Emperor Liu Hong

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As soon as Liu Hong finished speaking, the next one was immediately fried.The benefits of the proposed separation of royal property and treasury are obvious.But things are not good, everyone will agree.Those old and stubborn, they look at things, they don't care whether they are good for the country or the people, but whether they violate the tradition.

Liu Hong's proposal can be regarded as opening a new game that has not been seen for thousands of years.Such a thing, in the eyes of those old and stubborn, is treason.They objected one after another, "Your Majesty, the law of the ancestors cannot be changed, and your ideas are completely unrealistic."

Looking at the people who kept opposing, Liu Hong couldn't get angry at all, "My idea is beneficial to the country and the people, why did it become unrealistic when it got into your mouth? If you don't tell me clearly, I will punish you for the crime of deceiving the emperor!"

"Your Majesty, the law of the ancestors cannot be changed! The emperor has no selfish wealth. This is a rule passed down from ancient times, and it must not be easily changed."

"Oh, can't the rules left over from ancient times be changed? Even if this rule can cause the danger of destroying the country, can't it be changed?!"

"Your Majesty's words are too exaggerated. How can this cause the danger of destroying the country?"

"Can't?" Liu Hong continued to ask: "If I withdraw all the money from the treasury now and use it for eating, drinking and having fun, what will you do? Tax the world, continue to provide for my enjoyment, what will you do? If I feel that the tax increase alone is not enough for my enjoyment, and I have to sell officials and nobles, continue to provide for my enjoyment, what can you do? I want to do these things, right? Can it cause the danger of destroying the country? And if I want to do this, can you stop it?"

Liu Hong's words made everyone stupid.These were all done by the Ling Emperor in history. In history, the ministers were helpless against the Ling Emperor. Now they are also powerless to Liu Hong's interrogation.

To be a minister and reach such a high position must be smart people.After thinking about it calmly, they found out that this matter is really a great hidden danger.

Looking at the contemplative people, Liu Hong said again: "Perhaps you think that I will not do the above-mentioned thing. But even if I can't do it, can you guarantee that future emperors will never be able to do such a thing? As long as there is such a foolish emperor, the country of the great Han will be completely ruined. With such a hidden danger, can we be at ease?!"

Realizing the seriousness of the matter, those old stubborn people also changed their views.Although they still couldn't save face and publicly agreed, they no longer bluffed about the immutability of their ancestors.

After listening for a long time, the queen mother also felt that what Liu Hong said was very reasonable, especially the statement that Liu Hong wanted to build a palace for her moved her.So she spoke up, thinking that it would be better for the royal family's property to be separated from the national treasury.

The civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty were almost always guided by the general Dou Wu.So as soon as the Queen Mother spoke, the matter would be settled easily, and as soon as other people agreed, the matter would be settled.The rest is to study how the property is divided.

Seeing that the goal had been achieved, Liu Hong didn't want to make things difficult for these courtiers too much, so as not to cause extra problems, he said: "Since the treasury is not rich, the money in it will be reserved for governing the country, and the royal family will no longer divide it. Now only need Ladies and gentlemen, it is enough to set a salary for everyone in the royal family."

What kind of international joke are you making to set salaries for the members of the royal family? Can a minister decide this? Which minister dares to speak casually? !This thing is obviously not too much, and it’s not too much, isn’t it embarrassing.If this is set too much, the money used to govern the country may not be enough.And if there is less, no matter if it is the emperor, queen mother, empress, or the concubines, imperial concubines, princes, etc., if there is one who holds a grudge, maybe at any time, they may give you a small shoe to wear.

Seeing that no one else spoke, Dou Wu couldn't hold back.This matter, after all, was agreed by his niece, Empress Dowager Dou, and if he froze here, his niece's face would definitely not look good, so he came forward to solve the situation.

"Your Majesty, setting salaries for the royal family is something that has never happened before, and it also concerns the face of the royal family, so we should consider it carefully."

"The general can speak up if he has any ideas, can we all discuss it together?"

"Your Majesty, I think so. Directly setting a specific number will damage the face of the royal family. Why don't we set a specific number and give the royal family a share based on the actual revenue of the treasury. I don't know what your majesty thinks?"

"This method is good. If the country develops well, the royal family will get more money. If the country does not develop well, the royal family will get less money. This is a good method, but I don't know how much of the royal family should be given as a share? "

"In order to ensure that the treasury has enough money to govern the country, at most [-]% can be allocated to the royal family, [-]% of which is the emperor's salary, [-]% is the salary of the empress dowagers and concubines, and the remaining [-]% is for the royal family. It is the salary of the empress, imperial concubine and princes below."

"Oh, in that case, does it mean that I will marry a wife now, otherwise I can only withdraw [-]% of the national treasury's income?"

Although it felt like Liu Hong was joking, no one dared to take the next step.Seeing that everyone was afraid to speak, Liu Hong smiled helplessly, and said: "Our royal family is not greedy. A [-]% share is enough for our expenses. Now that the country is in trouble, we should save more money for rule the country."

"Your Majesty is wise!" The ministers quickly praised.

"Now that the property of the royal family is separated from the treasury, the maintenance of the palace and the servants of the palace, there is no reason for the royal family to allow the state to bear this part of the expenses. But this requires a lot of money. With the current situation of the treasury, [-]% of the income, It should not be enough to pay for all of this. In order to prevent the royal family from being dragged down by this part of the money, I think we can set aside some cultivated land and properties across the country as royal estates, otherwise our royal family will go bankrupt, and you will not look good as courtiers .”

Huangzhuang is nothing to the ministers. In their view, it is just a fiefdom in disguise.Anyway, there is a lot of unowned land in the world, just find some and allocate it to the royal family. Anyway, it doesn't affect their interests, and they don't have to offend the emperor for this matter.

But this matter is quite important to Liu Hong.Because he has long been optimistic about some places, all of which are important military places. If a military base is built there, he can easily control the whole country.Originally, Liu Hong wanted to buy these places with money, but many of them were occupied by some departments of the imperial court. Now, with the excuse of Huangzhuang, those departments should be able to vacate the places.

Liu Hong is very happy to have resolved the separation of royal property and treasury.It was rare for him to be in high spirits, and felt that he should do more things, at least to solve the coin issue.Otherwise, once you go out to buy something, you have to use a cart to pull the money, which is too inconvenient.