Zhu Biao stood quietly outside, and could vaguely hear the voices of the ministers being conferred inside. Now they were all conferred official positions, but the titles had not yet been conferred. After all, Xu Da was still leading a large group of generals in the Northern Expedition...
After a while, a eunuch came out respectfully, "The Holy Father has spoken, announcing that the prince will enter the palace!"
Zhu Biao stretched out his hand to tighten the yellow ribbon around his chin. He wore a crown on his head with two filigree golden dragons. The two dragons were inlaid with four pieces of cat's eye, four pieces of topaz, and ten pieces of ruby. Ten sapphires and nine pearls!
Zhu Biao walked into the Fengtian Hall with a solemn expression. Under the bows of the officials, he walked slowly from the middle of the civil and military officials to the front, and knelt down respectfully. "My dear father, long live my father." Long live long live!”
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his prince and smiled, "Get up!"
Then he signaled the Minister of Rites to read out the imperial edict he had prepared long ago. The Minister of Rites bowed out of the queue, walked forward, bowed to the emperor, and faced the ministers, "Heaven carries the emperor, and the edict says:
"My eldest son, Zhu Biao, is the daughter of the empress. He is the first heir of the clan, with beautiful talents and noble character. I hereby abide by the first edict, carry out the ceremony, obey the public opinion, and sincerely inform the heaven and earth, the ancestral temple, and the country to confer this treasure on the book. He is established as the crown prince and takes the throne in the East Palace, with a view to maintaining the rule for ten thousand years and spreading the heart of the world."
Announce it to the world, and the envoys will hear about it!
After Zhu Biao knelt three times and kowtowed nine times to receive the canonization edict and the crown prince's golden book seal, the Minister of Rites held up another edict: In order to carry the emperor to heaven, he made it: "My eldest son Zhu Biao, with his unique talents, is my crown prince of the Ming Dynasty." , as the crown prince of the country, I order Zhan Tong to take the examination of the official system of the East Palace in the past dynasties, and select those who have meritorious virtues and are mature to lead the East Palace and tutor the prince."
"I order Prime Minister Li Shanchang on the left to serve as the Prince's Young Master, Prime Minister Xu Da on the right to serve as the Prince's Young Master, and Zhongshu Pingzhang to record important military and state affairs, Chang Yuchun, to serve as the Crown Prince's Young Master!"
"Feng Sheng, the right governor, is also the right Zhan Shi. Hu Mei, Liao Yongzhong, and Li Boxheng, Zhongshu Pingzhang, are also Zhan Shiyuan. Zhongshu Zuo and Youcheng Zhao Yong and Wang Pu are also deputy Zhan Shi. Cheng, Fu Zhen and Zhan Shi."
"Kang Maocai and Zhang Xingzu, the governors of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, also led the government envoys on the left and right, Gu Shi and Sun Xingzu, deputy envoys of the governor's office, and Wu Zhen and Geng Bingwen, deputy envoys of the governor's office, led the government affairs on the left and right, and Deng Yu, the imperial censor's official , Tang He also entrusted De, the censors Liu Ji and Zhang Yi also praised the good officials, and the censors Wen Yuanji and Fan Xianzu were guests of the prince!"
Zhu Biao led a group of ministers to kneel down and thank them. These people above were marked with his mark after this decree!
This is the most luxurious Donggong Group in history, because this is Zhu Yuanzhang’s own team, the civil and military team of the founding ancestor!
After Zhu Yuanzhang asked them to stand up, Li Shanchang led the ministers in the East Palace to salute Zhu Biao, "I am here to see His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Zhu Biao raised his hand to ask them to stand up, and then respectfully stepped aside. Zhu Yuanzhang began to subdivide the duties.
Only then did Zhu Biao have time to think about his subordinates, "Li Shanchang. Needless to say, Xu Da was actually named the right prime minister! It seems that this is because the father wants to use military attachés to check the civilian officials headed by Li Shanchang, but the prime minister must also have civilian officials to check the military attachés. , Zhu Biao glanced at Liu Bowen behind Li Shanchang...
Zhu Biao shook his head. He didn't need to worry about this. It was just that although his team was luxurious, they were all proud soldiers!
Not long after, Zhu Yuanzhang's first court meeting came to an end. In fact, it was just a formality, and official business should be handled at the next court meeting.
After Zhu Yuanzhang left, a group of ministers immediately moved to his side: "Your Highness is Zuo Cheng, the Secretary of the East Palace, and your Highness is the Tongzhi of the East Palace..."
Zhu Biao had a friendly exchange with his future subjects. After the crowd dispersed, Zhu Biao thought about the people who had not come just now.
Li Shanchang was the first, but Zhu Biao had also expected it. The prince's young master, the prince's young tutor, and the prince's young protector were all officials in the East Palace, and they were all responsible for teaching the prince.
But it was more in name. After all, it was impossible to really let the prince's young master Li Shanchang teach him knowledge, the prince's young master Xu Da teach him military law, and the prince's young protector Chang Yuchun personally protect his safety.
Zhu Biao walked out of Fengtian Palace and walked towards Kunning Palace, thinking that his father must be there.
Just halfway through, a palace maid came to invite him. When Zhu Biao walked into Kunning Palace, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma arguing about something. Zhu Biao waved his hand. Liu Jin led the palace maid down.
When Zhu Biao stepped forward, he heard Zhu Yuanzhang saying loudly, "The world I have worked so hard to conquer is just for the enjoyment of future generations!"
Queen Ma said, "Then we shouldn't set such a national policy, Your Majesty! Chongba! You can't just focus on the present!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was still unconvinced, "How much can they eat to last them to death!"
Empress Ma was still persuading him, and Zhu Biao understood after listening for a while. Zhu Yuanzhang had been lonely since he was a child, and he especially longed for family affection, so he planned to make national policies and gave generous treatment to the royal family.
The first thing is that the royal family will not have to work in the future, and these people will be supported by the national finance, and the local royal family will be supported by the local finance. For the royal family who do not work, the salary level set by Zhu Yuanzhang for them is generally about 8 times that of ordinary officials! Moreover, there is no limit on the number of people. As long as they are members of the royal family, they all receive salaries according to their levels, starting from the age of 10 until death.
In addition to high salaries, Zhu Yuanzhang also thought about life, old age, sickness and death. He stipulated that when the royal family got sick, they would receive public medical treatment and be attended by imperial doctors. When the royal family grew up and married, the state would allocate houses, fields, dowries, services, etc. to them. .
When a descendant of the royal family dies, they will receive a very generous funeral fee, enough to hold a luxurious funeral.
Therefore, without going to work, relying on the leader to receive wages, and being reimbursed for everything, the royal family only had one thing left in the end, which was to constantly marry wives, have concubines, and even have children in competitions. According to records, At that time, the record for having the highest number of sons was that of Prince Yuncheng, who gave birth to more than 100 sons and daughters, and his sons were also particularly prolific, giving birth to dozens and dozens of sons.
Zhu Biao knew that in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the annual fiscal revenue of many provinces could no longer support the royal family in the province. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the royal family had a population of more than 1 million. The huge expenses were the most important reason for crushing the Ming Dynasty's finances. The Ming Dynasty One of the reasons for the demise in the last years is that the cost of raising the royal family is too high!
Zhu Biao walked up behind Zhu Yuanzhang, pressed his shoulders and said, "Father, my son understands that you hope that the descendants of my Zhu family will live a good life, but father, do you still remember the things you taught me when I was a child?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that his son was also on his wife's side, he frowned, "We are also planning for your children and grandchildren! How do you want to help your mother?"
Zhu Biao smiled and replied, "My father is the supreme being in the world. He speaks of the Constitution of Heaven and obeys the law! If what the Queen Mother said does not make sense, how can you argue with the Queen Mother here?"
Seeing that her son was on her side, Queen Ma took a sip of tea calmly, "That's what your father is like! He knows it's wrong, but he still does it!"
Zhu Biao quickly said, "Mother, my father naturally has his considerations! It's just that my father feels the difficulty of starting a business and doesn't want his descendants to suffer."
Watching the two bosses relax. Zhu Biaocai spoke out his point of view: "My father often taught his subjects when they were young, not to learn from the styles of the noble children of the previous dynasty. They did evil, seized people's fields, raped women, colluded with the government, and amassed money!"
Zhu Yuanzhang whispered, "Our sons can't reach this level!"
Zhu Biao nodded, "They are naturally just sons in front of their father, but when they go out, they will be the emperor's sons of Tianhuang nobles!"
Zhu Biao continued, "Even the son's generation, including the next generation, can be disciplined by his father, but what about the future ones?
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