Li Qing was puzzled. He felt that the name Fang Xiaoru was very familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
After a few simple polite words, everyone sat down again.
Li Qing thought hard, and finally he remembered that Zhu Di had killed his ten clans after he succeeded in the war.
However, some say that it is only from the Yi tribe, but the Zhu Shi tribe is more widespread.
After everyone exchanged greetings, the hall fell silent. They all looked at Zhu Yunwen, knowing that the emperor must be announcing something big when he summoned so many people.
Zhu Yunwen was also looking at these people, looking at these people that the emperor had left for him, he felt more at ease as he had always been insecure.
These are people you can trust!
A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but it quickly disappeared, replaced by a frown and a sad look on his face.
Seeing this, Qi Tai said: "May I ask Your Majesty, why are you worried?"
"Alas...!" Zhu Yunwen just smiled bitterly and did not answer.
Qi Tai added: "It is the duty of a minister to eat the emperor's salary and share the emperor's worries. Please make it clear to the emperor."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Fang Xiaoru cupped his hands and said, "The Lord is worried about the humiliation of his ministers, and the Lord is concerned about the humiliation of his ministers and their death. Your Majesty does not say anything, so how will the ministers deal with themselves?"
Huang Zicheng rolled his eyes and said respectfully, "I dare you, but Your Majesty is worried that the power of the vassal kings will be too great. Is he afraid that he will be too powerful in the future, and even...endanger the country?"
"Alas...!" Zhu Yunwen sighed softly, "They are all my uncles, how could I just..."
Li Qing's heart tightened. Old Zhu's body was still cold, but Xiao Zhu was going to cut off his clan?
It's not that he didn't expect Zhu Yunwen to cut down the vassal, but he really didn't expect that he would be so impatient.
Just as he was about to speak, Fang Xiaoru spoke first: "The sage has said: the people are the most important, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important;
In front of the people and the country, the king has to give way, let alone the vassal king?
It is not uncommon for vassal kings to rely on their power to commit lawlessness, and each of them has military power. As time goes by, they will surely become more powerful, and they may even start to conspire against them! "
"I second the proposal." Huang Zicheng followed closely, "The emperor is the king of a country. How can he only care about family ties and ignore his people and the country?"
Li Qing couldn't sit still and immediately said: "The bones of Emperor Taizu Gao are not yet cold, and the emperor did this..."
"Li Du is wrong. Your Majesty is doing this for the sake of the country and the country of Ming Dynasty." Qi Tai interrupted, "Emperor Taizu is alive in heaven, so he will only feel relieved."
If Lao Zhu can survive, his mother will have to chop you alive... Li Qing said: "I think it is inappropriate for Qi Shilang to say this."
He was not qualified for the official position and changed his title to a knighthood, which made Qitai feel depressed.
Lordship is different from official position. It belongs to the higher level of official rank. Not to mention marquis, even an earl and a minister of Qitai have to salute him.
Although it shows that in the middle and later periods, civil servants became more and more powerful, and their status as nobles was only in name only, but at present, civil servants are far from being comparable to nobles.
Qi Tai said in a muffled voice: "What do you think of Marquis Yongqing?"
Li Qing ignored him, looked directly at Zhu Yunwen, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, the situation outside the customs is treacherous at the moment. The vassal kings are responsible for guarding the border, so it is not a good time to attack them!"
"That's wrong." Qitai spoke up again.
Lee Sin ignored him, but he wanted to talk to Lee Sin.
"As the saying goes: To fight foreign affairs, you must first calm down the interior. Because the situation outside the customs is treacherous, the court should calm down the disaster as soon as possible."
Fang Xiaoru cupped his hands and said, "I second my opinion."
"I second the proposal." Huang Zicheng followed immediately.
The civil servants couldn't stand the nobles, and they also couldn't stand the vassal king. When Lao Zhu was reincarnated, they clamored for Lao Zhu to stop enfeoffment and weaken the power of the vassal king. Now that Lao Zhu was gone, they had no scruples.
Li Jinglong was still very interesting, and united the front with Li Qing, "Your Majesty, the situation outside the customs is serious. It is not appropriate to cut down the vassal at this time. Please think twice, Your Majesty!"
Three agreed and two opposed, but the two opposed carried more weight. Now, Zhu Yunwen was in a dilemma.
In fact, deep down in his heart, he wanted to cut down the feudal clan. Without him, those uncles made him feel insecure.
He has been an insecure person since he was a child. After all, he is a concubine and not the eldest son. He has known since he was a child that even if he is divided in the future, he will not be assigned a good place.
But the eldest grandson died young, his father died young, the second grandson was young, and his relatives were too strong, which was not good for the country. It was his turn.
In fact, to this day, Zhu Yunwen still feels guilty.
Although the ancestral training of Emperor Ming had stated that he was the legitimate eldest grandson, after all, the mother-in-law was the successor, not the legitimate wife.
He also wondered what the people in the world were thinking. In fact, even deep down in his heart, he did not think that he was his legitimate grandson.
Those imperial uncles didn't sit on the throne, but his concubine and grandson sat on the throne. Can he feel guilty?
What's more, there were so many imperial uncles, and they all held military power. He, who already lacked a sense of security, was on pins and needles, unable to sleep or eat well.
"Ahem... Well, Li Aiqing, I think Qi, Fang, and Huang, what the three Aiqings said is reasonable." Zhu Yunwen's face was stern, "We must first settle the internal affairs when dealing with foreign affairs. I... although I am a direct grandson, after all, I am the same as the emperor's uncle. They are a generation apart;
The emperor's uncles must be holding back resentment in their hearts. What should they do if they have different intentions when I use troops outside the pass? "
Li Qing was helpless. He could understand Zhu Yunwen's mood. Even in terms of cutting down the vassal, there was nothing wrong with it;
But the problem is that cutting a fan is not about upper lip touching lower lip, just talk about it. It involves too much, and Xiao Xiaozhu can't grasp it at all.
Li Qing sighed: "Does Your Majesty know about the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms of Han and the Eight Kings of Jin?"
"The words of Marquis Yongqing are wrong." The annoying Qi Tai spoke again.
Li Qing wanted to tear his mouth apart, gritted his teeth and said, "What do you think, Minister Qi?"
Qi Tai smiled proudly and said happily, "The eight kings of the Jin Dynasty were not caused by the reduction of vassal vassals, but the interference of the harem in politics; the rebellion of the seven kings of the Han Dynasty was caused by the reduction of vassal vassals, but... the vassal kings of the Han Dynasty are not like us. Can the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty compare?"
"Ah? This..." Li Qing couldn't help but show some timidity when delving into history. He really didn't understand history very well.
Seeing the embarrassment on Li Qing's face, Li Jinglong explained: "The vassal kings of the Han Dynasty were extremely powerful and had almost all management rights such as military and administrative power in their fiefdoms. They were like a country within a country;
This is also the reason why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was so powerful and could only implement the order of favor.
As for the Ming Dynasty's vassal king, administratively, he has a chief envoy; militarily, the army he dispatches is also from the imperial court; the vassal king's only private armed force is only three guards, so what kind of trouble can a few people make? "
"What Mr. Cao Guo said is true." Qi Fang and Huang nodded with smiles.
Li Qing was speechless. When Li Jinglong said this, he suddenly felt that the Ming vassal king was really weak. Thinking about it carefully, it was true.
Now, he finally understood why Zhu Yunwen dared to cut down the vassal clan when he came up.
Yes, why should the feudal king win?
Li Qing smacked his lips, cupped his hands and said, "Why doesn't the emperor imitate Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, moisturize things silently, and subtly eliminate the power of the vassal king?"
Seeing that he no longer objected fiercely, Zhu Yunwen immediately felt relieved and even forgot to pretend, "Is it necessary?"
"There's no need at all!" Qi Fanghuang said.
"..." Li Qing was really helpless and glanced at Fang Xiaoru emphatically, thinking: It is not without reason that you were punished by the Ten Clan.
"Your Majesty, I still feel that it is not appropriate to reduce the vassal status."
Zhu Yunwen frowned, "What's the reason?"
"Your Majesty, the Emperor knows that the King of Qin married the sister of Wang Baobao, the former general of the Yuan Dynasty, the King of Jin married the daughter of Marquis Yongping, the King of Yan and King Dai married the daughter of the Duke of Wei, and the King of Shu married the daughter of Lan Yu..."
Barabara...
Zhu Yunwen frowned tightly, and the smiles of Qi Fanghuang and the others gradually faded a little.
None of Lao Zhu's sons married the daughters of civil servants, they were all nobles.
Even Zhu Yunwen's father, Zhu Biao, married the daughter of Chang Yuchun, the most powerful general in the Ming Dynasty.
The reason why Lao Zhu did this was that he learned the lesson from the Song Dynasty that the harem was controlled by Confucian scholar-bureaucrats, so he did not marry civil servants at all.
The only civil servant who married was Li Shanchang, and he married a princess instead of a princess.
The princess is naturally noble, but after she gets married, the children she gives birth to will take her husband's surname, and they will all be outsiders.
But marrying a princess is different. Although the daughter of a distinguished noble is promoted to a princess and is not as good as a princess, the son they give birth to is from the old Zhu family and belongs to the royal family.
This point is particularly important!
In fact, there is another reason why Lao Zhu did this, that is, while allowing nobles and vassal kings to check and balance each other, they would not rush into internal strife.
Facts have proved that what he did was very correct.
There is indeed a relationship of checks and balances and peaceful coexistence between the nobles and the feudal princes.
But once the vassal state is reduced, it is inevitable that the two sides will not join forces.
It is true that the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty are not as good as the vassal kings of the Han Dynasty, but if one of them fails, the situation will not be any better than the Rebellion of the Seven Kings of the Han Dynasty.
"What Marquis Yongqing said makes sense!" Qi Tai nodded.
Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng also felt the same way. They stood up and gave a long bow, "I have learned a lesson."
Li Qing returned the salute with a smile and cupped his fists, feeling a deep sigh of relief in his heart.
Unexpectedly, as soon as his smile rose, Fang Xiaoru said: "It seems that we can't kill King Yan and King Ning first. It is safer to start with the less powerful vassal king and the less powerful princess's mother-in-law!" "
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