Upper study.

After retiring from the dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang took Zhu Biao as usual and began to deal with the twists and turns, but Zhu Biao was a little absent-minded.

"Biao'er, what are you thinking?"

Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhu Biao's distraction and asked.

"Father, the child is thinking, if Li Jin enters Beijing, what will be his reaction when he sees his father?"

Zhu Biao suddenly came back to his senses and explained the questions he thought of.

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, as if he thought of Li Jin's panicked expression, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and he was looking forward to Li Jin's reaction.

"If he sees us, I'm afraid he will be scared to the point of urine, and he won't dare to speak like a reed."

Zhu Biao's expression also became extremely excited, and he laughed and said:

"Hahaha, it's going to be very exciting."

Just when the father and son looked at each other and smiled, Li Shanchang suddenly asked to see him outside the door.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly, how could Li Shanchang appear at this time?

Although Li Shanchang is nominally the prime minister, he also has the power to help Zhu Yuanzhang correct the twists.

But Zhu Yuanzhang is an out-and-out workaholic, coupled with a strong desire to control, Zhu Yuanzhang basically won't let Li Shanchang get involved.

Usually, Zhu Yuanzhang takes Zhu Biao to deal with government affairs.

Now that Li Shanchang is asking to see him, does he have any opinions on his own arrangements? Want to seize power from yourself?

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression gradually cooled down, and then he asked Li Shanchang to meet him.

After Li Shanchang came in, Zhu Yuanzhang asked straight to the point:

"Good chief, aren't you usually in the mansion at this time?"

"Why do you have time to meet us now?"

"Qi Yu is on the throne, the minister is asking to see the top this time, because he wants to ask the upper position about the king's war."

Li Shanchang bowed slightly and directly said the purpose of his visit.

"Now that the prince has grown up, it's time to share the emperor's worries and serve the court."

Hearing Li Shanchang's words, Zhu Yuanzhang's face instantly turned from cloudy to sunny.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, sealing the king and defending the border is a national policy and a policy above all else.

Because the king of Feng is related to the old Zhu family.

Zhu Yuanzhang referred to the precedent of the subversion of the previous dynasty, and planned to divide the feudal kings in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, so that the power of the old Zhu family would spread all over the country.

In this way, if there is civil strife in the imperial court, the vassal kings of various places will be able to lead the army to serve the king.

Moreover, these people were sealed to the frontier area, and if the alien race invaded, these vassal kings could become the first line of defense of the Ming Dynasty.

These vassal kings were not only able to resist the invasion of the Ming Dynasty, but also to calm the civil strife for the emperor and help stabilize the Ming Dynasty when there was civil strife in the imperial court.

The worst situation is at most the kind of Western Han Dynasty, who was usurped by someone.

Even so, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu, started from scratch and established the Eastern Han Dynasty, which continued the life of the Han Dynasty for more than 100 years.

Could it be that his descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang can't continue the life of his old Zhu family for a few hundred years?

What's more, he also gave them all feudal kings, no matter how bad they were, they could buy one or two hundred years for the Ming Dynasty.

"We haven't thought about this matter yet, I don't know if the good chief has any suggestions?"

Although Zhu Yuanzhang already had a draft in his heart, he pretended to have no idea and asked Li Shanchang to speak first.

Let's see if Li Shanchang can satisfy his heart.

"Superior, the minister is only a little shallow in this matter."

Li Shanchang was humble for a while, and then continued:

"The minister thinks that he can divide these princes into feudal kings first, and after choosing the feudal land, let them go to the fiefdom and govern the place for the imperial court."

"Not only that, the princes have been educated by Confucianism since childhood, both civil and military, and they also have to lead the troops."

"Although the Ming Dynasty is calm on the surface, the southwest is unstable, the northern border is uneven, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty is hiding in Mobei and resisting the Ming Dynasty."

"The minister feels that now is the time for the imperial court to employ people, and the adult prince should be crowned king as soon as possible and serve the imperial court."

Zhu Yuanzhang had a smile on his face, Li Shanchang was still as understanding as ever, and the advice he said was also in line with his own heart.

"Hahaha, worthy of being the prime minister, these words are said in our hearts."

"Then according to you, which princes should be crowned kings? And where should it be sealed? ”

The corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth were almost to the root of his ears, and he looked very happy.

"The minister thinks that the second, third and fourth princes should be crowned kings."

Li Shanchang has long thought of countermeasures for this matter, and the answer is fluent.

"As for where it is sealed, it depends on the emperor's intentions."

Even if Li Shanchang has ideas about the feudal domain, it is not what he should say, after all, if Li Shanchang says everything, then how can it reflect the importance of Zhu Yuanzhang?

"Since it is the king of the border, it is natural to go to the border for the Ming Dynasty."

"We don't want them to eat, drink, and be merry, and become moths who will only enjoy themselves."

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Li Shanchang had already said this, so he simply had a showdown, and said domineeringly:

"The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, since they were sold to the Khitan by Shi Jingjiao, have lost contact with the Central Plains for more than three hundred years."

"Many of the customs of the people in these Han areas have changed, and we are very worried about them."

"So, let's arrange all these princes to the north."

"Taiyuan and Beiping are both strategic places, and we think we should let the third and fourth go to these places."

"Superior wise."

When Li Shanchang heard this, he bowed directly and said:

"It's just this kind of thing, the minister thinks it is better to listen to the courtier's advice."

"The most important thing is the suggestion of the Imperial History Observatory, and the superior should also know the character of these Imperial History."

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang knew the temper of these dog imperial historians, and the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to set up this imperial history platform in the first place was to make trouble for Huaixi Xungui.

In order to allow Liu Bowen to take these imperial histories and compete with the Huaixi magnates, he even made the highest institution of the imperial history platform independent.

The position of Zuodu Yushi can even be on an equal footing with the prime minister, and there is no one in the court who cannot be impeached.

Zhu Yuanzhang used Liu Bowen as a knife, and the imperial history in the imperial history platform was the sharpest blade of this knife.

Originally, this knife was quite easy to use, but now Zhu Yuanzhang found that these imperial histories even wanted to impeach him.

This gave Zhu Yuanzhang a headache, especially recently, this phenomenon has intensified.

Zhu Yuanzhang had mentioned the matter of sealing the king in the court before, but as soon as he brought it up, he was frantically admonished by Yushitai.

Looking at that posture, it seemed that he would not give up until he reached his goal, so Zhu Yuanzhang had to press the king for the time being.

But now that the princes are gradually coming of age, Zhu Yuanzhang feels that this matter must not be delayed any longer, and a decision must be made.

"Good chief, arrange it, let all the civil and military officials go to the fold, let's see what these people want to say about our princes!"

Li Shanchang lowered his head, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked.

Liu Bowen, I have a big gift, see if you can take it?