According to incomplete statistics, by the time of the Chongzhen period, the Ming clan that needed to be supported by the imperial court every year had reached 600,000 to 700,000 people. Although in recent years, due to successive wars, the imperial court has not been able to make up the silver salary, and the supply has long been stopped.

However, this unfair system has not been abolished, it is still being fulfilled, and it is still in the form of arrears, and when the world is peaceful, not only will the supply be restored, but these arrears will be made up.

What's more, if the development of this group is not fundamentally suppressed, it will be easy to break through one million in less than 20 years.

It is estimated that a clan will provide for fifty taels of silver a year, which is also fifty million taels of silver. These Ming clans can live a carefree life by virtue of their background, and they have become the third major scourge after the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Donglin Party.

Under Fang Yuan's rule, how could it be possible to raise such a group of people who didn't work for no reason? It is imperative to rectify the system of clan offerings. It is better to do bad things in troubled times than to do them in peaceful times.

Seeing Zhu Yihai's inexplicable shock, Fang Yuan smiled and said, "His Royal Highness King Lu, the husband is not guilty of his crimes, and having more land and family wealth is not necessarily a good thing. Fat pigs without minions, that are the first to be slaughtered. Your Highness doesn't see the fate of King Fu and King Chu?! ”

King Fu was made into Fulu soup by Li Zicheng, and King Chu was also executed by Zhang Xianzhong. Zhu Yihai listened to the cold sweat on his forehead, Zhu Ming's royal family has been eating the world for nearly three hundred years, just like a fat pig.

In this troubled era, if there is no strong military force to protect it, without Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong to kill, there will be other warlords who will come to loot, such as Fang Yuan in front of him.

Zhu Yihai wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, ordered the accompanying guards to bring a brocade box, opened the brocade box, and it contained a stack of title deeds.

Zhu Yihai put the land deed in front of Fang Yuan, and said with a smile, "This trip to Nanzhili is to ask the regent for shelter." The title deed of 50,000 acres of land was a small gift to the regent. ”

Fang Yuan looked at the title deed on the table, and thought to himself, this King Lu doesn't see rabbits and eagles, and he won't take it out until the end of the land deed!

Fang Yuan returned the title deed to Zhu Yihai, and said with a smile, "His Royal Highness King Lu, we are allies and partners!" What kind of friendship do you and I have, how can we treat them like ordinary vassal kings? So be it! All the fiefs of His Royal Highness King Lu can be retained, and I also specially approve the clan of King Lu's lineage, and within three generations, they still enjoy the support system. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang once divided more than a dozen vassal kings, which have been scattered for nearly three hundred years, and they have long been in a line. King Lu's clan is a big lineage, although it was purged once by the Manchu Qing when it plundered Shandong, but there are at least 10,000 people.

Lu Wang Zhu Yihai got his promise, but he didn't like it, Fang Yuan was obviously not so easy to speak, since he offered such preferential conditions, he must have asked for something else, "Regent, if there is anything I need to serve, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Fang Yuan saw that he was really knowledgeable, so he said, "Can His Royal Highness King Lu write a few letters for me and recruit the vassal kings of the southern provinces, including the Mu Wangfu of Yunnan, to come and surrender." Those who voluntarily surrender may make as many conditions as possible. ”

Only then did Zhu Yihai know that Fang Yuan wanted to use him as a template for the surrender of the Ming vassal king, and the vassal king who took the initiative to surrender could keep a certain amount of land and support a part of the clan, and then cancel it after three generations.

Zhu Yihai arched his hand again and again and said, "Okay, okay, I'll fix the book immediately." ”

At this point, the peace talks between the two sides have come to an end, Fang Yuan smiled and said, "His Royal Highness King Lu has not been to Nanzhili yet!" It's better to play for a few days and then go back to Huai'an Mansion. I will arrange a grand reception for His Royal Highness King Lu in the Peach Garden! ”

Fang Yuan sent away Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, with a relaxed look on his face, and returned to the backyard with a solemn expression, and found Princess Kunxing, as well as Wang Chengen, who brought Chongzhen's edict from the capital back then.

Fang Yuan took out the secret edict of the capital sent by Zhu Yihai, as well as the edict of Chongzhen that year and put it on the table, so that the princess and Wang Chengen stepped forward to compare the handwriting, and the seal on the edict, whether it was written by Emperor Chongzhen.

The princess and Wang Chengen have seen Chongzhen's handwriting since they were children, and the edict of that year was also brought to Jiangnan by Wang Chengen, and they recognized this edict at a glance as being written by Emperor Chongzhen himself. And comparing the seals, although they do not exactly match the scratches of the previous edict, the basic outline is correct.

The princess lost her voice and said, "Horse, this edict is really written by my father!" ”

Wang Chengen's face was also full of joy, he had been worried about when Chongzhen would die suddenly, but now he saw that Chongzhen could write the edict by himself, which at least proved that Chongzhen was still alive, "Congratulations to the horse, congratulations to the princess, Your Majesty is still alive!" ”

The princess and Wang Chengen were full of joy, but Fang Yuan's expression became more and more solemn, the Beijing court made Chongzhen write a peace edict at this critical time of the Northern Expedition, but for him, it was very passive.

Fang Yuan is now thriving, and he also occupies the moral high ground under the banner of the Qing monarch, because Zhu Cihong, that idiot, is in charge of the country in the court, so no matter how Fang Yuan plays, he is at ease.

But if Chongzhen suddenly came forward to ask for peace talks, the situation would be very different, Fang Yuan could no longer hang the banner of the Qing monarch with ease, and the moral high ground no longer existed, and he would have to face the choice of whether to be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty or a rebellious minister and a thief.

The more Fang Yuan thought about it, the more headache he felt, for so many years before, the capital court had not played the card of Chongzhen out of selfish considerations, why did he suddenly play such a card now? It seems that something has happened in the capital, and there are masters in the market!

Fang Yuan thought about it, since Sun Chuanting was in charge of the peace talks, it was Sun Chuanting who made this suggestion. This mainstay of the Ming Dynasty is really a tricky opponent!

The princess and Wang Chengen were not happy when they saw Fang Yuan's faces, but they were preoccupied, they glanced at each other, and they had already guessed Fang Yuan's thoughts, that is, they didn't want Chongzhen to interfere in the government again.

Wang Chengen was loyal to Chongzhen, and when he saw Fang Yuan's expression, he was also displeased, and asked lightly, "Regent, aren't you happy?!" ”

Fang Yuan looked at him, and also noticed the abnormality between him and the princess, and said slowly, "Princess, you should retreat first!" I have something to say to the princess. ”

After Wang Chengen retreated, before Fang Yuan could speak, the princess had already asked first, "Don Ma, do you agree to the conditions of the peace talks offered by the capital?" ”

Fang Yuan shook his head categorically, "Can't!" The conditions offered by the imperial court are completely different from my ideas of governance! ”

The princess looked at him in amazement, and then asked, "Even if it were my father's idea, you would not have agreed." ”

Fang Yuan nodded resolutely again and said, "Yes!" ”

Tears were already oozing from the princess's eyes, and they swept across her pink cheeks, "Don't you like that your father is still alive, do you?" If your father dies, it will be the best situation for you, right? In fact, you are under the banner of Qingjun's side, and you want to usurp the great tomorrow, right! ”

Facing the princess's repeated questions, Fang Yuan was silent for a while, and then said, "Princess, what I say in my heart is that I hope Your Majesty is still alive, but don't interfere in the government again. Because the path taken by Daming before was wrong, if you go again, it will inevitably end the same after a few years. ”

One side is a relative, the other side is a husband, and the princess is very embarrassed to be caught between the two sides, and she lowered her eyes and whimpered.

"Princess, you are pregnant, don't get angry."

Fang Yuan stroked her long black hair and sighed, "I want you to write a letter to Your Majesty by yourself." ”

The princess looked up at him with teary eyes and asked, "What family letter?" ”

Fang Yuan said slowly, "Invite Your Majesty to come to Jiangnan to inspect, if Your Majesty is willing to come to Jiangnan, I will personally present what I think to him!" ”

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