This is the first time that Emperor Chongzhen has called Sun Chengzong, the old minister of military machinery, as Ning Chengbo in public, and everyone present was stunned.

Before Sun Chengzong reacted, Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, hurriedly said: "The rules set by Your Majesty are good, and it has been more than 200 years since the Dingguo Mansion has been eating, and I should be willing to set an example!" ”

"Excellent! This is what the House of Heroes looks like! ”

Emperor Chongzhen casually praised Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, and then asked Sun Chengzong: "What does Uncle Ning think?" ”

Sun Chengzong was also stunned for a moment before he reacted, the emperor was going to drag himself to the circle of honorable heroes!

Sun Chengzong was born as a civil official in Jinshi, although he has not really changed, but now he is Ning Chengbo who is like a fake, and a hero who is a hero who is like a fake!

How many people have worked hard all their lives, isn't it just to seal their wives and sons or even to worship the prime minister?

Although Sun Chengzong is not a marquis, he has always reached the title of wife and son and uncle!

This is something that many literati and scholars have longed for all their lives.

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes were fixed on Sun Chengzong, waiting for his answer.

And Sun Chengzong already knew what the emperor meant, and knew that the emperor's meaning was not what he was today.

Now the newly sealed nobles have a sealed field, even a third-class baron's sealed field has reached the point of a hundred hectares, as long as it is not too luxurious, this scale of the sealed field, plus an annual silver of one thousand taels, is enough for the third-class baron's family to eat and wear, and live the life of a master.

And Sun Chengzong, a first-class earl, has a salary of 5,000 taels of silver per year, and 300 hectares of Yongye Field in Ningcheng, even if the descendants do not fight for the generation, the next eight generations of descendants can enjoy wealth and prosperity, what else is there to say.

Sun Chengzong figured out what was going on, so he said: "After the hero, he may not still be a hero, and the ancestors will not be able to enjoy the merits of the ancestors!"

"Your Majesty's inheritance of the new rules established by the Emperor Ming is a good policy for the Grand Duke to uphold righteousness and stabilize the country! There has been no objection from the day I heard about it! It's just—"

When Sun Chengzong said this, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen sincerely, but he didn't say anything.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at him like this, knowing that the old ministers of his generation wanted to be gentlemen, not villains, so he smiled, took over the conversation and said:

"It's just that such rules are applied to the clan relatives, Ning Chengbo feels that he has treated the clan relatives at a loss, is this what Ning Chengbo wants to say?"

After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen didn't wait for Sun Chengzong to react, and then said: "Such a great duke holds the good policy of Zheng'an and stable country, why can't it be extended to the body of the clan and the vassal?!" ”

By this time, everyone present understood what the emperor meant.

And Sun Chengzong saw that Emperor Chongzhen was so provocative, so he immediately stood up, bowed down and said: "The rules of hereditary inheritance are universal, and the reasoning should be so!"

"It's just that the emperor's clan is a vassal of the clan, from the prince to the lieutenant of Fengguo, and those who enjoy the lordship of the clan are involved, hundreds of thousands.

"The minister is not ignorant of this reason, but the clan lord Lu is involved in the whole body, if there is no perfect preparation, the minister dares to ask His Majesty not to act in vain!

"Now that the state of my Ming Dynasty is not coming, the difficult situation of His Majesty's internal government and the household department of Taicang is getting better day by day, and the minister really can't bear to let the country suddenly change at this time, and the momentum of revitalization will be curbed a little! The old minister has this heart, please Your Majesty is clear! ”

After saying this, Sun Chengzong bowed down, and waited for the emperor to dispel this thought.

At this time, Li Guoyi, the first assistant of the cabinet, stood up and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty! The acting king Zhu Dingwei died, and only then did he order him to be healthy. Kang is a good word, not a bad word, it is the meaning of the imperial court to praise his life's merits.

"If the vassal is guilty, the descendants will be demoted to hereditary status, and they will be succeeded as the king of the county, and the ministers will have no objection! If you want to come to the King of Qin, the King of Jin, the King of Qing, the King of Su, and even the King of Qin who was crowned by Emperor Taizu Gao in the future, there should be no objection!

"It's just that at this time, he suddenly surrendered without guilt, and the old minister is afraid that the story of Jianwen's cutting of the domain will be repeated! Your Majesty must not move this thought! ”

After listening to the words of the two important ministers of the imperial court, Emperor Chongzhen nodded, smiled slightly awkwardly and said, "I naturally understand this truth!" The two Aiqing are too worried, and the two Aiqing are too worried! ”

After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen got up, helped the two ministers up, and asked them to continue to sit down.

This conversation just now can be regarded as allowing Emperor Chongzhen to personally see the difficulties of feudal reform.

What Li Guodi said is also obvious, the prince of the Ming family is not just the acting king, even if it is a big sect like the acting king, there are also the kings of Qin, Jin, Qing, and Su.

Now King Su is in Lanzhou, and King Qing is in Ningxia, which is a place where chaos is going on.

If you move the king, these princes feel threatened, in case any of them are confused, whether it is with Mu Suman or a thief, they are colluded together, and there is another martyrdom, then it will be a big trouble.

These people are the princes of the clan, and they are one step away from the emperor's throne, even if they come to the army to divide the territory, it will be a big trouble.

This truth, of course, now this Emperor Chongzhen understands, he will not do this if he takes the wrong medicine.

When Li Guoyi, Sun Chengzong, and Xu Yunzhen heard Emperor Chongzhen's words, they all breathed a sigh of relief and sat silent.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Xu Yunzhen and said: "The Duke of Dingguo is in charge of the Zongren Mansion, and I asked you to calculate the number of relatives and vassals of the clan before, but now you have eyebrows?" ”

When Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, heard this, he said in his heart, if he really came, fortunately this time he was prepared, and he took out a roll of paper from his sleeve without hurry, presented it respectfully, and said:

"Your Majesty! After the previous order, the minister and the Hanlin Academy verified the clan jade, and also carried out the literature Xuanda, Qin and Jin, and the three sides of the land of the war, and the number of relatives in the world.

"There are thirty-two princes and five hundred and ninety-eight county princes! Since Emperor Taizu Gao was crowned the kings of the vassal domain, the dynasty has divided a total of 65 princes, and it has been 300 years since then, during which 18 were abolished for sin, and 15 heirs were removed from the title.

"Although the king of Jingjiang is the lord of the county king, he is the first emperor to order the prince to eat the prince! If you are among the princes, there will be thirty-three people who eat the princes! ”

After saying this, Xu Yunzhen stepped forward and handed the scroll of paper to the emperor's hand, and while Emperor Chongzhen was looking through it, he continued:

"As for the children of the clan, according to the clan jade in the Hanlin Academy and the Zongren Mansion, from the prince, the prince of the county to the lieutenant of Fengguo, as of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, there are 155,682 people!

"If you add the princess, the county lord, the concubine, the guest of honor and other royal relatives of the clan, until the seventh year of the Apocalypse, there are 378,446 people!"

Xu Yunzhen, the Duke of Dingguo, memorized the numbers that he had managed to remember in the past two days one by one, and the ministers present were terrified when he heard it.

Except for the people who participated in the management of the royal jade in the Zongren Mansion and the Hanlin Academy, the royal genealogy jade has always been secret.

Unless the emperor allows it, no one can take it out and look at it, let alone change a word.

Li Guojian and Sun Chengzong are scholars, and they have never known the scale of the clan's children so accurately.

Hearing Xu Yunzhen say this at this time, both of them widened their eyes and were so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths.

It was also at this time that I learned the original intention and hardships of Emperor Chongzhen.

At the beginning of the kingdom, he gave 50,000 stone of rice, which was later changed to 10,000 stone, and one stone was 120 catties, which was 1.2 million catties according to 10,000 stones.

Counting the king of Jingjiang, a total of 33 reigning princes and princes, how much rice is given to Lu per year, which is 330,000 stones, that is, 39.6 million catties of rice.

This is actually still a small head, after all, there are fewer princes.

There are five hundred and ninety-eight county kings, and a county king gives Lu Mi 2,000 stones, how much is that?

In addition, General Zhenguo gave Lu Mi 1,000 stone per year, and General Fuguo gave Lu Mi 800 stone per year.

Also, General Fengguo has 600 stones, Lieutenant Zhenguo has 400 stones, Auxiliary Lieutenant has 300 stones, and Lieutenant Fengguo has 200 stones.

This alone adds up to an astronomical amount.

In addition, the princess and the concubine were equal to the prince of the county, and they gave Lu rice 2,000 stones; The county lord and the guest of honor (the husband below the lord of the county is collectively referred to as the guest of honor) is equal to the general of the auxiliary state, and the year gives Lu rice 800 stones; Under the county lord, there are also county lords and honor guests, as well as county lords, county lords, township monarchs and their honor guests.

The lowest rank of the female clan is the rank of the Rank of Rank of Townsman, Lu Mi is equivalent to the lieutenant of Fengguo, that is, two hundred stones.

In the past, the burden placed on the imperial court was too heavy, and everyone in the court knew this.

But to what extent it is heavy, everyone is secret.

Because this matter involves the Heavenly Family itself, if the emperor doesn't say it, no one dares to ask more.

And the previous emperors either felt that it was a matter of course to raise the clan with the people of the world, or they thought that this matter was really damaging to the face and prestige of the heavenly family, in short, they were reluctant to say it.

But today, Emperor Chongzhen just wants to talk about this matter to his face, and the few important ministers he relies on know how serious this problem is.

Emperor Chongzhen finished reading what Xu Yunzhen presented, and then handed him to Li Guoyi.

After Li Guojian took it and looked at it, he gasped, and then handed it to Sun Chengzong silently.