Chapter 57: Yang Tinghe acquiesces

If anyone in this world knows the country of Daming best, it is definitely not Emperor Zhengde, but Yang Tinghe.

Because Yang Tinghe is in the position of the head of the cabinet, countless large and small affairs must be handled by him, and it can be said that the entire Ming Dynasty is burdened by him. I know a lot of things, but I can't do anything about it.

For example, the most basic question, how many hukou does the Ming Dynasty have, and how many people are there in China in this later generation, but as the first assistant of a country, under one person, above ten thousand, the prime minister of the world, Yang Tinghe, who is more than the prime minister, actually does not know. Why didn't he know that when he counted every year, those people in the household department were just scribbled and changed from the previous year's figures, and they became this year's figures.

Such things are already routine.

Yang Tinghe doesn't have to think about it, if Yang Tinghe wants to find out everything clearly, then Shang Ying's fate is there. Only one eye opens, one eye closed. Before, Yang Tinghe didn't think there was anything wrong with turning a blind eye, because everyone did this, and Yang Tinghe was definitely not the first such cabinet chief assistant, nor was he the last.

But when Yang Shen said this, Yang Tinghe suddenly became anxious. He knows very well that the Ming Dynasty is indeed going downhill, but where has he got, he is in the game.

He will definitely be the prime minister of peace in his life, but will his son and grandson face the great changes of the collapse of the sky and the earth, and will there be something unbearable.

Yang Tinghe knew very well that he was probably the one who knew the entire Ming Dynasty the most, but what he knew was definitely not the whole truth, and there must be many people below who fooled him like he fooled the emperor. Reported layer by layer, I don't know how much powder he touched, how much oil he wiped, he is a serious minister into the cabinet, and he knows everything written on paper, but those unspoken rules that are not written on paper are a little unclear. Especially about local affairs, he doesn't know as much as a county.

Therefore, he has no way to judge where the entire Ming merger has been, what the bottom of the Ming Dynasty looks like, and whether the Ming Dynasty can bear it if it can bear it with 10,000 people.

"Father, father." Yang Shen kissed gently.

"Oh." Yang Tinghe woke up like a dream.

Yang Shen continued: "Although there are some troubles in the discussion of the prince of Yongwang, I have to say that it is a symptomatic way, to distribute the displaced people in the world to the prince of Yongwang, and follow him to open up the wasteland, first, these homeless people can also get a way to live, and second, the Ming Dynasty will also reduce some burdens." ”

Yang Tinghe didn't seem to have any reaction, and said, "It's getting late. You go to sleep. ”

Yang Shen wanted to ask Yang Tinghe what he could do about Zhu Houhuang's desire to seal the Great Ryukyu. But after thinking about it, I didn't ask in the end. Perhaps for Zhu Houhuang, Yang Tinghe's silence is already the best result.

On the second day, Zhengde wanted to discuss Zhu Houhuang's affairs with Yang Tinghe, and was surprised when he saw Yang Tinghe.

"Mr. Yang, what's wrong with you?"

Yang Tinghe's originally gray hair was almost completely white, except for a few black hairs, almost all of them were white hair, and it seemed that overnight, he had aged ten years old. However, Yang Tinghe is in good spirits. It was as if a torch was burning again in his eyes. said: "I have seen Your Majesty." ”

Seeing Yang Tinghe like this, Zhengde forgot about Zhu Houhuang for a while, and said: "Mr. Yang, if you are not feeling well, go back and rest for two days first, and we will talk about other things another day." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the old minister is fine." Yang Tinghe is more than 60 years old, and how many years of ups and downs in the sea can also be called him an old minister.

Zhengde said: "Come on, give me a seat." ”

Someone immediately put an embroidered pier on Yang Tinghe's body, Yang Tinghe couldn't refuse, so he thanked Zhengde and sat down with peace of mind.

Zhengde said: "National affairs, rely on Mr. more, and today there is a matter that Mr. Yang has solved my doubts." With a wave of Zhengde's hand, the little eunuch had already handed a letter to Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe had known all this for a long time, but he still took it and read it carefully.

When Yang Tinghe put it down, Zhengde said, "What does Mr. think?" ”

"What the prince of Yongwang said, you can't ignore it. Now the number of sect members is close to 10,000, and the descendants are inexhaustible, I am afraid that in one or two decades, the number of sect members will be close to 100,000. In this way, the court's decision cannot be supported. ”

The speed of population reproduction is not a constant speed, but faster and faster, especially for the clan, these people, except for eating and having babies, have nothing else to do, and if they have one more child, they will receive an extra salary, and they are naturally crazy about having children.

Therefore, the reproduction of the clan will only get faster and faster, and there is no end.

But the imperial court could not support this never-ending reproduction.

"However, according to the minister's opinion, it should be decided that the heirs should be prohibited, and the sect should be forbidden. Under the county king of the clan, only the son-in-law inherits the title, and the concubine is the lieutenant of Fengguo. And under the lieutenant of Fengguo, they were all demoted to concubines. The ban on the sect is to release the order of the Taizu clan to prohibit all the industries, but for the sake of prudence, it is still the first to take the county king and below. ”

Yang Tinghe's meaning is very simple, that is, to let go of those powerful vassal kings first.

Don't look at the power that the vassal king is not in charge of, there is still military power, in fact, the power of the vassal king in the local area is still very large, such as the Chu domain, the Shu domain, the Qin domain, the Jin domain, these big domains, have been operated locally for several generations, under the management of several generations, the local lifeblood is in the hands of the vassal king, and it is not a lie to be rich and rival the country. If you rashly deal with these vassal kings, I am afraid that there will be chaos in the local area.

Therefore, Yang Tinghe's meaning is to first eliminate the huge lower-level clans, and dozens of vassal kings are not a problem now.

Moreover, the lower-level sect talents are the biggest financial black hole.

Zhengde said: "Then the prince of Yongwang invited? What do you think, sir? ”

"Your Majesty's Holy Judgment is sufficient." Yang Tinghe's face was expressionless, and he said: "The minister has a matter, and His Majesty will make a holy judgment." ”

"What's the matter?" Zhengde was slowly thinking about Zhu Houhuang's affairs, but he didn't want Yang Tinghe to say: "Since Yongle, the population has grown, but the fish scale yellow book has not been allowed for many years, and the minister is ready to clear the acres of land. ”

"Qingzhang Tianmu?" Zhengde instantly put Zhu Houhuang's matter aside.

has been an emperor for so many years, and Zhengde has not just come to power, and he doesn't understand anything. But knowing what the Ming Dynasty is like, the operation of the Ming Dynasty is a state of getting by, and it is a collective that is held together by morality. It is dangerous to make any fundamental change. Didn't Zhengde think about doing something?

Although Liu Jin is powerful, he is not without the slightest action, Liu Jin is on the stage, and the 24 things of the Ministry of Officials, more than 30 things of the Ministry of Households, 18 things of the Ministry of War, and 13 things of the Ministry of Engineering are all used to change the law. And Liu Jin himself is Zhengde's white glove. Many of Liu Jin's initiatives are Zhengde's own ideas.

Liu Jin's own downfall is not only Liu Jin's violation of law and discipline, but also to put it mildly. Zhengde's close ministers are now surrounded by the law, and there are several law-abiding ministers. But they are not now one by one.

There is a saying that when the water is clear, there are no fish. And Qingzhang Tianmu is a clear muddy water. This is not an easy thing to do. To put it mildly, this is a very offensive thing.

Who are the fish in the troubled waters, they are the magnates from all over the world, they are the gentry and bigwigs from all over the place, and they are all powerful characters.

Although Zhengde didn't know that there was a very miserable Zhang Juzheng behind him, Yang Tinghe did this, and the evaluation in Shilin was definitely very unbearable.

"Sir, how did you come up with the idea of doing this?"

Why.

Yang Tinghe took a deep breath.

If Yang Tinghe would never have done this before, he would have maintained the normal operation of the entire imperial court, reconciled the contradictions between Wenchen and Zhengde, and persuaded Zhengde to make this emperor more reliable. But after getting the connection between the population and the life span of the dynasty from Yang Shen, Yang Tinghe didn't sleep all night, and read all the materials of the court in the study all night.

During this night, Yang Tinghe thought of a lot. But he decided to do something about it. Then the end is like Shang Ying.