Zhu Hongsan looked at the sky and said, "It's noon now, everyone will have dinner first. There is something to discuss in the afternoon."

Then Zhu Hongsan arranged for the servants to go down and prepare lunch, and asked someone to attract Xu Dali and Gong Dacheng.

Zhu Hongsan said: "Mr. Feng is going to Guangzhou Prefecture, and there is no one in Dongguan. Now the only one who has been an official in our hands is Gong Dacheng. I want him to take over Mr. Feng's position as a county magistrate. What do you think?"

Tong Yangjia was naturally happy. The other three had good seats, and no one was using them now. Although Gong Dacheng was Tong Yangjia's cheap father-in-law, he was also a scholar after all, so no one opposed it.

At this time, everyone sat down to have a meal on the food cloth.

On the table, except for Zhu Hongsan and Tong Yangjia were both Jinshis, and Tong Yangjia was also a scholar, which was considered to have been involved in the revolutionary ranks. Scholars of this era all spoke without saying anything and did not sleep. So there was no sound when eating.

After a while, everyone finished their meal, the servant took down the leftovers and brought a cup of tea.

Zhu Hong drank tea three times, as if pretending to be unintentional, and said, "The emperor has conferred Xiaofang as the Princess of Chu. What do you think?"

Ma Jiyuan said: "This is very good. Ma Xiaofang is virtuous and kind, and has both children. She is the best choice for the Princess of Chu."

Three of the four people here are from the Ma family, so naturally there is no point. Tong Yangjia also knew that this matter must not be opposed. Not to mention that Ma Xiaofang was the original wife of Zhu Hong Sanming's matchmaker. If he objected, even the three brothers of the Ma family could tear him down. So Tong Yangjia didn't say anything.

Zhu Hongsan continued with a second sentence: "I think the prince is later, after all, the child is young now."

Zhu Hongsan's words were not loud, but they were like thunder in the ears of the four strategists. Ma Jiyuan immediately stood up and said loudly: "Your Highness of the King of Chu, Prince Zhu Hai is personally conferred by His Majesty the Emperor. In addition, the Princess of Chu has not lost his morality, why should he establish the prince slowly?"

Feng Ziyong also stood up and said, "Lord, the prince is the eldest son, "The Spring and Autumn Period is righteous, and the legitimate son is established as the eldest son." Now Zhu Hai is the eldest son, which is in line with the etiquette and law. It is really difficult to convince the public if Zhu *hai is not appointed as the prince."

Zhu Hongsan looked at Tong Yangjia, and there was still this guy left to express his opinion. Tong Yangjia was overjoyed at this time and felt that this was an opportunity. As long as the time to establish the prince was delayed, then the Zhu Huai, who was born to Dong Zhen, would have hope. The rule that the eldest son must be the prince.

Tong Yangjia said, "This is the king's family matter. It is not convenient for us outsiders to interrupt. Just ask the king to decide for himself."

The Taoist master Ma Jiyuan, opposite, stood up and cursed at Tong Yangjia, saying, "You villain, you actually said such shameless words for your own authority. Have you read all the books of saints into the dog's belly?"

Seeing that Ma Jiyuan was making a fuss, Zhu Hongsan said, "Sir, don't argue." After saying that, he turned to Ma Mingyuan and asked, "What do you mean by the second brother?"

Of course, Ma Mingyuan insisted that Zhu *hai was the crown prince. From a public perspective, Zhu Hai was the eldest son, and he should be the crown prince in terms of etiquette and law. In private perspective, Zhu Hai was his own nephew or his son-in-law. If he didn't help him, he wouldn't help him.

But Zhu Hongsan was not so easy to convince. Ma Mingyuan knew Zhu Hongsan so well. Today he told this matter. It must be because Ma Xiaofang had something that made Zhu Hongsan very unhappy. But if you don’t mention it in advance, you must first overcome the crisis in front of you.

Ma Mingyuan thought about a solution and said, "Lord, I remembered a story and wanted to tell you."

Zhu Hongsan said, "Second brother, come and listen."

Ma Mingyuan said: "I don't know if the lord has heard of Yuan Shao's story. He was the two ends of the rat in the matter of establishing that son, which gave Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang the illusion that they could make themselves the crown prince. Yuan Shao's subordinates were also divided into two factions to fight each other and finally lost to Cao Cao in Guandu. Have you heard of this story?"

Zhu Hongsan of course knew the story of the Battle of Guandu, and Zhu Hongsan also knew the meaning of Ma Mingyuan. Ma Mingyuan meant that he was not powerful now, so he should be consuming internal power, which is really not necessary.

Tong Yangjia, who was beside him snorted and said, "Mr. Ma Er, you are such a metaphor. Comparing the lord to Yuan Shao, then who is Cao Cao?"

Zhu Hongsan waved his hand and said, "I understand the second brother's meaning. I will ask the second brother, the new chief of the Chu Prince's Mansion, to go to the mansion to spread the imperial edict. Ma Xiaofang will be the princess of Chu, and the eldest son Zhu *hai will be the prince of Chu."

When Ma Mingyuan saw that Zhu Hongsan agreed to Zhu *hai as the crown prince, he was very happy and agreed to go to pass Hongguang's edict after the meeting.

Ma Jiyuan said: "The lord is very correct in doing this. Now we want to establish the orthodox Ming family, we must adhere to the system of inheritance of the eldest son set by Taizu. After the death of the crown prince Zhu Biao, Taizu made Zhu Yunwen the crown prince grandson, which is exactly the system of inheritance of the eldest son. If the lord wants to raise the banner of orthodox in the future, he must make a fuss about the King of Yan Zhu Di who is not a legitimate son in the Jingnan Battle. If the lord himself does not abide by the inheritance of the eldest son, how can he convince the public?"

This statement came to Zhu Hongsan's heart. Yes, it was a flaw to carry the banner of the Ming Dynasty. The only solution was to make a flaw in the identity of his marginal clan. The only solution was to make a fuss about Zhu Di's not being a legitimate son back then, but he advocated bloodline but established a son as a prince. This is really hard to explain.

Zhu Hongsan stood up and bowed to Ma Jiyuan, saying, "Mr. This is really enlightening. Miss San almost missed a big deal just now."

Ma Jiyuan and Feng Ziyong were very happy to see Zhu Hongsan think clearly. Perhaps the only thing that was unhappy was Tong Yangjia. Old Tong thought to himself: "Three brothers from Ma family, you are happy first. You still don't know our lord. Now he is forced to listen to you, and you will suffer in the future."

Everyone was very happy to see Zhu Hongsan repent. Xu Dali and Gong Dacheng were here, and everyone continued to have a meeting.

Ma Mingyuan first conveyed the news that Zhu Hongsan was named King of Chu to the two. Xu Dali and Ma Jiyuan were both Taoist masters and very noble. Xu Dali just bowed to Zhu Hongsan and didn't even say a word of congratulations.

Gong Dacheng and his cheap son-in-law Tong Yangjia had a kindness, nodded and congratulated Zhu Hongsan, and almost kowtowed.

Zhu Hongsan was not angry when he saw Xu Dali like this. He knew the bad habits of scholars nowadays. They were very noble and would give you face if you could come here.

Zhu Hongsan said: "Mr. Xu, thank you for your hard work in Dongguan for the past few months. You have been in charge of the chief minister of the college. Now it's just that the prefect of Zhaoqing Prefecture is vacant. I have already written to Nanzhili. They agree that Lord Xu will be replaced by Zhaoqing Prefecture."

Xu Dali was stunned. He didn't expect that Zhu Hongsan was so good to him. After spending more than half a year in Zhu Hongsan's team, Xu Dali was not a fool. He knew that Zhu Hongsan could make trouble. However, Xu Dali was a simple person and was still a fleeing criminal, so he wanted to be a teacher here to talk about his life.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Hongsan was so kind to him and could give him a prefect. You must know that that was Zhaoqing, now the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, which is no worse than Guangzhou Prefecture.

Zhu Hongsan was very moved by Xu Dali's kindness, but his years of officialdom allowed him to control his emotions immediately. Xu Dali stood up and bowed and said, "Dali thanked the prince."

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "I know that Lord Xu is a good official. This time I went to Zhaoqing, I hope Lord Xu will be a good official who ruled the people. Now Huguang and Jiangxi have been destroyed by bandits. There are millions of refugees going south, most of which are concentrated in Guangzhou and Zhaoqing. Now it is September, the weather is cold, and some people are starting to freeze and starve. Lord Xu is going to do a good job in releasing grain and try not to die. As for the materials needed, please contact Mr. Ma Er to coordinate."

Xu Dali bowed and sat down.

Zhu Hongsan continued: "Dongguan is our foundation. All factories and foundations are in Dongguan. Mr. Feng is going to Guangdong, so this place must be handed over to his own people. Lord Gong, you have been with me for more than a year and have been managing buildings with Mr. Tong for almost half a year. You are familiar with the operation of the factory, the development zone and the port. I will hand over Dongguan to you. Can Lord Gong reassure me?"

Gong Dacheng didn't expect that it would be such a good thing to call him here today. He and Tong Yangjia were in charge of civil engineering for half a year, but he knew that this work was very prosperous.

Gong Daxingke stood up and said passionately: "Don't worry, Prince, Dongguan is my life. I will definitely live up to my hopes. Even if I am in the forefront, I will run the factory and development zone well."
Chapter completed!