Chapter 150 Change your surname to Lin, Maosheng!
Sun Jiao already had a premonition.
He felt something was wrong when the emperor started talking about this topic. After all, Empress Dowager Chiang often called his daughter over on her way to Beijing.
But after arriving in Beijing, the emperor has not seen Ming'er, isn't it?
Zhu Houcong said as expected: "This is not the important point. I just want to change the situation where the burden on the family of relatives is getting heavier and heavier, so I have to find another way out. If there are people from my empress's family or the imperial concubine's family who are from prominent families, their favors and honors will be reduced."
It also seems natural.”
All eighteen important ministers were shocked.
Yang Tinghe suddenly thought of too much and asked seriously: "Your Majesty, I would like to hear the details. This case also involves the clan..."
Listening to the emperor's wishes is not just about making new rules for the queen's family and the imperial concubine's family, but also for the family of the country's relatives.
In addition to the "five major" families of honorable ministers established at the founding of the People's Republic of China, there are seven types of families: the queen's family, the imperial concubine's family, the crown prince's family, the princess's family, the county princess's family, the consort's family, and the Yibin's family.
The Xunchen family is a title system for Xunchen, and the other seven families are all based on marriage, and all of them follow Zhu Yuanzhang's regulations: they are selected from ordinary families with average or even poor foundations.
The key question is what the emperor meant. From now on, the family of the princess, the family of the princess, the family of Yibin, the son-in-law of the prince's palace and the county prince's palace, will all be included in the new regulations?
It would not be an easy matter if their in-laws could also serve as officials or even hold high positions.
Zhu Houcong nodded and said: "When Taizu set down the ancestral precepts, there were only a few relatives in the country. After a hundred years, the burden on the clan has become heavier. I will set an example first. My empress's family will only be given marquis, and the second generation will be hereditary, and the imperial concubine's family will only be
Granted three generations of hereditary earls. However, relatives of the country can later serve as real officials in the court, and the selection will be made in accordance with the established rules."
Yang Tinghe felt numb: Are you fishing?
But it was more prudent than Emperor Jianwen, at least he didn't directly make it clear that he wanted to cut down the vassal. But today's vassal kings are not as strong as Taizu's sons.
"Naturally, strong trunks and weak branches are already a new favor to the vassal kings."
Now there are only some pre-selected Shu people from Guangdong and Southeast China.
Yang Tinghe couldn't refuse. Everyone knew what the clan burden would be like if it continued to develop. This was a very important area of "spending".
Otherwise, this number would have doubled now.
He looked at Sun Jiao. Sun Jiao was obviously unfazed by the fact that his future son-in-law continued to find other women at the same time. Instead, he nodded: "This is good governance."
Then Zhu Houcong smiled and said: "You don't know that my father wanted to marry Mr. Sun Ge when he was still alive. When my mother came to Beijing, she was also very happy with the daughter of the Sun family. Sun Ge's family has a long history and is highly respected. Now it is even more so.
I have been recommended by the imperial court to be appointed to the Taige, and I am not a minister who is lucky enough to be promoted. Mr. Yang Ge is willing to be the official envoy to accept the queen, and the Marquis of Jingshan is willing to be the deputy envoy?"
His hand naturally touched Zhu Qingping's waist and he began to feel restless again: "Anyway, the surname is given. I will change the Yuan tomorrow and change your surname... Lin, Maosheng!"
Besides, he has his own ideas for clan reform, so he can’t keep raising pigs from now on, right?
Zhu Houcong began to work hard on his own national affairs, starting with his eldest sister.
"Isn't Cui Yuan still here?" Zhu Houcong replied with a smile, "My uncle, the Marquis of Jingshan, is in charge of the Governor's Office of the Left Army and participates in national policy meetings. In terms of divine grace, Cui Marquis is the most powerful."
In Zhu Houcong's view, if something really happened, it would be nice if the current clan did not breed ambition. It would not be able to help him at all, but would only continue to drain the national finances.
In Sun's house, Sun Jiao's wife was stunned: "...can this really be like this?"
From the wives of these eighteen people, it was obvious that the Empress Dowager Chiang was more affectionate to Sun Jiao's wife, but she only thought it was because of the friendship between the same countrymen.
"...His Majesty brought it up on his own initiative, how can he still say such things? Is that a national policy meeting or a meeting of national relatives?"
But now this sentence shocked everyone present.
In the Sun Mansion, there was indeed a daughter who was born into a beautiful woman. As her name suggests, Sun Ming from the Shangshu family was as elegant and quiet as a tender tea bud.
How many eunuchs are there in the palace? Thousands of children need to be supported.
With this vision that all ministers are looking forward to, as well as the national policy meeting and various restrictions after the establishment of the imperial study room, the troubles caused by foreign relatives may not be so easy to appear.
The Queen Mother has arranged a small task for her, but now she feels the little emperor's... techniques... ventriloquism... What needs to be taught?
Although I have been mentally prepared since the first day of "putting myself to sleep", who knew it would be today?
On New Year's Eve, the old is broken and the new is welcomed.
As for family love... I can't talk too much about it.
Zhu Houcong's face was a little hot after drinking, and there was heat under his clothes where he could hear his heartbeat.
"...I...thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."
The "best son-in-law" she called her was now pulling Zhu Qingping to lie on the dragon couch again.
"The emperor's concubines and concubines can be selected from the important clans, and the clan will still follow the old rules?" Yang Tinghe confirmed.
"...Although it is not the point from which family your majesty will choose your concubines, does your majesty already have..." Yang Tinghe still asked.
Yang Tinghe and others immediately left the table and knelt down together: "Your Majesty loves the people like a son, and I am extremely grateful to you."
Of course, it depends on whether they can see the future plans related to the implementation of new laws to attack the scholar-bureaucrats.
"To get to that point, we need the wealth of the country after all, and you have a long way to go." Zhu Houcong smiled and asked them to get up and go back to their seats. "Today we will not talk about state affairs anymore. The friendship between monarch and minister always requires more contacts besides state affairs. Although I am young,
There is no need for you and me to worry about it. You can tell us old stories and anecdotes freely."
In addition, the clan family also has a large amount of land granted to them.
This is the result of 20 years ago when the direct lineage family was reduced by half and the in-law family was reduced by 60%.
What's lush, what's not hungry... Her mind is starting to feel dizzy now, and her whole body is very tight.
All can become tools.
After the emperor is elected, there must be a matchmaker.
"I..." Sun Ming's face was full of uneasiness, "I have not yet married, but I want to enter the palace first? Then won't His Majesty be unhappy when he sees me?"
In the main hall of Qianqing Palace, the banquet started when it got dark, and the same was true in Qingning Palace.
If my nephew succeeds in the imperial examination, he will also be able to serve as an official in the future...
It shouldn't be difficult to deduce, right? But if they understand it, they should start warning themselves now: they have discovered another red line, and they will have to understand the situation before making decisions in the future.
"What is so scary? Don't listen to your father's nonsense! He is uneasy because of state affairs. How can it be the same in the harem?" Sun Wang's face was filled with joy, "Your Majesty, you are smart! Heroic! Extraordinary courage! You are in good health. ! The Queen Mother treats you well. Since it has been decided a long time ago, I will often take you to visit her first and familiarize yourself with the etiquette in the palace. The wedding will take a long time!"
After turning his head, he sighed: "The child doesn't seem to be hungry either."
As for whether the in-laws of the vassal king who selected the princess from ordinary families could pursue both civil and military careers, then wouldn't promotion be in the hands of the emperor?
But you, the vassal king, can't say that this is not a favor. After all, the restrictions on the country's relatives and families were very strict before, and the vassal king was just raising them like pigs.
The emperor's way of achieving this goal was to use it as a guide for future imperial family reform.
Seeing that Yang Tinghe didn't continue to ask questions, Zhu Houcong didn't know whether he saw the connection between this matter and the new law in the future.
When Yang Tinghe heard that the emperor wanted him to be the official matchmaker, he immediately looked at the emperor with a complicated expression: You are really trying to balance things. The wedding is also full of political overtones.
Now...queen?
Sun Ming pinched the corner of her mother's clothes nervously: "Mom... you must follow what dad said... Your Majesty is so scary..."
Deal with short-term matters with caution, and plan boldly for long-term matters!
Yang Tinghe asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, if the salary of the princess's family, the princess's family, and the Yibin's family are reduced, it may not reduce the burden of the clan much. If he is allowed to serve as a real official in the court, the hidden danger will be even greater."
But now the emperor seems to want to set up a large orphanage in the palace to give hope to the large number of low-level eunuchs and maids in the palace?
Cui Yuan was very embarrassed: I am indeed too dazzling, so please agree, Old Sun. From now on, I will not be the only one being stared at by many officials and colleagues.
Although Cui Yuan is also a relative of the state, he has now successfully become a distinguished minister, and this knife cannot kill him.
In the huge forbidden palace, there are only powerful eunuchs and female officials. They may be able to recognize the adopted son from the original clan or from outside, and there will be hope for the future.
In Zhu Houcong's view, there is only a direction that remains unchanged for a century, but no specific policies that remain unchanged for a century.
The current approach seems to be to start with the treatment of relatives, to see if any lord will "train" any in-laws who will hold important positions in the future, and then plan for any "big things".
When Zhu Houcong faced the future father-in-law, he continued: "The queen's position is the most important, so the wishes of the mother and I are decided first. And the prince's national affairs are important, and the emperor's twelve daughters, two concubines and nine concubines are still in charge. Let’s choose. It’s just for the draft next year, so there is no need to suspend marriages in the world, so as not to miss the marriages of other women. The family of concubines can be officials, and thinking about it, they will not be as fearful as before. "
Sun Jiao was unwilling to become the princess's family back then, but now the emperor wants it to be the queen's family, and Sun Jiao's sons and grandsons are all hereditary earls.
Sun Jiao found that there is a limit to being obsessed with reputation, and now His Majesty has given too much.
Otherwise, choosing to start reducing expenditures in this field would be too clear-cut: cutting down the clan.
Now he is already a cabinet minister, and there are new rules for the appointment of relatives as officials.
As for where the eldest son comes from, of course it depends on God's will.
After arriving at Youshi, I returned to the mansion and heard about the situation. Immediately, many houses burst out with the mistress yelling: "Why don't you mention your daughter (granddaughter)?"
Yang Ting and the others really welcomed the fact that the emperor could start to think of ways to burden the clan.
Sun Jiao's expression is very wonderful.
Seventeen Arhats and Guo Xun laughed together: Who can think you are young? Dealing with you is no different from dealing with middle-aged people.
For most of the eunuchs and maids, in the end, their only pleasure is probably to have a novice, some spiritual sustenance and other indescribable comforts.
Zhu Houcong looked at the current statistics and found that the number of people in the clan receiving salary was close to 8,000, and the annual salary required was as high as nearly 600,000 taels, which would be nearly 2 million taels if converted into food.
But he is incredibly energetic and even runs to keep fit.
For the past few emperors, their weddings were just weddings.
Every time the draft is held, many people are very afraid because of the secluded life and high mortality rate in the palace. At the same time as the draft, there is also the selection of palace maids and reserve female officials, so some widows are frightened and quickly remarry.
Zhu Qingping's heartbeat is naturally still very fast. It has been like this for the past few nights, and it is even worse tonight.
Yuan Zonggao, who used his own future to protect Wang Qiong and others, has passed away. No one knows whether Yang Ting and others in the court will attack Wang Qiong and others again.
If you can be an important minister yourself, your descendants will also have titles.
The draft has not yet started. Is the queen just decided? Will there be a draft next year?
In the Qianqing Palace, Huang Jin, who had always remembered his important responsibility of staying up late and keeping vigil at night, finally heard Zhu Qingping's strange voice.
Today I drank more wine with the important minister of national policy, and he doesn't think much about national affairs now.
She had grown up and was summoned by the Empress Dowager Chiang many times. She was also confused and listened to her parents telling stories about those years.
He looked at the emperor: Could it be that he agreed to use me and was preparing for today?
Wang Qiong looked at Sun Jiao expectantly: Yes! I will recommend you again!
Cabinet minister and father-in-law...
There were some young eunuchs and maids preparing to serve at the scene, all of whom trembled slightly.
Zhu Houcong felt that he had no scruples in doing whatever he wanted, and a smile appeared on his lips: "If my eldest son wants to be on the safe side, I have to rely on you, so as not to prevent the other concubines from being young and giving birth to children. As for the future, there is no need to worry about the dispute between the legitimate eldest children, I have it all
Calculate."
At that time, the crown prince became the emperor, and no one could refuse the temptation of the royal position of mother-in-law and the hereditary earl.
At that time, half of them felt that since he had resigned as Minister of Household Affairs, why would he still have a bad reputation by becoming a relative of the emperor? The other half also did not want the future of his children and nephews to be affected.
There are so many ways.
Is the emperor looking for reasons to cut down the vassals in the future?
After more than a hundred years, although Emperor Hongzhi only had one son and Emperor Zhengde died, the other princes and princes from many years ago are still alive.
"I have my own thoughts on this matter." Zhu Houcong smiled, "I will promise you new benefits first. The relatives of the clan cannot be ignored. The new rules for the relatives of the country began with me. This matter is also for the clan.
If it's beneficial, they will welcome it. As for the princess's family, the county princess's family, and the Yibin family, it will take ten years to gain momentum, right? Ten years later, the situation will be completely different."
Zhu Houcong said calmly: "I am the successor of the vassal king. It is time and necessary to make changes in my dynasty. How to prevent it from causing trouble, you and others have to think about it."
Besides... maybe it will change in the future?
Unless the emperor's life is short.
But old news and anecdotes, can we really talk about anything?
After all, the restrictions are still there, but after all, they no longer talk about state affairs.
Zhu...oh no, how could Lin Qingping still listen to these nasty words from the emperor?
When the emperor did this, emotionally they could only think that the emperor was making room for his future heirs. After all, the lineage had been transferred, and there were still more than thirty vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty.
But if the treatment of relatives of the clan is reduced, it will be understood as a precursor to the reduction of the vassal clan.
Do you want to remember this?
Zhu Qingping spent a long time "putting her to sleep" today, and she didn't come out even after midnight.
"It seems like we are destined to get married..."
At the moment he nodded, he was a very special person among the important ministers in the court. Even the original emperor's master Yuan Zonggao could not compare with his weight as the head of the country.
Yang Tinghe looked at Sun Jiao and asked meaningfully: "What's the general will of Jiufeng?"
"Your Majesty, I am worried about the princess's family..." Yang Tinghe said worriedly, "If the old system of conferring titles on the family of the country is changed, the clan may be uneasy."
His face looked very strange.
One more layer of protection is just one more layer!
"...Your Majesty, I am inexplicably worried." Sun Jiao said in a squeaky tone, "I have already entered the palace. If I am awarded a marquis, I am afraid that the holy grace will be too heavy..."
Sun Jiao could be a minister, so how could his tutoring be so bad? Sun Ming knew that this seemed more like a matter decided out of imperial strife, so she, a person who had broken the ancestral system, would probably be at the forefront. She often married before she got married.
As for the palace, what kind of style would it be like?
Thinking of this, she felt more and more uneasy and sad: How much of this destined husband really had affection for her? It was probably all out of national affairs considerations, right?
"Why don't you like her?" Mrs. Sun held her little hand and looked at her with a smile on her face, "My Ming'er is so lovely, and she is also well-educated! Your Majesty will be the happiest if he sees her!"
Even if the already familiar Lin Qingping is not the queen, Zhu Houcong is not too worried about the future succession issue.
Zhu Houcong said again: "The ministers and maids served the royal family loyally, but they had no heirs, and most of them were lonely in their later years. I have other plans to have a large number of people who are needed in the future. We can order the local almshouses to specialize in caring for orphans and widows in the future.
Most of the orphaned children can be sent to the capital. I have set up a Salesian Hospital in the Imperial Palace under the Supervisor of Ceremonies, so that in the future, many ministers and palace maids who have no power and money will be used as adopted sons, so that they can be supported and enjoy
Blood food.”
Cui Yuan grinned: Sure enough, he still became the head of the state, but both of them were important ministers.
Yang Tinghe was also quite shocked: "Your Majesty, will we be supported by the grain and rice produced in Huangzhuang?"
The annual salary of the ancestral prince is 10,000 dan, the prince of the county is 2,000 dan, the general of the state is 1,000 dan, the general of the auxiliary state is 800 dan, the general of the state is 600 dan, the lieutenant of the state is 400 dan, the lieutenant of the auxiliary state is 300 dan, and the lieutenant of the state is Fengguo.
Two hundred stones for a lieutenant.
This is definitely fishing!
The emperor said they were young children, so of course he couldn't let these children work. Moreover, he said they were for future use, which involved some of the emperor's future plans. Could it be for general use? They had to be taught how to read, right?
"It won't cost much food to have enough food, clothing, and warmth, and to build some houses." Zhu Houcong nodded, "I will try it out in Huangzhuang first. If it succeeds in the future, orphaned children in this world must find a proper place to raise them."
The method of relief. Since my great ambition is to enrich the country and create a prosperous world, how can there be so many orphans who die of hunger and cold in the world? On this occasion of changing the Yuan Dynasty, I just chatted a few more words and took my time to do it."
But at that time, the crown prince was already the emperor, and her father was in the imperial palace. She never thought that she would have such a fate with him again.
Huang Jin looked solemn: Now I really have to remember.
Tomorrow, the first big thing after the change of Yuan will be, I will give a kowtow to Empress Qingping.
I recommend a friend's new book, "My Farm Connects to the Ming Dynasty". This is the story of more than 200 modern people taking a state on the shores of Lake Baikal in Siberia through the early Ming Dynasty to provide industrial assistance. There are farmers, engineering teams, and international students.
, group farming articles, if you are interested, you can read it.