Inside the carriage.
Zhu Di is dressed in plain clothes.
Dao Yan is dressed in monk robes.
The two of them chose to have a private visit incognito with a tacit understanding.
"Your Majesty, I have been thinking about it so far. Perhaps this hidden danger raised by Li Hongbi can be prevented in advance by some means!"
Monk Dao Yan took the initiative to speak, and Zhu Di perked up after hearing the words.
He is worthy of being Zhu Di's prime minister in black. He is still known as the world's sage, and he is still very good at it!
"Master, please speak, I am listening!"
Zhu Di leaned forward slightly to show his respect.
Monk Dao Yan was a little dumbfounded when he saw this.
This Emperor, His Majesty, has such a fucked-up temper.
If nothing happens, I will call you "Monk"; if something happens, I will call you "Master"...
Bah, it doesn’t look so naughty!
"First, reduce the title levels of clan members!"
Monk Daoyan proposed the first strategy.
Zhu Di frowned when he heard this.
It's not because this plan doesn't work, but because it's too vicious and a plan to draw fire from the bottom of the cauldron!
Emperor Taizu Gao established the clan system, based on the idea that "the emperor established the country and the princes established their families", and the treatment given to the vassals was quite generous.
Each feudal king was granted his own territory, and could build his own army within the territory, with three exclusive guards. This controlled the local military power in disguise, and formed a clampdown with the local officials who had the power to govern the area. This could both It protects the royal family and prevents vassal kings from causing trouble.
There are eight levels of royal family members in the Ming Dynasty. The prince's annual salary is 10,000 shi, the prince's annual salary is 2,000 shi, the general of the country is 1,000 shi, the general of the auxiliary is 800 shi, the general of the country is 600 shi, and the lieutenant of the country is 400 shi. The lieutenant of Fuguo has three hundred stones, and the lieutenant of Fengguo has two hundred stones.
Although it is said that the ranks are reduced one by one, the emperors of all dynasties will have heirs, which causes the number of clan members to continue to grow, and even increase by leaps and bounds!
In addition, the emperor's daughter, that is, the princess of the imperial court, although she has not received a title, can still enjoy the same salary as the county prince, that is, an annual salary of two thousand dan. The princess, the daughter of the county prince, enjoys the same salary as the general of the auxiliary country. The annual salary is eight hundred stone.
After such a calculation, the dragons, dragons, and grandsons added together, there are fifty-eight members of the clan recorded by Emperor Hongwu alone. Each of these fifty-eight people will have two or three children, and the second generation will have There are three to four hundred people, and then the number will double in the third generation...
Although Zhu Di is not proficient in mathematics, he still has some common sense and can still do simple calculations.
In other words, Li Hongbi's words are not alarmist. If the clan system of the Ming Dynasty is not reformed, and Zhu Di directly exchanges his family salary for the military power of the kings, sooner or later the Ming Dynasty's finances will be dragged down by clan members!
After eight or nine generations, the number of clan members skyrocketed to tens or even millions. Even if the lowest-level Lieutenant Feng Guo was given two hundred shi, the court would have to allocate several million shi of food and grass to these clan members a year!
How much food did the Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue collect per year?
People's livelihood is not developed?
No more rations to the soldiers?
Officials no longer receive salaries?
The imperial court had more places to spend money and food.
As a result, the bulk of the money had to be used to support these fat-headed and big-eared clan members who were not engaged in childbirth. Zhu Di could even imagine the ridiculous and ironic sad scene!
If it really comes to this point, then the Ming Dynasty is not far away from collapse!
But having said that, Yao Guangxiao directly raised the butcher knife and chopped off these clan levels with one strike. It would be strange if the vassal kings did not resist!
If you cut down four or five of the eight levels at one go, that means that the court will only provide support to the general level, and the court will not care about the subsequent lieutenants and other clan members.
How can that be done?
Don't you mean to be disgusting?
After all, he is also a descendant of my old Zhu family, the blood descendant of Taizu Emperor Gao, and the court just ignores it?
To be honest, Zhu Di had the same idea in his heart.
The human heart is made of flesh, and everyone is the blood of Taizu!
After all, they are the descendants of the old Zhu family. We can't just watch them starve to death, right?
The imperial court does not allow these clan members to participate in the cause of the four people, and the imperial court is now canceling their salaries. How will they survive in the future?
Zhu Di sighed and did not respond to Dao Yan, but asked about other strategies.
Monk Dao Yan took a deep look at Zhu Di and gave him the second solution.
"Secondly, Your Majesty can slightly change the original prohibition of Emperor Taizu Gao, that is, the vassal king is not allowed to leave the fiefdom without an edict."
"This policy seems to be able to lock the feudal kings firmly in the fiefdom, but in fact it also gives them the opportunity to dominate the fiefdom, cultivate party members, and plot evil. Rather than doing this, it is better to let go of this ban, and the feudal lords can Please submit a request to go out, either to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit, or to visit relatives and friends, and specify the time limit. After obtaining His Majesty's consent, you can temporarily leave the fiefdom!"
"The vassal princes are all in their fiefdoms. Even if the court wants to do anything, there is no chance. It is better to let them out. It is better to move than to be quiet. As long as they move, there will be too many opportunities to make mistakes. The court There are many more reasons and excuses to deal with them.”
"Or perhaps in order to show the close friendship, Your Majesty can take turns summoning some of the vassal princes and their heirs to the capital to have a banquet with the Tian family and show the affection of the entire clan."
After hearing these words, Zhu Di's eyes changed obviously.
This monk Daoyan is really cunning and cunning!
His second strategy is even more sinister and sinister than the first one!
Emperor Taizu Gao indeed issued such a ban, that is, the vassals were not allowed to leave their fiefdoms without an edict.
And this just gave the vassal king the opportunity to operate in the fiefdom, make friends with party members, and plot evil.
Isn't that what Zhu Di did when he was in his fiefdom of Peiping?
Monk Dao Yan is familiar with this routine, and he, Zhu Di, is also familiar with it!
So Yao Guangxiao changed his hands and used a vicious trick to relax this ban and allow the vassal king to travel with the consent of the court.
The emperor could even summon vassal kings to the capital, such as some dishonest vassals, or some vassal kings who made small moves!
As long as these vassal princes enter the capital and come to the imperial capital of Jinling, whether they live or die, and whether they have different intentions or not, is not a matter of a word from the emperor Zhu Di?
And if these vassal kings are unwilling to enter the capital, then a problem will arise.
I summoned you to the capital, why don’t you dare to enter the capital?
Is there something wrong with you?
That would be even more wonderful!
The imperial court could justifiably send out troops to attack and destroy it!
Zhu Di glanced at Dao Yan with a strange expression.
He always felt that his mastermind was getting darker and darker, and his plans became more and more sinister.
Daoyan, something is wrong with you...
Well, it must be effective, but Zhu Di doesn't really want to use it. It's not worthy of his status as the Emperor of Heaven!
After much thought, Zhu Di could only place his hope on Li Hongbi.
This young man who is new to the world should be able to make some upright and normal suggestions, right?
Since it is a private visit via incognito, it must not be a big deal.
Therefore, in this trip, he only brought Ji Gang as his guard on the surface. As for how many soldiers there were secretly, that was not an issue that Zhu Di should consider.
Yi Shiha drove the carriage to Cao Guogong's mansion in fear.
The imperial eunuch was slightly flustered at this moment. He was still aware of what was happening in the military camp, and mistakenly thought that Li Hongbi was causing trouble again, which actually caused His Majesty the Emperor and the Prince's Young Master to come to the door in person!
This is really rare and unique in the world!
Mr. Li is mighty!
The carriage arrives.
Yi Shiha hurriedly went to report it.
Shocked to hear that His Majesty had arrived incognito, the old butler Li Quan was so frightened that his calves almost went weak.
What an honor it is to have His Majesty the Emperor personally visit us!
But……
He turned around and ran away in a hurry, heading straight for Qinhuai, which is ten miles away, like crazy.
Seeing this situation, Yi Shiha was dumbfounded and stared blankly at Li Quan's back.
Zhu Di and Dao Yan Shiran got off the carriage and were waiting for Li Jinglong and his son to bow their heads and salute!
As a result, after waiting for a long time, no one was seen.
"Yishuha, what's going on?"
"Well...if this slave guessed correctly...they went to Qinhuai, which is ten miles away..."
Zhu Di: "???"
Yao Guangxiao: "???"
After a long silence, Zhu Di raised his head and glanced at the sky.
Well, in broad daylight, the world is clear, and you don’t want to make progress, just having fun with a prostitute!
Li Jinglong, Li Hongbi, you two bastard father and son really live a carefree and happy life!
