Emperor Taizu took great care of the descendants of the Zhu family, and the punishment for clan crimes was also quite lenient, and there was a special prison Fengyang "high wall" to detain clan prisoners, and the treatment was mostly idle house placement, accompanied by the ancestral tomb, which was equivalent to the crime of the clan, almost bypassing the country's judicial organs.

Zhu Cunshu (the book friend reminded Zhu Changchao that he had already written dead before, and the author burst into tears, so he changed it to the last Qin king who Sun Shoufa supported in Shaanxi) listened to Wang Yan's words, his face turned pale, Wang Yan wanted to use the three laws to interrogate, and he also wanted to be expelled from the Zongren Mansion, once this case was opened, the clan's judicial privileges in the future would be gone.

Moreover, in addition to saying that Wang Yan wanted to move the domain, he would also levy taxes on the clan, and if he agreed, he would probably be drowned by the saliva of the clan.

Zhu Cunshu is also a clan, and he is naturally dissatisfied with Wang Yan's policy, so he said with a calm face: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, this move is not in line with the laws of the ancestors. ”

Crimes committed by the Ming Dynasty were also a big problem, and hundreds of thousands of people were like the foreigners who enjoyed extraterritorial jurisdiction in the late Qing Dynasty.

It is unimaginable how many evil things a group of unrestrained and uneducated people can do.

And every evil thing they do will set the people against the court and damage the image of the government.

After the defeat of Nanjing, the north-south confrontation was established, the external ******** eased slightly, and the internal contradictions gradually became apparent.

Now, in addition to cracking down on the Manchus, Wang Yan also faced an even greater threat, namely the corruption of the bureaucracy and the relationship between the people and the imperial court.

More than 100,000 clans, Wang Yan must be included in the court law, after the offense, the local officials can try it, so that these clans can be controlled.

In this matter, Wang Yan was not ready to back down, his face sank, and he said angrily: "The sky is not enough to fear, the law of the ancestors is not enough to keep, if you really want the ancestors, it is also to trace back to the origin, the three emperors of the law and the five emperors of the law." ”

Wang Yan paused, looked at Zhu Cunshu with sharp eyes, squinted his eyes and said: "Whether it is the immutable law of the ancestors, or a small abacus for their own interests, you know and I know, and the whole world understands." To this day, shouldn't the clan reflect on the imperial court? Now I still have to use the fig leaf of the law of the ancestors to open my eyes and tell nonsense, claiming to be upright and high-sounding, regardless of the world, only thinking about the selfish desires of the clan, does the clan want to destroy the Ming Dynasty? King Qin, you are Zuo Zongzheng, don't you know how many people are registered in the sect now, and how many land deeds are in the hands of the clan? If you don't reform, who can afford it? How much land does the imperial court have to conquer? ”

To put it bluntly, the requirements of the clan are to imagine that they will eat and drink for nothing as before, and they will not pay taxes, so that the world can provide for them, and the law of the ancestors is indeed just a thin fig leaf for them.

Zhu Cunshu didn't expect Wang Yan to suddenly get angry, and he was a little flustered in his heart, because as long as he knew how to settle accounts, he knew that the clan problem would definitely have to be changed, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would die sooner or later.

Sober clans can also see this, but the ass decides the head, how can more than 100,000 low-quality vested interests easily compromise.

More than 100,000 clans, there will always be some talents, in addition to Tang and Lu, Zhu Cunshu Shaanxi resisted the Qing Dynasty, and he can be regarded as a more capable clan, he knows that what Wang Yan said is reasonable, but as a clan, he is naturally very unhappy about the King of Chu suppressing people surnamed Zhu so much.

"Your Highness, the problem of the clan does need to be changed, but the clan is a royal family after all, and His Royal Highness should also consider the emotions of the clan to some extent." Zhu Cunshu stood up and saluted Wang Yan, the Zhu family has the dignity of the Zhu family, and he is a little open-minded, "Besides, the affairs of the Ming Dynasty cannot be blamed entirely on the clan, the imperial court has reduced the clan's wealth, and now it is going to move the feudal clan and collect taxes, and the lower officials cannot explain to the clan, and besides, the court acts, is it too partial, and the gentry also occupy a large area of land, why not move their fields, not collect their taxes, but only stare at the clan?" ”

Zhu Cunshu was originally the concubine of the king of Qinsu, and was supported by Sun Shoufa and He Zhen to resist the Qing Dynasty, and the imperial court has never had the time to admit that he could help him finalize the matter after Wang Yan captured Nanjing, and Wang Yan was the regent, and his position was much higher than him, so he should be courtesy.

When he said this, it was equivalent to offending a vote of people, and the faces of several ministers in the inner hall sank, but it was just because the other party's title was not good.

Wang Yan understood what he meant, the clan was unbalanced, the court helped the gentry to recover the land, but ignored the clan fiefdom, which made the clan feel unfair, and now the court wants to move them to Taiwan, and collect their taxes, the clan is naturally unacceptable and full of resentment.

Wang Yan is actually the butt who decides the head, and it is better to persecute this group of clans who have no benefit and contribution to the world at all than to force the people, but Zhu Cunshu is not well-informed, he is not in the core of power, and he doesn't know that Wang Yan actually forced the gentry.

He was greatly touched by Sun Kewang's reform in Yunnan, and Sun Kewang restored Yunnan in a very short period of time, training 100,000 troops. He achieved this only by suppressing the gentry and quickly obtaining money and food.

Wang Yan could not be as ruthless as he was to the gentry, but he must also begin to suppress the gentry, especially severely punish lawlessness, so as to maintain the integrity and self-discipline of the bureaucracy.

Jiangnan is a good place, people are prone to breed hedonism and extravagance, and the imperial court is now heavy on business, officials will inevitably be corrupted, these are all human can not be reversed, but the imperial court must be controlled, take means, and not let things develop.

First of all, it is necessary to improve the income of officials, otherwise with the income of Ming Dynasty officials, how do you keep them clean?

The addition of the Song Dynasty was not only a ******** to learn from the Song Dynasty, but also a strategy for Wang Yan to compromise with the gentry in other aspects.

Wang Yan asked Zhu Cunshu to sit down, and then said: "The clan does not need to be resentful, this time the government took the opportunity of changing the land deed to re-measure the land in Zhejiang and Nanzhi, and checked the acres of land. The same is true for the clan, in addition to the tax-free fief enjoyed by the title, the land purchased by annexation also needs to pay taxes, once tax evasion is discovered, concealment of acres and acres are not reported, the clan takes the title and abolishes it as a concubine, and the gentry will be removed from their fame and will never be hired. ”

Zhu Cunshu heard Wang Yan say this, and understood Wang Yan's determination to rectify the rule of officials and eliminate the malpractices, which made him very helpless, "But Taiwan is barren and the clan has moved to the island, how to live, even if there are thousands of hectares of land, it is useless!" ”

"The imperial court will move millions of refugees to Taiwan Island, as long as they suffer for three or five years, Taiwan Island can be developed, and as long as the clan is good at business on the island, life will not be worse than that of the Central Plains." Wang Yan slowed down his tone, after all, Zhu Cunshu was a clan close to him, and he needed Zhu Cunshu to convince other clans, so he summoned him to discuss the matter, "Of course, if there is a clan that is unwilling to go to Taiwan, it can also sublease or sell the land to the gentry and the people, and the court will not stop it." ”

Hearing Wang Yan say this, Zhu Cunshu could only nod his head, but he didn't have any bottom in his heart, if he wanted to persuade the sect to go to Taiwan, I am afraid that even if he has a three-inch tongue, it will be difficult to move.