When Zhu Youjian asked this question, all the ministers were silent and no one spoke up.

The ministers are not fools, and they know exactly what the fate of ministers who advocated the reduction of the vassal states in history have.

During the reign of Emperor Jing, the censor Chao Cuo, in view of the huge threats of the vassal kings to the central court, stated to Emperor Jing the guilt of the princes, requested the reduction of fiefdoms and the reclaimed county, and submitted a memorial to the "Strategy for the Reducing of the Vocational Court".

Emperor Jing adopted Chao Cuo's "Strategy for Slashing the Void" and began to suppress the kings, but unexpectedly caused the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms. Although the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms was finally put down by Zhou Yafu, Chao Cuo, the initiator, was beheaded by Emperor Jing, and ended up in an extremely tragic end.

During the reign of Emperor Jianwen of this dynasty, Jianwen's close confidants Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru also actively encouraged Emperor Jianwen to reduce the vassals, but unexpectedly, the chariot of the king of Yan was overturned by the chariot of the king of Yan.

The fate of Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru was even more tragic. Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng were all exterminated, and Fang Xiaoru was even more destroyed by ten clans, which was the most punishment in history.

Perhaps in Zhu Youjian's own opinion, he was rich and had military power, and it was just right to reduce the vassal states at this time, and there was no problem at all.

But in the eyes of the ministers, the series of reforms since Chongzhen ascended the throne have violated the interests of many classes such as nobles, military honors, bureaucrats, gentry, etc. Chongzhen's throne seemed to be sitting on a crater, which was extremely unstable.

Now Chongzhen is even more determined to violate the interests of the vassal kings. He is simply digging his own grave and offending all the meat eaters in the world. In the long run, the country will be ruined and the dynasty will be destroyed, and it will be in front of him.

As the chief minister of the cabinet, Huang Liji had been dissatisfied with Chongzhen for a long time, whether for his life and his descendants, he had to stop Chongzhen from doing anything wrong, so as not to really turn himself into a king who lost his country.

Huang Liji pondered for a while and said, "Your Majesty's enthusiasm for reviving the Ming Dynasty is very good, but haste will not be achieved. Now that Your Majesty has ascended the throne for less than a year, and the court has not yet been on the right track. Why not lay the foundation first and then solve the problem of the royal family in Shaanxi after it is deeply rooted?"

Shi Fenglai, Zhang Ruitu and other conservative cabinet ministers also advised Chongzhen that the issue of the royal family of the vassal kings would affect the whole body, so don’t be too hasty.

Even the imperial party members such as Sun Chengzong, Wen Tiren, Fan Jingwen, and Li Banghua did not agree with Chongzhen's policy of reducing the vassals. They believed that it would be better to wait a few years before discussing the issue of reducing the vassals after Chongzhen's strength grew.

Chongzhen sighed in his heart. He didn't know that he had offended almost the whole world's interest class. If he forced himself to implement the policy of reducing the vassal states, it would be that all the world would be enemies, and even the royal family of the vassal kings would rise up.

But as a time traveler, how could Chongzhen not know that in the next ten years, the years of drought in Shaanxi have not stopped, but have become more and more severe, and eventually made Shaanxi a powder keg that blows up the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty, which lasted for 276 years, was overthrown by the refugee army led by Li Zicheng.

Thinking of the ultimate fate of the Ming Dynasty in history, Zhu Youjian's determination to reduce the vassal states was a foregone conclusion and could not be changed. He said flatly: "I have decided that the issue of vassal states in Shaanxi must be completely resolved.

I plan to use Shaanxi as a pilot area to implement reforms. First, I summon the four vassal kings to live in the capital, and establish a palace for the four vassal kings in the capital. As for the land, forests, shops and other real estate of the four vassal kings, my treasury will be purchased at 30% of the market price.

Now that our Ming Dynasty has reached a critical moment of life and death, I believe that the royal family can understand the difficulties of the court and are willing to suffer a little loss and overcome difficulties with the court."

I'm gonna be!

When the ministers heard Chongzhen's shameless words, they wanted to spit out Chongzhen's saliva.

The ministers of the Ming Dynasty's vassal princes were so ovarian that they could not understand the fact that for the Ming Dynasty's vassal princes, the court did not let them take advantage of them, which was already a huge loss. Now Chongzhen wanted to buy all the fiefs of the vassal princes with only 30% of the market price. This was simply the lifeblood of the vassal princes. It would be strange if he didn't try to fight to the Chongzhen.

Of course, such a big truth cannot be faced with Chongzhen's words. Huang Liji had to say in a roundabout way: "Your Majesty, according to the ancestral system of the state dynasty, although the vassal kings can enter the capital, but cannot live in the capital for a long time. Your Majesty cannot violate the ancestral system, so as to avoid the kings from damaging the country!"

Chongzhen said disdainfully: "Just relying on the vassal kings and the vassals to disturb our Ming Dynasty? What else can they do besides bullying the people and accumulating wealth?

If they still stay in the fiefdom, it would harm the local people. I brought them all to the capital. They would still restrain themselves by taking my majesty. If they did not know how to restrain themselves, my factory guards would not be able to make a living!"

Huang Liji still said worriedly: "But Your Majesty is still young. According to the seniority, most of the vassal kings are His Majesty's elders. If they ask His Majesty for this and that with the honor of their elders, will Your Majesty respond or not?"

Chongzhen said, "I summoned them into the capital for the sake of the elders' happiness. The capital is the most prosperous place in the world. I allow them to live in the capital for a long time. That is a great kindness. They are still embarrassed to ask me for this and that? I am not a bad guy!"

You're just a stick!

The ministers said disdainfully.

However, Chongzhen came from later generations, and he naturally wanted to plagiarize the strategy of Taizu Ye's "unity of the majority and attacking a small group".

Chongzhen then said: "My Ming Dynasty had nearly one million royal children. Since the court prohibited the royal children from participating in the imperial examinations, they were not allowed to engage in industry and commerce, cultivated land, etc., and they were not allowed to leave fiefdoms, etc., so that the royal children could only rely on the court's salary to support them.

However, as the royal family reproduction, the court's finances were difficult to support, and the salaries of the royal family were reduced day by day, and the poor middle and low-level royal families could not even make a living for themselves.

If this continues, our descendants of the Ming Dynasty will not only become a major burden to drag down the court's finances, but millions of descendants of the royal family will also struggle on the poverty line, and even such a tragic tragedy as starving to death.

As the saying goes, self-reliance and adequate food and clothing. Therefore, I plan to take Shaanxi as a pilot and give priority to lifting the ban on the children of the Shaanxi royal family. Children of the Shaanxi royal family can freely move within the territory of the Ming Dynasty and engage in all legal industries such as scholars, farmers, industry and commerce."

Guo Yunhou, the Minister of Revenue, was overjoyed and said loudly: "I strongly agree with Your Majesty's promotion of this policy. If the restrictions on the children of the royal family can be lifted and the children of the royal family can be relied on their own, it will not only help the children of the royal family get rid of poverty and become rich, but also greatly alleviate the financial crisis of the state, killing two birds with one stone!"

The ministers were much more likely to accept Chongzhen's policy of lifting the ban and loosening the ban and the children of the royal family. They soon thought that if the policy of lifting the ban and the policy of summoning the vassal kings into the capital, they might win the hearts of most of the vassal children and force the vassal kings to submit.
Chapter completed!