Later generations said that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was wonderful. If you look at it from Zhu Cihong's point of view, in fact, this "wonderful" is the "small people" character that emerged from the emperors of previous dynasties. This kind of petty character is more and more clearly manifested in the two emperors of Tianqi and Chongzhen.

On the one hand, Emperor Chongzhen had a headache from the pressure of the clan and couldn't sleep at night, but on the other hand, he didn't have the courage to risk the world's disapproval. If you want to say that he has any good feelings for Zongfan, at least Zhu Cihong can't see it. In the case of him being on the throne, as early as the third year of Chongzhen, he would nationalize the wealth of the vassal kings in the name of suppressing the salaries of the emperors.

"Father, in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, the imperial court was no longer able to pay the high amount of rice from the sect."

Back in the dormitory after Zhou, Chongzhen sat on the edge of the bed and looked at his wife, who was getting thinner, while listening to Zhu Cihong's discussion of cutting the rice of the sect.

Zhu Cihong knew that his father liked to listen to people quoting scriptures, but in fact, it was also because of the lack of self-confidence in his heart. He sat in front of Chongzhen and Empress Zhou, and said slowly: "Therefore, Emperor Gao issued an edict: reduce the amount of the king's age to fund the military state." From the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, the prince gave ten thousand stones, the king of the county two thousand stones, the general of Zhenguo a thousand stones, the auxiliary generals, the Fengguo generals, and the lieutenants of Zhenguo decreased by 200 stones, and the auxiliary lieutenants and Fengguo lieutenants decreased by 100 stones. The princess and the concubine are 2,000 stones, the county lord and the guest of honor are 800 stones, the county lord, the county monarch and the guest of honor are reduced by 200 stones, and the county monarch, the village monarch and the guest of honor are reduced by 100 stones. ”

After Zhou listened to his son's words and knew the ancestral system, he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart, straightened his body, and listened more and more attentively.

"This restructuring seems to have reduced the rice of the clan, but in fact it has increased the age of the descendants of the clan. If it is according to the regulations of the ninth year of Hongwu, the son of the king of the county, the general of Zhenguo, is to give 60 hectares of land to each as a permanent inheritance. Regardless of the number of descendants of the generals of Zhenguo, all expenses were paid from these sixty hectares of land. After the restructuring, the auxiliary general to the lieutenant of Fengguo. Each person received 800 to 200 koku of rice every year, so that the total amount far exceeded the 60 hectares of land. ”

"Take Shandong Luwangfu as an example," Zhu Cihong took a sip of the tea brought by Kun Xing, "When he was first sealed, he was only a prince, and by the eighth year of Jiajing, he had already increased the number of generals, lieutenants, counties, and county lords, monarchs, and honor guests to 361. There are more than 139,237 stones. ”

Chongzhen's face had already begun to turn blue when he heard such a large number. Zhu Cihong continued: "In the twenty-fourth year of Wanli. The number of people has reached more than 800, including 19 county kings. As for King De and King Heng, there are fifteen county kings in the German domain, and eleven county kings in the Heng domain, a total of forty-five county kings, and there are countless generals and lieutenants. Where did the country get so much rice to support them? ”

"Therefore, the clan is in arrears for a long time." Chongzhen let out a long sigh and said: "The ancestors customized the original for the friendship of relatives, but now it seems that it has put a shackle on the imperial family. ”

"Father, it's more than that." Zhu Cihong said: "The vassal kings still have Zhuangtian. Just look at the number of rewards given by the dynasties. There are at least 6,500 hectares of Dewang's mansion, and there are more than 2,000 Hengwang's mansions. In addition to Zhuangtian, there are rouge fields, chicken and goose food fields, and goose and duck factories. Speaking of tidal flats, it is tidal flat land that cannot grow food, but in fact, they deceive and conceal it, and those are also fertile land, not to mention 3,000 hectares! The state does not receive a penny of money for the taxes paid by these fields, and does it not mean that they are given it? ”

"This is only the property of the vassal king, and it is impossible to enumerate below the county king." Zhu Cihong said: "There are also miscellaneous taxes they collect, grain silver, and Diao people who donated to their subordinates to avoid paying taxes...... Some people say, 'Give a province of money.' It is difficult to raise the vassal king of this province', and it seems that Erchen is not alarmist. At the very least, Shandong's financial resources cannot afford the three feudatories of Germany, Heng, and Lu. ”

"Your method of distributing dividends, can it really solve the consumption of the clan?" Chongzhen asked.

"Father," Zhu Cihong said with a smile, "The annual income of the emperor's store is a fixed number, and the more the profit, the more dividends, and the less the less." If you don't, you don't know. If the capital is lost, it is also borne by the funder, and it has nothing to do with the national finance. Which descendant the vassal king is willing to give shares, the amount has nothing to do with my family, anyway, it is that fixed number. ”

"There are always poor vassals who want to make trouble." Chongzhen frowned.

"Take a share of the proceeds. It is used as a relief fund for the poor, a pension, and a school expense. Zhu Cihong said: "As long as you are willing to study, the cost of studying in the registered clan will also be allocated from here." ”

"I'm afraid they won't." Chongzhen Road.

"Father, he is a villager in the countryside, and there are also big houses and small branches in one case. The big house also has to bear a lot of expenses, which is for relatives. Of course, my imperial family is a big house, but are the feudal clans small? Not to mention anything else, the two feudal clans of Qin and Jin were seen by their sons, which one is not more than the money in the house? Those poor feudal clans want to come to my house to make trouble, because the feudal clans are scattered. In the opinion of the sons, in the future, the feudal clans will obey and use, and if there are poor feudal clans to make trouble, let them go to the top. Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

Zhou Hou sat up and praised: "This matter has been a headache since the temple master, but let my son solve it lightly." ”

This is a family matter, and Chongzhen can't help but let the queen express her opinion, but he said with a stiff face: "It may not be so simple." ”

Zhu Cihong smiled and said that the problem of the sect was not what strategy to formulate, but how to proceed. Now several ports in Shandong are under the control of Donggong, and the land route is cut off by Luo Yukun, Liu Fangliang, and Gao Jie. Only Donggong nodded in and out of the goods, otherwise he could only buy Gao Jie at a high price. If the Shandong feudal clans know each other, it is the best, if they don't know each other......

"Erchen got the news when he changed his clothes before," Zhu Cihong said softly, "The thief Liu Fangliang has broken through Jinan Mansion, and King De's Mansion may have been robbed." ”

"King Nade......"

"Fortunately, King De is in Laizhou." Zhu Cihong said.

"Didn't King Nade's 200,000 taels also fall into the hands of thieves?" After Zhu You listened to his son's analysis, he faintly resented the huge wealth of the vassal king. Thinking about the king of a country, he can't make up 350,000 taels of military expenses, and a vassal king can casually come up with 200,000 taels, which is really eye-catching.

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Cihong said with confidence: "Who will put valuable things in one place?" Defu and Lufu have all suffered military disasters, and they must have hidden a lot of emergency silver in the fields and earthen villages outside. The fall of this mansion only made his heart ache for a while at best. ”

In the original historical script, until the third year of Shunzhi, someone still exposed the hidden assets of the Hengwang Mansion, so Zhu Cihong was not worried that the three feudatories would really be poor. Even King Lu, who fled south, would not take all his assets with him, and most of them would be buried in some places, and he would come back and enjoy them again.

"Father, the army of thieves has broken through Jinan, and it is estimated that Qingzhou Mansion will not be able to protect it. The sons still have to rush to the Lexia defense line overnight to supervise the battle, please rest assured that the father and queen mother. Zhu Cihong got up and said.

"My son himself must be careful not to take risks." Zhou Hou persuaded.

Chongzhen just nodded, still not very confident about his son's military ability. It's just that at the moment, the guards of the East Palace have become a line of defense for Zuihou, and if there is no eldest son to support it, it will only rely on the local villagers.

Zhu Yujiao sent her brother to the door and said softly: "Brother Huang, come back early." ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, took two steps and said, "I'll tell Liu Ruoyu when I turn around, you can go to the orphanage camp whenever you want to." As long as you follow the rules I have set, you can do whatever you want. ”

"Brother Xie Huang!" Zhu Yujiao happily blessed herself.

Zhu Cihong walked out of the inner house, and the eunuch who followed behind him was soon replaced by the personal guards. Because Min Zhanlian wanted to stay in the Zhaoyuan training reserve camp, he sent his own son Min Ziruo to follow the crown prince. Zhu Cihong has never fixed an adjutant, and just saw that this "master" from a jailer was young and old, and he was not a slippery and tricky person, so he let him take on the function of the military order department and could convey military orders.

"Report~!"

As soon as Zhu Cihong walked out of the main gate of the mansion, he saw a pond horse galloping over. A soldier with the badge of the chief sergeant on his shoulder turned over and dismounted, landed on one knee, and reported: "Your Highness, the thief Liu Fangliang's department is marching towards Qingzhou!" ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, he had already obtained the action book sent by Luo Yukun, and he knew Luo Ying's action route and combat objectives well, and personally revised it. At present, these battle reports on the surface are just covering people's eyes and ears.

"Spread the word in." Zhu Cihong instructed the non-commissioned officer, turned over his horse, and galloped away with his personal guards. (To be continued......)

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