Chapter 296: Making Good Use of the Opportunity to Report Directly to the Boss (Part II)
The second thing Zheng Haizhu wants to talk to the Son of Heaven today is about his own plan with a complex system that can be tried now.
"Your Majesty, the minister thought of my Ming clan from the rebellious behavior of the descendants of Jianwen from this time, and wanted to give advice to Your Majesty and ask for advice."
"Oh?" Zhu Changluo's sitting posture returned from leaning back to leaning forward.
He loves to hear new ideas.
What's more, Zheng Haizhu also mentioned the word "please".
She is a woman, what can she ask for on the issue of the Zhu family's clan?
"Master Zheng," Zhu Changluo smiled as if he felt amused, and said, "You don't want me to cut the domain, right?" ”
Zheng Haizhu shook his head and said bluntly: "This time is different from the past, and it is not a strong domain, what can be cut?" Your Majesty, what the minister has seen, heard, and thought over the years is just different from the rumors. As far as the ministers know, although there are more than 30 princes, hundreds of county kings, and more than 10,000 generals in Yasukuni and Zhenguo, the 'Zonglu' that has been criticized by scholars all over the world does not really account for most of the expenditure on local grain, rice, and silver as they told the people. ”
Zhu Changluo's eyes lit up, and he unconsciously patted the table case, and blurted out: "That's right!" On the day of the first emperor's trip, I listened to the training in front of the bed, and what the first emperor put in his head was not to owe Zonglu again! Zonglu also spent a lot of money. ”
After Zhu Changluo said this, he paused, and seemed to have some concerns, whether it was inappropriate to tell Zheng Haizhu about the situation on the day of Lingqian's accession to the throne.
Zheng Haizhu was like grabbing the reeds on the water surface, and hurriedly said: "The first emperor is wise. Even if the Lu rice of Jin, Shaanxi and Yu has been changed to 'eternal quota', plus the Zonglu of Qilu Lake, Guangchuan, Shu and other domains, the annual expenses are less than 10% of the imperial court's expenditure. What's more, the yamen in various places still have to drag it out, and it is not clear whether they can actually send half of it every year. From scholars to cloth clothes, Zonglu has been passed on like locusts that gnaw away the income of the Ming Dynasty. ”
Zhu Changluo asked in surprise, "How do you know?" ”
Zheng Haizhu said calmly: "Because of the minister's past few years, I have been to Shandong several times, and I learned that King Lu has asked to resign from the prince's line of Lu Mi Luyin. When he went all the way from Yanzhou to Dengzhou, the minister also saw several times that there were members of the clan, such as Fuguo, Fengguo Lieutenant, and county monarch Yibin, who dragged their children and daughters to the gate of the state and county to ask for the arrears of silver, and there were even beggars along the streets. At the beginning of the ministers, how could they dare to believe that they were actually clansmen. After thinking about it carefully, the minister understood that the distribution of Lu rice to the clan was far behind the errand of transporting grain or relieving silver into Beijing in various places, and it was not used as an official performance appraisal, and the middle and lower-level clans had no family, so how could local officials take them seriously? The ministers of the Lu Domain, who traveled with them because of the investigation of the rebellion of the Xiangjiao Sect, from the King of Lu to the general of the Yasukuni, all had a good family, and there were large harvests in Zhuangtian and Coal Mountain, which not only maintained the expenses inside and outside the palace, but also offered a thousand taels of silver to the capital. Rao is like this, the other clans of the Lu Domain, presumably there are still many people who are difficult to succeed because the court owes Lu Milu silver, so King Lu played and asked for his resignation from Zonglu, as if telling the Shandong Prefecture that he was willing to give up the 100,000 taels of silver and distribute it to the clans below, Mo really starved them. ”
Zhu Changluo sighed, "Lu Fan is indeed like the British Duke, and he has been loyal and good for generations."
But his complexion did not soften, but the more he listened, the more his brows twisted the mosquitoes were.
No matter what, they are all surnamed Zhu, these descendants of the Zhu family are neither anti-thieves, for the Son of Heaven, even if it is not about emotion, it is also about face.
The royal bloodline, and finally ended up being a beggar along the street, it is really feng shui and turning it back, making the world laugh at his Zhu family, after all, he still can't do without the word "asking for food"?
The most hateful thing is that the rumors outside are still that the clan Lumi has squeezed out the military salary.
"Wang An, the sum of the various clans and domains, how many stones of Lu rice is in a year?"
Wang An served as the chief celebrant and was no stranger to the recital sent in by the household department, and said after a little recollection: "Long live the lord, Lu rice is now folded into silver taels, and between the folded colors, it is difficult to say the patterns in it." The slaves and maids had the courage to estimate that the amount of silver that should be distributed by each feudal clan was about two million silver, and it was common for them to owe a million dollars. ”
Zhu Changluo sneered: "The country is all laid down by my Zhu family, and until now, every year, I ask for eight or nine million taels of silver to make ends meet, and I will be scolded by those civil officials!" Hehe, that's right, the money owed to the clan, don't be afraid, can they really smash the state government yamen? The money of the northern captives can not be owed. ”
Zheng Haizhu listened quietly.
It is normal for the emperor to feel aggrieved by this.
The emperor believed that she Zheng Haizhu cared more about the facts than the courtiers outside, and it was good.
But the emperor's train of thought is not right.
Even if these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains were changed by your Zhu family, it was maintained by the common people.
There is no difference in the essence of the annual expenditure of eight or nine million taels or eight or nine million taels, it is all the people's fat and people's ointment that your Zhu family eats and drinks for nothing.
The land taxes and silver paid by the people for cattle and horses became military expenses, and it can be said that it was a peace that was not violated by foreign captives.
Become the descendants of Zonglu to raise your Zhu family, why?
We have to pull this huge number of people out to work.
Over there, Zhu Changluo scolded a few angry words, calmed down a bit, and turned to Zheng Haizhu and asked, "What did you just say?" ”
Zheng Haizhu got up, took out a piece of paper from the cuff, and handed it to Cao Huachun on the side: "There is Lao Cao's father-in-law to present it to Long Live Lord." ”
Zhu Changluo took it after the dragon case, chattering while watching.
"Change 'five years of study to get Lu rice' to 'last five years to get Lu rice'?"
This first one surprised Zhu Changluo.
Zheng Haizhu calmly explained: "Your Majesty, at the beginning of the dynasty, I am a man of the Ming Sect, but I am more powerful than today's nine-sided powerhouse. During the Hongwu Dynasty, the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were still arrogant and raging, the grandfather of the Tai Grandpa divided the nine characters into the defense line from Guangning in the east and Ganzhou in the west, the King of Liao, the King of Ning, the Lord of Yongle, the King of Valley, the King of Jin, the King of Dai, the King of Qin, the King of Qing, the King of Su, was the 'Nine Great Sai Kings', the elite of the soldiers under his command was less than thousands, more than 10,000, the enemy could be resisted, and the people could be reassured. It's a pity ......"
Zheng Haizhu did not continue to be lyrical.
The words behind "It's a pity" don't sound good to say.
Since ancient times, the emperor's family has had too many sons who can fight, all of which are based on the truth of blessing and misfortune.
Zhu Ming's country was only passed on to the second generation, and because of the cutting of the domain, the uncle made the nephew's rebellion. After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he continued to cut the feudal domain, which was nothing more than a little more lubricated than his nephew's approach, but the consequence was that the vassal kings in the frontier became weaker and weaker.
When the Tumubao change and the Mongols came again, the descendants of the original Prince of Biansai, the King of Qin were sleepwalking, and the King of Dai, King Lu and King Jin wanted to flee back to the mainland with their wives and children for refuge. The most bright spot is the King of Lu, who quickly mobilized the palace guards and handed them over to the military generals stationed in Linqing for the imperial court to disperse.
At this moment, Zhu Changluo, who was on the dragon chair, of course understood what the woman standing opposite was sorry for.
However, she was thinking about the word "pity", and she, the emperor, was still thinking about the word "terrible"!
"Master Zheng, if the children of the sect clan train strong soldiers, will they ......" Zhu Changluo did not hide his worries.
Zheng Haizhu did not hesitate and said: "Yes, no, it still depends on how to practice." For example, in the Lu Domain, which has a huge mouth, whether it is the Prince's Mansion, the County Prince's Mansion, the Yasukuni Protector's General's Mansion, or even the Lieutenant's Mansion, those who are over 15 years old, except for the eldest son of this lineage, no matter the concubine, all go to the military camp for a period of five years. After the next round, you can receive Lu silver, and the Lu silver you receive can not only buy land, but also go out to sell goods without being bound by the old rules of the previous dynasty. In this way, if they don't gather people in the camp for a long time, they can also take Lu silver to regenerate new profits when they return to the fiefdom, how can they become the so-called strong vassals when Emperor Jianwen was established? They can live and work in peace and contentment, and the court is constantly strong, why and how dare they rebel? ”
Zhu Changluo looked thoughtfully at the fold in his hand, indeed, the second article is that those who have completed their military service are allowed to buy land, do business, and even be a lawyer and other professions that were originally strictly involved in the clan, if they do not go to the battalion, not only will they not be given to Zonglu, but many common people can do things, and clan members are still prohibited.
Zheng Haizhu added: "Your Majesty, the rule that you can receive Lu rice after studying for five years was originally set by Jiajing Ye, and the minister thought that the gist of the first emperor was to warn the children of the clan not to learn and not to learn and not to know, then, I respectfully ask Your Majesty to take a step further, so that the young man of the dignified clan will not only become a gentleman, but also become a member of the country." ”
Zhu Changluo took a sip of tea soup and asked Wang An: "Wang Banban, Master Zheng's idea is whimsical?" ”
Wang An hurriedly bowed down and said: "The slave and maid don't understand side affairs, but when they were literate in the study room by the grace of the saint, they read sporadic old things in the past, and the slave and maid remembered that at the end of the Tang Dynasty, there were many arrogant generals in the feudal towns, and after a long time, the Son of Heaven could not cure them." Now, it is a good thing that the border generals of Liaodong and Xuanda can fight, but in the hands of Long Live Lord, he still needs to save some of his own people. ”
Zhu Changluo nodded and turned to Zheng Haizhu: "You have said this, I want to come to my stomach and cross the plate." Let me ask you, if you choose two clans first, which two will you choose? ”
Zheng Haizhu said: "The first one is the acting king of Datong. Datong is an important military town, and there are a lot of people on behalf of the domain, just long live the lord said, set General Ma to punish the side to Xuanda, and the minister recommended another person, that is, Zhang Mingshi, who was pardoned after Long Live ascended the throne. Zhang Mingshi is good at firearms, Ma Xianglin is good at riding battles, there are similarities between Beilu and Jiannu, when Qi Shaobao was in Beiguan, he was also in addition to the cavalry, and he was more heavily involved in the car battalion with firearms. ”
Zhu Changluo squinted his eyes: "What about the second one?" ”
"The second is Lu Fan. King Qi's heirs are eliminated from the domain, and the three domains of Lu, De, and Heng in Shandong, and the vast mouth of the Lu domain, are very useful. Please ask Your Majesty Yunchen to train the children of the Lu clan in Dengzhou under the tent of Xu Yilong, the general of the naval division in Chongming, and under the account of Qi Jin, the general of Zhenjiang. ”
Zhu Changluo nodded and said: "So, your idea is still to go around the border, one to resist the northern captives, and the other to aim at the Jiannu at the other end of the Dengliao Sea Road?" ”
"Your Majesty is wise."