Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 424 The Stingy Emperor and Ministers
Hubu Shangshu Liu Wanchun has nothing to say now. With the rise of paper media in Ming Dynasty, there are popular science magazines like "Nature". He also knows that the places Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian refers to are now wild There is no state power except for some indigenous peoples.

Therefore, Liu Wanchun, the Minister of the Household Department, couldn't help but think that if the fiefs of these vassal kings were sealed to these places, what kind of fiefs are they? This is obviously exile!

"Just put it this way, the fief exchange standard is ten times that of a prince, eight times that of a county king, and five times that of a title below the county king;
Having said that, I can't be too generous, and the system of extending grace must be implemented;
In addition, the salaries of these vassal kings have to be halved, and half of them have to be used as military funding. After all, these fiefdoms of theirs were fought with the help of my Ming Guards, so they must give some money;

Because they are royal nobles, I didn't ask hard for the soldiers of the Imperial Guards. It is generous enough to only charge half of the salary. After all, they will get five times, even eight times and ten times more land than their current land. . "

As soon as Zhu Youjian said that, he asked Liu Wanchun, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, to start to redesign the salary distribution of these vassal kings. The fiefdoms were re-divided.

On the issue of dealing with the vassal kings, the civil servants and Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian had the same position, so they had no opinion on Zhu Youjian's attempt to mobilize the interests of the vassal kings group.

If it is a civil servant, it is not completely useless. For example, Gao Hongtu, the chief assistant of the cabinet, is now in the eyes of Zhu Youjian. Not to mention resolutely stabilizing people's hearts, Zhu Youjian praised the vassal group alone this time.

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Gao Hongtu, was very skilled, and he was very good at playing tricks that civil servants were good at. In the order to Zhu You, he only said that the descendants of the royal family who were above the generals of the town and the country were called to gather in the capital before the Dragon Boat Festival in May. In the same way that the emperor and the cabinet discussed the granting of Lutian to the vassals, they did not mention the exchange of lands such as America or Oceania for fiefdoms.

"Gao Aiqing really cherishes words like gold." Zhu Youjian couldn't help admiring: "The supervisor of ceremonies approves the red, and immediately distributes it to the vassal princes everywhere."

The eunuch Lu Jiude, the supervisor of ceremonies, took the imperial decree from Gao Hongtu and stamped it.

Zhu Youjian also laughed proudly when he saw this. Once the imperial decree was issued by the cabinet, it marked the official start of his first reform after 21 years in Chongzhen. It would not make the entire gentry to take action against the feudal king group. The group is disgusted, but it can cut off a political boost that the civil service group may rebel against itself in the future.

It is only February now, and it will take more than a month for the imperial decree to be sent to the vassal kings of various places, and it will take more than a month to wait for the vassal kings from all over the country to enter Beijing, plus other delays, until all the vassal kings from all over the country enter Beijing and officially start When changing the fiefdom of the vassal king, it must be after the middle of May.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian decided to take advantage of this time to make some preparations for how to keep the vassal kings in the capital.

Although he said that these vassal kings are being raised by the people like pigs, these vassal kings are also human beings after all, and there are tens of thousands of family servants and guards attached to them. Let them support themselves, and even if the court still needs to spend money at present, the cost must be minimized.

Before arranging work, the first question is how to arrange the residence of these vassal kings after they move back to the capital.

For this purpose, Zhu Youjian specially convened the chief assistant of the cabinet, officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, officials from the Ministry of Industry, and officials from Yingtianfu to discuss how to arrange it.

"Your Majesty, there are many people in the south of the Yangtze River and the land is narrow, so Nanjing City is even more serious. And the vassals, especially the princes, must have a palace. According to the regulations, there must be a royal city. Now they have moved to Nanjing to build a palace. I'm afraid that the royal city doesn't have so much land, so I think it's a good idea to move some of the unused houses of officials who have committed crimes and nobles near the imperial city and divide them into three or four houses for the vassal kings to live in. What do you think? "

Gao Hongtu, chief assistant of the cabinet, suggested so.

But after Zhu Youjian listened to it, he realized what it means to be a pick. Now if these civil servants don't call it a pick, no one would dare to call it a pick.

These people have their own manors inside and outside the city, and private gardens comparable to the Humble Administrator's Garden have sprung up at every turn. Now the vassal kings only arrange some three or four houses when they come to Beijing.

The key point is that Liu Wanchun, Minister of the Household Department, also mentioned a reason that Zhu Youjian could not refute: "Your Majesty, the shops and land outside the city of Nanjing are the property of the people who actively pay taxes. The reason why the people were persuaded to pay taxes was because the government guaranteed To protect the private property of the common people, the vassal kings cannot touch the property of these common people now."

"Okay, I got it. In my opinion, there is no need to give the houses of offending officials to the vassals. I have a better way."

After Zhu Youjian said that, he ordered someone to bring over the map of Nanjing City:
"The Qixia Mountain area close to the Yangtze River is set aside for the vassal princes to live in. There are not many. The living area of ​​each prince is limited to three acres, and the county king is two acres. mu."

When Zhu Youjian said this, Gao Hongtu, the chief assistant of the cabinet, could hardly believe that this was what his majesty said. He felt that his cabinet did not build palaces for these vassal kings in order to save money, and only let them live in the old houses of officials who committed crimes. It's too much, but I didn't expect that my majesty would be even more unreasonable to my relatives, and directly only live in two or three acres of mountain land under Qixia Mountain!
You must know that although the civil servants live in the old houses of officials who committed crimes and relatives for the vassals, the location is very good after all. After all, it is on the edge of the imperial city, and it is the inner city. It's easy to have fun.

And Qixia Mountain is in the north of Nanjing City, full of mountains, not many people, the nearest to Qixia Mountain is Zhongshan Xiaoling Mausoleum and Xiaolingwei, and the tombs of some founding heroes. The key is that the distance from the imperial city is farther than Zhongshan from the imperial city. Twice as far.

"Your Majesty, is this not good? After all, the vassals are royal nobles, and the location of Qixia Mountain is really not good. It is too deserted and located in the outer city, which will damage the majesty of the royal family."

Gao Hongtu, the chief assistant of the cabinet, couldn't help but asked.

"What's wrong with this location? It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with the beautiful Qixia Mountain as its back, and facing the blue waves of the mighty Yangtze River. The scenery is beautiful, it is warm in winter and cool in summer, and it is also quiet. It's also convenient, and in the outer city, you don't have to worry about riots affecting the safety of the imperial city. It's settled like this. The key point is that the land price in this area is cheap, and the court can save a lot of money. Don't think that now that the treasury is full, you can spend it lavishly, especially Your household!"

Zhu Youjian was naturally reluctant to give the offending official's house to the vassal, because these were confiscated by Dongchang, and they were his private property. May be willing to give it to the vassals.

Of course, if the vassals want to live at the base of the city wall, they can buy these old houses with prices but no market from him.

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