"Bell-bell-bell-"

"Hey!"

"Chitose! Chitose! Chichitose—"

On the first day of the ninth month of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, this is destined to be a day that will be recorded in history.

With the sound of the morning bell and the opening of the gate of the Hundred Kings' Mansion, the elephants representing the kings drove out and headed towards the Daming Gate, which represented the main gate of the palace.

Hundreds of elephant chariots, this is a scene that no one can see in the Zhu Yuanzhang period.

More than 100 princes and county kings are in order from front to back.

Walk into Chaoyangmen from Dongcheng, turn around at Chaoyangmen Street to Chongwenmenli Street, and then pass through Dongjiang Rice Lane, and finally come to the square in front of Daming Gate.

The elephants of many county kings are ranked according to their position, and they are followed by the princes of various places with high status.

Similar to King Min and other small kings stopped first, then the princes who were older and closer to the emperor's blood stopped, and then there were vassal kings who were close to each other but had great strength.

Among them, they include the Qin Domain, the Shu Domain, the Chu Domain, the Jin Domain, the Zhao Domain, the Dai Domain, the Zhou Domain, the Fu Domain, the Gui Domain, the Rui Domain, and the Hui Domain.

Among them, Zhu Changhao, King Rui, Zhu Changrun, King Hui, and Zhu Changying, King Gui, can be here, not because they are strong, but because someone supports them......

The sound of "kicking" horses' hooves sounded, accompanied by the arrival of the kings, and Zhu Youzhen, who was the finale, was several levels higher than the kings only because of the existence of the arch guards on both sides.

The four cavalry guards each sent 100 cavalry to come, and more than 400 iron cavalry firmly guarded the elephant's chariot, while Zhu Youzhen sat in the elephant's chariot, giving people an invisible pressure.

"Hey!"

"Smack!"

"Hooray! Banzai! Hooray—"

At the same time as the kings arrived at the Daming Gate, the singing also sounded in the Huangji Palace.

With the sound of the whip, the hundred officials pushed the golden mountain and poured the jade pillar to kneel, and at the same time, the Daming Gate opened, and hundreds of elephants entered the long palace road in an orderly manner, and went towards the Taimiao.

The clan court meeting should naturally be carried out under the witness of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, and the Taimiao Temple is undoubtedly a good place.

When hundreds of elephants poured into the temple, they were insignificant compared to the wide temple.

"The kings saluted—"

Accompanied by the singing of Honglu Temple, on the elephant chariot, one by one the vassal kings wearing crown robes got off the elephant chariot, and as the finale of it, Zhu Youzhen's aura made the eleven strong feudal princes waiting for him look at their noses and noses, and their noses and hearts, and they did not dare to look at them.

Even if Zhu Suqin, the king of Zhou, and Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu, are two thorns, they are still afraid of Zhu Youzhen.

As the number one prince of Kaifu, Zhu Youzhen has the qualifications to wear a sword, while the kings can only hold Yugui.

"King Xian's Confession—"

The voice of Honglu Temple sounded, and the meaning of this sentence is just to elect a virtuous king to enter the Taimiao and worship the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty on behalf of the kings.

In this regard, all the vassal kings took a vague look at Zhu Youzhen's location, and Zhu Youzhen also walked up to the high platform with Yugui.

Honglu Temple asked someone to untie the sword from his waist, and then replaced Yugui with a memorial text.

Zhu Youzhen solemnly took the sacrificial text, held it flat in both hands, and walked into the temple step by step.

Then he knelt on the futon and began to recite the prayer.

"Bye-"

Honglu Temple watched Zhu Youzhen recite the sacrificial text, and even sang loudly, and then all the vassal kings knelt down and bowed.

After such a long time, it was not until Zhu Youzhen finished reading the sacrificial text after a cup of tea that Honglu Temple Cheng continued to sing: "Get up! ”

The kings got up one after another, and among the three guards of the imperial city that had been prepared early, the soldiers of the Yiluan Guard began to carry chairs, canopies, tables, and tea and snacks.

After a cup of tea, there was a place behind everyone, and Zhu Youzhen also walked out of the majestic Taimiao with a flat expression.

The official of Honglu Temple took the memorial text, and then tied Zhu Youzhen's sword.

Zhu Youjian got off the high platform and came to the middle platform, where his table, chair and canopy umbrella were placed.

At the same time, the dragon chair and canopy umbrella representing the emperor were moved to the front of the Taimiao Palace, one step higher than Zhu Youzhen.

This represents the Son of Heaven to observe......

"Sit-"

The singing came again, and the kings took their seats one after another, and at the same time, Zhu Youzhen also sat on the chair.

With all the red tape over, he also began to get down to business.

"His Majesty Gudai presided over the sect meeting, and this sect meeting is about the kings going overseas to open up territory for my Ming Dynasty."

"This proposal has been discussed by Gu and His Majesty, and it will be ruled by His Majesty, and it cannot be changed!"

The domineering words were said by Zhu Youzhen, especially the last sentence, which was even more disguised to say to the kings that they had no qualifications to propose, only the right to choose what they could not do.

Such passivity made the kings' faces a little ugly, and Zhu Youzhen also started his own performance.

He told the news that the envoy of the small Western superintendent and Tianzhu had divided the twenty feudal domains, which made the faces of some small clan kings in the square a little ugly.

The prince and the prince of the county are all one domain, and if Tianzhu's domain is only so little, it is obviously not enough for them to divide the thirty domains.

However, when they heard that Zhu Youzhen said that he would find another domain for the other feudal kings in the future, the other small feudal lords also breathed a sigh of relief.

After that, Zhu Youzhen said something about the fact that after the vassal kings chose to become a vassal domain, Yulu stopped distributing it.

Although the 10,000 taels of silver a year made many princes reluctant, they still endured it for the sake of overseas vassals.

However, when they heard that the overseas feudal kingdoms needed to establish the imperial store of the Ming Dynasty, many of them frowned again.

It's just that without waiting for them to react, they couldn't help but frown after hearing that the emperor would pay them local taxes.

"This kid, is he teasing us like dogs?!"

Zhu Changxun felt this method of beating a stick and giving a sweet date, and roared unwillingly in his heart.

"The twenty feudal domains of Tianzhu will be decided by the princes of the feudal domains."

After Zhu Youzhen finished saying everything, he finally threw this question to the kings and picked the pot perfectly.

In this regard, although the kings knew, they couldn't help but take the bait, and the first to speak was Zhu Suqin, the king of Zhou:

"Ahem! According to the old man, this is not a good thing to go to the West, my Zhou Fan is strong, I can go to explore the way for you first. ”

Zhu Suqin opened his mouth shamelessly, and pretended to be embarrassed.

"Difficult? Then don't do it! Zhu Fengquan, the king of Shu, sneered lightly, and then said directly:

"This domain, I want one from the Shu domain!"

"So is my Qin Fan!"

"I'm Chu Fan"

"My Zhou Fan"

"I'm a Domain"

"I ......"

For a while, the powerful vassal kings spoke one after another, and those who had no confidence and strength could only stare dryly.

At the end of the day, the last overseas vassals were Chu, Zhao, Zhou, Fu, Qin, Han, Lu, Zheng, Shen, Dai, Rong, and Jin.

and the Qing Domain, the Tang Domain, the Chong Domain, the Jing Domain, the Xiang Domain, the De Domain, the Heng Domain, the Jingjiang Domain, and other twenty feudal kings.

As for the remainders, there are the Min Domain, the Lu Domain, the Gui Domain, the Rui Domain, the Hui Domain, the Huai Domain, the Yi Domain, the Ji Domain, the Su Domain, the Liao Domain, and the Qi Domain of Zhu Youzhen.

There are many talents among them, such as Zhu Changqing of the Huai Domain and Zhu Youdong of the Ji Domain.

In addition, counting Zhu Youzhen's cheap uncle Zhu Changshu, a musician, is also acceptable.

In this regard, Zhu Youzhen glanced at the people who had already decided the winner, and then said:

"In this case, the vassals who are determined to go to sea can leave, and tomorrow the Xiao Cavalry Guard will go to your mansion and take people to Yanshan Military Academy to learn the art of war."

"The prince can send ten sons of the clan and five princes of the county."

After that, Zhu Youzhen stopped talking, and the vassal kings of the feudal clans also looked at each other, and then bowed to Zhu Youzhen, and began to withdraw one after another.

They boarded the elephant chariot and left, while the ten princes who were left behind, and the dozen or so county kings behind them, readjusted their positions and sat down close to Zhu Youzhen.

For them, Zhu Youzhen also took a deep breath and said:

"As far as the domain is concerned, you don't have to worry, the navy will look for some developed places for you."

"Thank you King Qi......" King Su, King Min, King Liao, and King Yi who heard the words made a fuss, and the four vassal kings who were close to Zhu Youzhen were embarrassed to speak.

Except for the eight of them, the remaining Ji King Zhu Youdong and Huai King Zhu Yiju didn't care so much.

Perhaps for them, the current situation is still on the sidelines.

However, Zhu Youzhen had nothing to persuade the other party, but got up and signaled that they could go.

The ten men also understood, so they returned the salute and turned to the elephant and left.

However, after they left, Zhu Youzhen raised his hands, and the officials of Honglu Temple also came up to take off the heavy crown clothes he was wearing, revealing the regular clothes hidden inside.

"How is the Chang Dynasty of the Imperial Palace?"

Changing back into his regular clothes, Zhu Youzhen handed over his sword to a scribe next to him, and Honglu Temple Cheng responded;

"The situation is a little weird, so let's go and take a look, Your Highness."

"Well......" Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen walked towards the outside of the Taimiao Temple and strode towards the Huangji Palace.

However, in two quarters of an hour, before he could reach the gate of the Imperial Palace, he heard the voices of some people on the steps.

"Hooray! If the Ministry of War is changed to manage the Department of Soldiers and Horses, how can it be called the Ministry of War? ”

"Long live, the Ministry of Rites is not just a simple negotiation of state etiquette, but also involves a lot of complicated things!"

"Long live, how can Dali Temple be decentralized?"

"Hooray! The purpose of the rumor is to let the imperial history better report the corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the current cancellation of the rumor is not to abandon the ancestral system and ignore it? ”

In the Imperial Palace, the continuous sound of going up made Zhu Youxiao feel a headache, and at this moment he just wanted to know if his younger brother's side was over.

If it's not over yet, he's afraid he'll be annoyed to death by this group of civil servants.

Thinking of this, he looked at Ye Xianggao, and Ye Xianggao was like an old man who stayed out of the matter, pretending to be dozing.

"Leaf ......"

"Open your mouth and close your mouth to the ancestral system! Do you want to resume peeling and filling the grass?! ”

Before Zhu Youxiao's words were finished, a voice that made his eyes light appeared, and the ministers were like ducks who had been choked by their necks, and they instantly closed their mouths.

Everyone looked at the door vaguely, and at the entrance of the Imperial Palace, Zhu Youzhen, who was dressed in red clothes, stepped into the hall, walking like a tiger.

He walked directly through the hundred officials, and glanced at the two of them when he passed by Zhao Nanxing and Ye Xianggao, and then walked to the high platform, turned around and said to the hundred officials:

"The reorganization of the military department, does Zhu Shangshu have any opinions?!"

Zhu Youzhen's words made everyone look at Zhu Xieyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and they also knew that Zhu Xieyuan had long been abandoned by the Zhejiang Party, and the current Zhu Xieyuan was more like a member of the Qi Wang Party.

"The lower official has no opinion...... Zhu Xieyuan returned the salute, and Zhu Youzhen turned his head to look at Lin Yaoyu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites:

"Lin Shangshu, what is the important thing in the Ministry of Rites?"

"The ceremonies, ancestral sacrifices, hosts and guests, and fine meals are all related to the Ministry of Rites, and secondly, the management of the Siyi Pavilion, and the reception of various vassals, foreign envoys, and translators are also related to the Ministry of Rites."

Lin Yaoyu said it 1510, he didn't want to be an enemy with Zhu Youzhen.

"Then can't the rituals, ancestral sacrifices, hosts, guests, and fine meals be handed over to Honglu Temple?" Zhu Youzhen asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Lin Yaoyu hesitated, he didn't want to offend Zhu Youzhen, but he didn't want to offend other menacing Wenchen.

"If you can't say it, it means it's okay, right?" Zhu Youzhen's voice increased the volume, and then without giving Lin Yaoyu a chance to refute, he turned his head and saluted directly to Zhu Youxiao on the dragon chair:

"Brother Huang, since Lin Shangshu has not refutated, it means that it is okay!"

After that, Zhu Youzhen turned around again and scolded the officials:

"Is the Six Divisions a Imperial Court? Since it is a court, why should the taxes of the Ming Dynasty be distinguished? Can't it be managed in a unified way? ”

"From now on, the silver of the city department is sent to the household department, the imperial horse prison pays taxes normally, and the silver treasury of the military department, the household department, the Honglu Temple, the Taichang Temple, the criminal department and other ministries are also cancelled, and they are unified under the management of the household department!"

Solving the problem of the lack of concentration of money and grain in the Ming Dynasty was the top priority for Zhu Youzhen.

After all, in the past, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty were mainly engaged in the matter of disaster relief, mainly on who took the silver, but starting today, all the silver will be returned to the household department, and the household department is a department, and it is enough to allocate silver after receiving the holy decree.

"It's a bit ......"

Yao Zongwen stood up hard, but when Zhu Youzhen glanced at him, he retreated unwillingly.

When Zhu Youzhen and Fang Congzhe were in the ring, Yao Zongwen was still a small shrimp.

Seeing that one by one Zhejiang party leaders were taken down by Zhu Youzhen, in the face of Zhu Youzhen, it was normal for him to be timid before he was afraid.

It can even be said that not only him, but most people can't show a trace of majesty in the face of Zhu Youzhen, who has made great achievements.

Compared with official positions, merit, and even personal force, few of them can beat Zhu Youzhen.

At this time, Yao Zongwen could only focus on Wei Zhongxian, who accompanied the emperor.

However, at this moment, Wei Zhongxian is looking at his nose and his nose, for fear that he will be implicated.

"Waste ......" Seeing that Wei Zhongxian was useless, Yao Zongwen could only scold secretly, and then honestly shut his mouth.

As for Zhu Youzhen, looking at this scene, he stretched his brows slightly with satisfaction, and then turned to Zhu Youxiao and said:

"The royal brother and the minister think that the innovation of the ministries and the establishment of the two divisions represent my enterprising spirit."

"The so-called immutability of the ancestral system is just nonsense, and there is no need to take it to heart."

"The top priority at the moment is to exempt the people of Shandong and Shaanxi from paying taxes for one year, and after the autumn harvest, the household department will allocate a sufficient amount of grain to the disaster area for follow-up disaster relief."

"In addition, while the victims have no land to cultivate, they can use the money and grain to organize the people to build water conservancy and reclaim rivers and canals, so as to provide disaster relief through work."

Zhu Youzhen's majesty made the Imperial Palace rarely quiet, and Zhu Youxiao was also very happy when he saw this, and even glanced at the ministers with some smugness in his heart.

"Huh? Why don't you shout? Sure enough, it's a group of insects who only know how fast they can speak! ”

With a cold snort, Zhu Youxiao also spoke:

"What King Qi said is right, Bi Ziyan, the household department must cooperate well with King Qi and the local soldiers and horses to provide disaster relief."

"In addition, the decree was sent to Shuntian Mansion to open Enke once, and Gu Gechen arranged it, do you have any questions?"

Zhu Youxiao asked the ministers in the palace provocatively, but at this moment, they lowered their heads one after another.

This is not because he is afraid of Zhu Youxiao, but because when Zhu Youxiao was looking at them, Zhu Youzhen was also scanning them.

Perhaps after Zhu Youxiao's serious illness, many people have clearly seen the essence of Zhu Youxiao's weakness after power.

Once Zhu Youzhen no longer supports him, he will have to return to the kind of political situation that Wanli and Taichang experienced.

But the problem is that Zhu Youzhen not only supports him, but also supports him thoroughly......

At this moment, many ministers unconsciously swallowed their saliva in the face of the pressure brought by Zhu Youzhen, and even more couldn't help but think, if Zhu Youzhen was the emperor, what kind of scene would it be?

I'm afraid there won't be one in their group......

Thinking of this, everyone began to care about Zhu Youxiao's health, and at the same time, Zhu Youzhen also spoke:

"After the reform of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, the Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Rites, the officials of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Rites, the First Academy, the Two Ministries, the Temple, and the Two Divisions will all be recruited from the selected officials of Enke."

"In addition, some of the officials in charge of the local government can also be returned to the people."

"If you have no objections, please ask the imperial brother to give an order."

Zhu Youzhen said, turned his back to the hundred officials, and the hundred officials were relieved when they saw this.

Among their group of people, there were only a dozen people who did not bow their heads from beginning to end, and they were all the backbone of Donglin pulled by Zhao Nanxing.

The reason why they didn't open their mouths was because they all knew that there was nothing wrong with Zhu Youzhen's innovation, so they didn't choose to speak.

As for the other Donglin Yanguan and Yushi, they were forced by the pressure brought by Zhu Youzhen and did not dare to speak.

This is like a speech official in the Wanli period meeting a speech official in the Hongwu period.

The former asked the latter why he didn't dare to refute the emperor, while the latter sighed: "Because this emperor really dares to kill"

Killing people may not solve things, but it will definitely temporarily solve something that someone proposes at a certain time period.

Whoever dares to continue to oppose the cancellation of the rumor must be prepared to splash blood in the court.

At this point, the Donglin Yanguan and the imperial historians at the moment do not have the hard bones of Gao Panlong, Wan Yanyang, Yang Lian and others.

"Do things according to what King Qi said, let's disperse the dynasty"

Zhu Youxiao glanced at the embarrassed appearance of the ministers in the palace, and walked out of the Imperial Palace with a hint of a smile, and Zhu Youzhen saw this, glanced at the ministers and followed.

"Hoo ......"

After Zhu Youzhen left, the pressure that was pressing on Baiguan's heart suddenly disappeared, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that after Zhu Youzhen left, they began to blame their own people again.

"Mr. Yuhe, why didn't you just say anything to refute it? We're all waiting for you to take the lead. ”

"Yes, Mr. Yu He, this King of Qi is so rebellious, I'm afraid that it is a Wang Mang who is in trouble with the dynasty."

"Mr. Tsuru's ......"

A group of Donglin officials found Zhao Nanxing and spat bitterness in his ear, revealing his ugly side.

In this regard, Zhao Nanxing, who had seen through them for a long time, simply said silently:

"The old man will return to his hometown tomorrow, and the old man can't interfere in this matter of the court."

Zhao Nanxing said, turned around and left the Imperial Palace, leaving behind more than a dozen Donglin Yanguan who were still in shock, the imperial history.

At the same time, Zhu Youzhen, who was following Zhu Youxiao's footsteps, also said suspiciously:

"It's strange, Zhao Nanxing and the others didn't open their mouths today, and Ye Ge Lao is the same."

"Hmm...... They'll be there tomorrow. Zhu Youxiao replied, but Zhu Youzhen paused.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Youxiao looked back suspiciously, looked at Zhu Youzhen with a surprised face, and only felt very strange.

Maybe in his opinion, Ye Xianggao and Zhao Nanxing, even if they leave, someone will soon be on top.

But he didn't know that people like Ye Xianggao and Zhao Nanxing, once they left, the time they wanted to cultivate would be more than ten years.

What's more, the current Daming really can't pull out a qualified official secretary and a qualified first assistant.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen could only ask: "Can you keep them and stay in power for another three years?" ”

"This ...... The decree has been issued, and the two of them will return home tomorrow. Zhu Youxiao looked embarrassed, obviously not wanting to destroy the majesty of his words.

In this regard, Zhu Youzhen could only let go of his clenched fists, exhaled a breath, and then calmed down before saying:

"If that's the case, then who is my brother going to let serve as the secretary of the ministry and who will serve as the first assistant of the cabinet?"

"Hmm...... I would like you to serve as the first assistant to the cabinet, but my brother is recovering from a serious illness, so it is better to raise him. Zhu Youxiao's words were amazing, which made Zhu Youzhen and Wei Zhongxian, who was bowing his head next to him, almost grit their teeth.

"Brother is serious, I am already the first general, how can I be the first Wenchen?"

Zhu Youzhen is not modest, but really feels that he is not that piece of material for the time being.

"My brother is the first in civil and military affairs, why not?" Zhu Youxiao smiled and turned his head to look at Wei Zhongxian by the way: "That's right, Zhongxian." ”

"Naturally, His Royal Highness King Qi is a heavenly and majestic appearance, and it is more than enough to serve as the first assistant of the cabinet." Wei Zhongxian raised his bitter face and hurriedly boasted to Zhu Youzhen.

"Okay...... Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said:

"Brother still really thinks about who should be the head of the cabinet."

As he spoke, he twisted his shoulders and said, "I'm a little tired from working so long in a row." ”

"Just bother my brother to deal with government affairs for another day, let me rest for one more day."

"If you feel uncomfortable, take a good rest first, and I will be in the court." Concern is chaotic, Zhu Youxiao didn't hear that Zhu Youzhen was stealing and cheating, but was seriously concerned.

With such a concern, Zhu Youzhen couldn't be rectified, so he could only continue to act:

"In that case, the brother will retire ......"

With that, he took a few steps back, then turned around and pretended to be tired and walked towards Donghua Gate.

Looking at his back, Zhu Youxiao frowned, and said with a look of self-reproach: "It's that I'm tired of my younger brother......"

"......" Wei Zhongxian stood beside him, a little unsure of what to say.

(End of chapter)