Prince of Chaos

Chapter 185

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's system said: I only think of the great virtue of Emperor Taizu, kissing the clan, enfeoffing the feudal vassals, and shielding the country. It has been 200 years. I think that the vassals and vassals are all my blood relatives and cannot be distant. Today, I specially appointed the crown prince Zhu Changluo as the patriarchal order of the patriarchal mansion, to act as an agent for the affairs of the patriarchal family, so as to be close to the hearts of all the vassals in the world. I admire you."

Emperor Wanli issued a decree on the second day after Zhu Changluo's crowning ceremony, and Zhu Changluo was the patriarchal order of the patriarchal mansion to act as the patriarch's affairs.

The Clan Mansion was set aside from the Ministry of Rites and restored to the standard of Emperor Taizu.

During the reign of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, the standards of the clan mansion were very high. The clan order was held by the second son of Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty, King Zhu Xi of Qin, Zuo Zongzheng was held by the third son of King Zhu of Jin, and King Taizu of Right was held by the fourth son of King Zhu Di of Yan (Ming Chengzu). , the Zuo Zongren was appointed by the fifth son Zhou Wang Zhu Wei, and the right Zongren was appointed by the sixth son Zhu Zhen, the Chu King.

Moreover, these positions are all set according to the official positions of Zhengyipin, which can be said to be prominent for a while.However, following Emperor Jianwen's policy of reducing the feudal vassal and Emperor Yongle's counterattack, the Clan Mansion lost its former glory and was directly stuffed into the Ministry of Rites by Emperor Yongle.

Today, the Clan Mansion has been sinking for 200 years, and now it is once again glowing with new vitality.

The yamen of the clan's mansion is still located in Dongjiaomin Lane, and it is a neighbor of the five mansions and six ministries.

However, it is unlikely that Zhu Changluo will work in the clan's mansion, so the only person in charge of the huge clan's mansion is Zhong Huamin, the prime minister.Since Zhu Changluo officially served as the patriarchal order, the current patriarchal mansion itself can no longer be under the Ministry of Rites, so Zhong Huamin's current position has also changed.

Originally, Zhong Huamin received the title of minister of the Ministry of Rites and served as the experience of the clan's mansion.

Now his ownership is no longer in the Ministry of Rites, so under Zhu Changluo's suggestion, the Clan Mansion newly established the post of Fucheng, which is a third-rank official position, and it happened that Zhong Huamin was "leveled" directly from the Ministry of Rites and became the number one in the Clan Mansion. Ren Fu Cheng.

Zhong Huamin's task now is also very simple.Zhu Changluo asked him to transfer all the officials and secretaries of the clan's mansion who were originally affiliated to the Ministry of Rites, and then they sorted out the latest roster of the clan's vassals.

Zhu Changluo wanted to know how many vassal princes and counties there are in Daming now.Now every time I count, I really have no idea.

Therefore, Zhong Huamin took a group of people and began to look up the imperial clan jade documents, and re-counted how many people were still in the clan.

And Zhu Changluo, who was the clan order, was not idle either. While studying the current "Clan Regulations", he was preparing to formulate new clan management methods.

Zhu Changluo read the thick "Clan Regulations" carefully, and Zhu Changluo found that Lao Zhu was really close to his descendants.

No wonder "History of the Ming Dynasty" commented on Lao Zhu's suzerainty system in this way: "At the beginning, the Taizu granted the suzerainty, so that everyone in the world would live on their annual salary, and they would not be appointed to serve, and the friendship between relatives and relatives was very strong."

Even Zhong Huamin said with emotion after reading these: "My kindness to my relatives can be said to be omnipotent, and its depth is far greater than that of previous generations."

The kindness to the prince is almost endless.

According to the Ming system, all the emperor's princes, except the crown prince, were named princes, awarded gold books and gold treasures, with a yearly salary of 3000 stones, and the government set up officials.There are as few as 9000 guards and as many as [-], and they belong to the Ministry of War.However, this line has existed in name only since Yongle, and no feudal lord can have so many guards.

The prince's crown dress, car flag and mansion are the first class under the emperor.When the princes and ministers saw the prince, they had to bow down and pay homage to him, and they did not dare to make a solemn ceremony.

The eldest son of the prince, when he is ten years old, will be granted a gold book and gold treasure, and will be established as the prince's son, and the eldest grandson will be established as the grandson, and the crown and clothing will be regarded as first-class.

When the prince and his sons were ten years old, they were awarded the gold and silver books and silver treasures, and they were named county kings.The county king's annual salary is two thousand stones.

The eldest son of the county king is the eldest son of the county king, and the eldest grandson is awarded the eldest grandson, and the crown is regarded as the second rank.The princes and sons of the county were awarded the general of the town (a salary of one thousand stones),
General Sun Fuguo (salary [-] shi), great-grandson General Fengguo (salary [-] shi), Lieutenant Sun Zhenguo [-]th (salary [-] shi), Lieutenant Sun Fuguo [-]th (salary [-] shi), the sixth and below are all lieutenants Fengguo (salary [-] shi) Salary two hundred shi).

And these are only the expenses of the prince and the descendants of the princes, not counting the expenses of the princess.

After seeing the payment of these salaries, Zhu Changluo really took a deep breath, this is too fierce.

Then, Zhu Changluo continued to look back, and when he saw that there were rewards for those who were convicted of crimes in the clan, Zhu Changluo became confused.

Even if you have money, you can't make it like this, let alone if you don't have money.

The clan of the Gejue was called "common people".During the Jiajing period, these "common people" could still receive Miliushi a month.Now it is reduced to two or one stone.

However, when Zhu Changluo saw the current clan size of 15 people, Zhu Changluo had a toothache again.

Where is this regulation restricting clan members?This regulation is obviously a welfare manual!

However, in actual execution, the clans below General Zhen Guo were actually miserable.

Because, the court's salary will only be distributed to the prince. After it is in the prince's hands, how the prince distributes it to the people below depends on the princes' mood.

Therefore, this gradually led to the estranged clan relatives, who were unable to engage in other industries due to the restrictions of the ancestral system, became free tenants of the prince, and their lives were worse than ordinary people.However, the imperial court also turned a blind eye to such a situation. After all, there were too many people and too much food was needed.The imperial court couldn't afford to support them either, so they had to let the princes do whatever they wanted.

"Zhongfu Cheng, what happened to the number of princes and vassals I asked you to count?"

Zhu Changluo asked Zhong Huamin to be called to the Ciqing Palace, and began to question Zhong Huamin.

After Zhong Huamin heard Zhu Changluo's inquiry, he immediately took out a compiled list from his pocket and presented it.

Zhong Huamin said: "Prince, I have compiled the list of vassal kings across the country. At present, there are 49 vassal kings and more than [-] county kings in the whole country."

After hearing this number, although Zhu Changluo was a little psychologically prepared, when he heard the 49 vassal kings and more than 900 county kings, Zhu Changluo couldn't help but want to boast about the fertility of the old Zhu family.

It's so fierce!
Especially when Zhu Changluo looked at the jade document, he saw Zhu Zhongyi, the king of Qingcheng, who was like a god. He actually gave birth to 94 people in his life!The annual salary of these 94 children has reached [-]% of Shanxi's annual financial income. It is conceivable that this is a terrifying number.

Later, in order to curb this terrible situation, Emperor Xiaozong of Ming Dynasty formulated a family planning regulation for the clan.

"In August of the fifth year of Hongzhi, the Ministry of Rites resumed the meeting, saying that the county king should not have more than four concubines, the generals should not have more than three, and the lieutenants should not have more than two. From this, it is an order."

This restriction is to let the clans who have nothing to do here not just think about taking concubines and having children, which is too heavy a burden on the country.

However, the implementation of this measure did not play much role.For example, after the death of Zhu Zhongyi, the fertility master, his dear eldest son Zhu Qizhen attacked King Qingcheng.This prince is even worse than his father.

According to the "History of the Ming Dynasty": "Wang Qizhen of Duan Shun, Zhengdezhong is virtuous and filial, and is rewarded with imperial edicts. He has 70 sons. At the beginning of Jiajing, Shangshu Wang Qiong heard about it in the court."

Think about it, one person gave birth to seventy sons, all of these seventy sons are generals of the country, with a salary of one thousand shi a year, and seventy sons are worth [-] shi. Who can afford such an ability? live!The key is that this prince is still "respectful and filial", this evaluation is really sad.

Therefore, the final financial pressure can only be borne by the imperial court and be responsible.

It can be said that killing people is not worth their lives!
(End of this chapter)