"Hmph, don't you still think that today's nobles need the protection of the court? Besides, what do they have to do with the exploits of their ancestors?! ”

"A group of pleasures are used to moths, if Zheng and Jing come to attack now, I want to see who among those nobles will stand up to protect the people, I'm afraid that not all of them will be frightened by the enemy's iron cavalry and flee overseas!"

Changsun Yi didn't pay any attention to the group of eunuch ministers kneeling below, and didn't even mean to let them get up.

Don't you want to kneel? Then keep kneeling!

The atmosphere was briefly stalemate for a moment, and Changsun Yi finally waved his hand with an ugly face.

"That's all for today, and we'll talk about it another day."

"Wait for the resignation!"

The ministers also breathed a rare sigh of relief and hurriedly retreated outside the hall.

Today's early dynasty, since Sun Qian mentioned the nobility, this taste has changed.

"Zhang Xiang Zhang Xiang, you wait for me." Liu Yuanshan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites outside the hall, chased behind Zhang Zhongzhi with a fat body.

"Oh? What happened to Liu Shangshu? ”

As good friends, the two of them almost don't have to guess what each other thinks, but now they are pretending not to know.

"Zhang Xiang, please don't mention this matter in the future, you are almost in the age of Zhishi, why should you be involved in this quagmire?"

Zhang Zhongzhi's footsteps did not stop, and he sighed while walking.

"Alas... Liu Shangshu: You and I have been friends for 20 years, right? ”

"Back to Zhang Xiang, it's been twenty-one years." Liu Yuanshan also made a reminiscence.

"yes, then you should know my temper. If it was before Zhishi, my Ming court was still that miasma, and the old man would rather work in this position until he died, and would never let those rebellious ministers and thieves continue to cause trouble in the court! ”

Liu Yuanshan still refused to give up after hearing this, and continued to persuade bitterly:

"Zhang Xiang, you are just too pedantic, how can the situation in this court change because of you and me? It's great that we can do it alone, and we can protect the people when we have spare strength, right? ”

"Besides, this aristocratic faction, whether it is military strength or financial resources, is not comparable to our court now, if this matter cannot be good, I am afraid it will be ......"

Speaking of this, Liu Yuanshan paused and lowered his voice again.

"I'm afraid that the nobles are going to break with the court! Even for the sake of the people of the world, we should not mention this matter again, so why bother to fight again? ”

Zhang Zhongzhi was silent for a long time when he heard this.

That's right, what Liu Yuanshan said is true.

If they insist on cutting the feudal domain, how can the aristocratic faction agree?

It is inevitable that there will be a war, and the side of the court is still in a weak position.

In addition, Zheng and Jing are eyeing each other, and they will definitely refuse to let go of such a time to share the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, under the internal and external troubles, the Ming Dynasty will die!

However, Zhang Zhongzhi finally shook his head.

"Liu Shangshu, you don't need to persuade anymore. It's not that the old man you said didn't think about it. ”

"Why are you still ...... that photo?" Liu Yuanshan was puzzled.

Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Zhongzhi interrupted.

"The aristocratic faction is no longer the nobles who protected one side in the Taizu period, they are now the cancer of my Ming Dynasty, even if there is no war with them, it will not help to quench their thirst, and it is only a matter of time before the country dies."

"It's better to start earlier, at least my Daming still has the strength to fight, if it drags on any longer, I'm afraid that even the bone marrow will be sucked up by this group of nobles!"

After saying that, Zhang Zhongzhi lowered his head and walked forward, no longer speaking.

"Alas......" Liu Yuanshan knew that he could not make the other party change his mind, so he had to sigh helplessly.

This picture is good anywhere, but he is too rigid and pedantic, and he doesn't know how to be tactful, and it is difficult for this kind of person to mix in a place like the court.

……

The Temple of Nourishing the Heart.

The eldest grandson Yi was in a very bad mood, and even let the maid take away after only a few bites of breakfast.

Lin Yanchen immediately had a black question mark on his face.

It's okay if you don't eat, but don't you stop me from cooking?

I'm not human anymore?

But after all, the other party was his top boss and the ultimate boss, Lin Yanchen didn't dare to say anything, so he had to ask cautiously tentatively.

"Your Majesty, are you still worried about the nobles?"

Eldest Sun Yi sighed lightly, his eyebrows full of sorrow.

"Now my Ming treasury is empty, the root of which is that the wealth is gathered in the hands of the vassal kings everywhere, on the surface they are all the princes and princes of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact they have become a veritable China! If it weren't for the great grandmaster of the imperial master, ......"

The latter words, Changsun Yi didn't say any more, and Lin Yanchen knew it in his heart.

Now the Ming Dynasty can continue to maintain the status quo, all of which depend on the aristocratic vassal kings who have not yet cultivated their own four-grade great master combat power, but if they don't make changes, sooner or later there will be a day when they will tear their faces.

"Your Majesty, the minister feels that there is still room for maneuver in this situation, and now you can't directly tear your face with the nobles."

"Huh? I have no power, no wealth, and no one in my hands now, and it is a dead end to continue to drag, so it is better to take advantage of the emperor's improvement this time and fight with him, and there is still some chance of winning. ”

Lin Yanchen waved his hand, "No, what the minister said is a way to break the situation, not a trick." ”

Hearing this, Eldest Sun Yi became interested, "Then Lin Aiqing, tell me carefully, how to break the situation?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if you want to hold the real power to revitalize the Ming Dynasty, it is indispensable to cut down the feudal domain or even remove the feudal domain. And there is a good strategy to cut down the vassals without using a single soldier, so that they can be self-defeating, but this good strategy requires a premise, which is to increase the combat power of the central government! ”

Lin Yanchen's eyes are like a galaxy and extremely deep.

Changsun Yi was a little puzzled, "What is the good policy you are talking about?" And how can we improve the combat power of the central government without cutting the feudal domain? ”

These two points are very contradictory, nearly half of the states of the Ming Dynasty are in the hands of the aristocracy, and they are located in rich and non-border places, which can not only collect taxes privately, but also mobilize troops at will.

In this way, most of the soldiers, horses, and wealth are in the hands of the noble vassal kings, and if they are not weakened and their soldiers and horses are not collected, how can the central government improve its combat power?

Lin Yanchen knew that the eldest Sun Yi would have such doubts, so he did not hesitate to explain it.

"My Ming aristocratic titles are all hereditary systems of the eldest son, and the rest of the heirs will not help even if they are talented, if Your Majesty promulgates a decree to divide the princes' fiefs into many and inherit them jointly by their sons, so that 'the prince is only more than ten cities, and the little marquis is only more than ten miles'."

"But you, the power that divides the nobles openly, how can they agree, and how can they listen to me?" Changsun Yi was not a blind follower, and soon discovered the loophole in the problem.

Lin Yanchen chuckled, as the most successful policy in the history of the previous life, the Tui En Order is also applicable here.

"Your Majesty, don't forget, the second sons and concubines of those nobles can't inherit anything, it's Your Majesty's opportunity to show them grace, if someone doesn't agree to this 'Grace Order', what do you think they will do?"