Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 188 Training Plan for King of the Vassals

The next day.

early morning.

"I have three things to say."

Zhu Di sat on the dragon chair on the golden platform and said loudly: "The first thing is that the Ministry of Rites chose an auspicious day to arrange the marriage between the crown prince and Princess Yuhai of Yili Kingdom. Although Princess Yuhai is the princess of the Mongolian and Yuan Khanate, I, the Ming Dynasty This is a country of Chinese laws and regulations, and etiquette cannot be lost."

Zheng Ci, the Minister of Rites, came out of the queue, bowed and said: "I accept the decree."

Zhu Di continued: "The second thing is that I have decided to select two daughters from the hero's family to serve as the prince's concubines. The Ministry of Rites needs to prepare a list and submit it."

"Yes." Zheng Cicheng said respectfully.

"The third thing is that the overall relocation of the main hall has been completed. Except for the princes who have been ordered to be banned, the other kings under the age of thirty will continue their studies in the newly built main hall from tomorrow. Therefore, the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites I want to recommend a few professors to teach the kings and help them solve their problems."

Zhu Di said slowly.

"May I ask, Your Majesty, what scriptures should I teach?"

Zhang Wei, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, bowed and asked: "Is it Confucianism, Taoism, military strategism, Legalism, etc.? Or is it like the new imperial examination, divided into nine subjects?"

Zhu Di did not beat around the bush and said bluntly: "Emperor Taizu once ordered the kings to change their titles to establish Zongzhou feudal states outside of China. Although these feudal states were located in the same province as the Ming Dynasty, the kings of each country were princes who held real power after all. King. In order to let the kings have enough knowledge to govern the country, I would like to ask the professor to teach the kings how to be kings!"

As soon as these words came out, all the sect kings in the court suddenly felt a storm in their hearts.

Some of them were worried that Zhu Di would imprison them in the capital for the rest of their lives on the grounds that the kings changed their titles.

There are also people who have been looking for opportunities to go out and practice in preparation for the kings to change their titles.

Now that Zhu Di said this in front of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, he had obviously put the change of titles on the agenda of the kings and had plans to train them to be kings.

"Your Majesty!"

Fang Xiaoru bowed and came out of the queue, bowing in salute.

Zhu Di asked: "Why not?"

Fang Xiaoru replied: "Emperor Taizu changed the title of kings to establish kingdoms overseas in order to allow the overseas vassal states to defend the Ming royal family just like the princes entrusted by Zongzhou defended the Zhou royal family. Your Majesty is now going to teach the kings how to be kings. It is really useful. It goes against the etiquette and the ancestral system!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the kings in the hall cast murderous glances at Fang Xiaoru.

Fang Xiaoru was not afraid at all, and did not care about Zhu Di's gloomy expression. He bowed and saluted and said, "Your Majesty, please think twice."

Lu Zhen, the chief minister of Dali Temple, bowed and said: "Advisor Fang has said it before. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty wrote the "Emperor's Model" himself, which discussed the way of being a king. When giving children, he repeatedly warned him as a legacy. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty taught "Emperor's Model" "Emperor's Model" is to teach the royal children how to be kings. Isn't it reasonable for your majesty to imitate Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty?"

When Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty gave Li Zhi to Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, he warned: "You should take the ancient sages and wise kings as your teachers. I am not an example for you to learn from. The ancients said that the best way to get the Dharma is from the middle; the best way to get the Dharma is from the middle. , I am only inferior to him. Since I came to the throne, there have been many things that I cannot teach you."

Chen Ying, the left deputy censor of the capital, echoed: "It was because of the cultivation of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty that the later Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty could inherit his father's legacy well. During his reign, the territory of the Tang Dynasty reached its largest size. Domestic governance has also been improving day by day, and the "Yonghui Law", which is crucial in the history of law, has been promulgated, and the Yonghui Rule was created based on the Zhenguan Rule."

"Yonghui Code" is a code promulgated by Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty in the second year of Yonghui. It was compiled by Changsun Wuji, Li Xun, Yu Zhining and others based on "Zhenguan Code". It has twelve chapters and [-] articles. The content is basically the same as "Zhenguan Code". "Law" is the same.

In order to ensure the uniformity of the application of the law and enable law enforcement officials to understand the precise meaning of each article and give full play to the effectiveness of the law, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty ordered Sun Wuji and others to write "Shu Yi" in the third year of Yonghui to review the "Yonghui Code" Explain clause by clause.

In the fourth year of Yonghui, it was compiled into a memorial, totaling thirty volumes. It was attached to the text of the code and promulgated at the same time. It had the same effect as the text of the code. The code and the text were combined together, which was called "Yonghui Code" and later generations called "Tang Code". "Sparse Discussion".

Historically, this "Yonghui Laws and Shu" is a symbol of the development stage of Tang law. It is also the blueprint for the formulation and interpretation of laws in Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing and other dynasties. It is the earliest and most complete feudal dynasty code in China in later generations.

Chen Ying is the deputy censor of the capital, in charge of supervision, and is familiar with legal provisions.

He followed the words of Lu Zhen, the chief minister of Dali Temple, and used the example of Tang Gaozong, who issued the "Yonghui Code", in order to illustrate the importance and necessity of teaching royal children the way to be kings.

Lu Zhen and Chen Ying sang together and led a group of officials who supported Zhu Di in teaching the way for royal children to be kings.

So, officials came out one after another and said: "I second the proposal."

"Your Majesty, it is said that there are no two days in the sky and no two masters among the people. The way to be a king is the art of the emperor. Only the emperor and the prince can learn it. How can a feudal king learn the art of the emperor?"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xie Jin immediately bowed out and helped Fang Xiaoru.

Fang Xiaoru suddenly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please think again."

Xie Jin followed closely behind.

Huang Huai and other cabinet advisers also came out one after another and knelt down and said: "I second my opinion."

Immediately afterwards, some upright courtiers knelt down and said, "I second my opinion."

Although Zhu Di was angry, he also understood that these people's starting point was for the sake of Ming Dynasty.

However, a hundred cows couldn't bring him back what he decided.

"I have made up my mind, and this matter is settled."

Zhu Di gave Zhang Yan and Zheng Ci an unquestionable command: "The Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites have recommended professors according to what I just said. I will see the list tomorrow."

"The minister waits for the order."

Zheng Ci, the Minister of Rites, and Zhang Yan, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, bowed to receive orders.Fang Xiaoru and others had to get up and return to the class order.

Since the superior emperor had already spoken, although their remonstrance failed, as ministers, they must not force the emperor to take back his orders on this occasion, otherwise it would be like forcing the emperor to go to the palace.

Zhu Di then looked at all the clan kings and said loudly: "At the end of last year, after Zheng He led his fleet to go to sea for the second time, he had completely eliminated the Nanyang pirates a few months ago. The Majapahit people have also surrendered. The Java Island occupied by the Zeboyi Kingdom is rich in products and fertile land. I have decided to make Java Island one of the places where the kings changed their titles and founded the country."

His eyes fell on King Zhu Zhu of Zhou and King Zhu Zhen of Chu, and he said loudly: "King Zhou and King Chu listen to the decree."

Zhou Wang Zhu Ju and Chu Wang Zhu Zhen immediately came out and knelt down to read the order.

Zhu Di ordered: "Today, under the express order of Emperor Taizu, I changed the titles of the kings of Zhou and Chu to establish the Kingdom of Zhou and the Kingdom of Chu in Java. The borders of the two countries were discussed and decided upon their arrival in the fiefdom. Three months later, I The summons ordered the imperial court to send a fleet to escort you and other three guards of the palace, as well as the officials in the palace and the people in the fief to go to the sea and go to Java to establish a vassal state."

"I, the King of Zhou (Zhen of Chu), have accepted the order and thank your Majesty for your kindness."

King Zhu Zhu of Zhou and King Zhu Zhen of Chu knelt down and kowtowed.

When Chu King Zhu Zhen learned that Zhu Di was going to change his feudal state to Java, he had already inquired about the situation in Java.

So much so that he felt that Java, with spring-like seasons, beautiful scenery and islands all around, was really good.

According to what Chu King Zhu Zhen knew, the area of ​​Java was larger than that of Zhejiang Province in the Ming Dynasty.

Although there are mostly mountains and hills, earthquakes and tsunamis are frequent.

However, there are many broad basins in the mountains with fertile soil and numerous rivers, which can be used to cultivate farmland and build towns.

Zhu Zhen believed that with his strength, plus the three guards, officials, and people of the King of Chu who accompanied the migration, it would only take him ten years to establish a population of more than [-] people in the fiefdom of Java. The Ming vassal state of ten thousand.

Chu King Zhu Zhen, who originally did not want to go to sea to found his country, has been afraid that Zhu Di would change his mind ever since.

Now that the matter of changing the seal has finally settled, the stone hanging in his heart also fell at this moment.

After the dynasty was over, he could openly prepare for going to sea in three months.

For Zhou Wang Zhu Ju, Java was not far from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, and the time it took to travel between the two places was not long.

With a favorable wind, it takes more than half a month to reach Quanzhou, Fujian by boat from Java.

In other words, he could travel between Java and the Ming Dynasty several times a year.

At present, the compilation of "A Materia Medica for Relief from Famine" is coming to an end. After three months, before the monsoon comes in late autumn and early winter, he believes that the main content of "A Materia Medica for Relief from Famine" can be completed. As for some details in the book, he will complete it when he has time. Just fill it slowly.

Different from the secret joy of Chu King Zhu Zhen and Zhou King Zhu Ji, Shu King Zhu Chun and Jin King Zhu Bai (formerly King of Xiang) noticed something else from Zhu Di's words just now.

Zhu Di asked the two kings of Zhou and Chu to become vassals and delimit the boundaries between the two countries through negotiation.

His decision was equivalent to granting the entire Java continent to the two kings. As for how much territory the two kings' respective kingdoms could occupy, it was all determined by the results of "negotiation."

The scope of this "negotiation" is very large, and it is obvious that the court has no intention of getting involved in this matter.

This move will determine whether the future relationship between the Zhou Kingdom and the Chu Kingdom will be tense or harmonious.

Zhu Di's seemingly lenient decision actually caused the future kings of Zhou and Chu to quarrel and even fight each other over the border boundaries.

However, King Zhu Chun of Shu and King Zhu Bai of Jin did not dare to speculate on the current emperor's thoughts.

Even if Zhu Di did it intentionally, they couldn't say that!

"Who still has a copy to play?"

Zhu Di asked loudly.

Jin Zhong, Secretary of the Ministry of War, said: "Your Majesty, a messenger has come to report that on the way to supervise the delivery of military rations, His Royal Highness Prince Ning, together with the quartermaster Bai Jinfu and others, encountered a group of bandits at the Uzbek border."

"Although this group of bandits has been wiped out by the officers and soldiers, His Royal Highness Prince Ning has been injured by an arrow in his right leg and has difficulty moving, which has seriously affected the transportation of military supplies. Xu Yingxu, the chief quartermaster of the Western Aid Army, has ordered the quartermaster officer Bai Jinfu Continue to transport military rations."

"Currently, His Highness Prince Ning has stayed at a nearby post station and is being treated and nursed back to health by the accompanying doctors. His Highness Prince Ning has submitted a request to the imperial court to arrange for another prince to supervise the delivery of military rations on his behalf."

Zhu Di pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Reply him, I agree to his request."

"Yes." Jin Zhong said respectfully.

Zhu Di looked at Li Xing and ordered: "Li Xing, go to the Taiyuan Hospital and pass on my instructions to the envoy of Daiyuan to send medical officers with medicinal materials to diagnose and treat Prince Ning."

"My slave, I accept the order." Li Xing bowed and accepted the order.

Zhu Di then looked at Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, who was in the order of the kings, and said loudly: "King of Shu, please go and take over the delivery of military rations from King Ning."

"The younger brother takes the decree."

Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, bowed and took orders.

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