In Zhu Youxiao's view, raising taxes to the people may cause rebellion, and exploiting gentry and landlords may cause strikes. Now it is a vassal king who is easy to deal with.

The soft persimmons are not white or pinched, and they are also white or pinched after pinching them.

Of course, the reform of the vassal system is not just about squeezing lard.

Pigs can no longer be raised, nor can they afford them. It is not so easy to make the "pigs" able to feed themselves.

There are many vassals, who have divided the vassals without tinning the soil, who have ranks but not facing the people, who have food and salaries but not governing affairs, and they cannot participate in the affairs of the four people (i.e. scholars, farmers, industry and commerce), and can be inherited from generation to generation.

As for this kind of pig-like vassal system, as early as Emperor Shizong (Jiajing), he realized the seriousness of the problem and re-formulated the "Regulations on the Religious Vocational System".

At the same time, the court also allocated funds to build clan schools, allowing the clan children to enter school for free, study and become successful, and then support themselves or serve the country.

Although these reforms have eased the burden on the country's fiscal policy, the fundamental problem has not been solved.

The most effective method is not something that no one has proposed. The "stand-child" proposed by Huo Tao, the Minister of Rites of the Jiajing Dynasty, is very close to Zhu Youxiao's idea.

The so-called "stand-children" are to assign descendants of the vassal kings as much as possible to the civilians and allow them to engage in scholars, farmers, industry and commerce in order to support themselves.

In response to this proposal, Emperor Jiajing's final decision was to "review the office calmly". It involved the interests of tens of thousands of vassals. He also inherited the throne from the vassal kings and did not dare to be so decisive.

Zhu Youxiao did not make a one-size-fits-all approach, but made the first amendment to the "Sectarian Regulations".

The titles of the royal family in the Ming Dynasty were divided into eight categories: prince, prince, general of the state, general of the state, general of the state, general of Fengguo, lieutenant of the state, lieutenant of the state, lieutenant of the state, and lieutenant of the state.

According to the amended regulations, the third-class lieutenant of the state, the auxiliary lieutenant of the state, and the Fengguo lieutenant of the state, will be granted the title and changed to the nationality, and the court will issue three years of rice at one time. In the future, they can engage in scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and they can also move freely.

The descendants of the vassals who have not yet been awarded the title have also been implemented according to this example, and Lumi is distributed to the standard of a lieutenant in the country.

Volunteer, no one forces you.

But the actual situation is that after the implementation of the "Sectarian and Vastual Regulations", the descendants of the vassal kings requested titles and granted gifts, and were blocked very strictly by the Ministry of Rites.

Many of the more distant descendants of the clans have neither Lumi nor civilian status, and are not allowed to go out to work, making life very difficult.

Even if there are children of low-ranking vassals, they will not live so well as their families increase.

In other words, those wealthy and noble royal families were only a few. It was not so easy to recover privileges such as land and salt taxes, as well as the strict implementation of the "Sectarian Regulations".

Take your time and walk a few steps.

For Zhu Youxiao, there were so many problems in the Ming Dynasty, but he could only gradually promote reform from shallow to deep.

Therefore, the amendment to the "Sectarian Regulations" this time has obvious meaning.

He wanted to see what the response was, and how many descendants of the Zhu family were raised by not wanting to be regarded as "pigs"?

If it is all "pigs", what's there to be scary? The next time I correct it, I will have to be more serious. I will also be afraid of a group of "pigs", which is ridiculous.

Zhu Youxiao was not sure what the amendment to the "Regional Vocational Regulations" had, but it made a vassal far away in Nanyang see hope.

It is mid-June and the heat is getting stronger and stronger.

Several buildings in the Chengfeng Department of the Tang Palace were built with thick and sparse shadows under the moonlight. Only one room was lighted with a slightly dim candlelight, making the house look cold and silent.

The Fengfeng Department was an eunuch institution of the Prince's Mansion in the Ming Dynasty. It had two chiefs and deputy chiefs and deputy chiefs. The main responsibilities were personnel administration and management of the royal palace, as well as punishment of the royal palace.

In other words, this place is equivalent to a small prison in the royal palace, a place where people in the royal palace are imprisoned and punished.

But who would have thought that Zhu Qiying, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, and his son Zhu Youjian, were imprisoned here and had been imprisoned for eight years!

From the age of twelve to the age of twenty, Zhu Youjian has lived in suffering for eight years. His mind has not been decadent, but he has been tempered with determination and perseverance.

Seeing his old-faced father fall asleep in a deep breath, Zhu Youjian stopped fanning, walked to the outside room lightly, lit up the wick, and started reading.

Zhu Youjian was the ninth generation grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding ancestor of the Ming Dynasty. His grandfather was Zhu Shuohong, the king of Tang Duan, and his father was Zhu Qiying (posted title). As the eldest son and grandson, Zhu Youjian's life should have been bright and rich.

But among the many vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, his path to seizure was the most difficult and difficult, and his first half of his life was the most sad and sad.

The old Tang King Zhu Shuofeng loved beautiful concubines and disliked the eldest son Zhu Qiying, but he wanted to let the concubine give birth to a son Zhu Qiying, and inherit the position of the King of Tang. Under the instigation of the beautiful concubines, the old Tang King imprisoned the eldest son and grandson in the Chengfeng Department.

In the dark days of imprisonment, only studying became Zhu Youjian’s only thing he could do and his only entertainment.

A sound of footsteps came from far to near, and stopped in front of the window. Zhu Youjian was delighted on his face and gently pushed open the window.

Zhang Shutang is old, and time has left deep marks on the face of this old eunuch. Seeing his grandson Zhu Youjian, Zhang Shutang smiled, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes looked denser and deeper.

Zhu Youjian and his father were imprisoned here, so naturally they did not receive any good treatment, and they even almost starved to death several times. Thanks to Zhang Shutang, who secretly sent food, allowed them to survive to this day.

"Is the prince sleeping?" Zhang Shutang lowered his voice.

Zhu Youjian nodded and asked, "Eunuch Zhang, can you bring a new book today?"

Zhang Shutang handed over two pieces of paper and said, "I didn't get the new book, but I think the new newspaper on the market is very good."

Zhu Youjian took it over and watched it with the candlelight, and the title "Ming Ming Forum" first came into view.

"This is coming from the capital recently." Zhang Shutang said: "It was published by the royal editor, and the news is more accurate and detailed than the imperial court newspaper. Now, it is sold on the market very quickly!"

Zhu Youjian was stunned for a moment and said, "Royal publication? Could it be that I read it personally, or that I wrote it personally?"

Zhang Shutang smiled and said, "That's not clear."

After a pause, he reminded again: "Looking at this latest issue, there is an amendment to the "Sectarian Regulations" on it. I think that the prince and grandson are related to it."

"And." Zhang Shutang showed a hesitant and hesitant look and said, "The emperor sent Wei Zhongxian, the chief clerk of the Sili and the admiral of the East Factory, to inspect the various vassals and take back the granted land. Today, I heard that Eunuch Wei was going to Nanyang in the near future. If you report the matter of the prince and grandson, can you..."

Zhu Youjian didn't dare to make a decision easily, so he thought for a while and said, "This matter is very important, so I'll discuss it with my father."

Zhang Shutang nodded and sighed, "The old slave will leave first, come again tomorrow."

"The night is dark, Eunuch Zhang walks carefully." Zhu Youjian gave a message of concern, watched the old eunuch stagger away, then closed the window, opened the newspaper under the light, and read it carefully.
Chapter completed!