Daming: I was exposed by Zhu Di's Sims life!

Chapter 255 King of Han: King Qi is still a loyal man

Zhu Di felt a little guilty: "Even so, the imperial court will not be able to afford it."

Zhu Gaoxuan said in a deep voice: "Father, you haven't figured it out yet, okay, I'll do the calculations for you, my son. The salary of the lowest Lieutenant Feng Guo in the clan is two hundred shi a year, which doesn't sound like much. But do you want to count how many of them there are?"

Zhu Di asked, "How much?"

Zhu Gaoxuan said: "Is it reasonable for a generation of vassal kings who have nothing to do to have thirty sons? Isn't it reasonable for a son to have twenty sons? Isn't it reasonable for a son to have ten sons, and ten sons for ten sons? Add it up and calculate, thirty times twenty times ten times ten, sixty thousand! A full-staffed guard is only 600 people, and these [-] troops are enough to form a frontier army to guard the frontier fortress. The Ming Dynasty raised a An army of [-] without any combat effectiveness is still a suzerain, how many suzerains are there in the world?"

Zhu Di was startled by this huge number, and couldn't help gasping: "So many?!"

What Zhu Gaoxuan said was not exaggerated at all.

The strange ones in the Zhu family have lived a lifetime and given birth to a hundred sons!
Zhu Di calmed down and asked, "Do you have a solution?"

He knew King Qi well, and when King Qi spoke, he already had a solution to the problem.

He is more aware of one thing, King Qi's resourcefulness on the surface is just the tip of the iceberg.

Zhu Gaoxuan said slowly: "Each one receives the land one time at a time, and rests for his own permanent career. If he sees that each government has a surplus of funds to use, he will start with the common people as a lieutenant, and when he receives the salary, he will donate three or four years of salary. If you buy land and pay for it, you can only pay it when you are old. Those who are extinct, their land property, that is, they will be awarded to the sects by entering the official. Those who have not received the land, please follow the law of land restriction, and no livestock land business Those who have land will be able to sell it as a gift to other clans. Those who receive the land and can live in a wide field, listen. So I persuade you to accept the field. One of them is to reduce it to the end. In this way, for decades, everyone below the general and lieutenant will have permanent careers, so there is no need to bother with funds.”

Considering that the old man's education level is limited and he may not be able to understand it, he continued: "The simple understanding is that the fiefdom is changed to the division of the land. The fiefdom only collects taxes. If you buy a certain amount of land and distribute it to you, you can collect rent. Rent is better than tax." Dozens of times more. And after the land is divided, the descendants of the vassal will no longer be subdivided, thinking that they will have a permanent career. To completely solve the problem of the vassal, of course, it will cost a lot of money to buy the land."

The issue of suzerainty and vassals in the Ming Empire was like a poisonous sharp knife inserted into the heart of the confidant, gradually corroding the heart of the empire. It is not that no one has thought about how to solve this problem.

Xu Guangqi in the late Ming Dynasty came up with such a solution.

This man can be described as an all-round talent. He introduced the idea of ​​"the earth is round" in astronomy and calendar. Draft", "Taixi Water Law" and other works.

In mathematics, he also translated "The Elements of Geometry", and personally wrote "Pythagorean Justice" and "Measuring Similarities and Differences".

In the military, Xu Guangqi admired the manufacture of firearms, vigorously promoted the introduction of artillery, and made great use of the usage of firearms. He wrote works such as "The Essentials of Fire Attack" and "The Method of Making Gunpowder".

It’s fine if it’s just a scientific research talent. In fact, scientific research is only Xu Guangqi’s sideline. His main job is politics. second-in-command in the cabinet.

While fighting wits and bravery with the group of old foxes in the court hall, he sat at the core of the empire, and while doing scientific research, he accidentally became a top figure in the scientific research circle of the Ming Dynasty...

As for how to solve the problem of the suzerainty, Xu Guangqi also found a way to change the fief and divide the land. There are specific measures based on the Xia, Yin and Shang divisions of the fief and land, but at this time in the late Ming Dynasty, even a god like Xu Guangqi could not save it. came back.

When a country is about to perish, evil spirits will emerge. There is a way to save the country, but no one dares to do these things.The Zhu family can't be offended, the local gentry can't do it, and the number of people who have or haven't been reported.Whoever dares to stand up and oppose, calculate how many heads they have enough for them to chop off.

As long as you dare to touch these things, not to mention that Xu Guangqi is now the second in command of the cabinet, even if you are the first in the cabinet and the head of the court, you have to make your nine clans happy.

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Zhu Di thought for a moment, then praised: "It's really a strategy of the gods. It eradicated the troubles of the Ming clan and vassals. No matter how they were born, there was only so little land in the end. If there are more births, there is no need to support them. If there are fewer births, they will be passed down for a longer time." .”

Thinking of this, Zhu Di couldn't help asking in wonder: "How did your little head grow, and how did you come up with all these evil strategies?"

He heard the question that made him tremble with fear, but King Qi was able to think of a solution so calmly.

Although he has become accustomed to King Qi's monstrous thoughts from time to time, every time he hears these ideas that King Qi came up with, Zhu Di can't help but admire them.

Zhu Gaoyi smiled and said, "It's just reading more books and newspapers."

Zhu Di didn't believe it, and didn't ask further.

But what he didn't expect was that what King Qi said this time was true.

"But, have you ever thought about a question?"

Zhu Di turned and said, "Although this can remove the heavy oppression brought by the suzerains and vassals, it is beneficial to the court, but it is harmful to the Zhu family. You are the Zhu family. When you become emperor in the future, your sons will always be vassal kings." , The vassal king is reborn as the county king, and the children and grandchildren repeat it endlessly. Now you think of this trick to deal with the suzerain vassal, and it will fall on your children and grandchildren in the future."

The reason why the vassals can live the same life as the country is because they belong to the Zhu family.

Zhu Gaoxuan himself is the Zhu family, and he himself is the beneficiary of the suzerain-vassal policy, but now he is sharpening his knife and heading towards the Zhu family. In the end, the knife will fall on himself sooner or later.

When Zhu Gaoxuan became the emperor, except for the son who became the emperor, all the remaining sons would cry.

Isn't our father cheating on his son?

Zhu Gaoxuan smiled slightly: "If the vassal is not cured, he will poison the Ming Dynasty for a long time. If the Ming Dynasty is gone, will the vassal still have the surname Zhu?"

Zhu Di suddenly realized: "Yes, you are right, if the country is gone, there will still be suzerains and vassals."

The Ming Dynasty belonged to the Zhu family, and the Zhu family also belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

The vassals can do anything to make money, but they are unwilling to do things like treason against the enemy, because if the country is gone, their vassals will die. Of course, Zhu Qizhen is not in this ranks.

If the Ming Dynasty is gone, what's the use of giving the suzerain so many good policies?

Zhu Gaoxuan's words hit the nail on the head, which made Zhu Di feel a lot.

Even though I've grilled meat from your vassal's bowl, drained blood from your body, and pulled teeth from your mouth, it's all for your own good.

You still have to thank me!

The validity period of this long-term meal ticket for the suzerain depends on how long Ming's national fortune lasts!
But Zhu Di had a toothache again: "There is a solution, who will do it?"

The old man, who has been a knife-wielder of the Ming Dynasty for so long, naturally understands a very realistic truth: there are always solutions to problems, and the people who solve them are always gone.

There are many problems. It's not that the old man has no solution, but he can't implement this solution.

Just like now, there is a solution to the suzerain-vassal problem, but who should do it?
If it was Zhu Di who did it, all the vassals in the world would point at him and scold him, including his brothers and nephews...

But if Zhu Gaoxuan couldn't do it, and King Qi did this, he would just wait to be scolded slowly in the days to come, and he wouldn't be able to sit comfortably on the throne.

The best way to solve the suzerain vassal problem is to let the suzerain vassal do it. It is best to find a suzerain vassal who has the right to speak and status, at least a vassal king.But the suzerains are not stupid, they are not willing to do such a thing of cutting their own flesh.

The suzerains and vassals are such a complicated system. They are greedy and short-sighted. They hope that the Ming Dynasty will last forever so that their own system can last forever, but at the same time they are unwilling to pay a penny or take a penny less. The most patriotic It is the suzerain vassal, and it is the suzerain vassal who endangers Daming the most.

"Isn't there a ready-made candidate?"

Zhu Gaoyi chuckled lightly, "My second brother has status and prestige, if he doesn't do it, who will do it?"

Zhu Di's eyes lit up: "Are you going to let the second child face the thunder?"

Zhu Gaoyi said righteously: "Father, look at what you said. I am not asking my brother to take the blame. I am asking him to redeem his crimes and give him a chance to redeem himself!"

Zhu Di smiled: "You are really wicked."

Having said that, Hanwang is indeed the most suitable candidate.

Although Han Wang's status is very complicated now, he is the most suitable candidate. In today's suzerain vassal, Han Wang is one of the vassal kings with the most right to speak.

What's more, even if King Han takes this thunder, it doesn't matter if his reputation in the suzerain vassal is ruined.

Hanwang's reputation is already stinky enough, and it doesn't matter how stinky it is. How much difference can a pile of sheep dung make and a pile of cow dung?

"So it's settled then?"

"Okay, that's it."

"Okay, then you have to cover me from behind, and I'll make arrangements."

"You can do it boldly, and I will back you up."

"No, no, it's to support my second brother."

"I understand, I understand."

The father and son looked at each other and smiled, and they had already made up their minds that Hanwang should take the blame.

……

In Zhao Prison, the King of Han held a grass root in his mouth, looked up to the sky and sighed: "The fourth child is a loyal man."

After he was escorted back to Jinling City from Shandong, he was taken directly to Zhao Prison without going through the trial of the Clan Mansion. After all, with his current status, it would be more embarrassing if he went to the Clan Mansion, and it would be better to try to be clean in Zhao Prison .

Although Lord Han is in Zhao Prison, Zhao Prison is the territory of Prince Qi's Mansion.Lord Han lived in a luxurious single room, and he ate and drank three dishes and one soup with his servants taking care of him, it was like a spring breeze.

The reason why Jin Yiwei was so generous to King Han was not only because of King Han's status as a prince, but also because of King Qi's arrangement.

Thinking of this, the King of Han felt a little guilty: "Oh, the fourth brother treats me as his own brother, but I have repeatedly targeted the fourth brother before. If I had been more open-minded from the beginning, why did I make such a fuss?"

When the King of Han lamented Zhu Gaoxuan's loyalty, Zhu Gaoxuan had already planned with the old man how to cheat the King of Han.

(End of this chapter)