My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 204 Canonization

  Zhu Di said: "Since the credit has been said, the credit is here. I summoned you to come here for one thing...that is how to reward. Everyone can speak freely as usual, and there is no need to shy away from it."

   After Zhu Di returned to the imperial case, he sat down and drank tea leisurely with a calm look.

  Zhu Gaosui climbed up with his wounds, and sat obediently on the brocade pier, not daring to show his anger.

   At this time, everyone was a little confused.

  The main reason is that His Majesty said that if the merit is high, the merit is high, but what does it mean that the merit is higher than Huo Qubing?

  Combined with His Majesty's subsequent violent beating of Zhu Gaosui, it is obvious that this was not an impulsive and reckless move, but a deliberate one.

  Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhu Di began to roll the roll: "Xie Qing's family, you go first."

  Xie Jindao: "For such a great achievement, of course there must be a reward that matches it. If not, how can you convince the public? I think... you should make a memorial, reward money and food... the mansion... to show your merit."

  After hearing this, Zhu Di smiled coldly and said, "You are really stingy!"

   Xie Jin said: "This minister has a shallow view."

  Zhu Di ignored him, looked at Wei Guogong and said, "Xu Qing's family, let's talk about it."

  Xu Huizu was thinking about Zhang Anshi at this time, when Zhu Di suddenly asked him, which caught him off guard, and he subconsciously said: "Zhang Anshi is not too young..."

  Zhu Di glared at Xu Huizu. At this moment, he felt that Xu Huizu really had no structure.

  Seeing that everyone was not very enlightened, Zhu Di stood up, put his hands behind his back, walked for two steps, and said: "The merit of saving the car, plus the military merit, I have thought about it... you might as well canonize him as a prince..."

  As soon as this remark came out, the whole hall was shocked.

  Many people here grew up in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. Even the younger ones like Xie Jin have read the classics and history well. How can they not be clear about the word Shihou?

  Those princes are considered to be separate parties. In fact, in the chaos of the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, these princes brought a lot of disasters to the people.

After Emperor Taizu Gao established the Ming Dynasty, he guarded against the passing of time. Although he also entrusted the clansmen, in fact, the power that the vassal king can exercise in his vassal land is far worse than that of the prince. .

  Because the Marquis can appoint officials on his own, decide the amount of taxes, establish his own criminal laws, and recruit his own soldiers!

   Apart from paying a tax to the imperial court every year as promised, or when the imperial court uses troops, they bring their own soldiers and horses with the army, and there are almost no other obligations.

   Xie Jin was the first to stand up and say: "Your Majesty, no... If so..."

  Seeing Zhu Di's cold face, Xie Jin thought of his son, so he swallowed the words back into his stomach.

Yang Rong and Hu Guang looked at each other, and Yang Rong also knew that it would be impossible for him not to stand up and oppose, so he said: "Your Majesty, I think...it must not be like this. If Your Majesty loves An Nanhou, he must not make such a bad move. For those who are tall, rewards must be restrained, if there is no restraint, it will inevitably nourish arrogance, which is very detrimental to Zhang Anshi."

  "As for Shihou...it was the evil government of the former Yuan Dynasty, and I, Ming Dynasty, managed to rectify the source..."

  Zhu Di pressed his hand, smiled and said: "The Yang Qing family's words have some truth, but... I want everyone to speak freely, and you don't have to speak alone. Qiu Qing family, what do you think?"

  Qiu Fu just heard the word Shihou, but his mind was different.

You know, the one who can make meritorious service and become a prince must be a military minister. He is now considered an extremely human minister and has become a prince of the state. It's just a part of the salary from the imperial court!

  As for their descendants, if they are promising and gain the trust of the future emperors, or they can be reused, if the future emperors don’t like it, they will probably be nothing more than a noble idler for the rest of their lives.

   But Shihou is completely different, this is the real family business of many generations, Zhang Anshi started this, and in the future, Qiu Fu will work hard, and it is impossible to guarantee that he will not be able to earn a family in the future.

  Ten thousand steps back, even if he has no chance, but his children and grandchildren will be blessed with children and grandchildren. In the future, nine times out of ten, they will still serve in the Ming Army. Who says there is no chance?

It's just...he thought about it, but he was afraid that he would appear greedy in front of His Majesty, so he said cautiously: "I think... there is indeed something wrong, but since Your Majesty opened his mouth, it is obvious that His Majesty has a reason. I am a vulgar person. I don't know anything about this..."

  Zhu Di smiled, turned his gaze, and asked Zhu Neng.

  Zhu Neng's brain has already started to run fast. His son, Qiu Song, and Zhang Fu, of course, this time is not the first achievement.

  My son... stupid is a bit stupid, but he is willing to contribute. He is still young, and in the future...

  Of course, I want to think so, but I can't say it directly.

  So Zhu Neng said: "I don't understand anything, I know that what your majesty said is right, who dares to say wrong, hehe..."

  Zhu Di stroked the case and said: "It seems...you have your own thoughts, very good...Jin Zhong, Jin Qing's family, you are the Minister of the Ministry of War, what's your opinion?"

  Jin Zhong only said: "The minister seconded the proposal."

  He is crisp and neat, without any tricks at all.

  Zhu Di finally looked at Xie Jin and the three of them: "It seems that everyone has no objection to this. I see...Wenyuan Pavilion should draft an edict, canonize Zhang Anshi as the Marquis, with ten thousand households, and the fiefdom should be in Annan Shunhua Mansion."

  There was an unquestionable tone in his words.

  Xie Jin and others... It is known that the end is done.

  The place of Hue Prefecture can be regarded as the central part of Annan, just in the middle of the narrow strip of Annan, just like the middle section of a pole, connecting the north and south of Annan.

  In fact, most of the civil and military ministers did not know where this place was, but Zhu Di knew Annan very well.

  This place is an important military town where Annan travels from south to north, and it can also be used as a large seaport. It was granted to Zhang Anshi...in order to strengthen the control of Annan.

  When Hue was originally in Annan, two states were set up, one was Shunzhou and the other was Huazhou. After Annan was under the jurisdiction of the Governor-General, the two were merged into one and became Hue Prefecture.

What Zhu Di didn't know was that because of its superior geographical location, Hue became the capital city of Annan, Quang Nam Nguyen, Tay Son and Nguyen dynasties in history, and it lasted for several years. century.

  At this time, Zhu Di went on to say: "After drawing up the edict, the edict will be ordered to teach the world to everyone in the world."

   Hearing that this food town is Annan, Xie Jin and the others let out a sigh of relief.

   I was so scared to death, I thought I was going to harm the northern and southern Zhili and eighteen provinces!

  At the moment...everyone obeyed their orders honestly.

  ...

  The next day, the decree was delivered to Qixia.

   Zhang Anshi got the will, but he didn't expect to have an extra hereditary territory.

  Zhang Anshi suddenly regained his spirits, and was very polite to the **** who came to deliver the decree, and generously asked the **** to take the silver and rewarded the eunuch.

   After that, she couldn't hide her good mood anymore, and her face was beaming with joy.

  It’s good to have a territory. If you have a territory, you can really do social experiments there.

Although it is a bit far away, in fact...if the sea transportation is vigorously developed in the future, Hue is a natural Palembang, and the Songjiang Estuary...if there are enough sea ships to and from it, it will only take a month or two to arrive and go. .

   You know, Zheng He's fleet has special fast boats, and when the wind is down, the speed can reach a terrifying forty kilometers per hour!

  Of course, this is a typical three-second real man. When encountering headwinds or other situations, his speed is still limited, and he belongs to the sprinter type.

   Even so, the ship can reach Hue in half a month, which is definitely fast.

The biggest advantage of sea transportation is not necessarily the speed, but the heavy load. On land, the transportation of tens of thousands of kilograms of goods not only consumes amazingly, but also is extremely slow, but at sea, it does not cost any money. effort.

   Anyway, earned.

   After hearing the news, everyone came to congratulate.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's nothing, it's just ten thousand households in the city, and one household has six or seven people, but it's only fifty or sixty thousand...In my Daming, it's only the population of a middle county. En Haodang, I, Zhang Anshi... am so grateful."

  Zhu Yong said with admiration on his face: "Brother is amazing, and other people don't have the ability of big brother."

  Zhang Anshi said: "I want to give thanks immediately. Such a great kindness is really sweet and rainy, infiltrating my heart. Great kindness and great virtue... even if it is a thousand words, it is difficult to repay it. Someone... Take a pen and ink..."

   "That's all..." Zhang Anshi waved his hand and said, "Don't use ink, just take a pen, I want to write a blood book."

  Zhu Jin stood aside, dumbfounded, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Shihou... No wonder, no wonder... It really is worthy of being the Marquis.

  As Zhang Anshi said, he wanted to bite his own finger. He had learned this trick on TV, but after a few bites, he couldn't bite, so he frowned.

  Looking up, I saw everyone looking at him happily, as if expecting something.

  So Zhang Anshi turned his gaze and landed on a person, saying: "Second brother, come closer and lend me some blood."

   "Ah...this..." The smile on Zhu Yong's face disappeared.

  Zhang Anshi said: "My brother, I am afraid of pain, so I can lend you a small bowl."

   "Oh, oh." Zhu Yong didn't say anything, and began to bite his fingers.

  Zhang Anshi said: "Wait a minute, disinfect first...don't get the wound infected...Brother loves you so much."

   After finishing speaking, someone fetched strong wine and smeared it on Zhu Yong. Then Zhu Yong bit his finger and squeezed out a small bowl of blood in a daze.

   Zhang Anshi took advantage of the fact that the blood had not yet solidified, splashed it with a brush, and wrote a memorial obliquely, and then stopped writing.

  Zhang Anshi said with emotion: "I recommend Xuanyuan with the blood of my second brother. The kindness of knowing you is really hard to repay."

   After finishing the memorial, Zhang Anshi hurriedly went to bandage Zhu Yong.

  Zhu Yong grinned with a foolish face and said, "Brother, it's okay, I'm used to it."

   "I know you are used to it, but you still have to be careful, otherwise you will get tetanus, and Uncle Shi will definitely chop me into meat sauce."

   Disinfected carefully, and bandaged Zhu Yong's fingers like Tianzhu Asan, so he was relieved.

  Zhang Fu looked enviously from the sidelines and said: "Brother, in fact, I can do it too."

  Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Save it for next time, let's not waste everything, don't worry."

Zhang Anshi immediately said to Zhu Jin who was dumbfounded: "From now on, you have to do one thing...that is to recruit people and go to Hue! Scholars...monks...artisan households...in short, as many as you want, and take a look at where there is a catastrophe. Wherever there is a disaster, let me go to the disaster-stricken place. Those people who are disaster-stricken are pitiful. I want to give them a bite to eat and send them to Hue. The money... does not need to be paid by the business, it will be taken from the account of my Zhang family. Talent is everything If I want to eat 10,000 households, I must have at least a few thousand people of all kinds."

  Zhu Jin withdrew his mind, and quickly responded: "This is easy to handle, Fujian, western Zhejiang, and northern Guangdong...as long as they are willing to stutter, they are willing to go to sea."

Zhang Anshi nodded and said: "Go ahead, we will open a route to Hue in the future, and we must ensure... there are ships going back and forth every day... that's about it. I will write a book and explain to my fifth brother about other things. He is in Annan, For some things, it is more convenient for him to come forward."

   Immediately afterwards, Zhang Anshi took Xie En's memorial to the palace.

  When Zhang Anshi entered the palace, Zhu Di was in Wulou and summoned Yao Guangxiao and Jin Zhong to discuss important matters.

  These two are Zhu Di's most important confidantes, Yao Guangxiao is the adviser, and Jin Zhong's military department is also the department that Zhu Di cares most about.

  Hearing that Zhang Anshi was coming, Zhu Di glanced at Yao Guangxiao and Jin Zhong, and said to Yishi: "Call in."

  In fact, Zhu Di had already expected that Zhang Anshi would enter the palace to thank him at this time, so he was not surprised.

  Waiting for Zhang Anshi to come in, he said: "Your Majesty... I am grateful for the rain and dew of Your Majesty..."

   Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Di waved his hand and said, "You don't need to be too polite, what about Xie En's memorial?"

  Zhang An Shi let Ha Jin go.

  Zhu Di opened the memorabilia, and immediately felt a **** smell, and was dumbfounded for a moment: "You taught your brother to steal other people's chickens again?"

  Zhang Anshi said solemnly: "This blood book is human blood."

  Zhu Di immediately said: "Where's your wound?"

  Zhang Anshi: "..."

  He really wanted to ask, Your Majesty, is the wound the point?

  Zhu Di glared at him at this time, and said: "Fucking, always playing these silly tricks..."

  Although it was cursing, Zhu Di was very satisfied with it. Although he knew that this guy was afraid of pain and death, he still showed his loyalty anyway. It's good to have such a heart.

  Sometimes, your boss may have known about your weaknesses long ago, but they don’t expect you to do anything, they just want you to have an attitude.

Zhang Anshi said: "I originally wanted to use my own blood, but my younger brother Zhu Yong tried to stop me, saying that my health is not good, and I will lose my vitality. Now Neiqianhusuo and Qixia are separated." If you don't dismiss the minister, for the sake of the country's great plan, the minister Zhu Yong will be decisive..."

  Zhu Direnqi said with emotion: "This child Zhu Yong..."

  Shaking his head, he didn't know for a moment whether he was talking about that boy, or foresight, and tied him tightly with Zhang Anshi.

  Yao Guangxiao looked at Zhang Anshi with a smile, and said to Zhang Anshi with a smile, "Congratulations to Marquis Annan."

  Jin Zhong also said: "Congratulations, congratulations, Marquis Annan set a precedent for me in the Ming Dynasty."

  Zhang Anshi quickly put on a modest look and said, "Don't dare."

  Zhu Di said: "Sit down, I and the two Qing family are discussing matters, and you happened to be discussed."

  Zhang Anshi leaned over and sat on a brocade pier, but at this moment, he obviously had no right to speak.

  But Zhu Di said: "The Jin Qing family did not object to my appointment as Marquis yesterday, which surprised me."

  Jin Zhong smiled and said: "If it was last year, if His Majesty wanted to be crowned Marquis, I would definitely oppose it with all my strength."

  He paused and said again: "But today is not the same as before. Your Majesty has far-sighted considerations. When you suddenly mentioned the Marquis, the subject already knew... Your Majesty's move has a profound meaning. Is there any reason to object?"

  Zhu Di smiled, pointed at Zhang Anshi and said, "Zhang Anshi, you have to listen carefully, this Jin Qing family...is well-informed."

  Zhang Anshi nodded modestly.

  Zhu Di looked at Jin Zhong again, and continued: "Jin Qing's family, there are no outsiders here, so you have nothing to say."

  Jin Zhongdao: "People say that the emperor is the Ninth Five-Year King, but is it really so?"

  This old guy... Zhang Anshi thought to himself, if he really opened his mouth, his words would be so shocking that he would keep dying!

   But Zhu Di obviously liked this tune, and was actually happy.

Jin Zhongdao: "Actually, there is no such thing in the world. This is to deceive ordinary and stupid people. Throughout the dynasties and dynasties, for so many years, no matter whether the sage Confucius came to the world or not, the so-called emperor... is simply in line with the wishes of the majority of people in the world. .”

"When a catastrophe strikes, the people are lonely and homeless. At this time, the emperor needs to order relief. The soldiers fought **** battles, and their families had parents, wives and children to support them. Naturally, they also needed the emperor's rewards so that they could stand out and allocate money and food. For them to support their parents, raise their wives and children. Scholars have learned the Four Books and Five Classics, and want to be officials, but also count on the emperor to open Enke, to give them a step up, so that they can teach them how to leap a dragon's gate. Those ordinary people hope to have a stable life , not that everyone in the world is called king, everyone is emperor, there are chaos everywhere, and there are countless bandits, so... I hope that the world will be settled in one statue, it is nothing more than... the vast majority of people in the world hope to live in peace."

Although the person in front of him is the emperor, Jin Zhong said bluntly in front of Zhu Di: "Because of this, I look at the dynasties and dynasties, as long as the emperor can satisfy the wishes of many people, the vast majority of people can obtain benefits from the emperor." , then this must be a peaceful world, and the position of the emperor is as stable as Mount Tai."

"However, if the emperor violates the wishes of the majority of people in the world, he will be denounced as evil and tyrannical. The will will be passed on, but no one is willing to implement it, and it will eventually become a dead letter. Over time, the people of the world will be disappointed, and the emperor will truly become a I am a lonely family, but I am trapped in the palace, and I want to be king and hegemony in the cave, and soon, it will be time for disasters."

"Because of this, the first thing any emperor needs to do... is to be able to gather the wishes of the people of the world, but what is this will? The people in Zheng He's fleet hope that their hard work can be compensated. The soldiers who entered Annan , I hope that my defense will be rewarded as it should be. Those who have made contributions hope to give their descendants a little more protection. These years, there have been frequent disasters, and the people also hope... At that time, the imperial court took firm measures to keep them alive."

After a pause, he continued: "Your Majesty conquered Annan and got a lot of money and food through Annan. Now that I want to come, if I want to avoid a catastrophe and let the warriors advance, I must conquer Annan. Alleviate the taxation and land pressure of the people of the world. How difficult it is to conquer the outside world, the most difficult thing... is how to make countless soldiers willing to leave their homes and die in foreign lands. Thinking about it, this is also the original intention of His Majesty, Marquis, Canonize Zhang Anshi as Marquis today, then if His Majesty makes a conquest order, thousands of soldiers will surely respond, and everyone is gearing up to take the lead."

   "After all, what my Ming Dynasty lacks is neither manpower nor food and wages. What is lacking the most is precisely the hearts of thousands of people who see the world as a tiger. Only by making meritorious deeds and entrusting them to the lords can they motivate the people and teach them to make achievements."

"Marquis Annan, just like Shang Yang's tree for faith, it's just the tree that was set up. With this tree, people can be convinced, and those who have won military merits can also receive the miraculous effect of Shang Yang's reform. Minister It is the Secretary of the Ministry of War, what is considered is the intention of the soldiers towards His Majesty, but it is just some superficial views, maybe His Majesty has other considerations, if there is anything wrong with what he said, please forgive me."

  Zhang Anshi listened carefully, but couldn't help but said in his heart, am I a log?

After hearing this, Zhu Di laughed heartily and said, "Jin Qing knows my intentions very well, yes, now it seems...if you don't change the law, how can you achieve this achievement? These thoughts have long been in my heart, and this time it just happened. Every time Zhang Anshi made a great contribution, he just took advantage of it to implement it!"

   As he spoke, he looked at Yao Guangxiao and said, "Where is Master Yao, what do you think about this?"

  Yao Guangxiao said: "Amitabha, goodness, goodness, your majesty...what I am thinking of is just to promote Buddhism, what Jin Gong said...couldn't be more detailed."

  The meaning of these words is self-evident!

  Seeing the three talking freely, it was very joyful.

  Zhang Anshi held back for a long time, and suddenly said: "I don't think this is enough."

   Zhu Di, Jin Zhong, and Yao Guangxiao heard this, and all looked at Zhang Anshi in unison.

  Zhu Di said with a half smile but not a smile: "That Zhang Qing will also talk about it."

  Zhang An Shidao: "Standing up as a trustworthy tree is indeed very clever. I also took this opportunity to receive such a great kindness from His Majesty... I am so grateful..."

  Zhu Di waved his hand, stared at him and said, "Pick up the important ones."

Zhang Anshi was so helpless, he could only save the hundred words he had prepared in his heart, and said: "But in the eyes of the people in the world, your majesty is just a temporary idea, and it's just your majesty's favorite minister, which is why he broke the rules of Emperor Taizu Gao. Let me see... If you want people to know His Majesty's intentions, Your Majesty should make a covenant with the vassals, marquises, and merchants, and swear an oath in front of the Xiaoling Mausoleum. And promulgate the covenant law to announce to the world, who can be the prince, who can be the prince, and the uncle. In the food town, what power can be exercised by the vassal king, the prince, and the uncle, what agreement should be obeyed, and what responsibilities should be fulfilled. What kind of obligation, in this way, can teach the people of the world to be sincerely convinced."

   After a pause, Zhang Anshi said again: "This is actually like the imperial examination. Only when the norms are clarified can people be inspired. If not, countless people have died in the past dynasties. Who would take these seriously."

   Zhu Di listened, his expression gradually became serious, and at the same time he fell into deep thought.

  Jin Zhong was already very bold in speaking.

  Who knew that Zhang Anshi was more daring, and actually wanted the emperor to make a contract with him.

  Yao Guangxiao said: "Your Majesty, I think what Zhang Anshi said is quite reasonable."

  Zhu Di hummed, but frowned lightly and said: "It's the truth, it's just... this has already violated the ancestral system of Emperor Taizu Gao. If everyone pays close attention to it and makes an agreement with him, I'm afraid... people in the world will criticize it."

  Jin Zhongdao: "Emperor Taizu Gao didn't forbid, neither forbid, but yes."

  Zhu Di paused for a moment, and then said: "What Qing and others said makes sense...Since that's the case...Master Yao came to organize this matter, and my intentions are all over the world. Even if it violates the will of the emperor, it is okay."

  Zhang Anshi was very happy in his heart. What he said was not just for his own benefit, but since Zhu Di obviously had the intention to change the national policy, then...the last nail must be nailed into this coffin!

  If not...his unworthy descendants of future generations...such as his brother-in-law, and his careless nephew...what if they suddenly turn their backs?

   Once in the car, no one would even think about getting out of the car. The door of the car was welded shut. Everyone hugged each other and walked all the way to the dark. Whoever coaxed was the grandson.

Zhu Di immediately looked at Zhang Anshi and said, "Jinyiwei has followed the list, searched for clues, and arrested a large number of rebels. Neiqianhusuo... also has to step up. In addition... there is Zhang Xingyuan's wealth... I have also ordered people to I went to pick it up, but... Neiqianhusuo also needs to send some people to go, I don’t worry if there are no people from Neiqianhusuo to watch over, I’m afraid that those people will fill their pockets.”

  Zhang An Shidao: "The minister also expected it, so Chen Qianhu has been asked to select some reliable people, who are ready to leave at any time."

  Zhu Di rejoiced and said: "In a few days, I will wipe out all these rebels. Didn't you say that the criminals will be executed?"

Zhang Anshi said: "Yes, I have already started preparations. I am thinking that the place where criminals are executed should be in an open place. How about outside the Meridian Gate? The Meridian Gate is open and can accommodate many people. They have nothing to do on weekdays, so it’s good to show them the excitement, or take advantage of this to frighten the little ones.”

  Zhu Di was in a good mood at this time, and immediately said: "I agree, you don't need to report such small things to me, just let me know and you will lose."

  Zhang An Shidao: "Your Majesty knows people well..."

  Zhu Di interrupted him: "Keep on boasting, I'm going to become a genius! Okay, okay, that Zhang Xingyuan and others... It's time for them to **** power."

   Saying that, Yao Guangxiao and the three bid farewell to Zhu Di.

   and the other three left the Wulou together.

  Yao Guangxiao looked at Zhang Anshi happily and said: "Marquis Annan, you said... people can burn relics as big as Cuju, can this relic as big as Cuju be burned into seven colors?"

  Zhang Anshi said boldly: "Not to mention the color, even if it is as transparent as a mirror, it can be burned. It depends on what style Master Yao likes."

  Yao Guangxiao was greatly shocked, and immediately said: "Can you burn others first, the poor monk will see the effect first."

  (end of this chapter)