As Zhu Yijun finished speaking, there was a roar in the auditorium. Except for a few princes whom Zhu Yijun wanted to get close to who knew the news in advance, the other princes and princes couldn't believe their ears when they heard the news.
In order to prevent a recurrence of the Jing disaster, after Chengzu seized the throne, he continued Jianwen's policy of reducing vassal states, and went even further. In addition to depriving Taizu of all the guards he assigned to the kings, he was also strictly prohibited from interfering with local affairs.
Administration, prohibiting them from marrying nobles, prohibiting the two kings from meeting each other, prohibiting coming to the capital to perform affairs or even leaving the city, prohibiting imperial examinations and serving as officials, and even prohibiting "the business of connecting the four peoples", etc. The most exaggerated thing is that the kings go out of the city to visit tombs,
You must first request an order and then act under the supervision of local officials.
Now, what does the emperor mean by saying that he is allowing the clan to lead troops? After all the kings looked at each other, the king of Luyang County stood up and said, "Your Majesty, does this mean that the clan is allowed to command troops?"
After Zhu Yijun heard this, he smiled and said: "No. The clan's prohibitions are too harsh. I intend to unify the prohibitions on the four people's careers, the prohibitions on imperial examinations and official duties, the prohibitions on movement restrictions, etc. The rest are not allowed to interfere with local administration, marriages between nobles, and prohibitions."
Increase the number of guards, etc., and do not let them go. This is also a way to protect everyone - there are some things that the clan cannot do."
What he said was reasonable and reasonable. The kings who had been imprisoned for nearly two hundred years only felt that the emperor's kindness was great, and they did not feel the slightest aggrievedness of not being trusted. Moreover, Zhu Yijun said it frankly and honestly. Everyone just felt that the emperor was real and not trustworthy.
Other unreasonable thoughts.
Zhu Yijun further explained: "Mercenaries are recruited from the people who are willing to die and are willing to use their lives to gain wealth. Of course, they need to be educated in military orders. But their soldiers only need one word - money!"
"After the army is formed, the imperial court will allocate land that can be developed. You can send people to explore the mineral deposits and calculate the costs and profits. Then, you can hire them to seize the territory and hold it. Everything on this territory
The mineral deposits belong to the employer."
After hearing Zhu Yijun's arrangement, all the kings who had the strength were moved and whispered to discuss the possibilities. Seeing that their interest was aroused, Zhu Yijun returned to the table and sat down.
The colonial and plundering strategy implemented by Zhu Yijun was incompatible with the mainstream thinking in the world at this time. As Chinese civilization developed to the end of the Ming Dynasty, the genes of aggression and plunder had been castrated by Song Confucianism, and when it came to involution, it was unparalleled.
These words were released at this time, on the one hand, to use imperial power to arouse the wildness of the nation that has been hidden for thousands of years; on the other hand, as a solution to the clan problem, it can also gain the understanding of the people who "have no choice but to do it". The most important thing is that Zhu Yijun wants to
These princes spent more than a century's savings to partially fund the imperial army's military expenses.
Although Zhu Yijun's new army is unparalleled in power, it is too expensive. He holds the largest industrial and commercial complex in the world, and it is the limit to raise 200,000 elite soldiers in an agricultural society with limited consumption capacity. Given the size of the world, this is
What can two hundred thousand new troops do?
It is better to use the money of the clan to raise troops. The soldiers are still in the hands of the imperial court, and the power of war and defense is also controlled by the imperial court. The clan is equivalent to spending military expenses to obtain the mining rights of the colonial mineral deposits. As long as the war can be won, an agricultural problem will be solved.
A fatal problem for society - war is a loss-making business.
Although Zhu Yijun's strategy allowed the clan to obtain huge financial resources, as long as its military production capacity was restricted and the New Army, which relied heavily on logistics, would not be able to rebel no matter how far away from China it was. As for the clan's occupation of mineral deposits, it was not conducive to the later stages of the colony.
Exploitation and domination are not problems for Zhu Yijun - they can be adjusted with policies.
For the clans present here at this time, the policy mentioned by Zhu Yijun is also a huge stimulus. Although these princes are uneducated and incompetent, their greed for wealth and land is the highest in the Ming Dynasty. There are examples of Baojing in Myanmar and a
Zhu Yijun is not afraid that they will not fall for the stimulation of Panpan Gems.
For Zhu Yijun and the court, diverting the clan's troubles away was a good way to solve the stubborn problems of the clan in the Ming Dynasty. Because now the clan and their daughters married too many honored guests, even though Zong Lu was issued a large number of treasures
, it can still eat up more than one-third of the entire Ming Dynasty's finance.
Although the gradual implementation of Chengzu's measures to reduce vassal states eliminated the possibility of a repeat of the "Jingnan War" and consolidated imperial power, from the actual effect, it was actually a typical political and economic "involution."
Forbidding clan members to "connect the four people's business" means that all clan clans can only rely on taxes to "support" them. As the number of clan members increases, the clan's salary increases exponentially. The feudal king cannot do anything, and almost all his energy is spent on the lower body.
Wives and concubines are in groups, and children are born without restraint. Taking the Jin Palace and the Zhou Palace as examples, after two hundred years of reproduction, the population of Zonglu has now reached 1,851; in the Zhou Palace, the number has reached 1,400
Forty people.
For example, ten thousand shi for the prince, two thousand shi for the county prince, one thousand shi for the general, and 200 shi for the general and lieutenant. Only the king of Zhou will pay out a clan salary of 190,000 shi in the fifth year of Wanli.
On the other hand, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty all violated the ancestral motto of "conferring vassals without breaking the soil" and generously granted land and wealth to their brothers and close relatives. By the fifth year of Wanli, half of the land in Henan was owned by the princes, and only the king of Zhou
, the King of Jin, the King of Qin and other six princes, they occupied an area of 320,000 hectares - a poor man really had no place to stand.
Regarding Zhu Yijun's reform strategy to promote industry and commerce, the clan still had a major obstacle: they relied on their own status to buy and sell by force, interfering with the market order. There was a town in Jingzhou called "Shashi" where commerce was concentrated. During the Jiajing period, King Jing petitioned
It was used to collect taxes and make up for the arrears of Lumi. "Records of King Sejong" recorded: "All the citizens rushed away."
In view of the current population situation in the world, Zhu Yijun judged that the development of industry does not need to follow the old path of "sheep eating people" in Britain in the original time and space. Instead, he asked the clan to take out the land and the money hidden in the treasury, so that agriculture and industry could develop hand in hand. Therefore.
, the plan he proposed for the clan trading company "colonial company" was a win-win situation for the court, the kings and the people.
Seeing that everyone was discussing about the same thing, Zhang Jing knocked on the wooden board with a wooden stick to attract the attention of the kings. Then he faced the kings and smiled and said: "Well, if someone is not willing to invest in mercenaries and risk such high profits, the emperor will still have big profits.
To all your princes——"
The kings were knocked unconscious by the big pies dropped from the sky by Zhu Yijun and Zhang Jing. When they heard that there were benefits, they raised their heads and listened to Zhang Jing's words.
Zhang Jing smiled and said: "You princes all have large or small shops in their homes. Are there any people who weave, spin, or raise silkworms and spin silk?"
When several princes heard his question, they raised their hands and said, "I have it at home! Why, what kind of hair is there?"
Zhang Jing said with a smile: "In addition to Rishenglong, the emperor's business also has Tianji Pavilion, which all princes have probably heard of. In the past few years, Tianji Pavilion has researched and developed many good things, and also acquired some exquisite technologies.
.For example, the vertical spindle spinning machine had been invented before the promulgation of the Reform Edict - Lords, this kind of thing can allow a female worker to spin ten times the amount of yarn."
After saying this, more than half of the princes were confused and had no idea what he was talking about, but the few who raised their hands just now and the other princes who knew how to make cotton cloth all shook their heads in disbelief. King Jingjiang shouted: "Is it true?
!”
Zhang Jing smiled and said: "My lord, in front of the emperor, who dares to lie to you? The slave has not finished speaking. In the weaving factory, the slave uses water to drive the spinning machine. A well-trained female worker can take care of thirty spindles.
That means she can spin thirty times as much yarn."
After saying that, Zhang Jing felt in his sleeve and took out an oval wooden product with two pointed ends and a hollowed out middle. He then said: "My lords, there is too much yarn and it is too late to spin. This little thing is called
The flying shuttle looks simple, but it can increase the speed of spinning ten times."
All the kings were dumbfounded when they heard his description. Zhang Jing continued: "According to the emperor's instructions, I organized skilled craftsmen and invented the hydraulic spinning machine. One person can operate it better than fifty people in the past - these are all inventions."
The power."
"My princes, tomorrow I will take you to the Emperor's Tianji Pavilion Research Institute to see - there are many inventions like this. If you princes are not willing to invest in trading company mercenaries, you can bid them at the subsequent auction.
For the next invention, go home and set up a factory to produce it. I can guarantee that you will count your money until your bones are weak and your muscles are numb!"
...
The sect-vassal conference that had been noisy for a day was over, and Zhu Yijun and the kings all got on their carriages and returned. Wang Guoguang, who was dazzled by Zhu Yijun's several erotic moves at the vassal-vassal conference, was filled with admiration and wanted to tell Zhu Yijun, and took the initiative to ask Zhu Yijun.
Zhang Juzheng smiled at him, ignored him, and walked away.
Zhu Yijun also liked this old pervert, so he nodded in agreement. Wang Guoguang suppressed his excitement and expressed his infinite admiration to Zhu Yijun along the way. Zhu Yijun couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this.
When he finally reached the palace gate, Zhu Yijun sighed: "Oh, you don't have to flatter me anymore. I released a fierce tiger in Nanyuan today, and we will have to fight it in the future."
Wang Guoguang was confused after hearing this and said: "Is the emperor worried that the clan will not be able to survive in the future? I thought——"
Zhu Yijun waved his hands and said: "It's not the clan, but capital - this thing comes to the world, and every pore from head to toe is dripping with blood and dirty things. If you take care of your body, you will see its power to change the world."