Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 25
By the time the four brothers rushed back to the palace, it was already evening, just in time for dinner.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma were already waiting for the four of them.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang sitting there with a sullen face, the two brothers, Zhu Xi and Zhu Xi, were instantly like eggplants beaten by frost, wilting.

There is absolutely no life on the road.

Respectfully saluted his parents, and then sat in the corner honestly, not daring to breathe.

The fourth Zhu Di was even more unbearable, and when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang, he trembled a little.

Zhu Biao felt Zhu Di's fear and patted him on the shoulder.

"Am I that scary?" Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little depressed.

But his face is still full of majesty: "Biao'er, how did they behave with you?"

"Very good, especially the fourth child, who is very talented in martial arts."

"If I expected it well, the fourth child should be the first to start." Zhu Biao laughed.

"Fourth!" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted.

Zhu Di shivered in fright, just sat down, and quickly stood up again.

"Look at how good your elder brother is to you. Do you know that you must help your elder brother well in the future?" Zhu Yuanzhang thought of the history of the Ming Dynasty he had seen before, and couldn't help but teach earnestly.

"Got it!" Zhu Di whispered.

"Louder!" Zhu Yuanzhang shouted loudly.

"Crack!" Queen Ma next to her threw the chopsticks on the table.

"Is it still allowed to eat?"

"The sons just came back, you are training this and that, and you thought it was in the courtroom!"

"Uh...!" Zhu Yuanzhang scratched his head.

Seeing his daughter-in-law get angry, his aura was stagnant.

"I can't help it, we were wrong, girl, don't be angry, let's eat, let's eat."

The family ate happily and sent their three sons away. Zhu Yuanzhang left Zhu Biao alone.

"Biao'er, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun will be back tomorrow. What we have discussed with you will be concrete actions tomorrow. How can you be confident?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"no problem!"

Zhu Biao thought about it for a while: "As long as the royal father can hold the scene, I will just play the side drum for you."

"Haha, good son!"

"Then the two of us will jointly perform a big play tomorrow, and show it to the civil and martial arts of the Manchu Dynasty." Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing.

Next to Queen Ma, while cleaning up the dishes, she smiled and said, "You two are doing pretty well, why can't you go to the second, third, and fourth children?"

"Chongba, you will restrain your temper in front of the children in the future. Seeing that you scared the three children just now, your face turned white."

"Do you blame me?"

Zhu Yuanzhang spread his hands helplessly: "It's those three boys who are too unsatisfactory. We treat everyone the same. You ask Biao'er if this is the reason."

This is not easy to answer, so Zhu Biao picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

"That's weird!"

"I'm too lazy to talk to you now, let's have a good "talk" when my son is gone!" Queen Ma glared at Zhu Yuanzhang and turned away.

There were two major events in the Ming Dynasty during the three years of Hongwu. The first major event was the first time the Ming Dynasty opened a division to recruit scholars, which was directly postponed by Zhu Yuanzhang.

The second major event is the issue of the title of Zhu Yuanzhang's son and hero.

In fact, according to the original history, Zhu Biao's younger brothers should have been crowned kings in early April of this year.

But Lao Zhu, who had seen the entire history of the Ming Dynasty, did not act according to the original historical trend, and he also postponed the title of king this time.

As for the heroes.

Although Chang Yuchun did not die as suddenly as in the original history because of that longevity fruit.

But history hasn't changed that much.

Two months ago, news came from the north that Xu Da and Chang Yuchun defeated the Yuan army and swept the entire northern China. They even recaptured the sixteen states of Yanyun that were ceded by Emperor Shi Jingtang. on the way.

With this victory, it can be said that the Ming Dynasty is basically as stable as Mount Tai.

It is precisely because of this that the matter of knighthood can no longer be delayed.

Regarding this matter, Zhu Yuanzhang discussed it many times with Empress Ma and Zhu Biao.

Different from the original history, who stubbornly wanted to give all his sons the title of king, bestowed fiefs, super-high salary, and wanted to raise descendants from generation to generation, Zhu Yuanzhang in this life took the initiative to propose a system of demotion of titles, which included his own children and grandchildren. Including Xungui.

All children and grandchildren shall not be crowned kings without merit.

All nobles, if their descendants have no military exploits, their titles will be demoted by one level when they are appointed.

This is the rectification plan that he came up with after seeing the nobles' reluctance to make progress and the arrogance and lust of his descendants from the entire 200-year history of the Ming Dynasty.

He didn't want his descendants, the descendants of nobles, to really live in the future as the kind of people he hated the most.

He wants to change all of this from the start of the country.

The eighth day of the fifth month in the third year of Hongwu.

Zhu Yuanzhang took his four sons and personally went out of the imperial city to welcome the triumphant return of the Northern Expedition army.

After traveling to this world for nearly three years, Zhu Biao finally met the legendary founding generals of the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong, Feng Sheng, Deng Yu, Tang He...

Each one is high-spirited, and each one is aura of publicity.

The first 20 years of the Hongwu Dynasty were the best era for the generals of the entire Ming Empire. After missing these 20 years, Zhu Di’s Yongle Dynasty still respected some warriors because of Jing Nan. A generation is not as good as a generation.

After the Tumu Fortress Change, the military generals were completely discounted and bent. In the following 100 years of Ming history, except for a few such as Qi Jiguang, the generals were completely wiped out by everyone, and it can even be said that they have become servants of civil servants.

The status of military generals was suppressed too much by civilian officials, which could be regarded as one of the important factors in the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

"Biao'er, go and lead the horse for your Uncle Xu." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile on his face as he rode on the horse.

"Yes!" Zhu Biao jumped off his horse.

"useless!"

"His Royal Highness is the crown prince, and the body of a thousand gold, how can you lead a horse like a big old man like us." Xu Da looked panic.

"How can you not make it, you have built half of the Ming Dynasty for him, he should lead a horse for you." Zhu Yuanzhang's face was beyond doubt.

After he finished speaking, he looked behind him again: "Zhu Xi, Zhu Xi, Zhu Xi, you all go too."

The three of them had been instructed by Zhu Yuanzhang for a long time, and they hurriedly responded when they heard the words, and then ran to lead the horses to Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong, and Feng Sheng.

Seeing the rest of the generals staring at him, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing: "Everyone, let's take what these four sons can do, and the rest are wearing open-crotch pants!"

"So, we can only wait a few years for the old brothers to make new contributions!"

The rest of the people couldn't help laughing.

In fact, everyone understands that this is an honor given to the four people with the highest military achievements in pacifying the north this time, especially the main general Xu Da.

As for the next time..., I guess no one dares to think about it.

Everyone followed Zhu Yuanzhang from Fengtianmen into the imperial city, passed Chenganmen and Wuyangmen all the way, and finally stopped in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The banquet has already been prepared here, just waiting for these generals who have been fighting abroad for many years and now return triumphantly to take their seats.

(End of this chapter)