Nanyang Imperial City, the residence of the Prince of Tang Dynasty.
Zhu Yujian, who had just killed his uncle and seized the throne of the Tang Dynasty, once again felt what the most ruthless imperial family was.
Because he is now "besieged" by his three younger brothers, Zhu Yudao, Zhu Yujun, and Zhu Yue.
"Boss, why did you send the three of us to Gansu?"
"You, you...that's Gansu! Do you know? There are mutinies in that place every day! How happy were you when Prince Su and his family moved to Nanjing? There were three consecutive days of violence in Prince Su's Mansion. Let’s have a banquet to celebrate!”
"Why are you competing with King Xin? Although King Xin is only four years old, he has a good mother! How powerful is the noble concubine Wu Liangha? She defeated the eldest prince Hauge of Donglu Huang Taiji... you will use An iron rod can hammer Zhu Qishuan to death, can Zhu Qishong compete with Hauge?"
"If you want to go to Gansu, you can go alone. Why do you want to take us with you? The three of us have not even been crowned as county kings. Now we are just generals of the country..."
"Yes, we won't go..."
"You have to go alone!"
The three brothers Zhu Yuduo, Zhu Yujun, and Zhu Yue were really angry. They had worked hard to win the throne for their brother Zhu Yujian over the years. When they fought, they all wielded sticks. As a result, the elder brother got his wish and became a prince, but the three of them had to go to Gansu to eat sand. Isn't this too bitter?
But there was nothing Zhu Yujian could do!
Who said that he didn't have a mother like Wu Liangha? He only had three brothers, Zhu Yunao, Zhu Yujun, and Zhu Yue.
There is a saying in the Art of War: Fight with brothers!
"Three younger brothers..." Zhu Yujian also knew that the three younger brothers were angry and unwilling to go to Gansu to endure hardship. But he had to recruit them, and then recruit a group of more capable eldest sons through them, so that he could form a group to go to Gansu to become His Majesty the King of Sai with soldiers and generals.
Of course, he also knew that his three brothers didn't have much ability, the eldest son in Nanyang City didn't have any talents, and even he himself was just an ordinary strong man. But he has no one available right now, and the only ones he can trust are these relatives.
With their help, we can finally get a bodyguard in Gansu. With bodyguards, we can save our lives after we go to Gansu!
With the power to save his life, he, the King of Sai, could use the power of the Ming Dynasty to command the generals and guards below...
Zhu Yujian smiled and said: "Second brother, third brother, and fourth brother, have you ever thought about how many eldest sons there are in Nanyang Tang Palace? How much salary do we eat every year? How much fertile land does Nanyang Palace occupy? The harvests in the past few years have not been very good. How much of the money and food collected will be left after paying our salaries? And Wangzhuang in Nanyang does not pay a penny, so who will bear the tax of the whole government? Those who carry the Nanyang government Can the common people, who are taxed by the government, still be able to bear it?"
"Those things shouldn't be our business!"
"Yes, we are banned by the vassal..."
"That's a headache for Mr. Long Live!"
Zhu Yujian sighed and looked at the three brothers, "You still don't understand? We, the vassal clan, are the mountains pressing on the people of Nanyang... The mountains are so big that the people below can't breathe. Angry.
Moreover, our mountains do not pay tribute to the imperial court, and are restricted by the vassal, so we cannot help the imperial court to suppress bandits and bandits. To Lord Long Live, these mountains like ours are useless things... He moves them as quickly as possible! "
Zhu Yujian paused and said: "And he has already moved several mountains! First the Dai Fan of Datong, then the Fu Fan of Luoyang, followed by the Qin Fan of Xi'an, the Su Fan of Lanzhou, and the Qing Fan of Ningxia. .....Recently, the Shu vassal in Chengdu was moved to Xi'an to replace the Qin vassal.
Don't think that moving from Shu to Qin is just a matter of moving land... The Shu vassal has been operating in Chengdu for more than 200 years and has already eaten up 70% of the land in Chengdu. Once Shu lord leaves, all these lands will belong to Long Live Lord! "
After all, Zhu Yujian was a person who had reached the position of Lord Long Live in his previous life. Even if he was bored in Nanyang City, he still knew the affairs of the world. He also knew that Zhu Youjian's purpose of tormenting the vassal king these years was the land!
The vassals of the Ming Dynasty were certainly rich, but the wealth they owned was mainly land, not hoards of silver.
Take the extremely wealthy King Fu as an example. The amount of silver stored in his palace is one to two million. And the land he occupied, including rewards from the court and what he obtained by himself, totaled more than three million acres. The value of more than three million acres of land is more than ten million taels of silver.
The land owned by the feudal prince's palace is equivalent to the occupation land and is linked to the feudal palace. Once the seal is lifted, the land will be returned to the state. The effect of transferring a feudal title is actually similar to that of removing a feudal title, although after the title is transferred, the court will grant land to the vassal king in the new fiefdom. However, the amount of land granted is usually controllable, and Wanli's grant of land to Prince Fu was just a special case. And the land that the palace has occupied over time is a black hole that cannot be filled. Much more in quantity than the land legally granted!
By transferring the vassal to the vassal, Zhu Youjian can openly take back the occupied land and the land that has been excessively rewarded to the vassal kings in the past dynasties... This is the real big deal!
By taking back these lands, the country and the royal family will be able to obtain long-term income, which is much better than a one-time income from confiscating homes.
And how can he be regarded as a villain - he didn't ransack his house, and he didn't behead him. He just "moved a mountain" to give the local government and people some relief. Who can accuse Zhu Youjian of being bad?
Zhu Yujian sighed: "This big mountain of Nanyang Tang Fan will definitely be moved away by Lord Long Live... If I, the prince, leave, and you don't follow me... how will you live in the future?" Our father was not a prince when he died, so the three of you can only be made generals of the country! It is said that you have a salary of 1,000 shi, but it is only 20% of the original salary and 80% of the money. In fact, you only get more than 200 taels of silver.
Now that Long live the Lord is "fixing children" again, your children will only have one Xijue in the future, and the rest will have to fend for themselves. With an income of more than 200 taels of silver, can you arrange it? "
Hearing Zhu Yujian's analysis, the three brothers Zhu Yudao, Zhu Yujun, and Zhu Yue were all a little discouraged.
The reason why they work so hard to help the boss fight for the throne is to get food out of the big pot of the Tang Palace... Once the Tang Dynasty transfers the title, they will only have an annual income of more than 200 taels. , eating and drinking is enough, but glory and wealth are out of the question.
Zhu Yujian looked at the faces of his brothers, and said in a tone full of expectation: "If you go to Gansu, there will be a way out... I went to Gansu to be the King of Sai, and as usual, the King of Sai can have three There are one escort commanding department, two guard posts, and one ceremonial guard department, about ten thousand elite soldiers!
I can't manage so many of them by myself, so I have to help you three brothers. Three escort commanders, one for each of you! How could a guard commander have four to five thousand elite soldiers? The officer leading so many soldiers must at least be a staff general. A general is much better than a general who governs the country! "
The food and salary alone for the four to five thousand elite soldiers will cost hundreds of thousands a year... If you serve as a general for them, you can earn thousands of taels casually.
"Can there really be that many soldiers?"
"Long live Lord, can you trust us?"
"Yeah... there are tens of thousands of people! The military salary alone costs hundreds of thousands a year!"
The three generals of Zhenguo were tempted, but they felt that this matter was unlikely to be so good...
Zhu Yujian smiled and said: "Didn't Long Live Master want us to draw up a list? Let's draw it up according to the scale of three escort command departments, two guard posts, and one ceremonial guard department... Anyway, our subordinates If we have enough people, we can always gather two to three hundred generals."
After several years of "group fighting", Zhu Yujian did accumulate a group of younger brothers under his command.
"Okay, let's do it!"
"If Long Live Master doesn't agree, we won't go."
"Yes, if he doesn't agree, we won't go..."
I don’t dare not go even if I don’t agree! Zhu Yujian nodded, but thought in his heart: This is the most ruthless emperor's family! If I really don't go, will my family still have good things to eat?
