The concubines were all shocked when they saw Han Fei arranging the prince like this, but they didn't say much, but their faces were full of worry. This situation can also be understood, how can anyone be a mother, willing to let her children stay away from her side, let alone endure hardship.

Imperial Concubine Xue Baoqin couldn't help but get up and said, "Your Majesty, the emperors are still young, can you let them go out to practice in a few years?" ”

Han Fei looked back at Xue Baoqin and said with a smile: "Concubine Ai, do you still remember our experience in Gaochun County?" At that time, I was only at Jin'er's age, didn't we also come over that kind of difficult days? ”

Speaking of the past days, Xue Baoqin sighed and said, "How could the concubine forget the days of the past? At that time, the concubines and His Majesty were penniless and lived on the streets, in order to be able to buy a steamed bun to eat, His Majesty went to do hard labor for others, and at the end of the day, His Majesty's shoulders and backs were full of blood, and he earned more than a dozen yuan...... If it weren't for His Majesty's love, the concubine would have starved to death in the wilderness! ”

Han Fei's early experience was heard by the royal family, and now when they hear Xue Baoqin talk about it, they are all sighing.

Han Fei saw that the atmosphere was a little solemn, so he smiled and said: "Don't mention the past, I just show that if you want to become a useful talent, you must go through training, all the princes are good sons of me, why am I willing to let them go out at such a young age?" But as the descendants of the royal family, they are destined to be different from the rich sons of the people, their fate is closely related to the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, the royal foundation, they must grow up as soon as possible! ”

Hu'er, Han Cheng, Han Zhen, Han Qi, and Han Jin knelt on the ground together, and said: "Please rest assured that my father and concubines are not afraid of hardships and are willing to go out to practice!" ”

"Well, the Father has faith in you!"

Han Fei glanced around at the imperial concubines, princes and princesses present, and continued: "The royal cultivation of heirs system is related to the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty, all royal descendants, no matter where the territory is, must be sent to the capital for unified education at the age of six, and can only return to the territory to serve when they are eighteen years old, all the royal descendants are willing to give up their political rights, they can stay in the capital to be an idle prince, and if they are willing to do something practical for the Ming Dynasty, they will go abroad to open up, and the territory they open up is your territory, and the imperial court will not interfere in the governance of your territory, But the Ming Dynasty has always been your suzerain, and important military and political affairs in your territory must be reported to the imperial court, and you must follow the emperor's will to enter Beijing at any time to report on your work. Here, I would like to reiterate that anyone who chooses to be an idle prince will never be allowed to participate in court politics, and once discovered, he will be deprived of his royal status at least and executed at worst! ”

"Yes!"

Han Fei paused for a moment, and then said: "In view of the lessons of the past dynasties, we must be cautious about the selection of the prince, I stipulate that the prince ordained by the Ming Dynasty must be at least fourteen years old, with the eldest son as the first choice, when the eldest son is not able to take on the task, the best will be selected from the princes who have reached the age of fourteen, regardless of the succession of the son-in-law, the mother is the queen mother, and the biological mother is the imperial concubine, and the two queen mothers are not allowed to coexist!" ”

Empress Zhang Wanyi hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said: "The Holy Lord's stipulation that the prince must be at least fourteen years old is indeed conducive to the stability of the court and government, and avoids the incident of the young lord being set aside by the powerful ministers, but what if the prince does not reach the age of fourteen when the king of later generations is in power?" ”

Han Fei bowed his head and said: "This is why I require all the princes and grandchildren to enter Beijing to study and upbring, if the emperor is not at least fourteen years old at that time, or there is no prince, then from the same generation of royal descendants to select a fourteen-year-old virtuous person to inherit the throne, this choice is voted by all the imperial concubines and concubines in the palace, more than eight adults are in favor of the establishment, the queen mother has no right otherwise." ”

This provision is equivalent to giving the harem concubines a major power, and all the descendants of the prince may inherit the throne of the Ming Dynasty, and the crowd is immediately excited.

"The emperor is the supreme commander of the country and has supreme power, the Ming monarch naturally has no problem in the court, if he is an ignorant and absurd monarch, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty will be buried, so it is necessary to add a restriction to the emperor!"

Han Fei ignored the stunned expressions of others, and continued: "The Zongren Mansion has established a royal elders' council, my son and your successor, as well as the empress dowager and the empress dowager are the elders, and when the country is in crisis, the elders' council can be convened, and the elders' council will vote through voting, and more than eighty percent of the important ministers in the court can be removed from power, and the emperor shall not be re-activated if all the important ministers who are dismissed are recalled, and the elders council can be deprived of the emperor's powers and succeeded by the prince by more than ninety percent of the votes in favor." ”

Even the emperor's right can be dismissed, which is unheard of and a precedent for all dynasties. Han Fei set up these ancestral precepts as the code of conduct for future generations, and after this matter came out of the palace, the world was a sensation, and the government and the opposition were praised. The monarch's power is supreme, and Han Fei restricts the monarch's power by himself, which avoids the occurrence of faint monarchs and chaotic countries in the later generations of the Ming Dynasty to the greatest extent. Of course, the system is the system, the key is to see the person who implements it, and Han Fei can't care about what will happen in the future.

In the early days of the dynasty, the ministers rushed to the palace gate to wait as always, but the situation today was a little abnormal, even a rare sight of the prince, Hu'er, Han Cheng, Han Zhen, Han Cheng, Han Jin all rushed here, the ministers had a premonition that something big was going to happen in the early dynasty today, thinking of the recent many things to persuade the emperor to make the crown prince, the ministers were excited.

The early dynasty started on time, and the courtiers first presented the affairs to be dealt with, and they would wait for the instructions of Emperor Han Fei.

Han Fei looked around at His Royal Highness's ministers and said slowly: "Several of my princes are adults, they want to do something for Daming, I am very happy, and I will explain some relevant matters today......

Immediately, Han Fei briefly explained the royal internal meeting of Kunning Palace yesterday, and according to yesterday's arrangement, let Hu'er lead the troops to conquer the Western Regions, Han Cheng went to Ezo Island to plan to seize the Wa Kingdom, and Han Zhen and Han Qi led their troops to the Nanyang area.

These arrangements not only avoided the drawbacks of the previous dynasty's partition of the kingdom, but also sent out the princes who could compete for the throne, which was indeed beneficial to the Ming Dynasty. Seeing that Han Fei did not arrange Han Jin, the minister understood that Han Jin must be the candidate for the crown prince, so naturally this is also reasonable, after all, Han Jin is the eldest son of the queen, the eldest son of the Ming Dynasty, and he was canonized as the crown prince, and the controversy is the smallest.

Han Fei did not canonize Han Jin as the crown prince in front of the court, but said: "If Chengping is today, it seems to be prosperous, but in fact, I am afraid that I and all Aiqing are not very clear, I ordered Han Jin to inspect the world on behalf of me, to observe the people's feelings, for a period of three years, and I will not be allowed to return to Beijing without anything important!" ”

Han Fei sent the candidate for the heir of the crown prince out of Beijing, the courtiers were stunned, and the shrewd people immediately understood Han Fei's good intentions, which was to let Han Jin grasp the first-hand information of the country before becoming the prince, and immediately admired Han Fei's move.

(End of chapter)