Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 399 Zhu Di: The Ming Dynasty can no longer afford to support the clan

Zhu Di said to Erhu on the side: "Please ask Commander Zhao to get a basin of rice!"

However, Erhu did not move at all, but looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang had a dark face and nodded slightly.

He wanted to see what tricks Zhu Di, a scoundrel, could play on him?

Just one Japanese country could dig out tens of millions of taels of silver for the Ming Dynasty every year. How could it not be able to support those feudal kings?

Erhu turned around and walked out.

soon.

Then he walked in with a basin of rice.

Seeing this, Zhu Di looked happy and quickly took the rice.

Then, place it aside on an empty table.

"Dad, in the 28th year of Hongwu's reign, you updated your salary. The prince's salary will be [-] shi.

Lieutenants of Fuguo and Lieutenants of Fengguo are reduced by a hundred stones.

The princess and her consort are worth [-] shi, the prince and his ceremonial guests are worth [-] shi, the county lord, the lord of the county and his ceremonial guests are worth [-] shi in descending order, and the county lord, the township lord and their honorable guests are worth [-] shi in descending order.

It has been made forever since then. "

On the side, Zhu Yuanzhang still had a dark face and said nothing.

They are all his children. He handed over the Ming Dynasty to the emperor's lineage. Can't the rest of the vassal princes enjoy some glory and wealth?
Zhu Di also understood his father's thoughts and directly picked up 42 grains of rice: "Dad, we have 26 brothers and [-] sisters. This is their salary."

Zhu Yuanzhang still looked at Zhu Di with a sullen face.

Zhu Di added: "Father, I have three sons and four daughters. The eldest brother has four sons and two daughters, the second brother Qin Wang has six sons and two daughters, the third brother Jin Wang has seven sons and three daughters..."

As he said that, Zhu Di couldn't help but be stunned and calculated carefully.

"Dad, I only have 42 brothers and sisters in my generation, but the third generation of our old Zhu family has at least six times more, which is... 250 princes, princes, princesses, and consorts..."

“And these royal family members are not yet allowed to engage in scholarly, agricultural, industrial, and commercial businesses, and their income can only come from the salaries given by the imperial court.

The more children they have, the more salary they receive.

Therefore, when they receive more salary and have nothing to do every day, they will have more children.

Now, the third generation of our old Zhu family may only have 250 princes, princes, princesses, and princesses...

But according to the speed at which they have babies, the fourth generation of our old Zhu family may have [-]...

By the fifth generation, there are more than [-], or even [-] or [-]...

The sixth generation is three to four million..."

As he said this, Zhu Di no longer counted the grains one by one, but relied on his feeling to grab them one by one.

However, that's all, there are already four more millet mountains with huge differences on the table.

"Dad, what I'm also worried about is that the descendants of our old Zhu family are not living one generation after another, but three generations are receiving their salaries together...

So many people need court salary to support them, even if they open up the Maritime Silk Road and find three or four silver mountains as big as Japan in foreign countries overseas.

We can only support them for 100 years. After 100 years, we will definitely not be able to support them! "

"..."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the piles of rice grains on the table, and his heart was shocked. He was stunned for a long time, and then subconsciously murmured to himself, "Can a country as big as ours really not be able to support future generations?"

Zhu Di nodded repeatedly at the side, "Dad, if each of them only has three or four children, our Ming Dynasty can still support them.

However, according to their idea of ​​having more children and more happiness, if a family has more than a dozen children, then within five or six generations, our old Zhu family will already have hundreds of thousands of descendants..."

However, Zhu Di has forgotten that the father in front of him is the most promising child in Ming Dynasty Zhu's family!

"You evil son, our old Zhu family has great power and can afford to raise so many sons, why can't we have more children?
Isn't it good to have more descendants? "

Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Zhu Di with an angry face.

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled apologetically.

"Dad said that's true. If there weren't those brothers guarding the frontiers, I wouldn't be worried!"

"Humph!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted angrily and began to think deeply.

Although he is old, he is not confused.

At first, he set higher salaries for his sons and daughters.

Later, considering the large number of princes and grandchildren, the imperial court's financial burden was heavy, and in the 28th year of Hongwu, an order was issued to reduce his salary.

However, he did not calculate as carefully as Zhu Di at that time. After several generations, how many more princes and grandchildren can there be in the old Zhu family?

The sixth generation is three to four hundred million...

The more he thought about it, the more worried Zhu Yuanzhang became.

He thought more clearly than Zhu Di. When he was a child, he also saw how many children could be born in the families of landlords and gentry.

I'm afraid that after six generations, the number of clan members in his old Zhu family will reach more than 50!
That will be.

Even if those clan members are a group of county kings, the generals of the country Qian Shi, the generals of the auxiliary country, the generals of Fengguo...

However, with so many clan members added up, half of the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue might not be enough.

Is it possible that he is required to issue an order to restrain the various vassal princes' palaces so that they all have fewer children?
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but frown.

On the side, Zhu Gaochi was also shocked, and when he looked at his father, he was even more respectful.

He suddenly felt that he was the stupidest person.

In the past, he actually thought that his father would only fight and kill all day long, and study how to conquer Beiyuan?I don’t know how to handle government affairs!If Prince Yan's Mansion didn't have his mother to help manage the affairs of the house and teachers to make money, Prince Yan's Mansion would probably be in chaos!
Unexpectedly, his father actually kept it secret!

Not only can it be said that Grandpa Tonghuang opened the sea!
He also figured out the biggest sequelae of the feudal clan. How much trouble would this save these descendants?

Suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Zhu Di and said, "Did you think of this?" Zhu Gaochi was stunned when he was thinking about it.

Zhu Di was even more startled, and said with a smile: "Dad, when we were in Beiping Mansion, Guo Qing was talking to the boy, and the boy took it to heart.

Dad, I seem to have given you a memorial about this matter! "

"Ok!"

Zhu Yuanzhang did not ask any more questions. He had a vague impression, but it had been so long that he could not remember clearly.

He turned to look at Guo An and asked slowly: "Guo Qing, since you were the first to discover this matter, do you have any good solutions?"

"This……"

Guo An hurriedly frowned in thought, and after a moment, he said slowly: "Your Majesty, I have some foolish opinions."

"Oh?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, he stared at Guo An closely, and said, "Tell us carefully!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Guo An bowed his hands slightly and saluted, and then said: "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty clan are all descendants of your Majesty, so we cannot neglect them.

However, Wei Chen feels that although it seems now, the salaries given to the clans are not high.

However, in the long run, it seems to be a bit too high.

Those high salaries are enough to allow the clansmen to not worry about food and drink, but they can also indulge in fun and have nothing to do all day long!

In this way, within a few generations, people in the clan may not even think about how to read and write, nor practice martial arts diligently..."

Everyone is useless!

Although Guo An did not say it due to his identity.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di and others can all infer it.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression darkened and he looked at Guo An quietly.

"Wei Chen feels that some high salaries can be reserved for princes and princes, but the rest of the clan needs to have their salaries halved as their basic salary.

In addition, the clan level has been reduced from level eight to level six. After level seven, the blood ties between everyone have long been as weak as water. After that, the descendants of the clan will automatically lose their clan status.

Of course, without the clan status, those ambitious people among the clan members surnamed Zhu must be very happy.

Because they are no longer bound by clan status, they can do business, take imperial examinations, and join the army! "

"In addition, in order to prevent the clan from having children unscrupulously, the court can also set up a reward system.

Let those clans have something to do, and there will be year-end rewards for doing so, just like the Prince Yan's Mansion in Beiping Mansion. Every year during the New Year, rewards will be given out based on the annual contribution of the caravans, officials, soldiers, and slaves to the Prince Yan's Mansion. Year-end awards.

The clan is also average. You can let the clan take the exams to gain fame, or research some objects that are beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, or national policies...

The most important thing is to take into account the birth of the clan... that is, the heirs.

As long as the clan can be passed down, the fewer heirs it has, the higher its ranking contribution will be.

Finally, the upper-class clans, the middle-class clans, and the lower-class clans were ranked... The rewards for each level of clans are very different!

Let them voluntarily control not to have more children while ensuring that their own lineage can be passed down stably..."

"Actually, as long as the vassals and princes of the Ming Dynasty don't have more children, it will be easy to support the vassals and clans according to the financial resources of the Ming Dynasty..."

"In addition, Wei Chen also suggested that a group of Ming vassal kings could be encouraged to lead troops to conquer overseas foreign countries!"

"Because all the vassal princes are His Majesty's heirs, each of them has a literary, Taoist and military strategy.

It was really wronging them to let them stay in the feudal territory.Moreover, there are too many overseas countries...

The court alone has no power left to govern!

Of course, no matter which vassal king wants to go out to conquer overseas, His Majesty has arranged for the vassal palace on the three lines of defense of the Yangtze River, Yellow River, and the Great Wall for the court. At least one vassal prince who can sit in charge must be selected to stay in each mansion... "

"..."

Zhu Yuanzhang had subconsciously stood up, staring at Guo An with his eyes wide open, thinking carefully about Guo An's words.

The more he thought about it, the brighter his eyes became.

In my heart, I became more and more excited.

As the ancestor of the old Zhu family, how could he, Zhu Yuanzhang, be unwilling to let the descendants of the old Zhu family live a good life?

However, in order for Lao Zhu's family to be able to secure their position, they can only be trapped and given a prosperous life while preventing them from misbehaving!

Now, the method that Guo An, a small official, came up with was actually more perfect than the method that he had been thinking about for decades, and was more beneficial to his old Zhu family.

Aren’t the descendants of his old Zhu family really a bunch of pigs?

Why can't I study, join the army, conquer overseas barbarians, expand territory and make contributions to the Ming Dynasty?

In this way, he can rest assured after his death!
"Great!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded excitedly.

Especially the year-end bonus is a lot of room for manipulation.

When the court is wealthy, you can give large rewards to each feudal prince and clan, and those feudal princes and clan will still be very grateful.

And if there is a natural or man-made disaster, these year-end rewards are life-saving money.

You can give less year-end bonuses to those feudal princes and clans, and those feudal princes and clans will not be resentful towards the court.

Moreover, having more children affects the clan ranking and year-end bonus. Those bastards will definitely control the children for the sake of year-end bonus!

Great talent!

Although this Guo Qing has some good fortune, his strategy for governing the country is to find a different approach, so he should be a great talent!

Just one policy, although it is motivated by money, is so appealing to people's hearts that it can easily achieve its goal!
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(End of this chapter)