Ming Dynasty: Teaching The Prince Dragon-Slaying Skills At The Beginning

There was silence in the classroom.

Except for Yan Changqing, who was in a very happy mood, the other princes, princes, and even Zhu Yuanzhang were in extremely heavy moods.

After a long time, Prince Zhu Biao finally looked up at Yan Changqing and said hoarsely:

"What if we reduce the salary of clan members and limit the number of clan members?!!"

The eyes of King Zhu Xi of Qin, King Zhu Fan of Jin, King Zhu Di of Yan, King Zhu Ji of Zhou, King Zhu Zhen of Chu, and King Zhu Su of Qi all focused on Prince Zhu Biao.

The meaning of Prince Zhu Biao is obvious, since the late Ming Dynasty two or three hundred years later was crushed by the salary of the Ming clan.

So as long as we find ways to reduce clan salaries and limit the number of clans in later generations, the huge clan salary problem in the late Ming Dynasty may be solved.

However, such an approach would be beneficial to the late Ming Dynasty two or three hundred years later.

But for the princes and kings such as Qin Wang Zhu Fang, Jin Wang Zhu Fan, Yan Wang Zhu Di, Zhou Wang Zhu Ji, Chu Wang Zhu Zhen, Qi Wang Zhu Su, etc., it can be said to be a great disadvantage.

Therefore, after hearing the words of Prince Zhu Biao, all the princes and kings, including Qin King Zhu Xi, Jin King Zhu Fan, Yan King Zhu Di, Zhou King Zhu Ji, Chu King Zhu Zhen, and Qi King Zhu Su, looked a little ugly.

However, due to Zhu Biao's status as the prince, it was difficult for him to refute.

Regarding the solution given by Prince Zhu Biao, Yan Changqing picked up the chalk and drew a circle on the blackboard behind him with a salary of one hundred stones and the descendants of the vassal king with a base of five. He got up and said:

"The average clan salary of one hundred dan per clan member has been used as the base for calculation before. If the clan salary is further reduced, how much does His Highness the Crown Prince want to reduce it to?!!"

"Is it possible that it can be reduced to an average of ten stones per clan member?!!"

"Your Majesty has seventeen sons, and as a royal family member, there are only five descendants in each generation, which is considered to be sparsely populated."

"Now His Highness the Crown Prince still wants to limit the number of clan members, so I wonder how His Highness the Crown Prince wants to limit it?!!"

"Is it possible to limit a royal family member to a maximum of three descendants?!!"

"For the rest, either they will be removed from their clan status and will no longer support them?!!"

"Either abandon it or drown?!!"

“There can’t be just one, right?!!”

"If he dies accidentally, he will really be extinct!"

Zhu Biao was silent, while Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes frowned and their faces became increasingly ugly.

Zhu Yuanzhang in the dark room on the other side hesitated to speak. He had also thought about this solution, but he gave up.

"Tsk tsk tsk, with a salary of ten stones per year, the number of descendants cannot be more than three, or even only one royal family member."

"This royal family member lives a worse life than ordinary people!"

"At least ordinary people don't have any restrictions on how much they can have. If they work hard, they can still have more than ten or dozens of kilo of food at the end of the year."

Yan Changqing looked like he was lamenting and sympathizing with the royal family members of later generations. It would be better if the smile on his lips could be restrained.

When the princes such as King Zhu Fang of Qin, King Zhu Fan of Jin, King Zhu Di of Yan, King Zhu Ji of Zhou, King Zhu Zhen of Chu, and King Zhu Su of Qi heard Yan Changqing's words, their faces were as gloomy as water.

After all, the words Yan Changqing said are, from a certain perspective, very likely to be a situation that they, the descendants of the vassal kings, will encounter.

For these vassal kings, the descendants in two or three hundred years will not be divided into direct and collateral lines. They are all descendants of their first line and their descendants.

And now their descendants may not even be as good as ordinary people. How can they, as "ancestors", sit still? ! !

"I don't know, what do your Royal Highnesses think about this solution proposed by Your Highness?!!"

"Are you going to let your descendants enjoy the glorious treatment of royal family members for one or two hundred years, and then drag the entire Ming Empire to death two or three hundred years later?!!"

"Or do you choose to sacrifice your own descendants for the Ming Dynasty, bear the name of royal family members, but live a hard life that is worse than ordinary people, in order to continue the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty? !!"

"What you say and do at this moment will profoundly affect the future of your own descendants."

"If you agree with His Highness the Crown Prince's idea, then your descendants can't say anything about you. After all, you will be dead by then."

"The most you can do is look at the 50,000 dan salary of the royal family members and vassal kings recorded in the history books during the Hongwu period, and then look at the 10 dan salary that you are hungry for."

"Then maybe in a fit of anger, he would just overturn the tablets of the 'ancestors' of the vassal kings who agreed with His Highness the Crown Prince's idea and led to his current miserable life."

"If you don't agree with His Highness the Crown Prince's idea, you still have a chance to put forward your opinions now."

"After all, the Ming Dynasty is not owned by His Highness the Crown Prince alone. All the Princes and Highnesses also have a small share, so they are still qualified to offer opinions."

Yan Changqing continued to hold the fire aside.

Anyway, it's not him who's facing difficulties, and it's not him who's having headaches.

So don’t be afraid, keep arching!

As for whether it will cause fire and burn one's body, Yan Changqing said it is possible.

But compared to the fact that the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed in two or three hundred years, the matter of burning him to death is too trivial.

After all, if they wanted to kill him, Prince Zhu Biao and the others could kill him at any time.

But if the salary issue of the royal family is not resolved, then they will really have to watch the Ming Dynasty collapse in the future!

For these princes and princes, nothing is more important now than saving the future Ming Dynasty!

Of course, saving the future Ming Dynasty is very important, but how to ensure the interests of our descendants is also important.

At least, King Zhu Feng of Qin, King Zhu Fan of Jin, King Zhu Di of Yan, King Zhu Zhu of Zhou, King Zhu Zhen of Chu, and King Zhu Su of Qi did not want to see their descendants live worse than ordinary people.

Therefore, King Qin Zhu Xi was the first to turn around and look back at Prince Zhu Biao silently without speaking. He just watched quietly and expressed his objections.

Afterwards, King Zhu Fan of Jin, King Zhu Di of Yan, King Zhu Zhu of Zhou, King Zhu Zhen of Chu, and King Zhu Su of Qi, one by one, all turned around and looked back at Prince Zhu Biao silently.

They can accept the reduced treatment of their descendants, and they do not even require that their descendants can live like a wealthy gentry.

But at least they should let their descendants live like small landowners, right? ! !

If they want their descendants to live worse than ordinary people, then they will not agree to it no matter what!

Even if they were deposed as vassal kings, they would not agree! ! !

This is not the opinion of any one of them, but the unified opinion of all the princes and lords present!

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