Only a few people, including Zhu Di, Mu Sheng and the six ministers, had read the excerpt of Chen Kanxian's policy of reforming the land and returning it to exile, and the officials were not aware of it.
This was the shortcoming revealed by Zhu Yuanzhang's abolition of the prime minister system. There was one less microphone between the emperor and the ministers, and one less person to mediate the conflicts between the officials and the imperial power.
This resulted in many of the policies that Zhu Di decided on. Except for a few important ministers who could often meet with Zhu Di, many ministers had little understanding of them, or had never heard of them at all.
This is the strategy of changing the land and returning it to the local people.
The reason is that the reform of native land and return to local rule is a local policy and has nothing to do with the central government.
Seeing the confused looks on the ministers' faces, the smile on Zhu Di's face faltered.
He said calmly: "The Ministry of War has drawn up a plan to spread the strategy of reforming the country and returning it to the people."
"yes!"
After Ru Jun agreed, Zhu Di continued to ask: "Now that the policy of reforming the land and returning it to the locals has taken effect, how should the reward be given?"
Rujun responded without any hesitation: "Defining a province is more important than opening a frontier. According to the military laws of the Ming Dynasty, those who expand the territory thousands of miles will be awarded a title as a reward."
Zhu Di wanted to promote Chen Kan, and as Zhu Di's top horseman, Ru Jun would naturally not oppose him.
But as soon as he said this, some veterans immediately started talking.
Especially since they have never heard of this strategy of returning to exile.
Fang Xiaoru, the head of the civil service, heard this and hurriedly stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I think it is inappropriate. The policy of reforming the land in the southwest will only be implemented for a few months.
Although Xipinghou's advice has had a miraculous effect, the ministers don't know what the effect is. Even if they want to reward based on their merits, they should send an imperial envoy to investigate instead of relying on Xipinghou's words. "
Although it was his own student who provided the advice, in Fang Xiaoru's opinion, the title was indeed too heavy a reward.
Especially since Taizu abolished the viscounts and barons among the fifth-class titles and classified the third-class titles of Dukes and Dukes as super-first-class titles, the title of Ming Dynasty has become higher than that of other ministers.
This eradicates the proliferation of titles during the Tang and Song Dynasties.
Taking Rujun as an example, when Zhu Di came to the throne, he persuaded Zhu Di to join the throne. If we really talk about it, this was a real act of following the dragon, and in the end, he gained a loyal and empty prince.
During the more than three years of Jingnan, there were so many heroes who followed Zhu Di to conquer the world. After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he only made two dukes, thirteen marquises, and eleven earls in total.
This shows that Ming Dynasty was stingy about titles.
But now, as soon as Ru Yu opens his mouth, he will confer another noble title, and of course the ministers will not do it.
With Fang Xiaoru's proof, the imperial censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate suddenly jumped out and said with righteous indignation: "Your Majesty, I agree with Master Fang that the policy of reforming the land and returning it to the locals is not known to me. Now just based on the words of the Xiping Hou family, we must It is considered inappropriate by the ministers to confer a title of nobility."
The censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate had a very simple idea. No matter who proposed this policy of reforming the country and returning it to local people, they should just oppose it first.
Let’s not talk about the role of that policy in Yunnan. Let’s talk about the title. It is an important weapon of the country. How can it be given up so easily?
If there were too many titles, wouldn't all the great grandfather's hard work be in vain?
"I agree with Lord Fang that the title is an important weapon of the country, how can it be given lightly."
Several important ministers jumped out to object one after another, especially the officials under Fang Xiaoru and the officials under Wang Tui, the Minister of Household Affairs, who opposed the most fiercely.
Because having an extra title means that the court has to support his descendants from generation to generation. For the Ministry of Personnel, direct descendants need Yin Guan, and for the Ministry of Revenue, it is another meaningless expense.
Official positions in the Ming Dynasty are already scarce, and there are countless pairs of eyes staring at each position.
At the same time, Ming Dynasty's finances are far from wealthy.
One more title means one more ancestor, and of course they are not happy about it.
Listening to the objections from the ministers, Zhu Di's expression remained unchanged, but his eyelids twitched.
He didn't expect that just a simple promotion of his son-in-law would arouse so many people's opposition.
What he didn't expect even more was that the teacher Fang Xiaoru would take the lead in opposing it.
For a while, Zhu Di had a headache from their noise.
Fortunately, most of the courtiers didn't know that the policy of reforming the land and returning it to the locals was from Chen Kan, otherwise Chen Kan would probably be drowned in saliva at this time.
Thinking of Chen Kan, Zhu Di subconsciously looked in Chen Kan's direction.
Huh?
Where has this kid Chen Kan gone?
When the green-robed official saw Zhu Di looking towards him, he was immediately flattered.
But Zhu Di's eyes just glanced casually and did not stop on him.
He was a little disappointed.
Zhu Di's eyes wandered around the hall, and finally found Chen Kan sleeping soundly in a corner.
Just this glance almost made Zhu Di's nose crooked with anger.
Good guy, I'm here to endure the criticism from the courtiers just to promote you, and you're sleeping there like a dead dog!
It's simply too much of a lie!
Zhu Di was angry.
He looked at the courtiers who kept rising up to object, and suddenly felt that instead of giving this title to Chen Kan, it would be better to feed it to the dogs.
"quiet!"
An angry shout immediately silenced the voices of the officials.
Zhu Di said calmly: "Just as Fang Qing said, the matter of the title has been put aside for the time being. The matter will be handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. After Yuan Zheng, no! I will send an imperial envoy to Yunnan tomorrow. Just in time, I also want to Look at how Mu Sheng has governed Yunnan."
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of flattery from His Majesty the Holy Spirit in the hall.
Listening to the ministers' change of tone, Zhu Di felt a pain in his chest.
It's not the ministers' fault, but Chen Kan's anger.
Wuzhong, the censor of Youdu, asked: "Your Majesty, since we are going to send an imperial envoy to Yunnan, who will be the imperial envoy?"
As soon as he heard this, Zhu Di suddenly felt angry in his heart. He looked at Chen Kan who was huddled in the corner and said, "Just let Chen Kan go."
When Wuzhong heard this, he did not refute, but began to search for Chen Kan among the courtiers.
When he looked at the seats where the consorts were sitting, he couldn't help but be startled.
"Hey, where has Mr. Chen gone?"
"Chen Kan."
"Chen Kan!"
"Master Chen, wake up quickly!"
The official sitting next to Chen Kan couldn't help but push him.
Chen Kan woke up from his deep sleep instantly. As soon as he woke up, he saw Zhu Di's eyes that were about to burst into flames looking at him unkindly.
At the same time, the courtiers looked at him very strangely.
He was suddenly excited, stood up and said with cupped hands: "I'm here!"
"snort!"
Zhu Di snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and walked out of the hall towards the harem.
Chen Kan was confused.
Is this the end?
Facing the teasing looks of the courtiers, Chen Kan became even more confused.
what happened?
what happen?
Once Zhu Di left, the ministers were unwilling to stay in the palace any longer.
It’s hard to get a few days off a year, and everyone wants to take this opportunity to relax.
Spend time with your family, listen to music and so on.
Chen Kan still needed to go to the harem to have a dinner with Zhu Di and Queen Xu, so he decisively chose to go with the Zhu brothers and his two disabled brothers-in-law.
But the gloating look in the eyes of the four people could not be concealed.
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After accompanying Zhu Zhanji to play with the globe all day, Chen Kan finally waited for the legendary dinner.
There is nothing unusual about a royal family banquet, and Zhu Di advocates frugality.
The Ming Dynasty also implemented a separate meal system. Although the hygiene was guaranteed, Chen Kan couldn't find the feeling of a family banquet at all.
The taste was mixed with the same taste. Chen Kan poured half a glass of wine and sipped it in small sips, thinking in his mind how to mention the civil strife in Beiyuan to Zhu Di.
Regarding the Ming Dynasty, the last Han dynasty in history, Chen Kan had very complicated feelings in his heart.
I not only lamented his absurdity, but also admired his integrity.
The emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country.
Although such a slogan was imposed on him by later generations, Chen Kan became one of many time-travelers by chance.
If he can, Chen Kan doesn't mind helping this troubled nation reduce some resistance.
Let this country become what it deserves.
For Ming Dynasty, the biggest resistance at the moment is still the grassland in the north.
The barrenness of the grassland gave birth to a group of tough people.
For the Central Plains dynasty that mainly focused on farming, the coming and going of prairie men was always a sharp knife hanging above their heads.
The word nomadic among nomadic people means that the Han people who are accustomed to staying in one place cannot accurately grasp their whereabouts.
Of course, the Ming Dynasty was not the only one like this. In fact, all the Central Plains dynasties were unable to deal a devastating blow to the nomads on the grasslands, including the powerful Han and Tang Dynasties.
Of course, all this will come to a perfect end in the Ming Dynasty.
Because Chen Kan is here.
Chen Kan has experienced the era of great national integration and great national unity.
He knew that under the powerful firepower, the tough prairie people would eventually turn into docile people who sang, danced and were enthusiastic and unrestrained.
Of course, Ming Dynasty is still unable to cover the grassland with fire.
However, it's not a big problem.
Chen Kan will let Daming have such a day.
Before that day came, Chen Kan felt that conspiracy and tricks were not impossible.
Seeing that Zhu Di had finished his meal and was chatting quietly with Queen Xu, Chen Kan spoke.
"His Majesty!"
Facing Zhu Di's unkind gaze, Chen Kan quickly changed his words: "Father-in-law!"
Zhu Di's eyes were still a little unkind: "What's the matter?"
Zhu Di's cold attitude made Chen Kan a little confused. He didn't remember that he offended Zhu Di today.
Neuropathy!
After slandering in his heart, Chen Kan straightened his chest, cupped his hands towards Zhu Di and said, "Father-in-law, what is the origin of Mahamu, the envoy sent by Meng Yuan today?"
Zhu Di frowned: "Why do you ask this?"
Seeing Zhu Di frowning, Queen Xu hurriedly came out to smooth things over: "Today is a family dinner, we won't talk about state affairs."
After finishing speaking, Queen Xu hurriedly gave Chen Kan a nonchalant look.
Yuan Rong and Li Rang's eyes instantly showed mockery.
In the morning, Chen Kan slept in the main hall. He was not liked by Zhu Di, but now he dared to talk nonsense.
In the eyes of the two of them, Chen Kan was unhappy with himself.
Didn't you notice that Zhu Di was obviously disgusted?
But since Chen Kan had made his decision, he didn't care whether Zhu Di was in good mood or not.
He continued: "My son-in-law heard that Mahamu called the Emperor of the Meng Yuan Dynasty Khan when he presented a gift to you today. Although the Northern Yuan Dynasty was defeated in the battle of Yuerhai and his ancestral temple no longer exists, but Beiyuan has always been tough when facing the Ming Dynasty, when did he call himself Khan in front of the Ming Dynasty?"
Zhu Di had a thoughtful look on his face, and after a moment, he asked calmly: "What do you want to say?"
Chen Kan responded: "If my son-in-law's guess is correct, Beiyuan should have been in civil strife by now."
"What evidence is there for the civil strife in Beiyuan?"
As soon as he said this, Zhu Di's face suddenly became serious.
He has been dealing with Beiyuan for more than ten years, and he knows that although Beiyuan has retreated to the grassland, it is still a tough nut to crack.
If there is civil strife in Beiyuan, it will definitely be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Ming Dynasty.
Chen Kan wanted to continue speaking, but Zhu Di raised his hand to stop him.
"Come to my study!"
As soon as these words came out, the mockery in the eyes of Yuan Rong and Li Rang, who were waiting to watch the show, suddenly turned into jealousy.
The two brothers Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui also had twinkling eyes.
Looking at my father's performance, do you think you can't trust them?
Chen Kan thought for a while, turned his head and took a deep look at Yuan Rong and Li Rang, with a hint of contempt in his eyes.
It's not very harmful, it's very insulting.
Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui are Zhu Di's biological sons. Naturally, there is no trust or distrust. Zhu Di's move is obviously aimed at his two sons-in-law.
Chen Kan followed Zhu Di to the study room of Kunning Palace.
Just after entering the door, Zhu Di asked leisurely: "Is your guess based on the Oara tribe where Mahamu was born?"
Chen Kan had just sat down and was startled when he heard this: "Father-in-law, do you know?"
“I didn’t know this at first, but what you said just now reminded me that the Great Khan of Beiyuan and the Taishi lineage have always been at odds with the Oara tribe.
But this time, Beiyuan actually sent Mahamu as an envoy.
I didn't think much about it at first, but after you just said your guess, I also feel that there may be a big problem within Beiyuan.
Mahamu and Arutai have always been at odds, and Bensiyali is essentially Arutai's puppet.
Since Mahamu is on a mission to the Ming Dynasty, it means that Arutai may have taken control of the power of the Northern Yuan Dynasty..."
After Zhu Di finished speaking, Chen Kan took over and said, "What do you mean, my father-in-law, is the Meng Yuan Great Khan and the Grand Master planning to attack the Oara tribe?"
Zhu Di nodded and said, "This possibility cannot be ruled out."
Chen Kan was still worried about how to convince Zhu Di to believe in the civil strife in Beiyuan. He didn't expect that Zhu Di could infer so many things based on Chen Kan's words.
It actually saved Chen Kan a lot of drool.
"Then what are your plans?"
Since there was no need to waste words, Chen Kan immediately changed his tone and asked about Zhu Di's plan.
After all, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di can't be so stupid as to do nothing, right?
Zhu Di rubbed his eyebrows, and after a moment, he said calmly: "Since Mahamu will obey the order of the Great Khan of Beiyuan and go to the Ming Dynasty, it proves that Mahamu may not have any rebellious intentions, but a tiger has no intention of hurting others, and people can kill them." Tiger heart.
There is a high possibility that Bensiyari and Arutai will take action against the Oarabe, but the two sides may not necessarily fight each other. After Mahamu returns, he is more likely to be sidelined.
Let me think about it, let me think about it..."
Zhu Di needs to think carefully.
Originally there was discord within Beiyuan, and now it is even more likely to face the risk of splitting.
But this is just speculation. Arutai may not take action against Oarabu, and Mahamu may not fall out with Arutai after returning.
Zhu Di fell into deep thought.
But Zhu Di needed to think, but Chen Kan didn't.
He said: "Father-in-law, since there may not be civil strife in Beiyuan, why don't we add fuel to the fire and promote the fact that there will be civil strife in Beiyuan?"
Zhu Di was interrupted by Chen Kan as soon as his thoughts began to work. He was about to scold him, but found a sinister smile on Chen Kan's face.
"oh?"
"How to say?"
Zhu Di suddenly became interested. He wanted to hear how Chen Kan came to add fuel to the fire.
Chen Kan did not show off, and said bluntly: "Mahamu is in the Ming Dynasty now. Although he may not rebel, what if Ben Shiyali and Arutai insist on him rebelling?"
Zhu Di was instantly intrigued by Chen Kan's words, and he asked: "Then what are you going to do? You have to understand that Ben Shiyali and Alutai are not fools. Alutai is my old rival." How could he force Mahamu to rebel with his own hands, so that Ming Dynasty could take advantage of it?"
Chen Kan smiled sadly: "What if the Ming Dynasty is willing to confer the title of Mahamu?"
Zhu Di was shocked: "What do you mean?"
"My Ming Dynasty only needs to confer the title of Mahamu, recognize Mahamu as the Lord of the grassland, and then spread the news to the grassland as quickly as possible. How do you think Alutai will react?"
After Chen Kan finished speaking, a sinister smile appeared on his face.
This strategy was something he had already thought of.
The Jin family has lost power, and people in various grassland tribes are already panicking. In addition, many people are dissatisfied with Arutai's power.
Once the Ming Dynasty canonizes Mahamu, regardless of whether Mahamu is willing to accept the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the news reaches the grassland, Arutai, who is already at odds with Mahamu, will definitely define Mahamu as a traitor.
Then he gathered his army and fought against the Oara tribe.
He also had to fight Mahamu to death to scare the monkeys. Otherwise, if other grassland tribes on the grassland who were dissatisfied with him followed suit and came to the Ming Dynasty to seek canonization, then he, the grand master, would be nothing.
At the same time, Daming's move is equivalent to sending a signal to all the grassland ministries, that is, Daming is willing to accept you regardless of past grudges. If you don't want to work under Alutai, you can come to Daming.
Zhu Di quickly figured out the joints and couldn't help stroking his hands and laughing: "Wonderful, wonderful, are there any more?"
Obviously, Zhu Di has accepted Chen Kan's strategy.
Looking at Zhu Di's expectant expression, Chen Kan responded: "Of course, this is only the first step."
"We, the Ming Dynasty, can't sit still. The Tatars are not the only tribe on the grassland, there are many large and small tribes.
We can use their time, promise to pay a lot of money to win over some people, and send killers to assassinate some people.
Then adopt the policy of cracking down on divisions against those powerful tribes, causing chaos in the grasslands.
The more chaotic the grassland is, the greater the possibility that we will seize chestnuts from the fire. After our Ming Dynasty has sufficient finances, we will mobilize all our troops to defeat them one by one.
In this way, the grassland can be settled! "
Chen Kan reached out and clenched his fist, and once again drew a big pie for Zhu Di.
Zhu Di listened with great interest.
After a moment, Zhu Di suddenly sighed and said: "Chen Kan, I feel that asking you to take charge of a five-city military division is really overqualified and underqualified. You should stay in Jinyiwei."
Chen Kan smiled and said nothing.
He accepted the compliments from his father-in-law humbly.
After sighing with emotion, Zhu Di seemed to think it was not enough, and continued: "At first, Mr. Yao told me that your boy was very thoughtful and sinister, but I didn't take it seriously. Now it seems that Mr. Yao is far better than me in understanding people. !”
The more Chen Kan listened, the more he felt something was wrong.
Just praise me for my exquisite and clear mind. What the hell is this insidious character?
I studied under the great Confucian scholar...
"Mr. Fang is also an upright gentleman. How could he teach such a bad-tempered little bastard like you?"
Chen Kan: "?"
There's no need to praise and suppress others, right?
Chen Kan was unhappy. He frowned and asked, "Your Majesty's words are biased. You praise me and I don't object, so why bother me?"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Zhu Di couldn't help stroking his beard and laughing.
"Is this urgent?"
It can be seen that Zhu Di is in a good mood now.
He even thought of teasing Chen Kan.
The smile on Chen Kan's face remained unchanged, and he was already greeting the generation of Grandpa Taizu in his heart.
Sure enough, the Zhu family's genes can't produce anything good.
Well, except for cute girls with big eyes!
After Zhu Di finished laughing, he suddenly said suspiciously: "You kid, could it be that you came here to offer me advice in order to create opportunities for the Five Cities Military and Horse Division to make meritorious deeds?"
Chen Kan nodded and responded honestly: "I don't dare to deceive Your Majesty. I do have this intention. The Five Cities Military and Horse Division has now reached a bottleneck. Although it can barely snatch some people from the Jin Yiwei, there are still many In terms of black methods, he is still far from Jin Yiwei.
Nowadays, Jin Yiwei is in charge of the illegal affairs of domestic officials, big and small, which is not something that the Five Cities Military and Horse Division can interfere with.
In this case, I might as well find another way and focus on neighboring countries.
My idea is very simple. I am from the Ming Dynasty, so I naturally have to consider the Ming Dynasty and build a large territory for future generations. In that case, even if the descendants have a prodigal son, they will be defeated for several more generations. "
Chen Kan's simple words immediately attracted admiration on Zhu Di's face.
"Yes, I didn't see the wrong person."
"However, this matter is of great importance. I still need to ask Mr. Yao for his opinion."
"As it should be!"
Chen Kan also knew that it was impossible to get Zhu Di to support his idea unconditionally based on just a few words.
It was perfectly normal for him to ask Yao Guangxiao for his opinion.
Chen Kan would not feel unbalanced by this.
After all, Yao Guangxiao, who never appeared in the court or palace, was the real number one counselor of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, Chen Kan was confident that Yao Guangxiao would agree to his proposal.
The two got up and left the study and returned to the main hall of Kunning Palace. Zhu Di continued to talk to Queen Xu as if nothing had happened.
As soon as Chen Kan sat down, he received two jealous and curious looks.
The jealous eyes are naturally those of the two good-for-nothing princes-in-law, while the curious eyes are those of Zhu Di’s two fun-loving sons!
Zhu Gaosui, who was closest to Chen Kan, moved closer to him and asked in a low voice: "What did you and your father talk about?"
Chen Kan turned around and said with a smile: "After Yuan Zheng, you go to work in the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, and I will tell you!"
