"Stop moving, get here!"
Zhu Di was a little angry, "Your father and I only have so little wealth, why do you have to give me everything?"
What he saw was indeed a bit frightening. Seeing King Qi's behavior, he clearly wanted to pack up and take away everything in the Qianqing Palace except the jade seal!
All we had to do was dismantle the beams and pillars and move them back!
Zhu Gaojiu clicked his tongue, waved to the eunuchs and said, "Okay, let's move these first. You guys take the things back to Prince Qi's Mansion first, be careful with your movements. I'll come back tomorrow and move them one by one." "
Hearing that King Qi would come to move tomorrow, Zhu Di almost couldn't sit still and fell to the ground.
Zhu Gaojie sat back at the table and said to the old man cheerfully: "Dad, you also know that our Prince Qi's Mansion is poor, so is it not too much to ask you for help?"
Zhu Di was shocked, wondering if what you, King Qi, did was called relief?
You have robbed my Qianqing Palace!
Zhu Di said with a dark face: "I have been robbed for a lifetime, and this is the first time that someone else has robbed me. Today I leave my words here. If you don't leave something useful, you will never leave the Qianqing Palace standing upright today." .”
Is the old man so easy to steal?
Throughout his life, he had been vying for land all over the world. Even when a sparrow flew in front of his eyes, he would leave a handful of bird feathers behind. Even when Emperor Jianwen wandered in front of him, he would obediently call out the throne. He never thought that he would be robbed by others when he was old. one day.
Zhu Gaojie looked innocent: "Dad, didn't you ask me to take it?"
"I let you take it, I didn't ask you to clean it up!"
Zhu Di was angry, "I know that your head is full of weird ideas. I have to pry something out of your head today!"
When Zhu Gaojie saw that the old man was serious, he said quickly: "Father, please calm down. I know everything, please calm down first. Come and have a sip of tea."
Seeing how diligent King Qi was, Zhu Di felt a little calmer, but when he was looking for the teacup, he was confused: "Beast, where's my teacup!"
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Zhu Gaojie calmly took out two blue and white teacups from his sleeves and placed them on the table.
Zhu Di was extremely angry and laughed back: "Your sleeves are like treasure bags. How many things have been carried away from me!"
"Not much, not much."
Zhu Gaojie was a little embarrassed, so he took out a blue and white teapot that matched the blue and white tea cup from his sleeve, and waved to the eunuch to come over and make tea.
Seeing Zhu Di's complicated eyes, Zhu Gaojie quickly changed the subject: "Dad, although the second brother's rebellion has subsided, it also gave us a wake-up call."
Zhu Di frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"
Zhu Gaojie said seriously: "This time I sent troops to Shandong to suppress the rebellion. The King of Qi in Shandong is in Qingzhou, and he also manages a Qingzhou Guard. But from the beginning to the end, the Qingzhou Guard has never appeared on the battlefield."
Zhu Di snorted coldly and said: "King Qi is a bitch. Killing him a hundred times for all the scandalous things he did is not too much. I wanted to kill him back then. Fortunately, this bitch repented and was imprisoned in Jinling City. He has performed well in these years and has not made any big mistakes since he returned to Qingzhou, so I forgive him."
Zhu Gaojie said: "Dad, think about it, King Qi is one of those who have a very good relationship with the court. He knew that he was not clean, so he became honest. But this time during the counter-rebellion, Qi King Although the king did not help the king of Han to cause chaos, he also never helped the court from beginning to end. What do you think this means?"
Zhu Di said: "It's just that he doesn't want to make people angry. He is staying well in Qingzhou. As long as he does nothing and lies like a waste in the palace, the Qi King's lineage will last for eternity. Why bother to make him angry?"
Zhu Gaojie smiled and said: "Since he is dead, why do we still keep him?"
Zhu Di said in surprise: "The imperial court supports the vassals. This has always been the case."
Zhu Gaojie said: "This has always been the case, is it right?"
Zhu Di was silent. He suddenly realized that his thoughts were stuck on the wrong path.
Everyone is used to the fact that Zongfan is a waste. And everyone is used to the imperial court supporting these wastes.
Since they are trash and of no use to the court, why do we still keep them?
Because it's always been like this.
Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "You want to take this opportunity to get rid of the feudal king?"
Zhu Gaojie shook his head: "It's not about getting rid of it, it's about treating it in a different way. The court has no obligation to raise waste."
Zhu Di sighed: "Now is not the time, Fourth Brother, you are too impatient."
Zhu Gaojie asked back: "Father, you conquered the world with force. The imperial power is concentrated in your hands, and your power is no less than that of the founding emperor. I, the superintendent of the current dynasty, also relied on force to establish his foundation. There are also Annan, Jianzhou, Gaoli, and Yingzhou. The four provinces serve as support, and they need money, people, soldiers, and soldiers. If you and my father join forces, we can control the court even better than grandpa. If this is not the time, then what time is it? If anything happens, it will be you and me who join forces. If you can’t do it, how can future generations do it?”
What King Qi said went straight to Zhu Di's heart.
He knew that what King Qi said was right. Since ancient times, the power of dynasty emperors has been declining from generation to generation, and this was also the case in the Ming Dynasty.
The founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and the three great emperors of Hongwu caused bloodshed in the world. Under other emperors, an uprising would have broken out a long time ago. The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang can securely sit on the throne is because everyone is afraid of him. Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world by himself, and all military power was in his hands.
If Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to cut down the feudal vassalage, who would dare to say no?
Emperor Jianwen did not see his own strength clearly. Before Zhu Yuanzhang could take away the power left to him, he couldn't wait to use the knife, and then there was no one left.
When Zhu Di came to power, because he was from a rebel background, his right to speak was actually not much worse than that of Zhu Yuanzhang.
In the same way, if Zhu Di moved the capital to Emperor Jianwen, the whole country would rebel.
As for the emperors after Zhu Di, the succession of power was worse with each generation. Zhu Zhanji could still have some control at this time, but when it came to Xiaozong and Wuzong, he just had to put "I am a puppet" on the emperor's forehead. 's note.
Although Jiajing, a strange man, once again gathered the imperial power with his miraculous tactics, but after his death, the imperial power passed quickly, just like the Yellow River bursting its banks out of control.
Zhu Di, who had simulated the Ming Dynasty's national destiny from prosperity to decline and then to destruction, understood this truth very well, but he was always unwilling to face this fact.
The fall of imperial power means that there will be party strife. The more intense the party strife, the faster the country will perish.
No matter how prosperous a dynasty is, it cannot delay its demise.
Zhu Di was a little confused: "Is it possible that there is really no other way?"
What he said was actually saying that the Ming Dynasty could not escape the fate of national subjugation.
Zhu Gaojie sighed and said: "Throughout the ages, has there ever been an unyielding dynasty? It's just a matter of which kingdom is longer and which kingdom is shorter. Dad, you and I are the guardians of this empire. Wherever we are weak, we can make up for it." No matter how much we make up, there will be an air leak sooner or later. All we can do is to make the day of air leak come later."
If it were Zhu Di who had just ascended the throne, he would have said with great enthusiasm: "We don't know life, how can we know death? Heaven is the creator of destiny, and I am the one who establishes destiny!"
However, Zhu Di, who was already in his old age, felt a little powerless against the tide of fate. After a long time, he sighed with emotion: "In the hemp, it is straight without support, and the white sand is in nirvana, and it is black with it."
When turbidity becomes the norm, sobriety becomes a crime. Some people are just too transparent and think that everything can be manipulated with the palm of their hands. The more familiar they are, the less afraid they will be. Some people live so transparently that they see through the ever-changing world, knowing that no matter what they do, nothing will change, and they feel the weakness of mortals.
Zhu Di said: "The vassal kings have been deposed. With your intelligence, it is not difficult to guess that even thousands of years later, these vassal kings will not be able to fight against the imperial court, so why bother to eradicate them?"
The vassal kings were so arrogant and unruly during the Hongwu Dynasty. The most vicious people who attacked foreigners during the Hongwu Dynasty were not generals such as Xu Da and Lan Yu, but the kings of Sai who held military power and guarded the borders. From now on, we will fight against alien races all the time.
But after the Jianwen and Yongle dynasties, they were cut down. Jianwen cut them off, and Yongle cut them down. Now the vassal kings are no longer as ferocious as the Hongwu Dynasty. There are only a bunch of people lying in the palace, eating and waiting to die and making children. of waste.
Zhu Gaojie sighed and said: "Father, you really have never been a minister in the Ministry of Household Affairs and you can't understand the accounts. The vassal kings are not rebelling now, they are making money!"
Zhu Di was a little unhappy: "How much expenses can these feudal princes put together in a year? Our old Zhu family has been fighting for a lifetime, why can't we let the Zhu family enjoy it?"
Zhu Gaojie nodded: "Yes, you are right. From now on, the vassal kings can't make much money together. We are raising them, but you have to look at the future. These sects have been useless since they were raised." After I got married, I didn’t do anything and just gave birth to the baby at home. This is too fertile, and it could bring down the Ming Dynasty!"
Zhu Di was stunned for a moment: "Are you afraid that there is too much water in your head and moss has grown on it? Can the vassal king bring down the Ming Dynasty?"
Zhu Gaojie was a little helpless: "My grandfather had set the rules at that time. The stipends that the vassal vassal received from the court every year were 10,000 shi for the prince, 2,000 shi for the prince, 1,000 shi for the general, and 1,000 shi for the general. Eight hundred stones... At least the lieutenant of Fengguo also has two hundred stones. The crown prince's second-born son and concubine, after he has been granted the title of county king, must be given to him every year after he comes out of the union, and the same as the prince who has been granted the title of county king. Female. When you get married, you will be given a gift every year, which is the same as for a native girl who is married. The eldest son of a county king who is granted the title of county king will receive half of the annual grant compared to the first prince."
Moreover, according to this regulation, Zongfan does not fold banknotes into real objects, that is, only the original color and the folded color, that is, either silver or grain, and will not use worthless physical objects, or print out copper coins that no one cares about in the market. to pay.
The meal ticket that Zongfan asked from the court was semi-permanent. The prince's son and crown prince were still princes, while the other sons were demoted one level and became county princes. The same goes for other ranks. They are all inherited by the heir apparent, and the sons are demoted one level until Lieutenant Fengguo receives a salary of two hundred shi.
To put it simply, once a prince is crowned, the title will always exist. Unless it is passed down to another generation, no matter whether the eldest wife or the young lover come together, a son will not be born, and there will be no offspring.
Therefore, the vassal princes tried their best to have sons. Firstly, they had nothing to do, and secondly, they were afraid that their titles would be revoked by the court.
