Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 504 This silly boy, you don't know this is a Hongmen Banquet, do you?
In fact, the reproduction speed of Zhu Ming's clan is not so exaggerated. At the end of Ming Dynasty, there were only 30 people.

After all, not every descendant of the Zhu family has the physical condition of Lao Zhu.

Zhu Yunxi only used Lao Zhu as a reference, deliberately exaggerating the reproduction speed of the clan, so that Lao Zhu realized his problems with the management of the clan.

After Lao Zhu was shocked by the number given by Zhu Yunxi, he quickly recovered his composure.

Because he knows his negligent grandson very well, the reason why he dared to say this must be because he thought of a way to break the situation.

"Da Sun, in your opinion, what should be done properly?"

Unknowingly, Lao Zhu and Da Sun talked in a discussing tone.

It's just that he never noticed it, and Zhu Yunxi didn't think there was anything wrong.

"Grandfather, grandson thinks so."

"The clan has been passed on for several generations, let them be common people, there is no need to support them with finances..."

Before Zhu Yunxi finished speaking, he felt a heavy blow on the head.

"To shut up!"

"You little rebellious grandson, after all, you are showing your fox's tail, right?"

"Tell us, do you want to cut down the feudal clan!"

Hearing the words, Zhu Yunxi secretly slandered in his heart, thinking that I would dream about it, isn't it that I dare not say it...

"Grandfather, how can you miss me so much?"

"You forgot, when the king died in the country, I was the one who said the words of the vassal king guarding the gate of the country!"

When Lao Zhu heard the words, he immediately recalled that these words were indeed what the Great Sun Yanyan Shenggong said.After that incident, he also specially wrote letters to each of his sons, using these words to encourage them, let them unite under the royal family centered on Zhu Yunxi, and guard the corners of Ming Dynasty.

However, how long has it been since this happened, and this Ni Sun intends to abolish all the Uncle Wangs, and no longer care about the poor relatives a few generations later!

"You are a rebellious grandson, and you have a clever mouth. When we close our eyes in the future, you still have to bully those uncles of yours to death!"

"Don't bring this matter up again. If you dare to say that you don't care about our old Zhu's family, let's see if we don't interrupt your dog legs!"

Although Zhu Yunxi had expected that Lao Zhu would be sad in this test, he never expected that Lao Zhu's thoughts would be so stubborn.

"Grandpa Huang, your way of raising pigs is really not good for our Daming clan!"

Old Zhu stared at the words.

"Why do we raise pigs?"

"We just want to let the descendants of Zhu's family live more comfortably, so that they don't suffer from hunger and cold!"

"Are we wrong?"

"wrong!"

"You're not only wrong, you're dead wrong!"

Hearing Dasun's yelling, Lao Zhu shouted angrily.

"Then we'll make a mistake!"

"If you dare to disobey our Huangming ancestor's precepts in the future, let's see how we deal with you!"

Zhu Yunxi also lost his temper when he heard this, and replied unceremoniously.

"What bullshit is the emperor's ancestor's training!"

"If I become the emperor in the future, the first thing I will do is to abolish the emperor's ancestors' precepts!"

"you!"

"You rebellious grandson..."

"Come here, tie him up for us, we must beat him to death today!"

Although Erhu and Qin Deshun backed out, they kept wandering around the door.Hearing Lao Zhu's roar at this time, the two rushed in.

"My lord, please calm down, the emperor's grandson is still young, if there is something wrong with what you say, please bear with me..."

Old Zhu pointed at Zhu Yunxi angrily and cursed.

"Didn't you hear us?"

"We said we were going to tie him up!"

"Tie it up, ahem..."

Hearing the words, the two tigers hurriedly turned their heads to look at Zhu Yunxie, and gave Zhu Yunxie a wink.

Seeing that the old man was so angry, Zhu Yunxi could only temporarily put away his temper and ran out angrily.

However, when passing by the emergency department of the branch of Tai Hospital, Zhu Yunxi still went in and called a few doctors, and asked them to wait in front of the emperor's grandfather.

Although this old man is very annoying, Zhu Yunxi still hopes that he will live a long life, longer than any emperor in history.

When the doctors heard the emperor's grandson's order, they rushed to Lao Zhu's bedroom with their medicine boxes and stethoscopes, and looked at him, asked him questions and listened to him.

After learning that it was Zhu Yunxie who called them over, the resentment in Lao Zhu's heart subsided a little, but when he thought of Zhu Yunxie saying that he was going to abolish the Huang Ming Zu Xun that he had worked so hard to write, the old man only felt furious and wished to put that Ni Sun was hanged and beaten to death.

This Nisun is too hateful, he just got mad at us after a few days of silence!

After Lao Zhu took the antihypertensive medicine prescribed by the doctor, he felt much better. He was far from the chest tightness, shortness of breath and dizziness he had just had.

After regaining his composure, Lao Zhu immediately ordered someone to call in Chen Zongli, Minister of the Household Department.

When Chen Zongli heard Lao Zhu's call, he immediately threw a group of colleagues and ran into the palace to meet Lao Zhu.

"My minister greets His Majesty..."

Lao Zhu spread out on the dragon chair, and waved his hands weakly at Chen Zongli.

"Get up!"

"We called you into the palace today because I want to ask you something."

"Your Majesty, it's all right to ask. I'm sure you'll know everything, and you can talk endlessly."

"Chen Zongli, tell us the truth, is there any problem with the clan succession system we formulated?"

"what?"

Chen Zongli, as the minister of the household department of the Ming Dynasty, and the minister of the household department with the longest reign, how could he not know the disadvantages of the clan system of the Ming Dynasty?
This kind of thing is not something that a courtier like him can talk about. Once the emperor thinks that he is alienating the flesh and blood of the Tian family and harming the clan's children, even if he has nine lives, it is not enough to die.

However, today he heard His Majesty the Emperor take the initiative to bring up this matter, even in a questioning tone, which made him feel that happiness came too suddenly.

He thought very naively, could it be that His Majesty the Emperor also realized that there was something wrong with the system of imperial family's succession to nobility?

"Your Majesty, according to the nobility system you established in the emperor's ancestral training, there is indeed a problem with the nobility of our clan in Ming Dynasty."

When Lao Zhu heard this, his face sank like water.

"Say!"

"Your Majesty, there is no problem in this matter in a short time, but once..."

"No, I deserve death for my crimes, I said it again..."

"Your Majesty, our Great Ming Dynasty is destined to last forever. There will be no problem in this matter in a short period of time, but after a hundred years or a thousand years, the clan's expenses will be a big problem!"

After Chen Zongli finished speaking, he hurriedly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

It was too risky just now, he was almost about to pick up the full set of copying and chopping.

Old Zhu frowned slightly, he could naturally hear Chen Zongli's "once" just now, if he really dared to say the latter, no matter how much he liked this guy, he would have to push him out and kill him.

What is once?
Our Great Ming is destined to be passed down forever!
However, after hearing Chen Zongli's words, Lao Zhu couldn't help showing a worried look on his brows.

The Minister of the Household Department that he valued the most, actually thought of going with that Ni Sun.

Could it be that there is really a problem with the patriarchal system we formulated?

"According to you, how should we change the nobility system of our Daming Clan?"

Chen Zongli didn't notice anything else when he heard the words, he really thought that the old emperor was asking for advice.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Han Dynasty has set an example for future generations."

"Tweet order?"

"Yes……"

Lao Zhu doesn't read much, but listens to books a lot.

Of course, Lao Zhu knew the history of the Han Dynasty. Even when he wrote the instructions of the emperor's ancestors, he also referred to the lessons learned from the Han Dynasty.

"Where the crown prince, whether traveling far away or near the capital, if he has a minor or major mistake, he will not send someone to issue an order to question the crime, but to call back to listen to the king's father's instructions."

"If there is a word of mouth, or someone who holds a talisman, or an official document from the court, who comes to inquire about the crime, it is necessary to take it down in the future, ask about the reason, prepare the emperor in advance, and quickly send the cronies to the emperor to listen to the emperor's announcement. "

"Understand what is right and what is wrong, and give it back, and give it out according to what you hear."

"Its kings and their descendants are the same."

This article in Huang Ming Zu Xun fully borrowed from the matter of Liu Shi, the prince of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

In Lao Zhu's view, the death of Liu Shi, the crown prince of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was due to the treacherous ministers obstructing the hearing of the emperor, falsely preaching the imperial decree, and forcing a good-natured prince to commit suicide.

Therefore, Lao Zhu directly stated in Huang Ming Zu Xun that if someone dares to use imperial edicts, oral instructions and other things to question the prince, the prince can directly order them to be tied up, and then meet His Majesty in person to ask the truth of the matter.

Lao Zhu also referred to the Han Dynasty's Tweeting Order when he designed the clan's succession system.

According to his design system, except for the son of the prince, everyone else must be demoted to become the king of the county.The son of the county king was conferred the title of General of Zhenguo, his grandson was awarded as General of Fuguo, his great-grandson was awarded as General of Fengguo, his great-grandson was awarded as Lieutenant of Zhenguo, the fifth grandson was awarded as Lieutenant of Fuguo, and the descendants of the sixth generation were awarded Lieutenant of Fengguo.

It's just that when Lieutenant Fengguo was here, Lao Zhu came to a sudden stop and stipulated that he would no longer be demoted.

No matter how many sons Lieutenant Fengguo has, he will be awarded the title of Lieutenant Fengguo, and even his daughters will be automatically awarded the title of Xiangjun.

These two titles can receive a salary of two hundred shi every year.

Two hundred shi does not seem like much, but it is the output of two hundred acres of land.

However, the county magistrate, who was born as a Jinshi in the top two rankings, worked hard all year round, but his salary was less than two hundred shi!
The descendants of the old Zhu's family, just because their surname is "Zhu", can automatically get a salary comparable to that of a county magistrate, and they are hereditary. Who can balance their hearts...

Chen Zongli is quite unbalanced. They are ordinary people who have been poor for ten years and won the title of the gold list before they can get a post as a county magistrate. How can the descendants of the old Zhu family live better than them if they don't do anything?

In fact, this matter is not only due to Chen Zongli's imbalance, but all the officials of Ming Dynasty have complaints, but no one dares to speak out.

"Your Majesty, although our imperial family's patriarchal system in the Ming Dynasty also refers to the Han Dynasty's Tuen Decree, the setting of the minimum title is quite problematic."

"It should be a reasonable policy not to attack the noble after Lieutenant Fengguo..."

Chen Zongli's suggestion was the consensus of almost all the officials of Ming Dynasty. Although no one in the clan of the Ming Dynasty has inherited the title of "Lieutenant Fengguo", as long as the Ming Dynasty continues, the number of "Lieutenant Fengguo" will exceed one hundred thousand or one million sooner or later. .

In fact, compared to the annual salaries of princes and county kings, Lieutenant Feng Guo's salary is really not that high.

According to Lao Zhu's regulations, the prince's annual salary is [-] shi, and the county king's annual salary is [-] shi.

However, no matter how many princes there are, there are dozens of them at the end.Even if there are another one or two hundred county kings, it will not have much impact on Daming's finances.

Relatively speaking, the "Lieutenant Fengguo" with the lowest title and the largest number of people is terrible.

After hearing what Chen Zongli said, Lao Zhu's face became even more gloomy.

"You mean to say that the descendants of our Zhu family should be engaged in a lowly business like Liu Bei at the end of the Han Dynasty, and be the ones weaving mats and selling shoes?"

"This...this this..."

Chen Zongli was full of expectations to advise and advise, but he never expected such a result.

"Your Majesty's forgiveness!"

"This humble minister deserves death, my humble minister is talking nonsense..."

Old Zhu snorted coldly when he heard this.

"You really deserve to die!"

"The reason why we don't condescend no longer is that we are afraid that the future generations will not be good at management, and we will end up begging on the street!"

"You don't think about sharing the worries of your father, but you think about the strategy of making the country rich, and you actually try to reduce the supply of the clan. It's really despicable!"

When Chen Zongli saw what Lao Zhu said, he kowtowed even more in fright.

"Your Majesty, I'm convicted, I shouldn't talk about the clan, I..."

"get out!"

"Don't talk nonsense about today's affairs!"

"what?"

When Chen Zongli heard this, he couldn't believe his ears. His Majesty the Emperor spared him so easily?

"Chen... I thank Your Majesty for not killing me!"

"Sir, get out of here..."

After Chen Zong thanked Lao Zhu, he hurriedly crawled out.

After Chen Zongli left, Lao Zhu had been sitting on the dragon chair, staring in the direction of the door in a daze.

He felt the pressure he had never felt before, even greater than the pressure he had when fighting Chen Youliang back then.

As the patriarch of the clan, he naturally hoped that his descendants would have no worries about food and clothing.But as the emperor, he also understood that according to the system he formulated, Daming's finances would eventually fail one day.

Once that day comes, if the heirs and ministers in the court don't want to perish, there is only one way to find ways to reduce the clan's expenses.

How will they reduce clan expenses?

There are just a few tricks, one is to delay the withdrawal of the clan's salary, this year to next year, next year to the next year, until you are delayed to death.Second, the system of inheritance is strict, and if there is no eldest son, the vassal will be cut down.Third, simply close your eyes and let the ordinary clan die of freezing and starving.

Lao Zhu is well versed in the habits of the officialdom and understands human nature very well, so he can easily guess the methods that officials of later generations may use.

However, he thought about it, but he was powerless to change the situation.

After a long time, Lao Zhu suddenly woke up from his trance.

"Did King Jin come to Beijing?"

Qin Deshun, who was standing outside the door, thought that His Majesty had fallen asleep, but when he heard Lao Zhu's voice, he hurried in.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, King Jin has been in Beijing for two days, and he is currently in the palace outside Donghua Gate..."

"Order the Imperial Dining Room to cook some good dishes, we're going to entertain the third child tonight."

"promise!"

Qin Deshun ordered people to pass the decree to the Prince Jin's mansion, and at the same time went to the imperial dining room, telling them to serve carefully and not to make any mistakes in the dishes of the dinner.

Jin Wangfu.

After Zhu Yan bid farewell to Zhu Yunxi, he returned to the palace and kept thinking about this matter.

To be honest, as a feudal lord, he is a beneficiary of the clan system, how could he take the initiative to cut his benefits?
But Zhu Yunxi's worry was not unreasonable. Now that there are few people in the Ming clan, it is not difficult for the court to support it.After a hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, the number of clan members will definitely double several times. If the current clan system is continued at that time, it will cause a devastating blow to the Ming Dynasty's finances.

Governing the country is nothing more than soldiers and money. Once the money is not enough, the world will be in big trouble.

Therefore, for the sake of Daming's thousand-year inheritance, he felt it necessary to make a suggestion to his father.

However, he was just thinking about this kind of thing, and when he thought of the old man's stubborn temper like a donkey, Zhu Bing's heart thumped.

If you offend the old man and beat us to death, who can you talk to?

Just when Zhu Yan was thinking this way, he saw his eldest son Zhu Ji walking over happily.

"Father!"

"Someone came from the palace just now, saying that Grandpa Huang invited you to the palace for a banquet!"

Looking at his silly son, Zhu Yan secretly sighed in his heart.

This silly boy, doesn't he know that this is a Hongmen Banquet?
If one fails, your father will have to be carried out...

(End of this chapter)