Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 84
"Haier felt that in the early days of Zongzhou, the Zhou royal family had great power and divided the princes to seize the land of the barbarians. At that time, all the princes and states were very weak and had no ability to rebel."

Zhu Gaoxu stood up, bowed to Zhu Di, and said slowly.

"Since King Ping of Zhou moved eastward, various vassal states have had successive kings for several generations or even dozens of generations. They have overcome obstacles in the barbarian land, established a firm foothold, transformed the barbarians into Xia, and gained strong national power. Only then did they dare to aspire to the Central Plains and challenge the Zhou royal family. authority."

"This is just a child's stupid opinion. Please correct me."

Zhu Gaoxu bowed again. What he just said had been explained in the memorial. Zhu Di deliberately asked questions, obviously hoping to use his words to refute the king of Zhou.

Zhu Di stroked his beard repeatedly and said: "That's right! The Zhou Dynasty declined and Qin merged with the world. At this time, the world was more than a hundred times larger than the territory at the beginning of Zhou Dynasty? The best way to expand territory is to use Xia Jun to rule the barbarians like Zong Zhou did. The enfeoffment system! Turning barbarians into summer is the essence of enfeoffment!"

The kings of Chu and Zhou were also familiar with the Spring and Autumn Period, and their understanding was unparalleled. Now after listening to Zhu Gaoxu's analysis and then Zhu Di's summarizing, I suddenly felt an eye-opening feeling. I had already guessed who would succeed Zhu Yuanzhang. What kind of enfeoffment did Zhu Di want to implement?

At this time, Zhu Di stood up, put his hands behind his back, and said loudly: "Emperor Taizu Gao once said that people with different surnames could not be crowned kings, but he did not establish the rule that people with different surnames could not be crowned princes. I want to imitate Zongzhou's feudalism and enfeoff people with great achievements in the state. As a prince, build a kingdom of princes in the newly expanded land, rule the barbarians as the king of Xia, turn the barbarians into Xia, spread the teachings of the sages, and spread the civilization of China!"

However, even if he understood that this kind of enfeoffment would do more good than harm to the Chinese people in the long run, as a prince, King Zhou still opposed the enfeoffment.

Just because the so-called "people who have made great contributions to the country" are most likely just Zhu Di's confidants.

Zhu Di randomly enfeoffed one or two of his confidants to establish the country in a foreign land, and then followed Zhu Yuanzhang's will and decreed to transfer these princes to outside China. This was more reasonable, reasonable and legal, and left the world unable to find anything. Reasons for rebuttal.

After all, all the ministers will be sealed off by then, can they, the princes, still agree?This is the last order of Emperor Taizu!
But when that time comes, King Zhou, the eldest Prince of Ming Dynasty under Zhu Di, will inevitably be the first to be enfeoffed. This may be why Zhu Di came to him to discuss enfeoffment.

"Fourth brother, the issue of enfeoffment is very related and important. I think that for its implementation, there must be detailed regulations to ensure everything is complete!"

King Zhou hurriedly seized the opportunity and said.

Zhu Di looked displeased, looked around at the King of Zhou and the King of Chu, frowned and said solemnly: "If the imperial court implements enfeoffment, as a prince, you will naturally bear the brunt. You should guard the territory for the country and open up new lands for future generations! This is the law of heaven. , how can you allow doubt?"

"Fourth brother has misunderstood my younger brother. My younger brother feels that the matter of changing the title should not be rushed. It is not against Emperor Taizu's decree to change the title of kings to establish kingdoms outside of China." King Zhou had to change his words.

"Fourth brother, I also think that the matter of changing the title should not be rushed!" King Chu bowed.

Seeing the kings of Zhou and Chu singing in harmony, Zhu Di became more and more dissatisfied, and immediately scolded: "Too hasty? Do you really think I'm confused?!"

King Zhou quickly knelt down to apologize, but King Chu did not dare to say another word.Zhu Di stood with his hands behind his hands, looking at the King of Zhou with a look of disdain, and reprimanded: "I insist on enfeoffment, how can it be just for the treasury?! If you don't plan for the world, you can't plan for a moment; if you don't plan for the overall situation, you can't plan for a region!"

Having said this, he breathed a sigh of relief. After sitting down again, his eyes fell on the floor and he said, "Sixth brother, you also kneel down."

After the King of Chu knelt down, Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "After the imperial army has established a foothold in Champa, Siam and other places, I will seal you two in the newly expanded land, and let you each build a kingdom. Call him a loner and establish the Ming vassal state!"

"Emperor Taizu was buried not long ago. Three years have not passed. How can a son leave his homeland? I don't want to!"

King Zhou's eyes turned red and he quickly spoke.

The King of Chu was also unwilling to accept it, and immediately said anxiously: "Fourth brother, my younger brother also doesn't want to——"

"enough!"

Zhu Di slapped Yu An angrily, his face gloomy and scary.

"I haven't finished speaking yet!"

Zhu Di changed his self-identity intentionally, and the surging majesty of the emperor surged out, as if it turned into a tide and squeezed towards the kings of Zhou and Chu.
In response, the kings of Zhou and Chu both prostrate themselves on the ground, silent, enduring the invisible strong sense of oppression, and waited for Zhu Di's anger to subside.

Since Zhu Di ascended to the throne, he has paid great attention to restraining his temper. During this period, his temper has become more gentle and he rarely gets angry. This time he was so angry that he slapped the table, which was obviously a real anger.

"Even if all the officials in the world oppose enfeoffment, I will never compromise!"

"You must understand, who is the enemy of Ming Dynasty?"

"Have you ever thought about it, if Emperor Taizu hadn't brought peace to the world, how many people would have become emperors and how many would have been kings?"

"Before Wang Mang usurped the throne, who in the world didn't know his loyalty to the Han Dynasty? During the Later Han Dynasty, the Yuan family in Runan was a loyal and filial family member. He was the fourth generation of the Three Dukes. However, when the Han Dynasty was in danger of overthrowing, he took the lead to stand on his own feet and committed rebellion against his superiors!"

"In the future, do you want to be like the kings of the Tang Dynasty who were imprisoned in the capital, or do you want to be like the monarchs of other countries who held real power and were lonely and few in power like the Eastern Zhou Dynasty?"

(End of this chapter)