Chapter 54: The Ming Dynasty Will Die to the Vassal King?

"How do you get out of the ancestral hall?"

This time was the first time Zhu Houhuang saw Zhengde so serious, sitting on the throne with a big map spread in front of the table, he was lying in front of the table, pondering carefully. From a distance, there is indeed a look of a human king.

It's just that Zhu Houhuang saw such a scene, and his heart sank.

If Zhengde is in front of whom, the more unrestrained, the more he regards this person as his own, if the more he is in front of whom, such as the big guest, the more it shows that Zhengde is estranged from this person.

Is it just that he was also placed by Zhengde among those who need to be alienated?

Zhu Houhuang bowed his head and saluted and said, "No way? My mother is only my son, and she won't push me too hard. ”

For a while, Zhengde didn't know what to say, saying that he couldn't withstand the pressure and had to let him out of Beijing, or did he say that he didn't believe in him anymore and couldn't let him stay in the way for himself? Zhengde couldn't say these words, and there was always a feeling of shame for Zhu Houhuang in his heart, and he sighed slightly secretly, and said secretly: "I am also for his good, at this moment the matter is still under my control, let him go out of Beijing, and he can get a good place." Otherwise, I won't be able to control it in the future, and his fate will only be worse. It's better to arrange it for him. ”

"Where do you go first, Uncle Huang wants to go to Shandong. You also go to Shandong, just where to Shandong? ”

"Jinan? Jinan is in the hands of Uncle Dewang, and Qingzhou is in the hands of Uncle Hengwang. What else is good in Shandong? I heard that Jining Town is particularly prosperous, and I have no chance to see it, so I will seal you to Yanzhou. ”

Now Jining is not a big place, but in the Ming Dynasty, it is an important town on the Grand Canal, the Ming and Qing dynasties rely on Cao Yun, the entire Grand Canal is the main artery of the entire Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty is the same, otherwise during the Opium and Chip Wars, it will not be because the British army cut off the Cao Yun, and have to negotiate peace with the British. And Jining is also a prosperous place on the canal, in addition to Yangzhou, Qingjiangpu, where the governor of Caoyun is located, it is counted to Jining.

Zhu Houhuang said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say. ”

Zhengde, who was looking at the map on the table, raised his head, his hand was still on Jining on the map, and said, "Say it." ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "The ancestral system of the ministers is not the work of size, and the inheritance of the world." Rest with the country, the extreme wealth. When you are worried about the difficulties of the country, please try to say it. ”

"Yes." Zhengde didn't expect Zhu Houhuang to put on a minister's right appearance, although Zhengde likes Zhu Houhuang, but never regarded Zhu Houhuang as a minister, but regarded Zhu Houhuang as a minister, and felt very surprised to see Zhu Houhuang so solemn.

"Taizu system, the prince is the prince, the treasure book, the age of Lu Wanshi, the first class of the son of heaven, the prince and the minister bow down, no dare to pay tribute, the eldest son of the prince, ten years old, then awarded the gold book and golden treasure, set up as the prince of the king. The eldest son is established as a grandson, and the crown dress is regarded as a product. When the sons were ten years old, they were awarded gold and silver books and silver treasures, and they were named the kings of the county. The eldest son is the prince of the county, the eldest grandson is awarded the eldest grandson, the crown is regarded as the second grade, the sons are awarded the general of the town state, and the grandson is the general of the auxiliary state. The great-grandson is the general of Fengguo, the fourth grandson is the lieutenant of Zhenguo, and the fifth grandson is the lieutenant of the auxiliary state. Under the sixth grandson, they are all lieutenants of Fengguo. He asked for his name in life, married for the long, had a lifelong diet, and paid for funeral. The twenty-sixth son of Taizu. The King of Qin, the King of Jin, the King of Zhou, the King of Chu, the King of Qi, the King of Tan, the King of Zhao, the King of Lu, the King of Shu, the King of Xiang, the King of Dai, the King of Su, the King of Liao, the King of Qing, the King of Ning. King Min, King Gu, King Han, King Shen, King An, King Tang, King Ying, King Yi. Prince Nan, in addition, the king of Jingjiang.

Thereinto. The King of Qi, the King of Tan, the King of Zhao, and the King of Gu are all gone. King Lu withdrew from the domain a few years ago.

Chengzu was crowned King of Han and King of Zhao. The Han Dynasty is no longer there.

The sons of Renzong, King Zheng, King Yue, King Jin, King Xiang, King Jing. King Huai, King Teng, King Liang, King Wei. Among them, Yue Wang Domain, Jin Wang Domain, Teng Wang Domain, Liang Wang Domain, Wei Wang Domain, Jing Wang Domain, and Absolute Heir.

The sons of Yingzong, King Fengde, King Xu, King Xiu, King Chong, King Ji, King Xin, King Hui. Among them, Xu Wang Domain, Xiu Wang Domain, Xin Wang Domain, and the absolute heir.

The sons of Xianzong. King Fengqi, King Yi, King Heng, King Shou, King Ru, King Jing, King Rong, King Shen. There is also the first king, King Yongjing. Among them, the Qi Wang Domain, the Shen Wang Domain, and the absolute heir.

Since Taizu, a total of 37 kings have been sealed in the past dynasties, not counting the county kings below, just counting the prince's expenses, the annual consumption of 370,000 taels of silver, 370,000 stones of grain, and the other vassal kings in various places embezzle the land, do not pay taxes, and evade taxes, but also in terms of tens of thousands of Taizu has only been established for more than 100 years, dyed with descendants and multiplication of more than 10,000 people, and the taxes paid are geometric. I don't know how many of them are.

I don't know how many tax collectors there are, but the reproduction of children and grandchildren is endless, but the tax payment of the dynasty has an end, and if Your Majesty does not prepare early today, it will be a disaster for future generations. ”

Zhengde's face became serious when he listened, and his eyes became solemn little by little, he no longer simply regarded Zhu Houhuang as a teenager and a junior, but a minister who could entrust great things, and even for a moment Zhengde had such an idea in his heart, if he entrusted the Ming Dynasty to him, it would be good.

He immediately dismissed this thought, after all, he still had to leave this seat to his son. Then he changed back to his normal body and said, "You miscalculated. Zhengde took a long breath and said: "Actually, these princes are very many, but the court can support them, after all, there are only a few dozen princes, but under the county king, Fengguo lieutenant and above are the big heads, do you know how many people there are?" That's about 10,000 people. Even if it is 10,000 Fengguo lieutenants, each of them will send 100 stone of grain a year. A year is a million stones. It's that thousands of people won't all be lieutenants of Fengguo. Hasn't this happened once or twice, the rebellion of King Anhua, isn't that it? ”

The Anhua King Rebellion was an important political event in the early period of Zhengde's reign.

It was this incident that brought down Liu Jin, who was in power and in the opposition. The reason is that Liu Jin forced the vassal king. But Zhengde has been in power for a long time, and he has slowly understood that it is the obvious dissatisfaction of the sect people at the bottom with the status quo, in terms of bloodline, they are the Ming royal family, and the bloodline is extremely noble, but in terms of reality, many of them can't even get their hands on Lu rice every year, and their political status is extremely high, and they are extremely poor in reality. This gap is unacceptable to many people.

And the king of Anhua is in the Qingwang domain. It was sealed in Ningxia, Ningxia has always been a poor place, and the local government can't afford to support the vassal king at all, so the contradictions here are more intensified. There was also some time ago, there were people from the bottom of the Datong Domain, who robbed the governor. It is because Zonglu is cut off, and the Zongren has no skills to make a living at all except for receiving Zonglu, and no other work is allowed.

Zhengde hadn't thought about it here before, but when Zhu Houhuang said this at this moment, he suddenly found that this was already a very serious problem, if he didn't start solving it now, he would leave it to his descendants when he had to solve it, and it would be difficult to deal with it at that time.

"What to do? What to do? Zhengde got up and paced back and forth. He turned around and said, "Do you have any ideas?" ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Yes, let the kings take charge of the affairs of each house, instead of using the court to do everything." And let go of the low-level clans to fend for themselves, allow the clans to participate in the imperial examinations, and allow the clans to join the army. None of this is a problem. It's just that Taizu's original intention of establishing the vassal king as the royal family has disappeared without a trace, and the ministers are invited to be feudal for the Zhou system. ”

"Zhou feudalism?" Zhengde suddenly became very cold.

Any emperor has a desire to protect his rights, just as a beast protects his territory. Hear the four words of Zhou system feudalism. Zhengde's eyes narrowed, and he was already unhappy in his heart.

Because the 800 years of the Zhou Dynasty gave Chinese history a valuable spiritual wealth, that is, great unification.

No matter what the situation is, no matter how split, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, China's heroes will dominate the world. End the split. It's an instinct that's been carved into my bones for a long time.

The Zhou feudal system has long been thrown into the garbage heap of history, especially for the emperor who has long been accustomed to the land of the whole world, it is even more rebellious, and Zhu Houhuang's senses have suddenly become bad.