After Zhu Yingsui heard this, his face immediately swelled into the color of pig liver.

He really didn't expect that King Shen would ask for overseas vassal affairs before him.

But in front of Wang Shizhen, Zhu Yingsui was not easy to attack, so she only forced out a smile: "That's it!" ”

It wasn't until after leaving the palace that Zhu Yingsui couldn't help but grit his teeth and scolded in a low voice:

"Shameless, shameless, how can he be inconsistent with his words and deeds, is this one by one still a family?!"

"No wonder Your Majesty dares to seal them overseas, what kind of climate can such goods become, obviously far worse than those vassal kings at the beginning of the country!"

Zhu Yingsui can only see the shamelessness of others, but he can't see his own shamelessness, so he only knows how to reprimand King Shen along the way.

"My ancestors and ancestors of the Shen Domain, the unfilial descendants of Zhu Huoqi hereby warn."

"Although, the sage said that his parents are here and he will not travel far, but the sage also said that there must be a way to swim, and the unfilial son Zhu Huoqi led his children to the sea this time, and he also had a way."

"Everything is for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, for the foundation of my Zhu family's temple, for loyalty, not really want to betray the ancestors!"

"What's more, the ancestors and ancestors must also understand that the Shen clan now has no fiefdom, and the salt, cloth, iron, etc. are all because the court wants to be rich and beneficial to the people and do not let us use this to cut the people, so the income in the country has been greatly reduced, but my Shen Fan has too many teeth, so if you really just rely on the fortune and some industry, and stay in the middle earth, I am afraid that the living people will not only not be able to have enough food and clothing, but someone can make the call not to say, I am afraid that you will not have many sacrifices to receive under the nine springs, and see and laugh at other domains, and you will not be able to enjoy wealth and nobility below."

"Moreover, the situation of Yin eating grain has become more and more serious, in order to avoid the expenses from increasing too quickly, our Shen Fan no longer dares to add heirs at will, and even I have to sleep in separate rooms with my wife and concubine, all because I am afraid that the heirs will increase again and I can't raise them!"

"Woo!"

After receiving the holy decree, King Shen did not wait for others to know that he wanted to go overseas to become a vassal, so he hurriedly asked for the will, and first took his children back to the place where his ancestors were buried, and sacrificed to his ancestors.

It was only in front of the ancestral tomb that King Shen said the origin of why he wanted to go to sea to become a vassal, and when he said that he had to give birth control in order to avoid the expenses from increasing too quickly, he choked up.

Then, King Shen said: "And the sage said that there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest, so the unfilial son Zhu Huoqi has to take his children out, only by going out, the country's income can be greatly increased, and the children can continue to have more incense for you, and can continue to give birth to dozens or hundreds of heirs." ”

"Therefore, please forgive the ancestors and ancestors!"

As he spoke, King Shen bowed to the ancestral tomb.

Shen Fan's disciples also bowed down.

And then, Shen Wang Zhu Huoqi and a cadre of Shen Fan's clan children, except for those who were still working or studying in China and could not leave immediately, all followed him overseas.

Meanwhile.

Zhu Yingsui, the king of Dong'an, was angry, but he still took a group of his children to the sea and went to the covered bridge city, which originally belonged to the Covered Bridge of the Wa Kingdom.

After all, the covered bridge is not so bad.

What's more, he himself handed over the chapter and got the royal approval, which means that he can't regret it, if he doesn't go, it will undoubtedly be a bully.

Coincidentally.

Although many clansmen told Zhu Yingsui and Zhu Huoqi that they would not turn their backs on their ancestors, and would rather the whole family live on only money, even if it was very poor to beg for food, in fact, most of them, like Zhu Yingsui and Zhu Huoqi, could not resist the temptation brought by the rapid growth of their wealth after King Wei became a vassal.

As the saying goes, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.

The clansmen of the Ming Dynasty were all people who were accustomed to living a life of fine clothes and jade food, and after seeing King Wei go to sea to become rich, they were naturally willing to take risks and make a wave of it, rather than stay in Middle-earth to live frugally.

Even if a few people in a clan are willing to do this, most of the others are not, and they are still actively promoting the clan to choose to go to sea and become a vassal domain.

With a large number of clans going to sea to become vassals, and many criminals who were caught for illegal mining were also being exiled overseas, so, for a time, the entire sea area between the Ming Dynasty and Korea, Dongying, Ryukyu, Luzon, Manlaga, and Mubang became more frequent and intensive, making these sea areas almost become the Ming Inland Sea.

Of course, because many Ming ships came and went in these areas, there were fewer and fewer shipwrecks, and most of the clans went to sea smoothly.

By the midsummer of the 30th year of Wanli, many clans had been relocated from overseas, which greatly reduced the number of clans in the entire Guannai.

At the same time, in the entire Guan, the number of eunuch giants has also decreased significantly.

This directly led to a sharp increase in the amount of land tax and commercial tax in Henan, Shanxi, and Huguang.

Because these places used to be the concentration areas of the vassal kings, and they were also the areas where many eunuchs and giants were concentrated.

And now, a large number of vassal kings and eunuch giants have been transferred, and a lot of profit space has been given to the commoners.

A large number of common people quickly grew into new wealthy merchants or big landlords because they did not have the power of vassal kings and eunuch giants, let alone the crushing capital competitiveness they brought.

No matter how clear the rule of the court officials was, it was always more difficult for the bureaucracy to collect taxes from vassal kings and eunuchs than from commoners, and it was generally many times more difficult for the bureaucracy to collect taxes.

Therefore, the relocation of a large number of feudal kings and eunuchs did make it easier for the bureaucracy to collect taxes, and thus more taxes and silver.

"According to historical experience, the disappearance of a large number of feudal kings and eunuchs usually occurs after a large-scale popular uprising and a large-scale invasion by foreign captives, and a bloody and violent massacre is carried out."

"Basically, it's after the change of dynasty."

"But now, my father has actually used another way to make this situation appear in the place in the pass, instead of using the method of physical annihilation, so that the rites are not chaotic."

"It can be seen that my father is really better at governing the world than the emperors of all dynasties, and this also makes me find that in fact, if you want to solve the problem of internal and external troubles, the country is more prosperous, and it is not related to local bureaucrats, but all in the Son of Heaven, if the Son of Heaven is good at governance, then the world will naturally be governed, and if the Son of Heaven is not good at governance, the world will naturally be in chaos!"

"In addition, I found that if I am the king in the future, if I really want to succeed and even surpass my father's achievements in governing the country, there is a simplest way, that is, whenever there is a crisis, just toss the powerful and wealthy families, either drive them out or eliminate them, anyway, don't toss the people."

"After all, for the Son of Heaven who is not me, there is no force that needs to please and cannot be offended, the world's powerful and wealthy families are equivalent to medium-sized families, as long as they are willing to support one part of their henchmen and fight the other part at the same time, they can get things done, which is different from governing a county, there are many forces that can manage him in the county, but the Son of Heaven does not."

When the crown prince was promoted to the governor of Shandong, Qi Baoguo was promoted to the political envoy of Huguang Youbu, so the two met again in the southern capital.

After the prince saw Qi Baoguo, he talked about his current political feelings, and because he and Qi Baoguo had a good relationship and trusted each other, he said what he thought without reservation.

Qi Baoguo smiled at this and said: "Judging from the current situation, it seems that Your Highness does not need to work so hard in the future, just because Your Majesty is eloquent and strategic, and has made great efforts to eradicate a large number of thorns for Your Majesty. ”

The prince nodded after hearing this.

Qi Baoguo said: "It's just that the world that His Highness may face in the future will not only be Middle Earth and the surrounding provinces, but the entire universe, that is to say, the four seas will also have to be ruled, which has not appeared in previous dynasties, and there is no government of the Holy Monarch and Benevolent Lord to refer to, and even if you don't say the breadth of the current governing area, the key is that the new industries you are facing also need Your Highness to explore by himself!" For example, new machines such as steam engines and new firearms such as repeating firearms, whether His Highness needs to continue to expand in the future or focus on adjusting the weight of various industries is a matter that needs to be cautious but cannot be ignored. ”

"You're right."

"Since the advent of the new rite, the Son of Heaven will not face an old world, but a new world."

"And how to rule this new world can no longer be expected to rely only on the ancients, but also on the understanding of the present people themselves."

"However, this is no longer my responsibility alone, and you must also understand more."

"The people of the entire Huaxia can no longer just expect the ancient sages to teach themselves."

The prince then followed.

Qi Baoguo said yes.

Then, because the red sun was sinking in the west and the light moon was on the wall, the prince also said to Qi Baoguo:

"It's getting late, it's not appropriate to stay for a long time, let's just leave it at that, but after you go to Huguang, you should go to see the tomb of the first prince for the palace, my father can have today's great sainthood, he has made great contributions, and even because of him, so that I, the prince, will not have to face a hundred years of disadvantages in the future."

Qi Baoguo bowed: "Don't worry." ”

Subsequently, the prince really abandoned the ship and went north, while Qi Baoguo went west by boat.

And not long after the prince arrived in Shandong, he did feel that since a large number of village eunuchs were exiled overseas in the form of "criminals", the entire Shandong region was much better governed.

He, the crown prince, can go directly to the cabinet treasury to check the money and grain household registers, without considering the feelings of the township eunuchs, and even directly release money to encourage the people to do business, without worrying that because the power of the township eunuchs and wealthy clans monopolizes local commerce, the people dare not do business, so that even if the government lowers interest loans to stimulate commercial development, it cannot be stimulated.

Even the subordinate officials are much more honest, because they can no longer rely on the local eunuchs to fight against their superiors.

"Everything is really as Qi Baoguo said, now is the time for the government decree to be completed, and it feels a bit like an official."

Therefore, the prince also smiled and said this to Zhang Yunsheng on this day. (End of chapter)