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

Chapter 279

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan couldn't help but look at King Qin, but said nothing.

When King Qin saw it, he couldn't help but said angrily: "Why are you looking at me like this? I am also raised by my mother's biological father. You can share the worries of my father and mother. Don't I want you to share my worries? It's just...just..."

King Qin hesitated for a long time but still couldn't say the words "I don't have the ability".

Zhang Yifan stared at him and suddenly said slowly: "If you are really serious, it would be easy to help your father do a big thing. But I don't think you can. You should study eating, drinking and having fun. After all, you can help your father and queen." It’s worry-free!”

Hearing this, King Qin suddenly became angry. He slapped the table and said, "I know you have always looked down on me, right? If there is anything I can do to help my father, will I not help? You look down on people too much, right?" ?”

Zhang Yifan didn't take it seriously. Instead, he turned to look at a few other people, especially Deng Yu, and then said slowly: "Father is going to do something that is of great importance. It may happen in There was an uproar in the court. No one would like the father to do such a big thing, but it must be done because it is related to the stability of the Ming Dynasty. If you want to help the father, you may be secretly hated by many people. Do you still want to do it? What?"

Hearing this, Deng Yu's expression changed.

Just now the eldest son-in-law glanced at him, and he saw it.Faintly, he felt that the eldest son-in-law also wanted him to express his opinion.

It is absolutely impossible for the emperor to ignore the stability of the Ming Dynasty. With the temperament of the current emperor, he can do anything!

He was thinking that King Qin was also surprised, but he did not hesitate much and immediately said to Zhang Yifan: "I am the king of the Ming Dynasty. Since the matter is related to the stability of the Ming Dynasty, what about being hated? You said, if I don’t do it, I won’t be the son of my father and my mother!”

When others heard this, they couldn't help but look at Zhang Yifan. Even though they knew that the matter was of great importance, they still had strong curiosity in their hearts, wanting to know what could be so serious about it.

Zhang Yifan looked at King Qin and said almost word by word: "Father wants to restore the title system of the Song Dynasty!"

The reason why he wanted to say this was because he felt that if Zhu Yuanzhang's wishes were followed, he might raise his butcher's knife high and kill a group of founding heroes to establish his authority.

For such a thing, Zhang Yifan believes that it is better not to do anything wrong.Speaking of which, this is a problem that you, Zhu Yuanzhang, have not considered thoroughly. Why should you ask the founding hero to pay for your short-sightedness?
However, Zhu Yuanzhang was the founding emperor. His prestige and ability allowed him to do this, and ordinary people really couldn't stop him.If a breakthrough was made from the King of Qin and Zhu Yuanzhang was given a reason to reform, a tragedy might be avoided.

But after hearing this, King Qin was a little confused and asked doubtfully: "What do you mean?"

Even Deng Yu and others were a little confused after hearing this. What a big deal this was, and how it related to the stability of the Ming Dynasty.
Obviously, few people have the foresight to predict this issue.Maybe some people expected it, but this is a matter of the Zhu family, and no one wants to offend others by revealing it.

When Zhang Yifan saw King Qin asking, he explained to him: "The titles in the Song Dynasty are divided into general titles and lifelong titles, while the titles in our Ming Dynasty are hereditary and non-replaceable!"

"What do you mean? What's the difference?" King Qin obviously still didn't understand, so he asked doubtfully.

Deng Yu understood it, and suddenly his face looked a little ugly.

Zhang Yifan glanced at him and then explained again: "A lifetime title refers to a title that the recipient has for his entire life, but it cannot be inherited by his descendants. The general title system means that it can be inherited by descendants, but they will be inherited by descending one level. The titles of our Ming Dynasty are hereditary and non-replaceable, which means that descendants can inherit them and will not be demoted!"

Hearing the difference, King Qin suddenly said unhappily: "What's wrong with hereditary replacement? Everyone will be grateful for the kindness of the father, and whoever slandered the father and said that it will affect the stability of the Ming Dynasty? Are you looking for a scolding?"

After saying this, he looked at Zhang Yifan, already guessing, could it be this over-smart brother-in-law who got into the slander?
After hearing this, Guanyin Nu and Deng Shi also reached a rare consensus this time and stood on the side of King Qin and nodded.

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan immediately said calmly: "Then second brother might as well use the current titles to enfeoff, and estimate what kind of titles the Ming Dynasty will be like a hundred years from now?"

After hearing this, King Qin said nonchalantly: "Isn't it just that there are more people with titles? What else can be done?"

But Deng Yu's expression changed and he fell into deep thought.

The present emperor has fathered twenty sons, and may continue to have more.Prince Zhu Biao has also given birth to five sons. If they all reach adulthood, there will be 25 princes who can be reserved, and then they will have fiefdoms...

Deng Yu thought a lot at once, and immediately understood why the prince-consort said that this hereditary and irreplaceable title system would affect the stability of the Ming Dynasty!
Thinking about this, his face looked very ugly.

To be honest, of course he hopes that his title can be inherited by his descendants.But it is obvious that the emperor cannot ignore the influence of Ming Dynasty.

After King Qin finished speaking, he saw that Zhang Yifan didn't answer and his father-in-law's face turned ugly. He thought about it deeply, and then he also discovered what would happen if he had more titles?
This time, his face also looked ugly.

As a vassal king, of course he wanted to be hereditary. One son would inherit the title of prince, and the other sons would be county princes, living in glory and wealth.

However, a hundred years later, how many princes and princes will the Ming Dynasty have?Even if he, the vassal king, thought about it, it would be very shocking.

Seeing that they were silent, Zhang Yifan said calmly: "My father will definitely do it to change to Song Dynasty, but I haven't thought about how to do it yet. You must be determined, just in this aspect Help my father. For you, it is easy, just a memorial; but in fact it is also difficult, because your interests will also be damaged."

Upon hearing this, King Qin did not speak, but lowered his head.

At this time, Deng Yu suddenly asked Zhang Yifan: "Great Prince Consort, if you change to the Song Dynasty system, your interests will be harmed? What will your descendants do?"

Today's eldest son-in-law already has a son.Moreover, he was granted the title of Duke of Rongguo, which can be passed on to his descendants.

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan turned to look at Deng Yu and said: "I believe that my descendants will have their own blessings. If they only sit back and enjoy the benefits, I'm afraid that all of my descendants will be useless by then. Compared with others, my descendants have a better start." They are already much higher than others. This is the wealth I leave to them. As for wanting something better, they need to work hard on their own. Otherwise, without pursuit, each generation will only be inferior to the last."

At this point, he paused and then added: "How many years later, the number of titles in our Ming Dynasty will affect the situation of the court, and if civil servants do not ennoble titles, they will inevitably join forces with the emperor at that time to impose restrictions on titles. As the saying goes, things must be reversed at the extreme, When the time comes to be suppressed, it may be very fierce."

The clan of the Ming Dynasty became very miserable later on.

Because the imperial court could not provide that much salary, it delayed the payment, and the clan could not be officials or make a living. In the end, a large number of them became beggars and even died of starvation.What's more, after the child was born, the court held off and refused to acknowledge it. If not, there would be no need to pay a salary.In short, the clans in the late Ming Dynasty, except for the clans at the head of the vassal princes and others, were really miserable.Others speculate that the Tumubao Incident was actually a civil-military struggle, and that from then on the civil officials took control of the court.The nobles of the Ming Dynasty no longer have the right to speak. This is not a counterattack against the title.

After Zhang Yifan finished speaking, Deng Yu also fell silent, and the hall became quiet.

The morning light shines into the hall, and the sky becomes brighter and brighter.

Zhang Yifan looked at the people in front of him, yawned, stood up and said, "The reform of the Song system is a major event. The emperor hasn't announced it yet. If anyone leaks it, he will bear the consequences. If I want to bear it too, that's no problem, after all I'm telling the four of you. Father will know, I'm taking care of father. You can figure it out, after a busy day, I didn't even take a break, it just lasted all night, I'm going to rest!"

After finishing speaking, he left the table and was about to leave.

At this time, I heard King Qin say: "Yifan, what should I do?"

As soon as this eldest brother-in-law arrived in Xi'an, he didn't bother to take a rest and started busy with his own affairs.Although King Qin did hate this eldest brother-in-law at the beginning, at this time, he felt that this eldest brother-in-law really had to worry a lot about him, and it was really for his own good.

Thinking that the eldest brother-in-law was entrusted by his father and mother, he could completely feel his love for his son. At this time, King Qin finally wanted to do something to prove that he was not an unfilial son!

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan stopped, turned to look at him, and said seriously: "It's very simple. Just tell me what you did and ask Father to punish you!"

When he said this, he was afraid that King Qin would not understand, so he added: "For you, it is a prodigal son who can never be exchanged for gold. Naturally, someone will defend you and affirm your courage. For the father, while gratifying his son, he also We can use this incident as an excuse to officially unveil the change of title to the Song Dynasty system, which can be regarded as solving a big problem for my father."

King Qin didn't say anything after hearing this. It was obvious from a glance that he was thinking.

Zhang Yifan saw him, turned around and left without saying anything more.

When he stepped out of the palace gate, he heard King Qin's firm and forceful voice from behind him saying: "No matter what, I am the son of my father, and I will not let you look down on me!"

Zhang Yifan stopped when he heard it, but he didn't turn around, didn't speak, or even greeted Deng Yu, and just left.

In the main hall, there were only four people left: King Qin, Guanyin Nu, Deng Shi and Deng Yu.

After a while, the voice of the Prince Consort outside was already far away and could not be heard. Deng Yu suddenly sighed and said: "I thought I would lead the army to rebel against the Yuan Dynasty when I was 16 years old, but I didn't expect that when I get older, I won't be as energetic as the Prince Consort! "

At this point, his expression perked up again, and he said loudly and resolutely: "I am a powerful generation. How can I be the mother-in-law of my children if I spend my whole life fighting? If you are capable, you will get fame and fortune immediately. Why do I have to sacrifice myself for them?" !”

After finishing speaking, Deng Yu looked at his daughter and then his son-in-law, stopped talking, turned around and strode away.

He is one of the most famous generals among the heroes who founded the country. He was killed in a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, so he naturally has his spirit and pride.For a person like him, whether his children are good or not is definitely not as good as King Qin, but as good as King Yan.

If the children really have the ability of King Yan, they will naturally have glory and wealth!If someone is as cowardly as King Qin, to be honest, even if he is a vassal king, he will still despise him in his heart.

Seeing him striding away, Deng took a step after him and shouted: "Dad!"

However, Deng Yu did not look back and disappeared at the entrance of the palace.

When Deng saw it, she had no choice but to turn her head and look at King Qin.

King Qin didn't look at her. He just looked outside the palace, not knowing what he was looking at. He seemed to be in a daze.

………………

After Zhang Yifan returned to the inn, he quickly caught up on his sleep and didn't wake up until the evening.

It's great to be young, and staying up all night doesn't seem to have much impact.However, Zhang Yifan still knew in his heart that staying up all night was harmful to the body. If possible, it was better not to stay up all night.

I really didn’t expect that my first all-nighter in this world would be spent playing mahjong. If I had done this earlier, I would have never imagined it!

Zhang Yifan didn't want to deal with official duties, so he went to sleep again, and just like that, it was the third day.

After getting up, one of his men came to report that there was an invitation from the Prince of Qin's Mansion and it was time to see if he could come over when he was free.

After listening to this, Zhang Yifan wondered in his mind, could his words have any effect?But he wasn't sure, he would just go and have a look!

So, he went to Prince Qin's Mansion.

Seeing the Prince Consort's arrival, all the lieutenants at the gate of Prince Qin's Mansion were respectful. This can be seen from their actions and expressions.

I felt their respect from the bottom of my heart, which was completely different from the first time I came a few days ago.Zhang Yifan's heart moved, and he felt more relieved. His guess was correct.

When the King of Qin heard the news, he took Guanyin Nu and Deng to greet him.Zhang Yifan just took one look at this scene and saw Guanyin Nu's face, and he truly knew that King Qin had listened.

Of course, Zhang Yifan was very pleased with this, and his attitude towards this second brother changed a lot.

After welcoming guests into the reception hall, King Qin said to Zhang Yifan: "I sent someone to deliver the memorial to my father yesterday. But I am really not interested in leading troops to fight. I am as friendly as the fourth child. It's even more impossible for those big-headed soldiers to eat and live together. Do you have any good ideas for eating, drinking, and having fun? At least they sound better, so that the father and the queen can feel at ease."

(End of this chapter)