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

Chapter 446 The new emperor’s first government

When Zhu Chu woke up again, Zhang Sanfeng had already disappeared.

If such terrestrial gods-like figures want to come to the palace, they can naturally come and go at will.

Ordinary palace guards could not stop it.

Can't even find it.

"What time is it? I'll sleep a little longer," Zhu Zhen stayed in bed and refused to get up.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Ming angrily. This brat occupied his dragon bed and didn't care whether he slept or not?
Having said that, in fact, the Qianqing Palace now belongs to Zhu Zhen.

This dragon bed is also his.

Zhu Yuanzhang actually felt a little sad.

After all, after being the emperor for so many years, he was still not used to suddenly abdicating the throne.

"Let's go to court together. You passed the throne to me, and I didn't force you to abdicate. You are still the Supreme Emperor. Let's go to court together." Zhu Chu came over and wanted to pull Zhu Yuanzhang.

If any of you dare to despise my father, he will not kill you?

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded. Seeing that the three women were now of noble status, they still personally brought the set of crown crowns from yesterday. He softly called Zhu Xun to get up and served him personally to put them on.

A line of maids began to walk in with their heads lowered outside, and even Xu Miaojin's three daughters came.

Both father and son sighed. In fact, they were both annoyed by these things.

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart moved. This kid has always been a bastard, so don't do anything extraordinary.

For example, when Zhu Zhen dared to ask for a chair to sit on in the side hall, the chair always belonged to Queen Ma.

"My dad, are you looking at me? Do you think I am Li Erfeng?" Zhu Zhen was speechless. In the past, when the old man was suspicious of himself, he wished he could destroy himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said happily: "You are the protagonist today, so I won't go. Just wait until you come back and tell me about Chao Shang."

But now, Zhu Yuanzhang could only silently take off his shoes, hold it in his hand and give Zhu Ming's ass a gentle slap, and then said: "It's time to order your nibbling, you should go to the morning court. And today it's you The new emperor's first morning court appearance after he ascends the throne cannot be looked at as a joke. Come and change the new emperor's clothes."

"Let's go, you can't sleep now anyway. And I might have to do something big, so you really don't want to come?" Zhu Ming raised his eyebrows, showing a malicious expression.

Zhu Ming shook his head and felt that the twelve crowns above his head were dangling like door curtains. He suddenly said with a speechless face: "This thing is too annoying. Who invented it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang also said speechlessly: "Anyway, Zhou Li has records."

Zhu Yuanzhang understood as soon as his heart moved.

"Why are you still wearing this outfit?" Zhu Zhen complained as he yawned.

It shows that this thing existed at least in the Zhou Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded. I have retired, and you still want me to work overtime?
Wait, this kid is not a guilty person.

During his reign, Zhu Yuanzhang was never indifferent.

After dressing up again, he was ready to go to the palace.

Really, do you have delusions of being persecuted?
You must know that Emperor Hongwu had many lofty ideals and ambitions of his own, so Zhu Yuanzhang was really not a power-hungry person who was unwilling to abdicate. This was different from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and even Kangxi, Qianlong and others.

But there was no one calling me father-in-law at this time. After all, this was the palace, and father-in-law was referring to the eunuchs.

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned: "What should I prepare?"

So Zhu Yuanzhang still asked someone to bring him his dragon robe, and then subconsciously glanced at Zhu Xi.

The harem was not allowed to interfere in politics. Even Empress Ma had never been to the court. At most, she would sit on the dragon chair with Zhu Yuanzhang after the court, or in the side hall or even the Qianqing Palace.

He, Zhu Chu, wanted to tell the world that although he became the emperor, Emperor Hongwu was still Emperor Hongwu.

"See you, Your Majesty," the three girls saluted their father-in-law together.

This is what a couple is.

There is no other way, so Zhu Chu can only wear the twelve crowns that reach the sky, and wear luxurious clothes with six kinds of clothes: sun, moon, stars, mountains, dragons, Chinese insects, Zongyi, algae, fire and Fenmi. Embroidered on the clothes, embroidery, dragon robe twelve chapters.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but smile when he recalled the memory of this bastard boy when he first returned to the capital.

This is the first time that Zhu Zhen has officially come to court as a new king. When he comes to visit officials, he cannot be vague.

"Dad?" Zhu Ming was already ready, but saw the old man smiling stupidly, so he said, "Why aren't you ready?"

It’s just that today Xu Miaojin and Queen Xu don’t need to come forward.

Although Gunmian is grand, magnificent and solemn.

Now he began to doubt himself again, but always suspected that he wanted to harm him.

According to usual custom, it was already time for him to prepare to go to court.

Not frugal, but relaxed.

But it is cumbersome to wear and inconvenient to move around.

The only person he could call girl was his first wife, Queen Ma.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed in his heart, inexplicably thinking of his sister.

Zhu Ming was worried that Zhu Yuanzhang had a gap in his heart, but at the same time he showed sincere filial piety. Although I am the new emperor, you are still the Supreme Emperor. The Supreme Emperor did not abandon the emperor or depose the emperor.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang curled his lips in disgust after seeing it. He didn't wear it anyway. He only wore leather clothes to go to court on weekdays, and only ordinary clothes after going to court.

Even if the only black spot is the restoration of the burial system, there are still doubts. It is impossible to be sure whether Zhu Yuanzhang left a decree for Zhu Yunwen to do it, or whether Zhu Yunwen made his own decision, but let the emperor take the blame.

Again, there are now more than forty concubines in the harem, and even Zhu Zhen can only live in Kunning Palace, turning the queen's harem into a home for a family of four.

If Zhu Yunwen didn't clean it up, he wouldn't have anywhere to live.

But such Emperor Hongwu finally abdicated and passed the throne to Zhu Zhen.

How dare Zhu Ming not be filial to his father, whom he already respected so much.

So Zhu Zhen finally pulled Zhu Yuanzhang, and the father and son, as the supreme emperor and the new emperor, went to the upper hall together.

And this scene also made Huangmen Shilang unable to deal with it.

The chief eunuch opened his mouth, and after taking a moment to react, he shouted: "The Supreme Emperor, the new emperor has come to court, and hundreds of officials will greet him."

All the Chinese, civil and military officials in the DPRK looked at each other in confusion.

What the hell?

But they still knelt down and lowered their heads.

"Shanhu."

"Long live."

"Call again."

"Long live."

"Three calls."

"Long live."

In the middle of the court, hundreds of officials shouted, "Long live the mountain."

But everyone was at a loss. Is this the Supreme Emperor or the New Emperor?

Even they themselves were deceived.

To be honest, this situation has never happened in the past dynasties. At most, there has been a situation where the queen mother in the harem listened to the government behind the curtain, but there was no prerequisite for the two dragons to be in the same dynasty.

At least it's unprecedented.

As all the officials knelt down to greet him, Zhu Yuanzhang helped Zhu Yuanzhang and came to the dragon chair.

But after arriving in front of the dragon chair, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Zhen.

Zhu Ming also looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Sit down."

This is a dragon chair. Different from the dragon chair in Qianqing Palace, this is a dragon chair above the court. It symbolizes the seat and authority of the Lord of the World, and is a symbol of supreme power.

But Zhu Ming did not hesitate and helped his father to sit down first.

Then, Zhu Zhen turned around and said: "Everyone loves you, please be safe."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Then all the officials stood up one after another.

Only then did all the officials see the situation clearly, and saw that Zhu Yuanzhang came to the court in person again as the Supreme Emperor, and sat on the left side of the dragon chair, while Zhu Yu sat on the right side.

The one on the left is Zun.

Everyone was confused about the situation for a while. Who should report the government affairs to?

Mainly because I have never encountered anything like this before. As the saying goes, there are no two days in the sky and no two masters in the country.

Even though there have been many times in history, the Supreme Emperor has to give up power to the new Emperor.

What to do? Neither can the ministers.

Zhu Ming waited for a while, but saw that no one spoke. It would be a bad idea to just shout something like "I will leave the court without incident" on the first day of going to court, and end it in such a dejected manner, right?
With a slight cough, Zhu Zhen had no choice but to take the initiative and said: "Today is my first day in court after ascending the throne. From today on, it is my era."

"But even though I have ascended the throne as emperor, the enthronement ceremony has also been completed together with my marriage ceremony. In order not to waste the people and money, there is no need to perform useless ceremonies."

"But what I want to say is that my father, Emperor Hongwu, as the Supreme Emperor, is still the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor. If anyone dares to be disrespectful, when the entire family is executed, or when the nine tribes are brought into harm's way, don't blame me for not saying anything ugly. Front."

All the officials were shocked and knelt down one after another. They kowtowed in the direction of Zhu Yuanzhang and shouted: "Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor."

Zhu Yuanzhang then said calmly: "Get up."

The officials stood up again.

Zhu Ming nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Where are the kings, the sharp weapon of the country."

The kings have not yet returned to their country, that is, the vassal kings who have already established vassal status have not returned yet.

At this time, they all walked out of the queue, lifted the hem of their python robes, and knelt down: "See your Majesty."

Today's Lao Ba is the present His Majesty, and he is no longer as simple as Lao Ba.

Zhu Ming raised his hand and said, "Brothers are equal."

What he called was brother, not beloved or royal minister.

The kings felt warm in their hearts. It seemed that the old man was still the old man and his face did not change as soon as he ascended the throne.

After the kings stood up, Zhu Chen said: "Before I ascended the throne, I promised that I would never cut down the vassal vassal, and that I would regard the kings as sharp weapons for the country. Today I announce that my third brother, Zhu Fan, is quite powerful. He is a rare general. Now I have decided to abolish the vassal title of Prince Jin in Taiyuan, but keep the Taiyuan Jin Prince's Palace in operation as usual. The thirteenth brother Zhu Gui will remove the vassal title of Datong Palace from now on. The two kings will discuss on their own and lead their troops out of the border into the Mongolian grasslands."

This was what Zhu Chu had discussed with the two princes in advance, and what he had to do was very simple. He began to prepare for the northern expedition to the Siberian Khanate.

It's just that these things don't need to be made public to avoid leaks.

Naturally, Zhu Fan and Zhu Gui knew it well. After looking at each other, they were so excited that they knelt down to express their gratitude.

Zhu Ming raised his hand and said, "It doesn't have to be like this. We are a family and brothers. In fact, I have long wanted to abolish the ceremony of kneeling and worshiping."

Immediately, a minister below will speak.

However, Zhu Ming's voice changed and he said: "But after all, there is a difference between monarch and minister. Just kneel down and bow down when you go to court. Unless you make a mistake, there is no need to bother with etiquette."

The kings breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, no normal person likes to kneel down and worship others.

Zhu Chu himself didn't like it. As the saying goes, don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you.

But after all, this is the feudal era, and it is not good to be too refined.

So I kept the most basic form of kneeling and saluting, but I didn’t use it normally.

The ministers looked at each other and praised him one after another.

They are not pedantic and rigid people. Rather, except for the Qing Dynasty, officials in all dynasties were loyal to their emperors and also had integrity.

We are loyal and patriotic to serve you, not to be your slaves.

Therefore, even in the Song Dynasty, people did not kneel every day.

The enslavement system was implemented from the Qing Dynasty. You can see in Qing Dynasty TV series that whenever you see the emperor or a higher-level official, you have to kneel down to greet him.

But in the Ming Dynasty, even the eunuchs and palace servants did not call themselves slaves or maids.

"There are also fourth brother Zhu Di and seventeenth brother Zhu Quan," Zhu Ming continued to make arrangements.

Regarding the placement of the kings, Zhu Zhen had already talked privately with his brothers in advance. This was decided by them in private, so they only needed to go through the process in the court and let Zhu Zhen, who was already the emperor, say it himself. Just give me an orthodox decree.

As a result, Zhu Di and Zhu Quan were also revoked from their vassal titles, and Zhu Zhen, in front of all civil and military officials, personally decided at the court meeting to use troops against Korea Island and the Jurchen Tribe.

All civil and military officials became restless.

Many military generals are gearing up. It may be time for them to make contributions.

The civil servants were worried.

Some people couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, since you left the border in Ningxia Town at the end of the year before last, crossed the Helan Mountains, and pacified the Tatar grasslands, we have been fighting non-stop for years. You must know that excessive military force will only make the people impoverished, which is not good for the country, Your Majesty. "

At this time, no one dared to say that Zhu Ming was so happy.

Just kidding, I used to be able to impeach the King of Dian to Emperor Hongwu.

Now you want to impeach Zhu Zhen himself?
This is not how you seek death.

So I only dare to talk about being militaristic.

Zhu Ming was too lazy to argue. He turned to someone in the civil service group and said, "Where is Zhuo Jing, the Minister of Household Affairs?"

"I'm here," Zhuo Jing stood up.

Zhu Ming said to him: "If I remember correctly, I have handed over some accounts to you. Please tell me."

"Yes," Zhuo Jing agreed respectfully, and then stated loudly: "At the end of the year before last, His Majesty, who was still the King of Dian at the time, led his troops to pacify the Tatar grassland, making all the Tatar tribes surrender and surrender to our Ming Dynasty wholeheartedly. . He even brought back 50,000 cattle, 130,000 sheep, and even 30,000 horses and horses as trophies.”

In fact, these were only brought back from the Barhu Banner Tribe, the Tatar Tribe, and the Horqin Tribe.

"After the Tatar tribes surrendered, there were countless high-quality livestock for only one year's tax. Among them, war horses can not only solve the problem of lack of horses in the Central Plains army, but the cattle can also be used as cattle to reduce the labor of the people in farming."

"Especially this year, there are two million cattle and sheep in the Mongolian grasslands of Oara and Ulyanha alone, and one million war horses are still on their way back."

"Furthermore, whether His Majesty sent troops from Yunnan to Tibet or campaigned against the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and the Timurid Empire, he did not use any food, grass, soldiers or horses from the imperial court. Instead, he allowed the imperial court to completely control the two places. Starting next year, taxes will increase exponentially.”

"This is a war that benefits the country and the people, and there is no suspicion of harming the people."

This is not a grand achievement, but a real benefit.

Even Zhuo Jing was dumbfounded when he got a bill specially given to him by Zhu Xi.

In this battle last year, the imperial court actually sent only 500,000 troops and prepared three months of food and grass for these 500,000 horses.

But what about the harvest? It's simply overwhelming wealth.

This is war wealth.

Who would have thought that instead of wasting people and money, fighting in the war would actually make a lot of money?
Zhu Jing waited for Zhuo Jing to finish speaking, then snorted coldly and said: "Don't think that I am a person who loves great achievements. My grand plans and great achievements are beyond your imagination."

Zhuo Jing's face darkened and he reminded: "Your Majesty, you are the emperor now, we are your ministers, you can't always target us."

"Ahem, cough," Zhu Ming coughed dryly. Things were different now. Those who were hostile to Zhu Ming, such as Qi Tai and others, had already been executed. The remaining courtiers were not so hostile.

For example, Zhuo Jing was a treasure left by Zhu Yuanzhang to him.

"It's okay to curse a few times," Zhu Ming muttered.

Zhuo Jing sighed helplessly. He could only pretend that he couldn't hear it. There was nothing he could do. His Majesty had not had a good impression of the civil service group and Confucian scholars since he was the King of Dian. This was good enough, at least he didn't have to settle accounts after the fall to put them in the shoes of others. .

After arranging the arrangements for the third brother, fourth brother, thirteenth brother and seventeenth brother that had already been agreed upon, Zhu Min then briefly explained the arrangements for the fifteenth brother, King Zhu Zhi of Liao, which meant that he would be in charge of Liao. , to prevent the remnants of Goryeo or the Jurchen tribe from invading the border.

At the same time, Zhu Ming also explained: "The reason why I revoked the vassal titles of Third Brother, Fourth Brother, Thirteenth Brother and Seventeenth Brother is not because I want to cut down the vassalage. Brothers know what I mean, but in order to prevent the world from misunderstanding , What I need to explain is that there will be a larger fiefdom for you in the future. "

"Then Li Chenggui still wants to claim the title of King of Joseon? Is he worthy? I have so many brothers, whoever wants to be the King of Joseon is not better than Li Chenggui being the King of Joseon?"

You know, the vassal kings are just the kings of one place. For example, Zhu Di, he is the king of Yan, but the king of Yanjing. The scale of Yanjing today is not comparable to that of Beijing in later generations, it is also comparable to the Sijiu City in the Qing Dynasty. Can't compare.

The reason is that after Zhu Di became Emperor Yongle in history, he moved the capital from Yingtian to Yanjing, and even built the Forbidden City, and then the Forty-Nine City.

The current Yanjing is just the ruins of Yuan Dynasty.

And Zhu Fan was only the vassal king of Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. In theory, he was only the king of Taiyuan and could not leave Taiyuan.

Including Zhu Ming, although he used to be known as the King of Dian, he was actually just the King of Dali.

It was during the Battle of Dingyuan that Zhu Chu traveled all over Yunnan in the southern and northern wars. Then, relying on his personality charm and the implementation of the policy of returning natives to locals, he was able to win over the people and control the entire Yunnan. .

But when he was jealous of Lao Zhu, not only did he have to move underground to act secretly, but he also had to rely on the pretext of suppressing the rebellion to leave Dali and do something.

Therefore, the feudal kings had great limitations.

But today, Zhu Zhen abolished the vassal title, but instead released the shackles of the vassal king.

What's more, don't underestimate Korea Island. No matter how you say it, it is bigger than the territory of a local vassal king.

Therefore, even if it is only given to the King of Joseon, his name will be much greater than that of King Yan or King Jin, and his actual power will be much higher.

So instead of paying attention, the kings were looking forward to it.

The era that belongs to them, the Zhu family, is coming.

(End of this chapter)