If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 111 Prince Ning invites you
As soon as the emperor's second policy came out, the faces of the vassal kings and high-ranking officials in the Fengtian Palace changed.

For the vassal kings, this policy undoubtedly confirmed what they had thought before. Zhu Di wanted the eldest son of each vassal king to stay in the capital as a hostage.

Is this a bad thing?It is naturally a huge bad thing for each vassal. After all, no matter how restricted the fiefdom is to the palace, he is still the vassal king and a free and easy prince!
It can even be said that apart from the emperor, the princes in Ming Dynasty were the most powerful.

If the eldest sons of each family were gathered in the capital to serve as hostages, let alone the vassal kings, even if someone really wanted to rebel, they would have to weigh whether they were willing to exchange their eldest son for the throne.

You must know that the eldest son is very important in this era. Although the Ming Dynasty was in trouble, the inheritance of the throne will still be based on Confucian etiquette and eldest son.

Although it is not impossible to discuss merits, generally speaking, the law of eldest son succession is undisputed.

It would be okay if he just entered the capital as a hostage, but if the vassal king really rebelled and the emperor wanted to chop off the prince's head, the identity of the eldest prince would become very important and embarrassing.

After all, if you can even give up your eldest son, it naturally means that you are an immortal hero and there is nothing you cannot give up for the position of emperor.

From the perspective of orthodox Confucianism, this is a huge loss of points, and can even be criticized as being against the way of a saint, making all Confucian scholars in the world unwilling to serve you.

Apart from anything else, Zhu Di was defeated by Fengtian Jingnan, but even though he won the battle, a large number of old Jianwen officials such as Fang Xiaoru were unwilling to serve him. To this day, some people still think that Zhu Di usurped the throne and gained the throne improperly.

Zhu Di was just taking his nephew's position. If any vassal king dared to risk losing his eldest son to rebel, the consequences could be imagined.

In the end, it is still Confucian orthodoxy. This cultural tradition has been passed down for thousands of years. Many things have been deeply rooted in the blood, and it is not easy to change.

Even for a golden elixir dragon like Zhu Zhanqi who possesses heaven-shaking power, if he wants to make changes, he has to make plans slowly. This does not mean that it can be achieved by advocating a new study in the court.

You must know that in today's Ming Dynasty, from the civil and military officials in the court to the lowest level of scholars and ordinary people, they have been influenced by Confucianism for thousands of years. Confucianism has already been deeply rooted in the bones.

There is simply no way to change these people’s concepts and thoughts with just one new policy.

Even if people die and the government ceases to exist, maybe after a few years of fighting in the court, the New Deal will cease to exist.

Only when real society develops and reaches a certain new stage, and the original Confucianism no longer meets the needs of the new era, will everything collapse.

But even so, even hundreds of years later, the roots of Confucianism still exist. What is gone is the restrictive ethics and stereotypes. The true Confucianism has long been integrated with the entire civilization and culture. If you want to Separation is simply impossible.

To put it in the words of some more riddle people, it means that the road cannot be changed and the destiny cannot be violated.This is true for people like Zhu Zhanchen who have supernatural powers and future insights, and it is even more true for these vassal kings and courtiers.

Therefore, when the decision of Zhu Di and his vassal kings to come to the capital in turn and the crown prince to study in the capital was announced, although there were a lot of discussions in the Fengtian Palace, no one really stood up to oppose it.

The vassal king did not dare to object because he was afraid of the power of the imperial court. After all, not everyone had the ability of King Yan, who could fight a vassal and a country, and finally overthrew Longting and became the emperor himself.

As for the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty in the Fengtian Palace, they were happy to see the outcome of this matter. After all, everyone is a courtier of the imperial court, not a vassal king. All they think about is consolidating the imperial power and adhering to the Confucian rule of the king. They had no reason to oppose the emperor's restriction and control of the vassal kings.

So the matter was settled like this. Although the vassal kings felt miserable, they didn't have much to say.

Although the four people in front of them said it politely, they allowed the princes of various vassals to study in Beijing, which saved enough face for their brothers.

But if someone is unwilling to stand up and say something weird, it will directly become the prince of the feudal lord's visit to the capital as a hostage, without saving any face.

After talking about this matter, all the vassal princes and courtiers felt that there might be only so many important events tonight. At that moment, some people were ready to stand up and participate in Zhu Zhanqi's evil words to confuse the king as planned, and vowed to He drives away from the emperor!

How could the Holy Emperor have such a treacherous man who confuses the public with his monstrous words and deceives the king into pursuing immortality?
Even if Zhu Zhanquan is the prince's son and a relative of the emperor, if he cannot be killed, he must be imprisoned in Fengyang High Wall for the rest of his life!
However, just when someone was about to stand up and take out the memorial from his sleeve, Zhu Di said again: "Speaking of which, it was only after I became emperor that I realized how difficult the imperial examination was. His old man enfeoffed our brothers to the frontiers and gave them to us. He gave the brothers the right to command troops in order to be able to resist border disasters.

It’s just Jianwen, the little bastard!The policy of reducing vassalage ruined the hard work of the imperial examination and forced the death of my twelfth brother. I had no choice but to raise an army to appease the emperor and kill Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng and other traitors!
Fortunately, with the blessing of the emperor, I was unable to succeed. I thought that all my brothers were still in the bitter cold outside the Great Wall, so I couldn't bear it, so I wanted to transfer all the vassal fiefdoms to the inland, so that each vassal king could enjoy some wealth..."

Zhu Di mentioned the incident of Jingnan, and he could only say this himself. No one in the court dared to accept this.

But in addition to the Jingnan matter, Zhu Di also mentioned the fiefdoms of the kings, which made all the feudal kings pale.

Isn't it?Zhu Laosi!You want us to send our son to the capital as a hostage, but now you want to touch our fiefdom?
At that moment, one of the vassal kings was about to speak, but King Ning stood up first and said to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty is kind and cares about brotherhood. All brothers are grateful to you, but in the end, we vassals are all emperors." Son, Huang Kao assigned us to various places just to protect the Ming Dynasty!

Last year, the Mongols invaded the border, and Duke Qi died in battle. Fourth brother, you personally commanded the army and led the expedition yourself. If this had been back then, how could the Mongols dare to invade the border?Just his brother Ning Wangfan can make him never come back!
My brother is not talented, so I beg my brother to let me move the fiefdom back to Daning and reorganize King Ning's guard. King Ning's lineage will guard the border for our Ming Dynasty for generations, so that the Mongols will never dare to invade the border again! "

What Prince Ning said was so resounding that the entire Fengtian Palace suddenly became silent.

　Sorry, something happened at home in the past two days. My mother threw away all my 2000+ Warhammer models as rubbish. She was in a bad mood and had no intention of updating.

　　
　
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