However, during the Zhu Di period, the vassal king system formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang changed.
The most important point was that the military power of the vassal kings was gone.
At the same time, the role of the vassal king in protecting the Ming Dynasty, resisting foreign enemies, and pacifying internal strife was also lost.
After all, Zhu Di himself was a vassal who relied on the military power of the vassal king to start a rebellion.
After he succeeded in ascending the throne, he naturally had to prevent other vassal kings from following suit and cleaning up the emperor's side.
Of course, after seizing military power, Zhu Di naturally had to compensate him for the kinship and the royal family's face. That was to further increase the annual salary of the clan relatives of the vassal king.
This was equivalent to turning a vassal king who originally had a certain amount of shares and decision-making power into a vassal king who only had more dividends but lost part of the decision-making power!
To put it bluntly, the vassal kings of Zhu Yuanzhang's era were trained and required by the model of talents and heroes. The vassal kings of Zhu Di's era were raised by the model of raising pigs.
This was the biggest difference between the vassal kings of Zhu Yuanzhang's era and Zhu Di's era!
It was hard to say whether the former vassal kings would do more harm than good for a country, but they were still more or less beneficial. It was just the size of the benefits.
Although the vassals of the latter strengthened the power of the imperial power, they brought a group of parasites that were useless to the country and only knew how to suck blood!
Moreover, as time passed, the number of vermin of the country increased, and their blood-sucking became more and more serious!
In view of the fact that the ancestral law could not be abolished, the later Zhu Emperor only made minor changes to the symptoms but not the root cause. However, it did not solve this problem in essence.
Instead, it dragged on until the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, to some extent, the future demise of the Ming Dynasty was largely due to the system of annual salary of the royal family established and revised by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di.
Hearing this, Empress Ma did not know what to do.
If you support them, they will drag down Ming in the future.
If he didn't, blood would be spilled in the future battle for the throne.
From the looks of it, none of the choices were correct.
What was even more troublesome was that they could not find a third correct choice other than these two choices!!!
This was also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang had been frowning ever since he came back from Yan Changqing's place.
As a result, he even put aside the matter of Hu Weiyong's increasing monopoly of power that made him deeply dissatisfied.
After all, no matter how arrogant and domineering Hu Weiyong was, he could be killed by a small soldier without caring about his status.
For him, there was a solution to Hu Weiyong's problem, and there was more than one solution.
It was just a matter of choosing one based on the impact of the consequences.
Therefore, he only felt deeply dissatisfied with Hu Weiyong, but in fact, he did not have a headache.
However, he really had a headache about the future salary of the Ming Imperial family's relatives. Because until now, he really hadn't thought of a solution that seemed to be the best of both worlds!
After a moment of silence, Empress Ma put her hand on Zhu Yuanzhang's hand and comforted him,"
"Since we can't think of a solution, then let's not think about it. Let others think about it."
"Didn't you say that the person who predicted the fall of the Ming Dynasty two or three hundred years later was called Yan Changqing?!!”
"Since he can foresee this, then he should have a solution.”
"Be nice and don't scare him. If there was a solution, he wouldn't hide it.”
Hearing Empress Ma's words, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up and he immediately laughed,"
"Hahaha, sister, you're right!”
"Since we can't think of a solution, let others think for us!”
"Especially that Yan Changqing. He said that he wanted to teach Biao Er and the others the Dragon Slaying Skill. His words were so disrespectful to us!”
"If he gives us a satisfactory solution, then we'll let bygones be bygones!”
"If he can't give us a satisfactory solution, then he will die for the Ming Dynasty three hundred years in advance!!!”
Zhu Yuanzhang's killing intent was awe-inspiring when he said the last sentence.
Although he hadn't thought of a solution yet, at least he had found someone who might be able to solve the problem. This made Zhu Yuanzhang feel much better.
"However, I was listening in private before. When they were talking, they didn't know that I was listening from the side.”
"If we rashly go up and ask him to give us a solution, it will instead expose our eavesdropping.”
Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard, feeling a little awkward.
After all, he was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He more or less needed face.
Especially in front of his sons, he had to protect his dignity as a father.
If his sons knew that he was eavesdropping on them, then it would damage his dignity as a father.
"Use less Jinyiwei!"
"They are your sons, not your prisoners!”
Empress Ma lightly patted the back of Zhu Yuanzhang's hand to express her dissatisfaction.
"I'm just afraid that they'll be bewitched by the treacherous officials and do whatever they want.”
"Look, if I hadn't arranged for the Embroidered Uniform Guards to be by their side in advance, how would I have known that someone would dare to say that he knew the 'Dragon Slaying Technique'?!!”
"Not to mention knowing that in the next two to three hundred years, the salary of the Imperial family might drag down the Great Ming Dynasty and cause the Great Ming Dynasty to fall!”
Zhu Yuanzhang tried to defend himself.
Only in front of Empress Ma would Zhu Yuanzhang be so humble.
If it were anyone else, Zhu Yuanzhang would not even bother to explain.
"Let's wait for the time being. If he knows that we're listening, he might hide the solution. Let's let Biao 'er and the others ask.”
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and decided to temporarily give up the idea of asking him personally.
As Tian Zi, he knew very well that sometimes the same person would have two different answers to the same question when asked by different people.
For example, when he asked a minister for a solution to a certain matter, the minister would often not say the best solution, but the safest solution.
Because the best solution often carried some risks.
However, when this minister was facing his colleagues or subordinates, he might say his best plan.
This was because telling a colleague or subordinate a risky solution would not bring death to the minister.
Yan Changqing seemed to be quite honest in front of Zhu Biao and the others, even though there was a lot of impudence in his honesty.
However, this was not important. What was important was that if Zhu Biao and the others went to ask, they might get the best solution. If he went to ask, he might get the safest solution.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to continue eavesdropping. No, listening!
"Biao 'er and the others also know that the current system of compensation for the imperial family's relatives might crush the future Great Ming Dynasty. They are probably thinking of a solution now.”
"It would be best if they could think of a solution.”
"If they can't think of it, then they will probably come to us in the end. At that time, we will hint them to find Yan Changqing for a solution!”
Zhu Yuanzhang squinted his eyes, waiting for Zhu Biao and the others to come to him.
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