Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 157 The Honors of the Hongwu Dynasty
October tenth.

After the early morning.

Chunhe Hall, study room.

Prince Zhu Gaoxu really wanted to hear Uncle Cheng Liu Jing's explanation.

"Why would you, sir, conclude that your father will only punish you and not anger others?"

Faced with Zhu Gaoxu's doubts, Liu Jing slightly cupped his hands and said, "To be honest with you, Your Highness, I know that the Seven-Day Trade will inevitably cause disturbances, especially when some people will make a fuss about discounting goods for salary."

"By deliberately burning the goods, I took the initiative to hand over the matter to His Majesty. At the court meeting just now, His Majesty ordered me to be fined three months' salary in front of the civil and military officials of the court. This is a warning to others. Even if I am sincere, Your Majesty will still punish you for taking part in Zhan's affairs, let alone others?"

Zhu Gaoxu responded with silence. He thought of the founding princes and their descendants who are still alive today.

By doing this, Liu Jing gave Zhu Di a chance to frighten other nobles.

Especially some nobles left over from the Hongwu Dynasty.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang rewarded six dukes based on their merits, including Li Shanchang, the Duke of South Korea, Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, Chang Mao, the Duke of Zheng, Li Wenzhong, the Duke of Cao, Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song, and Deng Yu, the Duke of Wei.

Among these six people, except Song Guogong Feng Sheng, who was involved in the Lan Jade case and was demoted to common people by Zhu Yuanzhang in the 28th year of Hongwu, the other five died of illness or were killed before Zhu Di succeeded to the throne.

Among them, Xu Da, Deng Yu, and Li Wenzhong all died of illness. Li Shanchang was implicated in the Hu Weiyong case and was executed by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Chang Mao was exiled by Zhu Yuanzhang for his crimes, and died of illness in the place of exile. He had no children and was removed from his title.

In addition to the six Dukes of the founding of the Kingdom, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang also successively ennobled seven people as Dukes.

According to the chronological order of canonization, these seven people are Xin Guogong Tang He, Shen Guogong Deng Zhen (son of Deng Yu), Ying Guogong Fu Youde, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, Wei Guogong Xu Huizu, and Founding Duke Chang Sheng (the second son of Chang Yuchun, Chang Maozhi). Brother), Liang Guogong Lan Yu.

Among these seven people, Tang He died of natural illness, Deng Zhen was implicated by Li Shanchang and was killed in seizing the title, and Lan Yu was executed by Zhu Yuanzhang for treason.

As Lan Yu's nephew, Chang Sheng knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was ruthless and would not let him go, so he committed suicide. Zhu Yuanzhang allowed his title to be passed on to his eldest son Chang Jizu.

Chang Sheng's mother is Lan Yu's sister, and Lan Yu is Chang Sheng's biological uncle. Will the eggs be intact after the nest is overturned?
At present, Fu Youde, Li Jinglong, and Xu Huizu are still alive, but Fu Youde, like Song Guogong Feng Sheng, was expelled from the title by Zhu Yuanzhang and demoted to common people in the 28th year of Hongwu for being involved in the Lan Yu case.

After Tang He died of illness, his three generations of direct descendants, grandsons, and great-grandsons all died young, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not allow Tang He's descendants to ascend the throne.

Since Chang Sheng's legitimate son Chang Jizu is still young and has not inherited the title, the only dukes in the Ming Dynasty are Cao Guogong Li Jinglong and Wei Guogong Xu Huizu.

In addition to dukes, Zhu Yuanzhang also conferred more than 60 marquises one after another during the Hongwu Dynasty.

The Marquis of Yongping, Xie Cheng, the Marquis of Deqing, Liao Yongzhong, the Marquis of Wuding, Guo Ying, the Marquis of Jiangyin, Wu Liang, the Marquis of Yingyang, Yang Jing, the Marquis of Changxing, Geng Bingwen, the Marquis of Yongjia, Zhu Liangzu, the Marquis of Jiangxia, Zhou Dexing, the Marquis of Dingyuan, Wang Bi, the Marquis of Nanan, Yu Tongyuan, and Yue Xun. Hou Yuyuan, Hou Xuanning Cao Liangchen and so on.

Among these more than 24 meritorious princes, [-] died of illness, such as Linjiang Hou Chen De, Dongping Hou Han Zheng, Jining Hou Gu Shi, etc. However, the titles of many of them were only passed down for two generations.

There are many reasons, such as the successor committed a crime and was expelled, or was expelled without heirs, or was implicated in the Hu Weiyong or Lan Yu cases and was expelled or sentenced to death.

For example, the son of Chen De, the Marquis of Linjiang, the son of Guo Xing, the Marquis of Gongchang, and the son of Han Zheng, the Marquis of Dongping, were implicated and sentenced to death, and some were expelled and demoted to common people.

Among the more than 30 meritorious princes, [-] people were executed or demoted to common people due to the Hu Weiyong and Lan Yu cases. For example, Fei Ju, the Marquis of Pingliang, Zhao Yong, the Marquis of Nanxiong, and Zhang Wen, the Marquis of Huining, were all expelled. Give death.

Only the Marquis of Yongping, Xie Cheng (the father-in-law of the former Jin King Zhu Fan) and the Marquis of Dingyuan, Wang Bi, were demoted to commoners and survived.

Among them, Xie Cheng died of illness in the 29th year of Hongwu, and Wang Bi died of illness in the 30th year of Hongwu.

There were also some who were executed and exonerated for their crimes, such as Yongjia Marquis Zhu Liangzu for corruption and perverting the law, and Jiangxia Marquis Zhou Dexing because his son had an affair with a palace maid and was sentenced to death.

In this way, after the founding of Hongwu, among the more than [-] military marquises who were further canonized, only seven are still alive, namely Wuding Marquis Guo Ying, Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen, Yuesun Marquis Yu Yuan, and Jiangyin Marquis Wu Gao (second generation) , Anlu Hou Wu Jie (second generation), Fengxiang Hou Zhang Jie (second generation), Xiping Hou Mu Sheng (third generation).

Geng Bingwen was a talented general, but he was too old to hold on to his responsibilities.

However, his three sons, former military governor Qian Shi Geng Xuan, rear military commander Qian Shi Geng Gu, and Chunhe Palace guard general Geng Xuan, are still serving.

Guo Ying is the elder brother of Concubine Guo Ning, and he followed Zhu Yuanzhang on his campaigns in the north and south.

Guo Ying participated in the Ming Dynasty's southern expedition to Yunnan and northern expedition to Mongolia, and contributed a lot. As far as he is concerned, he is also a veteran.

Because of Guo Ying's relationship with Concubine Guo Ning, Zhu Yuanzhang admired her very much.Guo Ying was not involved in any of the four major cases of the Hongwu Dynasty.

In the 30th year of Hongwu, the censor Pei Chengzu, the censor of Qiandu, Zhang Chun, and others jointly impeached Guo Ying on the grounds that he kept domestic slaves privately. They also impeached Guo Ying for executing five domestic slaves, male and female, without authorization.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had many military heroes executed because of the Lan Jade case, almost to the point of death, but Guo Ying was not punished at all.

In April this year, Guo Ying resigned and returned to his hometown. He is currently idle at home.

Yu Yuan is the son of Yu Tingyu, the famous founding general of the Ming Dynasty.

When Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the south of the Yangtze River in his early years, he was very distressed because he was unable to expand his territory due to the lack of warships.

At that time, Yu Tingyu brought the navy and helped Zhu Yuanzhang conquer the city and solve Zhu Yuanzhang's urgent need.

After Yu Tingyu's death, Zhu Yuanzhang recognized his merits and reused his three sons, namely Yu Tonghai, Yu Tongyuan and Yu Yuan.

Among them, Yu Tonghai died in battle in his early years, and Zhu Yuanzhang posthumously named him the Duke of Guo.

Yu Tongyuan fought in the south and north, and made outstanding achievements. He was named Marquis of Nan'an by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Relying on the protection of his father and brother, Yu Yuan also picked up a Yuexihou.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was killing heroes in his later years, Yu Yuan was implicated in the Hu Weiyong case and should have been executed, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not kill him because of Yu Tingyu's contribution.

Later, the Lan Jade case broke out. Zhu Yuanzhang still remembered Yu Tingyu's early achievements and did not kill him, but only stripped him of his title.

After Zhu Di succeeded to the throne, he restored the title of Yu Yuan and is currently at home.

Wu Gao's father was Wu Liang. He defected to Zhu Yuanzhang in his early years. With his efforts in pacifying the barbarians in Guangxi, he was awarded the title of Marquis of Jiangyin and ranked third among the 24 generals in Huaixi. Among them, Xu Da ranked first and Tang He ranked second.

After Wu Liang's death, Wu Gao ascended the throne.

Since Wu Gao had trained troops in Shanxi and other places in his early years, and had led troops to conquer hundreds of barbarians, he had rich military training and combat experience.

After Zhu Di succeeded to the throne, various vassals came to live in Beijing one after another. Generals were needed to guard the northern border of the Ming Dynasty. Wu Gao was entrusted with the important task of taking charge of military affairs in Liaodong.

Zhu Di felt that although Wu Gao was timid, he was meticulous in his work, very calm during battles, and did not take risks easily.

Generals of this style may not be very powerful, but for the Ming Dynasty, they were enough to suppress the nomadic tribes that invaded the Liaodong border.

Wu Jie's father was Wu Fu. He joined Zhu Yuanzhang's army in Haozhou in his early years and was awarded the title of Marquis of Anlu for his military exploits.

After Wu Fu's death, Wu Jie ascended the throne and was regarded by Zhu Yuanzhang as the second generation of outstanding officials for key training.

When Qiu Fu led an expedition to the Timur Kingdom, it was Wu Jie who proposed the strategy of supporting war with war, which caused great trouble to the Timurid Kingdom. As a result, he won the appreciation of Zhu Di and was promoted to the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army. I know the same thing, but I am currently at home.

Zhang Jie's grandfather was Zhang Long, who followed Zhu Yuanzhang in his early years and was one of the 24 generals of Huaixi.

Zhang Long was very lucky and escaped all major cases in the Hongwu Dynasty. He also lived a long life and lived until the 30th year of Hongwu.

Because Zhang Long lived too long, his son Zhang Lin died before him.

So after Zhang Long's death, his title of Marquis Fengxiang was passed to his grandson Zhang Jie.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he was probably dissatisfied with Zhang Jie, who inherited his grandfather's title as his grandson, so he never reused him, and just let him occupy the position of marquis and stay at home.

Mu Sheng needs no further introduction, as he has already been mentioned in the previous article.

To sum up, there are currently two nobles, ten marquises and two uncles in the Ming Dynasty who are alive and in the title.

The two Dukes are Wei Guogong Xu Huizu and Cao Guogong Li Jinglong.

Because Chang Jizu was young and had not yet succeeded to the title of Founding Duke, he was not included.The ten princes are Wuding Hou Guo Ying, Changxing Hou Geng Bingwen, Yuexi Hou Yu Yuan, Jiangyin Hou Wu Gao (second generation), Anlu Hou Wu Jie (second generation), Fengxiang Hou Zhang Jie (second generation), Xiping Hou Mu Sheng (third generation), and Zhu Di canonized the Marquis of Licheng Shengyong, the Marquis of Ningyuan He Fu, and the Marquis of Qi Qiu Fu.

Others who did not attack the Marquis due to their youth are not included.

The second uncle is Chengyi Bo Liu Jing (second generation) and Jinghe Bo Chen Heng (conferred by Zhu Di).

Among these nobles, Sheng Yong and Mu Sheng have gone south to conquer Annan Kingdom, Qiu Fu is Zhu Di's staunch supporter, Wu Gao and Chen Heng are in Liaodong, He Fu is quite disciplined and dare not jump around, and Zhang Jie is young and has no influence.

In addition, the founding fathers Guo Ying and Geng Bingwen, who were at the same time as the Founding Fathers, Yu Yuan, who was slightly inferior to Geng Bingwen, and Wu Jie, whose influence was weaker than Yu Yuan, were all idle at home.

Although these four people are idle at home, their combined influence in the army is not small, enough to make Zhu Di afraid.

Liu Jing, as Uncle Chengyi, deliberately exposed the situation to Zhu Di, just to let Zhu Di use him to scare other nobles.

He asked those nobles not to become a constraint on Yongle's plan to open the sea, not to make a fuss about the discounted salary, and not to go against Zhu Di in the future, and to be a qualified minister honestly.

At this moment, Liu Jing said: "Your Highness, you know that there is a Gongsheng student from the Academy of the Imperial Academy who actually went to the trade market to join in the fun and started doing business."

"Is there such a thing?" Zhu Gaoxu asked in surprise.

Liu Jing replied: "I don't know the specific situation yet."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

Upon seeing this, Liu Jing immediately said: "Your Highness, I will leave first."

"Kang Ping, see Mr. Liu off for me."

Zhu Gaoxu said loudly.

After Liu Jing left, he told Kang Ping: "Go and call Hu Yan."

A quarter of an hour later, Hu Yan came to the study.

"My minister pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Exemption."

"You are a minister of the Imperial Academy. Do you know that Gongsheng privately purchased some goods?"

Zhu Gaoxu said bluntly.

"Back to Your Highness, this Gongsheng named Zhang Hao was privately buying pearls, corals and other goods yesterday. Officials from the Ministry of Rites discovered that he took the goods on the spot and handed them over to Dali Temple."

Hu Yan bowed and said.

"How do you think Zhang Hao should be dealt with?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

"Deserves to be killed," Hu Yan said.

Zhu Gaoxu discovered how important it is to liberate the minds of people like Hu Yan.

If he had not been the prince, this Gongsheng named Zhang Hao might have been killed.

Hu Yan saw that Zhu Gaoxu was silent, so he explained: "The daily expenses of the imperial students are all paid by the imperial court. He has no worries about food and clothing, but he is willing to degenerate and do such a shameless act."

"I can't bear it at first. A scholar, who studied hard for ten years, was sent to jail, and his life was ruined. It's better to give him a lecture and make him change his ways. But these seven days of trade have really turned the world into a scum. It has never been seen since Yongle Kaiyuan."

"The officials and the people are chasing after the extravagant goods brought back by Eunuch Zheng, and extravagance is spreading everywhere. If we don't wake up the world, it will be too late!"

When he said this, he suddenly knelt down and worshiped: "Your Highness, as the saying goes, a thousand-mile embankment is destroyed by an ant nest."

"The tribute students of the Imperial College will be the pillars of the country in the future. If they are not punished severely and the slightest mistakes are prevented, then how can those who come out of the academy still be scholars? They are clearly businessmen and dealers with a stinking reputation! If scholars all pursue fame and fortune, who can we count on in the future?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked lukewarmly: "What do you mean?"

"I think it would be better to take advantage of this opportunity to attack a few people, seize the opportunity, punish the culprit severely, and shock the government and the people."

"No, it's too easy to kill him. Moreover, the blame for this action does not lie entirely with a small Gongsheng. I think it is better to make him repent, speak the law with his own life, and warn the world."

Zhu Gaoxu knew that Confucius was not opposed to doing business. It was Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism in the Song Dynasty that brought Confucianism into a dead end.

"If we can use Zhang Hao's case to help the court clear the torrential floods, it will be a great merit."

Hu Yan continued.

"Get up. This matter is very important. I will report it to my father and he will make the decision."

Zhu Gaoxu knew that he could not convince Hu Yan, so he had to give a vague signal to Hu Yan to step back.

at the same time.

Wenhua Hall.

Zhu Di was discussing the income from the seven-day trade with Yu Xin, the Minister of Household Affairs.

"Yu Qing, your calculations are correct, right?"

Zhu Di asked as he flipped through the account books.

"The treasury accounts are related to the great cause of the country. Even if I lose my head, I will not dare to neglect it at all."

Yu Xin bowed.

"Then during these seven days of trade, including salary deductions, the total receipts were 150 eighty taels?"

Zhu Di was a little surprised.

"Not bad at all." Yu Xin said respectfully.

Zhu Di asked: "In seven days, I made 150 million taels. It's not just a daily gain, but three 50! Tell the truth, are you happy?"

"Old minister is not happy." Yu Xin bowed.

Zhu Di asked: "You are not happy when you have no money. I helped you find the money, and you are still not happy?"

"A gentleman loves money and gets it wisely." Yu Xin said solemnly.

"You mean the money came from a bad source?"

Zhu Di's face darkened and he asked.

"I didn't say that," Yu Xin said.

Zhu Di said with a gloomy face: "Yu Qing, when you drink porridge, you can't prevent others from eating meat."

"Dirty meat doesn't taste good when you eat it." Yu Xin answered calmly.

Zhu Di was so angry that he pointed at Yu Xin and cursed with a smile: "You are so stubborn!"

He put down his hand and continued: "Anyway, now that you have a silver dollar in your hand, it's time to start something!"

"Your Majesty means——"

Yu Xin asked tentatively: "What happened to the feudal vassals changing their titles?"

Zhu Di nodded and said, "Yes, that's exactly what happened!"

(End of this chapter)