Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng saw that Fang Xiaoru was the first to mention it, as if they were stimulated by something, the chatterbox in their hearts suddenly opened, and they rushed to say: "Your Majesty, the ministers think that Lord Fang is right." During his lifetime, the first emperor established the vassal system out of preference for his sons, and his old man's original intention was to let the vassal king serve as a fence of the state and defend the imperial court in the middle. However, over the years, these feudal kings below have relied on the favor of the previous emperor, becoming more and more lawless, more and more arrogant, and have become a major problem for the imperial court. ”

"The emperor should still remember the story of the Spring and Autumn Warring States and the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion told to the emperor, Zhou Tianzi set up princes to defend the royal family, although these princes are blood relatives of the emperor, but a few generations later, with the estrangement of the bloodline, their feelings for the Zhou royal family became weaker and weaker, and finally evolved into attacking each other, and even destroyed the Zhou Dynasty."

"Although these vassal kings are the emperor's own uncles, but many of them are plotting against each other, in front of the throne, family affection is unreliable, since ancient times, for the emperor There are countless examples of fratricide, and please think twice and do it as soon as possible, so as not to lose the tail of the kings by then, and if you do it, I am afraid it will be too late."

Fang Xiaoru was also very happy to see that Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng supported him, and since the words had been said to this point, he simply ripped it apart and plucked up the courage to say: "Your Majesty, setting up the vassal king system is originally a maladministration. Emperor Yingming I made this mistake only because of his doting on his sons. After the vassal king became a vassal king, although there were occasional military exploits, many people committed many lawlessness, despised the laws and discipline of the imperial court, and preyed on the common people, which was a great disaster. Now that our emperor has ascended the throne, he should get rid of this maladministration, follow the example of Yao Shunyu Tang, and appoint virtuous ministers to manage the country, so as to achieve a truly peaceful and prosperous era. ”

Yao Guangxiao said that Fang Xiaoru is the seed of the world's scholars, it is indeed good, Fang Xiaoru only has Confucian thoughts in his heart, full of Confucian plots, and always delusionally wants to turn the Ming Dynasty into an ancient society, the emperor is virtuous, ruling vertically, appointing Confucian ministers, and jointly governing the country, rather than treating the world as his personal private property. Don't you know that these words were deliberately made up by Confucian scholars in the past dynasties to deceive people, specifically to brainwash the emperor, so that the emperor would pay attention to them.

Fang Xiaoru not only believed it, but also asked Zhu Yunwen to believe it, which had a great impact on Zhu Yunwen's life.

At the beginning of the Battle of Jingjing, Fang Xiaoru was still studying the official position of the Zhou Dynasty with Zhu Yunwen, in a vain attempt to restore the social system of the Zhou Dynasty. In his opinion, the most virtuous king in history was King Wen of Zhou, who could be said to have collected all the virtues required by Confucianism.

Magnanimous, appointing virtuous ministers, the most famous is the legend of King Wen pulling a chariot for 800 steps, in his opinion, King Wen of Zhou was precisely because of Corporal Lixian to the extreme, he finally defeated the king of Shang who brutalized Zhongliang and persecuted Wenchen.

In fact, the war between Shang and Zhou was not like that at all. The brutal and mediocre image of the Shang king was deliberately made up by later Confucian figures in order to cater to their own doctrines. When King Wu of Zhou invaded Shang, he only listed six crimes of the king of Shang in the "Pastoral Oath": the first is to love drinking, the second is not to use the royal family of nobles and old ministers as officials, the third is to appoint slaves as officials, the fourth is to listen to women, and the fifth is not to sacrifice on time.

These charges seem completely nonsensical today, and even according to the current view, it is very bold to boldly appoint slaves instead of the royal family and nobles. The Confucian people also felt that these charges were not enough to support their view that the king of Shang was a tyrant, so they began to wave their pen and arrange him, and the stories of He Bigan, Huang Feihu, and Jiuchi Roulin were all sorted out.

In fact, there is a story recorded in "Han Feizi" that shows that the king of Zhou is very virtuous, and it is recorded that Fei Zhong said to the king of Zhou: "Xichangbo is very virtuous, the people love him, and the princes are attached, so he should be killed as soon as possible to avoid future troubles." However, the king thought that benevolence and righteousness were used by the king to encourage his subjects, and he could not be killed, so he let Xichangbo go, who later became King Wen of Zhou.

Later, King Wen of Zhou took advantage of the internal struggle of the Shang Dynasty and the war with Siyi to expand his strength, and won over the princes who had been cleaned up by the Shang Dynasty and were dissatisfied with the Shang Dynasty. At that time, the king had no soldiers to send, so he could only send slaves to the battlefield, and was finally defeated by the coalition of princes led by the Zhou Dynasty in Makino, he was still a relatively backbone monarch, and did not choose to escape, but chose to commit suicide.

After that, the royal literati raised by the Zhou Dynasty began to tout King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou, and in order to consolidate the country of the Zhou Dynasty, they continued to belittle the King of Shang, forming an image in film and television dramas. After the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, some of the old and young remnants of the Shang Dynasty have always been dissatisfied with them and have been rebelling, and it is for this reason that they stabbed them in the back, which is really dirty.

As we all know, after the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, the system of sub-feudalism was implemented. According to the point of view in the history books, this was done to protect the Zhou Dynasty and help the Zhou Dynasty control a large area of the country, which is conducive to historical progress.

In fact, this is completely nonsense, as mentioned above, the Shang Dynasty was not destroyed by the Zhou Dynasty, but by them united with eight hundred princes, and belonged to several brothers to do business together, since this is the case, after success, you must not enjoy the fruits of victory alone, you can only divide some land to them. However, the rulers of the Zhou Dynasty were not worried about these foreign surnames being sealed outside, so they sealed a bunch of princes with the same surname, and mixed them together with the same surname and the opposite sex, so that they could check and balance each other, for example, Qi and Lu were the same surname, one opposite sex, and the same surname was sealed to the opposite sex, so that they could not have two hearts for the Zhou Dynasty.

This is the purpose of the Zhou Dynasty's large-scale separation. Human nature is always greedy and selfish.

These three Confucian ministers talked bitterly to Zhu Yunwen for a long time, which completely touched his heart, so that he forgot all the teachings of Zhu Yuanzhang before his death, in fact, in Zhu Yunwen's heart, he also thought that his imperial grandfather was wrong, since ancient times, the sages and sages have opposed the separation, advocating the reuse of civil servants to govern the country, why does the imperial grandfather always do the opposite, although he is very wise, but he is wise can be better than all the sages and sages? Zhu Yunwen was deeply suspicious of this, Huo Di suddenly stood up from the dragon chair, looked around at several of his henchmen, and said firmly: "You Aiqing is right, I have decided to adopt your suggestion and cut the domain." ”

Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, and Fang Xiaoru immediately knelt on the ground when they heard this, and bowed their heads and said: "The emperor is wise, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

"The three Aiqing should quickly calm down." Zhu Yunwen stretched out his hand to help the three of them, and said with an expression of humble advice: "It's just that if I want to cut the domain, where should I start first?" ”

At this moment, the three ministers began to look at each other, and after glancing at each other a few times, Qi Tai stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers think that no matter who cuts first, the imperial court should first find a way to strengthen its own strength, so that it is possible to deal with the unforeseen disasters caused by the cutting of the feudal domain in the future." I wonder if Your Majesty still remembers the can invented by King Su? With this thing, the army will not have to worry about food and grass, and it can be said that it is easy to mobilize hundreds of thousands of people. The minister also heard that King Su had made a fire gun called the Bird Gun, which could be operated by one person, shot a hundred paces away, and could pierce armor within sixty steps. If King Su contributes all these things to the imperial court, then the strength of the imperial court will be greatly enhanced, and even if His Majesty cuts the feudal domain, those people with bad intentions will not dare to move. ”

"This ......" Zhu Yunwen began to have difficulties, he still remembered what Zhu Yuanzhang warned him before he died, although he also wanted canned food and bird guns, but he had to consider Zhu Yuanzhang's warning before he died, and said: "The imperial grandfather warned me before he died, if you want to ask King Su for these two things, you can't come hard, you have to exchange things." The question is, what am I going to trade with him? ”

Fang Xiaoru was anxious when he heard this, and stood up and said impassionedly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is a king, under the whole world, it is not the king's land, the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister." Although King Su is a prince and an uncle, he is also a courtier, and His Majesty asks for things from his courtiers, how can he exchange them? In this case, where is the majesty of Your Majesty? In the opinion of the minister, as long as an edict is sufficient, if the king of Su does not obey, it is a rebellion and a rebellion, and His Majesty can take this opportunity to weaken the Su country. ”

Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, he never expected this Fang Xiaoru to be so radical, as soon as he came up, he wanted to make great contributions to the imperial court and the powerful Su Guo, and said, "This ...... Uncle Fourteen has always respected me very much, and has made great contributions to the imperial court, and after arriving in the feudal country, there is no illegal behavior. ”

Fang Xiaoru snorted coldly, held his head high, and said very proudly: "Has Your Majesty forgotten? King Su appointed eunuchs as officials in the feudal country and let them monitor the ministers, which is a statue of the dead country and is also contrary to the ancestral system, isn't this an illegal act? ”

Compared with Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai is still more rational. Qi Tai is different from the other two people, the other two are Zhu Yunwen's own confidants, who have the same Confucian ideals and Confucian feelings as him.

Qi Tai is different, Qi Tai is a person personally promoted by Zhu Yuanzhang, and like Mei Yin, he is a person personally selected by Zhu Yuanzhang to take care of orphans. Everyone knows what kind of person Zhu Yuanzhang is, he has been in the limelight all his life, and he still has the most basic vision to see people, since he promoted Qi Tai to be the secretary of the military department, it shows that Qi Tai is a very strategic person.

Qi Tai believes that according to the current situation, it is not appropriate for the imperial court to break with King Su, because the first emperor had a famous saying before his death, King Su should not pass through Lanzhou for a step, so that the possibility of King Su rebelling is basically gone, and it is not a smart thing to offend Su Guo at this time, so he immediately stood up and objected: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the emperor should act according to the words of the first emperor before his death." At this time, it is not appropriate for the court to have a stalemate with the Su country, and the minister thinks that the court can send an envoy to the Su country to feel the attitude of the king of Su. If he is willing to selflessly contribute those two sharp weapons to the court, it is better, if not, the emperor will exchange things with King Su. ”

"Then what should I use to exchange it with King Su?" Zhu Yunwen was a little stunned, and began to think about his family property in his heart, the throne is impossible, is it possible to cut the land? is also very reluctant, the status of land in the hearts of the ancients is irreplaceable.

Seeing that the new emperor was so embarrassed, Qi Tai smiled slightly, took a step forward, and said with a stunned expression: "Has the emperor forgotten?" King Su also has to pay 3 million stone of grain to the court every year, and His Majesty can exchange weapons with King Su on the condition of reducing or reducing the amount of grain. ”

Zhu Yunwen nodded slightly, at present, he is holding this little chip in his hand, I believe that without the order of the imperial court, King Su will not dare to cut corners, frowned, and said thoughtfully: "It's good." But how much is it for him? A reduction of three million stones at once is too much, which will make the pressure on the imperial court to transport grain suddenly increase. ”

Qi Tai arched his hands, lowered his head, frowned and thought for a while, before raising his head to look at Zhu Yunwen and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thought that the maximum reduction would be one million stones. In addition, please ask the emperor to send a person of high moral standing and good speech to be an envoy to the country, and he can talk about it with one stone, but he cannot exceed the bottom line given by the imperial court. ”

Zhu Yunwen frowned and thought for a while, feeling that Qi Tai's suggestion was okay, but who to send? Raising his head, he looked at the three ministers who cared for his life, and said with a look of embarrassment: "Qi Aiqing is reasonable, but who should be sent to be this envoy?" I thought that it was best for this messenger to be someone who was familiar with Uncle Fourteen, so that he would not feel nervous. ”

Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, and Fang Xiaoru looked at each other for a while, and they were all thinking about the right candidate in their hearts, and finally Qi Tai stood up and said: "Emperor Qiyu, as far as the ministers know, the people who are familiar with the ministers of the court and the king of Su are Guo Ying, the marquis of Wuding, Li Jinglong, the prince of Cao Guo, and Geng Bingwen, the marquis of Changxing. ”

As soon as Fang Xiaoru heard Qi Tai's words, he was afraid that Zhu Yunwen would send Guo Ying, so he immediately stood up and vetoed with a serious face: "Marquis Wuding is not suitable, as far as the minister knows, Marquis Wuding and Concubine Ning have a close relationship with King Su, send him over, I am afraid that he will collude with King Su." ”

Zhu Yunwen nodded slightly while listening, and said that he was not worried about Guo Ying, when Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, he and his sister Guo Ningfei did not say good things to King Su, their relationship with King Su was already an open secret, and Zhu Yunwen was very worried about sending him to Zhu Yunwen, and looked at the three ministers again, and asked tentatively: "How about sending Cao Guogong?" ”

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