Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

"Is that the emperor of Dongwa?"

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Mingzheng, who was kneeling in front of the table and had a small face.

The little girl who is only 11 years old wears the traditional costumes of Dongying. The Japanese costumes of the Edo period improved the kimono in the Edo period after absorbing the evolution of the costumes of the Han, Tang, Song, and Ming Dynasties in the Central Plains and their own cultural history. Before that, it was called Wufu.

On this basis, the costumes of the public and samurai families have changed. Just like the Korean clothing evolved by the Korean state by absorbing the advantages of the Central Plains clothing and adding local characteristics, the kimono is now quite different from the traditional Central Plains clothing.

Mingzheng was still wearing the clothes she brought out from the Emperor's Palace.

It stands to reason that a suit of clothes should be prepared for Mingzheng, but it takes time to tailor the clothes, so Mingzheng is wearing a sumac suit, which is the formal attire of Emperor Dongying.

"Why is the emperor of Dongwo a little girl?" Zhu Youxiao tilted his head and looked at Zhang Haogu who was on the side.

Zhang Haogu had no choice but to lean his head over: "Eastern Japan has its own national conditions. The emperor on their side has long since ignored the affairs. It has always been the shogunate of the samurai family who controls the power. It is a bit like coercing the emperor and ordering the princes. And the emperor on the East Japan side is not Happiness is that the throne can be directly passed on to the descendants, anyway, it is the head of the shogunate, and the emperor is younger, so it doesn't matter if he is a man or a woman."

"The lords are few and weak but the ministers are strong, the powerful ministers control the government, and there are many feudal lords everywhere who cannot be unified, and the country is subjugated." Zhu Youxiao commented.

"Dongpu has its own national conditions, and such a situation is not a bad thing for me, Ming." Zhang Haogu said with a smile.

After glancing at Mingzheng who was kneeling and sitting there alone, Zhu Youxiao said, "I don't like the clothes on her, and I will change them into Daming's in the future, and treat her like a feudal lord."

The vassal king treatment that Zhu Youxiao talked about was naturally not the Zhu family vassal kings in Daming, but the vassal lords of the Ming vassal. These vassal lords went to Beijing to meet the suzerain emperor, and the emperor of Ming Dynasty wanted to bestow a lot of things.

It stands to reason that the Ministry of Rites should be responsible for the treatment in Daming after Zhengri. Now that Zhu Youxiao has said this and has risen to the rank of vassal king, it means that the royal family will take over Mingzheng's treatment.

"Go and ask Mingzheng if the food is not to your taste, and see what her needs are, and try to meet them." Zhu Youxiao said to Wang Tiqian who was on the side.

As Zhu Youxiao's personal eunuch, Wang Tiqian naturally understood Zhu Youxiao's meaning, and went to Mingzheng's side to ask about his health, which shocked Mingzheng, and looked at Zhu Youxiao who was sitting on Gao Gaoyun's table in surprise. You Xiao, and Zhu You Xiao nodded slightly at Ming Zheng, and raised his glass.

Zhang Haogu also looked at Mingzheng with a smile: "Your Majesty has a bodhisattva heart."

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Even though the country is small and the land is small, there are quite a few people in Dongying. Now that Mingzheng has come to Daming, when the feudal lords and businessmen from Dongying come to Daming, some people will naturally want to see her; if people spread the word that Mingzheng treats Mingzheng harshly It seems that I am narrow-minded. I am not the kind of emperor who is narrow-minded, and I will not wantonly bully the losers. What's more, it is not up to her as a little girl to decide whether to fight or not. She is just unlucky to sit in that position. .Be nice to her, so that Dongying will obey in the future."

Zhang Haogu nodded, Zhu Youxiao was absolutely right.

Zhu Youxiao was not a tyrant or a faint king, and the Ming Dynasty was not a barbaric and bloody Yidi Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty is the Zhengshuo of China, the Han family is orthodox, the country of destiny, the superior destiny obeys the hearts of the people, and it is in the world to convince people with might and virtue, so all nations come to the dynasty.

What kind of prestige can be shown by showing power to an 11-year-old child?Mingzheng is nothing but an emperor with empty name and no real power. If he says he wants to kill a hundred people, it's okay, but Daming wants to keep it. If he pretends not to wanton bullying, it will appear that Daming is narrow-minded and heartless.

Daming's prestige will not be exerted on Mingzheng, the prestige is displayed on Tokugawa Iemitsu, the righteous lord, to punish Tokugawa Iemitsu and those old Zhongming Zhengzhou, to show that Daming's prestige cannot be violated, this is prestige; keep it Mingzheng, give her good treatment, let her study with peace of mind and then send her back to Dongying in the future, showing Daming's kindness, this is virtue.

With one hand thunder and one hand rain dew, it is enough to let the lords of Dongpu know what to do in the future.

After the state banquet was over, Zhu Youxiao suddenly asked Zhang Haogu a question: "Master, I have an idea."

"Please speak, Your Majesty." Zhang Haogu said that he would listen attentively.

Zhu Youxiao said: "Our dynasty is strong. Since the founding of the country by the Taizu, there have been no marriages between the Han and Tang Dynasties, and no coins of the Song Dynasty. , Fang has the current Ming Dynasty 260 years of Guozuo."

"When I looked at the Han and Tang Dynasties, marriages were also limited by the conditions at the time and I had to make a strategy to secure the border. Now that the Ming Dynasty is strong and the border troubles have subsided, it can be used for future generations. I always have to consider one or two. I thought, is it possible? Implement a new peace policy with other countries."

Zhang Haogu was stunned for a moment, he felt that he seemed to know what Zhu Youxiao was thinking.

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "I think that Mingzheng can be Ran'er's side concubine. Although she is a little older, if she has a child in the future, she can inherit the position of Dongying King."

"With Ming as the backer, Mingzheng can sit securely and safely in Dongying. With a child, the throne of Dongying will always be passed on to my grandson's line in the future."

Looking at Zhu Youxiao, Zhang Haogu inexplicably remembered the old European grandmother Victoria in the future, and the entire European royal family looked at her descendants.

But I have to admit that Zhu Youxiao's idea is indeed feasible, not to mention whether in the future the Eastern Chu Kingdom will consider themselves a family, whether they can play the role of Chinese unification and national integration, at least it will be true that there will be less trouble.

And this is also an idea, there will be no price to try, after all, Mingzheng will live in Daming for a long time in the future, and his daily life can be placed in the palace, so if Zhu Youxiao has any ideas, he can naturally give it a try.

"Your Majesty's idea can be tried." Zhang Haogu agreed.

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Let's stop here today."

Looking at Zhu Youxiao's direction, Zhang Haogu reminded, "Your Majesty, the Qianqing Palace is over there."

Zhu Youxiao was stunned, then sighed, and looked at Zhang Haogu with a bit of resentment: "Zhen, I want to go to Xiyuan tonight."

Zhang Haogu was stunned, and bowed deeply: "Your Majesty, take care."

Since Nanyang was pacified last year, the world of Ming Dynasty has been peaceful, and the country is peaceful and the people are peaceful.

There were not many major events, and the civil and military officials were very relaxed. After such a long time, the trolls at Yushitai felt that they had recovered a little bit of their strength, and started to give memorials again.

This memorial is really related to the country, asking Zhu Youxiao to have more children, which Zhu Youxiao really can't refuse.

For the continuation of any dynasty, the heir is very important, and there is no insurance for a single heir. The Ming Dynasty did not have an example where the emperor died suddenly without an heir and his brother took over. Isn't Sejong Jiajing such a living example?

Even in the original history of Zhu Youxiao, the throne fell to Zhu Youjian after he died because there was no heir.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in all dynasties, so it is a matter of business for the emperor to have more sons.

What's more, even if this point is not mentioned, for any Han people, family inheritance is the top priority, otherwise cutting off children and grandchildren would not be an extremely vicious curse.

Having more children means that the family is prosperous and can continue to be passed on in the future, and the incense of the ancestors is also guaranteed. Even under the nine springs, you can face the ancestors safely, but if there are fewer children, it is a big deal.

Whether it is good for the court or for the people, the number of royal heirs means whether the dynasty is stable and whether the world will continue to be peaceful. After all, only when there are many heirs can the inheritance of the throne be stable, and there will be no chaos in the world, and everyone can continue to live. Peaceful days.

Some emperors have no sons or if they have few sons, they are of poor virtue in the eyes of the common people, or they have done something that offended the heavens.

Even for the dynasty, whether the emperor is wise or not has little effect. The bureaucratic system can maintain the normal operation of the dynasty. As long as the emperor guarantees that he can have more sons and the succession of the throne will not be turbulent in the future, he will be a good emperor.

That is to say, Zhu Youxiao created the prosperous world today, and he is still young, and the common people think that a good emperor like Zhu Youxiao, a benevolent emperor, will definitely have many children and many blessings.

I don't know how many people in the world, how many people are staring at the royal family, if the royal family has no heirs, how many people will have different ideas, the saying "more children, more blessings" is not just a reflection of ordinary people.

Therefore, the censors asked Zhu Youxiao to draft a lot of women and girls to be the heirs of the royal family. This is a top priority related to inheritance, and all officials are extremely supportive. No matter the new party or the old party, they all agree on this point. Even Zhang Haogu, considering the situation in his previous life, felt that it would not be harmful for Zhu Youxiao to have a few more children.

Zhu Youxiao wanted to refuse, but he only refused half of it.

Forget about recruiting beautiful women. After all, it is a waste for so many young women to stay in the deep palace for many years. It is better to let them marry and have children, so as to contribute to the prosperity of Ming Dynasty.

As for Zhu Youxiao, it is enough for him to have a queen, and the queen has given birth to the eldest son, which is enough to prove that the queen is fine.

The situation in the court spread to the harem. Zhang Yan said that she was not under pressure, which was a lie. As a queen, although she gave birth to the eldest son, in this general environment, the prosperity of the royal heir cannot be guaranteed. It would be an understatement to say that she is jealous of.

How could Zhang Yan not be stressed about this kind of thing, and she was also afraid that she would have no face to see the ancestors of the Zhu family after death, so it was rare for Zhang Yan to have some demands on Zhu Youxiao.

This is the situation Zhu Youxiao is facing right now. After this period of time, Zhu Youxiao is really under a lot of pressure, and he also has a lot of opinions on Zhang Haogu's reluctance to save him.

Zhang Haogu could only wish Zhu Youxiao to take care of his health.

"The emperor is going to Xiyuan again tonight, what will the servants and maids on the empress's side say?" Eunuch Wei sighed.

"Then Eunuch Wei might as well persuade His Majesty more?" Zhang Haogu laughed.

Eunuch Wei was very helpless: "What does the emperor want to do, how can a servant dare to persuade you. What's more, if this kind of thing is known to outsiders, it may be arranged in a certain way. It is estimated that if it is spread, the servant will deceive the saints and deceive the country. Control the palace cholera world."

Eunuch Wei's life is not easy. Others see him as glamorous. He is the chief executive of 10 people inside and outside the palace. An errand, that's a prestige.

But Eunuch Wei also knows about his family's affairs. If there are too many things, there will be more responsibilities. Zhu Youxiao entrusted him with errands inside and outside the palace. If something goes wrong, it is his responsibility. He is usually cautious Fear of making a mistake.

Don't look at Zhu Youxiao who doesn't seem to care about political affairs, and is not diligent when going to court. He either goes to Xiyuan or Yongding County on weekdays, and sometimes he doesn't return to Beijing for ten and a half months.But the capital is large and small, inside and outside the palace, what is there that Zhu Youxiao doesn't know?

This master doesn't care about anything, but knows everything.

Eunuch Wei was busy with his affairs, Zhang Haogu was not idle, and went straight to the cabinet.

"Yuanfu, why are you here?" The councilor on duty hurriedly got up.

"Go and get the files and records brought by General Zhao Yuqi from Dongying, and I will take a look at them for a while." Zhang Haogu said.

Soon, the records Zhao Yuqi brought back from Edo and Kyoto, which were hidden in the shogunate and the emperor's palace, were sent to Zhang Hao's ancient table case.

After pouring a cup of strong tea, Zhang Haogu quietly flipped through the records.

The next day, Zhu Youxiao summoned Zhao Yuqi, a cabinet scholar and his class teacher who returned to the court, in Xiyuan.

"See Your Majesty."

"Forget about these hypocrisy! It's useless to call all your lovers over early in the morning, isn't it? Eat some with me."

Breakfast for eight people was quickly served, and Zhu Youxiao learned about Dongying while eating.

Zhu Youxiao took a jade bowl and ate hot porridge: "I have discussed with all the scholars about how to deal with Dongying, but after all, it is you, General Zhao, who went to Dongying in person. Regarding the specific situation of Dongying, what should you do?" How to deal with it, I want to hear your opinion, General Zhao."

Zhao Yuqi put down the small bowl and sorted out her thoughts: "Returning to your majesty, the national conditions of Dongying are very different from those of other countries. I have to say something similar. It is similar to my Central Plains Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. The Zhou royal family had a false name and could not command the world. Although the shogunate is unified now, there are more than two hundred vassal states in various places. These vassal states each occupy a place and conduct their own affairs. They have their own army and their own land, and they are nominally loyal to the shogunate and provide money and food. "

"It can be said that the feudal dynasties are a combination of powerful families, and they are powerful. The shogunate is the largest landlord and clan, controlling the most land and people, and controlling the general situation. It is impossible to completely swallow these feudal dynasties."

"The Tokugawa shogunate seems to be united in the world now, but once the shogunate loses its authority and cannot stabilize the situation, the whole of Japan will soon turn into a chaos where the feudal lords are fighting each other."

After listening to Zhao Yuqi's narration, Zhu Youxiao put down the jade bowl in his hand: "At present, the Tokugawa family can't stabilize the situation of people's hearts, isn't it so?"

Zhao Yuqi said: "Return to Your Majesty, our army defeated the Edo shogunate army in World War I, and the shogunate is no longer able to control the situation in Japan."

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "My dear friends, do you think that a unified but weak Japan is more beneficial to our Ming Dynasty, or a chaotic Japan is more beneficial to our Ming Dynasty?"

Qian Qianyi said: "Your Majesty, I believe that a chaotic Dongying is not in the interests of our Ming Dynasty. Dongying is small and landless. If we can't integrate resources and concentrate manpower, then our Ming's products will not be able to make enough profits. A stable but weak Dongpu will allow me to control the Ming Dynasty better, and it will also facilitate the export of products from the Ming Dynasty in exchange for more benefits."

Zhu Youxiao nodded with his finger: "Continue."

Qian Qianyi said: "From this point of view, the weakness of the shogunate is not a bad thing. The shogunate is weak. If the Tokugawa family wants to continue to maintain their status, they must rely on me, Ming Dynasty, or get the support of most vassal dynasties. But Dongying The feudal dynasties in Kanto and Kansai may not necessarily continue to support the shogunate, on the contrary, I, Ming Dynasty, can support them to a certain extent to help them stabilize the situation."

"Now my Ming Dynasty has tens of thousands of servants in Dongpu. These tens of thousands of servants can be used as the army of the shogunate. Of course, the command is still in my hands. With these tens of thousands of servants, the shogunate has After obtaining the preliminary force, I, Ming Dynasty, can contact the three pro-vassals and genealogists of the shogunate to choose a suitable new general."

Zhu Youxiao nodded slightly. If this is the case, the shogunate is under the control of the Ming court, and if Mingzheng returns to Japan in the future, she will not be able to control the situation.

And if Mingzheng became his son's side concubine and gave birth to a prince, the shogunate could assist the prince in controlling Dongying in the future, and when the prince grew up, he would hand over the power to him.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao still agrees with Qian Qianyi's idea. This is in the interests of Daming, and it is also a good thing for the overseas trade policy implemented by Daming. At least it is more convenient for merchants to do business in Japan.

After all, a stable market is safer for business than a chaotic one.

"If remote control deterrence is to be carried out in Dongpu, how many troops does the imperial court need to deploy in Dongpu?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhao Yuqi and asked a new question.

Zhao Yuqi pondered for a moment, and said: "Return to Your Majesty, there are now more than 2 servants in Dongpu, and 5 troops from the shogunate. If the total of [-] people is used properly by Ming Dynasty, then there is no need to arrange for them in Dongpu." Too many manpower, in fact Nagasaki does not need too many garrisons, not to mention one town and one association, even one school has many troops, one battalion is almost enough.”

"Nagasaki, Osaka, and Edo all have good ports for trade with the outside world. Among them, Nagasaki stationed a battalion of troops as a deterrent. Osaka is close to Kyoto, and Kyoto is the place where the Japanese royal family is located. The two places are combined to station One school is almost the same."

"For the rest of Edo, it is enough to station a school of soldiers and horses."

"These places only need to ensure that the port is unimpeded and keep in touch with my Ming Dynasty. Stationing these soldiers and horses is enough for deterrence. And if there is any accident and chaos in Dongpu, the imperial court can send a large army to counter the rebellion at any time if there is ship communication."

Lu Xiangsheng frowned slightly: "In this way, the security and stability of Dongpu must be handed over to those servants?"

Qian Qianyi smiled and said: "Those servants will be trained by me, Daming. As for the daily security and stability in various places, it can be handed over to those vassals. Let the pro-fans, genealogists and feudal lords from all over the place form a new shogunate system. Responsible for the stability of Dongying, and then divide the business among them. Guarantee their power and interests, and don't worry about their disobedience."

Zhu Youxiao smiled: "Old Qian Ge's words won my heart."