While eating, Yunzhi said to Yunxi: "Brother, when you come to Suzhou once, wouldn't it be a pity not to visit the famous places in Suzhou?"
Yunxi smiled and said: "We are indeed brothers and sisters. I thought of going together. I also want to see the famous places in Suzhou."
"It's just," Yunxi said deliberately: "I am worried about the ministers in the court admonishing me, and I am a little hesitant to see the scenic spots in Suzhou. The prefect here, Xiang Bao, is also a great scholar. I am afraid he will not cover up for the emperor.
The words of the assistant officers are of little use. Although the emperor is not afraid of their remonstrances, his reputation is always bad."
"Why does the emperor care about the thoughts of those rotten scholars? Can these scenic spots only be visited by scholars, and the emperor is not allowed to visit them?"
"Besides, these people have selfish motives. They are eager to lock the emperor's brother in the palace so that he can hear nothing and see nothing. They only listen to their words. So the emperor doesn't have to care.
What did these people say?" Yunzhi said.
Yunxi stared at Yunzhi in stunned silence, making Yunzhi feel embarrassed. He blushed and said, "Brother, why are you looking at your sister like this?"
Yunxi sighed: "We are indeed brothers and sisters." Although this statement is the same as before, the meaning is completely different.
Before, he was just talking casually. After arriving in Suzhou, who can bear not to visit the famous places? Even if it is not Yunzhi, but other princesses or imperial concubines, they cannot bear it.
But these words just now are not something that just any princess or concubine can say. And the strange thing is that these words are very similar to what Yunxi said when he complained about Puyu.
'In total, I have been in contact with her since the 25th year of Hongwu's reign, and it has been eight years this year, which is not a short time. But she was only three years old in the 25th year of Hongwu's reign, and she is only eleven years old this year.
With such words, really, is it true that people who are close to vermillion are red and those who are close to ink are black? She obviously spends more time with her two sisters and mother and concubine.'
Yunxi thought about it and said: "If you were a man, my brother would definitely give you a big feudal kingdom."
What he said was meaningless, and Yun Zhi didn't know how to answer. At this time, Bao Qing suddenly said: "Why, can't this princess be granted the same title as the imperial brothers?"
The imperial brothers Bao Qing refers to are naturally not Yunxi and the others, but the princes of Zhu Di's generation. So far, all of Zhu Yuanzhang's sons have been crowned kings and have fiefdoms, although the youngest sons have not been crowned, Yunxi
They may not be allowed to just seal it, but they will still have their own land.
However, the Ming Dynasty did not have a system of princess vassalage, and there was no precedent in the past dynasties. Even if Yunxi regarded his daughter and son equally in his heart, he could not make his daughter king; in the West, although there are baronesses and queens, they basically
It is only when the late king or noble has no children that his daughter will inherit. Baroness and queen are also very rare.
"This, according to the laws of the country, the princess is not allowed to enfeoff the country..." Yun Xing just explained to Bao Qing for half a sentence, and suddenly they were stunned.
He remembered that just at the beginning of this year, he appointed Cao Che, the Prince Consort of Jiangdu, as the commander-in-chief of Taiwan Town, responsible for the development of Taiwan. This was also a matter of military and political power. However, the officials below did not have the right to appoint themselves and needed to be appointed by the court; if the court had no control over this
The military town doesn't care much, or the person in charge has a good relationship with the general, and it is not much different from a real prince, and there is no actual difference from the current princes like Dai Wang, Qing Wang, and Jin Wang.
Yunxi can completely appoint the trusted princess consort as such a general soldier, which is easy to use but also saves a lot of money.
What's more, the prince can be crowned the king, and the consort can also be regarded as a prince, like the prince, guarding a side of the army. There is a feeling of "equal interests", and the interests of the nobles can be further combined with the interests of the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty.
Tied together, the foundation of Ming Dynasty's royal family is more stable.
Yunxi also extended the conclusion that in fact, the princes who were granted titles around the Ming Dynasty could do the same, slowly revoking their power to appoint officials, and when the technical conditions were met, the feudal princes would be lifted as a matter of course.
But there are two points. First, those perfect raw lands cannot do this before they change from raw to mature, otherwise the raw lands will never be able to become mature. Second, the feudal vassals that are too far away from the Ming Dynasty cannot do this.
If a vassal vassal does not have the power to appoint officials, it will be destroyed by the local indigenous people sooner or later, just like the Western Regions after the Anshi Rebellion. It is better not to enfeoff.
Yun Zhi was so stunned that Yun Zhi didn't dare to speak. Bao Qing wanted to continue asking, but he remembered his mother's instructions before leaving and kept silent.
He could speak in front of Yunxi; the servants were even more afraid to speak, so they were in silence for a while.
When Yunxi came back to his senses, he saw that not only was there no sound at the banquet, but no one even moved the chopsticks. He smiled and said, "Why don't you eat? Are you full?"
As soon as he joked, the atmosphere at the scene became much more relaxed. Yunzhi and others started eating again, and Bao Qing asked: "Yunxi, you suddenly stopped talking in the middle of what you said just now. You haven't answered aunt's question yet."
"Don't worry, aunt. Although my aunt won't be able to be granted a vassal status in the future, she will be close to being granted a vassal status," Yunxi said.
After listening to Yunxi's words, Baoqing and Xianqin didn't think anything was wrong, but Yunzhi was very surprised. She is eleven years old this year, and she understands some things. The emperor's grandfather definitely did not set any rules for the princess to protect her. Yunzhi
There was no need to make an exception just because of Bao Qing's unintentional words, which was very strange. But she didn't dare to ask Yun Xi, so she could only feel confused.
Not long after, several people finished their lunch. Yunxi had nothing to worry about and went to take a nap, leaving the excited Yunzhi to take Baoqing and Xianqin to discuss where to go first.
When he woke up in the afternoon, Yunxi stretched. Just when he was about to let Puyu come in, he saw Yunzhi walking in with Baoqing and Xianqin and said: "Brother, the emperor is up? Just in time, my sister, Aunt Baoqing, and sister Xianqin
We have agreed to go to the Lion Forest first in the afternoon. The Lion Forest is in the city, unlike Hanshan Temple and Tiger Hill, which are outside the city. Besides, Mr. Yunlin, a master of calligraphy and painting in the previous dynasty, once wrote poems and paintings here, so it must have a unique flavor."
Yun He was fine with it: "In that case, I'll go to the Lion Forest in the afternoon. Wang Xi, let Puyu make arrangements."
Wang Xi accepted the order and retreated.
Yunxi said to Yunzhi again: "You should also take them two down quickly to get ready. Remember, you must not get out of the car or open the curtain before the emperor allows you to get out of the car."
"Sister, I know." Yunzhi smiled and took Baoqing and Xianqin down.
Yunxi was also about to change his clothes and prepare to go out for fun, when he saw the young eunuch Huang Lu running in and said: "Your Majesty, Yang Zhongshu requests an audience."