Volume Four, Empire East Rising, Chapter Sixty-Three
.The ministers of the cabinet carefully considered it. The emperor's proposal was indeed a way to win a single shot. The only thing that I was worried about was that I could not afford to buy or dared not buy muskets.
However, Wang Fu naturally had another way. The Ming Dynasty royal family had hundreds of thousands, and after the chaos in the north, there were still more than 100,000 people left. These people made a big fuss once for fiefdoms. In order to solve the problem of the royal family, the court issued an order last year to lift the shackles of the royal family's prohibition of engaging in various business operations, and set a quota of 6 million taels of tribute to the annual salary.
According to the maturity rice set by Zhu Yuanzhang for his descendants, the maturity rice set by him was more than 100,000,000, and the minimum maturity rice was 200,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
Although the lowest silver lieutenant Wang Fu set for the royal family was only thirty taels and fifteen taels of the village king, it was less than 20% of the original silver liang, but this was the real silver liang. If it was tighter, it would be enough for a year to chew, and the restrictions on the royal family's business were lifted. If it was diligent, it would be more comfortable than ordinary people. After more than a year of operation, many royal families' original dissatisfaction with the court had been eliminated.
However, this is only for the lower-level royal family. The upper-level royal family undoubtedly had huge complaints about the court, believing that the emperor did not care about family affection and was too harsh to treat the royal family. Although the prince changed from the original 10,000 shi of rice to 8,000 taels of silver, and the royal family's salary reduction rate was the lowest, they still did not appreciate it. For them, the wealth of rice was a small matter, and the fief was the big one. The court distributed their original fief to landless tenants, just like cutting their flesh, so how could there be no complaints?
Some of these royal families have the property accumulated by generations, and some have even accumulated more than ten generations. Although they have no fiefdom and some of the royal families who have traveled south from the north have also discarded most of their property, many royal families still have a large amount of wealth, among which King Lu, King Gui, King Huai, King Yi and others are the richest.
If Wang Fu had not revived the Ming Dynasty, after the Hongguang Dynasty was destroyed in history, the three kings of Tang, Lu, and Gui successively proclaimed emperors, and the Huai and Yi kings were the governors. Among these people, except for the King of Tang who was falsely accused of rebellion and imprisoned for organizing the army to serve the king during the Chongzhen period, the family was confiscated, and the money was not much, the other four were all rich.
These royal courts have lifted restrictions on activities. They have a lot of money and many servants. Because of the fiefdom, they have more or less resentment towards the court. This is really an unstable factor. It is better to move them all to Nanyang.
In August of the seventh year of Hongguang, the imperial court newspaper began to promote the newly discovered Australian geography and issued an edict to encourage the people to go out to sea to reclaim land. Each male person who voluntarily came to Australia gave 100 acres of land and 50 acres of women. Each five people gave a plowing ox. If he was engaged in grazing, the court would issue five times the grassland, provide loans, and issue high-quality sheep. Whether it was grazing or farming, the court would be exempted from tax for ten years.
This is much higher than the conditions for migration to Liaodong. Although many people are worried about going too far to the sea, it still attracts the hearts of the residents of Fujian and Guangdong. If the weather in the north is too cold and many people are hesitant and hesitant, Nanyang can be in the south together, at least there is no need to worry about being too cold.
In fact, with the development of maritime trade, there have been a lot of people going overseas. Many of them have made a fortune, which naturally aroused the envy of others and attracted more people to go out to sea. Many of these people have established land overseas. However, since most of them are colonies of Western and Dutch countries, they must be exploited by colonists. The imperial court not only distributes land for free but also exempts tax for ten years. Such a good thing cannot be missed. Many landless tenants have joined the government office to register to win the first batch of immigrants, and even many people with arable land sign up to participate, which finally caused the land prices in Jiangnan to finally drop slightly.
When many people were preparing to immigrate to the sea, another news was also circulating. The court was preparing to return the royal fiefs to the royal family and allow the foreign kings to form an army, but it was limited to the Nanyang area.
This news made all the foreign kings mixed joys and sorrows, and they sent their families to inquire, but they only knew that the news came from the cabinet, and no one could tell which cabinet minister was about to spread.
Early in the morning that day, there were endless tourists coming from Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu. These guests were undoubtedly from the royal family. The king of Lu was still the tenth generation grandson of Taizu, and the emperor today had two generations. According to generation, the emperor must be called his uncle when he saw Zhu Yihai. Since the re-establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the king of Lu became the leader of various royal families.
The news was so popular that it was so popular. When they wanted to go further but couldn't find out, everyone came to the palace of Prince Lu, trying to find out the exact news from Zhu Yihai. Dozens of people suddenly filled the living room of Prince Lu.
The fief of King Lu was originally in Yanzhou. In the 15th year of Chongzhen, Yanzhou was captured by the Manchus. King Zhu Yisect of King Lu was captured and died. Zhu Yihai inherited the title of King Lu and lived in Taizhou. Last year, after the imperial court lifted various restrictions on the king of foreign kings, Zhu Yihai bought a house in the capital. This royal palace was naturally much smaller than the prefectures established by the court before.
"Uncle Wang, the emperor allowed the foreign king to open a government office and build a yamen. I wonder if it is true or false?"
"Uncle Wang, if we go to Nanyang, will the court allow us to come back again?"
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At this time, the entire living room of the royal palace was like a vegetable market, and everyone asked questions to Zhu Yihai.
Zhu Yihai quickly pressed down with his hand, and the butler of the Prince Lu Mansion shouted: "Dear princes, princes, princes, be quiet, be quiet."
Hearing the butler say this, the sound in the living room became smaller. Everyone looked at Zhu Yihai and waited for his answer.
"That's right, it's true." Zhu Yihai nodded, with a complacent smile on his face. Although he is of high age, he is not old. He is only thirty-three years old this year. At that time, the Lu Palace was completely killed by the Qing Dynasty. Only he escaped from Taizhou and had an irreconcilable hatred with the Manchus. When he was in Taizhou, he thought of spending all his family fortune and recruiting warriors to fight against the Manchus. It was only because of the lessons of the Tang King's previous actions that did not implement it in the end. Zhu Yihai admired the emperor for being able to revive the world of Daming and recover the old land of Liaodong, but he was unwilling to do nothing for the rest of his life and wait for death. If he followed the laws of the Ming Dynasty, as a royal family, he was restricted in everything and even serving the king, he could only do nothing. If he could do something overseas, it would be a dream.
"Really?" many people asked in disbelief.
"Of course, this is what the emperor said to me in person." Zhu Yihai said proudly: "If you are willing to move overseas, the prince can obtain 100,000 acres of fiefdom and 10,000 acres of prince. The prince can form a thousand-man guard, and the prince can form a hundred-man guard. The guard weapons are not limited, so you can buy it directly from the court."
Zhu Yihai's words caused an uproar in the entire living room. The prince formed a guard, which was only treated during the Taizu period. In Yongle, all the foreign kings were controlled by the court, and the foreign kings could not even leave their fiefdoms. If they could re-establish the guard, wouldn't they be like local emperors overseas and could do whatever they wanted?
"That's great, the emperor is so kind."
"After all, the emperor has not forgotten our royal family."
"I have said a long time ago that the emperor is so wise, how could he be so harsh to our royal family? There will definitely be compensation."
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After being confirmed by King Lu, most of the royal families in the living room were excited, but only one person had a gray face, clinging to the chair with his hands tightly, and the veins on it burst out.
"Yin's plan, this is Yin's plan. If the fiefs of each prince and the prince are overseas, what impact will it have on the country? No, I must expose it."
"King Tang, are you unhappy?" A royal family next to him interrupted Zhu Youjian's thoughts.
"Ah, no, I'm happy, happy..." Zhu Youjian replied quickly, and in a blink of an eye, he became ashamed again. This was simply a wishful person. Although many of the princes and princes in front of him were stupid, there were also people who were not very smart. How could they not know that once they went overseas, it would have no impact on the Central Plains. But for them, instead of staying in the Central Plains and waiting to die, it would be better to create a world overseas. No matter how badly they were, there would be no restrictions in the country and could be a real local emperor.
But I am different from them. Since the ninth year of Chongzhen, I was imprisoned when I recruited people to serve the king, I have vowed to dominate my own destiny. Although the Ming Dynasty is powerful on the surface, it is actually completely deviating from the achievements since Taizu. For the sake of maritime trade, countless people are profit-making. Over time, people's minds change, and the Ming Dynasty is not far from the day of overturn. But how can we resolve the emperor's plan to remove the firewood from the bottom of the pot?
"Emperor, good news, King Huai, King Yi, King Lu and others have applied to the court and are willing to move overseas and expand territory for the court." Tian Cheng reported, while smiling and handing a list to the emperor.
"Oh, so soon." Wang Fu also smiled on his face. He thought these princes, princes and others would have to think about it for a while, but he didn't expect that they could not wait.
After scanning the list, the emperor tapped the table with his hand and couldn't help asking: "Why are there no King Gui and King Tang?"
Hearing the emperor's question, Tian Cheng took the list from the emperor and hurriedly looked at it. There were indeed no two people on it. He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, maybe the two princes have to consider it, so why not wait a few more days."
"Oh, then wait." Wang Fushen was calm, but couldn't help thinking in his heart: "These two people are unwilling to leave the Central Plains. Is it difficult to get away from their hometown or have different thoughts?"
Chapter completed!