"Did daddy make a rule that girls cannot succeed?"
the little princess asked her brother.
"No, but the throne has been inherited by men since ancient times."
her brother said.
Then the King of Liao looked at Yang Feng.
Yang Feng sat there with an innocent look on his face, looking at the two brothers and sisters, still holding a wine glass, acting as if the matter had nothing to do with him, but it did have nothing to do with him. He really had no interest in the throne of the old Zhu family.
Of course, the fact that the little princess wants to become a queen cannot be said to have nothing to do with him. After all, she had this idea only because of his and Sister Liu's long-term temptation...
But mainly Sister Liu.
The most he can do is introduce the queens of various countries.
Sister Liu is the culprit.
"That was from ancient times. Now we are in the Ming Dynasty. The rules of the Ming Dynasty are the rules. In the past, the rules of the Han and Tang Dynasties could not control the Ming Dynasty.
We, the Ming Dynasty, must have our own rules.
The Ming Dynasty was built by my father. Only the rules set by my father are ancestral. But among my father's rules, there is no girl who cannot succeed to the throne. Yunxi is the emperor, and the throne can only be of his blood. If he does not have it, someone else will be chosen.
Tie.
If you have it, you have his bloodline.
The princess is also of his bloodline, so she is naturally qualified to succeed to the throne."
said the little princess.
"Nonsense!"
Her brother said dissatisfiedly.
This is completely quibbling. His father did not establish a rule that only boys can succeed to the throne. But the problem is that this does not require a separate rule. This is regarded as a matter of course. How can a girl succeed to the throne since ancient times? Even Wu Zetian, she
It was not a girl who succeeded to the throne, she was a queen who became the emperor, and her heir was still her son. She did not let Princess Taiping succeed to the throne!
This does not need to be written on paper, it does not need to be explained just like the rising and setting of the sun.
"Why is this nonsense, just because boys have succeeded to the throne since ancient times? I said, it has been the rule of other dynasties since ancient times. In my Ming Dynasty, only the plan set by my father is the rule, and my father has not set a rule that girls cannot succeed.
, so the rule of the Ming Dynasty is that girls can also succeed to the throne. I know that among the people, men are indeed superior to women, but this is a folk rule, and the law of the Ming Dynasty does not state that men are superior to women. Even if the father's decree only states that men and women have their own duties, there is no separate role for the throne.
What's more, there are more women in the future who will be the head of a country. Why can't I Ming? What I want is one thing. As long as Yun Xi has a child, the throne can only belong to his child."
said the little princess.
Judging from the actual situation, the Queen is indeed the best choice...
Especially a baby being a queen.
This result must be that the Queen Mother is in charge, that is, the Queen is in charge, but the Queen is from a small family and is not keen on power.
The key is that even if you are passionate, you don’t have the strength.
So the little princess has the final say. After all, she has the final say in the capital. Similarly, the queen herself is controversial, so the capital controlled by the princess is the protective shield for their mother and daughter. Without the protection of the little princess, the two of them would immediately
After being deposed, the little princess becomes Huo Guang and can do whatever she wants.
This is a good thing.
This also means that Yang Feng can do whatever he wants.
And he can continue to play the role of not interfering in the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty.
All he had to do was interfere with the princess.
It can be said to be the most perfect choice in terms of benefits.
After all, no matter what happens in the future, at least for the nearly twenty years she grew up, he basically had the final say in this country.
The only problem is...
"Don't look at me. I can swear to God that it was definitely not me who taught her this. But I must also explain that as long as she wants to do this, I will definitely support her. Others can object, reason, and persuade her to change her mind, but they cannot use
Force, if anyone tries to use force to solve the problem, don't blame me for getting angry. In fact, I think you vassal kings don't need to worry about it. You are going to go out in the future anyway. In this case, does it affect you whether the Ming Emperor is male or female? Completely
Without any influence, even if you are the Queen, you will still be the King of Liao, the Nanyang Administrator, and her great-uncle."
Yang Feng said.
"Ambassador, don't forget, our covenant also includes the power of supervision by the vassal king."
King Liao said.
"This power is matched by strength. With your current strength, are you qualified to supervise the emperor?"
Yang Feng said with a smile.
The King of Liao was speechless.
"But what will happen if the Queen succeeds to the throne a hundred years later?"
He then said angrily.
"A hundred years from now, let's talk about a hundred years from now. At worst, the child born will still be named Zhu. If you are still unwilling, then in the future, let her daughter not be named Zhu, but marry into the clan, and the child born will still be the Zhu family, and she will still be eligible to inherit.
The throne."
said the little princess.
The King of Liao immediately shut up.
In this case, it is obvious that his descendants have the best chance. The current one is the empress. Even if the empress gives birth to a boy, even if the surname is Zhu, it is inappropriate. At least such a child is definitely not suitable to inherit the throne based on current folk thinking. But if it is a girl
, but can marry into the clan, for example, his descendants, then the children born in this way belong to the Zhu family, and are also eligible to succeed to the throne.
It is equivalent to using this girl as a transition. After all, she is Zhu Yunxi's only child.
It is not an exaggeration for her to succeed to the throne.
But her son could not succeed to the throne, but her daughter, the child born after marrying into the clan, succeeded to the throne.
This child belongs to the Zhu family.
In the end, it is still the Zhu family.
After all, if we recognize the paternal line now, of course this girl cannot marry into the Zhu family when she grows up, but her daughter can!
"Then this is settled?"
Yang Feng looked at the King of Liao.
"It doesn't matter what we say. We need the consent of other kings. What's more, Zhu Yunwen will not sit idly by in the south when the Queen succeeds to the throne."
King Liao said.
"Let's just say it!
As for Zhu Yunwen, what qualifications does he have as a traitor?"
Yang Feng said very frankly.
"Then will this matter be made public tomorrow?"
said the little princess.
"There's no rush, finish your father's funeral first, wait until the funeral is over, and then make it public. The Queen will raise the baby and there is no need to show up. The funeral will be hosted by King Yan. He is Zongzheng and the longest. After the funeral, the princess will be made public, by
The princess will succeed to the throne as the Queen, and then the Queen will bury her father. Who dares to object to the two of us coming to persuade her."
Yang Feng said.
Of course, it doesn’t matter what method you use to persuade.
Anyway, no matter who it is, they can only reason with the little princess, but there is no reason to talk about this matter. Regardless of what happened since ancient times, the Ming Dynasty must follow the rules of the Ming Dynasty, and the rules of the Ming Dynasty were set by Lao Zhu, but he
It is true that it is not written that only boys can inherit the throne. So the Ming Dynasty’s rules say that even girls are allowed. As long as it is not prohibited by law, it is allowed. As for Confucianism, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has long said that Confucianism is just a kind of
Doctrine is not the principle of governing the country, so it cannot be used as the basis for the succession of the throne...
In the final analysis, there is really no reason to say this. It is decided based on strength. If the strength is enough, Sister Mei Niang will become the emperor, and the ministers can only persuade her to join.
Now it is obvious that the little princess is the strongest.
Not to mention the military households in the capital, even other armies have basically surrendered.
The local officials have also resigned, leaving only Zhu Yunwen in Guangdong and Annan. Although Zhu Di is not weak, he is in the capital, so he has no qualifications to oppose.
In this way, the fact that the queen had given birth to a daughter was temporarily suppressed. The palace only said that the queen could not see anyone during labor, and then she lay down in Qianqing Palace, while Zhang Ying stared there. As for the queen mother, she was still locked up and chanting sutras. , her two sons were placed under house arrest in the palace, and Zhu Di, as Zongzheng, had full authority to take over his father's funeral. Next was Lao Zhu's funeral. Zhu Di even sent a private message to Zhu Yunwen, asking him to return to the capital to attend the funeral. , I promised that he would not kill him, and at most he would be imprisoned in Fengyang in the future, but Zhu Yunwen simply refused. He would definitely not kill his grandfather before his funeral. After the funeral was completed, wouldn't it be a matter of poisoned wine?
He is not that stupid!
During this time, he had gained the allegiance of Wang Bi, who confidently stated that he had hundreds of thousands of troops. Although it was unrealistic to escort the prisoner country to Beijing, it was enough to cut off Lingnan and occupy it.
In this case, he believed it.
Xiaoling.
Enjoy the palace.
Ambassador Yang kowtowed.
It is said that Lao Zhu is dead, and I can finally enjoy his great gift of five bows and three kowtows.
Ambassador Yang has a special status. After all, he is the only friendly envoy that Ming Dynasty currently has equal diplomatic relations with. The others are just tribute envoys of the vassal. He enjoys the treatment of the vassal king because he represents a country of the same level, so he worships alone. After performing the ceremony honestly, he quietly exited, and then still stood alone in his place, looking at the huge mausoleum in front of him. On the hillside below the Xiaoling Mausoleum, there were a bunch of newly built tombs. These were Lan Yu and others. , guarding Xiaoling like a bodyguard.
No matter what their mood was in the end and they pulled the trigger on their own heads, now they have been guarding Lao Zhu for generations.
As for the woman buried with him...
Of course this is no longer available.
But this was not done by the little princess. When Zhu Yunxi was alive, he had already decreed the abolition of the burial system.
After all, he was also someone who had been influenced by modern ideas for seven years, and he was not willing to continue this barbaric system, because he was ridiculed countless times by Yang Feng and Sister Liu for this matter. Shortly after he ascended the throne, he announced the permanent abolition of sacrificial burial.
In fact, he was planning to abolish slavery.
But he was persuaded by Yang Feng. After all, Ambassador Yang now has a lot of slaves.
This system must still be retained.
The most restrictive thing is that you cannot be a slave to the Ming Dynasty's household registration.
And this is not allowed in the first place. Zhu Yuanzhang's system treats good people as slaves, which is a serious crime.
Therefore, among the kings' accusations against Zhu Yunxi, they also included not burying women for Lao Zhu.
But no one cares about this now.
"Three emperors and five emperors of morality, fame after Xia, Shang and Zhou, seven heroes and five hegemons fought in the Spring and Autumn period, rise and fall in an instant. There are several lines of names in the Qing Dynasty, countless barren hills in Beimang, the fields of the predecessors are harvested by the later ones, it is said that it is a fierce battle between dragons and tigers."
Ambassador Yang sighed with emotion.
With this funeral, an era finally ended.
Lao Zhu and his troubled heroes eventually turned into graves.
"The ambassador is very talented in literature."
Zhang Xianzong said behind him.
"Well, this was written by a talented man from your Ming Dynasty more than a hundred years later. He was the one who wrote the song I like to sing, "The Rolling Waters of the Yangtze River Passing East."
Yang Feng said.
"The ambassador is quite straightforward."
A man of about the same age next to Zhang Xianzong said.
"Who is this?"
Yang Feng said.
"I, a scholar from the Hanlin Academy, explain Jin."
The man said.
"Ah, I've heard that a talented man has a big mouth and doesn't know how to restrain himself. In the end, he was buried in the snow by the Jin Yiwei and froze to death."
Yang Feng said.
Xie Jin fell silent for a moment.
"If a minister offends the ruler with his outspoken words and is brutally attacked by the royal guards, he will be considered a worthy death."
After almost a minute, he spoke slowly.
"As a human being, the most important thing is to be happy, as long as you like it!"
Yang Feng said.
Xie Jin fell silent again.
Obviously, Yang Feng's unconventional play interrupted his train of thought. In fact, he had passed the Jinshi examination and became a Shujishi more than ten years ago, but he was kicked back home by Lao Zhu.
Legend has it that Lao Zhu cherished his talent, but felt that his big mouth problem really needed to be corrected, so he sent him home to change his painting style first. As for whether it is true or not, it is hard to say, but that is the legend anyway.
After Zhu Yunxi succeeded to the throne, he immediately recalled him to the capital.
Although he was from Jiangxi, he had left the court many years ago, so he was not involved in the subsequent series of events.
In fact, there are a lot of newcomers in the imperial court now.
Yang Feng originally didn't care about the affairs of the court. There was nothing wrong with the officialdom system of the Ming Dynasty. In fact, it was the most advanced system in the world. The emperor and the cabinet bachelors who served as secretaries formed the center and controlled the six ministries and various temples.
Arm, holding a rope tied to local officials, who manage various places. So far, no other system in the world has been able to establish it. At most, North Korea is a copycat, but in fact North Korea still has
There are many powerful people.
Japan...
Japan is still a great name!
The king of Japan in the Ming Dynasty still lives in the capital. Lao Zhu gave him a piece of land on a small hill not far from Mount Wutai, and then Ashikaga Yoshimitsu paid for it and built a prince-level palace there.
It is also a temple.
Because Lao Zhu’s job for the Japanese king was to chant sutras and pray for the world.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu managed the Japanese state as the Prime Minister of the Japanese state.
But the daimyo has the final say in each place. At most, they gather with him every year. The main task is to discuss the share of property that will be paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty in the next year, and the share of labor that will be sent to Yinshan. The mining of Iwami Yinshan,
The mine supervisors sent by the Ming Dynasty were in charge, but the required labor force was borne by the Japanese country in the form of corvee work. That is, each of the major subjects brought their own dry food and went to Iwami Yinshan to open the mine for a few months on a rotating basis.
So exhausted...
It is their honor to work to death for the Ming Dynasty. They should be grateful for this opportunity. What else do they need?
Be grateful!
Therefore, in the past two years, the problem of resistance among the poor in various parts of the Japanese country has become somewhat serious.
However, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and the daimyo also worked diligently to suppress these unruly people to ensure that the Ming Emperor's silver mining would not be affected. Their loyalty was also well rewarded, and they not only received rewards from the Emperor from time to time.
They were given titles, and were rewarded with treasures from time to time, and then they all lived a life of intoxication and dreams.
Anyway, the Ming Emperor was in charge, so they didn't have to compete with each other for territory.
All his energy was to serve the Ming Emperor and suppress the unruly people below.