First Prince of Ming Dynasty - Chapter 787

  Chapter 787 The eldest son

  In the early morning of the next day, after Zhu Biao put on his court uniform and crown, he went to the court. He talked with the main officials of the Ministry of Zhongshu and the six ministries in front of Fengtian Gate for a while, and made some supplementary arrangements for the upcoming decree.

  Then it is to talk to the civil servants and military generals who came to say hello. After leaving Beijing for several months, let them express their thoughts no matter what. This is also a necessary form to stabilize people’s hearts.

  Father-in-law Chang Yuchun and mentor Song Lian who are closest to me are not included in today’s morning court. One of them is permanently stationed in the Beijing camp, and the other is always in the Imperial College.

   Sending away the two censors, Zhu Biao is inevitably a little annoyed. Being asked about the fire in the backyard this morning is not something that can make people feel comfortable.

  But as the crown prince, there are almost no personal matters, not to mention the issue of the lifeline of the clan, such as offspring, that is, the Zhu family has no emperor uncle who is in charge of the Zongzhengyuan, otherwise there will be one more to ask.

  After a while, the Fengtian Gate opened, civil and military soldiers entered separately, whips and drums were beating urgently, and more than a thousand Han generals, red helmet generals, and Mingjia generals stood with halberds, solemnly guarding Fengtian Hall.

  There was no special situation in the early dynasty, but the censor came forward to impeach Wu Fang, the father of the Wu family, the commander of the Taiyuan Guards, the commander of the upper guard army, and Lao Zhu naturally took advantage of the situation to convict him, and he only waited for him to be sent to punish him.

  The rest are some normal government affairs, at most because of some disputes about money and food. Fortunately, Zhu Biao took the initiative to let go, and the coastal official shipyard temporarily stopped shipbuilding.

  The vacancy of this part of the money and food can be regarded as relieving part of the pressure. This is also something that can’t be helped. A project that has only been spent but has not seen any returns is naturally not very popular.

   It’s not that the civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty had no vision, it’s just that the difficulties in front of them are too difficult to overcome. As the saying goes, people are poor and short-sighted, that’s all.

   Instead, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites suddenly came out and said: “My lord, the envoys of the Hongji assassination department have been waiting for a long time at Honglu Temple. Now that His Highness has returned to Beijing, can we start making arrangements?”

   Zhu Biao, who was standing on the imperial steps, remembered that before he left Beijing, he had arranged for someone to contact the Hongji tribe, and wanted to welcome the daughters of the grassland descendants, so as to appease the Mongolian tribes who had surrendered to Ming Dynasty.

Over the past few years, the kings of Tatars have petitioned countless times to send their daughters to the emperor’s harem or the prince’s east palace for the sake of marriage. Tatars are a whole, but everyone inevitably has their own plans in their hearts. I want to use my own daughter as a representative.

  As for their father and son, they were not willing to have too many Mongolian concubines in the palace, so Zhu Biao thought of the Hongji tribe. Marrying one is equivalent to becoming a brother-in-law with all the Tatar kings, which is more fair.

  Part of the reason is to fight against Ye Sudieer. The Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties are only a hundred years old. The Hongji assassination department produced 18 queens of the Yuan Dynasty, 16 concubines, and in-laws all over the grasslands.

  Yesadier married a noble daughter of the Wara tribe in order to seize the Khan throne, and the Hongji tribe was persecuted because of this, and now he intends to submit to the protection of Ming Dynasty.

  Zhu Yuanzhang on the dragon chair looked sideways at his son, and seeing that he didn’t react at all, he responded, “We welcome the daughter of the Hongji assassination department with the ceremony of welcoming the crown prince Liangdi.”

   “No.”

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  Zhu Biao in the Jinshen Palace read Naha’s letter over and over and said with a smile: “Father is venting his anger now. If the officials in Liaodong are ready, let’s start to comfort them with kindness.”

   “Yunnan and Liaodong have all been recovered. Unless Ye Suidier goes crazy, it’s best not to use troops for a few years.”

   “We have sent Han Yike and Wu Bozong to Liaodong a few days ago.” Zhu Yuanzhang put down the memorial in his hand and said, “You don’t care about Korea?

   “If there is still a need to transfer troops from my Ming Dynasty, wouldn’t the minister there have wasted these years of work in vain?”

  If his son said so, there must be no mistakes. Zhu Yuanzhang is quite satisfied.

   “That’s good. Since the founding of the country, it has been said that it is necessary to recuperate, but in the past few years, it has not been short of troops on all sides. From the courtiers to the Li people, they are all exhausted.”

After talking for a while, the father and son began to review the memorial. In Zhu Biao’s hand, it was played by Xi’an Wei. Therefore, Lu Yong’s Ministry of Political Affairs and Baodu has 20 generals, 100 soldiers, 1,000 households, and 314 horses. , forty cows, and fifty camels came down.

There have been countless such examples since the founding of the country. The so-called transition from frugality to extravagance is easy, but from extravagance to frugality is difficult. When the Yuan Dynasty first retreated, the Ming Dynasty launched a brutal offensive. Many officials and generals who had lost contact with the center of the Yuan Dynasty fled everywhere .

   One or two years of hiding can’t be hidden for three or five years, not to mention the food, drink and chewing supplies for thousands of people are not so easy to provide, nothing compares to the life in the Central Plains.

  Therefore, no matter those who fled to the northwest or those who fled back to the grassland, there will always be those who led the trilogy to return for various reasons. Daming also had a set of countermeasures.

As early as in the “Fengtian Discussing the Yuan and the Northern Expedition”, it was clearly mentioned that although Mongolia and Semu are not of the Chinese race, they were born in the same world, and those who know the etiquette and righteousness and are willing to be subjects have nothing to do with the people of Zhongxia. different.

  According to the current rules, when Mongolian Semu people come to surrender, they are all my sons. If they are talented, they will be promoted as a whole.

  It must be to change the name and change the customs, ban Hu and Hu language, unmarried, men marry Han women, women marry Han, must be consensual, do not allow the same class to marry each other, offenders will be eighty sticks, men and women will become officials and slaves.

Zhu Biao replied, “For those who come and go, please be kind to them; those who want to live, choose a good place to live in, so that they can raise their livestock; those who want to come to Beijing, they will be sent by kind people, and they will not lose their homes. Summon Lu Yong to Beijing for reward.”

  The Ministry of Households said that the capital of Datong, Shanxi, has 2,649 hectares of farmland, and the annual harvest of millet beans is 99,240 stones.

  Zhu Biao replied that “the soldiers and soldiers in Datong are bitter and cold, and the monthly rations should be excellent and should not be reduced. When the next year is ripe, it will be reduced according to the law.”

  The Ministry of War reported that Guizhou Manping Zhu Pingxie and other 14 villages rebelled, and ordered Guizhou Wei Commander Zhang Dai to lead his troops to suppress them.

   “Read.”

  Qin Tianjian reported that there were blue and red stars in the night, traveling northeast from Tengshe to Kuisumi.

   According to the report of Zhongshu Province, Jiaohe County, Xianzhou, Hejian Prefecture, Beiping, suffered from drought this year and did not harvest millet and wheat. The people were hungry and displaced 1,73 households, and more than 330 hectares of land were abandoned. So far, there is no tax collection.

  Zhu Biao replied, “Order the local government to gather the people, exempt them from rent and tax, dig wells and drain water with labor relief, in case there are natural disasters in the next year, and if there is insufficient money and food, it will be reported to open warehouses to get food.”

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: “It’s time for your grandparents’ memorial service again. We want to go in person, but it’s hard to leave government affairs. You have just returned to Beijing, so it’s not easy to move again. Hey, you are respected as the emperor and rich in the world, and you want to pay your respects.” Filial piety cannot be obtained for a day’s service.”

  Zhu Biao got up and replied: “Father is worried that the officials who sacrificed will not be able to do their best. Fengyang is not far away, and my son is willing to go there.”

  Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head. The crown prince was sent out as soon as he came back. This will inevitably make the minds of the subordinates fluctuate. This is what he does not want to see.

   “Then let the younger brothers go. The second child is the elder of the kings. Now that he is about to get married, he should tell his grandparents that the Zhu family’s lineage is about to branch off again.”

   “We don’t worry about the second one.” Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, “Let the third, fifth and sixth follow along.”

“Decree, my ancestor died far away, and my parents died early one after another. Every time I think of the kindness of labor and Ju Yu, I can only feel pain. The feeling of mourning is so great that the current Fengyang Mausoleum is the special prince Jin Wang Chu Wang Wang Wang and so on Bow and pay homage, to act on my behalf, Confucius said that death should be regarded as life, and death should be regarded as life, so respect him!”

Immediately, some eunuchs bowed to accept the order, and then hurriedly went to deliver the decree, so Zhu Yuanzhang felt much better, and said to Zhu Biao: “Huai Dewei Ning, the eldest son Weicheng, you are the eldest son of our family, for some reason you cannot When you go, you should also write the sacrificial text yourself, and order your younger brother to burn it as a sacrifice to the ancestor.”

   “No.”

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  (end of this chapter)