Since "Talking about the Ancient and the Current" was born, many scholars also participated in the controversy over political affairs, and Mengzhao was even an activist. In addition to the ills of grain, the Censor Lin Run spent money on the royal family's fortunes.

The data is made public, and the disadvantage of the royal family member Lumi has become one of the hottest topics in recent years.

Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming Dynasty and was not only generous to his sons, but also treated his descendants very well, adhering to the fine tradition of "when parents love their children, they will make far-reaching plans."

In the 28th year of Hongwu, the court re-defines the standard of giving rice to the annual salary. The specific treatment of the royal family was: the prince gave rice to ten thousand stones per year, the prince was 2,000 stones, the general of the state was 1,000 stones, and the general of the state was 800 stones.

The general of the country was 600 stone, the lieutenant of the country was 400 stone, the auxiliary lieutenant of the country was 300 stone, and the lieutenant of the country was 200 stone.

Generally speaking, the eldest son of the prince inherits the title of prince, and the sons are granted the title of prince. The eldest son of the prince inherits the title of prince, and the other sons are awarded the title of general of the country, the grandson is awarded the title of general of the country, the great-grandson is awarded the title of general of the country, and the fourth generation grandson is awarded the title of general of the country.

He was appointed as the lieutenant of Zhenguo, the fifth generation grandson was appointed as the lieutenant of the auxiliary state, and the sixth generation grandson was appointed as the lieutenant of Fengguo.

In other words, as long as they are descendants of the Zhu family, in addition to the hereditary throne, the rest of them will be able to obtain the title of Lieutenant of Fengguo, and receive 200 stones of rice every year.

But not everyone looks like the Hongzhi Zhengde lineage. In the end, they can only find their cousin Jiajing from the sidelines to inherit the throne. In fact, many princes have strong fertility, and some princes even reproduce as many as a thousand people.

Taking the King of Qingcheng, Shanxi during the Hongzhi period as an example, he gave birth to 94 children, 163 grandchildren and 510 great-grandchildren, and these great-grandchildren will definitely be able to do so in the future.

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That's why Liang Cai, the Minister of Revenue of this dynasty, once said: In the early Ming Dynasty, if it was necessary to support a vassal king of a mansion, ten thousand stones of grain, then the same royal palace now requires at least 130,000 stones.

It would be fine if it was just a vassal king, but emperors of all dynasties would also have younger brothers. For example, King Yu's younger brother King Jing would also occupy a quota, and there would only be more and more people.

In addition, the court also had to build palaces, marriages, graves, provide entourage officials, servants and other treatments for the children of the royal family, and these expenses were also astronomical.

The memorial of the censor Lin Run is the most telling point. There is a paragraph in the memorial: the world supplies the capital city with four million stones a year, but the royal palaces consume the country's grain, eight million stones a year. Shanxi Province retains 19 grains every year

One hundred thousand stones, the local royal palace consumed more than three million stones of grain; ninety-four thousand stones of grain stored in Henan Province, and the local vassal kings consumed more than one.9 million stones of grain.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the rice of the twenty-six vassal kings was 260,000 shi, but now it is more than ten times more. This does not include the royal family's expenses for building palaces, weddings, funerals, and servants.

Even though the Jiajing Dynasty had already started to play the deceased method and deducted the Lumi of the vassal kings in various places. It was just impossible not to give it at all. At most, it was a part of it, but it was still a considerable expenditure.

The scholars and officials in the capital had a surprisingly consistent opinion, hoping that the court would reduce the royal family's salary and rice, or that the descendants of the other branches would be directly assigned to the civilians from the royal family and would no longer enjoy the court's salary and rice.

However, the voices of scholars and lower-level officials were very loud, but the movements at the upper level of the court were very small. It was even a year since Lin Run submitted a memorial, but the court seemed to be about to forget this matter.

No wonder the criticism of Xu Jie, the chief minister of the dynasty, was getting louder and louder. He thought that the court would become different if the treacherous minister Yan Song stepped down, but in fact, it was still the same bureaucratic style as before.

Mengzhao was a very smart person. When Lin Xuran expressed his desire to propose that the court reduce the transportation of grain rice, he immediately guessed that he wanted to cut the royal family's grain rice.

Lin Weiran was slightly stunned at first, and then laughed silently.

He found that his disciple's brains are indeed more flexible than others. If he wanted to propose to reduce the transportation of grain rice, he would naturally have to let the imperial court reduce the royal family's wealth.

Lin Qingran was gradually opening up the river, but he did not intend to express his overall plan in his heart, and he seemed helpless: "The situation in the capital is unclear now, and it is also a step to see if he is a teacher. The matter of the vassal of the vassal of the country may be either possible or not.

Wei. Now he is just the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, with Libu Hall on it and the Prime Minister on it."

Although he has now entered the six divisions of the court, he is not Yan Shifan after all. In addition to secretly fighting between all parties, the ones who can really make decisions are Xu Jie or Jiajing.

The Lumi of the clan involves the core interests of the clan, and Jiajing is undoubtedly the biggest obstacle. He not only needs to come up with a feasible plan, but also needs to reach a consensus with all parties to persuade Jiajing to reduce the Lumi of the clan to have the possibility of success.

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"Disciples know that this kind of thing is difficult, but they still hope to see the teacher rectify the vassals and rice, and benefit the people of the Ming Dynasty!" Meng Zhao bowed seriously and expressed his long-cherished wish.

Wang Shiju also had this idea, looking forward to the teacher who was always able to plan.

The official ship had passed through that silt zone, and the river channel in front of him became wide open, and the bow of the ship was rolled up with white waves, and the entire official ship rippled in the clear river water.

Lin Weiran faced the cold wind, but invited him: "It's still some time before the year of the Great Praise. After you two returned to Beijing, you moved to the north of the city. The teacher will arrange a residence for you, or help the teacher.

Do something by running errands!"

After going south this time, he knew that these two were all made of materials, so he decided to continue to cultivate them. In this imperial court, which was a scholar, it was not easy to find a shrewd, capable and loyal official.

"Students obey the order!"

Mengzhao and Wang Shiju exchanged a glance excitedly, and immediately bowed respectfully and bowed respectfully.

The rivers in Shandong are not easy to walk, but Lin Fu is a person who can do things. When he encounters shallow river belts, he runs down to pull the fiber with the boatman, and he is very attentive in all aspects of affairs.

With the signature and silver deposit of the official ship, the official ship passed through Shandong's boundaries, passed through Cangzhou, Hebei, and arrived in Tongzhou.

It was already mid-November when sailing from the fourth day of October. After more than a month, we finally arrived at the northernmost end of the Grand Canal.

But things are often so dramatic. Everyone is about to land in a shore and return to Beijing. As a result, the Tongzhou Wharf ahead is in chaos, and the ships heading north and south are even more stalemate.

"A big thing happened?"

When Lin Weiran saw this scene, he immediately skipped a beat in his heart.
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