Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1189 Bypassing the Ancestral System
Gao Yushi didn't just follow the emperor's mind and yell to cut salaries and exorcise nobles. Although he really wanted to do so in his heart, people in politics should avoid acting on emotions, and they should be especially cautious in managing politics.

Why is it said that governing a big country is like cooking small fish?Xiaoxian is something like small fish and shrimp. If you accidentally order this kind of tender food, if it is overcooked, it will be completely mushy, and you will have nothing to eat.

The same is true of governing the country. If you make decisions without planning or foresight, big things will happen.Governance must seek truth from facts, step by step in a down-to-earth manner.Just like the Red Dynasty, there would be no environment for peaceful development without Taejo's prestige in North Korea; without Taizong's abandonment of the left-right dispute, there would be no 40-year development miracle of surpassing the British and chasing the United States.

Every period has something to do in every period, and every time period does well in what should be done at that time. This is the general trend.

What is the trend in Daming now?It is indeed gradually "ZTE", but it also exposes some shortcomings in the past, and some things cannot be done.

If there is no high pragmatism, the current Ming Dynasty will not consider taking Mongolia completely.After all, the Alda tribute in the Gaogong era established the situation in the northern border of the Ming Dynasty. At least Chahar could not threaten the life and death of the Ming Dynasty.Then, it would be impossible for the Ming Dynasty to raise money in a hurry to wipe out the Mongolian right wing in one fell swoop, so issues such as the vassal's salary would not seem so important, or they had to be dealt with.

This is not because the country has become weaker, on the contrary, it is precisely because the country has become stronger and has new and more ambitious goals, so such urgent problems have arisen.

Barry is only half of [-].The more it is at this time, the more calm and thoughtful you must be, and you can't cause internal troubles because you are eager for success, which is the opposite of the established goal.

Therefore, Gao Pragmatism is not in a hurry to express his opinion, nor is he in a hurry to make suggestions, but to first ask about the current actual situation.

However, although Zhu Yijun's level is definitely higher than in the original history, he still failed to understand the deep meaning of high pragmatism. He just replied casually: "Last year, Taicang's annual income was more than 5708 million taels, and the expenditure of the Zongfu was about 160 million... ...or 160 million, I don’t remember exactly, but it’s probably about this number.”

Gao Wushi was about to nod his head, but Zhu Yijun immediately answered, "However, the Ministry of Household Affairs said that this year's money may exceed 1705 million taels."

Gao Wushi was taken aback by these words, and asked, "An extra 10 taels a year?"

Zhu Yijun said distressedly: "I don't know if there will be an extra 10 taels every year, but this year it can't be wrong."

Gao Pragmatic's face immediately turned serious.

A fixed expenditure that was already as high as more than 160 million taels is now going up by 10 taels a year. Who can bear it?This expenditure originally accounted for a quarter of Daming's annual income, but now it is going straight to [-]%, no matter who changes the head, he has to find a way to face this situation.

Looking at Zhu Yijun's expectant eyes, Gao Wushi didn't directly give him a solution to the problem, because he knew that what Zhu Yijun most expected now was to solve the financial difficulties, not to solve the suzerain vassal issue.

This will not work.

It's not that high pragmatism can't start with increasing fiscal revenue and continue to suppress the suzerain and vassal issue, but that's meaningless, because judging from the current situation, the population explosion of the clan has already begun, and it will only get worse the longer it drags on.

"Your Majesty." Gao Wushi was silent for a while before slowly opening his mouth and said: "When the "Emperor Ming Zu Xun Regulations" was promulgated, the Taizu had a clear order saying, 'Whoever dares to change the ancestral law in future generations will be a traitorous minister. There is no pardon'. If the minister proposes a new policy, I don't know what crime the emperor wants to convict the minister?"

Zhu Yijun was stunned for a while, then suddenly lost his breath, slumped his shoulders and leaned back on the chair, and said weakly: "This ancestral system..." He hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Can you get around it?"

"You can give it a try." Although Gao Wushi said this, he shook his head at the same time and said: "As for the court, civil and military officials will probably agree, but your majesty, if you really want to do this, I'm afraid you have to do some things well. Mentally prepare."

When Zhu Yijun heard that there was an opportunity to go around, and Gao Yushi also judged that all civil and military officials of the court would probably support him, he couldn't help but cheer up, and didn't care much about the next words, just asked casually: "What preparations?"

Gao Wushi looked serious, and said: "There may be some... mass incidents in the sects and vassals of the world."

Zhu Yijun's face froze immediately, he hesitated and said, "Rebellion? It's not...not so?"

Can the current vassals of the Ming Dynasty rebel?What a joke, just this group of trash snacks, let alone have no soldiers and no power, even if there are, they can't be built.

The current situation is that these vassal kings are basically all trash, and the court's attitude towards the control of the suzerain vassal, regardless of whether it is a school of fact or a school of heart, can basically be consistent.

The reason is very simple, where did Zong Fan get the money?It was given by the imperial court.

If the imperial court gives one tael more to the vassals, wouldn't we civil and military ministers have one tael less to use?The amount of money that can dominate is reduced, so the power is correspondingly reduced?Can you still object?

So there is no problem with the attitude of the imperial court, and it may even be a situation where everyone is united.

The difficulty lies in the attitude of the suzerain—of course not rebellion.Rebellion is basically impossible. How can a group of domestic pigs that have been raised for 200 years rebel? Zhu Bajie is useless.

It seems that Zhu Yijun didn't know much about the term "mass incident", so Gao Wushi changed the term: "Your Majesty, I am not saying that there will be unworthy people among the suzerains and vassals who will rebel. , to put pressure on the imperial court."

Zhu Yijun let out a long "Oh" as if he had suddenly realized, but judging from his expression, he didn't realize the danger of this, and he might even think it was no big deal.

Gao Wushi reminded: "Your Majesty, if it's just a few clan vassals, then it doesn't matter. The court has plenty of ways to deal with it. But if there are too many clans involved, it will be very bad, and the political impact will be very bad."

"Really?" Zhu Yijun still seemed a little unbelieving.

Gao Wushi sighed, and had no choice but to give an example: "I will give you an example - the emperor forgives the crime. This is just an example, not what I want to imply."

Zhu Yijun nodded to express his understanding: "Say it."

"In Hongwuzhong, Kaifeng, Henan has only one Zhou Palace." As a native of Henan, Gao Yushi happened to be under the rule of Kaifeng, so he directly cited Kaifeng as an example: "In the Jiajing period, there were only 39 county palaces in Kaifeng, assisting the country. There are more than [-] generals, and the following lieutenants, Yibin, etc. are even more invincible. The whole world can know it. The Jiajing period has been decades, and the number of ministers added has not been investigated in detail, but it can be done Push too."

It was also the first time that Zhu Yijun knew that there were at least 39 county palaces in Kaifeng alone, and he was dumbfounded and speechless.

Before Gao Wushi finished speaking, he continued: "I don't know how much money there is in Taicang, but because the water transportation was changed to parallel rivers and seas, Jinghua also participated in part of the sea transportation, so I know the distribution of grain for the year. The situation, I don’t know if the emperor knows the exact number?”

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said, "I only know that the capital needs about 400 million shi of grain to be transported from the south every year, but other details are not clear."

"That's right, the capital's food shortage is about 400 million shi per year." Gao Wushi raised his eyebrows slightly: "But does your majesty know how much Lumi is needed for the foreign palaces?"

He didn't wait for Zhu Yijun's answer this time, and gave the answer directly: "It's 850 million shi, which is twice as much as the capital."

Zhu Yijun gasped directly.

This can't help but take a breather. With so many people in the capital to eat, the shortfall is 400 million shi, and the 400 million shi of grain caused the court to set up a governor and a large number of officials to arrange for the issue of water transportation, and even Set up troops to escort along the way and so on.

However, in addition to this, the suzerains and vassals in various places actually consume 850 million shi every year, which is more than twice what the capital needs!Among them, how much manpower, material and financial resources did the court spend to ensure continuous supply?

In other words, without this big burden, what is a mere Chahar?Could it be that if 850 million shi of military rations are thrown down, there will be no more than one Chahar?

But he suddenly remembered what Gao Yushi said before, and couldn't help asking: "But the group incident you just mentioned..."

Gao Wushi said calmly: "Yeah, group incidents—the emperor, 850 million shilumi will be gone if you say no. What do these clans eat? Can you stop causing trouble?"

Zhu Yijun was really at a loss for words.

Gao Wushi continued: "The reason why I said that the vassal kings would not have the idea of ​​rebellion is because the vassal kings have a lot of private property in addition to their salaries. It's also very small, so there's no need for Lumi to be expelled because of this. The real troubles are those distant clans."

The distant branch clan is actually a pleasant term, but in fact high pragmatism refers to those low-level clans, of course Zhu Yijun knows this.

At this time, Zhu Yijun also understood the meaning of Gao Pragmatism, and nodded heavily: "Yes, the vassal kings are actually not short of Lumi, and it is those distant branches who really rely on Lumi."

Gao Wushi interjected: "The Lumi that these distant clans can get is already discounted, but they don't actually get much, and they can't become officials, nor can they work in agriculture, the army, or business. If it is broken, their way of life will be cut off. If they don't make trouble, they will starve to death obediently. How is this possible? Ants are greedy for life.

However, they are members of the clan, and punishments are not imposed on them. Even if they break the law, they are not under the jurisdiction of the judiciary, but can only be passed through the clan's mansion, and finally judged by the emperor himself.In this way, once they cause riots in various places, the local officials will definitely use their weapons. If something like burning, killing and looting occurs in the brain, not only the face of the Tian family will be lost, but the local government will also suffer greatly. Isn't it serious? "

Ah this...

Zhu Yijun also has a headache now. The clan's punishment is not imposed, so it can only be found out by the clan's government, and then handed over to the emperor to personally judge. This is also the ancestral system-why does the ancestral system care about everything?Are you bothered?
Forget it, it's just a bad idea!
For a moment, Zhu Yijun really wanted to find a copy of "Emperor Ming Zu Xun" and set it on fire.

But that's all for thinking about it. If the "Emperor Ming Zu Xun" can be burned, wouldn't he be able to change the emperor?
This is good, there is a conflict, and there is still a dilemma.

"Then what should we do now?" Zhu Yijun scratched his head in disbelief: "This clan is already so large that the imperial court can't afford to support it at once, but they still can't move! If it's another ten years, what will I use to support them? "

Originally, his words were just to vent his emotions, but Gao Yushi nodded and said, "That's right, Your Majesty has already understood the crux of the problem."

ah?I understand now?No, I don't understand!
Gao Wushi ignored the sluggish emperor, nodded and said, "Yes, the key to the problem lies in the word 'raising'—why does the emperor have to raise all the clans?"

Zhu Yijun was taken aback, and thought: I don't want to raise it, isn't this also the ancestor's instruction?
But he is familiar with Gao Yushi after all, and he guessed that Gao Yushi should come up with a countermeasure, so he couldn't help feeling hopeful, and pretended to say: "Ah, yes, yes, what you said is...but I'm still a little uncertain , you might as well go into more detail..."

Very good, very on the road, this is the good emperor.

Gao Wushi said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, since the problem lies in 'nurture', why don't you solve this problem?"

With a long sigh, he said: "The most important and difficult thing in today's world is none other than the vassal, and the most urgent and necessary to deal with is none like the vassal. When I was compiling the "Da Ming Hui Dian", I had studied the previous dynasties. There are those who sit in the county magistrate in the clan. My Taizu is unique in his clan, and he is bestowed with honor and salary, and he is very kind.

However, Taizu Tianhuang originated from the beginning, so it is easy to enshrine with several counties.As for today, when the Zongzhi is extremely prosperous, it is difficult to exhaust the power of the world.According to the general theory of the world, at the beginning of the country, there were only 49 relatives, county kings, and generals, but now there are tens of thousands of survivors in the jade certificate, and the yearly salary is 850 million stones.The county and county lords and Yibin are not yet among them.So compared with the beginning of the country, it is almost hundreds of times, how can we still support it as before? "

Zhu Yijun hesitated and said, "If you don't raise..."

Gao Wushi said: "I think, the emperor probably has two worries: one is whether he can bypass the ancestral system, and the other is that if he doesn't raise it, it will lead to riots in the clan."

Zhu Yijun nodded again and again: "That's right, that's right, I just think your method seems to be going back again."

"That's not the case." Gao Wushi said with a smile: "First, the matter of circumventing the ancestral system has just been said. As long as the emperor approves and all civil and military officials agree, the ancestral system will also be bypassed—it cannot be the whole world. All officials are traitors, right? Naturally, times have changed, and some established laws have to be modified."

Zhu Yijun nodded, approvingly.

Gao Wushi continued: "As for the riots in the clan... Actually, the reason why they may harass is because they have lost their way of life. But what if the emperor and the court give them a way out?"

Zhu Yijun hurriedly asked, "How?"

"Okay." Gao Wushi said calmly, "Just lift the feudal ban."
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