Wang Xijue glanced at King Zhu Minchun of Jin, then looked at the old princess Li, and said with a smile: "What are you doing? Your Majesty is not only the emperor of the world, but also the patriarch of the Zhu family. How could he let the King of Jin do anything?"

"Before I came to Taiyuan, Your Majesty also summoned me personally."

"Your Majesty told me that you can ask any requirements for the Jin Palace. Your Majesty is willing to do your best to meet the requirements of the Jin Palace. Everyone is descended from Emperor Taizu, and you must do what your Majesty can do."

Neither King of Jin nor the old princess Li took this seriously, whoever took it seriously would be foolish.

"We are all ministers of the Ming Dynasty and also of Your Majesty. How could we ask for it? Your Majesty's words are the will." The old princess Li said quickly, with a serious and serious expression.

Although this is some unnecessary nonsense, both parties understand what is going on. But this must be said, and this will be written into history books in the future, and this is the tone.

External propaganda is also the tone, the emperor is kind, the vassal kings are responsible, and the monarch and ministers are harmonious.

There is no doubt or a mistake here. Wang Xijue nodded with satisfaction when he heard the old princess Li say this, and then said, "Someone in the court has proposed to Your Majesty that he surrendered to the title."

Here comes!

When he heard this, both the old princess Li and the King of Jin Zhu Minchun knew that the drama was coming.

This is the key point!

Although the royal family was to be rectified, Zhu Yijun would not kill the vassal king at once. In fact, Zhu Yijun's strategy was to be close to the distant clan and use the distant clan to limit the title of princes.

The Tang Dynasty's policy of vassal kings was to some extent reference value, and the princes restricted it, but the distant clan could be used.

If the Ming Dynasty was given the throne by a distant sect, then the Ming Dynasty would probably be over. Just like the revival of the Han Guangwu, only when the world is in chaos can the distant sect get the throne.

It doesn't matter if you really get to that point.

There are many cases of success in the throne in history, but there are few cases of successful rebellion by the vassal kings. Of course, the messy periods of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms are not included. Restricting the vassal kings also requires the use of vassal kings.

Now that the nobles are in a state of depravity, they need some people to support the scene for themselves, and the royal family is a good choice.

Although there are many wastes, there are too many people to resist. If you choose a general from a slut, you can have two useful ones. If you don’t have one generation, you will have two generations. You can always cultivate a few decent ones.

Zhu Yijun was preparing to use his title other than the prince.

Now there are still hereditary dukes in the Ming Dynasty. If all the clans turned into surrendered titles with one knife, there would be chaos. First, the matter of opening the vassal ban can be settled, and later we can slowly clean up and take it step by step.

It is a prerequisite that there is no trouble, and Zhu Yijun is very clear about this.

When the ban is opened, Zhu Yijun will cooperate with other systems to restrict the princes. The relatives of the vassal kings and clans must restrict them and open the ban, but they cannot be completely abolished. This is an era of etiquette and law. Although many people do things in private, etiquette and law are indeed things that everyone must follow on this era.

Zhu Yijun was not only the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but also the patriarch of the Zhu family.

If you are too harsh on your clan, you will be really stung by someone. Although Li Shimin killed his brother and imprisoned his father, he was still very good to his other brothers and gave him enough treatment.

Because this is not only your family business, but also your political affairs, it is also a matter of etiquette and law.

For example, in the United States in later generations, family will always be the main tone, and loving the family will be politically correct. In the Ming Dynasty, since you are the patriarch, you are responsible for the family and take care of the family relatives and younger generations, this is also politically correct.

Not to mention the emperor, even if the eldest son of a commoner is criticized by other houses, he will be stabbed by the backbone.

As the emperor and the lord of the world, Zhu Yijun should set an example. Zhu Yunwen's method of reducing the vassals was so fierce that he lost the hearts of the people, which had a lot to do with this.

Of course, if the vassal king rebels or is guilty, it is another matter.

The surrender of the title can be implemented, but it cannot be implemented against the vassal kings, especially the vassal kings left by Emperor Taizu. That was a personal title by Taizu. If you demoted someone's title, what do you want to do?

Before Wang Xijue came, he had a detailed talk with Zhu Yijun. Zhu Yijun could not bear the blame, and Wang Xijue could not bear the blame.

"Your Majesty means that the prince's title will not be surrendered, and all the prince's titles will be surrendered to the titles." Wang Xijue looked at King Zhu Minchun of Jin and said in a deep voice: "I wonder what the King of Jin wants?"

The prince’s title will not be demoted to the waiting list. To put it bluntly, I would like to tell these vassal kings that you don’t worry, your title will not be demoted to the waiting list.

But your branches are about to be surrendered. In addition to one of your sons inheriting the title of prince, the other sons are granted the title of prince, and the grandsons are required to be surrendered to the general of the country, and the surrender will be given to the general of the country from generation to generation.

After six generations, it is no different from the people.

The Ming Dynasty royal family now adopts surrender and surrender to the feudal world. Although they are surrender, it is very different here. If Zhu Minchun had three sons, the eldest son would inherit the title of King Jin.

Then the remaining two sons are granted two princes, and the titles of these two princes will exist.

In the generation of grandsons, in addition to inheriting the titles of the two Jin kings, a large number of generals in the country were also granted the titles of the king. The sons of each generation of Jin kings would be granted the titles of the prince, and basically the number of titles of the prince would be increased as much as they were born.

After the prince was granted the title of General Zhenguo and had a scattered family, each prince's mansion was a title production machine.

If it is changed to a surrendered title, although Zhu Minchun's son is still a prince, his grandson inherited the title of a prince, but the title of a general of the country. After the sixth generation, this title disappeared.

Although it will be produced every year, a batch will disappear every year, which will enable the Ming Dynasty royal family to maintain a constant value. Perhaps more people born in these years will be born more, and less, and less, but it will always maintain a constant amount.

Once the surrendered title is launched, the Fengguo Lieutenant, who is now at the lowest level, will soon be a large number of people who are in charge of the inheritance.

The Ming Dynasty has been established for more than a hundred years, and it has really accumulated countless lieutenants of Fengguo. Just the King of Jin, dozens of princes, and a large number of generals in the state of the country. If they are not dealt with now, the population explosion of the royal family will soon arrive.

Of course, Zhu Yijun's treatment of the prince's unsuccessful title was not without the idea of ​​using them to suppress other royal families.

For example, the King of Jin must have a person in charge. If King of Jin surrenders and inherits the title, what will Zhu Minchun use to shock others? Then you have such an idea at that time, and if I have such an idea, it may not cause any trouble.

It is very important to keeping the prince's title intimidation and suppressing these people.

When they heard Wang Xijue say that he would surrender and inherit the title, King Zhu Minchun of Jin and the old princess Li both felt nervous. They were relieved to hear that the title of prince was not within the scope of the surrender and inherit the title.

At the same time, I also heard the meaning of this. This is to ask the King of Jin to support the surrender of the titles and help suppress other royal families of the King of Jin, such as those county princes, those generals in the state-controlled state, etc.

This decision is not easy to make!

On the one hand, it is his own interests, on the other hand, it is the interests of all royal families, or the interests of the King of Jin. At the same time, because he was the first family, he set a start for other vassal kings.

King of Jin Zhu Minchun and old princess Li both complained in their hearts. They thought the conditions were good before, but now it seems that they are really a big trap.

You should know that Zhu Minchun is not old, and many of those princes are his uncles and uncles. If Zhu Minchun really agrees, those people will probably dare to point at Zhu Minchun's nose and scold.

If we say that there is no sinister intention of the palace, King Zhu Minchun of Jin would not believe it.

Wang Xijue was not in a hurry, and picked up the teacup and took a sip. In fact, when things came to this point, it was not a question that the King of Jin's Mansion agreed or did not agree, but a question that the King of Jin had to agree.

The first sword for the opening of the ban was in the King of Jin's Mansion. If this sword cannot be cut, what will happen in the future?

The atmosphere here fell into silence. In another room in the Jin Palace, Zhang Chao looked at the two eunuchs in front of him and said lightly: "We have made it clear what the meaning in the palace is."

"The godfather has something to explain. If you get things done this time, I can give you a chance."

These two eunuchs are the two eunuchs in charge of the King of Jin’s Mansion, one is Yang Qi, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the other is Miao Sheng, the head of foreign affairs. Both of them are not young, over fifty years old.

Although he is not young, the two of them dare not act rashly when facing Zhang Chao. Zhang Chao sat, they stood, Zhang Chao said, and they listened.

"You have done work in the Jin Palace over the years. How much have you taken? Your godfather will cover it up and will not pursue you, but the premise is done well." Zhang Chao continued: "After the matter is over, the palace can allow you to return to your hometown to retire."

For the old eunuch, returning to his hometown to take care of his old age is a very good treatment.

Unless he is a big eunuch like Zhang Jing and Xu De, he can return to his hometown to retire and inherit his incense from his clan, and live his life. This is a rare thing to do.

Especially eunuchs like Yang Qi and Miao Sheng, they have gained a lot of benefits. They have returned home safely, which is a good end.

Yang Qi and Miao Sheng also understood that the capital was not Taiyuan. Once the vassal kings entered Beijing, the capital would definitely re-arrange their personnel. These old people would not get the trust of the capital.

"Back to Eunuch Zhang, we know how to do it!" the two of them hurriedly bowed.

When things have reached this point, if you don’t know how to advance or retreat, you will be punished by not eating toast. This glass of fine wine in Dongchang is not delicious. In addition, Zhang Chao said that this is what the palace means, so you have to think deeply. Who in the palace means?

No matter who it means, neither of them dares to commit suicide, and obedience is the best choice.

Zhang Chao nodded, then said with a smile: "Carry out a piece of the royal palace's industry as soon as possible, and our family will use it then."

Of course, they did not organize a piece of money for corruption, and they did not dare to take it. Although the vassal kings were not favored by the emperor, they were definitely not afforded by eunuchs like them.

Especially when it comes to opening a vassal ban, embezzling the property of the vassal kings will really not know how they died.

Zhang Chao did not make any noise, and Zongshen, the Minister of Rites, did not spend much effort on the conversation. These officials in the royal palace were not stupid, and some Catholics had to let go if they were to let go.

After receiving Zongshen's guarantee, they also expressed their obedience to accept it.

In the evening, the three of them came back from the new meeting to discuss together. Wang Xijue told the attitude of King Jin Zhu Minchun to the two. King Jin Zhu Minchun said that it was of great importance and needed to be carefully considered.

Wang Xijue was not worried about the result of King Jin's consideration. He knew that King Jin Zhu Minchun had no choice.

In the back house of my palace, King Zhu Minchun of Jin drank the wine with a wry smile, looked at his mother, Li, and said, "Mom, what should we do? Or do we agree or not?"

At this time, no one else in Zhu Minchun discussed these things.

At this time, there was no one who could be believed in the official masters or eunuchs in the mansion. In fact, Zhu Minchun was still angry. Could it be that this is the only way?

The old princess Li glanced at her son and said, "What do you want if you don't agree?"

"Look at who came this time, the Minister of Rites, Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, and the Secretary of the Lizhi was only a eunuch in the church, but he was the godson of Zhang Jing, the man from the East Factory."

"All these show that the emperor must touch us."

"At this time, learning a little more will bring you a lot of benefits. If you don't behave well, you may be beaten." Speaking of this, the old princess Li sighed and said, "Tell Wang Xijue tomorrow that our Jin Princess Mansion will agree to them."

Zhu Minchun nodded. He has no good choice at this point, what can you do?

The one who was offered in the palace was very good, and he wanted industry and status. The prince's title was not reduced. If he didn't know the truth, it would probably be a good thing.

What are the benefits of opening the ban on the vassal by yourself? There is no such thing as at all!

As for his descendants, he just hugged a prince's title, so let them go! After Zhu Minchun thought about it, he was less depressed and bowed to the old princess Li and said, "Mother has a rest early, and the child has surrendered."

Li nodded and said in a deep voice: "Okay, let's take a break early!"

The next day, Wang Xijue learned the news that the Jin Palace agreed, which made Wang Xijue breathe a sigh of relief. After completing this matter, the first step was to be considered as a steadfast step. The next step is a difficult step, that is, to settle the princes.

Compared to the prince, they are the most difficult group of people to settle. The prince is only one, but there are a lot of princes.

However, Wang Xijue also knew that as long as these princes are settled, there will be no barriers next. Once the princes are settled, then other people will not be a problem, but these people are the most difficult to settle.

Unlike the prince, although he surrendered to the title, the prince of his direct line is still there.
Chapter completed!