118 million stones of rice, this number is so huge that all the officials in the hall were shocked.

"How is this possible?" an official blurted out.

Yes, how is it possible? After all, the national treasury has only three million taels of silver per year, plus more than four million stones of grain. These grains must support the nine border troops and Beijing city officials and their families, and the silver must be given to officials in Beijing.

We pay salaries, and we also need to use them to provide disaster relief, etc.

Of course, these are not all land taxes in the Ming Dynasty. In fact, a large part of the income is intercepted by the local government, which is equivalent to local taxes, which are used to pay salaries to local officials and work expenses, etc. However, the total income is only a discount of 2,000 yuan for silver.

Only ten thousand taels were present. The officials of the Ministry of Revenue were aware of the country's annual income.

And the amount of rice used on the royal family has more than 100 million stones. How is this possible? It’s unimaginable!

But think about it carefully, why is it impossible? After all, the number of royal families only needs to be checked by checking the ranks of the clan people's houses. The salary quota of the princes, princes, generals and lieutenants is a fixed number. As long as you know how to get arithmetic, you can calculate how much money you should pay in a year.

rice.

An official who was proficient in arithmetic started to calculate on the spot and quickly obtained the data, which was almost the same as what Liu Mao said.

"This, this..." Everyone was shocked, and it was still difficult to accept this extremely huge number.

"Of course, this is just a data calculated based on the number of royal families and salary standards," Liu Mao continued, "but in fact, the localities in various provinces are simply unable to pay such a huge amount of rice, because it is not enough to add up the land tax in the whole province.

There is no way to pay the money at a discount, which has also led to a huge gap between the rich and the poor as a royal family."

"For example, the princes and princes have a large amount of land granted, with the most million acres and the few tens of thousands acres. The income from these land grants alone is enough for them to squander the luxury of the meat mountain and wine pool, and many vassal kings have set up banknotes in private

When they open shops and compete for profit with the people, all these princes are rich enough to rival the country.

The number of lieutenants from Fengguo at the bottom is the largest. If they can get enough Lumi, they can also maintain their family life. However, after 70% off and eight discounts, the number of Lumi is very small. Many people

They can't even have enough food and clothing. The court does not allow them to become officials or do business to support their families. Many lower-level royal families are poor and live like beggars, and there are also many beggars along the streets!"

Liu Mao described the living conditions of the royal family in detail, and the huge gap between the rich and the poor was even more shocking. In order to prevent future generations from hungry, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang made rules, as long as he was his descendants, regardless of relationships or contemporary times.

No matter how far the emperor is, it is raised by the country. You don’t have to farm or work. You will enjoy wealth and prosperity when you are born. But even the Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang didn’t expect that many of his descendants are now the same as he did back then.

Those who are in poverty can only make a living by begging...

"The system of the royal family must be changed!" Cao Sicheng stood up again and said excitedly. At this time, his mind was shocked by the huge number of 100 million stone Lumi, and he no longer had the heart to do anything about the King of Zhou.

"The royal system must be changed!" Many officials stood up and said in unison.

I haven't noticed before, why the Ming Dynasty is getting poorer? It turns out that the root cause lies in the royal family! If you raise a soldier every year, you can raise a ten million army, what are you afraid of? If it is used to provide disaster relief, you will be afraid of Jiansen.

, any disaster can be relieved!

Of course, these officials will never realize that the officials and gentry occupy much more wealth than the royal family. Almost 70% of the land in the Ming Dynasty is in the name of the officials and gentry, and these lands do not require any taxes.

The remaining 30% of the land is in the hands of ordinary people. The income from the land must be paid to national taxes and used to support these royal families...

Of course, this does not prevent officials from expressing their anger at the royal family.

For a time, a consensus was reached in the court that a thorough reform of the royal family system was required.

In fact, in the previous life, Zhu Youjian also changed the royal system once and allowed ordinary royal families to become officials. However, that reform was just a small fight and did not fundamentally touch the royal system. The main reason was that Zhu Youjian was at that time

He cherishes his reputation and refuses to bear the bad reputation of ignoring the affection of his family. Moreover, he has the ancestral system set by Emperor Taizu. At that time, Zhu Youjian did not have the courage to overthrow the ancestral system. Of course, he did not fully realize that the royal family was leading the

The dangers come.

Now, after experiencing a hatred of a country and having traveled for hundreds of years, Zhu Youjian has realized the reason for the country's demise.

The royal family, officials and gentry were all the great harm to the Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Youjian is unable to attack officials and gentry now. After all, the number of officials and gentry is too large. He is in the court and in the hometown and gentry controls the countryside. This Ming Dynasty is not so much a huge official as his emperor.

The gentleman class can only take their time to deal with them.

Zhu Youjian no longer ruthlessly to the royal family that had no power to pose no threat to the court and him.

Besides, I am not ignoring my flesh and blood, but rather to liberate the huge royal family. They have no poverty and poverty, but are limited to the ancestral system and cannot be an official and work to make money. I am thinking about them, and I must have known it.

, I won’t blame me! Zhu Youjian said to himself secretly.

Next, the court officials had a fierce discussion on the reform of the royal family system. The morning court lasted until noon, and everyone was hungry. Zhu Youjian had to issue an order to prepare some snacks in the imperial kitchen so that these energetic officials could temporarily

Belly wrap.

It was not until afternoon that the final decision was formed.

First, stop giving away titles. Whether it is a prince or a prince, the titles will be inherited by the eldest son, and other sons will no longer be awarded titles, whether they are legitimate or illegitimate.

Below the general, the right to inherit the title was directly abolished, and his descendants became civilians.

Every year, a large number of royal families die, and the remaining Lumi is a huge amount. Decades later, there will be only a few princes and princes left in the entire Ming Dynasty, and there will be no more generals and lieutenants.

The second is to relax the control of the royal family. From now on, the royal family can be the imperial examination and become officials, farming, working, doing business and making a living, and there will be no restrictions.

In this way, even if the descendants of the royal family lose their titles, they can support themselves, instead of not letting them live like beggars. Most of the lower-level royal families will live better than before, or even much stronger, for the lower-level royal families,

Say, this means complete liberation.

The third is to check the number of land acres of the royal family. In addition to the land granted by the emperor over the years, all the land illegally occupied by the vassal kings was confiscated, either distributed to the original land owners or as official land, and the land taxes for previous years were to be compensated.

Set up a cash gate and close the shops set up. The vassal kings should not compete with the people for profit.

This item alone will at least find tens of millions of acres of land. Not to mention anything else, the annual land tax paid by these fields is a huge sum. In order to prevent the found land from occupying the gentry, Zhu You

The prosecutor ordered Cao Sicheng, the left censor, to lead the inspectors of the inspectors to be responsible for the investigation of the vassal kings and kings of various places, and to send Dongchang Fanzi to follow and supervise.

These censors are all young men who have just entered the officialdom, and they are full of energy. They impeach this and that all day long, but have not become officials. It is just right to let them do such a thing.
Chapter completed!