Zhu Houzhao didn't expect that the gentry in Jiangnan would admit defeat so quickly, thinking that he had not yet developed a trick to defeat the local tyrants and let the proletariat rule.

But no matter what, since these gentry in Jiangnan are willing to admit defeat and compromise, Zhu Houzhao, as the emperor, would not give them the opportunity to be good people.

After all, Zhu Houzhao did not want to force the gentry to rebel. Without any chance, his goal was not to launch a revolution from top to bottom, which would also revolutionize his own emperor.

In Zhu Houzhao's opinion, everyone is ruler. No one wants to become ruled unless it is absolutely necessary. However, everyone, as rulers, cannot just let me, the emperor sacrifice his interests to revitalize the empire and even ease class conflicts. You gentry must also fulfill your obligations.

Therefore, when Zhu Houzhao saw the great scholar Cheng Jian kneeling down to him and gave a great gift, he hurriedly asked Liu Jin to help him up: "You don't have to do this, you were a minister of the Ming Dynasty and a great scholar of Neo-Confucianism. I have never asked the scholars and officials to bow to me and be slaves. I just asked you to pay taxes according to the rules;

After all, the court needs money and food to support soldiers, and the purpose of raising soldiers is to maintain this peaceful and prosperous era. Peace in the world is not only good to me and the common people in the world, but also to you gentry. But we cannot just let me be frugal and let the people pay taxes. You will not fulfill your responsibility for the rise and fall of the world, right?"

Cheng Jian hurriedly thanked him, then stood up and said:

"Your Majesty said so much, many gentry did not understand this truth. They only knew how to sit in their study and read the saint's books, but they did not know how difficult the court was. Fortunately, everyone now understands the hard work of the court. Now please rest assured that our subjects are willing to serve Your Majesty for the Ming Dynasty!"

Cheng Jian came to seek peace on behalf of the gentry in Jiangnan today. Now that Zhu Houzhao said this, he naturally would not sing the opposite tune anymore and just started to echo.

"If the gentry in Jiangnan were all as sensible as Mr. Cheng, there would be no need to make such a big fight," Zhu Houzhao asked again, "I heard from Master Ma, you are the second Cheng?"

"Report to Your Majesty, I am the descendant of Da Cheng (the thinker of Northern Song Dynasty, Cheng Hao), Cheng Jian replied.

"No wonder he is so tactful and worthy of being a descendant of a famous family. He drafted an order and sealed the Five Classics Doctor of the Hanlin Academy of Chengmen."

Zhu Houzhao nodded and gave a decree.

The reason why he did this was naturally to show the Confucian scholars all over the world, so that these people knew that compromise and concessions were also beneficial, and they did not think about being forced to the court.

As for the doctors of the Five Classics of the Hanlin Academy, it is naturally worthless, but literati value this, especially the Neo-Confucian family.

After all, those who can get this official position now mean that they are descendants of saints, such as Mencius and Yan Zi, which is a great honor.

Even after Confucius, he was granted the title of Yansheng Gong by the court, with a higher status and much higher status, so high that Qufu became its independent kingdom. However, the Confucius family was also thicker in appearance and other families were not as good as those of other families, so the titles were so high.

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao had also given him a doctor of the Five Classics of the Hanlin Academy to Chengmen, Cheng was moved and started crying on the spot. He sobbed and bowed again, and his head hit the ground: "The Cheng family was grateful to His Majesty Dai! The Cheng family swears to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty to the death! Woo woo!"

Although Zhu Houzhao knew that the promises made by these so-called Jiangnan gentry, especially such Neo-Confucian families, were like farts, he had to admit that it still sounded comfortable when he was in the situation. He had to admit that there were only two kinds of people in the world who were most touching when they cried, one was a bitch and the other was a scholar.

The people on the road from Zhenjiang to Nanjing were watching the army that was going to Nanjing to rebel indifferently.

At this time, Fang Dacai, an ordinary citizen in Dantu Town, was a little confused about what the more than 8,000 officers and soldiers were screaming and going, and couldn't help but ask his father: "Dad, what are they going?"

"Do you have any food at home?" Fang Dacai's father asked.

"There are so many. I helped the government build a river some time ago. I earned six dou of rice. I can also change some cloth to make new clothes," said the housemaster.

"If you have food, please do whatever they do. If they do their rebellion, we plant our land. If we don't believe they can make a fortune," said Fang Dacai's father.

Many people, like Fang Dacai's father, turned a blind eye to the rebellion of the Zhenjiang General Tian Zheng, was more like watching a show, and they didn't even understand why the Zhenjiang General wanted to rebel, whether they could not afford to eat or wear clothes.

Not only the people thought so, Bai Jingshan, a Qianhu, under the command of Zhenjiang General Tian Zheng, did not understand why Zhenjiang General wanted to rebel, and even felt that there was no future for rebellion. Therefore, he took his men and horses to take a small path to Nanjing City without hesitation, and reported the rebellion that Zhenjiang General Tian Zheng wanted to rebel to Governor Wang Yangming.

Not only Baijingshan, but also the gentry from Zhenjiang to Nanjing, all rushed to report that someone had rebelled. After all, they had already admitted their conscience and realized that the court was still popular with the people.

Even the gentry near Nanjing City finally had a reasonable reason to organize the people, and the reason was naturally to serve the king and protect the emperor.

The people responded positively to the king's support. After all, the emperor will cause chaos in the world if it is gone. They have just experienced a riot and do not want to experience another riot.

Suddenly, more and more militia gathered outside Nanjing City, and of course, the troops of Zhenjiang General Tian Zheng.

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At this time, Zhu Houzhao also learned from Wang Yangming and the informant Qianhu Bai Jingshan that the general Tian Zhengqi rebelled. Zhu Houzhao was quite surprised by this. He was not surprised that there would be someone rebellion, but what was surprised was that the rebel was actually a military officer!

Zhu Houzhao thought that he had not yet reformed the military system and abolished his military status. Now he was just ruthless against the gentry in Jiangnan. Why was the military officer who rebelled first?

But no matter what, this is the first time Zhu Houzhao has experienced a rebellion and is not far from him, so he is still more serious about this.

But Zhu Houzhao was not panicked. First of all, in addition to the local army in Nanjing, he also had a division of the Guards with tens of thousands of troops. Secondly, he also had three more soldiers, including Ma Wensheng, Wang Yangming and Qiu Yue, who were more familiar with the army. He would not have allowed a general officer to successfully rebel.

But for civil servants such as Ma Wensheng and even gentry in Jiangnan like Cheng Jian, there was still a serious incident. They all looked solemn and began to discuss how to mobilize troops to help the king. Even Wang Yangming did not dare to underestimate him. After all, the emperor was in Nanjing City, and this was the first time he had faced such an accident, and Qiu Yue was the same.
Chapter completed!