"Your Majesty, no!"
"Your Majesty, there has never been a prefecture in the world given to a vassal king.”
"Your Majesty, this is the beginning of chaos.”
......
Voices rang out one after another. At this moment, the officials prostrated themselves on the ground.
The voice mixed in, causing Old Zhu's face, which was originally smiling, to sink again.
"No, if you say no, then tell us, who can govern Qiongzhou? It has been more than twenty years since the establishment of the Great Ming Dynasty, but we still can't make ends meet there. Fourteen, it's only been a year since we went to Qiongzhou Prefecture, and we've already gained so much.”
"Everyone, who else do you think is here?”
Old Zhu's deep voice resounded throughout the court.
However, at this moment, countless people were still prostrating on the ground.
"Your Majesty, King Qiong's abilities are indeed unprecedented, but this cannot be set as a precedent.”
Feng Jian said.
Then, countless people echoed.
Old Zhu had conferred the titles of kings entirely out of his own will. The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang enfeoffed the kings was obviously because he harbored an ideal, which was to build a country according to the ancient ways, divide the maoshu and divide the land, and use the vassals to control the country. The concept of vassals assisting the imperial family was related to his concern. This could be clearly seen from his enfeoffment edict.
In this sense, Zhu Yuanzhang's enfeoffment of the kings was a retro action with the original intention of enfeoffment since the Han Dynasty in Chinese history. The kings who were enfeoffed at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty did not have land or population, but they had armies. Generally speaking, each king had two or three guards, the largest of which had an army of 20,000 or 30,000, such as the King of Qin, the King of Jin, the King of Yan, etc. The small ones are close to ten thousand With such a large army, there were already tens of thousands of people before the army was mobilized.
What a joke. The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty had already given these civil officials a headache. Now, they were actually going to expand the power of the vassal kings. How could they tolerate this?
"Your Majesty, King Qiong can control the development of Qiongzhou, but Qiongzhou needs to send some officials.”
"I suggest that the southern part of Qiongzhou join the Qiongzhou Prefecture and be under the jurisdiction of the Qiongzhou Prefecture Magistrate!”
Feng Jian spoke again.
And his words immediately caused Zhu Bai to involuntarily look over.
Good heavens, this guy was obviously giving him a look.
Not only would the south be under the jurisdiction of Qiongzhou Prefecture, but they would also have to set up an administrative commissioner.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Books was set up as the highest administrative organization in the local area, and Pingzhang government affairs and left and right governors were set up as the highest local officials. In order to weaken and divide the local power, Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the Ministry of Books in the ninth year of Hongwu (1376) and set up the Administrative Commissioner Department. He changed the Canzhi government affairs to Chengxuan Administrative Commissioner, and set up the left and right administrative commissions to jointly manage the affairs of the province. Therefore, the governor's office was actually the place where the governor came from.
If he were to set up a governor, it would be equivalent to directly and indirectly stripping him of his authority over local government affairs.
However, Zhu Bai only took a glance.
He smiled and didn't say anything.
If it was an ordinary vassal king, his head would really hurt from being played like this.
But he didn't care at all.
With absolute control over his subordinates, not to mention a small administrative commissioner, even if Old Zhu went over personally, it would be useless.
Therefore, he did not speak.
He didn't say anything, so the officials became even more excited.
It was their consensus to suppress the vassal kings.
Not to mention that at this moment, Qiongzhou Prefecture was different from before.
If Zhu Di's grain had only surprised them, then the wealth that Zhu Bai had brought was enough to make countless people jealous.
Whether it was out of mutual understanding or jealousy, they were all taking action.
"Your Majesty, I feel that Lord Li is the most suitable to be the governor.”
"Your Majesty, I think Lord He of the Hall of Cultural Splendor is also suitable.”
Amidst the conversation, these people even began to discuss the members of the administrative commissioner.
Hearing these people's words, Old Zhu's face darkened even more.
"Enough!"
A cold shout rang out.
The entire court instantly fell silent.
"We haven't even spoken yet. What do you want to do?”
"What do you want?"
"Bang!"
A memorial in his hand fell to the ground. Old Zhu's furious roar resounded throughout the hall.
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
At this moment, everyone instantly regained their consciousness. One by one, they prostrated themselves once again. Their bodies were trembling, and cold sweat seeped out from their foreheads. Only now did they realize that the person in front of them was Old Zhu.
"All of you have forgotten who this world belongs to.”
"Now they have made their decision with us.”
"Since that's the case, come, come, sit!"”
Old Zhu's divine concealment was mixed with an angry roar.
This caused the ministers to tremble even more violently.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
"We dare not!"
Cold sweat dripped down.
"You don't dare? I think you guys are very bold!”
"You all want to interfere in my family affairs!”
"Fourteen!"
Old Zhu said coldly, then turned to Zhu Bai.
"Your son is here!
Zhu Bai hurriedly stepped forward. Facing the rage of this deadbeat father, he was also frightened and hurriedly responded.
"From today onwards, the south will be merged into Qiongzhou Prefecture. Didn't they want to set up a governor? Then let's set it up. From today onwards, you will be the governor of Qiongzhou Prefecture and will be in charge of all matters.”
"However, every year, you need to provide the Imperial Court with five hundred thousand taels of silver and ten million catties of grain.”
Old Zhu spoke in a low voice, his gaze turning towards Zhu Bai.
"Your son thanks Imperial Father!"
Zhu Bai's expression involuntarily brightened, and he hurriedly responded.
He did not expect to have an unexpected gain at this moment.
He directly added the official position of administrative commissioner from King Qiong.
Originally, he did not have the title to rule over Qiongzhou Prefecture, but now Old Zhu had directly given him this title.
As for the need to provide 500,000 taels of silver and 10 million catties of grain, this was nothing to him.
As time passed, his rations would increase.
Thinking of this, he looked at the officials. Then, before Old Zhu could speak, his voice rang out again.
"However, Father, I feel that five hundred thousand taels of silver is not enough. How about this? Qiongzhou Prefecture will provide at least three million taels of silver to the Imperial Court every year, and the annual increase will not be less than thirty percent.”
His words were sonorous. At this moment, Zhu Bai directly increased the amount to a terrifying number.
Silver was not a problem for him at all.
The huge storage capacity of the Ishigami Silver Mountain was enough to satisfy all needs, not to mention the vast sea.
As long as he had enough power, his development would soar.
Under such circumstances, Zhu Bai naturally didn't mind giving his father a big surprise.
Similarly, he would shut everyone's mouths for his father.
Three million taels of silver every year, and the annual increase was not less than 30%.
If anyone could do it, they would try it if they didn't have to.
"Is that true?"
At this moment, Old Zhu was also shocked by Zhu Bai's generosity, and could not help but stand up abruptly.
Even Crown Prince Zhu's pupils widened.
"Imperial Father, your son, these words are true.”
"In addition, if anyone thinks they can do it, your son can give up his position and let that talented person take the throne.”
Zhu Bai said confidently, his gaze sweeping across the officials.
At this moment, the entire hall instantly became extremely quiet.
Although everyone knew that the state was very wealthy.
But who dared to try such a promise?
If he couldn't complete it, he would really lose his head.
They didn't know what was going on in Qiongzhou Prefecture.
Naturally, they did not dare to stand up for a moment.
Of course, at this moment, their hearts were also fluctuating. They had the intention of going to Qiongzhou Prefecture to take a look.
And this was undoubtedly the result that Zhu Bai wanted.
If these people were to send people to Qiongzhou Prefecture, they would not dare to receive them. However, it was enough to provide a great help to the perfection of Qiongzhou Prefecture.
As for the things he had given them…
To him, as long as time passed, it was just a drop in the ocean.
He wanted to use these to help his father.
He was also very happy to do so.
After all, on one hand, that was his father. On the other hand, he had entrusted too many emotions to this Huaxia. Even if he was prepared to start over, he did not plan to let Da Ming walk down the original path.
Just as he had said before.
In his final plan to be the mediator
It was two unimaginable empires that had appeared in the entire world.
One was him, the Sun Never Sets on the Sea.
One was Da Ming on land.
It was only a matter of time before he completed it.
And if Da Ming wanted to complete it, it was basically impossible without his help.
Now, this was undoubtedly the first step to help.
Large amounts of grain and precious metals were enough to quickly perfect the entire system of the Great Ming Dynasty.
It could also allow Da Ming to enter a period of true prosperity.
One had to know that the real development of Great Ming was after Yongle.
Now, Zhu Bai was prepared to advance this stage.
"Good, good!"
"Hahaha!"
"Twelve, you're good."
"I didn't misjudge you!"
"However, don't be too stressed. 500,000 yuan will do. As for more, try your best to do it.”
Old Zhu's laughter echoed in the palace.
At this moment, only Old Zhu's laughter could be heard.
As for the ministers, they had all fallen into complete silence.
Even Crown Prince Zhu Biao didn't know how to react.
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