After seeing this scene, Zhu Yijun also smiled touchedly.
He had to admit that any decision he made as the emperor would have a huge impact on Ming society.
Because he, the emperor, wants to do this, many literati in Jiangnan really want to go against the human nature of just staying in the comfort zone and go to remote places to speed up the development of places where culture and education are underdeveloped.
“I hope these people can really make a name for themselves in the southwest and northwest in the future.”
Zhu Yijun said this to himself after a while.
Li Chengliang, who came with Zhu Yijun, said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. In the opinion of foolish officials, even if it is inevitable for them to come back in the future, they will better understand the difficulties of the court and have a deeper understanding of this country and nation. .”
Zhu Yijun nodded.
Then, Zhu Yijun asked Huang Xun: "Are all the vassals here?"
Huang Xun replied: "Everyone is here."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun said: "The next ones are the sects. As the royal family, they also have to take responsibility."
this day.
It was evening.
The lights of thousands of houses have not yet been lit.
Inside the palace of the Forbidden City in Nandu, there are already bright lights.
Zhu Yijun sat on the throne in the center of the hall, looking at the sects and vassals gathered together. After greeting them, he first said to the King of Shu and the King of Jin who were being escorted:
"You two are selling salt privately and hoarding salt, which really makes me disappointed and angry."
"Do you still know who you are?"
"How can anyone who is a member of the royal family work hard to dig up the foundation of his family?"
As Zhu Yijun spoke, he questioned the two men sharply, and then looked at the other sects:
"And you!"
"Don't think you are clean."
Snapped!
Zhu Yijun then put a pile of charges in the case on the case: "These are all charges against you vassal kings. They are no less than the two of them, but not as extreme as the two of them, but they are more than enough for a capital crime!"
"In short, if I kill you all, one or two of you may be unjustly accused, but definitely not all of you will be unjustly accused. Even if Jiuquanxia meets Taizu in the future, Taizu will not think that you are not doing too much!"
After Zhu Yijun said this, all the sects present lowered their heads.
"But I have no intention of killing you. It's not that you shouldn't kill you, but it's useless to kill you."
"Because most of the people you killed were members of your own clan, so what's the use of killing you?"
"Don't the clans behind you kill your own clan members?"
"Instead of killing you, it is better to eliminate this phenomenon of fighting among the same roommates."
"So, after discussing with several ministers, I decided to adopt the suggestions of Mr. Wang Ge and Mr. Shen to carry out more in-depth reforms of the vassal system."
"From now on, you don't have to become a vassal in Middle-earth. You can either stay in the southern capital and be supervised by me personally and do what I can for the court, or you can go overseas and become a vassal."
"There is plenty of land overseas. Once you move out, there will be enough land for you and your children to be enfeoffed, so you don't have to worry about fighting for power and profit."
After Zhu Yijun said this, all the sects present looked shocked.
They were used to being like useless Prince Xiaoyao outside, so naturally they were unwilling to suddenly ask them to come back to the Southern Capital.
After all, there are too many officials in Nandu, and they will watch their every move.
However, they are even less willing to go overseas.
Because, not to mention that overseas is a wild and remote place. Just on the way there, you don't know what dangers there will be.
In this era, many people were deeply in awe of the ocean, especially the lords in inland areas.
"Your Majesty, I promise that I will not act recklessly again and will live in harmony with my clan. Please also ask Your Majesty not to listen to the instigation of treacherous ministers and tamper with the ancestral system!"
At this time, the German king Zhu Changjie asked Zhu Yijun quite excitedly.
Zhu Yijun's face sank and he said: "I am not discussing with you, but letting you make a choice."
After hearing this, Zhu Changjie had no choice but to say yes.
Then, Zhu Yijun looked at the King of Shu: "Tell me, are you going to stay in Nandu or go overseas?"
At this time, the King of Shu bowed and replied: "I ask your Majesty to allow me to stay in the Southern Capital. I am willing to change my past, even if I am expelled from the royal title and become just a commoner."
"Why?"
Zhu Yijun asked.
The King of Shu replied: "I know that my sins are serious, so I want to guard the mausoleum for Taizu to pay for my sins."
Zhu Yijun looked at King Jin at this time: "Where are you, King Jin?"
The King of Jin replied: "I am the same. I am willing to stay in Nandu and guard Xiaoling. Even if I am just a commoner, I am not willing to abandon my ancestors. After all, I am already lacking in loyalty, so naturally I can't do anything more in filial piety." It’s lacking.”
"interesting."
"what about you?"
Zhu Yijun then looked at the other sects.
At this time, many sects and vassals responded unanimously: "I am all willing to stay in Nandu!"
"very good!"
"You would rather be a commoner than go out!"
Zhu Yijun smiled faintly, with a hint of disappointment in his eyes.
The fear of the ocean among these sects was obviously beyond his imagination. Each one of them would rather have the title than the other. They wanted to stay in the country and wait for death, rather than risk going overseas.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun wanted to force these vassal kings to go overseas.
But if forced, Zhu Yijun was a little worried that these vassal kings would rather die than go overseas, or would rather rebel and accuse Zhu Yijun than go overseas.
At least the former has appeared.
Some prisoners would rather commit suicide than go to exile overseas.
Most people in this era believe in an afterlife and resettlement, so compared to death, going overseas is the most difficult thing for them to accept.
However, King Zhu Shouhong of Lu stood up decisively at this time and said:
"Your Majesty, I am willing to go overseas and spread the imperial style to all barbarians."
"very good!"
Zhu Yijun said again, and then said: "Very good, hereby decree, I will change the title of King Lu to the King of Wei, and hope that I will always protect our emperor's Minghai territory. I will order the minister to discuss his fiefdom and give him 50,000 hectares of fertile land to protect his overseas teachings." Barbarians, the three guards must be restored."
Zhu Shouhong quickly thanked him.
"Retreat!"
Since the other sects and vassals were unwilling to go overseas, Zhu Yijun directly announced his withdrawal from the court without saying anything more to these sects and vassals.
As for the next stay of these sects and vassals in Nanjing, there is no need to worry anymore. They have to be questioned about their crimes, demoted, and punished.
Anyway, these sects and vassals are just dead pigs who are not afraid of boiling water. They are sure that as long as they are not treason or murder, the emperor will not kill them.
But after Zhu Yijun left, the German King Zhu Changjie first smiled sarcastically at Zhu Shouhong, and then said in a strange way:
"The King of Lu became the King of Wei and was rewarded with fifty thousand hectares of land. I just don't know if there is a life flower?"
"yes!"
"Where can I find 50,000 hectares of land for a fiefdom overseas? Even if I were to find it, I'm afraid I would only get it in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse. When Yousi gathers such a vassal, I really don't know if King Wei is still there."
At this time, Dong'an King Zhu Yingsui also started laughing and talking, and looked at King Wei like a fool.
"Stop talking!"
King Yi Zhu Yi fell to the ground and said something. Then he bowed his hands to King Wei and said:
"I know that King Wei is willing to stand up because he understands the suffering of the Sacred Heart and wants to repay the country. This will not make His Majesty completely disappointed with our sect and avoid His Majesty being even more angry. He also doesn't want to disappoint the people of the world. He thinks that the royal family is They are cowardless people, and no one dares to take risks for the country."
"Ashamed to say it!"
Zhu Yijie sighed and said: "I had this intention too, but when I thought about the vast seas and seas, not to mention my mother at home, I hesitated and did not dare to stand up. In terms of courage to serve the country, I am not as good as King Wei." also."
"Don't dare!"
King Wei cupped his hands and replied.
Zhu Changjie smiled and said to Zhu Yingsui: "What are you pretending to do? Saying that there is an old mother in the family is not disgusting. It seems that we don't understand the righteousness."
"Yes, one is a fool and the other is a hypocrite."
Zhu Yingsui echoed, then looked back at King Wei and King Yi.
When Li Chengliang, Wang Xijue and other officials in charge learned about this, they all sighed.
Li Chengliang said: "Among the royal nobles, there is only one King Wei who is still somewhat bloody. It is really sad."
"After more than two hundred years of good care, it is inevitable that it will become lazy."
"However, it is rare to have a King of Wei. We have to do this well to ensure that King Wei is really better overseas than at home. This will have the effect of standing up and gaining trust."
Wang Xijue said something at this time.
Shen Li followed up and said: "Your Majesty must also have this intention, so he directly issued an order to grant him 50,000 hectares of land overseas."
Wang Xijue said: "In this way, first of all, we cannot give King Wei a fiefdom in a place that is too uncivilized. Secondly, we cannot allow King Wei to be too far away from the official army to prevent him from being unable to gain a foothold. In this way, in the future, King Wei will not be able to establish a vassal territory." By paying money and food, other vassal kings in Beijing will be jealous, and they will start to think about going overseas to join vassals. In this way, there will be fewer clans in the country, and the pressure of raising clans will be further transferred to the barbarians outside."
"With fifty thousand hectares of land, currently, Hitachi Country in Japan is the most suitable."
Li Chengliang said something at this time.
After hearing this, Wang Xijue and Shen Li hurriedly looked at Li Chengliang:
"How can I see it?"
Li Chengliang said: "Since it cannot be too wild, then the many uncivilized islands in Java in Southeast Asia are not suitable."
"Currently, only Annan, Japan, or Myanmar have enough farmland to allocate to King Wei;"
"But it can't be too far away. Annan and Japan are suitable."
"But Annan is not as suitable as Japan. Since Annan is connected to the mainland, it can be directly administered in the future!"
"Japan can divide its main state into two parts, with Kyoto as the center. East of Kyoto will be divided into vassal states, and west of Kyoto will be directly governed by the imperial court in the future."
"To the east of Kyoto, you can be granted not only one but multiple vassal kings in the future. It is best for your Majesty's descendants to be granted to those east of Kyoto and west of Edo, while those east of Edo can be granted to distant clan members. branch."
"In this way, the entire Japan will be divided into two parts. It may even remain in this state of division and make it difficult to unify!"
I was so busy today that I forgot to update. There is another chapter that will be updated at ten o’clock.
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