The crowd cheered "Long live". After Li Zicheng settled in Xi'an and took Taiyuan, the civil servants thought that a "new foundation had been laid", so they all changed their names to call Li Zicheng "Your Majesty", and the people also followed suit and called him "Long live".
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Niu Jinxing, who had been appointed as the Grand Scholar of the Tianyou Hall and Heping Zhang, and Gong Zhen, the Minister of Li Government, both urged Li Zicheng to call himself "I".
But Li Zicheng insisted on waiting until the enthronement ceremony was over and he was justified before changing his words. So a situation like this occurred in Taiyuan:
The civil servants have already addressed Li Zicheng as Emperor and His Majesty, while most of Yuancong's generals still call him Grand Marshal and His Highness, while Li Zicheng calls himself "Gu".
Li Laiheng said in surprise: "Your Highness is leaving the palace? Where are you going?"
Li Guo replied: "This direction should be to see the King of Jin and the King of Qin."
"The King of Jin and the King of Qin? Foster father, you just granted a Marquis of Jinghou. Who in the Chuang Army can be granted the title of King of Jin? King of Qin!"
"Hahaha, no." Li Guo, who had always been solemn and solemn, said with a rare smile, "It's not the King of Jin and King of Qin who invaded the army, but the King of Jin and King of Qin of the Ming Dynasty. They are the two Ming Dynasty vassal kings we captured in Xi'an.
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Li Laiheng never thought that at the critical moment before the war, on the eve of Li Zicheng's founding of the country and proclaiming himself emperor, how could King Chuang suddenly make such a big splash and make a special trip to visit the Qin and Jin vassals, the two Ming vassal kings who had been captured by the Chuang army?
In the past, after the invading army broke through the important towns of the Ming Dynasty, the first thing they did was always to capture the vassal king alive and occupy the palace. After all, not to mention the poverty of the Ming dynasty clan members from far away, only the vassal kings from the nearby clan also had their own problems.
With hundreds of thousands of huge land, extensive shops, and involvement in the salt industry, he has long been extremely wealthy. Under such circumstances, nearly half of the imperial government's financial expenditure is used for various rewards and consumption every year.
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Even in the last few years of Emperor Chongzhen, the expenses of the vassal princes remained high. Even including inspections, arrears and discounts, it was still outrageously high - and you must know that the Ming Dynasty had strict control over the vassal princes' expenses.
The so-called discount means that there is only the original color and the discount color, which means that you will either pay with silver or grain, and will not pay with worthless physical objects or printed copper coins that no one cares about in the market.
The Zongfan's salary is as high as nine million dan, not to mention that the Zongfan's salary is not a large sum. The vassal princes also have various other temporary expenses, each costing huge tens of thousands, such as the wedding expenses in Beijing when the prince is in the country, and traveling to
The expenses of the country, public and private sacrifices, and the construction costs of the city and palace for local residence. Some of these expenses are paid in Beijing, and when they reach the local area, they are paid by the local government and deducted from the regular tax. The most famous people who built the palace are Fu Wang and Wanli.
The palace he built alone cost 400,000 taels of silver.
In addition, there are also corvee services such as those in the royal palace, which are basically solved by the local government.
There are many corvees in the palace, such as the construction of the city, musicians, martial arts students, incense burners, Taoist priests, livestock farmers, butchers, etc. There are also ceremonial guards, meal cooks, coal farmers, vegetable farmers, warehouse servants, doctors, etc.
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All in all, there are countless.
These are combined with Zhuangtian, Huangdian, Imperial Salt, and even tea. In addition, the feudal princes often set up gates on official roads to collect tolls (those who like to talk about commercial taxes, go and cut down the feudal princes!).
Therefore, in Li Laiheng's opinion, there are ten thousand Donglu, but at least there is something to refer to in terms of descending the title. Otherwise, like Emperor Hongwu did, even if the entitlements of various clans were formulated at the beginning of the country,
However, as long as the dynasty lasts long enough, the clan continues to multiply, and new titles are awarded from generation to generation, what kind of court and what kind of finances can support it?
The title is hereditary from generation to generation, and then it is demoted from generation to generation. If the descendants have not made meritorious service, they will automatically be cut off from being a gentleman after a few generations.
Seeing Li Zicheng's posture, Li Laiheng was trying to compete with Huang Taiji for the hearts and minds of the old officials of the Ming Dynasty, and was planning to win over the vassal clan of the Ming Dynasty again?
When the Chuang army was in Henan and Huguang before, it was true that every time they broke into a city, if they captured the feudal king, they would definitely kill them. But Li Laiheng also heard that later in Shaanxi and Shanxi, the Chuang army no longer killed Ming Dynasty people.
The clan - not only the distant poor clan who lived in poverty did not kill, but also the direct vassal kings with a bad reputation only confiscated their family property and did not kill them directly.
Li Laiheng thought of this in his mind, so he curled his lips and said to Li Guo: "Your Highness, is it possible that this is to win over people's hearts and to serve the kings of Qin and Jin in the Ming Dynasty with delicious food? Foster father,
Speaking of which, now that Chuangjun's nobility system has been established, have His Highness and Qi Weng revealed what the hereditary system of nobility in our dynasty will be like in the future? It can't be the same as the clan system of the Ming Dynasty, right?
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Li Guo grabbed Li Laiheng's right hand, stared into his adopted son's eyes, and said quietly: "His Highness often said that you are the darling of the Li family... Recently I talked about this with Gong Shangshu, and Gong Shangshu specifically talked to me.
There are other stories about several thousand-mile horses in the history books. There is Fu Lang, a nephew of Fu Jian of the former Qin Dynasty who was framed and killed, Cao Xiu, a descendant of Cao Cao, and Zhu Youlun, nephew of Zhu Wen. These people are all nephews of the emperor. Let me tell you.
Although I and His Highness are called brothers, in fact, in terms of seniority, I am also His Highness’s nephew.”
Li Laiheng listened to Li Guo's words and couldn't figure out what he meant. He didn't know whether Li Guo was just saying it unintentionally or if there was something behind his words. Based on Li Laiheng's understanding of Li Guo's character and personality, he felt that according to Li Guo's simplicity, if there really was anything
The implication is that I will definitely explain it clearly to myself.
Whether this is Fu Lang or Zhu Youlun, it doesn't sound very auspicious...
But before Li Laiheng could continue to ask Li Guo a few more questions, several cavalrymen rushed out from Li Zicheng's cavalry team wearing yellow dragon banners.
Li Shuangxi walked in the front, wearing a bright red arrow-sleeved robe with pale azure flowers, green satin boots with foundation, large beads around his waist, a dagger decorated with jade and gold and silver gems, and his hair tied
He had to be neat and tidy, showing a noble and heroic royal air, which made Li Laiheng almost no longer recognize the cheerful northern Shaanxi man he used to be.
"Are they Brother Guo and Laiheng!"
"Brother Shuangxi..."
Li Shuangxi was really kind to Li Laiheng. After all, if Li Shuangxi and Bai Wang hadn't brought Li Laiheng into the gang to join the gang in Zhuxi County, Li Laiheng wouldn't have such a princely image today.
"Brother Shuangxi, please come and be well. I have heard your adoptive father tell you many heroic deeds during the Western Expedition."
Li Laiheng stood on the ground, raised his head high and looked up at Li Shuangxi who was riding the horse, raised his hands and spoke slowly.
Li Shuangxi reined in the reins. He was dressed in rich clothes and covered with gold and jade. The scholar next to him was Shao Shichang, the clerk who had been with Li Shuangxi since the Luoyang period.
"I've met Xiao Li Shuai." Shao Shichang also looked like Li Shuangxi, sitting upright on the horse, and just slightly raised his hands to talk to Li Laiheng, "Xiao Li Shuai is young, and it seems that he was promoted to the position of commander earlier than General Li Nai.
Some are really young heroes, extraordinary."
Li Laiheng was slightly surprised. After looking at Li Shuangxi and Shao Shichang again, he said to Li Guo: "Brother Shuangxi has also been promoted to General Quan? This is another great happy event!"
Li Guo glanced at a few people, then walked straight under the little yellow cover. As he walked, he said to Li Shuangxi and Li Laiheng: "Shuangxi, Laiheng hasn't seen His Highness for a long time. You can also bring Heng over to meet Your Highness."
...Have you already decided on the matter when you come here to see the King of Jin and King of Qin of the Ming Dynasty?"
Li Shuangxi held the reins and smiled sheepishly: "Hey! Those two Zhubeards are already jealous of the five thousand taels. You are fighting for it. Everyone wants to be the emperor one day, and they are fighting for it.
Be the king of this country’s subjugation!”
Li Laiheng couldn't help but wonder: "What kind of one-day emperor? Of course the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was the head of Emperor Chongzhen, how could it be the turn of the Qin and Jin vassals? Foster father, what kind of truth is this?
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Then he suddenly thought of something, and a funny, embarrassing and amusing expression naturally appeared on his face. Thinking about it, Li Laiheng couldn't help but laugh:
"Since ancient times, there has been a situation of forcing the Zen position. This scramble to give the Zen position to the intruders is probably unprecedented and will never happen again!"