Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 270: First establish the crown prince and then the eight kings

Afterwards.

Hall of Martial Arts.

While Zhu Gaoxu was reviewing the memorial and the inscription, Kang Ping bowed to the imperial table and reported: "Your Majesty, the Minister of Jian of the Ministry of Personnel, the Minister of Yu of the Ministry of Rites, the Minister of Xiong of the Ministry of Punishments, the Minister of Qi of the Ministry of War, the Minister of Song of the Ministry of Works, and the Minister of Dali Temple Wu Siqing is asking for an audience outside the palace?"

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help being stunned when he heard the performance.

There are only ten people in the Six Departments and Nine Ministers. Now six people have come at once. It can be seen that what they are doing must be a big deal.

"See."

Zhu Gaoxu said lightly.

Kang Pinggong claimed that he was, then turned around, walked quickly to the door of the palace, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Your Majesty, I'm sure to see you!"

"I am waiting to meet your Majesty."

After Jian Yi and other six people entered the hall, they stood in two rows on the left and right, bowed and bowed.

"Excuse me, give me a seat."

Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The ministers saluted again and responded.

"All the gentlemen came together, but I don't know what the matter is?"

Seeing the six people sitting down, Zhu Gaoxu asked.

It's okay that he didn't ask. After asking, the six important officials of the Ming Dynasty stood up in unison, walked to the palace, knelt down, and bowed.

Jian Yi said on behalf of everyone: "I would like to ask your Majesty to appoint a crown prince to establish the foundation of the country and calm the people of the world."

"Emperor Taizu once said in his "Ancestral Instructions": 'There is a direct line to establish a direct line'! The succession of the line is the right law for all generations. I have long planned to appoint Zhan Yu as the prince. Since the ministers have requested to establish the prince, then I will comply with public opinion. , as you please!"

When Zhu Gaoxu heard that all the six people wanted was to establish a prince, he smiled and stroked his beard.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Jian Yi and the other six people said in unison.

They all breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. They were originally worried that Zhu Gaoxu would find reasons to delay the appointment of the crown prince, but they did not expect that Zhu Gaoxu agreed so readily.

In fact, as Zhu Gaoxu's eldest son, Zhu Zhanyu has been paid special attention to by Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu's father and son since he was a child.

Although Zhu Gaoxu's methods of cultivating his disciples are similar, it is impossible for a bowl of water to be equal, after all, there will be bias.

For example, the eldest son Zhu Zhanyu and the eldest son Zhu Zhanyu both went to the north with Zhu Di, but Zhu Zhanyu's military performance was far inferior to Zhu Zhanyu.

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes fell on Yu Yanzhao, and he continued: "The Ministry of Rites listened to the decree, selected an auspicious day, and held a ceremony to appoint the crown prince in Fengtian Hall. Remember, it must be carried out according to the ancestral system, and there must be no mistakes!"

"Wei minister leads the order!"

Yu Yanzhao hurriedly accepted the order, feeling tremendous pressure in his heart.

It can be said that the ceremony of appointing the crown prince in the Ming Dynasty was the most complicated among all Chinese dynasties.

When holding a ceremony, everyone must be meticulous, otherwise the ceremonial officer will impeach anyone, including princes, princes, civil and military officials. Those who are impeached may lose their hats and even risk their lives.

"Do you have anything else to do, gentlemen?"

Seeing that Jian Yi, Yu Yanzhao and others were still kneeling on the ground, Zhu Gaoxu deliberately asked with a serious expression.

"Your Majesty, His Highness (the eldest son Zhu Zhancui) is now 26 years old, and His Highness the Ninth Prince (the third legitimate son Zhu Zhantang) is also 13 years old. I would like to ask Your Majesty to confer the eight elder princes as princes and allow them to become vassal as soon as possible. ."

Jian Yi, the official minister, said on behalf of everyone.

According to the Ming Dynasty system, a prince was granted the title of king at the age of ten and moved out of the palace to a fiefdom at the age of 15 to become a vassal.

According to the "Ancestor Instructions of the Emperor": "For titles: the eldest son of the crown prince is the grandson of the emperor. The second son and concubine are all granted the title of county prince at the age of ten, and are awarded a gold-plated silver book and silver seal. The daughters are all granted the title of princess. , grant a decree."

In other words, the eldest son of the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty is the legal grandson of the crown prince, but the ancestral precepts do not clearly stipulate the time for canonizing the grandson and the age of the grandson.

From the fact that Lao Zhu only registered Zhu Yunwen as his grandson after Zhu Biao's death, we can see that he still strictly abided by the Zhou system's regulations of "there are no two masters and no two deputies in the family" and "there are legitimate sons and no legitimate grandsons", so he was After the death of the prince, he was registered as a grandson.As for the crown prince's secondary sons and concubines, they can be granted the title of county king at the age of ten, and the crown prince's daughter can be granted the title of princess.

However, after the main hall of the Nanjing Imperial Palace was relocated and rebuilt in the early Yongle period and renamed the Imperial Academy of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Gaoxu's children, as the grandsons of Zhu Di, basically lived in the Royal Academy's school building and would only return to the Imperial Academy during holidays. He lived in Hegong (East Palace) for a period of time.

Especially when the children grew older, the capital of the Ming Dynasty moved from Nanjing to Beijing. Children over 15 years old moved out of the East Palace and lived in the Royal Academy.

Around the 20th year of Yongle, Zhu Di thought about canonizing Zhu Gaoxu's children as county kings and canonizing his eldest grandson Zhu Zhanyu as the emperor's grandson. However, Zhu Gaoxu declined politely, on the grounds that the children would have more experience.

After five years of this, in the current first year of Qianxi, it was a matter of course for Zhu Gaoxu to canonize his sons as kings.

"I agree to this."

After Zhu Gaoxu thought for a moment, he said very simply.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Jian Yi and the other six were overjoyed and shouted their thanks.

a few days later.

A grand ceremony for canonizing the crown prince was held in Fengtian Hall.

Since then, Zhu Gaoxu's eldest son Zhu Zhanyu has officially become the third crown prince in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Zhanyu was born in June of the fourth year of Yongle. He is 23 years old this year. His biological mother is Queen Li Yao.

A few days later, Zhu Gaoxu issued an order to confer eight elder princes as princes.

The eldest son of the concubine, Zhu Zhanjuan (queer), was born in May of the 31st year of Hongwu. He is 26 years old this year. His biological mother is Shunfei Wang Qihong, who was named King Shen.

The third son, Zhu Zhanjing, was born in June of the fourth year of Yongle. He is 23 years old this year. His biological mother is Shunfei Wang Qihong, and he was named Prince Ji.

The fourth son, Zhu Zhanjing, was born in the fifth year of Yongle. He is 22 years old this year. His biological mother is the virtuous concubine Sheng Hongyu, who was named King Lai.

The fifth son, Zhu Zhanwei, was born in the sixth year of Yongle. He is 21 years old this year. His biological mother is Shu Fei Quan Shuying, who was named King of Li.

The sixth son Zhu Zhancheng (the second legitimate son) was born in the seventh year of Yongle. He is 20 years old this year. His biological mother is Queen Li Yao, who was named the King of Yue.

The seventh son, Zhu Zhanqi, was born in the ninth year of Yongle. This year, his biological mother was Concubine Zhang Yuerong, who was named King of Yin.

The eighth son, Zhu Zhanmo, was born in the 13th year of Yongle and is 14 years old this year. His biological mother is Zhuang Fei Yuhai, who was named King Mo.

The ninth son Zhu Zhantang (the third legitimate son) was born in the 15th year of Yongle. He is 13 years old this year. His biological mother is Queen Li Yao, who was named the King of Beauty.

However, when the civil and military officials learned the names of the eight elder princes, they all felt confused.

King Shen, King Lai, and King Yue are all easy to understand. The land of Shen is Songjiang Prefecture (later Shanghai), the land of Lai is Penglai, and the land of Yue is the land of Wuyue or Nanyue, all of which are within the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

But King Ji, King Li, King Yin, King Mo, and King Mei are a bit unpredictable.

If you can barely understand it, Ji Di can be regarded as the Ji State land among the Eastern Zhou countries. It is located in Shandong Province based on today's Penglai.

However, Li, Yin, Mo, and Mei are completely irrelevant.

In this regard, civil and military officials had to guess that the reason why Emperor Qianxi of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Gaoxu bestowed such royal titles on the princes was most likely to imitate Emperor Taizu and Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty and wanted to entrust the princes overseas to establish The Ming vassal state.

In fact, if you carefully study the titles of the Eight Kings, you can find a pattern, that is, the four places of Shen, Lai, Yue, and Ji are all in the east.

Only Zhu Gaoxu knew the meaning of Li, Yin, Mo, and Mei. Li refers to Jiuli, Yin refers to Yin Shang, Mo refers to Mexico, and Mei refers to America.

Chi You came from the Jiuli tribe and was one of the ancestors of Chinese humanities who went down in history.

The Shang Dynasty, also called the Yin Shang Dynasty, was one of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. It was also one of the five dynasties that laid the foundation of the Chinese nation. The other four dynasties were Xia, Zhou, Qin and Han.

Zhu Gaoxu hoped that Li Wang Zhu Zhanwei and Yin Wang Zhu Zhanqi could establish great achievements in the feudal states east of the ocean in the future.

The two titles of King Mo and King Mei represent another kind of expectation of Zhu Gaoxu. He hopes that Zhu Zhanmo and Zhu Zhantang, who like "strange and obscene skills", can lead their respective kingdoms in the future and lead the people under their rule to find a new path. new roads.

Especially the Ninth Prince Beauty King Zhu Zhantang, Zhu Gaoxu has high hopes for him.

This kid is extremely fascinated by steam machinery. Given time, he will definitely achieve something in the way of steam!

(End of this chapter)