Of course, Zhu Biao also knows that the most important thing in this matter is Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude, if the Ministry of Rites is not instructed, how dare he raise the prince's etiquette specifications to the same level as the crown prince, this is undoubtedly self-isolation from Zhu Biao.

The Ministry of Rites on the ground also didn't care about decency, lowered his head and said, "The old minister asks His Highness to be gracious." ”

Zhu Biao looked at him and said: "The palace will go to see the saint, and the Ministry of Rites will immediately start to reduce the specifications of the royal ceremony, and the courtesy of the prince should also be reduced, and the specific ............"

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu was listening respectfully, he was really relieved, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked him to reject the will of the saint, he would not even be able to cry, and he had to order someone to go home and arrange the funeral.

Now that the father and son are going to discuss it themselves, the officials of the Ministry of Rites will stay up all night and not sleep, and they can also plan the king ceremony from the beginning, after all, there are examples of the Tang and Song dynasties, which is much simpler than the requirements of the saints.

Just when Zhu Biao was about to enter the palace after giving instructions, a eunuch walked in outside, and when he arrived at the door, he shouted: "Spread the holy message, please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Ministry of Rites to receive the decree!" ”

Zhu Biao stood up and walked to the front and knelt down, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu turned around, and the eunuch hurriedly stood sideways, indicating that he would speak on behalf of the saint: "The prince presided over the ceremony of sealing the king, and the Ministry of Rites cooperated, and there must be no mistakes." ”

"The ministers will not live up to the trust of the Holy Lord."

After the eunuch finished speaking, he hurriedly stepped forward to help His Royal Highness the Prince, Zhu Biao didn't care, and said to him: "Go back to the Holy Lord, just say that the palace will not let him down, please rest assured." ”

The eunuch knelt on the ground and listened, and then replied, "The slave and maid understand, and will convey it clearly." ”

Zhu Biao nodded, waved his hand to let him retreat, and then looked at the Ministry of Rites Shangshu on the ground and said, "Fu Shangshu, please get up, since the Holy Decree is in charge of the palace, let's rectify it as soon as possible." ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu got up and said: "The relationship between the Holy Lord and His Royal Highness father and son is really emotional. ”

Zhu Biao smiled, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu went out to arrange manpower first, in fact, there is also a record, as long as some specifications are reduced, but the above sentence, the following is busy with broken legs, this change involves all aspects, the Ministry of Rites does not want to rest these days.

Zhu Biao sat back on the chair, Liu Jin served a cup of tea, and then took out a fan and stood aside to fan the prince, Zhu Biao took a sip of tea and shook his head with a smile.

If there is no such message, Zhu Biao will enter the palace and argue, after all, this matter is related to the problem of the clan for hundreds of years to come, the emperor's sons are all princes, if there is a strong and healthy person who gives birth to him fifty or sixty princes, how is it good, and the taxes of the court will support them.

Zhu Biao is not for himself, his position is stable and honorable to this point, and there are no princes and uncles above, but there is always a lot to consider when doing things, their father and son do not need to be oppressed by the clan, what about the emperors of later generations?

It's good now, his father has pushed this matter on his head, Zhu Biao is not satisfied with the courtesy, and the younger brothers are disappointed, and his father will not be happy, but what should be done is still to be done, and he must take responsibility for the monarch.

The most important thing is that hundreds of officials kneel to welcome this, Zhu Biao asked people to bring pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and began to write, officials above the fifth grade only need to bow down to the prince, and the five grades below should kneel to welcome, and the prince will be the first class under his honor guard.

The crown of the prince is like the East Palace, only the crown of the East Palace is nine, the crown of the prince is eight, the crown of the prince is seven, the crown of the county king is six, and the subordinates are not available.

The crown of the prince and princess is set as the crown of Jiuzhai, and the crown of the four phoenixes of the nine feathers can only be worn by the queen mother and the crown princess of the East Palace, and its dresses, court dresses, regular clothes and other crown clothes are the same as those of the crown princess.

The heavenly family has no selfish affairs, the prince sees that the monarch and the prince should perform the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, and the old pro-dynasty bows and kneels to the saint, and it is appropriate to be supported by the prince to show his humanity.

The rest of Zhu Biao did not move, what book of treasures was like the East Palace, as well as the courtesy he received when he was canonized as a prince, these are all trivial things, and Zhu Zhubiao is also happy to make his younger brothers happy.

Only the dignity and inferiority system must be set, and it must not be said that the elder prince can do whatever he wants by relying on the seniority, and the most important point is that Zhu Biao is not ready to set it at this time, it is a little early.

That is the policy of decreasing titles, and now the Ming Dynasty's division of the clan is to canonize the eldest son of the emperor to establish the crown prince, the sons to the prince, the eldest son of the prince to establish the prince, and the sons to the prince of the county.

The eldest son of the county prince established the county king, and the sons were the general of Fengzhenguo, the general of Sun Fuguo, the great-grandson of General Fengguo, the fourth lieutenant of Sun Zhenguo, the fifth lieutenant of Sun Fuguo, and the sixth and below were all lieutenants of Fengguo.

That is, the crown prince is the hereditary emperor and the prince is the hereditary prince, which led to the huge pressure on the clan in the later period, they not only led the court to the high price, but also relied on their unique position to annex a large number of lands.

King Jing and King Lu have as many as 40,000 hectares of fields in Huguang and other places, King Ji is in Changsha, with 7.8 million acres of land, and 40% of the fields in Changsha and Shanhua counties are also owned by King Ji. Half of the land in Henan Province is owned by the royal palaces.

From the middle of the Ming Dynasty onwards, officials everywhere were alarmed to find that their local revenues were no longer enough to support the local royal family. For example, Shanxi's local fiscal revenue is 1.52 million stones, while the annual consumption of Shanxi princes is 3.12 million stones. Henan's annual fiscal revenue is 840,000 stones, and the one that needs to be supplied to the prince is 1.92 million stones.

The rich king of the world, "pearl and jade goods bribe mountain accumulation", millions of money. The King of Qin in Shaanxi is rich in the world and "supports millions". The acting king of Datong actually owns 1,060 houses.

Zhu Biao, the name of these people, has been heard of in later generations, this is only one aspect of the problem, there are many robberies of people's daughters, beating local officials, killing people on the street, destroying homes, fornicating with Japanese robbers, shielding maritime merchants, etc., under the protection of privileges, the royal family has been reduced to the lowest moral level of Ming society.

As for what prince breaks the law and is guilty of the same crime as the common people, it is a joke, as long as the princes do not rebel, it is too simple to live a comfortable life, and they really lie on the country and enjoy themselves laid down by the great grandfather.

Zhu Biao inexplicably wanted to beat Zhu Di, and he also had a share of his credit here, this kid was not in the right position, so he naturally had to treat the clan preferentially, could he kill Fang Xiaoru's ten clans or kill his own ten clans?

Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the clan title, but it will not work here in Zhu Yuanzhang, and it will be the bottom line for Zhu Biao to reduce the courtesy of the princes, which is still for the sake of Zhu Biao is own heart.

If other people had died a long time ago, in the end, they would have to make their lives comfortable, Zhu Biao would really hurt his father's heart if he wanted to reduce the titles of the princes.

Zhu Biao plans to wait for him to legislate after he ascends the throne, and after the prince is canonized, he will go abroad to establish a vassal country if he wishes, then his throne will be hereditary, and he only needs to respect the Ming Dynasty as the suzerain, and he will come to the dynasty every year.

If the prince remains in the country, his title begins to decrease after two generations, and if his descendants have contributed to the country, they can also be promoted.

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