Chapter 135: National Funeral

Majapahit's control over the outer islands was either too tight to bear the cost of stationing on the outer islands, and the cost was huge, or it was too lax, so that the outer islands were nominally subjugated, but in fact they were doing their own thing in private.

Under the system of King Chu, at least the outer islands are indirectly controlled in his own hands.

Although under the system of the king of Chu, what the state of Chu wants to do, the king of Chu must discuss with the big nobles below, and everyone can only do it if they are unanimous. But in any case, the volume of the Chu Domain is several times larger than that of the Zhou Domain. Even the Chu domain was not only the first powerful domain in Nanyang, but also the first strong domain in the Ming Dynasty.

A few moments later, a dozen boats approached the pier. Speaking of which, King Zhou is the elder brother of King Chu, but this time King Zhou is very courteous to King Chu. This is no longer an order. Or is it related to strength.

King Zhou and King Chu exchanged a few words.

The two of them found a place to sit down.

The king of Chu and the king of Zhou said a few words of farewell. The king of Chu said: "Brother Wang, the death of the eldest brother is extremely sad. It's just a major event in the world, and it will continue, and now my father has summoned us back to Beijing, what do you mean? ”

King Zhou said, "What can I mean? ”

The king of Chu said, "What do I mean? Are you interested in that location? ”

King Zhou said: "Sixth, can you say this casually? ”

The king of Chu said: "This is not the Central Plains, let's talk about it here, who can still pass it to Jingshi?" Moreover, I have figured it out a long time ago. The eldest brother of the prince is not there, and the throne of the Ming Dynasty must be the queen's lineage, the queen has five sons, the eldest brother of the prince, the second brother of King Qin, the third brother of King Jin, the fourth brother of King Yan, and you, the fifth brother, other than that, there is no one else. Whether it is a son or a grandson, it is not my share. However, if you want to fight, I support you. ”

King Zhou knew that King Chu was right. Queen Ma is a figure that is impossible to ignore.

King Zhou said: "This matter will not be my turn. ”

Although King Zhou said this, the unwillingness in his tone was obvious.

The king of Chu said: "However, what I said is true. I can't leave the affairs of Chu State. Otherwise, I'm worried that as soon as I leave, when I come back, the great politics of Chu State have fallen into the hands of the little ones. So, this time I'm not going back. My kid, although he is a little younger, asked the fifth brother to take him to Nanjing to see the style of the Beijing Division. ”

King Zhou said: "I said, you said this before, and some of them didn't. It's for this one thing. ”

The king of Chu said: "I have already admitted that this Nanyang Chu State is a lifelong foundation, but you may not have this idea here, right?" ”

King Zhou sighed, he knew that King Chu was right.

In this way, the king of Chu is different, although the king of Zhou has also put a lot of effort into the territory, but the territory of the king of Zhou is different from the territory of the king of Chu, and the territory of the king of Chu is no longer limited to Java, but north of the island of Java, many islands to the east are under the leadership of the king of Chu.

Of course, above the court of the Chu State, all kinds of disputes are not peaceful, and it can even be said that the direct forces brought by the King of Chu from the Central Plains are very, very small.

However, in this way, the king of Chu felt endless fun.

After all, King Chu was trained by Zhu Yuanzhang, and his wrist was not bad at all. And the local political elite in Java has no way to compare with the king of Chu. The king of Chu has always seized the initiative. This gave the king of Chu plenty of satisfaction.

This is also a benefit brought by He Xi.

Historically, after the death of the crown prince, the most capable and senior princes of the Ming Dynasty were actually ready to move, and Emperor Jianwen's later cutting of the domain, fundamentally speaking, was not wronged, at least Emperor Jianwen felt the threat from his uncles.

But now it is different, the prince who has the ability to mix well outside, has a much less desire for the chair in Nanjing.

"But I came this time for a purpose." The king of Chu said: "My biggest purpose is to hope that the imperial court's policy of sealing the feudal domain will not be changed. I hope you can bring this to my father. ”

King Zhou was stunned for a moment and said, "You are also bold now, dare to speak to your father like this?" ”

The king of Chu laughed and said: "Lao Tzu, now he is also the king of the country of ten thousand times, that is, if the father wants to beat his son, if he doesn't send a hundred and eighty thousand, he won't be able to beat my ass." ”

The words of the king of Chu are actually the voices of many vassal kings.

He Xi has implemented the national policy for more than ten years, and has formed a group of clan vassal kings. No one can ignore it.

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When He Xi arrived in Nanjing City, it seemed that there was a snow in the entire Nanjing City, and his eyes were full of snow-white color. It's not snowing, it's countless people who aren't white.

Zhu Yuanzhang's deep affection for his beloved son is reflected in the funeral.

Zhu Yuanzhang buried the prince with the emperor's ceremony, and the specifications of the entire prince's funeral were at the level of a state funeral.

The whole city of Nanjing is silent in a snow-white, after the founding of Zhu Yuanzhang, almost no taxes have been levied in Nanjing and the surrounding areas, the people of Nanjing are the most beloved by Zhu Yuanzhang, because of this, the people feel sad about the death of the prince.

This is white and full of stones, sad and Dujinling.

When Princess Anqing saw this, she cried again.

The crown prince has some dirt against the kings because of the throne, but for Princess Anqing, the biological little sister, it is really not bad at all. Originally, because of the death of the crown prince, Princess Anqing had cried many times, and her emotions had calmed down a lot all the way to Nanjing.

Now seeing Nanjing like this, it is natural that a sense of sadness wells up in my heart, and I can't help it anymore.

He Xi could only appease Princess Anqing all the way to the main hall of the East Palace, that is, the prince's mourning hall. Princess Anqing couldn't hold back any longer, and almost fainted from crying.

On the mourning hall, in addition to paying tribute to the prince and appeasing Princess Anqing, He Xi paid attention to Zhu Xiongying.

It's just that He Xi found a very strange look.

Maybe He Xi thought about it too much.

When is the etiquette system best exemplified? That's the funeral, and even Confucius started by fiddling with that. I don't know how many Confucians have damaged funerals and regarded them as a very important part of the etiquette.

Dignity, grandeur, and elder and young, all behaved exquisitely at this time.

Originally, Zhu Xiongying, as the eldest son, his status should be highlighted.

In the whole process, the status of Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Yunwen does not seem to be very clear. This made He Xi very puzzled.

To tell the truth, He Xi has been conducting anatomical research on Confucianism for so many years in Daming, in order to add Confucianism to his own knowledge. In Confucianism, he doesn't think he is strong, but the most basic concepts are still there.

He could see that there was a discord, and there should be a problem, but he couldn't say what the problem was.

This made He Xi suspicious in his heart.

First of all, he was sure that the person who designed and arranged this set of etiquette was a master. You can see that something is obviously wrong, but if you look closely, you can't find the problem. Such a means is not something that ordinary people can make, especially Confucianism is not a science, and many concepts are generalized. But people who can play with these things so slippery.

It is estimated that there are not many people.

This made He Xi think directly of Fang Xiaoru.

Secondly, what is Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude?

He Xi knows what kind of person Zhu Yuanzhang is? Zhu Yuanzhang's attainments in Confucianism are not much higher than He Xi. What He Xi can't understand, Zhu Yuanzhang won't understand much. But Zhu Yuanzhang never wanted to understand it before doing it. Zhu Yuanzhang never needed evidence.

Just be skeptical.

Therefore, it is impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang not to know about today's situation, no matter who arranged it.

At least, Zhu Yuanzhang acquiesced.

This made He Xi wonder what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking?

Is it to dilute the possibility of the succession of the crown prince's heir? Or against Zhu Xiongying himself.

In He Xi's view, the former is more likely. After all, if it is aimed at Zhu Yingying himself, it is to let Zhu Yunwen take the position, in He Xi's opinion, this is almost impossible. After all, Emperor Jianwen in history was vicious and incompetent, Zhu Yuanzhang already knew.

Is King Yan going to take the throne?

This made He Xi worried in his heart.

This is why Xi's trip to Nanjing has cast a shadow.

He Xi secretly said in his heart: "No matter what? Be sure to find time to have a good talk with Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Yuanzhang. ”

Some people died, but not completely......