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Chapter 1191
After the train made another round, the Emperor Chongzhen didn't care about the servants getting out of the car. Instead, he said to his courtiers in the car, "I put this train in the imperial garden, and it's for my concubine." They are used for sightseeing. However, you should be able to see that once the trains are built between the cities of Ming Dynasty and the bustling places, if the power of the steam engine is strong enough, how many people can be pulled at one time? From one place to another? If it is exchanged for goods, how much can it go from one place to another? Think about it, Zhu Qing, how does this compare with today's traffic?"

Having said so much in one breath, this is not over yet. Looking at these civil servants who were in deep thought, Emperor Chongzhen continued to add: "And this train has another advantage, that is, it can travel day and night without delay. How about it?"

These senior officials of Ming Dynasty were not fools. Emperor Chongzhen had explained the advantages of the train so clearly, they could naturally know from it how much change this would bring to Ming Dynasty!
How about hearing the emperor ask at this time?They all replied sincerely and respectfully: "Your Majesty is holy!"

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help laughing when he saw them like this.He also has a sense of accomplishment. He has been tinkering for so long, and at least he has tinkered with things that are hundreds of years ahead of time.As for the shortcomings of the train, of course there are a lot of them, but these are not important, as Wen Tiren said, if there are problems, just overcome them.

Thinking of this, he looked at Wen Tiren, and said with a smile in the corner of his eyes: "Wen Qing was right on the road just now, as long as the steam carriage continues to improve, one day it will bring earth-shaking changes to Daming... ..."

Hearing what he said, Wen Tiren rarely blushed.The emperor did hear it, and if he said it in public, is he praising himself or hurting himself?
Without waiting for Wen Tiren to respond, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "In the future, this steam engine will be improved, or simply put, a new power will appear that can replace the steam engine to drive the carriage forward. Without these shortcomings of the steam engine, the cost is not high. , then the current carriages will definitely be eliminated. At that time, all the streets will be filled with new carriages..."

When he said this, Emperor Chongzhen silently added the word "car!" in his heart.

Afterwards, his voice raised a lot, and he no longer smiled, but said seriously: "... I said it when I was in Yingtianfu, there is nothing impossible, only unexpected! As long as I, Ming, continue to promote science and technology Knowledge, I just believe that my bright and talented people will definitely do everything we think of in the future!"

Taking this opportunity, Emperor Chongzhen once again instilled the importance of scientific and technological knowledge to his courtiers!I really did it, as long as there is an opportunity, I will continue to instill it, and I can be regarded as a qualified salesman of scientific and technological knowledge!

"Your Majesty is wise!" Everyone responded in unison, the facts were all there, and it was impossible to say anything else.

After returning to the Wenhua Palace, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the courtiers below and said: "When I approved the road plan for the Road and Bridge Company, I actually reserved a place for laying the railway tracks. Therefore, the matter of the train is also assigned to the Daming Road and Bridge Company." ..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly felt that this statement seemed inappropriate, so he changed his words again: "The train will be used as an asset and injected into Daming Road and Bridge Company. Negotiate, then submit to the cabinet and the supervisor of ceremonies, and play it to me for review!"

It's all money again!Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, happily went out to lead the order.

If these things are only promoted by the state, to be honest, the cost is very high, and many things are involved, such as corruption.It would be better to use commercial means to operate under the control of the imperial court and under their own supervision, which is the easiest and cheapest means of promotion.

After Bi Ziyan returned to the queue, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the courtiers below and brought the topic back to the beginning, a topic that had been forgotten by them: "The grassland cannot be independent of the pass, including Tianshan, Mobei, or Guihua City. Wait, it is necessary to establish a close connection with the pass, and transportation is the most important thing. The train has a very large capacity, and it can be a good link between the grassland and the pass. Therefore, I decided that those of the Khalkha tribe Prisoners, after the city is built on the Tianshan Mountains, they will be used to build roads! No matter how long it takes, how many generations, these roads must be built!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Wen Tiren and the others listened and played back together.

At the same time, they also sighed in their hearts that the same things invented by the Emperor Dare to Love are actually closely related to the current or future situation!I don't know how many good things there are in the emperor's mind?
So far, this court meeting is over.However, although the other courtiers withdrew, the first assistant Wen Tiren and the eunuch Cao Huachun, the supervisor of ceremonies, were left behind.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the two of them and said: "Those clans have already rushed to the capital, and I have left them alone for a long time. Now that the grassland war is over, I should be able to meet them! What do you think?"

Hearing this, Wen Tiren first said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, you have been avoiding me all this time. The gate of the old minister's house is almost full of people from the feudal lord! If you don't call them again, the old minister will not dare to go back!"

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help laughing when he heard this.The factory guard had already reported this situation to him.Those vassal kings were in a hurry, not only looking for connections with the chief assistant to ask about the situation, but even sending gifts to the eunuch who was in charge of the ceremony, but Cao Huachun was a good man, so he made a report to himself after changing hands.

"Your Majesty, they have been waiting impatiently!" Cao Huachun also said respectfully.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard it, and he himself felt that the time had come, so he ordered that two days later, a global spoils distribution conference would be held, no, it would be a global briefing meeting for the distribution of feudal princes of Ming Dynasty!
In the Ming Dynasty, there were a total of 65 vassal kings and 22 posthumous vassal kings. In the Chongzhen Dynasty, there were 34 vassal kings in total due to various reasons, such as vassal kings who died of heirs and who were abolished or removed due to incidents; In addition, except for the eldest son who inherited the position of feudal king, the other sons of the feudal king were all to be named county kings, and they were also hereditary.The county kings of the Ming Dynasty had a total of 920 four county kings.

Of course, only the feudal princes are eligible to participate in this clan meeting, otherwise, the Wenhua Palace probably won't be able to stand up.

The vassal kings of Ming Dynasty, according to the meaning of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, were to enfeoff all over the country and have military power, which was similar to the vassal kings from the Western Han Dynasty.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was in power, he was not afraid of his sons rebelling, and it didn't matter.But when his grandson Emperor Jianwen came to the throne, he was afraid.Because most of those uncles and vassal kings followed his grandfather to conquer the world.It is not an exaggeration to say that the soldiers are well-equipped with food, but he himself is only succeeding in the legal system, and he can't hold down those uncles at all.

There is also an example of the chaos of the seven vassals in the Western Han Dynasty. The officials of the Ming Dynasty also supported the cutting of the vassals, so a Chengzu was cut out, and Emperor Jianwen himself lost his throne and his whereabouts are unknown;
After Zhu Di came to power, he was rude to other vassal kings. It was also for this reason that the suzerainty system of the Ming Dynasty was finally formed: enfeoffment but not tin soil, nobility but not the people, food and salary but not governance.It is also commonly known as the pen ban as pigs.There is no shortage of glory and wealth, but they can only stay in their own palace, and it is difficult to even go out to worship their ancestors.

The suzerainty and vassal system of the Ming Dynasty, during the time of Ming Shenzong, because the clan had multiplied too much, the age and salary were reduced and inheritance was restricted.There have been some restrictions on titles at all levels, such as vassal kings, county kings, town generals, etc., but generally speaking, the big system remains unchanged. The clan issue is still one of the biggest problems in the Ming Dynasty!

Finally, in the Chongzhen Dynasty, the suzerain-vassal system underwent fundamental changes.

At the beginning, the king of Tang named Dongwu, and the lineage of the king of Tang moved to the new Tang country.From then on, he possessed military and political power and became a real vassal king again.As for Daming itself, from then on, the imperial court did not have to pay the salary of Tang Wang's family, and Tang Wang was responsible for his own profits and losses.Moreover, the fiefdoms of the Tang King in the country, etc., will no longer belong to the Tang King after the auction, which is equivalent to packing up and throwing all the rights and obligations of the Tang King in the country to Dongwu.

For the Daming vassal, this is of course risky.First, when enfeoffment is sent abroad, the first thing to do is to take it down, right?What if the money is exhausted and you can't get it down?
But this problem, at least for the first three vassal kings, Emperor Chongzhen arranged for them to guarantee that the vassal kings would be able to take over. If the vassal kings did not have enough money, the court could subsidize them, and the future income of the vassal kings could be mortgaged.

Second, for the feudal kings to be conferred overseas, it is a place where nothing is shit, at least not as rich as Ming Dynasty. For some feudal kings, such a situation is not happy.

However, judging from the examples of the previous three vassal kings, Emperor Chongzhen also allowed the vassal kings to take away as many Ming people as they wanted, including civil servants and generals, as long as they were willing to go with the vassal kings.Not only that, but also vigorously support the construction of the vassal state, give it planning, mortgage loans, encourage domestic merchants to go to the vassal state to exchange needs, and even send troops to garrison some more dangerous places, such as places adjacent to neighboring countries, or near the sea The place is governed by the imperial court to resist risks.

Judging from the current situation, Emperor Chongzhen attached great importance to, supported and showed great sincerity in the feudal overseas feudal affairs of the vassal kings.It is for this reason that the vassal kings who have nothing to do every day and can only stay in their vassal palaces are moved.

Even if there are individuals who are still willing to eat and wait to die, but the clan of his lineage is not willing.In the imperial clan of the Ming Dynasty, not only the vassal kings were kept in captivity, but other county kings, Zhen Guo, Fu Guo, and Feng Guo generals, as well as Zhen Guo, Fu Guo, and Feng Guo lieutenants, were not allowed to participate in the industry of the four peoples (that is, scholars, farmers, businessmen).In this way, for the county king and the general, they might still be able to live a comfortable life, but for those lieutenants, it would be miserable.

The clan has too many people, and it is not enough to use all the tax revenue for one year to pay the clan's salary. Therefore, the imperial court simply finds various excuses to default on the arrears, and even refuses to register you as a member of the clan, and they cannot participate in it. Scholars, farmers, businessmen, etc., have no source of income, which is miserable, and some live worse than beggars.

Especially Lieutenant Fengguo, according to the law of the imperial court, the sons of Lieutenant Fengguo are all named Lieutenant Fengguo, that is, all the sons of Lieutenant Fengguo are hereditary Lieutenant Fengguo, regardless of the eldest son or remaining son. It's hard.

Although in the Jiajing period, the policy on them was relaxed, and they could participate in scholars, agriculture, industry and commerce under certain conditions, but their foundation was too poor, and it was difficult to compete with others, and their lives were still very hard.

So, when they heard that the imperial court's clan policy had changed dramatically and that they could go to the vassal state, naturally they would not live such a hard life again, at least they could be a small official, right?No matter how bad it is, you can still engage in a legitimate job, right?Therefore, they are the most supportive of the latest feudal overseas policy of the imperial court.

If the vassal kings of their own lineage are not active in the feudal overseas affairs, or even don’t want to be sealed outside, they will go to the vassal prince’s mansion to make a fuss, cry, make trouble, and hang themselves. The descendants of the family can fill the vassal mansion.

For such a situation, the local officials of Daming naturally connive on purpose.Your feudal lord does not want to be feudal overseas, and your life will be difficult!
As for those vassal kings who were more active in overseas feudalism, the clans of his line were not idle, and naturally began to actively prepare for overseas feudalism.Manpower, material resources, financial resources and so on have all started to plan.In many places where the feudal prince's mansion is located, they spontaneously go to win over the folks in the village and tempt them to go to the feudal kingdom together.

It was against this background that the first large-scale clan meeting of feudal kings in the Ming Dynasty was held in the Wenhua Hall in the Forbidden City of the capital.

To everyone's surprise, King Tang, King Fu, and King Yi were also present.

Of the three vassal kings, King Tang has been a vassal for about two years, King Fu has just been a vassal for a few months, and King Yi has not even gone to his fief Luzon; Three states, with three mentalities, it is a good consultation object for the rest of the unenfeoffed vassal kings.

Therefore, at this vassal clan meeting, Emperor Chongzhen did not make a long speech, Wen Tiren and Cao Huachun were just spectators, and the protagonists became King Tang, King Fu and King Yi.The three of them will talk about their experience of being a vassal overseas, and then other vassal kings can ask these three vassal kings if they have any questions.

It can be said that this time the vassal king's clan meeting was very enthusiastic.

At the beginning, the vassal kings of various places still had restraint, but later on, the three vassal kings were all surrounded to death by other vassal kings. If you talk to each other, you have to deal with at least ten mouths with one mouth. A vassal is in pain and happiness.

If it weren't for Fan Overseas, there would never be such a popular time!
Of course, Emperor Chongzhen also explained in advance that the three vassal kings would naturally not say something bad about the vassal under the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, otherwise, Emperor Chongzhen would have many ways to make his vassals wear small shoes every minute .

(End of this chapter)