Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 275 Clan Problem
However, Zhang Yifan was not familiar with his father-in-law's other sons.After marrying Zhu Jingjing, their interactions were superficial.

Last time, Zhang Yifan originally wanted to give them shares in the glass factory, but they didn't appreciate it and didn't want it.Later I regretted it, but the shares had already been reserved and it was impossible to give them any more.

In short, the relationship between the two parties is average!
The other one, Zhang Yifan, was not so arrogant that he thought he was omnipotent and could mold anyone into what he wanted.

It is really difficult to change a person, especially an adult.Generally speaking, this kind of thing is definitely thankless.

Zhang Yifan can influence Zhu Di because Zhu Di himself wants to learn well and be better than others in leading troops.

There is also Lao Wu, because Lao Wu likes medicine and is interested in treating diseases and saving people.

Otherwise, it would be almost impossible to let Zhang Yifan influence Zhu Di into a great medical expert and King Zhou into a generation of military strategists!

With such thoughts, although Zhang Yifan understood the reason for his father-in-law's change of attitude, he still chose to remain silent and would not say anything nice to him.

However, just because he didn't speak, it didn't mean that Zhu Yuanzhang would let him go.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him and said to him with a look of expectation: "Yifan, you also know that the north is preparing for war. I will put the second person in charge of the western front and the third person in charge of the middle line. I hope they will He can be as promising as the fourth child, and can make great contributions to protect the Ming Dynasty's borders. However, I just received a secret report that the second and third children, especially the second child, know how to behave all day long and do things that are not human affairs. .I’m really worried about him being the head coach of an army of 10,000+ people!”

When Zhang Yifan heard his father-in-law take the initiative to talk to him about this, he had no choice but to continue pretending to be deaf and dumb, so he had no choice but to reply: "Didn't my father send famous generals like Fu Youde to Qin? Everything should be fine." Bar?"

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "If he can command the entire army, that's no problem. However, I was thinking that letting the second child be the commander in this battle would increase the prestige of our Zhu family. The second child..."

At this point, he couldn't go on. He looked at Zhang Yifan and suddenly said: "Yifan, how about you go over, look at him, and persuade him? Even the fourth child has been influenced by you, and now he has become The most worry-free child, others should be able to do it too!”

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he could only tell the truth: "Father, you think too highly of me. There used to be a saying that filial sons emerge from under the stick. But if you do something wrong, there will be no punishment, and even the so-called punishment is just It’s just scratching an itch, I don’t think it’s possible to be reasonable. If I could really be reasonable, I would have done it long ago!”

Upon hearing what his son-in-law meant, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh: "I understand the truth. But they are my children, I can't kill them, right?"

Obviously, he also knew in his heart that if it were anyone else who had done what his two sons had done, they would definitely be killed.

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was quite helpless, and he said: "I have scolded them and tried to reason with them, but they were only submissive in front of me. Once they returned to the fiefdom, they would still go their own way. You can't You know, I’m worried that they will die violently one day!”

He used his own example to teach his son to be kind to those around him.It is said that for all these years, even though he became the emperor, he never had a harsh word for his cooks, and he even often rewarded them.

But his sons, especially the second son, still abused people around him for fun.

Zhang Yifan knew that if the original historical development was followed, the King of Qin would be poisoned to death by three women. Indeed, he died an unexpected death as Zhu Yuanzhang expected.

Zhu Yuanzhang said, then looked at Zhang Yifan, stared at his face and said: "You are all young people, it should be easy to talk to each other, and you are also highly knowledgeable, maybe they will listen to you. If you can If I persuade them both, I will have no regrets in this life!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhang Yifan with expectation, waiting for an answer.

Zhang Yifan: "..."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."

Relatively speechless, in the end, Zhu Yuanzhang broke the silence, sighed and said: "Actually, I also know that this is too forced on you!"

As a father, he can't teach him well, so why should he expect others to teach him?
After the separation, Zhang Yifan returned to his home and talked about this matter with his wife.Zhu Jingjing also had a headache, and he could only feel sorry for his two brothers.Then, what else?
However, what Zhang Yifan didn't expect was that a few days later, Queen Ma suddenly sent someone to invite Zhang Yifan's family to the palace.

Although this kind of thing does not happen often, it is not uncommon for Zhang Yifan's family.

At the beginning, Zhang Yifan didn't think much about it. He just held his son and his wife in his arms and accompanied her back to her parents' home.

Unexpectedly, Queen Ma just chatted with them for the whole day and then said to Zhang Yifan: "Your second brother is doing some mischief in the fiefdom. Mom is worried about what will happen to him!"

As soon as he heard this, Zhang Yifan knew that his father-in-law could not persuade him, but he still hoped that he could persuade the King of Qin. In this case, his mother-in-law would be the lobbyist.

So, without being pretentious, he directly said to Queen Ma: "Mother, I didn't say that I was busy right now and couldn't leave. King Qin is my second brother. We can't get along with each other on weekdays, and our relationship is not very good." Okay. If I go to persuade my second brother, if he gives me face, he can listen to me nagging a few words. If he doesn’t give me face, he will beat me if he thinks I’m verbose. What can I do? If he nags a few words, I can Yes, my father and mother must have told him, did he listen?"

This time, Empress Ma did not remain silent. Instead, she said to Zhang Yifan: "Yifan, don't forget that your father had previously appointed you as the Order of the Dazong Zongyuan, the leader of the royal family's studies. Except for the crown prince, In addition, all princes are taught by the Liquor Order, and they cannot join the vassal unless approved by the Liquor Order. The vassal king who has already joined the vassal must also re-educate, and if he fails to learn, he will not be able to exercise the power of the vassal king. You are in charge of him!"

Zhang Yifan: "..."

It was obvious that Queen Ma was prepared for this conversation.

Only then did Zhang Yifan remember that Zhu Yuanzhang had set up such a new official in the last Liaodong War reward.At the time, I thought it was just a name, and I never took it seriously.Unexpectedly, Queen Ma actually brought up the matter.

If you really take this official position seriously, it will definitely be able to restrict other princes and princesses except the prince.Including the King of Qin, he can also have jurisdiction.

The key now is, is this official position taken seriously?
Seeing his mother-in-law looking at him with expectant eyes, Zhang Yifan asked seriously: "Mother, I want to confirm, is this wine offering order serious?" The reason why he asked this was that he only received this one at the beginning. It has a decree, but there is no official seal, no yamen, etc.It was also because of this that he forgot about it.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang cannot be blamed for this. He has been busy and has given lower priority to royal affairs.The clan order in charge of the royal family was originally planned for his second son to be in charge, but it has not yet been decided.

As a result, due to the butterfly effect, the decisive battle in the north was advanced. Then Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly discovered that his second son was very unreliable. Not only was he worried that it would affect the decisive battle on the grassland, but his second son was simply unable to hold up the wall with mud. Sooner or later, he would act recklessly. Big loss.

Originally he wanted Zhang Yifan to persuade him, but Zhang Yifan actually didn't want to, so he went back and thought about what he said.Finally, he was reminded of the newly created official position and asked Queen Ma to talk about it.

At this time, when Empress Ma heard Zhang Yifan's words, she quickly replied: "Of course, your father didn't have time before. Now it has been decided that the hall behind the East Palace is the place where the wine order is held. , I will go there to study from now on, and you will be responsible for supervising. Later, your father will also issue a new decree to various places, letting you, as a wine-sacrifice order, inspect the studies of local royal personnel. Then, you will go to Qin and Jin to discipline and discipline How about those two?"

Qin Wang and Jin Wang are both the biological sons of Empress Ma, and it is considered heartbreaking for these two things.

My father-in-law mentioned this matter, and my mother-in-law mentioned this matter again, so it would be bad to refuse further.

With this in mind, Zhang Yifan said to Queen Ma: "Mother, I want to talk to my father about clan management. I have some ideas."

Hearing this, Queen Ma knew that he had agreed and was very happy.

This son-in-law is very talented. If he can persuade him, he believes that he will definitely gain something.

Otherwise, she was really worried that her son would be punished if he did too many bad things.She doesn't want a white-haired person to send a black-haired person!

Maybe Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife were really worried about their children, or maybe Zhu Yuanzhang was worried about the war in the north. In short, on the third day after Queen Ma told Zhang Yifan what happened, Zhu Yuanzhang went to find Zhang Yifan.

You know, Zhu Yuanzhang is the emperor of a country and has a lot of things to do. To come to him so quickly must have taken time out of his busy schedule.

Zhang Yifan didn't waste any time and said directly to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Father, our current clan system in the Ming Dynasty is problematic in the long run."

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little unhappy after hearing this, and asked, "What's the problem?"

How come so many problems arise when this son-in-law is left in charge of his son?
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yifan replied directly: "My father always thought that the Ming Dynasty would last forever, right? Then let's not talk about anything else, just calculate the 300 years of the Ming Dynasty and do a simple math problem..."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he felt that it was okay. The 300-year dynasty was already a dynasty that had rarely lasted long in all dynasties.It would be better if it was longer.

Feeling a little more comfortable, he looked at Zhang Yifan and listened to him continue talking.

Zhang Yifan glanced at Zhu Biao, and then continued to say to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Father, look at the sons you gave birth to, they are all vassal kings, have fiefdoms, and are hereditary, right?"

"What, is there a problem?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but frowned and asked after hearing this.

Zhang Yifan listened and ignored his question, and then said: "To make it simple, let's count it as ten, ten vassal kings and ten fiefdoms. Then when the eldest brother became the Ming Emperor, he also came to ten Son, that is ten vassal kings and ten fiefdoms. According to the calculation of one emperor in 30 years, there are ten emperors in 300 years. Ten emperors will have ten sons, which is one hundred vassal kings. We have this in the Ming Dynasty. Will we give them more fiefdoms?"

This example is very extreme, but also very simple.If we expect the Ming Dynasty to last for a long time, this kind of hereditary and irreplaceable vassal king system will definitely become incapable of sealing.

Zhu Yuanzhang himself was capable of giving birth to far more than ten sons, so he would not think that his children might only give birth to one son.

Just hearing Zhang Yifan's description, he was stunned.

Not only him, but also Prince Zhu Biao was stunned.

That's it. Before it was over, Zhang Yifan reminded me again: "In fact, the royal family members are not only the vassal kings, but also the county princes and so on. If you count them, there will be more. Father, you might as well take a closer look. In the long term, if the Ming Dynasty lasts for a long time, what will happen in 100 years, 200 years, 300 years, etc.?"

Did Zhu Yuanzhang think that the dynasty he founded would last forever?I definitely want to and have been working hard for it!
However, if you think about it according to Zhang Yifan's thinking, even a fool will know that his descendants will dig holes for the dynasty he founded.

However, it doesn’t make sense not to ennoble your descendants so that they can enjoy glory and wealth?

He really didn't expect that when he thought about letting his son-in-law take care of his two underachieving sons, he discovered such a serious problem.If the clan titles such as vassal kings and county princes are included, even if Zhu Yuanzhang is the founding emperor, he can't imagine what the situation will be like a few hundred years later!
After thinking for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang's head hurt. There were problems everywhere!I just want the Ming Dynasty to last longer, why is it so difficult?
In the end, he didn't think about it anymore. He looked up at Zhang Yifan and asked a little tiredly: "Yifan, tell me, do you have any ideas?"

Zhu Biao was also very concerned. At this time, he already had three sons.And he is still very young. Anyway, he feels that it is not impossible for the number of his children to catch up with his father.

With so many children, titles had to be arranged, but he was not happy with the long-term conflict with the Ming Dynasty.

According to Zhang Yifan's outlook, in the future, the territory of the Ming Dynasty will be the fiefdom of the vassal kings, and there will be no territory for the emperor at all. How can this be possible?

Zhang Yifan looked at the somewhat worried expressions of the father and son, but felt happy in his heart: Didn't he have to let himself take care of the clan's affairs?Okay, I’ll leave this matter to you!

Even though the vassal system at this time was different from the pig-raising policy set by Emperor Yongle, the essence was still the same.

(End of this chapter)