Chapter 20: The Meaning of the King

Zhu Qiyu suddenly shrank his head and didn't dare to speak.

Zhu Qizhen looked at Zhu Qiyu, his eyes were a little complicated.

To be honest, when he just crossed over, Zhu Qiyu was still a little doll. Almost Zhu Qizhen watched grow up, although Zhu Qizhen didn't take much care of Zhu Qiyu. But when Zhu Qiyu was in time, he also kept it in mind.

Even Zhu Qiyu was the first person to be educated according to Zhu Qizhen's arrangement of the education process of the Ming royal family.

I studied with the disciples of the heroes in the main hall, and then stayed in the martial arts for three years, not to mention the martial arts, but the subset of the classics and history, archery, horses, riding and archery have all dabbled.

War, too, is not too unfamiliar.

And the original historical events made Zhu Qizhen have a pimple in his heart.

Although he clearly knew that history was no longer the same, Zhu Qizhen also found that he seemed to have the emperor's occupational disease, that is, he was suspicious.

Although he can still restrain himself now, suppress this unwarranted doubt in his heart, and not reveal it.

Zhu Qizhen suddenly didn't have the mind to teach Zhu Qiyu a lesson at this moment, and waved his hand to let the prince go back, and the two brothers walked around the lake one after the other.

Zhu Qizhen said: "It's been so many years, when you were in front of your father's spirit, it seems that it was still yesterday, you have grown up, and even Jianjun is older than me back then." ”

Zhu Qiyu said: "How my father and the emperor see the emperor now, he will be very pleased." ”

Zhu Qizhen sighed and said: "What are you happy about, I don't want to, as long as my father doesn't scold me, the guilty edict is still in the Taimiao, don't talk about me, I'm here to talk about your business today." ”

Zhu Qiyu said: "Mine? ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "I sealed Uncle Xiang Wang to Luchuan, I heard that he has not been doing very well recently, and Myanmar has only quieted down this year, and the climate in the south has made our Uncle Wang suffer. ”

"Now the four uncles in the northwest have been moved to Beijing, just to let them live idle, every year 10,000 stones, compared to in the fiefdom, I don't know how many times down, even if the children have no merit, there is not even a county king."

"It's ridiculous for outsiders to say that I have treated the kings harshly, to the point where I can't tolerate them."

"I am not only the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but also the patriarch of the Zhu family, how can I not think about my family, the beloved son of my parents has a long-term plan for himself, and the town is the head of a family, and I must also think for the long-term of the family."

"There is no immortal country in the world, and neither is my Ming Dynasty, and now the so-called vassal king is just a prisoner, not only can not bring benefits to the country, but is a drag on the court."

"The homes of ordinary people do not support idlers. And this is not a matter of raising idlers, once I have a time of collapse tomorrow, who can be the king of the current domain? ”

"I'm afraid no one can do it."

King Xiang is said to have died for a short time, but it is the weather in the south that makes King Xiang, a person who grew up in the north, unbearable, not to mention, there are not many big wars, but small wars are continuous, and King Xiang is overworked. Long between beds.

Now he is already the son of King Xiang and the government of the country.

And the four kings of the northwest, but after the war between the tile spur and the Ming Dynasty, they also saw that the Xuanda attack did not move, so they also rested the mind of Beijing after a war, but turned to attack the northwest, and the northwest fought for a while, although the scale of the war was not large, but the four princes of the northwest had some unbearable.

Repeatedly requested to move the vassal state to the east of Tongguan.

Zhu Qizhen was naturally unwilling.

Just drag.

In the end, the four vassal kings promised the imperial court that from now on they would only receive the vassal king's salary, and as for the vassal kings and below, the vassal kings would be responsible. That is, except for the inheritance of the vassal king's son-in-law, the other sons have no titles.

Similarly, Zhu Qizhen also agreed to the children of the four royal families.

After all, these four vassal kings were all sealed out by Taizu, and they were too far away from the royal bloodline, no matter how the emperor changed, they couldn't be talked about. On some issues, it is more reliable than the close branch of the royal family.

Of course, on the civilian side, it's hard to say for the time being. After all, if you don't have a reputation, it is unlikely that you want to become a big official, but these princes and disciples of the feudal domain have all entered the main hall to martial arts, and they have not yet been cultivated.

But in the future, Zhu Qizhen estimates that among the senior generals of the Ming Dynasty, there will be a place for the generals of the clan.

This was another measure to consolidate imperial power.

Before, Zhu Qizhen only intercepted the vassal king Yulu, but now through the four kings of the northwest, a gap has been opened, look at the reaction of the vassal kings below, for Zhu Qizhen, most of the vassal kings, Zhu Qizhen are ready to move back to the north and south of the capital, and some really don't want to come back, but there are not so many Yulu.

Zhu Qizhen has been unswervingly advancing the vassal system of the Ming Dynasty, and with Zhu Qizhen's power, this speed is accelerating little by little.

King Yu said: "The younger brother understands the deep meaning of the imperial brother. The royal brother wants the king of the Ming Dynasty to be sealed in the land of Yuanfu, and in the future, the Central Plains will change, and the vassal kings in various places will still have the merit of King Qin, which is the original intention of Taizu. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "I don't expect them to have any diligent hearts, I just hope that there will be a day in the future, someone can be Guangwu, it's really not good, being Liu Bei can be regarded as worthy of the good intentions of those of us who are under the spring." ”

"I haven't let you become a vassal before, not because I'm going to let you be a rich idler in the capital, but I want to let Uncle Xiang Wang be like me and defend one side for my Ming Dynasty. Don't know where to seal you up? Today is an opportunity. ”

Zhu Qiyu immediately understood: "Is it North Korea? ”

"Yes." Zhu Qizhen said: "It's North Korea, I will ask you for the last time this time, if you don't want to go, you can also go, but in the future, only."

can be in the capital, just like the four kings of the northwest. ”

"Brother go." Zhu Qiyu said: "The younger brother has followed the imperial brother to practice arching and horses since he was a child, just to serve the Ming Dynasty one day, the younger brother understands the hard work of the imperial brother, if the younger brother is trapped in a city, and he will be a rich idler for the rest of his life, the younger brother would rather die." ”

Only those who have tasted the taste of power know the preciousness of power.

King Yu is such a person.

He grew up in the power field, and if he was destined to have nothing to do with power all his life, he wouldn't have so many ideas, but when he knew, he would be able to access power one day.

His ambition could not be suppressed.

It's like in history.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Okay, there are some things, you have to say outside, if everything goes well, you will be able to live in Seoul this year, because the Li family of North Korea will be extinct, and you will be the king of North Korea at that time." ”

"Any of your very heavy, the imperial court wants to deal with the tile thorns, it is impossible to leave a lot of elite soldiers for you, and North Korea is the rear of Haixi, and in the future, a lot of manpower and material resources will be recruited in Haixi, you have to appease the people and use them for the Ming Dynasty. You have to be attentive. ”

Zhu Qiyu said: "Brother Chen understands. ”

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said: "There is one thing I want to explain first, that is, you, the king of North Korea, will not be the king for long, I am not stingy, but North Korea is too close to Beijing." ”

"From North Korea to Tianjin, it is only a day or two by water. Naturally, I don't worry about you, and even your nephew won't worry about you, Uncle Wang, but we will all die of old age, and we won't leave hidden dangers for future generations. ”

"It's not good for anyone."

"There is a country east of North Korea that will be your fiefdom in the future, and there, your family can be a family for eternity."

Zhu Qiyu said: "But Japan? ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Exactly. ”

Zhu Qiyu has not yet arrived in North Korea, and he does not have too many interests in North Korea, so he does not care at all. said: "Brother Chen understands. ”

Zhu Qizhen and the two walked on horseback, and Zhu Qizhen suddenly saw a farm, which was the experimental field he established at that time, and all his ideas about agriculture were experimented here.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Let's go, let's take a look." ”

The two dismounted and entered Zhuangzi, and immediately the eunuch in charge came out to salute.

Zhu Qizhen didn't care at all, just waved his hand and strode in. But I see that all kinds of crops in it grow quite vigorously, and there are all kinds of vegetables and vegetables, and new crops can be found here.

Zhu Qizhen took a look at it and knew that the people below were still very attentive, Zhu Qizhen suddenly asked, "How is the silage going?" ”

This is the agricultural technology that Zhu Qizhen has always been thinking about, and it is also one of the magic weapons used by Zhu Qizhen to conquer the grassland.

So every time I come here, I ask a question.