MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 1027 Zhao family
Chapter 1027 Zhao Royal Family
The five prime ministers have already sat down. Today they will discuss a proposal proposed by Zhao Chu, Minister of the Zongzheng Temple. Zhao Chu suggested restoring the imperial business system or allowing the clan to do business directly. In fact, the issue of the clan doing business is already a commonplace.
Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, it has been a topic of frequent discussion among the courts. When the imperial court’s finances are tight, in order to reduce the court’s burden, it will tacitly allow the royal family to do business in the name of agents.
When social conflicts intensify, the royal family will be prohibited from doing business to prevent them from competing with the people for profit. Today, this issue is discussed in order to further reduce the royal family's expenditure when the imperial power is declining.
The five prime ministers have a tacit understanding. They belong to the civil service group and represent the most powerful force in the Song Dynasty. In terms of suppressing imperial power, their interests are the same as Li Yanqing's.
On the scene, they will praise Mingjun and remember the kindness of the late emperor, but if Zhao Gou is really resurrected, they may not be willing.
In the final analysis, their own interests are the most important. Maintaining the power of the prime minister and restraining the imperial power are the guarantee of their interests. Therefore, what is the real purpose of discussing the permission of the clan to do business today? They know it well and give the clan a way out. Let the clan die in the secular world.
Fan Zhixu said to everyone: "I personally have no objection to the imperial family's business. Now the royal family's expenditure is only to maintain the life of the concubines in the palace. In fact, after releasing a group of court ladies and eunuchs out of the palace at the beginning of the year, the number of people in the palace has decreased. There are six hundred people, but even so, the clan's expenses still cost one and a half million taels of silver every year.
Although the imperial court can bear this expenditure, some expenses are actually unnecessary. For example, the imperial family, out of the 1.5 million taels of silver, only 500,000 taels are actually used in the palace, and the other million taels are subsidies for princes and emperors. For Ji, there are currently a total of sixty-four princes and emperor concubines receiving subsidies. On average, each person receives 7,000 taels of silver per year, but do they really live on these 7,000 taels of silver? In fact, it is not the case. The annual income of their own manor is far more than this amount, so I think that the annual subsidy of one million taels of silver is actually a mere formality. "
Fan Zhixu's implication was to cancel the annual subsidy of one million taels of silver.
Zheng Wangzhidao: "I agree in principle to canceling the subsidies of the clan, but it cannot be done across the board. For the minor clans, the subsidies should still be retained. When they become adults, they will be given a certain amount of land and property, and the subsidies can be cancelled."
Gao Shen said: "The scope of this minor is too wide. As far as I know, almost every prince has children in his family. Do they also have to give subsidies? The clan will give a fortune when they become adults. Do their children and grandchildren have to pay for it?" Have you always had this privilege?"
"Gao Xianggong misunderstood me."
Zheng Wangzhi quickly explained: "The underage royal family I'm talking about is limited to the children of the former emperor. The prince will give a property, and the emperor will give a dowry, and then it will end. As for their children, that is what we discussed today."
Everyone nodded, and continued to subsidize the underage prince Di Ji, no one objected to this.
Li Gang smiled and said: "We are sitting here today, in fact, we are setting down some rules. The underage prince Diji can continue to subsidize, yes! But how much is the monthly subsidy? How much will they give once they become adults or get married in the future? These standards It has to be settled."
Cao Yan also added: "In fact, it has long been an open fact that the prince's business is open. You may not know that the owner of the Jingyuan Restaurant by the West Lake is King Jing Zhao Qi. In addition, King Jing also owns two manors in Changzhou. Covering an area of 3,000 hectares, the annual rental income is at least 200,000 guan, plus the income from his restaurant and other industries, the annual income is not less than 500,000 guan.
There is also the king of Yun, Zhao Kai, who died of illness in Yanshan Mansion. He left his son a considerable amount of property, and his annual income is not less than hundreds of thousands. The industry, or business, or farm, more often both. "
Everyone was silent, and everyone was aware of a problem. Since the prince's business already exists in fact, now passing a resolution to cancel their subsidy will undoubtedly cause strong dissatisfaction among the royal family.
At this time, Fan Zhixu said slowly: "The regent means to exchange power for profit. With the recovery of the Central Plains and Hebei, the royal family must have prerequisites if they want to get back their former land and real estate. Give up the title. Return the property to them."
This is Fan Zhixu's real purpose for convening this meeting, to cut the nobility.
The five ministers discussed for a whole morning, and finally finalized a plan framework, and some principles were confirmed, such as canceling privileges, exchanging fame for profits, etc.
At night, Fan Zhixu stared at the courtyard outside the window and meditated for a long time. He knew better than anyone else that today's proposal was proposed by Zongzheng Siqing Zhao Chu, but it was actually Li Yanqing's idea.
The proposal is nominally to allow the prince to do business, but in fact it is to eliminate the threat of the clan to the current system. Li Yanqing's good method!
Propose a plan at this node, the Central Plains is about to be recovered, and the clan royal family will inevitably propose to take back their farm property. In this case, the clan has to make a choice, either give up the prince on the head, or lose the farm land.
At this moment, Fan Zhixu's son, Fan Lin, whispered, "Father, is this a disguised form of cutting down the feudal clan?"
Fan Zhixu shook his head, "Cutting down the feudal clan is out of the question, the clan itself has no power and power, it can only be said that Li Yanqing is preparing for the future."
Fan Lin was taken aback, "Will Li Yanqing take over?"
Fan Zhixu smiled, "It doesn't really matter whether he is in the top position or not. The key is his son. In a few decades, people in the world will almost forget the Zhao family. If Li Yanqing's son takes his place again, everyone will also I think it's logical, but on the contrary, everyone will not be used to the sudden emergence of an emperor from the Zhao family."
"Is there no objection from the DPRK?"
Fan Zhixu sat down on his seat, and said with a slight smile, "If Li Yanqing did this fifty years ago, he would definitely be risking the world's disgrace. No one would support him, and he would be drowned with just saliva. But the shame of Jingkang, half of the country in the Song Dynasty fell, whether it was ordinary people or scholars, the interests of tens of millions of people were seriously damaged, and in everyone's mind, the Zhao family had already perished.
So Li Yanqing became the regent. Apart from the clan, the imperial court and the local government did not have any objections at all. Why? This is the main reason, everyone is very disappointed with the Zhao family. Of course, this has something to do with Li Yanqing holding military power. "
"Actually, there is another reason why my father didn't say it!" Fan Lin whispered.
Fan Zhixu was silent for a moment and said: "Some things can't be said, but can only be hidden in my heart. Even if you are my son, I can't say it, do you understand?"
Fan Lin nodded, "My child understands!"
"Go! I have something to think about."
"Farewell, baby!" Fan Lin saluted and withdrew.
Fan Zhixu's gaze became complicated. The real reason why he didn't say anything was that Li Yanqing had reached a compromise with the civil service group. This was the foundation of Li Yanqing's ability to govern.
In the night, a carriage slowly stopped in front of a mansion on Xiuwen Street. This is the mansion of King Jing Zhao Qi. It covers an area of about ten acres and belongs to the official residence. After Zhao Qi was released by Jin Bing, he has been living in seclusion. Here, very low-key.
After Zhao Ji's sons were taken away by Jin Bing, they were all sent to the bitter cold place of Huanglong Mansion, where they were asked to build their own houses. They were short of clothes and food, and suffered all kinds of torture. Many people died of illness there in several winters. , like Zhao Kai, King of Yun, Zhao Shu, King of Su, Zhao Mo, King of Qi, Zhao Di, King of Xu, etc., all of them who came back alive have changed their personalities and become extremely low-key.
Out of the car came out an old man in a brocade robe. This person was also a member of the clan. He was Zhao Si, the fourteenth son of Emperor Shenzong, who was named the King of Yue. The prince will take a look, ask for opinions, and then it will be formally approved for implementation.
Zhao Si came to King Jing Zhao Qi for this matter. This draft involves his vital interests, so how could he not be in a hurry.
After a while, a family member led him to sit in the study, and footsteps sounded outside, and Zhao Qi walked in with a smile, "Uncle Huang is here, rare guest!"
"I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now, please sit down!"
Zhao Qi came in and sat down, a maid served them tea, Zhao Si waved his hand to make the maid back down, he said in a low voice, "Have you read the resolution of the Zongshi Temple?"
"My nephew has already seen it!"
"Don't you think they have gone too far? Before your father's body was cold, they attacked the clan. They actually wanted to cut off the clan subsidy, even a few thousand taels of silver, but they actually wanted to get rid of the noble. The world is still Zhao Song Jiangshan?"
Zhao Qi took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Then what does the emperor plan to do? Pull an army to rebel?"
"Don't say such meaningless words. Of course we can't rebel, but we have to fight for our own interests. We are the clan. How can we hand over the prince? We should unite and collectively resist this unreasonable decision of the court. .”
(end of this chapter)
