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Chapter 569: The Clan

There are also people who still insist that Gewuxin's theory is just a small way, and the moral article said by the sage is the right reason. But although there are many people who agree with this kind of remarks, they can't convince the emperor, and there is no way to explain clearly what Chen Xie's Gewuxin is all about. You don't understand anything, you have to say that people are wrong, it's a small way, can you explain it clearly? What's wrong? Don't say anything about corrupt people's hearts and degraded morals, these things are really not a big deal compared to the Zhu family's country, when they are useful, they will be used, and when they are useless, they will be thrown away like rags.

In the final analysis, the king's primary concern is not what moral articles or what etiquette and laws are profound. These things are only used when they are useful at a certain historical stage. It is very clear from the historical classics that since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed the Hundred Schools, the essence of the emperor is the external Confucianism and the internal law. The Confucian set is used to deal with the people of the world, and the emperor is still a Legalist in his bones.

Zhu Youzhen was ruthless to Wenchen, and even more ruthless to the clan. Soon after the edict was issued, another decree followed. Since his accession to the throne, the vassal kings have caused a lot of trouble, arousing countless public anger and exacerbating the spread of thieves. Therefore, I take the Ming Dynasty as my mind, and hereby announce to the world that from now on, I will no longer be crowned king in the Guannei, and the existing vassal kings will be subject to the laws of the Ming Dynasty. The vassal king was not allowed to keep a family member, and after his death, the throne was withdrawn, and the fief was distributed to his children for food and clothing. A member of the clan, a person without a fief. Self-retrieving livelihood.

After this edict came down, all the clans in the world were stunned, and the clans in Beijing all went to the outside of the Forbidden City and knelt on the ground, crying and shouting, begging His Majesty to take back his life. Zhu Youzhen this time it was Wang Ba who ate the scales - he was iron-hearted. Li Zicheng broke Luoyang's affairs. The wound brought to him was too deep, Zhu Changluo, that bastard, so rich and wanting this and that, the emperor opened his mouth to ask them for silver to fight, and everyone cried poor. In the end, the benefits are all cheaper and the thieves are really unbearable.

How to understand this edict? It's very simple, the emperor's son can be crowned king, but not in the country. Seal it out of the gates. What grassland, what Liaodong, you can go to those places if you want, anyway, the Guannai is not the king. Moreover, the land that the king rewarded was a one-time thing. Don't worry about your son, leave your belongings for your sons to eat. Clan members can now go out and fend for themselves. There are no more limits.

In other words, Zhu Youzhen was also forced out, not to mention him at this time. In the Jiajing period, the taxes of the Ming Dynasty were not enough for the vassal kings and clansmen. Later, Jiajing, who was forced, was ruthless, and the Ministry of Rites strictly restricted the rewards of clan relatives. In the Chongzhen period, in fact, the situation of the clan was already very bad, many people had no income, and they were not given to find work. There are people who starve to death.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen was definitely worse off, not to mention the clan relatives, Tian Guifei also knelt in front of Zhu Youzhen and pleaded for her two sons. You seal me out of the gates. Outside Zhangjiakou or outside Shanhaiguan. Or just throw it to the South Seas? Mother, who resists this, wants to die or live. Zhu Youzhen was not moved at all, the Ming clan has always been a strict problem, and this problem must be cured after solving the urgent needs inside and outside.

A bunch of clans, kneeling outside the Forbidden City, couldn't get up, and Zhu Youzhen didn't see them at all. There was no movement for more than ten days. Jingshi made a fuss because of this matter. The ministers couldn't speak, and no one would open it. The clans of the Ming Dynasty had no political status, and they were all raised as pigs. There are so many current vassal kings, and one less one dies, which is a good thing.

After seeing the news from the newspaper, Zhu Cihong immediately recruited Chen Xie, and he was also very embarrassed. As the crown prince, although his position is stable, if he does not do this matter properly, the saliva of the people of the world can drown him. Don't you raise the offspring of your own brothers? Do you watch them starve to death? This is a heavy blow to the moral system of the Ming Dynasty. You see, that's how the emperor is. This is actually a big thing, in the past, it was just to restrict the clan and let them have fewer children and a little less. Now after this new edict comes down, it means that only one generation is in charge of you, and the next generation will fend for itself.

"Brother-in-law, what do you think about this?" Zhu Cihong asked Chen Xie very carefully, that means you can give me an idea, let me be a good example of the world. Chen Xie read this edict and was really embarrassed. This is an imperial matter, he is a courtier, how can he say anything? But then again, these clans of the Ming Dynasty have no other skills, and their ability to have children is first-class. It's a fief again, and it's a clan ration, and these hundreds of thousands of people still have to eat a lot, and if it is strictly enforced, the annual tax will not be enough for them to share.

"The problem of the clan really needs to be solved by thought. Majesty Xià is a little in a hurry, let me think about this matter. Chen Xie's answer is not to deal with it, but to really think of ways to solve this problem.

Zhu Cihong thought that Chen Xie was coping and delaying time, so he turned around and went to Zhu Yujiao and asked her to tell Chen Xie. Zhu Yujiao couldn't resist his plea, and she took it seriously, so she had to come to Chen Xie, and when she saw Chen Xie drawing a table, she stepped forward and said, "Master, the prince asked me to tell you that he can't say nothing about this matter." ”

Chen Xie pointed to the position next to him and said, "You sit down, I'll talk to you slowly." Zhu Yujiao sat beside Chen Xie, Chen Xie took her hand and said, "The existing clan system must not be continued." How to solve this problem? I still have every complete plan here, so I'm not dealing with the prince, but really thinking about it. ”

Zhu Yujiao knew that she had misunderstood Chen Xie, so she nodded embarrassedly and said, "The concubine understands, the master is really thinking about the future of the clan, I'm sorry, I shouldn't doubt you." Chen Xie smiled: "There is no need to apologize, in fact, you are concerned about it." In this case, you go and call the prince, and by the way, go and get a Go board. ”

Zhu Yujiao nodded, and soon followed Zhu Cihong in, Chen Xie took the chessboard in the maid's hand, put it on the table and said, "Your Highness, come and see, this is a chessboard." As he spoke, he picked up a chess piece, put it in a space, and said with a smile: "Assuming this is the current emperor, occupy a space." So let's say he only has two sons, then there are two pieces in the next space. In the next space, there are four chess pieces. So ask the prince to calculate an account, just according to the statement just now, limited to one hundred generations, the prince will calculate, how many clansmen will there be in the Ming Dynasty? ”

Zhu Cihong was very relaxed at first, picked up the pen and paper and wrote, and said with a smile while writing: "What's so difficult about this? The third generation is four chess pieces, the fourth generation is eight, the fifth generation is sixteen, the sixth generation is thirty-two, the seventh generation is sixty-four, and the eighth generation is ....... At this time, Zhu Cihong reacted, damn, this number is too scary, he doesn't know it at all. According to this trend, as long as the Ming Dynasty does not fall, everyone in the Ming Dynasty will have the surname Zhu in the future.

It's not a question of whether you can raise it or not, it's a question that you can't raise at all. Zhu Cihong immediately showed a panicked expression, stood up and bowed to Chen Xie, "Thank you brother-in-law for teaching me, otherwise I wouldn't think so." Chen Xie raised his hand to signal him to sit down, and said lightly: "Your Majesty's idea is right, but you can't be in such a hurry, you need a transitional means." Here, I came up with a way to divide it into three steps. In the first step, His Majesty will give some money, and the clan with the silver will also contribute a little capital, and everyone will set up a clan joint-stock company to do business to ensure that the existing clan will not starve. The second step is to set up a clan academy. This clan school should not only teach them to read, but also teach them the means to earn a living. The third step is to determine from the legal point of view that in the future, the Ming clan, like ordinary Ming people, will be bound by the laws of the Ming Dynasty and will no longer enjoy privileges. In this way, it will be possible to solve the problems of the clan's life in the future, and it will also avoid the phenomenon that local officials are powerless after the clan corrupts the law and order of the imperial court. The prince wrote a secret recital according to this idea, and sent it directly to Jingshi and sent it to His Majesty. Share your worries for your father! ”

Zhu Cihong was so happy that he immediately went back to write the secret music, and Chen Xie stopped him and said: "Wait a minute, when you start the chapter, you must first affirm that His Majesty's decision-making is wise, which is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty." And then I said that I felt the suffering of the clan's future livelihood and a little bit of my own foolishness, as a small supplement to His Majesty's great idea. That's probably what it means, go for it. ”

The clan problem of the Ming Dynasty, in Chen Xie's view, was solved one day earlier, and the matter was solved one day earlier. Otherwise, this vassal king who is all over the world will be dragged down by the Ming Dynasty sooner or later. Although Zhu Youzhen's move was a little ruthless, it was very effective, but he was a little anxious and did not consider it too comprehensively, which caused a lot of backlash. According to Zhu Youzhen's character, it is definitely not possible to deny his decision-making, so he can only affirm it first, and then say additional words. As for how this company should be established, isn't there a ready-made royal fleet and a royal grain chain? Based on these two industries, it is really not difficult to develop some peripheral industries and make money. The imperial family of the Ming Dynasty had such a miserable life, but it was actually forced out by the emperor and Wenchen. On the one hand, he was afraid that the vassal king would rebel, and on the other hand, he did not let his family go out to make a living. How can it be kept in a pen and raised as a pig? We must find a way for them to survive, otherwise we will really starve many people to death.

How to solve the problem of the reproduction and survival of hundreds of thousands of clans, Zhu Youzhen actually has no good way. Just come with a one-size-fits-all approach, just like the later layoffs, push the difficulties into the society, the state can't control you, go find food yourself.

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