Sun Chengzong still knew about Li Yiqi's family. The Li family spent a lot of effort to get Li Yiqi to study. Li Yiqi's father also died when he was very young because of poverty.

Now listening to Li Yiqi's words, Sun Chengzong knew that Li Yiqi's father also died of poverty.

"The amount of grain collected every year is only 40% left after paying various taxes." Li Yiqi sighed and said, "I am busy every year, and I still eat wild vegetables for half a year."

Sun Chengzong patted Li Yiqi on the shoulder and comforted him: "What we are doing now is that no one will be the same as us in the future."

"I'm laughing!" Li Yiqi nodded, and then said helplessly: "I hope we can do it well! This private land was cultivated by us. Jijiu said that when we harvest the crops, we will still take them home."

The two of them looked at each other and laughed.

"We will leave the school tomorrow and arrive in Daxing County, otherwise we will show our ambitions."

Sun Chengzong said with a smile.

With the graduation and taking office of civil servants, Zhu Yijun's internal reforms officially began. This was a small step for the Ming Dynasty officialdom, but sooner or later it would become a big step, and a very big step.

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Yijun got up very early today because he was going to attend the morning court today. Although there were a lot of things happening in the court these days, the court was still stable and nothing big happened. Zhu Yijun was not energetic in the morning court, but he had to go.

When they walked into the hall, the ministers knelt on the ground to worship, and then they reached the participle.

However, all the participating events are small matters, so Zhu Yijun can handle it directly according to the old rules.

"Your Majesty, I have this report!"

I originally thought that today's morning court had just been over, but I didn't expect that Wang Xijue, the Minister of Rites, suddenly stood up. Not only did Zhu Yijun not expect, but the ministers present also did not expect why he suddenly appeared.

No matter what it is for, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites will definitely not be trivial.

"What's the matter with you?" Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Xijue and asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, please release the ban!" Wang Xijue's voice was not loud, but the words he said shocked everyone. Many people turned to look at Wang Xijue. Is this guy crazy?

Zhu Yijun didn't expect that Wang Xijue would throw out this big bomb and release the ban. This is not a trivial matter!

The so-called vassal ban refers to the ban on vassal kings by the court. Since the forced reduction of vassal vassal bans, Zhu Di basically eliminated the vassal ban, which was a sacred concern that the vassal ban had too much political and military power. In order to completely eliminate the harm, several generations of emperors of the Ming Dynasty repeatedly strengthened surveillance, constraints and restrictions on vassal vassals, forming the so-called "vassal ban".

Zhu Yijun also knew about the ban. After all, the Ming Dynasty royal family had reached the point where they could not be dealt with, and they had become a burden to the country. If they were not dealt with, there would be problems.

The vassal ban is a restriction on the vassal kings and royal families from many aspects, including that the vassal vassal bans are not allowed to conduct military affairs or political affairs. All royal families are not allowed to enter the government as officials, and are not allowed to engage in industry and commerce. The two vassal bans are not allowed to meet each other unless the memorial is given. The royal family has a ban on leaving the city.

The vassal kings were not allowed to return to the capital and enter the court without permission, and were not allowed to interact with the governments of fiefdoms, and even those who married the vassals were not allowed to be elected officials of the capital.

The vassal kings are not allowed to establish their own officials in the royal palace, nor are they allowed to refuse the royal palace officials sent by the court. They even stipulate that if the royal family has children, they must ask for names from the court, and in name they are given by the emperor. They are very old and must ask for marriage and choose a partner from the court, and they are not allowed to "marry without authorization".

A prison called "High Wall" was also set up in Fengyang, which was specially designed to imprison the vassals considered to be infringed on the ban. There are often hundreds of people in prison.

"Your Majesty, I have checked the fish scale book of the Ministry of Revenue to clear the fields. The total land in the Ming Dynasty was 12 million hectares, of which the prince's royal family occupied 2.2 million hectares, accounting for 20% of the total."

20% sounds like a lot, but how many people there are in the Ming Dynasty, but you also have to look at how many people in the royal family.

Zhu Yijun reviewed this information. During the reign of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, the population of royal families with titles was 58, and the increase was not much 127 during the Yongle period. The growth of royal families was truly on the fast track in the eighth year of Jiajing. At that time, there were 8,203 royal families, including 275 commoners and 4,300 without titles.

By the 44th year of Jiajing, there were 28,840 people. After that, the population of the royal family began to rise rapidly. In just twenty years, the population always reached 80,000. By now, the population of the royal family has exceeded 100,000.

According to the current scale, it will probably double in a few years.

The population of the royal family has indeed grown very rapidly, but it is only 100,000 people, which is not much compared to the overall population size of the Ming Dynasty. However, they actually own one-fifth of the Ming Dynasty's arable land, which is too terrifying.

However, when Zhu Yijun heard about the 12 million hectares of land, he was still very pleased. This was Zhang Juzheng's achievement!

The Ming Dynasty had conducted three large-scale land surveys nationwide. At the beginning of the founding of the country, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang conducted it once. The land in the Ming Dynasty was 8 million hectares, and it was also conducted once during the Chengzu period, with land in seven million hectares.

In just two generations, the land was swallowed up by nobles and relatives and powerful people.

This million hectares are not meant to not pay taxes or exempt money and food, but are gone or occupied and hidden.

During the Zhengde period, Emperor Zhengde conducted a nationwide land survey, and the entire Ming Dynasty only had 3.8 million hectares of land, less than half of that of the time of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. After so many years of rest and recuperation, the population of the Ming Dynasty grew rapidly and a large amount of wasteland was reclaimed, but the land was less than half of that of the founding of the country.

Zhu Yijun probably could understand Emperor Zhengde's thoughts, and probably was so angry that Emperor Zhengde had lost his people before he could clean up the land problem. Zhu Yijun couldn't help but think of Zhang Juzheng. If Zhengde had Zhang Juzheng, the Ming Dynasty would have changed long ago.

When Zhu Yijun was thinking divergently, Wang Xijue below did not stop.

"Last year, the rice supplied to the capital was 4.6 million stones, and the rice supplied to the royal family was 9.7 million stones. The rice supplied to the royal family was more than twice the rice used in the capital." Wang Xijue said here, pausing for a moment.

I don’t know if I don’t say it. I was shocked when I said it. The royal family of the Ming Dynasty has become a burden to the court.

If the population of the royal family doubled in a few years, the court would really not be able to support these people.

However, some people are simply worried, or they really feel that it is time to change, but some people see a different place, that is, the emperor's younger brother, Lu Wang Zhu Yili. Who in the court doesn't know that the empress dowager is choosing a concubine for Lu Wang Wang and preparing for a wedding.

Judging from the degree of favor of the Queen Mother for the Lu King, it goes without saying that the scale of the wedding was the subsequent vassal and land granted.

Every vassal king will have land in his vassal state. With the degree of favor of the Queen Mother for the Lu King, this reward will definitely not be less. At this time, the ban on vassal was proposed. The timing was very subtle, and many people have begun to think about what to do.

Zhu Yijun sat on the dragon throne and didn't speak for a long time. How could he have thought it would be impossible?

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Yijun glanced at Wang Xijue and asked, "What should I do if I think I should?"

"I would like to limit the system of titles, open up the cause of the four people, and relax the ban on entry and exit." Wang Xijue seemed to have been ready and said loudly.

Although it is simple, it is a policy for every sentence. The so-called system of limiting titles is to put it bluntly that the titles of the royal family are restricted. If the legitimate son cannot inherit the titles, the second son will continue to divide the titles. If so, the royal family of the Ming Dynasty will only grow bigger and bigger.

To put it bluntly, to open up the cause of the four people, the Ming Dynasty royal family allowed to join the army, become officials, do business and farm.

This statement is just a statement, and in fact it is to lift the restrictions that the royal family is not allowed to join the army. After all, most of the clans in the Ming Dynasty have not yet fallen to the point of doing business and farming.

The last one, the ban on entry and exit, is to put it bluntly, the ban on the clan's inability to leave the fiefdom, the vassal kings are not allowed to leave the city, and the capital are not allowed to return to the capital. This one can be said to be for the first two. Without this one, the first two are meaningless.

Wang Xijue's words were heard, and a needle fell from the hall could be heard, and no one spoke.

No one doesn’t know how the ban came about. To put it bluntly, this was set by the emperor.

There was Jingnan in the Ming Dynasty. The world of Chengzu's lineage came from Jingnan. To put it bluntly, it was rebellion. This is also the reason why the emperor was so cautious about the royal family of the vassal kings. I can Jingnan's throne, so can others!

To put it bluntly, Fan Jin is to kill this kind of thing happen again. Although I rebelled and won the world, I don’t want me to be rebelled.

Although the reason for proposing the ban on vassals is very sufficient, it depends on the emperor. Many people already think that Wang Xijue is too bold. If the emperor disagrees, Wang Xijue's fate will probably not be very good.

Zhu Yijun sighed, in fact, he also knew that this matter must be resolved.

Things are simpler to say, but difficult to do. If you really want to operate, it will not be a matter of overnight, nor will it be a matter of the emperor's imperial edict. However, since someone has proposed it, I will just add fuel to the fire.

"The ban is opened!"

Zhu Yijun sighed, and the ministers below shivered. This matter was too sensitive. Most ministers did not want to get involved. If they were not careful, they would be possible. The emperor whom he served was not a master who dared not kill people.

"It's important to be important, please hand it over to the cabinet department for discussion!" Zhu Yijun thought for a while and spoke.

I handed over to the cabinet department for discussion. To put it bluntly, I just want to see what the ministers said and ask for the ministers’ opinions.

After this incident, the ministers did not think about participating in anything. Compared with Wang Xijue's memorial, other memorials were nothing. After announcing his retirement from the court, Zhu Yijun went straight back to the Qianqing Palace.
Chapter completed!