Chapter 56: Yang Shen helps

After Zhu Houhuang left the leopard room, he looked at the sun in the sky, took a deep breath, and said secretly in his heart: "Zhengde is over, and the rest is the cabinet. ”

There is only one person who can influence Yang Tinghe, and there is only one person that Zhu Houhuang can come into contact with, and that is Yang Shen.

"Vote the prayer post to the Yang University Scholar's Mansion and say that I invite Yang Xiaoshu to come out and meet."

The sun was setting, it was getting late, and in a pavilion in King Yong's Mansion, Zhu Houhuang and Yang Shen sat opposite each other.

"What do you mean by telling me this?" Yang Shen pinched a wine glass in his hand and said.

Zhu Houhuang said: "Please help me." ”

Yang Shen was silent, logically speaking, he shouldn't have more dealings with Zhu Houhuang. After all, the communication between the vassal king and the son of the university is taboo for whatever reason, and it is not a good thing for his father Yang Daxue or Zhu Houhuang himself. It's just that Yang Shen does like Zhu Houhuang's disciple, if Zhu Houhuang is an ordinary person, Yang Shen will definitely accept Zhu Houhuang as a disciple. Because of Zhu Houhuang's own set, it looks whimsical and whimsical. Among them, the spark of wisdom attracted Yang Shen the most.

For a learned person, what is more than more knowledge can attract people?

It's just that the identity is like this, if Yang Shen had contact with Zhu Houhuang before, there would be a little bit of an investigation of Zhu Houhuang on behalf of his father, but the changes in the court in the past two days have made it clear that in the battle for the prince, Zhu Houhuang has been out. Even if Zhengde has no children in the future, it is definitely not Zhu Houhuang who will succeed him. Because of today's events, who knows if Zhu Houhuang will retaliate after he takes the throne?

Zhu Houhuang has lost his chance to take the throne.

Therefore, any act of colluding with the vassal king is an increase in risk to his father. However, he also listened to Zhu Houhuang's thoughts. said: "Why do you want to go to a poor country like Ryukyu? You are a vassal king, you are extremely rich, why do you do such a thing? ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Master, why bother studying to participate in the imperial examination and win the champion." As the son of the first assistant of the cabinet, you are no less rich and glorious than me, and with the ability of Yang University, it is not impossible to be an idle official and a rich idler. Why do you have to study hard in the cold window, and you will be stigmatized. ”

Yang Shen's champion has been criticized, and there is a legend in Shilin that it is because of his father's relationship, and this stigma has always followed Yang Shen.

"In life, you have to make a difference. And what I want to do is to develop Taiwan, hundreds of years later, even if the Ming Dynasty is not there, it will be written in the history of the Qing Dynasty, Ryukyu into the territory, since Zhu Houhuang, the name can be listed with Zhao Tuo, and my life is not a waste. ”

"Okay." Yang Shen said: "I hope you match your words and deeds, and I will help you with this matter." ”

Young University Scholars' House.

In the study, Yang Tinghe was waiting for Yang Shen, and when he saw Yang Shen come in, he put down the article in his hand and said, "I'm back." ”

On the desk, the black and white letters are written exactly the dialogue between Zhu Houhuang and Zhengde.

Yang Shen saluted and said, "I've seen my father." ”

Yang Tinghe said: "I heard that you went to see the prince of Yongwang. ”

Yang Shen said: "It was the prince of Yongwang who invited me over. ”

"Less contact in the future." Yang Tinghe admonished and said, "He is looking for you, does he want to seal the Great Ryukyu?" ”

Yang Shen said: "Exactly. ”

"What do you think?" Yang Tinghe asked.

Regarding Zhu Houhuang's performance in front of Zhengde today, it is not only Zhengde who is impressed, but also Yang Tinghe.

Although he was disgusted with the clan vassal kings, it was because these clan vassal kings did not abide by the law and discipline, and what they did naturally could not enter the eyes of Yang Tinghe and such Confucian gentlemen, but he did not point out the harm of the clan vassal kings to the Ming Dynasty from a high vantage point, if this article was not from Zhu Houhuang's hand, no matter whose hand it was, Yang Tinghe would definitely greatly promote this person.

This thesis just provided a theoretical basis for Yang Tinghe to fight against the vassal king.

Of course, when to strike at the vassal king, Yang Tinghe is not in a hurry, in the Western Han Dynasty, it has been unknown how many years have passed since Jia Yi put forward the theory of cutting the domain, but this is like a sharp blade, held in the hand, it will naturally be useful.

As for Zhu Houhuang's feudal feudal affairs in the Great Ryukyu, Yang Tinghe had not paid attention to it for a while. I also want to hear Yang Shen's opinion, this is the longevity of the political family, although Yang Tinghe does not want the father and son to alternate the position of first assistant, but also wants the Yang family to win in the political arena. Naturally, he tried his best to cultivate Yang Shen from the beginning.

Yang Shen said: "It's better to promise him." ”

"Why?" Yang Tinghe didn't care what Yang Shen said, but the basis behind what Yang Shen said.

"The taxes of the dynasty are limited, and the reproduction of the clan is unlimited, one day it will reach the point of being overwhelmed, and these clans are noble and have the blood of the heavenly family, if they are forced too tightly, it is not easy to do, but if the prince of Yongwang can create a good situation in Daliuqiu, then we can also follow the precedent of the prince of Yongwang to divide some clans that are interested in expansion to remote places, such as some desert islands in the South Seas."

Yang Tinghe's face was expressionless and said, "Go on." ”

Obviously, Yang Tinghe does not agree with these reasons.

Indeed, Yang Tinghe has to admit that the prince of Yongwang is an outlier in the clan, and most of the clans are lazy to do it, it can be said that there are some clans at the beginning of the country that are very promising, but for so many years, the entire clan group has been abolished, except for the prince of Yongwang, I am afraid that few people will go to the wilderness to expand, and his reason is nothing at all.

Yang Shen took a deep breath. said: "I mainly think of a question, the multiplication of the clan population can overwhelm the imperial court, and for more than a hundred years, the population of the common people has multiplied how many times that of the clan, when will the Ming Dynasty be overwhelmed?" ”

Yang Tinghe was shocked, it was the first time that Yang Shen's face changed after he came in.

Yang Tinghe is the first assistant, he has always paid attention to the danger of mountains and rivers in his belly, and the strictness of the city government in his chest, and the general news has never surprised him so much, but Yang Shen's inference is too amazing, so he can't accept it for a while.

"The highest household registration in the former Han Dynasty was 12,366,470 households in the first two years of the Yuan Dynasty, with a population of 57,671,401. The highest household registration in the Later Han Dynasty was the third year of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, with 10,677,960 households and a population of 56,486,856. The highest household registration in Li Tang was 8,914,709 households in the 14th year of Xuanzong Tianbao of the Tang Dynasty, with a population of 52,919,309 people. The law of the former Han Dynasty was the strictest, while the law of the Later Han Dynasty was sparse, so it can be seen that the population of the Later Han Dynasty exceeded that of the former Han Dynasty at its peak. Population reproduction is certainly a prosperous state, but whether it is the first year of Emperor Ping, or the Yongshou period of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, or the period of Li Tang Tianbao, it is not far from the chaos in the world. When I was young, I read history, thinking that it was a great chaos in the world, and the law was chaotic, so naturally there was no way to count the household registration in the world, but when I thought about it at this time, it had a different taste, whether it was the extremely prosperous population, which led to the chaos in the world, or the chaos in the world, which led to the inability to count the household registration, is there a relationship between the two? ”

"The former Song Dynasty was more peaceful, which is not enough for the theory of this dynasty. And if today's account geometry? My father also knew it in his heart. Therefore, since the Yongle year of 11,415,829 households, 66,598,337 people, the number of households hovers around 55 million, but although there is a small chaos in Yongle today, it can be called the world's peace, how can there be a reason that the number of households does not increase but decreases. Among them, my father also understands the tricks. How many people are there in the Ming Dynasty today? Is there tens of thousands? The child didn't know, but it wasn't far off. ”

"During the Han and Tang dynasties, most of the people were in the north, and now the southern household registration is far away from the north, and the Han and Tang dynasties have the highest household registration, which is between 50 million and 60 million, and there is no cause and effect. The prosperity of my Ming Dynasty far exceeds that of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but the number of household registrations is far greater than that of the Han and Tang Dynasties. It's just not the time to boom and bust. ”

Yang Tinghe's hands and feet are cold, as a civil leader, he has the special trust of Zhengde, enough to suppress hundreds of officials, and become the actual leader of the entire government of the Ming Dynasty, but he has been busy with trivial matters, and has never looked at the problem from a historical point of view.

Could it be that this is the precedent of the red eyebrows and yellow scarves of the green forest of the Han Dynasty?

In an instant, he threw aside all the things about Zhu Houhuang. It seems that in the future, the people will be in turmoil. The inner library was burned to splendid ashes, and the scene of the heavenly street stepping on the bones of the princess was out of breath for a while.