When he heard that it was Han Jingyun's idea, Han Du's expression suddenly changed.
Han Du felt that she, a girl, was becoming more and more independent now. Back then, she would only timidly stand behind her and call her "big brother".
Now, they dare to make decisive proposals on major issues that affect the future of more than a hundred people.
This is the confidence that knowledge brings to her. The more she reads and the more knowledgeable she is, the more confident she feels inside.
He knew that if there was no sufficient reason to convince the girl, she would not listen to him. And Han Du hadn't figured out how to refute her yet, so he didn't even think about going to her immediately.
Kunning Palace.
After Empress Ma's preparation, the celebration banquet for Zhu Zi and the four of them was held very grandly. Apart from inviting all the courtiers to celebrate, it was the best thing to do.
Except for the prince who had already left the vassal, other princes and princesses including Zhu Biao came. Of course, many of Lao Zhu's concubines also gathered together.
The palace has not been as lively as it is now for a long time. It is only on Lao Zhu's birthday that it can be compared with now.
The banquet officially began. First of all, Lao Zhu expressed his exclamation and congratulated Zhu Zi and others for achieving such a good ranking in the examination. Lao Zhu's family has been farmers for eighteen generations, and they have no knowledge of books.
On the side of family status. Even though Lao Zhu took over the world and became emperor, Lao Zhu still had this obstacle in his heart.
Otherwise, with Lao Zhu's arrogance, he would never have thought of clinging to Zhu Xi and preparing to recognize Zhu Xi as his ancestor. Fortunately, he was dissuaded by Empress Ma, and then Lao Zhu talked about Huaiyou Buyi.
It can be seen that Lao Zhu still attaches great importance to family status, but he has no choice but to do something because his ancestors do not support him. Zhu Biao is talented enough to win the first prize, but unfortunately he is the eldest son, and the position of crown prince was established early.
, it is impossible to go to the examination room to compete with the world's scholars.
Now it's good, four talents of Huiyuan suddenly appeared in Lao Zhu's family, which can be regarded as making up for the shortcomings of the royal family.
Next, Queen Ma and Zhu Biao congratulated several people in turn.
After drinking for three rounds, Lao Zhu happily touched the wine beads that had fallen on his beard because he drank too eagerly. The more he looked at his sons, the more satisfied he became. Thinking about the chaos Zhu Zi had made in the palace in the past, Lao Zhu
Just a burst of emotion.
At that time, Zhu Zike made Lao Zhu worried. He cursed the palace maids and eunuchs at will, and even had an affair with the palace maids at a young age. It was precisely because Lao Zhu knew this that he took advantage of the establishment of the academy to
He was thrown out of the palace as soon as possible. In order not to arouse speculation, he also brought the other three princes to the academy.
But it seems to Lao Zhu now that in just a few years, Zhu Zi still has that surly and arrogant appearance? As he has grown older in the past two years, Zhu Zi's appearance has become more handsome. Holding a glass of wine, his face is full of smiles.
With a light smile, he seemed to be polite to everyone, and he was like a perfect picture of "a beautiful young man in troubled times, coming to the world for the first time".
"Old Shi, you are not young anymore. If it weren't for you studying in the academy, I should have got you married two years ago and given you a fief. Now that you have accomplished something in your studies, you can get married and become a feudal lord.
I can also prepare for you." Lao Zhu sighed with the emotion of having a grown-up son in our family.
Not only Zhu Zi, but the other three people also raised their heads and looked at their father after hearing this.
By coincidence, Lao Zhu also turned his attention to them and said: "The same goes for you, but as my reward for your high school entrance examination, you can choose your own fiefdom."
Fiefdom, for the kings, is a matter of glory and wealth. Although Lao Zhu's son was born with a golden key, the fate of the kings was completely different.
Lao Zhu's favorite son was Zhu Biao, and he gave him the position of prince. The next-best sons were those with military talents. These princes were sealed in the frontier fortress by him. Although the environment was a little more difficult, after all, there were
With military power in hand, life will not be bad no matter what. Those who are worse off are those who cannot lead troops in war, but are obedient and eager to learn. These are also quite popular with Lao Zhu, who thoughtfully sealed off some wealthy places in the interior.
Give it to them. The worst thing is the prince who is incompetent in culture and military affairs. Lao Zhu didn't pay attention to these sons at all and just sent them anywhere. As for whether the enfeoffed vassal country is good or bad, almost all
By luck.
Now Lao Zhu lets the four of them choose their own fiefdoms, which is really more beneficial than rewarding them with more gold, silver and jewels.
Zhu Zi looked at it and saw that the other three younger brothers did not answer, so he drank a drink and said: "Father, I don't want a fiefdom. I want to stay in the capital. If the father really wants to reward me,
If so, then give your son a royal palace."
"Do you want to stay in the capital?" Lao Zhu frowned and looked at Zhu Zi with an inexplicable meaning in his eyes.
Lao Zhu asked his son to join the feudal clan, not just because he wanted
The more important reason for taking care of each son is to keep them away from the center of power in the capital.
Since ancient times, there have been many incidents of princes seizing the throne against the odds. Every time such a thing happened, the brothers would kill each other until rivers of blood flowed and refused to give up. And judging from the past dynasties, there are few princes who can successfully ascend the throne.
There are really only a very small number of people who either died of illness suddenly, were assassinated, or simply had their throne taken away by force.
The position of prince has always been an extremely dangerous position.
In order to avoid such a situation in the Ming Dynasty, Lao Zhu even ignored the relationship between father and son and sent out his adult sons one by one, just to prevent them from threatening Zhu Biao's future accession to the throne. Although Zhu Biao's tricks
Gao Shen, many younger brothers are all convinced by him, but even so, Lao Zhu is not willing to take any risks.
Now that Lao Zhu heard that Zhu Zi didn't want to go and join the feudal clan and wanted to stay in the capital, the first thought in his mind was whether he had any thoughts about the throne.
Everyone could clearly see the change in the emperor's expression. Queen Ma silently put down her chopsticks and sat calmly on the left side of Lao Zhu. She folded her hands and put them down without saying a word.
Concubine Da Ding repeatedly pointed to Zhu Zi with her eyes, wanting him to explain properly and not to anger the emperor.
Zhu Zi saw the color of his mother-in-law, but ignored it and said calmly: "Yes."
"Why don't you want to leave Beijing?" Lao Zhu asked.
Although Lao Zhu had bad thoughts in his mind, he still persuaded patiently: "After the vassal state, you are the master of a country, and you can intervene in all the affairs of the vassal state. Besides, if you have the support of the vassal state, then
Life will be much easier than what you have now."
In fact, the vassal state was not as good as Lao Zhu said.
The purpose of the vassal state established by Lao Zhu was to defend the throne in the capital. The vassal king could handle all affairs within the vassal state, but at the same time, the officials in the vassal state were sent by the imperial court. Of course, the vassal prince's palace also had its own officials. These officials
He can also be responsible for handling affairs of the feudal state.
In this way, mutual supervision and checks and balances between court officials and vassal officials were formed, which could further stabilize the situation in the Ming Dynasty.
Lao Zhu's idea was naturally good, but it was just a little too taken for granted. He did not expect that as long as they are human beings, their abilities cannot be exactly the same, and they must be strong and weak, high and low.
If the vassal king is talented and capable, he can naturally take advantage of him
This point of the government officials completely emptied the power of the court officials, completely turning the vassal state into their own state, and truly becoming the master of a country.
And if the court officials are strong, they will naturally oppress the feudal prince, and even isolate the feudal prince's palace, leaving it unable to do anything. Naturally, there is no way to talk about checks and balances.
And these sons of Lao Zhu are indeed worthy of being dragon sons, and they are all full of aggression. Most of the vassal states are in the first situation. The orders of the six ministries of the imperial court within the vassal state are not as good as the royal orders of the vassal prince's palace.
It works. Only a small part of it is the second case.
Even Lao Zhu was so confident that there was no mutual checks and balances that he thought could emerge.
Of course, these are all things for later. At least for now, Lao Zhu believes that his purpose of mutual checks and balances can be achieved between the feudal prince's palace and the court officials.
Zhu Zi did not hesitate, and said half in thought and half in explanation: "My ministers are actually not familiar with government affairs. It is not a good thing for the people to interfere in the government affairs of the vassal state."
"You can learn if you don't understand. Did I know how to deal with government affairs when I was born? Besides, you have never dealt with the affairs of the vassal state. How do you know that it is not good for the people?" Lao Zhu's tone fell, and he slightly blamed Zhu Zi.
While sorting out his thoughts, Zhu Zi organized his words to follow his father's words and explained: "If you give orders to many people, it will do a lot of harm to the people but no benefit. Let me give you an example. If Erchen
The people were asked to build a road, but this road may not necessarily be the most suitable. It may be a detour, or it may be discovered after the repair that there are places where soil is easily washed down from the mountains, etc. Now the imperial court has found another route that is most suitable for construction.
After this road is repaired, there will be no problems. I dare to ask my father, should we abandon the original road now and organize the people to continue building this road without any problems? Or should we give up the construction and make do with the original road?
"
As soon as Zhu Zi's question came out of his mouth, Lao Zhu felt a strong smell of academy.
In the past, when Lao Zhu listened to Confucian lecturers, what he often heard from these people was either this or that, black or white. At that time, Lao Zhu did not think there was anything wrong with this, and he even felt that this was the right way.
But after the academy appeared, Lao Zhu occasionally heard remarks like Zhu Zi's just now. They are not absolutely opposed to each other, but there are buffers, intersections, and differences. Two roads, one of which is flawed, but
It is not that it cannot be used at all. Although the other one is flawless, it needs to be rebuilt.