Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 427
"According to your words, there are wrong people in both families..."

"Judging from the news in the humble hands, there should be one, but I can't be sure who it is."

In Changchun Palace, when Zhu Youxiao and Gu Bingqian were afraid, Zhu Youjian stood in front of the window, turned his back to a person and asked, and this person also gave an answer.

"Huh..." Zhu Youjian let out a foul breath, feeling that the situation was gradually getting out of his control, so he wanted to help.

"You said... Do you want to kill Huanglong..."

Zhu Youjian's words made the person hiding in the dark sweat profusely, and after the clouds in the sky gradually drifted away, the sun shone into the hall, illuminating this person clearly.

"Killing... has the benefits of killing, not killing... has the benefits of not killing..."

Lu Jianxing bowed his body and said an ambiguous sentence.

Apparently, his many years in the officialdom had made him develop the habit of not expressing his position on the general situation.

It's just that he wouldn't be able to sit in this position if he only had a relationship with Mui.

"Killing Huang Long, although the twelve guards of the navy will not say it clearly, but they are not convinced in their hearts, and Huang Long's nephew Huang Fei is quite prestigious in the navy."

"If he is resigned from his position, I am afraid that the twelve guards will riot in groups."

"Although the family members of the [-]-odd Battalion of Xiaoxiyang and the [-] Guards of the Navy are all in Daming, many of them did not get married in Daming, and took root in Ceylon Mansion."

"If this part makes trouble, then..."

Three points full of words, Lu Jianxing did not continue, but he saw that Zhu Youjian did not speak, and then said:

"Besides, what happened this time is not necessarily related to Huang Long. Huang Long is very arrogant. Apart from you, Your Highness, only Man Gui and Sun Yingyuan can make him calm down a little."

"With his temperament, it is unlikely that he will find some nephews to discuss matters."

"Although he has a criminal record, it's really not too much to kill him, and it can make some people live more safely, but in general, the harm outweighs the benefit..."

After he finished speaking, Zhu Youjian turned around and walked to his seat. After sitting down, he said:

"You seem to be agreeable in what you say, but in fact you are also helping to make a difference."

"Your Highness's Mingjian..." Lu Jianxing turned around, nodded and said at the same time:
"The humble job does have selfish intentions, and I don't want Huang Long to die."

"Gu will not kill Huanglong, nor will he kill any hero who has contributed to Daming." Zhu Youjian leaned on the chair, speaking generously:

"Those civil servants all thought that Gu was Emperor Taizu Gao, but Gu chose to be Emperor Tang Zong and Song Zu."

"Skinning and filling grass is because they did what they should do."

Zhu Youjian's words seemed to say that he was perfect, but Lu Jianxing heard something wrong.

Did Tang Zong and Song Zu kill heroes?Naturally, Hou Junji is the representative.

But even if Hou Junji was killed, it was because of Hou Junji's rebellion.

That is to say, in the eyes of His Royal Highness, as long as the hero does not rebel, he will not be decapitated in whatever he does.

Rebellion is his bottom line, but this rebellion...

Lu Jianxing felt a little nervous, after all, in the eyes of all of them, what Huang Long and others did was not considered treason.

They just want to promote their own person to be the emperor, and choose a better person to be the emperor. Is this too much for a minister?
The only contradiction is that Zhu Youjian doesn't want to be emperor.

Whenever he opened his mouth, the chair would be automatically lifted and placed next to him, waiting for his buttocks to sit down.

Lu Jianxing didn't understand, why some people were willing to kill their brothers and fathers for that chair, but His Royal Highness regarded it as tasteless?
"Have someone draft an order, let Huanglong stabilize the line of defense, and wait for the feudal vassals to return to the capital to report on their duties."

Zhu Youjian gave Lu Jianxing an order, and Lu Jianxing took advantage of the situation to respond.

Zhu Youjian changed the topic, which means that the topic of Huanglong and Qin Qi's family has passed.

This may be a kind of self-confidence, military and political self-confidence.

Zhu Youjian believes that as long as he is here, no one can overturn the world in military and politics, and his royal brother's position will be more stable than anyone else's.

Compared with his age, he is only 37 years old, and Sun Yingyuan, the youngest of the five army governors, is [-] years old.

Needless to say in terms of ability, he is also the highest military and political official in the Ming Dynasty.

Extinguish Xu Hongru in half a month, destroy Tumote Su Nang in ten days, and destroy Hetao fire in one month...

It seems that they are all fighting with more and fighting with less, but in fact they are encircling and fighting with less. Except for the four cavalry guards, the other troops are helping to encircle and create opportunities for Zhu Youjian to annihilate.

Right now, he is the one who leads the farthest attack alone on land, and he is still the one who ran alone for two thousand miles. The gold content of beheading Huoluochi is much better than Mangui's six-day raid of nine hundred miles to attack the barbarians.

However, perhaps it has been too long since he went to war, and some restless people seem to have forgotten that his identity is firstly the general of Xiaoqi, and then the governor of the five armies and the king of Qi.

To solve internal problems, especially the warriors of the war madman, the first thing to do is to fight a battle to shut them up, and then arrange a big battle to consume their energy, so that they don't have the mind to pay attention to domestic affairs.

Zhu Youjian has always treated Huang Long like this, but Huang Long has reached the point where he can't be sealed.

Zhu Youjian suppressed him for a long time, and with his achievements, he could be named a marquis or even a duke very early.

Now it seems that blind pressure is useless. At this time, the ordinary emperor's art is taught to raise the butcher's knife and slaughter the heroes.

It's just that they were ordinary emperors, but Zhu Youjian was not, so he couldn't bear to kill them.

After Huanglong returned to Beijing to report on his duties, Zhu Youjian still hoped to send him to Merica in North Asia, and let him deal with the Europeans on that continent while building Qi.

Needless to say Huanglong's loyalty, Lu Xiangsheng, Qi Yuanfu, and Qi Yuanbi did not go in the early stage, and he did not have a separatist regime when he conquered Xiaoxiyang, let alone the still very poor Qi State.

Send him to Qi State, Zhu Youjian can rest assured...

It's just that what Zhu Youjian is wary of now is the people who win over the Qin and Qi families.

"According to what you said, they are wooing their nephews and nephews."

Zhu Youjian squinted his eyes, and Lu Jianxing also bowed back:
"According to the Supervision Department's news, this is the case."

"Okay, you can step down." After confirming again, Zhu Youjian chose to let Lu Jianxing step down.

Lu Jianxing didn't say much either, maybe it was because he hadn't seen Zhu Youjian for too long, or maybe Zhu Youjian was improving too fast.

Even he, who is used to watching the battlefield, felt an invisible pressure on him when facing Zhu Youjian, which was very depressing.

After he withdrew, Zhu Youjian probably thought of who was wooing the Qin and Qi families.

In fact, he believed that Lu Jianxing should also know who was wooing, but he didn't say it.

There are only two forces or people in Daming that can make Lu Jianxing, the commander of the Jinyiwei Supervision Department, feel troublesome.

One is Lu Wenzhao and other veterans of Qi Palace, and the other is...

"Your Highness, Chengde is asking to see you."

Not long after Lu Jianxing withdrew, the commander of the Xiaoqi guard at the door bowed to report, and Zhu Youjian also nodded slightly, signaling him to summon him.

"Chengde..."

Zhu Youjian leaned on the chair, and had already speculated about the people who win over the Qin and Qi families.

Cheng De's official position is not high, but he has great power, not to mention the forces behind him.

The Yanshan faction, a faction that occupies [-]% of the military officers in the governor's office of the five armies, and [-]% of the civilian officials in the ruling and opposition parties, is supported by Zhu Youjian himself.

Such a force is more terrifying than the old team of Prince Qi's Mansion, and it is the only force that can suppress all parties in the court.

Right now, this force is starting to be restless, and one thing Zhu Youjian needs to determine is...whether Chengde is restless or the people below are restless.

With his thoughts in mind, Cheng De walked in from outside the hall, and walked into the side hall of Changchun Palace, and saw Zhu Youjian who was basically indifferent all the time.

"Respectfully, Your Highness..."

Chengde bowed and bowed politely, without showing any unusual behavior, and Zhu Youjian also nodded slightly: "Gu Shang'an."

The word "Shang" caused Cheng De to raise his head suddenly, and he looked at Zhu Youjian in astonishment, as if he was asking who made him angry.

His expression didn't seem deceitful, ordinary people and ordinary officials would think that Cheng De really didn't know something.

But facing his astonishment, Zhu Youjian leaned forward:

"What do you think, if there is a faint king and a tyrant in the future, what should I do?"

"According to what the students have learned from the books, the policy of "Zhou Zhao Gonghe" can be implemented. After the election of a wise king, the government will be returned to the emperor."

Chengde spoke cautiously, looking at Zhu Youjian from time to time while talking.

He replaced his self-proclaimed student with the pretext of "learning from books", and what he learned from books was some of the things taught in Yanshan textbooks.

Zhu Youjian wrote to the Yanshan textbook very early on how the common people and officials should deal with the faint king and tyrant.

A very simple, yet difficult policy... Zhou Zhaogong.

This is a political period that is closest to modern "constitutional monarchy" in Eastern history.

The cause was that during the Western Zhou Dynasty, King Li lost power, and the domestic people rioted and invaded the palace, and King Li of Zhou fled.

After the people of the country calmed down and left, there was no master in Zong Zhou. Later, the princes elected "Gong Bohe" to act as the emperor.

Gong Bohe was in power for 14 years and exiled King Zhou Li until Prince Jing, the son of King Zhou Li, grew up and returned the power to Prince Jing, who became King Zhou Xuan after his death.

Of course, this is a point of view, and there are several other points of view, such as the Duke of Zhou and Duke Zhao, or the Duke of Zhou, Duke Zhao, Gongbo and the three ruling the Republic.

While the three were in power, they set up a parliament formed by various classes such as "vassals, doctors, countrymen, and slave owners", and passed this period smoothly.

During this period, there was no emperor, and everything was discussed, and this is what Zhu Youjian meant in the textbook.

If one day the emperor is cruel and the people rebel, the emperor can choose to abdicate, and the people, the cabinet, and the six ministries will choose a new emperor to come to power, or end the emperor's rule in the way of "two kings and three ke".

This method of handling lies in the fact that the people rise up first, and the emperor cannot hold back the situation, and then the people fight under the capital, and the emperor chooses whether to abdicate independently.

The cabinet and the six ministries are not qualified to help the emperor make decisions, only the emperor and the people can make decisions, and the cabinet and the six ministries are only third parties.

If the person recommended by the people wants to be the emperor, then give the Ming royal family the treatment of "two kings and three ke".

If you don't want to, then choose a new emperor to come to power.

If there is no election, the people themselves will form a new cabinet to come to power.

In general, this is not a constitutional monarchy, but a new system.

The reason for setting up this system is also because it is a system that can be "accepted" by the emperor, scholar-bureaucrats, and common people.

Of course, this kind of acceptance does not mean that everyone agrees, but the result of compromise among multiple parties.

With the presence of the Ming economic circle, no matter who came up and wanted to be the emperor or the chief assistant of the cabinet, they would not be willing to give up this "cornucopia" that could bring huge profits every year.

If you want this pot and want the vassal to accept them, you can only let the royal family be the middleman.

Unless they are political idiots, even if the imperial family of the Ming Dynasty abdicated and became a "king", it would still be a favorite.

Compared with the economic circle worth thousands or even hundreds of millions of taels, the annual cost of supporting Zhu's descendants is nothing at all.

However, this is after all the textbook compiled by Zhu Youjian in his early years. At that time, his physical age was only ten years old, his mental age was only over 40, and he had been active in the political arena of Ming Dynasty for less than a year.

Therefore, the system he set up at that time had many flaws, the biggest of which was that the vassals might become kings on their own, and overseas might be divided into separate regimes. The situation of "according to the "Emperor Ming Zu Xun" is difficult".

If this situation breaks out, and the Han people have not conquered the whole world by then, then the European regimes will have a chance to breathe.

If the current Zhu Youjian is allowed to redesign, he will definitely be able to design a better system, but no matter what the system is, the premise is to ensure that Zhu's descendants will not be slaughtered.

"Your Highness, what did the student do wrong?"

Cheng De looked at Zhu Youjian without speaking for a long time, then slowly raised his head, and asked with some doubts.

Zhu Youjian glanced at him, trying to see something in his eyes, but the result disappointed him.

I don't know if Chengde's disguise is too good, or he really didn't participate in the action of wooing Qin and Qi. In short, Zhu Youjian didn't see anything, only fear and doubt.

"Yanshan officials, what are you doing recently..."

Zhu Youjian stared straight at Chengde, and Chengde also raised his hands in a bow, and replied respectfully:

"Li Demao, Zhang Maocai and others have been busy with Enke's affairs recently. As for Xiao Daogui and others from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they have been running around in Jiangnan, Beijing and two provinces recently, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate has involved more than a hundred corrupt officials. .”

The few people mentioned in Chengde's words are the first batch of officials who graduated from Yanshan, and they are also the radicals of the Yanshan faction.

When Jin Xuan was imprisoned, it was they who encouraged Yanshan officials to go to the Qianqing Palace collectively.

If it hadn't been dissuaded by Yan Yinshao and Cheng De, the nominal leaders of Yanshan at that time, I am afraid that the Yanshan faction would have ganged up to force the palace at that time.

Zhu Youjian never thinks that the radicals are bad. All parties have their meaning. The key is to see how the superiors use them.

It's just from Chengde's mouth that these people are busy with their own affairs, and there is no chance or time to win over the Qin and Qi families.

But if it wasn't for the Yanshan faction, who would have the strength to win over the Qin and Qi families?

Hong Chengchou?
It couldn't be him, because he's not a fool.

Hong Chengchou would win over everyone in the southwest, but he would not win over the Qin and Qi families, or even the Ma family.

The affairs of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion are too complicated, and if one is not careful, he will have to pay for himself.

For a person like Hong Chengchou who needs to sweep away the dust that falls on his body, it is impossible for him to get involved in this kind of thing.

But apart from Yanshan and Hong Chengchou, even Zhu Youjian couldn't think of anyone else who could win over the Qin and Qi families.

It is impossible for Qin Bangping, Qi Jin, Qin Banghan, Qin Minping and others to be wooed, and there will be no conspiracy for them to retire and ask to return to their hometowns.

If Zhu Youjian really ascended the throne, even if they knew they were invincible, they would raise troops in the name of loyal and loyal ministers. Both Zhu Youjian and Lu Jianxing could see this very clearly.

So they didn't target these two people, but their children and nephews.

But even the nephews and nephews involved too many people. Although Jin Yiwei could check the news from the pigeons outside the house, he couldn't figure out who sent the pigeons.

The Qin and Qi families are not small families, and they basically use their own people in the mansion. In addition, they themselves are the generals in charge of the army, so the rule is very strict, and outsiders cannot enter at all.

If you can't get into the mansion, you can only rely on buying people's hearts to spy on news, but even buying people's hearts is not so easy. It takes a long time to catch big fish, and it takes time.

At present, Zhu Youjian only hopes that there will be no more headaches in the country before he destroys Jianlu.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian temporarily put down the deep investigation of this matter, and prepared to wait for Lu Jianxing to report back.

So he leaned against the backrest behind him, looked at Chengde and asked:
"How are the preparations for the official schools in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Henan? How much do you need for teaching?"

"It's almost ready, and it needs about 16 lessons." Seeing that Zhu Youjian changed the subject, Cheng De was relieved and subconsciously answered.

Facing his answer, Zhu Youjian nodded slightly to express his understanding, and Chengde also talked about his reason for coming this time:

"Your Highness, the students came here this time to report back on the affairs of the official school."

"In addition to what your Highness asked, there is one more thing that the official school needs to report, and that is about the student's vacation."

"Let's talk." Zhu Youjian picked up a memorial and responded absent-mindedly.

"Is the official school vacation too long?" Cheng De asked cautiously.

"It's not long for a combination of work and rest." Zhu Youjian replied decisively.

"The student has no problem." After Chengde finished speaking, he quietly waited for Zhu Youjian to show him off, but to his surprise, Zhu Youjian waved his hand to signal him to leave instead of showing him off.

"Student resigns..."

After Chengde finished speaking, he could only leave with a puzzled expression on his face, as if he was still wondering why Zhu Youjian asked him about "tyrants and fools" just now.

Not long after he left, Liu Ruoyu appeared at the gate of Changchun Palace, holding three memorials in his hand, stood at the gate of the side hall and said:

"Your Highness, Long Live ordered the servants to send me the memorial."

"Come in..." Zhu Youjian put down the ink pen, and Liu Ruoyu also walked in
"Your memorial, half of the Long Live circle is popular..."

"Hmm." Hearing Liu Ruoyu's words, Zhu Youjian didn't find it strange, but calmly and indifferently raised his teacup and took a sip of tea, moistening his throat.

"Your Highness, you..." Liu Ruoyu was disrupted by Zhu Youjian's indifferent appearance. Originally, he thought that His Highness would ask, but he didn't want the other party to even bother to ask.

"That servant put the memorial here..."

Liu Ruoyu carefully placed the memorial on Zhu Youjian's table, and Zhu Youjian nodded slightly.

"Slaves leave..."

With some doubts, Liu Ruoyu withdrew from the Changchun Palace, and Zhu Youjian took a look at the memorial after he withdrew.

What he thought was right, Zhu Youxiao approved everything except Qin Bangping, Qi Jin, and Qin Banghan.

Qin Bangping was still the commander-in-chief of the Western Army, Qi Jin was also the commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, and Qin Banghan was the commander-in-chief of Guizhou. The positions of the three of them and the positions of the commanders of the two armies remained unchanged.

However, Zhu Youjian's memorial for the three men to become marquises was approved, while the memorial for the three men to serve as Gao Lao was rejected.

Not only won the Marquis, but the three were also named Prince Shaobao, Zuozhu Kingdom.

The separation of the three titles and honors gave each of them an annual salary of 9000 taels of silver.

Zhu Youjian glanced at it, then ignored it, but put away the memorial.

It seems that he has long thought that his brother would deal with it like this, and the reason why he knew that his brother would deal with it like this, but he still asked people to report it, to put it bluntly, was to remind his brother.

He found that his elder brother seemed to have forgotten the hardships of the two brothers because of himself.

It is true that Zhu Youjian can protect him by being by his side, but Zhu Youjian also needs to go out, and when he goes out, he has no chance to travel thousands of miles to protect him.

Yiluan Guard, Dragon Tiger Guard, Flying Bear Guard...

The three Imperial City Guards, the Great Han General, and the Jing Army have a total of more than 2 soldiers and horses, but Zhu Youxiao's control over them relies on the four eunuchs Wang An, Liu Ruoyu, Wang Tiqian, and Wei Zhongxian.

Zhu Youjian originally thought that Zhu Ciran might be able to personally lead the three guards and two armies when he grows up, but now it seems that Zhu Ciran's military talent can only be mediocre.

Zhu Cixuan and Zhu Cijiong are too young to see anything, so it can be said that there is no one in Zhu Youxiao's line who can personally lead the army.

No matter how much Zhu Youjian cultivated Zhu Ciran, at best he was at the level of a general.

Just relying on a battalion of soldiers and horses to protect father and son brothers, this is too much to underestimate the current environment.

The internal situation is so bad that even Zhu Youjian has some headaches, so he wants to take this opportunity to make Zhu Youxiao pay more attention to the army.

Only with the support of the army can his position be secured, and Zhu Youjian can leave Daming and go to Qi.

"Your Highness, Jingcheng sent a memorial. It was sent by Guo Sangdai, who was a slave. The humble post has not been opened. Please read it, Your Highness..."

Lu Jianxing, who had left, returned to Changchun Palace with a memorandum, and when he heard that it was about Nuergan, Zhu Youjian got up and walked towards him, and when he took the memorandum, he immediately opened it, and read the contents at a glance.

"Jianlu is mobilizing troops and horses, probably because he has sensed the changes in our army."

Zhu Youjian closed the memorial, his face still flat.

"Then..." Lu Jianxing wanted to say something, but Zhu Youjian said first:

"It's okay, the situation has long been clear, no matter how they mobilize, it's useless."

"After this battle is over, the country will be at peace for at least five years..."

　Starting tomorrow, from the 20th to the 25th, it should be changed every day.

　　After returning home on the fourth day of the fourth day, on the 26th of the fifth day, two shifts a day will resume.

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　　There is no Internet in the village, and I have already been invited by various families in the village to kill pigs.

　　According to killing one head for one meal, I probably don’t have time to write a book during the day, so I only update it every day.

　　Of course, if you write fast, you can still achieve two updates a day during the period, but I guess it's not realistic...

　　
　
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