Chapter 22: The Theory of Cutting the Domain
"Your Majesty's policy is to cut the domain, and the content is: 'I will pay the king with the imperial captivity, so that the border dust will not move, and you will be at peace. If you are not appeased, the kings will be royal; If the kings are not appeased, who will be the king? ’。 ”
In the small courtyard of the big teaching field, when Li Jinglong told Zhu Yuanzhang the original words to Zhu Gaoxu, he just heard the word 'cutting the domain' from Li Jinglong's mouth, and he felt that his blood was cold by three points.
However, he also quickly calmed down, because the topic of cutting the feudal domain has not been small in the court in the past two years, and it is not a topic that cannot be mentioned.
There can be such a voice in the temple, without Lao Zhu's acquiescence, Zhu Gaoxu does not believe it.
In the final analysis, since the high-profile dispute between King Jin and King Zhou's private meeting with Feng Sheng, the topic of cutting the feudal domain has been inescapable.
It's just that for most of the vassal kings, there is nothing to be afraid of cutting the domain, because the power directly under them is pitiful.
Without Zhu Yuanzhang's authorization, they would only have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on hand, and they would not even have the power to govern a county, so they could only live in the palace with a circumference of three miles and three miles.
From the perspective of an ordinary vassal king, it is very difficult to get out of the fiefdom with this bit of military power, let alone rebelling against the imperial court.
Of course, those who have this view do not include some powerful feudal clans, especially the Jin feudal clan, which currently has more than 200,000 soldiers and horses along the border of Shanxi.
Jin King Zhu Li not only has a big fist, but also the forces involved are also huge.
Fu Youde, the Duke of Yingguo, was his in-law, Xie Cheng, the Marquis of Yongping, was his father-in-law, and Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, was his old friend.
What these three people can influence is hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Shanxi, Shaanxi and Huai regions.
It is precisely because of this background that the King of Jin will compete for the crown prince in a high-profile manner after the death of the former prince Zhu Biao.
If it weren't for the fact that King Yan and King Qin were attacking him left and right, I am afraid that the current King of Jin would no longer be restrained.
"Jin Yan is out of harmony...... these four words flashed in Zhu Gaoxu's mind, as if a flash of inspiration, his thoughts instantly cleared.
"This strategy, I'm afraid that Lao Zhu wants to borrow my hand to beat my third uncle, and at the same time reassure the weak feudal clan in the world."
"If that's the case, it's much easier......"
Zhu Gaoxu breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Lao Zhu was not targeting Yan Fan, then he didn't have to worry.
As for the evil of the Jin Mansion, Zhu Gaoxu was not worried at all.
As far as he knows, the third uncle in his family doesn't seem to have a few years to live, and maybe the two will never have the opportunity to meet again in their lives.
Thinking about everything clearly, Zhu Gaoxu began to think about how to say an article that reassured all the vassals in the world and at the same time could please Lao Zhu.
Zhu Gaoxu knew Lao Zhu's character, even if there were many violations of law and discipline among his sons, he did not revoke his title, let alone force his son to death, but punished him or verbally reprimanded.
Judging from these behaviors, Zhu Yuanzhang faced the kings, and his first identity was not an emperor, but a father.
If Zhu Yuanzhang faced the identity of the kings as an emperor, then with his means, he could have succeeded in cutting the domain without spending a little vitality of the Ming Dynasty when he was alive, but he did not have it in history.
Even if Zhu Li, the king of Jin, was fighting for the crown in such a high-profile manner, and slapped Lao Zhu's old face in the open, Lao Zhu did not let people kill him, but issued an order to scold him to relieve his hatred.
In this kind of performance, there is a feeling of hating iron but not steel.
Therefore, what Lao Zhu wants to cut the feudal domain must be Huairou, not like Zhu Yunwen, who can't wait to abolish all the feudal domains as commoners and let them starve to death among the people.
It's important to watch people serve the food.
Today's strategy, if Zhu Yunwen came up with it, then Zhu Gaoxu would not hesitate to show his ruthless side to cater to Zhu Yunwen, in order to ensure that he would not become a thorn in Zhu Yunwen's side and a thorn in his flesh.
But the current question was proposed by Zhu Yuanzhang, so after Li Jinglong's explanation, Zhu Gaoxu already knew how to answer this question.
However, a little difficulty is how to meet Lao Zhu's needs in the case of Huairou, and at the same time not be disgusted by Zhu Yunwen, which leads to his own targeting.
For this question, Zhu Gaoxu already has a draft in his heart.
Since he crossed over, he recalled Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Di's way of cutting the domain.
Many people know Zhu Yunwen's way of cutting the domain, but many people don't understand Zhu Di's way of cutting the domain.
Some people in later generations said that the Tui'en order of the Han Dynasty could not be used in the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty vassal kings did not have the right to tax the land of the feudal country, but lived with the money issued by the imperial court.
However, what they didn't know was that although the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty did not have the right to tax the land of the feudal state, they did have the right to war.
The military power of the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty ranged from three guards to one guard.
Each guard ranges from 3,000 to 5,600, which may seem like a lot, but it will be a lot of gatherings.
When Zhu Yunwen cut the domain, Qi Tai, the minister appointed by Zhu Yuanzhang before his death, had been neglected, and he could follow the method of pushing the favor order to cut off the military power of the vassal king, so that the vassal king would not have the strength to confront the imperial court.
However, Zhu Yunwen did not choose Qi Tai's suggestion, but chose the suggestion of his teacher Huang Zicheng, thinking that as soon as the heavenly soldiers arrived, the vassal king would definitely bow down and surrender his military power, waiting for the fate.
Such a choice directly led to the outbreak of the Battle of Jingjing.
After Zhu Di took the throne, he not only had the same idea as Qi Tai, but even completed many methods that Qi Tai did not expect.
In the same way, when Zhu Di did not sit on the throne, he expressed his goodwill by reverting to several vassal kings of the feudal Emperor Wen Zhu Yunwen in exchange for the support of his brothers.
After sitting on the throne, he used various reasons to cut off the three guards of these feudal kings.
For the weak domain, Zhu Di first gave a warning, and then took action when the other party made a mistake again, depriving the other party of his guards.
For the strong domain, Zhu Di transferred some of the guards from the palace guards to act as guards after his sons became adults, which was completely the "Ming Dynasty version of the Tui En Order", which can be said to be quite clever.
Of course, the most important thing is that Zhu Di did not violate the ancestral system left by Zhu Yuanzhang, and never hyped up the abolition of the vassal system like Zhu Yunwen, but only turned these powerful vassal kings into powerless vassal kings through major changes.
Even if it is to abolish the feudal domain, his reasons are very sufficient, so that the people below can't find an excuse.
It can be said that Zhu Gaoxu only needs to slightly change Zhu Di's policy of cutting the feudal domain, and he can hand over a perfect answer.
Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu thought about it before he slowly spoke: "I thought it was ......"
Zhu Gaoxu took out all the policies he thought of to cut the feudal domain, his face was calm, and he even had the leisure to sit aside and drink tea to moisten his throat when his mouth was dry.
However, at this moment, Li Jinglong didn't care about this, he was completely immersed in Zhu Gaoxu's method of cutting the feudal domain.
Rao is no matter what he thinks, he feels that everything Zhu Gaoxu said is the best way for the Ming Dynasty to cut down the domain at the moment.
As long as the imperial court adopts it in the future, the cutting of the feudal domain will not cause the feudal lords to shake at all.
Thinking of this, Li Jinglong's gaze at Zhu Gaoxu softened a lot:
"This son is really the humerus of my Ming Dynasty......"