In all fairness, although the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were mostly silverfish, what contribution did the vassal kings of the Han and Tang dynasties make to China? What are the merits of the princes of the two Song Dynasty that have been praised through the ages? Even if it shows that the vassal kings of the dynasty are like the Manchu Qing who raised pigs, how many virtuous people did their own iron-hat princes have?

On this issue, it is purely the crow that falls on the pig, and no one can say who is black.

Zhu Cihong had no intention of comparing himself with other dynasties, and just wanted to fundamentally find a way to balance family affection, ethics and national interests.

"Erchen hopes to learn a lesson from the national upheaval, and the Zongren Mansion will include the genealogy of the clan, and only after he obtains the titles of master's degree and doctor, can he follow the genealogy. If none of the sons is qualified to be crowned, it is better to leave it empty, and wait for the sage among the descendants to be born, and then canonize it. Zhu Cihong said.

In the New Deal system, the two titles of master's degree and doctorate are not progressive, but two systems. A master's degree is a very high achievement in the education system, the so-called "fruitful", as long as you have the patience to teach and educate people, you can finally get this title. A Ph.D. is an outstanding contribution in a certain field that requires certain qualifications and efforts.

Zhu Cihong took this as a condition to push the clan into society and prevent them from becoming an alternative in the high walls.

Since Chongzhen saw the huge wealth occupied by the vassal king with his own eyes, he naturally understood his son's original intention.

"Cihong," Chongzhen said in a deep voice, "my heavenly family not only wants to support the people for a long time, but also sets an example of morality in the world. If my family can't kiss it, how can I get the people to kiss it? Didn't Emperor Taizu Gao say it? There are nothing more than three things in the world: the Son of Heaven respects the sky, the ministers are loyal to the king, and the people are filial. If these three are established, the country will naturally be strong; If the three do not stand, the monarch and the subjects are all beasts, and the country will not be a country! ”

"Father." Zhu Cihong said, "Erchen thinks that raiding the seal has nothing to do with kissing. didn't let him attack the seal, it's just that he is not virtuous and unworthy of taking on state affairs, not that he doesn't recognize him as a clan. Erchen is having a plan for his relatives to go to school, take office, and start a business, and I want to preview it in a few days. ”

Chongzhen immediately found out that the crown prince was playing with the "concept" again.

Kinship is based on kinship. No matter what the talent and temperament are, it cannot be denied that people keep the blood of the Zhu family. The title of knight is a kind of "position", and the initial division of the feudal domains was not to show the righteousness of the heavenly family, but to shield the imperial family and the Ming Dynasty.

"King Jing's son and Zhi, he is only twenty years old, and he doesn't know how to learn about his heart, and he is waiting for him just because of his bloodline, which is really not in line with Taizu's heart." Zhu Cihong said: "I want to be in the hands of the ancestors of the past generations." Aren't there also vassal kings who are so unscrupulous that they are cut off from the country? ”

Chongzhen followed Zhu Cihong's train of thought that the ancestral system was to remove the unscrupulous vassal kings, but his son was more cautious to only let the sages attack the seal. This one in and one out, there are too many differences.

There are still mediocre people between the virtuous and the unscrupulous, and these people are the mainstream of this world.

"If there are mediocre people in the clan, what should I do?" Chongzhen asked.

Zhu Cihong thought of King Ding, thought about it for a while, and said, "If you are really mediocre. He has no hope of obtaining a doctorate in his life, and he is not tolerant of teaching and educating people...... Served in the army for five years. Let's be knighted. ”

If the prince is a prince and does not get a doctorate or master's degree, then he will go to the army to serve for five years. After retiring, those who should have been crowned princes were awarded a county king, and they finally served the country and the nation.

"If you have merit in the army. It's okay to attack the original knight, or even seal it. Zhu Cihong said again.

Chongzhen felt better. Thinking about his sons, who were all killed in a hundred battles, those distant relatives sat in the rear, reaching out to ask for a prince, which made people feel displeased. I think about the vassals of the time of Taizu. They are all running in the army.

People have the same heart and mind, and Zhu Cihong is even more reluctant to see that the world he has worked hard to manage is still entrenched in a group of silverfish. Therefore, this kind of controversial thing must be done as soon as possible, especially now that the clan has been sacrificed to thieves and shaved again, and the mind is uncertain, it is best to handle it.

However, this kind of thing is not good after all, Zhu Cihong was worried that his father would not be willing to bear the notoriety of treating his clan relatives harshly, so he said: "Father, this matter is not in a hurry, and let it go." "When Chongzhen abdicates, it doesn't matter if he becomes the emperor and then bears it.

Chongzhen groaned, but said unexpectedly: "If this kind of thing drags on for a long time, it won't benefit anyone, so it's better to talk about it earlier." For example, the prince of King Jing is in his early twenties now, and he has time to do anything. If it drags on for more than ten or twenty years, isn't everything delayed? ”

Zhu Cihong didn't expect his father to be responsible, and said: "Father, this matter is not just a matter of the clan's raid. There is also a involvement: the clan can be crowned a king and a general if he gets a doctor, but what about the common people? Always give a comfort. ”

"Hmm, that's it...... What do you think about it? ”

"Erchen wants to follow the example of Qin and Han to implement the people's lordship." Zhu Cihong said: "All the people have been ordinary people since they were born. After registering the household registration, they are Chinese. Those who have reached the age of eighteen, have a share for men and a return for women, are public servants. Those who have master's and doctoral degrees, those who have made outstanding contributions in the army, those who have achieved excellent results in official examinations, those who have good neighborly charity, and those who pay taxes to help the country are all awarded sons and barons according to the size of their contributions. ”

Before the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Gao once awarded the loyal ministers and martyrs who died in battle with the barons of the county. After the founding of the country, the title of son and baron was abolished. In the early years, Zhu Cihong had a list of civil lords before he left the palace, which stimulated the people to follow the heart of the court, and so far only named Xu Xie as a baron, that is because the iron mold casting cannon, internal and external cooling is really a weapon for the country, unless someone invents the propellant, it is difficult to surpass his merits.

"In the future, my Daming title will no longer be issued with rice." Zhu Cihong threw out new questions one after another.

According to Zhu Cihong's assumption, no one who can get the title needs to live by the imperial court.

What they need more is social respect and the class privileges necessary for a hierarchical society.

For example, those students in the south, one by one, are above the top, interfere with lawsuits, and even be arrogant and rude to the local governors, which is the product of the pampering of class privilege.

Proper privileges can maintain the structure of society and maintain rule, but such excessive privileges have caused great injustice and divided society. The most direct manifestation is that people lose their sense of belonging to their own cultural environment and their sense of identity with their country and court.

Breaking these privileges is bound to provoke an age-old backlash and a backlash from reality.

Zhu Cihong is not a reckless man with a sword, he also pays attention to the application of wrists while pursuing efficiency.

Since these privileges cannot be broken presumptuously, then expand them.

When a right becomes the right of all, it is naturally not a privilege.

"Students can vote for the county's order' under the 'subordinate student post', and they will not kneel before the officials, they cannot be punished, and they can enjoy two stone of grain tax exemption. These were originally the graces given by the imperial court to give preferential treatment to scholars. After experiencing this national change, hearing and witnessing, it can be seen that the national disaster is not only the people who are spilling their heads and spilling their blood - in fact, there are countless people who read at both ends of the renegade, and most of the people who spill their blood are people who slaughter the dog and basil.

"Since the state is not allowed to raise scholars, the sons think that it is not necessary to blindly give preferential treatment to scholars. Anyone who has done his best for the Ming Dynasty, the country should not treat them slowly. In the past, Meng Weijun raised 3,000 guests, but at the moment of life and death, he still relied on chickens and dogs to save his life. Moreover, there was no imperial examination in the Qin and Han dynasties, and there was no preferential treatment for scholars, but there were many heroes and heroes, and the country was strong. Zhu Cihong said.

Chongzhen shook his head heavily. He is not against the civil lord system, as long as it is not paid by the state, such things as knighthoods are given. He doesn't agree with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's negation of scholars, who made him a scholar in a dragon robe? However, Chongzhen did not open his mouth to "educate" the crown prince, because the crown prince's aura of "born to know" was a little too dazzling.

If you lead to a sophistry of the crown prince but are unable to refute it, it will be ugly to lose face.

When Zhu Cihong introduced the "privileges" of the people, King Ding and King Yong also arrived. King Yong's face was filled with beating joy, as if he had some good news to say.

King Ding's face was dull, obviously unwilling to participate in this kind of family gathering. Recently, he has always been entangled in his heart because of the problems of the vassal country, and he wants to go to the beautiful place in the south for a while, but he heard that Jiangnan is not crowned king. For a while, he hoped to get a lot of land benefits like the original Fu Fan, but he was obviously not the favorite son of his father and queen mother.

Chongzhen and Zhu Cihong saw that the two "little ones" were coming, so they naturally ended the issue of the civil lord and turned to seasonal fruits and vegetables. In this era, there were no pesticides, and although the melons and fruits eaten by the emperor were thousands of choices, they could not be compared with the "fairy fruits" that had been fattened and waxed in later generations.

The family was happy and laughing for more than an hour, and Zhu Cihong saw Lu Suyao coming over with a mahogany box.

"Your Highness, the red box is urgent."

Zhu Cihong took the red box, took it out, and then put it back again, with no unusual expression on his face.

Chongzhen asked, "But what's the urgency?" ”

"It's not a big deal." Zhu Cihong sat down, thought for a while, and said: "It's just that the Horqin Mongols can't think of it, and they dispatched thousands of cavalry to attack Zhangjiakou. ”

Although Zhangjiakou is only a point, its existence has a role that cannot be ignored in the Mongolian steppe, where imbalance has intensified. With Zhangjiakou as the boundary, the Mongol tribes in the east were still close to the Manchus, but the Chahar Mongol tribes in the west showed goodwill towards the Ming Dynasty. In particular, the descendants of Altan Khan, the Tumut Ministry, had openly gone to Zhangjiakou to trade with the Ming Dynasty, severing relations with the Manchus.

"Is there another war?" Zhou Hou asked nervously, for fear that his son would go to "risk the arrow" again.

"The queen mother doesn't have to worry," Zhu Cihong said, "Zhou Yuji has already annihilated all the enemies who came to attack. (To be continued......)

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