"Long live my Lord, I don't dare. It's enough for me to be a rich man. How dare I think of going north to assist the government?"

The King of Fortune, Zhu Changxun, was still begging and begging, refusing to go to Nanjing to become an auxiliary prince. Zhu Youjian saw his bad behavior and became more determined to send him to Nanjing to enjoy happiness.

Although he already holds big cards in his hand that can bring King Fu to death, he is a benevolent king after all! And he is very confident in his own heirs, with more than a hundred sons! Why can't King Fu's line come to his turn?

As for King Fu being supported by a group of Nanjing nobles and Donglin traitors to rebel in Nanjing, forget about it. Now that Zhu Youjian has established his reputation, how can those cowardly guys in the southeast dare to rebel? He is really going to rebel.

Isn’t it just dedicating the property collected by ancestors for generations to the country?

"Uncle!" Zhu Youjian's tone has become very stern, "Now someone has revealed to me that you conspired with the eunuchs in the court and the palace to poison my father and brother.

Son?"

"Ah" Zhu Changxun screamed, rolled his eyes, and immediately fainted from fright!

Zhu Youjian looked at the emperor's uncle who was lying limply on the ground, frowned, and said coldly, "Li Zicheng, wake him up!"

Li Zicheng responded and stretched out his iron-like fingers to pinch the person. After pinching several times, King Fu, who had fainted from fright, woke up with a groan. As soon as he woke up, he remembered what Zhu Youjian had said.

, and immediately began to cry loudly and express his injustice.

However, he shouted injustice, but in his heart he had no foundation at all!

Because he didn’t know whether the death of his brother Zhu Changluo and nephew Zhu Youxiao had anything to do with his own mother Zheng Guifei!

Although Concubine Zheng has been out of power for many years, when Emperor Wanli was still alive, she was the undisputed mistress of the harem. Moreover, she was not only able to show off her authority, but also showed kindness and won people's hearts. There were countless eunuchs in the palace, and the maids had been subjected to her

Enhui, maybe there are really a few close friends who want to help Concubine Zheng's son ascend the throne?

Zhu Changxun was scared to death, but Zhu Youjian laughed and said warmly, "Uncle Huang, you are not afraid, I believe in you. If I didn't believe you, how could I let you go to Nanjing to take charge? Uncle Huang, you are me.

Did I trust you wrongly?"

Should I be killed if I believe something wrong?

Prince Fu nodded quickly when he thought of this, "Long live my Lord, you must trust me and be honest."

Zhu Youjian nodded, "Okay, honest uncle, then you can go to Nanjing to sit in charge. It's to sit in town, not to be a vassal king, so I won't build you an imperial city, but I will give you a piece of land for the most filial mausoleum guard. You

Build your own garden.

I will not take back your title of King of Fortune, but I will also give you a salary of ten thousand stones a year. You can take the gold and silver treasures given to you by Zheng Guizheng to Nanjing to enjoy, and the property of Zhang Juzheng's mansion will also belong to you. But my grandfather has never

The money taken out from the internal transportation warehouse for you is all the people's wealth, you have to pay it back to me!

As for the silver from Sichuan Yanjing tea, the thousand three hundred dollars from Huaiyang, and the miscellaneous taxes from Jiangdu to Taiping along the Yangtze River and Dizhou, you don't deserve it. Return them all to the court!

Also, the 20,000 hectares of land that my grandfather gave you is too much. The land given by the vassal king usually amounts to dozens to hundreds of hectares. Back then, Ruimiao got 4,000 hectares of land, which was already a lot, but you got 20,000 hectares. How did you get it?

After collecting them all, I will give you another hundred hectares of land near Nanjing, which is better than nothing!

Also, you are sitting in Nanjing, not a vassal, so naturally you don’t have to abide by the vassal ban. As long as your family members don’t leave Nanzhili, they can go anywhere. Your concubines and grandchildren will no longer be granted the title of general or lieutenant in the future, but will be granted the title of lieutenant.

If you study well, then go to Nanjing Imperial College, and you will have a good background in the future.

Uncle Emperor, do I think you are satisfied with this arrangement?"

"Satisfied, satisfied." How could Prince Fu Zhu Changxun dare to say even half of his dissatisfaction? He now understood a little bit, he was encountering a robbing emperor!

The question now is whether to save money or life, whether to save some money to survive, or whether to save both money and life!

"Since you are satisfied," Zhu Youjian said, "then write a memorial to resign from the feudal clan and invite you to live in Nanjing! In addition, write a memorial to ask for a 'decided son'!"

The so-called "fixed children" was the most effective method proposed by Huo Tao, the Minister of Rites, to control the growth of the vassal clan's expenses when Emperor Jiajing implemented the vassal reform. According to this method, the descendants of the vassal king's side branches must be compiled.

Naturalization allowed them to participate in scholar-peasant, industrial and commercial activities and to support themselves from then on.

However, Emperor Jiajing lacked the courage to implement this reform and did not have the urgent sense of urgency, so he came to a "calm trial". This "calm" lasted until the Chongzhen period.

Moreover, as the vassal clans continued to multiply, the population had already grown to a level that the Ming Dynasty could not afford! Therefore, the court had no choice but to let the Ministry of Rites act as a villain and use the "Regulations of the vassal and vassal" formulated by the Jiajing Dynasty to "request nobility".

", the "bestowment" clause refers to the bestowal of the clan. If you don't get the bestowal, of course you won't get the corresponding salary, but you can't support yourself. As a result, there are many clans who have no money and are not allowed to work.

Some of them even starved to death!

"I know, I will ask the court to implement the method of 'fixing children'!" Prince Fu Zhu Changxun actually did not have many children to choose. He only had three sons in total and no grandchildren. Therefore, "fixing children" would not cause him any loss.

Zhu Youjian shook his head and said, "You don't have to appoint children for others. This is too offending. Just invite yourself to make a start, and the other vassals will naturally follow suit in the future."

"I obey the decree, and I will immediately submit a petition to propose a son or daughter!"

Zhu Youjian laughed and said, "Uncle, you are indeed my wise king of the Ming Dynasty. After the New Year, go to Nanjing to enjoy the blessings. Take your mother, Concubine Zheng, with you. You will have a good time in Nanjing from now on. In fact, this city of Nanjing,

It’s much better than Luoyang, I want to go there!”

King Fu Zhu Changxun breathed a sigh of relief. He originally thought that even if he did not "die" this time, he would be thrown into Fengyang's high wall and imprisoned. Unexpectedly, Zhu Youjian, a ruthless emperor, still showed some family affection and allowed him to go to Nanjing.

In good times, even his vassal ban was lifted, allowing him to roam around in Nanzhili, which was much better than being bored in Luoyang City.

Seeing Zhu Changxun leaving briskly, Zhu Youjian also breathed a sigh of relief and said to the eunuch beside him, "Daiwang and the others are here?"

"Long live my lord, the princes of the eight counties who came from Datong on behalf of the king have arrived a long time ago."

Zhu Youjian laughed and said, "Then let them go to the palace!"

The acting king Zhu Dingwei was already very ill and was about to die, but Zhu Youjian still would not let him and the other eight princes of the acting king line go. They all had to do the same as King Fu, "Determine their children and go to Nanjing." Zhu Youjian

The purpose of retaining the lives of several of them, including Prince Fu and his son, was to let them take the lead in implementing the method of "deciding children and going to Nanjing".

Of course, the purpose of "determining children" is to curb the excessive growth of the clan's population. In the future, the direct line of the Ming Dynasty King can still seize the title, while the collateral lines will find their own food. At least the number of various generals and lieutenants must be strictly limited, and the number of titles should be raised.

Those who cannot reach the threshold given by the gift will become ordinary people.

As for "Going to Nanjing", in order to reduce the destructive power of the vassal king on the seat of the vassal, it is best to gather them all in Nanjing City, where they will be watched by the Nanjing Six Ministries and the Nanjing Guarding Eunuch!

The reason why they are concentrated in Nanjing instead of Beijing is to avoid further growth of Beijing's population.

Nanjing, which is located on the bank of the Yangtze River, has no pressure on food supply. It is not a big deal to have more than 100,000 and 200,000 clans living on free food. But if Beijing needs an additional 100,000 and 200,000 free food, Zhu Youjian will have a big headache.

A population of one to two hundred thousand consumes at least one million tons of rice a year. If it cannot be supplied around Beijing, it has to be transported thousands of miles from the south. The cost is high and there is a lot of loss along the way.
Chapter completed!