Chapter eight hundred and ninth: a thousand layers of waves
Since the Ming Dynasty, the children of the royal family have always been a difficult problem that emperors of all dynasties have been very troublesome but unsolvable. The test was the second attempt by Zhu Youxiao to overcome this problem.
It can be said that the inheritance system of the children of the royal family was very bold this time, and no few emperors could have the courage to make such a decision.
The reason is that in the traditional sense, the Zhu family emperors were bound by too many contemporary ideas. Even if there were two smarter ones, such as Jiajing and Wanli, they gradually ate their patience for the court officials and eventually hid in the deep palace and did not leave.
Zhu Youxiao had no such ideological constraints at all. First of all, he was not the real Zhu family emperor in his heart.
For Zhu Youxiao, the world is more like reshaping for itself, rather than the so-called Apocalypse and Revival that is widely circulated.
Zhu Youxiao will only consider how to solve the problem and how to settle other people's opposition.
When the Fa-Conquer Law was introduced, almost everyone in the world was shocked. They gathered together to eagerly discuss the significance and feasibility of this reform.
Of course, for the common people who seek to live, this is just another topic of talk after dinner. For their current life, there has neither improved nor deteriorated.
A group of people of all kinds gathered outside the Shuntian Prefecture yamen. Looking at the contents on the notice, they all looked unbelievable. The strictness of this assessment was something that no one expected.
The notice has made strict regulations on all situations. Not only are the local governments released notices one after another, but even the Beijing News has made a separate publicity issue for it.
A scholar approached, pointed to the words on the notice, and read them one by one:
"Each subject is divided into three categories, including three grades, and all three categories are excellent. That is, it is allowed to inherit the title and give the hereditary titles that should be given in the system."
"If two are excellent and one is superior, one is superior to the first-class title; if two are superior and one is inferior, one is superior to the second-class title; if three are superior and one is inferior, one is superior to the third-class title."
"If one is good and two are bad, two are bad, one is bad, one is bad, and one is bad, and one is bad and all are bad, they will be given a title and will not be allowed to inherit the title for life. If the descendants of later generations want to inherit the title, they must be evaluated by the eldest son, and if they get three are good, they will be given a first-class title and be given a first-class title."
Soon, everyone started to talk.
At the beginning of reading the notice, the scholar was still scared and said, "In this way, will the court no longer offer to those idle clan relatives?"
As he said that, he murmured:
"If a prince is a prince, he can only attack the title of a prince if he gets three superiors. If he gets three superiors, he can only attack the title of a general if he gets three superiors. If one person is a mediocre person, he will be deprived of one title."
"If you want to inherit the title later, you need to be the eldest son of the generation and get three superiors to be reduced to the first-class title! If you were the prince before, you could only be regained the title of the county prince!"
"Is this... too harsh?"
"Brother, the analysis is reasonable, but I think this is not harsh at all!" A student in a blue shirt smiled and said, "Your Majesty can give this order, which is a blessing for the Ming Dynasty and all people in the world!"
"The court clan relatives, looking at the world, there are more than one million! The court's salary for the children of the clan are more than ten million?"
"The examination and inheritance of the law prove that the court will no longer support idle relatives and those who can inherit the title will be excellent in all the firearms, riding skills, and infantry battles. This will make me convinced!"
"Tell me, is this the reason?"
When the scholars around him heard this, they nodded and agreed. Even the scholar who had read the notice for a while, bowed and smiled:
"Brother, why not discuss the court's politics in detail?"
The student in the blue shirt bowed and laughed: "What's wrong with this? I see that you are older than me, so I call him elder brother, please!"
"Then I'm more respectful than obedient!"
The two scholars soon became close friends, walking and talking among the crowd, and searching for a tavern casually, and exclaiming Emperor Tianqi's actions of inheriting the law and starting the sect.
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As soon as the test of inheritance was released, all the sects and children in the world were panicked.
The memorials like snowflakes flew to the Ganqing Palace, but to the Cining Palace.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, had already been in charge of ancestral teachings and was not allowed to interfere in politics in the harem, it was obviously more effective for the relatives to ask for the concubine than to cry to the emperor.
After all, the emperor respects the concubine so much, and everyone in the world sees it.
As soon as Concubine Liu relaxed from the garden and returned to Cining Palace, Prince Zhu Changbi of Baofeng came to ask for a meeting. Concubine Liu was also puzzled, but she still saw her.
After all, Zhu Changbi, the King of Baofeng, is not an ordinary prince, but the second son of the old Lu prince. Lufan is the royal family that is closest to the imperial bloodline in the Ming Dynasty except for the Fufan.
In comparison, although this Baofeng King is only a county prince, his ability and prestige are much greater than that of the Tang King Zhu Shuohuang who came before.
Although Concubine Liu worshipped Buddha in the deep palace all day long without asking about political affairs, she gradually gained power in the harem, and she still understands these royal secrets in her heart.
When King Baofeng came over, something big must have happened to the court. Many clans pushed him out and found him as a lobbyist.
Thinking of this, Concubine Liu suddenly regretted seeing him.
However, when Zhu Changbi heard that the concubine came back, he immediately arrived at Cining Palace and bowed and said, "Zhu Changbi, the King of Baofeng, has met the concubine and the Queen Mother."
Zhu Changbi is not as fat as Zhu Shuohuang, the King of Tang. Perhaps because he had not stepped out of the palace for many years, he was twenty-five years old and had a fair face, giving people a very delicate and delicate feeling, and he looked like those scholars outside who were powerless.
"The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager!" Zhu Changbi shouted and walked over with his knees until he was at the feet of Concubine Liu:
"Your Majesty doesn't trust us anymore! First, we limited our Zonglu, and now we don't even let us do the good prince!"
"The Queen Mother of Concubine, you are the elder of our Zhu family. You are here to judge! We clan children are always the princes and grandchildren of the Zhu family!"
"Why are you not as good as those noble warriors in the eyes of Your Majesty?"
Concubine Liu didn't know that such a big thing happened in the court, and it actually involved the royal family. She had never heard of any emperor being so cruel to his family.
She forced a smile and said, "Why are you crying? Get up quickly, you are all nobles of the Tian family, with a noble position and a pampered life since childhood. Your Majesty has never treated you badly."
"Your Majesty must have difficulties in doing such things. It is also for your own good. For the sake of the good of the Ming Dynasty, how can you distrust your own family and children?"
Zhu Changbi was stunned, wiped his tears with his hands and said:
"The Queen Mother of Concubine and Empress Dowager don't know yet. Your Majesty has set up a new examination for inheritance and asked me to wait for the clan children to take three subjects: firearms, riding skills, and infantry battles. Only by being excellent can you succeed in the title and food!"
"Zonglu is still the same thing. We have tolerated the law of limiting the wealth of the clan, but now we really can't swallow this. Why?"
"We are all the emperor's heirs of Emperor Taizu. Why are we using our own family members who have no foreign nobles?"
"The Queen Mother, think carefully, does Your Majesty's move violate the imperial etiquette of the Emperor Ming Dynasty!"
"The original intention of my grandfather to set up a vassal king was to protect the capital and protect my country, and my Zhu family's world."
"If the number of vassal kings has dropped sharply, how can we defend the capital? All the world's most powerful people were asked to take them away, and where did we place our royal family? At that time, will the country still be in the hands of our Zhu family?"
Chapter completed!