Chapter 208 Coercion and temptation
Zhu Biao couldn't help but smiled: "What kind of coercion and lure?"
Li Jin bowed and replied: "All the great families have children, which is enough to lead the young and strong tenant farmers to rebel. Even if it is not enough to resist the court, it is still enough to cause trouble. Naturally, the officials can only discuss with them in order to seek stability."
Then Li Jin continued: "The students see that most of the officials here are from aristocratic families. As long as they passively resist, it is enough for the officials sent by the imperial court to make it difficult for them to move forward. Under all kinds of difficulties, they can only compromise."
Zhu Biao shook his head: "Although there are some difficulties, it is not insurmountable if you do business with sincerity. Why should you be afraid of Shanxi if you have your back to the imperial court?"
Li Jin went on to say: "Threats are just an appetizer. As long as the officials of the court are dispirited, they will naturally bow their heads and give gifts that suit their wishes."
Zhu Biao knocked on the table and asked: "What is a gift that suits one's heart?"
Li Jin bowed and replied: "A greedy person will give him gold and silver, a **** lover will give you a young girl, and a good name will help him become famous."
"What if you don't love all three?"
"Then look for their confusion, or the difficulties of their relatives, and try their best to solve them. The so-called sincerity is what makes gold and stone open, let alone human beings."
Zhu Biao nodded after listening, looked at Li Jin and said, "I heard that your grandfather was the assistant official of the Zhongshu Provincial Committee of the Yuan Court, but he was beheaded because of corruption and covering up his comrades, which caused your family to fall. Is there such a thing?"
Li Jin swayed a bit, but still responded: "It is true."
Zhu Biao asked with a smile: "But I also heard that your grandfather was an upright official. He was quite famous in the ruling and opposition parties at that time. How was it broken?"
Li Jin raised his head and glanced at Zhu Biao: "my grandfather didn't love money, didn't like sex, and didn't want to be famous. Only my father was weak and sick since he was young, and he died soon after many illnesses. The chief officer of the Privy Council searched for names and cured me. Father's illness..."
Zhu Biao also had a lot of feelings when he heard it, which is why so many young people who were inspired to serve the country and the people in the early years became the people he hated the most after going through the ups and downs of the officialdom.
Quite an upright official, it doesn't mean that you can do it if you don't love money and don't like sex. There is always a way to break through that gap. Quite an upright official is a hundred times and a thousand times more difficult than a corrupt official. Just like Li Jin's grandfather, why should he refuse that famous doctor to give him Is the son being healed?
In the official world, if you take things from others, you will naturally have a handle, and you will break the pot and smash it later, and you will end up in a miserable end.
Zhu Biao looked at Li Jin and asked, "If you were in your grandfather's situation, how would you deal with it?"
Li Jin knelt down on the ground and said nothing, Zhu Biao smiled, Li Jin was still too young, no matter what he said at this time, whether he believed it or not, he should say it nicely, that's what he did.
However, Zhu Biao did not criticize anything harshly. When the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when people observe it, there will be no disciples. Instead, he asked: "Since there are so many methods, why do you say that this palace is invulnerable?"
Li Jin also came to his senses at this time. He was really stupid. He was caught in his own memories just now, and he didn't even say the least words of loyalty. If His Highness minds, he can't expect to make a difference in his life. .
Li Jinqian hurriedly cheered up and replied: "Is it the king's land in the whole world, is it the king's subjects on the coast of the land, the whole world will belong to His Highness, not to mention the mere wealth, they can't afford what His Highness wants."
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Liu Jin, who came in to pour water, glanced at Li Jin, who was eloquent, and shook his head. When will it be your turn to guess what His Highness is thinking?
Li Jin, who was kneeling on the ground, was talking, when he suddenly heard the sound of the table being slammed, he immediately stopped speaking, and buried his head deeply.
Zhu Biao said coldly: "Get out."
Li Jin hurriedly backed out with a trembling heart, Liu Jin came up to pour tea for Zhu Biao, Li Jin was too young, suddenly valued by His Highness, he dared to speculate and tell the prince's mind at will.
As a courtier, of course you have to speculate on the mind of the superior, but it is definitely not for you to say it, but you should understand it silently and cooperate silently, instead of such a big propaganda.
Li Jin is a mere new scholar with no official or job title. It was his turn to talk in front of His Royal Highness. Zhu Biao calmed down after taking a sip of tea.
Hitting Li Jin is just a trivial matter. This guy has been a little bit of a drift lately. Although he is indeed talented, he still needs to polish it a lot. Zhu Biao turned his head and asked Liu Jin to order Xu Yungong to lead two thousand people to Datong to carry some coal. Immediately It's autumn, and you have to get ready.
As for the aristocratic family, since Zhu Biao went out in person, they have no room to resist. Just like Li Jin said, they can't afford what Zhu Biao wants, and they can't afford what Zhu Biao wants, and the officials may not like it. Afraid of making things big and difficult to clean up.
But how could Zhu Biao be afraid, but he didn't want to damage the porcelain. If they really didn't cooperate, Zhu Biao's family could not afford to lose a few dishes.
They also understand these reasons, so after a few days of wrangling, it will be settled. As Zhu Biao expected, they expressed their willingness to cooperate the next day. To the court.
Of course Zhu Biao would not let them go so easily. Weakening the gentry was Zhu Biao's main goal. He had to divide his huge clan.
Then Zhu Biao’s visit was not for nothing, so it was inconvenient for him to talk about many things, so His Royal Highness the King of Chu had to go out. If he couldn’t bribe the prince, he planned to bribe the King of Chu. After all, the King of Chu would definitely need money in the future.
It's a pity that Zhu Yan refused to accept the hard and the soft, and had no choice but to follow the court's wishes. I hope His Highness the Crown Prince can give them a way out.
That night Zhu Yan rushed back to Daying, saluted his elder brother and sighed: "These guys are really rich, why don't you let me kill them."
Zhu Biao leaned on the back of his chair and said: "How can things be so easy to collect? Once there is a relationship between people, even if there is nothing at the beginning, it will inevitably be partial in the future. What's more, I have brought so many new scholars and noble children this time. They set a bad example, so what will happen in the future."
Zhu Biao still grinned distressedly, and Zhu Biao shook his head, which could make His Royal Highness, the prince of Chu, so excited. One can imagine what a touching bribe it was. If Zhu Biao wasn't here, would Zhu Biao be able to resist it? If other officials come here, can they resist it?
There is a long way to go, Zhu Biao knocked on the table to wake up Zhu Bian who was still dreaming; "They all agreed?"
Zhu Yan nodded and said: "What can I do if I don't agree? Brother, you have already started to call up the Shanxi garrison. Now they are afraid that the promise will be late, and His Royal Highness will start killing."
Zhu Biao smiled: "With their cooperation, everything will be easy to do, otherwise, if we catch them village by village, the young and strong will run away long ago.
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(end of this chapter)