When Zhu Yunwen returned to Duanben Palace, his steps were heavy, and he realized Zhu Yuanzhang's inner thoughts for the first time, he didn't want to cut the domain. From the very beginning of the construction of Suiyuan this time, Zhu Yuanzhang did not interfere, and his own reports were basically accurate, and the deployment of Xu Huizu, Song Sheng, Qu Neng and the kings was all decided by himself. Originally, there was no problem, and King Ning's expedition was actually not a big deal, but it was a pity that Wara's eastward advance broke everything. In the end, Fu Youde and Yan Wang had to be temporarily activated, which completely interrupted the original plan. In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang's efforts to suppress the father's heavy generals, as well as Zhu Yunwen's efforts to cultivate cronies and suppress the vassal king, were temporarily put on hold. Of course, this is nothing to Zhu Yuanzhang, King Yan is sitting in Beiping, Fu Youde can't make any waves, but for Zhu Yunwen, it is fatal. If King Ning is defeated this time, the Mongols will inevitably be in great power, and both the Warat and the Golden Family may go south to disturb the border, so that the imperial court will have to rely more on the King of Yan, and it will be more difficult or even impossible to reduce the feudal domain in the future. If King Ning is rescued by Fu Youde, then he must be grateful to King Yan, as for Fu Youde, he is likely to die on the battlefield, and Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't know how to reward him for such a great achievement.

Zhu Yunwen secretly summoned Xie Jin, Zhuo Jing, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai and others, first announced the ban, then conveyed the emperor's will, and finally asked: "Do you know what the emperor means?" ”

Xie Jin was just recalled by Zhu Yunwen, who has been brilliant since he was a child and is known as a "prodigy", he has not been consumed by the five years of closed-door study, and he is still as outspoken as usual. So when everyone was silent, he first said: "Your Highness, the minister thinks that the emperor wants His Highness to think about the role of the clan vassal king in the dynasty, but the emperor's intention should be favorable." ”

"What do other people think?"

In fact, everyone's thoughts are the same as Xie Jin, but they don't dare to say it, and now they all nod in agreement.

"Okay, let's go back and think about it today, starting tomorrow, everyone will go to Zhan Shifu, and Lone will prepare a room for everyone, and you will have three days to write an article and give Lone an answer."

Everyone looked at each other, but when they found that Zhu Yunwen's mood was not high, they didn't dare to speak, and retreated.

After everyone left, Zhu Yunwen sat on the chair, thought for a while, and called Fu Rang in.

Although Fu Rang was born in the army, he didn't pay much attention to etiquette, and sat down after giving the ceremony, Zhu Yunwen looked at him and said with a smile: "Retreat, are you married?" ”

Fu Rang scratched his head and said, "Your Highness, my subordinates have one in their Chinese New Year's Eve this year, and their sons are ten years old. ”

Zhu Yunwen was a little surprised: "As the second son of Ying Guogong, how can you still be a pro-army guard?" ”

Fu Rang was a little embarrassed, bowed his head and said: "Your Highness doesn't know anything, your subordinates are a little reckless in doing things, and they have been repeatedly reprimanded by their superiors in the pro-army, and they have not been punished heavily when they see their father's face, but promotion is impossible." ”

"Hehe," Zhu Yunwen found that this Fu Rang, who was ten years older than him, was still so childish, he couldn't help but shake his head slightly, and continued: "Then how many brothers do you have?" ”

"The eldest brother Fu Zhong is the concubine of Princess Shouchun, and now he is the commander of Wu Changwei, and the second brother is succeeded to the second uncle, the third in line, and the younger sister is married to the prince of Jin."

"Then you only have two brothers?"

"Yes, there was originally a younger brother under him, whose name was Tian Xi, but he was lost in the chaotic army when his father was conquering Yunnan, and his father looked for it, but he never found it."

"What are your ambitions?"

This was a little stumped Fu Rang, he thought for a while and said: "The subordinates don't know, but the subordinates' martial arts are not bad, and they can protect His Highness, so let's be His Highness's guard." ”

"Then if you are bullied in the army, who will you cry to? Who can I ask for help? ”

"Hehe, I definitely don't dare to cry, let my father know that he will beat me to death, looking for someone to help is looking for my brother, if my brother is not there, I can only find my uncle, but ......" Saying this, Fu Rang lowered his head and said: "Uncle Fu Youwen has been killed for participating in the Lanyu rebellion." ”

Zhu Yunwen suddenly became interested: "You have a good relationship with your uncle Fu Youwen?" ”

"Well, when I was a child, my uncle lived in our house and didn't move out until he got married, and he was only a dozen years older than me, so he often protected me when I was a child."

"Oh," Zhu Yunwen thought for a moment and said, "If you have a life-threatening thing and want to hide it for your son to use in the future, who will you give it to?" ”

"Who else, of course, is my wife?" Fu Rang was surprised.

"What about the others? Don't you have friends who live and die together? ”

Fu Rang thought for a while and said, "No, there is no such friend." ”

"Where's your eldest brother?"

"It depends on something."

"What if it's your father's title?"

Fu Rang's face was full of disbelief, and said: "Your Highness, let's laugh, my father's title is the eldest brother's, what does it have to do with me?" ”

Zhu Yunwen changed his words and said, "If, I mean if, if something happens to your eldest brother and you inherit the title, will you return it to your nephew?" ”

"This is impossible," Fu Rang's head shook like a rattle, and said, "If something happens to my eldest brother, the title will definitely be inherited by my nephew, and it has nothing to do with me." ”

Zhu Yunwen found that Fu Rang was really a very simple person, this kind of person could indeed be trusted, but what he could do was very limited, so he suddenly wanted to make a joke to him: "Retreat, if your son and your nephew fall into the water at the same time, who will you save first?" ”

"Of course it's my son, do you need to ask?"

Zhu Yunwen looked at Fu Rang, and suddenly burst out laughing, but Fu Rang was a little confused, and he didn't know what His Highness was laughing at.

After chatting with Fu Rang, Zhu Yunwen was in a better mood, and ordered the military department to transfer Shi Wangdu, the marching commander of the general Zhengbei, back to Wuxue and concurrently serve as the prince's guest.

The next day, Xie Jin and others retreated in Zhan Shifu to discuss the matter of cutting the domain, but after less than a day's work, these people couldn't stay anymore and went directly out of the customs to find Zhu Yunwen.

Zhu Yunwen was a little surprised, and asked what was going on, Xie Jin first said: "The ministers and others disagree, and they can't form a unified movement." "So is the minister." "So is the minister." Zhuo Jing, Fang Xiaoru and others also said in unison.

Zhu Yunwen had no choice but to ask each of them to write an article, explain their opinions, and then report it to him.

Xie Jin and others were all exporters, and the next day, they handed in their respective articles. Zhu Yunwen looked at it, and it was indeed very different.

Xie Jin's point of view is similar to the "Taiping Ten Strategies", hoping that the public will build a feudal country and less of its land, the goal is that all the counties and counties in the world are feudal countries, and the dragon sons and grandsons will be assessed. It is also necessary to compile the "Basic Law of the Princes" and publish it all over the world......

In his opinion, there is no difference between feudalism and county, and advocates the implementation of benevolent government and morality, under the criminal law, the world is naturally peaceful.

Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai resolutely advocated cutting the feudal domain, on the grounds that the feudal state was strong and had heavy troops, and these dynasties were the source of trouble, and sooner or later they had to be eliminated, and it was better to start late than early.

Zhuo Jing believes that the country has been feuded, so it is not suitable to make a big move, so as not to hurt the feelings of the heavenly family. However, for the sake of future generations, certain situations must be dealt with, but the handling should pay attention to ways and means and treat them differently. For example, for those who have military merits, their fiefdoms will be moved to a warm climate and live for a long time, which not only takes care of the feelings of flesh and blood, but also preserves the righteousness of the monarch and ministers; For the vassal king who made a mistake according to the severity of the situation, change his official officer, cut off his bodyguard, and so on, do not engage in one-size-fits-all methods, which is easy to arouse the anger of the kings, and it is also easy to make the sea feel that the king has no flesh and blood.

Zhu Yunwen took a look at these ideas and felt that Xie Jin was too idealistic, and its ideal model was similar to the well field system, where the whole country was divided into pieces of land of the same size and sent his relatives to manage it, which was not very reliable no matter how he looked at it. Fang Xiaoru is too pedantic, what he says is right, but unrealistic; In comparison, Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng have a resolute position, but they lack the means to deal with it; Zhuo Jing's idea Zhu Yunwen appreciates it more, and it is more suitable for Zhu Yunwen's taste.

But these things are not suitable for Zhu Yuanzhang to see, but fortunately, ten days later, Wang Du's letter arrived. Since Wang Du received the will of the emperor's grandson, he pondered for a night, wrote a letter, and asked people to send it to Jingshi quickly, and then he himself went down the Yellow River, through Kaifeng, and rushed to Beijing.

Zhu Yunwen looked at Wang Du's letter, there was no title, no signature, only one sentence: "Virtue and etiquette." If not, then cut off their fiefdoms, and if they can't, they will be disposed of, and even raise troops to attack them. ”

Zhu Yunwen smiled, this is what Zhu Yuanzhang wants to see.

The next day, Zhu Yunwen replied to Zhu Yuanzhang according to this set of rhetoric, and Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied.