By the wall of the edict, under the old crooked neck tree.

Jiang Xinghuo leaned against the trunk of the tree to cool off, while nibbling on the watermelon, and finally remembered to come to the lecture.

"Where did you last talk about it?"

Zhu Gaoxu sat cross-legged, his waist straight, and he had a military demeanor.

He also wiped the watermelon juice sticky on his beard and replied, "Mr. Jiang, we talked about the centralization and decentralization of power in the Song Dynasty last time. ”

"Oh......" Jiang Xinghuo wiped his mouth and found a comfortable position to lie down.

"What do you think?"

Zhu Gaoxu pursed his lips and said, "If Emperor Yongle was born as a prince in the Song Dynasty, he would definitely not be able to do it." ”

Jiang Xinghuo picked up two leaves from the ground and shook the dust, then covered his eyes to cover the dappled sunlight cast by the canopy, and put his hands behind his head before he said lazily.

"This is more inappropriate, you take Emperor Yongle as Song Taizu, and the feudal domains as the military leaders of those Song Taizu in the last five dynasties, so it is very similar...... You said that Song Taizu's yellow robe was added, would you be worried that those military leaders under him would also come once? In fact, this is how the root cause of central centralization comes from. ”

Zhu Gaoxu's face was solemn: "What Mr. Jiang means is that Emperor Yongle has just ascended the throne, and he is going to cut the military power of the feudal domains, is he afraid that any feudal king will come to the battle of Jingjing again?" ”

"That's not right." Zhu Gaoxu frowned slightly and shook his head, "As far as I know, Emperor Yongle has just rewarded the surviving feudal domains on a large scale, which doesn't seem like he wants to cut down the feudal domains." ”

Zhu Gaoxu was very concerned about this issue, because according to his cronies, his father had recently been planning to cut the feudal ...... Although there is no conclusive evidence, there is a rumor of this.

Zhu Gaoxu entered the edict prison with the method of retreating as advance, and he would never give up the struggle for the crown prince.

If you can get a better way to cut the feudal domain from Jiang Xinghuo, a strange person, and overpower the eldest brother who has always been stronger than him in politics, I think my father will definitely look down on him.

"Since you compare Emperor Yongle to Song Taizu, don't you understand?"

Jiang Xinghuo's lazy voice sounded like he was about to fall asleep, but the content of his words was incomparably deafening.

"Cutting the feudal domain is inevitable, but reward has two meanings."

"On the surface, it is Emperor Yongle who shows favor to the feudal clans to express his goodwill, in order to show that his fourth brother is different from Zhu Yunwen's eldest nephew who does not recognize relatives, and he is close to the feudal clans, which is very understandable."

"The secret meaning is to express an attitude of not moving the sword, even if the feudal domain is cut down, it must be like Song Taizu's cup of wine to release the military power, reward the field house with gold and silver, and protect the wealth of the feudal clan and future generations."

In the secret room opposite the wall.

Zhu Di was shocked in his heart, this scholar named Jiang Xinghuo was so keenly and so sharply analyzed the strategy that he and Master Dao Yan had just set to cut the domain!

You must know that it was after deciding how to cut the feudal domain, and Zhu Di was in a good mood, so he remembered to go to the edict to see his second son who was angry with him.

Zhu Di was sure that the final decision on how to cut the feudal domain would not even know to him an hour ago!

"I originally wanted to wait for a while before announcing this matter, but I didn't expect it to be said in advance by a reader......" Zhu Di muttered to himself.

Although Jiang Xinghuo's point of view did not fully match his mind, Zhu Di spied another layer of profound meaning from it.

Zhu Di suddenly realized that the plan he had discussed with Master Dao Yan for a long time to cut the feudal domain might have already become a foregone conclusion in the eyes of some supreme geniuses!

"In such a short period of time, he guessed through the calculations of Master Dao Yan and I, this person is not simple!" Zhu Di's expression gradually became gloomy.

"Your Majesty, can the minister avoid one or two?" Ji Gang, who was listening to it next to him, asked tentatively.

Zhu Di's face was still unfazed, he did not agree to Ji Gang's request, but asked after a few breaths: "If according to what you said, it is Fang Xiaoru, a disciple of Mr. Fang Xiaoru who served as a private school in the countryside, and accepted Jiang Xinghuo as a student. And Jiang Xinghuo has never even left his hometown since he was a child, but a year ago, he suddenly changed his ancestral property and came to Nanjing, and only messed around with the painting boats on the Qinhuai River every day? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Where did a country scholar come from? Why would a person with such insight be willing to give up on himself in the middle of the fence and painting the boat? Why did you deliberately approach my son? Is it Jianwen's secret arrangement against the party? ”

Hearing the emperor's questioning, Ji Gang broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead and said in a trembling voice.

"The minister is stupid, please give the minister a little time to check! The minister must find out! ”

Zhu Di stared at Ji Gang for a long time, his gaze became sharper and sharper, as if he could penetrate Ji Gang's soul, and he slowly looked away after a long time.

"I'll give you three days to find out about it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Ji Gang bowed down to receive the order, he secretly breathed a long sigh of relief, and he didn't even dare to wipe the beads of sweat on his forehead, so he could only let the sweat drip on the flying fish suit.

And the lecture on the other side of the wall continues.

"Then Mr. Jiang thinks that by using a glass of wine to release the military power and disarm the guards and horses in the hands of the feudal clans, there will not be another battle of Jingjing in the future, right?"

Zhu Gaoxu stared at Jiang Xinghuo who was lying flat under the old crooked neck tree with burning eyes, and asked seriously.

Zhu Gaoxu took this issue very seriously, because he was sure that his father Zhu Di had played him, and he might not be able to become the crown prince, so he began to unconsciously bring it into the perspective of the vassal king.

"Among the many reasons for the future demise of the Ming Dynasty, there must be no rebellion of the vassal king."

Jiang Xinghuo turned over, stretched out his right foot on his left leg, closed his eyes, and said slowly: "But the so-called initiator has no future?" Among the feudal clans, there is no doubt that those who do not want to be pigs will have ambitions sooner or later, and sooner or later they will make trouble. Once the military power of the feudal domains is withdrawn, no one will be able to succeed anymore, but there will inevitably be people who will continue to try. ”

"But now there won't be anyone in the feudal clans who will be dissatisfied, and someone will rise up to resist?" Zhu Gaoxu said eagerly.

"That's not right." Jiang Xinghuo said with a smile: "Emperor Yongle is the British lord who fought the country with his own hands, and he will be with Tang Taizong in the future, how can the feudal domains be dissatisfied?" ”

After a pause, Jiang Xinghuo continued to add: "Besides, there is a saying in this world that if you want to wear its crown, you must bear its weight. Do the rest of the feudal clans have the ability to add white to the king like Emperor Yongle? ”

"But what if they don't come to their senses?" Zhu Gaoxu frowned.

"Once Emperor Yongle's decree is issued, no matter how the vassals choose, the result is doomed, and the obsession is just a mantis arm in front of the Yan army's iron cavalry, Jianwen's million army has not been blocked, how can the thousands to thousands of guards of the vassals be stopped? Unless the vassal domains unite, they can break the jar and cause trouble to the imperial court. ”

Jiang Xinghuo said lightly: "Emperor Yongle wants to cut the feudal domain peacefully, first of all, he doesn't want to leave a notoriety of slaughtering his clan relatives in the history books, and secondly, he is afraid that the Ming Dynasty, which has not yet recovered, will suffer from war again. ”

Zhu Gaoxu stroked his beard and was silent, and only after a while did he ask unwillingly: "Is there no sequelae in such a way of releasing military power with a glass of wine?" ”

Hearing this question, Jiang Xinghuo was rarely serious, well, half serious, he picked a leaf.

"There are sequelae, and they are two sequelae that are very fatal to Daming."

"These two sequelae will directly shorten the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty!"