Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 327 Fate
The next day, Chengyi Bofu.

"Ye Boju's words are actually quite reasonable." Liu Bowen commented after reading the transcript brought by Zhu Zhen.

As the weather turns cooler and the autumn leaves turn yellow, the master and apprentice have also returned to the room to learn from each other.

"The disaster of enfeoffment, he saw it very thoroughly and explained it very clearly." Then Lao Liu commented:
"The weakness of the royal family in the Song and Yuan Dynasties certainly destabilized the country. However, the emperor's 'dividing the fiefs is too extravagant' is too much. The vassal kings have both fiefdoms and armies. How is it different from an independent kingdom? In the future, it will definitely be a big deal. In this way In the future, the imperial court will have to cut down the feudal clan again. And once the feudal clan is cut down, it will inevitably attract the resentment of the feudal king and cause even greater turmoil... I don’t know which of your brothers and nephews will play the banner of "Qing Emperor's side" at that time."

"Hehe..." Zhu Zhen smiled with mixed feelings, but didn't answer.

Liu Ji suddenly said:

"I now understand why you are so persistent in entrusting overseas territories. It seems that there will definitely be a vassal rebellion in the future, and it may be closer than Ye Boju's prediction of 'a few generations later'."

"How did you find out?" Zhu Zhen asked in astonishment.

"It's very simple. Ye Boju's words are a huge threat to your interests. Once the government and the public reach a consensus, the reduction of feudal clans will become an enduring topic in Ming Dynasty." Liu Ji said lightly:
"And even if the emperor is angry for a while, he will understand after a long time. What Ye Boju said makes sense. I don't think there is any need for future kings. After a few years, the emperor will start to reduce your rights-because of this matter If he doesn't do it, he will have to do it after your eldest brother succeeds!"

"On this issue, the most difficult thing to do is your elder brother. As an elder brother, you should not prevent your father from distributing the family property to his younger brothers; but as an heir, how generous you are to the vassal king today, the situation you will face in the future will be different. How tricky.

"When he succeeds to the throne, the power, fief and army in the hands of the vassal are all bestowed by the previous emperor, and if he wants to reduce it, he will bear the reputation of being unfilial and unrighteous.

"Although as your elder brother, you won't be criticized and scolded. But your father loves your elder brother so much, he is definitely reluctant to let him bear this infamy, so he will definitely take action for him."

"Yeah." Zhu Zhen nodded, Lao Liu is indeed Lao Liu, and he is quite accurate in seeing things.

He knew that, in fact, right now was the pinnacle of the power of the Daming feudal lord.

Right now, although the vassal kings are not yet a kingdom, the official systems of the princes' mansions have long been established.

Take his Chu Palace as an example.At present, there are five major institutions: Wangxiang Mansion, Wang Fu Mansion, Joining Army Mansion, Hujun Mansion and Changshi Division.

Among them, Wang Xiangfu has a second-rank military minister and a Wenxiang each.Responsible for the important military and political affairs in Chu, the commander of Huguangdu and the chief envoy concurrently.

In addition, there are one left and one Fu, from the second grade, the left king Fu Liu Bowen, and the right king Fu is temporarily absent.There are also four accompanying readers, who are elected as veterans who understand the scriptures and practice prudently;Because the king of Chu is still young, these seats are also vacant.

Then there is the Junjun Mansion, which is in charge of the investigation and investigation of Chu Fan's lawsuits and prisons. There is one member of the fifth rank to join the army, two recorders of the seventh rank, and one Jishan.

Then there is the Hujun Mansion in charge of the three guards of the palace. Each guard has five guards on the left, right, front, back, and middle, with two people from one thousand households and ten people from one hundred households.There is also the second Weizishou office in charge of the guards, with one person per hundred households.

Finally, there is the Chief History Department in charge of the daily affairs of the palace.

Through such a complete and high-standard royal bureaucratic system, the vassal kings can intervene in all the important military and political affairs of the provinces, the military deployment of the capital guards, military training and transfer, and the inspection of local officials.

In particular, the Prime Minister of the Wangfu, Fu Guan, held many official positions concurrently, and they could completely rely on their identities and influences to intervene in local administrative matters and mobilize troops within the country.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang also stipulated that the local civil and military chiefs should visit the prince every month and make monthly reports to him.When there are special circumstances, the vassal king can summon and restrain the local civil and military at any time.

In Boss Zhu's top-level design, the vassal king is actually the local imperial envoy sent by the imperial court to supervise and have the right to take charge of local military and political affairs.

If this set of rules remains the same, Lao Liu will be the veritable king of Huguang after the vassal.

And he heard from his elder brothers that there is no need to wait for the feudal clan, when the big wedding comes, the local civil and military will come to show hospitality and present the local elders with "fist and filial piety".In the following three festivals and two birthdays, there will be constant gifts, otherwise they would not be so rich once they moved to the palace.

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Although Zhu Zhen couldn't figure out the specific time steps, he knew that when his father was still alive, he began to weaken the power of the vassal.

Anyway, in the last years of Hongwu, the vassal king had neither the king's minister nor the king's Fu, nor even joined the army.Moreover, Boss Zhu also strictly forbids the officials of the royal family to interfere in local affairs, which greatly weakens the political power of the government offices of the royal family.

And right now, the vassal king has the power of life and death for all officials in the palace, who to be appointed and who to dismiss are all decided by the vassal king alone, and the court must not interfere.

But the officials of the royal family in the future must be appointed by the court, and the vassal king can no longer comment.

However, while the political power was restricted, the military power of the vassal kings continued to expand. This is because Zhu Yuanzhang’s purpose of enfeoffing the kings, especially the king of Sai, was to let them gradually replace the positions of the generals and military officials. Snatch it from the general.

But later the eldest nephew felt that the military power was in the hands of the uncles, rather than in the hands of generals.I wanted to change again, but in the end I lost myself...Of course, this is another story.

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It's hard to say whether the father was touched by Ye Boju's Shangshu and began to reflect on whether he had given too much power to the vassal king, and then began the process of weakening the vassal king.

People are selfish, and Zhu Zhen does not want his power to be deprived.

"If you hadn't foreseen the rebellion of the vassal kings, and if it was the rebellion of the vassal kings that would happen in your lifetime, with your temper that you don't want to suffer, you must have jumped a long time ago." Liu Bowen teased: "How could you still be calm?" Qi, what kind of enfeoffment disaster are you discussing with this old man here?"

"Hey, master is wise." Zhu Zhen laughed, and immediately said seriously: "Yes, I did foresee the future chaos of the feudal kings. I also know that the father will start to weaken the power of the feudal kings. Decades later, the feudal kings The clan has become a captive piglet. It has been deprived of military and political power, and only deserves to have fun and reproduce, and it will eventually become a malignant tumor that drags down Ming Dynasty!"

"People are selfish. I don't want to let myself and my descendants accept the fate of being raised in captivity. But I also know that in China, the vassal king has absolutely no reason to preserve all rights. To preserve all rights, the only way is to entrust overseas !” He said decisively, and then asked softly:
"Master, do you think it's appropriate for me to mention the overseas entrustment to my elder brother?"

(End of this chapter)