Let’s settle the score

Lao Zhu was very angry. When the feudal clan was founded, he was also worried that his sons would be secretly colluding with each other. Even though he was full of confidence in the prince at that time, he was also wary of the heirs of the vassal kings having other ideas.

So he made it very clear that the prince and his heirs were not allowed to leave the vassal territory at will. Normally, if you want to go out, you need to send someone to report to the court, and you can only leave after the court allows it. Moreover, the vassal princes do not have many private contacts, and

When the new emperor ascended the throne, the vassal king sent envoys to express his congratulations and guard the border vassal without going to court for three years.

All of this is to impose restrictions on the feudal kings, to prevent them from rebelling, etc. To put it simply, the feudal king is basically locked up in the feudal land. As for freedom, freedom in the fiefdom is fine, and in other places

You're not allowed to go.

This is the reason why Zhou Wang Zhu Ru ran back to his hometown in Fengyang without permission. Old Zhu was so angry that he wanted to deprive Zhu Ru of the throne and almost sent Zhu Ru to Yunnan. This is simply an iron rule.

Of course, Zhu Xiongying's younger brother Zhu Yunxi was not much better. He went to Peking to find his elder brother without permission, but he was not fined much.

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, many of these princes and princes were arrogant, lawless and unruly. However, in some matters, these clans did not dare to act recklessly. The drama of "running away from home" was staged twice in total, one was

Lao Zhu's son was considered his grandson for once, which made Lao Zhu very angry.

After all, Zhou Wang Zhu Ji was raised by Queen Ma. Although he is not as good as Zhu Biao, he is still very important in Lao Zhu's heart. As for Zhu Yunxi, this is the second legitimate son of Prince Zhu Biao. Although he is not useful, Lao Zhu is still

Count as 'Love House and Crow'.

Zhu Xiongying was a little embarrassed, scratched his head and said immediately, "Grandpa Huang, Yunxi is still young after all, and he was fooled as soon as his fifth uncle teased Yunxi. You also know Yunxi's character, that child is just playful and has no independent opinion."

"Did your fifth uncle instigate this?" Lao Zhu said angrily, "Your fifth uncle is quite courageous. We were honest enough to teach him a lesson last time. Even Yunxi, he is becoming more and more lawless! Let me tell you, this kid is like this

If you act recklessly, sooner or later the high wall of your hometown will be shut down!"

Fengyang High Wall is not an ordinary place, it is a place where the clan is specially locked up, and you don't have to go there for ordinary crimes. That place is basically for treason and the like, and it is not necessarily better than ordinary prisoners.

"That's not the case with Yunxi. He doesn't have that much courage, he's just playful." Zhu Xiongying also became happy, but then assured, "Grandpa Huang can rest assured that as long as the emperor's uncles don't rebel, their grandson will not

They were imprisoned behind high walls."

Lao Zhu ignored this and just asked, "Let me ask you, how are you going to handle this matter? If you don't handle it well, your other uncles will follow suit. It will definitely be a troublesome matter for future generations.

I want to blame you."

Zhou Wang Zhu Ji and Zhu Yunxi can be confident. These two 'Kings of Wu' do not need to worry about being deposed. But once they become role models for other princes and princes, they may really bring about many hidden dangers, which will indeed increase

There are risks such as secret connections between some feudal kings.

It seems that it is just the prince and the county prince who are cheating, but if you are more suspicious, you may suspect that the Zhou King is trying to seize the Jin King's territory. What's more, the Zhou King's father-in-law is Feng Sheng, one of the most powerful commanders of the Ming Dynasty military.

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Zhu Xiongying thought for a while and said to Lao Zhu, "Grandpa Huang, my grandson has actually thought about these things. After his fourth uncle and the others went to Japan to work hard, his grandson felt that the previous matters of guarding the border with the feudal king should be put aside. And these

I'm afraid I can't afford to seal the fiefdom of a vassal king, and my grandson will be worried!"

Lao Zhu said with a straight face, "We are willing to give you this country, but is it so difficult for your uncle to get a fief?"

This is unreasonable. Zhu Xiongying feels that he must talk the talk. He must be reasonable and look at the data.

"Let's talk about the fifth uncle. He was the king of Wu at first, and the fiefdom was supposedly Hangzhou. But the emperor also felt that Wu was a land of national wealth and was not suitable for establishing a vassal, so he changed his name to the king of Zhou and went to Kaifeng.

Zhu Xiongying was not afraid and said, "There is a second uncle in Xi'an and a third uncle in Taiyuan. The fourth uncle used to be in Peiping, but later it was changed to Changsha, the fief of the eighth uncle."

Lao Zhu said to Zhu Xiongying with a straight face, "Your eighth uncle couldn't think of anything and committed suicide. Now your fourth uncle and seventh uncle have gone to Japan. Changsha and Qingzhou are now back, and I can give you two imperial uncles."

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"The sixth uncle is in Wuchang, the tenth uncle is in Yanzhou, and the eleventh uncle is in Chengdu. The twelfth uncle is in Jingzhou, and the thirteenth uncle is in Datong." Zhu Xiongying opened his mouth and continued, "The fourteenth uncle has been complaining about me privately. If it weren't for

The grandson stopped me. The fourteenth uncle wants to go to Ganzhou, and the fifteenth uncle and the others have the same idea. Grandpa Huang, and the twelve emperor uncles have not yet joined the vassal! But the throne must be given to them!"

Twenty-six sons, not including Prince Zhu Biao, equal to twenty-five princes. In addition to the death of Lao Jiu, plus the two fiefs now recovered. However, Lao Zhu's son will occupy twenty-two

Fiefdom, that’s a lot!

Moreover, among Lao Zhu's children, the status can also be determined based on the fiefdom. Xi'an, Kaifeng, Taiyuan, Beiping, Chengdu, etc., regardless of their special locations, generally have relatively high potential.

Lao Zhu was still unhappy. Twenty or so princes were only given a fief. What's more, even if they had a fief, they couldn't interfere in local government affairs. How much trouble could it cause?!

Zhu Xiongying continued to speak, and said sincerely, "My father has five sons, and besides me, there are four princes. My grandson will have a second heir soon. In the future, there may be ten or eight, and there may be more.

many."

"It's better to have more children. Your heirs will be prosperous, and your parents and your imperial grandmother will be happy." The unhappy Lao Zhu suddenly said, blood inheritance is a big deal, "You have five in the palace now, and you are just the right age. You want us to

Say, give birth to a few more. If ten or eight are not enough, you can also give birth to twenty or so, and then we can worship together!"

Zhu Xiongying is going crazy. There is really no problem with Lao Zhu's simple thoughts. The old farmer's thoughts are that more children will bring blessings. What's more, as a royal family, there is no need to worry about not being able to raise children. It is naturally better to have more children.

Something happened.

Zhu Xiongying had no choice but to continue, "Grandpa Huang, you must understand what my grandson means."

Lao Zhu no longer pretended to be confused and said angrily, "When we lose our legs, why don't you try to reduce the clan's salary?"

"Grandpa Huang, of course my grandson can change it when the time comes, but there are some things that he doesn't want to hide from you, and you also know his thoughts." Zhu Xiongying opened his mouth and said to Lao Zhu, "Let's settle the score.

Is it done?”

Seeing Lao Zhu nod, Zhu Xiongying said, "If the dynasty only has about twenty princes, it can certainly afford it. But looking at the princes of the Ming Dynasty, they will reach their thirties. When the grandchildren's generation grows up, four

There should be ten or fifty princes."

Lao Zhu nodded. He had many heirs, easily reaching the target of more than twenty princes.

"Grandpa Emperor, the prince's annual grain production is 4,800 shi. In our Ming Dynasty, the total amount of summer wheat and autumn millet in the north is 2 shi, and the grain yield in the south is just over 3 shi. Almost 1,500 acres of land can support a prince. This is

Not counting the 4,800 bolts of silk and 450 pounds of cotton. If you were a prince, you would have 3,000 acres of land to support you."

Looking at Lao Zhu, Zhu Xiongying continued, "Ten princes will get 30,000 acres of land, and fifty princes will get 150,000 acres of land! This is only three generations. If it is five generations, it will be many generations. By then, the princes of my Ming Dynasty will be far more than a hundred."

By then, we will need four to five million acres of land to afford the prince’s annual salary.”

Lao Zhu muttered and said, "We remember that two years ago, our Ming Dynasty's fields reached 40,000 acres."

The land of Ming Dynasty has exceeded 400 million acres, so it seems that the prince's share is not too big. At least Lao Zhu thinks so, there should be no big problem.

Zhu Xiongying opened his mouth and continued, "What about the county kings? The princes are hereditary, and the eldest son inherits, and the rest are county kings. The second uncle has six sons, and the fifth son is the county king. The third uncle has seven sons, leaving one county king. Let's leave the fourth uncle for the time being.

Not to mention, Fifth Uncle now has seven sons, and it seems possible that he may have twenty."

Although King Zhou likes to be a travel companion, engage in medicine, and study plants, he is also good at giving birth to children. I guess he may not be inferior to Lao Zhu.

Zhu Xiongying was very helpless and said, "Grandpa Emperor, let's count less. Count each of the emperor's uncles. Eight men are not many, right? That's more than 150 more princes. The prince should be seven meters tall."

One hundred stones, sixty hectares of farmland, which is not necessarily less than the prince's salary. The prince passed down the throne to his son, and the remaining sons are all generals who govern the country, six hundred stones, fifty hectares of farmland!"

Lao Zhu still didn't agree with it and said, "So what? In two or three generations, can we defeat our country?"

"Grandpa Huang, everything is fine now, but after five generations, the clan will have more than 10,000 people!" Zhu Xiongying said helplessly to Lao Zhu, "We don't count the princess and the princess's salary, which is quite a lot!"

Lao Zhu was a little sulky and turned away to ignore Zhu Xiongying, "What should we do? We don't care?"

"It's just that we can't control it like this. It's impossible to control everything about life, old age, sickness and death." Zhu Xiongying said, "Wealth and honor must be there, but it can't be like this. And my grandson feels that if he wants to kill the vassal king later,

Military power should also allow clan members to enter the court and make a living, and they should not be left without anything to do."

Lao Zhu sat up and stared at Zhu Xiongying, "Aren't you afraid of trouble in the clan?"

"How much trouble can it cause?" Zhu Xiongying was puzzled and said with a smile, "What's more, there are talents in the clan. Uncle Wu loves medical skills very much. If Uncle Wu compiles medical skills, it will be a matter of eternal fame. If he doesn't want to be in the fiefdom, just

It’s no longer good.”

Raising clan members like pigs is not something Zhu Xiongying wants to see. Whether it is the treatment of the Ming Dynasty clan in history or some of the treatment of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Zhu Xiongying does not agree with it. This is also a lesson learned.

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But one thing is certain, that is, the treatment of the clan children must be reduced. The main reason is that the treatment given by Lao Zhu is so good. Throughout history, there has never been such a care for the clan children!
Chapter completed!