Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 252
In the Huangji Hall, it is a rare spectacle to see 28 people dressed in dragon robes gathered together. It seems that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty have never summoned so many vassal kings. Even Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yongle have never summoned them once. lived so much.

At this time, the 28 vassal kings were already standing on the left and right. They seemed to be standing with their hands down, very respectful, but few of them were truly respectful.

"The Emperor is here."

With a loud singing, Taichang strode in with his head held high.

Cao Huachun and Liu Shiyou led two rows of eunuchs and followed closely behind.

All the vassals did not kneel like courtiers, let alone go up to the mountain to shout long live.

They seemed to have already discussed it, so they bowed together and sang together: "Welcome to the emperor."

There seems to be nothing wrong with this, because when the ancestor Hongwu summoned the vassal king, he didn't let his descendants go up to the mountain to shout long live. If the emperor really cares about this with them, they can still lift the ancestor out .

Obviously, they told Taichang in this way that they would not be obedient.

Of course, Taichang would not care about these guys, honesty is not honest, it depends on strength.

These guys now have the strength of a fart. If you dare to be honest, you can try it!
He just walked up the steps with a blank face, and sat on the dragon chair, then raised his hand and said: "Excuse me."

All the vassal kings immediately put down their hands and straightened their backs.

Oops, each of them seems to be quite tough.

Okay, let's see how long you can be tough.

Taichang sneered in his heart, but on the surface he said in a serious manner: "Everyone, you should also know that the past few years have not been peaceful in Ming Dynasty. The Liaodong slaves invaded, the southwestern chieftain rebelled, and the northwest disaster victims rebelled. It can be said that wars are everywhere and swords are constantly fighting. There is no other way but to keep recruiting troops to resist the establishment of slaves and quell the rebellion. You also have a lot of money and food to recruit soldiers from the court, so you should also know how much food it takes to raise hundreds of thousands of troops."

What do you mean, you want us to donate money and food?
There are no doors!

All the vassal kings seemed to have not heard it, and none of them said a word, and even the expressions on their faces did not change in any way.

Taichang didn't care about the expressions of these people, he just took a short breath and continued: "You may not know that there is a barbarian overseas, named Holland, who claims to be the hegemony of the sea today, and it is rumored that there are tens of thousands of warships. I have received news that the Netherlands is colluding with Japan and is preparing to attack Daming."

It's about our birds!
This kind of matter has been under the emperor's control since the Yongle Dynasty, and has nothing to do with them vassal kings.

All the vassal kings still acted as if they hadn't heard, and kept silent.

Taichang didn't care whether these guys reacted or not, and just continued: "Facing such a powerful enemy, I have no choice but to gather craftsmen from all over the world to build ships and cannons, and at the same time form a navy to prepare to resist. These craftsmen also have to eat That’s right, the sailors also need food, right? I really can’t afford tens of millions of taels of grain to feed these artisans, and I can’t afford millions of taels of silver to support so many soldiers. Therefore, I summon Come here and discuss it."

Nothing to discuss.

Want food, no.

If you want money, you don't have any!
All the vassal kings remained silent, but there was a more or less displeased expression on their faces.

Hmph, these are all your business, why don't you cry with us when you are an emperor!

We don't pay, we don't pay, what can you do?

These guys, when I invite you to play dumb!
Taichang stopped slightly and glanced around, then said coldly: "The first thing I want to discuss with you is about Zongfan Lumi, now Daming is short of money everywhere, everywhere is short of food, this Zongfan Lumi The Mi court really can't afford it. Therefore, I want to change the vassal Lumi into the dividends of the Daming Bank. Each of you will pay 100 million taels as the principal to open a branch of the Daming Bank. I can guarantee that you will be given every year. The money you share is no less than 10 taels, what do you think?"

We feel bad!
Just kidding, if you exchange more than 900 million taels of grain a year for us with more than 200 million taels of silver, you still want us to pay 100 million taels of principal each?

I'm afraid you didn't wake up!
It would be impossible not to express dissatisfaction at this time, and it would be troublesome for the mad emperor to accept their acquiescence.

Qin Wang Zhu Yifu immediately stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Xiao Wang is in charge of the patriarchal decree, so I have to say that the vassal Lumi is a rule set by the ancestors. If you don't give it, you won't give it. What do we eat? If the ancestor knows, can he agree?"

The lineage of the king of Qin was the patriarchal order of the clan mansion established by Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang, because at that time besides the crown prince Zhu Biao, the king of Qin Zhu Xi was the oldest, so the general affairs of the vassal clan were managed by the lineage of the king of Qin.

Obviously, he is using his ancestor Hongwu Emperor to suppress the current emperor.

His meaning is also very obvious, if he wants to stop the distribution of the vassal Lumi, there is no way!

Taichang heard the words, stared at him and said coldly: "Did the ancestors let you give birth like this? Does the ancestors know how much grain you can swallow in a year? Now the grain you swallow is twice the tax of the court , You said, in a few decades, what will the imperial court do? Will it distribute all the food collected to you? Manchu civil and military officials, tens of thousands of officials, and hundreds of thousands of border guards will all starve to death?"

None of our business!

Qin Wang Zhu Yi pouted his neck and said: "We have no right to control the affairs of the court. In short, the rules set by the ancestors cannot be changed."

Okay, you always talk about the rules set by your ancestors, right?

Taichang snorted coldly and said, "Then I ask you, what was the fiefdom set by the ancestors at the beginning? The prince's fiefdom is only [-] mu. How much land have you swallowed? Since you said the rules set by the ancestors, is that right?" Should we hand over all the extra land and return it to the common people?"

Qin Wang Zhu Yiwei thought for a while, and said simply as a rascal: "Your Majesty, we bought the extra land with money, not swallowed it. If you return the money to us, we can also return the extra land to the common people. "

Hahahaha.

Do you still want me to pay for the land that you bullied and snatched?

Do you have any brains!
At this time, Taichang really wanted to laugh.

These feudal lords still don't understand the situation.

He said it was a discussion, but in fact there was no discussion.

Now, with hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, there is no need to discuss with these feudal lords!
He resisted the urge to laugh, and said coldly: "This is the second thing I want to discuss with you. Your fiefs and swallowed fields will be returned to the common people first, and I will expand the territory next. Take over Japan, take over Nanyang, and even take down the Western countries, when the time comes, I will give you the same number of fiefdoms as compensation, what do you think?"

You are a bright grab!
King Qin Zhu Yi couldn't help but look at his uncles, brothers, nephews and nephews.

This means asking if you want to push back directly.

All the vassal kings nodded secretly to show their support.

Just kidding, taking back their fiefs and annexed lands, wouldn't that kill them!
King Qin Zhu Yi won the support of all the vassals, and immediately replied coldly: "Your Majesty, do you want to cut down the vassals for no reason? We didn't make any mistakes, and you just wanted to cut down the vassals for no reason. Chengzu didn't do that back then." Pass!"

Oh, Ti Chengzu, do you want Jing Nan or what?
come!

Taichang also said coldly: "I'm talking about changing clans, not cutting clans, didn't you understand?"

Are we that stupid?
We are really waiting for you to expand the territory!

These vassal kings only thought that Taichang was blackmailing them.

In fact, Taichang didn't blackmail these vassals because he really wanted to expand his territory, and he also wanted to throw all these vassals overseas!

Changing domains is definitely true.

The problem is that these vassal kings don't seem to want to change their vassals.

They are afraid that they want to be demoted directly!

(End of this chapter)