Please call me Your Majesty!

Chapter 72: Do something big

However, the characteristics of "Memorial on Public Security" also brought a new problem to Chu Shizhao.

Once Chu Shizhao does something that goes against the original intention of the "Public Security Memorial", he will lose an additional 20% of the people's support.

In other words, if Chu Shizhao had chosen to ignore Wang Ruizhen's case at the time, or to wait and see what would happen, the more resolute the "Public Security Memorial" would be, the more Chu Shizhao's reputation and public support would have collapsed.

This thing is a double-edged sword.

If used improperly, it will backfire.

Fortunately, Chu Shizhao did not weigh the pros and cons.

He acts as he should, and does not betray his original intention just because he can gain benefits by helping others.

Moreover, public morale is high and there are many visible benefits in the initial stages.

If you are the rebel, the effect may be doubled.

After all, if the people are motivated, it will be easier to recruit soldiers and their morale will be high, which can help curb uprisings among the people. The higher the local people's morale, the easier it will be to quell an uprising and the easier it will be to incite the masses.

Then Chu Shizhao’s thoughts became clearer.

Deal with him!

He had two successful cases. One was when he became a vassal and relied on the Jinyang Li family to rise to power. The other was when he became a vassal and actually also relied on the resources of the Huan family. He could be said to have made his fortune by relying on powerful people.

In this simulation, why not try the approach of the poor or even ordinary people.

If the latter succeeds, the changes and impact it brings will be more far-reaching than the previous two, and the benefits to the country will be more obvious.

[In August of the 29th year of Yongjin, you exceeded Gao Hai's authority and allowed farmers to report the illegal behavior of township officials, ordering township officials to return the seized land, and at the same time requiring Gao Hai to seriously redress the injustice.]

[And you are also secretly investigating Wang Ruizhen's case. ]

[Then you are surprised to find that most of Wang Ruizhen's land was donated by the villagers to evade taxes.]

[Because the common people changed their surnames and became the official families' nominal "family members" or even servants, they could avoid the imperial court's conscription. Of course, in doing so, they had to pay rent to Wang Ruizhen.]

[Although such behavior harmed the interests of the country, there was no actual evidence that Wang Ruizhen had harmed the people. This is why Wang Ruizhen dared to seek Chu Shixu's support, and Chu Shixu was willing to protect him.]

[Whether it is Wang Ruizhen or those opportunistic households, they all benefit from such behavior, but it harms those ordinary people who abide by the law and cannot escape taxes and labor service, because such behavior will shift the burden of taxes and labor service to those honest farmers. ]

[At the same time, the court suffered huge losses. The Emperor Yongjin obviously knew the inside story, but he wanted you to investigate it legally. ]

[You continue to investigate, but are surprised to find that the Wang family is greedy. In addition to the land that was "donated", you accidentally found that Wang Ruizhen's two sons took advantage of the disaster to lend money to the people who could not afford it. When the harvest came the next year, the amount of money they had to pay back had already doubled.]

[Most people just wanted to get by one day at a time, and didn’t know the ins and outs of the matter. By the time they discovered the problem, the land under their names had already been forcibly taken away.]

[Such a large amount of land cannot be easily taken by simply "donating", and the Wang family, who are in control of the village, have even built a luxurious private house in the area and exploited the villagers. ]

[However, you are shocked to find that in the Jiangnan area, there are more than one official family that behaves in this way. It is no wonder that the uprising in the south is so violent and fierce.]

[So you immediately chose the quickest way and ordered the Wang family in Songjiang to return the illegally acquired land.]

[The Wang family did not dare to resist the King of Jin, so they had to return the land to the people, but they were determined not to return the land that they had "donated".]

[Soon after, Huang Ling, a censor from Jiangnan, who was in the Ministry of Personnel, impeached Chu Shizhao for "protecting the people, bullying the gentry, and seeking fame to disrupt the government."]

[In the Jiangnan area, there are such cases of land donations everywhere. Especially in the Jiangnan area, the relationship between the nobles and the powerful is complicated and close. Chu Shizhao's behavior undoubtedly hurts their interests.]

[This led to a large number of southern nobles launching an impeachment against Jin Wang Chu Shizhao.]

【Under the numerous impeachments, the Yongjin Emperor was extremely furious and sent you back to the capital immediately. You are not allowed to stay in the south any longer.】

[However, your actions in Jiangnan have won the trust of the local people, and your popularity has been improved. The people of Jiangnan have become more supportive of you.] [Unfortunately, the gentry of Jiangnan have become less supportive of you.]

[You understand deeply that you have done nothing wrong. You have only harmed the interests of the vast majority of people. If Wang Ruizhen is punished for this, the interests of others will also be at risk. In order to protect the interests of everyone, Wang Ruizhen will definitely be protected by the Jiangnan gentry.]

[You are just a prince who has been temporarily given the imperial power. You have neither military power nor actual power.]

[But you are unwilling to return to Chang'an like this. ]

[And Chu Shizhao also knows the real purpose of Emperor Yongjin's request for you to come here. No matter how big the conflict between you and Wang Ruizhen is, it will not affect your life or death. Emperor Yongjin wants those embezzled lands to return to the hands of the court.]

[So you used your royal status and the power given to you by Emperor Yongjin to dispatch local military households and soldiers to directly investigate all the cases that Wang Ruizhen's two sons had committed in the past.]

[You behead Wang Ruizhen's two sons in public and continue to investigate the case according to the "Hidden Household Law" in the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and classify the case as "Wang Ruizhen secretly hid hidden households, hoarded domestic slaves, and intended to rebel."]

Come on, go ahead and impeach me.

I like confrontation and intensity.

Your voices of impeachment are too quiet for me to hear.

[Wang Ruizhen in Chang'an almost fainted when he heard about this case. He could not imagine that you would use such means.]

[However, once your fierce and fierce method was used, it immediately shocked the entire Jiangnan officialdom. They were terrified by your methods and worried that you would repeat the same radical approach as before and disturb the interests of everyone, so they secretly made a crazy decision.]

[In October of the 29th year of Yongjin, the mansion where you lived suddenly caught fire from nowhere. In your dream, you felt a hand as smooth as jade shaking your body. After waking up, you had to flee in a hurry.]

[The incident happened suddenly, and the guards and servants that your father sent to accompany you suffered numerous casualties. This is known in history as the "Burning Jin Case."]

[After you narrowly escaped, you were terrified. But when you looked around and found that the only person left beside you was the palace maid named Mei Niang, you immediately realized that the real danger had just begun.]

[Since someone dared to do such a dark thing and intended to set you on fire and kill you, they obviously won't let you leave here so easily.]

[As long as you go back, find the local government officials, and contact the government, they will most likely try their best to keep you.]

[After all, this is the south, the territory of the Jiangnan gentry. ]

[Whether it was an unfortunate fall into the water or a sudden death from an illness, these are all excuses they can come up with.]

[You have offended them too much and hurt their interests too much, that's why they are willing to take the risk and kill you.]

[Surprisingly, this palace maid named Mei Niang agrees with you. She thinks that the current situation means that you cannot contact the government at all. Such an approach may seem smart, but it is actually a way to die. You should stay out of the limelight, be patient for the time being, and wait for a better time to go back.]

Chu Shizhao knew that the situation in the south was very complicated.

But he never imagined that he would be able to experience the feeling of being burned by fire.

Is it true that a powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake? !
If it weren't for Mei Niang, he might have died on the spot during this simulation.

I think you, Da Zhou, are absolutely amazing!

There are flaws and loopholes everywhere!
Those who could break out of this dangerous political environment were at least at the level of Emperor Taizong.

But Chu Shizhao thought about it and felt that the matter could not be let go. Even if he went back to ask his father for help, Emperor Yongjin would not really help him get back on his feet.

It’s not like his father was being burned for fun.

Thinking of this, Chu Shizhao's eyes turned slightly cold.

This time, he's going to do something big.

(End of this chapter)