Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 636 The Return of the Prince
New Year is coming.

Emperor Zhu Yihai returned to Tokyo, and the governors, governors, sub-inspectors, and prefects from all over the country entered the Beijing court.

Just before the new year, the Ming army, under the command of Zhang Guowei, Wang Zhiren, and Wang Peng, after several months of siege, finally blasted the caves and blasted Yanzhou City. At the price, more than ten thousand captive soldiers in the city were wiped out.

King Zhiren of the State of Yue ordered to kill all the captive soldiers in the city, regardless of whether they were Manchu, Mongolian and Han bannermen, green camps or regiments, and 2 people were beheaded.

When the news reached Tokyo, Zhu Yihai was having a happy reunion dinner.

The two princes who were taken captive to Liaodong were finally found by the unremitting efforts of Jin Yiwei and others, and they successfully rescued Tokyo. They all grew up to be half-grown teenagers, but when they came back, the descendants were completely changed.

They dodge their eyes and dare not look directly at people. When there is a loud noise or movement, they are always flustered, and they are all very thin. Zhu Yihai took them to take a bath. Under the clothes, they were as skinny as sticks, without any flesh, and there were many whips. mark.

Unfortunately, the two brothers were taken captive at a young age, trekking all the way to Liaodong, were whipped and endured hunger and cold on the way, and were sold several times outside the pass.Luckily, they survived and have always been together.

When the two first met Zhu Yihai, their eyes were strange, and they seemed to no longer recognize their father.

Zhu Yihai called them, and they were also very scared. Zhu Yihai helped them bathe, eat, chat, and even sleep together. Three days later, they seemed to finally believe that the person they had some impression of was their father, although it was very different from the impression.

When they were taken away, the eldest was seven years old, and the third and sixth were six years old. Now six years have passed, the eldest is thirteen, and the third is 12.

The two teenagers put on the prince's python robes and stood next to Zhu Yihai. In fact, everyone knew that if they were fake, they were the emperor's captive sons, because although they were thin and weak, they looked very similar to the emperor.

After the two princes came back, two new princes were added to the palace.

One was born to Concubine Zhang, and the other was born to Concubine Huang.

In addition to the five princes born to Concubine Chen Gui, now Zhu Yihai has five princes at once.

But what is a little disturbing is how the five princes should be arranged.

Although the eldest son Zhu Hongjia and the third child were both born to the side concubine of King Lu, Zhu Yihai had adopted the eldest son under the name of Concubine Yuan, so he was the eldest son when he was taken away. For the son of the world.

After Nanjing succeeded to the throne, he also made the eldest son the prince.

Now the boss is back.

The five princes were originally descendants of concubines, but the eldest son was adopted by Yuan Pei's first wife Zhang Shi after all.

Now there are two voices in the court.

Some people think that Hongjia was formally adopted by Concubine Yuan, and Concubine Yuan later pursued the title of Empress Yuan, so Hongjia should be crowned prince.

Some people think that Hongjia was originally born in a concubine and was taken captive outside the customs for six years. Now this is not suitable for being a prince. After all, the queen is still young. She gave birth to a fourth princess before, and now she is pregnant again. It's about to give birth, if you give birth to a prince, you should be a prince.

Zhu Yihai also knew about these voices, but he didn't think about them.

Now he basically brings the two teenagers by his side every day to make up for them, and to give them more safety and warmth so that they can settle down earlier. After all, there are not many people they are familiar with in the palace at this time.

Zhu Yihai also asked Liu Chao to accompany them every day. He is an old man of the Lu Palace that the two brothers rarely remember.

"The sixth prince bestowed the name Hongmu, and the seventh prince bestowed the name Hongkai."

"Jin conferred the title of concubine Zhang, the mother of the sixth prince, as the concubine Xian, and concubine Huang, the mother of the seventh prince, the concubine Shu."

"The eldest prince Hongjia was granted the title of King of Qin, the third prince Hongzhu was granted the title of King of Han, the fifth prince Hongbin was granted the title of King of Jin, the sixth prince Hongkui was given the title of King of Tang, and the seventh prince Hongkai was given the title of King of Song.

Ten thousand households were given food in each city, and eight hundred households were sealed off. The Central Plains gave [-] mu of Yongye farmland, and Taiwan gave [-] mu of wasteland. "

"Amnesty to the world, celebrate with the country!"

"Civil and military officials, and soldiers of the three armed forces will all receive a one-month salary increase!"

When all kinds of voices in Tokyo became louder and louder, the emperor finally issued an edict to the world on the eve of the New Year's Eve.

He didn't make Hongjia the crown prince, but changed his title to King of Qin. This was originally the title of Fifth Prince, but now he is given the title of First Prince, and the Fifth Prince is changed to King of Jin.

The little Zhang concubine and the little Huang concubine, also mothers value their sons, and they were promoted to concubines.

In the Penglai Palace in Tokyo, Zhu Yihai personally bestowed gold seals on the two princes. The emperor wore twelve dragon costumes, and nine dragon costumes were given to the two princes.

The three of them are all bright yellow dragon robes.

However, the two princes have nine groups, the emperor has twelve groups, the dragon on the emperor is a five-clawed dragon, and the princes have four-claws, or pythons to be precise.

in the temple.

The cigarette smoke in the purple gold incense burner curls up, lingering between the beams and columns of the palace.

The two princes took the lead and received the title, and the other three were too young and were hugged by three eunuchs.

In front of them was an exquisite red lacquer sandalwood treasure box carved with panchi, and the lid was opened to show everyone the treasure of the prince with ninety-five gold casts inside.

On it are carved the treasures of King Qin, King Han, King Jin, King Tang, and King Song in seal script.

Each weekly ruler is five inches and two inches thick and one inch and five minutes thick, and weighs eighteen catties.

Yu Huang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, held the gold book and came forward to pay his respects.

The Ministry of Rites praises and praises the officials.

Gong Leqi.

A palace music ends.

The official in charge of the system knelt down in the hall to accept the imperial decree, and praised loudly, "There is a system!"

The praise officer sang, "Kneel!"

The two princes bowed at the head.

Xuanzan officials announced the system and bestowed five kings.

After the declaration and system were finished, the official praised the salute, "All kings, bow down and rejoice!"

The two kings changed from kneeling to leaning over, kowtowed, and returned to kneeling flat.

The official who inherited the system stepped forward and knelt down to report to the emperor, "Bong, the system has been handed down!"

Zhu Yihai nodded with a smile.

The praise officer praised again, "The kings bow, bow again, and salute."

The kings stepped forward again and came to worship under the throne.

"Kneel, Shoujibao!"

Yu Huang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, personally read out the prince's treasure book,

"The book said: In the past, the king of the world, the salary and the virtuous son must be the king. This person's ears are in the position and the blessing of the country is on one side. You Jian is in the emperor's heart. The eldest son Hongjia, now orders you to be the king of Qin. It is not easy to divide the spears and divide the land. What happened. I started from Shufan to help my life in danger and turned the tide, and the Fu mansion was about to collapse, and the ancestral temple and society were in danger. It was very difficult.

The ambition is to serve the heaven and the earth and enjoy the gods.

Personally mention the Sixth Division, defeat the captives and save the people.

Don't be lazy at all times to achieve a great cause. Those who are now consolidating their country should respect the heaven and the earth in their hearts, and should not exceed the etiquette.To worship the mountains and rivers of its clan and society, and enjoy them according to the time.Be careful with soldiers and guards, and be sympathetic to the people, you must do your best in the play.

Diligent people worship the heavens, vassals assist the emperor's house, and if they are allowed to hold the imperial court, they will be blessed forever. Take my advice and be cautious! "

Read to book ratio.

Yu Huang awarded the book to the Great Ritual Envoy Shoufu Jianjidian University Bachelor and Minister of the Prime Minister's Office Linxinhou Song Zhifu.

Song Zhifu inserted the wat in his waist and bowed to accept the book.

The salutation officer shouted, 搢 GUI.

In the order of the great emperor, Zhu Yujian, king of Nanyang, erected the Yugui representing the family law of the ancestors.

Song Zhifu knelt down and gave the gold book to Zhu Hongjia, king of Qin, and the officials who held the book and treasure ran beside them, kneeling and giving the gold book.

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The ceremony is solemn.

The five kings knelt down one by one to receive the treasures, all of which were awarded, and all the kings worshiped four times, and the ceremony was completed.

After canonizing the five princes, he issued an edict to the world, amnesty the world, and rewarded all officials and soldiers.

Zhu Yihai sat on it, looking at the five princes, two big, three small, and five princes, he suddenly felt very comforted.

The original plan was to announce it on Zhengdan, but it was still ahead of schedule.

It is more reasonable for the prince to be conferred at the age of ten. At the beginning, the conferment of the fifth prince was also because he had no children.

But now that they are in a hurry to seal, they must make an arrangement for the two returning princes, otherwise, if the chaotic voices in the court continue, it will easily form antagonism and dispute, which is not conducive to stability and unity.

Since the two princes were conferred, the remaining two should be conferred together.

The enfeoffment was quite sudden this time, and Zhu Yihai didn't discuss with the ministers too much.

In fact, there have always been different opinions on whether to divide the feudal state and establish the country, or to support the capital.

The enfeoffment system of nearly 300 years before the Ming Dynasty was undoubtedly a failure. Although the idea of ​​the enfeoffment was good when the Taizu first decided on enfeoffment, it could not stand up to the later Jianwen cut down the vassal and Zhu Dijing's difficulties, which completely destroyed the original intention of the system, so the later Although the suzerains and vassals still entrusted the land, they only raised pigs.

Zhu Yihai had made drastic reforms to the clan before, so how the emperor's sons should be sealed now is also a big problem.

Some people think that the old system of Taizu should be restored, enfeoffment of places, and troops guarding the border.

Some people think that we should imitate the system of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and raise the princes and grandchildren in the capital, and arrange them to accompany the capital after a few generations. After that, there will be no restrictions, and the imperial examinations will be allowed to join the army or the four industries will be free.

There are advantages and disadvantages in each dynasty's old rules.

The key is to look at it from which point of view.

If it is to actually divide the feudal feudal clan, there are advantages and disadvantages. Like the Taizu, it is not all a good thing to divide various places and have strong soldiers and horses to guard them.

But if it is a King of Sai like King Ning, it is actually beneficial. For example, the Mu family of the Duke of Guizhou in Yunnan is not a real feudal vassal, but it can be regarded as a de facto feudal vassal. They have guarded Yunnan for generations. In fact, it still has a good effect.

Zhu Yihai also considered that the prince should be sealed to the frontiers in the future, such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, or even Hexi, Liaodong, Saibei, Taiwan and other places, and try to seal him outside the Great Wall, Lingnan and other places, or even overseas.

This can minimize the threat to the central government, but if the conditions are too poor, the princes may not be willing to manage it well, or even fail to manage it.

After all, even the foreign colonists in this era are mostly criminals and adventurers who have settled down. Which real nobleman is willing to go overseas to colonize.

However, as in the later Tang Dynasty, it would not work to raise ten kings' houses and hundreds of grandchildren in the capital. It would easily aggravate the political complexity of the capital, and it would be easy to be taken over by one pot, and they would not be able to contribute to the country.

Fortunately, the princes are still young, and they still have time to think about it slowly.

The ceremony is over.

After the palace banquet at night, Zhu Yihai specially invited the two princes to chat in the imperial study.

After getting along for a long time, the two of them got a lot more familiar with Zhu Yihai, and they didn't feel so afraid of restraint when getting along with him, and they became a lot more generous, but they were still relatively silent and didn't talk much.

"In the past six years, you have been herding cattle and horses, fishing and hunting outside the pass, and the ice and snow are too hard, and you have no chance to study and study.

Father intends to follow the example of the Tang Dynasty in the next year, and set up Chongwen Hall and Hongwen Hall. You can go to Hongwen Hall to study at that time.

(End of this chapter)