Although Zhu Yijun is not afraid of clan trouble, as the clan is the most basic component of feudal society, the way the royal family handles the clan will directly affect the stability of the clan-based social system. Moreover, for the people of the Ming Dynasty who highly recognized the "friendship between relatives", an emperor who treated his clan harshly could not treat all people in the world with kindness - this directly affected the emperor's legitimacy.
As a modern person, Zhu Yijun could not understand this at the beginning of his time travel. But in the past few years, he has seen and heard too many examples of people who sacrificed their lives for the sake of the prosperity of their clan. All the cultural genes for the survival of the clan have been written into the blood and marrow of the ancient Chinese people, which is difficult for future generations after the clan system has completely disintegrated.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun was very tolerant of the princes and princes who had come to Beijing. While taking good care of their lives and entertainment, he also took precious time to meet with the princes and vassals in succession, almost doing their ideological work one by one.
Throughout May, Zhu Yijun focused most of his energy on the vassal conference. After careful and patient preparation, the official day of the three sects’ conference in early June finally arrived.
The clan members who came to Beijing all got on the newly purchased luxury carriages and headed to Nanyuan Campus, surrounded by people.
This sect-vassal conference was held in the newly built auditorium of Nanyuan Martial Arts School. After more than two years of construction, Nanyuan Martial Arts School finally took on the appearance of a later university and barracks. The soldiers in the Beijing camp also ended their days of living in tents in the late summer of the fifth year of Wanli and moved into brand-new barracks.
According to the established regulations, the emperor will inspect the capital camp with all the royal relatives to show the world's "family friendship" and at the same time show the emperor's relatives the greatest guarantee for the eternal stability of the Zhu family.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is also an implicit warning: No matter how the court manipulates you, you'd better not have any thoughts of "Jingnan", because I can wipe you out with one hand - and there will still be some left. .
Sure enough, the Jingying camp, which had only been formed after recruit training and nine-sided rounds of battle, had a military majesty that frightened everyone at the viewing platform. It could even be said that the power of the new army had exceeded the limit of their imagination.
Especially after the artillery salvo blasted a section of the thirty-foot-long stone wall of the training ground into the sky, the timid princes did not dare to raise their heads when they looked at Zhu Yijun. They could only lower their heads and roll their eyes upwards to take a peek.
Perhaps the broken leg stimulated the secretion of bone. The fifteen-year-old Zhu Yijun's head has grown upward again. He is nearly five feet five inches (press: 1.75 meters), which is seven centimeters taller than the Wanli Emperor in parallel time and space.
There are two reasons. First, Zhu Yijun has strengthened his exercise after time travel and often does exercises that help bone development; on the other hand, he also consciously supplements calcium, such as insisting on consuming milk and eating high-calcium foods.
Zhu Yijun achieved satisfactory results through long-term exercise and calcium intake, but Wang Lu couldn't. Both he and Zhu Yijun had diarrhea due to lactose intolerance, but Zhu Yijun gradually overcame it by drinking less and more often. symptoms.
King Lu does not have Zhu Yijun's willpower and is a bit greedy. Now he has grown into a fat man. Although he is eleven years old, he is still chubby and cute.
As the emperor's brother, King Lu's appearance at this sect-vassal meeting was also expected. King Lu Zhu Yitan, who had been accompanying him for half a month, was also extremely fat and had a lot in common with King Lu. Fearing that he would be frightened while watching the firearms demonstration, King Lu also held King Lu in his arms and covered his ears.
After the military parade was over, everyone moved to the auditorium. The princes and princes sat together in front of the large round table that had been set up according to their seniority.
After the ritual music was played, Zhu Yijun, accompanied by cabinet ministers and several vassals such as King Lu, King Zhou, and King Zheng, came to the scene and delivered a passionate speech. The main meaning of the speech is that the clan now has more than 80,000 people. Except for those of you here who barely have enough to eat, the vast majority of the poor clan are either hungry or have become thieves who extort and steal. As the common clan leader of everyone. , I, Zhu Yijun, didn’t do my job well!
When everyone spoke one after another, they said that this had nothing to do with the emperor. The emperor treated the clan with great grace and no one could find fault. Zhu Yijun saw that what everyone said seemed to be true, so he stopped blaming himself and waved his hands to let everyone listen quietly and continue his speech.
Zhu Yijun said that the imperial court owed everyone too much Lumi, almost 30,000 shi. There are many projects now, and there is still a war in Myanmar. The money is flowing like a river, and it is indeed difficult. Not only can it not repay old debts, it is also impossible even if it no longer owes money. As the parent of all of us, I can never let everyone go hungry.
In order to solve the problem of feeding the descendants of Taizu, the imperial court could only enrich the country and strengthen the army, so it began to reform. Now that the law has been reformed, we must also change the clan system - although Taizu's design was very good at the time, he never imagined that even if the Ming Dynasty's taxes were fully distributed, it would not be enough for everyone to chew grain.
These words are all reasonable, and the clan members present here also said that the clan system should be changed! Nowadays, the poor sects who cannot afford to eat go to the palaces of the major princes every day to cause famine and cause trouble. They are also bored to death. If the court allows them to have a career, it will be considered an immeasurable merit.
King Zhou waited for the emperor to finish speaking, then stood up and said: "What the emperor said is reasonable. Our clan does not study or have a career. We only live as rice bugs. How can we look like the descendants of Taizu? Even if the emperor doesn't say it, we will all I’m so embarrassed! I don’t dare to tell other people’s family, but our family firmly supports the emperor’s change of this system – will the descendants of Zhu Zaicheng starve to death if they don’t eat the rice from the court?”
Zhu Yijun laughed loudly after hearing this, pointed at King Zhou and said: "King Zhou said it well!" Everyone listened to the emperor praising King Zhou, and all the princes who were a little ambitious about **** also stood up and expressed their feelings to the emperor and King Zhou. Same meaning.
After Zhu Yijun waited for them to talk, he ordered the food to be served and said with a smile: "Let's chat while we eat." After hearing what he said, the band started playing music again.
To the solemn and elegant accompaniment, the state banquet wine and food were delivered into the auditorium like a flowing stream. Although the dining experience is very high, the dishes at this banquet are not that interesting. There are fish and meat, but the color, smell and taste make it feel like a roadside restaurant - it is difficult for the imperial chefs to understand Zhu Yijun's spirit. This banquet There was a sense of shabbiness from the inside out.
King Lu, who was sitting next to Zhu Yijun, had never eaten food treated like this before. He was usually used to light food, but when he suddenly encountered a dish with a strong taste, he couldn't help but move his index finger and swung his cheeks away to eat.
King Lu, who was sitting opposite the two of them, felt distressed. He picked up a chopstick of cherry meat and handed it to King Lu, saying, "Hey, I really didn't expect that the emperor would live like this!"
Prince Zheng chuckled secretly in his stomach, and said with sympathy on his face: "It is really not easy for the emperor to be in charge of this family!"
