The two brothers chatted speculatively, and Zhu Jianji simply asked people to prepare a dinner party, and wanted to get drunk with Zhu Jianshen and not return.

After talking about the biggest political matter, Zhu Jianji asked Zhu Jianshen, "Brother Huang, I want to ask you a more sensitive question, in fact, I shouldn't ask you this question, because it also involves your actual interests, but how to say it, I still have a little bit of expectations for you, and I think you should be able to stand on a fair position and give me a little advice." ”

After Zhu Jianshen ascended the throne in history, he operated like a tiger, rectified the rule of officials, strictly administered justice, and was cautious in prison; It is strictly forbidden for noble relatives to occupy land; Rectify the salt industry, adjust the tax structure, and increase the proportion of commercial taxes.

In the military aspect, the army was streamlined, the old and weak were eliminated, the elite was promoted, and the Beijing camp was strengthened; reform the martial arts, so that the martial arts are institutionalized and normalized; Establish a nine-sided Great Wall defense system, reuse the famous generals Zhu Yong and Zhao Fu to cut down the subordinates, stabilize the two Guangzhou, pacify Jingxiang, and make the displaced people live and work in peace and contentment.

Aggressive externally, there is the feat of "Chenghua Ploughing Court".

He also defeated the Mongols, regained the Hetao, and once regained Hamiwei.

Showing a tough military posture.

Although the so-called offender of my great wisdom will be punished far away, it is nothing more than that.

It is the last glow of Chongwu in the Ming Dynasty!

Although Zhu Jianshen is not the emperor now, he should always have something in his stomach, so regarding the matter of continuing to cut the domain, Zhu Jianji plans to look at Zhu Jianshen's suggestion.

Zhu Jianshen heard this and said: "Your Highness, you say yes, Weichen knows everything." ”

Zhu Jianji said: "Just now I took the Tang King Zhu Qiongjing and the Ning King Zhu Dianpei, one of these two got two million, and the other had to cut six hundred guards to be sent to Gyeonggi to be incorporated into the East Palace Young Army, but I don't just want to handle these two vassal kings, after Taizu established the country, he wantonly divided the feudal kings, although because of the ancestral rules, plus Taizong cut the feudal domain again, so that my Ming Dynasty will not have a situation of feudal town separation, but the rules left by Taizu are really a headache, and now there are dozens of feudal kings in Daming, and these dozens of feudal kings and their descendants, All have to be paid for by the imperial court, and there are not many people now, only tens of thousands, but my country will continue to do so, what about decades later? Hundreds of thousands...... These relatives of our old Zhu family are too capable of giving birth! ”

After a pause, "At that time, the imperial court will not be able to support it at all!" ”

It's a fact.

It's okay, Taizu sealed twenty-six, and there were a few descendants of Prince Yiwen, but they were made by Taizong, and Taizong did not have many children, and Zhu Gaoxu's descendants were made by Xuanzong.

There are many descendants of Zhu Gaosui.

There are also some descendants of Renzong.

The only descendants of Xuanzong are Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu.

So now there are about thirty vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, which is not too many.

"Decades later, the vassal kings of the old Zhu family plus their descendants, hundreds of thousands of people, according to the money given to them by the current imperial court, half of the income of my Ming treasury must be spent on them, so how can the country develop?"

"So, I want to solve this problem once and for all, but the Han Dynasty's Tui'en order is not easy to implement in my Ming Dynasty."

There is an essential difference between the vassal kings of the Ming and Han dynasties.

The vassal kings of the Han Dynasty had territories.

And the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty only have feudal lands.

Domains and Territories...... The former is the place where you are a vassal and the area where you collect taxes, and you, as a vassal king, cannot intervene in the military and political affairs of the domain.

And the latter is basically your territory, the kind that the imperial court can't manage.

Zhu Jianshen sighed, "This is the ancestral system, what can I do about it." ”

Zhu Jianji didn't squeak.

looked at Zhu Jianshen with a smile, I don't believe you really don't have any ideas.

Zhu Jianshen was helpless, and thought for a long time before saying: "Is it difficult for the country to raise the current vassal king?" ”

Zhu Jianji said: "It's not difficult, but I don't want to raise it." ”

Now the vassal kings and county kings of the old Zhu family add up to one or two hundred, and the population must be one or two hundred thousand, which is also a large expenditure.

Zhu Jianshen said: "The vassal king, it's definitely not good to cancel, but the county king can be operated, and now I still have more than 20 vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, you might as well consider the county king returning to the vassal system?" ”

Zhu Jianji's eyes lit up, "Let's talk about it specifically." ”

This operation seems to be better than I thought.

Zhu Jianshen said: "Taizu founded the country, divided twenty-six vassal kings, Jianwen cut the domain, there are a few less, and there are a few fewer after Taizu, but the old Zhu family still has a lot of vassal kings and county kings, mainly more county kings. ”

The king of the county is the son of the king of the domain.

Why are there so many county kings?

Because according to the system of Taizu, the sons born to the vassal kings, the imperial court will make them county kings, and the sons born to the county kings, in addition to the hereditary county kings, there are also auxiliary generals and other officials.

Moreover, the people of the royal palaces such as the vassal kings and the county kings were not engaged in agriculture and commerce, and they could eat their own food all year round.

Over time, this population is truly terrifying.

Zhu Jianshen continued: "The return of the county king to the domain is actually a strategic center: the descendants born to the vassal king, no matter what kind of county king he is, how many people there are, all the expenses of the old man and the guards are responsible for the vassal king. ”

Zhu Jianji was puzzled, "But the vassal king is still given by the imperial court." ”

Zhu Jianshen smiled and said: "Yes, but the imperial court only gives so much money to the vassal king, and the real bulk of the vassal king's income is their tax in the domain, and this tax, Your Highness, you can find a way to collect it from the imperial court." ”

The core of the system of returning the county king to the feudal domain was the reform of the tax on the feudal land.

Other words......

The Ming Dynasty only paid for about thirty vassal kings.

The descendants of the vassal kings, the court does not care.

The taxes of the feudal lord's domain were collected by the imperial court.

In this case, the vassal kings can be forced to find a way to make money on their own - so this reform is actually a major operation, and once it is implemented, the vassal kings everywhere will definitely have great opinions.

But there's no way around it.

With such a large piece of cake, it is impossible to stew meat with a slow knife in a calm manner.

Because there is no such thing as the same conspiracy as Tui En Ling to solve this problem.

Zhu Jianshen continued: "Therefore, once the system of returning the prince to the vassal is implemented, the vassal kings of various places will definitely complain, and even if someone wants to rebel, at this time, Your Highness, you will have to be strong." ”

After a pause, "But under the implementation of this system, the courtiers and local officials will definitely support it!" ”

The clan system of the old Zhu family was originally unpopular among the courtiers and the opposition.

The people couldn't ask for it, and the king of the Zhu family fell from heaven to the earth.

Think about it, the vassal king of the old Zhu family can become the richest person in the place if he doesn't do anything, and if the people want to achieve their life, most people only have delusions, and a small number of people can achieve it through the ranks, but they can't be treated like the vassal king.

Now that the system of returning the county kings to the vassal system is implemented, sooner or later there will be fewer and fewer vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty.

Eventually, the vassal king disappeared!

Zhu Jianji took a deep breath, "Then this matter is so agreed, tomorrow's big court meeting, the imperial brother must come to participate, and the imperial brother will take the lead in attacking at that time!" ”

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It's better for the Zhu family to take the initiative to operate on this matter.

Zhu Jianshen was stunned.

Get.

Our Royal Highness the Crown Prince is going to completely break the hearts of his people in the royal family.

That's fine.

Anyway, I didn't have any objections.

Then why not use it as a butcher's knife for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!