Chapter 253 King of Han: King Qi is still a loyal man
Zhu Di felt a little guilty: "Even so, the imperial court will not be able to afford it."
Zhu Gaojie said in a deep voice: "Father, you haven't figured it out yet. OK, son, I will do the math for you. The salary of Lieutenant Fengguo, the lowest in the clan, is two hundred dan per year, which doesn't sound like much.
But how about you stop counting them?"
Zhu Di asked: "How much?"
Zhu Gaojie said: "Is it reasonable for a generation of vassal kings who have nothing to do to have thirty sons? Is it reasonable for a son to have twenty sons? A son will have ten sons, and ten will have ten sons. Is it reasonable for us?
Add it all up, thirty times twenty times ten times ten, that’s 60,000! A full guard only has 5,600 people. These 60,000 troops are enough to form a frontier army to guard the frontier fortress. The Ming Dynasty raised
A 60,000-strong army without any fighting capacity is still a vassal. How many vassals must there be in the world?"
Zhu Di was frightened by this huge number and couldn't help but gasped: "So many?!"
What Zhu Gaojie said was not exaggerated at all.
There are some weird ones in the Zhu family, some of whom gave birth to a hundred sons in a lifetime!
Zhu Di calmed down and asked, "Do you have a solution?"
He understood King Qi, and when King Qi opened his mouth, he already had a solution to the problem.
He knew one thing more clearly: King Qi's ingenuity revealed on the table was just the tip of the iceberg.
Zhu Gaojie said slowly: "Each one receives the land one by one, and rests on it for the sake of his eternal career. Seeing that there are people in each government who have more money than they can use, he will start with the common people and lieutenants. When he receives the salary, he will donate three or four years of salary.
, buy the land and endow it with the annual salary. For those who have lost their land, the land they left behind will be given to the officials and the sects. Those who have not received the land are asked to follow the land restriction law and are not allowed to livestock land.
Those who have land are ordered to sell it to other clans. Those who receive land and can live in Guangqianmo, listen. So I advise you to accept the land. The remaining sons of the person who receives the land are compared with the Zhengzhi, imitating the ancient ones. The husband measured and awarded four points.
One, if it is reduced to the point where it is no longer enough to be awarded. In this way, in a few decades, everyone from general to lieutenant will have a permanent career, and there will be no need to worry about funds."
Taking into account that the old man's limited education level may not be able to understand, he continued: "A simple understanding is that fiefdom is divided into land. Fiefdom only collects taxes. If you buy a certain amount of land and give it to you, you can collect rent, and the rent is better than the tax.
Dozens of times more. And after the land is divided, the descendants of the vassal will no longer be enfeoffed. I think Yongye will completely solve the vassal problem. Of course, buying land will cost a lot of money."
The issue of sects and vassals in the Ming Empire was like a poisonous sharp blade inserted into the heart, corroding the heart of the empire step by step. It is not that no one thought about how to solve this problem.
Xu Guangqi in the late Ming Dynasty came up with such a solution.
This dear man can be said to be an all-round talent. He introduced the idea of "the earth is round" in astronomy and calendar. In terms of agriculture, he also wrote "Agricultural Policy Complete Book", "Sweet Potato Book", "Agricultural Relics Miscellaneous Book" and "Agricultural Book".
Drafts", "Taiwan Water Law" and other works.
In mathematics, he also translated "Elements of Geometry" and personally wrote "Pythagorean Theory" and "Measurement of Similarities and Differences".
In the military, Xu Guangqi admired the manufacture of firearms, vigorously promoted the introduction of artillery, and played with the use of firearms. He wrote works such as "The Essentials of Fire Attack" and "The Method of Making Gunpowder".
It would be fine if they were just scientific research talents. In fact, scientific research is just Xu Guangqi's side job. His main job is politics. He was a Wanli Jinshi. His official position was Chongzhen, Minister of Rites and Wenyuan Pavilion. He was the second assistant to the cabinet, second only to the first assistant
The second-in-command in the cabinet.
While fighting wits and courage with the old foxes in the court to sit at the core of the empire, while doing scientific research, he accidentally became a top figure in the scientific research community of the Ming Dynasty...
As for how to solve the problem of vassalage, Xu Guangqi also found a way to change the feudal land into land. It was based on the Xia Yin Shang system of enfeoffing and dividing land, and there were also specific measures. However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, even a god like Xu Guangqi could not save him.
came back.
The country is about to perish, and evildoers will appear. There are ways to save the country, but no one dares to do these things. The Zhu family cannot be offended, and the local gentry cannot do anything about it. The number of those who are not and those who are not will be reported. Whoever dares to stand up to oppose will have to do it himself.
There are enough heads for them to chop off.
As long as you dare to touch these things, let alone Xu Guangqi, who is now the second-in-command in the cabinet, even if you are the first-in-command in the cabinet and the chief minister, you will have to let the nine tribes have fun.
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Zhu Di thought for a moment and praised: "It's really a fairy strategy that eradicated the troubles of the Ming dynasty. No matter how they gave birth, they only had so much land in the end. If they gave birth to more children, they would not be able to support them. If they gave birth to fewer children, they would be passed on longer."
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Thinking of this, Zhu Di couldn't help but asked in confusion: "How did you get such a big head? How did you come up with these evil strategies?"
He felt frightened when he heard the problem, but King Qi was able to come up with a solution so effortlessly.
Although he was accustomed to King Qi's evil thoughts from time to time, Zhu Di was always amazed every time he heard these ideas that King Qi came up with.
Zhu Gaojie smiled and said, "It's just about reading more books and reading more newspapers."
Zhu Di didn't believe it and didn't ask further.
But what he didn't expect was that what King Qi said this time was true.
"But, have you ever thought about a question?"
Zhu Di turned around and said, "Although this can remove the heavy oppression caused by the vassal clan, which is beneficial to the court, it is harmful to the Zhu family. You are a member of the Zhu family. If you become emperor in the future, your sons will always be vassal kings."
, the vassal king is reborn as the county king, and his descendants will repeat it endlessly. The knife you are thinking of to deal with the vassal lord now will also fall on your descendants in the future. "
The reason why Zongfan can live as long as the country is because they are members of the Zhu family.
Zhu Gaojie himself is a member of the Zhu family, and he himself is a beneficiary of the vassal policy. But now he is sharpening his sword and going towards the Zhu family. In the end, sooner or later, this knife will hit him.
When Zhu Gaojie became emperor, except for the emperor's son, all the other sons would cry.
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Zhu Gaojie smiled slightly: "If the Zongfan is not cured, it will poison the Ming Dynasty for a long time. If the Ming Dynasty is gone, will the Zongfan still be named Zhu?"
Zhu Di suddenly realized: "Yes, you are right. If the country is gone, what will happen to the vassal?"
The Ming Dynasty belongs to the Zhu family, and the Zhu family also belongs to the Ming Dynasty. They both prosper and suffer.
The vassal vassals would do anything to make money, but they were unwilling to do things like capitalizing on the enemy and treason, because if the country was gone, their vassal vassals would be doomed. Of course, Zhu Qizhen was not among this group.
If the Ming Dynasty was gone, what would be the use of giving so many good policies to the vassals?
Zhu Gaojie's words hit the nail on the head and made Zhu Di feel a lot.
Although I pluck meat from your vassal's bowl, bleed from your body, and pull teeth from your mouth, this is all for your own good.
You have to thank me!
The validity period of Zongfan’s long-term meal ticket depends on how long the Ming Dynasty’s national fortunes last!
But Zhu Di had a toothache again: "There is a way, who will do it?"
The old man, who has been a knife-wielding man in the Ming Dynasty for so long, naturally understands a very realistic truth: there are always ways to solve problems, but there are always no people to solve them.
It’s not that the old man doesn’t have solutions to many problems, it’s just that he can’t implement the solutions.
Just like now, there is a solution to the sect-vassal problem, but who should do it?
If Zhu Di were to do it, all the vassals in the world would point their fingers at him and scold him, including his brothers and nephews...
But if Zhu Gaojie can't do it, and King Qi does this, he will be scolded slowly in the future, and he will not be able to sit comfortably on the throne.
The best way to solve the problem of vassals is to let the vassals do it. It is best to find a vassal who has the right to speak and status to do it. At the very least, it must be the vassal king. But the vassals are not stupid, so how can they be willing
Do this kind of thing of cutting flesh from yourself.
The sects and vassals are such a complicated system. They are greedy and short-sighted. They hope that the Ming Dynasty will last for eternity so that their system can also last for eternity. At the same time, they are unwilling to pay a penny or take a penny less. The most patriotic
It was Zongfan, and it was Zongfan who was most harmful to the Ming Dynasty.
"Isn't there a ready candidate?"
Zhu Gaojiu chuckled and said, "My second brother has status and prestige. If he doesn't do this, who will?"
Zhu Di's eyes lit up: "Are you going to let your second son bear this thunder?"
Zhu Gaojie said righteously: "Dad, look at what you said, I am not asking my brother to take the blame. I am asking him to atone for his sins and give him a chance to redeem himself!"
Zhu Di smiled: "You are so damn wicked."
Having said that, the King of Han is indeed the most suitable candidate.
Although the current identity of the King of Han is very complicated, he is the most suitable candidate. Today, the King of Han is one of the most powerful vassal kings. Even if he commits rebellion, he will still be among the best in the vassal.
What's more, it doesn't matter even if the King of Han resists this thunder and ruins his reputation in the vassal vassal.
The reputation of the King of Han is already bad enough. It doesn't matter how bad it is. What difference can there be between a pile of sheep dung and a pile of cow dung?
"That's it?"
"Okay, it's settled."
"Okay, then you have to cover me from behind and I will make arrangements."
"You can do it boldly, I will support you."
"No, no, no, it's to support my second brother."
"I understand, I understand."
The father and son looked at each other and smiled, and they had already made up their mind to let the King of Han take the blame.
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In Zhao Prison, the King of Han held a grass root in his mouth, looked up to the sky and sighed: "This boy, the Fourth, is a loyal man."
After he was escorted back to Jinling City from Shandong, he was taken directly to Zhao Prison without being tried by the Zongren Mansion. After all, with his current status, it would be more embarrassing if he went to the Zongren Mansion. It would be better to stay clean in Zhao Prison.
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Although Prince Han lives in Zhao Prison, Zhao Prison is the territory of Prince Qi's Mansion. Prince Han lives in a luxurious single room, has three dishes and one soup to eat and drink, and is taken care of by his servants. It can be said that he is like a spring breeze.
The reason why Jinyiwei treated the King of Han so generously was not only because of his status as a prince, but also because of King Qi's arrangement.
When he thought of this, King Han felt a little guilty: "Oh, the fourth child regards me as his own brother, but I have repeatedly targeted the fourth child before. If I had been more tolerant from the beginning, I would have ended up in this trouble."
When the King of Han lamented Zhu Gaojie's loyalty, Zhu Gaojie had already planned with the old man how to trick the King of Han.