Second Uncle Rui, nephew is often dealing with shopkeepers, village heads, and the people, what I see every day, alas, the people of Shanxi are really bitter. ”

Shen Yu is a clever person, although he sat on the side with low eyebrows and waited for Shen Rui to read the letter, he kept secretly looking at Shen Rui's face.

Seeing that Shen Rui had already read the letter, he was silent in thought, and Shen Yu couldn't help but sigh.

Shen Rui also sighed when he heard this, closed the letter and put it on the desk at hand, and took tea and signaled to Shen Yu.

Shen Yu couldn't say anything even if he had something to say, so he had to thank him and take a sip of the teacup.

Putting aside the teacup, he seemed to have thought about it, lowered his head and sighed: "Second Uncle Rui also knows, my father ...... Alas, it's really since my eldest brother...... If I lost the news, my father was in suspense day and night......"

This pole has been poked from caring about people's livelihood to caring about one's own family.

Shen Rui twitched his eyelids, he didn't know what Shen Hui meant by sending Shen Yu.

One is that the matter involves the clan and has to act confidentially, I am afraid that the henchmen and staff will not be able to believe it, and only believe in their own son.

Moreover, only Shen Yu was standing, reminding people of his missing brother Shen Dong above him.

Brother Xiaodong is in the hands of King Ning!

And King Ning's antipathy, Shen Rui, Shen Li and other sects are the most clear.

Shen Hui is also a "wake-up" to Shen Rui, once the incident of King Ning happens, although the Shen family is divided into two houses and is not among the nine clans of Zhulian, but in the end, it is the nephew of the Yan clan, and it will inevitably be the reason for his Japanese political enemies to attack Shen Rui.

He, Shen Hui, is now making a move on the issue of the clan, which is to surrender to the emperor and make his position clear to the hundred officials. Don't you Shen Rui take advantage of the situation to express your position?

Shen Rui didn't take Shen Yu's stubble, put down the teacup, and said lightly: "Li Xi is a little rash in this matter. ”

Shen Xiao was stunned for a moment, reacted quickly, and then smiled bitterly, and said, "My nephew has also been in contact with Li Shizi, and he is also ...... Thinking of opening a good trade route in Shanxi, he can share the emperor's worries. ”

"Now the Jin Wangfu and the Daiwangfu are exploiting the people in the local area, and they have also occupied the business road, opened a lot of shops, and dominated the most profitable business from others to touch, and from time to time recruited people and vehicles to help them transport goods, and there are even more things to buy and sell."

Shen Yu paused, lowered his voice, and said, "Moreover, the Jin Mansion and the grassland also have business dealings. Pity my Ming people have no surplus food at home, but it goes into the belly of the tartar. ”

"Not only grain and grass, but also a number of taboo things, such as ironware, which are sold for good prices on the grassland.

"The embroidery needle in Dayang, Zezhou, Uncle Rui thinks he has heard of it, and I heard that this needle is also very popular in Shandong Haimao."

All the benefits are said to be able to be used in Shandong, but Shen Rui has never been moved.

Shen Xiao's eyes flashed, and he said, "The smelting and forging skills in Dayang Town, Zezhou are very exquisite. My nephew had also heard that Uncle Yanqing had performed many miraculous feats in the Ordnance Bureau, and if a craftsman from Dayang Town was used by his uncle, it would be even more icing on the cake......

This is talking about Shen Rui's brother-in-law Li Yanqing.

Since the Shandong Navy Division used a large number of new ordnance from the Ordnance Bureau to end the Giant Shark Gang in one fell swoop, Li Yanqing was promoted to the Commander of the Arsenal of the Fifth Rank Military Department.

And Shen Rui has also become a pioneer in the eyes of everyone who supports the construction of the naval division and the reform of the new ordnance.

Shen Rui laughed when he heard this, he had also sent people to inspect those craftsmen in Dayang Town, Zezhou, and he had also dug up smelting craftsmen like a glazed craftsman from Yanshen Town, but these were not enough to talk to Shen Yu.

Shen Yu did everything he liked, and finally saw Shen Rui showing some interest, he couldn't help but be happy, and hurriedly lit a fire and said: "Only Zezhou is now in the hands of King Xuanning and King Xichuan of Daifu. These two ...... Alas, a few years ago, it was also applied for by the emperor...... The workshop is in their hands, and they are afraid that what they can get on the grassland will be faster than what they can get in Shandong......"

There are few good people in the Imperial Palace, and these two are not themselves, but they are not as blatant as King Qingcheng.

As for that application, it was the fourth year of Zhengde, Xuanning Wang Cheng Colu, Xichuan Wang Congxian went out of the city to play games without permission, and Bao Zhanle was arrested.

It is naturally a trivial matter for an ordinary prince to go out of the city to make a musician, but it is a big crime for the vassal king to go out of the city without permission, so they run rampant in the city, but the local government does not dare to deal with it, and only by catching such a taboo as going out of the city can they "denounce".

At that time, Brother Shou's punishment now seems to be quite meaningful, but it is to dismiss two-thirds of the Lumi of the King of Xuanning and one-third of the Lumi of the King of Xichuan, and the relevant Zhizhou and others have been deposed.

The emperor also knew that Zonglu was difficult.

Shen Rui tapped his finger lightly on the letterhead, there are more than 3,000 members of the Jin Mansion clan, more than 2,000 people from the Daifu clan, and there are five or six hundred people in the Shen Wang family, all of whom are such masters.

Shanxi is naturally a good territory, and there is a lot to do, otherwise Zhao Hongpei, Li Xi, Tian Feng, and Lu Erqilang would not have been laid out early.

However, there has been no effect so far, and it is not because of the intertwined local forces.

The border generals, the eunuchs, and these clan kings who walked sideways, none of them were good at stubble.

Now that the king of Anhua is in rebellion, the original pattern will be broken, and the first thing I am afraid of is that the generals will change their guards, and these people in Shanxi will be able to move their positions.

Guarding the eunuchs, I can't do it for the time being, but soon, Liu Jin will fall, and naturally a large number of them will be replaced.

Only the clan remained.

Li Xi wanted to find out about "the feudal king's involvement in the rebellion", and pulled out several county kings and Zhenguo generals, but also wanted to take back the trade route.

And if you can tear a piece from here and solve the Zonglu problem......

The fingertips tap lightly on the letterhead paper to create a subtle sound, continuous, and make people's hearts drift away.

After a while, Shen Rui raised his eyes and looked at Shen Yu, waved his hand and said, "Let me consider this matter." Let's go and rest first, and wash the dust with you at night. ”

Such a major event is not something that can be decided immediately, and this sentence means that Shen Rui has been moved, and Shen Rui is happy in his heart, so he hurriedly stood up respectfully and saluted, and withdrew.

*

When Mr. Xie was invited into the study, Shen Rui had already written and drawn several items on the paper.

The text is not a secret, the staff of the Shen Mansion knows everything, but the news delivered by Tian Feng is confidential because it involves the sect domain, and only Mr. Xie and several other high-level think tanks know it.

Because Li Xi adopted the method of "exposing evil deeds", which was very common in the Yongle Dynasty, and Chengzu acquiesced in or even encouraged this kind of reporting and exposing the vassal king, many people used this to enter the body at that time, so Mr. Xie did not care very much.

It wasn't until he saw Shen Hui's letter that Mr. Xie was shocked, and glanced at what Shen Rui wrote was indeed the content of the reform of the clan, and couldn't help but hurriedly say: "Don't, adults!" Never! ”

The proprietor did not agree to interfere with the impeachment of Liu Jin, he was quite happy, and felt that the proprietor was wise and calm, far surpassing other young officials.

But I didn't expect the owner to be more impulsive than those hairy scholars!

Li Xi just attacked one vassal king, and it is not surprising that one of the vassal kings was involved in one or two other clans.

Shen Hui and Shen Rui are going to attack all the sects!

This is not going back, but also forcing people to rebel!

Mr. Xie didn't want to go over and grab Shen Rui's pen and paper, so he was so anxious that he stomped his feet, "My lord! When is it?! Rebellion together, the imperial court will only appease the feudal domains more, lest someone rebel! ”

"The lord handed it over like this, and was reprimanded by the elders in the cabinet, in case a word spread out, and there happened to be a few thorny clans who also rebelled...... My lord! When the time comes, the court will ask for the guilt, and the adults will be doomed!! ”

Shen Rui got up and personally pulled a chair for Mr. Xie, invited him to sit down, and said, "Sir, don't worry, I have a sense of proportion." By the time I entered Beijing, I was afraid that the news of the rebellion had already entered Beijing. ”

"Let's not just say it, with Zhang Yong, Zhang Gonggong, Yang Yiqing, and Lord Yang here, maybe the rebellion will be put down at this time." Although Shen Rui still had a smile on his face, his eyes were fierce and abnormal, "If the rebellion is suppressed so quickly, all the feudal clans should know the strength of the Son of Heaven, and they should be afraid of the power of the Son of Heaven, and dare to make a mistake!" ”

Mr. Xie did not let go of his brows, but still persuaded: "Although there are two adults, Zhang and Yang, they should be safe." But, but, in the end, this is a military affair, which is changing rapidly, where will it be as calculated by you and me? What if...... Can't bet, can't bet! ”

"It's not a gamble, don't worry, sir." Shen Rui's tone was firm.

"Even so, my lordship, do you expect all the vassals to be afraid of the emperor's power because of this?" Mr. Xie in the secret room had no scruples, and said bluntly, "The thoughts of the feudal lords are difficult to discern each other, and the adults have also seen it, which of these feudal kings is really afraid of the law of the country?" ”

He shook the letter from Shen Hui in his hand, "King Anhua dares to write Lord Cong in the inscription, won't the vassal king next to him frame Lord Shen in the future?!" ”

"It is precisely because I know that they are lawless, so they can't be allowed to drink blood and suck the marrow on the people of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming court like this!" Shen Rui stretched out his hand and grabbed Shen Hui's letter, and said word by word: "Mr. knows the most about the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, what has the current clan pressed the Ming Dynasty into?" ”

Mr. Xie couldn't help but be stunned, the management of the clan is also an important work of the Ministry of Rites, and various affairs such as the canonization of the clan, weddings and funerals, juelu, and visits to Beijing all need to be approved by the Ministry of Rites.

He knows the situation of the clan the most, and to be honest, he doesn't say that the issue of the clan is not important.

He let out a long sigh, let go of his hand, and said only in his mouth, "It's just at this time...... At this time......"

Shen Rui put the letterhead aside, lowered his voice and said: "It is at this time that the imperial court won a big victory, and the victory was rapid, which shows the strength of the force, and all the feudal domains must weigh it!"

"With Li Xi's revelation and the use of thunderous means to deal with the Jin Mansion, the feudal lords will only panic, for fear that it will be their turn next, and what kind of policy the imperial court promulgates at this time, they can only pinch their noses and admit it."

"The King of Jin has a family of 3,000 clans, and there are not a few problems of all kinds, and when he exposed this matter when he investigated the rebellion, he took advantage of the trend to promote the reform of the clan, and it did not seem that he was planning to deal with the clan.

Mr. Xie opened his mouth again and again, countless thoughts bypassed in his mind, and then the lesser of two evils, he finally nodded slowly, "At this time, it's okay." ”

At this time, if you launch it, you will first check Shanshan, and then check whether you will check the vassal kings elsewhere, then it depends on the situation.

If the emperor takes advantage of the situation to avoid checking other families, it is also a great grace, and it can be regarded as appeasing the feudal domains.

And, there's another benefit at this time......

Mr. Xie sighed in a low voice, his voice was almost inaudible, "The emperor has no heir...... and he is very tired of the clan. ”

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, with children and grandchildren, who will not plan for their children and grandchildren, this plan is easy to be reluctant.

Characters like Chengzu inevitably loved their sons, and they did not remove the power of the Han King's guards, so that later there was a rebellion of the Han King.

The emperor has no heirs, but these words made Shen Rui's heart tighten.

For a while, it strengthened the heart of the reform of the clan - if the heavens do not fulfill people's wishes, and Brother Shou has no heirs, then it is necessary to let the clan produce an emperor suitable for the Ming Dynasty, and never drag the Ming into the abyss!

Mr. Xie got up and went to get the first draft of the stack of notes written by Shen Rui, and said, "My lord, the prince and the prince can't move first, and it has nothing to do with them, so as not to cause rebellion." ”

Below the county king, there is basically no strength to rebel.

Shen Rui nodded and said: "The first one is to think about whether the ban can be lifted and the business of the four people can be opened in addition to the five suits." ”

Mr. Xie was stunned for a moment, then nodded and praised: "It's rare for adults to think of these people, it's really kind and benevolent!" Those vassal kings don't care much about the side branches, and the old man has also seen things that refuse to ask for a seal for the side branches, let alone the five suits.

Saying that, he couldn't help but be a little indignant, "Zonglu is in short supply, the prince and the prince can't be hungry, and the people who can't survive are these people who are outside the five suits, nameless and untitled, but have to guard the ban and can't support their families!"

"These people, Lu rice is meager, even if they take Lu rice, it is difficult to support their families, but these people have a lot of mouths, and Lu rice accumulates a lot, but it is a big burden on the national treasury."

Mr. Xie was first happy for these Zonglu who had been saved by Dingkou, and then said with some amazement, "Only these people are the ones who open the business of the four people, and I don't know what kind of business Shinong Industry and Commerce can do......

I'm afraid that after so many years of Lumi, I have raised people to waste, and I can't do anything.

But so what, after all, it saves money for the treasury.

"As long as you are diligent and willing to work, you will never starve to death. At that time, please ask the imperial court to give some preferential policies, such as tax reductions and exemptions. Shen Rui said lightly.

And the conversation changed, "I'm not afraid that they will starve themselves to death if they don't do anything, I'm afraid that they will dare to bully the people with a shelf, such as the forced buying and selling of businessmen, but I'm afraid that some laws and regulations will be refined." ”

Mr. Xie also shook his head helplessly, looked at Tiao Chen carefully, nodded frequently, and finally said that even if he was allowed to open a farming and commercial business, he had to properly release the city ban, otherwise he would be trapped in a city and would not be able to do any work.

It's just that the scope is still not too large, and farmers and businessmen are allowed to make a living in the four borders of the city.

This ban on opening the feudal domain can be regarded as indirectly removing a batch of Nalu rice.

Of course, there is a more direct method, which is also what the Ministry of Rites is good at - limiting the number of concubines at all levels, and strictly knighting, directly controlling the number of Dingkou of Nalu rice.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty at that time had very clear regulations on concubines, such as "four concubines of the prince and the king of the county, three concubines of the eldest son and each general, and two concubines of each lieutenant." The prince and the king of the county were twenty-five years old, and they were allowed to choose two concubines, and they were not married until they were thirty years old. The eldest son, general, and lieutenant are thirty concubines, and they are allowed to choose one concubine, and they are not allowed to marry at the age of thirty-five. If a man over forty years old has no children, he is allowed to marry a concubine. ”

Moreover, each royal palace needs to indicate the origin of the concubine's surname, the date of entry into the palace, and if there is a child born, the date of birth of the child should be noted under the concubine in time for future reference.

In the tenth year of Hongzhi, it was stipulated that all newborn children in the palace should make two books and send them to the Ministry of Rites and the Zongren Mansion respectively; Only those who report and file a case can ask for a name and seal.

It's a pity that the regulations are so stipulated, and the execution is amazingly poor - otherwise King Qingcheng would not have more than 90 children as a county king.

Mr. Xie has dealt with many such cases, and he has a deep understanding, so he can't help but say: "The clan is in the place, and there are not a few children born from peanuts, and many of them are recorded in the name of the good concubine. Although there was an explicit prohibition in the 10th year of Hongzhi, there are still many people who ignore the national law and deceive fraud. ”

(At the time, people said that the children born to undesirable women such as clan rape and prostitutes, and private collection of happy women were peanuts and heirlooms.) ）

"There are also children who have been dismissed and recorded in other people's names, and even adopted children as their own children, please seal the one who deceived Lu Mi! If it is investigated and dealt with this time, it can also eliminate a batch of fraudulent Lu rice, but it is a pity that I am afraid that it will not be good to go back and investigate now, and I can only strictly enforce the law in the future......"

Shen Rui knew that in the history of the Jiajing and Wanli dynasties in the previous life, the restrictions on concubines were basically mentioned, and the "legitimacy" of the children produced was guaranteed by emphasizing the "legitimacy" of the concubines, which was also an effective means to curb the expansion of the clan population.

This time, Shen Rui reiterated the original regulations of the Hongzhi Dynasty in the article and further refined them.

For example, when the concubines of the royal palace give birth to children, it is necessary to make the five members of the family branch or the clan of the fang clan marry the professor of long history and the recipient of the birth to be examined; If the name is hazy and pretending to be sealed, the original position will be dethroned, the clan will be demoted or relegated, and the professor of long history will be deposed, and the person who receives the birth will be questioned.

If you are not from a good family, concubines and peanut children are not allowed to enter the jade, let alone ask for sealing. Those who have been sealed are removed from Juelu, and they are not allowed to make jade. Violators, such as the border guards, will always be in the army, and the counselors and security officers will be questioned in one piece.

Under the guise of maintaining the "legitimacy" of the bloodline, in fact, it is still necessary to reduce the number of Ding Kou of Ling Zonglu.

To put it bluntly, the country will no longer be the wronged leader to raise an eighteen-room wife for the vassal king.

The royal clans of the feudal clans, if you want to recruit beauties and spread out their branches, there is no problem - as long as you pay for it yourself, the state will not pay for non-staff personnel.

Casually took out the Qinglou Chu Pavilion and brought the baby to say that it was his own son to be knighted and asked for Lu Mi, I'm sorry, the country doesn't recognize it.

The strict registration system also prevented the clan from lying about its age and withdrawing it in advance.

In addition, Shen Rui also moved the sectarian system proposed when the regulations of the sect were revised during the Wanli period of the previous life, and improved it.

In history, Xiuming Zongfan is aimed at the sons of the prince and the prince of the county, "Those who have not been knighted, when they are fifteen years old, they will be given one-third of Lu Mi, and they will be required to study in Zongxue for five years, and the prince will be asked to go out of school before they will be paid to all Zonglu." During this period, anyone who has defiled the sect will be a concubine. ”

In Shen Rui's article, Zongxue was further expanded, requiring that each feudal clan must set up Zongxue, and the children of the clan who are eligible to enjoy the title of Lumi must enter Zongxue to study at the age of enlightenment.

The assessment is not only a test of knowledge, but also a test of conduct, and Lu Mi is linked to the assessment results.

The academic assessment is given two opportunities to retake the examination every year, each one month apart, and the three examinations have not been passed, and the study time is extended.

The character assessment is more stringent, and if there is a loss of virtue, it will be demoted, and if there is a violation of law and discipline, and there is a defilement of the sect, it will be directly dismissed as a concubine.

On the one hand, it is to educate the clan, and at the same time, it also raises the age of the clan to enjoy the years of life by a large cut, so as to ease the burden of the sect.

Mr. Xie of the sect was 10,000 in favor of the sect, and he couldn't help but sigh: "If the children of the clan can follow the rules, it will really be a blessing for the people of the domain."

"I hope that from this point on, he will be able to inspect the virtues of the feudal kings and county kings, so that the sages will be kings and those who will benefit the people will be kings.

Although Shen Rui also nodded with emotion, he sighed in his heart, of course he hoped that the feudal domains would produce some virtuous people in case of future choices.

But if all the feudal lords are virtuous, the current emperor is afraid that he will not be able to sleep well, and he is afraid that the virtuous kings who have won the hearts of the people will have a great plan.

And the clansmen, because they were cut off from their political path and trapped in a city, did not have the motivation to be virtuous, and became more and more self-indulgent and reckless.

They parasitize on the Ming Dynasty, suck the fat and ointment of the Ming people, but they have no sense of identity and belonging to the Ming Dynasty, harming the people, destroying the law, and even communicating with foreign countries, completely ignoring the interests of the country.

In fact, in history, when the Wanli Dynasty liberalized the policy of the clan, there was also a ban on entering the government.

That is, the generals of the clan and the lieutenants of the Zhenguo auxiliary state are allowed to suspend the title and take the examination with the students, and according to the qualifications of the Jinshi and the people, they can be awarded to the governors and counties, but they are not allowed to elect the Beijing officials.

Shen Rui not only brought out the sect this time, but also hoped to open the ban on Shi and give a new way out for those who want to make progress.

"If you have a sect, let people apply what they have learned," he said: "Sir, not a Beijing official, not a military attaché, and there are also some requirements for the rank to avoid suspicion to the greatest extent." ”

Mr. Xie pondered for a long time and said: "In the end, it is a clan, and this is an official...... It's better to be cautious, if you start with a nameless person outside the five suits......"

Shen Rui shook his head and said: "The ban on entering the clan was originally to motivate the clan to go up and serve the imperial court, but the no-name people outside the five suits are actually no different from the people, and the incentive effect on the clan is very small. It's true that this is a bit sensitive, but I want to control one or two in terms of official rank, and there is no threat to the imperial court. ”

Mr. Xie thought about it for a long time, and said: "A few years ago, Eunuch Liu had a policy of 'the prince who is deceased and has no children and grandchildren can be conferred the position of Beijing', and now it is ...... A few elders in the cabinet don't think they will be too opposed. ”

Speaking of Liu Jin, the two glanced at each other and slowly showed a tacit smile.

*

In June, the capital is already extremely hot, and the summer cicadas are lying on the trees, screaming hoarsely.

In the Jinyi Wei Tan Thousand Mansions in the capital, there was a hoarse cry in the upper room of the main courtyard, and the cicada song was suppressed.

Liu Jin stood under the porch, his face was extremely ugly, but there was no tears in his eyes.

The people who followed around were still howling, but when they saw Liu Chitose like this, they didn't dare to raise their voices.

But in the end, this is the brother of the dead Chitose Lord, and he really didn't dare not cry, so he had to cry one by one with a sad face, raising his sleeves and rubbing his eyes to make a sad appearance, but his eyes were revolving around Liu Jin.

The imperial doctor who saw the doctor didn't dare to say goodbye at all, and the little apprentice carrying the medicine box trembled slightly, almost shrinking into a ball.

The big housekeeper was anxious, this funeral always has to be done, talking about thousands of long-term illnesses, things have been prepared in advance, but how to handle this, Liu Chitose still has to open Chrysostom.

He secretly took a few deep breaths before he cautiously came over and said stiffly: "Chitose Day mourning, it's time to change the clothes of the eldest master......"

No matter how late it is, it will be hard, and it is not easy to scrub and change the shroud.

Liu Jinhei's face was calm, and he suddenly said after a while: "Let's start the filial piety shed first." ”

As he spoke, he strode out, and instructed left and right: "Prepare the car, go to Xiyuan." ”