"The trouble of today is that there are more people and less money......"

On the edge of the woods outside Schönbrunn Palace, in a large gold-roofed tent, Kublai Khan sat cross-legged on a Hu bed, his tone leisurely, as if it was difficult to decide.

This was a rather unconventional discussion, and the four major judges of Baturu, Moge, Liu Xiaoyuan, and Yao Shu gathered. After Kublai Khan withdrew from the Han land, he nominally abolished the Han law and implemented the Eight Banners Reform. But it was Liu Xiaoyuan, a Hanchen, who actually presided over the reform, what kind of clever system could he come up with? It is nothing more than to upgrade the Eight Banners system, which the Ming Dynasty used to integrate all kinds of dependent Tartars, to a lower level and become a combination of military and civilian. Above the Eight Banners, there were six ministries and nine secretaries according to the original Han system, and above the six ministries and nine secretaries were four chief judges, who were actually prime ministers. In addition to the four chief officials equivalent to the prime minister, there was also An Tong, the chief official of the Cowardly Xue Mansion, which was in charge of the affairs and security of Kublai Khan's court. An Tong, the head of the cowardly Xue Mansion, is Kublai Khan's personal person.

It's just that this is nothing, after all, An Tong is the successor of Baturu, and sooner or later he will also be the chief judge. But the strange thing is that there is still a group of people standing in the big tent, most of them young men and teenagers. This is a bunch of princes and grandsons, the third son is busy with Gera, the fourth son is Namuhan, the fifth son is Kugechi, the sixth son is Aiyachi, the seventh son is Oduchi, the eighth son is Kuokuochu, and Kublai Khan's grandson Huang Ebo is also here.

Yesterday, Kublai Khan made a decree and set the theme, which is the matter of the people of the Eight Banners. The magistrates and princes found it weird. The Eight Banners should be discussed by the judges and the Eight Banners, but now there are only four Commanders of the Eight Banners (the four judges are all Commanders), but the princes and grandsons have come to a bunch, which is not in accordance with the rules. The judges speculated that the princes of the Great Khan were getting older. It's time for them to participate in government affairs, and perhaps the government affairs they participate in will start with the Eight Banners Flag Affairs. Today's discussion is less than four capitals. The location is again in the hunting ground, and it does not seem to be official. It's just to familiarize the princes with the flag affairs.

However, looking at the expressions of the several princes present, they were all extremely serious, as if they had tightened their heartstrings, waiting to behave well in front of Kublai Khan and the four judges.

Several princes are probably thinking about the seat under Kublai Khan's ass, right? Liu Xiaoyuan had a sharp mind, and glanced at the princes present, there were already a number. The succession of the previous Mongol Great Khans was through the Council of Kuritai rather than the canonization of crown princes. But everyone knows that this rule will definitely change when Kublai Khan comes here. Therefore, the princes have long begun to compete with each other, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, and the generals of the Eight Banners. are also more or less involved in this power struggle. However, Liu Xiaoyuan has been careful to stay out of the matter. Because he knew that Kublai Khan's health was still very healthy, and now he could keep his position by following Kublai Khan, and participating in the seizure of the heir was simply an unwarranted risk. And even if the prince he supports is put on the throne, with Kublai Khan's current physical condition, he is afraid that he will not be able to take the throne for more than ten years. God knows if that prince will have the last laugh......

At the beginning of the meeting, Kublai Khan looked as usual, and did not look at his sons and grandchildren, but like nagging, things that happened too quickly from the people of the Eight Banners. It talked about the demarcation of provinces, states and counties, and the good governance of localities. Finally, I said worriedly, in the long run, no matter how it is governed. The state will inevitably be insufficient, and if the state is insufficient, the government will be obstructed and the government will collapse. The world is in danger.

This is to make the problem clear, and the four judges and the minister of the Xue Mansion, An Tong, all know that the Eight Banners are growing too quickly and the financial revenue is too small - although in this battle to enter Europe. Kublai Khan had tried his best to restrain the soldiers of the Eight Banners, killing and robbing less. However, the war was still very devastating in France, Poland, North Germany and the Netherlands, and a large number of merchants and artisans fled. A vast land now ruled by the Mongols. The industry and industry were so devastated that only the Wieliczka Salt Mine (in Poland, the largest salt mine in Europe) and the Kutná Hora Silver Mine (in Bohemia, the largest silver mine in Europe, under the direct control of the Mongols) were the two easiest mines to make money, and they were still operating as they were before the Mongols. In addition, there is a thriving trading city of Rouen, located about 300 miles northwest of Paris - Rouen, located on the lower reaches of the Seine, 220 miles from the English Channel, was one of the two major ports of trade of the Kublai Khan Empire, the other being Constantinople, the residence of the Roman Khan.

However, it is really insufficient to maintain a large country, to feed more than a million banner people, and at the same time to maintain a war that is increasingly expensive, relying on a salt mine, a silver mine, a port city, and tens of millions of serfs.

So these days, the life of the children of the Eight Banners under Kublai Khan is tight, and if the salary is reduced again, the life will not be able to live.

"The state is insufficient, and the local governance is still poor, it is advisable to set up provinces, prefectures and counties as soon as possible, send competent officials, redistribute the land, so that the land of the European nobles and churches will be distributed to the serfs, and then strictly supervise the European serfs to cultivate and produce!"

Yao Shu is the head of the household, and the state is insufficient, so he naturally has his responsibility. And his solution is still open source - he doesn't dare to say about throttling, although he is also a banner man now, but the banner man from the Han people, after all, is a second-class flag here in Kublai Khan, and he still does less to offend people - the open source method is back to governing the locality, and now the local management of the Mongol Empire is very chaotic, and the general of the garrison of the Eight Banners is also the governor, and the military and government are integrated. And those Eight Banner generals are also poorly managed, they can't collect the money they should collect, and the money they receive is spent casually, so there are always not enough to hand over to the imperial court.

Therefore, the direction he suggested was to establish a local civil government as soon as possible, and at the same time to implement a system of equalization of land, and divide the agricultural land within the jurisdiction of the Mongol Empire equally among the serfs for cultivation.

Yao Shu's words were also to the point, especially the suggestion that the land of the nobles of Europa should be divided equally among the serfs was extremely valuable, and Kublai Khan nodded again and again. But after all, this is far water, and it is difficult to quench the thirst of the near. And if the flag man Dingkou continues to swell as it is now, I am afraid that no matter how much tax there is, it will not be enough to spend!

Kublai Khan set his eyes on Liu Xiaoyuan, who was expressionless, just looking at his nose, nose and mouth, and asking his heart, so he looked like a virtuous minister.

He must have a way, but he can't say it! Kublai Khan also knew that the current Eight Banners were still divided into Mongolian and Han colors. There are some things that Liu Xiaoyuan, who is the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, can't say much.

"Great Khan, Yao Xianggong's method is good. But now the number of flag people is increasing too fast, so don't curb it. Dozens or hundreds of years later, there will only be flag people and no Europeans! ”

It was Baturu who stood up and spoke. The first of the four major judges, Kublai Khan's most trusted courtier.

The other three judges were expressionless, but a bunch of princes wondered, how to curb population growth? Don't let a woman have children?

"Isn't it good to have only flag men and no Europeans?" At this moment, Emperor Ebo suddenly interjected and asked.

There was silence in the hall for a while, as if no one could answer the question, until the soft sigh of Kublai Khan rang out.

"It's good, it's good, but it's all flag people, not Europeans, who will raise the flag people? Who will raise the imperial court? ”

If you let the flag man take the girl of the Europeans from generation to generation. One hundred years and two hundred years later, the Europeans (whose identity is Europeans) in the Mongol Empire will become extinct, and there will be very few left. Bannermen with European ancestry will become mainstream. If you look at the rule of the Bannermen in Europa, this seems like a good thing.

There is a lot of power in numbers! There are more flag people than Europeans, and Europeans naturally can't turn the sky, and the land of Europa will always be flag people.

But the problem is that the banner people are not engaged in production now, they are the exploiting class in the Mongol and European empires, and they are all supported by the Europeans in paying taxes. If the population is more than Europeans, how can Europeans afford it? As for letting the banner people go to farm, work, pay taxes and support the court. It's one thing to say it, it's another thing to do it...... And, that too will be in the future. At present, Kublai Khan still has to rely on these more than one million banner men to rule over more than 10 million Europeans, but in the face of the rapid growth of the number of banner men. Finances are already hard to recover.

Kublai Khan sighed lightly: "In fact, there is no need to wait for the day when the banner people surpass the Europeans, just now, my court will not be able to pay the flag salary." ”

When he spoke. His eyes swept over his sons. Today's discussion is actually an exam. Get a few princes and hear what they can do.

The four judges and An Tong saw what Kublai Khan's eyes were pointing at. They all kept silent for a while, and gave the opportunity to answer the question to the prince.

Of course, this question is not easy to answer. At least Baturu, Moge, and An Tong couldn't think of any way to reduce the enemy's population, and these Mongols couldn't do anything better, but if they wanted to control the number of their own people, they had nothing to do. You can't swing a knife at your own people, can you?

Tulu, Moge and An Tong can pretend to be stupid and not answer. However, the third prince was busy with Gera, the fourth prince Namuhan, the fifth prince Kugechi, the sixth prince Aiyachi, the seventh prince Oduchi, and the eighth prince were all willing to answer all six of them. If you can't answer, then put out the idea of taking the heir as soon as possible.

Kublai Khan's gaze stopped on the third son, Busy Brother, his eldest son died early, and the second son was Zhenjin, and after Zhenjin's death, the sons were busy with Brothera.

"Father Khan, the child heard that the Han Shijue practiced primogeniture, and only the eldest son could inherit his father's title, and the rest of the sons were ordinary people. Why don't we do the same? ”

Primogeniture? Before the words of the busy brother fell, the vicious eyes of the younger brothers came over - together now that you are the oldest, you want to inherit? How many brothers do you want to be common people?

If the real gold was still there, he would definitely not say such brainless words. Kublai Khan sighed in his heart, and his eyes turned to the fourth son, Namkhan.

"Father Khan, I heard that the noble sons of Europa, if they cannot inherit the title and fief, there are only two ways out, one is to join the army; The second is to be a priest, and the Christian priests in Europa, like the Han monks in the Central Plains, cannot marry wives and have children...... You can't follow the rules. ”

Kublai Khan nodded slightly, this son has more brains than busy brother. But this method itself is not very useful here. Because Kublai Khan's Christian patriarch here is himself! As a patriarch and the second son of God, Kublai Khan certainly had wives and children, and he took the lead, and the cardinals and bishops below him (most of whom were lamas-turned) also had wives and concubines. Can you change careers to become "monks" now?

"Father Khan, my son thinks that my Mongol warriors can set foot in the countries of Europa! Before, our southern expedition was blocked because of scattered attacks. If we had concentrated our forces to take Switzerland first, and then Vienna, I am afraid that we would have already invaded Italy. If you take away the rich land of Italy, more warriors will not be able to raise it! ”

"That's right, Father Khan, it's better to fight, fight hard, after fighting Italy, you can go back to fight Han and fight to the death with the Ming thief!"

The fifth prince Hu Gechi and the sixth prince Ai Yachi seem to be reckless, and the two brothers are shouting and shouting to kill, and the meaning is also very clear. Let the Mongol warriors die on the battlefield, and the population will be smaller, won't it?

Kublai Khan looked disappointed at the eldest seven Ao Du Chi and the eighth old Kuokuo, hoping that the two younger sons would have some satisfactory answers.

"Father Khan, the child doesn't understand, we haven't been in Europa for a long time, why can't the population of these Eight Banners be so large? I have to be pregnant for ten months to give birth, so it's good to have a baby in this time......"

He did not answer Kublai Khan's question, but asked about Kublai Khan's coming.

Kublai Khan said lightly: "The population of the Eight Banners was not born, but was begged for a little wife!" ”

He is also responsible for this, and he himself has taken more than a dozen concubines in the past two years......

"Then don't you let you please the little wife?" Broad answer.

The Seventh Prince Ao Du sneered: "Eighth Prince, why don't this matter start with you?" Leave all the little wives in the house, save some energy to practice the ability of horseback riding and archery. ”

"Oduchi! What do you mean? Do you mean that my ability to ride and shoot is not as good as yours? Why don't we compare the two of us? ”

"Compare to compare! Whoever loses will go and divorce the little wife! ”

"Good! Deal! ”

Hearing the two sons arguing inappropriately, Kublai Khan coughed and frowned. The two princes suddenly lost their voices. Kublai Khan set his sights on his grandson, Emperor Ebo.

"Huang Ebo, you can also talk about it."

Huang Ebo responded, thought for a while, and replied: "Grandpa, my grandson thinks that what the eighth uncle and the seventh uncle said makes sense. The warriors had too many concubines, which not only increased the burden on the imperial court, but also affected the warriors' martial arts, which should be strictly controlled. And...... Europeans are all lowly races, and their bloodlines are not as noble as my Mongolians, if you let warriors and European women have children, I am afraid that they will stain the Mongolian blood. From now on, it should be forbidden to intermarry between flag men and Europeans! ”

Huang Ebo is still a child, and he has no personnel, so he naturally doesn't know how rough Mongolian women are, let alone how slender blondes are. That's why there is such a trick to harm others and yourself. But Kublai Khan's eyes lit up, and he looked at his precious grandson, who had half of the inferior blood of the colored people, and nodded with satisfaction...... (To be continued.) )