Chapter 135 The prince goes to Annan

Crown Prince Zhu Jianjun didn't know why Zhu Qizhen suddenly asked this question, but hesitated for a moment: "Wu Jin and Yun's family are also good people. They have always assisted the government, and the patriarch and leader are good. I guess they will become a prominent family in the future."

Zhu Qizhen asked, "Do you think this is good?"

Crown Prince Zhu Jianjun didn't think it was a bit bad.

Because some government affairs are indeed beyond the reach, someone needs to add the power vacuum between county-level officials and ordinary people.

How many officials can a county have? Let me tell you about it, a county magistrate, a county magistrate, a magistrate, a teacher, a few ambassadors, a few inspectors, and more than a dozen people who receive the salary of the court.

Please note that this is said to Dori. In fact, many county teams may not be fully equipped.

How can these dozen people manage a county even if they have three heads and six arms?

Even if some extra-staff yamen runners and clerks were recruited, and the officials themselves were in charge, there were actually not many people. What they could manage was the county town or other villages, and they only looked for local old people and celebrities.

With these few people, you can represent a village or several villages.

This is a necessity to save administrative expenses.

If Zhu Jianjun had never been to the village and did not know the inheritance structure of the Ming Dynasty, he might not have felt very deeply, but after he actually presided over the purgation of one or two counties, he would know that he would almost never do anything to count on the county government, unless the chief official was willing to take the lead in doing it himself.

But how many local officials are there?

But if you increase the number of people, don’t say anything else, let’s put another person in a village?

The number of people in each county is calculated in a hundred, and these hundreds are over? No, with the virtues of the bureaucrats, if you arrange one person, he can have three extra-staff white servants. The wool comes from the sheep, and these burdens will be placed on the people.

In ancient society, productivity was low.

If one more non-working population is added, the people will bear a little more burden.

Many people say the contradiction between population and land, but the reality is that, from the data, when land is not enough to feed the population, peasant uprisings broke out first.

The reason is that the increase in a large number of non-agricultural populations has crushed agricultural production.

This was very sensitive in ancient times.

Therefore, although Zhu Jianjun saw that there were various problems here, he also saw the inevitability and rationality.

Therefore, he did not feel wrong.

Many times people have discovered and understood things from childhood and will not feel the mistakes in them.

However, Zhu Jianjun still pointed out several skill points when observing his expressions. Therefore, he clearly felt the attitude in Zhu Qizhen's tone.

So he said, "What does Father mean?"

Zhu Qizhen said: "There is no feudal official, the officials have feudal states, the counties have no feudal states, and the township has feudal states."

"You are well aware of the current situation of the Ming Dynasty and the ills of clerks."

Zhu Jianjun nodded.

Walking around the bottom is not without insight.

The clerks have no salary, and they can almost be said to be responsible for the government with free obligations. Just think about it, there is no such tall person.

They have always been working hard in the government affairs process, filling their own pockets, and even coercing Shangguan lawlessly to ask the county magistrate to wipe his butt. Otherwise, all the work of the county magistrate would not be able to be carried out.

If you open the history books, it seems that almost all capable local officials will have a step, which is to rectify the clerks, otherwise there would be no work.

What is the plaintiff eating the defendant after eating, what is the kicking tip of the fight?

Just the matter of transporting grain tax, first the people were resolved, then the officials were resolved, and then the people were granted their own submission, etc., wasn’t it because the court knew that the clerks were all ignorant of personnel?

One kills one, which is probably wronged, but one hundred kills ninety, and it is definitely a mistake.

When the prince was purging his father, he was furious and took charge of several clerks. After all, he deceived his superiors and deceived him, and Zhu Jianjun couldn't help it.

However, what Zhu Qizhen said now is not the clerks, but the feudal state of the countryside.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Those who have come out of literati become officials, and those who live in a village will control a village. Most of the land annexes in the world will be of this generation. I am afraid that for a long time, there are only a few big families in a county, with high-ranking families for generations, and even the county magistrates have to look at their faces."

"The south is a place with heavy money and grain. Our dynasty takes money and grain from the southeast and raises troops from the northwest, but there has been no change now."

"And the south is an important place for imperial examinations. If you merge in this way, do you think you can still get money and food from the southeast in the future?"

The prince never thought about it from this perspective, and felt too confused for a moment.

In fact, Zhu Qizhen was still very satisfied with the prince.

The experience in recent years has been very effective.

If you keep it in the deep palace, you may not even know how to collect taxes below. You don’t know the consequences of the control of a county by several big families, that is, every time the court collects a cent of money and grain, it will suck blood from these big families.

It would be strange if these big families were willing.

There are also various advantages and exemptions for the imperial examination, which naturally leads to the shrinking of the tax base.

The prince's confusion was that he could figure this out, but he didn't know why this happened?

The prince thought for a while before saying, "Father, what should I do?"

Zhu Qizhen said: "It is right for the court to share the world with the scholars and officials. But even if there is a difference between the superior and the second, and the inside and outside, the court should use the scholars and officials, but it should also manage the scholars and officials. How to use and how to manage is the problem you need to think about."

"As for Liu Qiu's affairs, please don't worry about it. Let's watch."

Seeing Zhu Qizhen like this, the prince no longer pleaded for Liu Qiu, so he could only salute and said, "Yes."

Zhu Qizhen said: "The rainy season in Annan will end in the twelfth lunar month. You can clean up and go to Annan. You can help Han Yong first. It is your responsibility to govern Annan in the future."

"It was not difficult to fight Annan during the Yongle period, but now it is the same. However, whether Annan can be incorporated into the territory from now on, and long-term stability is the problem. You can do your best in Annan."

Zhu Jianjun immediately realized that this was another test question given to him by Zhu Qizhen.

Annan will not be too peaceful after the war, and how to keep peace is also a big problem.

However, Zhu Jianjun only saw the first floor, but not the second floor. In the next few years, there will definitely be a great shock within the court. Zhu Qizhen does not want the prince to be involved.

Let's send it to Annan first.

Crown Prince Zhu Jianjun immediately said, "My son will do his best to pacify Annan."

Zhu Qizhen said, "The elder brother is like a father, and you have to worry more about your younger brothers. In the future, they will be enthroned abroad like your uncle. Therefore, you must understand the various countries in Annan in Southeast Asia, especially since the ancient times, the body poisoning has been a great country, so you can also take a look at the prescriptions of the Great Jiuzhou."

Crown Prince Zhu Jianjun naturally agreed.

Zhu Qizhen continued, "Go to meet your mother, it's been a long time since we went there."

Zhu Jianjun left the Ganqing Palace, but countless doubts arose in his heart.

"The father is not satisfied with this situation where there is no feudal state in office, no feudal state, no feudal state in counties, and feudal state in towns, but where should we start? What does this have to do with Mr. Liu?"

"What does the so-called Great Kyushu look like? Can you be a disciple of your brothers abroad be successful? Do you want to entrust a younger brother to Annan Champa?"

"And foreign feudalism can really continue the country's fortune?"

"Among them, there are really nothing like Emperor Taizong?"

Everyone has different perspectives and their thoughts are naturally different.

Although Zhu Qizhen trained Zhu Jianjun as the next generation of emperors, before Zhu Jianjun ascended the throne, all his thinking and profit logic were based on consolidating the reserve position.

Therefore, although Zhu Jianjun was very careful about what to continue the country's destiny and what national system, what really touched him was Zhu Qizhen's idea of ​​enfeoffing all his sons.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen made the prince worry about this matter, but in fact he also wanted the prince to suppress other sons.

But with the precedent of Emperor Taizong, how could the prince not be more contemptuous?

Zhu Jianjun walked slowly and said to himself: "It seems that I need some military power in my hands."

Zhu Jianjun did not mean to resist his father by force, but it seemed that the generals and brothers were abroad and had soldiers and horses in their hands, such as King Xiang's tens of thousands of Luchuan troops and King Hui's three guards.

As the prince, if he does not have a fundamental army, how can he compete with these vassal kings?

How to prevent their misconduct?
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