"It is indeed rare for Duke Chengguo to liberate his military power. Although the white-pole soldiers have been divided up a lot by His Majesty's method of pushing favors, Shili Chieftain still has great prestige in the southwest. If he really wants to rebel against the central government and stand on his own , it would indeed take a lot of effort for the imperial court to pacify them. Even if they were disbanded and returned to their fields, there would still be the possibility of regrouping. It would indeed be better if they were further dispersed throughout the country in the name of transferring them to local officials. plan."
On the way back to Beijing, Wen Tiren recalled what Zhu Youxiao had said to Qin Liangyu, and flattered him: "After all, it is your Majesty. His sage is really admirable."
Zhu Youxiao just smiled faintly. He had to admit that although Wen Tiren was somewhat capable, he also had the obvious shortcoming of being a flatterer.
Lu Xiangsheng was not as good at flattery as Wen Tiren. Even though he had been with the emperor for so long, he didn't seem to have learned it, or he was instinctively repelled. At this moment, he suddenly said:
"Your Majesty, during this tour of the country, I found that the problems in each province are different. In some places, the wealthy families are causing chaos, in some places, the scholars are causing chaos, and in some places, the unruly people are causing chaos. If you are in charge, For the central government, if we want to implement the new reform policy, it will be difficult to ensure that every decree is feasible in every province. If oranges grow in Huainan, they will become oranges, and if oranges grow in Huaibei, they will become oranges. I am afraid that the same will happen with the decrees."
"That's right! This administration can't be too demanding."
As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao glanced out the window and said, "I don't know what the situation in the capital is like these days when I am away."
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"Back to your Majesty, many dignitaries and bureaucrats in the capital really feel that His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the Emperor, is young and lacks prestige, so he is more lax than when you were in the capital. According to the internal investigation, the frequency of their secret gatherings and correspondence has increased a lot. Those who claim sick leave have There has also been a lot of increase, especially among the royal family, and the princes outside the capital have more frequent interactions with ministers in the court than before."
After Zhu Youxiao returned to the capital, he asked Wang Chengen, who was in charge of the inner factory, to report the corresponding situation to him overnight. He pointed to the quotation book filled with partitions on the wall and said: "This is the corresponding quotation recorded by the inner factory. Ben, please take a look at it, Your Majesty."
After Zhu Youxiao took a look, he knew that he would not be able to see what the ministers said during his absence in the capital in a short period of time, so he asked directly: "The princes have frequent contacts with the ministers of the DPRK." ?”
"Yes, I don't dare to deceive the emperor."
Wang Chengen replied.
Zhu Youxiao asked again: "Which ones are the most frequent and which ones are the least frequent?"
"The most frequent one is His Highness the Seventh Prince, and the least frequent ones are His Highness the Fifth Prince and His Highness the Second Prince."
Wang Chengen also made statistics in advance and answered.
"I understand, please step back and ask Wen Tiren to come to my place overnight."
Among the assistant ministers, he was considered cunning and cunning, and in Zhu Youxiao's opinion, he was just Wen Tiren.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao wanted to ask Wen Tiren his opinion on this matter.
"Princes like to secretly make friends with courtiers. What do you think?"
Zhu Youxiao asked about Wen Tiren.
Wen Tiren thought for a while and then said: "This is all due to His Majesty's teachings. Therefore, all the princes are courteous and virtuous servants, and they are also enthusiastic about government affairs, and are not just people who only care about pleasure."
"This tea is a bit weak, can you taste it?"
Zhu Youxiao asked at this time.
Wen Tiren knew that the emperor was dissatisfied with the lack of quality of his words, so he changed his attitude and replied seriously: "There must be someone who doesn't think that the emperor's eldest son will belong to the world in the future."
"Have I ever said that this world belongs to the eldest son of the emperor?"
Zhu Youxiao asked.
"Your Majesty has never said it, but everyone in the world already thinks so."
Wen Tiren replied.
"But I don't want the world to think so."
Zhu Youxiao replied.
Wen Tiren said: "In this case, Your Majesty should treat a bowl of water equally and not be partial."
Zhu Youxiao understood the meaning of Wen Tiren's words and nodded: "Ci Fu is also sick, did you know?"
"I don't know yet."
Wen Tiren replied.
"You go see him on my behalf and ask him what he wishes. Just say you are asking on my behalf."
Zhu Youxiao said.
Wen Tiren knew that the emperor wanted to take over Zhu Xieyuan's class. After all, when people ask you what your wishes are, it is often when they are about to leave, and the same is true for monarchs and ministers.
Wen Tiren couldn't help feeling ecstatic, and he quickly agreed.
After Zhu Xieyuan met Wen Tiren and heard Zhu Youxiao ask him what his wish was, he naturally understood immediately. He knew that the emperor knew his condition well, and he also knew that the imperial court was going to divide the big clans, and as his own The wealthy families in Jiangnan will naturally oppose this matter, so there is no need to stay in the court anymore.
"Then I would like to ask the elder to tell your majesty. I have nothing else to ask for. I just ask that your majesty decree that my family will be moved to Bozhou. I am familiar with it. I have many Miao orphans living there. I want to take them home. .”
Zhu Xieyuan therefore said to Wen Tiren.
He knew that he could not prevent the emperor from relocating the big clans. In order to prevent other members of his clan from being jealous that his clan would stay in their original place because of their contribution to the court, he took the initiative to request that his clan be moved to Bozhou. , and also found a reason to take the Miao orphans back to Bozhou.
When Zhu Youxiao knew about it, he naturally approved Zhu Xieyuan's request and ordered: "Draft an edict to confer Zhu Xieyuan as the Duke of Liguo, let the second prince, and select a minister of the Ministry of Rites, to send him back to his hometown for me, as well as his Regarding the relocation of the Fang people to Bozhou, we ordered the officials along the way to cooperate and allocated 500,000 yuan of internal funds to the Bozhou government office to build a park in Bozhou City as a retirement home for the benefit of the country. Remember, it is a park, not a private park. It is for the public. Go and have fun, so that the Duke of Liguo can have fun with the people. He was the one who quelled the rebellion in Bozhou, and it was he who reformed the land and returned to the country. He must be very willing to see the people of Bozhou share peace with him."
"According to the order!"
Zhu Youxiao did this in name only to build a retirement home for Zhu Xieyuan, and it was clear that he wanted to add a tourist attraction in Banzhou, otherwise he would not emphasize it as a park.
After all, places like Bozhou are located in the southwest. If the economy wants to grow in the future, they must rely on tourism resources. Therefore, Zhu Youxiao is now laying the groundwork in advance, in the name of supporting his ministers.
Undoubtedly, the park that Zhu Youxiao ordered to build will be different because of Zhu Xieyuan's experience. There may even be a Zhu Xieyuan Memorial Hall built in the future to facilitate admission tickets.
Of course, Zhu Youxiao asked the second prince to send Zhu Xieyuan back to his hometown to achieve a certain purpose.
Zhu Youxiao listened to Wen Tiren's suggestions. He knew that if he wanted to keep the court under his control, he could only do what Wen Tiren said, act impartial and give some opportunities to other princes who might become crown princes. hope.
But Zhu Youxiao shouldn't give hope casually, as that would make him seem too cruel as an emperor.
Zhu Youxiao specially looked at the princes' quotations from various royal family members and courtiers provided by the inner factory during his absence in Beijing. He found that there was no obvious competition between the second prince and the fifth prince. Directly intended.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao asked himself whether it would be more appropriate to give it to these two people.
At the same time, this can also be regarded as an indirect warning to those princes who are too obvious to form cliques in the court.
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