Chapter 380 Heifer takes a plane
Li Chunfang, who is in high spirits during happy events, received another special promotion not long after being promoted to Taichang Shaoqing.
With this promotion, even though Li Chunfang had been studying for many years to cultivate his spirit, he thought that he could be as unfazed by favors and humiliations as Gu Renren did. When the waves were calm, he couldn't help but get excited.
And his promotion made Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Zhao Zhenji and others jealous.
Because this time Li Chunfang was specially appointed by Emperor Jiajing to be the right minister of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, and was assigned to Xiyuan.
This is like a heifer flying - awesome as hell!
So, when this decree spread, even a blind man could tell that Li Chunfang was about to take off!
He has already stepped into the cabinet. This is something that many people only dream of in their lifetime. As a result, it only took Li Zhuangyuan a few years to rise to 90,000 miles. , high up in the sky.
Of course Emperor Jiajing was able to promote Li Chunfang so enthusiastically, not only because Li Chunfang's Qingci writing was right, but more importantly because Emperor Jiajing valued Li Chunfang's youth.
Sometimes youth is really an indescribable advantage, especially the spirit of young people and the courage of young people to dare to be the first in the world, which is incomparable to older people.
So since Li Chunfang was given such a generous favor, in return, Li Chunfang must have to gnaw the hardest bones to repay Emperor Jiajing.
Otherwise, wouldn’t this be a disgrace to Emperor Jiajing for his kindness?
So not long after he promoted Li Chunfang to the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, Emperor Jiajing put Li Chunfang in charge of clan affairs.
As soon as Li Chunfang heard what Emperor Jiajing said, he immediately became enlightened. He quickly wrote a special memorial "please consider discussing the vassal title" and submitted it to Emperor Jiajing.
After Emperor Jiajing read Li Chunfang's memorial "please discuss the vassal status", he also greatly appreciated it and directly ordered Li Chunfang to preside over the revision of the new "Regulations of the Ming Dynasty Zongfan"!
And Li Chunfang lived up to Emperor Jiajing's expectations and dropped a bombshell right from the start!
As for the issue of clan inheritance, Li Chunfang directly reported: "The legitimate son who is born without a son will be granted the title of king, and the second son will be granted the title of official title as usual."
What does this sentence mean? Woolen cloth?
Except for the eldest son of the vassal king who can inherit the title of his father's ancestors, the other legitimate sons or concubines should not continue to be crowned.
As soon as this depth bomb was released, the entire government and opposition parties became excited.
No one expected that Xingjin’s newly appointed right minister of the Ministry of Rites would be so brave and dare to fire directly at the clan!
You must know about the clan issue. It was a politically correct issue in the Ming Dynasty that could only be understood but not explained. Anyone who dared to raise these issues would be scolded by a group of clan lords and vassals. He harmed the country and the people, alienated the clan, attempted to ruin the emperor's holy name, and carried out Jianwen's evil policies!
So, even before Emperor Jiajing, there were emperors who tinkered with some clan reforms, but most of those reforms were insignificant leftover reforms.
For example, limiting the number of concubines taken by feudal kings to prevent them from having more sons, and other measures such as increasing the proportion of royalties in clan salaries.
To put it bluntly, these measures are all harmonious measures. There is no way to restrict the lords from continuing to dominate the local area, annexing land, and enslaving the people.
Therefore, in general, the clan reform before the Jiajing Dynasty was noisy and had no restraint effect.
But now Li Chunfang is so fierce. He is really not afraid of tigers. He dropped such a powerful bomb right from the start, and he will directly limit the number of Wang Jue's inheritance.
Isn’t this digging into the roots of the sects and vassals?
The reason why the clan is so powerful is that every time they give birth to a son, in addition to the legitimate son who is named the crown prince, he can inherit the title. The remaining sons, no matter how close they are, can also win the title of a county king. And these county princes are all the main vassals of the vassal clan, and their salaries are almost all distributed by the clan.
Therefore, most vassal kings are very keen on having children, because for them, having children is almost like printing money.
But now Li Chunfang actually went to Shu and said that except for the legitimate sons who can be granted the title of king, the remaining legitimate sons and daughters cannot continue to be crowned. Isn’t that equivalent to abolishing the money printing press of the vassals? ?
So, in the foreseeable future, Li Chunfang will definitely be sprayed into pieces by a large number of clan kings!
But this matter will definitely not be that simple.
First of all, after Zhu Zaijing learned about Li Chunfang's ultimate move, he almost shouted in excitement.
No wonder in the original history, Li Chunfang was able to be the chief assistant for two years between Xu Jie and Gao Gong. It turned out that he was really courageous and really had two skills.
Now that Li Chunfang has stepped forward, Zhu Zaijing, as Li Chunfang's "old master", naturally cannot just watch Li Chunfang fight alone.
As a result, under Zhu Zaijing's instruction, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, Hai Rui and others also began to express their opinions on the clan issue, and it formed a wave of discussion.
Under this form of discussion, anyone with any brain will think about the seriousness and urgency of the Ming Dynasty clan problem today.
So, under such public opinion, the sects and vassals who originally wanted to jump out and accuse Li Chunfang of deceiving the public with his evil words and attempting to destroy the ancestral Dharma have honestly turned off the flames and do not dare to do so at this time. Go be the first person.
Emperor Jiajing looked at the rise of public opinion and knew that Zhu Zaijing was behind it, and he was very pleased about this.
Because in the eyes of Emperor Jiajing, Zhu Zaijing had grown up and knew that he felt sorry for the money.
After all, so much money that should have been kept in the court and in the hands of the emperor was thrown away to these relatives who had never seen it before, would anyone feel sad?
What's more, these clan lords and vassals did not have any benefit to feed back to the emperor and the court.
So in the eyes of Emperor Jiajing, these clan lords were actually similar to the robbers who robbed him of his money.
Now that my money is going to be saved, I will definitely feel comfortable.
Therefore, under the suggestion of Li Chunfang, Emperor Jiajing issued an order to publish the "Regulations on Duties and Vassals" revised by Li Chunfang throughout the world and became the new clan rules.
Although this "Regulations on Duties and Vassals" has not actually abolished the important privileges of the vassals, it has at least restricted many of their behaviors, so that they can no longer sit back and act as recklessly as before. When he was old, he paid tribute to his ancestors, and at the same time he invaded land, dominated property, and enslaved the people.
It can be said to let the people in places with more kings and vassals breathe a sigh of relief.
However, in Zhu Zaijing's view, this "Regulations on Suspensions and Vassals" is just the beginning. When the big move he concocted later is actually released, that will be when the real reform will take place!
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Asking for a monthly ticket
(End of this chapter)