Chapter One Hundred and Six Million Sons
What do I want to fight the world with great hard work?
Don’t you want future generations to enjoy wealth and prosperity?
Not to mention Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di and his son, even Lao Lan looked at Fang Shiyu with an incredible look on his face, expressing his incomprehension.
In Lao Lan's opinion, this kid seems to be determined to die today!
The more feared Emperor Long lived, the more this kid would say!
"What are you excited about?"
"Listen to me to say it slowly!"
Fang Shiyu waved his hand indifferently.
During the feudal period, people's clan concepts were more important than modern people cannot understand.
Almost ninety percent of people fight hard outside, not for themselves, but for the family behind them.
Therefore, Fang Shiyu could understand the reactions of these people.
"I think it's understandable that Master Long Live's generosity."
"Long live the life of Master Long, isn't it for future generations to enjoy wealth and glory?"
"But the problem lies in the fact that the growth rate of wealth is very slow."
"The growth rate of royal heirs is extremely fast."
"There is no problem now. After the powerful politics of the Emperor Long live, the Ming Dynasty is now prosperous and the people are safe, and it will be no problem to last for decades."
"But over time, the growth rate of the treasury will not be as high as the growth rate of the royal descendants, and by then, the treasury will become increasingly empty."
"Once the national treasury is empty, the consequences will be very serious. There is no money to raise soldiers and no money to provide disaster relief. At that time, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably be in danger, with internal and external troubles!"
Fang Shiyu said slowly.
"How many people are there in the Ming Dynasty royal family?"
"There is so much wealth in the world, how can it be consumed and the national treasury is empty?"
"It's simply a big talk!"
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, not believing Fang Shiyu's remarks at all.
Zhu Di also nodded in agreement and stood firmly on the side of his father.
"Super shallow?"
"How many sons do you have now?"
“Twenty-six!”
"In addition to the prince's lineage, there are twenty-five ones! These twenty-five ones will be vassal kings in the future!"
"Long live the spirit of the dragon horse now, and most people can't compare with it."
"We can settle the calculation!"
"Not only the number of kings in each vassal state, they will count as six sons."
"These sons, except for the eldest son who will inherit the title of the vassal king, the other five sons will inherit the title of the prince."
"In the next generation, in addition to twenty-six new vassal kings, the Ming Dynasty would have an additional 130 county kings."
"These 130 princes are still counted as each person has six sons. In the next generation, there will be 750 additional generals in the state!"
"We still calculate that each royal child has six sons. The eldest son inherits the title, and the rest will be automatically demoted to one level."
"So as time goes by, how many auxiliary generals will appear in the next generation of the Ming Dynasty? That's right, there are 3,755!"
"Where is the general of Fengguo? There are 18,775!"
"There are 93,875 lieutenants in the country!"
"There are 469,375 lieutenants of the auxiliary country!"
"You calculate the salary of these people. According to the plan of the Emperor Longsheng, the prince is 10,000 stone, the prince is 2,000 stone, the general of the state, the general of the state, the general of the state, 800 stone, the general of the state, 600 stone, the general of the state, 400 stone, the lieutenant of the state, 300 stone, the lieutenant of the state, 2,000 stone, the princess is 800 stone, the county lord, and the town lord with a very low level are also 200 stones. This is not considered a fiefdom!"
"Of course, this is not considered the descendant of the emperor's lineage. If the emperor's lineage is included, it will not take long before the royal descendants of the Ming Dynasty will be as many as millions!"
"With such a huge number of people, I don't dare to do anything all day long, waiting for the court to support me. Do you think the Ming Dynasty, the court, will be dragged down?"
Fang Shiyu said, and simply picked up the pen and settled the accounts!
According to the law set by Zhu Yuanzhang, these royal descendants were different from civil and military officials, and they received annual salary.
Even the lowest-ranking king is only 200 stones, which is only slightly lower than the fourth-rank old Zhutou in front of him.
The highest salary of the vassal king is almost the sum of the total salary of ten first-rank officials of the current dynasty.
What's more, the salary of the royal family's descendants is different from that of civil and military officials. The best ones given to them are all real.
The civil and military officials received the ratio of three or seven rice bills.
Not only that, when these vassal kings were granted the title, the court also granted them a large amount of land and huge amounts of gold, silver and treasures.
These rewards from the court are not included in the salary.
No point is missing if you deserve it.
To give the simplest example, the youngest son of Zhu Yijun, the Emperor Shenzong of Ming Dynasty, was granted the title of King Fu. In addition to the salary set by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yijun also rewarded 20,000 hectares of fertile land!
At that time, Henan's arable land was not rich and it was not enough at all. There was no way, so I could only go from nearby Hubei, Shandong and Beizhili, and finally got enough of this number.
Zhu Yijun not only rewarded tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, but even rewarded the salt tax from Jiangdu to Taiping and Sichuan to King Fu.
I even felt that these were not enough, so I would reward 1,300 pieces of Huai Salt and Salt every year.
So much so that after King Fu arrived in Luoyang, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty failed to recover for many years.
This is just one of the vassal kings. If the salary of all the royal descendants of the entire Ming Dynasty is added up, it will be an astronomical number!
"Why are there so many?"
"Can you give birth that way?"
After the calculation was settled, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di and his son were shocked!
"Millions of children?"
"Are you nonsense or do you mean too much?"
Lao Lan, who had never dared to interrupt, couldn't help but jump out and ask.
I thought that Master Wansui was already fierce enough, but I didn’t expect that Master Wansui’s descendants were so fierce too!
"This is also called more? It's all for less!"
"Once the emperor cut off his vassals, he will inevitably monitor these vassal kings to avoid rebellion!"
"What else can these people do nothing all day long, besides creating humans?"
"I calculated based on each person's six sons, and it's already a 10% discount!"
"There are more than one million children, maybe more. The treasury of the Ming Dynasty will sooner or later be eaten by these people!"
"At that time, it will not be surprising that those lieutenants and others at the bottom of the country will be starved to death."
"What's more, you are a little descendant of a fourth-rank official?"
Fang Shiyu was not an exaggeration. He took the last opportunity to completely eradicate the fantasies of this group of people.
This account is indeed calculated inadequately.
There were no contraceptive measures at that time. In the late Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants were indeed a huge crowd of millions!
Although they are all descendants of the royal family, China has always been precious for rare things, and this royal family descendant is no exception.
Except for those high titles such as vassal kings and princes, the rest basically had no meals after eating.
Some people who are smarter are better, just change their names and surnames to find a way out so that they will not starve to death.
And those who are just doing nothing can only wait to die.
In the mid-Ming Dynasty, there were already many descendants of the royal family who had not received their salaries and asked the local government to cause trouble.
It's almost the same as asking for wages from migrant workers.
The only difference is that the latter has the help of the government, and no one has ever missed them at all!
Chapter completed!