The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

The Ming clan has always been like this.

Especially after Yongle, the clan was severely restricted.

Zhu Houzhao watched the ministers discussing and refuting Tang Hao's views fiercely. He didn't know what to say for a while.

He just felt sad and ridiculous.

I am afraid that even Taizu Emperor Gao would not have thought that one day most of his descendants, Zhu Yuanzhang, would be reduced to trash waiting to die, lying on the Ming Dynasty sucking blood and eating meat, and being raised like pigs!

It shouldn't be like this!

Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath and secretly made up his mind.

"Tang Hou, is there any way to solve these hidden dangers?"

When His Majesty the Emperor spoke, all the officials suddenly fell silent.

However, most of them disagree with this. No matter what they do, they can never lift the ban on the clan lord!

After all, no one wants to see the Ming Dynasty fight another battle of peace!

Tang Hao ignored the strange looks from these courtiers and spoke on his own.

"The simplest way is to lift the ban on the lord not leaving the fiefdom..."

As soon as these words came out, someone immediately jumped out to object. It was Yang Tinghe, the chief minister of the cabinet.

"Your Majesty, you must not!"

"According to the ancestral law... When the vassal king goes out of the city to visit the tomb, he will ask for permission. The two kings are not allowed to meet each other..."

"If you change the ancestral laws at will, I'm afraid it will cause unrest in people's hearts and make the world uneasy!"

The reason why Yang Tinghe opposed lifting the ban on the vassal king was simply because he was worried that the bad situation of fighting for power between the royal family and the clan vassal princes would reappear.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty has long been declining and can barely survive. If the clan kings are allowed to cause chaos at this time, it will be a disaster for the Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhongshan Hou with a serious expression.

"Tang Hou, this move may not be appropriate, right?"

If it weren't for the presence of these "outsiders", Zhu Houzhao would have pointed at Tang Hao's nose and cursed.

If we let go of the prohibitions imposed by these clans and vassals, then they are still not allowed to go around causing harm to the world?

What the hell is this idea?

However, Tang Hao's next words made everyone froze in place.

"The imperial court's goal is to save the clan's salary expenses!"

"Then why not lift the ban on these feudal princes and let them fight to death?"

"Whether it's oppressing the people or robbing the women of the people, as long as they make a mistake, the court can justifiably take action and abolish their feudal state. This is the simplest and most brutal method!"

"Otherwise, we can change our thinking. Your Majesty can summon several vassal princes to the capital as soon as possible. At that time, it will not be a matter of your Majesty's life and death. If you don't like anyone, you can find a way to make some mistakes for him, and then abolish them. Fengguo!”

"Abolition of the vassal and feudal state is equivalent to cutting off a large branch, and even a large vassal faction is gone. This is naturally the simplest and most effective way!"

Zhu Houzhao froze in place after hearing this.

The officials present, including Yang Tinghe, all had shocked faces.

The Marquis of Zhongshan in the Ming Dynasty was really ruthless and ruthless, and he would do whatever it took!

It seems that in his eyes, these Ming Dynasty clan kings are just like pigs and dogs who can be slaughtered at will. Is this what a minister should say?

"Marquis Tang's plan...is inappropriate!"

Yang Tinghe directly objected. He needed to look at the matter from the perspective of both the emperor and the civil servants.

"If you really act like this, Your Majesty will probably bear the reputation of "slaughtering your clan members"!"

Killing the clan members is a nicer way of saying it.

To put it more unpleasantly, it means being ruthless and unscrupulous, and even blood relatives cannot tolerate it. This is pure notoriety.

Zhu Houzhao also shook his head. He didn't want to bear such infamy.

Tang Hao was not angry when he saw this, but said with a smile.

"Secondly, there is only a compromise. On the surface, the clan salary will be increased, and then the clan level will be reduced, so as to shorten the imperial court's clan salary expenditure in disguise!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao and Yang Tinghe's eyes lit up, and all the officials also looked at Tang Hao.

To be honest, after the so-called game just now, these smart old foxes here all understood one thing, that is, this clan salary issue must be solved!

If not, I'm afraid it won't take more than a few decades for the Ming Dynasty's finances to be brought down by these clan kings who only know how to drink, eat and play with women!

Furthermore, in fact, the civil servants and gentry had always had deep opinions on the imperial government's financial support for the clan.

Wouldn't it be great if this money and food could be used to develop people's livelihood and build water conservancy projects?

It must be used to support these pig-like Ming Dynasty clan, and instead of having any sense of gratitude and shame, the latter is trying every means to have children in order to ask for more Lumi from the court!

If the Marquis of Zhongshan really had any reasonable solution, all the ministers present would spare no effort to support him.

To put it bluntly, it makes people gnash their teeth with hatred when these money, food and rice fall into the hands of the clan king.

"Reducing the clan title level is only the first step."

Tang Hao said in a deep voice, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

"And this first step must be done. The clan title level must be reduced, because at the end of the development, the real bulk of the imperial government's finances are these Lieutenants of the Fuguo and Fengguo, so they must be eliminated in advance."

In fact, the number of princes is not that large. What is really numerous are the family members derived from these princes from generation to generation.

If we look at the number of princes alone, the imperial court can definitely afford to support them, but with the huge number of clan members, and with the blessing of a huge base, this bad debt will naturally not be settled.

"Everyone knows in your heart that the remaining princes, counties and kings are like carrots and pits. With some appropriate control policies, no matter how large the number is, it will not be much. The imperial government can fully support it."

After hearing Tang Hao's words, everyone nodded subconsciously.

It is not difficult to understand this truth. As the Ming Dynasty developed later, the person with the largest number of clan members must be the lowest-ranking Lieutenant Feng Guo.

Because other titles, such as princes and princes, etc., are hereditary from generation to generation, the titles of other concubines and younger sons will be reduced gradually, until the final reduction is that of Fengguo Lieutenant.

If the eighth-level clan title is directly reduced to the fifth or sixth level, it may seem that only two or three levels are reduced, but in fact it can reduce the salary expenditure of millions of stones for the future Ming Dynasty!

This is the most important part, reducing the clan level!

Tang Hao was not in a hurry to speak, but allowed the ministers and His Majesty the Emperor to discuss it.

But the difficulty is, in what name should the court take action?

This is the ancestral law of the Eight Classics, and it has been used for so many years. How can it be said that it can be changed by changing it?

There is no doubt that the vassal king will definitely be dissatisfied, which will probably cause turmoil in the world!

Zhu Houzhao discussed with Yang Tinghe and others for a long time, but they really couldn't come up with any solution.

In the end, Yang Tinghe had no choice but to look at Tang Hao again and take the initiative to ask questions.

"May I ask Marquis Tang if you have any suggestions?"

Tang Hao nodded.

"You can cooperate with the second step and set up reward and punishment measures!"

Rewards and penalties?

What does this mean?

Everyone looked at each other with a look of confusion on their faces.

"The first step is to control population and family planning..."