Chapter Ninety-Six: Pushing the Grace Order, Splitting Up
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to cancel the royal family's support silver."
Wang Wei said helplessly.
No longer supporting the royal family is easy to say, but it is difficult to do.
How could the vassal kings of various places, as well as their descendants, easily give up the huge benefits that were obtained without paying any price, almost for nothing.
And then there is, the Taizu is the king, the descendants of the royal family, the court to raise, the ancestral system cannot be violated!
"No matter how difficult it is, it must be carried on, and the finances of the imperial court cannot be dragged down because of a group of moths."
"They are all children of the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has raised them for so many years, allowing them to enjoy all the glory and wealth, and the Ming Dynasty is in financial difficulties, they make a little sacrifice, shouldn't it be."
Zhu Houzhao said categorically, whether it is because of personal grievances or out of consideration of financial problems, the royal family's support must be stopped!
As the reform continued, the money he had accumulated over the years was also greatly consumed, and if he did not solve the financial problem, when the money he had accumulated was exhausted, the reform would be unable to sustain itself, and the treasury would be unsustainable.
The financial problem, the feudal lord problem, has reached a time when it cannot be left unsolved.
"Your Majesty, Taizu has an order, the imperial court needs to unconditionally support the royal descendants, and rashly cancel the support of silver, I am afraid that the vassal kings everywhere will not accept it."
Hu Shining, the secretary of the ministry, sighed lightly!
The emperor has the intention to change the financial problem, which is supported by all of them, after all, the finances of the Ming Dynasty have not been very good since the founding of the country, but the ancestral system is really not something that can be changed by saying that it can be changed, and the interests involved are huge enough to make the vassal kings everywhere crazy.
Zhu Houzhao's face twitched slightly, the ancestral system, the ancestral system, or the ancestral system, all of them were the mess left by Lao Zhu.
Prince, Junwang, Zhenguo General, Auxiliary General, Fengguo General, Zhenguo Commander, Auxiliary Commander, Fengguo Commander...... Princess, concubine, county lord, county lord, county lord, county monarch......
A large number of votes were sealed, and the people of Lao Zhu's family took care of everything, they didn't have to do anything, just waited to enjoy life, but what they brought was a huge financial expenditure, but Lao Zhu's so-called ancestral system was not easy to change.
"I will bear all the consequences, but the royal family's devotion to the silver must be stopped!"
"The imperial court can't afford it anymore!"
Zhu Houzhao is extremely determined, there are too many royal relatives in the Ming Dynasty, and there is too much money needed to support him, he doesn't want to raise it!
Whoever wants to raise who will raise it!
"Your Majesty, the minister has an idea!"
A flash of light flashed in Yan Song's brain, and he said loudly.
"Say!"
Zhu Houzhao and everyone looked at Yan Song, wanting to see what good ideas this treacherous and cunning old guy could have.
Zhu Houzhao is also quite looking forward to Yan Song, although he was promoted to the position of the imperial history of the left capital of the Imperial Inspectorate, but he is definitely not as upright as the imperial historian should be.
On the contrary, he is extremely insidious and cunning, even Liu Jin has to admire him for three points, and if he doesn't make a move, he will kill him.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if Your Majesty wants to reduce the royal family's support for silver, you can learn from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's policy of pushing the grace order!"
Push Grace Order!
Everyone was disappointed, and felt that what Yan Song said was the same as what he didn't say, Tui En Ling was indeed a conspiracy through the ages, and it was inexplicable to make full use of people's greedy psychology, but the situation of the Ming Dynasty was completely different from that of the Han Dynasty, and Tui En Ling was afraid that it was useless.
The Han Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are full of vassal kings, but only the eldest son can inherit the throne, and when the eldest son dies, it can be the second son, like a concubine, a side branch or something, then you can only stay where it is cool! At most, you will eat and drink for nothing, and if you want anything else, it is pure daydreaming.
The Ming Dynasty is different, the eldest son inherits the throne unchanged, but even if he can't inherit the throne, he can still mix the title of Zhenguo General, so that he will not have nothing, everything is paid for by the imperial court, and it is simply unrealistic to implement the Tui En Order.
From the system of treating vassal kings, the Tui En Decree does not apply to the Ming Dynasty.
"Yan Song, are you kidding me?"
Zhu Houzhao's face was not good.
"Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry, and listen to the minister!"
Yan Song smiled slightly and said, "It's true that the Tui En Order doesn't apply to Da Ming, but what if it's a different situation?" ”
"What do you mean?"
Zhu Houzhao's eyebrows raised slightly, and everyone also showed curiosity.
"As far as the ministers know, the imperial court's Fengyang silver is first sent to the hands of the feudal kings in various places, and then through the hands of the feudal kings, it is distributed to the general of the Zhenguo, the general of the auxiliary state, the general of the Fengguo, the commander of the Zhenguo, the captain of the auxiliary state, the captain of the Fengguo and other royal personnel."
"However, how many can really be sent to the hands of the royal family, most of them are eaten by the vassal kings themselves, and some of them are set aside for the general Zhenguo, the general of the auxiliary state, the general of Fengguo and other royal personnel with slightly higher status."
"For example, the low-status Zhenguo Governor, Auxiliary Governor, and Fengguo Commander, most of them are relatively poor, and even have fallen into poverty to the point of deliberately committing crimes and going to prison, eating and drinking in prison."
"Why don't we change the policy of pushing the grace order, we don't have to completely copy the method of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, we can make a fuss about the land of the vassal king."
Zhu Houzhao thought for a while, and probably understood what Yan Song meant, "Keep talking!" ”
"Some royal family members are destitute, and His Majesty can order the distribution of fields to them, so that they can be self-sufficient."
"They are so poor that they would rather go to prison and eat prison food, and they will not resist His Majesty's kindness."
"After that, Your Majesty only needs to issue an edict to break Emperor Taizu's regulations that prohibit the royal family from doing business and conducting scientific examinations, so that they can freely choose their own livelihood."
"In this way, they will no longer be able to support the vassal kings of various regions, and they will not be able to continue to influence a large number of royal clan kings, and how can they resist the will of His Majesty."
"At that time, the royal family will be cut to support the silver, but Your Majesty will make a decision."
"Good ......"
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but applaud loudly, Yan Song's move was high enough, absolute enough, and ruthless enough.
The 2.0 version of the Tui En Order, or the separation of the family, can be said to have hit the nail on the head, which is very much in line with his heart.
The land was given to those impoverished royal clansmen, and it was not his who was given anyway, but the vassal kings of various places.
Let go of Taizu and not allow royal personnel to do business, the ancestral system of the imperial examination is even more harmless to him, the ancestral system, use it when you need it, and it doesn't matter what you don't need when you don't need it.
As for whether the vassal kings in various places will agree to separate from their relatives, there is no need to worry, under the turbulent public opinion, even the emperor has to retreat, let alone the vassal king.
A local vassal king, whether it is a prince or a county king, three kinds of generals, three kinds of captains, the number is extremely large, brothers, sons, nephews, but anyone who has a little kinship goes to participate in the division of land, which vassal king does not agree, it is the public enemy of countless Ming royal personnel.
A single move to split the family is completely capable of destroying the huge vassal king group.
People are greedy and selfish, and when their own interests are not satisfied, how can they consider the interests of others.
As long as those impoverished royal family members have the ability to eat and clothe themselves, not to mention that they can no longer get the support silver from the imperial court, they may not care if they give up their status as royal descendants.
After all, the imperial court can't get the silver into their hands, and the identity of the royal family and the descendants of the royal family has not made them much beautiful, so it is more practical to get the land in their hands.
Whether it is a push order or a separation, the most absolute thing is that no one can resist knowing that it is a conspiracy.