"Yes. The minister thinks so, asking Zonglu's clan to come to see the minister, it is nothing more than wanting the minister to deliver a word, and find a way to ask the court to make up for their Lu rice, or 500 stones, or 300 stones, after all, it is not scary. ”

"Not scary?" Zhu Houzhao immediately raised his voice, "You started this, do you know what to do later?" The clan entered Beijing without a will, and the lawsuit was successful, and there are thousands of clans behind them, all of them follow their example, what do you tell me to do when the time comes? ”

Yan Song bowed his hand and bent down again, "If you can't deal with it, there should be a solution." ”

Zhu Houzhao's face changed, and then he laughed, "You're going to make these people anxious." ”

"Exactly. If Your Majesty wants to solve the difficulties of the imperial court, he can only have to solve it, but how can he have to solve it? This account has to be calculated, this trouble can be provoked, and the minister is willing to do this troublemaker for His Majesty. At that time, according to the old system, the court will not be able to solve this trouble, so His Majesty will have to change the old system. Besides, if they are in a hurry, they will not stop His Majesty. ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, "Not bad." A royal court has to give Lu rice 10,000 stone every year, and now there are dozens of princes in the Ming Dynasty, which is hundreds of thousands of stones, plus the county king, the general of the town state, and the general of the auxiliary country...... There are nearly 3,000 clans recorded in the Zongren Mansion, and even the rest of the clans have less rice, and they have an average of 500 koku per person, which is 1.5 million koku. Together, the imperial court will give Lu rice 2 million stone every year. There are two capitals and thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty, how many provinces can have two million stones of rice a year?

The annual tax and grain of the national treasury seems to be maintained at a high level, but there is a lot of consumption, military salaries, disaster relief, and official salaries, which are asking for money everywhere, and I am reluctant to renovate a palace. If I really want to have 2 million stone left a year, I will save it for 10 years and get him 20 million stone of grain for my generals. ”

There are 20 million stone of grain, and if you open up a few more horse farms and raise some horses, then he will dare to shout out the Ming version of '300,000 Beiliang Iron Cavalry'. But it doesn't have so much food left every year, and there are still hungry people all over the world, and it can't be saved.

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, it is now close to the end of the year, the autumn grain of the next year has not yet been released and put into the warehouse, and the previous year's has been basically consumed, leaving only some emergencies. Besides, millions of stone of grain and rice are available in the household, and they are afraid that they will feel distressed if they take it out, and they will definitely say that according to the old system, there is no need to give it all. ”

Zhu Houzhao gave a little smile on Yan Song's face, "It's just that in this way, they will hate you even more." ”

"The ministers eat the king, for the sake of His Majesty's worries, and the ministers read the books of the sages, in order to be a loyal minister, as for the length and shortness, leave it to others to say."

"Hmm. However, the imperial court can't afford two million stone of grain a year. You're going to have to make them even more thrilling. The Emperor said this with a little deep meaning.

"What does Your Majesty mean?"

"Somebody has to tell a story to everyone."

"What's the story?"

The Emperor pinched his waist and walked up the steps, "The story of a piece of paper that can never be folded in half seven times." ”

This is what Yan Song can't understand, "Why can't a piece of paper be folded in half seven times?" ”

"Not absolutely, of course, but it's impossible to find a paper that can be folded in half seven times here." Zhu Houzhao pointed at him with one hand, "You can ask the Gewu Academy in the academy for help in this matter." Try and see if what I'm saying is true. I won't tell you the truth, and you won't understand it.

But the crux of the matter is 'spreading the branches'. If you go and do the math, Emperor Taizu was only about 20 clans, and it was only more than 100 years by the time of I, so how many people should there be in another 100 years? And how much grain should it be? If you calculate it this way, you will find that if this system is not changed, I don't want to say that it will be a foundation for all generations, but it will not be able to survive for three hundred years. Let Emperor Taizu know that the Ming Dynasty is not as good as the weak Song Dynasty, do you think he will blame us for the unfilial children and grandchildren of later generations? ”

"Then, how does Your Majesty want to change it?"

Yan Song dared to ask this question, he had this confidence.

Zhu Houzhao also felt that this kid was very talented as a traitor, so he sat down with him and said slowly, "To limit the wealth of the vassal king, the illegal wealth must be cleared, this is one of them." In fact, I don't want to kill people, it's all my own family, and killing is a joke for outsiders. Second, the clan inherits the title, whether it is the eldest son or not, he must be demoted to the title. ”

The second point is the real killer move.

That's what the Qing Dynasty did.

As for the Qing Dynasty, although there are various problems, the ruling technology in the feudal dynasty stage has indeed reached its peak, and it has solved the problems that have not been solved well by several dynasties in the past.

Wang Ye is a typical example.

In the Qing Dynasty, your father is a prince, so you have to be demoted by one level, and after a few levels, there will be nothing left after a few generations.

So later, there were many people surnamed Aixin Jueluo in Beijing who were still shining shoes on the side of the road.

A prince has 10,000 stone a year, and after a generation, he will become the king of the county, and the king of the county will only have 2,000 stone a year, and it will be 1,000 stone in another year, which will be doubled and fallen.

Yan Song knew the emperor's true intentions at this moment, but there would be a problem in this way.

"Your Majesty, the clan has been demoted to a lord, and there will be no rice to receive after a few generations, so how can the clan make a living?"

It's actually not difficult to demote the lord, the holy decree is fixed, what is it, can they still come to the capital to get food?

But Yan Song's question is the key.

In order to solve the problem of the rebellion of the vassal kings, the Ming Dynasty almost raised the princes as waste, and they couldn't do anything. This kind of way of living should be the prince who can do it, and if he is not the prince, he must find something to do to support himself.

But in this way, some ancestral systems have to be changed, and some things have to be done by the prince.

Moreover, you can't say that the general of the town can do this, but the king of the county can't do it, it's ridiculous, and it's hard to supervise.

Therefore, this prohibition is solved, and it is fully solved.

"You're smart." Zhu Houzhao complimented, "I've thought about this." Demotion to attack the lord, this is down, there must be up if there is a down, how to go up? So there is another one more promotion to merit. ”

Yan Song knelt down when he heard this, "The Holy Lord is the Emperor of the Ages, but this matter still needs to be considered in the long run." The reason why Emperor Taizong set such a rule was also to prevent unbearable disasters. ”

"I understand what Emperor Taizong meant, but time has changed, and if you stick to the old ways, the imperial court can't afford to support so many clans. In addition, in order to appease the clan, I decided to set up some 'clan shortages'. ”

Lack of people?

Yan Song was puzzled, "Please give me advice." ”

"It's just that only members of the clan are allowed to hold official vacancies, and no one else is allowed, which is considered a privilege for the clan."

This......

It seems to have a deep meaning.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what kind of sectarian is lacking?"

"Hahaha." Zhu Houzhao became happy, "You guy has a smooth head, and your mouth is really tricky." ”

"Your Majesty, this is a criticism."

"No, you still know what I mean."

Yan Song put his mind at ease, it seems that the emperor is not confused, not only is he not confused, but he is also very tricky.

What sect is lacking, what privileges. It's all good names, but the key is to see where these deficiencies are.

If it is the general soldier of the town, it is called the shortage of the Zongren, but if it is some unimportant idle official position, it is only held by the Zongren, which seems to be a privilege, but in fact, it also limits their power to the scope that can be controlled.

Doing something is the same as not doing something.

To have this effect.

The emperor deserves to be the emperor in the end.

"Only,"

"The minister is here."

"I'll leave this matter to you."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, when the time is right, something big will happen."

"It's good that something big happens, the bigger the thing, the bigger the change." The emperor turned around and left the warm pavilion, and his voice gradually disappeared from near to far, "After the success of the matter, you will be wronged for a while." ”

Yan Song shouted, "Serve Your Majesty, the minister has no grievances!" ”

Emperor Zhengde was a man who protected his shortcomings.

From the initial protection of Zhang Yong, Yang Tinghe, to the later protection of Gu Zuo. Who really does things for the emperor, which one loses?

Let's just say that Wang Hua, because of the affairs of Zhejiang, he went to Nanjing for several years, and this was not the limelight, and now he is back in Beijing as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Outsiders say that Emperor Zhengde is deeply thoughtful, but Yan Song doesn't think so, the faint monarch is messed up, what should be rewarded is not rewarded, and what should be punished is not punished, completely based on preferences and moods, and it is impossible to figure it out at all.

Mingjun is very simple, I will reward you for your meritorious service, and I will reward you if you don't like you, isn't it simple?

After leaving the palace, Yan Song returned to the auction office, and happened to bump into Situ Hao, the deputy of the office, coming in from the outside.

"How's the situation with Hui Yanji?"

Situ Hao replied, "I have already talked about it, You Dongjia is willing to give up some dry shares, sixty percent." ”

"Sixty percent?" Yan Song smiled, "Sixty percent of us will become robbers who rob houses." ”

"If she lowers it, she won't do it."

"He's a smart man." Yan Song put his hand on his cuffs, and said to the point, "If it's low, we don't care about this silver, she actually has a lot of trouble." If it is a little higher, the government will feel that this is the emperor's money, and it can't be bullied, so it will do more. Alas, it's a pity that it's a woman, otherwise I'm afraid I won't let Yu Pinghaibo. ”

Situ Hao frowned and thought for a while, and soon understood the truth, and admired this You Sanchun even more in his heart.

"Yan Suo, what should we do?"

Yan Song thought that once something 'happened', he wouldn't be able to stay in this position, and he didn't know when he would come back, so he couldn't make a mess for Situ Hao. Otherwise, he'll be in trouble coming back.

"Find a time, this official will meet this person."

"Yes, Xia Guan understands."

Yan Song didn't say anything more, he was thinking about the conversation he had just had with the emperor, so he went to find a piece of paper and folded it...... And then the magic was discovered.

"Someone!"

"In!"

Yan Song called all Situ Hao and these people over, "Find a piece of paper and try it, is there anyone who can fold it in half more than seven times?" ”

The reaction of others echoed him, from sneering to joining......

"Hey! What a miracle! ”

(End of chapter)