Chapter 7 Definitely won't be hit by dimensionality reduction
Chapter 7 Definitely won’t be hit by dimensionality reduction
"Ma He, your master sent you here? Submit it quickly!"
When Zhu Di heard this, his spirit suddenly shook, and he immediately said hello.
The person who came was not someone else, but an eunuch who was an internal official, also known as the Sanbao eunuch Zheng He in later generations, but he had not yet changed his surname at this time.
As a close disciple of Master Daoyan, Ma He is a disciple of the Bodhisattva ordination, with the Buddhist name Fu Jixiang, and is often responsible for communicating top-secret information between Daoyan and Zhu Di.
Zhu Di reached out and took the memorial written by Dao Yan.
"Your Majesty, I have thought about it for a long time. If we want to restrict the vassals so as not to cause harm to the country, there are only two strategies."
Zhu Di read the contents of the memorial. At first, the gloom on his face became thicker and thicker, but then gradually disappeared, and instead he showed a happy smile.
"Okay, I understand."
Ma He lowered his head respectfully. After hearing Zhu Di's words, he raised his eyelids and glanced at Zhu Di's expression, then quickly lowered his head.
"Please step back first." Zhu Di waved his hand.
"The vassals have no soldiers and only enter the capital with their heirs and servants. If the total number of people is limited, as long as it is controlled to a few dozen people, even if the vassals unite, they will not be able to launch any rebellion in the capital."
It would be better if the vassal king who wanted to rebel did not come to the capital, and the court could justifiably attack and eliminate him.
Daoyan's true purpose is somewhat sinister and cannot be put on the table.
As Jiang Xinghuo said, if you want to solve the problem, you have to add money.
——Of course, this is just a superficial statement.
The second strategy is to no longer set a minimum clan level, and at the same time only add a small amount of salary to the vassal king in exchange for military power.
Zhu Di felt that the solution Jiang Xinghuo could give was probably one of these two ideas, or some variant of them, and it was unlikely that there would be anything else.
These empty-headed vassal kings who have been deprived of their guards are still not allowed to leave the feudal country without an edict, but the emperor should take turns summoning a certain number, such as one-third or one-fourth, of the vassal princes and their descendants to the capital every year to make peace with the Tian family.
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The imperial family hierarchy in the Ming Dynasty was divided into eight levels: prince, county king, general of the state, general of the auxiliary state, general of the state of Feng, lieutenant of the state of control, lieutenant of the auxiliary state, and lieutenant of the state of Fengguo.
"Well~ As expected of Master Daoyan who has been advising me for many years. With these two strategies, I think we can completely solve the financial bankruptcy caused by the pressure of supporting the clan in the Ming Dynasty two hundred years later!"
Since then, the decision has all depended on the emperor's mood and needs. Cutting down the vassal's salary is a matter of a single thought, so the vassals are naturally trembling with fear.
After all, the vassal system of the Ming Dynasty was different from that of the Western Han Dynasty and the Western Jin Dynasty. The vassal kings had actual troops but no actual country.
In name, the vassal states of the vassal kings are actually managed by court officials. The real core interests of the vassal kings are the Three Guards!
However, if Zhu Di wants to peacefully deprive the feudal king of the power of the three bodyguards by simply increasing his salary by a small amount, I am afraid it will still arouse dissatisfaction.
Secondly, as long as the vassal king comes to Beijing, there will always be people who behave irregularly and do illegal things. Even if the vassal king can control himself, can he control the heirs and servants he brings?
I think the vassals would not have any objection to this kind of thing that does not harm their actual interests at all. As for the ministers, if there is any stubborn person who shows off the "Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions", Zhu Di can definitely give him one
"Placing rice on a chessboard" gave him a little mathematical shock.
Zhu Di continued to read.
However, even if there are some shortcomings, Zhu Di believes that Dao Yan's two strategies are already very good solutions.
Dao Yan pointed out that Zhu Di could declare that it was precisely because the Tian family could not see each other often and their feelings were weak that Emperor Jianwen was easily bewitched by the treacherous ministers Qitai and Huang Zicheng and killed his own flesh and blood relatives.
After learning this lesson, the emperor planned to reform the system.
After all, there were irreconcilable conflicts between the vassals and the emperor regarding the reduction of their military power.
Dao Yan's so-called two strategies tend to be more damaging, but they are indeed a good way to solve the problem of the future financial collapse of the Ming Dynasty due to the clan.
In this way, the pressure on the imperial court to ensure basic support for the clan will be greatly reduced, and this big burden will be thrown away directly.
The salaries of the vassal princes should not be increased too much, otherwise it will also put pressure on the Ming Dynasty's finances in the next few decades.
Dao Yan even suggested that Zhu Di could reduce the total level of the clan, for example to level six or level seven.
If there is any vassal king who is really bold and wants to have a king's wedding, then the emperor only needs to wait for him to enter the capital and find a reason for him to die unexpectedly, such as falling into the water after drinking, losing control of his carriage, or soliciting prostitution.
.The only way is imaginable, but there is no way that is impossible.
There will always be feudal princes and heirs who are jealous of others when they go to spend money on the Qinhuai River, and there will always be evil servants of the palace who use the power of others to move their fiefdoms to Nanjing.
Zhu Di Zhu Di couldn't help but praise.
"Master Daoyan's brilliant plan!"
At that time, the civil servants of the imperial court will automatically shut up.
And Daoyan simply took the approach of removing the firepower from under the cauldron.
As for Zhu Yuanzhang's rule that the censor must not hear about the vassal king's faults, otherwise he will be punished by alienating the family ties of the Tian family. Dao Yan means that there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. If you demote the censor and then promote him later, you only need to do it once.
Then you know what's going on.
Dao Yan suggested that Zhu Di partially reform the restrictions on the activities of the vassal kings during the Zhu Yuanzhang period. During the Zhu Yuanzhang period, the vassal kings were not allowed to leave the feudal country without an edict. Therefore, if no special events occur, the vassals and the emperor may not see each other for a long time.
One meeting.
Anyway, the Ming Dynasty clan has only been passed down to the sons of the first generation Zhu Yuanzhang and a few grandsons of the second generation Zhu Yuanzhang. As for the eighth and ninth generations of the Zhu family in the future, it will still be almost two hundred years later.
Originally, the reason why clan support would overwhelm the Ming Dynasty's finances after the ninth generation was because the clan multiplied to the ninth generation, and the population base was multiplied by the minimum salary of Fengguo Lieutenant, 200 shi, and the final result would be an astronomical figure.
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Since the eighth-level Lieutenant Feng Guo has a guaranteed salary of two hundred stones. This guaranteed salary combined with the massive clan population cannot be afforded by the Ming Dynasty, so it would just be better to cancel the lowest clan level. By the ninth generation, it will directly become an idle clan, and the court will not
Then be responsible for providing.
Zhu Di touched his beard, pondered for a moment, and felt that the two strategies proposed by Dao Yan were indeed feasible, but the only one of them was to only add a small amount of salary to the vassal king, which might not be easy to handle.
Ma He bowed and exited the hall, closing the door behind him.
The first policy is to reform the restrictions on the activities of feudal kings.
First, it prevents the vassal king from staying in the fiefdom for a long time. If the vassal king does not operate in the fiefdom, of course there will be no possibility of rebellion. This fundamentally eliminates the possibility that some vassal kings will not be able to survive until they become big.
How could it be possible in the world that the vassals could surrender their military power without any extra money or weapons?
Can Jiang Xinghuo do it?
impossible!
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Zhu Di was in a happy mood, and even rarely laughed loudly in the empty palace.
Zhu Di was very convinced.
——When I go to the class this time, I will definitely not be hit by dimensionality reduction!
Chapter completed!