those young people?" They had better not mess with me, or I will make them understand what hell on earth is. ”

Qian Dafu was shocked by Xiao Ming's words, and looking at the more and more mature emperor in front of him, his heart was boiling.

"The emperor is right, the emperor has never been afraid of anyone in the past ten years!"

With a sneer on the corner of his mouth, Xiao Ming said to Qian Dafu: "Let Lu Fei and Cui Shangan come to see me immediately." “

Qian Dafu's heart sank, he understood that this time Xiao Ming was going to arrange it in advance, if there was a mess, the guns of the imperial army would probably be aimed at these nobles who were making trouble.

In response, Qian Dafu immediately entered the telegraph room and sent telegrams to Lu Fei and Cui Shangan respectively.

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Wang's compound.

Not long after Ge Yiren left, a heart-rending cry suddenly came from here, and for a while, everyone around was attracted by the movement here.

Zhu Wuliu's new home was opposite the Wang family's compound, and he arrived at the Wang family after hearing the crying.

Because it is the right door, the Zhu family is a big family in Qingzhou, Wang Chengye and Zhu Wuliu often walk around each other, and the two can be said to be acquaintances.

"What's wrong? What happened? Zhu Wuliu walked to the place where the Wang family was, looked into the house, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

It turned out that there was a person hanging on the beam of this room at this time, not someone else, but Wang Chengye, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Wuliu was suddenly scared into a cold sweat.

"Wang Ze, this, what's wrong?" Zhu Wuliu stammered, obviously frightened, a Ministry of Rites Shangshu committed suicide at home, which is a great event.

The thin young man who knelt and cried in front of the door was Wang Chengye's eldest son Wang Ze, he cried and said: "After returning home, my father was in a trance, just saying that the Ministry of Rites is gone, he is a sinner through the ages, and the emperor does not give the Wang family a way to live, and later we learned that he was dismissed from his official position by the emperor, and the official talisman on his body was also removed, and then he asked me to get a pot of wine to accompany him to have a few drinks, but after I came back with the wine, he hanged himself......"

Understanding the cause and effect, Zhu Wuliu sighed, and he said: "Hey, this is not enough, it has been a few years since Yu Ming was deposed by the emperor, and now he is not still good, why bother?" Maybe the emperor is in a better mood and is called back again. “

Wang Ze cried bitterly: "My father has always been extremely good-looking, and his temperament is extreme, he was so humiliated by the emperor, he must be extremely indignant in his heart, blame me, I should have thought ......of it a long time ago."

Zhu Wuliu still wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he found that he couldn't say anything, he couldn't complain that the emperor had deposed Wang Chengye, after all, this was a government office, and he didn't need to mix blindly as a businessman, otherwise although he had a big family, he couldn't withstand the crushing of the emperor's little finger.

After a few words of comfort, Zhu Wuliu turned around and left, at this time, the officials who were alarmed around arrived at Wang's house one after another, and they were quite emotional when they saw Wang Chengye hanged himself.

Zhu Wuliu understood the cause and effect, and although he sympathized with Wang Chengye's death, he was extremely supportive of the current emperor's decision-making.

Although he is now a big family in Qingzhou, his children will still be bullied by these nobles at school.

After all, Shinong Industry and Commerce only made the four classes equal in the law, but it can still be clearly felt in the daily thoughts.

Besides, this Wang Chengye is full of poetry and books, and he can be regarded as a talent, but his son Wang Ze is an out-and-out prodigal son, if such a person is on the official side, the local people will definitely be harmed.

Back at home, Zhu Wuliu's wife, Song, came over and asked, "What's wrong with the other side?" The ghost cries wolf, and the dead dad yes? “

Zhu Wuliu, who sat down to drink tea and was thinking about it, spit out the tea with a "poof", and said with a smile: "This can make you accurate, Wang Ze's father is dead." ”

After that, he explained the reasons before and after.

Song sighed: "It is said that this companion is like a companion tiger, and this thing has really come true today, hey, no wonder our eldest brother said that it is not easy to be an errand by the emperor's side." ”

"Of course, the emperor holds the power of life and death in the world, whoever wants to die will die, whoever wants to live will live, this Wang Chengye is also self-inflicted, he makes the emperor unhappy, can the emperor make him happy?"

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