After returning to Beijing with King Fu, Chongzhen first came to Changping and worshipped his ancestors with several vassal kings of the god lineage.

Originally, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty worshiped his ancestors, and hundreds of civil and military officials had to go to Xizhimen to greet him, and the accompanying army and brocade guards were hundreds and thousands, and the movement was great.

In order to save the expenses of the Ministry of Rites, Chongzhen pressed He Ru's secret and did not publicize it, and all of it was quietly completed in the suburbs of Beijing.

After the ceremony was completed, the vassal kings of Duan, Hui, and Gui took the initiative to face the saint, while King Fu continued to be escorted back to house arrest by Jinyiwei.

After all, the reason why Chongzhen summoned them was because his grandfather gave him a dream.

People in this era still believe in this set very much.

Chongzhen took the trouble to tell them about it, and Emperor Shenzong told him that there would be a catastrophe of swords and soldiers in the future, and all the descendants of the Zhu family were in the catastrophe.

Speaking of how the giants of northern Shaanxi rose up due to years of famine, and how they used the mountains to evade the pursuit of the officials and troops, and finally transferred to the Central Plains, and after the Xingyang Conference, they either went north or south.

There are even soldiers and horses all the way who are bold and reckless, and they actually approach the ancestral tomb of Fengyang!

Chongzhen originally wanted to say that this passer-by burned down the ancestral tombs of the old Zhu family, but when he saw that several imperial uncles were all holding their breath, they didn't dare to come out, so they still lowered their tone after thinking about it.

It is only said that the Fengyang official army who happened to guard the ancestral tomb was possessed by Emperor Hongwu, and directly punished the other party and killed a piece of armor.

King Duan and King Hui clapped their hands and applauded, "The reincarnation of cause and effect should be like this!" ”

Chongzhen knew in his heart that King Duan and King Hui were both Buddhas, and it was relatively easier to deceive.

So he then talked vividly about how the giants of northern Shaanxi fled to their fiefdoms, how they recovered stolen goods, how they counted how they overcharged miscellaneous taxes, were unkind to the rich, and how they mobilized the local people to attack the palace.

Just as he was about to continue, he saw that King Duan was already so angry that his face turned red, "Diao Min, it's all Diao Min." This emperor donates at least 500 taels of soup to the local poor every year, how can he slander me so much as being rich and unkind? ”

King Gui sneered, "Who was it that refused to get married, and ran to the household every day to ask for silver?" When he was a vassal officer, he brought 200,000 taels of silver, and regarded 500 taels as merit. ”

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Chongzhen just wanted to persuade him, but he heard King Hui ask.

"Imperial nephew, we have not been dreamed of by our father, how do we know if all this will really happen?"

Chongzhen sighed, "The so-called fake is true when it is true, and it is also false, I have a few copies here, and you can see it at a glance." ”

As he spoke, he took out the collection of recitals he had given to Sun Chengzong and Han Yi before.

The three princes looked at it for a while, and their faces sank, although they were rich and noble idlers, they could also see the storm that was being bred in the northwest of the empire now.

"Imperial nephew, can my father tell you the way to resolve this calamity?"

Chongzhen sighed, and sold it first, "Grandpa Huang said that in order to solve this calamity, he did not hesitate to lose his bardo body, and only then did he find a way to crack it, and it will take three hundred years to recover." ”

When King Duan and King Hui heard this, their eyes immediately moistened, "Father, I didn't expect you to go to the underworld to shelter us from the wind and rain. ”

King Gui asked, "Imperial nephew, what kind of way did my father find at such a great cost?" ”

Chongzhen raised his fingers, "This first article is naturally my Ming Dynasty, and everyone with the surname is responsible." All the descendants of the clan should take the initiative to donate to strengthen the army. ”

He pointed to himself and said, "I am no exception, the inner treasury originally had two million gold and silver, and I have already paid and rewarded no less than one million for the border kings. ”

In addition to the money-greedy King Duan who was still hesitating, King Hui and King Gui both nodded, breaking the wealth and eliminating the disaster, and they all offered to help pay 100,000 taels of silver.

Seeing this, King Duan had no choice but to reluctantly pledge.

Chongzhen is very satisfied, this is my good imperial uncle.

Of course, it will be taken in full.

"The second is to let a few imperial uncles leave their vassals and come to Gyeonggi to avoid this catastrophe for the time being."

When the three princes heard it, they also felt that there was some truth, after all, the giant in northern Shaanxi in Chongzhen's dream was only ravaging Huguang in the Central Plains, and it seemed that he couldn't hit Hebei.

"The third article is to change the clan system left by the great grandfather, and change the original clan and domain system to the land giving system."

It turned out that the Daming clan did not actually control the land, but multiplied a certain percentage of the harvest of Zonglutian by a certain percentage to calculate and pay Lu rice, that is, the salary of each prince.

In the middle, the bold vassal kings will use their influence to crowd out the government, and use the royal house slaves to expropriate and extort tyranny, and at the same time, because these Lutian fields do not have to pay taxes, they can make a lot of profits.

Some distant or cowardly vassal kings were squeezed out by the government, and the government would replace Lu rice with treasure money or embezzle Lu rice, resulting in some vassal kings having no income for several years.

All in all, the confusion of property rights in the Lutian system caused great displeasure for both the court and the vassal king.

The intention of Chongzhen's reform was to reclassify Lutian into Guantian, and all the feudal fields of the vassal kings came out of the 100,000 hectares of imperial fields that Shenzong had invaded in Hebei that year.

The feudal lord had complete control and management of these feudal fields, but if he did not manage them well, he could only take care of his own profits and losses.

At the same time, these sealed fields are also subject to tax as a whole.

This third condition is obviously the most demanding.

Therefore, the three imperial uncles are all pondering.

Seeing this, Chongzhen further explained, "This is just the way that Grandpa Huang told me to resolve the disaster. As for whether your uncles are willing to adopt it, it's up to you, and I will never force it. ”

Hearing Chongzhen's words, King Duan and King Gui breathed a sigh of relief.

King Hui raised his head suddenly and said firmly, "I will listen to my father's words!" ”

"I will return Lutian to the imperial court and move to the land of Gyeonggi."

King Gui persuaded, "Lao Liu, although the land of Gyeonggi is good, it is closer to Your Majesty. But after all, there was Jianzhou before entering the Kou, even if you can escape the military robbery in your father's words, can you escape Jianzhou? ”

King Hui said, "Old Seven, you know that I believe in Buddhism, and the so-called catastrophe is inevitable." If it was really fateful, then I wouldn't have been able to escape it. But I believe that my father did not hesitate to damage his mana to seek good fortune and avoid evil for us, and it must not be without a purpose. ”

"What's more, now that Daming is full of smoke, we have the obligation to share more for the emperor's nephew. Only when the Ming Dynasty gets better, can we live a long life. ”

When King Duan heard this, he also made up his mind.

"The sixth brother is right, I also accept the return of Lutian."

"Old Seven, you have also seen that when my father was here, because there were too many clans, I had to cut down the Lumi Lutian of the distant vassal kings in front of me, so I made room for a few of us."

"But there are more and more descendants of our Zhu family, and the world is so big, how many can be Lutian again? Instead of letting the children and grandchildren hold the treasure money that can be seen and eaten in a hundred years, it is better to replace it with a closed field now. ”

Chongzhen looked at King Duan and King Hui approvingly, maybe they were superstitious, or they had more realistic considerations, in short, they were the first to get close to their own clan reform plan, and they couldn't let them suffer in the future.

At the same time, King Gui still couldn't accept it. However, Chongzhen did not force it, and also sent him and the other two gifts back to the domain.

Looking at the carriage of the three kings going back, Chongzhen was satisfied.

The million taels of silver that were swept away in Henan before have been charged with silver in the northwest, and now there are 300,000 taels, and the artillery school project that I have been preparing for a long time can also be launched!