Chapter 112: Establishing a Successor
Zhu Biao remembers that he has an eldest son, who should be called Zhu Xiongying, and you can guess that this is Zhu Yuanzhang himself, and he wants to be male and young, which shows his grandfather's expectations for him.
So it can be seen that even if the qualifications of his grandson are not yet determined, Zhu Yuanzhang still hopes that he can become the imperial grandson, and hopes that the Zhu family's country can be inherited smoothly through the eldest son.
The primogeniture inheritance system, in fact, means "to establish a son to be long rather than virtuous, and to establish a son to be noble but not to be long".
Zhu Biao naturally knows all the disadvantages of this system, but his advantages are also obvious, otherwise it would not be possible to pass it on from the beginning of Zhou to the present, but if there is anything better than this, the emperors of the millennium will not ignore it, this is indeed the smoothest way to overpower.
The power thing looks very mysterious, and it can turn an inner eight-character Luo circle leg into an outer eight-character big official step. can turn the farmer's son into a grandfather who on the farmer's head. It can even affect the life and death of countless people.
But if you dig into its ancestral grave, you will find that the essence of power is very simple, that is, consensus.
Whoever gathers more consensus will have more power. Only three people believe in him, and he is the master of the family, and if there are a billion people who believe in him, he is Shakyamuni and Jesus.
The emperor has gathered a consensus of a country, but human life is limited, and he wants to pass on this consensus, but to whom do so many sons pass it on?
On the wisdom of the ability? In fact, it still depends on who has the most consensus, so that the transfer of authority will be smooth.
But in front of the eldest prince's henchmen and mother's wife, the eldest son is wise and must hold power.
In front of the second prince's henchmen and subordinates, the second son's wife and wife are virtuous and must hold power.
In this way, every prince has people he supports, and there are a group of people who are interested in him behind him, if the successor is not determined early, it will inevitably be a fight to the death, and the best result is that the outstanding one can kill the brothers as quickly as possible, so that the country can quickly restore stability.
The worst result is that the abilities are almost the same, and as a result, they can't help each other when they play dog brains, and they brutally abolish the country, and as a result, they are picked peaches by outsiders.
These Zhu Biao are naturally clear, to the point where he can't do things just according to his own preferences, everyone thinks that the emperor can do whatever he wants, in fact, it can be seen from history that which Ming monarchs have actually been compromising, and which faint monarchs are actually venting their frustration of being restricted by all parties.
Moreover, the ministers will also defend the primogeniture, as long as they are not connected to the interests of the prince, they are the staunchest guardians of the primogeniture.
They never need a virtuous emperor, the emperor is wise, how can you make money, and how can you be corrupt?
The most important thing is that Lixian means that the emperor will not be the first to establish a prince, and the ministers will keep standing in line, a little careless, standing in the wrong line, it is really the blood of several generations of people in vain, except for those unwilling middle and lower-level officials who will be willing to do this fateful thing.
Even if it is the secret reserve system established by Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, you only need to check it to clearly conclude that this inner layer is still the primogeniture inheritance system.
Yongzheng did not have a son-in-law who died early, although Qianlong was the fourth eldest of the concubines, but his elder brothers above him died, so he was the eldest son. Qianlong passed on the throne to the fifteenth Jiaqing, and twelve elder brothers had died above him, and the remaining two were both concubines, a nerd and a disabled, so he was the most normal eldest son. Jiaqing passed on his eldest son Daoguang, and Daoguang passed on his eldest son Xianfeng, and Xian had only one son, that is, Tongzhi, the eldest son.
Therefore, although the Qing Dynasty was a secret prince, it was still the primogeniture inheritance system in general.
So Zhu Biao now has to hope for Chang Luohua, so that she can give Daming a few more healthy and intelligent princes.
Even if there are a few mediocre descendants, but as long as the internal stability of the Ming Dynasty can be guaranteed, the pressure from the outside world is nothing at all.
Zhu Biao leaned on the chair and put his feet on the desk, and only Liu Jin was serving in the room, so Zhu Biao could relax and no longer have to follow the rules of the crown prince.
Liu Jin stepped forward and carefully took away the pen and ink, so that Zhu Biao could stretch his legs and feet more comfortably, and walked to the door by himself to guard.
The big wedding is not far away, Zhu Biao has to make arrangements as soon as possible, no matter what, Zhu Biao will also ensure that Mr. Chang Luohua will have the eldest son, Zhu Biao thought for a while and went back to sleep.
Early the next morning, Zhu Biao asked Liu Jin to send a few royal names he had written to the Ministry of Rites, and then got up and went to his younger brothers.
Zhu Fan and the others are not young anymore, and they will move out after they want to come to the king, of course, they will not go directly to the domain, after all, they are still too young, but it is inevitable to move out of the palace to live in their own palace.
The Ministry of Engineering of the Royal Palace has already started to build, and when Zhu Biao arrived, the princes had already begun to read, and all the big and small were sitting at their desks in a regular manner.
Zhu Biao now has a total of six younger brothers, and the youngest Zhu Rong is already five years old, of course, he is not the youngest soon, and there are already three or four concubines in the harem who have been diagnosed with Ximai.
In Zhu Biao's eyes, they are all a group of small radish heads, but in the eyes of others, they are all dragons, the future kings.
Zhu Fan and the three of them saw that Zhu Biao was Yile, so they stood up and waved to Zhu Biao.
The rest are still young, and they are a little timid after being taught by Zhu Yuanzhang, and they are not very familiar with their eldest brother, so they just look at it with their eyes.
The gentlemen who taught came out to give a gift to the prince, and Zhu Biao gently asked them to get up: "A few people have worked hard, this palace is here to see the princes' studies." ”
These people are the students of Guozijian, and they are also the first batch of children of the family who came to defect after Zhu Yuanzhang captured Nanjing.
Zhu Biao talked with them for a few words, showing them what they expected most, and the friendly and graceful prince naturally made them almost cry with excitement.
Zhu Biao walked into the school and glanced at his younger brothers, and then started with the youngest test, all of which were simple, but they didn't know how to learn at all, and the younger two were a little embarrassed, but because of Zhu Biao's majesty, they didn't dare to cry out and cheat.
The second, third, and fourth children have matured a lot after going out, and they know that it is time to learn and grow a lot.
The best one to learn is the fifth child Zhu Hu, who does have a high talent for reading, and Zhu Biao rewarded the jade pendant he brought, which is enough for the younger brothers to envy.
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