Gao Jingshi was the Minister of Rongzheng. The emperor said that he had something important to talk to him. He naturally thought that he wanted to talk about the Imperial Guard, so he nodded and said: "The ministers have planned to report to the Imperial Guard on recent matters related to the Imperial Guard, but since the Emperor During the interview, I think it would be more convenient for me to explain in detail. I wonder if the emperor has any questions?"
Who knew that Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "You are responsible for the affairs of the Imperial Guard. I feel relieved. I want to say something else - the salary of the vassal lord."
Gao Pragmatic was a little surprised, and the emperor's words were quite interesting.
He is now the Minister of Rongzheng, and his main responsibility is to manage affairs related to the Beijing camp. Of course, he will occasionally manage some other affairs assigned by Liang Menglong within the Ministry of War. But in the final analysis, his responsibilities are limited to the Ministry of War, and must be related to vassal affairs. It doesn't matter - unless one of the sects rebels.
Zhu Yijun has been in charge for three years, and he has gradually developed the demeanor of ruling the world. Gao Pragmatic is no longer the prince's companion or observer of government. Logically speaking, Zhu Yijun should not approach him for matters that have nothing to do with his authority.
This is only the first point of "interesting", there is also the second point.
The second point is that Zhu Yijun said that he was very relieved about the Imperial Guards - it is not surprising that he is relieved, but his expression of this sentence is strange.
Judging from the expression of his words, what reassured him was not that the affairs of the Imperial Guard were simple and easy to handle, but the person who handled them. From a semantic point of view, it probably means "Although the matter is big, as long as you are in charge of it, it will be fine."
Isn't this a typical "you do the work, I'll rest assured"?
Gao pragmatic immediately said: "I am scared."
Well, I still have to say kind words.
Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "Wait a moment." Then he stood up and walked towards the imperial case.
Gao pragmatically said: I'm afraid there is some document that you want to show me, but I don't know what it is?
Zhu Yijun flipped through the imperial case and quickly brought over a few memorials. However, judging from the color and format, they should be the ones archived by the Superintendent of Ceremonies. He always didn't look like an emperor in front of Gao Pangshi, so he gently threw the memorials on the wooden table at Gao Pangshi's hand and said, "Here, take a look first."
Gao pragmatically replied: "Yes."
Opening the memorial file placed at the top, I saw it read: "Edict of 1898: King Jingjiang's Changlu rice is a thousand stones, this book is divided into half and half. First, Wang Yizu Shouqian and the Qin, Jin and other prefectures sealed all the affairs on the same day. The system, manners, official affiliations, etiquette, annual tributes, celebrations and sacrifices, etc., are all compared with the prince.
He also quoted the emperor's imperial letter and asked him to give Bense Lumi a thousand stones every year. The Ministry of Rites reviewed the matter and said: Before the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, just as Wang said, the next year the county and prince's salary was changed to half and half of the rice note. In the forty-fourth year of Jiajing, the vassal regulations were revised, and the county and prince's salary was three-thirds and seven. The broken banknotes are all recorded in anecdotes. However, since the king was an exclusive enfeoffment at the beginning of the country and owned a country alone, there should be different opinions. The original version should be changed to 40% off and 60% off to take into account the new and old regulations. "
Gao Pingshi was moved in his heart and thought to himself: I remember this happened in the old days, right?
Then when I looked at the archive time, it turned out to be the fourth year of Wanli. Below is Zhu Yijun's direct record of Zhu's approval: "The king of Jingjiang established the vassal in a remote area, so he should enjoy generous treatment. He will be given it according to the regulations of the 16th year of Hongzhi."
This matter is actually relatively simple. The general idea is that in the forty-fourth year of Jiajing, the imperial court issued the "Regulations on Suspensions and Vassals" and adjusted the salary ratio at the level of county and prince (note: this is a historical fact). This adjustment is compared to what happened fifteen years before Hongzhi. Before that, the salary of the county prince was one thousand dan stipulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, but "half of the rice banknotes were paid."
What does "half and half of the rice banknotes" mean? This means giving half the rice and half the money.
However, there is an important point here, that is, rice is the permanent hard currency of agricultural countries, and the Ming Dynasty Baobao... has begun to depreciate since the time of Zhu Yuanzhang, and was already worthless by the fifteenth year of Hongzhi.
In other words, at that time, this "half and half of the rice banknotes" meant that the salary of King Jingjiang was actually only 500 shi of rice and a pile of Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes that were not much better than waste paper.
As a result, in the forty-fourth year of Jiajing, the situation worsened. Because according to the "Regulations on Suspensions and Vassals" introduced that year, King Jingjiang, as the king of the county, could only take three cents of rice, and the remaining seven cents were all Ming Dynasty treasure notes.
This is very cheating. Not only are there two hundred stones less, but the Ming Dynasty banknotes from the 44th year of Jiajing are even more rubbish than those from the 15th year of Hongzhi. They can be compared directly with waste paper.
So King Jingjiang was not convinced and asked Shangshu to "change the order", that is, to change the order. He was not unreasonable, because King Jingjiang was granted the title at the beginning of the country. Although he was at the level of a county king at that time, there were clear regulations that his vassal's "system, etiquette, official affiliations, etiquette, annual tributes, celebrations and sacrifices, etc. Xidde compared with the prince."
Therefore, King Jingjiang believes that although he is a county king, his salary should obviously be the same as that of the prince - except for my name, I am the same as the prince, including the level of tribute. Why should my salary be different?
This memorial was related to the Ministry of Rites, so it was sent to the Ministry of Rites for discussion. As a result, the Ministry of Rites naturally chose He Xini, and the general message was, "You are indeed different from ordinary princes, but after all, your title is still the prince, so let's make a compromise, and the ratio of your salary will be 40% to 60%. Okay: four centimeters, six cents."
However, although the Ministry of Rites reconciled with Xini, Zhu Yijun—in fact, strictly speaking, Gao Gong should have made the decision at that time—did not reconcile with Xini. So the imperial edict came down: According to the half of the fifteenth year of Hongzhi.
In the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, it was half and half. King Jingjiang can breathe a sigh of relief.
Gao Jingshi only knew about this at the time, but he didn't pay much attention to it, because at the time, it was nothing more than a trivial matter of two hundred stone meters. This small amount of money was almost nothing in Gao Jingshi's eyes.
But looking back now, Gao Gong's decision at that time may have been based on two considerations: first, it was to help the emperor establish a benevolent image. There is no need to explain the reason;
Secondly, under his reforms, the imperial court's annual income was increasing year by year, so he probably didn't regard the two hundred shi rice as a big deal. What's more, according to the way the Ministry of Rites is doing it, it's equivalent to the court arranging a mere hundred stones. This is too shameful! You must know that King Jingjiang's situation is a special case in itself, and other sects cannot cite King Jingjiang's example as a reason.
However, Gao Pragmatic also knew that now that Zhu Yijun had found out such an early archive for himself to read, it was obviously not to overturn the case of the one hundred and two hundred stone cases, but it should have some connection with the subsequent memorial.
So he didn't say anything more, but continued to look through the archive of the following letter.
This archive records: "The Etiquette Department told Lin Jingyang about the matter: The "Regulations on Zong and Fan" were determined by Emperor Shizong, and there are similarities and differences in the profit and loss of the continuation. There are those who did not discuss the decision in the past but now decide it, such as the prince's choice to marry a concubine. This is the way for concubines and common men to ask for marriage funds. There are those who have not agreed to marry each other in the past, such as the succession of the wife of the eldest son in the world, and the approval of the general's birth mother. He is like the year when the petition expires, and his fame and wealth are crowned. Bring it gradually wider and wider. To assist the country and advance to the prince's honor, to cross the pass and separate the third-level prohibitions, and so on, and so on. It has been recently heard that excessive births are used as positive rewards, and separate births are used as top supplements. The ancestral decree refers to an unauthorized marriage and falsely calls it a ceremonial marriage. The origin is unclear and the name has been overused. It is appropriate to ask the Ministry of Rites to discuss the report in detail and write it as a decree. The ministry can repay it. "
Gao Pingshi's heart moved, and he roughly guessed what Zhu Yijun was going to say.
The specific matters mentioned in this archive do not need to be elaborated (mainly because I am afraid that you will accuse me of talking too much), but its connotation is very simple: the imperial court began to notice a substantial increase in the clan population, so some people began to demand strict investigation.
What to check? Check whether some low-level clans that should not have been canonized have been canonized indiscriminately.
What is the result of this matter? It's "The ministry can repay it."
That is to say, the Ministry of Rites thought it made sense, so they reported it to the emperor, and the emperor agreed.
This means that the emperor also feels that the clan's population is growing too fast, too fast, and something is completely wrong, and it is impossible not to investigate.
Gao pragmatic took a look and found that this memorial was from the fifth year of Wanli. He remained silent and continued to open the third archive.
The archive of this letter is relatively long, and it reads like this: "King Shen Tianxuan asked for a seal for his fifth son Jue, but he was not allowed to do so. It is still an order.
First of all, Gu Jiusi, the official of the Department of Ceremony, asked Zuo to give a question: Ministry meeting, check the vassal regulations, if the king of the county advances to the prince, the king and the prince are not allowed to make a follow-up attack. From now on, the heir apparent will be hereditary prince, and the next legitimate concubine will retain his title in each life and receive the same level of official position.
In addition, in the second year of Wanli, the Ministry of Rites approved: From now on, although the regulations of each prince's palace have been passed, the title of prince will be granted to the younger brother and nephew and then to the younger brother and nephew. Secondly, except for those who have already been granted the title, the legitimate sons and daughters will be granted the title of prince on the day of the king's death. When waiting for an official position, it is very clear that one should not rely on previous examples or ask for two examples indiscriminately.
Today, Tianxuan's father, King Xian, was originally named Prince Shen Gong's nephew and grandson, King Huai, but his cousin, King Gong, died out and was granted the title of prince by King Lingchuan. Jue is the fifth son of Tianxuan. According to the law, the king's heirs cannot inherit the title of county and nobility. Then Jue Kai should not be granted the title of King Shen today, so the beggar was granted the title by his younger brother Tianzhuo during the Jiajing period. Tianjiu, the king of Zhenkang, was granted the title of King of Anqing, his son Juetan was granted the title of King of Baoding, and Jue X (the handwriting here is difficult to read) was granted the title of King of Dehua in the sixth year of Longqing. If he thought he deserved it, he would not hesitate to ask for the title again.
I don't know if the regulations are based on the regulations, those who were granted the title in the Longqing year are those who should pretend to be granted the title after the regulations and discuss the reform. According to the regulations in the near future, although those who were granted the title in the Jiajing year are before the regulations, the reform should be stopped after his death. It is clear that Juehe will not be able to covet the county title again.
As for the king himself, he calls himself a descendant of his biological family, but the so-called biological family refers to his biological brothers and nephews. If Prince Xian and Prince Gong are nephews and grand-nephews, he will be considered as a grand-nephew, and he will be treated as his grand-nephew and then his younger brother. For those who can continue to advance to the title, it is enough for their descendants to be hereditary, how much more can be asked for? It was said that it would be appropriate for Du to stop his request and publish a statement stating that if only relatives, brothers and nephews were granted the title before the regulations were made, their descendants and aunts would be granted the title as usual. In this case, although those who were granted the title later were from the relatives and subordinate branches, the direct concubines were not allowed to be granted the title. "
The archived original music was dated in June of the seventh year of Wanli, and it talks about King Shen Tianxuan's request for a title for his fifth son, Jue. And the emperor's meaning was very clear: no. Still ordering.
The following records are all explained by the Ministry of Rites on the issue of "why it is not allowed." This is too complicated and involves a lot of sects and vassals that have never been heard of, so there is no need to go into detail.
Gao Pragmatic didn't care about which prince's son took what position, or whether the court rejected his request to take the title, etc.
What he cares about is the trend behind this memorial.
The trend is actually very simple: the imperial court is strictly reviewing the issue of the attack on the seal, but the reason given is still based on the "legality of the attack on the seal".
Gao Pragmatic remained silent and continued to read the next book.
"Shi Jichen's article in the Li Ke Zuo Gai Shi discussed the unfinished matters of the sect and vassal: check the Hui Dian, the relatives of the princes and foreigners are all rich in salary, today Huang multiplies, Guanzhi Lumi, and floats in the two taxes. From the general of the Zhenguo to the lieutenant , such as the number of people decreases gradually, and they are allowed to feed each other, and nothing is forbidden, then the salary and rice are reduced every year, and they are given from time to time, which is what they really wish for."
Well, this time we started to strictly control the salary distribution.
Gao Pragmatic didn't read it carefully, put it aside, and opened the next book again.
"After checking the ceremony, the princess came down as a guest of honor. The salary for the big one was 800, and the salary for the small one was 200. Lieutenant Tianhuang still used it for free, but the salary was reduced. How can you forget to enjoy the full salary for a long time after getting married? Except for the prince's county In addition to the king and the guests of honor, the number of guests of honor from the county chief to the following will be reduced by half, or one-third. Some officials will treat the guests of honor with a little more courtesy, and will be exempted from their servants. Although they are half a salary, they must be happy with the plan.
Secondly, after checking the meeting ceremony, if the guest of honor has violated the law and is sent to the army, he will be sent to the husband's clan after the death of the master. Once the ban is established, there is still a lot of money. Now because of the master, the law cannot be applied to the guest of honor, which is not peaceful. From now on, any Yibin who offends the garrison shall be punished according to the agreement and shall be given two-thirds of the sum of rice to redeem his body. It will be discussed later after the death of the Lord. The common people will not abolish the law, nor will they fail to discuss marriage. Division under the chapter. "
This is even more interesting. The imperial court has begun to track down the "Yibin", which is the level of the Prince Consort. In other words, except for princes and princes, other clans began to come under the strict supervision and review of the imperial court. Basically, all of them began to have their salaries reduced, and if they made mistakes or committed crimes, they would have to recover the originally issued salaries and use them for "Atonement".
Of course, the guest of honor was the prince-in-law after all, so the court still gave the princesses and princesses some face. Those who committed crimes would usually wait until the princesses or princesses passed away before formally discussing the crime and punishing them.
But these are all details. For Gao Pragmatic, he has enough to understand. He was already sure that Zhu Yijun was going to say something to him now.
The pressure on Zongfan's salary was increasing, and Zhu Yijun began to be unable to bear it.
Even though the imperial court's annual revenue has been increasing due to the reforms of the Practical School, since the imperial court's "Western Huaihuai Eastern System" plan has now entered the final stage, the imperial court must focus its financial resources on armaments in order to ensure that the "Chahar War" is about to break out. "War" can be won, so Zhu Yijun should start to consider cutting this expenditure now.
But the clan is a clan after all, and they are all the blood of Taizu. Theoretically speaking, the emperor is only the heir of one of them, and he may not be able to reduce or exempt them at will.
Family ties were something Confucius advocated and valued very much. The emperor couldn't ignore this, otherwise he wouldn't be said to be mean and ungrateful.
But the current situation in the country is such that it cannot be reduced or eliminated, so he came to Gao to discuss countermeasures.
Gao Jingshi understood clearly at this moment. He put down the documents in his hands and asked softly: "Your Majesty, what percentage of the royal family's annual salary does the vassal stipend now account for?"
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