Thinking of this, Lin Yanchen once again set his eyes on Sun Qiancai, the head of the household department.

The other party has also worked in the household department for half his life, and he must know more about Daming's finances than him.

He decided to see what Sun Shangshu had in mind first, anyway, he didn't have a good idea now.

But Sun Qiancai did not answer immediately, but first glanced at Zhao Rui and the others behind him.

Then he stood up straight, flicked his sleeves and said:

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the first thing to do in this throttling is not to reduce the number of officials, but to start with the nobles!"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a boulder stirring up a thousand waves.

Everyone present was not calm, and looked at Zhao Rui one after another.

This time it is not that their own interests are damaged, but that this matter involves the interests of the nobles, and if one of them is not done well, there may be a coup d'état!

"This Lord Sun is really, if you really cut us down, forget it, he dares to move the nobles! I don't want to live anymore! ”

"Don't you know? A while ago, there was a lot of uproar, and when Sun Shangshu's daughter went to Jinzhou to play, she encountered... Insults...... Later, it was found out that the person was the son of An Guogong of Jinzhou, which was probably because he had a grudge in his heart, so he proposed to rectify the nobles. ”

The two officials gathered together and whispered a discussion.

But Zhao Rui didn't make any moves, but watched the play indifferently.

He naturally knew what Jinzhou An Guogong's son was doing, and even An Guogong wrote to him to persuade him to make peace.

But Sun Qiancai's attitude was very resolute, so he didn't insist anymore, anyway, this matter is not related to his interests, so why bother?

"Your Majesty, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, many nobles have been set up according to meritorious deeds, and they have been inherited from generation to generation, accumulating more and more. Now the imperial court allocates nearly 10 million taels of silver to the nobles every year! ”

"Moreover, my Ming Dynasty has a vast territory divided into nineteen states, and nearly half of them are used as fiefs of nobles. If that's all, but most of these aristocratic fiefdoms are prosperous and rich states, and they often oppress and exploit civilian merchants, but the annual taxes they pay are less than three-thirds of those of barren states! ”

"These nobles have long forgotten the glory of their ancestors, and they don't know how to go into battle to kill the enemy and serve the court. In this way, Wei Chen wants to ask Your Majesty, what is the use of me raising them now! ”

Sun Qiancai's voice was like thunder, and he shook the ground.

A word fell, and it resounded like thunder throughout the Jinluan Palace.

Directly to all the civilian and military generals present, the shock was that the eardrums were ruptured and panicked!

Zhao Rui's eyes flashed with a cold light, originally thinking that this Sun Qiancai was just going to get a sum of money from the nobles.

This is actually nothing in his eyes, and outsiders may think a lot, but in the eyes of a real nobleman like him, it is as simple as giving alms to beggars on the roadside.

These officials who have lived in the court for a long time can't imagine the richness of the Jiangnan region at all!

But!

This Sun Qiancai actually wants to completely abolish the aristocracy!

This is simply wishful thinking!

Let's not talk about him Zhao Rui, and the other six princes will never agree!

Not to mention that His Royal Highness the King of Wei!

Don't look at the number of nobles, there are only a few of them who can really speak.

But just when he was disdainful in his heart, another cyan official robe minister came out of the ranks.

It is the right minister Zhang Zhongzhi.

"Your Majesty, the minister supports what Sun Shangshu said. Our Ming Dynasty is in a superior geographical position and should have had a stronger financial situation than Zheng and Jing, but the fact is the opposite. This is precisely because the redundancy of the nobles in my dynasty is extremely serious, which has caused me to be weak now! ”

"The minister believes that some of the nobles should be abolished first, and then the princes of the state should be abolished, and the taxes of the fiefdoms and states should be increased!"

After saying that, Zhang Zhongzhi directly returned to his original position, bowed his head and remained silent, ignoring the instructions of the party ministers.

Because he knew that as soon as he said this, he would definitely offend the nobles, and the henchmen of the same party would definitely stop him, but he had to do it.

If this aristocrat is not eliminated for a day, the Ming Dynasty will not be able to become completely strong for a day!

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks this matter is really inappropriate!"

At this time, Xu De, the left minister who was the center of Zhao Rui's party, stood up to refute.

The only big nobleman present was Zhao Rui, and the other princes were all left in the fief because they were too old or did not hold official positions, and they did not have to go to court. Even if they didn't have an edict, they couldn't enter Kyoto.

As for the emperor's younger brother, His Royal Highness King Wei, he never went to court after his failure to seize the throne.

Although Changsun Yi said that he was the emperor, he couldn't help the other party, after all, Xiao He, the general of the Imperial North, was the uncle of the King of Wei.

This is also the reason why only King Wei survived among the nine princes in the turmoil of the imperial power iteration.

And they may never have imagined that the prince who finally succeeded in sitting on the dragon chair was actually a woman!

The eldest grandson Yi was dressed as a man by the empress of the previous dynasty since she was a child, instilled in the idea of men, and she has a great talent in governing the country and the art of war.

This also leads to the fact that those who are qualified to snatch the throne among her peers are not as good as her.

In this case, how can she give in to this emperor?

It's just that before she really holds absolute real power, she can't expose her identity as a woman, and can only continue to dress up as a man.

"Oh? How is it inappropriate, can you tell me? ”

Changsun Yi had never expressed his position before, but when he saw Xu De's advice, he opened his mouth to ask.

Xu De didn't panic, he was a person who got mixed up with the left minister, and the city still had this.

"Back to Your Majesty, the title of nobility was personally established by Emperor Taizu, and those ancestors followed Emperor Taizu to fight in the north and south for many years, and fought bloodily for many years, and made great contributions, and some of them died on the battlefield for Emperor Taizu."

"In the face of such founding feats, the imperial court should bless their descendants! If Your Majesty abolishes the titles inherited by their descendants, these sages will be hard to look at under the Nine Springs! Moreover, doing so is also against the rules set by Emperor Taizu! ”

Xu De's statement can be described as impassioned and strict.

It seems that they are the righteous, and Sun Qiancai and Zhang Zhongzhi are traitors.

Before Changsun Yi could say anything, the eunuch officials below couldn't stand up.

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded what Xu Xiang said, and what Sun Shangshu and Zhang Xiang said is all nonsense! If there is no nobles to protect the Quartet, how can my Ming Endless Territory be stable for hundreds of years? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister also seconded the proposal!"

"Your Majesty, Your Minister......"

……

In the end, all the people knelt down, these were all eunuchs Zhao Rui's people, and they could be regarded as supporters of the aristocratic faction.

Lin Yanchen sighed silently in his heart.

The nobles of the Ming Dynasty were even worse than he thought, and the real power of the eunuchs was also greater than he imagined.

Although what Sun Shangshu and Zhang Xiang said was radical, it was also fair, and this nobleman was indeed excessive.

And what Xu De said is completely a change of concept and exaggeration.

Has this blessed their descendants for hundreds of years? Isn't that enough?

And even if the nobles are deposed now, the money they hoarded before is enough for them to have food and clothing for a few lifetimes, right?

But this Xu De is a Taizu Emperor in one mouth, and a founding meritorious service, it's really bullshit!