Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Zhu Changhao was carried out by two guards.The atmosphere in Qianqing Palace immediately became tense.Zhu Youxiao felt that he should cut through the mess quickly, pointing to Duan Wang Zhu Changhao and Hui Wang Zhu Changrun, and motioned everyone to look at these two brothers of Guangzong.

"Uncle Duan Wang and Uncle Hui Wang had resentment towards the late emperor's grandfather when they entered the feudal domain, thinking that the fiefdoms given to them were not as good as abolishing King Fu. I think they are the sons and daughters of Shenzong, and they will be demoted to county kings according to the law, and the fiefdoms will be cancelled. Now you They all harbored resentment toward the late emperor’s grandfather, thinking that they did not favor you as much as Prince Lu and Prince Fu’s, but look at these crimes for yourself, which palace’s crimes are not too numerous to write down?!

Anyone who thinks that there are false accusations of these crimes, or that local officials and censors have wronged you, please stand up and explain. "

Zhu Youxiao glanced around and saw that no one was chewing on the kneeling kings in Qianqing Palace.

"Then you have pleaded guilty?"

The vassal kings who were kneeling all over the Qianqing Palace, if they don't understand that it is a trap for the new king to ask them to come to Beijing to guard the spirit of the late emperor, then they are too idiots.

But plead not guilty?Those are all things that the respective palaces have done by themselves.

No one took the lead to speak, neither admitted nor denied, just waited to see what the emperor said next.

In the death-like silence, Zhu Youxiao glanced at these feudal lords condescendingly, and said in a deep voice: "I'll give you a few options, one is to excommunicate the prince and judge the crime, and the one that should be beheaded is to be beheaded. This is fine wine. The other is to take the initiative Donated all the property of the palace to forgive the crime. Of course, I will give your eldest son and eldest son the title of General Zhenguo, and I will allow you to die."

Lu Wang Zhu Shouhong raised his head and said loudly: "The title granted by the Tai/Zu is hereditary and will not be lowered. Even if we are guilty, the title should be inherited by the prince's descendants."

"The Tai/ancestor sealed the country for 25 years, is there no one who expelled the country?"

Zhu Youxiao got annoyed after saying a word.

"I have a good talk with you, you bring out your ancestor/ancestor to argue with me. Not only does your country of Lu have Yongye Tian, ​​it is enough for the palace to eat. When your father was alive, he was quite filial and donated the income from the fields and lakes of the Lu palace. , Support the poor people. And turn down the customary salary given by the imperial court, and subsidize the poor clan. When my emperor's grandfather was alive, he gave the seal letter to Jialuoer's father seven times.

Now that you inherit the throne from Brother Nai, not only did you not inherit the good deeds of King Lu Gong, but you also invaded the fields of the common people and accumulated food and grass for 20 years. Do you want to rebel?

I don't want to expose your unethical and reckless behavior in Lu State for many years. I want to leave a little incense for you in Lu State. Since you don't know how to flatter, come here, and first send King Lu to prison for a thorough interrogation. "

The king of Lu was able to inherit the king's title because he had cut off the incense. When he saw the emperor turned his face, he framed him for rebellion, and immediately called Zhuang Tianqu.

"Your Majesty, I have no son so far, so who did I conspire against?"

Zhu Youxiao sneered and said: "You say that childlessness is evidence that you can't rebel. Then I just ask you how many masters there are in King Lu's mansion. Is it because the income from the feudal land is not enough for you to chew on, or is the routine given to you by the court not enough?" Your expenses? Why did King Lu Gong raise enough food and drink for so many of your brothers when he was alive, but why is it not enough for you to have no children?

You tell me why you want to snatch fertile land and accumulate food and grass regardless of your care? "

Zhu Shouhong, the King of Lu, was red-faced and could not argue. He changed from King Changde to Queen Lu and has never had a child.Because the Taoist said that his father had done a lot of good deeds, which led to the few brothers' heirs being poor or even extinct, he was determined to keep pace with other vassal kings with rich heirs.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhu Youxiao continued to tease him.

"In the past, Chengzu's army was not moved, and the food and grass were still going ahead. You neither sympathize with the difficulty of the imperial court in fighting against the slaves, but also harbor resentment towards the late emperor. Any crime is enough to get rid of the vassal."

This is really nothing to blame.

Zhang Wenda never thought that the emperor could act like this.But for these villainous princes, he didn't want to stand up to the emperor, because the emperor gave them the choice of the general of the country.

——Charge them for treason, ask them to take the initiative to admit that they have changed from kings to generals, and hand over the wealth they have accumulated over the past dynasties.It is still possible to remove the feudal clan in this way, and the courtiers standing in the Qianqing Palace are dumbfounded.

No wonder the emperor called out all the guards of the royal palace with the reason of Saar Hu's loss of soldiers and generals, and conveniently filled in some of the eunuchs who were eliminated.

This is to cut off the way out first, so that these princes and counties are unwilling, but without the guards, it is impossible to follow the example of "Jing Nan"!

Zhu Shouhong, the King of Lu, had no choice but to say loudly: "My father has done a lot of good deeds, so that our brothers' offspring are not rich or extinct. Your Majesty looks at Dai Wang's mansion, and he only takes pleasure in hammering people's heads. The heirs in his mansion Not yet. King Duanshun still has seventy sons."

Zhang Wenda was afraid that Zhu Youxiao would not be able to speak, so he took a step forward. Before he could speak, Zhu Youxiao said, "King Duanshun is famous for his virtuous and filial piety, and he has been awarded by the emperor several times. You are also a man if you have a son at seventy." Remember to do good deeds. Your father has more than ten years, and this is also the reason. You have no children, and you said that you want to accumulate virtue and do good deeds, but it is simply absurd to think of it as evil."

Seeing that King Lu was forced by the emperor to have nowhere to retreat, King Zhou stood up and persuaded him, thinking that he would end up in the same way, "Anyway, you have no children, so you might as well accept what the emperor said and let your brother inherit the title."

King Lu glared at King Zhou.

"What good can you get? Don't you want to surrender the throne?"

The King of Zhou smiled miserably, "Do you think any of us here can escape? Accept your fate, and there is still a general who will guard the country for his descendants. Tai/zu."

Following King Zhou's cry of Tai/Zu, the Qianqing Palace suddenly burst into mourning, and everyone began to howl for Tai/Zu.

Zhu Youxiao spent all his free time, took Fang Zhenghua's new tea and sipped it slowly, as if he was watching a play.It's a pity that although the imperial decree was issued, only these 100 vassal kings came in the end, and there were about [-] county kings who refused to enter Beijing for various reasons.

Hmph, in retrospect, on the basis of those impeachments and illegalities, I added a charge of disrespect to the late emperor and revoked the title.

Those who cry on their knees cannot resist sitting down and drinking tea.Within a quarter of an hour, the crying in the Qianqing palace became smaller and smaller, and gradually quieted down.

The prince, who refused to accept the punishment, began to beg for mercy in various ways, all in all, he did not want to be expelled.

Zhu Youxiao said: "You don't need to cry poorly with me, saying that you invaded the people's land because you didn't have enough money. At the beginning of Taizu, there were only 25 princes, and there were only 49 princes and generals at the beginning of the first seal, and there were only 58 people in the clan. , During the Yongle period, there were 120 seven people.

The title distribution and salary set by the Tai/Zu at that time were affordable by the imperial court.But look at the present, there was only one king of Zhou in Henan during the Hongwu period, but in the Wanli period, there were more than 5000 descendants of the royal family... All the tax revenue in Henan province is not enough to support the descendants of the king of Zhou .

Not only in Henan, but also in Shaanxi, Shanxi and other provinces?If the number of people in your sect is paid according to the salary set by the Tai/zu, can the imperial court pay it?ah?

Are you still crying poor with me?There is only so much arable land in Daming, and the annual output of the land is only so much, which is countless.Tell me, which province's tax revenue should be used to pay for King Zhou?Hunan?Shaanxi?Or from Hubei? "

In any province, after more than 200 years, the feudal vassals have multiplied a lot of people.Speaking of the clan's population being too large, the court could not afford it, and all the vassal kings refused to answer.The land of Daming is so big, in the past, as long as you cry and be poor with the emperor, you can get a little bit of money, but the emperor has uncovered the bottom line, how can people answer the conversation!

And this crying poor also caused a catastrophe.If I had known it was like this, I would have been bored in the palace and couldn't come out.

Zhu Youxiao paused for a while, then took another look around, and Fang continued: "Now the clan population on the Royal Jade Butterfly has exceeded [-], and the Ming Dynasty cannot afford so many royal families.

Taizu divided the sons according to the folk family division model, but there was no reason for the divided sons to give birth to them, and then come back to the main branch to continue the division.Do you think so?

How about you do the math, how many lifetimes have you been with me?Is there anyone who hasn't released the fifth server?Do you still have the qualification to share Daming's annual income with me?

I will tell you today, it doesn't matter if you don't want to get rid of the feudal clan, I have prepared the best solution for you here.

Since it was the Taizu who sealed off the country according to the folk division of family and property, if you don't want to get rid of the country, it's easy.For example, those from King Qin's family will eat from King Qin's Yongye Field from now on, and I have nothing to do with how much they are born.All the county kings and other noble titles assigned by the King Qin's line are provided for the state of Qin entrusted by the Taizu, and I can also give them according to the prince's salary set by the Taizu. "

This method proposed by Zhu Youxiao, not to mention the king of Qin who was cited as an example, all the princes were dumbfounded.

This is more embarrassing for those who have the title of prince than the proposal to be demoted to the general of the country just now. How can the main branch be willing to let everyone in the clan go to seal the country to eat themselves? The standard of living is worse than that of the general of the country. Woolen cloth.

Those with the title of county king are even more reluctant to return to the original prince's fiefdom.After more than 200 years, who still recognizes relatives.It is better to have the salary of a town general than nothing at all.

"I've told you everything I need to say. Now the world can't afford to support the descendants of the Zhu family. I don't want the people of Ming Dynasty to rebel because they can't afford food. You can sign my name today and decide which one to choose. "

The author has something to say: the Ming Dynasty had a total of 63 real princes, 33 posthumous princes, [-] princes were abolished or removed due to incidents, and [-] princes were removed due to extinction of heirs.By the end of the Chongzhen Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, there were a total of [-] princes.

From the prince down, there is no food and rent tax, but the yearly salary and rice.

In the Ming Dynasty, 624 county kings were conferred successively by the princes' mansions, among which 15 county kings were granted in Qin's mansion (another 1 county king in Southern Ming Dynasty), 28 in Jin's mansion, 1 in Yan's mansion (later promoted to prince), and 75 in Zhou's mansion. County kings, 20 county kings in the Chu government (1 king in the Southern Ming Dynasty), 3 county kings in the Qi government (all abolished as commoners), 23 county kings in the Lu government, 21 county kings in the Shu government, and 29 county kings in the Dai government King, 10 county kings in Sufu, 24 county kings in Liaofu, 20 county kings in Qingfu, 11 county kings in Ningfu, 27 county kings in Minfu, and 1 county king in Gufu (later abolished as a commoner) , the Han Mansion granted 36 county kings, the Shen Mansion granted 28 county kings, the Tang Mansion granted 19 county kings, the Yi Mansion granted 8 county kings, the Han Mansion granted 8 county kings (they were all abolished as commoners), and the Zhao Mansion granted 17 county kings 15 county kings were awarded to Zhengfu, 13 county kings were granted to Xiangfu, 14 county kings were granted to Jingfu, 17 county kings were granted to Huaifu, 19 county kings were granted to Defu, 7 county kings were granted to Chongfu, and 7 county kings were granted to Jifu. Huai Mansion was granted 17 county kings, Hui Mansion was granted 24 county kings, Yi Mansion was granted 40 county kings, Heng Mansion was granted 14 county kings, Rong Mansion was granted 8 county kings, Lu Mansion was granted 1 county king, Fu Fu was granted 2 county kings, Gui The government granted 2 county kings.Tan, Xiang, An, Ying, Liang, Xiu, Xing, Qi, Yong, Shou, Ru, Jing, Jing, Rui, Hui and other prefectures were only handed down to one generation, and they were not divided into county kings.