After burying Zhu Yuanzhang and putting his god card into the temple, Zhu Yunwen officially moved into the Qianqing Palace, and Ma Hui also moved into the Kunning Palace. Therefore, the courtiers wrote to ask the draft girls to enter the palace, enrich the harem, and ensure the continuation of the royal heirs. Ma Hui was also very supportive, and even proposed to let Bai Fangrui enter the palace as soon as possible, but Zhu Yunwen insisted on discussing it after 100 days, and the Ministry of Rites obeyed the order.

The original concubines of Zhu Yuanzhang have all been buried, and the virtuous and virtuous Concubine Li Shu has also accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang to sleep underground. When Zhu Yunwen was first established as the emperor's grandson, he once thought about protecting these poor women. But in the end, I found it difficult, these people were ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang to be martyred, if he didn't comply, then it would be a crime of disrespect, although no one could punish himself, but he would give the vassal king and courtiers the truth; Moreover, how to settle these women is also a troublesome matter, unless they are sent to Ganye Temple as nuns in the Tang Dynasty, there is no good place to go, if these women can't bear the loneliness and make things, it is also very difficult to do, and in the end this matter will be blamed on Zhu Yunwen. In the end, Zhu Yunwen could only let it go.

Looking at the empty palace at this time, Zhu Yunwen smiled bitterly, his heart became harder and harder, and he became more and more selfish, not at all like his former self.

The Spring Festival of Hongwu's twenty-ninth year was very deserted, and Zhu Yunjiao ordered everything in the palace to be simple, so on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, he only accompanied Ma Hui and his son to eat and observe the New Year, and went to the Taimiao in the morning and evening to offer incense to Zhu Yuanzhang and express his sorrows.

In order to sympathize with the hard work of the officials in handling the funeral for Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yunwen gave the officials a seven-day vacation and went to work on the eighth day of the first lunar month, which also satisfied his feelings in later generations.

On the eighth day of the first month, the Great Dynasty.

This was the first dynasty after Zhu Yunwen officially changed the yuan, so he woke up before he was old, but he found that Ma Hui woke up earlier than him, and couldn't help laughing: "Liu'er, I'm going to go to the court, you can sleep again, Liu Zhen and them will serve." ”

"No, today is the first big pilgrimage of the New Year, the court is watching, and the concubines must serve in person to rest assured."

"Hehe, what can happen? I also went to the court last year. ”

"It's different." Ma Huijiao sneered and helped Zhu Yunwen get dressed. Ma Hui is cautious and considerate, as long as Zhu Yunwen sleeps with her, she will personally serve him and dress, and do not let the eunuchs and palace maids do it. Zhu Yunwen said it a few times, and in the end she had to let her.

At three o'clock, the great dynasty began.

Following the guidance of the ceremonial officer, the ministers rushed in and stood on both sides of the hall. Then Zhu Yunwen sat down on the throne from the side, and the ministers bowed to the sound of "the emperor has arrived". Zhu Yunwen looked at the minister who was kneeling and bowed his head, and couldn't help but have a feeling of dominating the world, and sighed slightly, no wonder the fourth uncle Zhu Di was unwilling, being the emperor, sitting in this position and looking down is really different.

However, although the dynasty is grand, but there is no substantive content, Zhu Yuanzhang formulated the etiquette of the court meeting is extremely complicated, the regulations are very strict, basically everyone handed over the book, explained the situation, and then waited for the emperor's ruling; But Zhu Yunwen didn't have Zhu Yuanzhang's two shots, and he basically had to decide after the court; In addition, they are far away from each other, and it is inconvenient to talk, so Zhu Yunwen found that there was no way to discuss things here; There are also ceremonial officials like flies, constantly reminding Zhu Yunwen not to lose their manners, and at the same time, they will also point out the courtiers' failures, and there will even be punishments, which makes everyone dare not take a step beyond Lei Chi. Therefore, in Zhu Yunwen's view, the dynasty is not of much use except for satisfying the majesty of the emperor and brushing up on the sense of existence.

At the court meeting, Zhu Yunwen ordered Jinyiwei to announce the decree, the content was aimed at the children of the founding fathers, if they have not yet been enrolled, they can apply for admission to the Guozijian; If you have not yet been out of office, you can go to the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies and other places for selection, if there are outstanding ones, the court will be hired; In the case of those who have been sent to the border or exiled, the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Rites will select those whose crimes are less serious and whose conduct is excellent, and allow them to return to their places of origin and be hired; Finally, the courtiers were encouraged to recommend the sons and daughters of the nobles, as well as virtuous talents.

As soon as the decree was issued, the courtiers couldn't help but talk about it. Everyone understands Zhu Yunwen's subtext, the founding lord was killed too badly by the old emperor, and the new emperor is making up for it in disguise and obscurity.

In the afternoon, Zhu Yunwen summoned Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Wang Du, Zhuo Jing, Xie Jin, and Fang Xiaoru in the Qianqing Palace to discuss the current urgent affairs, so that everyone could speak freely.

Zhu Yunwen was surprised to find that these people had become talkative, and they didn't have the previous silence, especially the matter of cutting the feudal domain, they were also impassioned, after thinking about it, they couldn't help crying and laughing, there was Zhu Yuanzhang before, everyone had scruples, in the past, Ye Jusheng just thought that the division was too much, so he angered Zhu Yuanzhang and died in prison, so everyone was doing things with Zhu Yunwen with their heads before. Now that Zhu Yunwen has become the emperor, he has no scruples.

It's just that Zhu Yunwen has been a prince for four years, creating martial arts, forming an escort army, building Suiyuan City, and the subsequent defeat, which made him a lot more cautious, and he is no longer as impatient as he was at the beginning, what he hopes now is to wait a few years, and when everyone in the world recognizes him as the emperor, it will be much easier to cut the domain. In addition, he wants to train the Beijing army well, after all, there are too few generals he can trust now, Geng Bingwen is too old, Guo Ying has not commanded an army of 100,000, Xu Huizu and Chang Sheng are too young, Qu Neng and Ping'an are brave generals, but I feel that the strategy is worse, I can't see what Sheng Yong is like, but because of the reputation of later generations, Zhu Yunwen reused him.

Zhuo Jing still adhered to his point of view, did not advocate the use of troops, and hoped to gradually remove the military power of the vassal king by moving the fiefdom. Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng believed that the imperial court should not have a vassal king at all, and the prince of the imperial court should not have military power or political power, but should only eat all day long and have children. Even they debated the order of cutting the domain, Huang Zicheng advocated that it was easy first and then difficult, the strongest was the king of Yan, who should cut off his wings, and now the king of the dynasty is already in Beijing, and it is recommended to abolish it directly as a concubine; The second is the King of Zhou, who is now stationed in Daning, who is closest to King Yan, and his territory is also close, so he should be cut off first. Qi Tai thinks that King Yan should be cut off first, King Zhou is not worried, and King Zhou is currently by King Yan's side, so he can't act rashly.

Only then did Zhu Yunwen discover that there was a new problem in cutting the domain, King Zhou left Kaifeng and moved to Daning, but he got into a fight with King Yan, which was a bit tricky.

Fang Xiaoru and Xie Jin's views were different, they did not advocate cutting the feudal domain, they believed that the kings only had guards, and there was no need to worry, and the royal family should set an example for the people of the world, should live in harmony, and should not have unhelpful disputes.

Zhu Yunwen listened to everyone's arguments, and had a headache, so he turned to Wang Du, who had been silent, and said, "Zizhong, why don't you speak?" ”

Wang Du didn't seem to hear it, until Zhuo Jing pushed him: "The emperor asked you." ”

Wang Du woke up like a dream, looked at everyone and Zhu Yunwen, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the minister hasn't thought about it yet." ”

The matter of cutting the feudal domain could not be decided, and finally Zhu Yunwen put forward what he thought was important, the development of Liaodong and the construction of the horse farm, and everyone discussed it for a while, and then retreated one by one.

After everyone left, Zhu Yunwen rubbed his brows and continued to think about the matter of cutting the domain, now he needs to make his own decision. At this moment, Liu Zhen walked in and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Wang Du is asking to see you outside the palace." ”

Well? How did he come back? Zhu Yunwen understood after thinking about it, and said with a smile: "Let him come in." ”

After Wang Du came in, he first saluted the emperor: "Your Majesty, please forgive the minister for not speaking directly just now." ”

"Hehe, Zizhong, you get up, sit down, I know that you have something unspeakable just now, and now there are only you and me, so you can talk about it."

Wang Du looked around, still a little embarrassed, Zhu Yunwen understood what he meant, waved his hand, and asked Liu Zhen to step back. Liu Zhen hurriedly retreated, but he was a little dissatisfied in his heart.

Wang Du hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has the courage to guess, you don't want to cut the feudal domain immediately, right?" ”

"This, I haven't completely thought about it, first of all, if you cut the feudal domain immediately, you will definitely have to fight, and Uncle Yan Wang will not admit defeat so easily; Secondly, I have just succeeded to the throne, so cannibalistic that it is easy for people in the world to laugh at each other. ”

"In this case, the emperor should directly state that he will not cut the domain, stabilize the heart of the vassal king, and make plans when the time is ripe. Now the emperor has convened the courtiers to discuss, once the news is leaked, the vassal king will be wary, so the minister implores the emperor not to gather too many people to discuss this matter in the future, it will have the opposite effect. ”

"Well, I also regretted it a little just now, but how can I tell the world?"

"The minister suggested that the king should be allowed to return to the domain, so that it can show the emperor's goodwill to the vassal king, the king is suspected of assassination, and the emperor can forgive, then the other kings will naturally rest assured, this situation, there will only be a few people who are dissatisfied, and it is easy to deal with."

"Acting King," Zhu Yunwen thought for a while and said, "This is not appropriate, if the acting king and King Yan are united, I am afraid that something will be wrong." ”

"No, now that Chen Xuan and Chen Zhen are in Datong, the emperor can secretly order them to monitor the acting king, and the emperor can also cut down the acting king's guards, so the acting king can only obey the emperor's edict."

"Well, I'll think about it, what else?"

Wang Du saw Zhu Yunwen's intention to move, so he hit the railway while it was hot: "Your Majesty, acting as the king is insignificant, the most important thing is King Yan." Speaking of this, Wang Du stood up, bowed down and said: "Please forgive the ministers for trespassing, today's ministers will know everything, and the words are endless, if there is any rudeness, please ask the emperor to see it." ”

"Well, Zizhong, please say."

"When the emperor was there, the kings were no different from a general, and it was not a problem. But the emperor's succession to the throne has become a problem, why? ”

"The minister thinks that the main reason is that the kings have been leading their troops for a long time, and the soldiers are accustomed to obeying their orders, so the influence of the kings has exceeded their guards, and this is the terrible thing about it. And the most influential is King Yan. ”

"Since ancient times, it is not uncommon for vassal kings to guard key places, but even if you count the previous dynasty, there are only a few vassal kings whose military ability is higher than that of King Yan. The first emperor started an incident with cloth clothes, became the emperor, divided the military power of the generals with the system of guards, and then married the daughters of the generals to the kings, and the generals had no choice but to support the kings. Moreover, the generals have been in the capital for a long time, but the guards have their own land, and once the generals' pro-army establishes the guards, they cannot control their old subordinates; However, the kings were different, they had fixed fiefs and lived next to the guards, and their influence not only exceeded that of the generals, but also over time in the imperial court. Therefore, we should not be in a hurry, but we should not be in a hurry. ”

"The most troublesome thing about King Yan is that he has commanded the army for a long time, won the hearts of the army, and won many battles, regardless of his identity, he has actually controlled the Beiping Dusi, and the power is not under the former Fan Yang and Lu Longjie envoys An Lushan, and his ability to use troops is even surpassed. In the end, as the prince of the imperial court, if the two armies were at a stalemate, he said, "The emperor is my nephew, and he has allowed me to split the territory and establish myself as the actual vassal king, and we don't have to fight; Or, I am the emperor's uncle, you are stained with the blood of the imperial family, are you not afraid that the emperor will kill you? All this is likely to make the soldiers lose their fighting spirit, and this small difference may affect the success or failure of the war. ”

"Well, you go on." Zhu Yunwen's face was a little solemn.

"To deal with King Yan, the next strategy is to start a war, and it is best to solve it through the court, for example, when the first emperor Xiaoxiang, according to the etiquette system, he must come to Beijing, and at that time, the emperor should decisively detain it and use Zhuo Shilang's method to change its seal, which is the best plan."

"If he says that he is sick and does not go to the court, it means that he is going to make a move, and at that time, the court can only strike first, transfer his troops and generals out, and then seize the opportunity to succeed in one blow."

"Of course, if you fail, you will have to fight each other, so that although the people will suffer, but the court has a large number of soldiers, as long as you plan properly, you can still quickly exterminate King Yan."

Zhu Yunwen listened to Wang Du's analysis and nodded frequently, Wang Du's views were much stronger than those of the others, but he still felt that King Yan was not enough to worry about, which made Zhu Yunwen very worried. It seems that to finally solve this problem, we still need to rely on military generals, and it seems that we have to find time to talk to Xu Huizu and others.

The next day, Zhu Yunwen personally summoned the acting king, pardoned his assassination crime, and let him return to the Datong fiefdom, but deprived him of one of his guards.

In addition, he sent someone to Wang Bi to pass on the decree to restore his title of Marquis of Dingyuan, but the hereditary method was changed to a downgrade hereditary, that is, Wang Bi's son can only be Dingyuan Bo, but hinted that if he can make meritorious deeds, he can restore the hereditary rank, and Wang Bi received the decree to thank him.