1022 The Sorrow of Chongzhen's Son
This seemed a little wrong. Emperor Chongzhen was a little curious and asked her, "What's wrong?"
Empress Zhou can be said to be a rare virtuous and kind queen, a traditional good queen. But at this moment, she was abnormal and did not answer. She just gave the emperor a rare glance, closed her eyes and did not speak.
When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he was a little confused. When he looked carefully, he seemed to be full of anger and grievance in his heart, and his beautiful eyebrows were frowning. But if you have something to say, what if you close your eyes and let me guess?
Thinking of this, he suddenly woke up again and logged into the chat group.
Sure enough, as soon as I entered the chat group, I saw Queen Zhou sending a private chat. It turned out that she was coming to talk in the chat group. This was a good approach. At least the palace maids and eunuchs didn't know that the couple had conflicts.
However, since I pulled her into the chat group when I went south last time in the cover, I have never seen her say anything other than official business in the chat group. Is this an exception?
Emperor Chongzhen thought so, so he clicked on a private chat and looked: "I heard that His Majesty had an order in Wenhua Hall a few days ago. When His Majesty personally led the army to fight, there would be no surveillance?"
He couldn't help but laugh when he saw this. It turned out that it was because of this. Emperor Chongzhen immediately understood the reason and replied: "Yes, I have this chat group system, do I still need to set up a state of surveillance?"
"But Your Majesty is not in the capital after all, so wouldn't it be safer if he set up a ruling state?" Empress Zhou seemed to have changed her personality at this time, and she did not be timid anymore. She followed the example of Emperor Chongzhen, but immediately refuted it.
When Emperor Chongzhen saw this, he sighed in his heart. It seemed that the descendants of the ancients were almost the same and were relatively relaxed on the Internet. Or, Empress Zhou also found out her temper! As he thought so, he replied straight to the point: "Actually, what do you mean is to ask me why I didn't make a prince?"
When Empress Zhou saw this, she was a little stunned. Unexpectedly, the emperor was so straightforward. At this time, she suddenly felt that she seemed a little abrupt. The establishment of a prince was a huge matter and the taboo of many emperors. Without an emperor, she would be influenced by others in this matter.
However, this is also related to her son. After Empress Zhou came to her senses, she replied: "But I am not virtuous and kind enough?"
"No!" Emperor Chongzhen flatly denied that at least Empress Zhou really had nothing to pick on when it comes to doing things. What to say is that sometimes it is a little too rigid and has little interest.
"That's my own..."
Before Empress Zhou's next question was finished, Emperor Chongzhen interrupted directly and said, "Don't guess, if I don't say anything, you won't know the real reason even if you guess death!"
When Queen Zhou heard this, she was silent. She didn't know what to say. At the same time, she was a little curious. What was the reason why she could not guess even if she died?
Emperor Chongzhen didn't hold her in her hands, and told her directly: "I can live fifty years because of this chat group system. If you think I would make Ci Yang the crown prince now, would it end up hurting him?"
"..." When Empress Zhou saw this answer, she couldn't speak. She lived for an extra fifty years, how old would she have to go? The Ming Dynasty... No, no... There were emperors like this in all dynasties? I'm afraid that my son would be the crown prince for the rest of his life, right? Or even his grandson would be the crown prince for the rest of his life? Even the grandson's grandson...
She was a little unthinkable. She had never heard of such a situation before, and she didn't know how to deal with it. But at least one thing, it seems that it is indeed too early to talk about the prince to the emperor! It is also very likely that it will harm her son!
Seeing that Empress Zhou did not speak anymore, Emperor Chongzhen sent a private chat and said, "Don't worry, I am all treasured by my son. When he gets older, I will teach them personally and teach them unprecedented knowledge."
The existence of the chat group and the incredible things of Emperor Chongzhen all prove how special Emperor Chongzhen is. His skills are probably the most precious wealth in the world. When Empress Zhou thought about this, she finally felt relieved.
The eunuch and palace maid who was serving beside him looked at the queen and the emperor closed their eyes. After a while, the queen became gloomy and couldn't help but be surprised, thinking to herself, is this the divine friendship? Then the queen is fine, happy?
Although there was such a small episode, New Year's Eve in the Forbidden City in the capital was full of joy. Beside Emperor Chongzhen, there were a lot of concubines, including the newly added one. It was so happy and joyful!
However, at the same time, some people cannot have a good New Year because the imperial edict has arrived.
Zhu Xieyuan, the military affairs of the Governor Yun, Gui, Sichuan, Hu, Guangxi and Guizhou Governor Zhu Xieyuan was a little puzzled. He didn't know why the emperor gave him an imperial edict and appointed to mobilize the Shizhu Baigan Army to Yunnan. The imperial envoy of Min Hongxue obeyed the order? Could it be that there was a chieftain who was in chaos there? But if the chieftain had a rebellion, it was his own responsibility to quell the rebellion. Is it necessary to transfer it?
Thinking of this, he wondered again. What does Min Hongxue mean when he ran to Yunnan to train troops? He thought he wanted to work with him to quell the rebellion? But now the She'an Rebellion has long been quelled, and even the remnants have surrendered. But the training there has not stopped, and even the elite Shizhu Baigang Army has to mobilize?
Zhu Xieyuan was a little confused. In fact, not only that, he had suppressed rebellions in the southwest for many years, and had never seen him in front of him. At the beginning, he heard the news from the capital. However, since the end of the second year of Chongzhen, when the Jianlu invaded the capital, the emperor's actions have become increasingly difficult to understand, or in other words, the emperor's methods have emerged one after another. Even if he has experienced so many things in the world, he cannot understand many things at the beginning.
The first direct dealing with the emperor was about the Ming Construction Bank. Zhu Xieyuan was from Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang. He thought that he would know more about money than others. However, the request he made at that time was rejected by the emperor. He couldn't figure it out at that time, but later he realized that it was the emperor's maintenance of the Ming Construction Bank branch that allowed him to operate normally and drive the restoration of people's livelihood under his jurisdiction. It can be said that the Ming Construction Bank branch is an important factor in the rapid advancement of reconstruction after the war.
After thinking for a long time, Zhu Xieyuan, who was already 67 years old, was leading troops to fight for many years. He was not in good health. He felt a little tired. He rubbed his head and relaxed for a while. Then he turned to look at the northwest map of the Ming Dynasty hanging on the wall, but his eyes suddenly lit up. Could it be that the emperor wanted to use troops to Dongwu and take back Mubang and other places? But if that was the case, Min Hongxue, as the imperial envoy of Zhijian, should have enough ability to complete this matter, right?
Thinking of this, he couldn't understand it again. It was not that he was not smart enough, but that he had too little information. At this time, he would never have thought that the emperor attached great importance to Donggo and was already planning the Ming Dynasty to have an outlet for the Indian Ocean. There was also a feudal king's feudal overseas national policy, taking the Tang King as the first example, and started an unprecedented action.
As a person who has been in charge of the army for many years, he was very puzzled by the emperor's layout in Yunnan, which made him feel a little confused. The next day, he took his personal guards to the Baigang Army camp. He heard that after the imperial envoy issued an order yesterday, he stayed here and did not leave. He felt that it was necessary to have a chat.
However, when he arrived at the Baigang Army camp, he suddenly realized that in just one day, the Baigang Army had almost prepared for the same thing, which surprised him very much.
The so-called "food and food will come first before the army moves. The Baigang Army is so fast, where does the money and food required for the army to set off come from? Zhu Xieyuan led the army to guard here, but he has been worried about money and food, and is very sensitive to this.
He was a magistrate of the Ming Dynasty and the supreme commander here. Naturally, he didn't need much scruple. He immediately broke into the Baigang Army's tent and asked Qin Liangyu for a clear answer. Zhao Yu, an official from the Tongzheng Department who was passing the order, happened to be there. After understanding his purpose, he closed his eyes when Qin Liangyu asked him for instructions with his eyes.
Zhu Xieyuan also saw this. It turned out that there was something hidden from him, and the deal was the imperial envoy. He waited patiently for a while. When his anger was slowly accumulating, he suddenly saw Zhao Yu open his eyes and smiled at Zhu Xieyuan and said, "Since Governor Zhu asked, the official just now also asked the emperor for instructions. With the emperor's permission, he can let Governor Zhu know."
Zhu Xieyuan was shocked. He was far away in the southwest border and had been leading the war in recent years. But he also heard that the factory guards had the ability to have a clever eye and a gentleman. However, in his opinion, this was a rumor, and it was probably exaggerated.
But he didn't expect that now the imperial envoy said this, this is not a joke. Is there really someone with such ability in the world? It's incredible!
Putting aside this thought, he suddenly felt a little lost. Although he guarded the southwest for the Ming Dynasty, the new emperor did not seem to trust him very much. Otherwise, what would he have to hide from him?
Thinking of this, Zhao Yu was already saying to him: "Your Majesty has set a national policy the year before yesterday, and the vassal kings will be feudal overseas. In the future, no vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty will be left... Only in this way can the various problems accumulated by the hereditary vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty be solved. Now the Tang King is young and promising, and he is the first feudal overseas vassal king, and his goal is Dongwu..."
For those who don’t know this news, it is a shocking news. Since ancient times, there have been no examples of feudal kings being feudal overseas? But the emperor did this, and the benefits of it are actually not to be explained. Nearly three hundred years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, each generation of emperors would basically have hereditary vassal kings. If it continues for a long time, what else is the Ming Dynasty not the fiefdom of the vassal kings? How can the court’s finances and taxes bear so much salary?
But this problem cannot be solved as long as it is a dynasty, no matter how wise and powerful the king is! It is impossible for only the prince to inherit the throne, while other princes do not have hereditary titles, right?
For civil servants, hereditary is a bit far away for them, and it is basically impossible to be granted titles. This also determines that their butts will not sit on the side of the hereditary system. Now the emperor has a wonderful idea to enfeoff the hereditary vassal kings overseas. If civil servants do not support this kind of thing, who else will support it?
Zhu Xieyuan was overjoyed and suddenly forgot his previous displeasure. He even thought that the hereditary dukes, marquis and uncles who were named after the founding country would also be granted overseas in the future? However, compared with the vassal kings, the harm of these hereditary dukes, marquis and uncles was not that great. After all, these titles were only one crown prince. If the sons of the vassal kings were not expected, in addition to the crown prince, other sons also had titles. Although they were gradually reduced, they still had titles. With more people, they still had great impact on the court.
Zhu Xieyuan listened carefully to Zhao Yu's detailed description. As he listened, his brow suddenly frowned.
Zhao Yu saw that there was a little misunderstanding. After saying that, he smiled and explained: "This national policy is of great importance. Before the Tang King was sure, the emperor had always asked for confidentiality. Therefore, only the ministers in the court knew about it. The governors and governors from all over the country were like Governor Zhu, and they had not received any news yet."
If it were before, Zhu Xieyuan was indeed a little angry. After all, he was a dignified official. In the past, he had the power of court to quell the chieftain rebellion in the southwest for the Ming Dynasty. Is this kind of contribution and such identity still to hide?
But after hearing about the feudal kings' feudal overseas affairs, his unhappiness had already been thrown to Java by him. At this time, when he heard Zhao Yu's explanation, he smiled and said, "It's not true, I'm just thinking that the intensity of the border war and the battle to destroy the country is completely different, and the impact of this may be significant!"
When Zhao Yu heard this, he was a little surprised. He asked quickly: "The Governor has no idea about this! Your Majesty wants to hear it."
After hearing this, Zhu Xieyuan looked at him for a while and suddenly realized that this was the emperor's question, right? Thinking of this, he thought about it a little more and then solemnly said: "Now the imperial army has been occupying the front line of Mubang and has shown up in the army, and it is also stated that it is the army of the Tang king. Behind these things, only someone has a little thought, and knows that this matter is not small..."
The King of Tang paid for the victims and trained the new army. Only by pointing out that this army was the King of Tang could the King of Tang donate generously and make the King of Tang devote his efforts to conquering Dongwu. Otherwise, the feudal kings would not be implemented overseas, and would be difficult to implement. In this way, Zhu Xieyuan, as an outsider, saw the problems brought about by this.
"...I see that the cave-won King Talong was able to adopt the national policy of rest and recuperation, which shows that he was a smart person. Such a smart person may be able to figure out the intentions of the court. In this way, the battle to destroy the country will inevitably make him anxious. King Talong must not underestimate him when he counterattacks with all his might."
Speaking of this, Zhu Xieyuan said with a serious expression: "There is one thing that is crucial. Please convey it to the emperor, so that Master Min must pay attention to it in case of failure and influencing the feudal overseas plan of the vassal kings!"
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