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Chapter 455 Zhu Zhen and his nephews
In the palace, because the Sixth Prince Zhu Zhen is now serving as the supervisor of the country, and although Zhu Yuanzhang has abdicated, he is not dead.

The old man has nothing to do all day anyway.

Zhu Chu simply left the handling of national affairs to his father and his son, and became the hands-off shopkeeper.

So Zhu Ming is still very leisurely now.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang often scolded him for this matter, you were clamoring to be the emperor before and even asked for a chair from us.

Now that you are an emperor, do you want to be a coward?

It turns out that Zhu Zhen also had something to say.

Of those memorials, none of the ten was about serious business, and all the memorials were about the health of the new emperor.

I am safe, very safe, but can you stop asking?

He wants to put an end to this nonsense once and for all.

The main reason is that no matter which direction he carries out reforms next, he will destroy half of the family's life. I'm afraid the world will be in chaos.

What's more, the two major battlefields in the Northeast and Southwest are about to begin, no later than May this year.

Even though Zhu Ming was still very young, once the crown prince was established early and established a firm foothold in the court, as long as the prince made no mistakes, even if Zhu Ming had his own prince in the future, it would be difficult to depose him.

Unless Zhu Ming makes another big move now, all he needs to do is maintain the status quo.

There were eunuchs in the inner court of the imperial palace, including eunuchs such as admiral, Zhangyin, Bingbi, and Suitang. Among them, Zhangyin and Bingbi had the highest status.

So Zhu Chu came to the front hall, which is the main hall where he goes to the morning court every day, and then sent Xiao Baozi: "Go and call Li Gui. No, just ask him to send the royal guards to call the princes of our old Zhu family."

But Zhu Yuanzhang refused to give in, saying that this was the filial piety of the local government and the respect of the court. How could it be prevented?

Zhu Lun also brought new rice seeds, as well as high-yielding crops such as corn, land, and sweet potatoes. After being promoted to all parts of the country in the past two years, it can be said that the world is full of warehouses and grain stores are available everywhere.

Moreover, not one person in the household starved to death, which is rare since ancient times.

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment and asked: "Old Eighteen, do you really plan to choose a successor after your brothers to be the crown prince? Do you really have no selfish motives?"

Zhu Ming nodded and said: "I want to train my successor myself. I can't leave it to those sour scholars. I don't want to create a pedantic fool emperor. As an emperor, even if he cannot be omniscient and omnipotent, he should not be ignorant. Sit in the well and look at the sky.”

For example, after the official documents of various ministries were submitted to the Supervisor of Ceremonies for classification, they were selected to be presented to the emperor. The emperor would approve them personally, or he would write down the outlines orally and the emperor would decide them orally.

As a result, Zhu Zhen became more honest for the time being.

Xiao Baozi has now transformed and been promoted to Huangmen Shilang, the chief steward of the palace.

In fact, except for the several policies promulgated by Zhu Zhen after he ascended the throne and the two wars that will begin this year, there is nothing major to do.

Among them, what the eunuch holding the seal controls is the national seal, which is the lost and recovered jade seal passed down from the grassland that Zhu Zhen brought back from the grassland.

But as for Zhu Zhen, he had already started to train the prince before he had any children of his own.

As long as we are human, how can we not have selfish motives?

Historically, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, as the emperor began to trust and reuse eunuchs, the status of eunuchs also increased, and they even had the title of 'internal minister'.

Zhu Zhen thought it was right, but since he couldn't stop it, he didn't want to see it, and he didn't want to criticize nonsense.

During the Hongwu Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang worked conscientiously, not to mention a peaceful and prosperous era, at least the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

Are you just joking around?

So Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know what to say.

And Zhu Zhen is not in a hurry to continue reforms, and always wants to give people some room to relax.

The prosperous age of Yongchang is well-deserved.

You know, Zhu Zhen doesn't have any heirs yet.

Then dad, you and Sixth Brother should be busy, I have big things to do.

Zhu Chu still has this overall view.

Everything matters first on the front line. If the country behind is in chaos, the front line will collapse thousands of miles away.

Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded, good fellow, can the co-crown prince be re-established after he is deposed?

"Speaking of which, what is my eldest nephew busy with recently? No, we have to call him here. Yun Wen has also been in charge of the government for so long, so he has quite a lot of experience. What's more, he is also the third son of our old Zhu family. There is also a chance for a descendant to become the crown prince," Zhu Zhen said and walked outside.

For example, the Yellow River flooded again last year. Although many crops were flooded, relying on the high yield of potatoes and the characteristics of not being picky about the living environment, they did not even need the court's disaster relief and managed it on their own.

"What's the big deal with you?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked suspicious.

But you can’t just do nothing, right?

However, once the war stabilizes and hundreds of thousands or millions of troops are watching the border, who in the DPRK will dare to disobey any of his measures?
If I want to share my land, I can share my land. If I want the gentry to pay the grain together, you have to pay me the grain. Don’t you agree? Then shuffle the cards.

Zhu Ming patted his chest with his hand: "We are loyal and courageous, just for our Ming Dynasty, just for our Zhu family."

It was Zhu Zhen who said: "A few days ago, His Majesty sent the princes of various princes and some older children over, and planned to transform the old mansions (Prince Dian's Mansion, former Duke of Liang's Mansion) into dormitories. Come to think of it. Your Majesty is going to test their homework."

If anyone else said this, Zhu Yuanzhang would just sneer.

For example, Zhu Yunwen before, if Zhu Yunwen hadn't launched the Xuanwu Sect Revolution, he wouldn't have been eliminated so easily.

Zhu Zhen shook his head, knowing that his 18th brother was just a strong man seeking free labor, so he didn't care about him.

If the local government does not come forward now and in the future, you should worry about whether the local government is going to rebel.

When the power of the eunuch is greater, the eunuch Bingbi will also write down his opinions on the official document. Finally, the eunuch Zhangprint will review it. If he thinks it is OK, he will stamp it. If he thinks it is not OK, he has the right to send it back and re-approval.

But Zhu Chu was not that stupid, so even though Xiao Baozi was considered an old man in his old mansion, he was only responsible for taking care of the jade seal, and he did not dare to abuse his power.

Not long after, there was a sound of footsteps outside the hall.

Immediately afterwards, more than ten young talents entered the hall.

These young people all have the same identity, and that is the third generation descendants of the Zhu family.

Zhu Yunwen was honored, followed by Zhu Yunxi.

These two are the sons of the former crown prince Zhu Biao, but the boss also has two sons who are also Zhu Yunwen's half-brothers, namely the fourth son Zhu Yunxu and the fifth son Zhu Yunxi.

It’s just that Zhu Yunzhen is only ten years old, Zhu Yunxi is even younger, and Zhu Xi’s place is not a kindergarten.

Then there are the children of the second brother Zhu Xi’s family.

Since Zhu Shangbing had already assumed the title of King Qin, he said that the King of Qin's palace still had affairs to take care of, so he did not come. Instead, he asked his second brother Zhu Shanglie and third brother Zhu Shangyu to come to the court together.

In fact, even when Zhu Yuanzhang summoned all the kings to Beijing a few years ago, he did not call him Zhu Shangbing.

Therefore, Zhu Shangbing may have misunderstood and thought that the new emperor wanted to keep hostages, so he simply sent his two younger brothers as hostages.

Zhu Zhen was speechless.

This Zhu Shanglie is only eleven years old, and Zhu Shangyu is only ten years old.

And Zhu Shangbing probably doesn’t know what he will miss.

"Cleverness leads to mistakes," Zhu Zhen commented on Zhu Shangbing's actions.

The boy must have heard some rumors. After seeing that his eighteenth uncle had removed so many princes and vassals after he ascended the throne as emperor, he was naturally very frightened. How could he dare to go to the capital to see him?

But what Zhu Shangbing didn't know was that the vassal title was a kind of shackles and restrictions for the vassal kings, especially those princes who were already vassal.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the vassal king was not allowed to leave the feudal country easily.

Zhu Chu removed the vassal title, but did not remove the kingship. He just gave the kings their freedom. You can do whatever you want. As long as you don't do bad things, don't violate laws and disciplines, don't harm the people and bully men and women, you are the best in our Ming Dynasty. The second generation ancestor of Niu P.

What's more, Zhu Chu has already begun to reuse the kings, so how can he cut down the vassals?

He thinks too much.

Even if the vassal title of King Qin is removed, you are still the prince.

"Forget it, if you don't come, don't come. No one cares about it," Zhu Ming curled his lips. In fact, he had a good impression of Zhu Shangbing when he was in Prince Qin's Mansion in Xi'an.

Unexpectedly, he is also a fool who thinks he is smart and smart.

Then came the brats from Third Brother’s family.

Zhu Fan's eldest son, Zhu Jixi, was born in 1375. He was four years older than Zhu Chu and could be regarded as the eldest among Zhu Yuanzhang's grandsons.

The main reason is that the eldest brother Zhu Xiongying died too early.

Zhu Jixin was also Fu Youde's son-in-law. He stood there with a majestic appearance, which made Zhu Zhen like him just looking at him.

Because Zhu Jixi was not very similar to Zhu Fan. The upright and upright attitude of not bowing his head even when he saw him, but raising his head to look at him, was very similar to him.

(Zhu Fan: What do you mean, Lao Shiba?) (Zhu Di: I’m used to it.)
Then there is Zhu Jiye, the second eldest son of Zhu Fan's family, who was born in the same year as Zhu Zhen. Unfortunately, the seniority is here, but it is suppressed by blood.

There is also the third child Zhu Jiyi.

Then there are the three sons of the fourth brother Zhu Di's family.

Zhu Gaochi especially liked Zhu Gaochi, the eldest son of Zhu Di's family. When he saw this little fat man (actually Zhu Gaochi was one year older than him), Zhu Gaochi said: "How is the boss doing lately?"

For those who didn’t know, they thought Zhu Zhen was Zhu Gaochi’s younger brother.

Zhu Gaochi was also stunned for a moment, and quickly saluted with his hands clasped in fists, saying: "Your Majesty."

"Hey, call me uncle," Zhu Ming waved his hand and said, "You are all my nephews. We are a family. We are family members, not monarchs and ministers."

The princes all looked at each other.

Seeing Emperor Yongchang with his own eyes was far different from the rumors.

It is said that when Emperor Yongchang was still the King of Dian, he was extremely arrogant. If anyone dared to speak ill of him behind his back, he would be cut in half with a knife.

Even the Tatars on the grassland were afraid of him, and some were even torn to pieces by him.

But looking at it today, this eighteenth uncle looks like a normal person, right? Not that monster?

I don’t know what the legend is among the people.

"Back to the emperor, everything is well with my nephew. Please give me your blessings," Zhu Gaochi replied first and then blessed Zhu Gao.

Zhu Zhen said with a smile: "I'm safe, I'm safe."

He was not so patient when local ministers greeted him in memorials.

But his nephew is naturally treated differently.

"Is your father very good?"

"pretty good."

"Is your mother pretty good too?"

"It's all good, all good."

Zhu Gaochi broke out in cold sweat on his forehead. Was he about to solve the case or something?

Even the other cousins ​​around him looked strange. It was rumored that Emperor Yongchang liked Prince Yan the most. This was true.

Zhu Gaochi wanted to say something, I am one year older than our imperial uncle. Don't think blindly. Besides, my mother-in-law, Princess Yan, is the sister-in-law of the eighteenth uncle. It is normal to say hello.

But I don’t know what kind of rumors will happen about unofficial history in the future. As for unofficial history, it’s a different story about unofficial history, but it must be wild enough.

Especially for someone like Zhu Ming who suddenly thought of choosing a successor from among the kings, everyone would probably think too much about it, right?
Then Zhu Ming glanced at Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui. The two brothers were mumbling something there.

Zhu Zhen frowned, a little unhappy, and simply didn't bother to speak.

The fifth brother, Zhu Rui, has two sons. The eldest, Zhu Youdun, and the second, Zhu Youhui, are both fifteen or sixteen years old.

Then there is Zhu Mengcong, the eldest son of the sixth brother Zhu Zhen's family.

Zhu Xianyao, the eldest son of the seventh brother Zhu Shu's family.

Because the three brothers, Bage, Ninth Brother, and Tenth Brother, either died young or died for some reason, and only the tenth brother Zhu Tan's family left any heirs, but they were not welcomed into the capital because they were still young.

Later, the brothers' families either had no heirs, some were not even married, or the children were too young to be sent to the palace.

Therefore, there were fourteen princes in total, and later generations were called Emperor Yongchang and his fourteen princes.

After getting to know these eldest nephews, Zhu Zhen said straight to the point: "Some of you may already know, or you may not know yet, why we specially let you be sent to the palace."

The princes all had different reactions, some looked expectant, while others looked worried.

Zhu Yunwen secretly exchanged glances with Zhu Gaochi.

Because they are the first batch of children of the Zhu family's grandchildren, Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Shangbing, Zhu Jixi, and Zhu Gaochi had studied together in the capital as early as children, and they could be considered brothers and sisters and developed a relationship.

Zhu Gaochi was inexplicably loved by the current Emperor Yongchang.

Zhu Yunwen wanted to get a signal.

Zhu Gaochi also responded to him and nodded gently.

It's not that Zhu Min didn't notice the little moves between the two of them, but he just didn't pay attention to them. On the contrary, he was a little pleased.

At the same time, Zhu Ming continued: "Don't worry, this is not a bad thing, but a good thing. Let's put it this way, I took over the throne from your grandpa as a non-direct elder and the 18th elder. It is not only our ability, but also the brothers of the kings. The support is also the approval of my father, Emperor Hongwu.”

"This is the coordination of virtue. I should accept it calmly."

"At the same time, after I ascended the throne, I also thought that since I ascended the throne as the emperor based on my ability, others can naturally do the same. If you want to make the Ming Dynasty permanent, you must not be selfish and inherit the inheritance through the same line of descent and the establishment of a long line of descendants. The throne. Otherwise, each descendant will be worse than the other."

"So I asked the kings to send you here and train you personally. There is only one purpose, and that is to select a successor from among you to be the heir apparent, who will be the next emperor in the future."

As soon as these words came out, all the princes were shocked.

Even Zhu Yunwen, who had already guessed the situation, felt baffled.

Uncle Eighteen, do you still remember that your throne was taken away from me?

I used to be the crown prince.

In the end, you ruined me, and now you are asking me, can you do the same?
"Nephew Yunwen," Zhu Zhen seemed to feel the complicated look in Zhu Yunwen's eyes, and said to him with a smile: "You are also a descendant of my Zhu family, and you are naturally qualified to be crown prince again. Although you made mistakes earlier, uncle, I Don't forget the past, but you should also take this as a warning. Although it is said that the most ruthless emperors, and political struggles are very cruel, you must also remember that the people around you are your brothers at critical moments. More trustworthy than outsiders.”

"Even if there is a conflict within the Zhu family, I will at least be merciful and will not do anything wrong."

"But if they are outsiders, they will definitely kill our Zhu family. So the first lesson I teach you today is the deep love of brothers."

"Li Gui."

Zhu Xun shouted loudly.

Li Gui, who has now been promoted to the commander of the Imperial Guard, walked in immediately.

"Your Majesty," Li Gui knelt down on one knee, ready to listen to the holy teachings.

Zhu Ming said: "Have our brothers from the old camp been settled?"

He was talking about the original batch of 50,000 troops in Yunnan.

Mu Sheng stayed in the capital and did not follow the army back to the southwest.

Now there are half a million troops heading to the southwest battlefield, and Muchun is still in charge in Yunnan, and Qu Neng is in Tibet nearby.

What's more, Yunnan has already completed the reform of returning natives to locals, so Zhu Zhen does not have to worry about another chieftain rebellion in Yunnan.

Today, there is only one chieftain officer in Yunnan, and that is the Mu family who has returned.

Therefore, even if these 50,000 troops are missing, there will be no hidden dangers in Yunnan.

Li Gui agreed: "The brothers have taken over the defense of the city and the palace."

Zhu Ming nodded with satisfaction, pointed at these princes again, and said: "Send them all into the camp and tell that boy Mu Sheng to train them hard for me. Don't care about their identities. You know, those of me Brothers even dare to joke with us. I can trust them."

Zhu Zhen showed a cruel sneer.

The princes are all of distinguished status. Which one was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth?

Now when they heard this, they all shouted: "Uncle Eighteen, this is impossible."

"Is there anything wrong?" Zhu Ming shook his head and said word by word: "As a king, you must not only have the ability to govern the country, but also the ability to secure the country. This is the way to govern the country and secure the country. If you even have troops How can you be the emperor if you don’t know what’s going on?”

"At the same time in the camp, you can feel what the Paoze brothers are like. You are brothers and a family, and your friendship should be deeper than those of the Paoze brothers."

"Go and practice hard. Especially Yun Wen and Gao Chi, you two are too bookish and it's time to exercise."

"Then Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, please restrain your tempers."

"Go ahead, go ahead," Zhu Chu waved his hand and sent all these dozen princes into the camp.

However, Zhu Ming never expected that this boy Zhu Gaoxu really did not disappoint him.

It is said that on the first night after entering the camp, this boy stole a horse and even wanted to run back to his hometown in Yanjing.

But he was so stubborn that it was Zhu Chu's old friend who stole it.

The old guy had such a bad temper that he almost bit Zhu Gaoxu to death.

After hearing this, Zhu Zhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

(End of this chapter)