The sea is boundless, as far as the eye can see, what is on the other side of the sea, Li Xueer is also very curious.

"Grandpa Li, are you going to the other side of the sea?"

She doesn't believe in earth theory, but she yearns for the end of the sea.

"It's been a long, long time before I go." Li Qing looked at the sea and said softly, "There are still a lot of things to do here in Daming, and now is just the beginning, when it is time to completely enter a new era, I will go and go for it." ”

I don't know if I can afford to wait...... Li Xue'er's lips squirmed, but she didn't say it after all.

She slowly stood up, facing the sea, breathing in the sea breeze, and after a while, turned and walked back.

"What are you going to do?"

"Practice!"

Li Xue'er showed her face, her bright eyes blinked, and then entered the cabin.

"This little girl ......" Li Qing shook her head with a wry smile, changed her comfortable position, leaned on the recliner, squinted, and fell asleep with the sea breeze......

Li Qing has a leisurely life, eating, drinking and having fun all day long, which is quite comfortable.

Spring is thicker, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and Li Hong is finally ready to make preparations and plan to have a plane with the Franc machine.

It not only promotes the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, but also shows the love of the Ming Dynasty for the vassal state, why not?

More than 30 small warships, all of which were urgently improved fishing boats and merchant ships in Mangara, could not be compared with the Ming Dynasty, but they were more flexible.

Li Hong led some of the officers and men of the naval division to get acquainted with it for a few days, and then they were equipped with Daming artillery and two medium-sized ships, intending to beat the Franc machine severely.

Li Hong already has a thorough understanding of the Franc cannon, and he is full of confidence in his heart.

However, he was still overly optimistic.

People don't fight at all!

Several times to no avail, but Li Hongqi was choked enough, but the other party was more slippery than a loach, let alone a head-to-head duel, and he didn't meet with the Daming Sailor.

Before the Daming Sailor arrived, the Franc machine ran away.

Fortunately, there are a large number of Daming sailors.

Li Hong simply attacked with the whole army, don't you like to run, I will dry your goods, shelter, and hide your belongings...... and so on to occupy all the small islands.

let me float on the sea......

This trick really worked, and soon the other party couldn't hold it anymore and came to negotiate again.

It is true that the Francophiles are barbaric, and it is true that they advocate violent plunder, but they are not stupid, the strength of the two sides is not at the same level at all, and there is no hope of winning the war......

~

Daming, Qianqing Palace.

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian urged again, "Your Majesty, we will try it in two days, and we can't delay it any longer." ”

Zhu Youzhu raised his hand and wrote a note and said, "Liu Aiqing will go to the Ministry of Rites." ”

"Obey." Liu Jian took the edict from the little eunuch, glanced at it, a touch of surprise rose in his eyes, and then returned to normal.

"Hmm...," Zhu Youzhu rubbed his brows, his face was tired, and said, "The Zhang family, the Sun family, and the Zhou family are restless?" ”

"Thunder and rain and dew, it is not the grace of heaven." Xie Qian arched his hand and said, "Since Xuanzong, the relatives have gradually become stronger, and the Zhang family is even greater!" After several generations, there is indeed some energy in officialdom. ”

Civil officials and even the entire military general group, even including the nobles, do not want to see their relatives.

Without him, civil officials rely on imperial examinations, political achievements and other means to be officials, and become big officials, while military generals and nobles either have made military merits or have made great contributions to their ancestors, and they are all people who have contributed to the Ming Dynasty.

This is not the case with the group of relatives, they have no contribution at all, but their status is even higher than them!

Relying on her daughter's career, what is there to be arrogant!?

However, there are still many people who are willing to make friends.

"The Zhang family's ......" Zhu Youzhu groaned and asked, "How many generations has the title of the Zhang family been passed down?" ”

Li Dongyang said, "Back to the emperor, it has been passed on to the fourth generation." ”

"Four generations ......" Zhu Youzhu groaned, "What about the Sun family?" ”

At the beginning, the orthodox emperor Beijiao, after Emperor Jingtai ascended the throne, considering that the Sun family had been operating in the palace for a long time, he gave the Sun family preferential treatment, and the title was passed on.

"Third generation." Li Dongyang said.

After a pause, he added: "The Zhou family is almost the third generation at this stage, and the Zhang family of the current queen is only the second generation." ”

Zhu Youzhu nodded slowly and was silent.

The three of them saw that the emperor seemed to be thinking about rectifying his relatives, and they were busy striking while the iron was hot, Xie Qian said:

"Your Majesty, at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu had made it clear that non-military merits cannot be hereditary forever, and there are restrictions on the hereditary titles of foreign relatives, generally in three generations, the longest is only five generations, so far, only in the orthodox Dynasty to supervise the country, Queen Chengxiao Zhang, the relatives are hereditary for five generations, and the rest are in the three generations."

paused, "Your Majesty, there is no precedent for the Ming Dynasty to interfere in politics, mainly thanks to the restrictions of Taizu, however, the minister thinks that the five generations are too long, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not take root." ”

Speaking of which, the reason why Empress Dowager Zhang's mother's family was able to inherit for five generations was also the blessing of Tuo Sanyang.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen also nodded.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen didn't have real power at that time, and the emperor's grandmother had to make up his mind about major national affairs, so he naturally had to make a lot of stutters.

The new officials are not old officials, they are also cabinet ministers, and the three of them naturally want to save some face for their predecessors, and only talk about the facts, not the reasons.

Liu Jian echoed, "Scholar Xie is reasonable, the emperor, why don't you take advantage of this."

Chance, use thunderous means on foreign relatives! ”

Li Dongyang frowned slightly, but he didn't follow up.

Sure enough, Zhu Youzhu shook his head and refused to allow it.

"If you make a mistake, you will naturally be punished, but you can't deny a group of people because of one person."

As an emperor, any decision counts!

The reason why the relatives are notorious is because of the pen of the civil officials, because they despise the relatives.

In fact, relatives are not so unbearable, such as Wei Qing and Huo Quai.

Even, before Wang Mang did not usurp the throne, the emperor was quite close and trusting to his relatives, and for the emperor, his relatives were not like wolves and tigers, on the contrary, this group was quite cute.

Without him, the probability of relatives grabbing the throne is almost zero.

Moreover, only by hugging the emperor can relatives protect their glory and wealth.

An example like Wang Mang would not have happened in the Ming Dynasty, just as the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty could never do what Tang and Han had done, and the likes of Wang Zhen and Wang Zhi were just the emperor's white gloves and could not threaten the regime at all.

In fact, Zhu Youzhu gave the two uncles the title of marquis, and he also had the intention of cultivating his relatives, but the two brothers-in-law couldn't support the wall in the mud, and they didn't play the value he expected at all, but instead made a lot of money and smeared him.

Relatives can't be abolished!

From a certain point of view, the attributes of relatives and eunuchs are similar, and they are the knives that the emperor can use, and his knife is rusty, which does not mean that the same is true for future knives.

Zhu Youzhu took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Don't persuade this matter again, one yard is one yard!" ”

"The emperor is wise, but there is some truth in Scholar Xie's worries." Li Dongyang pondered and said, "The hereditary five generations are indeed too long, if the emperor sets the rules to die in the third generation, in this way, hidden dangers can be avoided to a large extent." ”

After a pause, "Relatives have always made friends in officialdom, but the cabinet will firmly stand on the emperor's side, and I believe that among the six ministries, more people are also towards the emperor." ”

The emperor is good at everything, but he is too conservative!

It has always been possible not to change, not to change, just to maintain the status quo.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Liu Jian said respectfully, "No matter what happens, the cabinet will always stand firmly on the emperor's side." ”

"The minister also seconded the proposal, the emperor should not hesitate any longer." Xie Qian urged.

Zhu Youzhu said: "It is necessary to do it, but I think it is better to deal with this matter after the imperial examination." ”

"The emperor's punishment of Uncle Guo has greatly encouraged the students, and if this matter can be promoted before the examination, then the response will be better." Xie Qian temptation.

Zhu Youjiao's heart was moved.

He also loves names!

"That's good," Zhu Youzhu said, "I will make a decree that in the future, the title of foreign relatives can only be hereditary for three generations." ”

Xie Qian listened attentively, but the emperor did not follow.

No, that's it?

What more do you want? Zhu Youzhu glared at him, "Xie Aiqing go and draft the will." ”

“…… Yes, I obey the order. Xie Qian was helpless, after all, he failed to frustrate his relatives.

Li Dongyang didn't feel a pity, he felt that it was very good, the political pattern formed for thousands of years, it was better not to subvert it, and it was not a good thing to take too big a step after all.

…

Cheng Zhai.

Cheng Minzheng got up slowly, and took the holy decree with both hands, which was still a little unreal.

He didn't expect that the emperor would really make himself the chief examiner.

"Master Cheng, the trial is imminent, the time is pressing, you have to work hard." Liu Jian said with a smile.

Cheng Minzheng nodded and said with a smile: "Eating the king's Lu and sharing worries for the king is a matter of duty, so why do you have to say that it is hard?" ”

~

Restaurants.

Tang Bohu sprinted with all his might, and Xu Jing was no longer slacking off, just like Tang Bo, reading at night with the lights and preparing for the exam!

Ten years of hard work, whether you can soar to the sky, it depends on this time.

…

Two days passed in a hurry, and the students finally ushered in the examination, which is related to their lives.

Walking into the Gongyuan Academy, crowded in the 'cage' of a single room, the students concentrated and went all out.

Then, they were dumbfounded:

This question...... It's too secluded, isn't it?

Wang Shouren held the pen, his brows were tightly locked, and he was also a little suspicious of life, he was not very good at the imperial examination, and he failed the list twice, so he finally endured the boredom and memorized the four books and five classics well, and the result was ......

You say you don't take the test?

Wang Shouren has the urge to scold his mother.

It's over, it's going to be off the list again...... Wang Shouren wanted to cry without tears.

Thinking of his father and Li Qing, he wanted to die: Damn, why am I so unlucky!

I'm not the only one who is unlucky, and others are probably not much better...... Wang Shouren comforted himself: If you pick a big one among the short people, I may not be able to win the first place.

So far, he can only pray like this.

~

'I'll go, Brother Bohu, great talent, great talent......

Xu Jing was so excited that this question was indeed strange, but when he first asked the question, Brother Bohu mentioned it and talked about it at length.

He didn't even have to bother to polish it in combination with Brother Bohu's exposition at the beginning.

~

Tang Bohu looked at the exam questions on the test paper and had only one thought.

'It's stable, Huiyuan is stable......'

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