"Haha, I haven't seen you grow a lot taller in a year, and it really confirms the saying, twenty-three is still swooping."

The sky was hazy, and in the old man's imperial study, the four brothers gathered together.

As soon as Zhu Gaoyu entered the house, the second Zhu Gaoyu ran up and hugged him.

"Second brother, don't say I haven't noticed it, when I changed my clothes this morning, I felt that my clothes were short, and they were long."

Zhu Gaoyu raised his hand with a smile, indicating that his clothes were short.

"Haha, among our brothers, you are the tallest, it seems that our mother has given you all the delicious food." Zhu Gaosui, who was holding a teacup, also joked happily.

"I've given me everything." Zhu Gaoyu pointed to Zhu Chubby, who was smiling next to him, "Look at the figure of the eldest brother, who is this delicious food for?" ”

"Hahaha......"

The four brothers were instantly happy.

"By the way, the fourth brother, originally your third brother and I planned to pick you up with the boss, but the old man didn't let me, don't be angry with your brother."

"How can I be angry with you, second brother, they are all my own brothers, and I am not a child anymore, what is there to pick up."

"If it weren't for the soldiers, the eldest brother wouldn't have to go, and I would have run back by myself."

"Hehe, that's good, by the way, fourth, you want to invite me and your second brother to dinner tonight, but I heard that you have made a lot of money in the country this time."

Zhu Gaoyu rolled his eyes, "Third brother, where did you hear the gossip, where did I catch something, I finally found a silver mine, I haven't touched it here, Xia Yuanji's old man, just ran over, and now it's like an old hen, sitting on it and not leaving." ”

"When I came back, I said I took him with me, but what did the old man say?"

"What do you mean?"

The three of them became interested and listened curiously to the excitement.

Zhu Gaoyu slapped the table unhappily, "What did the old man say about coming back, looking at the empty warehouse, and a bunch of people who lick their faces and ask for money every day." ”

"Instead of coming back tired and half dead and still angry, it's better to look at that silver mountain and feel comfortable."

Zhu Gaoxu also slapped the table and snorted coldly when he heard this: "Hmph, this old man is still wronged, every year when I go to ask for Yulu, the old man's face is not to mention how ugly it is." ”

"That is, the old man is used to him, and if he were someone else, I would have slapped him to death a long time ago."

"Who are you four speaking ill of?"

Just when Zhu Gaosui was about to condemn Xia Yuanji, the old man's voice sounded from outside.

The four brothers who were chatting quickly stood up and bowed to the door.

"I've seen the emperor!"

The old man who walked in waved his hand, sat down in the first place, took a bowl of porridge, and snorted and ate.

"Show them what I brought."

After a big bowl, the old man picked up a steamed bun and took a bite, and waved his hand to the eunuch who followed.

The four Tie Hanhan, who sat down again, glanced at each other suspiciously.

I'm going to go to the court after eating, why is the old man discussing things again at this time?

Zhu Gaoyu winked at Zhu Chubby, who was sitting opposite: Boss, do you know what's going on?

Zhu Chupang's eyes squeezed: I don't know, I was going to go to the court after eating at home, but the old man called me over and said that we would have breakfast together.

Zhu Gaoyu looked at the second and third children, and both of them looked back with unclear eyes, and they all expressed that the old man called over to have breakfast.

Soon the little eunuch brought a large pile of notebooks and put them on the table next to him.

The old man, who had eaten two steamed buns in a row, wiped his mouth, and looked at the four brothers and pointed to the book.

"Let's take a look, this was sent yesterday."

"Hah!"

"I used to think they were very honest and knew how to advance and retreat."

"Now it seems that they are all raccoon dogs!"

"I didn't see the meat before, it was like a gas bag, but now the meat is in my mouth, and the fox's tail is exposed."

Listening to the old man's weird sarcasm, the four brothers were a little puzzled, put down the bowl in their hands, and the four Tie Hanhan came to the side of the book together, and one of them took a copy and read it.

Zhu Gaoyu was holding a notebook on a member of the Ministry of Rites, the writing was beautiful, the rhetoric was gorgeous, and the sentences were quoted from the classics.

However, it's all nonsense overall, and the last sentence is the point.

'The position of the Holy Father of Yan is vacant, for the sake of the world's society, and should be established as soon as possible. ’

After reading the book in his hand, Zhu Gaoyu glanced at the one in Zhu Panpan's hand next to him, and the general content was similar.

"These bastards, whether they are sealed or not, my father has not made a decision, what are they anxious about."

Zhu Gaoxu, who was on the side, flipped through several books, and when he saw that they were all these contents, he pursed his lips and threw them on the ground.

Seeing this, Zhu Fatpang hurriedly picked up the notebook and said helplessly: "Alas, alas...... Second child, pay attention, this is going to get out, and someone will impeach you again. ”

Zhu Gaoxu pursed his lips indifferently: "Boss, you are just too soft, used to these stinky talents, if you want me to see, whoever is disobedient will be pulled out and beaten directly, I want to see if their mouth is hard or the court cane is hard." ”

Helping Zhu Fatpang put away the notebook, Zhu Gaoyu waved his hand to the eunuchs and palace maids serving in the house.

The old man's personal little eunuch glanced at the old man, and saw that the old man was just eating his own breakfast, so he walked out with someone.

When the door closed, Zhu Gaoyu helped the old man fill a bowl of porridge, sat beside him and asked, "Dad, what do you think?" ”

Swallowing the bun in his mouth, the old man took the porridge and drank it, glanced at Zhu Gaoyu, and said, "What else can I think, if it weren't for Zhang Fu's side that the fight was almost over, I would have planned to let people pretend to be Jiaozhi rebels and do them." ”

"This will not only increase the force to continue fighting, but also deal with a disgusting piece of shit."

"Ahem......" Zhu Gaoyu, who was drinking porridge, choked when he heard the old man's words, picked up the towel on the table and wiped his mouth, and said sternly: "Dad, after that is a saint, no matter how much you hate them, you can't use this method, if it spreads, it will damage your reputation." ”

"Humph!"

The old man snorted twice, returned a look of your own experience, and drank the rice porridge in the bowl in one gulp.

"Okay, I'm calling the four of you, not to let you really have breakfast, tell me, what do you think?"

"Boss, you speak first!"

The old man directly named him, and Zhu Chupang groaned for a while and said: "Dad, my son thinks that since the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty want to let the Southern Confucian family take over the position of Yan Shenggong, if they refuse directly, I am afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the princes." ”

"You mean give it to them." The old man interrupted suddenly.

Noticing that the old man's tone was a little wrong, Zhu Fatpang hurriedly shook his head.

"My son's idea is that you can't give it all."

"Only give them the title of Yan Shenggong, and all the land they were previously rewarded will be recovered."

The old man didn't speak, and looked at Zhu Gaoxu, "Second brother, you say." ”

Zhu Gaoxu, who paid attention to his father's tone throughout the whole process, noticed that the old man seemed to disagree with the boss's solution, and thought that he understood the old man's thoughts, and said bluntly: "I don't think it should be given to them, who to give the knighthood, it's your father's words, you haven't made a decision yet, they jointly requested, aren't they forcing the palace." ”

The son felt that he should not give it just by virtue of it. If this is given to them, doesn't it make people think that you are afraid of them? ”

The old man turned his head to look at Zhu Gaosui, raised his chin, and signaled to him.

Whether to give or not to give to the old man was silent, Zhu Gaosui was a little embarrassed, and the old man's mind was becoming more and more difficult to figure out.

It's not okay to give or not to give, what kind of trouble are you going to make?

"Say."

The old man knocked on the table and reminded Zhu Gaosui to hurry up.

Zhu Gaosui gritted his teeth and said directly: "I agree with the second brother's idea, the title is the royal family's praise of a person's merits, and the son originally felt that the Kong family had no merits, why could he get this title." ”

"As for the saints, this statement is completely nonsense, after so many years, the world was so chaotic before, is it not certain."

"Besides, didn't they always say that the north is orthodox, and now that the north is gone, it means that the blood of the saint is cut off."

"There is a concubine in the south of him, and the court gives him the title as a reward for him, and not giving it to him is an encouragement to him."

"Whether to give or not to give, it's all in the thought of the court, what kind of trouble does he want to make trouble when he persecutes the court like this."

"With their kind of behavior, even if you just want to give it to him, your son will propose to break it off for him."

The old man finally had an expression and nodded slightly, obviously he was very satisfied with Zhu Gaosui's answer.

Whether to give or not is a matter of the court, recognize you, after you are a saint, the court does not recognize you, which chicken feather are you.

In fact, at the beginning, the old man only planned to recover the land and give the title to the Nankong family.

But yesterday, many officials asked for the title to be given to the Nan Kong family, which made the old man very dissatisfied.

Regardless of this behavior, whether it was secretly instructed by the Nan Confucian family, the old man was counted on their heads.

"Fourth, you say."

Although he was satisfied with Zhu Gaosui's answer, the old man still wanted to hear Zhu Gaoyu's thoughts.

Zhu Gaoyu can see it.

The old man wanted to cancel all the titles and rewards of the Kong family, but he didn't want to have a bad reputation.

After all, even his Lao Tzu hated the Kong family so much, and he gave the title to the Kong family.

What kind of urine is a reader, the old man knows best.

If he forcibly cancels all the treatment of the Kong family despite the opposition of his ministers, he will not want to leave a good reputation in the history books in the future.

Those people who talk nicely, and have a belly of male thieves and prostitutes, absolutely can't listen to him.

Even the Jingjing incident of his rebellion will add fuel and vinegar and expand indefinitely.

For the sake of his own reputation, the old man cultivated the Yongle Grand Ceremony, went to the West, and personally led the troops, and went north to Mengyuan many times.

If all his years of hard work are in vain because of a broken hole family, the old man is naturally unwilling.

Killing people can be controlled for a while, but after that, he can't kill all the scholars in the world.

So for the matter of the Kong family, the old man is very troubled.

Knowing the old man's thoughts, Zhu Gaoyu said slowly: "This matter is actually a bit tricky, which family the title of the Holy Duke of Yan falls on, for the imperial court and the princes of Gonggon, no one actually cares. ”

"The reason why they are working so hard now, hoping that the imperial court will give the title to the Southern Confucius family, is nothing more than a face."

"It's like my sister's chastity archway, whether they are chaste or not is one thing, but this archway must have it."

"Hahaha......"

Zhu Gaoyu's metaphor made the old man laugh.

Although Zhu Fatpang felt that this was inappropriate, with his understanding of literati, it seemed that it was really like this.

Looking at the laughing old man, Zhu Gaoyu said seriously: "My son feels that it is not worth it to ruin his father's reputation and make his father and his ministers discord for the sake of an insignificant Kong family." ”

Zhu Gaoxu glared, "Fourth, you don't want your father to give them the title and those lands, right?" ”

"Knock knock..."

Zhu Gaoyu stretched out his hand and knocked on the table, "Listen to me finish speaking." ”

Zhu Gaoyu's action of knocking on the table made the other three brothers stunned for a moment.

Zhu Gaoyu's actions and habits of knocking on the table are exactly the same as the old man.

Zhu Gaoxu sighed in his heart, no wonder the old man doted on the fourth child so much.

used to say that he looked like an old man, but now it seems that he is like him, and the fourth child is the one who is most like.

That look, that look, that action, it's just the same.

"With the rewards of the imperial court for many years, as well as the rewards of the previous dynasty, the land of Shandong immediately became the country of the Confucian family."

"This is only the current one, if this title continues to exist, the emperor will definitely reward it again in the future."

"Countless rewards and rewards, favoring a family whose morality and identity are not in line with it, this is ruining my Ming luck."

"And what this family is like, everyone knows in their hearts."

"In the future, if something goes wrong one day, this family may turn its head, ignore the royal kindness, and take refuge in others."

"With their family's influence, even if they are of an alien race, they will quickly gain a foothold."

Therefore, the existence of this family is to do all kinds of harm and no benefit. I believe that my father also had this idea, so he didn't want this title to continue to exist and harm future generations. ”

Zhu Gaoyu's words made the old man blush, how could he think so much.

He wanted to cancel the title of Duke of Yansheng, but it was completely because of their reactions, and he was unhappy.

"Ahem... What my son said is very much in line with my heart, as a father, he sees the essence of this family clearly, and does not want to bring harm to the children and grandchildren who follow, so he is desperate to cancel them. ”

Zhu Chupang nodded seriously.

He really didn't think about it so much at first, but when Zhu Gaoyu said this, he felt that the existence of the Kong family could really bring the risk of instability.

Speechlessly, he glanced at the old man who put gold on his face, and Zhu Gaoyu continued: "But these risks, those scholars and literati can't see them, or they see them, but they don't care. ”

"Because this is a royal risk, it has nothing to do with them."

"The Confucian family and Yan Shenggong are their archways, and they must not do without."

"Without this archway, if you surrender to other forces in the future, without this shield, how embarrassing it will be."

"Hehe..."

The old man couldn't help but laugh sarcastically, Zhu Gaoyu was to the point.

Why does the title of Duke Yan always exist, isn't it just that some literati take it out as a shield when necessary.

"So my final thought is."

Zhu Gaoyu looked at a few people and said, "It's okay for the Southern Confucius family to want a title, but they have to exchange it for credit." ”

"Don't say anything about the inheritance of the Confucian family, the Northern Confucian family, our Zhu family royal family is recognized."

"Now that all the Northern Confucian families have been killed, other branches want to take over all this, so they have to take credit in exchange."

"Other titles, every generation will be demoted, your Nan Confucius family has no merit and no achievements, why should you take over them all."

"All in all, if you want to get the title easily, either let them find a registered direct descendant of the Northern Confucian family, or exchange the corresponding credit."

"Otherwise, there is no need to talk about it."

"Our court will not cancel this title, just put it aside, but whether you are qualified to take this position or not, we have to say otherwise."

"Good!"

The old man slapped the table with satisfaction and shouted.

Yes, the imperial court approves everything about the Kong family, but whether you are qualified to inherit all this is what the imperial court says.

If you don't take something out, you want to get a knighthood and so much land for nothing, you haven't dreamed of doing it.

Zhu Fatpang nodded first, then frowned again, and raised the worry in his heart: "Then let them do what credit they can give them, if it is just some small things, it is estimated that those literati will help them, then it will go against our original intention." ”

Zhu Gaoyu sneered: "Help, I'm afraid they don't have the courage to help." ”

"What's that saying?"

The old man became interested and urged Zhu Gaoyu to hurry up.

Zhu Gaoyu said slowly: "The Confucian family was able to obtain the position of Yan Shenggong because of their ancestors and ancestors of previous generations who educated sentient beings. ”

"Now that the direct bloodline is cut off, these side branches of their uncertain bloodline, if they want to take over all this, they have to make the same feats."

"And it just so happens that we have such a piece of land in our hands, which is just right for them to use their spare heat."

With a playful smile on the corner of his mouth, Zhu Gaoyu knocked on the table and said, "The Wa Kingdom, send them to the Wa Kingdom, let them learn from their ancestors, and educate the people of the Wa Kingdom." ”

"When the people of the Japanese Kingdom think the same as our Ming Dynasty, and are willing to give up everything and surrender to my Ming Dynasty, then they will complete the task."

"In this way, not only can the mouths of the ministers be blocked, but the court can temporarily take back everything from the Confucian family, and it also saves the court the trouble of educating the Japanese state."

This is Zhu Gaoyu's second plan for the Japanese state, a cultural invasion, which completely washed away this race spiritually.

Confucianism, not to mention anything else, is very strong in terms of brainwashing.

The people of the Southern Confucian family, if they want to get the derivative dukedom, they must first educate the Wa Kingdom.

"Then if they finish it, will the knighthood be given to them?"

Zhu Gaoxu frowned and asked the doubts in his heart.

"To them?" Zhu Gaoyu smiled disdainfully, and said lightly: "What qualifications does a family that has crossed with other clans have the qualifications to become the Yan Shenggong of my Ming Dynasty." ”

The old man's eyes lit up instantly.

They understood that Zhu Gaoyu was taking advantage of the Kong family, and he didn't plan to give benefits.

"High, really high."

Zhu Gaoxu gave a thumbs up and said with admiration:

"I don't see it, fourth, you still have such insidious means."

Zhu Gaoyu's face darkened, and he reached out to knock Zhu Gaoyu off and gave a thumbs up.

"What is called insidious, this is called whether waste is used well or not."

"Yes, yes, yes, it's the second brother who said it wrong, it's waste utilization, hahaha......"

ps: The name of the protagonist's son was changed, and at first I only thought of the meaning, ignoring that the three generations could not have the same words and sounds, and changed it to: Zhu Zhanjin!

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