“How come this policy of supporting princes consumes so much money that the royal family princes can occupy 30% of the Ming Dynasty’s fiscal revenue?!”

“No matter how many children the Ming Dynasty clan can have, how many more children can they have? How can we not be able to support such a large Ming Dynasty?”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head desperately, with a look of disbelief on his face.

The national policy of supporting the prince was indeed a national policy issued by him personally, but his intention was good.

He felt that Lao Zhu’s family owned the Ming Dynasty, so he should be better for future generations of the Ming Dynasty, so he issued this national policy.

But he never expected that this national policy would actually deceive the Ming emperors of later generations, and it was actually a policy to subjugate the country!

“Biao’er, do you think this national policy we have formulated is really a policy of national subjugation?”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao suddenly.

Zhu Biao frowned. He knew about the national policy of supporting the prince, but he didn’t take it seriously.

It has never occurred to me that this national policy is actually a policy of national subjugation.

But Tian Mu’s remarks, coupled with the fact that Gao Yang had not spoken yet, made him realize that something was wrong.

“Father, son and minister… I don’t know!”

Zhu Biao lowered his head and spoke.

Even if he is Zhu Biao, he would not dare to express his opinion on this matter at will, if it is really what Tianmu said.

Then the entire Ming Dynasty will usher in an earthquake.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Tianmu with a puzzled expression, and the other emperors were also confused.

Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin frowned, “It’s just a matter of supporting the prince, but how can he spend so much money?”

“If I remember correctly, the Ming Dynasty’s national destiny in later generations only lasted for 276 years. Supporting the prince can account for 30% of the Ming Dynasty’s finance?”

He was also a little surprised.

Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world with one broken bowl, and his ability was beyond doubt, so Li Er also felt that Zhu Yuanzhang would not make such a big mistake.

Ming dynasty.

Yongle period.

Zhu Di sat up straight in an instant, his face full of confusion, “He raised these clan members in captivity, and then started to create people crazily?”

But even if they try their best to create babies, how many Ming clan princes can there be? ”

“But why would Tianmu say this?”

Under the curious eyes of everyone, the voice in the sky sounded again.

“Why is it said that Zhu Yuanzhang’s national policy of supporting the prince is a policy of national subjugation.”

“In fact, the answer is very simple, that is, ancient mathematics was too poor, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not understand mathematics!”

“He didn’t even measure the expansion speed of the Ming clan at this rate!”

Ming dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little confused.

math?

Want to learn a lesson?

But what does supporting the prince have to do with arithmetic?

Before Zhu Yuanzhang could say anything, Tianmu began to popularize science.

Lines of words suddenly appeared.

“According to historical records, during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, one stone of rice was worth about one tael of silver.”

“According to the prince support system formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, just one prince will need fifty thousand taels of rice and grain per year!”

“And this doesn’t include expenses for cloth, silk, etc. If we add them all up, it would cost tens of thousands of taels a year.”

“For a prince, the court spends 60,000 to 70,000 taels a year, which doesn’t seem like much. After all, this is the salary that only a prince can enjoy!”

“How many princes can the Ming Dynasty have?”

“No matter how you look at it, supporting the prince doesn’t seem like a strategy to subjugate the country!”

“But Zhu Yuanzhang ignored a problem, a fatal problem!”

Ming dynasty.

The more Zhu Yuanzhang listened, the more confused he became.

Until now, he still didn’t know why this policy of supporting princes evolved into what it was in later generations!

“What did we overlook?”

[According to historical records, Zhu Yuanzhang had about twenty-six children in his lifetime. For easy calculation, we will count them as twenty-five. Each of Zhu Yuanzhang’s sons is a prince! 】

[We consider a prince to be a little less. We don’t count the cloth and silk. If we calculate it based on the salary of 50,000 taels, the court’s annual expenditure will be 1.25 million taels! 】

[The first generation prince, this expense is not too much. 】

[But from now on, it will be a little scary! 】

[Zhu Yuanzhang’s speed of making children is not too high among the emperors of the past dynasties, but this is not necessarily the case for these princes! 】

[There were no entertainment activities in ancient times, and there was basically no contraception. A prince would be counted as having fewer children. After all, the survival rate of babies in ancient times was low. A prince would be counted as having ten children. According to the Ming Dynasty title system, this is Ten princes! 】

[Ten heirs are definitely not many given the status of an ancient prince! 】

[You must know that Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan in the Han Dynasty, is the prince. He had nothing to do every day and made babies every day. He had hundreds of sons in his life, and this is still recorded in the books! 】

As soon as these words came out.

Everyone nodded.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang did not refute.

As a prince in ancient times, he was so powerful that he only had ten sons in his life.That’s considered someone who doesn’t have much interest in beauty.

Big man.

Liu Sheng, King of Zhongshan: “Cough cough cough!”

“Low-key!”

“You can’t blame us for this. There’s nothing we can do about it. It’s too strong and there’s no way it can be stopped!”

In Weiyang Palace, the corners of Liu Che’s mouth twitched.

“This Liu Sheng is really…”

“According to Tianmu, this is because the Han Dynasty does not have any princely support system. Otherwise, Liu Sheng’s heirs will not exceed a thousand?”

Eastern Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei also nodded: “Yes, my ancestor Liu Sheng, King of Zhongshan, can indeed give birth!”

[In fact, with Liu Sheng, King of Zhongshan, as the medium, looking back, this is already very terrifying, just like Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han Dynasty claimed to be the heir of Liu Sheng, King of Zhongshan! 】

[Later generations have always questioned this, but the authenticity has never been determined. After all, Liu Sheng gave birth to more than a hundred children. No one can tell how many descendants he has! 】

[Compared to the Han Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was more exaggerated. After all, the imperial court ordered the princes to deal with the affairs of the imperial family members themselves, but the Ming Dynasty was different. According to Zhu Yuanzhang’s system, the imperial family was solely responsible for the affairs of the imperial family members. 】

[And under the heavy rewards, you can get a salary if you give birth to a child. Who wouldn’t work hard to have a child? 】

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang finally came to some realization.

The first generation of princes needed millions of taels of silver every year, although the salary of the county prince was not as high as that of the prince.

But the number is even greater in comparison!

How much money does this cost?

Zhu Yuanzhang’s expression suddenly changed.

Fine cold sweat also broke out on Zhu Biao’s forehead.

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