Ming Dynasty: The poisonous imperial teacher, Zhu Yuanzhang advised me to be kind

Chapter 23: Chu Nan's evil plan, why should the arrogant soldiers and generals be suppressed? All of them should be crowned kings and reused!
explain?

Chu Nan was a little shocked. Han Li was asking people for tape everywhere. You want tape too?

But Chu Nan was not stupid. With Chen Huaiyi in front of him, he didn't dare to say the same thing as him, so he spoke directly.

"Your Majesty, your plan is actually perfect for now, but in the long run, there are really big problems."

"The reason is simple. You will have many sons, at least 10 to 20. If you make them all princes, then there will be more than 20 princes in the Ming Dynasty."

"And I remember your regulations that the daily expenses of these vassal kings are to be provided by the court."

"That's right." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded when he heard it.

"It's okay for the court to provide for them. They are all my sons. Can't I support them?"

"Besides, supporting more than 20 vassal kings is no pressure at all for the Ming Dynasty."

"Of course we should raise it." Chu Nan had no objection to this.

The expenses of the princes still have to be provided by the imperial court. If the princes are allowed to collect money from the local areas, it will be easy for them to split.

"But please listen to me continue." Chu Nan continued.

"I remember your rule that the eldest son of a prince will inherit the throne, and the other sons of the prince will become county princes. And these county princes should also be supported by the court, right?"

"Then I would like to ask, how many county kings can be born from your twenty or so princes?"

"This..." When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

I have more than 20 sons, and if each of these sons has more than 20 sons, how many grandchildren will I have? ?
"More than four hundred?"

"Your Majesty is wise." Chu Nan nodded.

"If each of these princes has more than 20 sons, then there will be more than 400 princes in the Ming Dynasty. How much will it cost to support more than 400 princes?"

"This!" The princes were stunned when they heard it. That was indeed a huge sum of money.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also shocked. The Ming Dynasty was already poor. How could it be possible to use so much money to support people?
But Zhu Yuanzhang still refused to accept it: "I can ask them to have fewer children. Besides, it is impossible for every prince to have so many sons, right?"

"Then how many generations will it be passed down?" Chu Nan was very calm.

"You made the rule yourself. Below the prince is the general who guards the country, below the general who guards the country is the general who assists the country, the general who serves the country, and so on. And you also stipulated that the living expenses of these people should be supported by the court."

At this point, Chu Nan started laughing: "Your Majesty, by then, will the Ming Dynasty's finances still be able to support it?"

"This, this..." Zhu Yuanzhang was not a fool and had already figured it out.

Not to mention more than a dozen generations, even if it was passed down for several generations, the Ming Dynasty would have to support hundreds of thousands of people who were not engaged in production.

Even if one person is given one hundred taels of silver a year, tens of thousands of people would be tens of millions of taels of silver. What's more, the amount may be more than one hundred taels of silver. Can the Ming Dynasty afford it?
The princes were also shocked. The Ming Dynasty was already poor, and if it had to support so many people, it would surely collapse.

After listening to Chu Nan's words, Zhu Yuanzhang fell silent.

If that's the case, then his feudal system is a serious problem.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was still dissatisfied: "However, no matter how these problems are, they will only arise in the future."

"Since this is a problem for future generations, someone in the future will naturally solve it. Why should we worry about it now?"

But Chu Nan shook his head when he heard it: "But your majesty, if some problems are not solved now, they will only have a greater impact on future generations."

"That makes sense."

After listening to Chu Nan's words, the princes all nodded. Only by building the current Ming Dynasty well can future generations make the Ming Dynasty more and more powerful.

If the current Ming Dynasty is full of loopholes, it will be difficult for future generations to build it up.

"What's the logic?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked dissatisfied when he heard his plan was refuted.

He looked at Chu Nan and said, "Chu Nan, after all, you only pointed out the shortcomings of my strategy, but did not help me solve the problem of arrogant soldiers and fierce generals." "I want to see if you have any good strategies."

"Yes." The princes were also curious. Chu Nan couldn't just listen to them and not come up with a plan. Could it be that Chu Nan had run out of ideas this time?
Chu Nan has no other options?
"Your Majesty." But when Chu Nan heard Zhu Yuanzhang's doubts, he remained calm.

"Of course I have a plan to deal with this."

"I have two plans, one good and one bad. Which one do you want to hear, Your Majesty?"

"What? Two strategies?" After hearing Chu Nan's words, everyone present was surprised.

You, Chu Nan, not only have a plan, but you actually have two plans? They just suspected that you, Chu Nan, had run out of tricks, but now they are being slapped in the face?

Zhu Yuanzhang also spoke directly: "Let me hear your plan first."

"A plan?" Chu Nan frowned. Why didn't he listen to the advice? Who eats the vegetables first when having a meal?

"What's wrong? Is he very vicious?" Zhu Yuanzhang had seen how cruel Chu Nan was. When he became ruthless, he would kill his own people. He was a little afraid of Chu Nan's plan.

But Chu Nan shook his head when he heard it.

"It's okay, just a trick, not poisonous, not poisonous."

"As long as it's not poisonous." Zhu Yuanzhang relaxed when he heard that.

"Then tell me."

The other princes also became excited and wanted to see what Chu Nan’s plan was.

"My plan is very simple." Chu Nan also spoke directly.

"I suggest that Your Majesty implement the feudal system!"

"What did you say?" But everyone present widened their eyes instantly. Didn't you just say that the feudal system is not acceptable?

Zhu Yuanzhang was also stunned: "What's wrong with you? What did you just refute?"

"Your Majesty, the feudal system you implemented was largely modeled after Liu Bang, where people with the same surname could not be kings, but the feudal system I propose is different."

"I suggest that Your Majesty follow the example of the Zhou Dynasty and allow people of different surnames to be crowned kings! So instead of killing these generals, Your Majesty should use them, give them soldiers, and crown them kings!"

"Lord Chu, you!" The princes were stunned when they heard Chu Nan's words. Could it be that Chu Nan couldn't think of a solution and went crazy?

Liu Bowen was also shocked: "Chu Nan, stop talking nonsense!"

"Chu Nan, what's wrong with you?" Zhu Yuanzhang was also stunned at this moment.

What he was worried about now was that the arrogant soldiers and generals were too rampant, and he was afraid that they would rebel in the future. But Chu Nan was still suggesting to use them and make them kings? Give them soldiers? Was he worried that they would rebel and there were not enough soldiers?

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Chu Nan in disbelief.

Where did the Chu Nan who was full of evil schemes go? He thought Chu Nan could come up with some extremely brilliant strategies, but now what is he talking about?

"Chun Nan, have you run out of tricks and started talking nonsense?"

"Of course not." But when Chu Nan saw everyone was horrified and Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked, he remained calm.

"Your Majesty, I know what I think. It may be difficult for you to accept it at the moment, but if I ask you a question, you will understand it."

"Whether it's to make the prince a vassal king to control the military power or to make the arrogant soldiers and generals obedient, it's all to make the Ming Dynasty free of internal conflicts and to ensure stability."

"But why can't these conflicts in our Ming Dynasty be transferred outside?"

"Your Majesty, do you know how big the world outside the Ming Dynasty is? Don't you want to go and see it?"

(End of this chapter)