The emperor said: "Shaolin is the ancestral court of Zen Buddhism, and many times sent monks and soldiers to help the court, you write a good note and send it to the cabinet, as long as the Ministry of Rites does not object to the court tomorrow, there should be no problem!"

As Chang Wei expected, with the trust he now receives, a monk emperor would not object. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"In addition, Tantra is extremely influential in the Western Regions, and the ministers are afraid that they will incite the local tribes to threaten Yumen Pass and Yangguan, so the imperial court should send officials to announce the decree to appease the Huangyi Sect and suppress the Black Yi Sect. ”

The emperor said happily: "Very good, you think about the matter very comprehensively! Tomorrow, let the Honglu Temple come up with the charter and send officials to comfort him." ”

Chang Wei said again: "The minister thinks that the situation in the Western Regions is complicated, and the officials of Honglu Temple are not enough to suppress the situation. The envoy sent by the emperor must allow Wen and Yunwu to seek power change. ”

The emperor smiled and said: "Do you want to go by yourself? That's not good! You have a heavy task, the machine bureau, the new guns, the ocean-going fleet, and even Liaodong need you, so send someone else to this kind of trivial matter." ”

Chang Wei felt a burst of relief in his heart, "It is an honor for the minister to be so trusted by the emperor, but the minister is not talking about himself." At the Nanjing Martial Arts Conference, the minister had met Liu Kongzhao, a man of profound wisdom, both civil and military, and a hereditary earl, who sent him to deal with any situation. ”

Yulang seems to be a prodigal, but in fact he has a very long-term vision, Chang Wei has long wanted to ask him to come out to do things, and now he has the opportunity.

"Liu Kongzhao, it's good to find him something to do, and the province will be troubled all day long. "The emperor really has eyes and ears all over the world, and he knows the style of Yulang's gang.

Chang Wei said with a smile: "It just so happens that he is leading the earl, and he doesn't need to spend more money from the court." ”

"Hahaha, you will really save money for the imperial court. ”

After laughing, the emperor said: "Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua, and Bi Maokang arrived in Beijing at the end of the first month, and the machine bureau has been erected, but your subordinates have circled the training ground of Xiaochengen Temple, and dozens of letters have been piled up to impeach you, and you have to be prepared to be fined tomorrow." ”

"Punishment again?" Chang Wei said with a bitter face: "The minister has been an official for a year, and he has never received a tael of silver, and he has been fined silver." ”

"Who called you a rich man, let's talk about the affairs of the foreign domain. ”

Chang Wei Zhengse said: "At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were more than a dozen vassal kings, and the court only needed to support one hundred and ten people, but now there are millions of people. Princes, county kings, Zhenguo generals, auxiliary generals, Fengguo generals, Zhenguo lieutenants, these knighthoods naturally don't matter if they are supported by the imperial court. ”

"The vassal kings who could not get their names had no state support, let alone a job to support themselves, so they had no way to live, and many people starved to death. said that they were nobles and clan relatives, but in fact, they were not as good as ordinary people. ”

And the imperial court spends seven million taels of silver on the vassal king every year, which accounts for most of the imperial court's income. Those powerful vassal kings still relied on their identities to collude with the localities, and there were countless fertile lands that they embezzled, and the vassal kings have become the first cancer of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Although the regulations of the clan issued during the Jiading period changed some bad situations, it was difficult to cure the root cause, and the role of the vassal king as a parasite did not change at all. ”

In the end, Chang Wei said solemnly: "The minister suggested cutting the domain!"

The emperor said with a calm face: "Do you know the consequences of cutting the domain?"

Who doesn't know, Jianwen cut the feudal domain and was taken the throne by Zhu Di. Emperor Ming is all descendants of Zhu Di, therefore, everyone knows this fact, but no one dares to say it in front of the emperor, because it involves a face issue.

Chang Wei said: "It doesn't matter, the rules and regulations of the clan during the Jiajing period can be called harsh, and the vassal king did not accept it as it is? King Fu and King Tang were suspected of rebellion, and as a result, the minister brought a thousand people, and it didn't take much effort to quell these two disasters!"

"Moreover, people of insight in the government and the opposition have recognized the harmfulness of the vassal king, and now there are only people who support the reduction of the feudal domain, and no one opposes it. The same clan can intermarry after the five civil servants, and in the same way, the ministers think that the clans other than the five generations since His Majesty will be abolished together!"

Zhu Youxiao's generation had only one fifth brother, Xinwang Zhu Youzhen, and the other brothers all died young; his uncles only had King Rui of Hanzhong Mansion, King Hui of Jingzhou Prefecture, and King Gui of Hengzhou Mansion left; his grandparents had only one King Lu of Weihui Mansion in Henan; and his great-grandfather generation Jiajing was a lone seedling, and there was no more in the upper echelons.

There are only five vassal kings in five generations, and a prince can breed a prince family, a bunch of county king families, a bunch of Zhenguo general families, a bunch of auxiliary general families, a bunch of Fengguo general families, a bunch of Zhenguo lieutenant families, and a lot of untitled ones.

It's like a pyramid with a growing base, and it will grow in size over the years, to the point where the court will be brought down and everyone will be finished together.

According to Chang Wei's method, take Zhu Youzhen as an example: Zhu Youzhen is a prince, and his son is demoted to the king of the county, and then he is demoted to one level in each subsequent generation; and those brothers who are not the eldest son and have not been crowned the king of the county are demoted to the general of the town state, and the number of people in each generation is limited to three, and those who exceed three are demoted to one level, and all the descendants are descended from generation to generation to the fifth generation of Fengguo generals, and the blood relationship fades and automatically becomes commoners. After five generations, the branch of the king of faith is no longer a foreign domain, and it can no longer be supported by the state.

Naturally, becoming a commoner can be engaged in all walks of life, such as agriculture and commerce, and can also be admitted to the imperial examination and become an official in the court.

The emperor was very moved by this suggestion, anyway, there were a lot of vassal kings, he didn't even know the name, as long as his younger brother could be the king of Xin, but the emperor was too soft-hearted, and thought for a long time and said: "This is too cruel to the clan, is there any other way?"

What else can be done but to cut the domain? This is the best way!

Chang Wei persuaded bitterly: "Your Majesty, the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, Liu Beigui is the great-great-grandson of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and after King Jing of Zhongshan, is he not weaving mats and selling shoes for a living?"

The emperor hesitated and said: "That's the case, but I really want to cut the domain, what face do I have to go to see the ancestors and the ancestors, and when the time comes, millions of clans all over the world will scold me!"

You have been scolded countless times for using Wei Fatzi to clean up the Donglin Party, the folk say that you are illiterate and illiterate, the carpenter emperor, and slandered in his heart for a while, Chang Wei persuaded: "Now it is one million, and in ten years those small clans should receive the money, and in ten years, His Majesty will raise two million clans, twenty years later, four million, thirty years later, eight million, and forty years later? It's still too late to do it, and the later you do it, the more harmful it is!"

"As for the infamy, Taizu and Chengzu are very infamous, right? But the two of them are famous Ming monarchs and heroes! And the more ruthless the emperor who is scolded by the literati in the history books, the greater the merit!"

Zhu Yuanzhang killed all the heroes, Zhu Di was martyred, cut down the feudal domain, and punished the ten tribes, isn't he still called the Great Emperor? When the emperor has more means, the more frightening people are, he can be regarded as capable!

After persuading for half an hour, the emperor finally promised to take this piece to the court tomorrow, as long as the problem of the vassal king is solved, the Ming Dynasty will be able to run and move forward in light and healthy health.

After talking about the matter, the emperor entertained Chang Wei to eat the imperial meal, this time there were a lot of people in the Qianqing Palace, in addition to the queen Zhang Yan, the emperor's harem also had seven people, including Liang Guifei Wang, Hui Guifei Fan, Rong Guifei Ren, etc.

There are a lot of concubines here, and Chang Wei can only salute in a proper manner.

Suddenly, the emperor pointed to a beautiful and young girl, and said meaningfully: "This is my favorite tenth sister Huihui. ”

"Unlucky, really unlucky! How did you meet this stubble, this meal is really not easy to mix!" Chang Wei lowered his head and his eyelids jumped.

"Chen Changwei greets Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

The girl said crisply: "Lord Chang is exempt!"

The emperor smiled and asked, "Hui Yan only turned sixteen last year." ”

The girl said: "Brother Huang, the minister will be seventeen in May." ”

"Well, it's time to be crowned a princess, I must give you the best title. After that, he turned his head and said, "Dauntless, what do you think is a good title? By the way, when will you turn twenty-two?"

"The matter of the title is not something that the minister should ask about, the emperor should discuss it with the Zongren Mansion and the Ministry of Rites. Chang Wei only felt bitter in his mouth: "The minister is twenty-two years old in August." ”

The emperor waved his hand and said, "Let's discuss and discuss first, you just have to say it." ”

Chang Wei stubbornly said: "Your Majesty's sisters have Princess Ningde, Princess Suiping, Princess Le'an, and the minister thinks that Yongning and Xianning should be next." ”

The emperor nodded and said, "These two are good, but they are not atmospheric enough, I thought they should be called Taiping or Changping." ”

Chang Wei glanced at the little girl's green chest and said, "That's right, it's really flat." ”

The Emperor stared at him strangely, "What do you think?"

Chang Wei said: "Simply call Princess Chang'an, may Your Majesty prosper in the Ming Dynasty and Chang'an forever!"

"Okay!" the emperor said happily, "It's better for my brother to take a name, it's up to you." ”

Chang Wei saw the emperor's eyes and felt weak for a while, "I have a lot of wives, but I only let me marry three, it's too unfair." ”

As soon as the thought was finished, he secretly said badly: "If the cutting of the feudal domain is successful, the restrictions on the horses will also be loosened, right? )