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Chapter 470 King Sai
Although what the emperor said made sense, the three eunuchs present all looked embarrassed. There is a saying that the rabbit dies and the fox is sad, the emperor finally wants to take action on the eunuch.

Should I complain? Logically speaking, we really shouldn’t, and we should even be grateful. Since Emperor Jingyang ascended the throne, the first one to swing the knife was the royal family, the second was the officials, and the third was the army.

The methods are basically the same, first reduce the benefits, then reduce the number of employees, and finally take away the power. I would like to ask, compared with the royal family, civil servants, and military generals, are eunuchs more noble? Obviously not, so it's only a matter of time before you get hit with three blows. It's perfectly normal.

"...Whether this matter needs to be reported to the cabinet, please let me know!" After regaining his composure, Wang An asked again. He wanted to use this question to understand the emperor's determination and steps.

"I didn't say that we would be abolished immediately, so there is no need to disturb the Grand Master. You can work together to do this. We will enter fewer palaces every year and send less to Nanjing due to lack of manpower. In a few years, there will be vacancies there. "

The emperor made it very clear that he did not want to carry out abolition in a big way, but wanted to sell sheep's heads as dogs' meat. He used the lack of manpower in the Forbidden City as an excuse to reduce the number of eunuchs in Nanjing's imperial city.

The advantage of this is that it is boiling frogs in warm water. When someone who is interested finds out, it will be a fait accompli. It will not be abolished even if it is not considered. It is in line with the always sinister style of doing things and is more in line with the interests of the eunuch group. At least it will have no impact on the eunuchs in the Forbidden City.

"Long live the Lord Shengming... There is an engineering major for Gu Zhuanyin..." Wang An and others felt more relieved after hearing what the emperor said, so Liangshan took out the second question book and put it on the imperial desk.

"Read..." However, the emperor did not answer it, nor did he raise his head. His eyes were fixed on another report on the table, and he could only utter one word.

"Gu Zhuu, a son from the engineering department who returned from work, said that Jiangnan's annual wealth and wealth are half the world's. Jiangnan's wealth comes from farmland, which benefits from water and also harms it. It is all connected with the Wusong River.

If the Wusong River is connected, the water of Taihu Lake can be absorbed and vomited, and it will not harm the people. When the Wusong River was blocked, the water in Taihu Lake was absorbed but not spit out. Heavy rains came and burst out in all directions, inundating residents and washing away fields. It has been more than 40 years since Governor Hai Rui of Longqingzhong started dredging. Due to the long-term disrepair, the people of Sanwu have been reduced to fish and turtles for many years, and the fields have failed to harvest grains..."

Si Li Bingbi's kind-hearted voice is quite good, richer than both Wang An and Wang Cheng'en, and his reading skills are also mastered to the right level. His words are clear and unhurried. But the emperor didn't seem to listen to what he heard. His brows furrowed more and more tightly, and he interrupted mid-listen.

"Have Yuan Keli send craftsmen from the Songjiang Shipyard to find out the water conditions of the Wusong River immediately. If the situation is true, issue a cabinet decree. If the claims are exaggerated, let Gui Zigu go back to his hometown in Shanghai and become a fisherman!"

"North Korea..." Wang An and Liangshan looked at each other and felt that this treatment was reasonable even though it was a bit rough. It is indeed the power of the officials to make reports, but it would be a bit despicable to use it on disasters. If Gui Zigu really does this, it will only be bad luck for him.

"Wait a minute, Wang An, go get all the files from Dongchang about King Dai, King Jin, King Qing, and King Su!" He was about to report something, but was interrupted again.

"...Long live Lord, in addition to Dongchang, Jinyiwei and Zongren Mansion also have relevant records." As expected, he grew up with the emperor. He could tell the seriousness of the matter just by looking at his expression, and he immediately started to fill in the omissions. "Bring them all together, don't say I want to see them, just find an excuse that won't attract attention. Think about it for me, who among the courtiers knows these vassal kings better?" The emperor finally raised his head. He stood up, nodded to Wang An, and then made another request.

"Long live the Lord, when it comes to history, who can be more proficient than the compilation of the Hanlin Academy?" Wang An blinked, knowing that the emperor's amnesia had occurred again, and quickly took two steps forward to get closer to the imperial book case, and lowered his voice to remind .

"...Fuck! Wang Chengen, go and ask the left minister of the Ministry of Etiquette to come into the palace tomorrow, and say that I want to hear the history! You two should also put your errands aside in advance, and accompany me to find the case files of these vassal princes' houses. .”

The subordinates were very concerned about the emperor's face, but the emperor himself didn't pay much attention to appearance. He slapped his forehead hard, and then a strange pronunciation came out of his mouth.

Wang An is right. As an emperor, it is too easy to find someone who is familiar with the details of each vassal king. Isn't that what the Hanlin Academy does? It contains the best writers and philosophers of the Ming Dynasty, and naturally there is no shortage of historians.

Among them, the one that Hong Tao likes the most is Zhu Guozuo. This guy is a top scholar and the number one scholar in the Wanli era. In addition to being a bit rigid, he really has something in his stomach. In the first few years after he ascended the throne, he was also one of the lecturers of Ting Yan. After the rebellion, he was promoted to the position of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites because he had no party or faction.

But you can't just listen to other people's introductions, you have to rely on yourself to learn the necessary foundation, otherwise Zhu Guozuo's arrival will be of no use. These great Confucians have a very high self-esteem and are unwilling to discuss issues with people whose level is too low, even the emperor.

After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he faced a problem: What should he do with military power? He couldn't keep it all in his own hands, because the Mongolian and Yuan regime was still there at that time, and troops had to be used from time to time in the north, which was too busy for one person.

It would not be possible to leave it to a general. He is a standard character who can share hardships but not joys. He is an old friend who rebelled and conquered the world together. Everyone looks like a rebel. He always feels that someone is trying to steal the throne of the old Zhu family.

After much deliberation, I had no choice but to adopt a method that had been proved foolish countless times by history: enfeoffment and dividing military power among his sons. I guess Lao Zhu thinks so. No matter what, there is no way to guarantee that he will not usurp the throne. In this case, the wealth will not flow to outsiders, and it is better to let his son usurp the throne than to let outsiders.

As for how much negative impact such an arrangement would have on the country and the nation, he probably didn't think about it at all. He probably didn't even think about the long-term impact. But in later generations, this extremely selfish behavior was interpreted as the emperor guarding the country, which is really amazing.

Starting from the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang entrusted twenty-four sons and one grandnephew to the whole country. The second son was King Qin, the third son was King Jin, the fourth son was King Yan, the thirteenth son was King Dai, the fourteenth son was King Su, the fifteenth son was King Liao, and the sixteenth son was King of Liao. The nine "Sai Kings", namely King Ziqing, King Seventeenth Prince Ning, and King Nineteenth Prince Gu, were extremely powerful and could often be ordered to go out to fight or patrol the borders.

In the fifteenth year of Yongle, King Gu was deposed; in the second year of Longqing, the King of Liao was deposed; in the fourteenth year of Zhengde, King Ning was deposed; plus King Yan proclaimed himself emperor, nine "Sai Kings" were enfeoffed in the early Ming Dynasty. At this time, there were only three families left: King Su, King Qing, and King Dai. To be precise, the fiefdoms of King Qin and King Jin should be considered the second line and were not on the border.

(End of this chapter)