Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 442: Established as Crown Prince
Qi Tai, Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, Huang Guan and others were eventually taken away.

Even they were shocked and even deeply touched by Zhu Xi's shocking remarks.

If there really is an emperor who has the consciousness to die for the country, if there is an emperor who takes the people of the world and the prosperity of the country as his own responsibility, who can say that this is not a wise king and a wise ruler?

If there is such a wise king, it will be a blessing to the country and the people of the world, and it will be a blessing for them to serve as officials in the government.

In fact, some people have already wavered.

But Zhu Xi ignored it.

These guys are so eager to die that they dare to launch the Xuanwu Sect Change?
Do you think I am Li Jiancheng? So easy to kill?
If you want to kill yourself, then go ahead and die.

In such a big country, there are not many people missing.

It's just that the people taken away by this group probably accounted for less than half of the Sixth Ministry officials, and even several of the Sixth Ministry's ministers were taken away.

The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and the Minister of Taichang Temple.

If the children of other kings are now cultivated, and a suitable prince appears.

Even Zhu Fan was excited. He had no chance to become emperor.

This is no small evaluation.

Zhu Di's heart moved. He didn't expect that Zhu Ming would mention his boss Zhu Gaochi at this time.

But others don't think so.

Zhu Yunwen smiled bitterly and didn't know how to answer.

But now is not the time to think about this. Manchu officials are still deeply shocked by Zhu Zhen's awakening.

"Don't say that," Zhu Ming said hurriedly: "If you want to say that our old Zhu family is a saint, the eldest brother of my fourth brother's family will definitely take the responsibility."

Thinking about it this way, I don't have any opinions.

"Your Highness, is this inappropriate? Although you are not married yet and have no children, you may not have children in the future. When you have your own heirs, don't you really not want your children to inherit the throne?" Someone also thought of it. this problem.

If Zhu Gaochi hadn't been born when Zhu Gaochi was born, Zhu Di would have really doubted whether Zhu Gaochi was his son.

"There are also children from your brothers' families. When I become emperor, they will be sent to you as soon as possible. I will personally train them to become princes. If you want to teach them to become Confucian scholars, I will not agree."

In the past, he was suppressed by his eldest brother, and later by Zhu Laosi, and now he is even more willing to submit to Lao Shiba.

At the same time, all the officials finally understood that today was not a court meeting, but it was better than a court meeting.

But Zhu Di also felt baffled, because he knew that Zhu Gaochi should not have known Zhu Gaochi before.

The problem is that Zhu Zhen is a second-generation prince and cannot play with his third-generation nephews.

So this is a matter of course, and no one is willing to come out and ruin the atmosphere at this time.

It seems that Lao Shiba really loves his boss.

"This is the style of a benevolent king," Zhu Yuanzhang said casually.

Zhu Chu's face suddenly turned red. After he calmed down, he realized that he was so stupid that he could dig the entire three bedrooms and two living rooms with his toes.

Even when Zhu Gaochi was young, he stayed in the capital and studied with Zhu Yunwen and other third-generation royal bloodline.

Only Zhu Zhen felt puzzled and said: "Wait a minute, dad, have you forgotten my reward for meritorious deeds?"

Zhu Ming said it was natural.

After all, everyone knows that Lao Shiba has no children now.

This time of turmoil, I'm afraid there will be a reshuffle.

Who dares to object? I just said so much, wasn’t it just for this moment?

"With the virtuousness of King Zhu Chu of Dian, as well as the recovery of Tibet, the pacification of the Western Regions, and the conquest of the Mongolian grasslands, each of them is a thousand years of work. One person has accomplished something that several generations may not be able to accomplish. I have decided that from today on, Is there any objection to the appointment of the eighteenth son Zhu Zhen as the crown prince?"

"There is also Zhu Shangbing from my second brother's family. Although that child is the daughter of a partial concubine, he has not been poisoned by my second brother who is not a human being. He can be cultivated."

Zhu Yuanzhang also said to Zhu Ming with a smile: "I didn't expect that a saint would come out of our old Zhu family."

"The death of the king in the country is a good thing, a great kindness," Liu Sanwu was still shaking his head in admiration.

Is that the daughter of Duke Tang and Xu, the daughter-in-law of a double duke? Even an ordinary feudal king can't suppress it, right?
But everyone knew that Zhu Yuanzhang had been paving the way for Zhu Chu for a long time. He used the reputation of Tang and Xu Ergong to help Zhu Chu gain momentum in the army, making him quite prestigious in the army.

The main reason is that Zhu Gaoxu, the second eldest son of the Zhu Di family, has been frivolous since he was a child and is not liked by Zhu Yuanzhang.

(Xu Miaoyun: I am so innocent.)
"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang also became curious, Zhu Gaochi? He was still somewhat impressed.

"Yes, I almost forgot that you have made countless miraculous achievements this year," Zhu Yuanzhang patted his forehead, pretending to have just reflected, and said: "In view of the fact that the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen is mediocre, excessively jealous of the virtuous, I am abolishing Zhu Yunwen's work today. The crown prince is the crown prince. I feel that Zhu Yunwen repented and took the initiative to admit his mistakes, so he will not punish anyone else."

But Zhu Gaochi was different. He had been humble and courteous since he was a child, and he respected his teachers and was quite a gentleman.

Zhu Ming smiled and said to Zhu Yunwen: "Nephew, you are going to be a little stressed."

When Zhu Zhen passed through Yanjing before, he did not enter the Yanwang Palace.

"Third brother, I haven't met your child yet. Please send him over if you have time to get to know him."

But his children may not have a chance.

The other brothers looked at each other in confusion. Is he talking about our children? What do you mean by not agreeing?
But when I think about it, Zhu Zhen wants to personally train the prince to be his successor. So, their children will have the opportunity to ascend the throne and sit in the palace as emperor?

But wouldn't it be bad if Zhu Chu regretted it when he had his own child in the future?
Even Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Okay, Chu'er, your shocking remarks have frightened everyone. Let's stop here and wait for everyone to digest it before discussing it. Speaking of which, you have complained to us before, and you have been I haven’t given you a marriage yet. Why don’t I take advantage of today being the Lantern Festival to give you a marriage myself, and give you Xu Miaojin from the Xu family and Tang Xin from the Tang family.”

Zhu Yuanzhang was so smart that he caught everyone off guard.

Who would have thought that such a big thing would happen even though it was not a court meeting today.

Everything changed in one day.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at everyone, and when he saw that no one dared to refute, he nodded with satisfaction and continued: "It is difficult to reward Miao'er for his merits. Today I personally issued an order to canonize Xu Miaojin, the daughter of Wei Guogong Xu Da, as the crown prince, and a letter to the country Tang Xin, the daughter of Gong Tanghe, is the crown prince's partial concubine, and Mu Qiu, the daughter of Mu De, the former local magistrate of Lijiang, Yunnan, is also enthroned as the crown prince's partial concubine. "

He was about to enter the clan's mansion on the spot, which was equivalent to entering the family tree.

This is more effective than the marriage certificate in later generations.

Zhu Ming became excited. He finally got his wish and won status for Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin.

From now on, who dares to say that they are nameless and have no status?
Zhu Ming even looked at Xu Da and Tang He proudly.

Of course, Tang and Xu Ergong are also here today, not only because today is the Lantern Festival, but also to build momentum for Zhu Chu.

But they discovered that, not only did they seem to have nothing to do with it, even their daughter was involved.

Of course, they also knew that their daughter had already joined in, but looking at Zhu Ming's proud look, they still felt a little uncomfortable.

Soon, Zhu Yuanzhang wrote three decrees with his own hands and handed them to Zhu Ming directly in person.

Mu Qiu was previously canonized as a partial concubine of the King of Dian, but now she has been canonized as a partial concubine of the Crown Prince, so she has to make a new decree.

"In a few days, I will pick an auspicious day to get married for you," Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "We are getting old, and it's time to abdicate in favor of someone more worthy."

The whole audience was shocked.

Emperor Hongwu is actually going to abdicate?

Zhu Ming was also stunned and said hurriedly: "Dad, don't misunderstand me. I wasn't trying to blame you before."

He admired the old man very much. What he said before was his own statement. He really didn't want Zhu Yuanzhang to abdicate early.

But Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You will make several big moves in the coming year, and even have bigger strategic plans. Even as a prince, many things will remain unchanged. We are not old enough to be stupid yet. Although we also have lofty ambitions What I want is for everyone in the world to have enough to eat.”

"But now that we have become an obstacle to you, why not leave as soon as possible. We also want to live a few more years, and then take a good look at the great rivers and mountains you described."

"And, Chu'er, we believe that you will benefit the people all over the world. Just the seeds you donated will basically ensure that people can fill their stomachs when it is promoted nationwide next year."

"Do it well, or we will slap your ass." Zhu Yuanzhang said earnestly, as if he was explaining the funeral arrangements.

Even Zhu Ming couldn't help but his eyes turned red, and he wanted to teach him his own cultivation method.

But Zhu Zhen knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was old and frail. If he learned Qi Qi Jue, not only would it be of no benefit, but it would also shorten his life. I am afraid that if he learned it tonight, he would die tomorrow.

How can the old man have so much and strong blood to nourish his energy? He might just end up doing it to someone else.

"Okay, today is the Lantern Festival, so I won't keep you. You can go and do what you are supposed to do. Xu Da, Tang He, you come with me," Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and stood up in front of the ministers and kings. As they bid farewell, followed by Xu Da and Tang He, the three big guys left like this.

If we follow the tradition of previous years, we should actually have a grand banquet in the palace today.

After all, after today, the New Year will be completely over, and then it will be time to get back to work.

But everyone understands that the purpose of today is not to celebrate the festival, but to do the things before.

Dealing with Qi Tai and others was very involved. The entire six departments were purged of a group of people, as well as their families. I don't know how many more people would be killed.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang used thunderous means to finally support Zhu Zhen to ascend to power.

Many people were unprepared, and because even Zhu Yunwen supported Zhu Zhen, many people were unable to speak.

In fact, some people think that if Zhu Zhen wants to ascend to the throne, he can only use his merits to confer Zhou Guifei as the queen, and then make great achievements to have the chance to be crowned the crown prince.

Who would have thought that Zhu Zhen would successfully seize the throne.

In his words, with his own ability and these countless great achievements, if he still cannot win the legitimate son and has to rely on his son and his mother, that would be too much.

After Zhu Yuanzhang left, the ministers stood up, but were not in a hurry to leave. Instead, they looked at Zhu Yu with complicated expressions.

Now that Zhu Zhen has been established as the prince, his position and status are completely different from before.

Some people who had previously spoken harshly to Zhu Yun in order to support Zhu Yunwen could not help but worry, lest they would be settled by Zhu Yunqiu.

But some people came over on their own initiative.

For example, Liu Sanwu cupped his hands in front of Zhu Chu and said, "Old minister, see His Highness the Crown Prince."

Starting from today, I have to change my tune.

Zhu Ming returned the gesture and said, "Old man, don't scold me again in the future."

Liu Sanwu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile, "As expected of you."

Zhuo Jing, the Minister of Household Affairs, also came over.

Among those who were implicated in the purge this time because of Qitai, Hubu was hardly affected.

Especially Zhuo Jing, he is a model of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. He is loyal to the current emperor, who is Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Zhen was the crown prince who officially ascended the throne, rather than seizing the throne through rebellion.

So Zhuo Jing bowed sincerely and said, "I'm here to see His Highness the Crown Prince."

"You too, don't look for trouble in the future," Zhu Jin warned Zhuo Jing, still remembering that Zhuo Jing had embarrassed himself.

But Zhuo Jing said righteously: "Since His Highness the Crown Prince has the consciousness that the king will die for the country, the lower officials will naturally be loyal to the king and patriotic. If they can give advice, they will do so. If His Highness ascends the throne and becomes emperor one day and does something wrong, even if he does something wrong, Even if you risk your life to remonstrate, I don’t think His Highness will hold you accountable.”

Good guy, you are blocking your own way with words.

You scolded me, but you still can't let me punish you?

Zhu Zhen rolled his eyes, but he also knew that Zhuo Jing was smart and could be regarded as the intangible legacy left to him by Zhu Yuanzhang.

So Zhu Zhen didn't bother to talk to him.

Some other officials also came to pay their respects, as if they were paying homage to the dock.

Just kidding, Emperor Hongwu said he might abdicate early. Not only will he be the crown prince, but he will also become the new king soon. If he doesn’t worship him at this time, he will not be punished in the future, right?
Zhu Ming was also confident and accepted the worship from all the officials, and then said: "Everyone, today is the Lantern Festival, so everyone should go back to their homes to find their mothers and reunite with their families."

Everyone had strange expressions. Although what he said was correct, it sounded awkward.

After all the officials were dismissed, Zhu Zhen looked at the brothers around him and said, "I will enter the harem later to pay my respects to my mother and concubine. You should all be busy too."

It's hard to ask everyone to go with him. She is his and his brother Zhu Song's biological mother, so what does it have to do with anyone else?
What's more, Queen Ma, the mother of the third, fourth and fifth children, has been gone for many years. It cannot be said that everyone goes to the harem to pay homage to their own mothers and concubines. It is not a good idea to poke people's wounds on such a festive day.

So all the kings dispersed, leaving only Zhu Song following his eldest brother.

Zhu Song looked at Zhu Zhen's back with a complicated expression.

Zhu Ming clasped his hands behind his back and stepped on the square step with three shakes, looking very cool and handsome.

In fact, he had no choice. The python robe was too inconvenient. If he didn't step on the square steps, he would step on the hem of the robe and easily trip himself.

Sure enough, modern clothes are more convenient for movement. Is it possible to get a modern version of the dragon robe?
However, that is too unique and shocking, and it would be difficult to implement it starting with military uniforms.

What's more, in many cases, clothing can also represent the culture of an era and a nation. The Ming Dynasty has just restored the Han Dynasty. If you rush to reform such a trivial matter as clothing at this time, you will inevitably be suspected of forgetting your roots.

Moreover, the clothes of the Ming Dynasty were not unattractive, but they were troublesome to wear, but they did not interfere with daily life.

Zhu Zhen thought about it and had no choice but to give up.

As for why he wanted to change his military uniform, it was to facilitate marching and fighting.

"Take your time, and when I ascend the throne as the emperor, there are still a lot of things to do. By then, it will not just be about fighting, but also a series of issues such as people's livelihood, national affairs, and even taxation. Especially the imperial examination."

Nowadays, the imperial examination has to be taken every three years, and the eight-part writing style has become popular.

It must be changed, and it must be changed drastically.

"Brother," suddenly, Zhu Song's voice came from behind, interrupting Zhu Chu's thoughts.

Zhu Chu turned his head and found that Zhu Song had stopped, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

"Do you really think you can be a wise king? Do you really have the consciousness that the king will die for the country?" Zhu Song asked: "Or is that just what you said casually to win people's hearts?"

Zhu Chu curled his fingers at Zhu Song, and when this stinky brother came over, he trembled with his fingers.

Of course, he didn't dare to use force, otherwise Zhu Song's head would fly out.

"It doesn't matter if others are suspicious, even you are suspicious? And with so many people watching, do you think I just ascended the throne just to deceive you? Once I really do something wrong, our brothers will not agree. To put it bluntly, , Your brother, I have raised the throne too much. Anyone after me who is not the Qiangu Mingjun is not worthy of sitting in that position. "

"It doesn't matter if this is the case, or as the saying goes, those who are capable must live in it. The power of the emperor is too great. Once an unworthy descendant appears, it will completely destroy our Zhu family."

To be honest, if Yu Qian, Yu Shaobao and Zhu Qiyu hadn't forcibly renewed their lives for the Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid the Ming Dynasty would have been doomed during Zhu Qizhen's era.

If the Ming Dynasty moved its capital and fled south, wouldn't it be the same as the Southern Song Dynasty? Even if it can still be peaceful for a while, the Ming Dynasty will exist in name only.

And if Yu Shaobao hadn't fought desperately and won the battle to defend Beijing, the Ming Dynasty would also have died.

See, this is the disadvantage of establishing a direct descendant. Zhu Qizhen's grandson was established as the prince just because he was the eldest son of Zhu Zhanji's grandson.

Who would have thought that this guy was so useless and so addicted to food that he almost destroyed the Ming Dynasty and became a joke to everyone in the world.

By the way, Zhu Qi is not a curse, Zhu Gaochi is his eldest nephew, Zhu Zhanji is naturally a grandson, and Zhu Qizhen is considered a great-grandson.

Therefore, Zhu Zhen is not pedantic, and he has modern thinking. It would be good if he did not introduce a referendum system. At least he can still run for office within the blood of the Zhu family.

If democratic elections were proposed, Zhu Yuanzhang would really beat him to death.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Ming is still conservative. Up to now, his slogan is still based on the Zhu family and the Ming Dynasty. To put it bluntly, it is still the feudal social thought of the family and the world.

Just kidding, if he really dares to be too evil and imitate the senior Wang Mang, not to mention that the kings of the Zhu family will not agree, even the civil and military officials will not agree, and a child of destiny or a child of the plane may even appear to end him.

"Brother, hurry up and try to have a child. Of course I still hope that our brother's child will become the next emperor."

"However, I hope that our Ming Dynasty can become the first generation super empire that has been passed down for thousands of years."

(PS: The more I know about Wang Mang’s things, the more outrageous I feel. In fact, I am still conservative.)
(End of this chapter)