Time flies.
In a blink of an eye, it’s the first day of June.
Yu Qian and Li Xian sent memorials to Beijing every day.
Sun Yuanzhen also arrived at Xuanzhen. Zhu Qiyu ordered Kou Shen and Fan Guang to send a copy of the secret report sent to the capital to Sun Yuanzhen, so that Sun Yuanzhen would always know the movements of the cavalry.
At present, the most intense fighting is in Liaodong. The Haraqin tribe went deep into the Great Wall to plunder, and Li Xian was stretched thin to guard the border and took poor precautions.
Liang Yue has already left Beijing and is on his way to Liaodong.
On the contrary, Daning City was the quietest. The Tatars and Yu Qian were in a stalemate, which was basically a small fight, and the Tatars could not take advantage at all.
Yu Qian was good at guarding and guarded Daning City like a bastard.
Mandu Luhan wanted to divide his troops into several groups, and even wanted to bypass Daning and attack the capital, but after thinking about it, he gave up.
Who is Yu Qian?
The God of War who made Wala look like Sun Tzu, wouldn't he know about the weakness of Daning's rear defense?
He probably set a trap a long time ago and is waiting for Manduru Khan to take the bait.
Fortunately, Yu Qian had no plans to conduct a field battle in Kaicheng.
They were stuck with each other and reached a stalemate.
Mandu Lu sent his cronies to form a mission and went to Beijing for peace talks.
Spring is approaching, and the capital is extremely lively. The inns and restaurants are overcrowded, and the Goulan tile houses are enjoying the popularity. Dozens of poetry and literary gatherings are held a day, and the major courtesans sing and I come on stage. The prosperity of the capital is not affected by the border wars at all. Influence.
And the newspaper industry in Beijing is mushrooming.
In order to distinguish the official newspapers, the private newspapers were changed to newspapers. Those literati couldn't wait to hold literary meetings every day and distribute newspapers every day.
They run newspapers not to make money, but to narrate themselves.
The Ministry of Household Affairs is reluctant to collect taxes.
Many businessmen saw the right opportunity and ran newspapers like crazy. This trend is spreading from the capital to the rest of the world. Now Jiangnan has also begun to run newspapers.
If there is a good newspaper every day, it will be sent to the palace for the emperor to taste.
Zhu Qiyu finally saw the fusion of literary styles in the Ming Dynasty.
Shen Shi.
"Is the banquet ready?" Zhu Qiyu was still processing the memorial.
It's an exaggeration to manage everything on a daily basis, but he has to read more than a thousand things every day. If he read each memorial one by one, he might not be able to finish it in ten days.
Fortunately, the three parties of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, the Cabinet, and the Military Aircraft Department worked together to free his hands.
He is only responsible for watching, he does not have to approve each one, and he does not have to worry about everything. He just needs to be aware of it.
I would also like to thank Tie Huang for giving him enough energy to read all the memorials.
"Your Majesty, everything is ready." Feng Xiao kowtowed.
"When the time is up, let the kings enter the palace."
Zhu Qiyu then read the memorial.
At You hour, exactly on time, all the kings lined up to enter the palace for pilgrimage.
Zhu Qiyu was wearing imperial clothes and would change into ordinary clothes after the Hajj.
In fact, it is just a common meal, and there is no need to make it like a big court meeting, where the kings wear royal clothes and appear in court.
This series of processes can take up to an hour to complete.
Zhu Qiyu just tormented the kings.
The process is completed.
"Kings, please take your seats." Zhu Qiyu went to the inner palace to change into regular clothes.
But the kings really suffered and sat in the palace wearing heavy crown robes.
Fortunately, it rained outside today and the weather was cooler. Last time it was so hot that several people got sick from the heat.
"King Mobei was ill, so I didn't let him come to perform Hajj."
Zhu Qiyu explained: "King Ning, are you thinking that King Mobei's illness has something to do with me?"
You are so vindictive!
Prince Ning fell to the ground and said, "The loyalty of this humble minister to Your Majesty can be seen from the sun and the moon. There is absolutely no inappropriate thoughts!"
"I don't know if the sun and moon can be seen, but I can't see them anyway."
Zhu Qiyu muttered.
But this muttering sound was heard by the entire Qianqing Palace.
If Prince Ning is struck by lightning, do you want me to dig out my heart and show it to you?
"Take a seat."
Zhu Qiyu looked around at the crowd and said, "The Empress Dowager is not here either. It's not that she is sick, but the Empress Dowager doesn't want to see certain people."
The kings murmured in their hearts, is that someone you?
"The Queen Mother is not here either, will the kings mind?" Zhu Qiyu asked slowly.
Mind if it's useful?
The kings could only kowtow and advise the emperor not to trouble the two empresses.
"The prince is not here either."
Zhu Qiyu said: "The prince is studying hard at his homework. It is not appropriate to participate in such occasions to disturb his mind. Will the kings secretly scold me and be unkind to the prince?"
Come again?
The kings kept kowtowing, Your Majesty, please stop talking. If you continue talking, we will not be able to leave the palace.
In fact, the kings had already guessed the reason for holding this banquet.
None of the generals in the clan entered the capital, so the emperor was angry.
"We, the foreign kings, dare not comment on matters in the palace!" King Ning is so smart.
It's a sin to say something like this, and it's a sin not to say it. It's absolutely smart to just say "I don't dare to say it".
The kings followed immediately.
Zhu Qiyu was stunned.
That's right, if the kings dare to comment, no matter whether they are right or wrong, he will slap them directly.
Are you qualified to comment on Tian’s family affairs?
What do you think you are?
"Everyone, get up and take your seats."
The corners of Zhu Qiyu's lips raised: "I am holding this family banquet just because I miss you all. There is no other meaning."
"It's been nearly a month since the last family dinner."
"This month, Ming Dynasty has undergone earth-shaking changes."
"Huguang was split into Hunan and Hubei. Han Yong and Nianfu each took charge of a province. Now they are prosperous."
"Of course, this is also inseparable from the support of the Huguang vassals."
Upon hearing this, King Jing, King Wugang, and King Jingzhou burst into tears. You all used the money from our palace!
The palace doesn't have many other things, but it has a lot of money.
Fortunately, the emperor still had some conscience. Although King Wugang and King Jingzhou were county princes, they built their mansions in the princely system.
They went to see the mansion. It was a magnificent place, and its main focus was luxury.
After reading it, I feel a little more balanced.
Living in this house, in a prosperous place in the capital, isn't it better than being a country bully?
"Although there is still fighting on the border."
"However, the Tatars are in a stalemate with the Ming army outside Daning City. They have sent envoys to come for peace talks. The capital is basically safe."
"Although Liaodong was also at war, and the Ming Dynasty suffered more heavy losses, the Haraqin tribe did not get any benefits."
"Wuliangha and the Jurchens are plundering the rear of the Karaqin tribe."
"Liang Yue led the Henan army out of Beijing and will arrive soon."
"The offensive and defensive momentum has changed."
"It can be said that Ming Dynasty is prosperous and prosperous."
Zhu Qiyu hasn't lied yet.
The Haraqin tribe caused great damage to Liaodong, but its main headquarters suffered considerable losses. The soldiers and civilians of Liaodong fought back, while Wu Liangha and the Jurchens went to pick up the heads from behind.
When Liang Yun's army arrived, Li Xian had the strength to fight the Haraqin tribe.
Of course, this is also due to the Karaqin tribe's idiotic splitting of troops into three groups, which gave Li Xian an opportunity to take advantage of.
Even if there is no decisive battle, the defense is already in place.
I think it won't be long before the Karaqin tribe will send envoys for peace talks.
By then, the initiative would be in Ming's hands.
Why did Karaqin fight this battle?
One: The rise of the Haraqin tribe is unstoppable.
Its leader Bo Lai wanted to use the Ming Dynasty to establish his power and show his power in Mobei.
He wanted to secure his throne as the new grand master of Beiyuan.
That's right, after Mandulu Khan destroyed the grand master's Jiasilan, he also made Bo Lai the grand master.
The intention is too obvious, that is, they want to take advantage of the Haraqin tribe in Bora.
Even Zhu Qiyu suspected that Mantulu was behind Kalaqin's raid. Kalaqin blocked the sword while Mantulu took advantage of him.
Second: Bolai is not a fool. He also wants to break away from the Tatars and start border trade with the Ming Dynasty alone to further strengthen the tribal power.
That is to say, they wanted Ming Dynasty's Sui coins, but after Ming Dynasty rejected them, they went to war directly.
Third: The Karaqin tribe wants more living space.
The Haraqin tribe is the strongest among the Tatar tribes, but its living space is not ideal.
Borai wanted to expand his living space and enhance the strength of his tribe. He probably wanted to be a Tatar first, which was extremely ambitious.
As a result, Bolai broke his tooth.
He thought it was an advantage because the Ming Dynasty's troops were dispersed. However, when he went deep into Liaodong, he found that even the soldiers and civilians in one town in Liaodong were powerless.
What's more, the Ming Dynasty has nine towns and a capital camp of 200,000 (imaginary number).
Mandu Luhan also led 140,000 elite troops here, which contained Yu Qian's main force while intimidating Daning.
Otherwise, it is hard to say how far the Haraqin tribe can go back.
This battle lasted for nearly half a month, and Li Xian and Bolai were inseparable.
Li Xian is indeed a handsome man, and he is a handsome man. Hu Hui also said that he is the chief assistant, so it seems that he must be used in a different way.
"A few days ago, Kong and I reached an agreement."
"Kong transformed Wuliangha into Han Dynasty for me and promoted Han civilization to further afield!"
"I am here to continue the unfinished business of Emperor Taizong!"
Zhu Qiyu picked up the wine glass: "Kings, this glass of wine is for the soldiers and people of Liaodong!"
You wouldn't hit someone after three drinks, would you?
Please change your routine, please.
Drink it all in one gulp.
"All the kings are descendants of the Zhu family. They have studied classics and meanings since elementary school. What do you think of Han culture?" Zhu Qiyu asked loudly.
"Your Majesty, is there any need to elaborate?"
King Lu sneered: "The Han civilization is the greatest civilization from ancient times to the present."
The kings agreed.
"King Lu is right, Han civilization is the best civilization!"
"During the two Jin Dynasties, the Han people declined, and the Five Husbands disrupted China."
"How is the result?"
"Wuhu has been Chineseized!"
"Where is Wuhu now?"
"You have become Han Chinese and our ancestors!"
"The Sui and Tang Dynasties were majestic, and Hu and Han coexisted. The prosperous Tang Dynasty, with its broad mind, accommodated hundreds of rivers, turned Hu into Han, and created an immortal monument."
"What about Liao, Song and Jin?"
"The Liao and Jin Dynasties that took control of the Central Plains were all Sinicized and became a pearl of Han civilization."
"The Great Yuan is so vast and powerful!"
"In less than a hundred years since entering the Central Plains, countless people have been Hanized. In the end, their tribes will imprint Han culture into their hearts!"
"If we had given the Yuan Dynasty another fifty years of reign, the Mongols would have ceased to exist."
"They are all Han Chinese!"
"The kings will ask the tribes in Mobei. They can explain that people are weak, but they will not say that Han culture is rubbish!"
"Because, in their hearts, Han culture is also unattainable!"
"They also yearn for Han culture! Yearn for Han civilization!"
Zhu Qiyu looked excited: "Kings, you should be clear about my heart. My heart is not about the gains and losses of a city or a place. My heart is in the world!"
"The Ming Dynasty inherited the Yuan system, and the legal system of the Yuan Dynasty territory will always be in the hands of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Not in the hands of Beiyuan, let alone in the hands of tribes like Tatar and Oara!"
"The rule of law belongs to me! It belongs to the Ming Dynasty!"
"I want to restore the territory of the Yuan Dynasty and revive the glory of the Ming Dynasty!"
"So, my heart is farther away than you can even imagine, in the West, at the end of the ocean!"
"Do you think that I will value the little wealth of your palace?"
Zhu Qiyu changed the topic: "Recently, the people of Fo Langji from the Western Kingdom of Thailand have paid a pilgrimage to the Heavenly Dynasty, but their words and deeds are disrespectful. They say that the Ming Dynasty is weak and is not as powerful as Fo Langji's hundred warships."
"I was very angry at first, and I castrated him in anger!"
"Afterwards, I asked people to inquire repeatedly, and only then did I learn that the countries in the West are not as powerful as the Ming Dynasty."
"Alas, this is no longer the era of the eldest son's Western Expedition during the Mongol Empire."
"The Mongols have been swept into the trash heap of history by the Westerners!"
"After I heard this, I realized that I was sitting in a well and looking at the sky, and I realized that I was arrogant!"
"But in my heart, there is more resentment!"
"The Mongols are descendants of Chinese Miao people. I can kill or massacre them, but I don't allow the Taixi people to come and kill them!"
"The Oara and Tatars compete with the Ming Dynasty for national power. They are brothers fighting among themselves behind closed doors."
"Who are the Taisii?"
"I was just a lackey of the Mongols. How can I turn around and bite my master?"
"If the Taixi people hit them, they would hit me, the Khan of Heaven, in the face!"
"I have sent people to kill all the Franciscans near the sea!"
"With flat chested anger!"
Zhu Qiyu's tone was high-pitched and his expression was passionate.
Your Majesty, please blow gently.
When did you consider Meng people as one of your own?
The kings listened to the excitement.
Anyway, whether Ming Dynasty is good or bad has nothing to do with them. They are just responsible for eating and waiting to die.
However, the appearance has to be done.
"I am waiting for you, Your Majesty, to congratulate you on the great Ming Dynasty!" All the kings kowtowed.
Zhu Qiyu picked up the second glass of water: "Kings."
"Are you thinking, even if you have the ability, so what?"
"I don't know how to use it either."
"I should be on guard against you. What if I give you military power and you cause another calamity?"
"Yes or no?"
"Is that what you think?"
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "I said at the last banquet that I can give you the power to go out and do things."
"Even the King of Mobei, don't I order him to take charge of the sect's mansion?"
The kings rolled their eyes wildly.
Yes, King Mobei was indeed controlling the kings, but it was only the eunuchs from the Mobei Palace who came out to control the kings. The eunuch named Xu Bin was very cruel to them.
As for King Mobei, not even a shadow can be seen.
To sum up, it can be concluded that you should not believe a word of the emperor's words.
"I want to give the clan authority."
"Big Han, all the kings of the clan have power."
"I also want to restore the system of the Han Dynasty."
Zhu Qiyu said something against his will.
The Ming Dynasty was the pinnacle of the emperor's centralization of power. Will he delegate power to the kings?
However, humans are all animals that pursue power. When I heard the emperor's words, I scratched my heart and wanted to give it a try.
The young King Jing has great ideas. He has already made the triple jump from county king to prince, and he wants to jump again and become a real vassal king.
"Your Majesty, please elaborate!" King Jing stepped forward.
Zhu Qiyu was stunned. I'm fishing. Can't you tell?
He was promoted from King of Liang to King of Jing, what happened?
Zhu Qiyu wouldn't even answer.
Can I give you authority? Give you peace? Are you going to fight with me?
"How does King Jing plan to serve the country?" Zhu Qiyu asked back. He couldn't answer, so he let King Jing speak for himself.
King Jing thought about it seriously and actually said: "During the Han Dynasty, the princes and kings were the masters of the country, and they were worthy of their name..."
The kings were stunned. Is King Jing so brave?
The emperor is fishing, did you really not notice? And actively hit the muzzle of the gun?
If you want to be a prince today, do you want to be an emperor tomorrow?
The person in front of you is the emperor!
The emperor of the Yan family was from the Jingnan family, and his family started out as a rebel. Would he allow the various clans to rebel?
By the way, you are also a descendant of Yan Ni, so that’s no problem.
"Hahaha!"
Zhu Qiyu smiled instead of being angry: "What King Jing said makes sense. Since he is a king of princes, he should behave like a prince of princes!"
The kings were immediately stunned. Do they really want to enfeoff?
But that's not right. Before, you forced the kings to enter the capital and did not allow the kings to leave the capital. You made it clear that you wanted to trap the kings in the capital.
If enfeoffment is real, with an imperial edict, the kings will be happy to get the power. Only fools will not want it. Why bother?
"What? King Jing wants to be the king of princes, but none of you are interested?" Zhu Qiyu sounded a little disappointed.
Seriously?
King Qing gritted his teeth and said: "We want to be the king of princes!"
King Qing came forward, and other kings followed suit.
It seems that they all want to be real princes and kings.
When all the kings expressed their true thoughts, the smile on Zhu Qiyu's face gradually disappeared and became like ice cubes: "You all want to be the king of princes?"
"It seems that enfeoffment is the general trend and what the people want."
The kings nodded quickly.
They were all kneeling, and no one could see the emperor's face.
They even respect him. What is the first thing he does when he is a king of vassals? It must be a secret attack on Jing Nan.
"It seems that I have done a lot of things that go against people's hearts."
"No wonder I am so unpopular."
"So this is where the problem lies."
Zhu Qiyu sighed: "Prince Qing, tell me, how should we enfeoff?"
When King Qing heard this, did the emperor really want to restore the power of the kings under Taizu?
"Of course we should restore Taizu's ancestral system." King Qing really dared to say it.
I don’t even think about who was the first to overthrow the ancestral system. It seemed to be Jianwen, and the second was Emperor Taizong!
Emperor Taizong overthrew the most thoroughly.
The current ancestral system was drawn up by Emperor Taizong. Those who sit on the throne now are all his children and grandchildren, so naturally they dare not violate the ancestral system.
Do you want to restore the ancestral system of Taizu and imitate Taizong?
The rebellion that created our lineage?
"Do all the kings see it this way?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.
Only King Zheng was awake in the world and whispered: "The bodyguards are only half of those of Taizu."
The number of soldiers given by Taizu was too much.
The emperor will not be relieved.
After all, the matter of cutting down the vassal state is still vivid in my mind.
After more than 60 years of continuous efforts to reduce the vassal status, it was finally done and the complete reduction of the vassal status was successfully achieved.
What King Zheng meant was that it would be nice to be a wealthy and leisurely king, and it would be so comfortable to enjoy a good life.
"Hahaha!"
Zhu Qiyu suddenly laughed: "You are right. If I give you soldiers, I can rule from the top."
"Anyway, the Ming Dynasty is now prosperous. With you guarding the world for me, the world will be completely stable."
"We are all relatives, you can't rebel against me, right?"
Snap!
Suddenly, Zhu Qiyu smashed the porcelain cup in his hand on the ground and said in a sharp voice: "You kings really dare to think!"
"Split the earth and separate the kings, the real princes and kings!"
"You can't have such a beautiful dream, right?"
The kings were happy, but they didn't want the porcelain cup to break and the emperor suddenly became furious.
Isn’t this what you want to be crowned king, and it’s not what we want. Aren’t you just looking for trouble and scolding others?
I sniffed lightly... there was no alcohol smell, just like water?
The emperor keeps drinking water!
Everyone was angry and scared.
"You guys actually want to divide my land?"
"Why do you think so?"
"Is your surname Zhu?"
"Is it because you have big heads and thick necks?"
Zhu Qiyu sneered:
"Want to eat shit?"
"I have told you hundreds of times that these thousands of miles of land are my private property!"
"To put it mildly, you are my relatives; to put it worst, you are just a plaything in my hands!"
"I can make you king!"
"You can also make a pig king!"
"Even if you are really asked to be the king of princes, do you dare to do it? Are you worthy of it?"
"A bunch of losers who daydream every day!"
Zhu Qiyu looked fierce: "Prince Qing, ask yourself, are you worthy of being a king?"
King Qing knew that he had stirred a hornet's nest. He was trembling all over and kowtowed repeatedly, saying that he was not worthy.
"You just don't deserve it!"
"What have you done for Ming Dynasty?"
"What good things have you done for my country?"
"You have never done anything, do you deserve to be a king?"
"A bunch of things that are worse than pigs and dogs!"
"You actually want to be the king of the Han Dynasty?"
"Hmph, I really didn't realize that you are all so ambitious!"
"Even if I give you the vassal kingdom, will you be able to govern it? Will you?"
"A bunch of trash!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were blazing and his tone was gentle: "King Jing, what do you think?"
King Jing burst into tears.
I want to go home.
"Only you want to split the earth and divide the kings, and become the vassal king of the Han Dynasty. Are you worthy?"
"Look at yourself in the mirror, embroider the pillow, it's not useful!"
"I make you the king of Samarkand, do you dare to go?"
Zhu Qiyu stared at King Jing: "Speak!"
King Jing was so frightened that he had never heard of Samarkand. How could he get there?
"I dare not, please forgive me!"
His father was killed by him, and a hundred days have not passed yet. Is he going to follow him?
He will become the vassal king with the shortest reign in the Ming Dynasty.
“I don’t even dare to go to Samarkand to be the king, so what else can I do!”
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Look at you again, your faces are earth-colored, like trash."
"No, you are either like trash or trash!"
"If Emperor Taizu opens his eyes and sees these useless great-grandsons of his, he will immediately strangle them to death! Only then will the hatred in his heart be relieved!"
"I can make you a king!"
"But do you dare to bear it?"
"Do you dare to go?"
It was quiet inside and outside Qianqing Palace.
None of the kings dared to speak.
He was raised like a pig and completely ruined.
Can't practice.
"Even the Kong family can convert Wuliangha into Chinese for me."
"You are all the kings of Ming Dynasty!"
"What can you do for me?"
"Do you want to clean Gongtong?"
"Look at the kings of the Ming Dynasty. They all have earth-colored faces and split liver and gallbladder. Do they look a bit like princes?"
"ah?"
"If I push you onto the battlefield, you will have no choice but to kneel down and beg for mercy! Then you will be taken as prisoners and I will lose my face!"
"waste!"
"I shouldn't have held this party and made myself angry!"
"When I see you, I get angry!"
Zhu Qiyu was furious.
While the kings were palpitating, they breathed a sigh of relief. The emperor was lucky that he didn't whip anyone with a big whip.
It seems that he got angry after drinking two glasses of wine, which is not the way to get angry.
The emperor's roar stopped, but there was an echo.
Finally stopped scolding.
The kings felt aggrieved. It was obviously you who had asked us to speak up, but in the end, they were scolded, but fortunately they were not whipped.
What a blessing.
"Kings."
"I want you to do things for me."
"But you guys are useless."
"How rare is the title of Ming Dynasty?"
"You can't just rely on your surname Zhu and my remote bloodline to be a real prince and king, right?"
Zhu Qiyu couldn't help laughing: "Don't have that sweet dream, my son is reluctant to be crowned a real prince, so are you worthy?"
Got a laugh!
The kings could only kowtow and say that they had no intention of transgressing.
It doesn’t matter whether you have it or not.
It can't be used anyway.
Zhu Qiyu sighed: "That's all, I won't be angry with you."
"As the patriarch of the clan, I still wish you well."
"Then the Kong family will be converted into Wuliangha for me."
"As kings of the clan, you must do something for the Ming Dynasty."
"otherwise."
"Don't keep this title."
boom!
There was a direct earthquake in Qianqing Palace.
Cut off the vassal!
This is cutting down the feudal clan.
The emperor did not allow the vassal king to become the king of vassals, but instead cut the vassal clan in disguise.
This is the true purpose of the emperor!
We are all trapped in Beijing, are you reluctant to give us even a little Zonglu?
The same surname is Zhu, and they are all descendants of Taizu. Zhu Qiyu, don’t go too far!
If there is no food to eat, we will rebel too!
The kings wailed in their hearts.
"Useful people eat, useless people eat shit."
"This is a message from me to you."
"Keep it in your heart."
"From now on, when you pick up your rice bowl, recite it a hundred times loudly, so that you and your people will become useful people to the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Qiyu said coldly: "Nowadays, there are wars at the border and governance at the local level. Opportunities are everywhere. You must be good at seizing opportunities."
"After a few years, I will order those who are no longer useful to go to their hometown in Fengyang to guard their graves."
The kings trembled all over.
Some are angry, some are scared.
The emperor removed the mill and killed the donkey, first cut down the kings' guards, and then took back the authority of the palace and imprisoned the kings in the capital.
It has only been a month now, and the emperor is about to select someone to guard the grave in Fengyang's hometown.
Since you have no regard for family ties and blood, aren't you afraid that people from all over the world will poke your spine?
"how?"
"Not satisfied?"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes flickered: "If you are not satisfied, just say so. Today is a family banquet, not a court meeting, and I have not issued an imperial edict."
"Once the imperial edict is issued, you will not be allowed to comment."
Kings, you look at me and I look at you.
I'm so speechless that I can't say anything.
It seems that the emperor opened his mouth and let the kings tell the truth. If you try to tell the truth, I will whip you with a big whip!
However, if you don't say anything, Wang Jue will be lost at any time!
King Zhou was elected. He gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, the surname of the ministers is Zhu. The prince comes from the line of Taizu, so it is natural for him to be crowned king."
"Your Majesty hopes to revitalize the clan and inspire the kings. This is your Majesty's intention. I and others are fully aware of this."
“I’m just asking, how do you classify what is useful and what is useless?”
King Zhou got the idea right.
There must be a standard. You can’t have no standard for everything, right?
If you want to cut it, you can cut it, and if you want to lift it, what will happen?
"That's a good question!"
"Then I will fight with you."
"What does it mean to be useful to Ming Dynasty?"
"Be a person who is useful to the Ming Dynasty, such as Yu Qian, Hu Hui, Geng Jiuchou, Li Xian, Fan Guang, Liang Yue, etc., they are all people who are useful to the Ming Dynasty."
"Doing things that are useful to the Ming Dynasty, such as resettling refugees, providing disaster relief, inspecting local areas, approving borders, etc., are all things that are useful to the Ming Dynasty."
"As long as it is useful to the Ming Dynasty, your prince will be valuable and I will not cut it off."
"on the contrary!"
"If you are greedy for the people's wealth, treat the people like pigs and dogs, harm my country, etc., etc., things that are not allowed in the laws of the Ming Dynasty, you are people who are useless to the Ming Dynasty!"
"There is one more thing to add. Even if you do nothing bad, even if you just lie down and eat idle food, it is still a sin!"
"It's not easy to grow food from the soil."
"I would rather use this money and food to raise a soldier than a useless person, let alone the kings?"
"Then there is no need to exist."
Zhu Qiyu's words were extremely ruthless.
Clan are connected by blood, but Zhu Qiyu did the opposite and maintained the relationship with interests.
In that case, the thousands of years of teachings in the sages' books would suddenly collapse, and they would drift further and further away from the world of great harmony.
"Today, I and you will not talk about family ties."
"Just talk about benefits."
Zhu Qiyu said straightforwardly: "Tell me directly, what can you bring to the Ming Dynasty? What can you bring to me?"
"In other words, what can you do?"
"Speak out and I will make arrangements as appropriate to give you a chance to shine."
But the kings' eyes lit up.
Doesn’t this allow kings to participate in politics?
Isn't this better than being sealed off and becoming a rural overlord?
Unless those individual vassal kings who intend to get involved in the throne would feel uncomfortable, who doesn't want to enjoy power in the center?
"Yes, I am going to change the ancestral system."
"Previously, generals at all levels were allowed to come to Beijing to take part in the imperial examination and become officials."
"Now that I have thought about it, I might as well let the kings participate in politics."
"Give you a chance to shine."
Zhu Qiyu said lightly.
Will this be another trap?
The kings were a little scared.
He was definitely scared of being tricked by the emperor.
Originally, it was a good thing to stay in the central government and participate in politics, but when I thought about working under this emperor, I was afraid that life would be worse than death.
"What? You all think you have no talent?" Zhu Qiyu's face darkened.
Not to mention, the kings really have no talents.
Even those who know it can’t say it out loud.
"A bunch of trash!"
Zhu Qiyu suddenly became furious and stepped down the steps: "Bring the whip!"
Snapped!
Just swing the whip and start whipping.
"You bunch of uneducated trash!"
"I said you are in the fiefdom, why are you complaining so much?"
"It turns out you don't know anything else except eating, drinking and having fun!"
"No wonder those generals didn't dare to go to Beijing to attend the Spring Festival."
"How dare they know that they are nothing and are worried that they will come to the center and have their heads chopped off by me?"
Bang bang!
Zhu Qiyu scolded and whipped.
The prince of the clan was unlucky again.
The body that had just been recuperated was finished again!
Don’t you have to drink three glasses of wine before cracking the whip? It’s only two cups, and it’s still full of water. So just start smoking. Isn’t it a bit too much?
Zhu Qiyu was not satisfied with whipping the prince, so he walked out of the palace and hit the prince with a big whip.
The county kings were also in trouble.
Being whipped indiscriminately by the emperor, the kings screamed in agony.
Tired and out of breath, Zhu Qiyu entered the palace: "A bunch of trash!"
"Teach me from the beginning!"
"Isn't King Mobei in charge of the sect's command?"
"I urge you to learn from me!"
"Feng Xiao, give them a copy of the book I read every day and let them copy it a hundred times!"
"I have memorized it all! Memorize it like a stream!"
"From now on, the kings are not allowed to go out. I will study at home!"
"When will you read the meaning of the scriptures thoroughly before you come out?"
"Otherwise, no one is allowed to embarrass me!"
Zhu Qiyu was really angry.
He is as tired as a dog every day, but the kings are as comfortable as gods.
Extremely unbalanced.
Then take it out on the kings.
The kings are in mourning.
Why?
We rely on blood, how can we compete with those bullshit scholars for jobs? Price drop!
"By the way, the Hanlin Academy is so busy that it doesn't have time to compile it for me even if I want to read it."
"We might as well send a group of people from Jiangnan to Beijing!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were cold: "Passengers, in order to educate the kings, I specially invite famous teachers from all over the world for the kings, and order a hundred literati from each county in the south of the Yangtze River to come to the capital to educate the kings!"
"Order all counties to gather all the reputable literati in the county. Anyone who dares to deceive the central government will have all the officials in the county executed! The nine tribes will block the border!"
"Anyone who refuses to enter the capital after receiving the imperial edict will be punished by the Nine Tribes!"
"The deadline is one month, and you have to go to Beijing. If you don't come to Beijing, the nine tribes will be killed!"
hiss!
The kings in the Qianqing Palace were trembling.
How could the emperor find teachers for them?
Just because the Jiangnan literati scolded the emperor, he was angry and had nowhere to vent his anger, so he simply found an excuse to announce their entry into the capital.
Anyone who dares not to enter the capital will be punished.
This is the cruelty of the emperor!
Anyone who dares to oppose him will die.
Zhu Qiyu stared at the kings: "I have worked so hard for you."
"If you don't give me face by then."
"You can't learn anything."
"I am not ordering you to go back to your hometown to visit the graves, but I am ordering you to go to the border!"
"If you die, I will build you into the city wall!"
The kings trembled all over.
The emperor is going to take a spoonful of it.
The literati in Jiangnan are disobedient, so you can't bear to say anything.
When we invite famous teachers for the kings, we take the opportunity to force Jiangnan literati to come to the capital. Wouldn't it make us bear the infamy?
You took it out and took advantage.
In the end, we were unlucky.
"I will live up to His Majesty's grace!" The kings kowtowed aggrievedly.
Thinking of the days when they were taught by Jiangnan literati, they all shuddered and thought they might as well just die.
"Those who have completed their studies will give priority to observing politics."
Zhu Qiyu began to give sweet dates.
When the kings heard this, their hopes were really aroused.
"Everyone, get up."
Zhu Qiyu's tone softened: "Discuss something with the kings."
"Because I sent people to plow the place."
"So it was inevitable to borrow some money and food from the kings' palaces."
You call that borrowing?
That's called robbery, right?
Some of them have lost their lives. The lives of the royal family are not as good as those of dogs. They can be killed whenever they want. Who would believe it if they say you don’t have your backing behind them?
But you said something casually?
The kings were filled with anger, but they did not dare to show it at all.
"I'm afraid I can't return the things I borrowed," Zhu Qiyu said.
really.
It's just an open grab, right?
Admit it.
"but!"
"I have told you so many times that I will not take your money."
"What's yours is still yours."
Do you mean, give it back to us?
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "I plan to distribute the shares of the royal bank account to the kings, and this will be regarded as repaying the debt."
What?
Are you kidding us?
That ticket number doesn't even have a shelf, so you want to use it to exchange for our royal family's century-old wealth?
Do you think we are fools?
The kings looked like they were eating shit, they wanted to say but dared not.
"This ticket number is indeed worthless now."
“But have you ever thought about it, there are only three bank accounts in Ming Dynasty.”
"One family belongs to the court; one family belongs to me; one family is distributed to the kings."
"Use your pig brains and think about it, can this thing make money?"
Zhu Qiyu was too lazy to talk nonsense.
I give it to you, and you take it.
Even if it is not given, you will have to receive it.
If it doesn't require the royal family's wealth in exchange, then the kings will definitely be happy to have it.
The problem is, it’s not worth exchanging a century-old family fortune for something that may make money in the future.
"You are in the fief, do you let usury go?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
The kings dare not speak, so they must let go.
"Next year, I will issue a decree to abolish banks and black markets all over the world, and send a large army to kill some of them."
"Whoever gets involved in this matter will kill Li Wei."
"When the time comes, I will return the usury money to the bank account, and the bank to the bank account. In the future, all things related to money will be collected in the bank account."
"Do you think this ticket number is worth anything?"
Zhu Qiyu speaks out.
Upon hearing this, the ticket number must be valuable, very, very valuable.
"Then is this ticket number worth it in exchange for your family assets?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.
Somewhat worth it.
Not entirely worth it.
The kings remained silent.
"I know you are greedy."
"That's all, I will take out 10% of the shares of Royal Commercial Bank."
"To all the kings of the world."
"This Royal Trading Company should be familiar to you, right?"
Zhu Qiyu asked with a smile.
It is true that the Royal Commercial Bank has not yet developed. That is because the emperor is asking it to do some loss-making business, such as reforming wool spinning, developing papermaking, exploring mineral deposits, etc., all of which are losing money.
But after a few years, after the Royal Commercial Bank has completed its accumulation, it will develop extremely rapidly.
The kings were somewhat moved.
"Your Majesty, why don't you give Wei Chen and others 50% of the shares." King Zheng asked for a high price.
"That's 10%." Zhu Qiyu refused to give more.
Because the Royal Commercial Bank allocates 10% of its shares to the courtiers as pension funds, and will also allocate some to the courtiers in the future.
If the emperor has no money, he will be the king of subjugation.
This money must come from internal funds and is not negotiable.
"Thirty percent!"
King Zheng gritted his teeth and said: "I voluntarily submit a letter to the court, asking the court to take back the fiefdom, palace, etc., and I am willing to settle in the capital!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyes lit up, Prince Zheng is a smart man.
These are all useless things. Sooner or later, they will be taken back by the emperor's imperial edict. Let's just sell them at a good price now, which will make everyone look good.
But look at the other kings.
His face didn't even look good.
These are fools.
I thought I could go back after entering the capital.
"Twenty percent, in less than ten years, the Royal Chamber of Commerce will become a behemoth."
"With the money coming in every year, Bill will definitely earn more in the fiefdom."
"And the royal ticket number, I have given it to you."
"It can be regarded as the most benevolent and righteous."
Use money to buy back the fiefdom.
The key point was that the emperor first raided the palace and forced the kings to agree.
King Zheng wanted more.
"How is Prince Zheng's dance practice going?" Zhu Qiyu changed the subject.
The matter of giving Tianzao comes to an end.
King Zheng's face suddenly froze.
Are you still dancing?
Don't you mind it?
"Weichen is still practicing." King Zheng replied in a muffled voice.
"Then let's show it off, King Huai, come and play and sing." Zhu Qiyu didn't show up, he just wanted to watch.
King Zheng's face fell.
King Huai also followed suit.
"My kings, I am extremely kind and righteous to you."
"If you want a house, give a house. If you want money, give money. If you want power, give power."
"I want to see your abilities."
"I will give you one year to study, and then I will take the exam for you."
Zhu Qiyu leaned back on the chair: "Come on, Prince Zheng, let's dance!"
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