Chapter 2 Becoming a Vassal
Empress Dowager Zhang's father is just a showman, and he became a prisoner in the country as a township tribute, and he was barely born in a scholarly family, and he still has knowledge.
It is precisely because of this insight that Empress Dowager Zhang knows very well that although her son is the new emperor, his foundation is still shallow, and at this time he should focus on consolidating the imperial power, and should not work against the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, so after learning that the cabinet proposed to let King Yong become a vassal, although she was reluctant to let her young son leave her so early, she could only reluctantly agree.
Liu Jian didn't know the details, but since the emperor had agreed, he immediately beat the snake and said, "Your Majesty is wise, and the Ministry of Rites has agreed to designate the fief of King Yong as the ...... of Hubei."
"Nope." Without waiting for Liu Jian to say the name of the place, Zhu Houzhao directly interrupted: "My younger brother is still young, and leaving Beijing early to become a vassal has made the queen mother unbearable, how can you not be rich in the domain, and let King Yong be a vassal, but the fief has the final say in the royal family!"
Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian looked at each other, it stands to reason that the whole world belongs to the Zhu family, and what the royal family wants to give to the prince is actually a royal matter.
But sometimes it is not said that way, who does not know that the royal family of the Ming Dynasty is not only a serious burden on finances, but also a source of local trouble.
Although few of these members of the royal family dare to rebel, there are not a few who are unscrupulous and unscrupulous.
So over the years, the princes of the feudal princes will generally be concentrated in Henan, Hubei, Sichuan and other places, Gyeonggi important places such as North Zhili, rich places such as South Zhili, Zhejiang, will not be divided kings.
Needless to say, if the rich land is plagued, the finances of the Ming Dynasty will inevitably be worse, and now Your Majesty is saying this, it is obvious that he does not intend to seal King Yong in Henan and other places, so where is King Yong going to be a vassal?
"Dare to ask where Your Majesty intends to seal the Eternal King?"
"Huzhou Mansion!"
"Your Majesty, no." As soon as Han Wen, the head of the household department, heard that Zhu Houzhao was going to seal King Yong to Huzhou Mansion, he immediately jumped out.
Huzhou Prefecture belongs to Zhejiang, abundant rain, mild climate, is a first-class grain production town, the rich land is rich in wealth, if the prince is enclosed the country, not to mention what will be the disaster, that is, the tax will have to be reduced by a large cut, Han Wen as the head of the household, how can I endure!
"Nothing to do." Zhu Houzhao also said angrily: "This is the meaning of the Queen Mother and the meaning of me, if you don't want to, I will let King Yong go to Suzhou and Zhenjiang!"
Han Wen almost fainted, Huzhou Mansion is located in western Zhejiang, named after Taihu Lake, it is indeed a rich place, but if it is compared with Suzhou and Zhenjiang, it is still worse, and Suzhou and Zhenjiang are the territory of Nanzhili, and it is also regarded as an important place in Gyeonggi, and the prince is sealed in Gyeonggi? What did the emperor think.
Han Wen was about to perform his crying skills, but was stopped by Li Dongyang's eyes, what kind of character does the little emperor have, and several auxiliary ministers in the cabinet have been touching the door for a few months.
To put it simply, Zhu Houzhao is still humble-minded, but the kind that goes in the left ear and out of the right ear, agrees in person, and when his head falls, he still does his own thing, and he likes to do it, the more you don't let him do anything, the more he has to do!
Now that the emperor is obviously determined to eat the scales, he raises objections at this time, and there is only one final result.
The eternal king is far away.
In fact, then again, it is not without precedent for princes to be sealed in important places, such as the recent Xianzong Ziheng King Zhu Youyi was sealed in Qingzhou, Shandong.
Although Huzhou is rich, it is not an important place in Gyeonggi after all, and it is not unacceptable to use it as a feudal state of Yongwang.
King Yong's final compromise with the cabinet of the Huzhou Prefecture ended in a compromise, and then the decree reached the Huzhou Prefecture, requiring the local construction of the Yongwang Mansion, and in March of the second year of Zhengde, Yongwang Zhu Houwei left Beijing to become a vassal domain.
The car drove for dozens of miles, and Emperor Zhengde was also extremely proud of his younger brother, giving 500,000 taels of silver, 2,000 hectares of fertile land, and 3,000 soldiers and horses in Yongwangfu......
Xu Zhenqing, the left deputy temple of Dali Temple, was appointed as the left long history of Yongwangfu, and Li Mengyang of the Ministry of Rites Langzhong was appointed as the right long history of Yongwangfu......
From a Beijing official to a subordinate official of the Prince's Mansion, this can be regarded as being degraded, but it is also an opportunity, as the chief of the palace appointed by the imperial court, Xu Zhenqing and Li Mengyang's biggest responsibility is actually only one, which is to monitor King Yong!
However, the Son of Heaven and King Yong are close to each other, and the Son of Heaven is completely unreliable lord, so the two Changshi also know in their hearts that from the moment they left Beijing, their careers have actually been cut off......
The incomparably luxurious Wang Jianei was only thirteen years old, and Zhu Houwei, who was still childish, frowned.
His father is a generation of benevolent monarchs in the history of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Xiaozong who created the 'Hongzhi Zhongxing', and his brother is the legendary emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty.
It's just a pity that this legend is derogatory......
Zhu Houwei knows very well that if history had not changed because of his little butterfly, then he would become the next generation of emperors in fifteen years!
Because Emperor Zhengde was infertile and finally died childless, according to the tradition of succession to the throne of his brother and brother, he was the only heir to the throne de jure in law, and it was impossible for the cabinet to find a Zhu Houxi from the side royal family, which led to the famous great discussion ceremony in the history of the Ming Dynasty.
But it's too early to say this, the only thing Zhu Houwei needs to do now is to wait, waiting for the crown that fell from the sky to fall on his head.
From Beijing to Huzhou for more than 2,000 miles, the convoy traveled for almost three months, and even the coolness of late spring was completely replaced by the heat of midsummer.
After more than half a year of rushing work, the Yongwang Mansion, which cost 100,000 taels of silver, has also reached the final stage.
Located in the north city of Huzhou, the Yongwang Mansion covers an area of nearly 300 acres, the pavilions, pavilions, flower beds, bamboo bushes, orchards, Junzhi into a pond, looking at it like a lake, a palace will be the gentleness of the south, the spirit of the beautiful air rendered incisively.
"The king, Zhejiang Chengxuan political envoy Pei Si, Huzhou prefect Yin Wenyao and other officials visited." Outside the king, Ren Xing, the envoy of the Chengfeng Division, said in a low voice.
According to the Ming system, the prince had a subordinate official in the domain, but only the left and right Changshi and Wei commanders were appointed by the imperial court, and the rest, such as the Cheng Feng Division, the Trial Division, etc., were directly appointed by the prince.
However, the trial department was served by literati, and the target was the junior officials who had just entered the government or the petty officials who did not enter the ranks, while the Chengfeng Department was eunuchs, and these eunuchs were basically eunuchs who grew up taking care of the prince.
The Zhengde Dynasty was headed by Liu Jin, and the famous 'Eight Tigers' were the eunuchs who took care of Zhu Houzhao since childhood.