If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 113 My intention has been decided
"Your Majesty, you can't do that! It's useless for the country to be led by a vassal king!" A gray-haired courtier knelt down directly in Fengtian Hall, lying on the ground with his body prostrated and shouted loudly.

"I hope your Majesty can take back his life! The vassal king's daughter is really not suitable to take risks!" The courtiers who had previously advised him were also persuading loudly, hoping that Zhu Di could take back his life.

"I hope Your Majesty will think twice!" More courtiers knelt on the ground. Almost one-third of the courtiers in Fengtian Palace were kneeling on the ground at this moment.

However, Zhu Di just looked at them coldly, waved his sleeves and said: "I have made up my mind, no need to say more! It is the emperor's ancestral motto for the vassal king to lead troops to guard the border. Don't you usually like to say what your ancestors say? Is law immutable?
Now that I want to restore the ancestral system established by the Imperial Examination, why are you unwilling?I really want to know, do you want to follow the ancestral system?Or do you want to serve your own selfish interests? "

What Zhu Di said was very serious, and could even be said to be heart-wrenching.

Ji Gang on the side is eager to give it a try. He very much hopes that someone with a desperate strength will jump out and challenge Zhu Di.

Based on his understanding of the emperor, Ji Gang knew clearly that Zhu Di was not the kind of emperor who would change his mind just because of the opposition of his courtiers. At this time, if someone had a strong point, he would be dragged down and beheaded.

The methods used by civil servants to deal with the later Ming emperors were purely funny to Zhu Di. He would really cut off your head, and by the way, he would take the whole family, young and old, and the nine tribes with him.

And Ji Gang, the leader of the Jinyiwei, is waiting for the opportunity to stir up a major case and chop off more heads.

He originally thought that the focus of tonight would be the ministers' impeachment of Zhu Zhanquan, the second emperor's grandson, but he did not expect that the emperor would come in advance.

Now there are two big dramas about to be staged. If the two cases are solved into one, it is impossible to say that this will be the biggest case of the Yongle Dynasty, and Ji Gang will definitely be able to take this opportunity to intimidate the government and the opposition and become a powerful minister!
However, Ji Gang was also worried that if the emperor was really angry, these ministers would be frightened and would not dare to impeach Zhu Zhancheng at this moment.

After all, Zhu Zhanquan is also the grandson of the second emperor, the son of the dragon, and the matter involves the emperor's longevity, which is clearly a king's rebellion. If these civil servants want to impeach this matter, nine out of ten will have to do it. Be prepared to lose your head.

After all, in terms of personality, Zhu Di is really carved from the same mold as his father, Zhu Yuanzhang, and he would really cut off his head if something happened!
But Ji Gang's idea came to nothing in the end, because he was familiar with Zhu Di's temper and character, and all the civil and military officials in the hall were also familiar with Zhu Di's temper and character.

If he had listened to others' advice, he would not have personally led the troops to fight against the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty last year.

Therefore, after persuading Zhu Di once, he did not listen, and these courtiers understood that Zhu Di would not listen to their persuasion.

In addition, when the real bigwigs in the court, such as the six ministers and the cabinet bachelors, were sitting in their seats like bodhisattvas carved from wood and clay, and did not stand up to advise Zhu Di on this matter, these courtiers also It was already known that they did not gain support, and that the bigwigs in the court did not oppose Zhu Di's decision.

In fact, it's easy to understand, because Zhu Di's restoration of the system of leading troops to the vassal and establishing the system of attendance and attendance is always a major event that affects the whole country. It's okay not to discuss it with the courtiers, but you can't even ignore the minister in charge of this matter.

After all, in the final analysis, these ministers still have to do the work. Otherwise, you won't be able to do it if they choose or mess it up for you.

Even if the emperor cuts off the people and replaces them with others, the time and things lost will still be irreversible.In particular, the six ministers and cabinet bachelors are the people who really work in Zhu Di's hands, and they are his trusted ministers and confidants. Therefore, Zhu Di still passed the Qi agreement with them before promulgating the system of handing over the troops and attending to the vassal kings. .

Because they understood what this whole set of systems aimed at the vassal king was about, the six ministers and cabinet scholars knew clearly how much this policy suppressed the vassal king.

It seems that the vassal kings have been given great rights, almost allowing them to return to the local emperors of the Hongwu years, and even be able to expand their territories and expand their feudal kingdoms. However, in fact, the vassal kings have completely turned into serving the imperial court. alive.

They did control the feudal state and the army, but going to Beijing every two years was a large part of their expenses for the vassal king, enough to squeeze out most of the income of a vassal state.

Not to mention how expensive it is to maintain an army with sufficient combat effectiveness.

Especially when such an army is mobilized and they need to go out to fight.

If this matter could be solved easily, Zhu Gaochi and Xia Yuanji wouldn't have turned their hair gray with worry over the food and pay issues for the army last year when Zhu Di was on his own expedition.

Now that we can leave all these matters to the vassal king, it will reduce a big burden for the court!Especially in the future, the imperial court's central finance will no longer need to pay the vassal salary. This is great news for Xia Laoji, the Minister of Household Affairs.

As for the fact that the vassal state's finances cannot be returned to the central government in the future and will be left to the vassal king's own control, this does not matter much to Xia Yuanji.

The reason is also very simple. The vassal kings want to return to the frontier to become the fortress kings, and the border areas have never been rich places. Those who can allow the vassal kings to maintain their respective armies at the proper scale are considered to be these vassal kings. They are well run.

Not to mention that the imperial court would spare the blood of the feudal kings every two years. If these feudal kings could accumulate enough capital to rebel under such circumstances, Xia Yuanji would really admire him and simply give up his household. The position of minister was given to this vassal prince.

After all, he has already calculated that Fengguo, the vassal king in the border area, will really eat chaffy vegetables when faced with the evil and smoky system!

No matter how good Xia Yuanji is at managing money, he can't make money out of thin air when he has no way to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Especially now that Xia Yuanji has realized that issuing excessive banknotes cannot solve practical problems, he has no idea about wealth. Already have a deeper understanding.

After all, although poverty is not unsolvable, it is not something that can be solved overnight.

The imperial court restored the system of frontier fortress kings, largely in the hope that these vassal kings could manage the place well and develop these impoverished border areas.

As for the vassal king, after developing these areas, his income increased and he had the capital to fight against the imperial court.
This kind of thing should wait until these vassal kings can stand up to Shenqin to explain this system that breaks their bones and sucks their marrow, and really develop the frontier.

(End of this chapter)