Before dawn, Zhu Yunwen was woken up by Liu Zhen. Liu Zhen opened the bed curtain and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's time to get up, it's time to go to court." ”

Zhu Yunwen's eyes were a little misty, he shook his head, then sat up, looked at Li Yushi, the waiter who was sleeping beside him, covered her with a quilt, and "shhh Then he got up and asked Liu Zhen to serve and dress.

After washing up a little and using it early, Zhu Yunwen sat on the chariot and dozed off. Maybe it's been too much pressure recently, he was fortunate yesterday to the new palace attendant Li Yushi, Li Yushi is the daughter of Li Yuchi, the prefect of Suzhou, with the petite and gentle daughter of Jiangnan.

A morning breeze blew, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but shudder, he found that he was a little abnormal, last night was the first time he didn't sleep with the queen, although the queen has been persuading him to let the harem rain and dew evenly, don't let the palace people stay alone, but he has not done so. Maybe it was yesterday's treatment of King Zhou, Feng Sheng, Wang Bi and others that made him doubt himself a little, resulting in too much pressure, and finally looking for female stimulation. It is no wonder that the king of the dead country indulges in wine, and when faced with difficulties, indulging in wine can make people forget about the imminent crisis. Thinking of this, Zhu Yunwen sat up straight, opened his arms, and took a deep breath of the cool morning air. After that, he called Liu Zhen and whispered a few words, and Liu Zhen nodded in agreement.

Today's dynasty seems to be about the same as on weekdays, the six ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple each reported the progress of some things, and the court meeting was held every day, so there were not many new things.

After the six ministers finished reporting their daily affairs, "Liaodong appeased Gao Wei to appease the Liaodong ministries and returned to the court to hand over the decree." With the voice, an official wearing a scarlet official uniform and a six-beam crown knelt in the hall. Zhu Yunwen's eyes lit up, and he said, "Gao Qing is flat, tell me and the courtiers what I have seen and heard this time." ”

Gao Wei stood up, he was a native of Liaozhou, tall, with thick eyebrows and square face, his eyes were blazing, and he arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Chen Jianwen received the order in January of the first year, and went north from Shenyang, through Tielingwei and Sanwanwei, to the hometown of the Wuliangha camp in the upper reaches of the Guaner River, and then went south along the Songhua River, and finally arrived at the Yalu River, went south along the river, and finally arrived at Jinzhouwei, took a sea boat to Dengzhou, Shandong, and returned to the court today. ”

"From the north of Shenyang, there are very few Han people, most of them are Mongols, Jurchens, and Goryeo, among which there are many Jurchens in Sanwanwei and Tielingwei. In addition, since the Liaodong Dusi cleared the Uliangha camp, it has also become sparsely populated, and only a small number of tribal herders have nomadic herdsmen nearby......."

"From the lower reaches of the Songhua River to the Yalu River Basin, most of the original people in its area were relocated to Fushunwei, Dingliao Youwei and Shenyang Zhongwei by our dynasty. Therefore, most of the local Jurchens migrated from the far north during the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. The Jurchen tribe is not very populous, and the larger tribe is called the Jianzhou ......"

Zhu Yunwen sat on the dragon chair and listened to Gao Wei's narration, a little disappointed, he found that the realm where Gao Wei walked should not have been born in Jilin Province in later generations, but the Jurchen tribe he described made his heart shocked, especially this "Jianzhou", which reminded him of some special things. However, he didn't show it, but said to Gao Wei: "Gao Qing has worked hard, I want to learn more about Qing's trip to Liaodong when I go to Qianqing Palace." I've worked hard, so step down. ”

Gao Wei hesitated for a moment before taking out another book from his arms and said, "Your Majesty, the minister still has this book." ”

"Bring it in."

Zhu Yunwen took the fold and looked at it, and the general content was: "Emperor Gao divides the kings, and this is an ancient system." Since they are all excessive, the kings are arrogant and lawless, violating the court system. If it is not cut, the discipline of the imperial court will not be established; If you cut it, it will hurt the grace of your relatives. Jia Yi said: 'If you want the world to be safe, it is better to build princes and have less power. 'Now I will do not make a mistake and take it, but follow the policy of the Lord's father. In the northern kings, the sons were divided into the south; In the south, the children are divided into the north. In this way, the power of the king will not be cut but self-cutting. The minister also wished Yilong to kiss the gift, and when he was old, Fu Ra made people ask questions. The sage issued an edict to praise him. Those who are arrogant and lawless, the first offense is tolerated, the second offense is forgiven, and the third offense is not changed, then the temple will be abolished. Is there anyone who disobeys? ”

Zhu Yunwen frowned and thought for a while, did not speak, and the court was quiet for a while, and after a long while, he said: "What Gao Qing said is very good, how about discussing it after the meeting?" ”

"Commandment."

After Gao Wei retreated, Qi Tai, the secretary of the military department, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister got a report the day before yesterday, Ni Qiong, a hundred households in Yanshan, told the story of the official school Yu Liang, Zhou Duo and other shady affairs, and asked the emperor to order the capture of the official school, and also issued an edict to reprimand King Yan, making him confess and reflect. ”

"The matter of capturing the official school, quasi-playing, it is not necessary to reprimand King Yan, so that Ru Chang, the political envoy of Beiping, will convey my meaning, and let King Yan take care of his three guards."

Qi Tai was about to say more, but was interrupted by Zhu Yunwen, so he could only retreat.

After Qi Tai started, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate all played the lawsuit against the vassal king for lawlessness, including the king of Min, the king of Xiang, the king of Qi, and other illegal things, and there were also people who played the king of Zhou and the acting king had conspiracies, but Zhu Yunwen did not express his position and asked them to wait for the will.

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Qianqing Palace.

After listening to Gao Wei's detailed account of what he had seen in Liaodong, Zhu Yunwen asked him to sit down, held up a copy of the following and said, "Gao Qing, most of the courtiers advocate cutting the feudal domain, do you know why?" ”

"The ministers thought that most of the courtiers thought that the vassal kings were powerful in the fiefdom and hurt the sage of the court, and most of the vassal kings had armies, and the courtiers thought that they would rebel, so they should strike first."

"What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, the ministers thought that directly cutting the vassal would hurt the Shengming, and it was better to 'build the princes and reduce their strength', and implement the tuien and move the kings to the north and south, so that the power of the kings is declining, and in the end it is not enough, so it does not hurt the royal flesh and blood, but also avoids the tail of the vassal country."

Zhu Yunwen smiled and said, "Gao Qing, what you said is good, Tui'en is indeed a good policy, but can this prevent the vassal king from resisting?" Can these uncles of mine be willing? ”

"Why not? Their income is not reduced, their children and grandchildren are multiplying, and the court will treat them even more, what can they be dissatisfied with? ”

Zhu Yunwen looked at Gao Wei fixedly, retreated from everyone, and said with his back hand: "Gao Qing, do you know how I look at the vassal king?" ”

"Listen to the Word."

"Hehe, you don't have to be like this, you sit down, the vassal king is divided into the inland vassal king and the border vassal king, the inland vassal king is actually not worried, the power of the imperial court to deal with them is like Mount Tai pressing ants, your order to change the seal can definitely be implemented, but the border kings are different, their guards and the border army are brave and good at fighting, since ancient times, the border army and the Beijing division forbidden army are the two sides of the blade, the border army resists foreign invasion, opens up territory, and the forbidden army guards the capital to maintain a strategic advantage over the interior. If the border army is not strong, the country will be overturned, and the forbidden army will gradually decline because it has not been fighting for a long time. From a historical point of view, there has not been a defeat of the border army and the forbidden army has turned the tide, but there are often cases where the border army rebels and coerces the Beijing division. Therefore, the so-called cutting of the feudal domain by the ministers is different from the cutting of the feudal domain that I think, and I also know their thoughts, so I will explain it to you in a moment. What I wanted was to remove the kings of the frontier so that I could sleep in peace. ”

After listening to Zhu Yunwen's words, Gao Wei thought for a while and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, according to the understanding of the ministers, the emperor is worried that the kings of the border will repeat the rebellion of the border army?" ”

"Yes, why did Gao Qing teach me?"

Gao Wei said: "Your Majesty, now the so-called border plugs are only Kaiping, Suiyuan and Daning, Suiyuan does not have no vassal king, Kaiping is subordinate to Beiping, so what the emperor is worried about is King Yan and the current King of Zhou, right?" ”

"Yes."

"Your Majesty, the ministers are willing to go to Beiping and Daning to announce the decree, and notify King Yan and King Ning of the edict of the change of seal, and at the same time know the righteousness of the monarch and the ministers, they are all the sons and daughters of Emperor Taizu, and the emperor's own uncle, and they will definitely abide by the imperial edict. In addition, the bitter cold on the side, the kings have been on the border for many years, the wind and rain, lying on the ice and drinking the snow, the hard work is high, the emperor will move it to the mainland, and the glory will be raised for life, which not only completes the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, but also shows the loyalty, filial piety and benevolence of the heavenly family, isn't it beautiful? ”

Gao Wei's words really shocked Zhu Yunwen, he instinctively wanted to say what the scholar saw, but thought about it and said: "If King Yan and King Zhou rebel, Gao Qing may be sacrificed by them, aren't you afraid?" ”

Gao Wei dusted off the sleeves of his robe, knelt down on his knees, and said awe-inspiringly: "Your Majesty, the ministers will never give up!" ”

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly helped him up, thought for a while, and said: "In a while, I will convene the courtiers to discuss the change of seal, and tomorrow I will send people to various places to announce the decree, today you think about it, and tomorrow I will ask your opinion again." ”

"The minister doesn't need to think about it, the minister is willing to go!"

Zhu Yunwen patted Gao Wei on the shoulder: "You wait here for a while, I will convene the scholars to discuss." ”

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In the end, the result of the discussion was that the prince's son changed the seal from north to south, and the prince himself could also apply to the imperial court for a change of seal.

The next day, Zhu Yunwen announced the change of seal and sent people to deliver the decree to the twenty-five vassal kings, the most eye-catching of which was Gao Wei, the new servant of the Ministry of Officials in Beiping and Daning.

This day is July 15, which is called the Zhongyuan Festival in Taoism, the Yu Lan Festival in Buddhism, and the "Ghost Festival" in folklore.