Zhu Yijun took a look at the list of scholar-bureaucrats provided by the third prince, and then said to the third prince: "Put aside your request for vassal status in advance. I have to deal with these bastards who like to provoke infighting in the Tian family first!"
With that said, Zhu Yijun told Huang Xun: "Send Zhang Jingxiu here!"
"yes!"
Not long after, Zhang Jingxiu came to Zhu Yijun: "Your Majesty!"
Zhu Yijun gave the list to Zhang Jingxiu and ordered: "Take all these people and bring them to me. I will personally investigate this matter!"
Zhang Jingxiu said yes and then took over the list.
Zhang Jingxiu also took a cursory glance and saw officials such as "Li Yingchun" and "Shen Rui" on it, but he only sighed secretly and said nothing more.
Not long after, Li Yingchun, Shen Rui and others were escorted to the imperial court.
Zhu Yijun asked these people: "Do you know why I ordered you to be arrested?"
"I don't know."
Li Yingchun, Shen Rui and others all replied.
Zhu Yijun threw in front of them a stack of poems praising the third prince as Yao and Shun given to him by the third prince: "Don't you know it now?"
These people looked at it and then fell silent.
Then, these people looked at the third prince in shock.
"Are you surprised?"
"You guys are really bad and stupid!"
"But I don't want to think about it, how can my prince be a prince without a brain of his own, and let you fool him casually, not knowing that there is no point in fighting for power at the moment?"
Zhu Yijun asked these people with a sneer.
Li Yingchun, a member of the Ministry of Etiquette, said helplessly: "We did not expect that His Highness would do this. It's just that I don't understand why His Highness did this and why he exposed me and others. It really ruins my hope of progress."
Zhu Yijun looked at the third prince: "Lun'er, tell them why you don't want to fight for my position."
"First, I know that I can't compete with the general trend."
"Secondly, I don't want to be their pawn. In the future, I will have to reverse this trend and restore the old system for them. But no matter whether they succeed or not, they will naturally have no big loss. It is just that they will not be able to be officials. But if they fail, As a result, my son will end up being killed or assassinated by his elder brother, which will lead to another scene of brotherly violence within the royal family. I don’t want this to happen.”
The third prince replied.
Shen Rui, a concubine of Hanlin, said sternly at this time: "Your Highness! Overseas vassals are not that good. It is easy for someone to get into trouble at sea before they arrive!"
"Isn't it possible that nothing will happen if we fight for position?!"
The third prince asked Shen Rui, and then said: "And this goes against justice! It is better to die in the belly of a fish. At least the latter is buried in the belly of a fish for the country and can get a good reputation after death."
After hearing this, Shen Rui closed his eyes and said to Zhu Yijun: "In that case, I am guilty and I am willing to be punished."
Li Yingchun also said: "I am also guilty and I am willing to be punished!"
"I won't say anything else."
"Since you like fighting among yourself so much, go and fight among yourself overseas!"
"Pass a decree to exile them to the newly established vassal state in Java, let them fight among themselves there, and let their tribesmen follow them, so as not to separate their relatives."
Zhu Yijun ordered at this time.
Li Yingchun and Shen Rui raised their heads in an instant.
Li Yingchun couldn't help but want to cry for a moment: "Your Majesty! Please have mercy! I am just seeking to serve the dragon and have no intention of subverting the foundation of our Ming Dynasty Ancestral Temple! Please don't let me travel across the ocean!"
"Haha, don't think that I don't know your intentions of supporting the third prince to succeed in winning the throne."
"You just want to restore the old etiquette."
"To establish a direct descendant, according to the old etiquette, it is also an etiquette that cannot be desecrated. However, you yourself want to break the etiquette that you value most first. You are truly hypocritical!"
"I have to admit that rather than focusing on etiquette, you believe in the law of the jungle."
"But Middle-earth is not only a natural law of the weak, but also has the responsibility to lead human civilization to a more glorious level. Overseas, you may still only need to abide by the rules of the weak, and etiquette can only be used as a tool to control the dog. So it is appropriate for you to go to Java. .”
After Zhu Yijun said this, he asked people to take Li Yingchun, Shen Rui and others into custody.
then.
Zhu Yijun said to the third prince again: "Since you want to grant vassal status, I will grant it to you."
The third prince was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed to Zhu Yijun: "My dear father, thank you!"
Zhu Yijun here sent an order to the cabinet to discuss the vassal territory for the three princes.
Finally, the third prince's vassal territory was settled in the Owari area of the original Japanese country, and he was named King Ri.
As a result, the third prince crossed the sea to Japan to become a feudal lord.
at the same time.
Li Yingchun, Shen Rui and others took a boat to Shen Fan on Java Island.
Looking at the vast sea, Li Yingchun, Shen Rui and others looked melancholy.
At this moment, Li Yingchun looked at a group of seagulls flying around the ship and said, "If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn't have advised the Third Highness to seize the throne."
"Originally it was just a trial and error!"
"But who would have thought that His Highness is really not interested in the throne at all. He only wants to go overseas to be the master of a small country, but is not willing to be the master of the world in the future. He really has no ambitions and only a peaceful heart. !”
At this moment, Shen Ruize couldn't help but gritted his teeth and criticized the third prince.
Li Yingchun echoed: "Yes, if you can be the lord of the world and restore the old rituals, then it will not only be the Japanese who can kill, but everyone in the world. Even us scholar-bureaucrats can kill as much as they want. Return to Junyao It’s an era when I die, I have to die.”
"But our Third Highness doesn't have the courage to restore the old rituals! As a result, we are now traveling across the ocean. I really don't know if we can return to China in this life."
When Shen Rui heard what Li Yingchun said, he also looked panicked.
However, the two of them were lucky and finally arrived in Java smoothly.
The Ming Dynasty has now established a firm foothold in Java, a place with relatively mature farming, and established a vassal state here, namely Shen Fan.
As soon as the two arrived in Java, King Shen welcomed them into the palace and asked, "I already know that you were exiled here because you wanted to instigate the three princes to fight for the country's capital."
"Make His Highness laugh!"
The two of them replied with shame.
Prince Shen said: "I know that you are doing this to restore the old etiquette. Although now in Middle-earth, you are already fanciful and asking for trouble, but it is different when you get here. When you get here, I support you in doing this."
After saying that, King Shen whispered: "I need to let my sons who are concubines fight with the crown prince now, so that I can call myself here with peace of mind. Now you can each choose one of my sons and go Instigate them to fight with the prince."
The two of them were very shocked after hearing this and looked at King Shen.
"What are you doing watching Gu?"
"Since you dare to instigate His Royal Highnesses to fight for the foundation of the country, you must have done a lot of homework in this area and figured out the thoughts of the emperors in the history books. So, don't you know what Gu's thoughts were when he did this?"
King Shen couldn't help but say something.
At this time, Li Yingchun first held up his hands and said: "Your Highness, we already know that Shen State has restored its ancestral system, and the prince advocates Neo-Confucianism and observes filial piety and virtue. Therefore, we think that Shen State has no need to fight for the foundation of the country."
"Yes, in my humble opinion, not only is Shen State unable to fight for the country's foundation, but other princes should be enfeoffed as soon as possible."
Shen Rui also expressed his views at this time.
People like Li Yingchun and Shen Rui arrived in Shen State safely, and after seeing that Shen State was implementing an old system, they completely lost their thoughts on fighting for the country's foundation.
First, they knew that the position of the crown prince was determined by the imperial court, and both the crown prince and King Shen implemented the old system in Shen Fan, which was obviously in line with the court's intentions, so it was impossible to depose the crown prince.
The second is that they also want Shen State to be like this, and they also want to maintain the status quo. Instead, they do not want to provoke internal fighting and put Shen State in an unstable state. They also do not want King Shen to take advantage of the internal fighting among the princes to further centralize power. As a result, they may not be stable in Shen State.
Therefore, scholar-bureaucrats such as Li Yingchun and Shen Rui were unwilling to fight among themselves.
King Shen was very disappointed when he saw this: "You people, you are trying your best to start fighting among yourself where it shouldn't be. Now you are asked to fight among yourself, but you are unwilling to do so. You are really smart and commanding." People are annoying!”
"Drive out all these exiled Han Chinese."
"According to the system, give them official land and let them undergo labor reform!"
King Shen gave up the idea of recruiting Li Yingchun and Shen Rui as vassal officials.
Li Yingchun didn't say anything more. He just raised his hand and said, "I'm disappointed with your highness. My family has only been doing business for generations, not farming. So, can your highness give me the official land Zese, and give it to me as the basis for doing business?"
Shen Rui also said here: "It's the same with me. My family is all engaged in business and I don't know about farming. Please forgive me, Your Highness."
"If you come here on your own initiative, you naturally have the right to choose to develop for the country."
"But you are here in exile. According to the decree, those who can do farming should do so. The first priority is to develop agriculture, followed by mining, and then doing business."
"There is still a lot of undeveloped farmland in this domain, so you can only go to farming first and understand the difficulties of farming!"
Although King Shen had the power to arrange the careers of these exiles, he did not agree to these two people.
Li Yingchun couldn't help but said: "I know why His Highness is so merciless, but I just want to ask Your Highness for a clear warning. I don't want to follow the king's orders. Everything is for the sake of the peace of the palace!"
Shen Rui followed: "That's right, does His Highness really want to see flesh and blood fighting each other and brothers fighting against each other?"
"When did you say you were willing?"
King Shen also denied it and said:
"All I know now is that our vassal state must execute His Majesty's imperial edicts meticulously so that our Emperor's Ming Dynasty can prosper forever. Not to mention you, even the Yuanfu of the dynasty will have to work in farming if he is exiled here! "
Li Yingchun and Shen Rui couldn't help but look at each other after hearing this.
Then, Li Yingchun gritted his teeth and said, "Since Your Highness is like this, I can only become Mr. Wu Liu."
"It's the same below!"
Shen Rui also gritted his teeth and replied.
(End of chapter)
