Chapter 19: The Princes of the Ming Dynasty
King Yan suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, it's settled."
King Yan was actually not very satisfied with this plan. But what about satisfaction, what about dissatisfaction? Situation is stronger than people, and strength is the most important thing for generals. Regardless of the strength gap between the two sides, He Xi had already saved face and steps for him. He could only accept it.
However, King Yan was greatly stimulated at this moment.
The relationship between King Yan and Beijing had been changing before. But King Yan took the initiative most of the time. However, now he was forced to sign the alliance under the city.
It is strange for someone with such a stubborn character like King Yan to be satisfied.
King Yan made up his mind that when he went back this time, he would definitely create a great empire. When he came to Nanjing again in the future, it would not be like this.
Seeing that King Yan agreed, He Xi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
The prince's lineage is Zhu Xiongying. The lineage of King Qin is now just a county king. The lineage of the King of Jin was also captured by Zhu Yunwen, and is now looking for a way out in Nanjing.
King Yan is the elder of the clan. King Yan's attitude can influence the opinions of many vassal kings.
After King Yan captured it, it became much easier to persuade other vassal kings.
In the following time, He Xi met the Nanyang vassal king again, this time the King of Zhou, the King of Chu, and the King of Qi. They are in Java, Old Port, and Sulu. As for the situation of King Shu, it goes without saying. Then King Tan died young, King Zhao died young, and King Lu killed himself.
There is a knot between King Tan and Zhu Yuanzhang. He was also a concubine in the palace, and his mother-in-law was Chen Youliang's concubine, and there were many rumors about him. He was said to be Chen Youliang's posthumous son. In short, his childhood was not happy. Even if he is a prince.
Even if Zhu Yuanzhang paid more attention to him, it was not much better.
Historically, he committed suicide because he was implicated in the Hu Weiyong case. He had never thought about how Zhu Yuanzhang could kill his own son. Even if he did make any mistakes, as a prince, as long as he could get to the imperial court, things would often turn around.
But that’s it***.
Zhu Yuanzhang naturally looked down upon him.
In this era, he lived for a few more years. After the death of the prince, obvious cracks appeared in the Ming royal family, and he died of fear.
King Lu was originally a ridiculous prince.
After Zhu Yuanzhang learned about the history, he strengthened his discipline. But the situation is easy to change, and the nature is hard to change. It is also true that Zhu Yuanzhang's energy is very limited. What he calls strengthening discipline does not mean sending a capable official. But the problem is that in history, Zhu Yuanzhang also valued the care of his heirs. It turned out that King Lu was still seeking immortality, so he probably poisoned himself with the elixir.
In this time and space, the way King Lu died was not much different, mainly in Goryeo, where he played more seriously.
Once you come, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Historically, King Lu was in Shandong, and the local gentry in Shandong could find ways to establish relations with the court. so. King Lu was still afraid of doing things. And in Korea. The so-called upper echelons of Goryeo were wiped out by He Xi. There was no one who could bring connections to the capital, and those who could bring connections to the capital would not offend the prince for a trivial matter.
After all, the person killed by King Lu was a Korean. The Koreans had just been conquered, and many people didn't care too much.
Secondly, the people of Goryeo were more docile than the people of Ming Dynasty, and the nobles of Goryeo were more playful than the nobles of Ming Dynasty who had just founded the country.
You know, during the Yuan Dynasty, Goryeo women always had a place in the Yuan Dynasty. And Yuan Ting's Eighteen Heavenly Demon Dance. Destroyed by Zhu Yuanzhang. Because the Yuan Lord is addicted to these things, which is a sign of the destruction of the country. But there are still some in Goryeo.
King Lu in history was just playing with elixirs. As for the King of Lu in this era, he cultivated both Buddhism and Taoism, from Huanxi Zen, Mingfei and Tiannu to Taoism's harvesting of cauldrons and various so-called elixirs.
So King Lu died earlier than in history.
He did have a son, but Zhu Yuanzhang became angry and expelled the country.
Next up are the Four Kings of Japan
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King Xiang, King Su. King of Liao. King Qing. These four princes occupy Japan's Kanto, Kansai, Shikoku, and Kyushu respectively. The foundation is solid. During the Civil War, they also dealt a cruel blow to the remaining forces of Japan.
After repeated struggles, most Japanese people also turned to the Four Kings.
Of course, the four kings also made some compromises in their rule. For example, recognizing the rights and interests of some Japanese nobles. These nobles knew very well that they could not fight against Ming Dynasty. Even if the four kings are defeated, it is impossible to overthrow the rule of Ming Dynasty.
For many Japanese nobles, Japan is not important. What is important is whether they are nobles.
This is the most important.
As long as their rights and interests are recognized and they can continue to be nobles, it doesn't matter whether they are the emperor, the Genji, or the Ming royal family.
Next, there are King Ning, King Min, King Gu, and King Han. King Shen, King An, and King Tang.
In fact, these princes are just arranged in order. Their birth years are not the same as in history. After all, history has changed. He Xi and Zhu Yuanzhang talked countless times at night, which naturally influenced Zhu Yuanzhang to go to the harem to have children.
The oldest of the latter is only eighteen years old. The youngest is about the same age as He Yuansi.
This is also the reason why it has not been sealed.
Without him, a vassal state is different from a vassal state. The original Ming Dynasty vassal state was actually to establish another system on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the requirements for the vassal king were not high. The ones with higher requirements are a few Sai kings.
But things are different now. These feudal kings all have to go out.
It's going overseas. It's about actually leading troops to fight.
This is no small matter.
One can't help but die without saying a word. The whole army below will be annihilated, which is really not a good thing in the prosperous times. Therefore, these vassal kings postponed the matter of vassalage. After all, when Zhu Yuanzhang died, the oldest was only around eighteen years old.
He has been raised in Nanjing.
In fact, Zhu Yunwen didn't care much about being granted the title of vassal king. Even opposed.
After all, China's historical experience since ancient times is that too many feudal kings rebelled. became an enemy of the central government. Not to mention, as soon as he ascended the throne, Beijing and King Jingjiang rebelled.
Zhu Yunwen naturally kept silent to these vassal kings.
They even sent someone to hint that it would be best for them to stay in the capital and be demoted to the next rank.
Therefore, the fiefdoms of these vassal kings have not yet been resolved.
In addition, there is also King Jingjiang. Yes, King Jingjiang went into exile in Nanyang and is dead. But the lineage of King Jingjiang was not interrupted. King Jingjiang still has a son.
This has also become a troublesome thing.
The dead King Jingjiang still doesn't have a posthumous title, but he just doesn't know how to determine it. The Prince of Jingjiang insisted that he upholds justice for the world and serves as a pioneer for Beijing.
It's just for the sake of Beijing's national interests. I don't care if my body is broken into pieces.
If He Xi was not a party to this war, he would probably believe it. After all, King Jingjiang's war at sea gave Nanjing a strong influence.
Judging from the future review, this obviously caused Nanjing to miss the best opportunity before the war started.
However, if others don’t know what King Jingjiang is doing, how can He Xi not know? King Jingjiang wanted to seize the throne.
However, He Xi didn't know whether to refute what Prince Jingjiang said. Do you want to refute? To what extent do you object?
But Zhu Xiongying has made it clear that he wants to acknowledge this matter.
Without him, after Zhu Xiongying took charge of Nanjing, one of his concerns was how to maintain his legitimacy. There are two explanations for the legitimacy of the imperial court today.
One naturally belongs to the traditional family world, and Zhu Xiongying is the successor of Zhu Yuanzhang. So there should be a world.
He Xi didn't like this kind of orthodoxy. But we can't object. After all, after so many years, a lot of knowledge has been deeply rooted in my bones. Forcing a twist is not a good thing. Will meet again
See many questions.
Even during the Republic of China, when Zhang Zuolin was killed, the Northeast Army still regarded Zhang Xueliang as its natural leader. Chang Kaishen also wanted to pass on the country and the country to future generations.
This shows how deeply this kind of thinking is deeply rooted in people's hearts.
The other type is naturally the democracy that He Xi wants to promote. Although it has its foundation in ancient Chinese classics, for example, the world is not a world for one person, but a world for everyone.
In this case.
But after all, the time was too short, so He Xi worked hard to publicize it and implement it in terms of policies and systems. But it’s still too superficial.
Therefore, the former is very important to Zhu Xiongying.
Prince Jingjiang just wanted a fiefdom. He packaged King Jingjiang as the cause of righteousness and raised troops to respond to Beijing. The biggest benefit is not that of King Jingjiang, but that Beijing's actions were wrapped in a coat of justice.
This is very good for Zhu Xiongying. Compared with this, a fiefdom owned by King Jingjiang is nothing.
In addition, the prince has five children. Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yuntong, Zhu Yunzhen. Zhu Yunxi.
Among them, Zhu Yuntong is Zhu Xiongying's half-brother. In addition to making good arrangements for him, the other two are from the Lu family. But as the eldest brother, Zhu Xiongying can't care too much.
Not to mention, Zhu Xiongying now wants to be lenient and treat these people well when he wants to win over the clan.
So, He Xi had to deal with the vassal king. King Shu doesn’t need to worry about it anymore. It's already been arranged.
The remaining three people are the Crown Prince of Qin, the Crown Prince of Jin, and the Crown Prince of Lu. Although they have all been expelled from the country. But after all, he was Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson. Zhu Xiongying had just ascended the throne, so he naturally had to be lenient. Restore them to the country.
He Xi came up with the idea of sealing off all three of them to Southern Xinjiang. Go ahead and disgust King Yan.
Anyway, Zhu Xiongying himself didn't like these three princes very much.
