Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 187: I also tried my best to present it to the princess

That night.

Chunhe Palace.

dining room.

"Why is Your Highness so busy that you have not come back until now?"

Zhu Gaoxu saw that Li Yao looked a little unnatural when he spoke, and roughly guessed that the other party was because of Yili's affair with the princess of Li country.

So he put down his chopsticks and said slowly: "Although it seems to be my private matter, the matter of me taking the princess of the Khanate as my concubine actually determines the relationship between the imperial court and the Yili Kingdom and affects the situation in the Western Region."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say much, but Li Yao understood.

It didn't matter to Zhu Gaoxu whether the princess of the Khanate was a hostage to the imperial court or a tool for the country to seek to calm down the imperial army.

He treated the Khanate princess as a concubine as a state matter.

Zhu Gaoxu realized that what he just said was a bit harsh, so he changed the topic.

"Recently I have been busy relocating the main hall."

Li Yao knew about Dabentang.

In the early days of Hongwu, Prince Yiwen studied in Dabentang.

Later, when Prince Yiwen grew older, the princes and their grandsons continued to study in Dabentang.

This main hall located in the imperial city is equivalent to the royal academy.

"Relocating the main hall? Is this your Majesty's intention?"

Li Yao didn't want to ask at first, but Zhu Gaoxu took the initiative to mention this matter to her, so she continued talking.

Zhu Gaoxu gave Li Yao a piece of braised chicken leg and said: "Since my father succeeded to the throne, all my uncles who have already joined the vassal family have come to live in Beijing one after another. The uncles who did not join the vassal family have also moved into Zongwangfang one after another. ."

"But my young uncles, since the first year of Yongle, still need to go to the main hall to study. They will return to the mansion in Zongwangfang after the daily classes."

"Right now, I already have three sons and two daughters. In a few years, Que'er will reach enlightenment. My father is moving and expanding the main hall to make plans for the future."

Li Yao was very smart. She followed Zhu Gaoxu's words and said, "Your Highness, are you referring to the kings changing their titles to overseas countries and founding countries?"

Zhu Gaoxu said in a deep voice: "There is only one throne, and my brothers will inevitably be enfeoffed overseas in the future. As for our children, the same cannot be avoided. This is the fate of being born in the royal family."

Li Yao actually wanted to refute.

She had read history books and knew that the descendants of the royal family in the Song and Tang dynasties were not enfeoffed overseas, and it was not necessarily the case that any clan kings would cause rebellion.

In fact, there were many examples of clan rebellions in the Tang Dynasty, but what she understood was the rebellion caused by feudal vassal kings.

But Li Yao was a smart man after all. Of course he could see that Emperor Taizu's purpose of changing the title of kings to founding a country outside China was not only to weaken the influence of the vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, but also to create a better future for the Zhu Ming royal family for generations to come. Plan.

Emperor Taizu's change of titles to kings was a national policy set by his ancestors. Even if Zhu Gaoxu was the prince, he could not discuss it with Li Yao without restraint.

Li Yao also understood that it was not appropriate for her to discuss the education issues of the royal family with Zhu Gaoxu at this time.

After dinner.

The two came to the back hall.

"I've met the prince and the princess."

A group of maids and palace servants guarding Zhu Zhanyu quickly saluted.

Zhu Gaoxu and Li Yao came to the crib one after another.

At this time, the couple's first child, Zhu Zhanyu, was sleeping very soundly.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhu Zhanyu and said in a low voice: "This kid is really different every day, he looks like a tiger with a tough head."

"The Queen Mother said that Yu'er looked very similar to His Highness when he was a child."

Li Yao looked at the sleeping Zhu Zhanyu with loving eyes and said softly.

The two were worried about waking up Zhu Zhanyu, so after a few words, they decided to exit the room.

However, at this moment, with a cry of "Wow", Zhu Zhanyu woke up.

Li Yao picked up Zhu Zhanyu, patted the little guy's back gently, and said to Zhu Gaoxu, "Yu'er must be hungry."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and then slowly exited the room.

After he returned to the front hall, Kang Ping bowed and reported: "Your Majesty just sent someone to deliver a message, asking Your Majesty to go to Qianqing Palace."

A quarter of an hour later.

Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Di's study.

"My son, I pay homage to my father and wish him well."

Zhu Gaoxu bowed and saluted.

"Exemption."

Zhu Di was bending his head to read the memorial. After hearing Zhu Gaoxu's voice, he did not raise his head but spoke directly.

"Thank you, father." Zhu Gaoxu said.

Zhu Di pointed to the chair three steps away from the royal table and the memorial on the independent desk. He looked up at Zhu Gaoxu and said, "I called you here to help me review the memorial."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't refuse this kind of thing because he was used to it.He walked straight over and sat down, picked up a memorial from the desk, and started to read it.

Zhu Di said: "I mentioned the matter of letting you marry Princess Yuhai of Yili State to your mother during dinner. She does not object to your marrying Princess Yuhai, but I hope you can consider the overall situation and recruit two more concubines." concubine."

"Concubinage?" Zhu Gaoxu said in surprise.

Zhu Di said: "Yes, it's a concubine. In addition to Yili's Princess Yuhai of Li Kingdom, I also have two more concubines."

Zhu Gaoxu frowned, then relaxed his brows, and asked strangely: "Father, my son already has two concubines, and together with Princess Yuhai, there are three. If he takes more concubines, will it cause criticism from the courtiers?" ?After all, the eldest brother has only taken two concubines so far."

Zhu Di smiled and asked: "Having concubines is your private matter, who dares to criticize it? Will having more concubines cover up your reputation for bravery, kindness and filial piety?"

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu was silent, he continued: "I have discussed with your mother about the girls from those two families. One is the daughter of Duke Sheng Yong of Licheng, and the other is the sister of Zhang Fu, the Marquis of Xincheng."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Father, as far as my son knows, Duke Licheng is nearly [-] years old, and Zhang Fu is only five years older than me."

Although he only said half of what he said, Zhu Di understood.

Just listen to Zhu Di say: "Although Duke Licheng is nearly seventy years old, he remarried 20 years ago, and his second wife gave him a son and a daughter. The son is Sheng Lei who guards the East Palace for you, and the daughter is Sheng Lei. The third girl in the family, Sheng Hongyu, if I remember correctly, Sheng Hongyu will just turn 16 next month. This girl must be very generous, gentle and virtuous. As for Zhang Yuerong, the sister of Xincheng Hou Zhang Fu, she is already 15 years old."

"My son obeys the arrangements of his father and mother."

Zhu Gaoxu soon realized the deep meaning behind Zhu Di's arrangement.

Zhang Yu, the father of Zhang Fu, was awarded the title of Marquis of Pingxiang for his achievements in conquering the Six Guards of Kansai.

The Zhang family is now one family with two princes, and their honor is extremely high.

If the father and son make new achievements in the future, they may outcompete the Duke of Wei and his family in the future.

In order to maintain the delicate balance within the noble family, Zhu Di decided to make the Zhang family relatives, so that he could put a shackles on the Zhang family, just like the Xu family of Wei Guogong.

Similarly, Sheng Yong, Duke of Licheng, had four sons. The eldest and second sons served as commanding magistrates and commanding officers in the Shaanxi Guards respectively. The third son served as a Qianhu on the front line in Hami. The fourth son was Sheng Lei.

Sheng Yong is getting older, and Zhu Di obviously intends to use the marriage to make him step down and make room for the younger generation.

At this time, Zhu Di did not say anything clearly, and Zhu Gaoxu did not point it out.

The father and son chatted for a few words and decided on the life-long affairs of Zhang Fu's sister and Sheng Yong's daughter.

After half an hour.

Zhu Di stretched.

He saw Zhu Gaoxu frowning as he stared at the memorial in his hand, and asked curiously: "Gao Xu, who did the memorial in your hand come from?"

Zhu Gaoxu closed the memorial, stretched out his hands, and handed it to Zhu Di respectfully.

"Father, please read this. These are Fang Xiaoru's suggestions for cultivating the royal family's children in the newly built main hall."

Zhu Di opened the memorial and after reading it for a moment, he quickly frowned.

After he read the full text of the memorial, he was so angry that he threw it on the table.

"That's nonsense! I built a new main hall to teach the royal family's children how to govern the country. How come it has become a source of trouble?"

The memorial written by Fang Xiaoru is eloquently cited and contains thousands of words. The advice he expounds can be summarized in two points.

First, it is okay for the imperial court to build a new main hall to train princes and grandchildren, but it must follow the rules set by Emperor Taizu Gao.

Second, in addition to the current prince, other children, grandchildren, great-grandsons, great-great-grandsons of the current emperor, and even other royal children and noble children can study in the main hall, but they must not learn the Taoism of the emperor.

Daoshu is the collective name of Tao and Shu. Tao is the collective name for principles and principles, and Shu is a collection of methods.

The art of being a king is the art of emperors.

Although Fang Xiaoru occasionally gets angry when doing things, he is not stupid after all.

Of course he could see that Zhu Di had a good intention in building the main hall and teaching the royal family the Taoist arts to become kings.

But he was worried that after the establishment of the country, these sect kings would become unstoppable in time, which would pose a serious threat to the imperial court.

Therefore, he believed that it was better to nip the threat in the bud, or to educate these kings according to Taizu's old system.

"What I want is for the entire Nine Continents to belong to my royal family, Zhu Ming. Fang Xiaoru doesn't understand!"

The more Zhu Di thought about it, the angrier he became. He had always treated Fang Xiaoru well. Unexpectedly, Fang Xiaoru not only did not support him, but also opposed his new policy of training royal children.

"No matter whether a policy is good or bad, there will always be people who will object to it. Father, don't be too angry."

Zhu Gaoxu said with relief.

It was easy for him to say it, but when he next saw the contents of the memorials of cabinet advisers such as Jin Jin, Huang Huai, Hu Guang, and Yang Shiqi, who also held Fang Xiaoru's views, he couldn't help but feel an unknown fire rising in his heart.

"It's simply alarmist!"

Zhu Gaoxu really can't understand why this group of people always use past thinking to apply current policies.

As Zhu Di said just now, the current situation of the Ming Dynasty is completely different from that of the Zhou Dynasty.

If we are worried that the overseas vassal states will rise up and backfire on the imperial court in the future, we will not teach the current kings how to be kings, or even postpone the national policy of changing the vassals to feudal lords. Isn't that because we are choking and giving up food?

Zhu Di saw the anger on Zhu Gaoxu's face, so he smiled and said: "Gaoxu, you were comforting me just now, but now that things are happening to you, you can't help but get angry. It seems that you haven't had enough time to nourish your energy." Home."

Zhu Gaoxu cupped his hands and saluted: "What my father is teaching me is that my son just lost his temper."

In this way, Zhu Di suppressed the memorial written by Fang Xiaoru and others against teaching the royal children how to be kings.

(End of this chapter)