In the Cining Palace, solemn and solemn.

The Emperor Taishang, the Empress Dowager Zhou, Zhu Cihong, and Xu Chenyun sat opposite each other, and the atmosphere was not very good.

After Emperor Zhu Youzhen learned of the title reform, he immediately rushed back and expressed strong opposition.

Zhu Youzhen had a gloomy face and said: "I have abdicated, and I shouldn't have taken care of the affairs of the previous dynasty, but the affairs of the clan are family affairs, and if you want to cut the domain, I have to take care of it!" ”

Zhu Cihong said: "Father, the son's move cannot be said to be a reduction of the domain, because most of the clans do not have fiefs, and the officials of the imperial court do not give them sufficient food, and many people cannot survive."

If you give it in full, the burden on the court will become heavier and heavier, and you should know better than anyone else if you have been the emperor. ”

Zhu Youzhen's face sank at that time: "Do you know what you're doing?" The clan and the nobles are the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and if you abolish their hereditary replacement now, you will shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty! ”

The Son of Heaven of the previous dynasties divided the princes of the clan and let them defend the royal family, like a fence, and it can also be said that he is a member of the board of directors of the listed group, Zhu Youzhen's words are not unreasonable.

Zhu Cihong retorted: "Father, the times have changed now, in the past few years, the Tartars have gone south, and the thieves have been rampant, and it has been proved that the current clan of our Zhu family does not have the ability to consolidate the royal family. ”

There are no soldiers, how can these princes consolidate the royal family like a fence.

The clan of the Ming Dynasty is different from the Han and Jin dynasties, and also different from the Tang and Song dynasties.

The Han and Jin Dynasty clans split the soil and approached the people, just like an independent feudal state, the Tang and Song dynasties did not cover the soil, and the Ming Dynasty took the Han, Jin, Tang and Song dynasties as a reference, and the content of the previous generation's clan policies was promoted and abandoned, forming the Ming Dynasty characteristic clan.

It is an ideal lazy life model for the lazy people to divide the feudal feuds but not the tin, to be listed but not to the people, to eat and not to govern things, and to be hereditary and replaceable.

Zhu Cihong said again: "The clans and those nobles who have been inherited for hundreds of years only know how to drive eagles and dogs, spend all day and wine, their Lu rice is too easy, they have long forgotten the martial arts of the ancestors, and they will become moths of the dynasty in the long run!"

Zhu Cihong specifically mentioned Zhu Yizhong, the son of King Zheng, which made Emperor Zhu Youzhen's face even darker.

In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhu Yizhong, the son of King Zheng, was given to death by Emperor Chongzhen for selling slavery without permission, violating the ancestral system and indiscriminately feeding diners.

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhen was powerless to refute, and said dissatisfiedly: "Aren't those martial arts generals of yours also honorable now, if you do this, aren't you afraid that they will be dissatisfied and not have the same heart with you?" ”

Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "Father is too worried, since his son ascended the throne, he has never been given the title of hereditary replacement, only the original Jingwu Bo of the Gongsun Yingyuan of the Qin State was hereditary replacement, or was it given by you." ”

The knighthood of the generals of the Tianwu Army, Zhu Cihong was all raised to a level when he ascended the throne, and many people were raised to the next level again after the Northern Expedition.

Sun Yingyuan, who has the highest title, has gone from earl to prince in one year, and he is embarrassed to be promoted to himself, how can it be not enough, and he wants to be hereditary?

If someone is really dissatisfied, Zhu Cihong will have to talk to him alone.

None of these are satisfied? Just let me let the emperor do a good job!

This title reform, no matter how much it is tossed, will not affect the interests of the heroes of the Tianwu Army, at least so far.

No matter how great the merit is, you can also be crowned a king, a county king, a prince, gold and silver property, a reward for the royal palace, and overseas land.

Empress Dowager Zhou on the side said: "Emperor, the clans are also relatives of the royal family, you can't not give them a way to live just to save money." ”

It takes great courage to cut down the feudal domain so thoroughly, and Empress Dowager Zhou was a little unhappy on her face, worried that those 200,000 clans would have no way to survive if they became commoners in the future.

Zhu Cihong walked to the side of the Empress Dowager Zhou, gently kneaded her shoulders and said: "The queen mother will dissipate her anger first, the emperor is not reluctant to give them that little salary, nor is it not that they are not given a way to live, but let them live a better life!" ”

"The emperor set up a royal group a few years ago, and there are many industries below, involving restaurants, iron factories, mines, border trade, sea trade and other industries, with hundreds of thousands of people engaged in it, and the royal group is the property of the royal family, and the emperor will definitely give priority to them."

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Zhou's heart warmed, and her face slowly improved, as long as these relatives did not starve to death.

She let out a sigh of relief before she said, "It seems that the emperor has been prepared for this for a long time, and he has thought of it from the beginning, and it is the queen mother who is worried about it."

However, the queen mother is still worried, what will happen to those princes, this also involves their great interests, and the emperor should not underestimate them. ”

Zhu Cihong said: "The clans can also take a stake in the Royal Group, go to sea together to trade, and earn the silver of the white fans, and the emperor will set up a West Europa Company under the Royal Group......"

Chongzhen's heart was shocked, and he secretly said How did I not know that the Royal Group was so rich? You didn't take me with you when you got rich? Just watching me go bankrupt?

He was a little angry and said: "Royal Group, what a big field!" What if some clans don't want to join? If you have an iron rice bowl, why do you have to work? ”

Seeing that the emperor's face was not good, Xu Chenyun hurriedly handed him a cup of tea and said softly: "The emperor, please use tea." ”

Zhu Cihong smiled faintly and said: "If you don't want to join our royal group, the imperial court will give them land, and I just let them know that these rice is not easy to come by, not rain, nor wind, but the hard work of the people in the wind and rain!" ”

The rice of the prince of the clan is 10,000 koku per year, and the king of the county is 2,000 koku.

1,000 stone for the general of Zhenguo, 800 stone for the general of the auxiliary state, 600 stone for the general of Fengguo, 400 stone for the lieutenant of Zhenguo, and the lowest lieutenant of Fengguo is 200 stone Lu rice per year.

The princess and the concubine are 2,000 stones, the county lord and the guest of honor are 800 stones, the county lord, the county monarch and the guest of honor are reduced by 200 stones, and the county monarch, the village monarch and the guest of honor are reduced by 100 stones.

According to the current grain price of the Tianwu Military Dynasty, one tael of silver and two stones of rice, the prince's Yulu is only 5,000 taels per year, and the lieutenant of Fengguo is only 100 taels.

As long as they enter the royal group and take a little brother to wander around overseas, they can get thousands of taels of silver every year for casual gangsters, and the dividends of the vassal kings who can buy shares will be more.

Zhu Youzhen said disdainfully: "You think of them too simply!" You think that if you win over the low-level clan, you can curb the resentment of the vassal king, don't forget, the low-level Fengguo lieutenants were originally hereditary!

Not everyone is willing to live hard work, and not everyone is having a hard time! You smash their iron rice bowls, it's no wonder they don't fight with you! ”

Zhu Cihong smiled: "It's good to work hard, the last thing Erchen is afraid of is that someone will fight with me, and he will kill him!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present changed color, and Xu Chenyun on the side tugged at the corner of Zhu Cihong's clothes, signaling him not to anger the emperor.

Sure enough, Zhu Youzhen was furious, smashed the cup on the spot, and shouted: "Do you still want to slaughter your relatives?" ”

Zhu Cihong said solemnly: "The relatives who don't even want to stretch out their hands, I feel ashamed of my clans!" Daming doesn't need such a royal family! ”

Zhu Youqi's old face turned black, and he brushed his sleeves away on the spot.

In the afternoon of the same day, the Emperor Taishang took Wang Chengen and several entourages out of Nanjing City in plain clothes and drove away.