Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 172
Zhu Youjian's face suddenly darkened.

Immediately, these vassal kings felt the majesty of imperial power.

Only then did they suddenly realize that the emperor had changed, becoming very decisive and resolute.

The previous indecision has completely disappeared without a trace now.

These feudal kings finally lowered their noble heads, not daring to intercede for those three hapless bastards.

Soon the wailing outside stopped, and Qinglong quickly walked into the Hall of Supreme Harmony and bowed to salute:
"Reporting to the emperor, the three princes have been executed."

"Very well, step aside."

"obey"

"My God, the emperor really killed the three vassal kings, all three of them are relatives of the emperor..."

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were very shocked. At first they thought that the emperor was scaring the three vassals.

And those feudal kings began to feel their legs go weak and their minds buzzing.

Zhu Youjian stepped down from the dragon seat and walked back and forth beside these vassal kings, which immediately made them even more panicked.

"Listen to me clearly, since I was in Taizu, there have been 87 princes and 934 county kings, and now there are only 25 princes and 154 county kings left.

Most of them were killed by rogues, and all of them were murdered. You are all lucky ones, and you should feel lucky that you are still alive.

You occupy the best land in Daming, not only do you not pay a penny of taxes, but you also receive a huge share of food and salaries from the imperial court. The salaries you receive account for about [-]% of the total grain output value of Daming.

The so-called officials forced the people to rebel.

The common people rebelled one after another because they couldn’t get enough to eat, and almost overthrew our Ming Dynasty, but you, pampered and occupied the good land of the common people.

Land reform is imperative.

If there is no reform, the people will rebel again.

You were their target then, ask yourselves.

If my Ming Dynasty is overthrown, there will be no living space for you vassal kings.

King Fu is stingy, and was boiled into Fushou soup by the bandits, have you all forgotten?
If you don't do anything, you will lose your fief, and now you have no shame in asking for it.

I have given you a fief, if there is another bandit riot, can you hold it? If the Great Ming Dynasty perishes, you will all have to pay a certain amount of responsibility.

Now I declare that all the vassal kings will hand over all the occupied land, and only [-]% of the previous salary will be paid.

Those of you who have your own fiefs, you can’t pay less than a penny in taxes.

The three vassal kings who betrayed the court revoked their titles and took back their fiefs, and the clansmen devolved to work on farms.

Don't tell me that you don't have enough to eat, the land you entrusted is enough to feed your whole family, and you still have [-]% of your salary.

If you feel that your income has been reduced too much, your family members can start a business and have surplus labor, or you can work on local farms to earn money to support yourself.

For the feudal lords who lost their fiefs, your fiefs will be lost forever. Now I have decided to distribute 20 acres of land to each of you on average, and pay [-]% of the previous salary.

As long as you have the ability, your family members can get honors in the exam, and you can also join the army to serve the country.

You can also rebel, but if you are discovered, all of a group will be killed.

Also, after retiring from the court, you can stay in the capital. There was no ban on summoning you, not entering the capital, and not leaving the fief at will, and it will be lifted from today. "

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the little eunuch immediately called out:

"If you have a book, you will play early, but if you don't have a book, you will retreat."

No one will play the book now, because the ministers have not reacted, and Zhu Youjian has returned to the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youjian's decision was like a bolt from the blue. It not only made these vassals feel like they were struck by lightning, but also made the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty terrified.

In fact, as a time traveler, Zhu Youjian was very aware of the history of the Ming Dynasty. The demise of the Ming Dynasty had a lot to do with these vassal kings, who were a great burden on the court.

Zhu Youjian calculated that he still left a lot of space for these vassal kings, but it couldn't be compared with before. Even so, it's no problem for them to earn a thousand taels of silver a year.

This does not include the business income of the vassal kings. In the prosperous Ming Dynasty, they can rely on their network resources to make a lot of money.

Even if they do nothing, feudal vassals can still receive 13 shi of grain a year from the court, which is equivalent to the current [-] jin of grain.

The vassal kings without fiefs can receive 39 catties of grain a year, and 20 mu of land per person is allocated to them.

Today's results are all their own faults. If they hadn't strongly resisted the reform of the imperial court, Zhu Youjian would not have reduced their salaries so much.

To deal with these people, you must have the means to deal with them. Otherwise, if you treat them well, they will not feel it. If you treat them slightly cold, they will come up.

As for the king of Zhou who did not express his opinion, Zhu Youjian decided to return half of his fief, but the tax and tax should not be less, which is regarded as a compliment to him.

As for worrying about the rebellion of the vassal kings, this does not exist in Zhu Youjian's place, and he will kill them every minute. Zhu Youjian is not related to them, he is just a time traveler.

After Zhu Youjian retired from the court, it took a long time for the vassal king to realize that the emperor summoned them not to benefit them, but to start to attack them.

Facing the prosperous Emperor Chongzhen, although the vassals felt extremely uncomfortable.

But they can only obediently abide by Zhu Youjian's decision. None of them is a fool. If they resist to the end, the three princes will be his fate.

If it is a rebellion, who would dare? Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have been wiped out, and Dongyao is now beaten into a shrinking turtle, so they will not do things that are beyond their capabilities.

These vassal kings are like a cancer growing on Daming's body.

If the civil servant group of the Donglin Party is the biggest cancer, the cancer of the vassal kings is not small.

On the prairie, Yue Fei Huang led an army of 4 Longteng troops invincible, and wiped out three or four tribes without bloodshed.Annihilated more than [-] enemies.

Except for the annihilated enemy, the rest fled to other tribes of the Mongolian Yuan.

Now everyone on the grasslands knows that there is a Great Ming Dragon Teng Army, very brave and good at fighting, killing people like hemp, and almost no one is left alive.

Men were killed almost on sight, cattle, sheep, horses and women were all robbed, and the places they passed were desolate.

But there are also some tribes who are not convinced. These things are what they are best at. They are all descendants of Genghis Khan, a nation on horseback.

How could it be possible to lose to the Han people who only know how to farm and weave, like two-legged sheep.

And all the supplies have been looted. It is good that these Han people can ride horses. Can they have such powerful cavalry?

It must be those cunning Han people who used some kind of conspiracy, or they used ten times as many troops as the Mongolian Yuan tribe.

Looking at the Mongolian cavalry who fled back in embarrassment, they all thought that these people were lying, looking for excuses for their incompetence.

However, as the Bahrain tribe, the Jarut tribe and other tribes were wiped out again, other tribes in the Mongolian Yuan finally believed that the Han people did have cavalry, and they were very fierce.

It was getting late at this time, and in Yue Fei's military tent, Yue Fei, the governor of the right army, was arranging tactics, and also took out some things that no one had seen before.

These things were just sent from the capital, and they were the prize walkie-talkies that Zhu Youjian had drawn. There were also a row of drainage trucks and dining cars parked outside.

There is no shortage of horses in the prairie. After Yue Fei wiped out the four Mongolian and Yuan tribes, he got countless cattle, sheep and horses.

All the sword and shield soldiers under his command are equipped with horses, the cavalry is now riding on two horses, and the water truck and dining car are five-horse carts.

When Zhu Youjian got the water truck and the dining truck, he just felt that they were suitable for fighting in grasslands or deserts.

So it was given to the Longteng Army in Mongolia for use.

But he didn't expect that it was the arrival of these things that allowed the Daming Dragon Teng Army to be unscrupulous on the grassland like a fish in water.

　Thanks for the reward of 588 book coins from the Second Emperor of the East!Thanks
　　
　
(End of this chapter)