March 26 will be a good day for Tang King Zhu Yujian to officially ascend the throne as emperor. Before, after three persuasions from the ministers, Zhu Yujian agreed to take over the throne, and on March 12, Zhu Yujian finally agreed to take over the throne with the support of the ministers. The name of the year was immediately determined, and it was "Longwu".

On the 24th of March, there were still two days left before the time of enthronement, and the entire city of Nanjing was in an uproar. But Nanjing Xuanwu Lake is still silent, this is where the Ming Yellow Book Library is located, and it has been a royal forbidden place in all dynasties. During the Yixing Rebellion, the rebels also broke into here, but because there was no property to grab, they set fire to Xuanwu Lake, and the Yellow Book Library also suffered huge losses. Since the Hongwu period, more than 1.79 million volumes have been hoarded to record the household registration of the Ming people, the yellow book of Dingkou and the fish scale inventory of the land measurement, and almost one-third of them have been lost.

After Zhu Yujian entered Nanjing, he instructed the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, the Department of Officials, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to jointly repair the Yellow Book Library, focusing on the restoration of the Yellow Book and the fish scale inventory that had been burned in it. To this day, little progress has been made in this complex and cumbersome project. The reason is that although Jiangnan is relatively better than today, the governors of various places generally adopt a perfunctory attitude towards the edicts and orders of the imperial court, and without local support, it is extremely difficult and extremely difficult for the imperial court to restore these inventories.

Therefore, before the enthronement ceremony, Zhu Yujian still stopped the project. After Zhu Yujian stopped the project, the officials, storekeepers, bookkeepers, sailors, chefs, and guards of the household department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and other yamen who had been appointed and resettled were all withdrawn from the island of Houhu, so the island appeared deserted.

Early in the morning, the new commander of the Jinyi army, the loyal Bo Zhou Zhifan, took the Jinyi guards under his command to the island, and cleaned up the whole island inside and out.

After a short time, a small boat on the lake quietly docked, Zhu Ping'an jumped off the bow of the boat, went to the island alone, walked quickly behind Zhu Yujian, turned over and knelt down, "Meet my father!" ”

Zhu Yujian didn't look back, just raised his arm, pointed to a seat next to him, and motioned for Zhu Ping'an to sit beside him.

After Zhu Ping'an thanked him, he got up and sat down and looked at the fishing rod in front of him, but he smiled bitterly, but he had no choice but to pick it up and fill it up.

Zhu Yujian sighed, "There are many people outside, our father and son want to say something but can't help themselves, now that the lake is vacant, there is finally a secluded place, so I found you, and our father and son can steal a half day of leisure!" ”

"Yes!" Zhu Ping'an replied respectfully.

After that, the father and son didn't say anything for a long time, and the two tacitly just stared at the rippling lake.

After a long while, Zhu Yujian broke the peace between the two, "Don't worry too much about Zhao Guangchen and Lu Zhenfei." There is always a chance to reward them in the future. ”

Zhu Ping'an nodded noncommittally. Zhu Yujian's words are equivalent to giving a slap and then a sweet date, and this sweet date is still ethereal.

Since the late period of Chongzhen's reign, the Ming center and the emperor's ability to control local power, including military power, has been constantly weakened. Especially during the Yixing Dynasty, the emperor had completely become an ornament, losing the control of military, financial, and personnel powers as the foundation of the government, and the entire cabinet center and the emperor became rootless water, becoming pawns in the hands of powerful figures, at the mercy of others and even slaughtered.

It can be said that the situation of the Longwu court was slightly better than that of the Yixing Dynasty, but the change was actually not much. Because of Zhu Yujian's reliance on Zheng Zhilong and Zhu Ping'an, the government is now in the hands of these two factions. As the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Ping'an's identity is destined to lose the support and support of a large number of courtiers. So in comparison, it is not as good as Zheng Zhilong's series to be able to let go.

This is also the reason why Zhu Yujian leaned towards Zheng Zhilong's side.

How can a prince who holds a heavy army and is in charge of several provinces reassure the emperor sitting on the dragon chair?

"When did your family come to Nanjing? After all, Seungwoo is almost three years old this year, right? Zhu Yujian suddenly asked.

"It should be that they will arrive in Beijing in these two days, and they must participate in my father's enthronement ceremony!"

"After ascending the throne, I will seal the royal family, there are still some children in the Nanyang Tang King family who need to be canonized, when the time comes, you and Chengyou will also be included, you are already in the clan yellow book, but the name is ......! That's always a problem! ”

Zhu Yujian didn't make it clear, but the meaning was clearly expressed. The names of the descendants of the Zhu family of the imperial family in the past dynasties have a set of strict systems and determination methods, which are created by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor, although it has gone through three hundred years, but it has been difficult to shake. It can be said that the name is also a manifestation of the identity of the descendants of the royal family.

Zhu Yujian's meaning is very clear, since Zhu Ping'an has returned to the royal family, the name must be changed. But there is one point, especially the idea, after changing the name, although it will be determined that it will be the descendants of the Zhu family and the royal bloodline, the rules of the Ming royal family will also follow.

The vassal system of the Ming Dynasty, as we all know, was actually house arrest in the fiefdom, and you could spend as much as you wanted, but you were not allowed to interfere in any affairs of the central court and locality, and even the gates of the fiefdom had to be asked. It is explained that in fact, when you go to the suburbs, you must ask the imperial court, otherwise you will leave the country illegally.

That is to be severely punished, and there must be a courtier who will link the rebellion to impeach, in the final analysis, leaving the city once is a matter of life and death.

Such a vassal king, did Zhu Ping'an do it? Can it be done?

"What does my father mean?" Zhu Ping'an quietly kicked the question back. This made Zhu Yujian's fishing rod shake slightly, and the calm lake suddenly circled a fine ripple.

"The imperial court intends to open free trade zones in Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Songjiang, and Guangzhou, and the Yamen of the Municipal Department will also be established. I also plan to make some articles on the burning of this yellow book library in the future, measure the land of the world, and implement the new ......! ”

Zhu Yujian's answer was not what he asked, and Zhu Ping'an also heard it clearly, so he immediately stood up and took a deep look at Zhu Yujian, "Congratulations to my father for getting such a great talent as Fang Yuegong!" ”

Zhu Yujian smiled wryly.

The father and son tacitly avoided the topics that made them embarrassed, but there were many meanings revealed in Zhu Yujian's words. Fang Yuegong used to be in charge of Shandong, and although he did not directly intervene in Shandong's military and political affairs, he still had a thorough understanding of its operations. Based on the reputation of him and Zheng Sanjun among the courtiers at the beginning, it was obviously inappropriate to hastily entrust him with an official position, but it was more than enough for him to formulate the major policies of the entire Longwu Dynasty behind the scenes.

Zhu Yujian has already made it clear that the Longwu court is not the Yixing Dynasty, and he absolutely cannot tolerate the continued existence of Shandong's current state of detachment from the center. From this point of view, the collection of Zhu Ping'an into the royal family is the first attack on Shandong. Trade Zone, New Army, New Land Deal, these three are the basis for the rise of Shandong, and now the Longwu Imperial Court will also implement these three new policies on a large scale, which is to strengthen the strength of the imperial court, which is not only aimed at Zhu Ping'an, but also aimed at the Zheng family in Fujian.

Zhu Ping'an fell into deep thought for a long time, and did not speak for nearly half an hour. In this way, Zhu Yujian was a little breathless.

"Everywhere in the world, you can choose at will, I will not refuse if you say it, and this will be your fiefdom. At the same time, the two states of Denglai will also be placed under your control, and you can appoint officials without asking. Your subordinates, such as Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Tinglin, Li Dingguo, Yue Jinfeng and others, I will not let them go, and I will let them show their strengths after all. There is also the trade zone of Penglai and your various industries in North Korea, the imperial court will not interfere, what do you think of such conditions? ”

After Zhu Yujian's words were finished, Zhu Ping'an's heart breathed a sigh of relief. The father and son finally ripped off the last veil and began to put each other's interests on the table. This has reduced the fetters that have been entangled in Zhu Ping'an's heart a lot, no matter what, the family affection of the heavenly family will always be unable to compete with power.

"In this way, the child still has no chance to be the crown prince, right?" Zhu Ping'an said calmly.

"This ......!" Zhu Yujian paused for a moment. "The truth is in front of me, no matter how much I remember your mother, her identity is always inseparable. I also know how much effort you have made over the years to revive my Tang Wang line. But at the moment of major events, you and my father and son must always have a choice! ”

"Please forgive the child for being rude. Why must this one be a child? The tone of Zhu Ping'an's words gradually became cold and resolute. The child has today's situation, how did he rely on the family, relatives and relatives for half a point, and now the father is a great treasure, not to mention the position of the prince, but to take all the original qiē in the child's hands, which is a little unkind. What's more, now that Zheng Zhilong has become a fledgling and the minister is on his side, the father has to attack the child first, how can the child accept it? Is it because the child is your son? ”

"Presumptuous!" Zhu Yujian let go suddenly, and the fishing rod fell into the lake in response, when even though there was a brocade guard wading into the water to salvage, Zhu Yujian waved his hand with a blue face, and Zhou Zhifan and the others hurriedly retreated.

"The ancestral system is like this, do you insist on going your own way, can you block the mouth of the world?" Zhu Yujian shouted angrily.

Zhu Ping'an smiled bitterly and shook his head, "The mouth of the world? Aren't those pedantic ladies and gentlemen terrifying? Didn't my father think about it, and now they still have so confidence? The children have done so much, Donglin, Zhejiang Party, Chu Party, etc., etc., after so many changes, they have already been seriously injured, why should my father use them as a shield! ”

"This ......!" Zhu Yujian was speechless for a while.

Zhu Ping'an saluted solemnly, "Father's mention is unacceptable." However, there was one thing that the child still had to remind his father that Dolgon had already mastered the Manchu Qing government, and that he was now strong and strong, and that he would immediately go south as soon as he swept away the thieves, and that his father should be careful to guard against the attack of the Qing Tatars rather than dwell on these matters. The child has worked hard for so many years, and the soldiers under his command have followed more than 100,000 people, and for them, the child will never choose the path that his father helped me choose! ”

After speaking, Zhu Ping'an turned around and left.

Zhu Yujian suddenly said: "Now that you are in Nanjing, you are not afraid that your father will leave you behind!" ”

Zhu Ping'an sighed and looked at the foggy lake around him, "The child has been able to swim between life and death all these years, unscathed, all he relies on is to take precautions, although Xuanwu Lake is a forbidden place, but the child may not be able to do anything to prepare!" The father's kindness is appreciated by the child! ”

Zhu Yujian's heart trembled, looking at the surrounding lake and the dense fog, the more he looked, the more he felt that he didn't know how many pairs of eyes were in ambush. Looking at the boat Zhu Ping'an took when he came, there was only one Shen Ke who pretended to be a boatman, sitting on the bow of the boat, holding the wine gourd with a leisurely face, and he seemed to be humming a little song in his mouth.

Just when Zhu Yujian was stunned, Zhu Ping'an had already jumped on the boat, Shen Ke shook the boat, and left the shore more than ten zhang away after a while.

Only then did Shen Ke let out a sigh of relief, patted his chest, the calm lake was full of fog, and when he looked around, there was not even a single figure. R1152