"Ate leopard gall? Now that we've come to this point, what else is there to say? ”

Lu Tiaoyang said calmly.

"It's nothing more than what to say or do, for Da Ming, it's just a battle against the water!"

"Last Stand?!" Shi Yiwen's eyes widened suddenly.

"Is there any other choice?"

Lu Tiaoyang couldn't help but sigh, looked at Shi Yiwen and said.

"As you said just now, now for Yu Daming, there are nothing more than two possibilities, of course these are the two worst possibilities, but no matter what, you and I must avoid these two situations. In that case, what else is there not to say or do? ”

"This matter is very important, if you say it, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for the elder to make a choice."

At this moment, even when he was on the road, Shi Yiwen had already thought of all kinds of possibilities in his heart, but when facing Lu Tiaoyang, he still seemed a little hesitant.

"It's because the stakes are so high that we have to think about it, and why not just let the situation go on by luck? At that time, it will not be your sin or mine to lose all souls! ”

Lu Tiaoyang shook his head, looked at Shi Yiwen and said.

"At the beginning, the reason why I was willing to use this incident as an excuse to involve thousands of people in this case was, in the final analysis, to let Daming regain its prosperity, but the situation has developed to this point, but it is far beyond my expectations, let alone that they will actually rebel."

Lu Tiaoyang looked at Shi Yiwen and said:

"Zhiyuan, if you have any way, just say it, even things like that in the capital have already happened, what else can't you say? What can't you do? ”

Nodding silently, Shi Yiwen did not speak, he had speculated about the current crisis, but he did not expect it to happen.

"I have a habit of going back to the beginning of a matter when it seems like nothing can be done, and I think about what to do from the very beginning."

Shi Yiwen picked up the cup, took a sip of tea, and began to explain his idea to Lu Tiaoyang as if talking to himself, "With this method, I finally figured out that the root cause of the crisis that you and I are worried about today is nothing more than the strong minister and the weak king, and what I am worried about is that Jiangling will be bewitched and pushed to become a rebel minister in the future, and the reason why he can do this is, in the final analysis, "the power is in hand", or the minister is strong and the king is weak. So I pushed the question forward a bit, all the way to the founding meeting of Emperor Gao. ”

"Emperor Gao's founding meeting?"

In Lu Tiaoyang's mind, it seemed that something had been touched.

"Exactly."

Shi Yiwen nodded.

"The power is in hand, the ministers are strong and the kings are weak, in the final analysis, it is because there is no one to check and balance the ministers. As long as there is someone who can check and balance the ministers, the situation in the Ming Dynasty can still stabilize after all. ”

Shi Yiwen actually didn't know if his idea was right, but this was the only way out he could think of, and this was also something that Lu Tiaoyang could fully understand, from this point of view, Shi Yiwen couldn't even say that he knew more than Lu Tiaoyang.

"But I also know that this method is too sensational......"

Facing Lu Tiaoyang, Shi Yiwen said frankly.

"But in fact, I don't know if there is any other way to solve it besides this method, but one thing is for sure, if this method is used, it can at least ensure that the ministers will not dare to seize power, and that there will be no rebellious ministers in the court. I don't know if this is a blessing or a curse for my Daming, but I think, perhaps, this is the only option to solve the problem, and it is also the one that has the least impact on Daming. ”

Lu Tiaoyang, who had already guessed his thoughts, was silent for a while.

"You mean the vassal king!"

Finally, Lu Tiaoyang broke the silence and stared at Shi Yiwen and said.

"At that time, Emperor Gao divided the princes in various places, one was to guard the border, and the other was to defend the center, there was a vassal king, even if there were traitors in the court, they did not dare to seize power. However, what happened later, you also know, now you want the vassal king to defend the central government again, and order the ministers, don't you want to break the ban of the vassal and let the vassal king lead the army? There is no leader in this army, and King Heng is willing to be used by others, rebelling and trying to usurp the throne, this is leading the army, isn't it ......"

Lu Tiaoyang didn't finish speaking, there are some things that he just knows in his heart, and he can't say them. After all, Zhu Laosi, who was the king of the domain, won the world,

Shi Yiwen just looked at Lu Tiaoyang silently, and he was very clear about such an answer. After all, since Jianwen, cutting the feudal domain has been the "ancestral training" of the Ming Dynasty, and now if you want to regain the power of those feudal kings, I am afraid that you will not be able to pass the first hurdle here!

But this method, in Shi Yiwen's opinion, is the only choice, even he doesn't know what kind of future it will cause and what kind of impact it will have on himself, but this is the only choice, even if it is a little whimsical to see Lu Lai. Faced with Lu Tiaoyang's rhetorical question, he did not answer immediately, but asked rhetorically.

"It is estimated that it is not to say that it is not broken" feudal ban ", it is said that since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, although the clan has been divided into various places, the feudal ban is very strict...... Don't let things go, but be generous. In the face of the rich Zonglu, having more children has become a shortcut for many Zonglu to make a fortune, and they often marry and concubine without permission, and even use illegitimate children to pretend to be concubines, and moth children to pretend to be parents and sons. By the Chenghua period, the situation became more and more serious, and the imperial court's review of the name request became more and more strict. Later, the imperial court decreed: All illegitimate children are not allowed to ask for names and seals. But the world has been peaceful for a long time, the clan population is multiplying rapidly, "the faction of Tianhuang is endless, and the people endowed by the country are limited", and the burden of the imperial court is getting heavier. Although the imperial court restricts the reproduction of the clan by means of asking for names, but by the time of Longqing and Wanli, the reproduction of the clan can be described as extreme, and Zonglu has already overwhelmed my Ming Dynasty, even if it has been repeatedly broken, but the reproduction of the clan will only increase, and the burden of Zonglu will only increase day by day, and what should the court do when it is overwhelmed? And in the past few years, there have always been people from the sect who have made trouble and sought fame every year, and the court has long been overwhelmed, and it is already the case, so what about another hundred years later? ”

When Shi Yiwen mentioned "Zonglu" Lu Tiaoyang's brows were tightly locked, it is not a secret that the imperial court cannot bear the burden of Zonglu, otherwise Zonglu would not have been discounted during the reign of Sejong, and the imperial court would not have repeatedly restricted the conferral of names and titles of the clan, all of which was just to save a little money.

"So, there's only one way to solve the problem?"

Facing Lu Tiaoyang's gaze, Shi Yiwen said in as calm a voice as possible.

"Seal them all overseas, so naturally it will be done once and for all!"

"Divide overseas, once and for all......"

Reading silently, Lu Tiaoyang stared at Shi Yiwen and didn't say anything for a long time......

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