In the prison of Zhao Prison, Zhu Qiyu was sitting on a chair and Yu Qian was kneeling on the ground. This was not a standard duel pattern, but Zhu Qiyu had no intention of asking Yu Qian to stand up. Yu Qian didn't seem to care and straightened his back. Behind his back, he spoke in deep thought and said.
"After His Majesty's decree was issued, I carefully read the regulations of the Imperial Village. According to the decree, the Imperial Village will be under the jurisdiction of the mining tax eunuch appointed by Your Majesty, with the assistance of local officials, and the lord of the feudal lord will send the royal palace officials to supervise. This is a good policy, but In implementation, it may not be as your Majesty thinks."
Speaking of which, the trigger for the palace gate's kneeling remonstrance was Zhu Qiyu's decree to implement the imperial village system. Therefore, Yu Qian naturally had to solve this problem first.
"From a rough perspective, there are three drawbacks to this matter."
"First, His Majesty uses mining tax envoys to also manage the imperial village, which is illegal and difficult to control."
"The mining tax makes this palace a prisoner. Because of this, its actions are only to fulfill His Majesty's will. The system of the imperial village involves relocation of fields, immigration and many other matters, and there will inevitably be many difficulties. However, according to the palace In the style of eunuchs, if something like this happens, they will often use violence to suppress it as quickly as possible, and they will completely ignore the public opinion and civil unrest caused by it."
"Song Wenyi's fight around the capital can be considered a small one, but once it spreads, who knows that the mining tax envoys will not try to annex and plunder ordinary people in order to expand the imperial estate?"
"Furthermore, this generation of internal eunuchs are envoys under His Majesty's will and are not controlled by any government. As a result, no one can stop them once they do anything illegal. The local officials will report to Your Majesty, and the mining tax envoys will also defend themselves. Both of them have their own issues. If you insist on one word and argue endlessly, your Majesty is far away in the capital, and it is difficult to detect the true situation. If you are slightly careless and make a mistake in judgment, it will damage your Majesty's sanctity and put the people in trouble."
It should be said that Yu Qian's abilities under normal conditions are still outstanding.
Years of local experience allowed him to see at a glance the shortcomings of the emperor's imperial estate in its implementation.
To put it bluntly, many strategies are good when they are formulated, but when they are implemented in specific practice, many problems will arise.
The disadvantage of the Imperial Mansion is that its manager is an eunuch. This status makes everyone in the court helpless. The only emperor who can control the eunuchs is bound to be unable to do everything and keep an eye on the eunuchs all the time. .
More importantly, because most of the eunuchs came from the inner court, when they had conflicts with local officials, there was a high probability that the emperor would protect the eunuchs. But facts have proven that it was the emperor's protection that allowed these eunuchs to act unscrupulously. , and became a person who oppressed the people.
This is also the reason why Yu Qian insisted on the emperor to deal with Song Wenyi in the matter of Song Wenyi. He could understand the emperor's approach, but this was not an example.
After setting this precedent, the result will be like now, more and more mining tax envoys will appear. After they arrive, with the connivance of the emperor and not bound by the law, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. As the emperor expected, would it only target the wealthy gentry who plundered people's fields, and not the common people?
I have to say that when it comes to specific practices, Yu Qian has returned to the Yu Qian that Zhu Qiyu is familiar with. Although he is upright, he advances and retreats in a measured manner and is well-founded in his words.
What he said...Zhu Qiyu was indeed a little guilty.
Because what Yu Qian said was indeed the biggest flaw that Huangzhuang might have. Although he had anticipated it, it was not as deep as Yu Qian thought.
After all, no one is perfect. Zhu Qiyu's advantage is that he has hundreds of years of vision, has seen the rise and fall of dynasties with his own eyes, knows everyone's temperament, ability and choices, and has political strategies that are beyond ordinary people.
However, he has never seen the human world with his own eyes!
The emperor is above the ninth level and controls all the countries in the world. But in fact, most of Zhu Qiyu's activities in his past and present lives were in the palace. Most of his understanding of the world comes from paper. Because of this, this Throughout his life, he has paid special attention to people with practical experience.
Because of this, when he discussed such specific matters with Yu Qian, he was often refuted by him, and this time was no exception...
After touching his nose, most of Zhu Qiyu's anger was gone. He looked at Yu Qian who was kneeling on the ground. His expression was a little unnatural. He glanced at Huai En next to him, so the latter immediately understood and took the two people with him. Another pillar was moved and placed next to Yu Qian.
However, Yu Qian turned a deaf ear and did not take any action. Seeing this situation, Zhu Qiyu was a little depressed and said.
"Sir, please get up. Don't kneel down."
"According to the decree..."
Yu Qian stood up, but did not sit down.
Seeing this situation, Zhu Qiyu didn't say much, he just said.
"Sir, I know that before sending these mining tax envoys out, I had already summoned them one by one and strictly ordered them not to disturb the common people."
After hearing this, Yu Qian sighed and said with a helpless expression.
"Your Majesty, what I said again is that once these eunuchs leave the capital, no one can control them except the imperial decree. Who can guarantee that they will not deceive Your Majesty?"
Never overestimate human nature.
It is true that the eunuchs in the palace are all slaves of the emperor. If he wants to deal with them, Zhu Qiyu can do it with one word, without even being charged.
However, being able to control their life and death does not mean that you can completely control them. Otherwise, there would be no such thing as obedience and obedience.
If a will can make everyone dare not do evil, then where can there be so many injustices in this world?
The eunuchs in the palace are indeed afraid of the emperor, but that only requires the emperor to really believe that they have done something wrong.
The most critical aspect of the Huangzhuang system is not how determined the emperor is, but that substantive justice will ultimately be difficult to guarantee if procedural justice is violated.
Yu Qian understands this, and Zhu Qiyu also understands this, so what he just said was unconfident.
However, it was only for a moment before Zhu Qiyu said again.
"Sir, don't worry. Of course I am not so naive as to think that everyone will obey the decree without violating it. Because of this, I ordered local officials to assist, and also asked the vassal king to send personnel to supervise. In this way, although it cannot prevent this matter , but this trend can be curbed somewhat.”
"Most of the local imperial estates were built using government land. There were local field records as a basis. Whether there was any illegal behavior can be found out at a glance. Most of the silver utensils used to build the imperial estates were funded by the feudal king. Therefore, if the mine in charge is The tax envoys squeezed the tenants and enriched their own pockets, and the vassal kings and clans would probably not agree."
Although Zhu Qiyu does not have the experience of visiting places in person like Yu Qian, he still has the understanding and grasp of the government and the public.
Therefore, he certainly knows what the nature of these eunuchs is, and it has nothing to do with individuals. Because of the special environment in which they live, most of the eunuchs themselves are people who will show off their power whenever they have power.
Now that he knows, he will naturally be prepared. However, to be honest, Zhu Qiyu himself has no idea how effective this preparation will be.
As for Yu Qian...
Not surprisingly, after hearing what the emperor said, he sighed and said.
"Your Majesty, the second drawback I want to talk about is this."
"The clan members of the vassal kings were originally granted the title of Pinghu Sheji. However, since Taizong, there has been peace in all places, and all the royal guards have been taken back by the court. The officials of the royal palace... are mostly selected from among the candidates and students. Although there are available people, However, if we say that among them there are only a few who possess both talent and virtue.”
Originally, Yu Qian wanted to say that the royal officials in the various vassal palaces are basically a group of wastes who can't do anything.
However, as he said the words, he suddenly remembered that the person in front of him seemed to be the vassal king. As soon as he said these words, those old ministers of the Prince's Palace would be offended. I am afraid that his majesty would also think that he had something to say. refer to.
Therefore, Yu Shaobao said half of his rare words and abruptly changed his words. However, even so, the emperor's expression changed obviously after hearing this.
However, what Yu Qian said makes sense.
Although Emperor Taizong did not openly talk about reducing the vassal state, in fact, the policy of reducing the vassal state has been implemented, but the methods are more subtle and gentler. One of them is to reduce the quantity and quality of royal officials.
To this day, except for the most important long history, the abilities of the royal officials in each vassal prince's palace are indeed worrying.
"I know your Majesty's intention, which is to use the vassal vassal to restrain the eunuchs, and then use local officials to coordinate to ensure that no one can take over. However, in the matter of Huangzhuang, the interests of the vassal king and the mining tax envoys overlap in many ways, and I am afraid that Not only will the vassal king not help His Majesty to supervise the eunuchs, but he will shield and assist them and act in collusion. In this way, Your Majesty's original intention will be lost."
"In addition, Huangzhuang is surrounded by roads and has a lot of land. Although the vassal king does not intervene in the direct management, if the eunuchs make friends with the vassal king, the local officials will have no resistance. They can easily recruit rich talents, and the emperor The farmers in the village depend on the imperial village for their existence. If things continue like this, they may be in trouble..."
If Yu Qian had some scruples when he spoke just now, then the last two sentences couldn't be more explicit.
The essence of Huangzhuang is actually to aggregate fields and produce them together to increase food production. However, in this way, a large number of farmers are actually attached to Huangzhuang. The land produces food, and at the same time, it binds farmers to In the imperial palace.
There is land, food, and people. Under such circumstances, it is indeed possible to cultivate some ambitious people.
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Qiyu's face suddenly turned cold and he scolded.
"presumptuous!"
"Yu Qian, do you know that based on what you just said, I am enough to punish you for alienating the Tian family!"
Yu Qian leaned over and said.
"I am willing to take the blame."
Zhu Qiyu slowly leaned on the back of the chair, paused for a moment, and then spoke.
"The vassal and clan members are of the Tian family's bloodline after all. I know what your worries are. However, matters concerning the clan can affect the whole body, so don't talk nonsense."
After hearing this, Yu Qian was slightly surprised. He originally thought that the emperor ignored the dangers of delegating power to the clan, but now it seems that the emperor is aware of it.
Moreover, looking at the emperor's expression at this moment, we can tell that the old man did not mean any joke. The emperor really did not want anyone to interfere with the clan issue.
Maybe it's because of the Supreme Emperor... Yu Qian found a reason for himself and lowered his head.
"According to the decree..."
He had no intention of disturbing the clan affairs at this time. In fact, he knew very well that what he just said was actually exaggerated and unfounded.
Under today's vassal system, it is no longer possible to set off a miracle like the original Jingnan. In the final analysis, rebellion is not just about people having food. Weapons, armor, ordnance, all these things are indispensable.
Not to mention, now that the vassal kings and their guards have been returned to the imperial court. Under this situation, the Ming Dynasty has guard posts all over the place, making it impossible for the vassal kings to privately raise an army and retreat 10,000 soldiers. Bu said that even if there was any accident, the imperial army would be enough to quickly put down the rebellion.
Of course, this does not mean that there are no hidden dangers in Huangzhuang, it just means that it is not enough to support the rebellion. However, if it is to say whether it has loosened some of the shackles of the feudal kings and increased the risks, then it is definitely there.
Now that the emperor has made it clear and has a plan in mind, and at present, it is not necessary to intervene, Yu Qian naturally does not want to get too entangled in this matter.
"I know that Your Majesty wants to open a new path for the clan, and I have no intention of obstructing Your Majesty, nor do I have any intention of alienating the clan members. It's just that the matter of the Imperial Palace does need further consideration. This is why I insist on seeing Your Majesty after learning of the decree. "
"It is not that this matter cannot be implemented, but it needs to be done with great caution. At least, it should be discussed over and over again at the court. After all the hidden dangers mentioned by the generals have been dealt with one by one, they can be planned slowly instead of issuing a decree to the court. , order the whole government and the public to obey you..."
If these words were said in the court, I'm afraid there would be another commotion. In other words, Yu Qian was the only one in the court who dared to be so straightforward in front of the emperor.
As expected, after hearing these words, the emperor's face didn't look very good. However, after all, it was played in private, and the emperor could still hold his own. Although he was not in a good mood, he just snorted and asked.
"If that's the case, what do you think should be done?"
It can be seen that Yu Qian has not been idle for more than a month. On the desk in front of him, in addition to the latest storybook, there is also a stack of paper full of small letters, with scrawls and corrections on them, which are obviously Considered it many times.
Hearing the emperor's words, Yu Qian cupped his hands, and then he indeed picked up the papers and said.
"I originally thought that I would submit this memorial in a few days, but I never thought that Your Majesty would condescend to personally come to visit me in this cell today. It would be disrespectful to submit it to the emperor before I could sort it out. Please ask Your Majesty to do so." Forgive me."
Zhu Qiyu snorted, took the slightly messy stack of papers from Wynn's hand, and looked at it carefully.
However, after staying for a while, he raised his head again, his eyes fell on Yu Qian, but his expression was not very good, and he asked in a deep voice.
"Mr. Yu, is this the countermeasure you gave me after thinking about it for a month?"
(End of chapter)
