Chapter 135: The Prince Goes to Annam

The crown prince Zhu Jianjun didn't know why Zhu Qizhen suddenly asked this question, but he hesitated a little and said: "The Wujin Yun family cultivates and reads heirlooms, and it is also a good family, and it has always assisted the government, and the patriarch has a good leadership, so it is estimated that he will become a local noble family in the future." ”

Zhu Qizhen asked, "Do you think this is good?" ”

Prince Zhu Jianjun didn't think there was anything bad.

Because some government affairs are indeed beyond the reach of the local whip, someone needs to fill the power vacuum between the county government and the ordinary people.

There can be several officials in a county, to say more than a dozen people, such as a county order, a county magistrate, a lord, a teacher, a few warehouse ambassadors, a few inspection envoys, and so on.

Please note that this is said in many miles, in fact, many counties may not be equipped with such teams.

Even if these dozen people are three heads and six arms, how can they manage a county.

Even if some supernumerary officials and officials were recruited, plus the officials' own masters, there were actually not many people. What they can manage is in or around the county, other villages, and they also find local elders and celebrities.

With these few people can represent a village, or several villages.

This is an inevitable way to save administrative costs.

If Zhu Jianjun hadn't been to the countryside and didn't know the inheritance structure of the Ming Dynasty, maybe he didn't have much feeling, but after he really presided over one or two counties in Qingzhang, he knew that he couldn't do almost anything by counting on the little people in the county government, unless the chief official was willing to take the lead and do it himself.

It's just that how many such magistrates are there?

But if you increase the number of people, if nothing else, put one person in one village, right?

The number of people added in each county will be counted in hundreds, and these hundreds of people will be over? No, with bureaucratic virtue, you arrange a person, and he can have three supernumerary white servants. The wool comes out of the sheep, and these burdens will be weighed on the people.

In ancient societies, productivity was low.

One more non-working population means one more burden on the people.

Many people talk about the contradiction between population and land, but the reality is that many times, judging from the data, the peasant revolt broke out first before the land was not enough to feed the population.

For no other reason, the increase in the large non-agricultural population has crushed agricultural production.

This was very sensitive in ancient times.

Therefore, although Zhu Jianjun sees such and such problems here, he also sees the inevitability and rationality in them.

Therefore, he did not feel wrong.

Many times people have discovered and recognized things since childhood, and they will not feel the mistakes in them.

But Zhu Jianjun still pointed out a few skill points in observing words and feelings. Therefore, he clearly felt the attitude in Zhu Qizhen's tone.

So he said, "What does my father mean?" ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "There is no feudalism for officials, there is feudalism for officials, there is no feudalism for counties, and there is feudalism for townships. ”

"It's just the status quo of the Ming Dynasty, and you know the disadvantages of the officials."

Zhu Jianjun nodded.

Walking around at the bottom is not uninformed.

The officials have no salary, and it can almost be said that they are obligated to run errands for the government without compensation, just think about it, where is this tall man.

They have always been in the process of government affairs, filling their own pockets, and even lawlessly coercing officials to let the county order wipe his ass. Otherwise, the prefectural order will not be able to carry out all the work.

If you open the history books, it seems that almost all capable magistrates will have one step, that is, to rectify the officials, otherwise there is really nothing to do.

What eats the plaintiff eats the defendant, what kicks the bucket and drenches the tip.

As for the matter of transporting grain taxes, first the people were relieved and then the officials were relieved, and then the people were allowed to vote for themselves, etc., isn't it because the imperial court knows that the officials are all people who do not do personnel?

If one kills one, there is probably wrong, but there are a hundred who kill ninety, and there is a plan to slip through the net.

When the prince was clearing his head below, in a fit of anger, he did several officials. After all, he deceived his superiors and subordinates to fool him, and Zhu Jianjun also didn't hold back.

However, what Zhu Qizhen is talking about now is not mainly about the officials, but about the feudalism of the township.

Zhu Qizhen said: "The scholar is an official, and the residence is in control of a township, and the land annexation of the world is mostly for this generation, I am afraid that after a long time, in a county, there are only a few big families, and even the county order has to look at their faces." ”

"The south is a heavy land of money and grain, and this dynasty takes the money and grain from the southeast and raises the soldiers and horses in the northwest, and there is no change now."

"And the south is also the important place of the imperial examination, if Ren merges like this, do you think you can still take the money and grain from the southeast in the future?"

The prince had never thought about it from this angle, and he felt too dazed for a while.

In fact, Zhu Qizhen is still very satisfied with the prince.

The experience of the past few years has been very fruitful.

If you have been kept in the deep palace, I am afraid that you don't even know how to collect taxes below. I don't know the consequences of being controlled by a few big families, that is, every penny of grain received by the imperial court, it is sucking blood from these big families.

It's no wonder that these big families are willing.

There are also various preferential exemptions for the imperial examination, which is naturally the end of the shrinking tax base.

The prince's confusion is that he can figure this out, but he doesn't know why this is happening?

The prince thought for a while before he said, "Father, what should I do?" ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "It is right that the imperial court and scholars share the world. But even if it is a husband and wife, there is still a distinction between priority and secondary, inside and outside, so the court should be a scholar, but also a doctor, how to use, how to govern, is a question you have to think about. ”

"As for Liu Qiu's affairs, you don't care. And look. ”

Seeing Zhu Qizhen like this, the prince no longer interceded for Liu Qiu, and could only salute and say, "Yes." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "The rainy season in Annan is over, you pack up and go to Annan." You give Han Yong a hand first, and it will be your responsibility to govern Annan in the future. ”

"It was not difficult to fight Annan during the Yongle period, and it is the same now, but whether Annan can be incorporated into the territory from now on and have long-term peace and stability is the problem. You have a good job in Annam. ”

Zhu Jianjun immediately realized that this was another exam question given to him by Zhu Qizhen.

After the war, Annam will not be too peaceful, and how to block it is also a big problem.

It's just that Zhu Jianjun only saw the first layer, but not the second layer, in the next few years, there will definitely be a big shock in the court, and Zhu Qizhen doesn't want the prince to be involved.

Let's send them to Annan first.

The crown prince Zhu Jianjun immediately said: "Erchen must try his best to pacify Annan. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "The eldest brother is like a father, your younger brothers, you have to worry more, in the future, they will be sealed abroad like your uncle, so you should also understand the countries of the South Seas in Annan, especially the body poison has been a big country since ancient times, you can also take a look at the things of Great Kyushu." ”

The crown prince Zhu Jianjun naturally agreed to come down.

Zhu Qizhen continued: "Go and meet your mother, it's going to be a long time." ”

Zhu Jianjun walked out of the Qianqing Palace, but there were countless doubts in his heart.

"My father is not satisfied with this kind of situation where officials have no feudalism, officials have feudalism, counties have no feudalism, and townships have feudalism, but where to start? What does it have to do with Mr. Liu? ”

"What is the so-called Great Kyushu like? Can it be done by sealing the brothers abroad? Do you want to seal a younger brother in Annan and occupy the city? ”

"And external feudalism, can it really continue the national ancestry?"

"Among them, there is really no one like Emperor Taizong?"

Everyone stands at a different angle and thinks differently.

Although Zhu Qizhen cultivated Zhu Jianjun as the next generation of emperors, before Zhu Jianjun ascended the throne, all his thinking and interest logic were based on consolidating the throne.

Therefore, although Zhu Jianjun paid attention to understanding what to continue the national honor and what national system, what really touched him was Zhu Qizhen's idea of dividing the princes from the outside.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen let the prince worry about this matter, but in fact, he also had the intention of letting the prince suppress the other sons.

But there is a precedent of Emperor Taizong, how can the crown prince not have one more heart.

Zhu Jianjun paced slowly, and said secretly in his heart: "It seems that I have to have some military power in my hands." ”

Zhu Jianjun did not mean to resist his father by force, but it seems that the generals and brothers are in the country, and they all have soldiers and horses in their hands, such as the tens of thousands of Luchuan troops of King Xiang and the three guards of King Yu.

As a crown prince, if you don't have a fundamental army, how can you contend with these vassal kings.

How can we prevent them from plotting against each other?