Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 251
Taichang personally promoted the rapid expansion of the shipyard, the cannon factory and the gun factory also started construction soon, and the coast of the Haihe River was in full swing.

With an order from the Ministry of Industry, craftsmen from all over the country are coming here one after another, Yuan Keli is ordered to expand the army, and the guards of the coastal guards are also constantly gathering in Denglai Water City.

According to Taichang's plan, in less than five years, more than two million craftsmen and their families will gather along the Haihe River, and the Daming navy will also expand to more than one hundred thousand. If the original infantry is added, the soldiers recruited by the Ming will soon It will exceed 80!

So many craftsmen and their families need to be fed, and so many soldiers need food, where does this money come from?
It is definitely not enough to rely on the income of the Daming Bank alone, even if the income of the Taicang City Shipping Department is added, it is far from enough.

So, what to do?

Such a big hole, what to use to fill it?
At this time, the only ones who can fill this hole are the vassal kings from all over the Ming Dynasty!

From the Hongwu Dynasty to the Taichang Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, a total of 64 vassal kings were entrusted for more than 29 years, of which 28 were abolished due to incidents or eliminated without heirs. King Zhu Houcong and Yu Wang Zhu Zaiju inherited the Datong and became emperors. If you remove King Fu who was killed by Taichang and King Zheng who was killed by the rebels, there are still [-] vassal kings in Daming at this moment.

These 28 vassal kings and their descendants have millions of people. The Ming court has to send them more than 900 million shi every year just for the vassal Lumi, accounting for [-]% of the total annual taxes of the Ming court. many.

As far as this is concerned, they are still not satisfied, they still want to annex land, and the land they annex is really scary!
According to historical records, the arable land area of ​​the Hongwu Dynasty in the early Ming Dynasty was more than 8 million mu. Excluding the 6 million mu of farmland, there were still more than [-] million mu of land that the court could levy taxes on.

However, in the Taichang Dynasty, the land that the court could collect taxes was less than [-] million mu!

What is going on here?
Very simple, the remaining more than 2 million acres have been annexed by local vassals and local tyrants and gentry.

The 28 vassal kings have tens of millions of acres of land alone, and the land they have annexed is as many as hundreds of millions of acres!

In other words, as long as the vassal Lumi is removed, he will have enough food to feed more than two million craftsmen and their families. As long as the fiefdoms of these vassal kings are recovered, the annual tax of the Ming court will increase by five in an instant. to make!

Taichang wanted to deal with these vassal kings a long time ago. Originally, he was afraid that the vassal kings from all over the world would rebel and make trouble while the rebels were rampant, but now he was not worried at all.

Because the rebels had already been wiped out by him, and Jianu had been beaten thousands of miles away without a trace, so he was no longer afraid of these feudal lords rebelling and making trouble.

Therefore, after arranging the affairs of the Cannon Factory and the Gun Factory, he issued an edict ordering all the vassal kings to come to Beijing to face the Holy Spirit!
Will these princes listen to him?
There are a dozen or so who have to listen to it, because they have invited the imperial army to guard the vassal state.

No matter how reluctant they are, they can only go on the road under the "escort" of more than a thousand elite guards.

As for the other dozens of vassal kings, they tried their best to delay, because of the long distance, because of their unbearable health, and because of their fear of being robbed by robbers, etc., all kinds of strange reasons were found out. Anyway, just don't move.

Naturally, Taichang had anticipated this, and he immediately sent a wheeler and soldiers of the imperial guards to pick him up.

Anyway, these vassal kings' fiefdoms were either along the Yellow River or along the Yangtze River, or on both sides of the tributaries of the Yellow River and Yangtze River, and the wheels passed by quickly.

However, he did not send too many chariots and soldiers of the imperial guards, and he only sent five chariots and a hundred soldiers of the imperial guards to each vassal.

In other words, if he does this, isn't he afraid of the prince's rebellion?
He first issued an edict ordering the vassals to go to Beijing to face the saints, which has actually notified the vassals everywhere that I will deal with you.

He didn't dare to come, so he sent someone to pick him up, and he only sent a hundred soldiers of the Imperial Guard to pick him up. What if he directly summoned people to rebel?
The reason why he did this was to create opportunities for these princes to rebel!
You rebel!
The [-] Shenwu Battalion iron cavalry are ready to go, and there are tens of thousands of sailors who just need to practice. If it doesn't work, [-] Shenji Battalion soldiers can be dispatched to rush over on wheels!

If you have the guts, rebel!
If you don't rebel, I still have to find some reason to deal with you.

Once you rebel, well, I don't need to find any reason, just kill you directly!
It's a pity that the vassal kings at this moment have long lost the vigor of the vassal kings of the Hongwu Dynasty. They hesitated for a long time, and finally got on the wheel and set off.

It is naturally impossible for the 28 vassal kings to rush to the capital at the same time, because the fiefdoms of these vassal kings are far and near, and not all of them come here by wheel, and some of them come by horse-drawn carriage. It's normal for many days.

Taichang was not in a hurry, the first one arrived, he directly arranged for them to live in the Ten Princes' Mansion outside the Dong'an Gate of the imperial city, and did not send anyone to separate them.

This means that they can discuss and collude whatever they want!

It wasn't until all the vassal kings had arrived that he summoned all the people to the Huangji Hall.

As for the seat, of course there is none, these people are not worthy to sit down and discuss with him!
28 vassal kings, how to line up and stand?

Taichang didn't care, he didn't care how they arranged them, anyway, he would only appear when these vassal kings stood up honestly.

These vassal kings stood in the Huangji Hall for a long time. How to line up and stand? They can't stand in a pile in a mess, right?

They discussed for a while and finally came up with a solution.

That is to stand in two columns.

Those of King Yan's family stand on the left, because they are in the same line as the current emperor.

For the rest, other descendants of Emperor Hongwu stood on the right.

As for how to sort, it's very simple, just by seniority.

You must know that Emperor Hongwu arranged for the descendants of his 26 sons at the beginning, and it is absolutely correct according to this.

For example, the lineage of Cheng Zu Zhu Di is: Gao Zhan Qi Jianyou, Hou Zai Yi Chang You, Ci He Yi Bo Zhong, Jian Jing Di Xian You.

Then Lu Wang Zhu Yixuan must stand in front of Rui Wang Zhu Changhao and Gui Wang Zhu Changying, because he is of the Yi family and the uncle of these brothers.

For another example, the lineage of King Zhu of the Qin Dynasty is: Shang Zhigong is honest and upright, but respectful and friendly, his heirs are honest and upright, and Kuang Shiyong is always trustworthy.

The lineage of Jin Wang Zhu Wei is: Ji Mei, Zhong Qibiao, knowledgeable, cautious and sensitive, careful and careful, Xian Jingmu, and learning to follow the previous practice.

And this generation of Qin Wang Zhu Yifu is the tenth grandson of Emperor Hongwu, and this generation of Jin Wang Zhu Qiugui is the eleventh grandson of Hongwu Emperor.

Then Qin Wang Zhu Yifu must be ahead of Jin Wang Zhu Qiugui, because he is Zhu Qiugui's uncle in terms of seniority.

Of course, there will be the same situation of seniority.

For example, the character generations of Zhou Wang Zhu's family are: You Zi Tong An Mu, Qin Chao in Su Gong, Shao Lun Fu Hui Run, Zhao Ke Guang Deng Yong.

And this generation of Zhou Wang Zhu Suqin is also the tenth grandson of Emperor Hongwu.

How would he rank up with this generation of King Zhu Yi of Qin?

It doesn't matter, we can talk about the order of their ancestors. Qin Wang Zhu Xi is the second son of Emperor Hongwu, and Zhou Wang Zhu Huan is the fifth son of Hongwu Emperor.

Then Qin Wang Zhu Yifu must be in front of Zhou Wang Zhu Suqin.

They talked about seniority for a long time, and finally they were arranged.

Coincidentally, the first person on the left in the row is Lu Wang Zhu Yiliu, because he is the most senior in Chengzu Zhudi's lineage.

At this moment, the lowest seniority in Chengzu's lineage is the Cizi generation, and they are all his great-grandchildren.

And the first one on the right is Zhu Yujian, king of the Tang Dynasty. Regardless of his young age, his seniority is the highest.

Because the character generations of Tang Wang Zhu Gong are: Qiong Zhi Mi Universe, Shuo Qi Yu Lin Ju, Qi Ling Meng Song Style, Jia Li Xie Ming Tu.

That is to say, he is the ninth grandson of Emperor Hongwu, and he is of the same seniority as Lu Wang Zhu Yiliu.

These vassal kings were all lined up and stood still. Taichang also received the letter of approval from the eunuch, so he got on the dragon chariot and walked slowly to the Huangji Hall.

(End of this chapter)