In the Fengtian Palace, all the civil and military officials looked at Zhu Biao standing next to him in astonishment, wondering why Zhu Biao would say such treacherous words.
Even Liu Bowen, who was kneeling on the ground, looked at Zhu Biao in disbelief with his mouth wide open.
But what surprised the ministers even more was that Zhu Yuanzhang was not angry. Instead, he sat there with an indifferent expression, as if the old god was there.
"Biao'er, continue talking."
"If it becomes a rule to grant the title of king to guard the border, all the emperor's princes, starting from the emperor's father, will be granted the title of vassal king."
"These vassal kings will be sealed throughout the Ming Dynasty and occupy a large amount of land. Not only that, the salary of the vassal kings will also become a burden on the court in the future."
"The so-called descendants are endless. If this situation is not curbed, Ming Dynasty's finances will have problems in a hundred years."
"If all the Ming Dynasty's treasury is used to support the vassal kings, then what will be used for disaster relief? And what will be used for governance?"
Zhu Biao talked eloquently, and after listening to the civil and military officials below, they only felt that it made sense.
Even Li Shanchang, who had been encouraging Zhu Yuanzhang to become the king and guard the border, couldn't help but nodded.
The generals also pretended to understand and nodded repeatedly.
Only Lan Yu looked disgusted that his nephew had copied Li Jin's ideas directly.
Despicable!
"So I feel that enfeoffing the king to guard the border will definitely bring disaster to the Ming Dynasty in the future."
"These are just my humble opinions. Please correct me father."
"Listen, listen carefully. This is the crown prince of our Ming Dynasty. This is the insight of our crown prince of the Ming Dynasty. This is what we want to hear."
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately stood up and praised Zhu Biao, and then asked the civil and military officials:
"What do you think of what our prince said?"
"Your Majesty, I think His Highness the Crown Prince is right."
As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, Li Shanchang, the head of the civil service, stood up.
Behind Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong followed closely and said:
"I also feel that His Highness the Crown Prince has a unique vision."
"The same goes for me, too."
Since Li Shanchang took the lead in the charge, all the civil servants and generals of the Huaixi Group stood up and flattered the prince Zhu Biao.
After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the emperor's love for Prince Zhu Biao is genuine.
This also means that Zhu Biao's position as prince is as stable as Mount Tai and no one can shake it.
Flattering Zhu Biao now is the icing on the cake, and he will not be hated by Zhu Biao in the future.
After the officials finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang showed a smile on his face, and then asked with a smile:
"Then in your opinion, should this king be granted a border garrison or not?"
As soon as these words came out, the whole place suddenly became quiet again.
Judging from Zhu Yuanzhang's previous temperament, it was necessary to seal the king to guard the border.
But now that Zhu Biao came out and said such a sentence, everyone couldn't figure out what Zhu Yuanzhang meant.
When you are on duty at Fengtian Palace, if you speak rashly without guessing the emperor's intentions, you will be killed.
With a smile on his face, Zhu Yuanzhang looked quietly at the civil and military officials below who dared not speak, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.
As Li Jin said, among all the civil and military officials in the court, except for that idiot Chen Huaiyi, no one told us the truth.
The memorial was written well, but now it looks different. This is our hundred officials.
These civil and military officials are really disgusting.
"Hu Weiyong, tell me!"
"Feal the king to guard the border, or not?"
Zhu Yuanzhang spoke very strongly and stared at Hu Weiyong closely.
"I feel, I feel..."
Hu Weiyong was stared at by Zhu Yuanzhang, and he felt a suffocating momentum coming towards him.
He hesitated not knowing how to answer.
"Huh? What do you think?"
Zhu Yuanzhang pressed him again and did not give Hu Weiyong a chance to think.
Hu Weiyong only felt his scalp numb.
If we say that we will not seal it, we have already expressed our support for the sealing of the king and guarding the border in the previous memorial, and praised the sealing of the king and guarding the border as a flower.
It seems that if these princes are not crowned kings, it will be a waste of talents. In order to promote talents for the country, Hu Weiyong asked the emperor to crown princes.
If you refuse to seal him at this time, it would be the crime of deceiving the emperor, and he might be dragged down by the emperor and beheaded.
If we talk about sealing, His Highness the Crown Prince has just said that this is a strategy to subjugate the country. If he agrees to seal the king to defend the border, he is afraid that he will anger the emperor.
With both sides facing death, Hu Weiyong decided to take a gamble, gritted his teeth and said:
"I think, Feng!"
"Oh? Then tell me how to seal it?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was calm, as if he was asking questions about politics, without any oppression.
But Hu Weiyong really did not dare to be careless, because he knew that what he said next was likely to determine his future future.
"I think we can transfer the vassal king's salary to internal funds, so that the national treasury will not be empty."
"Hmph, our prince is guarding the border for the country. He sweats and bleeds for the country. If the country doesn't even provide a salary, is it worthy of our prince's hard work?"
After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said directly:
"Does this world belong to us?"
"This world belongs to the common people, and our prince is here to guard the borders for the common people!!"
"Yes, I am confused and I made a mistake."
Hu Weiyong saw Zhu Yuanzhang was angry and quickly admitted his mistake.
"Ignorant and ignorant!"
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't look good and said directly:
"The walls of Yingtian City need to be repaired. You will report to the Ministry of Works tomorrow and be responsible for the construction and repair of the city walls."
Everyone looked at this colleague with sympathy. He finally came up to flatter the prince, but now he was sent directly out of the court by the emperor. It was really unlucky.
But Hu Weiyong was not depressed. On the contrary, his heart was filled with ecstasy.
He stayed in the position of fourth-grade Guanglu doctor, with nothing to do, let alone any political achievements.
Let alone promotion, Hu Weiyong felt that his official career would probably stop here.
Now Zhu Yuanzhang is actually willing to use himself to do things again. As long as there is an opportunity to work for the emperor, Hu Weiyong feels that with his own ability, he will be able to climb up sooner or later.
Being lonely for a while is not a shame. A husband can only be flexible and flexible.
This also shows that his words just now are in line with the emperor's wishes. It seems that the emperor still intends to seal the king to guard the border.
Although he was thinking a lot in his heart, Hu Weiyong still bowed his hands to Zhu Yuanzhang timidly and thanked him.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded lightly, then looked at Liu Bowen again, and asked playfully:
"Liu Ji, do you think we should grant this title to the king to guard the border, or not?"
Liu Bowen was still kneeling on the ground at this moment. When he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's question, his scalp was also numb and his whole body was tense.
After thinking for a moment, Liu Bowen slowly expressed his opinion.
But what he said next surprised everyone present.
