Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 174 Humanity and Inhumanity

An ordinary emperor may not be able to do such a major event as moving the capital, and the resistance in it is indeed too great.The general emperors who want to move the capital are mainly civil and military officials above the court, and many of their foundations and interests are in Yingtian Mansion.

Leaving aside the civil and military officials in the court, none of those aristocratic families would agree to move the capital.

The most obvious thing is that once the capital is moved to Beiping, even if Yingtianfu is still the accompanying capital, it will be the foundation of Ming Dynasty in the south.It's just that everyone understands that this will inevitably lead to the decline of Ying Tianfu's status.

The Eastern Zhejiang Civil Service Group, the Huaixi Xungui Group, plus the aristocratic families in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, etc., all disapprove of moving the capital.The existence of these people will indeed increase the difficulty of moving the capital, and they will seize every opportunity to oppose it.

Even if an emperor like Lao Zhu is very domineering, he will be in a dilemma at this time.Even if he cleaned the civil servants and generals over and over again, he couldn't make everyone obey at this time.

Old Zhu and Xiao Zhu were still busy with moving the capital, when suddenly an urgent report came from Xi'an.

Old Zhu Ru was hit by five thunderbolts, and his second son Qin Wang Zhu Xi was poisoned to death by three old women in the palace. He was only forty!

Although Zhu Xi does many evil things and is ridiculous, this makes Lao Zhu very dissatisfied.It's just that this is his second son after all. After the eldest son died of illness, his second son was also poisoned and killed. This really made Lao Zhu somewhat unacceptable.

'愍', this is the posthumous title of King Qin.In fact, Lao Zhu still had lingering anger, thinking that his second son's death was more than justified, and his morals were bad.Grief is only because of the love between father and son.Now being poisoned to death by three old women, Zhu Xi naturally deserves death.

Lao Zhu ordered to reduce the scale of Zhu Xi's funeral, and only then did he know that Qin Wang and Princess Wang were buried.

This made Lao Zhu frown. Wang is actually the prototype of Zhao Min.It's just that what Zhu Xiongying cares about is not these, but the sacrificial burial system, which was almost abolished, was uncovered again in the Ming Dynasty, which makes people a little confused about what to say.

The sacrificial burial system in the Ming Dynasty was that, except for the empress and the biological mother of the succeeding emperor who were not required to be buried, or the concubines who were the daughters of meritorious officials, all the remaining concubines were required to be buried, regardless of whether they had children or whether their offspring were vassal kings.

The imperial court will reward the family of the buried concubine spiritually and materially, and will also give the buried concubine a posthumous title or posthumous title.

Earlier Tan Wang Zhu Zi and Tan Wang Concubine set themselves on fire in the palace, which is nothing.When the prince Zhu Biao passed away, the Lu family was not given to die.But this time King Qin died. This is the first time that the royal family has formally established the system of burial.

Some even exceeded the specifications, because normally the prince and concubine do not need to be buried.But this time, Lao Zhu gave Wang Shi to death.

Zhu Xiongying's expression was ugly. This is definitely a cruel system.As for the fact that these women may bring some unstable factors to the royal family, in Zhu Xiongying's view, the problem is basically not too big, and such a system should also be abolished.

In fact, the sacrificial burial system has long been banned in history, but it has never ceased in history.Especially after the Liao Dynasty, the sacrificial burial system has revived.But now, Daming has the intention of further making the sacrificial burial system public.

Ren Hengtai, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhan Hui, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, were ordered by Zhu Xiongying to enter the East Palace. These things must be discussed carefully.Zhu Xiongying must abolish the system of sacrificial burial, and it must be determined when Lao Zhu was alive.Otherwise, in the future, it will definitely become more difficult, and it will be the so-called 'ancestral system' at that time.

Zhan Hui and Ren Hengtai naturally understood Zhu Xiongying's meaning, and they were also quite resistant to the sacrificial burial system.They also felt that they should do something. As for saying that this might offend His Majesty the Emperor, they couldn't care about it for the time being.

Not to mention that this can greatly improve their reputation, the main reason is that they understand that as long as they have the emperor's grandson as a guarantor, this matter will not be a big problem.Over the years, they have also been able to see that the emperor's grandson is not a character of crossing rivers and tearing down bridges. The emperor's grandson is still very responsible and will not deceive his subordinates.

Zhu Xiongying walked slowly towards the Qianqing Palace. He still wanted to accompany Lao Zhu and talk to Lao Zhu.

Lao Zhu, who had suffered the pain of losing his son again, was a little bit depressed, and he couldn't fall asleep, so he could only use work to numb himself.Constantly reviewing the memorials can make him forget some things, and only in this way can he stop thinking about some things.

Shuangquan opened the door swiftly, but he didn't dare to stop the emperor grandson.

Zhu Xiongying walked into Qianqing Palace, and immediately said with a smile, "Grandfather, are you still resting?"

"We want to move the capital, but those people in my hometown are making trouble." Lao Zhu was quite irritable, and said to Zhu Xiongying, "Look at these people, none of them want to be too far away from their hometown. If we leave our hometown, we don't care about it." them?"

Zhu Xiongying laughed, and said to Lao Zhu, "So we have to move the capital, otherwise these people will just want to buy land in their hometown."

Yingtian Mansion is too close to Fengyang, Lao Zhu Jianguo's team still has many nobles from Huaixi.These people are definitely the most opposed to moving the capital. They all want to be officials close to their homes, so that they can also take care of their hometowns.

"Speaking of which, in our hometown, this famous emperor's township, most of them are from honorable backgrounds." Zhu Xiongying said to Lao Zhu, "There are still many people who fought with the emperor's grandfather back then, and there are also many who are chased after him. These people, we can be regarded as worthy of them, but some things are too much."

Old Zhu nodded, and said to Zhu Xiongying, "That's what we have in mind. We have to take them to Peiping. These people secretly colluded with each other, corrupted the law, and were arrogant and domineering. Their relatives also flaunted their might and ran amok underneath."

"It's serious to say that. In Fengyang's hometown, those people dare not fool around. After all, it's Dixiang." Zhu Xiongying laughed and said to Lao Zhu, "It's just that these people should be taken to Peiping. Grandson Thinking about keeping Xu Yungong in Yingtian Mansion in the future."

Lao Zhu was silent for a moment, and said, "It's okay, Xu Da will accompany us to fight the world, and the honorable one is the number one. His daughter is your official wife, and your uncle is here, so the honorable one doesn't dare to say more What. When the time comes, let Yunxi stay here."

Zhu Xiongying immediately shook his head and stood upright, "Grandpa Huang, my grandson won't seal out a place like Yingtian Mansion."

Old Zhu nodded with a smile. What he was most afraid of was that Zhu Xiongying would confer a "King of Wu" or something like that.

In fact, the title of King Wu was the title of Lao Zhu before he ascended the throne.After the founding of the country, Lao Zhu also gave this title to his fifth son Zhu Wei. This prince who likes to run around was actually the king of Wu for nearly eight years before he was changed to the king of Zhou.

"Grandfather, my grandson has actually thought about these things. It's not a big problem for us royal children to be entrusted. It's just that after all these years, Grandpa Huang has also seen that some feudal kings are rampant." Zhu Xiongying felt relieved and said. It's better, and it's very straightforward, "Some emperor's uncles don't understand Grandpa's thoughts."

Old Zhu stared at Zhu Xiongying sharply, and said unhappily, "You send them overseas? To a wild place?"

Zhu Xiongying had a headache, rubbed his temples and said, "Grandpa, grandson doesn't have such thoughts. If he wants to go overseas, he can go. They don't have that much power."

The Ming Dynasty was particularly generous to the royal family, which was the best in all dynasties.

In addition to the higher tone that Lao Zhu set at the beginning, there is another one who is Zhu Laosi.Lao Zhu gave the vassal kings a lot of authority, and each of the vassal kings is also relatively inflated.Zhu Laosi's position was not right, and in order to win over the clan, he raised his salary again, but the vassal kings of Zhu Laosi's period were all raised as pigs.

"If Grandpa Huang doesn't mind, Yunxi will be the King of Wu in the future." Zhu Xiongying said to Old Zhu, "I will seal him to Hangzhou. That kid is not used to going to Peiping. Let him do evil in the water town of Jiangnan."

Old Zhu showed a gentle smile, and said to Zhu Xiongying, "We don't shy away from these things, and we have given you the emperor's uncles all the good titles."

There is really no problem in saying that, the king title is not given randomly.

Generally speaking, the status of the vassal princes of the two characters is relatively high, basically at the prince level.Generally speaking, those at the level of the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons, such as King Qi and King Jin, are distinguished titles.And after having Li Shimin, King Qin became special.

Zhu Xiongying looked very embarrassed, and said, "Grandpa, it's really not easy to give titles to grandchildren in the future. There are also emperor uncles who will be granted titles. If grandson ascends the throne in the future, he must not treat emperor uncles harshly. At that time, Yunxi and Yunwen can't be underestimated. At that time, what will happen to the grandson's heirs?"

Old Zhu was happy and silent, his descendants were prosperous, and as for the titles of kings, some were more powerful, while others were more mediocre.

It's just that these things are not difficult for Zhu Xiongying.The main reason is that there are quite a lot of titles that can be given out. Although the most distinguished titles already have owners, some good titles can still be selected.

Zhu Xiongying still has some confidence in this, and he also feels that the problem is really not too big, and he has more confidence.

The matter of Wang Hao, this is obviously not the focus of Zhu Xiongying's concern now, these are actually just the starting point of the topic.What Zhu Xiongying really wanted to talk to Lao Zhu about was naturally the sacrificial burial system, and this was the focus of his concern.

Old Zhu probably could guess some things, but he didn't know that Zhu Xiongying came here for the theme of burial.

Zhu Xiongying is actually not the type who doesn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, he usually runs to the Qianqing Palace.Lao Zhu felt that his precious grandson came here mainly to chat with him.

As for what happens next, perhaps we need to let nature take its course and see how the conversation develops.

(End of this chapter)