"During the Han Dynasty, although the state also provided a portion of the salary to the royal family, most of it was provided by the local vassal kings themselves.”
"Because the vassal kings have their own vassals and their own annual income, the problem of providing for the royal family and the descendants of the vassal kings is solved by themselves.”
"Therefore, to the Han royal court, they only need to pay a portion of the nominal salary of the imperial family.”"It will not cause the problem of the imperial family's excessive salary, which will crush the country's annual income.”
"As for the number of descendants of the vassal kings, it is difficult for the vassal kings to support them.”
"For the Han court, this is a problem that the vassal kings themselves need to solve, not a problem that the Han court needs to solve.”
"In this way, the emperor and the imperial court are removed, and the problem between the emperor and the royal family is turned into an internal problem of the descendants of the vassal king.”
" As for whether the vassal king would choose to continue to forcibly provide for the increasing number of descendants of the clan, remove them from the list, or let them find their own way to support themselves, those are all issues that the vassal king needs to consider.”
"For example, Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei, was a descendant of Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan in the Western Han Dynasty. By the time he passed down to his generation, he had already lost the support of King Jing of Zhongshan and needed to weave his own mats and sell shoes.”
"This is the Han Dynasty's plan to deal with the increasing number of descendants of the clan.”
"As for the consequences of doing so, that will be borne by the vassal king himself.”
"Even if he is mean and heartless, it is only the vassal king who is mean and heartless. It has nothing to do with the emperor or the court.”
"And the emperor and the court only need to order the vassal kings to rectify, take responsibility, and deal with the news that the vassal kings are harsh and heartless and mistreat the royal family.”
"Therefore, for the Han Dynasty, there was no problem of excessive expenditure on the salary of the clan relatives.”
Dao Yan roughly described the system of vassal kings and clan relatives in the Han Dynasty.
Then, he talked about the current system of vassal kings and royal relatives.
"However, Your Majesty should have seen the chaos of the seven vassal kings during the Han Dynasty, as well as the danger of the chaos of the court after the Han clan's relatives took power.”
"Therefore, the system of vassal kings and clan relatives in the Han Dynasty was revised. On the one hand, the vassal kings only have the name of vassal king and no actual land splitting.”
"On the other hand, it is generous to the royal family, but it also limits the power of the royal family.”
"Not only do they allow the clan members to live comfortably and be rich, but they are also not allowed to hold any official positions or positions. This is to prevent them from using the respect of the clan members to confuse the government and even endanger the emperor!”
"So, if you want to solve the problem of the future imperial family's salary crushing Great Ming.”
"Then the simplest way is to imitate the Han Dynasty and let the vassal king have the power to split the land. The vassal king himself will provide for the descendants of the royal family!”
"In this way, the emperor and the imperial court will not have to worry about the issue of providing for the increasing number of imperial relatives.”
Although once the vassal king truly had the ability to split the land and become king, then it was very likely that the chaos of the seven countries in the Han Dynasty would repeat itself.
However, Dao Yan did not care. This was the result he wanted!
After all, a vassal king who had the ability to split the earth and a vassal king who did not have the ability to split the earth were two different things.
Similarly, the chances of the former ascending to the throne were also much greater than the latter!
Only when the King of Yan truly had his own fief and king title would he be more confident in assisting the King of Yan to ascend to the throne and become the emperor!
After listening to Dao Yan's solution, Zhu Di hesitated and said,"
"This... I'm afraid Father won't agree."
Dao Yan smiled confidently,"
"Therefore, this will depend on whether the continuation of the Great Ming is more important in Your Majesty's heart, or whether it is more important to ensure the imperial power of the Son of Heaven.”
"If the Great Han Dynasty's system of vassal kings and clan relatives is completely restored, then perhaps the Great Ming Dynasty can also have 405 years of national rule like the Great Han Dynasty!”
"In addition, with the Han Dynasty as a warning, if we work hard to prevent the Great Ming from following the old path of the Great Han Dynasty's destruction in other places other than the vassal king and clan system, then perhaps the Great Ming's national fortune can be extended for an unknown period of time!”
"This is far longer than the Great Ming Empire, which was originally destined to be crushed by the huge salary of the Imperial family and only had two to three hundred years!”
"If Your Highness were His Majesty, what would Your Highness choose?!!”
Zhu Di fell into deep thought and followed Dao Yan's words.
After a while, Zhu Di said with some uncertainty,
"If it were me, I would probably still choose to continue Da Ming as a whole.”
In Zhu Di's heart, the status of the royal family was higher than other civilians and civil and military officials. The status of the vassal king was higher than other royal family relatives, and the status of the emperor was further higher than other vassal kings.
However, in the end, the survival of the Ming Dynasty was higher than that of the emperor!!!
Because Da Ming was the greatest achievement of their Zhu family!!
But Tian Zi, their Zhu family could have many in the future!
Therefore, if he were to make a choice, then even if he knew that there might be a rebellion of the vassal kings in the future, in the end, he should still prioritize the overall continuation of Great Ming!
"This is it."
"This Penniless Monk is also betting on Your Majesty's heart. The continuation of the Great Ming Empire as a whole is far more important than ensuring the imperial power of the Son of Heaven!”
"Therefore, if the other vassal kings ask for Your Highness 'opinion, Your Highness can politely say that you are looking at the former Han Dynasty vassal kings and clan relatives system, hoping to find a solution to the future royal family clan relatives' compensation crushing the Ming Dynasty.”
"After the other princes know about it, they will naturally understand the system of vassal kings and clan relatives in the Han Dynasty.”
"Similarly, after understanding it, we also know the solution to the problem of the future imperial family's salary crushing Great Ming.”
"At that time, all the princes will stand on the same side and fight for the title of king!”
"Moreover, this is not out of selfishness. At least on the surface, it seems to be to solve the problem of the future salary of the royal family crushing the Ming Dynasty. Even His Majesty cannot say anything about you.”
"At most, they would only disagree. They would not think that Your Highness and the other Highnesses had disloyal intentions because of this.”
"So this is a rare opportunity. Your Highness must grasp it well!”
"Only when Your Highness truly becomes the Earth Splitting King will there be a possibility for you to advance further in the future!”
Zhu Di smiled bitterly when he saw Dao Yan's sincere suggestion, but he did not say anything.
Lie Tu, a king!
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