The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

"Yuan Rong pays homage to His Royal Highness the Grandson."

In Kunning Palace, Yuan Rong was summoned, and his face was still full of joy and excitement.

He didn't expect to be summoned by His Royal Highness Taisun today after talking about related matters with Yuying yesterday.

When the eunuch arrived at his home and conveyed the decree of His Royal Highness, there was no doubt that everyone in the entire mansion had already looked at him with admiration.

Even his father, Yuan Hong, couldn't help but see changes in his eyes.

Although it can be regarded as a relative of the emperor, can anyone see His Highness the Grandson?

Yuan Hong's status is not low, although it is a matter of the governor's office of the rear army, it is not enough for a prince like His Royal Highness Taisun.

This is also because of the current military power system. After several reforms, the actual power of the Five Armed Forces Governor's Mansion is constantly declining, especially the continuous impact of the Daming Military Academy on the guards, which has greatly expanded Zhu Ying's hands. military power.

Let's talk about such a situation, as each time the students of the Daming Military Academy graduate and enter the army, it is still getting worse.

The former commanders of some guards complained even more, because hundreds of households under their command, even including the general banner and small banner, were constantly being occupied by graduates from this military academy.

With the backing of the Daming Military Academy, it is even more different for a commander of a certain guard to resist, such as the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. No matter who is the governor of the left or the right, they dare not intervene.

Some things about drinking soldiers' blood slowly disappeared like this.

Some who were not reconciled were quickly defeated. According to the military discipline of the Ming Dynasty, they would either step down or be demoted.

Under such circumstances, the power at hand of people like Yuan Hong has been slipping.

Like Yuan Hong, who doesn't want to get close to the grandson, as His Majesty gets older, the prestige of the grandson becomes more and more sufficient.

It can be seen that the current succession to the throne of the Ming Dynasty is stable, and His Royal Highness Taisun is a wise monarch, so there will be no disturbances in the future replacement.

Zhu Ying looked at Yuan Rong in front of him.

It's no wonder that Zhu Yuying would fall in love with her. She really is a good-looking talent. Of course she can't compare with Li Jinglong's good looks, but it's still pretty good.

"Get up, speaking of it, we are also related."

Zhu Ying didn't have the intention to knock him out, because in his position, there is no need for such things.

Calling him into the palace to meet him represents a kind of deterrence in itself.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Yuan Rong stood up respectfully.

A noble descendant like him who has no official status and no fame for the time being can't be said to be a citizen, but he still needs to bow down.

"I called you into the palace this time because I want to ask you, the honorable disciples who are similar to you, what is going on in the capital."

"You don't have to be too restrained, let's chat as friends this time, and I'm not very old, so just chat as peers."

Seeing that Yuan Rong was obviously nervous, Zhu Ying said with a smile.

That's what he said, but Yuan Rong couldn't take it seriously, but his nervous heart relaxed a lot.

He stammered and began to talk about the current situation of the noble second generations in the capital.

Following Yuan Rong's narration, Zhu Ying also had a general understanding of the current situation of the second generation of the capital.

The eldest son inheritance system is not only on the emperor's side, but everyone supports it.

The eldest sons of each family have basically established their status since they were born, and they will receive a lot of care. They will learn both civil and military skills, and they will spend a lot of money to hire famous teachers to teach them.

The second son was slightly worse, but it would not be said that the difference was too great. Except for some successors to the title of the imperial court, or yin officials, the others were similar.

Concubine is completely different.

The specific situation depends on the natal family of the concubine's room. If the natal family is a little better, the concubines will be relatively more comfortable.

But if you want to compare it with the children of the direct line, there is a big difference.

Yuan Rong is a concubine. When talking about the situation of these concubines' children, he naturally has a lot of subjective emotions.

Being suppressed at home for a long time made Yuan Rong somewhat indignant.

Not only in the family, even in the outside circle, the same situation exists.

It is basically impossible for the eldest son to dawdle in the circle. According to the Yinfeng system and the crown, he will be an official, and he will start his official career early, or he will be a military attache in that guard.

Therefore, these street sneakers in the capital are basically the second sons, and there are also concubines.

The concubine born here is much lower face than the second son.

Of course, the key to ranking depends on the size of one's official position.

Don't underestimate these second-generation street sneakers, they often have strong connections, especially for ordinary businessmen or ordinary officials.

Maybe they may not be able to get things done, but it's relatively simple to mess up.

It also sets a lot of difficulty for others.

In front of Zhu Ying, Yuan Rong naturally talked endlessly, and explained all the detailed operations here, such as earning some extra money.

Firstly, Yuan Rong is about to become a guest of honor in Yan Wangfu, so he doesn't have to worry about his future.

Secondly, in front of Zhu Ying, it is hard to say that there is something to hide.

There is no need for Zhu Ying to take the initiative to ask, just a look over, Yuan Rong has already vented all his foundations.

In fact, these are not secrets in the capital, but no matter whether they are civil servants, military generals, or the palace, they generally seldom pay attention to these second generations.

Including Jin Yiwei also felt very troublesome, and didn't bother to take care of it until there was no trouble.

Being involved is not only not good, but also a lot of trouble.

In this way, Zhu Ying basically understood everything.

After listening to it, he didn't say anything else, and he didn't mention anything about Yuan Rong and Zhu Yuying's marriage, so he let him go back.

Zhu Ying knew very well that calling Yuan Rong into the palace for an interview already represented his own attitude.

Zhu Di himself has no intention of objecting.

In other words, in fact, Zhu Di didn't pay that much attention to his concubines at all. Zhu Yuying in history was also married to Yuan Rong.

Now this point has not changed because of Zhu Ying's change.

With Zhu Ying's platform, Zhu Di naturally wouldn't say that he had any opinions. Besides, Zhu Di knew a little about Yuan Rong.

Because of some relationship when he was a child, Zhu Di didn't care about his background at all.

On the wedding day, Zhu Ying also passed by.

He wouldn't just show his face and leave. He put too much pressure there and easily stole the limelight.

Zhu Yuying's homecoming banquet was specially approved by Zhu Yuanzhang to be held in the palace, which can be regarded as a direct platform.

Of course Yuan Hong was extremely happy, he didn't expect that his concubine's son was really capable enough to be valued by Princess Yongcheng, the eldest daughter of King Yan.

And even His Royal Highness Taisun personally appeared at the wedding banquet.

During this time, at the Daming Military Academy, a separate classroom appeared.

This class is specially prepared by Zhu Ying for these noble second-born street runners.

In the capital, all the sons of hereditary nobles can enter the special recruitment class of the Daming Military Academy without taking the exam.

This made all the nobles very happy.

It was a headache to hold these sons, but now they are exempted from the entrance examination. Although it is a special recruitment class, it is not the Daming Military Academy.

As long as you graduate, you can become a military officer.

It doesn't matter if you have a small official position. By then, you will definitely be able to get promoted by going through contacts. And some problems of family separation have also been solved to a large extent.

Just with the development of such a special recruitment class, all the nobles seem to be tied to Zhu Ying's boat invisibly.

To a large extent, it won the hearts of the nobles.

No matter how Zhu Ying received military power, without experiencing the Lanyu case, Daming now has a large number of founding heroes.

These meritorious officials are the mainstay of the current Ming Dynasty's military strength, and they can be called the backbone of the entire Ming Dynasty.

With their support, Zhu Ying can show the power of ruling the court like Zhu Yuanzhang.

Years later, a large number of people went to Wa country.

The most influential of them.

They are Zhu Yuqin Palace, Zhu Jin Palace, Zhu Diyan Palace, and Zhu Yu's Qi Palace.

And it was also in this year that several feudal lords married their daughters one after another.

It can almost be said that as long as it feels possible, even the engagement is simplified, and the wedding is directly held.

The eldest daughter of the King of Yan went to the side of the other vassal kings.

For almost ten days, Zhu Ying showed up at various wedding venues.

By the way, at this point in time, Xu Miaojin's canonization ceremony was also held, and she was officially canonized as Concubine Jin.

During this period of time, the capital is really full of gongs and drums. Except for some bad days, weddings are held almost every day.

Some officials lamented that if this wave continues, all their family fortunes will be wiped out with great difficulty.

After all, it is a wedding in the palace of the princes. Naturally, this gift cannot be cheap. Don’t look at these princes who have gone to Japan, but their identities are here. If there are few, what will your majesty and grandson think?

Let's talk about the future of the Wa country, probably these princes will be the masters. It is said that there is a lot of gold and silver there, and it is definitely not bad to establish a good relationship early.

"Big grandson, the current Wa country is probably a troubled place."

"Our sons, we know best in our hearts that none of them are simple. They have lived with us in the barracks since they were young, and their arrogant temperament is learned from those bastards."

"Now we're all rushing to the Wa country, haha, we're really looking forward to how exciting it will be."

So many sons set off together, as a father, of course they had to send them off.

Looking at the dozens of large ships on the wharf under Zhengyangmen, Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was obviously happy.

Not only those nobles, but Zhu Yuanzhang was worried because of these sons.

To be honest, counting from the second child, Zhu Xi, there is no simple one.

Now all of them are gathered in the Wa country, and it is of course a joyful thing to expand the territory of Daming.

Zhu Ying replied with a smile: "Grandpa, with these uncles going to the country of Wa, there is almost no need for us to deal with the affairs of the country of Wa, but we still need to supervise and not make too much trouble."

Zhu Gaochi, the only one who is still taking the peaceful route, is gone, and the country of Wa is now equivalent to the scene of heroes fighting for hegemony in the late Yuan Dynasty.

It is conceivable that several vassal kings will inevitably carry out a large-scale land grab in the Wa Kingdom, and continue to dig mineral deposits to fill their own army strength.

These vassal kings are not alone, but also include a large number of outstanding generals.

Because of the vassal king's relationship, many noble descendants also went with them, but they all went for military merit.

Why is it difficult to expand the territory.

The main reason is that some small places are too barren, and there is no benefit at all to expending energy to fight them down, only losses.

Those with a little bit of knowledge also regard it as a place of bitter cold. Going there feels as shameless as exile, and there is no future.

These shortcomings are the reason why the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty has never been said to expand in a large area.

It's different now.

The Japanese craze has formed a trend, businessmen want to make money, literati want to display their ambitions, warriors want to earn some military merits, and even hereditary titles.

Even ordinary people want to go to Japan to work.

Because according to the latest laws promulgated by Ming Dynasty, the lowest wages that can be obtained by going to Japan to work are several times higher than that of Ming Dynasty.

If you go, you will get the land, and the tax is an unprecedented low.

Currently in Wa Kingdom, what Ming occupies is only part of Kyushu Island.

Maybe by the end of this year, Kyushu Island will already belong to Daming.

These vassal kings, how can they let go.

The most prosperous place in the Wa Kingdom is not Kyushu Island, but Honshu Island where a large number of Japanese royal family nobles are concentrated.

For now, both Zhu Ying and Zhu Yuanzhang are no longer prepared to deal with the Japanese envoys.

In the face of huge interests, any peace covenant has no meaning.

It depends on the feudal kings, how to slowly conquer the entire Wa country.

On Annan's side, the situation is clearer and clearer.

For Annan, the cold winter was the most comfortable time, and it was finally not as hot as usual.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Ming army located in Annan began to sweep the entire Annan.

As for Qinghua, the western capital where Hu Jishou was located, it was completely under siege.

The Daming navy cut off the entire coastline, making it impossible for Hu Jishou to run away.

In the middle of March alone, 40 Ming troops gathered under the city of Tsinghua, the western capital of Annan.

Of the 40 troops, almost 20 are Annanites themselves.

Hu Jishou's general situation was gone, and only the last city of Tsinghua went to Europe to resist.

"Send the order, open the city gate wide, and don't have to resist any more. It's the last bit of decency left."

When this day really came, Hu Jiyak originally thought that he would stick to Qinghua, but finally chose to give up.

This is not to say that he is concerned about the identity of the common people, but to make the final consideration for his family descendants.

The more the Ming army wasted and the more people died, the more serious his crimes would be in the future, which would implicate everyone in the family.

Moreover.

In this western capital city, there are already countless forces that have secretly defected to the enemy.