Chapter 1058 Who allowed me to marry someone elses daughter?
Zhu Xiang's mind was still relatively clear. After listening to Han Du's words, he also believed that it was impossible for his father to seal the entire continent to him. But in this way, the three places had their own advantages and disadvantages, and he didn't know what to do.
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Some of them were unsure and looked up at Zhu Biao, hoping that Zhu Biao could give him a suggestion.
But Zhu Biao couldn't give his second brother any advice, because these three places are far and near. If he suggested that his second brother choose a continent, if outsiders found out in the future, he would probably be accused of being mean and unkind, and would seal his younger brother to
Thousands of miles away.
If he asked his second brother to choose Luzon, there is a possibility of being misunderstood. After all, although Luzon is good in all aspects, the various forces are complicated and it may not be possible for Zhu Ping to take action.
So, Zhu Biao smiled and said: "Where my second brother wants to be sealed, you should ask your father what he wants. After all, no matter where you choose, your father will nod in the end."
Zhu Xiang thought about what the emperor brother said made sense. In the end, it was his father who had the final say as to where he could seal it.
"What the emperor said is true." Zhu Xi first thanked Zhu Biao with his hands, then turned to look at Han Du and thanked him as well: "Your explanation of the confusion has made me enlightened. Thank you very much."
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A few days later, at a morning meeting, Lao Zhu announced the punishment of King Qin to the ministers.
Take back the feudal country and move it overseas
Although King Qin's title and title were all there, such an ungrateful punishment still made all the ministers feel chilly.
To put it nicely, it means being moved overseas, but to put it worse, it means being exiled.
The officials did not expect that the emperor would punish King Qin like this. After all, King Qin was the emperor's own son. Although the people in Xi'an were in dire straits, their families were ruined, and they even sent people to kill one of the people. But after all, the emperor had doubled the compensation for the people, and the people also
I have forgiven King Qin and also sent the Emperor the Ten Thousand People Umbrella and the Ten Thousand People Umbrella.
This matter has been properly handled. Even if the emperor lets King Qin return to his fiefdom and continue to be his prince, the officials will not say anything.
But what the officials never expected was that the emperor had no intention of mercilessly sparing King Qin, and even wanted to exile him overseas.
He is so cruel to his own son, why can't all the officials feel sympathy for him?
Therefore, in the morning meeting, when Lao Zhu raised it, no official refuted it. They were afraid that Lao Zhu would burn his anger on them, so they all lowered their heads and shut their mouths tightly, saying nothing.
'Anyway, King Qin is your son, so just be happy with him. I don't have any opinion on how to deal with the ministers.'
All the officials had no objections to the emperor moving King Qin overseas, but some people did.
Today, Han Du was accompanying An Qing at home, but suddenly the eunuch from Kunning Palace came to deliver Queen Ma's decree.
"The Empress has a decree to summon the Marquis of Zhenhai to the palace for an audience~"
After hearing this, An Qing couldn't help looking up at Han Du with some suspicion and asked: "What does the queen want you to do?"
"How do I know?" Han Du was also confused. He glanced at the eunuch in surprise, then looked back at An Qing.
An Qing also looked confused when she saw Han Du, obviously not knowing what was going on. She didn't care at all, sitting there looking at her son, casually waved to Han Du without looking back, and said: "Since it is the queen who is looking for
You, then go quickly."
Han Du didn't want to keep the eunuch waiting, so he got up, changed his clothes and followed him into Kunning Palace.
As soon as he entered the palace, Han Du's smile froze on his face before he had time to greet Queen Ma.
Because Han Du saw Zhu Biao kneeling on the ground in front of Queen Ma, and when he heard the eunuch announcing Han Du's arrival, he turned around and met Han Du's eyes.
Zhu Biao's eyes were full of deep sympathy for Han Du.
"My lord, please pay homage to the empress." The atmosphere was so strange, how could Han Du dare to be casual? His whole body tensed up, and he quickly walked to Queen Ma in three steps and then knelt down like Zhu Biao.
Bang! Queen Ma slapped the low table next to the armrest angrily. The loud sound shook Han Du and made him feel numb all over.
Han Du didn't expect that Queen Ma was so old that Wei Wei
It was surprising that she could put such heavy pressure on herself when she was angry. Even Han Du couldn't have made such a big move with her palm just now.
"Well, Han Du, I thought you were a good person and decided to marry An Qing to you. I didn't expect you to be a villain who repays kindness with hatred." Queen Ma was not polite as soon as she opened her mouth, pointing directly at Han Du's nose and scolded.
"Your Majesty, I don't know what your Majesty means." Han Du was a little unclear as to what was going on.
But Empress Ma didn't answer Han Du at all, or even ignored him at all. She turned around and yelled at Zhu Biao: "You are the prince, and Zhu Feng is your biological brother. How can you have the heart to exile him overseas?"
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He originally lowered his head and wanted to make himself transparent so that he would not be noticed by his mother. He suddenly had to raise his head with a wry smile and replied: "Mother, overseas is not a barbaric land. Isn't it very difficult these years?
Okay. Besides, the second brother insisted on going, and my son didn’t let him go."
"Bastard!" Empress Ma became even more angry, pointed at Zhu Biao's nose, and cursed: "Do you think the Queen Mother is easy to deceive? The second brother has been staying in Xi'an since he became a feudal lord. Even when he returned to Beijing, he just came and went.
It's just a rush. How does he know what it's like overseas? Didn't you two instigate him? "
With one word from Empress Ma, Zhu Biao and Han Du were so scolded that they became silent.
Indeed, if Han Du and Zhu Biao had not mentioned overseas to Zhu Xi, how would Zhu Xi know about the situation overseas? I am afraid that there is no concept of overseas in Zhu Xi's mind.
Zhu Biao and Han Du looked at each other, not knowing how to comfort them.
But at this time, Empress Ma became more and more sad the more she scolded her. She sobbed intermittently: "My mother is old. She doesn't want to think about anything now. She just wants to see your brothers and sisters behave respectfully in front of her. My mother will be content with her life."
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Han Du didn't dare to answer the conversation now. He could only kneel straight on the ground, lowering his head and saying nothing.
But Zhu Biao had to speak at this time. He glanced at Han Du and saw that there was no hope, so he had to sigh helplessly and said: "Mother, the second brother is not far overseas. It is so convenient to travel by boat now. If the mother
I miss my second brother so much, I can call him back at any time."
"It's thousands of miles away overseas, but it's not that far away? If the queen mother misses her second son, can she see him within a month?" Empress Ma couldn't listen to Zhu Biao's words at all, and even sternly criticized her.
In her opinion, in the past, Zhu Feng's fiefdom was in Xi'an. If he worked hard, it would only take a month. But once he went overseas, it was thousands of miles away, and it was not easy to come back.
This is also true. Even if Zhu Xi goes to the nearest Luzon, it will take at least two months to go back and forth.
Zhu Biao was also speechless by the Queen Mother's question. He laughed flatteringly, not knowing what to do.
At this moment, a deep voice came from behind.
"Yo! What's wrong with you?"
When Zhu Biao and Han Du heard Lao Zhu's voice, they immediately felt as if they had finally waited for a savior, and quickly turned around and bowed to Lao Zhu on their knees.
"My son, I pay my respects to my father~"
There was no other way. Facing Queen Ma, Han Du had no choice but to play the emotional card.
Old Zhu walked past Zhu Biao and Han Du calmly, went straight to Queen Ma and sat down. He looked at them with a smile and said, "What are you two kneeling on the ground for? Get up."
Zhu Biao and Han Du were overjoyed and were about to get up.
But Queen Ma suddenly stopped her, "No, just kneel down like this."
After the two of them heard this, they immediately knelt on the ground in frustration.
Lao Zhu looked at Queen Ma with a smile and asked, "Why do you want them to kneel down?"
Empress Ma also lost her temper and had sex with Old Zhu Mao. She said stubbornly: "Zhu Biao is my son. If I want him to kneel down, he will kneel down."
This reason cannot be refuted. The Ming Dynasty relied on filial piety to establish the world. Queen Ma indeed has this power, and
Even Lao Zhu couldn't say anything to her.
If Lao Zhu asked Zhu Biao to stand up, it would be encouraging Zhu Biao to be unfilial. Even Zhu Biao himself would not listen to Lao Zhu's words. He could only continue to kneel until Queen Ma calmed down and asked him to get up.
"What about Han Du?" The meaning of Lao Zhu's words is very obvious. Zhu Biao is his son. If you ask him to kneel, I can't say anything, but I can't let Han Du kneel too.
"He is my son-in-law. As the old saying goes, even if my son-in-law is half a son, I will make him kneel down. What's wrong?" Queen Ma was not afraid of Lao Zhu at all and even glared at him.
When Han Du heard Lao Zhu's words, he thought he had hope of standing up. But Queen Ma said, "Okay, I'd better kneel down."
He sighed inwardly and couldn't help but glanced sideways at Zhu Biao. As soon as his eyes met, he quickly took it back, but the smile he was holding back could not be concealed, and it all fell into Han's eyes.
degree in the eyes.
Gloating about misfortune, right?
But Han Du could only endure Zhu Biao's gloating about his misfortune. Just like Empress Ma said, who allowed him to marry someone else's daughter?
When Lao Zhu saw that Queen Ma was unwilling to give up, he stopped caring about the two of them. Anyway, it was Zhu Biao and the others who were suffering, not him.
After pondering for a while, Lao Zhu smiled and comforted Queen Ma: "Sister, I know you are reluctant to let your second son go overseas. But he is my son, and there are some things he has to go to."
"Why do you have to go? Why didn't you say so before?" Empress Ma still refused to give up, and even criticized Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu sighed helplessly and looked up into the empty air, his eyes blurred as if he was lost in memories, "Sister, do you still remember the time I had a drink with my second brother and third brother?"
"You have been drinking often, how do I know which time it was?" Queen Ma turned her head to one side, as if she didn't want to hear the emperor's explanation, and muttered with a bit of complaint.
"That time, my third brother took advantage of his drunkenness and told me that if I made all my children and grandchildren kings, then the world of Ming Dynasty would not be broken in the future." When Lao Zhu said this, there was still something in his eyes.
He was very cold and stern, obviously he was a little dissatisfied with Xu Da who said this in the first place.
However, Lao Zhu's eyes soon became calm and he continued: "Of course I also know that as our Lao Zhu family spreads its branches and leaves, there will only be more and more descendants in the future. The third brother said that it is broken.
, I’m not trying to be alarmist. But I can’t help it, you know, sister.”
Empress Ma turned back somewhat moved and looked at the Emperor with blank eyes.
Lao Zhu continued to sigh: "I just want my descendants to have enough food and clothing, and I will not give up the rewards for them. But what the third brother said is right. The land of the Ming Dynasty is limited after all. If our Lao Zhu family can
If the sealing continues from generation to generation, one day there will be a time when there is no more land to seal. At that time, I am afraid it will not be a question of whether it can continue to be sealed. At that time, I am afraid that it will be the time when the Ming Dynasty overthrows."
Lao Zhu himself was born a farmer, and he deeply understood how important land is to farmers. If the people in the world have no land to farm, troubled times will inevitably come again.
Seeing Empress Ma bow her head and fall silent, Lao Zhu turned to look at Han Du and said with a smile: "Fortunately, Han Du gave me an excellent suggestion. The land of Ming Dynasty is limited, but there is still a lot of land outside Ming Dynasty.
Yes. If I keep my descendants outside the Ming Dynasty, wouldn’t it solve the problem of insufficient land?"
This idea was proposed to him by Han Du, but Lao Zhu didn't care at first. Because at this time, there was still a lot of land in the Ming Dynasty, and the needs of the people of the Ming Dynasty were not enough to occupy all the land. In addition, Han Du was going overseas
The boast was so good that even Lao Zhu couldn't believe it. The fertile land with thousands of miles of fertile fields, and the millet that could be harvested three times a year sounded like a dream.
Moreover, Lao Zhu believed that the Ming Dynasty was the kingdom of heaven and the center of the world. But according to Han Du, there were countless treasures beyond the Ming Dynasty that far exceeded the Ming Dynasty. Wouldn’t this belittle the Ming Dynasty? How could this make Lao Zhu
accept?
But in the past few years, the Ming Dynasty has tried its best to develop Nanyang. It looks like mountains and seas are being sent in every year.
Even Lao Zhu had to admit that Ming Dynasty's various grains and minerals were an undeveloped treasure land overseas.
At least, this is the case in Nanyang.
Since there are so many good places outside the Ming Dynasty, the idea of enfeoffing overseas lands naturally appeared in Lao Zhu's mind again.
Lao Zhu may regard the matter of Zhu Xi as an attempt, or he may just go with the flow.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty wants to move all the kings overseas?" After hearing the Emperor's words, Queen Ma misunderstood Lao Zhu's meaning and asked nervously.
Just one Zhu Ping moving overseas was enough to make Empress Ma dissatisfied. Now the emperor said that he wanted to try to entrust overseas. Doesn't this mean that if Zhu Ping succeeds in transferring overseas, other kings will also follow suit?
Empress Ma wanted to refute, but the emperor had already stated that this matter was related to the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty. Empress Ma knew that the emperor might listen to her on ordinary matters, but as long as the emperor made a decision about the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty,
Determination, no one can stop it.
Under Empress Ma's nervous eyes, Lao Zhu shook his head slightly and said: "No, even if the second brother proves that it is feasible to move overseas, I will not move all the kings overseas. Now, although the Northern Yuan Imperial Court
It was destroyed, but the tribes on the grassland still exist, and their strength has not been reduced much. The nine sides of the Ming Dynasty still need someone to guard them. Secondly, the land of the Ming Dynasty is still enough for me to enfeoff the kings."
After saying that, he looked back at Zhu Biao and continued: "But after Biao'er becomes emperor in the future, I'm afraid he will have to start entrusting overseas enfeoffments."
Of course, the sooner the overseas enfeoffment is done, the better. Unfortunately, Lao Zhu has already decided the fiefdoms of the kings. Even for the princes who are still underage, the fiefdoms have already been decided. Fortunately, these fiefdoms,
For the entire Ming Dynasty, it was just a drop in the bucket.
Zhu Biao nodded immediately and said solemnly: "My son, I will obey my father's will."
Queen Ma saw that the emperor was not prepared to exile all the kings overseas, so she did not want to mention Zhu Ping's matter again. Now that the emperor had taken a step back and promised her that he would not divide the kings into feudal states. If she still
It would be a bit too ignorant to hold on to Zhu Ming's affairs.
Even though she has been married to the emperor for decades, Empress Ma also knows that sometimes it is necessary for both parties to take a step back.
He glanced at Zhu Biao and Han Du lightly, and said a few words lightly, "Everyone, get up."
"Thank you, my dear mother~"
Han Du slowly stood up from the ground, and after kneeling for a while, Han Du felt as if his legs were no longer his own. The pain made his legs numb and stiff, and Han Du could only move little by little.
, to be able to stand up slowly.
Zhu Biao really deserved to have been in the army since he was a child. He had rough skin and thick flesh. For him, kneeling for such a short time was like scratching an itch. He jumped up from the ground in an instant.
Seeing that Han Du was having difficulty moving, he stepped forward to hold Han Du's arm and help him.
Han Du immediately gave Zhu Biao a grateful look. Without his help, it would be really difficult for him to stand up.
There is no way, the scholar's body is just like this. Han Du still pays attention to exercise on weekdays, but he is not able to persist, so that the effect is not good.
When Lao Zhu saw Zhu Biao helping Han Du, he couldn't help but smile.
However, although Empress Ma spared the two of them and agreed to let Zhu Ping be moved overseas, she also had her own ideas about where Zhu Ping should be sealed.
In Empress Ma's view, since Zhu Xi had to move his seal abroad, he should try to seal him closer. This way, at least if there was any problem, Ming Dynasty could help him in time. If the seal was far away, Ming Dynasty would be beyond reach.
If something goes wrong, how can she accept it?
Lao Zhu had not thought about where to entrust Zhu Xi. Seeing Empress Ma's proposal, Lao Zhu thought about it for a while and didn't think there was a problem, so he agreed to her.
After Zhu Biao and Han Du heard this, they secretly looked at each other, "Oh no!"
However, neither of them dared to raise objections at this time. They could only feel sorry for Zhu Chong in their hearts and let him seek happiness for himself.