Sun Jiao already had a hunch.

He felt that something was wrong when he heard the emperor start talking about this topic, after all, Empress Dowager Jiang often summoned his daughter on the way to Beijing.

But after arriving in Beijing, the emperor hasn't seen Ming'er yet, right?

Zhu Houxi really said: "This is not the point, I just want to change the trend of the increasingly heavy burden on the family of relatives, so I have to find another way." If there are prominent people from the queen's family and the imperial concubine's family, it is reasonable for the grace to be reduced. ”

The eighteen ministers were shocked in unison.

Yang Tinghe suddenly thought too much, and asked solemnly: "Your Majesty, the ministers would like to hear the details, and this case also involves the clan ......."

Listening to the emperor's meaning, it is not just to make new rules for the queen's family and the imperial concubine's family, but to the family of the country's relatives.

In addition to the "five" lords' homes set at the time of the founding of the country, there are also seven categories: the queen's family, the imperial concubine's family, the crown princess's family, the princess's family, the princess's family, the concubine's family, and the family of the guest of honor.

The lord's house is the lord's title system, and the other seven families are all based on marriage, and all of them follow Zhu Yuanzhang's regulations: they are selected from ordinary families whose own foundation is average or even poor.

The key question is what the emperor means, so that after that, the princess's family, the princess's family, the princess's family, and the son-in-law of the princess's mansion and the prince's house are all in the new regulations?

If their in-laws' families can also be officials or even in high positions, it is not a simple matter.

Zhu Houxi nodded and said: "When Taizu set the ancestral training, the number of relatives was very small. After a hundred years, the burden on the clan has become heavier and heavier. I set an example first, my queen's family only gives the marquis, the second generation and other hereditary lineages, and the imperial concubine's family only gives the third generation of hereditary earls. However, the family of the relatives of the country can then enter the court as a real official, and the interpretation and selection will be followed. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister is worried about the princess's ......family," Yang Tinghe said worriedly, "and the old system of the country's relatives will be changed, and the clan will be uneasy." ”

The emperor can start to think of ways to deal with the burden of the clan, and Yang Ting and them are really very welcome.

Although Cui Yuan is also a national relative, he has now successfully become a lord, and this knife can't cut him.

However, if the treatment of relatives of the clan is reduced, it will be understood as a precursor to the reduction of the feudal domain.

Zhu Houxi said calmly: "I am the successor of the vassal king, and there are changes in my dynasty, which is the right time and necessary. How to make it not cause chaos, Qing and others also have to think about it. ”

The ancestral prince has an annual salary of 10,000 stones, a county king of 2,000 stones, a general of Zhenguo 1,000 stones, an auxiliary general of 800 stones, a general of Fengguo 600 stones, a lieutenant of Zhenguo 400 stones, a lieutenant of the auxiliary country of 300 stones, and a lieutenant of Fengguo 200 stones.

In addition, the clan family also has a large amount of land.

After more than 100 years, although Emperor Hongzhi has only one son, and Emperor Zhengde has no heir, the princes and county kings of other years ago are still alive.

Zhu Houxi looked at today's statistics, the number of people in the clan who received the money was close to 8,000, and the annual expenditure was as high as nearly 600,000 taels, which was nearly 2 million stone when converted into grain.

This is still the result of the direct clan relatives breaking in half and the clan in-laws folding sixty percent of their true colors twenty years ago.

Otherwise, that number would have doubled by now.

Of course, the layout of the future plan related to the implementation of the new law to cut down the scholars depends on whether they can see it or not.

In Zhu Houxi's view, there is only a direction that has not changed for a hundred years, and there is no specific policy that has not changed for a hundred years.

can be a tool.

Deal with short-term things carefully, and plan boldly for long-term things!

Yang Tinghe asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, if only the princess's family, the princess's family, and the Yibin family are reduced, I am afraid that it will not reduce the burden of the clan much. For the example of opening the court to serve as a real official, the hidden danger is even greater. ”

"I have my own plans for this." Zhu Houxi smiled, "Wait for me to promise new benefits first." The relatives of the clan should not be abandoned. The new rules of the national relatives began with me. This matter is also beneficial to the clan at the moment, and they will welcome it. As for the princess's family, the princess's family, and the Yibin family, it will take ten years to accumulate momentum because of this, right? Ten years later, it's a different story. ”

"The concubines and concubines of the Son of Heaven can choose to respect the ministers, and the clan still follows the old rules?" Yang Tinghe confirmed.

"Naturally, the strong and the weak branches are already a new favor for the vassal kings."

As for whether the in-laws of the vassal king after selecting the princess from an ordinary family were able to go up from the two roads of civil and military, the promotion was not in the hands of the emperor?

But you vassal king can't say that this is not a favor, after all, the previous restrictions on the family of the country were very strict, and the vassal king was completely raised as a pig.

Yang Tinghe's heart was numb: Are you fishing?

However, it is more secure than Emperor Jianwen, at least it is not directly clear that the chariots and horses are going to cut the domain. But today's vassal kings are not as strong as Taizu's sons.

Now this approach seems to start with the treatment of relatives, to see if there are any feudal kings who have "cultivated" any in-laws who have held prominent positions in the future, and then planned to do some "big things".

Is the emperor looking for a reason to cut the feudal domain in the future?

Yang Tinghe couldn't refuse, everyone knew very well what the situation would be if the burden of the clan continued to develop, and this was a very important area of "throttling".

The emperor did this, emotionally, they could only think that the emperor was making room for his future heirs, after all, the lineage had been transferred, and there were still more than thirty vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty.

Otherwise, choosing to start throttling from this field would be too profound: cutting down the clan.

It's definitely fishing!

In Zhu Houxi's opinion, if there is really something, it would be good if the current clan does not breed ambitions, and it will not help him at all, but will only continue to consume the state finances.

As for family affection...... I can't talk too much about one point.

Besides, he has his own idea of clan reform, so he can't keep raising pigs in the future, right?

“…… Although it is not important who the concubines and concubines are selected from after Your Majesty, whether Your Majesty has a ...... now," Yang Tinghe still asked.

Seeing that Yang Tinghe didn't continue to ask, Zhu Houxi didn't know if he saw the connection between this matter and the new law in the future.

It shouldn't be difficult to deduce, right? It's just that if they understand it, they should start warning themselves now: they have found another red line, and they will decide the situation in the future.

So Zhu Houxi smiled and said: "I don't know that when my father was here, he wanted to marry Sun Ge Lao. On the way to Beijing, the queen mother also liked the daughter of the Sun family very much. Sun Ge's hometown has a long history of learning and is highly respected. Now it is the first to be promoted by the court to the cabinet, not a fortunate minister. Is Yang Ge willing to be the envoy of this queen, and is Jingshan Hou willing to be this deputy envoy? ”

After the emperor is elected, there must also be a matchmaker.

But now this sentence shocked everyone present.

The draft hasn't started yet, is the queen so decided? Then will you still be drafted next year?

Now there are only some pre-selected ladies from Guangdong and the southeast.

Yang Tinghe heard that the emperor wanted him to be this genuine matchmaker, and immediately looked at the emperor with a complicated expression: You are really playing balance, and the big wedding is also full of political colors.

In the past few emperors, their big weddings were just big weddings.

Yang Tinghe looked at Sun Jiao and asked meaningfully, "How about Jiufeng's public will?" ”

Sun Jiao's expression was very exciting.

Back then, half of them felt that he had resigned, so why bother to leave a bad reputation for the emperor? The other half also does not want the future of his children and nephews to be affected.

Now he is a cabinet minister, and his relatives have new rules.

Nodding now, it can be said that he is a very special one among the important ministers of the court. Even the original emperor Yuan Zonggao couldn't compare to the weight of him, the ruler of the country.

Cabinet Minister and Governor of the State......

If the nephew succeeds in the imperial examination, he can also serve as an official in the future......

He looked at the emperor: Could it be that he agreed to use me, and he was preparing for today's event?

Wang Qiong looked at Sun Jiao expectantly: Promise! I recommend you again!

Yuan Zonggao, who used his future to protect Wang Qiong and others, passed away, and no one knew whether Yang Ting and them would attack Wang Qiong and others again.

One more layer of protection is one layer!

“…… Your Majesty, the ministers are terrified. Sun Jiao's tone was twisted, "The minister has already been listed in the cabinet, if he is given a marquis, I am afraid that the holy grace will be too heavy......"

"Isn't Cui Yuan still here?" Zhu Houxi replied with a smile, "My uncle, Jingshan Hou, is in charge of the Left Army Governor's Mansion and participates in the national policy meeting. When it comes to holy grace, Cui Hou is the most. ”

Cui Yuan was embarrassed: I am indeed too dazzling, so Lao Sun, you agree, I will not be alone in the future to be stared at by many officials and colleagues.

Sun Jiao was reluctant to be the princess's family back then, but now the emperor's meaning is that it is the queen's family, and Sun Jiao's sons and grandsons are all hereditary counts.

“…… Minister...... Thank you, Your Majesty, Long. ”

Sun Jiao found that there is a limit to the reputation of entanglement, and now His Majesty has given too much.

He can be an important minister, and his children and grandchildren still have titles.

Cui Yuan grinned: Sure enough, he still became the head of the country, but both of them are important ministers.

The emperor's way of accomplishing this was to use it as a prelude to future reforms of the clan.

With this long-term vision that all the ministers are looking forward to, and the various restrictions after the establishment of the national policy meeting and the imperial study, I am afraid that the trouble of relatives will not be so easy to appear.

Besides...... Maybe it will change in the future?

Unless the emperor is short-lived.

But he's frighteningly energetic, and he also runs to get fit.

Zhu Houxi faced the future ruler, but continued: "The queen position is the most important, so the meaning of the queen mother and me is determined first. And the prince and the country are important, the twelve daughters of the Son of Heaven, the two concubines and nine concubines are still chosen. It's just that next year's draft, there is no need to suspend the world's marriage, so as not to miss the marriage of the rest of the women. The concubine's house can be an official, and if you want to come, you won't be as fearful as a tiger like before. ”

Every time the draft is held, many families are scared because of the secluded life in the palace and the high mortality rate. At the same time as the draft, there were also palace maids and reserve female officials, so some widows were so frightened that they hurriedly remarried.

He looked at Sun Jiao, and Sun Jiao obviously had no trouble about the future son-in-law continuing to find other women at the same time, but nodded: "This is good governance." ”

Zhu Houxi said again: "The ministers and palace maids serve the royal family loyally, but they have no heirs, and most of the evening scenes are lonely. I have other plans, and I will have a large number of people who need them in the future. In the future, the local nursing homes can be specially supported by orphans and widows, and the orphaned children in various places can be sent to the capital. In the middle of the Emperor's Zhuangzhong, there was another Salesian House under the supervision of the celebrant of the Emperor, and in the future, it will be regarded as the righteous son of many ministers and palace maids who have no power or money, so that they can be supported and enjoy blood and food. ”

Some of the little eunuchs and palace maids who were preparing to serve at this scene all trembled slightly.

In the huge forbidden palace, only the powerful eunuchs and female officials may be able to recognize the righteous son from the original clan or from the outside, and there is hope in the future.

The vast majority of eunuchs and palace maids, when they arrive, the only pleasure is to get married, a little spiritual sustenance and other indescribable comfort.

But now listening to the emperor's intentions, it seems that he wants to set up a big orphanage in the imperial village, so that a large number of low-level eunuchs and palace maids in the palace have a hope?

Yang Tinghe was also quite shocked: "Your Majesty, is it supported by the grain and rice produced in Huangzhuang?" ”

How many eunuchs are there in the palace? That's to feed thousands of young children.

The emperor said that they were young children, so naturally they could not be allowed to work again. And it is said that it is to be used in the future, which involves some plans of the emperor in the future, so can it be ordinary use? You have to teach to read, right?

"It doesn't take much food to eat, clothe and build some houses." Zhu Houxi nodded, "I tried it out before Huangzhuang, and if I succeed in the future, I will always need to find a proper way to support orphaned children in this world." Since I want to enrich the country and create a prosperous world, how can there be many orphans in the world who die of hunger and cold? On the occasion of this change, I will talk a little more and take my time. ”

Yang Tinghe and the others immediately left the table and knelt down together: "Your Majesty loves the people like a son, and the ministers admire it so much." ”

"To get to that point, we need national wealth after all, and we have a long way to go." Zhu Houxi smiled and asked them to get up and go back to their seats, "I won't talk about state affairs anymore today." The friendship between kings and ministers always needs more contacts outside of state affairs. Although I am young, I don't need to scruple about it. Old anecdotes can be recounted. ”

Seventeen Arhats and Guo Xun Hanhan laughed awkwardly: Who can think that you are young? Dealing with you is no different than dealing with middle-aged people.

But old anecdotes, can you really talk about anything?

After all, the restraints are still there, but after all, they don't talk about state affairs anymore.

In the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, the banquet began when it was dark, and the same was true for the Qingning Palace.

The wives of these eighteen people obviously saw that Empress Dowager Jiang was more cordial to Sun Jiao's wife, but she only thought that it was because of the friendship of fellow villagers.

When I returned to the house and heard about the situation, many people suddenly burst out with the roar of the housewife: "Why don't you mention your own daughter (granddaughter)?" ”

“…… His Majesty took the initiative to mention it, how could he still say such things? Is it a national policy meeting or a national meeting? ”

In the Sun Mansion, Sun Jiao's wife was dumbfounded: "...... Can that really be? ”

"It's like a fate......

At that time, the prince became the emperor, and no one could refuse the temptation of the throne of the mother and the hereditary earl.

In the Sun Mansion, there is indeed a daughter who has won the beauty of the country. As the name suggests, Sun Ming of Shangshu House is also as elegant and quiet as delicate tea buds.

She has grown up, and has been repeatedly summoned by the Empress Dowager Jiang, and she has heard her parents tell the story of the year in addition to doubts.

But the prince of the year was already the emperor, and her father was in the cabinet, she never thought that she would have such a fate with him again.

Now...... Empress?

Sun Ming pinched the corner of her mother's clothes nervously: "Mother...... Do what Daddy said...... Your Majesty is so terrible......"

"Terrible what? Don't listen to your father's nonsense! He was uneasy because of state affairs, how could he be the same in the harem? Sun Wang's face was already full of beauty, "Your Majesty, that's smart!" Heroic! Extraordinary! The body is fine! The Queen Mother treats you well, since it has already been decided, then I often take you to meet first, familiarize yourself with the etiquette in the palace first, and it will take a long time for the wedding! ”

"I ......" Sun Ming's face was full of uneasiness, "I haven't gotten married yet, and I want to enter the palace first?" Won't Your Majesty be displeased when you see it? ”

Sun Jiao can be a scholar, how can the tutor be bad? Sun Ming knew that this seemed to be more like a matter decided by the court dispute, so she, a person who broke the ancestral system, was afraid that she would be on the cusp. If you often enter the palace before you get married, what kind of system will it become?

Thinking of this, she became more and more uneasy and sour in her heart: In this life, how much of Langjun really has affection for herself? Probably all out of national considerations, right?

"How can you not like it?" Sun Wang took her little hand and looked at it with a smile on his face, "My family Ming'er is so lovely, and she is also knowledgeable!" Your Majesty will be the most happy to see it! ”

The "supreme son-in-law" in her mouth is now pulling Zhu Qingping to lie on the dragon couch again.

Today, he drank some more wine with the important ministers of national policy, and he didn't think much about state affairs now.

Zhu Qingping's heartbeat is naturally very fast, it has been like this for the past few nights, and it is even worse tonight.

Zhu Houxi's face was a little hot after drinking, and the placket of the shirt where he could hear his heartbeat was also hot.

His hand naturally touched Zhu Qingping's waist and began to be restless again: "Anyway, it's all given a surname, and I will change my surname tomorrow and change your surname...... Forest, lush! ”

Zhu Houxi felt that he had no scruples about doing whatever he wanted, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "If I want to be safe with this eldest son, I still have you, lest the other concubines be young and give birth to children easily." As for the future, there is no need to worry about the battle between the elders, I have all the plans. ”

After turning his head, he sighed, "The child doesn't seem to be hungry." ”

These words of the emperor, Zhu ...... Oh no, where can Lin Qingping still listen?

What is luxuriant, what is not hungry...... Her brain was now dizzy, and her whole body was tense.

The Queen Mother had arranged her small tasks, but now she felt the ...... of this little emperor Technique...... Ventriloquism...... Where is what needs to be taught?

Although I have been mentally prepared since the first day of "sleeping", who knew it would be today?

Chinese New Year's Eve, the old and the new.

Zhu Houxi began to work hard for his own national affairs, starting with his eldest sister.

As for where the eldest son comes from, of course, it depends on some providence.

Even if this already ripe Lin Qingping is not the queen, Zhu Houxi is not too worried about the future inheritance.

There are many ways to do it.

In the Qianqing Palace, Huang Jin, who always remembered his duty of keeping the New Year and keeping vigil, finally faintly heard Zhu Qingping's strange voice.

He had a strange look on his face.

Do you want to remember this?

And Zhu Qingping "coaxed to sleep" for a long time today, and she didn't come out after the second half of the night.

Huang Jin's face was solemn: I really have to remember it now.

The first big thing after the change of yuan tomorrow is to kowtow to Qingping Niangniang.

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