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Chapter 241 Old Zhu's Decision

"We have decided to seal the second son of the emperor, King Zhu Qin, who will be stationed in Xi'an. The third son, Zhu Jin, will be stationed in Taiyuan. The fourth son, Zhu Di, will be king of Zhou, and will be stationed in Kaifeng, Henan. The fifth son, Zhu Xun, will be king of Wu, and will live in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Etc. They are older, let's let them live."

As soon as these words came out, the banquet immediately fell silent, and everyone looked at Lao Zhu in amazement.

Standing behind him, Zhu Biao didn't express any objection. In the end, he would still be crowned king, but he wasn't worried about anything.

Looking at it like this, Lao Zhu has already made a decision and has great confidence in the feudal king.Although vassal kings often have troubles, it is also beneficial for them to divide them into feudal titles.

Zhu Biao was afraid that someone would come out to stop him, but everyone was quiet, and no one said a word at the birthday banquet.

The younger brothers were the happiest, especially Zhu Xi and Zhu Yan, and Zhu Di was also very happy. They chatted twitter with smiles on their faces.

It stands to reason that if you seal the throne, you will leave the capital after a few years and go to your own fief. Without the constraints of the imperial palace, you can live a happy and comfortable life.

Regarding Zhu Difeng's stay in Kaifeng, Henan Province, Zhu Biao did not expect that Lao Zhu would do this, but the reason is also obvious.

The original capital became the Beiping Mansion, and then the First Army of the Ming Dynasty was stationed in the city. This did not need to be guarded, so Zhu Di was naturally placed in Kaifeng, Henan.

Although Kaifeng in Henan Province was a famous capital city in the Northern Song Dynasty, after the fall of the Song Dynasty, the capital city of the Yuan Dynasty was established in Dadu, and Kaifeng City has long since lost its prosperity.

Moreover, in the three years since the founding of the country in Henan, the Yellow River flooded several times, and disasters occurred every year. The land was devastated and the people were miserable.

Every summer, when the river floods, the fertile fields will be submerged, and what the people eat most is bark and grass roots.

Li Shanchang immediately smiled and said: "I congratulate Your Majesty, congratulate Your Majesty, this is a good thing."

Liu Bowen looked complicatedly at Li Shanchang, who was flattering him, and silently drank a glass of wine with a serious expression on his face.

Regarding the matter of enfeoffing feudal kings, he has read the history books and classics, so it is natural not to persuade His Majesty, he can only take a step back and look at it.

After that, no officials spoke at the banquet until the banquet was over.

In the evening, Liu Bowen came to say goodbye to Zhu Biao.

"Sir, which day will you leave, so I have someone to see you off." Zhu Biao looked at Liu Bowen, who was a little old, and said with a smile.

"Reporting to Your Highness, I have asked someone to pack up and salute, and I plan to return to Qingtian with my wife tomorrow." Liu Bowen said: "In half a year, I will return to the capital, but I don't know if I should say something or not."

Zhu Biao raised his hand to signal: "Sir, but it's okay to say."

"Jiangsu and Zhejiang are tax-heavy areas. More than half of the court's taxes come from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. If there are vassal kings here, I'm afraid it will affect the court's tax revenue."

Zhu Biao looked around, but there was no one around. He knew that Lao Zhu trusted him a lot, and there was no Jin Yiwei around.

"Sir, I will write down what you said, and tomorrow I will ask Sambo to send you off for Mr."

Liu Bowen did not reject Zhu Biao's kindness, and nodded in response.

Just as Zhu Biao was about to turn around, Liu Bowen remembered something again, and said to Zhu Biao: "His Royal Highness, please make sure all the royal officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate go home quickly, and don't leave any of them behind."

"En." Zhu Biao nodded, Liu Bowen was afraid that the censor and ministers would oppose the vassal king's matter.

As night fell, a full moon hung high in the sky, and it was empty and lonely. The eunuchs and maids in the palace were busy cleaning up today's birthday banquet chores, coming and going with lanterns.

Back in the East Palace, Yu'er and Jin'er brought food and soup to the table.

"Remove the food and leave the soup." Zhu Biao picked up the soup bowl and drank a few spoonfuls.

"Yes, Your Highness." Yu'er then removed the food.

Zhu Biao stared at the soup on the table for a long time in a daze, then picked it up again and continued to drink two sips.

"Prince, Your Majesty tells you to go to Qianqing Palace immediately." Sanbao opened the door and came in, and said to Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao nodded: "Go with Gu."

Sure enough, as Zhu Biao expected, what he was talking about was about enfeoffing the vassal kings. Zhu Xi, Zhu Xi and Zhu Di Zhu Xi had already stood in front of Lao Zhu to listen to the lecture.

To the effect that they were exhorting and reprimanding them, by the way, he also brought out all the ancestral precepts set by him, and reprimanded them.

Now the imperial court has more than 100 million troops, and the navy has 50. However, except for the soldiers stationed in various places, the others have selected talents in batches and went to the navy and army schools to study and consolidate.

"We hope that you, for the sake of Ming Dynasty, will put an end to the war, make the people happy and the world safe and sound. Work together to defend the country of Daming."

"I've made a note." Zhu Xi and Zhu Di's voices were the loudest: "I will not disappoint my father's entrustment, and will guard the border and defend the country in the future."

Zhu Xun didn't have much ambition and rhetoric, and followed Zhu Xun like a mosquito.

"Are you a fly? What are you moaning about? Have you remembered what we said?" Lao Zhu looked at Zhu Yan and asked.

Zhu Yan nodded and said, "Remember it."

"You are all our princes. From now on, you must follow your eldest brother as an example, and you must always be strict with yourself in doing things, and you must not act recklessly."

"Father, take the elder brother as an example. The elder brother has a good match, but the younger minister has not yet." Zhu Yan's voice trailed off after speaking.

"You..." Old Zhu was speechless, but what Zhu Fen said made sense, and he fell into deep thought.

After a long time, he said: "Zhu Xi's marriage is decided in advance, and yours will be fixed later."

Zhu Xing suddenly became happy, and hurriedly smiled: "Thank you, Father."

"Don't worry, we have to discuss it with your mother, what do you think of Biaoer?" Old Zhu turned his head and asked Zhu Biao.

"Father, my son wants to marry a girl from Deng Yu's family." Zhu Xi said bluntly.

"Deng Yu's family, you mean that Deng Shaohua?"

"Exactly, father." Zhu Xi said.

"Wang Baobao has a younger sister, we wanted to betroth her to you."

Lao Zhu was deeply poisoned by Wang Baobao. If Wang Baobao hadn't died, it could be regarded as a win-win, but now it seems that this is unnecessary at all.

"Father, my son doesn't want to..." Zhu Xi was about to refute.

"Is it your choice?" Lao Zhu half-closed his eyes and said to Zhu Xi: "It's decided first."

When they all left, Lao Zhu threw over two memorials and said, "Look, some civil servants wrote a letter without stopping, opposing the enfeoffment of feudal lords. What do you think?"

"Father, my son thinks that the policy of enfeoffment has advantages and disadvantages, but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Now that Sichuan and Yunnan have not yet been recovered, and the small countries in Koryo have not been completely subdued, it is a good policy for the moment to seal the king and guard the border."

"Don't worry, we know that you can control them now." Lao Zhu looked at Zhu Biao and said lightly: "Although the Navy and Army Academy has been completed, you still need to supervise and improve it. In addition, we want you to do one thing, to create a soldier talisman , the military talisman of the Ming Dynasty, half of which is kept by the land and water armies."

Isn't this the tiger talisman? But judging from what Lao Zhu meant, it should be to create a soldier talisman belonging to Ming Dynasty.

"My son will do it himself." Zhu Biao said, cupping his hands.

Old Zhu nodded: "We believe in you, this matter will definitely be settled. There is another matter, besides Zhu Xi's marriage, there is also the matter between you and the girl from the Chang family."

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