31 Establishment of the Imperial Property (Four Watches for Votes and Collections)

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As soon as Liu Hong's words were finished, the following was immediately fried. The benefits of the proposal to separate the royal property and the treasury are obvious. But things are not good, everyone will agree. Those old stubborns, they look at things, and they don't care whether it is beneficial to the country and the people, but whether it violates tradition.

Liu Hong's proposal can be regarded as a new situation that has not been seen in thousands of years. Such a thing, in the eyes of those old stubborns, is a great rebellion. They objected one after another, "Your Majesty, the laws of the ancestors are immutable, and your ideas are completely unrealistic. ”

Looking at the people who kept opposing, Liu Hong's anger didn't come to one place, "My idea of benefiting the country and the people, why did it become unrealistic when it came to your mouth?" If you don't explain it to me, I will punish you for a crime of deception! ”

"Your Majesty, the law of our ancestors is immutable! The emperor has no selfish wealth, this is a rule handed down from ancient times, and it must not be easily changed. ”

"Oh, can't the rules that have been left over from ancient times be changed? Even if this rule can cause the danger of destroying the country, can't it be changed?! ”

"Your Majesty's words are too exaggerated, how can this cause the danger of destroying the country?"

"Can't you?" Liu Hong then asked, "If I withdraw all the money from the treasury now and use it for food, drink, and merrymaking, what will you do?" What will you do if I feel that it is not enough to raise the money in the treasury, and I have to raise taxes to continue to provide for my enjoyment? If I feel that the tax increase alone is not enough for my pleasure, and I have to sell my official beard and continue to provide me with pleasure, what can you do? If I want to do these things, can I cause the danger of destroying the country? And if I'm going to do this, can you stop it? ”

Liu Hong's words directly made everyone stupid. These are all done by the Emperor Ling in history, in history, the ministers were powerless against Emperor Ling, and now they are also powerless when it comes to Liu Hong's questioning.

To be able to become a minister and reach such a high position, they must be smart people. They thought about it calmly and found that this matter was really a great hidden danger.

Looking at the contemplative crowd, Liu Hong said again: "Maybe you think that I will not do the above thing. But even if I can't do it, can you guarantee that the emperors of future generations will never be able to do such a thing? As long as there is such a foolish emperor, the country of the Han Dynasty will be completely ruined, and with such hidden dangers, can we rest assured? ! ”

Sensing the seriousness of the matter, the old stubborns also changed their views. Although they still can't wipe their face and publicly agree, they no longer say that the ancestral law is immutable.

The Queen Mother listened to it for a long time, and also felt that what Liu Hong said was very reasonable, especially Liu Hong's statement that he wanted to build a palace for her moved her. So she spoke, thinking that it would be better to separate the property of the royal family from the treasury.

The civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty were almost all based on the great general Dou Wu. So as soon as the Queen Mother spoke, things were easy to do, and as soon as the other people agreed, the matter was settled. All that's left is to study how the property is divided.

Liu Hong saw that the goal had been achieved, and he didn't want to embarrass these courtiers too much, so as not to cause extraneous branches, so he said: "Since the treasury is not rich, the money in it should be kept to govern the country, and the royal family will no longer divide it." Now all you need is Aiqing and set a plan for everyone in the royal family. ”

Decide to everyone in the royal family, what kind of international joke are you making, can this be decided by the minister, which minister dares to speak casually?! This thing is obviously not too much, and it is not too little, isn't it embarrassing. If this is too much, there may not be enough money to govern the country. And if it is less, whether it is the emperor, the queen mother, the queen or the concubines, princesses, princes or something, there is a grudge, maybe when, they may give you a small shoe to wear.

Seeing that no one else spoke, Dou Wu couldn't hold his breath. This matter, after all, was agreed to by his daughter, Empress Dowager Dou, and if she was frozen here like this, his daughter's face would definitely not look good, so he opened his mouth to come to solve the situation.

"Your Majesty, this is something that has never been done before, and it is related to the face of the royal family, so we should consider it carefully."

"If the general has any ideas, just say it, can we all discuss it together?"

"Your Majesty, I think so. Directly setting a specific figure would damage the face of the royal family. We might as well not determine the specific figures, and give the royal family a share according to the actual income of the treasury, I don't know what Your Majesty wants? ”

"If this method is good and the country develops well, the royal family will get more money. If the country does not develop well, the royal family will get less money. This is a good way, but I don't know how much to give to the royal family? ”

"In order to ensure that the treasury can have enough money to govern the country, at most thirty percent can be used to divide the royal family, of which one percent is the emperor's money, one percent is the queen mother and the concubines, and the rest is the queen, the princess and the princes."

"Oh, in that case, am I going to have to marry a wife now, otherwise I will only have to withdraw 20% of the treasury now?"

Although it felt like Liu Hong was joking, no one dared to take this stubble. Seeing that everyone didn't dare to speak, Liu Hong smiled helplessly and said, "Our royal family is not insatiable. There is a share of it, which is enough for us to spend, and now that the country is in difficulty, it is better to leave more money for governing the country. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" The ministers hurriedly opened their mouths to praise.

"Now that the property of the royal family has been separated from the treasury, the maintenance of the royal palace and the servants of the imperial palace, there is no reason for the royal family to let the state bear this part of the expenses. But this requires a lot of money, and with the current state of the treasury, one percent of the income should not be enough to pay for all this. In order for the royal family not to be dragged down by this part of the money, I think that some arable land and industries can be set aside across the country to be counted as imperial villages, otherwise our royal family will go bankrupt, and you will not look good as courtiers. ”

Dividing the Huangzhuang is nothing to the ministers, in their opinion, it is just a fief in disguise. Anyway, there are ownerless lands in the world, just find some and assign them to the royal family, anyway, they can't move their interests, and they can't offend the emperor for this matter.

But this matter is very important to Liu Hong. Because he has long been optimistic about some places, all of which are military important places, and if a military base is built there, he can easily control the whole country. Originally, Liu Hong wanted to pay for these places, but many places were occupied by some departments of the imperial court.

Liu Hong was very happy to solve the matter of separating the royal property and the treasury. It was rare that he was in high spirits, and felt that he should do more, at the very least, to solve the matter of coins. Otherwise, as soon as you go out to buy something, if it is a little more expensive, you will have to use a big car to pull money, which is too inconvenient.

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