I want to be a grandson

Chapter 546 How to Save the King's Life
Zhu Yunxi opened the memorial in his hand, and saw what was written on it, the rank of the son-in-law should be the fifth rank.

I have already said to the courtiers in the court that the rank of the consort of the Ming Dynasty must not be lower than that of the prosperous Tang Dynasty!
The Tang Dynasty was from the fifth rank, and now they are talking about the fifth rank, which is obviously correct, and there is still room for themselves to be kind.

The gap from the second rank to the fifth rank is not too big. They will definitely be dissatisfied, but this is not what Zhu Yunxi cares about.

"I remember the memorial sent by the Ministry of Rites, saying that the son-in-law Mei Yin has arrived in the capital?"

Wang Zhongwen was a little uneasy, and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Concubine Mei came to visit His Majesty in the palace the day before yesterday. The servants saw that His Majesty was busy with official duties, and Concubine Mei had no other important matters, so they blocked him and sent him away without notifying His Majesty... "

"Um……"

Zhu Yunxi just hummed lightly, and didn't blame him for arbitrarily advocating, because he ordered the emperor's relatives to come to the capital, and there were many people who came, if he met them one by one, it would be so tiring!

Besides, it was just a matter of routine for them to come to visit, and it was just a matter of courtiers' etiquette, and there was nothing serious about it, so when the eunuch stopped them, they went back with peace of mind.

Even if I wanted to meet them, I would not summon them alone, but would choose a suitable day to meet them when everyone was present.

So although Wang Zhong didn't report it, it was reasonable.

Zhu Yunxie ordered: "Take care of the people below, and tell them not to stretch out their hands indiscriminately. Some people can stop them, and some people have official duties. If they delay the important affairs of the court, their heads will not be chopped off!"

Although I understand Wang Zhong, I still have to mention something, so that the people below will not become rampant day by day, and anyone will dare to stop them in order to ask for benefits!

Wang Zhong knelt down on the ground and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty understands that you must be careful and never allow such things to happen. Please rest assured, Your Majesty!"

"Get up."

Zhu Yunxie said: "In the future, if someone comes to the palace to ask for an interview, even if I don't see it, I still have to report it to the Secretary of General Administration, let them make a record, and let me check it after a while, understand?"

Wang Zhong hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes, I understand! Please rest assured, Your Majesty!"

On the other hand, with Wang Zhong's suggestion, the people below did not dare to mess around. Secondly, with the records of the Secretary of General Administration, they could also check for omissions and make up for vacancies.

Sometimes the emperor is afraid that there is only one voice in his ears.

Zhu Yunxi ordered Mei Yin to be summoned, and the little eunuch hurried out of the palace to deliver the decree.

"My minister, Mei Yin, pay my respects to Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!"

Not long after, the son-in-law Mei Yin came to the palace, knelt down and saluted the mountain and called Long Live.

Zhu Yunxi also put down the memorial in his hand, and said with a smile: "It's Concubine Mei who is here, please get up quickly!" As he spoke, he also stood up, walked to his side and stretched out his hands to help him.

Mei Yin hurriedly said: "My minister is terrified, thank you for your majesty's grace!" As he spoke, he stood up, but he must have bowed slightly, maintaining a humble posture.

Zhu Yunxi nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Come on, talk to the side hall, Li Fu, order someone to serve tea!"

After speaking, he brought Mei Yin to the side hall, sat on the reclining chair, leaned on it comfortably, pointed to the stool beside him and said, "Sit, Prince Consort Mei, don't be restrained."

"Yes, thank you Your Majesty!" Mei Yin saluted and sat down.

It was only then that Zhu Yunxi began to look at him, and saw that he looked 37 or [-] years old, with a moderate build, his behavior was quite reasonable, his face was also very calm, he was a man of talent, with a somewhat gentle appearance.

Zhu Yunxie asked politely: "I've been hearing from the emperor that Concubine Mei was proficient in classics and history when he was a student in Shandong, and that you are regarded as a master of Confucianism, which makes me very envious. What book did Concubine Mei come to read? Do you have any insights?"

"Your Majesty's absurd praise... Weichen is reading Sima Gong's historical records recently, but he doesn't read very clearly..."

"Oh, Shiji, Sima Qian's Shiji is pretty good. Sima Qian, who has written history throughout the ages, is the most outstanding.

Mei Yin's eyes lit up, and she saluted, "Your Majesty's evaluation is truly unprecedented. Compared with His Majesty's evaluation, history reporters in the past dynasties are far behind!"

Seeing Mei Yin's extremely serious and agitated expression, Zhu Yunxi couldn't help being taken aback.

This comment... is commonplace, right?

But who wouldn't say such a sentence after finishing the nine-year compulsory education?Could it be... This sentence was said by later generations, but it hasn't been said yet?
Zhu Yunxi, a scumbag of course, doesn't know that this sentence is Brother Xun's evaluation of Sima Qian's "Historical Records", and it is a very high evaluation.

"Uh, concubine Mei is too famous..."

Zhu Yunxi continued: "However, after all, Shiji is a family's opinion, and sometimes it is unavoidably biased. People who Sima Qian himself disagrees with are sometimes fair. This also needs to be paid attention to. You can't blindly follow Shiji!

For example, the time span recorded in "Historical Records" is too long, and many of the records lack supporting evidence, and are just one-sided remarks by Sima Qian.

Secondly, the source of "Historical Records" is not rigorous, and many of the contents are just hearsay. Moreover, the specific descriptions of some scenes in it are hard to believe.
For example, at the Hongmen Banquet, Ma Qian recorded in detail everyone's seating, speech and actions at that time, as if he had witnessed it with his own eyes, and there are many such examples..."

"And there are a lot of discrepancies between "Historical Records" and the earlier "Bamboo Book Chronicles", that is, the chronicle history book "Bamboo Book Chronicles" jointly completed by the historians of the Jin State in the Spring and Autumn Period and the historians of the Wei State in the Warring States Period..."

Zhu Yunxie's words really made Mei Yin's outside scorched but inside tender!
In fact, some of the things in it will be doubted by later generations, but it is the first time I have heard of as many things as His Majesty said, so well-founded!
For a son-in-law who loves reading very much, Mei Yin is very shocked. The emperor in front of him is less than twenty years old, but has such knowledge, it is really shocking!

"Your Majesty's knowledge is really... rare in the world!"

Zhu Yunxi smiled, said a few words modestly, and then talked about knowledge with Mei Yin.

In the 11th year of Hongwu, Mei Yin married Zhu Yuanzhang's second daughter, Princess Ningguo, and served as the captain-in-law, but Princess Ningguo was Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest daughter.

Zhu Yuanzhang commented that he is proficient in classics and history, and he can be regarded as a Confucian.

"History of the Ming Dynasty": Respectful and cautious by nature, with strategy, he bows and horses.

Legend has it that he was also one of Zhu Yuanzhang's trustees, and once said to him, "You are old and faithful, and you can trust the young master."

Xie Jin once said that he "keeps loyalty to the country and filial piety to relatives. The emperor's day is harmonious, but he matches the sky. Accepting the secret edict, he is loyal. He has no ambitions and smiles." In his words, he mentioned the person who accepted the secret edict It seems that Zhu Yuanzhang asked Gu to be true.

In December of the third year of Jianwen, he was ordered to guard Huai'an. He was very concerned about defending against the rebellion of King Yan, and issued orders very strictly.

In April of the fourth year of Jianwen, Zhu Di defeated the army of Emperor Jianwen, and generals such as Ping'an, Ma Pu, and Xu Zhen were all captured. Zhu Di sent envoys to use the excuse of pilgrimage to try to make excuses. , Those who do not abide by it are not filial.”

Zhu Di was furious when he heard that, and wrote to Mei Yin, saying: "Now I am raising troops to the side of the Qing emperor, and I follow the destiny, and cannot be stopped by ordinary people." Mei Yin resolutely cut off the messenger's ears and nose, and released them to Zhu Di

Zhu Di was so angry that he had to march from Yangzhou to Nanjing.

When Zhu Di ascended the throne, Mei Yin was still stationed in Huai'an at that time. Zhu Di forced Mei Yin's wife, Princess Ningguo, to bite off her finger and wrote a letter in blood to send to Mei Yin.

In the second year of Yongle, Chen Ying, the censor of the capital, claimed that Mei Yin cultivated dead men, colluded with the female scholar Liu, and cursed Zhu Di, and finally was drowned by Jin Yiwei.

Therefore, Mei Yin's loyalty is acceptable, and he also has the ability to lead the army. It's a pity that Emperor Jianwen lost the hearts of the people at that time, and the army's morale had already returned to Zhu Di. In addition, he had no foundation in the army, and his soldiers and horses could not be commanded.

This left an embarrassing situation in history where he held a heavy army and was unable to stop Zhu Di.

But no matter what, Mei Yin's talent is still good, otherwise she wouldn't get the praise and trust of Zhu Yuanzhang!
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes never missed it!

This person is available!

At the end of the chat between the two, Zhu Yunxi asked straight to the point: "Prince Mei, I heard that you learned the art of war from your uncle, Marquis Runan, and you are also familiar with marching and fighting. My Shenji Battalion still lacks a master. The official position is not high, do you want to try it in the past?"

No one stood up quickly, knelt down and saluted: "My minister is willing, thank you Your Majesty!"

"You're welcome, get up!" Zhu Yunxi smiled and helped him up.

The reason why he wanted to use Mei Yin was because he wanted to lower the rank of the son-in-law, but how could those son-in-law be willing?
Even if they didn't dare to make a fuss, they were still unhappy in the end. By appointing Mei Yin as a son-in-law, he could still leave a way for them, so as not to feel resentful if they didn't have room and avenues for promotion...

After all, what people fear most is losing hope...

Family, we still want to be peaceful and beautiful...

Moreover, Mei Yin was really available, he could not only appease relatives, but also get a talent, so why not do it.

At dusk, Dashan Hall.

Zhu Yunxi quietly came to the Dashan Hall. The guards on duty at the gate of the hall and the eunuchs who served were about to salute, but he stopped them with his hand.

Entering the side hall lightly, seeing Zhu Yuanzhang sitting at the table preparing to eat,

And Nie, the supervisor and eunuch of Shangshan, was putting a few small dishes on the table. Seeing Zhu Yunxi coming, he saw his hand gestures just as he was about to salute, so he smiled knowingly and continued to put the dishes.

"Grandfather!"

Zhu Yunxi approached Zhu Yuanzhang and suddenly called out, but the voice was not loud, after all he was afraid of scaring the old man!
Zhu Yuanzhang glared at him, and said angrily, "It's the same thing again, you won't change your tricks! We haven't seen such a big storm on the battlefield, and the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood crawled out. I'm afraid of your shock !"

Zhu Yunxi took advantage of the opportunity to sit on the chair, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes, grandpa, you are a great hero. The storms you have experienced are not comparable to your grandson, but you have defeated all the enemies in the Ming Dynasty. Grandson I just want to imitate your martial arts, and there is no one for my grandson to practice!"

"Isn't there still Waji Tatar in the north, enough for you to fight!"

"Don't worry, my lord. Today is different from the past. The foreigners on the grassland may not pose too much threat to Daming in the future. It will be a matter of time before they are eradicated."

"The tone is not small! Come, let us see if your appetite is the same as your tone!"

"What kind of food is this? Dried beans, loofah, eggplant, black fungus...Grandpa Huang, you're too picky to serve this to your grandson!"

During the fight with Zhu Yuanzhang, the dinner was finished in a pleasant atmosphere.

Zhu Yunxi continued to say, "The most satisfying thing about this meal tonight is the pumpkin and millet porridge. It is golden in color and soft in taste. It is really good craftsmanship!"

Zhu Yuanzhang teased: "Since the craftsmanship is good, why don't you reward it? Just say a few words of praise?"

Zhu Yunxi froze for a moment, "Grandfather, you should reward this, this is the Hall of Great Goodness!"

……

The two quarreled for a while, and in the end it was Zhu Yunxi who was defeated and obediently asked Wang Zhong to take the money as a reward.

The eunuchs Ernie, Qingtong, Wang Zhong, and Li Fu on the side all lowered their heads, with smiles on their faces. The love between family and grandparents is really enviable.

Zhu Yunxi reached out to pick up the teapot, poured Zhu Yuanzhang a cup of hot tea, and said to the left and right: "Go down, I'll talk to Grandpa Huang for a while!"

"Yes, servants obey..." Several people bowed and retreated, leaving only the two of them in the side hall.

Only then did Zhu Yunxi say: "Grandfather, today I asked the courtiers to discuss the matter of lowering the rank of the son-in-law. The final decision is that the son-in-law is the fifth rank according to the Tang Dynasty, but I want to decide according to the fifth rank."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have much reaction to this, and said: "You can make up your mind on this. After all, there are only a few who have failed the emperor's grace. Others are still okay, but their grades are indeed a bit high. It's okay to be strict with them. .”

Zhu Yunxi nodded, he was very grateful to Zhu Yuanzhang for his understanding.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang asked again: "Yunxi, this time it was the son-in-law who committed the crime, so next time, if someone in the royal family violates the law of the country, what are you going to do?"

Zhu Yunxi knew who he was referring to, thought for a while and said, "Grandfather, if people have no fear, everyone may violate the law of the country. That's why my grandson treated Ouyang Lun so severely this time, and even targeted him. All consorts, lower their titles and salaries!"

"After all, they are outsiders, so they should be used as an example. With their fate, I believe it will definitely serve as a warning, and our Zhu family's royal family will also be able to restrain themselves.

Otherwise, they will become more pampered and unrestrained. After a long time, they will be fearless and act recklessly. My grandson doesn't want them to cause disaster, so let the sons-in-law suffer some grievances..."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, looked at him and smiled gratifiedly, obviously agreeing very much.

Just as Zhu Yunxi said, if the royal family, especially those princes who hold real power, feel that the new king is weak and can be bullied, and that the court laws can be trampled on at will,

After that, he might do something out of the ordinary!
So, show your attitude from the very beginning!

Tough attitude!

Only in this way will they be fearful and cautious.

This is the only way to save their lives!

Zhu Yuanzhang understood this.

(End of this chapter)