Zhou Shangwen had three sons, namely Zhou Junzuo, Zhou Junyou and Zhou Junren, all of whom fought continuously with their fathers in history, and they were also brave warriors on the battlefield.

The emperor suddenly mentioned his son at this time.

The courtiers also understood that the Son of Heaven did not want to crown Zhou Shangwen as the prince of the country at this time.

Yang Yiqing thought that there might be two considerations in this.

First, after Yongle, there is almost no national seal. If you want this reward, you basically have to have a major meritorious performance in the process of the Son of Heaven fighting the world. Although Zhou Shangwen has the merit of expanding the territory, he is still a little less. From this point of view, he himself is not enough to be crowned the prince of the country.

Secondly, the Son of Heaven still has the intention of letting Zhou Shangwen go west, in other words, if it is sealed this time, it will be unsealable in the future.

If he does not seal the country, then he will change his heirs.

These are all very simple ideas, and the other three elders can also think of it.

In fact, none of this affects the overall situation, and before the victory, it is just a matter of how many or too few rewards will be awarded.

So they didn't have a word about this holy will.

Then Yang Yiqing opened his mouth and asked Jing Yubo to be the Marquis of Jing Yu.

The next day, the cabinet and the six ministers and nine ministers met the saint again, agreed on the temple sacrifice ceremony, and the emperor announced a big banquet for the ministers.

The atmosphere of this big victory was also pushed to a climax.

The same is true in the harem, the three princes will say a word or two of congratulations when they see Zhu Houzhao, even a woman like Queen Xia who doesn't care about political affairs must also say a word or two.

Even so, Zhu Houzhao still felt that it was not enough.

Two days later, Zhu Houzhao found Yang Tinghe and Wang Hua, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and said directly after meeting, "I have also issued an edict before, the imperial court should compile a record of famous generals, the purpose of which is to make the Han people always remember those soldiers who fought for the country, and their perspective is to exceed one generation, even if they do not serve my Zhu family, they are worth remembering." ”

Wang Hua and Yang Tinghe glanced at each other, "Your Majesty, the generals are brave, and the will of the imperial court has been issued, and the rewards and punishments are already clear. Your Majesty will reward you again this time, and the ministers will only be afraid of ...... There is no end to the misfortune. ”

"No, I've said it before, and since I've said it, I'm going to do it. Moreover, I have made it clear in Jiangnan that the current situation has entered a world of great contention, and the cabinet is not also competing for industrial discussions? I can start by saying a violent theory, whether the industry is prosperous or not, force is the most important guarantee! ”

The next sentence is not easy for him to say, because these two people are Wenchen.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao wants to change the atmosphere of suppressing military generals.

There are two things to say about this matter.

Should the generals be suppressed? Perhaps, from the perspective of hundreds of years, it is natural that the emphasis on literature and the suppression of military force has been accepted by several dynasties. But in the end, it brought too much harm to this land and this nation.

Under his leadership, Daming has begun to have extensive exchanges with neighboring countries, the key is that this part of the interest group has been raised by him, and the underlying logic has slowly passed, and it is not so easy to change it again.

Therefore, no matter how heavy the text is to suppress the military, he feels that it is out of place.

This is his personal judgment, whether it is good or not, it is really difficult to say, there is no same situation in history to refer to, but he feels that there will be no less wars in the future.

"So Your Majesty means ......"

"There are two layers of my meaning, first, Zhou Shangwen's name should be on the list of famous generals, and when writing an account, it should not be limited to emphasizing his contribution to the Ming Dynasty or his contribution to me. His merits should be placed in the perspective of the Han-Yi dispute, he fought not only for the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but also for the territory of the Han people. ”

This passage was shocking to the two people.

Even if there is such an evaluation, the general habit is to give more to the dead, and it is indeed rare to start 'writing books and biographies' when you are alive.

"Your Majesty."

Wang Hua bowed tremblingly, "Your Majesty, do you remember Hou Junji?" ”

Zhu Houzhao was silent.

Hou Jun set up to destroy Gaochang Kingdom, and the merits he made will not be extinguished, but because of this, he later relied on his merits and got carried away.

Tang Taizong punished him for embezzling tens of thousands of gold, but this guy was dissatisfied, which eventually led him to rebel.

This is also possible.

Wang Hua said earnestly: "The minister doesn't want to speculate on anyone, but sometimes he rewards him too much, which is not necessarily a good thing, and may also harm him." ”

Zhu Houzhao groaned slightly, "I really don't want to see that scene. ”

"The old minister suggested that the emperor can press this heart for the time being, people are born, old, sick and die, and His Majesty is much younger than the Marquis of Jingyu."

These words reflect the thoughts of a courtier who is as old as a fox.

As an emperor, sometimes you have to be stubborn, and sometimes you have to listen to persuasion.

Of course, he wanted to be a little more motivating, but it seemed more rational to strike a balance.

Wang Hua's meaning is very simple, Zhou Shangwen will die, you must give him such a high evaluation, you can give it when he dies, what is the hurry?

"Well...... Zhu Houzhao touched his chin and turned it back and forth, "but I want to send a message to the world that the court and I will definitely remember the merits of the soldiers who fought for the country." ”

Wang Hua chased back again: "Your Majesty, in this case, those who died on the battlefield should be remembered even more." ”

Zhu Houzhao's last 'psychological defense' was broken, and he said earnestly to Wang Hua, "Then it depends on Lishang's proposal." It's that I'm a little impatient, and the arrangement of etiquette is even more magnificent. ”

Wang Hua didn't dare to bear such words, and shook his arms, "The duty of this minister is also, besides, Your Majesty has heard the advice, and he is humble and humble, which is the demeanor of a benevolent monarch." ”

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said: "Then so be it, this time, in addition to sacrificing to the ancestors, the Ministry of Rites also organized a commemorative ceremony for the martyr's monument, I personally participated, and established a law in the name of the Ministry of Rites, from now on, from the princes and nobles, down to the common people of Limin, no one shall insult the martyrs and the martyrs' monument, violators, beheaded!" ”

Wang Hua immediately saluted, "Emperor Shengming!" ”

In fact, these old Confucian ministers do not have much opinion on the Son of Heaven, although the emperor is also a little arbitrary and strong, and sometimes he will be harsh on others, but arbitrariness is arbitrary, and no one really said that the emperor never listens to the opinions of his courtiers.

National affairs are not fought and killed every day, and there are many ordinary matters of people's livelihood, or discussions like today, as long as the courtiers can persuade the emperor and give enough reasons, the emperor will listen.

It can even be said that the cabinet is in charge of most of the court affairs, and the Son of Heaven will listen to the opinions of the cabinet elders, and it is only when it comes to such matters as whether to send troops or whether to handle any major cases, the Son of Heaven will make arbitrary decisions.

However, Yang Tinghe was quite surprised, after the two left the palace, he saluted Wang Hua deeply and said: "Shi'an Gong, take the public first, this words of seeking the country are indeed admirable." ”

Wang Hua naturally knew what he was talking about.

Wang Shouren, like Zhou Shangwen today, also has the opportunity to win the emperor's honor.

That's his son.

But for the sake of the country and the Ming Dynasty, Wang Hua tried his best to persuade the emperor not to be so radical, this is not the public first, what is it?

Even Yang Tinghe felt that the reason why Wang Hua was able to persuade him was also an important factor, and if he talked about it, it would not necessarily be the result.

Wang Hua is still humble, "Where, where." ”

In ancient times, in order to avoid errors in the transmission of information, it seems that this kind of major good news will be delivered by several people. Since that day, the follow-up news has not been at all different from the previous good news.

So there is almost no disputing that this is true.

Since then, the Son of Heaven has sacrificed to the ancestors, listed Xinjiang, sealed the generals, feasted the ministers, and the ten years of Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty seem to be more magnificent than ever.

Zhu Houzhao remembered Wang Shouren because of Wang Hua's high style and bright festival, he was originally going to go to the army in person next year, but because of Japan's affairs, the plan changed.

That way, he couldn't wait any longer.

Wang Shouren has been running the Hetao for many years, and Mingmeng's strength has made it impossible to have such a powerful figure there.

So he thought about transferring Wang Shouren back.

A trip to the south of the Yangtze River gave Zhu Houzhao a new understanding of the word etiquette, and in the final analysis, this belongs to cultural construction, which seems unpredictable, but it is very important.

In Jiangnan, where military and economic changes have taken place, it seems that one person should also need to emancipate their minds, otherwise there will be an imbalance between the top and bottom. To put it simply, changes in social reality will change people's concepts, for example, people like Yanqing will appear.

In this period of change, if no one can guide it well, then I don't know what will brew in the end.

Do what you think.

But this kind of transfer has a flaw, that is, it deprives Wang Shouren of the immortal merit in his hands, which is very unkind.

After thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao decided to send a letter to Wang Shouren.

(End of chapter)