I am the king of the dead

Yuan Bin looked at the envoys who had already left, and said to the crowd in a daze, "The enthusiasm shown by Ashikaga Yoshimasa in the matter of Namba Kyoushi Shipping Division makes people think that he is a Ming Dynasty."

Ashikaga Yoshimasa is very enthusiastic. The establishment of the Shibo Division has been established. Ashikaga Yoshimasa just seeks some benefits and ignores it.

Ashikaga Yoshitoshi's annual 20 ingots of Daming Treasure Banknotes "lease" Nambakyo and Sakai Port to Daming indefinitely.

Ji Duo sneered and said, "Then what do you say?"

"Let Ashikaga Yoshimasa represent the Muromachi shogunate and call on the guardians of the entire Japanese kingdom to drive us away? Let's not talk about whether Ashikaga Yoshimasa has that appeal, just call it out, can you beat us?"

Yue Qian took over the conversation, and said with a smile: "Even if we can fight well, if we are expelled from the sea, Shanye Yinshan and Anyi Yinshan are back under their control. We were driven back to Daming, before the Daming Navy Come on, how do they deal with it?"

"Is it possible to make Daming give up the silver from the Wa Kingdom?"

Li Bing shook his sleeves and said, "The guardians of each family have their own ghosts, and they don't even have the most basic trust. How can we join forces?"

"Maybe the guards of the various families think that the Muromachi shogunate is setting them up."

"When the time comes, I only need to say something, and they will be self-defeating."

The words of several people clearly explained the current situation of the semi-colonial and semi-feudal country.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa behaved more like a Daming person, and he hoped that Daming could establish a Shibo Department as soon as possible, and the reason was the same.

The army leaders in the country are not of one mind at all, even if they are reluctantly gathered together, they are still in a state of disunity.

It's better to seek some benefits.

"Actually, there is a way out for Japan." Yuan Bin stood in the resplendent Palace Guard Pavilion, and said with emotion: "But why should we abolish that effort?"

Li Bing looked at the vast sea, looked at Yuan Bin, and said seriously: "Yuan Gongfang, the mountain does not go to people, people come up the mountain."

From Li Bing's point of view, he just didn't want to sit on the position of Yuan Bin, the king of the Wa Kingdom.

Survival and development are a kind of luxury. When this kind of luxury is close at hand, it is natural to firmly grasp it.

Yuan Bin's reputation in Japan became more and more famous, and the closer he was to the throne.

Zhu Qiyu received Yuan Bin's request to set up Namba Jingshi Shipping Division, and after Zhu approved it, he sent it back to the capital order Zhu Zhanqian to supervise the matter.

Xiang Wang Zhu Zhanqian not only handled daily official duties in the capital, but also did a major event.

With the cooperation of Yu Shiyue, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Xue Xuan, Minister of Dali Temple, He Zhang, Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and others, the Ming Dynasty set up a total of 33 "Jingtai Shibo Regulations" regarding the management of the Shibo Department.

The rule stipulates the fourth-class prohibited prohibited items. The Three Treasures of Fulu are all on the list. According to the quantity carried and the level of contraband, the offenders include beheading, family reunification, exile, imprisonment, and corporal punishment.

The rule clearly stipulates the proportion of points to be drawn. Daming merchant ships take [-] point out of [-], [-]% is exempted from silver bills, and the low tax rate encourages going to sea.

For foreign merchant ships, three points are drawn for every ten points.

Not only that, the "Regulations" also stipulates double draws and single draws.

The goods imported from the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty are only taxed when they arrive at the port, which is a single pumping.

After arriving at Hong Kong, foreign merchant ships will still have to collect points once when they buy and distribute from the warehouse of Wanguo City. This time it is a commercial tax of [-]/[-].

In the eyes of Daming's master, foreign barbarians are not even considered human beings at all. It is not a burden to increase taxes on them. Besides, there is also the guiding ideology of consolidating the country.

Encourage domestic commerce and protect domestic commerce.

The "Regulations" stipulated the punishment for foreigners leaving Wanguo City without permission, which was divided into beheading, imprisonment, expulsion, and rod punishment according to the severity of the situation.

"Regulations" also emphasizes that monks, Taoists, Yeli Kewen (missionaries), Da Shiman (missionaries) and others should follow the rules for their next trade.

Zhu Qiyu looked at this article and thought of Zen Master Yang, the national teacher who was sent to Yibei to reform the Wala people. He said with a smile: "This article is interesting. Our masters in Ming Dynasty are so afraid that I will give monks and Taoists tax exemption?"

Xing'an flipped through the thick memorandum, and said: "This one, I have a look, this one has been in existence since the Northern Song Dynasty. In the first year of Song Shenzong Xining, it was determined to solve the number, and later generations will follow this example."

In the Central Plains Dynasty, after the Judi Tiantong, God took care of God's affairs, and people's affairs were taken care of by people.

In the "Regulations", the fact that monks and Taoists are not exempted from tax is deliberately written clearly.

Article 33 of the "Jingtai Shi Ship Regulations" will be the first customs law in Ming Dynasty, which is dedicated to the management of maritime trade.

Zhu Qiyu thought about it for a while and Zhu approved this "Ze Li", which was officially implemented in the ninth year of Jingtai. He wrote at the end of "Ze Li": [There is no immortality in the world, and naturally there is no law that will last forever. 】

"Your Majesty, the memorandum from Minister of the Household Department Shen Yi." Xing'an hesitantly put a memorandum on the table, and said in a low voice: "Shen Yi wants to cut down the feudal clan."

Zhu Qiyu opened Zou Shu and said with a frown: "How can you cut it!"

"I have sent all the vassals to the ten princes' mansion to live in!"

"They said before that the vassal is in the local area, destroying the local justice, and the gentry is still affiliated with the palace to exempt the land from taxation, protecting the profiteers from committing crimes. This is all true. Is it okay to bring the vassal back to the capital?"

Zhu Qiyu stopped talking while talking, he asked suspiciously: "It's quite a lot, besides the security fee, does my Tai'an Palace have so much?"

Dragon and phoenix felts, Eight Immortals tables, lacquer tables, hanging chairs with lamps, sheath beds, hexagonal gauze lamps, sacrificial silk boxes, bathtubs, bathtubs, giant mats, steamers, and red cloth bags cost 250 pieces for each prince.

Sumac, Vitex, firewood, charcoal, coal, salt, fish, pepper, honey, garlic, aniseed, red candle, flour, ginger, sesame oil, birch bark, in catties, about 640 catties.

This is just the furniture and kitchen ingredients. This list is very long, and it costs nearly [-] silver coins to raise a prince in one year.

Sons beget grandchildren, grandchildren beget sons, sons, descendants, grandchildren, endless.

"Tai'an Palace spent less than [-] silver coins last year." Xing'an said with a look of unbearable expression: "Your Majesty, only Tai'an Palace has the Miyun Daxie Official Factory and the Imperial Hospital Official Factory for dividends. Not only is it enough, but there is also a surplus."

"Your Majesty, it has been six years since Tai'an Palace has not paid a dime from within."

Empress Wang has always been in charge of Tai'an Palace affairs.

Ran Siniang, as the general manager of the Miyun Dayao Official Factory and the Tai Hospital Official Pharmaceutical Factory, only paid the dividends to Queen Wang, which was enough for Tai'an Palace.

Xing'an doesn't know history, so he doesn't know if there are any emperors who even washed and wore crown clothes in history.

Your Majesty is frugal, and Tai'an Palace is not extravagant.

Zhu Qiyu recalled it carefully and said: "But I remember that Prince Yi's mansion didn't have as many as one hundred thousand silver coins a year. At that time, the annual salary was ten thousand shi, and [-]% of the banknotes were discounted. The ancestral salary in hand was only three thousand shi."

Xing'an was quite helpless. In fact, it was only in the ninth year of Zhengtong, that is, after King Jili took over the government, that the ancestral salary of Prince Tan's mansion was discounted by [-]%.

"Shen Bulou's memorial is just to settle accounts for me, saying that the vassals spend a lot of money, and he doesn't say how to cut it, which means that I will take this bad guy for granted." Zhu Qiyu knocked on the memorial and said: "Good reputation belongs to oneself, bad reputation Come on, is this the loyal monarchy that never leaks?"

Xing'an hurriedly took out another memorial and said: "That's not true. His Royal Highness Xiang Wang rejected Shen Shangshu's method of cutting the vassals. His Royal Highness Xiang Xiang made another memorial to discuss the treatment of cutting the vassal kings."

Zhu Qiyu picked up King Xiang's memorabilia, read it for a long time, and then said: "Uncle Huang is really cruel. He cut the treatment of the vassal king, didn't he cut his own treatment?"

Chapter 7 Although the treatment was reduced, but the freedom was gained

Zhu Qiyu looked at the memorial in his hand and fell into deep thought.

How to solve the problem that there are too many children in the clan, which makes the court unable to support them.

Ancient and modern Chinese, all dynasties have their own practices.

One of the most cruel methods is the kinicide decree of the Ottoman Kingdom.

After the new Sultan came to power, all brothers and nephews were killed.

For example, Fatih, the Ottoman Sultan who is now in Asia Minor, drowned his infant brother after he came to power.

If all the clans are killed, there will be no problem of the imperial court being unable to provide for their children and grandchildren. After all, there are no clans left.

Fatih is indeed a young genius.

This method requires that the succeeding sultan should live long, healthy, full of yang, be able to give birth to more heirs, and the number of clan members has been greatly reduced.

Whoever controls the Guards controls the throne.

This method of killing relatives was also practiced in the Warring States Period.

Duke Wuwu of Quwo, the minor sect of the Jin State, broke through Yicheng, the capital of the Marquis of Jin, the great sect of the Jin State, known as Quwo Daiyi in history.

After Qu Wo replaced Yi, Jin Wugong, the successor of Xiao Zong and Da Zong, began to massacre the clan, killing all the blood of Jin's direct line.

And Jin Wugong's son, Jin Xiangong Ji Guizhu, even slaughtered his Xiaozong's blood, sowing the seeds of disaster for the division of the three families into Jin Dynasty.

Another practitioner of the kinicide law was Qin Er Shi Hu Hai, who killed the Qin clan completely.

It is very interesting that the Wa country solved the problem of the difficult support of the clan's children. Several hereditary palace families served as backups for the succession of the throne, and they became princes from generation to generation without decreasing.

The Heavenly Royal Family and the hereditary palace family only left the heirs as heirs, and sent all the others to the temple to become monks, which not only saved money, but also cut off the descendants of the clans who became monks.

In Japan, until the Meiji Restoration, except for Jodo Shinzong, other monks who became monks could not marry.

In China, the most successful solution to the support of the clan is undoubtedly the Tweet Order of Zhu Fuyan.

In the early Han Dynasty, clan rebellions were commonplace. For example, during the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, Emperor Han Jing had to kill Chao Cuo before suppressing the rebellion.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, cutting down the vassals was still a serious problem for the court. The father Yan suggested implementing the Tweeting Order. In addition to the eldest son inheriting the throne, other children can also divide the feudal land as lords.

After the sons and grandchildren divided into feudal lords, the entire vassal state was weakened layer by layer, and the root cause of the vassal king's chaos disappeared naturally.

The clan inheritance law of Ming Dynasty is actually quite similar to the inheritance law of Tuen Ling.

The prince is named the prince, and the eldest son of the prince inherits the prince.

The sons were awarded the general of Zhen Guo, the grandson of Fu Guo was awarded the general, the great-grandson was awarded the general of Feng Guo, the grandson of the fourth generation was awarded the lieutenant of Zhen Guo, the grandson of the fifth generation was awarded the lieutenant of Fu Guo, and the sixth generation and below were all awarded the lieutenant of Feng Guo.

However, as it was passed down from generation to generation, more and more princes were appointed, and the number of clan children became larger and larger, and it became extremely difficult for the court to provide for them.

"The emperor's uncle's method is wonderful, but he will be pointed at the nose by the clan, and the head will be sprayed with blood." Zhu Qiyu looked at King Xiang's memorial and said with emotion.

Xing'an also asked full of doubts: "What idea did His Royal Highness King Xiang come up with, so that all the officials can't find any faults?"

Xing'an has not read this memorial, it is a memorial from the clan, and he has no right to check it.

Zhu Qiyu handed the memorial to Xing'an, and said with a sigh: "The first one is the surrender system, the prince's demise, the eldest son descends to be the county king, the county king's demise, the eldest son descends to be the general of the town, and so on, The fifth generation will not attack."

"The second one is conferment. Only one heir of a title can descend upon it. The other heirs must be evaluated before they can be conferred. If they fail to pass the conferment, they can join the Honored Army and become idle clan members. The salary does not regard the matter, and the children have no seals."

Except for the heir who inherits the title, the other heirs have to take an exam, and if they pass the exam, they can get the title of general.

If you fail the exam, you will be honored and raised by the officials, and your sons will no longer be granted favors.

"So ruthless!" Xing'an looked at His Majesty in shock, and said dumbfounded.

Your Majesty is already ruthless enough, killing an emperor and three princes, this His Highness King Xiang is indeed even more ruthless than His Majesty.

No wonder His Majesty, who has always been known for being ruthless, has to say something so ruthless.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the memorial letter and said: "When Emperor Gao, Emperor Gaodi, opened up the Ming Dynasty, the territory north of the Huaihe River in the Qinling Mountains had not heard of a king for nearly 300 years, and the land of Yanyun had not heard of a king for more than [-] years. change."

"The division between the north and the south is so deep that it is rare in all dynasties. Therefore, Emperor Taizu Gao decided to build a vassal state and set up a vassal state as a fence to stabilize the country."

There were two reasons why Zhu Yuanzhang established the feudal clan in the first place. One was that he not only failed to regain Yanyun after staying in the Song Dynasty for 300 years, but also lost Jiangnan in the end.

The division between the north and the south is serious, and if there is no establishment of a vassal, how can it be actual rule?

When Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, he had always planned to move the capital, and Zhu Di had also been preparing to move the capital after he became the throne. His purpose was to eliminate the division and stabilize the country.

Da Mao and Er Mao have the same language and the same species, and within 30 years of separation, they began to fight each other, fighting to the death.

The second is that the Song and Yuan dynasties both perished because the ministers were strong and the master was weak, and the ministers and workers overran the artifacts, which led to the country not being able to control the country. The Song Emperor and Yuan Emperor could not get the vassal barrier. The emperor was naturally stretched to do things.

As for whether Zhu Yuanzhang has the idea of ​​letting his children and grandchildren enjoy the world's support from generation to generation, Zhu Qiyu thinks that there should be some.

But it shouldn't be the main reason.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma were real husband and wife. After Empress Ma died of illness, Zhu Yuanzhang never established a queen again.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao are real father and son. Zhu Yuanzhang's trust in Zhu Biao is the father's love for his children.

After Zhu Biao's death, Zhu Yuanzhang also handed over the throne to Zhu Biao's son instead of choosing another one from his own sons.

As for the other emperor's heirs, in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, they are just tool people.

Zhu Qiyu kept tapping the table with his fingers and said: "If the emperor's idea is really implemented, the closer the relationship between my Daming clan and the emperor, the higher the title, and the farther the relationship with the emperor, the lower the title. , after the fifth server, no more grace."

"And my Daming clan will be divided into two distinct groups, one for the busy clan and one for the idle clan."

"If you pass the exam, you will be a noble, and you will die for hard work. If you fail to be an official, you will die for idleness."

Xing'an read the memorial carefully and said: "I'm going to invite Yu Shaobao."

For such an important matter, Xing'an, as the interior minister, naturally asked the foreign minister to discuss it together.

Yu Qian soon came to the imperial study room, and after reading His Highness King Xiang's memorial, he said sincerely: "His Highness King Xiang is worthy of Prince Zhide, he is so cruel."

According to the inheritance system established by King Xiang, only one of his sons can inherit, and he is only the king of the county. The remaining two sons must be tested for title. become a commoner.

"What does Yu Shaobao think of the emperor's strategy?" Zhu Qiyu asked quite seriously.

Clan matters involve the stability of the country's superstructure, so it is naturally a major event among major events.

Yu Qian was silent for a long time, thought for a long time, and asked: "Emperor Taizu Gao wants to let the clans of the world be your majesty's fence, but to this day, your majesty thinks that the clans of the world can still be your majesty's fence?"

Zhu Qiyu immediately said: "Why not? Yu Shaobao is looking at His Royal Highness King Xiang."