Chapter 348: Feudal King: Prince, you look so ugly!
Zhu Jianji looked at Zhu Mianpei and asked, "How many guards are there in Prince Ning's Mansion now?"
Prince Ning said without hesitation: "Eight hundred."
After Taizu ascended the throne, all vassal kings in the country could have up to three guards.
That's more than fifteen thousand people.
Zhu Yunzhen reduced the vassal state, and then Zhu Di reduced the vassal state again.
No matter how powerful the vassal king is, he only has a guard of less than a thousand, and he is basically castrated like a prisoner. Most of the vassal king's bodyguards actually only number 500.
But don't underestimate these five hundred people.
It was all funded by the imperial court.
After all, most of the money given by the Ming Dynasty vassals came from the imperial court.
Of course, there are also people like Tang Wang.
Loot people's money.
Zhu Jianji sighed with a smile: "Now the country is peaceful and the people are safe. The feudal princes have wealth and prosperity in their respective territories. There are dozens of feudal princes in the country, and each feudal prince has eight hundred to one thousand guards, which is tens of thousands of people. The court is responsible for
The expenses of these tens of thousands of people are also responsible for the expenses of dozens of vassal princes’ palaces. It’s no wonder that the Ming Dynasty’s treasury is rich!”
Zhu Mianpei was shocked.
Damn it!
Zhu Jianji is not asking for money from our two brothers.
It is to reduce the treatment of the feudal king.
Or rather...
It is to cut down the vassal state again.
Of course, I must also want to ask Zhu Qiongjin, this fat pig, for money.
It can only be said that His Highness the Crown Prince kills many people with one stone.
Now the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty want power, but they only have a little autonomy from the palace. They want money, which is allocated by the national court, and they want people, and they only need less than a thousand guards in total.
The feudal kings were basically raised like pigs.
To pose a threat to the central government, the vassal king needs to have strong local collusion capabilities and a large amount of funds.
It's not that it can't be done.
It's very difficult.
Of course Zhu Mianpei did not expect that his descendants would actually do it.
In the Ming Dynasty, when the vassal kings rebelled, apart from Zhu Di, King Ning also did it once. Of course, King Ning failed.
But Zhu Mianpei saw that His Highness the Crown Prince meant that he didn't even want to keep the vassal king's bodyguard.
really.
Zhu Jianji continued: "The state provides money to support tens of thousands of people. They eat the food from the court and receive the salary from the court, but they sit idle all day long in the palaces of feudal lords across the country. This makes people on the front line work desperately to kill the enemy.
What do the Ming Dynasty’s heroes think? Things can’t be done. Your Highness Prince Ning, do you think this is true?”
What can Zhu Mianpei say?
The arms cannot twist the thighs.
In the eyes of the central government, the current feudal lords are basically nothing more than fish and meat.
If it was the first year of Jingtai to the eighth year of Jingtai, the vassal princes would still have some ideas, but now it is the nineteenth year of Jingtai, and Zhu Qiyu and his son have already managed the central government into a monolith.
If the vassal princes still have some ideas now, they can only seek death.
Don't say anything else.
Even if a feudal prince rebels, even if the regimental camp, the twenty-six guards of the pro-army, and the local capital are connected by the feudal prince, and the court is perfunctory when sending troops to quell the rebellion, don't forget that the prince still has a king's army in his hands.
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East Palace Young Army!
What's more, everyone knows very well that with the power currently managed by the Ming vassal king, no one has the qualifications to rebel.
We can only let the imperial court fail.
King Ning sighed.
He has some qualifications. He has been secretly managing his power for these years. Although there are only 800 guards in the royal palace, as long as something happens, such as people being displaced after a catastrophe, Prince Ning will be confident that he can do it in just a few months.
, and gathered an army of about 100,000 people.
And he also has the ability to equip this 100,000-strong army with ordnance.
Regarding the rebellion, Prince Ning's lineage is always prepared.
Just waiting for an opportunity.
In the eighth, ninth, and tenth years of Jingtai's reign, in these three years, first Fang Ying and others rebelled, and then the remnants of Jianwen rebelled. Zhu Mianpei thought he had waited for an opportunity, but he thought too much.
These rebel forces were suppressed without making any waves.
Now the young army is getting stronger again.
When Zhu Mianpei thought of these things, he felt heartbroken. There was basically no hope for Prince Ning's lineage!
So he sighed after hearing this: "But this is the ancestral system of Taizu. His Majesty Taizong has already reduced the protection and expenses of the vassal king once. If His Highness cuts it again, I am afraid it will completely violate the ancestral system."
Zhu Jianji chuckled, "ancestral system? Does ancestral system have to be correct?"
There were many reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
One of the big reasons is that Ming Dynasty raised hundreds of thousands of pigs!
It destroyed Ming Dynasty alive.
However, to rectify the vassal kings across the country, we still need to discuss with the nine ministers and come up with the changed national policy. At the moment, the main thing is to kill the two pigs, King Tang and King Ning.
He smiled and said: "As for the ancestral system, I will discuss it with the court officials later and come up with a feasible strategy that will not harm the interests of the court and ensure the wealth and prosperity of the vassal. The most important thing now is the young army."
The Jurchen expedition next year lacks military expenditure and troops. Since King Ning
If you are interested in the king of Tang, then the king of Tang will pay two million taels. King Ning will send 600 of your guards to the capital to be incorporated into the East Palace Young Army. The remaining 200 people will be enough. The same goes for the king of Tang. You
Only 200 of the bodyguards need to be left behind, and the rest will be sent to Gyeonggi to form part of the East Palace Young Army."
Zhu Mianpei and Zhu Qiongjing looked at each other.
Dare not say anything.
Zhu Jianji quickly made a calculation in his mind, and then said with a smile: "In this way, there are dozens of vassal kings in the country. Each vassal king will send hundreds of guards to the capital, and there will be about 20,000 troops. Headed by the King of Tang, each of them will
If the vassal king collects some more money, he should have ten million taels, which will be enough to conquer the Jurchens in one fell swoop and completely solve one of the hidden dangers of the Ming Dynasty in the north."
Zhu Mianpei and Zhu Qiongjing had no choice but to say that His Highness is wise against their will.
Zhu Jianji smiled and said, "The two princes will handle this matter after they return to the Tenth Prince's Palace. When the money and people from Prince Tang's Palace and Prince Ning's Palace arrive in Gyeonggi, you can return to the vassal land."
The meaning is very clear.
Without money and people, you two will be prepared to die in Gyeonggi.
He even said not to think about dying of old age.
Sudden death is possible!
Zhu Qiongjin and Zhu Mianpei sighed secretly.
Your Highness the Prince looks so ugly!
But what can be done?
Now that the prince is firmly in control of the government and the public, even Yu Qian has become a supporter of the East Palace. How can they, the vassal kings, not cooperate, or they may end up even more miserable than Zhu Qizhen.
The two had no choice but to take the order and retire.
Zhu Jianji looked at the two people's backs after turning around at the door of Dongnuan Pavilion and sneered.
The king of Tang Dynasty, Zhu Qiongjing, raided the people.
The common people have nothing to live for.
If I don’t kill you, who will I kill?
Ning Wang Zhu Dianpei, Ning Wang’s lineage... It’s hard to feel at ease without killing.
As for the vassal kings across the country, they must continue to kill hundreds of thousands of pigs. No matter how much money I make for the Ming Dynasty, it will not be enough for them.
This matter... can be left to Zhu Jianshen to take charge of the details.
In this way, Zhu Jianshen will also lose the hearts of the royal family.
Kill two birds with one stone.
He said to Dai Yi at the door: "Choose an audience with the King of Yue."
It's time to swing the butcher's knife.
As for how to kill pigs, Zhu Jianji has been thinking about this for many years, and there are also God Vision operations on the Internet in later generations. Zhu Jianji has already had specific implementation policies.
Today I'll give Zhu Jianshen a break.
After Zhu Mianpei and Zhu Qiongjing were "killed", let the feudal princes see that someone had been "killed", so that the wave of opposition would not be too strong, and they could discuss it at the court meeting and then implement it in detail.
