Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1188

Gao Wushi is the minister of military affairs. The emperor said he had something important to talk to him. He took it for granted that he wanted to talk about the imperial guards, so he nodded and said: "The ministers of the imperial guards have planned to report on the recent affairs of the imperial guards, but since the emperor In face-to-face interview, I think it is more convenient for you to explain in detail, I wonder if the emperor has any questions?"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yijun shook his head and said, "You are in charge of the Imperial Guard's affairs. I am very relieved. I want to talk about another thing - Zongfan's salary."

Gao Wushi was a little surprised, and what the emperor said was quite interesting.

He is now the minister of military affairs, and his main responsibility is to manage affairs related to the Beijing camp. Of course, he will occasionally manage some other affairs assigned by Liang Menglong in the Ministry of War, but in the final analysis, his duties are limited to the Ministry of War. It doesn't matter - unless one of the suzerains rebelled.

Zhu Yijun has been in power for three years, and he has gradually acquired the demeanor of a ruler in the world, and Gao Yushi is no longer the prince's companion or observer of politics. It is reasonable to say that Zhu Yijun should not seek him for matters that have nothing to do with his power.

This is just the first point of "interesting", there is also the second point.

The second point is that Zhu Yijun said that he was very relieved about the matter of the Imperial Guards-it is not surprising that he is relieved, but the expression of his words is strange.

According to the expression of his sentence, the reason for his reassurance is not that the matter of the Imperial Guard is easy to handle, but the person who handles it.From a semantic point of view, it is roughly "although the matter is big, but as long as you are in charge, it will be fine."

Isn't this a typical "you do things, I don't worry"?

Gao Wushi immediately said: "I am terrified."

Well, I still have to say something polite.

Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "Wait a minute." Then he stood up and walked towards Yu'an.

Gao Wu said honestly: I'm afraid there is a document to show me, but I don't know what it is?
Zhu Yijun rummaged through the imperial case, and quickly brought over a few memorials, but judging by the color and format, they should be the ones archived by the Supervisor of Ceremonies.He never looked like an emperor in front of Gao Yushi, so he casually threw those memorials on the wooden table by Gao Yushi's hand, and said, "Here, take a look first."

Gao pragmatically replied, "Yes."

I opened the memorial file at the top, and saw that it read "The Edict of [-]: King Renchang of Jingjiang, one thousand stones of lumi, and half of the original booklet. The system, system, official affiliation, etiquette, annual tribute, celebration and sacrifice, etc., can be compared with the prince.

He also aided Emperor Wen's imperial book, and asked for a thousand stones of lumi for his true color at the age of one year.The Ministry of Rites reconsidered, saying: Hongzhi 15 years ago, just like Wang Zuo, next year the county king's salary will be changed to the middle and half of the rice banknotes. In Jiajing 44, the suzerain vassal regulations were changed, and the county king's salary was divided into three parts and seven parts. , are all contained in the anecdote.However, it is a different matter for the king to be a special feudal official at the beginning of the country and to own a country alone. "

Gao Yushi's heart was moved, and he thought to himself: I remember this happened in the old days, right?
Then I looked at the archive time, and it really was four years in Wanli.Below is Zhu Yijun's Zhu Zhu Zhizhi: "Jingjiang Wang Lifan is remote, and he deserves to be treated generously. He has been given it since the 16th year of Hongzhi."

This matter is actually relatively simple. The general idea is that in the 44th year of Jiajing, the imperial court introduced the "Regulations on Suzerain and Vassal", which adjusted the salary ratio of the county king level (Note: This is a historical fact).This adjustment is compared to Hongzhi 15 years ago. Before that, the salary of the county king was the one thousand stones stipulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, but "half of the rice banknotes were also supported."

What is "half and half of rice banknotes"?It means that half is given to rice and half is given to Baochao.

However, there is an important point here, that is, rice is the permanent hard currency of agricultural countries, and the Daming banknotes... have begun to depreciate since the time of Zhu Yuanzhang, and they have long been worthless by the 15th year of Hongzhi.

In other words, at that time, the "half of the rice banknotes were also supported" meant that King Jingjiang's salary was actually only [-] shimi and a pile of Daming banknotes that were not much better than waste paper.

As a result, in the 44th year of Jiajing, the situation deteriorated further.Because according to the "Regulations of Suzerain and Vassal" introduced that year, King Jingjiang, as the king of the county, can only get three cents of rice, and the remaining seven cents are all Daming treasures.

This is very cheating, not only is there another two hundred shimmi missing, but also the Daming treasure banknotes in Jiajing's 44th year are more rubbish than Hongzhi's 15th, and can be directly compared with waste paper.

So King Jingjiang was not convinced, and Shangshu asked for a "revision", that is, a revision.He was not making trouble out of reason, because King Jingjiang belonged to the early state. Although he was at the level of county king at that time, there were clear regulations. Learn to compare with the prince."

So King Jingjiang thinks that even though he is a county king, his salary should be the same as the prince's - I am the same as the prince except for my title, including the same level of tribute, so why is my salary different?

This memorial is related to the Ministry of Rites, so it was sent to the Ministry of Rites for discussion.As a result, the Ministry of Rites naturally chose He Xini, and the general idea of ​​the Ministry of Fu was "You are indeed different from ordinary county kings, but after all, you are still the county king, so let's make a compromise, and the ratio of your salary to the prince will be [-] to [-]." There you go: quarters, six cents."

However, although the Ministry of Rites was on good terms with each other, Zhu Yijun—in fact, strictly speaking, it should have been decided by Gao Gong at the time—did not make good friends.So the imperial decree came down: according to the 15 and a half years of Hongzhi.

In the 15th year of Hongzhi, that is half and half.King Jingjiang can breathe a sigh of relief.

Gao Yushi only knew about this incident back then, but he didn't pay much attention to it, because at that time, it was nothing more than a trivial matter with a difference of two hundred shi meters, and such a small amount of money was hardly considered money in Gao Yushi's eyes.

But looking back now, Gao Gong’s decision at the time may have been based on two considerations: one was to help the emperor establish a benevolent image, and there is no need to explain the reason;
Secondly, under his reforms, the imperial court's revenue is increasing year by year, so he probably didn't take the two hundred shimi as a big deal.What's more, according to the method of the Ministry of Rites, it is equivalent to the imperial court caring about a mere hundred stones, which is too shameful!You must know that the situation of King Jingjiang itself is a special case, and other vassals cannot cite the example of King Jingjiang as an example.

However, Gao Wushi also knew that now that Zhu Yijun had found out such an early archive and showed it to himself, it was obviously not to reverse the case of the one hundred stone or two hundred stone incident, but it should have something to do with the memorial later.

So he didn't say much, but continued to read the next archive.

It is recorded in this archive: "All the etiquette departments gave Lin Jingyang a word in the matter: "Zong and Vassal Regulations" was established by Sejong, and there are similarities and differences in the successive profits and losses. There are those who did not discuss the ruling in the past and now judge it, just like the prince chooses to marry a concubine. It is also true for concubines and concubines to ask for marriage allowances. There are those who did not agree with each other in the past, and those who do now, such as the succession of the eldest son's wife, and the quasi-appointment of the general's birth mother. It is also true that the number of years he has expired has gradually increased, and his name has been crowned. Bringing more and more benefits. To assist the country and advance to the prince's respect, to cross the customs and not to be banned by the third class, and so on, and so on. I have heard recently that the indiscriminate birth is the right reward, and the other birth is the top compensation. The Zongdi, who pretends to be a marriage without authorization, calls it a ritual marriage, the origin of which is unclear, and the name is proliferating. It should be ordered by the Ministry of Rites to discuss the request in detail and write it as a decree. The ministry can report back."

Gao Wushi's heart moved, and he roughly guessed what Zhu Yijun was going to say.

The specific matters mentioned in this archive do not need to be elaborated (mainly because I am afraid that you will talk too much about me), but its connotation is very simple: the imperial court began to notice a large increase in the clan population, so some people began to demand strict investigation.

What are you looking for?Check whether some low-level clans that should not have been canonized are indiscriminate.

What was the result of this incident?It is "departmental repayment is allowed."

That is to say, the Ministry of Rites thought it was reasonable, so it reported to the emperor, and the emperor agreed.

This means that the emperor also felt that the population of the clan was growing too fast, which was completely wrong, so he couldn't do it without checking.

Gao Wushi looked at it, and found that this memorial was dated to the fifth year of Wanli.He remained silent and continued to open the third file.

This archive is relatively long, and it is written like this: "Shen Wang Tianyan asked for the seal of his concubine's fifth son, but it is not allowed. It is still an order.

First of all, Gu Jiusi and other questions in Zuoji Shizhong of the department of rites: Ministry discussion, investigation of the regulations of the vassal clan, the prince of the county is appointed as the prince, and the prince of the county is not allowed to make up for it.In the future, the sons of the next generation will inherit the prince, and the second son and concubine will only be entrusted with the same title in each generation, and the next generation will receive the same official position.

In addition, in the second year of Wanli, the Ministry of Rites approved: In the future, although the regulations of the princes and nephews were before, the princes will be enshrined from the younger brothers and nephews, and then the concubines and concubines will be granted to the princes, except for those who have already been sealed. It is very clear that when you wait for an official position, you must not use the previous example indiscriminately.

Today, the father of Tianxuan, King Xian, used to be the nephew of King Shen Gong, King Huai, and then his cousin, Prince Gong, was extinct, and King Lingchuan was named Prince.He is the fifth son of Tian Yu, and the law is based on the example that the king's successor can not inherit the title of county title.Therefore, Juanyu should not be granted the title of King Shen today, so the beggar was granted the title by his younger brother Tian Zhuo during the Jiajing period.Zhenkang Wang Tianxuan was granted the title of King of Anqing, his son Pian Tan was granted the title of King of Baoding, and X (the handwriting is difficult to read here) was granted the title of King of Dehua in the sixth year of Longqing.

I don't know the rules and regulations, but those who were sealed in the Longqing year mean that they should be reformed as fake titles after the rules, and they should be close to the rules.It is clear that it is not possible to covet the Junjue again.

As far as this king claims to be his descendants, the so-called relatives refer to his brothers and nephews.If King Xian and King Gong are nephews and grand-nephews, they will be tested by their subordinates, and they will wait with their nephews and then their younger brothers.For those who can continue to enter the feudal family, the hereditary inheritance of descendants is enough, how can we ask for more?It is advisable to ask Du Saiqi to publish a statement that only the younger brothers, nephews and nephews who are sealed before the regulations, the children, grandchildren, and aunts will inherit the title as usual.As an example, although those who came later into the feudal family belonged to the relative branch and the subordinate branch, none of the second sons and concubines were allowed to be granted the feudal title. "

The original play of this archive is from June of the seventh year of Wanli, and it is about Shen Wang Tianxuan asking for a seal for his concubine's fifth son.And the meaning of the emperor is also very clear: not allowed.Still in order.

The following records are all about the Ministry of Rites explaining the question of "Why not?" This is too complicated and involves a lot of vassals that I have never heard of, so I don't need to go into details.

Gao Wushi didn't care about which prince's son took up what position, or that the court rejected his request to take over the title, etc.

What he cares about is the movement behind this memorial.

The trend is actually very simple: the imperial court is strictly examining the issue of Xifeng, but the reason given is still from the "legality of Xifeng".

Gao Yushi still did not speak, and continued to read the next book.

"Ritual Division Zuoge Shi Zhongshi Jichen discusses the unfinished matters of suzerain and vassal: check the Huidian, the princes of the prefectures have a lot of income, today Huang multiplies, Guan Zhilumi, and floats on the income of the second tax. From the general of the town to the lieutenant , Decrease as in the example, and let them grow and feed each other, nothing is forbidden, then reduce Lumi every year and give it from time to time, it should be a wish."

Well, this time we have started to strictly control the distribution of salaries.

Gao Wushi didn't read it carefully, put it aside, and opened the next book again.

"Check the Huidian, the Princess Yibin comes down, the old salary is [-], and the young one is [-]. The lieutenant Tianhuang still uses the exemption and reduces the amount. How can you enjoy the full salary if you get married for a long time? Except for the Prince County In addition to Wang and Yibin, the county chief Yibin will be reduced by half, or one-third, and there will be a little courteous treatment for Yibin, and a preferential exemption from his duties. Although he is half paid, he must be willing to plan.

In the second inspection of the Huidian, those who commit crimes in Yibin into the army must wait for the lord to send their husbands to the clan.In the future, anyone in Yibin who commits crimes and acts as a garrison will be punished according to the agreement and should be rewarded with two-thirds of Lumi to redeem his body, which will be discussed after the death of the lord.The concubine will not abolish the law, nor will he discuss relatives.The division under the chapter. "

This is even more interesting, the court has already begun to track down "Yibin", that is, the level of the son-in-law.In other words, apart from princes and county kings, other clans began to come under the strict supervision and inspection of the imperial court, and basically all began to reduce their salaries, and once they made mistakes or committed crimes, they had to chase down the originally issued salaries to use them. "Atonement".

Of course, Yibin is the son-in-law after all, and the court still gave the princesses and princesses a face, and the consorts who committed crimes would usually wait for the princesses and princesses to die before formally discussing the crime and punishing them.

But these are all minutiae. For Gao Yushi, what he needs to understand is enough.He was already sure what Zhu Yijun was going to say to him now.

Zhu Yijun began to be unable to bear the increasing pressure on Zong's vassal salary.

Even though the imperial court's revenue has been increasing due to the reform of the practical school, but because the imperial court's "Western Huaidong System" has now entered the final stage, the imperial court must allocate financial resources to armaments in order to ensure that the upcoming "Charhar War" "Battle" can be won, so Zhu Yijun should start thinking about cutting this expenditure now.

But the clan is the clan after all, they are all the blood of the Taizu, and the emperor is theoretically only the heir of one of them, so he might not be able to just reduce it or avoid it.

Family relatives are also highly advocated and valued by Confucius, and the emperor cannot ignore this, otherwise he will not be said to be mean and ungrateful?
But the current situation in the country is such that it cannot be avoided, so he came to Gao Yushi to discuss countermeasures.

At this moment, Gao Wushi understood, put down the document in his hand, and asked softly: "Your Majesty, what percentage of the royal family's annual salary is the ancestral vassal's salary?"
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