Chapter 351 The County King Returns to the Feudal System!
The two brothers had a good chat, and Zhu Jianji simply sent someone to prepare a dinner party, hoping that Zhu Jianshen and Zhu Jianshen would not return until they were drunk.
After talking about the biggest political matter, Zhu Jianji asked Zhu Jianshen, "Brother, I want to ask you a relatively sensitive question. In fact, I shouldn't ask you this question because it involves your actual interests, but how should I put it?
I still have some hope, and I think you should be able to give me some suggestions from a fair standpoint."
In history, after Zhu Jianshen ascended the throne, he acted like a tiger, rectifying the administration of officials, enforcing the administration of justice, and prudent punishments and prisons; he strictly prohibited noble families from occupying land; he rectified the salt industry, adjusted the tax structure, and increased the proportion of commercial taxes.
In the military aspect, we should streamline the military and streamline administration, eliminate the old and weak, promote elites, and strengthen the capital camp; reform the military examinations to institutionalize and normalize the military examinations; establish the nine-sided Great Wall defense system, reuse the famous generals Zhu Yong and Zhao Fu to defeat the unconquered ministers, stabilize Guangdong and Guangxi, and pacify the country.
Jingxiang enables the refugees to live and work in peace and contentment.
He is aggressive externally and has the feat of "Chenghua plowing the courtyard".
He also won a great victory over Mongolia, regained Hetao, and once regained Hamiwei.
Showing a tough military posture.
It is said that those who offend my Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are, but that's all.
It was the last glory of Chongwu in the Ming Dynasty!
Although Zhu Jianshen is not the emperor now, he should always have something in his belly, so regarding the matter of continuing to reduce the vassal, Zhu Jianji plans to look at Zhu Jianshen's suggestions.
Zhu Jianshen heard the words and said: "Your Highness, you can just say it. I will tell you everything I know."
Zhu Jianji said: "Just now I took advantage of Tang Wang Zhu Qiongjing and Ning Wang Zhu Mianpei. Each of them has to pay two million, and the other has to reduce 600 guards and send them to Gyeonggi to form the East Palace Young Army. But I don't just want to take advantage of these two.
There were only two vassal kings. After Taizu established the country, he divided the vassal kings wantonly. Although due to the ancestral rules and Taizong's reduction of vassals again, the Ming Dynasty would not be divided into vassal towns. However, the rules left by Taizu are really
It’s a headache. Now there are dozens of vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, and these dozens of vassal kings and their descendants have to be supported by the court. There are not many people now, only tens of thousands, but our country continues to
How about in a few decades? There will be hundreds of thousands of people... These relatives of our old Zhu family are so fertile!"
After a pause, "The imperial court won't be able to support it by then!"
This is true.
It was relatively good. Taizu granted twenty-six titles. There were a few descendants of Prince Yiwen, but they were lost to Taizong. However, Taizong didn't have many children. Zhu Gaoxu's descendants were lost to Xuanzong.
Zhu Gaosui has many descendants.
There are also some descendants of Renzong.
The only descendants of Xuanzong are Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu.
Therefore, there are still about thirty vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, which is not too many.
"Decades later, there will be hundreds of thousands of vassal princes and descendants of Lao Zhu's family. Based on the money given to them by the current court, half of the Ming Dynasty's treasury income will have to be spent on them. How can the country develop?
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"So, I want to solve this problem once and for all, but the grace decree of the Han Dynasty is not easy to implement in our country, the Ming Dynasty."
There are essential differences between the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty and the Han Dynasty.
The vassal kings of the Han Dynasty had territories.
The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty only had vassal land.
The vassal land and the territory...the former is the place where you become a vassal and the area where you collect taxes. As the vassal king, you cannot interfere with the military and political issues of the vassal territory.
The latter is basically your territory, which even the court has no control over.
Zhu Jian sighed deeply, "This is an ancestral system, so what can be done about it."
Zhu Jianji said nothing.
Looking at Zhu Jianshen with a smile, I don't believe you really don't have any ideas.
Zhu Jianshen was helpless and thought for a long time before saying: "Is it difficult for the country to support the current vassal king?"
Zhu Jianji said: "It's not difficult, but I don't want to raise it."
Now there are one or two hundred vassal princes and county princes in Lao Zhu's family, and the population must be ten or twenty thousand, which is also a huge expenditure.
Zhu Jianshen said: "It is definitely difficult to cancel the vassal king, but the county king can operate it. Now there are more than twenty vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty. Why not consider returning the county king to the vassal system?"
Zhu Jianji's eyes lit up, "Tell me more specifically."
This operation seems to be better than my idea.
Zhu Jianshen said: "Taizu established the country, divided 26 vassal kings, established documents and reduced vassals, a few were missing, and a few were missing after Taizu, but the old Zhu family still has many vassal kings and county princes, mainly county princes
many."
The prince is the heir of the feudal prince.
Why are there so many princes?
Because according to Taizu's system, the court would confer sons born to vassal kings as county kings, and sons born to county kings, in addition to hereditary princes, would also have official titles such as auxiliary generals.
Moreover, those who belong to feudal lords, prefectures, and other royal palaces, and who are not engaged in scholarship, agriculture, industry, or commerce, can earn their salary every year.
As time goes by, this population size is indeed terrifying.
Zhu Jianshen continued: "The return of the prince to the vassal is actually a strategic center: no matter what kind of prince he is or how many people he has, the lord will be responsible for all the salary and the cost of guarding the descendants of the lord."
Zhu Jianji was puzzled, "But the vassal king still gave him a salary from the court."
Zhu Jianshen smiled and said: "Yes, but the salary given by the imperial court to the vassal king is only so much. The real bulk of the vassal king's income is the taxes they pay in the vassal territory, and your highness, you can find a way to collect this tax back to the court."
The core of the system of returning princes to vassals is the tax reform of vassal lands.
In other words...
The Ming Dynasty only provided money to support about thirty vassal kings.
The court has no regard for the descendants of the vassal king.
The royal court must collect taxes from the vassal king and vassal territory.
In this case, the feudal kings can be forced to find ways to make money on their own - so this reform is actually a major operation. Once implemented, the feudal kings everywhere will definitely have great opinions.
But there's nothing we can do about it.
Such a big piece of cake cannot be stewed calmly and slowly.
Because there is no conspiracy like the Tweeting Order to solve this problem.
Zhu Jianshen continued: "So, once this system of returning princes to vassals is implemented, the vassal kings in various places will definitely complain, and some may even want to rebel. At this time, your highness, you will have to be strong."
After a pause, "But if this system is implemented, officials from both the government and the public, as well as local officials, will definitely support it!"
The vassal system of Lao Zhu's family was originally unpopular among officials in both the government and the public.
The people couldn't get what they wanted, and the Zhu family vassal king fell from the sky to the earth.
Think about it, the vassal king of Lao Zhu's family can become the richest person in the place without doing anything. If the people want to achieve their life, most people only have delusions. A few people can achieve it through serving as officials, but they can't.
Treated like a feudal lord.
Now that the system of returning princes to vassals is implemented, sooner or later there will be fewer and fewer vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty.
In the end, the feudal king disappeared!
Zhu Jianji took a deep breath and said, "Then this matter has been settled. The emperor's brother must attend tomorrow's court meeting. The emperor's brother will be the first to attack!"
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It would be better for the Zhu family to take the initiative to perform surgery on this matter.
Zhu Jianshen was stunned for a moment.
have to.
Our Crown Prince wants to completely break the hearts of the royal family.
