Daming: I am the Crown Prince

Chapter 134 The Crown Prince's Position is the Most Comfortable
Zhu Yunhuan, who was eating, casually mentioned, "Grandfather, have you ever thought that the children of noble families in recent years are now somewhat useless?"

Old Zhu said, "Your brother-in-law, Jiujiang, is quite capable. Wu Gao, Marquis of Jiangyin, can also be considered a famous general."

Zhu Yunhuan said unsatisfactorily, "That's true, but it's far inferior to our original momentum."

"That can't be compared!" Old Zhu said seriously, "Those people in our hometown are all good generals. Which one of them didn't survive hundreds of battles? Take the people in Jiujiang for example. Most of them read military books and can train soldiers. When they encounter a small rebellion by barbarians, it will be a big war. How many chances do they have to fight with real swords and guns?"

Old Zhu spoke earnestly, "If we had lost the battle, we might have lost our lives. Three hundred and sixty-five days a year, we were either thinking about fighting or being beaten. If you can survive a hundred battles, you must be a famous general or a fierce general. You can see it all."

It’s not a big problem to say so, actual combat is the best testing stage.

Famous generals are all made through fighting, and their achievements must be proven through actual combat performance.

Having said that, Zhu Yunhuan still said, "Grandfather, if the world is peaceful, there will be a constant flow of new people in the civil service. Although our nobles and military commanders are also hereditary, they are not as good as the civil servants."

Old Zhu was not without these concerns, but he could only ask, "What can you do? It has been like this throughout the dynasties. In the early days of the founding of the country, the nobles were all powerful, and the civil officials eventually gained some power."

"We must not only allow those who read Confucius and Mencius to be civil officials." Zhu Yunhuan said, "Yan Zhenzhi is a good example. He rose from a minor official to the Minister of Works."

Old Zhu became serious, "Yun Hun, if you do this, those civil servants will rebel!"

"I know." Zhu Yunhuan said with a smile, "I've heard of the saying of boiling a frog in warm water. We can't make the civil servants dissatisfied in one go. Let's take it slowly. In the future, there will be some petty officials among the civil servants. The imperial examination is also a legitimate way, and there are selection and recommendation. In short, it can't be that all high-ranking officials are Confucian children who came from the imperial examination."

Old Zhu asked again, "If that's the case, those petty officials will also be a hidden danger if they become officials."

Never underestimate those so-called petty officials. Many of them leave after their term of office is up.

Some petty officials are local tyrants, and some can even sideline the chief officials.

"Once he becomes an official, he has no choice but to leave." Zhu Yunhuan said, "Give them an official position, but they will not be able to occupy a place in the future."

Zhu Yunhuan continued, "From now on, minor officials can be officials, common people can be officials, and even craftsmen can be officials."

Old Zhu was not happy about it. "Then the household registration system we established will be abolished, right?"

"The household registration cannot be changed at will, but there is no need to restrict it too strictly." Zhu Yunhuan said jokingly, "Grandfather, we still have a lot of things to do in the future."

Lao Zhu rubbed his brow and said, "I am really scared now. If you continue to do this, I don't know whether it will be a blessing or a curse."

Zhu Yunxun smirked, "The crown prince we selected earlier will be coming to the capital in the next two days."

Old Zhu stared at Zhu Yunhuan and said helplessly, "Are you going to mess with Yunhuan again?"

"What you said is really unpleasant!" Zhu Yunhuan said dissatisfiedly, "My second brother is a wise king known to the world. He has always been concerned about the country and the people, and has always been thinking about the country and the people of Ming. Those words not only made him unhappy, but I was also unhappy."

Old Zhu didn't bother to pay attention to this shameless grandson and said, "Is your fourth son back home?"

"Well, he's almost ten years old." Zhu Yunhuan said, "Let's go back to our hometown to worship our ancestors first, and then we can confer the title of emperor in a few years."

Old Zhu nodded and said, "Don't let the fourth and fifth brothers go to Jiangnan, and don't let them become the king of the frontier. It's not good to be too far away, and it's not good to be too close. As for the three of the Lu family, we can't let them get too close or have any contact with each other."

Zhu Yunhuan understood it in his heart, but he still said, "The fifth one is fine, he is still young. But I know what the fourth one said, I can't let my brothers suffer, right?"

Old Zhu didn't say anything more. There were some things he couldn't control in the future because his grandson was too opinionated.

"I plan to set up a military academy. People like Feng Sheng and Fu Youde will be sent to the academy in the future." Zhu Yunhuan said directly, "Not only will they help lead the troops, but they will also teach the children of nobles. In the future, I will also be in charge of the Five Military Commandery, the military academy, and some officers of the garrisons."

Old Zhu coughed and said, "We have set up a medical school."

This is not self-boasting. Zhu Yuanzhang was quite concerned about the education of the children of the military households in the garrisons, so there were garrison schools.

Li Dongyang, the chief minister of the cabinet who fought against Liu Jin, was born in a military household. In fact, the Confucian scholars were not as good as the children of military households, artisan households, salt households, etc. However, many of these people also took the imperial examinations, so they were also considered "scholars" and regarded themselves as Confucian children.

Not to mention some of the current public schools in the Ming Dynasty, the county schools in various prefectures, etc., the quality of education in the military schools in the military garrisons is also quite high.

"I know, just like scholars have the Imperial Academy, the Imperial Academy should also have a military academy." Zhu Yunhuan said, "There was a military examination during the Wu Zhou period, and it was perfected during the Song Dynasty with an external examination of martial arts and an internal examination of strategy and military books. The same should be done in the Ming Dynasty, with strategy first and martial arts second."

Old Zhu laughed immediately, "We have previously set rules for nobles to inherit titles and military households to inherit their fathers and brothers' positions, and you want to intervene?" Zhu Yunhuan also said immediately, "That's right, we should always make up for the shortcomings and continuously improve them. Although this is not the most perfect, it should be so. I also think that in Wuyuan, it is not just this, cannons, short guns, these military equipment manufacturing should also be included in it, someone needs to study it!"

Old Zhu said, "Don't we have the Gunpowder Bureau, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Works?"

"Only soldiers can know which weapons are useful and what they should have on the battlefield." Zhu Yunhuan said, "It wouldn't be a bad thing if we reduce their authority."

Old Zhu always felt that his grandson must be up to no good, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that those suggestions were not a bad thing.

After thinking about it carefully, Lao Zhu said, "Take care of the Wuyuan matter first, and put aside the Wuju matter for now."

Seeing that Zhu Yunhuan wanted to refute, Old Zhu explained, "Just do one thing well first. Wuyuan is different after all. It can be abolished at any time. Wuju is different. It can be customized."

After hearing what Old Zhu said, Zhu Yunhuan did not object, so it would be better to be cautious now.

Old Zhu then said, "The Wuyuan has made a fuss, so you can hold the Wuju again. If it really fails, it has nothing to do with you, the crown prince. It is the will of our emperor, but we are too stupid in our old age."

Zhu Yunhuan didn't know what to say, so he just accepted this reason.

Old Zhu said earnestly, "There are some things we can see in the past two years, and we can check them for you. There are some things we can't see, and you still have to sort them out slowly in the future."

Zhu Yunhuan also nodded and said, "I know this too. I don't plan to do everything in one go. I'll just take it slow and do some things down to earth."

Old Zhu was naturally very satisfied that Zhu Yunhuan had such an idea.

What he was most worried about was that Zhu Yunhuan had too many ideas and would act rashly. But thinking about his grandson's personality, he realized that he was definitely not the type to act rashly. In fact, he was too calm about some things, which was not what a teenager of his age should be like.

Now that he has Old Zhu as his backer, Zhu Yunhuan naturally doesn't need to be at the forefront of everything himself.

Old Zhu can now help Zhu Yunhuan. With the supervision of this founding emperor, it will be easier for him to do some seemingly difficult things smoothly.

While Old Zhu and Zhu Yunhuan were discussing some things, Wulin King Zhu Yunwen was worried, as he was about to return to Yingtian Prefecture. He was finally going to see the city where he was born and the city where he failed.

Since he was enfeoffed in Hangzhou, Zhu Yunwen would occasionally come back, not only to pay homage to the emperor, but also to celebrate the death anniversary of the late crown prince.

But if allowed, he absolutely did not want to come back, because he would not return home in glory, but would just feel more lost.

Last year, he was secretly happy, thinking that the man was badly bullied by the civil servants. However, after hearing some things at the beginning of this year, Zhu Yunwen, who was already relatively obedient, became even more honest and obedient.

This time he came back on the anniversary of the death of the late crown prince, but Zhu Yunwen was really afraid of being tormented.

Zhu Yunhuan had just returned to the Eastern Palace when Zhu Yourong said, "I just came over to pass on a message saying that Yunwen will be back in Beijing in the next two days and wants to see him."

Zhu Yunhuan was speechless. "How can I not allow them to meet? I can't do such an inhumane thing. Let them meet. Otherwise Yunwen will worry that I will treat his mother harshly, and Lu will worry that Yunwen will lose his arms and legs."

Zhu Youling could not keep it to himself and said, "Then I will arrange for someone to follow them so that they won't speak inappropriately."

Zhu Yunhuan looked at his second sister and didn't know what to say for a long time.

My two elder sisters have improved and are no longer naive. But it is not that they are scheming now. It is very difficult for them to change the habits they have developed since childhood.

Zhu Yourong also said, "Send a few people over there, don't make it too ugly."

Zhu Yunxun could only say, "Big sister, second sister, just take care of the arrangements. You can definitely handle these things."

Zhu Yourong and Zhu Youling were even happier, as they thought so too.

Zhu Yunhuan returned to the study and started to get busy. This grandson of the emperor had a good position, with the emperor protecting him. He also had a brother who was the wise king of the Ming Dynasty and worked hard for the country.

He picked up the pen and started writing, deliberately making a few mistakes and crossing them out.

Yunwen will surely be even more worried when he sees these tomorrow. With his personality, he will surely not be able to resist making a report. Even if it means offending others, he will not hesitate, because he is the wise king of the Ming Dynasty!

(End of this chapter)