Chapter 313: The End of an Era
"Did Daddy set the rule that girls can't succeed to the throne?"
The little princess asked her brother.
"No, but this throne has been inherited by men since ancient times."
Her brother said.
Then the King of Liao also looked at Yang Feng.
Yang Feng sat there with an innocent face, looking at the brother and sister, still holding a wine glass, completely looking like this matter had nothing to do with him, but it really had nothing to do with him, he really had no interest in the throne of the old Zhu family. Of course, the little princess wants to get an empress out and can't be completely said to have nothing to do with him, after all, she has this idea, and it is completely under the long-term bewitchment of him and Sister Liu......
But the main thing is Sister Liu.
At most, he would introduce the queens of various countries.
Sister Liu is the culprit.
"That's since ancient times, now it's the Ming Dynasty, the rules of the Ming Dynasty are the rules, in the past, he was in the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the rules couldn't control the Ming Dynasty.
We have to have our own rules.
The Ming Dynasty is the country laid down by Daddy, only the rules set by Daddy are the ancestral system, but in Daddy's rules, there is no girl who cannot succeed to the throne, Yunxi is the emperor, and the throne can only be his bloodline, if he does not have it, choose the side line.
If you have, you will have his blood.
The princess is also his bloodline, and the princess is naturally qualified to succeed to the throne. ”
The little princess said.
"Nonsense!"
Her brother said dissatisfied.
This is completely quibble, his father did not set up a rule that only boys can succeed to the throne, but the problem is that this does not need to be an independent rule, this is originally regarded as a matter of course, how can a girl succeed to the throne since ancient times? Even if Wu Zetian is not a girl to succeed to the throne, she is the queen and the emperor, and her heir is still her son, and she did not let Princess Taiping succeed to the throne!
It doesn't need to be written on paper, it's like sunrise and sunset.
"How is it just nonsense, just because it has been boys who have succeeded to the throne since ancient times? I said, since ancient times, it is the rule of other dynasties, and I have only the rules set by my father, and my father did not set the rule that girls cannot succeed to the throne, so the rules of the Ming Dynasty are that girls can also succeed to the throne. I know that the people are indeed inferior to men, but this is a folk rule, and there is no male superiority and female inferiority in the Ming law. What's more, there are many women in later generations who will be the head of a country, why can't I be Ming, all I want is one, as long as Yunxi has a child, the throne can only be his child. ”
The little princess said.
From a realistic point of view, the Empress is indeed the best choice......
Especially a baby as a queen.
Such a result must be the queen mother's rule, that is, the queen's rule, but the queen is a small family, and she is not keen on power.
The point is that even if you are enthusiastic, you don't have that strength.
So the little princess has the final say, after all, the capital is her final say, and the empress herself is also controversial, so the capital controlled by the princess is the protective cover of their mother and daughter, without the protection of the little princess, the two of them will be abolished immediately, so that the little princess is Huo Guang and can do whatever she wants.
That's a good thing.
This also means that Yang Feng can do whatever he wants.
And it can continue to play the role of not interfering in the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty.
All he had to do was interfere with the princess.
In terms of interests, it can be said to be the most perfect choice.
After all, no matter what happens in the future, at least for nearly twenty years when she grew up, this country is basically what he says.
The only problem is......
"Don't look at me, I can swear to God, I definitely didn't teach it, but I must also explain that as long as she wants to do this, then I will definitely support it, others can oppose it, you can be reasonable, and persuade her to change her mind, but you can't use force, anyone who tries to solve it by force, then don't blame me for being mad. Actually, I don't think you vassal kings need to worry about it, anyway, you will all go out in the future, in this case, will the Ming Emperor be a man or a woman affect you? It doesn't have any influence at all, even if it's the empress, Ling is still the King of Liao, or Nanyang Jingluo, or her uncle. ”
Yang Feng said.
"Ambassador, don't forget, our covenant still has the right to oversee the vassal king."
King Liao said.
"This power is matched by strength, your current strength, are you qualified to supervise the emperor?"
Yang Feng said with a smile.
The King of Liao was speechless.
"But what will happen to the empress after a hundred years?"
He then said angrily.
"A hundred years later, a hundred years later, the child born is still surnamed Zhu, if you are still unwilling, then let her daughter not be surnamed Zhu in the future, but marry the clan, and the child born is still the Zhu family, and she is still eligible to inherit the throne."
The little princess said.
King Liao immediately shut up.
In this way, it is obvious that his descendants have the best chance, and now it is the empress, and it is not appropriate for the empress to give birth to a boy even if the surname is Zhu, at least such a child is definitely not suitable for inheriting the throne with the current folk thinking. But if it is a girl, she can marry the clan, such as his descendants, then the child born in this way is the Zhu family, and she is also eligible to succeed to the throne.
It is equivalent to saying that this girl is used as a transition, after all, she is Zhu Yunxi's only child.
It is not an exaggeration for her to succeed to the throne.
But her son could not succeed to the throne, but was succeeded by her daughter, who was born after marrying the clan.
This child is the Zhu family.
In the end, it is still the Zhu family.
After all, recognize the paternal line now, of course this girl can't marry the Zhu family when she grows up, but her daughter can!
"So that's settled?"
Yang Feng looked at King Liao.
"Let's not say it, we have to agree to the other kings, not to mention that the empress will succeed to the throne, and Zhu Yunwen will not sit idly by in the south."
King Liao said.
"Let's just talk about it!
As for Zhu Yunwen, what qualifications does he have as a traitor? ”
Yang Feng said very frankly.
"Then make it public tomorrow?"
The little princess said.
"Don't worry, finish your father's funeral first, and then make it public after the funeral, and the queen will raise the baby, and there is no need to show up, the funeral will be handed over to King Yan to preside, he is Zongzheng and the longest." At the end of the funeral, the princess will be publicized, and the princess will succeed to the throne as the empress, and then the empress will bury her father, who dares to oppose the two of us to come to the door again to persuade. ”
Yang Feng said.
Of course, it is not necessary to persuade in any way.
Anyway, no matter who it is, you can only reason with the little princess, but there is no reason to talk about this matter, no matter how it has been since ancient times, Daming has to follow the rules of Daming, and Daming's rules are Lao Zhu's, but he did not write that only boys can inherit the throne. As for Confucianism, the Ming Emperor has long said that Confucianism is only a doctrine, not a principle of governance, so it cannot be used as the basis for succession to the throne......
In the final analysis, this really doesn't make sense, it is decided by strength, and the strength is enough, Sister Mei Niang wants to be the emperor, and the ministers can only persuade them.
Now it is obvious that the little princess is the strongest.
Not to mention the military households in the capital, even the other armies are basically surrendered now.
The local officials have also been reversed, leaving only Zhu Yunwen in Guangdong and Annan, and although Zhu Di's strength is not weak, he himself is in the capital, so he has no qualifications to oppose it.
In this way, the fact that the queen has given birth to a daughter was temporarily pressed, and the palace just said that the queen could not see people before giving birth, and then she lay in the Qianqing Palace, while Zhang Ying was staring there, as for the queen mother, she was still locked up and chanting at this time, and her two sons were placed under house arrest in the palace, and Zhu Di took over his father's funeral as a Zongzheng, and the next thing was Lao Zhu's funeral. Even Zhu Di sent a private message to Zhu Yunwen, asking him to return to the capital to attend the funeral, promising that he would not be killed, at most he would be confined to Fengyang in the future, but Zhu Yunwen simply refused, his grandfather would definitely not want his life before the funeral, and when the funeral was completed, it was not a matter of poisoned wine?
He's not that stupid!
During this time, he had already obtained the allegiance of Wang Bi, who confidently said that he had hundreds of thousands of troops, and although it was not realistic to escort the prison into Beijing, it was enough to cut the south of the Lingnan and rely on it.
In this case, he also believed.
Filial piety.
Enjoy the Palace.
Ambassador Yang kowtowed.
It is said that Lao Zhu is dead, and he can finally enjoy his five bows and three bows.
Ambassador Yang has a special status, after all, he is the only one of the friendly envoys of the Ming Dynasty who has equal diplomatic relations, and the others are only vassal tribute envoys, and he enjoys the treatment of the vassal king, because he represents a country of the same level, so he worships alone. After honestly practicing the salute, he silently withdrew, and then still stood alone in his position, looking at the huge mausoleum in front of him, and on the hillside below the filial piety tomb, there were a bunch of newly repaired tombs, these were Lan Yu and others, guarding the filial piety tomb like a guard.
No matter what mood they were in in the end, pulling the trigger on their heads, now they have been guarding Lao Zhu here for generations.
As for the woman who accompanied the burial......
Of course there is no such thing.
But this is not the little princess's doing, when Zhu Yunxi was alive, he had already decreed the abolition of the funeral system.
He is also a person who has been influenced by modern thought for seven years, and he will not continue this barbaric system, because he has been ridiculed countless times by Yang Feng and Sister Liu for this matter, and soon after ascending the throne, he announced the permanent abolition of martyrdom.
In fact, he was still preparing to abolish slavery.
But he was persuaded by Yang Feng, after all, Ambassador Yang now has a bunch of slaves and maids.
This system should be retained.
At most, you can't use the Ming Dynasty as a slave.
And this is inherently inadmissible, Zhu Yuanzhang's system is a felony to take good as a slave.
Therefore, the kings' accusations against Zhu Yunxi also include not giving Lao Zhu a martyrdom woman.
But no one cares about that anymore.
"The three emperors and five emperors of morality, the fame of the Xia Hou Shang and Zhou, the seven heroes and the five tyrants fought in the Spring and Autumn Period, and they rose and fell in an instant. A few lines of names in the history, countless barren hills in the north, the fields of the predecessors and the descendants of the people collected, saying that the dragon and the tiger are fighting. ”
Ambassador Yang sighed.
With this funeral, an era has finally come to an end.
Lao Zhu, together with his troubled heroes, eventually turned into graves.
"The ambassador is brilliantly written."
Behind him, Zhang Xianzong said.
"Well, this is more than a hundred years later, written by a genius of your Ming Dynasty, that is, the one that I like to sing about the rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water."
Yang Feng said.
"The ambassador is straightforward."
Zhang Xianzong said next to a man who was about the same age.
"Who is this?"
Yang Feng said.
"Contemptible Hanlin Academy, Ji Shi Jiejin."
The man said.
"Ah, I've heard of it, a talented man, but he has a big mouth and doesn't know how to converge, and he was finally buried in the snow by Jinyiwei and froze to death."
Yang Feng said.
Xie Jin was silent instantly.
"If you are a minister, you will be angry with your outspokenness, and you will be poisoned by the Jinyi Guard, and you will be considered to have died."
It was almost a minute before he spoke slowly.
"The most important thing is to be happy, if you like it!"
Yang Feng said.
Xie Jin was silent again.
Obviously, Yang Feng's cards did not follow the routine, interrupting his train of thought, he actually passed the Jinshi exam more than ten years ago and became a Jishi, but he was driven home by Lao Zhu. Legend has it that Lao Zhu cherishes his talent, but he feels that his big mouth does have to be changed, so he went home to change the style of painting first, as for the truth or falsehood, this is hard to say, anyway, the legend is like this.
After Zhu Yunxi succeeded to the throne, he immediately recalled him back to the capital.
Although he is a native of Jiangxi, he has left the imperial court for many years, so he has not been involved in a series of later things.
In fact, there are a lot of newcomers in the court now.
Yang Feng didn't care about the affairs of the imperial court, and there was nothing wrong with the officialdom system of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, this was currently the most advanced system in the world, and the emperor and the cabinet scholars as secretaries formed the center, controlling the arms of the six ministries and each temple, holding a rope rooted in the local officials, and the latter managed all over the place. So far, there is no second system in the whole world that can be established, and at most North Korea is a copycat to imitate, but in fact North Korea is still full of powerful places.
Wa ......
The country is still a daimyo!
The king of the Ming Dynasty still lives in the capital, Lao Zhu gave him a piece of land on a small hill not far from Wutai Mountain, and then Ashikaga Yoshimitsu paid for it, and built a palace at the level of a county king there.
At the same time, it is also a temple.
Because Lao Zhu's work for the king of the Japanese kingdom is to recite scriptures and pray for the blessings of the world.
And Ashikaga Yoshimitsu managed the Japanese country as the prime minister of the Japanese state.
But everywhere the daimyo himself has the final say, at most he will gather there every year, and the main job is to talk about the share of the property to be paid to the Ming in the next year, as well as the share of labor sent to Yinshan. The mining of Iwami Silver Mountain was responsible for the mine supervisor sent by the Ming Dynasty, but the required labor force was borne by the Wa State in the form of forced labor, that is, the major famous people brought their own dry food in the way of rotation and went to Iwami Silver Mountain to open a mine for a few months.
Exhausted ......
It is their honor to die for Daming, and they should be grateful for this opportunity, what else do they want?
Be grateful!
Therefore, in the past two years, the problem of poor people's resistance in various parts of the country has been a bit serious.
But Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and the daimyo also diligently suppressed these Diao people, ensuring that the silver mining of the Ming Emperor would not be affected, and their loyalty had to be well rewarded, not only from time to time by His Majesty the Emperor's reward, but also from time to time to receive the treasure money, and then they all lived a life of drunken dreams.
Anyway, with the Ming Emperor in charge, they don't need to compete with each other for territory.
All the energy is to serve the Ming Emperor and suppress the people below.
(End of chapter)