Chapter 21: Game of Thrones
"Grandpa Huang, my grandson doesn't understand, why would you ask Gao Xu such a question."
In the Wuying Palace, when Zhu Yunwen at the dinner table asked nervously, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting opposite him, was holding a bowl of mung bean chess pieces and eating them in a big gulp, and it seemed that he had an excellent appetite.
Looking at his appearance, Zhu Yunwen was confused.
He didn't understand why his grandfather would ask Zhu Gaoxu so blatantly about cutting the domain.
In his opinion, even if such a problem is already known to everyone now, it cannot be directly said on the surface.
"I say because I'm not afraid."
Zhu Yuanzhang put down the bowl that he had eaten empty, and rinsed his mouth with tea before responding to Zhu Yunwen unhurriedly.
"Since ancient times, whoever wins the world with soldiers and horses will be harmed by soldiers and horses."
"But Yun Wei, since ancient times, there has never been a successful rebellion by the Son of Heaven by the vassal king."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunwen in front of him, shook his head and said, "This vassal king was left by your grandfather to your father to balance Lanyu's group of arrogant soldiers." ”
"Right now, the blue jade is dead, but this domain can't be cut yet, because the Ming Dynasty still needs them to help you defend against the Tartars in the north, the barbarians in the southwest, and the Fanren in Gansu."
"If there is no Northern and Southern Barbarians in the future, you will naturally cut the feudal domain."
"You can cut the feudal domain, but you have to pay attention to the method and method."
"Let me ask you, if you want to cut the domain, how should you cut it?"
"Should ......" Zhu Yunwen pondered for a moment, then glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang carefully, and then spoke:
"You should first salute before the soldiers, and treat them with virtue and courtesy, if you can't, then cut down their land, and if you can't, you should discard them, and if you can't, you should raise troops to cut them down."
"Well......" Listening to Zhu Yunwen's words, although Zhu Yuanzhang was not particularly satisfied with this answer, he still bowed slightly, which can be regarded as an affirmation of Zhu Yunwen.
Seeing his affirmative expression, Zhu Yunwen breathed a sigh of relief and wondered at the same time: "But why do you want to ask Gao Xu about this matter clearly?" If he tells the fourth uncle to tell them, then ......"
Zhu Yunwen didn't finish his words, but Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing: "Hehe......"
He looked at Zhu Yunwen, who was worried, and said with a smile: "Do you think that the government and the opposition, who can't see that the imperial court is going to cut the feudal domain in the future?" ”
"This ......" Zhu Yunwen hesitated, he naturally knew that the current government and the opposition had long known that the imperial court was going to cut the feudal domain in the future, and even most of those vassal kings knew it, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang had personally told them that they should establish their prestige in the border as much as possible and minimize the prestige of the nobles.
Now most of the arrogant soldiers are dead, and the rest of the nobles are all holding their tails and being people.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't know how to cook for his son's lackeys, it is certain to cut power.
Besides, since that incident happened two years ago, the voice of the temple can no longer be concealed, and his group of uncles don't know......
"It's one thing to know, it's another thing to resist."
When Zhu Yunwen was thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang talked eloquently and did not take the vassal king in his eyes at all.
After all, the power of the vassal king in the early Ming Dynasty was very small, and the soldiers and horses directly under him were only a few guards, ranging from three thousand to fifteen or six.
With this amount of troops, without the help of the generals guarding the town, the imperial court would only be able to wipe them out at the snap of a finger.
Because of this, even if the vassal kings inside and outside the court learned that there was already a voice of cutting the feudal domain in the imperial court, most of them still did not dare to react, except for a few feudal kings......
"The power of those uncles is limited to the guards and the palace, and the power of the three divisions and guards in the local area is given to them by the imperial court."
"If the court can give it to them, you can take them back." Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the rice bowl and continued to eat.
"It's true that the uncles only have military power, but their prestige in the local area is not small," Zhu Yunwen worried.
"Besides, judging from the previous events of Ying Guogong, Song Guogong and the two uncles......"
Zhu Yunwen glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang carefully, it seemed that it was difficult to say this, and his words also successfully made Zhu Yuanzhang's face darken, and he couldn't help frowning slightly at Zhu Yunwen.
His frowning behavior made Zhu Yunwen feel a sigh in his heart, only to feel that his thoughts had been seen through by his imperial grandfather.
It's just that he didn't expect that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't follow this topic, but switched the topic and asked him:
"How do you think Gao Xu will answer the theory of cutting the domain?"
Faced with the question, Zhu Yunwen shook his head: "Sun Er and Gao Xu are not very familiar with each other, I don't know what he thinks in his heart, and it is difficult to answer. ”
......Seeing Zhu Yunwen like this, although Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything on his face, he sighed in his heart.
"My grandson still lacks some ...... in knowing people"
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head silently in his heart, but at the same time, he couldn't help but be curious about Zhu Gaoxu's answer.
From Zhu Gaoxu's answer, he wants to see whether Zhu Gaoxu, this kid, has really changed his mind, and how the fourth child in Yanfu views the cutting of the domain.
To tell the truth, since Zhu Yuanzhang learned that his third and fifth children met privately with Xungui and exchanged letters, he saw that the second and fourth children were suspicious everywhere.
The second Zhu Fan is okay to say, he is still as brutal as ever, and he doesn't look like he wants to fight for the reserve.
For the second child, Zhu Yuanzhang is still more assured, but for the fourth Zhu Di...... Zhu Yuanzhang was a little unsure.
Although the fourth Zhu Di was filial to himself on the face, he did not do anything illegal, and he was very good to the people, but Zhu Yuanzhang was still worried that his appearance was disguised.
After all, he controlled the soldiers and horses in Beiping, and he could also dispatch more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Daning, Liaodong and other places at will.
Such suspicions, in Zhu Yuanzhang's place, gradually shifted from Zhu Di to Zhu Gaoxu.
Even though he thought it was possible for the boy to turn back many times, he would still unconsciously overturn this idea.
A boy who was riding horses in the capital a few months ago and hurt people at every turn, just entered the barracks and didn't even go to the battlefield, and suddenly his temperament changed greatly, from cunning and ruthless, to a gentle temperament, humble and polite?
Zhu Yuanzhang is worried that these changes in Zhu Gaoxu are all pretended by him, and the reason why he can disguise is that someone is behind his scenes.
As for the person who instructed him, it is impossible for Rao to think about his fourth child if he doesn't want to.
Except for him, no one else has the ability to restrain Gao Xu's kid.
Because of this, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to use Zhu Gaoxu to try Zhu Di, and by the way, he knocked on his other two disobedient children, and at the same time explained the attitude of the court to the other children.
If that kid answers poorly, then let people let their attitude out.
If he answers correctly, he can just use his article to make an article, so that the third and fourth children can continue to check and balance.
"Alas......" Thinking of this, even Zhu Yuanzhang himself couldn't help sighing.
As a father, it is indeed very torturous for him to provoke his son's relationship like this, but he has no choice......
With this thought, Zhu Yuanzhang looked up at Zhu Yunwen in front of him.
Although he couldn't see the shadow of Zhu Biao from Zhu Yunwen, he still did something sorry for his other sons for the sake of this grandson.
"Biao'er, what Dad promised you, he won't break his promise......"