Chapter 584: King Pingxi, you have to be a little feudal
"How to engage in feudalism?"
Wu Sangui was stunned for a moment, and thought: This king is the **** of the Qing Dynasty with a green flag! Will you not know how to engage in feudalism? Still need to read?
Jabus looked at Wu Sangui with some disdain, so he smiled and said, "Lord Wang, you better take a look...... This book is a great character, called the small one, and it is brought to the prince. ”
Amazing characters...... Wu Sangui understood, this is Emperor Hongxing!
Since it was sent by Emperor Hongxing, let's hurry up and see it! Even if it's useless, you have to look at it carefully, it's a matter of attitude!
Wu Sangui opened this book of "Feudal Theory" in front of Jabs and Liu Sheng, and began to look at it carefully.
This "Feudal Theory" is actually the "deleted version" of the "Laws of the Internal and External Domains" just promulgated by Emperor Hongxing's court in the spring of the twentieth year of Chongzhen. The original version of "The Law of the Inner and Outer Domains" manages things very widely, not only managing the internal domains, but also managing the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the outer domains.
The so-called foreign vassals are the group of vassal states that nominally paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty in exchange for a large reward, but in fact did not fulfill any feudal obligations.
Zhu Cihong is not so easy to speak! You just give three melons and two dates, and you want to move money from Zhu Cihong's treasury? Is there such a good thing in the world?
A vassal state must have the obligations of a vassal state, and it cannot only take benefits without fulfilling its obligations, this kind of vanity Emperor Hongxing does not like, he likes real benefits.
In addition, Emperor Hongxing will not do anything about the thick and thin - the vassal is below, and the emperor is above. For example, a vassal is a tenant, and the emperor is a landlord. The tenant pays rent to the landlord, and the landlord gives the tenant a reward every New Year's holiday to get in touch with the feelings...... But how could the landlord give more than the tenant paid more in tribute? How can the landlord afford to do this?
Therefore, in the "Laws of the Internal and External Domains", Zhu Cihong strictly forbade "thin and thick exchanges", and also prohibited the three behaviors of "no tribute", "disrespect" and "no subordinate".
The so-called non-tribute is not paying tribute on time - the tribute must be paid every year, and you can't just pay it when you think about it, forget it. If due to some special circumstances, there is really no way to pay the tribute on time, you must also make up the tribute and make amends afterwards.
Disrespect refers to stepping on several boats, calling several ministers at the same time or being the emperor behind closed doors - the former is not absolutely allowed, but must seek the permission of the Ming Emperor. The latter is not allowed, but the Ming will not necessarily crusade, but will dissolve the relationship between the monarch and the minister, and kick it out of the ranks of the Ming vassals.
From now on, you can't be a dog for Daming!
And not a minister, it means that the vassal state is not open to the Ming merchants, does not give preferential treatment, and cannot refuse the request of the Ming Dynasty to set up a museum in the vassal territory. Because the vassal state was not an independent state and did not have complete sovereignty, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty were not "foreigners" to the vassal state, but "Shangguo", and could not be turned away, tortured, or arbitrarily seized of their property.
In addition, as the suzerain, the Ming Dynasty has the right to set up "pavilions" in the vassal state to garrison officials or garrisons.
As for what kind of pavilion to set up, whether it is a garrison or a garrison, it can be discussed slowly, but the vassal state has no right to refuse the request of the Ming Dynasty to set up a museum.
In short, since the twentieth year of Chongzhen, it is not a particularly comfortable thing to be a foreign vassal of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, the small neighboring countries can be happy independent states or vassal vassals of other countries. Emperor Hongxing doesn't particularly want to accept his younger brother now...... That kind of little brother who is far away, or has no oil and water, or is difficult to control, Zhu Cihong doesn't want it!
His current focus is on the four lords of Annam, Champa, Shui Chenla and Siam.
Among them, the four masters of Annam and Shui Zhenla are the top priorities!
Now Zhu Cihong's Annan policy is to go to Houli and seal the four monarchs. The best policy is that the Hou Li Dynasty, which existed in name only, was abolished, and at the same time, the four lords of Ruan, Zheng, Mo, and Wu were all promoted to the kings of the Ming vassal states - that is, Annan was divided into four and turned into four small kingdoms.
And Zhu Cihong's policy of Champa and Shui Chenla was to take advantage of the contradictions between the Nguyen lord of Annam and these two countries, and gradually annexed them, turning the Jiulong River Plain in the east of Shui Chenla and some territories in the south of Champa into the land of the Ming Dynasty!
As for Siam...... Strengthen the relationship between the vassals first, and then find a way to make progress together!
Of course, the affairs of the foreign domain have nothing to do with Wu Sangui, it is all Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Sen, and Zheng Jiangong who are responsible for it.
Therefore, Zhu Cihong asked Ji Kun to remove all the outer feudal parts in "The Law of the Inner and Outer Domains", and then deleted and changed the internal feudal parts to compile this "Feudal Theory", and asked Jabus to send it to Wu Sangui.
In this book "Feudalism", which teaches people how to engage in feudalism, the famous feudal political scientist Ji Kun focuses on explaining the "feudal household system" of the integration of military and civilian. In other words, the subject matter of the sub-feud is not the territory, but the households.
For example, Wu Sangui, the big Qing Dynasty green hat, no, how many military households and civilian households are there on the **** territory? First count the number, and then, according to the situation, organize some of them into hundreds, thousands, and 10,000 households according to the method of integrating military and civilian use, and at the same time divide them into 100 household heads, 1,000 household heads, and 10,000 household heads.
Don't look at the relatively poor territory that Wu Sangui occupies now, but if you count carefully, there are three or four hundred thousand military and civilian households.
According to the current situation of big warlords coaxing small warlords, and small warlords occupy a piece of land and scavenge the number of roads, 300,000 or 400,000 households are crowded together, and there is no organization, among which there are only 50,000 or 60,000 people who can really fight, and they have to restrain each other and watch out for each other, and even 10% of their strength cannot be used.
It is precisely because of the strength that cannot be used that Wu Sangui has been suppressed in the western part of Ganxi until now, and even Zhang Xianzhong in Guanzhong cannot be defeated.
If Wu Sangui can use the methods in the "Feudal Theory" to rectify the various departments under his leadership, and organize the Qing Dynasty into twenty or thirty thousand households, one ten thousand households can raise thousands of elite soldiers, which is enough to form a powerful force.
Historically, when the Mongols rose, there were only 95,000 households, that is, less than 100,000 households. And the true Eight Banners of the Great Qing Kingdom are similar, and they will not exceed 100,000 households horizontally and vertically.
If Wu Sangui can sort out thirty, no, even if he can sort out two hundred thousand households, at least in terms of numbers, he will be able to crush those opponents around him.
Jabs smiled and said to Wu Sangui: "Lord Wang, the grass people also have a bit of business in Xi'an Mansion, so I know that it is the thieves who are entrenched in Xi'an now, and the thieves have been rampant in the Central Plains and Sichuan for many years, and they have seized a lot of property, and there are no more than 10 million taels of silver alone...... All this silver was brought to Xi'an! If the prince can persuade the generals of Ganshan to rectify the people and horses, and everyone goes to fight Xi'an together, how can they make a windfall! ”
"Really?" Wu Sangui was pleasantly surprised when he heard this.
"How can this be faked?" Gibbs smiled, "Zhang Xianzhong, the thief, behaves unruly, he grabs wherever he hits, and the silver he robs has nowhere to spend, so he takes it all with him...... As long as the king can straighten out the Ganshan armies, he can take them for himself. ”
You need a common goal when you clean up the interior! Attacking Beijing looks too dangerous, and it is more appropriate to go to Xi'an to make a fortune...... As for whether to go to Xi'an or go to Beijing via the Monan Grassland after the rectification is completed, then let's talk about it then!
Wu Sangui closed the book and said to Jia Bus: "Shopkeeper Jia, if there are gold and silver mountains in Xi'an, no one will necessarily believe what this king says." But your business is all over the northwest, and most of the generals in the Ganshan army have business dealings with you, and many of them still owe you debts...... Tell me about it, and they'll believe it! ”
He paused and said with a smile: "In addition, this king is really a little tight on his hands!" If you want to rectify the armies, you have to spend money to go out, or you can lend me two or three hundred thousand taels first, and then you will repay it twice as much when you take Xi'an. ”
Wu Sangui's King of Pingxi really deserved to lose, not only lost all his savings, but now he also owes usury...... If you lose money in Xi'an, you will really be in debt!