Chapter Seventy-Four: Too Many
To tell the truth, there is no emperor who is unwilling to reuse the clan.
Especially Zhu Yijun.
But he couldn't use it, even though he had two different views of education, the old and the new, but he was still a traditional scholar.
Because he was educated by such a point of view, in fact, the emperor himself is not much different from Confucianism, and even everyone in the world has this set of methodologies for guiding life.
These royal descendants are already fundamentally different from their ancestors Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, who immediately took over the world.
Zhu Yijun may be one of the heretics, making his style of action more practical, but this actually does not have much impact in daily life.
When people stand at a certain historical point in time and look forward, they often see the disadvantages of Confucianism, but in fact, everything in this period is precisely shaped by Confucianism, and even a certain period has to be indispensable.
This principle can also be applied to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty.
Later generations strictly guarded the clan because of Emperor Chengzu's illegal conversion and the bad debts between the Yingzong dynasty, but even so, no one wanted to kill the clan, at least in Wanli's eyes, the clan has always been a card that has not been played.
The only thing he didn't know was that after holding this card in his hand for so long, the words on the card might be gone, what could it do after it was played? How good it is, how bad it is, no one knows whether the Activation Sect lost the sesame seeds and picked up the watermelon, or the watermelon and picked up the landmines.
Now Wang An said that this card is good, and Wanli really wants to hear what is good.
"Slaves and maids in the inner study throughout the annals, the Han, Wei, Tang and Song dynasties are all guarded by the clan, such as Cao Wei strictly prevents the close branch clan from participating in politics and reusing the distant branch clan; As for the Jin, Liao, and Yuan, they also let the king of the sect enter the Xianggong to defend the place to become the help of the imperial court, and the dynasty strictly guarded the clan, in order to avoid the clan from rebelling. ”
Wang Anzheng said: "In fact, they should raise troops or raise troops, and those who openly rebelled were the King of Han, the King of Anhua, and the King of Ning, and the goal that the court wanted to achieve was not achieved." ”
"The prince and the prince of the county, the general and the lieutenant, have spent a lot of rice, which has stretched the national strength; The lower-level clans could not engage in production officials, and even if they had financial resources, they could only end up in a situation where it was difficult to make a living. ”
"The slave and maid distinguished these things, thinking that this was what Jing Haibo said, the upper class clan was extravagant and hedonistic, and the lower class clan lacked room to rise, and all of them became an economic burden."
Wanli folded a wicker stick and played with it in his hand, led the big cat to sit down and said: "I know what you said that those rebellions were indeed suppressed, but that was precisely because they did not have military power, if they had military power, would they be so easy to suppress?" I don't worry about the people, these wealthy princes are the ones I worry about, they can easily rebel once they are in power, with the name of the clan. ”
"Your Majesty, don't you know the status of the rebel vassal king in the eyes of the people? King Ning's rebellion made Xinjian Bo, and he was posthumously awarded the title of Marquis when he was the first emperor; The rebellion of King Anhua made Xianningbo, and he was later named the Marquis of Xianning. ”
On the one hand, it is a great achievement to quell the rebellion of the vassal king, and on the other hand, the rebellion of the vassal king is no more difficult to deal with than other rebellions.
It's a large experience pack for promotions.
"The slave maid thinks that the current state is not lacking in room for the common people and scholars, and even if the vassal king rebels, he can't find talented people to assist...... How can a really talented person limit his vision to the sea, such as Lin Afeng, isn't it good to be crowned king in an exotic land? The people in the country are happy, who will follow them to rebel? ”
"If it is really a virtuous clan, why doesn't the emperor use it? If they are not virtuous and learned, what does it have to do with them even if the ban is lifted? ”
Don't really say it, Wanli was indeed moved by Wang An's last sentence.
If the clan is a talented sage, the court can use him, and it is a great thing to let the talent have a place to display; If he is a useless person, even if the ban is lifted, he will not have the ability to make trouble, and if he does it, he will be quickly exterminated.
The common people are too lazy to follow him, and a considerable number of people who have the courage in wealth and danger are willing to go overseas to seek a career to change their fate, and why are they idle and have nothing to do to participate in the rebellion at home?
There is military support abroad, there are people, ships and ships, cannons and cannons, and you can get the imperial court official by making some achievements, whether it is a commander or a county, it is just a matter of name, even if it is a small commander and a county, the king of the foreign country should not bow down and salute when he sees it?
What's more, Haikou can establish the Han Kingdom overseas, who else can't be a king?
However, Wanli thought about it for a while, then came back to his senses and waved his hand again: "No, no, no, you are in the wrong direction, I want to get money to build the railway, not to lift the ban on the clan." ”
"The ban can be lifted at any time, but now that I have solved it, how can I get money from them, didn't Governor Xu say that the Shu domain and the Chu domain are rich."
In fact, when Wanli said such a thing, it means that the ban on the feudal domain has been loosened in his heart, but the reason for the loosening is not only what Wang An said.
It also lies in one point - he hopes to get more people into the court.
The reuse of military ministers has already made Wanli taste the sweetness, Li Chengliang leveled the northeast, Qi Jiguang chiseled through the plug, and Chen Mu laid a huge territory for the imperial court overseas, but Wanli felt that this was not enough.
Someone else's power may come from violence, but he knows that his power comes from distribution.
The world needs such a person as the emperor in the middle and coordination, so there is supreme imperial power, and the better he does, the greater this imperial power.
Chen Mu said that Wenwu was the book and sword in his hands, but he felt that he should not have only these two things.
He also has eunuchs, clans, and merchants, and if he is a person who distributes cakes, this cake is getting bigger and bigger, and it should be big enough for everyone to join in this carnival that only belongs to the Ming Empire.
But before that, he needed more railroads, he needed more silver.
There are not too many ways to get the silver, but I didn't expect to be gagged by the clan with this letter, and everyone is invited to serve the country, can he still seal people overseas, and in fact, confiscate the family property?
But what Wanli didn't expect was that Tang King Zhu Shuoxi was really not as confused as he thought, and people knew what he meant by deliberately revealing this wind.
Just as he was thinking about it, a guard in Tsinghua Garden came to report, saying that Tang Wangfu had handed over 30,000 taels of silver to the Henan Household Division, and asked the Beijing Household Department to allocate 30,000 taels of silver to escort Tsinghua Garden as a congratulatory gift for Tang Wang's Christmas celebration this year.
Wanli counted and calculated with his fingers, and finally understood...... Tang Wang wished himself a happy birthday five months in advance.
Bothered.
The real boss was behind, and he was also a member of the household department, telling him that the king of Shu had sent 60,000 taels of gold to the household department.
Speaking of which, this man's heart is complex.
King Tang donated 30,000 taels of silver, and Wanli thought it was very good.
The king of Shu sent 60,000 taels of gold, but Wanli felt that the Shu domain should be ruled - this is too much money.