Emperor Zhu Yihai returned to Tokyo, and the governors of various places, dispatched security orders, conducted inspections, and prefects gathered in Beijing.
Just before the New Year, the Ming army, under the command of Zhang Guowei, Wang Zhiren, Wang Ping, etc., after several months of siege, finally blasted the cave and blasted open Yanzhou City. The Tatars fought to the death, and the Ming army launched fierce street battles with them, costing thousands of casualties.
At the same price, more than 10,000 soldiers in the city were wiped out.
Duke Zhiren of the Yue Kingdom ordered to kill all the captured soldiers in the city, whether they were Manchu, Mongolian or Han banner soldiers or green battalion soldiers. They trained in regiments, leaving no one behind, and killed 20,000 people.
When the news was delivered to Tokyo, Zhu Yihai was happily having a reunion dinner.
The two princes who were kidnapped to Liaodong were finally found and successfully rescued through the unremitting efforts of Jinyiwei and others. The eldest son Hongjia and the third son Hongtsuki were kidnapped after the city of Yanzhou was destroyed in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen. The father and son were separated for six years, and the two princes were separated for six years.
People have grown up to half a teenager, but when they come back they are completely changed.
They dodged their eyes and did not dare to look directly at people. They would always panic when there was any loud noise. They were all very thin. Zhu Yihai took them to take a bath. Under their clothes, they were as skinny as wood, without any flesh, and there were many whips.
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Unfortunately, the two brothers were kidnapped at a young age and traveled all the way to Liaodong. They were whipped and endured hunger and cold on the way, and were resold several times outside the customs. Fortunately, they survived and have always been together.
When the two met Zhu Yihai for the first time, their eyes looked strange. They seemed to not recognize their father.
Zhu Yihai called them, but they were also very scared. Zhu Yihai helped them bathe, eat, chat, and even sleep together. After three days, they finally seemed to believe that this person with some impression was their father, although it was very different from their impressions.
When they were kidnapped, the eldest was seven years old and the third was six. Now six years later, the eldest is thirteen and the third is twelve.
The two young men put on the prince's python robes and stood next to Zhu Yihai. In fact, everyone knew that if it was true, this was the emperor's kidnapped son, because although they were thin, their facial features were very similar to the emperor's.
After the two princes returned, two more princes were added to the palace.
One was born to Xiao Zhang's concubine, and the other was born to Xiao Huang's concubine.
In addition to the fifth princes born to Concubine Chen, Zhu Yihai now has five princes all at once.
But what is a bit disturbing is how the five princes should be arranged.
Although the eldest son Zhu Hongjia and the third son were both born to King Lu's side concubine, Zhu Yihai had adopted the eldest son under the name of Concubine Yuan, so he was the legitimate eldest son when he was abducted. Later, he succeeded King Lu in the title, and was awarded the title of eldest son.
For the crown prince.
After Nanjing succeeded to the throne, he also granted the title of crown prince to the eldest son.
Now the boss is back.
The five princes were originally concubines, but after all, the eldest son was adopted by his first wife, Zhang.
Now there are two voices in the court.
Some people believe that Hongjia was once officially adopted by Concubine Yuan, who later also gave her the title of Empress Yuan, so Hongjia should be granted the title of Crown Prince.
Some people think that Hongjia was born by a concubine and was kidnapped outside the customs for six years. Now this situation is not suitable for him to be crown prince. After all, the queen is still young. She gave birth to a fourth princess before, and now she is pregnant.
She is about to give birth. If she gives birth to a prince, she will be a prince.
Zhu Yihai also knew these voices, but he didn't think about them.
He now basically brings the two teenagers with him every day to make up for them, and to give them more safety and warmth, so that they can settle down early. After all, there are not many people they are familiar with in the palace at this time.
Zhu Yihai also specially asked Liu Chao to accompany them every day. He was an old man from Prince Lu's palace that the two brothers rarely remembered.
"The sixth prince was named Hong Cui, and the seventh prince was named Hong Kai."
"The Jin Dynasty conferred the title of Concubine Zhang, the mother of the sixth prince, as the virtuous concubine, and the concubine Huang, the mother of the seventh prince, as the concubine Shu."
"The eldest prince Hongjia was granted the title of King of Qin, the third prince Hongcheng was granted the title of King of Han, the fifth prince Hongbin was granted the title of King of Jin, the sixth prince Hongcheng was granted the title of King of Tang, and the seventh prince Hongkai was granted the title of King of Song.
Each of them will be granted food to 10,000 households in the city, and 800 households will be granted a real seal. In the Central Plains, 800 acres of Yongye land will be granted, and in Taiwan, 10,000 acres of wasteland will be granted."
"Pardon the world and celebrate with the country!"
"All civil and military officials, officers and soldiers of the three armies will all receive an additional month's salary!"
When various voices in Tokyo became louder and louder, the emperor finally issued an edict to the world on New Year's Eve.
Hongjia was not made the crown prince, but was instead granted the title of King of Qin. This was originally the title of the fifth prince, but now he was granted the title of eldest prince, and the fifth prince was granted the title of King of Jin.
Concubines Xiao Zhang and Concubine Huang were promoted to concubines because their mothers valued their sons.
In the Penglai Palace in Tokyo, Zhu Yihai personally gave gold-seal books to the two princes. The emperor wore twelve regiments of dragon uniforms and gave the two princes nine regiments of dragon uniforms.
The three of them are all wearing bright yellow dragon robes.
However, the two princes have nine claws, the emperor has twelve claws, the dragon on the emperor has five claws, and the princes have four claws, to be precise, it is a python.
In the palace.
The incense smoke from the purple gold incense burner curled up and lingered among the beams and pillars of the palace.
Two princes were awarded the title in the lead, and the other three were too young and were held by three eunuchs.
In front of them was placed an exquisite red lacquered sandalwood treasure box with a dragon carving on it. The lid was opened to show everyone the prince's treasure, which contained a gold nine-five-year-old cast.
On it are engraved with seal characters "Treasure of the King of Qin, Treasure of the King of Han, Treasure of the King of Jin, Treasure of the King of Tang, and Treasure of the King of Song".
Each circumference is five inches and two cents thick, one and a half inches thick, and weighs eighteen kilograms.
Yu Huang, the Minister of Rites, came forward with a gold book in his hand, paid his respects and stood in obeisance.
The praise officer of the Ministry of Rites sings the praises.
Palace music begins.
A palace music ends.
The official in charge of the system knelt down in the palace to accept the imperial edict and praised loudly, "We have the system!"
The salute officer sang, "Kneel down!"
The two princes took the lead in kneeling.
He praised the official system and conferred the title of five kings.
After the announcement was completed, the saluting officer praised, "Kings, bow down and rise!"
The two kings changed from the kneeling posture to leaning down, bowing, and then returned to kneeling straight.
The official who took over the system came forward with the system in hand, knelt down and reported to the emperor, "Your Majesty, the system has been handed down!"
Zhu Yihai smiled and nodded.
The praising officer praised again, "Kings bow, bow again, and salute."
The kings came forward again and came to worship under the throne.
"Kneel down and receive the treasure!"
Yu Huang, the Minister of Rites, personally read out the prince's treasure book,
"The book says: Whoever ruled the world in the past will have a salary and a virtuous and noble son. This person is in charge of his position and is blessed. The country is in one place, especially in the heart of the emperor. The eldest son, Hongjia, now orders you to be the king of Qin. Is it easy to divide the spear and the land?
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He personally raised the Sixth Division to defeat the captives and save the people.
Don't be lazy at all times to achieve great things. Now you who are consolidating your country should respect heaven and earth in your heart and never exceed the etiquette. You should worship your clan, mountains and rivers, and enjoy them according to the time. You should guard your troops carefully, show compassion to the people, and do your best to play.
If the people serve the heaven diligently, the feudal vassal assists the imperial family, and if they are allowed to govern, they will always be blessed. Please follow my instructions and be careful!"
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Yu Huang awarded the book to the great ceremonial envoy, the first assistant of the Grand Scholar of Jianji Hall, and the minister of the Prime Minister's Office, Linxin Hou Song Zhifu.
Song Zhifu put the wat on his waist and bowed to receive the book.
The praising officer shouted, "Praise Gui."
According to the order of the emperor, Zhu Yujian, the king of Nanyang, erected a jade gui that represented the ancestral family law.
Zhifu of the Song Dynasty knelt down to confer the golden book to King Zhu Hongjia of Qin. The official who held the gold book ran beside him and knelt down to confer the gold treasure.
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The ceremony is solemn.
The five kings came forward in turn and knelt down to receive the treasures. After all of them were awarded, all the kings bowed four times and concluded the ceremony.
After canonizing the five princes, he issued an edict to the world, granted amnesty to the world, and rewarded hundreds of officials and soldiers.
Zhu Yihai sat on it and looked at the two, three, and five princes, and suddenly felt a very comforting feeling.
The original plan was to announce it on New Year's Day, but it was brought forward.
It is more reasonable to confer a title on a prince when he is ten years old. The reason why the fifth prince was conferred on him at the beginning was because he had no children, so conferring the title upon birth would also calm people's hearts.
But now that we are in a hurry to seal the throne, we must make an arrangement for the two returning princes. Otherwise, if the chaotic noise in the court continues, it will easily lead to conflicts and conflicts, which will be detrimental to stability and unity.
Now that two princes have been granted the title, we might as well seal the remaining two together.
This time the enfeoffment was relatively sudden, and Zhu Yihai did not discuss it too much with the ministers.
In fact, there have always been different opinions on whether to enfeoff and establish a country, or to support the capital.
The enfeoffment system that existed nearly 300 years before the Ming Dynasty was undoubtedly a failure. Although Taizu's idea was good when he first decided on enfeoffment, it could not withstand the difficulties of Jianwen's reduction of vassalage and Zhu Dijing's difficulties, which completely destroyed the original intention of the system, so later
Although the sects and vassals still entrusted the territory, they only raised pigs.
Zhu Yihai had already drastically reformed the clan before, so how to seal the emperor's sons now is also a big problem.
Some people think that the old system of Taizu should be restored, enfeoffing areas, and leading troops to guard the borders.
Some people think that we should follow the system of the Tang and Song Dynasties and raise the princes and grandsons in the capital. After a few generations, they will be arranged to accompany the capital. After that, they can be unrestricted and can join the army according to the imperial examination or be free in four professions.
Each dynasty has its own rules and regulations, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.
The key is to look at the angle from which you think about it.
If we want to actually divide feudal states into vassals, there are advantages and disadvantages. As Taizu did, it is not always a good thing to enfeoff various places and have strong soldiers and horses to protect them.
But if it is a Sai king like King Ning, it actually has advantages. For example, the Mu family of the Duke of Guizhou in Yunnan is not a real vassal, but it can be regarded as a de facto vassal. They have guarded Yunnan for generations.
In fact, it still has good results.
Zhu Yihai also considered that the prince should be sealed in the frontiers in the future, such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and even Hexi, Liaodong, Saibei, Taiwan and other places. Try to seal him outside the Great Wall, Lingnan and other places, or even overseas.
This will minimize the threat to the central government, but if the conditions are too bad, the princes may not be willing to run it well, and may even not be able to run it.
After all, even the foreign colonists of this era were mostly criminals and adventurers who had settled down. Which real nobleman would be willing to go overseas to colonize.
However, as was done in the Tang Dynasty, it would not work to have ten princes and a hundred grandsons housed in the capital. It would easily aggravate the political complexity of the capital, and it would also be easy for them to be monopolized and unable to contribute to the country.
Fortunately, the princes are still young and still have time to think about it slowly.
The ceremony is over.
After the palace banquet in the evening, Zhu Yihai specially called the two princes to chat in the imperial study.
After spending this time together, the two of them became more familiar with Zhu Yihai, and they were no longer afraid of being restrained when dealing with him. He also became more generous, but he was still relatively silent and didn't talk much.
"For the past six years, you have been herding cattle and horses, fishing and hunting outside the customs. It has been too hard in the ice and snow, and you have no chance to study.
My father plans to follow the example of the Tang Dynasty and set up Chongwen Hall and Hongwen Hall later in the year. Then you can go to Hongwen Hall to study.
