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In the capital, in the study of the residence of Liu Jian, the chief minister of the cabinet.
Liu Jian is discussing something with Li Dongyang and Xie Qian.
"Mr. Li, thank you Gong~"
"You must have received the relevant news. Now some people are advocating that the feudal lord goes to sea. What do you think?"
Liu Jian looked at Li Dongyang and Xie Qian with a sad look on his face.
The affairs of the feudal king are not trivial matters. If the feudal king's affairs are not handled well, big things will inevitably happen. This is a matter of national importance.
The vassal kings are the royal family members of the Ming Dynasty. Since ancient times, matters related to the royal family members have been the most difficult to deal with in all dynasties. On the one hand, the royal family members must enjoy preferential treatment, but on the other hand, they are extremely afraid of the royal family members. To usurp the throne and seize power.
There have been too many such things since ancient times.
Not to mention anything else, in this dynasty alone, Zhu Di was originally a vassal king, but in the end he succeeded in rising to the throne. This is enough to show that everything about the vassal king is not a trivial matter, and one careless move may lead to grievances in the future. A source of disaster.
At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to enfeoff his sons to various places and hand over various local powers to the vassals. Originally, he wanted his sons to enfeoff various places to jointly defend the emperor in the center.
But in fact, it was just the opposite. There were naturally irreconcilable conflicts between the emperor and the princes and kings, especially when the princes and kings still held military power and local power.
The history of Han and Jin is enough to illustrate this point.
But Comrade Lao Zhu did not listen to the persuasion of his ministers and insisted on going his own way. As a result, Zhu Di usurped Zhu Yunwen's throne, and then deprived the vassal kings of all power from their hands and raised them like pigs.
The concentration and unification of power is a historical necessity.
Only a unified and centralized dynasty can be stable and prosperous.
Now with the emergence of the colonial law, the voice of the vassal king going to sea suddenly appeared, which made the chief minister of the cabinet feel very worried.
The Ming Dynasty has finally reached its current situation, but it cannot be ruined by any major twists and turns in the feudal king's affairs.
"Mr. Liu, I've heard about it too."
Li Dongyang nodded solemnly. He knew this and was also worried.
"Behind this, there must be those local vassal kings who are building momentum for their overseas voyages. Once the colonial law comes out, those vassal kings may not be able to sit still."
"There is support from the vassal king behind him, that's for sure. The key is what attitude the court should have, and what kind of attitude your majesty has, these are all important."
Liu Jian nodded and said, there is no wind without waves. You can tell with your toes that the local feudal king must be behind this.
Although the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were strictly monitored, these vassal kings were still very rich. With money, you can do things, and many things can be done.
"Actually, in my opinion, it is a good thing for the vassal king to go to sea."
Xie Qian pondered for a while, thought about it and said.
"A good thing?"
Li Dongyang and Liu Jian said in surprise at the same time.
"Yes, this is indeed a good thing. The rumors are right. This vassal king going to sea will definitely be beneficial to our Ming Dynasty."
Xie Qian nodded solemnly and said.
"I think Mr. Liu and Mr. Xie should be very clear about the situation of the vassal king."
"Although the current vassal kings are relatively stable, they are also relatively honest in various places and fiefdoms."
"But under our vassal system, the support of the royal family has become a major burden for our court."
"That is to say, the situation has been better in recent years. A few years ago, half of the taxes from our court were used to supply princes from various places."
"And as time goes by, the size of the royal clan is getting larger and larger, and the number of people is getting larger and larger. Correspondingly, the burden on our court will become heavier and heavier. A few years ago, it took half of the court's taxes to be able to provide supplies. Royal family members, but what about fifty, one hundred, or two hundred years from now?"
¡°By then, the burden of the royal family will become heavier and heavier. No matter how much taxes the court has, it will not be able to support the growing number of royal family members.¡±
Xie Qian shook his head helplessly as he spoke.
Regarding this matter, everyone actually knows it and has clearly seen the heavy burden that the growing population of royal family members has placed on the entire country.
? ?, and at the same time, he behaves randomly in the local area, running rampant and doing evil.
Although local officials have the power of supervision, they do not have any power to review and arrest these feudal kings. Only the emperor can deal with these feudal kings.
As for the emperor, as long as it is not a big deal, he usually turns a blind eye. He is not trying to compete with himself for the country, but is just occupying some land in the local area and bullying men and women. There will be fewer people like this in that place. people?
Even if there are no such royal relatives, there will still be other people doing these things locally.
This also led to the local vassal kings often having no scruples, and annexing land became even more serious. Not only in Henan, as long as there was a vassal king, the surrounding land would slowly become the land of the vassal king. .
"Maybe you are right, Mr. Xie. The problem of the vassal king has indeed reached a point that must be solved."
After a long time, Liu Jian nodded slowly.
The problem of the vassal king has really reached the point of endangering the Ming Dynasty.
If this problem is not solved, the Ming Dynasty will be defeated by the increasingly large vassal kings sooner or later.
"Allowing the vassal kings to stay in the Ming Dynasty will definitely endanger the foundation of our Ming Dynasty in the future. Send them overseas far away from our Ming Dynasty, and let them do whatever they want, and it will not matter what happens to our Ming Dynasty."
Xie Qian smiled and said.
He supported the vassal kings to go to sea, not only for the Ming Dynasty court, but also for himself, for the booming overseas trade and overseas colonies.
¡°If Emperor Hongzhi and the court could allow and encourage the vassal kings to go to sea, wouldn¡¯t it be more stable for ordinary people?
In Xie Qian's view, the vassal kings went to sea on a large scale, which was a good thing for the Ming court, the Ming Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, and the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty.
The imperial court can reduce its burden and gradually get rid of an increasingly heavy revenge. The annual financial support saved by the imperial court is very considerable.
For the Ming Dynasty, the vassal king's overseas voyages could promote the development of overseas colonies. In the end, the colonies the vassal king established overseas also belonged to the Ming Dynasty, and they could collect a large amount of tax every year.
For the people of the Ming Dynasty, when the vassal kings went to sea, their land could be returned to the hands of the people. In the fiefdoms of each vassal king, everyone had one less vampire, and life was naturally much easier.
For the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, it is actually a good thing for the vassal king to go to sea. The burden is reduced, the country is more relaxed, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is also more relaxed.
As for whether some powerful vassal kings will appear in the future to take over the Central Plains, there is no need to worry too much.
They are all overseas places, far away from the Ming Dynasty. In such a place, it is not known how long it will take them to establish a firm foothold. The Ming Dynasty itself has its foundation here, so how can it be afraid of them?
For the feudal lord, this is also a good thing.
There are some feudal kings who are willing to be like pigs, but most of the feudal kings are actually unwilling and helpless.
The ancestral legal system is here, so they don¡¯t have to be pigs even if they don¡¯t want to.
If the court and the emperor could allow them to go to sea, it would be great news for the vassal kings. They would no longer have to be limited to small fiefdoms. Many vassal kings themselves were actually very talented people. They can also go overseas to showcase their talents.
The most important thing is freedom, which is what the feudal kings desire most.
In short, no matter which aspect it is, it is a good thing for the vassal king to go to sea, and it is a good thing for the Ming Dynasty in all aspects.
When the vassal kings go to sea, the huge wealth accumulated by the vassal kings must be used.
Whether it¡¯s buying ships or recruiting troops and horses, you need to spend money. When this money is spent, it can promote the development of the Ming Dynasty¡¯s shipbuilding industry, weapons manufacturing industry, navigation industry and many other aspects.
When a vassal king goes overseas, he definitely does not go alone. He will definitely take a large number of people overseas, and it can also drive more people to migrate overseas from the Ming Dynasty to open up more colonies and living space.
"But, but, can your Majesty allow them to go out?"
Li Dongyang thought for a while and asked.
They feel that there are many benefits but it is useless. The key is that Emperor Hongzhi thinks it is good and agrees to their going out. If Emperor Hongzhi does not agree, no matter how good it is, it is useless.
It was a good thing for the Ming Dynasty in all aspects, but for Emperor Hongzhi, the biggest uncertainty was whether these vassal kings who went overseas would turn against the Ming Dynasty in the future?
Will these vassal kings come to seize the wealth of their children and grandchildren when they become stronger?
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