Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 503 Old Zhu Was Scared

The curriculum of the military academy is very full, divided into two parts: physical fitness and cultural courses.

The wrestling taught by Sapphire is only a part of the physical fitness class. In addition, there are training courses for queues, flags, bows and arrows, firearms and other weapons.

In order to strengthen the physical fitness of these people, Zhu Yunxi also very farsightedly joined in morning jogging and regular training.

Of course, they joined in the name of the old emperor, so that they dare not be angry but dare not scold.

As the only cultural person in the army, Fu Youde is mainly responsible for giving cultural training to everyone.

But his cultural level is too limited, so he can only tell everyone about some of the experience he has summed up in the war.

Therefore, in order to ensure the healthy growth of the majority of students, Zhu Yunxi could only choose one of his three masters to explain to them Sun Tzu's Art of War, Wei Liaozi, Liu Junjing, Ji Xiaoxin Shu and other books on the art of war.

After all, it is indeed a bit embarrassing for Fu Youde, who is barely out of blindness, to talk about this.

However, in the process of combining theory with practice, Fu Youde still put forward many constructive suggestions, so Zhu Yunxie directly appointed him as the second vice president.

The first vice president is naturally Lan Yu. As for the main presidents, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunxi can only take temporary positions.

After Zhu Yunxi got on the right track at the Military Academy, he began to revise the regulations on the management of feudal kings.

In fact, Daming didn't have such a thing at all, and Lao Zhu only briefly mentioned a few words in the emperor's order and ancestral precepts, and it was an overlord clause that guaranteed the legal rights of the vassal king, and no powerful ministers could infringe on the interests of the vassal king.

In terms of protecting the calf, Lao Zhu can be called the strongest father in history.

He stipulated a lot of harsh clauses in the emperor's orders and ancestral instructions. For example, the mansion of the vassal king in the capital must not be occupied by anyone.

If the officials sent by the imperial court pass by the territory of the vassal king, not only can they not avoid it, but they have to run over to meet them.

If you don't go with an excuse, you will be decisive.

The above two are relatively reasonable, after all, they are just preventive measures.

In contrast, the other rule stipulated by Lao Zhu is a bit unreasonable.

According to his stipulations in the Emperor's Order, even if the vassal king violated the law and discipline, if the mistake was only a small one, the local officials and court officials were not allowed to report it to the current emperor.Whoever dares to make a small report is a treacherous official who alienates the flesh and blood of the Tian family and provokes the relationship between the clan and the emperor.

Even if the vassal king committed a serious crime, if he reported it without any real evidence, it would still be a serious crime...

As for the result of the disposal, it is still a simple decision.

It was precisely because of Lao Zhu's bottomless connivance that among the vassal princes of the Ming Dynasty, there were few with a good reputation.

If Zhu Yunxi hadn't forcibly thrown the scourge King Qin on board, according to the history of the Ming Dynasty in another time and space, this guy was domineering in the fief, harming the people, and was finally stabbed to death by a woman.

It can be said that Zhu Yunxi forced him to go to sea, which was tantamount to saving his life in disguise.

Compared with the vassal kings of the past dynasties, Lao Zhu's attitude towards the vassal kings is really afraid that they will be wronged a little, and he can't wait to give all the good things in the world to his bastard sons.

However, it was precisely because of Lao Zhu's doting that the clan of the Ming Dynasty was completely turned into a bunch of waste, so that they were either slaughtered as pigs or taken to refine oil in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, and they were still unable to exert the power that the clan should have.

Of course, all these cannot be blamed on Lao Zhu, and Lao Zhu's son Zhu Di also has a certain responsibility.

After all, he started as a vassal king who rebelled. After Zhu Di became emperor, the first thing he did was to cut off the military power of the vassal king to prevent such things from happening again.

Therefore, the Ming vassal king after Zhu Di had no choice but to be a pig.

The essence of the vassal management regulations that Zhu Yunxi wants to reform is to prevent the Ming clan from becoming pigs, and to fundamentally establish a sound system to make them useful to the Ming court.

Of course, he can't decide on such a major event alone, and he has to find someone who is responsible for it among the vassal kings.

Moreover, this person's status cannot be lowered, he must have status with Lao Zhu, and he must have weight among his brothers.

Zhu Yunxue thought it over and over again, and felt that the King of Jin, Zhu Wei, was the right one.

Ever since the king of Qin secretly went overseas to catch parrots, King Zhu of Jin was automatically promoted to Da Zongzheng and took over all the affairs of Zongzheng Temple.

In fact, Zongzheng Temple has nothing to do, it just registers the new born descendants of the old Zhu family, and approves the concubines of the vassal kings.

Generally speaking, Lao Zhu doesn't care much about these things, as long as his sons don't make too much trouble, he doesn't even bother to reprimand them.

Zhu Yan also didn't want to offend others, as long as he recognized the children born to his younger brothers, it didn't matter whether they were born to concubines who were registered or not.As for such trivial matters as taking a concubine, you can report it in advance, or you can make up the formalities afterwards.

With Zhu Fen's acquiescence and connivance, the descendants of the old Zhu's family blossomed very quickly, and even a guy like Zhu Gui, who had only been married for two years, had several concubines to serve him.

Therefore, after learning of Zhu Yunxi's intention to recruit him to Beijing, Zhu Yan immediately chose to pretend to be sick.

"Nephew, you also know about Uncle Third's body, and you always feel uncomfortable in your head..."

"You should discuss this matter with others. It's hard to say how long your third uncle can live, so I won't get involved with you."

The reason why Zhu Yan refused so simply was because he didn't want to offend anyone.

If it was placed in the past, Zhu Yan would naturally not be afraid.However, after his brain was found to be sick the year before last, he always felt that there was something in his mind, and he felt that he would die at any time.

Once I pass away one day, Jin Wang's lineage doesn't even have an adult, so they won't be bullied by other brothers?

Based on this, the King of Jin changed his previous fiery temper, and not only treated his younger brothers and sisters kindly, but also treated Lao Zhu politely, for fear of offending the emperor.

"Third Uncle, you're not out of your mind, so don't scare yourself!"

"You may just have a little high blood pressure, high blood fat, high cholesterol..."

"As long as you cooperate with my weight loss diet and lose weight, the problem of dizziness in the brain will naturally be cured!"

Zhu Yan didn't believe him, he knew his eldest nephew very well, as long as he needed it, he could turn dead into alive!
For example, if he wanted to raise a big blue luan, he tricked two idiots, King Zhou and King Qin, into the boat to help him catch birds...

"Nephew, don't lie to me, I know my own body."

"I don't see a few years to live, so let me save some virtue for that silly boy Zhu Jixuan!"

When Zhu Yunxi saw what Zhu Yan said, he immediately became unhappy.

When did my third uncle become such a mother-in-law?

"Third Uncle, don't you think the biggest evil is me?"

"As long as you make me happy, why worry about Zhu Jixi's future?"

"Uh uh?"

Zhu Yan was stunned when he heard Zhu Yunxi's words, and then thought about it secretly, and felt that what the grandson said was very reasonable!

I thought that the future emperor of Ming Dynasty would not flatter me, so why would I flatter those brothers who are worthless?
"Nephew, are you sure about this?"

"Yes, I have!"

"I'm not sure, can I ask you to come to Beijing?"

Zhu Bing pointed in the direction of the Forbidden City.

"I'm asking about the old man..."

"You need the old man to nod. If he doesn't nod, it's useless for us to bother!"

Zhu Yunxi also had a headache when he heard the words, and it was foreseeable that Lao Zhu would never agree to this matter.

Because according to Zhu Yunxi's management regulations, vassal kings have to descend to nobility successively, and even if they are princes, they have to pass an exam if they want to inherit the title. If they fail the exam, they will be replaced by other bastards.

Just this one, Lao Zhu can break his leg!
"That's why my nephew asked my third uncle to find a solution. As long as my third uncle takes the initiative to write a letter pointing out the malpractice of the Daming feudal king's policy, the emperor's grandfather will definitely agree."

Zhu Yan shook his head when he heard this.

"Don't even think about it!"

"If your grandpa knew that I was the one to initiate this matter, he could break my leg!"

"You should go and convince your grandpa. As long as your grandpa agrees, third uncle will go all out to offend all the brothers and do this for you!"

"This……"

Zhu Yunxi thought about it.

"Okay, I'll try..."

……

Lao Zhu has been in a very good mood recently. For one thing, the emperor's grandson set up a military academy and wiped out all the military generals.Secondly, the birthday is approaching, and I can reunite with the princes again.

At the age of Lao Zhu, the emperor no longer has much to pursue.

Either thinking about how to make the Zhu family's country permanent for thousands of years, or thinking about getting together with the children and grandchildren more and enjoying the family happiness for a few more days.

Therefore, after winter came, he had to ask almost every now and then where his princes had gone.

When Zhu Yunxi entered Lao Zhu's bedroom, Lao Zhu was grabbing Erhu and Qin Deshun, asking all the vassal kings about their plans to enter Beijing.

"Reporting to the emperor, the kings of Shu and Xiang have already left Sichuan, and they should be near Wuchang Mansion now. They are expected to enter Beijing with the king of Chu."

"The king of Yan has also left, and he should be near the Kaifeng mansion. A few days ago, the king of Yan sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that when he passed by Kaifeng, he would go to visit the house of the king of Zhou, and by the way, he would go to Beijing with the son of the king of Zhou and others."

When Lao Zhu heard this, his face turned cold.

"Rebellious grandson!"

"If it wasn't for that rebellious grandson who threw King Zhou onto the boat, King Zhou's lineage wouldn't be so lonely!"

"And for more than a year, I have never seen that Nisun send someone to greet the next week's Wang family..."

Seeing that Lao Zhu was in a bad mood, Er Hu hurriedly spoke quickly.

"King Qi and King Lu sent people to say that they will enter Beijing by sea."

"Sea route?"

"Yes!"

"This is the good governance of the emperor's grandson. When the emperor's grandson went to Shandong for disaster relief, he directly built several seaports in Shandong."

"Now not only the grain in the north is transported by sea, but also merchants from the north and the south are also transported by sea."

"What about the canal?"

"Reporting to the emperor, the canal takes a long time, and the cost on the road is also much, which is far less cheap than the sea."

"Besides, sea ships are large and can hold more goods and food. Merchants traveling from south to north like sea transportation very much."

"However, the canal has not been abandoned just yet, and the canal is still used for some short distances."

Old Zhu nodded secretly when he heard the words, and the resentment towards Ni Sun in his heart -1.

"That Ni Sun did a good deed!"

Hearing this, the two tigers hurriedly struck while the iron was hot.

"My lord, the grandson of the emperor has done more than that."

"Eradicate Japanese pirates, open sea trade, withdraw from Beiyuan, clear Zhangmu, run schools, build medical clinics..."

"Which one is not a great thing that benefits the country and the people?"

When Lao Zhu heard that Dasun had done so many good deeds, his old face immediately turned into a chrysanthemum.

"We know you are close to that grandson, so you don't have to always speak nice words for him in our ears..."

"The Ni Sun has done so much serious work in total, it looks like you're praising him so much..."

When Erhu heard this, he was immediately unconvinced.

"My lord, we have to speak with conscience, the grandson of the emperor is only so old, and he has already done so many great things!"

"We don't compare with the ancient saints, but with the princes and grandsons of the past dynasties. Can you find someone who is more powerful than our emperor's grandson?"

The smile on Lao Zhu's face became even bigger when he heard this, but his mouth was still vicious.

"Almost got it!"

"If you continue to boast, we don't know that grandson anymore, hahaha..."

Just as several people were talking and laughing, a head suddenly stuck out from the door.

"Is the emperor here?"

As soon as Lao Zhu heard the voice, his old face pulled down on the spot.

"You rebellious grandson, can't you see a living person like us sitting here!"

"Wow!"

"What a grandpa!"

"Grandson's eyes were dazzled just now, and he thought it was the Jade Emperor from the sky who came down to earth, but he felt that the golden light was shining all around the dragon chair, which dazzled grandson so much that he couldn't open his eyes, so scared that grandson didn't even dare to come in!"

Although old Zhu Ming knew that Ni Sun was lying, he was still coaxed by Ni Sun into exuberance.

"Grumpy!"

"Hurry up and get out, is there any embarrassing thing to ask us?"

Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi hurried in with a playful smile.

"Grandpa Huang, you are really talking about it. My grandson does have something to discuss with you."

Lao Zhu looked at Zhu Yunxi, then at Erhu and Qin Deshun beside him, and they immediately bowed and retreated, leaving the hall to the grandparents and grandsons.

Seeing that there was no one else in the hall, Lao Zhu immediately said with a straight face.

"Speak!"

"What do you want us to do?"

Zhu Yunxi moved a small stool, put it in front of Lao Zhu, and said with a sad face.

"Grandfather, my grandson has been having nightmares lately, dreaming that the descendants of our Zhu family were starving and freezing, and were tied up by thieves to make oil for lighting candles..."

"My grandson begged Master Zhang Xianshi for several days, and Master Zhang Xian gave me a divination, saying that this was a warning from the heavens, and what my grandson dreamed was the fate of our descendants of the Ming Dynasty..."

When Lao Zhu heard that it was Zhang Shenxian who said it, his expression immediately became awe-inspiring.

"How could this be?"

"Didn't we already formulate the clan's salary? Could it be that the king of future generations did not follow our emperor's orders and ancestors' precepts?"

Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but secretly slander when he heard Lao Zhu mention the emperor's ancestor's precepts.

The grandpa of my family is good everywhere, but he likes to set rules for others, wishing to make clear arrangements for the birth, old age, sickness and death of future generations.

However, he overlooked one point, that is the objective law of the development of things.

Any right without limits will be abused, and any system without limits will not last.

"Grandfather, the rules you set are simply impossible!"

"Think about it, our Ming Dynasty has been established for less than 30 years, and you have 26 princes, 50 princesses, and nearly [-] grandchildren."

"After such a hundred years, the clan of the Ming Dynasty will exceed 200, and in 10,000 years it will reach 300+ people, and in [-] years my clan of the Ming Dynasty will reach a million!"

"According to the emperor's ancestral precepts formulated by you, the lowest title is the Lieutenant of Fengguo with an annual salary of [-] shi, and both men and women are given [-] shi..."

"One million clans, that's [-] million shi of grain per year, the king of later generations can't support so many people even with the power of the whole country!"

Old Zhu was frightened when he heard this. Although he was not good at arithmetic, he also knew that according to his method of title division, the people of Ming Dynasty could not afford to support so many clans no matter what.

"how so!"

"Obviously there are only a few dozen people now, how can there be so many in a hundred years..."

(End of this chapter)