'Benevolence' is the core of Confucianism, and the Ming Dynasty ruled the country with Confucianism, so naturally it cannot violate this word.
'Li', the order of the Ming Dynasty is based on this word, and everything needs to be combined.
If the Ming Emperor and the imperial court are tough and act recklessly regardless of these two words, there may be many unpredictable consequences.
Zhu Xu heard the meaning of Bi Ziyan's exhortation, paced slowly, and said, "Then Master Bi said, what should I do?"
How many people were in the clan at the time of Taizu, and how many are there now?
If it is a few decades later, I am afraid that I will not be able to support the clan in a year's taxes......"
Bi Ziyan frowned, his steps slowed down, and his mind was racing.
The problem of too high a clan has been there since the Wanli period, but the emperor has a problem with his personality, and then to the 'national capital dispute', the problem of this clan is almost impossible to mention, and even King Fu became a vassal and gave up to 40,000 hectares of food fields, so that Shaanxi.
There is no land to seal in the west, and you have to go to other identities to 'raise'.
How else is this restricted?
In the year of the Apocalypse, there was a transcript of the 'Limited Sect Room', but after the Apocalypse ordered the 'Ministry of Discussion', it was also ineffective and had no practical effect.
Although the current emperor has carried out a 'confiscation' of the clan, and has collected their acres and most of their property, he cannot but raise hundreds of thousands of people, ten stones per person every year is millions of stones, plus other weddings and funerals, the expenditure is even more terrible, and it is still a huge burden for the imperial court.
Now the money and food given by the imperial court to the clan is relatively much less, in the words of the clan, it is just 'barely surviving', in fact, there is indeed not much room to reduce it, reducing 108,000 yuan does not work, reducing one million stone will definitely starve to death!
Although Bi Ziyan's words are concise and to the point, they contain a lot of things.
Regarding the 'demotion of the lord', Zhu Xu is also thoughtful, and he can't let the population of the clan expand unlimitedly, absorb the blood on the court and constantly suck blood, and he himself is like pigs and sheep being kept in captivity, mixed and waiting for death.
Zhu Xu paused, and said in a deep voice, "My determination to solve the problem of the clan has been decided, if the cabinet can't think of a better way, let's draw up a decree first."
"This matter can't be done by Zhu Xu, the emperor, the black cauldron is either the Zongren Mansion or the cabinet, or they share it.
Bi Ziyan looked at the back of Zhu Xu's head, took a deep breath, and said, "The minister obeys the order." ” The cabinet must think of a better way, otherwise once the 'demotion of the knight' is implemented, the clan and the noble ministers will have to make a fuss.
They weren't ordinary people, nor were they stragglers in one or two.
Zhu Xu saw that Bi Ziyan did not resolutely oppose it, and nodded secretly, now that the cabinet is not powerful enough, and he has not yet had the courage to stand up to him, it will be difficult to say after a while.
Bi Ziyan's non-objection is equivalent to the cabinet's consent, Zhu Xu smiled at the corner of his mouth, walked a few steps, and suddenly said: "I heard that my uncle is on leave?"
” When these words fell, even Xiao Yongning, who had been carefully wrapping his head, raised his head, looked at Zhu Xu, and then looked at Bi Ziyan.
Don't look at her young age, there are some things that she knows more than others.
Bi Ziyan's expression also moved slightly, bowed slightly, and said in a cautious tone: "The minister is a little anxious, which may make Fu Shangshu not very happy." ” Zhu Xu nodded, and said in a calm tone: "Well, be cautious, it is one thing for the cabinet to collect power, and it is another thing to unite all the ministers, you can't just care about collecting power, and offend the six ministries and nine temples, and it is useless to collect the power." ” Bi Ziyan could hear Zhu Xu's warning, and perhaps there was also dissatisfaction with him for 'offending' Fu Changzong, so he raised his hand slightly in his heart and said, "Yes, the minister understands." ” Zhu Xu didn't answer again, walked slowly, walked through Zhengyang Gate, strolled on the street, and gradually became full of people.
Seeing that the Royal Politics House was in front of him, Zhu Xu thought about it, and then spoke: "Master Bi, what do you think of the Royal Politics?"
” Although Bi Ziyan has the title of president of the Royal Political Yuan, he actually didn't care about it, listening to Zhu Xu's questioning, he was a little confused, and said: "The minister believes that the Royal Political Yuan is very beneficial to the popularization of education and the prosperity of literary style. ” Zhu Xu listened to Bi Ziyan's words and shook his head in his heart.
Bi Ziyan said concisely and to the point, but he didn't touch the core at all.
Zhu Xu laughed lightly and took the lead to cross the Sanli River, and the Royal Cabinet was in front of him.
"Let's go, go in and have a look."
Zhu Xu went straight to the door.
Bi Ziyan looked at Zhu Xu's back, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.
Perhaps, the emperor didn't call him over because he was the president of the Imperial Court, I'm afraid there was another purpose!
Song Yingxing and a group of others couldn't wait for it, and when they saw Zhu Xu, they all flocked to it, and they all bowed in unison: "The ministers see the emperor!"
” Behind Song Yingxing are the directors of the Royal Political Academy, professors, doctors, etc., there are a few Zhu Xu who still know each other, and there are even a few curly-haired and blue-eyed missionaries.
Zhu Xu waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's all polite, I just came to take a look, just leave a few people, and the others can be busy with whatever they want." ” Song Yingxing also felt that Zhu Xu didn't like pomp, so he hurriedly dispersed the people, so he dared to approach, Yu Guang glanced at Bi Ziyan, and said, "Your Majesty, this is the budget of next year's Political Yuan, and I invite the emperor to take a look." ” Zhu Xu raised his eyebrows, a little speechless.
Fortunately, this Song Yingxing did not win the first place, and if he did, it is estimated that he would not be able to last a year and a half in the officialdom.
Sure enough, Bi Ziyan frowned, glanced at Song Yingxing, and then looked at Zhu Xu, wondering in his heart whether Zhu Xu specially called him over for him to cut the budget of the Royal Political Yuan.
Zhu Xu didn't care about anything else, and looked at it.
Song Yingxing not only did not reduce the budget, but also increased it to 3.2 million taels, and there was also an 'additive' option that was empty, that is, Song Yingxing not only increased the budget that was cut by Bi Ziyan, but also wanted to increase it at any time.
'This Song Yingxing is really not suitable to be an official......
Zhu Xu said a word in his heart, then closed it with a smile, handed it to Cao Huachun behind him, looked at Song Yingxing and said, "Let's go, take me to see the fruits of your labor." ” Song Yingxing saw that Zhu Xu did not immediately nod his head and was disappointed, and when he heard Zhu Xu say this again, his expression was greatly perked up, and he said, "Yes, Your Majesty, Bige Lao, please come with me." ” "Master, let's go, let's go and have a look."
Bi Ziyan didn't understand what Zhu Xu was going to do, but he still nodded and said, "Yes." ” Several people were in civilian clothes, and many people greeted Song Yingxing everywhere they passed, but they didn't know much about Zhu Xu and Bi Ziyan, so they looked at it a few more times.
"Your Majesty, Elder Bige, let's take a look at the telescope we just designed," As he spoke, Song Yingxing led a group of people to an open-air observatory, on which four huge telescopes were set up in four directions, aiming at the sky.
Zhu Xu stepped forward with great interest, stopped in front of a telescope, and observed carefully.
The telescope had the appearance of later generations, with a tripod, a monocular, and a glass mirror, like a small artillery.
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Zhu Xu bent down and looked closely.
Even in the daytime, the thick clouds in the sky seem to be in front of you, and through some light, you can see even farther.
Song Yingxing stood beside Zhu Xu and said, "Your Majesty, this is an improvement made by the minister based on Lord Xu's posthumous work, and it is now about sixty times larger. ” Zhu Xu raised his eyebrows, held the telescope and slowly rotated, looking at the sky non-stop.
Bi Ziyan has no interest in these strange tricks, but at this time, even if he cooperates with the emperor, he has to make a show, and he reluctantly learns from Zhu Xu and lies on the telescope to watch.
He had already seen the military telescope, and even if it was a little farther away, he didn't think there was anything new, so he was not interested.
But Xiao Yongning shouted, hugged one around, and beckoned Li Xiangjun: "Xiangjun, look at it, there seems to be an eagle ...... in the sky."
Li Xiangjun was also very curious, but said 'um' very quietly, and looked quietly with his little face on the telescope.
Zhu Xu looked at it for a while, raised his head to look at Song Yingxing, and said, "Yes, this telescope is not only very important in the military, but also in a series of civilian use, monitoring water conditions, disasters, etc., and it is very important to not relax......"
"Yes, I obey."
Song Yingxing was overjoyed, as long as the emperor was willing to support him, silver would be indispensable.
Bi Ziyan opened his mouth to speak, glanced at Song Yingxing, frowned and did not speak.
In his opinion, now that the imperial court is in such difficulty, silver should no longer be wasted in such a place.
"Your Majesty, go this way, here is the test firing room for our newly developed bow and crossbow."
Song Yingxing glanced at the distance of his left hand, and suddenly his eyes lit up.
"Let's go!"
Zhu Xu also said with a happy face.
The bow and crossbow is now one of the important weapons equipped by the Ming army, and it is naturally the range, and the greater the power, the better.
Zhu Xu and the group turned to the arrow testing room not far away, and before they arrived, they heard a thick sound of nail boards.
"Your Majesty, please."
Song Yingxing stood at the door and motioned for Zhu Xu to advance.
When Zhu Xu entered the room, he saw more than a dozen big men lined up, constantly drawing their bows and shooting at the target in the distance.
Zhu Xu visually measured the distance, some were two hundred meters, some were two hundred and five, some were three hundred, and some were even more than five hundred meters!
Song Yingxing stood aside and introduced: "Your Majesty, these close-range ones in front are for archers, and the effective range is about sixty zhang, this kind of bow shoots quickly and powerfully.
This side is for the arrow artillery, mainly the long range, even with the addition of gunpowder, the range is also a hundred zhang away, whether it is a cavalry assault or arrow artillery pushing sideways, there is enough killing distance......"
Zhu Xu was even more interested, nodded and said: "Very good, this military department will definitely like it very much, you have to continue to study, you can't stop!"
” "Yes!"
Song Yingxing was overjoyed, as long as it didn't stop, the silver would be endless.
"Your Majesty, let's continue to take a look."
Then Song Yingxing hurriedly said.
Zhu Xu nodded naturally, followed Song Yingxing and turned around and went out.
Zhu Xu and Xiao Yongning were all in high spirits, and Bi Ziyan kept his face calm and had no expression.
He had little interest in any of this, and was now more concerned with how to cut the budget of the Royal House.
"Your Majesty, this is salt production, we are trying to find a way to make better salt, and we have already achieved initial results......
"Here is the mechanical department, ploughs, horse-drawn carts, waterwheels, windmills are the focus of current research, and there has been a lot of progress......
"Your Majesty, this is a greenhouse room, as long as the temperature is reached, you can grow the desired food and vegetables, and the minister thinks that if it can be promoted on a large scale, it will be of great use in fighting disasters......
"This is the Department of Pharmacy, which is combing through various prescriptions, researching various medical books, and experimenting with various diseases, as well as refining medicines......"