Zhu Changyuan was very happy that the Central and Southern Operations had won a great victory, and the welfare of civil and military officials was naturally indispensable. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

First of all, the salaries of all officials have generally risen fivefold on the basis of the previous Ming Dynasty, which has made many people really happy for a while, and secondly, Zhu Changyuan implemented the system of stipunty for the kings for the first time.

That is to say, from now on, all the princes and kings will not give fiefs, but will be converted into Yulu, just like the officials of the imperial court.

At first, he thought that the salary of each prince and king should be equivalent to that of a first-class master, and after a five-fold increase, the annual salary was about 3,000 taels of silver, but then he thought that this was really a bit harsh on the princes and kings, so he raised the salary standard of the princes and kings to 10,000 taels of silver a year, and in addition, there was another reward.

In addition, each prince and king can have 300 private soldiers, and the previous system has been changed, which seems to be better for the clan.

Of course, those princes and kings who originally had land and property, Zhu Changyuan did not move immediately.

In this way, there is a basis for the handling methods of people such as Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng, Hao Ge, Luo Rucai, etc., and almost basically the salary is 10,000 taels of silver a year.

Another advantage of the princes and kings is that they can be hereditary and retired with the country, which is incomparable to those first-class officials.

At the time of the court meeting, Zhu Changyuan also obviously felt that because of this big victory in Zhongnan, his status in the hearts of hundreds of officials was involuntarily improved.

As a result, Zhu Changyuan finally showed his fangs to those kings who had been divided for hundreds of years.

Yan Hong, secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and minister of the Cabinet, wrote to him: "Your Majesty, the minister has heard that the land reform in Taiwan has been completed, and the whole Taiwan is in peace, which is the road of peace and prosperity. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Changyuan smiled, looked at the others in the court, and asked, "Do you have any opinions?" ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu Hou Sui said: "What Lord Yan said is also the truth. Land reform is indeed the road to peace and prosperity, but Your Majesty, if this is the case. It will inevitably cause dissatisfaction, and everything else is good to say, the ministers are worried about those princes and kings. ”

Although he theoretically and ideologically agreed with Zhu Changyuan's practice, and the test of practice has indeed proved that Zhu Changyuan's practice is very good. It is a long-term policy for the whole world, but from his small family, he still has his own little abacus.

If everyone's land is the same, and there is no difference between landlords and poor people, how can the status of the official be revealed, and how can the wealth of his Hou family be guaranteed?

Therefore, he came out first and gave Zhu Changyuan a big problem: Your Majesty, if you can cure those clans, let's talk about it.

Zhu Changyuan waved his hand and said, "I have my own arrangements, Hou Aiqing will step back for the time being." ”

Then Cao Huachun stepped forward. Take out a decree and begin to preach.

When the ministers heard the content of this holy decree, they all smiled bitterly and said secretly: Your Majesty, this is the rhythm of playing the kings to death.

Zhu Changyuan formulated a plan to divide the entire Hainan Province into more than 100 parts according to the wealth and poverty of the region, and each part was divided into a vassal state, such as the Jin State, the Lu State, the Ning State, and so on.

Then, force these princes to move their fiefdoms!

Zhu Changyuan pondered, for the sake of the whole of China, and then he couldn't treat Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants too harshly. can only give up a Hainan Island, turn Hainan Island into a pig island, and raise those princes.

It was already the best he could think of.

"Go, guys!" Zhu Changyuan took out a super huge map containing the topography of Hainan Island. Then he sent it to the cabinet ministers and said, "You divide this island into one hundred and twenty equal parts, divide the territory for those vassal kings, and tomorrow you will come up with a plan, and I will deal with it according to the plan." ”

The Cabinet took the map of the island and went down to prepare.

Meantime. Zhu Changyuan issued an edict to those vassal kings at the same time, asking them to prepare for the relocation of their fiefdoms.

Although the vassal kings are also a huge force, it is compared with the common people, if it is compared with Zhu Changyuan's now very solid imperial power, it is not enough.

As long as they have food and drink and can continue to bully men and women, Zhu Changyuan believes that they will not dare to rebel or play a difficult game, especially if he carries the power of pacifying the nine kingdoms in Central and South China, those small vassal kings will not dare to object.

Moreover, the migration of vassal kings has been going on since ancient times.

In the Western Han Dynasty, it was no longer common for vassal kings to change their territory.

"The next thing, this time the nine countries of Central and South China were pacified, and a lot of gold and silver treasures were obtained, and now although I have not yet had taxes, it can be said that the treasury is now full, and this silver is more than enough to buy the land of those landlords, and the policy of land reform will also be implemented in a hurry."

"Do you Aiqing have any different opinions?"

No one has any opinions now, just now Hou Sui came out to give Zhu Changyuan a problem, but this problem was quickly solved by him, so it is imperative for the entire country to reform the land.

So, Zhu Changyuan said: "Since there is no opinion, then the cabinet will draft the decree according to my will, and the land in the whole world can be sold to the state, and the yamen of the state capital can be implemented in accordance with the law of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The cabinet ministers and eunuchs bowed their hands at the same time, expressing their agreement.

Zhu Changyuan said again: "There are too many princes and nobles escorted over this time, there are more than 10,000 people, I can't think of any good resettlement measures for a while, Zhu Qing thinks about it, how should these people be settled?" ”

"Your Majesty!" Liu Zongzhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, came out of the list and said to Zhu Changyuan: "Your Majesty can follow the story of the Han Dynasty to place the Xiongnu generals, and choose those who are good can enter the court as officials." ”

Zhu Changyuan said: "The land of Central and South China is not as good as the Xiongnu, and there are many differences between my Ming thoughts, and it is probably inappropriate for them to enter the court as officials!" ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "In this way, the lord of the country can divide his own feud and give him some land, so that he can worship the ancestral temple!" ”

Zhu Changyuan shook his head and said: "The state ownership of land is the trend of the times, and it can be equally distributed to the common people, but I can't give it to these guys for nothing." ”

Kong He came out and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that Beihai Xinsheng City is being built on a large scale, since these people keep it for no use and waste of food, it is better to send Beihai to the control of the King of Siberia, just to make the best use of their talents!" ”

This guy is even more ruthless.

Zhu Changyuan said with a smile: "I'm afraid it's too much to treat the lords of the nine countries like this, so let's do it, except for the lords of the nine countries." The rest of the people moved to Xinsheng City in Beihai. The Ministry of Industry built a large courtyard in Beijing and named it the Hundred Gardens, so that the lords of the nine kingdoms lived in it, and the food and clothing supplies were at the disposal of the state treasury. If there are any more such captives in the future, this will be the case! ”

"Yes!" Kong He and Liu Zongzhou stepped back.

Zhu Changyuan said again: "I only have so many affairs today, if you have anything to report, you can say it." ”

The courtiers below were silent for a while, and it didn't take long for Wang Wu to come out. knelt down in the direction where Zhu Changyuan was, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has something to report!" ”

"Say it!" Zhu Changyuan stretched out his hand to flatten him.

Wang Wu stood up and said: "Yesterday someone arrested more than 70 officials of my Ming Dynasty and sent them to the procuratorate, it is said that these officials were arrested for corruption and bending the law, and the minister also carefully checked the relevant materials they sent, these officials are undoubtedly corrupt and perverted the law, but... ”

"Well, no need to say more!" Zhu Changyuan knew what Wang Wu was going to say next, and said, "Those people are the secret piles arranged by me all over the country. Specially supervise hundreds of officials and control corrupt and perverted acts! ”

"Since the evidence of the crime is undoubted, you should transfer all the criminal officers to the Criminal Department and sentence them according to the law!"

Zhu Changyuan got up from his seat and said, "Since you talked about it, I will give you a clear understanding today!" Punish the guilt, come out! ”

As soon as the words fell, a serious-looking man came in from outside the hall, and when he saw Zhu Changyuan, he bowed deeply and said, "Master!" ”

Zhu Changyuan bowed. Pointing to Zhu Sin, he said: "From today on, Wang Wu, you will hand over all the affairs of the Supervision Yuan to Zhu Sin, and his 40,000 men are all over the country to monitor the behavior of officials of the Ming Empire." If there is a criminal, no matter how high or low, can be arrested! ”

"You should keep in mind Emperor Taizu's admonition to the officials: Eryu Erlu, the people anoint the people. The people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to deceive. Sixteen words, abide by the way of being an official, don't bully the people to damage the country and enrich yourself. ”

Baiguan bowed his head below. I don't know what to say, although the reason is right, but Zhu Changyuan really completely cut off the financial path of being an official.

If it weren't for the fact that the salaries of officials have been greatly increased now, it is estimated that many people really don't want to be officials.

At present, all the personnel of the Supervision Yuan are loyal and brave warriors who have been exchanged from the system, and this alone can ensure that the entire inspection system is absolutely incorruptible.

There is such a team of incorruptible troops, and hundreds of officials want to be traitors, hehe! You must know that the staffing of these supervision institutes is extremely large, with a full 40,000 people, which can basically ensure that all the grassroots areas of Daming can be covered.

"Shouguo, you can come in too!"

Zhu Changyuan called the guards into the hall and said to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, you are all my ministers, I have high expectations for you, and what I hope most is that in the future, the cabinet can become the highest level of management of the entire empire, and all matters do not need to be reported to me, you can come up with the most correct decision!" ”

"I just want to be a carefree emperor, in the future, all the emperors under me will be the emperor of freedom, and the power will be completely given to you, but in order to ensure that the ministers will not deceive their superiors and subordinates and use their power for personal gain, I have to be on guard."

"This general is a guardian of the house, guarding the door of the house for generations, if anyone wants to override the royal family, the guardian has the right to kill and not play! I can also tell you clearly that there are 40,000 troops under the defenders, all of whom are enemies of 10,000 people! ”

In the hearts of the hundred officials, they were both surprised and delighted!

What is surprising is that the emperor has made such a big battle in order to keep the imperial family, and the happy thing is that the emperor is willing to put the power in the cabinet, isn't this emptying himself?

Zhu Changyuan knew what they were thinking, so he continued: "All cabinet ministers will serve a five-year term and can be re-elected at most once, that is, those who have occupied the cabinet for a long time will not exceed ten years. This point will be written into the constitution! ”

Zhu Changyuan has already begun to build his constitutional monarchy.

This is not to put a shackle on himself, but to ensure that the Ming Dynasty is truly ten thousand years. (To be continued.) )xh:.