"No!" After listening to Lao Zhu's inquiry, Zhu Xiongying shook his head and said,
"Grandpa, this may be related to my future governance situation. It may not be too friendly to the remaining people in the Zhu family!"
"Are you sure you want to know?"
Listening to Zhu Xiongying's words, Lao Zhu also frowned. He seemed to have guessed what Zhu Xiongying wanted to say.
"Do you want to reduce the vassal status?" Lao Zhu suddenly asked.
"Grandpa guessed it?!" Zhu Xiongying asked curiously, eyes widening.
"Hey!" Lao Zhu suddenly sighed.
"Tell me, did we really do something wrong back then?"
"No, grandpa did nothing wrong!" Zhu Xiongying glanced at Lao Zhu who was a little disappointed and comforted him.
"You did nothing wrong?" Lao Zhu's eyes seemed to be bright at this time.
"Yes, grandpa, why did you establish these vassals in the first place?" Zhu Xiongying pulled Lao Zhu to sit down and asked.
"We established the vassal kings just to take back my Ming Dynasty's army and military power!"
"Back then, in the Yuan Dynasty, palace coups often occurred. Moreover, when peasant uprisings broke out everywhere at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty also lacked strong vassal guards in various places."
"In view of this, we have already made arrangements to seal the vassal."
"These sons of ours, your uncle, have been trained in military abilities by us since they were young!"
"Each of our sons can be good at fighting. This will not only consolidate the rule of the Ming Dynasty." "It will also allow us to hold all the power in our hands. This will also restrain those arrogant and powerful generals."
"Moreover, after the original Beiyuan returned to the desert, it still maintained a fairly strong army, which still posed a great threat to the northern part of the Ming Dynasty."
"So in the north, we will arrange the King of Sai's troops on the border defense line, which is the strongest!"
"Besides, the enemies are not necessarily just from the north, there are people from all directions as well!"
"So we have also arranged many vassal kings in other directions!"
"Moreover, we have set up defense lines one after another. Even if foreign enemies invade in the future, no matter which direction they come from, they will first face the army of these lords!"
"Moreover, these later vassal kings are no longer kings of Sai. We have also begun to cultivate their ability to govern local areas!"
"Placing them directly in some economically important towns will also have a great impact on the development and prosperity of our Ming Dynasty!"
"In this way, my eldest grandson, no matter what time he is in the future, he can sit high up in the court, sit in the middle and command, and sit back and relax!"
Lao Zhu told Zhu Xiongying his arrangements.
"Yeah!" Zhu Xiongying kept nodding.
"Dasun, what do you think?" Lao Zhu asked.
"Grandpa's arrangement at that time was really wise!" Zhu Xiongying gave a thumbs up and said with a smile.
"Hey, but each of you are still trying every possible means to cut down the vassalage!" Lao Zhu said with a somewhat lonely sigh.
"One by one?" Zhu Xiongying became curious, looked at Lao Zhu, and asked.
At that time, Lao Zhu was ruthless in order to directly entrust the vassal kings, and directly dealt with a large number of officials who dissuaded him.
Then they continued to enfeoff these vassal kings.
Moreover, the words of those officials who admonished me are still ringing in my ears now. Lao Zhu has always remembered them.
In various dynasties, there are many examples of feudal kings causing rebellion.
In this regard, Lao Zhu also learned a lot of lessons and imposed many restrictions on the vassal king.
Even in history, due to the death of Zhu Biao, Lao Zhu changed things even more seriously and strictly.
But now, Lao Zhu has not made much preparation.
Lao Zhu didn't tell Zhu Xiongying what he was thinking now, and Zhu Xiongying didn't find anything.
As for the vassal kings, Zhu Yuanzhang would never let them become an independent kingdom.
Lao Zhu directly deprived the kings of their political power and only gave them military power, and it was temporary.
For those vassal kings, in addition to the guards of the royal palace, the local garrison must be authorized by the court to command.
In Lao Zhu's mind, the relationship between the court and the vassal princes was probably that the court provided money and the vassal princes contributed efforts to jointly defend and build the Zhu family's world.
And after Lao Zhu's continuous efforts, there should be no one in the DPRK who dares to oppose Lao Zhu's decision, right?
Did Lao Zhu, who had killed countless people before, now think that Lao Zhu was fasting and chanting Buddha's name?
"Grandpa, are you talking about this one by one?" Zhu Xiongying asked,
"Is there anyone in the imperial court who dares to speak against you?"
"You stinky boy!" Lao Zhu laughed and cursed after listening to Zhu Xiongying's teasing tone, and then sighed,
"It's none other than your father!"
"My father?" Zhu Xiongying himself was surprised when he heard the news.
You know, Lao Zhu has always been very proud of his decision to entrust vassal kings.
Even in history, in the last years of Hongwu, Zhu Yunwen was often taught to treat his uncles well.
Even if you make a mistake, you should deal with it kindly.
Zhu Yunwen also agreed well at that time.
How come now, Lao Zhu is saying that Zhu Biao himself wants to cut down his vassal?
This news really caught Zhu Xiongying off guard.
"Yes, it's your father. Although he didn't tell the news explicitly, we can see it even if we're not blind."
"If your father is still here, sooner or later he will cut off the vassalage!" Lao Zhu said, his expression gradually becoming serious.
"Grandson, I didn't expect that you would also be cutting off the vassal vassal. Can you tell us what you think?"
"We all know that we don't have many years to live."
"When we die, we won't be able to see anything anymore. Your father walked in front of us, and we don't know."
"But we still want to know what you really think!"
"In this way, our doubts have been solved!"
"Okay!" Zhu Xiongying nodded and said.
"Grandpa, I do have the idea of cutting off the vassal clan. Moreover, I'm afraid it's not just me. Even if I don't cut off the vassal clan, the future successors will inevitably want to do so!"
"How is that possible? How good are the systems we have formulated?" Lao Zhu said with some disbelief.
"Hahaha, grandpa, it seems now, or rather, during the Hongwu period, it was for the stability of the world and the control of power!"
"Even the development of Ming Dynasty is excellent. No one can say that what you did is wrong!"
"Grandpa, you are the founding king of the country, and your prestige is unparalleled. No one dares to be presumptuous in front of you!"
"When it comes to talking about it, it's just one moment and another!" Zhu Xiongying shook his head and continued,
"This is how it is now. You made it this way because of the needs of the world."
"Moreover, the vassal kings everywhere are also your sons. In your hands, they cannot make any waves."
"But what about later?"
"You don't believe these vassals, these uncles of yours?" Lao Zhu said, his expression a little serious, even anxious,
"They are all your uncles, biological uncles! They are the blood of our Zhu family!"
"They are all very honest. They are guarding the border entirely for my Ming Dynasty!"
"What's wrong with their ability and loyalty?"
"They are all members of our Zhu family. My family has always been for me!"
"Dasun, this..."
"Grandpa, don't get excited yet!" Looking at Lao Zhu's appearance, Zhu Xiongying smiled bitterly and said.
"I know, what grandpa said makes sense!" Zhu Xiongying said,
"But this is to govern the world, not to fight against outsiders in the countryside!"
"There is only one dragon chair, Grandpa, don't talk about the emperor being suspicious!"
"No matter what time it is, the emperor is like this!"
"How can we allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the bed?"
"The feudal king can't say it's not good, but it's just good now. As time goes by, will it still have the same effect as it does now?"
"And will the successor still maintain such a relationship with the vassal king?"
