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Throughout the spring of the second year of Longwu, Zhu Shuren was worried about his wife and children, and he relaxed his attention to state affairs.

Fortunately, there are not many major events that require him to make decisions in person during the recuperation years. During the busy seasons of spring and summer, everything should be as stable as possible, but it is also a scene of subdued governance.

Following Zhu Shuren's adoptive son, his wife brought him into the Spring Harmony Palace and officially named him Zhu Ciyu, it was already the end of May of this year.

He was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, and after three or four months of worrying, the pace of life slowed down.

As for the daughter who was given away as a phone fee, of course the wife would not bring her into the palace, and there is no legal principle of bringing her into the palace, so she just stays in the princess mansion.

Fortunately, Zhu Shuren originally had a daughter who was four and a half years old, and the Zhu family did not lack experience in raising a daughter.Let Dong Bai and Dong Xiaowan, who are already 22 years old, continue to work hard to help take care of their second daughter.

As the princess went to the palace to bring up the baby, there was no mistress in the house, and the atmosphere between Zhu Shuren and several concubines became more relaxed.

The thing that originally required counting the days and being cautious has become a matter of pleasure, and it will stop when the excitement is exhausted. Who is too lazy to count the days of the bird.

In addition, because Zhu Yuchan used a lot of tonics this time, she got twins.

Although the 19-year-old girl has already grown up in ancient times, according to the medical standards of later generations, it is still too much pressure to have two children at once.

In addition, it also relied on lateral incision to ensure normal delivery, and in ancient times, there was a lack of efficient intramucosal hemostasis methods, so blood loss was still relatively large.After the imperial doctor saw it, she felt that the princess would have to take care of her for at least a year——

After all, even according to modern medicine, couples should not have intercourse for at least half a year after a vaginal delivery. The medical conditions in ancient times were even worse, so naturally it took longer to be safe.

Zhu Shuren is a prince, and his wife will not live with him for more than a year. Even if they get back together in the future, it may take a long time to conceive again, and it will take another year to give birth.

So if Zhu Yuchan was counted on, it would be at least three years before Zhu Shuren wanted to have another child.Zhu Shuren will be almost 30 years old by then, and there is no guarantee that he will have one.

As for his current son, legally he was adopted, and he himself still has no offspring. Everything in his E Palace, and even the Shen family's original family business, also needs someone to inherit.

Considering that Zhu Shuren's current power is in the hands of the government and the public, and the forces that need him to stabilize are extremely large, his father-in-law, the emperor, also had to make some gestures.

Zhu Changhao called his son-in-law into the palace several times in early June to give family banquets, during which he mentioned: If he wants to accept one or even several side concubines from the E Palace, he can also give permission, and he can consider slowly starting to arrange it within this year. .

Those concubines before were not qualified to be promoted to the rank of side concubine, after all, their backgrounds were too humble, especially except for Dong Xiaowan, the other three were redeemed by nobles.To be a side concubine, no matter what, she had to be from a scholarly family.

And there is only one prerequisite for all of this, and that is to ensure that the child in Chunhegong is always healthy.If Zhu Ciyu showed signs of repeated illness during Zhu Shuren's preparations for accepting the side concubine, everything had to be suspended first.

Of course Zhu Shuren was able to distinguish between serious and serious, so he agreed to all the demands of his father and emperor, and a tacit understanding was reached between Weng and his son-in-law.

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However, Zhu Shuren thought too much after all, he was still planning how to find a side concubine logically, some sudden internal conflicts interrupted his plan.

And the cause of the matter was still caused by his son who was adopted away and moved into the Spring Harmony Palace.

As mentioned earlier, Zhu Ciyu moved into the Chunhe Palace in June of the second year of Longwu.Since the transfer of the palace does not need to be announced to the world like the previous adoption procedures, it is purely the palace's internal affairs.

Therefore, the ministers of the foreign court did not know about this at the first time, let alone the foreign clan and other relatives.

Zhu Changhao's arrangement obviously has the intention of boiling frogs in warm water, and he wants to gradually and quietly try to create more established facts. When everything is slowly cooked and cooked, it will be too late for outsiders to resist.

With such a low-key behavior, this matter was kept secret for more than a month before it gradually leaked to the outer court and became known to the dignitaries in Nanjing.

Considering that it takes time for news to pass, even if it is a foreign vassal or a local powerful minister, even if they pay attention to the situation in the capital and make frequent inquiries, it will take a month to spread information to the provinces.

Therefore, until the beginning of August, only a few remaining feudal lords nearby, especially those on the borders of Jiangxi, Zhejiang and South Zhili, knew about the important event of Zhu Ciyu's entry into the Spring Harmony Palace.

As the princes of the Ming Dynasty, especially those who are younger and younger than Zhu Changxiao, although they know that there is a high probability that they will be useless in this life, but until this incident, there are more or less fantasies in their hearts.

What if something happens to His Majesty's daughter and son-in-law?Or can't give birth?Or died at birth, and the princess was difficult and injured?

That is the right to inherit the throne, and it is an opportunity for the vassal king to join the great unification. With such a temptation, no matter how slim the hope is, there will be people who will follow suit and cannot help being lustful.

But now, it was confirmed that Zhu Ciyu had moved into the Spring Harmony Palace, and the only vassals left in Ming Dynasty almost fell into despair.

It is a pity that they do not have military power in their hands, and it is impossible to directly rebel against the Qing emperor.So the only chance they have is two choices:
Or, find a way to win over the local governor, promise to be rich, and hope that a provincial civil servant or general soldier will support them and prevent the "treacherous prime minister Zhu Shuren from stealing the country."

During this process, one would never dare to fight against Zhu Changhao's banner, because Zhu Changhao's lineage is far closer and more expensive than all other living vassal kings surnamed Zhu.The other vassal kings were separated at least before Chenghua.

So at best, we can only attack the Qing emperor's side, that is to say, Zhu Changhao was coerced and deceived by his son-in-law, and he was a traitor who coerced the emperor to order him to be a governor, and he had clothes and belts to punish thieves.

If it is impossible to win over the governor directly, then the second way is to secretly contact each other among the vassals to form an alliance, and then instigate a well-connected early bird to take the risk of winning over the governor.

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As mentioned earlier, when the Ming Dynasty established the Nanming regime, there were only twenty or thirty vassal kings left in total. Later, in the process of mobilizing foreign vassals to the surrounding areas of Nanzhili and accepting control, several families were folded, and King Jingjiang was even troubled. rebellion,
Since then, all the princes in Daming have only just twenty families left.

Later, Jiangbei was captured by Duoduo, and the nine princes who were relocated to Yangzhou, as in the original history, were captured by Lian Guoduan and became prisoners of the Qing army along with the Fu Wang regime, and the threat and legal system were completely lost.

Moreover, they were arrested together with the descendants of the tribe, and it is impossible to find another second son and bastard to attack the king. All this is Zhu Shuren's design, how can these waste princes be allowed to live more and waste society? resource.

So when the first year of Longwu was changed to the Yuan Dynasty, there were only eleven vassal kings in the world who had the blood of Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants, and they were all of very distant blood.

Apart from Zhu Changhao himself, only Zhu Cizhen, the seventh Yiwang, was born in Chenghua.Originally, at this time in history, there should have been the lineage of King Rong, but now because of the butterfly effect, King Rong was exterminated by Zhang Xianzhong in Changsha four years ago.

And this Yiwang Zhu Cizhen's lineage can be regarded as a legend, it is too hard to survive and cannot be destroyed no matter what.He comes from Zhu Youbin, Zhu Youtang's younger brother, and he can be regarded as the most enduring feudal lord.

Originally, in history, Zhu Cizhen fled south to Guangdong after Nanjing was destroyed, and continued to be supported by other governors. After his death, his son was recruited by Zheng Chenggong as a signboard. His grandson Zhu Yihao lived until Shi Lang attacked Shangdao and Zheng Keshuang surrendered .

Further up in Chenghua is Tumubao. Baozong has many sons, nine of them, but apart from Chenghua emperor Zhu Jianshen, four of them died young and had no children, and one was wicked and expelled the country.

Among the remaining three kings, the De Wang family and the Chong Wang family were captured by the Qing army following King Fu, and the Ji Wang family was also exterminated by Zhang Xianzhong in Changde four years ago.

Therefore, none of Baozong's other descendants remained.

Going up to Baozong's father, Zhu Zhanji, there are only two sons of Baozong Daizong. If Daizong had only one son and died young, he would not have been recaptured by Baozong.

Therefore, after Zhu Cizhen was removed, all the other ten surviving vassals must have been other descendants of Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi recently.Legitimacy is just too thin, too thin.

Of the more than 200 princes and grandchildren left by Zhu Yuanzhang, there were less than 150 left in the early years of Chongzhen. After 20 years of bloodbath, only these eleven families remained. Nemesis.

Of the eleven families, one was separated from Chenghua, four were separated from Zhu Gaochi, one was separated from Zhu Di (a descendant of Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui), and five families were separated from Zhu Yuanzhang.

Today, in the last eleven families, there are still people trying to connect them.

For example, Lu Wang Zhu Yihai, who lives in Huzhou Prefecture at the junction of Nanzhili and Zhejiang, secretly wrote a secret letter to Yi Wang Zhu Cizhen in August, expressing his concerns.

Some other no-name vassals also complained in private, and they were a little petty.

Zhu Yihai, king of Lu, should be no stranger to those who are familiar with the history of the late Ming Dynasty.

Because in the original history, after Lu Wang Zhu Changhao fell in Hangzhou, it was Lu Wang Zhu Yihai's turn to continue to resist in eastern Zhejiang and fled to the Zhoushan Islands.

It can be seen that the king of Lu still has a certain desire for power, otherwise he would not insist on raising the flag in such a big situation, and the less courageous would have surrendered at that time.

Originally, Zhu Yi had been living in Hangzhou since he escaped from Hainan. The year before last, Zhu Shuren suggested to monitor the feudal vassals before moving to Huzhou.

This time Zhu Yihai didn't take action directly himself, but wooed Zhu Cizhen to the fire, because his own strength was really weak and his lineage was also far away-the King Lu lineage was separated from Zhu Yuanzhang's generation, and they were not descendants of Zhu Biao or Zhu Di. It is the longest lineage among the only surviving princes, and only Tang Wang is as far away as him.

At any rate, Zhu Cizhen was the only descendant of Emperor Chenghua, and Zhu Yihai had no choice but to join forces in judging the situation.

Not long after Zhu Yihai's secret letter was sent, Zhu Cizhen dared not reply for a long time, pretending that he had not received it.Zhu Yihai was worried that the night would be long and dreamy, so he wanted to contact Zhang Guowei, the governor of Zhejiang, and Jiang Ruolai, the chief soldier of Zhejiang, to test their attitudes.

However, this is undoubtedly a stupid move—in history, Zhang Guowei was really the number one civil servant who supported the King of Lu, but that was based on the fact that the Nanjing regime was over. As the leader of Zhejiang, of course he had to stand The local vassal king supervises the country.Zhang Guowei picked King Lu because he really had no negative relationship with King Lu.

But in this life, Zhang Guowei has been friends with the Shen family for a long time. When he was an official in Su Song, he had a good friendship with Shen Tingyang, and later he joined hands with Zhu Shuren to promote Lijin reform.

How could Zhang Guowei be seduced by Zhu Yihai?So Zhang Guowei immediately became vigilant even if he was just snooping on the matter of "Your Majesty moved the adopted grandson to the Palace of Spring Harmony".

The end of Zhang Guowei's vigilance is naturally very miserable.Zhang Guowei immediately asked Jiang Ruolai, a confidant general of the direct line, to secretly lead troops to blockade and conduct a thorough investigation. It didn't take long to find evidence of "the kings colluding and discussing the palace".

For such a big event, the news would of course be rushed to Nanjing and delivered to the emperor, and Zhu Shuren would know about it immediately.

For this King Lu, Zhu Shuren still admires him in terms of character, but there is no second day, and since it involves a power struggle, some things cannot be lenient.

After getting the news, of course Zhang Guowei immediately ordered Zhang Guowei to take down all the relevant people and escort them to Beijing.If there is force to resist, Jiang Ruolai, the chief soldier of Zhejiang, will directly seek peace.

Although King Lu has no military power, he knows that he will die after the incident, and he will definitely jump over the wall in a hurry, relying on the guards of his servants, and a small group of grassroots officers of the old Ming army in Zhejiang who were bewitched by him and were not clear-headed.

In addition to some local gentry in Hangzhou and Huzhou who are dissatisfied with Zhang Guowei's governance, the total number of people who can win over is only a few thousand people, and most of them are mobs.

What the hell can these mobs do?After a short and rapid bloody storm, in just half a month, the troubles in Zhejiang were settled down.

Jiang Ruolai also flattered himself that he won a non-hereditary earl by countering the rebellion, and the credit is really easy to pick up.

After this incident, it mainly proved that in the southern provinces, not many people really cared whether the future emperor's lineage came from Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants.

Those few rebels who use the name of pedantry to fight against commercial taxes and local prosecutors' hidden facts will only make it easier for Zhu Shuren to solve the problem and make social reform more thorough and smooth.

In Jiangxi, there was a little turmoil like Zhejiang, but it was soon settled. All the dead were only a few thousand people, many of whom were speculators.

After the military counter-insurgency is over, the next step is the political trial work.

This work started in early September and lasted for a month. It was finally approved that the four princes, including King Lu, were the initiators and implementers of this connection and incitement to the governor.

The remaining three kings, including Zhu Cizhen, just received the letter and did not dare to reply, or they replied to the letter and refused, but did not report and expose it, so there was really no evidence of substantive participation.

Some of the people who originally handled the case wanted to get promoted by wooing Zhu Shuren and kill Zhu Cizhen and others.

But Zhu Shuren decided to abolish the three kings as commoners after repeated inspections, seize the nobles and remove the country. Those who did not reply to Zhu Yihai's letter still need to be imprisoned, and those who reply to the letter and refuse are exempted from imprisonment, but they still have to be expelled from the state. It's all "don't report what you know, don't take action when you hear about it".

Even if you know that others are planning treason, even if you refuse, as long as you don't report, you are still guilty, and the most extrajudicial mercy is not death.

Some staff members also felt that Zhu Shu's heart was softening, thinking that it was the result of Shi Kefa's persuasion and obstruction.

But Zhu Shuren was open and aboveboard, telling his subordinates not to be impatient: "The Ministry of Shi Ge did say that rewards and punishments should be clearly defined, and that the main criminal and the accessory criminal should be distinguished, so the punishment must be differentiated.

But this king also supports the Shi Ge Department. If they are all killed, it will appear that the imperial court is taking the opportunity to expand the attack.The rest of them are harmless. "

The reason behind Zhu Shuren's words was quickly understood by the staff: those people's excuse for plotting was the Qing emperor's side.

If the emperor completely killed all the princes who were even a little bit involved, the appearance would be too ugly, and it might lead everyone to speculate that the reason they said "Qingjun side" was true, and the emperor was really Zhu Shuren's puppet.

Now, the emperor has shown that he treats different circumstances differently. He didn't kill them all, which shows that he still has real power and is wise. He can refute the opinions that are most beneficial to Zhu Shuren, and still make decisions from the perspective that is most beneficial to the country.

Who else can say that the emperor is a blinded puppet?
As for the two or three guys who have been abolished and expelled from the country, there is no threat to their lives, and they have lost their legal authority.

After this cleansing, the four kings exterminated their clans, the three kings exterminated their kingdoms, and seven of the eleven princes were further removed, leaving only the last four, which is really miserable.

Among these four people, one was separated from Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Di, and two were separated from Zhu Yuanzhang.Everything else is either dead or extinct.

Those who dare to point fingers at the "Xinyi Palace Case" will end up in this way!
The prince who has survived to this day is basically too weak to be cowardly. He can't beat a fart with a few sticks, and there is no threat at all.

By thoroughly purging the kings and cutting off the party members who were dissatisfied with the current situation, Zhu Shuren also basically solved the problem of redundant officials and redundant kings in Daming, and greatly reduced the expenditure on financial meals.

Originally, a dynasty had to be restarted forcibly at the later stage. One of the important reasons was that more and more people were sucking blood on finances.

Even if some people are killed, they still have relatives and old friends who can climb back by relying on their nepotism and continue to eat financially.

Only military bloodbath, physical annihilation, and family annihilation can cure this problem.

However, after years of contraction, Nanming has solved this problem very well invisibly.

After all, when Chongzhen died, the entire team of the central imperial court in Beijing was thrown out, and tens of thousands of former financial support staff became "attached rebels", who could push their family members out of the welfare circle .

Although Nanjing is going to re-establish the imperial court, it can be promoted from the redundant officials in the south. Once the position that was originally vacated after the promotion is redundant, no position can be established.

Now many internal kings have been implicated, and there are more than hundreds of gentry families who have resisted the local prosecutors before.

When the tax was collected in the autumn of the second year of Longwu, Zhu Shuren himself was surprised to find that the financial expenditure of civil servants had been reduced by [-]-[-]% this year, and the expenditure of the imperial family was cut directly by the middle and then by the middle.

It was said that it was cut to the knee, but it was light. To be precise, it should have been cut directly to the ankle.