Time passes gradually.
The Longevity Conference also came to an end.
Zhu Di was very happy during this period.
However, he also knew in his heart that it was not an option for the kings to stay in the capital.
There are still many problems in the kingdoms of the kings, and it is even more necessary for them, the kings of the country, to take charge personally.
Once they do not return to the feudal country for a long time, I am afraid that the indigenous barbarians in the king's feudal country will rebel.
So Zhu Di took the initiative and asked the kings to return to their respective kingdoms without having to continue to accompany him.
The Taizu's parents and children, Dai Wang Zhu Gui and Zhou Wang Zhu Zhu, were very reluctant to leave. Looking at the gray-haired Emperor Yongle, they all knew in their hearts that after this farewell, they would probably be separated forever.
Zhu Di's health is indeed getting worse and worse. He is just holding on.
All the kings saw this and understood that the Ming Dynasty would soon change its owner.
However, birth, old age, illness and death are human nature and cannot be changed by anyone, not even the emperor.
All the vassal kings reluctantly left the capital and returned to their feudal states with heavy hearts.
As soon as they left, the previously noisy Imperial Palace suddenly became quiet.
Zhu Di looked at the empty palace in front of him and felt a little uncomfortable for a moment.
"Second brother, are Gao Sui and Zhan Ji back?"
Zhu Gaoxu nodded.
"On the way back, dad, you have to hold on!"
There is no longer any barrier between father and son, and what remains is a deep friendship.
Zhu Gaoxu helped Zhu Di sit down, and then brought another cup of hot tea.
Zhu Di looked at his son with a smile on his face.
"How are the preparations for the New Deal going?"
"Is it really going to be implemented with the concept of sharing a small amount of people into an acre?"
"Well, this is an opportunity!" Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile, "In the name of a whip, Wang Ji and Yang Shiqi are clearing the world."
“When the number of fields is almost completely inventoried in the spring of next year, we can implement the new policy of dividing land into acres!”
"Those gentry and gentry don't know our plan, they just think that the court still sticks to the whipping method!"
Zhu Di also smiled when he heard this.
This prince acted with maturity and made decisions before taking action. What could he be dissatisfied with?
"Dad will naturally feel at ease when you do things."
"It's these people who want to abolish the academic privileges of scholars. I'm afraid they will never sit still and wait for death!"
To be honest, Zhu Di was very worried, or he had always been a little uneasy.
After all, what scholars care about most is nothing more than their fame and privileges.
It is precisely because of this fame and privilege that scholars can be exempted from corvee service and do not have to be recruited by the imperial government to serve like other common people.
In addition, the privileges of fame also gave scholars room to manipulate taxes. After all, scholars with fame officially entered the class of gentry and could sit on an equal footing with local officials.
It is precisely because of this fame and privilege that these gentry annexed fields, plundered the people's wealth, and even called themselves "heirlooms of farming and reading". How shameless!
But no matter what, fame and privilege are the lifeblood of scholars!
The prince, Zhu Gaoxu, wants to implement the idea of dividing the gentry and the gentry into acres, and directly let the gentry and gentry serve as errands and pay taxes as one, which is tantamount to directly abolishing their fame and privileges. It is strange that these gentry and gentry do not fight back desperately!
If one of them is not handled well, Ming Dynasty will probably fall into chaos!
"Second brother, do you really want to do this?"
"Why don't you wait and be fully prepared before taking action?"
Hearing Zhu Di's worried words, Su Yang just smiled lightly.
"There's no need to wait any longer."
"The preliminary layout has been completed!"
"Now that the royal family controls the army, what will happen even if the gentry fights back?"
Zhu Gaoxu had been preparing for this day for a long time.
First, he promoted the new learning and severely suppressed the original Cheng and Zhu Jinshen.
Immediately afterwards, he reformed the Metropolitan Procuratorate, personally supported Gu Zuo, the selfless censor of Zuodu, and severely investigated the corruption and bribery of the gentry.
Then the imperial court implemented a whipping method. For this reason, Zhu Gaoxu did not hesitate to go to the south of the Yangtze River and killed everyone, with rivers of blood and heads rolling in!
The one-whip method is just a transition, and in the past few years, it has been laying the foundation for the peasants to work as farmers!
Then the royal family divided the court's financial power in exchange for absolute control over the Ming Dynasty's soldiers!
After preparing for so long and doing so many things, Zhu Gaoxu believes that he will never fail this time!
And Zhu Gaoxu can wait, but Zhu Di can't wait any longer.
With his current physical condition, let alone waiting another three to five years, he would probably not be able to survive in one or two years!
Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu will officially start this war in the spring of next year.
He wanted to let Zhu Di see with his own eyes the peaceful and prosperous age he had promised as much as possible!
"Dad, don't worry!"
"The Ming Dynasty cannot be in chaos, and it is impossible for it to be in chaos!"
"I really thought those soldiers were freeloaders. If anyone dares to cause trouble, I'll kill them!"
Hearing this, Zhu Di felt dumbfounded.
"You, you, you are still so murderous!"
"I grew up in the military since I was a child, and now I have restrained myself a lot."
Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile.
Since becoming the prince, he has indeed restrained himself a lot and is no longer as reckless as before.
After all, the prince is different from the prince of Han. The prince is the current prince and the future emperor of Ming Dynasty.
As the saying goes, "What is good from above will be followed by others below." Zhu Gaoxu did not want to ruin the good atmosphere of the entire Ming Dynasty just because of him.
Zhu Di reached out his hand and gently stroked Aiko's cheek.
Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something.
"Second brother, why don't you give me the Zen position?"
"The emperor's implementation of the New Deal and the prince's implementation of the New Deal are completely different concepts."
I have to admit that Zhu Di is now thinking about Zhu Gaoxu wholeheartedly.
He came up with the idea of zen position again, and wanted to get there directly in one step and let Zhu Gaoxu sit on this dragon chair.
After all, after becoming the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Gaoxu's will was the will of the court and the will of the world. No one was allowed to disobey and no one dared to disobey!
This will naturally be conducive to Zhu Gaoxu's implementation of dividing the land into acres.
After all, the emperor is the real master of the Ming Dynasty!
And the prince is not even half a master.
Zhu Gaoxu was stunned when he heard this, and then shook his head.
"Dad, don't think too much."
"I do all this for the sake of eternal happiness and prosperity!"
"If you abdicate directly, then Yongle will be gone. What kind of prosperous Yongle will there be?"
When Zhu Di heard this, his eyes turned red.
"You kid, you are really thoughtful!"
"But now, your father and I don't care about the name before and after death."
Zhu Di sighed.
"When I first ascended the throne and proclaimed myself emperor, I was eager to achieve civil and martial arts, and to make some achievements, in order to prove to the world that I, Zhu Di, am qualified to sit on this dragon chair!"
"But after so many years and being the emperor for most of my life, I finally understand, why bother myself?"
"Leave it to others to judge whether you have merit or demerit!"
Zhu Gaoxu was shocked.
Did Emperor Yongle... become enlightened?
