"The method taken by Emperor Yongle looks really good.

gave up some benefits, improved the treatment of the clan, and added some tough measures, so that the vassal kings pinched their noses and recognized his methods, and got rid of the military power of many vassal kings.

For the time being, the drawbacks of His Majesty's vassal system have been eliminated.

But doing so, in fact, has great drawbacks.

It is true that there has never been a rebellion of the feudal lord since then.

ensured that there would be no more civil strife in the Ming Dynasty, and the future emperors would be in the vein of Emperor Yongle and would continue to circulate.

However, it did not eliminate the adverse effects of the vassal system.

The vassal system has become a cancer in the Ming Dynasty, which has seriously dragged down the Ming Dynasty.

The fall of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to various natural and man-made disasters, as well as the reasons previously told to His Majesty and the crown prince, this vassal system is also one of the important reasons.

If there is no vassal system, under normal circumstances, the Ming Dynasty can continue some more national fortunes, and there should be a few decades. ”

In the side hall, Han Cheng's voice sounded, and when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao's hearts, they couldn't help but rise in a stormy wave.

How serious is it?

In fact, not only Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Zhu Di's method was good, but even Zhu Biao also felt that Zhu Di's method was good.

Although it seems that there are still a lot of problems, it is quite good when you look at it in combination with various actual situations.

The elimination of the vassal king's military power brought about various hidden dangers is conducive to the stability of the Ming Dynasty.

also gave corresponding compensation, which can be regarded as the friendship between the clans.

How did this come to Han Cheng's mouth, these measures are so unbearable?

Unexpectedly, the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty were reduced?

Is it so serious, so exaggerated?

It's not that they don't believe Han Cheng's words, it's really that what Han Cheng said is too different from what they thought in their hearts.

"But those vassal kings, relying on their own identities, do evil, harm one party, and harm the people?"

After Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while, he looked at Han Cheng and asked such words.

When he asked this, Zhu Yuanzhang's mood was heavy.

Although Han Cheng has not said that this is indeed the case, Zhu Yuanzhang has basically been able to determine that the real situation will basically not deviate from what he thinks.

The vassal kings were sealed inside, and the military power was also removed, and without the military power, these vassal kings could not rebel.

Judging from the information obtained from Han Cheng, these vassal kings did indeed not rebel.

Since there was no rebellion, the only reason why it caused such a big harm was that these vassal kings were in their fiefdoms, relying on their identities to do all kinds of evil and harm the people!

It's not unusual.

I was still alive, and after the first generation of vassal kings became vassals, many of them began to be inappropriate.

In the future, the development will continue for a long time, and the second and third generations will ...... I'm afraid that there are more inappropriate people.

There must have been a lot of bad things to do.

"There are indeed many people who do evil, and there are not a few who use their identity and power to encroach on farmland......

Listening to Han Cheng's words, Zhu Yuanzhang's chest began to rise and fall again.

Although this is already the expected result, it is confirmed from Han Cheng at this time that Zhu Yuanzhang's mood is still very bad.

How can these unscrupulous descendants do this?

Have forgotten what life the Zhu family lived at the beginning, what disasters they suffered, and forgot the ancestral teachings they gave them? !

"However, these things are serious, but they are not the most serious.

Compared to the rest of the people, what they did in their fiefdom could only be called a disease of boils.

These things did have a lot of impact on Daming, but they could not be said to have reduced Daming's national fortunes. ”

Han Cheng's words made Zhu Yuanzhang, who was there angry, and his chest was heaving, and he was suddenly stunned.

Isn't it because of these?

If it's not because of that, then what else?

Are the sins of these people even greater than those man-made?

These things can be called the disease of boils, so what kind of thing is called reducing the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty by several decades?

Zhu Biao on the side was also stunned, and immediately fell into contemplation.

After some contemplation, I still didn't think of how much chaos these feudal kings could make and cause such serious consequences without rebelling.

"Really speaking, the root of this matter is still with you, Your Majesty."

Han Cheng thought for a moment and said.

In their own place?

What did you do to endanger future generations?

Zhu Yuanzhang was even more confused by Han Cheng's words.

After thinking about it for a long time, I still can't figure out what caused such a big harm.

Han Cheng didn't sell anything, waited a little, and after seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao still couldn't think of it, he directly said the answer.

"It's the clan support system you set, this thing makes Daming's clan a cancer on Daming's body, and it has been sucking Daming's blood, making Daming very weak."

Clan Offering System?

What Han Cheng said turned out to be the clan support system?!

Hearing the results of Han Cheng's words, both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were stunned.

They racked their brains before, thinking about many aspects, but they didn't think about things to the clan support system.

"Han Cheng, this shouldn't be right, right? The clan support system is a very good system, how did it get into your mouth and become a cancer in the future?

This shouldn't be! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Han Cheng and asked with some confusion.

"Isn't it a good system? Your Majesty didn't calculate, how much money would it cost to support the clan? ”

Han Cheng looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and asked rhetorically.

"According to our regulations, our son, that is, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, a prince will only have 50,000 stone of Lu rice, 2,000 taels of salt, 25,000 yuan of Daming treasure money, 1,000 catties of tea, 1,000 pieces of cloth for winter, and 1,000 horses of cloth for summer......"

Zhu Yuanzhang's memory is still quite okay, especially those things that he cares about and does in person, and he immediately told the various benefits he formulated and gave to Prince Daming like a few family treasures.

After finishing speaking, he looked at Han Cheng and said, "That's not much!" The number sounds not small, but in fact, the prince also has a large family to support, as well as the subordinate officials of the royal palace, and all kinds of expenses......"

Han Cheng said: "If you count only one, it's really not too much, but Your Majesty, don't forget that Daming is not only one prince."

You've got twenty-six sons!

According to the original history, the eldest brother does not need to be crowned a prince, that is also a twenty-five princes in one go! ”

He has twenty-six sons?

Twenty-two was just born this year, which means that in the future, he will have four sons?

Hearing Han Cheng's words, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned at first, and then immediately became happy.

It's really yourself!

Why are you so good!

The old Zhu family is really prosperous!

I've made a great contribution!

Twenty-six sons were born to one man!

My old Zhu family, because of the war before, the population withered badly.

At one point, they were on the verge of extinction.

Only his own branch is left, and the eldest brother's branch.

The eldest brother's branch left only one son.

How about now? Just gave birth to twenty-six sons, which can be regarded as a branch for the old Zhu family!

When he dies in the future and comes underground, when he sees his father, he can straighten his waist and talk to his father.

His son is really angry for the old Zhu family!

"Biao'er, you have to work hard, leave more descendants for us to come to the Zhu family, and spread the branches!"

Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head to look at Zhu Biao and said seriously.

Through Han Cheng's narration, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that even if Xiongying, the poor eldest grandson, was counted, Biao'er was only five sons, and compared with himself, it was simply too far behind.

Zhu Biao was there calculating how much Lu rice would be spent on twenty-five princes in a year, when Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly came to such a sentence, and he was stunned all of a sudden.

His father's thoughts, why is it so strange?

Aren't you talking about the dangers of the clan now?

Why is this suddenly about having more children?

"Okay, okay, I know my father."

Zhu Biao nodded in agreement.

Zhu Yuanzhang still wants to say a few more words and urge the marriage again.

As a result, thinking of the bastards that the fourth child made out, and the tragic ending of Yunxi and them, Zhu Yuanzhang swallowed the words that came to his mouth again.

The good mood disappeared all of a sudden.

Not only is it gone, but I want to beat the fourth child again!

"Twenty-five princes, not to mention anything else, just Lu Mi, can cost 1.25 million stone in a year, and 625,000 yuan in treasure money, which is really a lot of expenses."

Han Cheng looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and began to settle the account with him.

"Sounds like a lot." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

"But if you really count it, it's not too much, Daming is so big, this money can still be afforded."

Zhu Yuanzhang still felt that this was a small problem, far from the level of horror that Han Cheng said.

Questions?

Han Cheng smiled.

"Your Majesty, don't forget, the prince will also give birth to a son.

Except for the one who inherits the throne, the rest still have to be crowned county kings.

The son of the king of the county, except for those who inherit the throne, must be crowned as the general of the town state......

And those who inherited the throne from their fathers will likewise have sons.

The sons who were born, one inherited the throne, and the rest were crowned kings.

Besides, there will not be only twenty-five princes of the Ming Dynasty.

Normally, every person who becomes an emperor will have other brothers.

The emperor's brother will also be crowned the new prince.

Then start a new cycle.

And under the clan system established by you, Your Majesty, unless a prince is no longer an heir, or has made a great mistake, otherwise, the prince's title will always be passed on.

If it goes on like this, not to mention the rest, it's just that after a few generations of the prince, how many should there be?

How many of their children and grandchildren should there be?

According to your stipulation, Your Majesty, the king of the county has 6,000 stone a year, and the general of Zhenguo has 2,000 stone a year, not to mention the supply of other various items.

Just this one, the numbers can be staggering.

Besides, what is counted now is only your current standard, Your Majesty.

If according to Your Majesty's idea, like Emperor Yongle, you use the method of improving the treatment of the clan to solve the problem, then the calculated number will be even greater!

One generation, two generations, three generations, the problem will not be too big, but once the inheritance is more, then this number will become extremely terrifying!

Moreover, after the beginning of the captivity of the clan, many clans are always fine, and they like to make children at home.

Among them, there were more than a hundred sons.

When they gather together during the holidays, the brothers and sisters don't recognize each other at all.

Even he himself could not recognize his son.

The ability to give birth to a son is the same as that of King Jing of Zhongshan in the Western Han Dynasty!

The process of creating a human being is extremely pleasant, and many people like it as one of them, and more importantly, after giving birth to a child, it was supported by the Ming court.

Not only will they not lose money, but they can also get a lot of money and other things in this way.

Through this method, there are no longer a few people who can obtain the money of the imperial court! ”

Zhu Biao has been calculating what Han Cheng said, about the prince's fortune.

Zhu Biao's arithmetic is still okay.

But now, after Han Cheng's first talk, Zhu Biao, who was still calculating rapidly at the beginning, directly gave up the calculation and stopped struggling.

It can't be counted, it can't be counted at all!

Not only was the number too big, but it was also too complicated for him to feel like he couldn't start.

Although there was no way to calculate it, he knew that this must be an extremely terrifying number!

As Han Cheng's words fell, the side hall fell into silence.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao didn't speak for a while.

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Han Cheng and said, "That'...... By the time of the late Ming Dynasty, how many people were in our Ming clan? ”

Han Cheng tried to recall: "The prince and the prince of the county combined, there are about three hundred.

As for those who could receive the imperial court's money, because of the war, a lot of information was damaged, so the records obtained were not complete.

However, after some calculations and speculations, it is generally believed that it is between 200,000 and 1 million. ”

"I'm a child! So much more?!! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang exclaimed in surprise.

Zhu Biao'er on the side was also shocked by this number, speechless.

Although at the beginning, he knew that this was an extremely large number.

But I didn't expect it to be so huge!

Between 200,000 and 1 million!

Not to mention the largest number of 1 million, just the minimum number of 200,000 is amazing enough!

Over the course of the year, how much will the imperial court just give to these clans?

Does the imperial court need to do anything else?

Just give the clan a fortune, and it will be overwhelmed!

It was also at this time that Zhu Biao suddenly understood what Han Cheng would say that the clan support system was a cancer for Daming!

It's really a cancer!

A tumor that can drag Daming down!

He said that it would reduce the national fortunes of the Ming Dynasty by several decades, which turned out to be true!

Not only him, but Zhu Yuanzhang was also shocked by the numbers Han Cheng said at this time.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang's idea of rising first was different from Zhu Biao.

The first thought that arose to him was, how many of his children and grandchildren would be?

I really gave the old Zhu family a leaf!

You must know that what Han Cheng said is only those who can receive the Yulu, and the people who can't receive the imperial court Yulu will only be more.

In such a situation, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, his descendants will even exceed two million? !

I'm a kid!

Why are you so good?

Forcibly cut off the incense from the end, and only one of the people who died in his own generation was himself, and he became a descendant all over the world?

Now, my old Zhu family is completely prosperous!

No matter how big the disaster is, his old Zhu family will not be cut off again!

After such a surprise, worries and shocks arose about the need for Da Ming to support the expenses of the clan.

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Han Cheng and said, "Han Cheng, you shouldn't be in Mengyou, right?"

Will our old Zhu family really have so many people in the future? Why don't we believe it?

By the way, what is Chongzhen's child's name? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang had been shouting Chongzhen with Han Cheng before, but he didn't know what Chongzhen was called.

Han Chengdao: "It's called Zhu Youzhen." ”

Hearing Han Cheng's words, Zhu Yuanzhang muttered in his mouth: "Gao Zhan Qi sees you, Hou Zai Yi Changyou, and ...... kindness"

As he spoke, he curled his fingers.

After curling up the ten fingers, he began to stretch out one by one, and after stretching two fingers, the movement stopped.

After being stunned for a moment, he silently took back the two outstretched fingers, and looked at the hands that were clenched into two fists and were stunned.

Gao Zhan Qi sees you, and Hou Zai Yi is often ...... Zhu Youjian......

It turns out that only by the word generation, the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed!!

Worried that there would be too many children and grandchildren to recognize in the future, Zhu Yuanzhang directly gave his sons, each of whom made a ranking poem.

In this way, as soon as you hear the name, you will know whose descendants belong to it, and you will not be mistaken.

At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang was still a little too little to set these twenty generations for each son, and he was ready to let them start from scratch again after the twenty generations were used up.

As a result, the fourth child here is just the turn of the word generation to be the emperor, and as a result, the Ming Dynasty died.

It's exactly ten, and the last ten aren't used......

This......

That's a little too fast, isn't it?

Shaking his head and not thinking too much, Zhu Yuanzhang pulled his thoughts back and looked at Han Chengdao: "The character generation is the tenth generation, plus our generation, and the standard their generation, it is only the twelfth generation."

The emperor of the twelfth generation, can he really reproduce so many people? ”

It's not that Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't believe what Han Cheng said, it's that the numbers Han Cheng said are too amazing.

is beyond Zhu Yuanzhang's cognition.

Even if he heard it with his own ears, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe that these were true.

It's only been 12 generations, and it's really developed to this extent?

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang ask this, Zhu Biao also looked at Han Cheng.

Although he also knew that according to Han Cheng, there were really many people in their old Zhu family later.

But in just twelve generations, he can develop so many people, which also makes him feel a little unbelievable.

"It's really true."

Han Cheng said.

But then I found that just saying that was too pale and unconvincing.

After thinking about it for a while, Han Cheng had a way.

He decided to give Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao a little bit of mathematical shock!

With a more intuitive scene, it forms a strong visual impact on the two.

"Wait a minute, and soon Your Majesty and you two will be able to believe that what I said is true."

Han Cheng said and walked outside.

Under the gaze of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, Han Cheng quickly walked back.

In one hand, he held a piece of charcoal that had not been burned, and in the other, he carried half a bag.

The bag looked heavy.

Han Cheng put the bag down, and it contained half a bag of rice.

Then he took the charcoal block in his hand and drew it on the ground.

Soon, thirteen half-meter squares were drawn on the ground.

After throwing the charcoal aside, washing and drying his hands, he walked over to the half bag of rice and grabbed half a handful of rice from it.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were both manipulated by Han Cheng, and they were puzzled and didn't understand what Han Cheng meant.

How did you get these things?

How could he rely on these things to prove to the two of himself that he was right?

Han Chengdao: "In the era of Emperor Chongzhen, there was already a crown prince, and he was not young.

These thirteen grids represent thirteen generations. ”

As he spoke, Han Cheng picked up a grain of rice from his hand and put it in the first grid.

"This represents His Majesty's generation."

Then he counted out twenty-six grains of rice and placed them in the second cell.

"This represents the twenty-six sons of His Majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao have already understood what Han Cheng wants to do.

Just look at the remaining eleven grids, and then look at the rice grains that seem lonely in the first two grids, whether it is Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhu Biao, they still don't believe that Han Cheng can put 200,000 rice grains on the thirteenth grid.

Han Cheng looked at the two of them: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has five sons, so how about we calculate this account based on the fact that each vassal king has five sons?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Looking at the brilliant record of giving birth to twenty-six sons, Zhu Yuanzhang actually felt that Han Cheng was still a little too little according to the fact that he gave birth to five children per child.

"Twenty-six people, and if each child is five, that is one hundred and thirty."

After that, Han Cheng went into a group of five, counted out twenty-six groups of meters and put them into the third grid.

"These grandchildren of Your Majesty are also counted according to five children each, that is, six hundred and fifty people."

Han Cheng then put a few meters into the fourth grid.

But even at this time, six hundred and fifty grains of rice, put into the grid, still look inconspicuous.

Han Cheng didn't stop.

"Later, according to the five sons of each person, then by the fifth generation, it was three thousand two hundred and fifty."

These meters are not so fast.

Han Cheng beckoned Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao to squat down a few meters together.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao squatted down and came with Han Cheng to count the meters.

If it were a normal time, Zhu Yuanzhang would not do such a seemingly boring thing.

But now, he saw some extraordinary significance from Han Cheng's actions.

After the three of them counted the fifth grid of rice, Han Cheng said: "If you calculate it this way, the sixth generation should be ...... Sixteen thousand two hundred twenty-five. ”

After listening to Han Cheng's words, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao already felt a little different.

Without Han Cheng to speak, the two of them hurriedly went to count the meters by themselves.

Seeing this, Han Cheng stopped the two: "Your Majesty, eldest brother, don't count, when will you count like this?" ”

The two of them were stunned when they heard this, didn't you let you count just now?

Why don't you let it go at this time?

Immediately, I also felt that what Han Cheng said made sense, just now there were more than 3,000 grains of rice, and a few of them counted the effort for a long time, when will they count the more than 10,000 grains of rice?

But if you don't count, how can you get the corresponding amount of rice?

Han Chengdao: "Let's bring a scale, let's weigh a pound of rice and see how many grains there are in it." ”

As soon as he heard Han Cheng's words, Zhu Biao immediately came to his senses.

That's right!

It's a good idea!

The number in front is small, and it's okay to count rice grains, but once there are more in the back, then the number of grains one by one is really difficult for people to die!

At that moment, he himself ran out and ordered someone to get the scales.

It didn't take long for a scale to arrive.

Zhu Yuanzhang personally weighed a pound of rice, but several people began to count nervously.

After a long time, the count was clear, and there were sixteen thousand eight hundred and fifty-three grains of this catty of rice.

"Then how about 16,250 grains per catty of rice? It's easy to settle accounts. ”

Han Cheng looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao and asked.

Both nodded in agreement.

So Han Chengcheng put a pound of rice in the sixth grid.

Then the seventh grid is five pounds, and the eighth grid is twenty-five pounds.

The ninth square...... There is no rice left, and the rice that Han Cheng brought in has been used up.

But at this time, not Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were already looking at the grid in front of them and fell into sluggishness.

In the first grid, there was only a very inconspicuous grain of rice, but in the eighth grid, it had reached twenty-five catties!

I can't put that lattice anymore!

This is only eight generations, and there has been such a huge increase?

Before seeing it intuitively, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were a little suspicious of the number of clans that Han Cheng said before.

But now, they don't doubt it at all!

At this time, Han Cheng was still calculating.

"In the ninth grid, there should be one hundred and twenty-five catties, the tenth grid, six hundred and twenty-five catties, and the eleventh grid three thousand one hundred and twenty-five catties.

The twelfth cell, fifteen thousand six hundred and twenty-five pounds.

The thirteenth compartment should be filled with seventy-eight thousand one hundred and twenty-five pounds.

One pound is counted as sixteen thousand two hundred and fifty grains of rice, which is ......"

Han Cheng said as he held a quill pen in his hand and began to calculate vertically on the paper.

He couldn't really figure it out.

After a pause, he said, "Twenty-six million nine hundred fifty-one thousand two hundred twenty-five grains!" ”

After reading out this number, Han Cheng himself was taken aback.

Is it that big?

Thirteen generations, it has reached such an outrageous point?

And Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, who were already sluggish, suddenly became even more sluggish after learning from Han Cheng that '100 million' was '100 million'!

Is there so much of them?!

That's a scary number, isn't it?

Both of them were struck by the sheer number.

Although what Han Cheng is calculating now is an idealized number, the truth of the situation will be premature, and some people will not even be able to have children and other reasons, which will affect the increase in the number of children.

There will certainly not be so many of them.

But it also shows from one side that the number of clans that Han Cheng said about between 200,000 and 1 million leading the imperial court is true!

Zhu Biao still couldn't believe it, and felt that Han Cheng was calculating too quickly.

Let's just lean over and look at the record of Han Cheng's calculation.

It turned out that the words written by Han Cheng were crooked, very simple, and a kind of characters that he didn't recognize.

I had to give up.

"Hiss~~"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a long time, and suddenly he convulsed like a toothache.

This turned out to be true!

It really has grown to so many people!

No wonder!

No wonder Han Cheng said that the clan support system is a cancer!

Sure enough!

With so many clans here, Da Ming would have been sucked out of blood by a long time ago!

In such a situation, where does Daming have extra money to do the rest?

The fourth child's treatment is really a big pit!

The clan support system must be solved!

It has to be solved!

If you don't solve it, you can't solve it

Who would have thought that thirteen generations later, the clan would be able to develop to this point!

However, what should be done to solve the problems of the clan reasonably?

After going around for a long time, things came around again.

Zhu Yuanzhang fell into distress again......

(End of chapter)