Chapter 48: The State of the Dynasty
Zhu Zhi finally got his wish and left the Qianqing Palace, but when he left, his salary had been advanced to the 20th year of Jianwen.
"It is estimated that the palace of Prince Liao will not be peaceful these days."
After sending away Zhu Zhi, who looked sad, only Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Di's uncle and nephew were left in the Qianqing Palace. The latter poured two cups of tea and became happy. "My sister-in-law is afraid that she will have trouble with brother Zhi for ten days, haha. .This game invented by His Majesty is really interesting, Landlord, this is the name."
The emperor is so determined to attack the privileges of aristocratic families that he even invents a game called Landlords. The name is so straightforward.
"His salary is not enough for me to live between my teeth."
Zhu Zhi's one hundred thousand taels sounds like a lot of money at first glance. In fact, it is enough to provide three battalions with 10,000 new troops for one year without changing their uniforms.
Who can compare with you? Zhu Di smiled and shook his head, "In a few years, the clan's annual salary will be cancelled, and the King of Liao will default on it."
Zhu Yunwen fell silent. Zhu Di knew about the vassal reduction, but Zhu Di would not tell the other princes, because Zhu Di knew in his heart that even if those vassal princes knew about it, what could they do? Those vassal princes together could not shake Zhu Yunwen's throne. , I am just trying to add some trouble to Zhu Yunwen, but if Zhu Di dares to speak out, the lives of his whole family will be lost.
"I still have some private property here."
Zhu Yunwen drank tea and said, "When grandpa was alive, he eliminated more than half of the officials in the world. Although most of their land was distributed to the people, the imperial property still has nearly one million acres, which are all in Southern Zhili and Zhejiang. I plan to sell all the paddy fields."
The best paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River can be sold for fifty taels per acre. One million acres is the national tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty in the past two years.
"If the land is sold, what will happen to the expenses of His Majesty's palace in the future?"
The treasury is said to be the private property of the emperor alone, but after all, a country is a country and a family is a family. The expenses and purchases of the emperor's family in the palace have always been paid by the treasury in the palace. The sources of the royal family's income include confiscation and confiscation. This is the annual output of the imperial land.
"I said that one day in the future, all wealthy and powerful families will have to pay taxes."
Zhu Yunwen smiled and said, "In the same way, my one million acres of imperial property must also pay taxes. From my time on, every inch of land in the Ming Dynasty cannot have the privilege of not paying taxes. As the emperor, I pay taxes for myself. I guess everyone in the world doesn’t believe it either, so just save yourself the trouble and sell it.”
As the emperor, he took the lead in paying taxes. Zhu Di's face twitched when he heard this. What kind of thing was in his nephew's mind? Why did Zhu Yunwen hold back and turn the country upside down after Taizu finally conquered it?
"Do you know why I'm asking you to play cards these days?"
Zhu Yunwen took out the big and small kings from the cards and handed the little king to Zhu Di, "Why does Uncle Liao keep losing and we two keep winning?"
Zhu Di looked at the clown in his hand. "Because the King of Liao has always liked to be a landlord and has a big appetite. He wants to eat both of our families together."
"Uncle King Liao has three more cards than us, just like the landlord has a few more acres of land than the poor. The landlord has a big appetite and always wants to eat up all the land of the poor. The poor will resist. If one family cannot defeat the landlord, plus The previous one is enough.
I am the biggest landlord in the world. If I don’t kill myself, one day in the future, some people will unite to fight against me, the landlord. I can defeat one or two, but I cannot defeat everyone in the world."
Zhu Yunwen smiled and pointed at the big king in his hand, "I am like this big king, the biggest among the cards. The clan members are like the little kings. Except for me, the biggest one, but if the four little bastards unite, they can win over me and
The fate of the clan can only be saved if the king and the king are together, think in one direction, and exert their efforts in one direction, otherwise, they will be just like the clown in this card, ridiculous."
Zhu Di fell silent. Zhu Yunwen's words were vulgar and easy to understand, but he just couldn't figure out why Zhu Yunwen always had a sense of urgency that the country's destruction was just around the corner. The Ming Dynasty was in a prosperous state, and everyone from all over the world bowed to him, even though there was scabies in the southwest.
, but that’s just because the Ming Dynasty has no intention of conquering now. Otherwise, all the way out of Yunnan and all the way by sea, a million troops would be enough to flatten that tiny land.
"Your Majesty, you are a little too sensitive in your heart." Zhu Di held his hand, "Since ancient times, scholars have not paid for food and have not served in the military. This has been true for thousands of years since the Han Dynasty. Only then could there be the rule of the sages Wenjing and Zhenguan. This law was abolished.
How can the world be governed if a noble family is separated from one another and no one is willing to serve as an official?"
"The rule of Wenjing? The rule of Zhenguan?" Zhu Yunwen smiled disdainfully, "Does the Han and Tang Dynasties mentioned by my fourth uncle still exist today?"
The world has been surnamed Zhudu for thirty-two years. The Han and Tang empires, which were extremely powerful in the past, can only be remembered from the lines in the history books.
"Since the Han Dynasty, scholars have not paid food or served in the military. Didn't my fourth uncle realize that because of this, the threat from foreign races to China has become greater and greater?"
Zhu Yunwen clapped his fingers and said, "Qin established the country with strict laws and torture. No one could surpass the national laws, and the country perished because of it. Qin fell and the whole world competed, but the loss of the country's vitality was not great. It was just a change of emperor. Since the Han Dynasty,
, every time there is a change of dynasty, it must be a time when the country's national strength has been exhausted to the point of exhaustion. At this time, foreigners often take advantage of the situation and massacre our Chinese people.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, during the Three Kingdoms period, Xianbei and Wuhuan lived in Hetao. In the Northern Territory, the Three Kingdoms returned to the Jin Dynasty, and the Five Husbands disrupted China. Our Chinese people were reduced to two-legged sheep. Every time I saw the cruelty and humiliation they suffered, I felt like a knife was twisting my heart.
, tears fell like rain.
It was easy to survive the unification of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the vitality gradually recovered. First, Huangchao rebelled, and the vassal towns were separatist. Later, the Khitan rose up and occupied our land in Hebei, China, and Dangxiang occupied our northwest. The country and land left by our ancestors were handed over to thieves.
hand.
The Jurchen Jin people gave our nation the shame of peace. The weak Song Dynasty settled in the south of the Yangtze River, but still did not escape the Mongols' iron hoofs. They jumped from cliffs to the sea. It is tragic and heroic. The whole province of Sichuan was almost slaughtered, and the land north of the Yangtze River was empty of ten houses.
Nationalities and people, there is not even one in a hundred!
God will not destroy our nation. Grandpa carries the destiny of heaven and conquers the Tartars in the north. He reorganizes the mountains and rivers and restores my clothes. Only then can we have today. You and I, my uncle and nephew, can live and talk in peace in this Qianqing Palace. The ancients said that when we live in peace, we should be prepared for danger. I will not change today.
, after death in the future, will I see my children and grandchildren in heaven, and will they be bullied by foreign races again?"
Zhu Di was stunned, and when he thought about it carefully, it turned out that all dynasties were exactly as Zhu Yunwen said. Since the Han Dynasty, when dynasties changed, the country's national power must have been exhausted.
The evolution of the Sui and Tang Dynasties and the change of dynasties were relatively smooth. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty forced the world's aristocratic families to rebel, instead of forcing the people of the world to rebel. When Li and Tang Dynasties were established, the national power quickly recovered. By the Zhenguan year, the Tang Dynasty was prosperous, unlike the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
After decades of strife in the world, nearly 60 million Han people waited until the Three Kingdoms returned to Jin, and only 9 million were left!
"I don't care who will sit in this kingdom, as long as they are the children of my Han family."
Zhu Yunwen smiled nonchalantly, "Dynasties can be changed, but the country cannot be destroyed! I, the children of China, cannot be slaves to the subjugation of the country!"
Without the aristocratic family, the world will be fed by one, and the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty can last for at least a few hundred years. However, there will be a foolish emperor in the middle, and the anger of the people will be nothing more than the revolting people, the mutinous soldiers entered Nanjing and became the emperor. The person on the chair in Fengtian Hall
, or Han Chinese.
I would rather be a domestic slave than an outsider!
Earlier, Zhu Yunwen asked the ministers in the Wenhua Palace what a country and a dynasty meant. This is what it means. The country is China, the country of the Han people in the world, and the dynasty is just the dynasty of Zhu Ming's family.
The country includes the DPRK, but the DPRK cannot represent the country. When Zhu Yunwen asked this question, the group of people understood the meaning of it, and they still did not understand Zhu Yunwen's intentions.
"Your Majesty's mind is as vast as the heaven and the earth, and the four seas cannot fill it up. I am sincerely convinced!"
"I cannot come to this world in vain."
No one understands Zhu Yunwen's words except himself, "I am also a common man, and I also want to be a king of peace for decades. I can choose concubines in the world, indulge in sex, and enjoy the pleasure of dogs and horses. I also yearn for it. However, there are many people who suffer in the world.
, Mongolia in northern Xinjiang is also watching with eager eyes. If the people are not rich, the country will not be strong. How can I bring peace to all countries? Today, my fourth uncle knows my heart and is willing to help me. On behalf of the people of the world, I would like to thank my fourth uncle."
Seeing Zhu Yunwen stand up and bow, Zhu Di hurriedly knelt down and grabbed the ground with his head, "My lifelong wish is that the Ming Dynasty will last forever, that the sun, moon, mountains and rivers will last forever, and that the Ming Dynasty will last forever!"
Zhu Yunwen helped him up, "I am not a cold and cold king, how can I ignore the feelings of my flesh and blood. I sell the imperial property to make way for my clan members. Those who can govern are all in the imperial court. Those who are good at spending will sell the imperial property for two taels of silver."
, the imperial merchants can be set up, and the sea ban will be reopened during the holidays. There are many blessed and wealthy places overseas. I will use my financial resources and navy to help, and I will be rewarded generously. The clan can keep 70% of it and inherit it from generation to generation, which is enough to extend to the descendants."
Speaking of this, Zhu Yunwen also mentioned Zhu Gaochi, "My younger brother Gaochi has grown up with me since he was a child. My grandfather also often taught state affairs during his lifetime. I have watched Gaochi and he has a lot of experience in managing politics. After all, I am a man with a foreign surname.
If you don’t believe it, you can call me to Nanjing to accompany you in charge. Fourth uncle, I still say the same thing, you and I are one family after all, and the wealthy gentry from aristocratic families are the enemies of my Zhu family and the enemies of the people of the world!"
Chapter completed!