In the past, all kinds of rules of the imperial court were tinkered with, and if the problem of the clan was to be completely solved, a fundamental decree must be issued as a guideline to be followed by later generations.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong drafted a decree and issued a new sect regulations:

Article 1: Abolish the three clan titles of Lieutenant of Zhenguo, Lieutenant of Auxiliary State, and Lieutenant of Fengguo, and only retain the five titles of Prince, King of the County, General of Zhenguo, General of Auxiliary State, and General of Fengguo.

Article 2: Abolish the hereditary replacement system of vassal kings, and all royal clans can only descend according to the ordinary hereditary succession, and after the fifth generation of Fengguo generals, their descendants will be incorporated into the civil register.

Article 3: All royal clans are free to leave the fiefdoms of the feudal kings of each line and engage in all walks of life, such as conducting imperial examinations, serving as officials or joining the army, and they can also engage in business, and from then on they can support themselves.

Fourth, all fiefdoms are recovered, and the vassal king can recruit troops on his own, and choose new lands outside the two capitals and fifteen provinces to establish a domain, and those who open up their territories will be rewarded by the imperial court for their meritorious work.

Article 5: The future clan titles and rewards are like foreign ministers, all based on military exploits! As long as he expands the territory for the Ming Dynasty, or makes great contributions to the country, he can be crowned king again.

Article 6 ......

Since the Jiajing Dynasty's cutting of the domain, it has brought a series of evil consequences, the descendants of the vassal kings have asked for knights, awards, and the Ministry of Rites has to make a decision, and with the increasing financial constraints of the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Rites has become more and more strict about this card.

The clan that does not get a name has no state support, let alone a citizen, and it is impossible to work on its own, not to mention that it cannot be done, and the court is not allowed to do it, so there is no way to live.

In the Chongzhen period, many clans starved to death because they could not get their names and were not allowed to go out to work.

Zhu Cihong's new regulations on the clan seem to be harsh, but in fact, it has liberated hundreds of thousands of middle- and lower-class clans, giving them new hopes, and of course, it will inevitably lead to upper-level clan figures such as vassal kings.

Offending a small number of people and benefiting most of them is what Zhu Cihong likes to do the most.

Those hereditary vassal kings have accumulated a lot of wealth, as long as they don't expect to fill the grave with this money, they can still take it out casually to train an army of several thousand people.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty clan can be an official, but the previous conditions were a bit harsh, and talented people below the county king, if they are assessed as officials, they must give up their titles, that is, "change official positions".

has good food and drink, or the identity of a nobleman, who wants to go to the officialdom!

For hundreds of years, many clans have directly ignored this rule and continued to live in style.

However, there are not no capable people in the Ming clan, even if the conditions are so harsh, Lao Zhu's descendants did not disappoint, and there are still people who come out to become officials through the imperial examination!

According to historical records, in the two dynasties of Tianqi and Chongzhen, there were a total of thirteen Jinshi from the royal clan! There are those who have served as a priest, and there are those who have served as the prince of the country to oversee the wine.

Zhu Cihong deliberately abolished the article of giving up the title and referring the official position, and allowed him to be an official in the capacity of the clan!

As long as you have the ability, just do it!

The world is so big, there is no place to arrange it?

This reform of the clan and domain, to put it bluntly, is a big wave of sand, and eating and waiting for death will only get worse and worse.

For example, Zhu Cihong's younger brother Zhu Cijiong, the king of Dingwang, can eat and wait for death for the rest of his life, if there is no capable person in the four generations of his descendants, he can only be reduced to civilian nationality step by step, from the royal family to a commoner, and farm his own land or become a tenant for the landlord......

As the initiator, Zhu Cihong's descendants are also the same, except for the eldest son who can inherit the throne, the rest of the descendants will follow this road.

After a few generations, at least a dozen hereditary princes must be sealed.

is so ruthless to himself, Zhu Cihong naturally will not let go of those nobles, and the hereditary replacement will be canceled together, and only the ordinary hereditary will be retained!

The fifth generation of the royal family was beheaded, and the nobles were also killed by the fifth generation! (According to the highest count, dukes, marquises, counts, viscounts, barons, commoners)

In August of the first year of Tianwu, just after the queen's canonization ceremony (the canonization ceremony was held after the wedding), Zhu Cihong announced the reform of the Ming title.

As soon as the will came out, the government and the opposition were shocked, and many courtiers wrote to dissuade them, asking Zhu Cihong to think twice and calmly judge them.

In the Fengtian Palace, holding the court meeting is naturally inseparable from this topic.

Cheng Guoxiang and other cabinet ministers were excited, the huge expenses of the imperial family had been bothering them for many years, and now this big problem left over from history was finally about to be solved.

Sun Yingyuan and other ministers of military aircraft did not object, the emperor had already passed the anger with several princes and nobles half a year ago, and it was expected that it would be officially proposed now.

However, many ministers objected unsurprisingly, saying that this matter involved the interests of hundreds of thousands of clans and nobles, and it was not a trivial matter.

Some people also say that in all dynasties, cutting the feudal domain will cause turmoil, not to mention that even the nobles are cut together, and if you don't do it well, you will have to do something.

What Zhu Cihong did not expect, many ministers took this opportunity to launch a fierce attack.

Gao Douguang, the deputy capital of the Imperial Palace, said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this move is inappropriate, the feudal royal system is the ancestral system set by Emperor Taizu, if the feudal king is guilty, His Majesty can punish him, but the feudal king is not guilty and has no power, why did Your Majesty cut the feudal domain?" ”

Wang Aoyong, the right attendant of the household department, also came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the minister also thinks it is inappropriate!" The vassal king is not guilty, His Majesty seized his fiefdom and cut off his royal inheritance, and I am afraid that there will be chaos! ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

A large group of civil officials jumped out and opposed the righteous words [www.biqugew.xyz], and there were still many officials who took a wait-and-see attitude.

Zhu Cihong glanced at them and said: "200,000 clans, in a few generations, the legacy of the ancestors will be squandered. ”

Gao Douguang, the deputy capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, said: "The ancestral system is like this, Your Majesty must not move lightly!" ”

Zhu Cihong suddenly understood, this is guarding the door!

These officials ignore the objective facts, and they talk about the ancestral system one by one, but in fact, they are competing for the right to speak, and they seem to want to reorganize the civilian-official group!

Since all dynasties, being an emperor is more tiring than being a prince, not only to prevent the generals from becoming bigger, but also to prevent the civil officials from holding together, suppressing this from time to time, winning over that, and calculating very hard all day long.

It has to be said that these officials are very bold!

They seem to have forgotten that the emperor in front of them is an iron-fisted emperor who dares to go his own way.

Zhu Cihong behaved very strongly, and said directly: "There is no need to discuss this matter, it is decided." ”

He still underestimated the "integrity" of some people, in order to prevent Emperor Tianwu from acting so recklessly and recklessly, and to protect the last bottom line of his scholars, someone immediately jumped out with his neck high.

"Your Majesty corrupts your ancestors, and it is difficult to become a Ming monarch!"

The one who spoke was an old imperial historian named Hu Zhibin, and his words were extremely fierce, scolding Zhu Cihong for having no ancestors, even if he had some merits in martial arts, he would not be a generation of Ming Jun in the future.

These words made Zhu Cihong seem to have returned to the court in Beijing a few years ago, and he had some of that taste!

Zhu Cihong has never been a person who swallows his anger, he was not afraid when he was the prince, and now that he is the emperor, he is naturally even more fearless.

His response was very crisp, sneered, and said, "Pull out the rod and kill!" ”

Hu Zhibin was dragged out by the two Han generals in the palace, and shouted loudly along the way: "Even if the minister is killed by the rod, he can be famous for eternity!" I also hope that Your Majesty will reflect on and cultivate virtue, only if you cultivate virtue and politics internally, you will have four Yi guests to serve, and eight directions will come to the court! ”

Zhu Cihong smiled, these old things fooled their good saint Emperor Tai into abolition, and now they are coming to fool me again!

Zhu Cihong suddenly said in a loud voice: "Don't be in the noon gate court staff, dirty the palace gate, and pull it directly to the Qinhuai River outside the Zhengyang Gate!" ”

Knowing that he was going to be killed in front of a group of women, Yu Shi Hu Zhibin immediately became anxious and shouted from afar: "You tyrant! Soldiers can be killed, but not humiliated! ”

This move immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of some courtiers, and immediately the remarks were flooded.

Zhu Cihong faintly felt that some ministers of civil and military affairs seemed to be debating the reform of the title, but in fact, they were faintly holding together against themselves.

He suddenly realized that as the emperor, he must not let the ministers have one mind.

The generals are okay, there are very few people who play tricks in the court, these civil officials, they must be divided into two factions, find fault with each other, and as the emperor, they are in the middle, and they can clean up as they want.

Zhu Cihong watched them talk more and more, his face turned cold, and said: "This title innovation, with the rules that are not easy for eternity, if anyone is not satisfied, just send someone to kill me!" ”

After speaking, Zhu Cihong brushed his sleeves and left.

His words were extremely serious, and the ministers were stunned on the spot, who would dare to take this kind of talk?

However, it also provides some people with ideas, and it is naturally best to replace the emperor......