Judging from the current situation of Zhu Youxiao's heirs, there is not a big problem with the establishment of the crown prince, because since the queen's mother Zhang Yan has given birth to an heir, then according to the principle of establishing a successor, the second prince who is directly the queen's own son and has been named Zhu Cirong should be appointed as the crown prince. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But Zhu Youxiao does not want to just casually set up a baby as the crown prince, and put the fate of a country and a nation in the next few decades on a baby whose intelligence and ability are still unknown, which is not a very wise behavior, although he conforms to the current Ming etiquette system, and it is also an important form for a feudal dynasty like the Ming Dynasty to maintain system governance.

However, in Zhu Youxiao's consciousness at this time, the current Ming Dynasty should no longer be regarded as a feudal dynasty that relied on etiquette, hierarchy and the imperial examination system to maintain administrative order, but should have begun to gradually move towards a trust capital empire of modernization and industrialization.

And if he and his future heirs still want to become the dictator of this empire and not just a simple core symbol of ruling power, then this successor must have enough extraordinary ability to control the entire country, and the reason why he can still let the Ming Dynasty turn the situation around and gradually enter modernization and industrialization is because he has hundreds of years of prophets and systems as golden fingers, plus Zhu Youxiao's own strategy is not low and he was originally a high-achieving student who graduated from medicine.

But their successor obviously will not have a plug-in bonus, although they can inherit the imperial genes of the old Zhu family, but they still lack the grasp of the situation in the next few hundred years, so if they want the Ming Empire to continue to move towards the process of modernization and even modernization for a long time, and directly throw off the gap between Western countries and the Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to have higher ability requirements for the successor, they should be able to make political choices sensitively according to the changes in the situation and have their own opinions and strategies.

However, now when the eldest prince Zhu Cijiong and the second prince Zhu Cirong are still minors, Zhu Youxiao will not rashly make a move to establish a prince, not to mention, in his opinion, he will definitely have more women in the future, and there will be more heirs, and the choice will be wider, so there is no need to follow the ancestral system.

Qian Qianyi and other Qingliu officials did not understand this truth, they belonged to the representatives of traditional scholars and officials, and what they tried to maintain was the ceremonial order of the empire, especially the legitimacy of the imperial throne, in their view, this is related to the long-term stability of the empire, so they regard these as more important than whether Jiannu still has a threat to the foundation of Ming rule and whether the emergence of new methods of exploitation will further deepen class contradictions in the near future.

"Your Majesty, the position of the East Palace cannot be suspended for a long time, otherwise the world will be uneasy", although Qian Qianyi said that he was good at slapping horses in front of Zhu Youxiao, but he also knew that it was not okay to blindly flatter in front of His Majesty and not do some serious things, so when this kind of thing related to the Jiangshan Sheji and it was the right thing that his own Ministry of Rites should be in charge of, he also behaved quite persistently, with his understanding of His Majesty Zhu Youxiao over the years, he thought that as long as he was talking about the right thing, even if he disobeyed His Majesty, he did not seem to have been punished by His Majesty. Because His Majesty will be very generous in this situation, such as Yang Sichang and Li Mingrui, etc., have all scolded His Majesty the Emperor on the affairs of the court, but there is no.

But what Qian Qianyi didn't know was that in Zhu Youxiao's eyes, the domestic fiscal policy and foreign military and foreign trade were the right things, but the matter of establishing the prince was just a matter of my family. What's more, Zhu Youxiao, who is also familiar with the history of the imperial dynasty for thousands of years, also knows what kind of heart these old-fashioned officials have, although it is for the stability of the country, but it is not ruled out that it is to pave the way for their future political future. 、

Because everyone tacitly understands the fact that in any dynasty, the emperor's life span is not long, whether it is a faint monarch or a bright monarch, as an official with a little political foresight, he will focus part of his attention on the next emperor, and even serve the prince in the future and ignore the life and death of the current emperor.

Qian Qianyi's eager performance obviously made Zhu Youxiao feel even more dissatisfied with him, and Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but find that this guy, who was once the leader of the Donglin Party, was not only good at party struggle, but also limited his vision to his own family affairs, and as the first assistant of the cabinet, not only did not solve the problem of civil officials for himself, but instead embarrassed himself on behalf of civil officials.

This reminded Zhu Youxiao of the three major cases in the late Ming Dynasty during the Wanli period, the battle for the throne between Zhu Changluo and Zhu Changxun was undoubtedly renewed again at this moment, these civil officials always remembered what they ate and did not remember, once their emperor was a little indulgent and lenient to them, they wanted to challenge their imperial power.

"We'll talk about this later!"

Zhu Youxiao said this without hesitation, and just shook his hand and left, which made Qian Qianyi stunned in place.

Seeing this, Li Mingrui couldn't help but smile lightly, and caught up with Zhu Youxiao, seeing His Majesty Zhu Youxiao's brows furrowed slightly, he also guessed in his heart that it was because Qian Qianyi's words just now annoyed His Majesty.

But Li Mingrui knew that he couldn't add fuel to the fire to Qian Qianyi at this time, because according to his understanding of His Majesty Zhu Youxiao, this would be counterproductive, so he didn't mention the correctness of Qian Qianyi's proposal to establish the prince early, but changed the topic, and it was also a serious matter, but Li Mingrui believed that His Majesty Zhu Youxiao would not be angry when he mentioned this matter now.

I only heard Li Mingrui come forward, directly stopped Zhu Youxiao, and said very seriously: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Court is an important place to supervise hundreds of officials, and the Imperial History of the Zuodu is responsible for the Governor-General, so the post of Imperial History of the Zuodu cannot be suspended for a long time. In addition, although His Majesty now has two His Royal Highnesses, but after all, it is still too few, and His Majesty should recruit concubines to prolong the heirs, so that the dynasty will continue to be proud and stable and not change due to the situation. ”

Li Mingrui's proposal surprised Qian Qianyi, because in his opinion, mentioning the re-establishment of the imperial history of the left capital at this time is undoubtedly going against His Majesty's rebellion, after all, Cao Sicheng has just been demoted, and His Majesty was most disgusted with party strife at that time, in addition, although the matter of recruiting concubines and concubines is not against His Majesty, it has touched many Qingliu officials, in their opinion, this is the absurd performance of the national government, which will disturb the people, and Li Mingrui's proposal at this moment will undoubtedly offend many civil officials, especially Lu Xiangsheng, Because Lu Xiangsheng, who holds military power, opposes His Majesty's fanfare draft, because it will affect the lives of the people.

And Li Mingrui's move is undoubtedly to push Lu Xiangsheng, who remains neutral but has a decisive influence in the DPRK and China, to his side.