"Your Majesty, my Ming Dynasty governs the country with benevolence and filial piety. It is a ancestral system set by Taizu. How can I act lightly?" At this time, the matter was very important. As soon as Li You finished speaking, someone came out to persuade him, because he still remembered the consequences of the officials involved in the Shanxi Shang and Liao Sheng cases, so his words were quite tactful, and he was not as direct as the previous Ming censor.

"We have been enjoying the country in Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years. The royal family has increased from dozens of people at the beginning of the founding of the country to 200,000. The annual expenses required to support these royal families alone account for 40% of the annual income of the imperial court. Moreover, most of these royal families rely on their own identities to act arbitrarily. I am afraid that even Taizu's spirit in heaven will be unable to bear it anymore, right?" Li You retorted that if the current royal family only had the twenty-six vassal kings enthroned by Zhu Yuanzhang, Li You would not have to worry about these at all. However, the number of royal families now is 200,000. It would be terrible to support 200,000 royal families. This expense is even higher than the annual military pay of the Ming Dynasty, and these people are still growing. Even if the court can support 200,000, what should we do when it reaches 300,000, 400,000 or even one million? I'm afraid that all the annual income of the Ming Dynasty will be enough?

The number of 200,000 indeed scared the ministers who were not clear about the situation. Even if these 200,000 people were all the lowest lieutenants in Zhenguo, their annual salary was 40,000, and the total of 200,000 people was 80 million. This figure could be supported by the Ming Dynasty? What's more, there are many princes with higher salary, princes, generals of Zhenguo, generals of the State of Zhenguo, generals of the State of Zhenguo, generals of the State of Zhenguo, generals of the State of Zhenguo, generals of the State of Zhenguo, generals of the State of Zhenguo, generals of the State of Zhenguo, generals of the State of Zhenguo, generals of the State of Zhenguo, generals of the State of Zhenguo, generals of the State of Fengguo, generals of the State of Zhenguo, lieutenants of the State of Fengguo.

"Your Majesty, according to the ancestral system, the Ming royal family divided the feudals without tinting the soil, the titles without placing the people, the food and salary without governing the affairs, the business was not allowed, the imperial examination was not allowed, and the officials were not allowed." Li Biao came out and asked another question, "After more than two hundred years, these royal children were probably already in a difficult position to make a living." After thinking for a long time, Li Biao used such an vague word to describe this group of waste snacks. "If Your Majesty immediately cut off their salary, how could these people make a living?"

The questions raised by Li Biao are much more realistic than these people said. Yes, we can't let these royal nobles wander on the streets and beg for a while. At that time, they will lose all the face of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

"This matter is not done overnight. I will give them some time to learn their living skills." Then Li You came up with the solution formulated by himself and Xu Guangqi and other confidants. First, we will strictly investigate the illegal affairs of each clan to see if they are as strict as King Fu, and they will violate the royal system set by Taizu. If there is any current situation, they will be dealt with strictly, and their identity as a clan is removed and demoted to common people.

With the integrity of this group of royal families, many people must have committed these crimes. As long as the review is strong enough, a large number of royal families can be demoted to common people, greatly reducing the burden on the court, and also calming the resentment of the people in various places, returning the industries and fields they seized, so that the people under their rule can have a way out, and greatly alleviating the increasingly fierce conflicts in the local area.

"Your Majesty, these are all my Zhu family. I hope your Majesty is more kind." The sect leader in the sect's mansion came out to persuade him tremblingly. He thought that he would be fine with him as usual when he went to court today, but he expected that he would be so bolt from the blue. Now that he has to come out and speak for these royal families.

"According to the crimes they committed, it is already very generous to demote them to common people." Li You said lightly, "This matter is settled. Summon the Three Laws, the Jinyiwei and the Clan Mansion jointly investigated illegal affairs of the royal family in various places. Since this matter was caused by King Fu, then start from Luoyang!"

In this way, King Fu is likely to be reduced to titles or even demoted to common people, but it is much stronger than the original history of the "Fu Lu Banquet" after being killed by the rebel army.

Then Li You announced the second rule, "You said that "a gentleman's destiny will be killed for five generations." Once the descendants of each branch of the royal family have passed the five squad, they no longer enjoy the power to inherit the title and become common people. Of course, they also automatically enjoy many rights such as doing business and taking exams, and are no longer restricted by the ancestral system. In this way, the number of a large number of royal families can be reduced.

Of course, given that this policy has just begun to be implemented, they can be given a few years of buffering time. In these years, the court will reduce the salary and leave time for them to learn various living skills, so as not to let these people die without food and clothing. However, once this deadline is passed, the court will not pay attention to it even if they are miserable.

Then Li You gave a series of measures, including abolishing hereditary and replacing the number of inherited titles in the royal family, enriching the amount, and limiting the number of people in each royal family, etc. If these policies can be strictly implemented, the number of members of the Ming Dynasty's royal family will be reduced to an acceptable range.

Finally, Li You left a way out for the royal families who were unwilling to be raised as pigs. As long as they were willing to go to Liuqiu and other places to pioneer the territory, the court would provide them with support, depriving the royal families of the royal families of not being able to take power or do business, so that they could display their talents overseas. Of course, in Li You's view, these 200,000 pigs are no, but among the 200,000 royal families, I am afraid that few people can make such a decision.

As soon as the decree was announced, the royal families in various places seemed to be hit by a bolt from the blue and were stunned. After they realized, the royal families in the capital quickly tried to enter the palace to beg Li You to take back the decree, but Li You showed a very firm attitude and was unmoved at all.

In addition, over the years, the reputation of the royal family has been extremely corrupted, and they have no actual power and do not have much contact with officials. They do not have much practical power in politics. Naturally, the gentry refused to stand up for them, and even wanted the royal family to be punished so that they could seek benefits from it.

Therefore, although the royal families knelt at the palace gate and cried, this policy was unswervingly promulgated the world. The joint investigation agency composed of the Three Laws, Jinyiwei, Dongchang and Zongren Mansion also immediately went to Luoyang to thoroughly investigate the illegal affairs of the royal family from King Fu.

Soon, due to the active complaints of the gentry and the investigation agencies of Luoyang, the illegal affairs of the King of Fu were immediately investigated. They were either demoted to titles or demoted to common people, the property in the mansion was taken out to compensate the people, and the excess land was also taken back, and the King of Fu was given the punishment they deserved.8
Chapter completed!