mtl008 Chapter 931: Disobedience
Chapter 931: Disobedience
Chapter 931: Disobedience
Following the third prince's team, Suleiman II, the former king of Luzon, also entered the capital.
The Ming Dynasty did not explain much in this matter. It was just like once the Central Plains was pacified, all the surrounding forces, big and small, had to surrender. Now that I have reached my strength, how I deal with you is my business. What does it have to do with you?
Zhu Houzhao was very busy and he didn't want to meet the leader of a fallen country, but according to tradition, it was a good idea not to kill him.
This shows the tolerance of the Celestial Empire.
But in actual treatment, the king was not very generous. The court granted him a house next to the official residences of envoys from various countries in Dongcheng District, which was equivalent to imprisoning him and his several concubines.
The title of Lord of Luzon was also gone.
The emperor conferred on him the title of "Marquis of Disobedience".
The meaning is to mock him that he did not surrender to the Ming Dynasty willingly, but only stepped down from the throne out of necessity after the army broke into the city.
The logic behind this is the tyranny of supremacy.
It's like I told you to kneel down, and you dared to disobey me! Then it's not my fault if I punish you again, right?
Zai Yao has made great contributions in expanding the territory this time.
Upon hearing that he was about to return, Emperor Zhengde became excited in advance. He kept issuing edicts to the Ministry of Rites to prepare for the welcoming ceremony, and later mobilized the people of the entire city to join in the celebration.
At the same time, the emperor ordered Zhou Shangwen, Duke of Yue, to represent him and lead all civil and military officials to welcome him outside the city!
The army returns in triumph,
This is the right posture.
From the moment Zai Yao entered the capital, he was greeted with cheers from the people along the streets. For a time, the streets were deserted.
He also earned the reputation of being a young prince who was good at fighting.
For a young man, this kind of high spirits really gives him a great sense of accomplishment.
The emperor was waiting at Fengtian Gate.
Officials from the Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple and other departments in charge of palace etiquette and music were all called out. The Fengtian Gate, which usually seemed a little deserted, was now filled with loud music and was extremely lively.
In order to show his reward for his outstanding military achievements,
He also ordered people to read the imperial edict of reward that he had drafted himself, and conferred the title of Prince Qing on the third prince Zai Yao!
Afterwards, the emperor held a banquet and entertained all his ministers in the palace.
During the process, someone suggested that the wife of the newly-appointed Marquis of Weiming should come over and perform a dance.
Zhu Houzhao did not adopt the idea. He thought that bullying a few women was not a big deal and it would make the emperor and his ministers of the Celestial Empire look vulgar. So he changed a few words and ordered the Marquis of Disobedience to perform the dance himself.
It doesn’t matter if he can’t dance. Just find a dancer to stand in front of him and let him learn the moves.
It doesn’t matter if his moves aren’t pretty, you don’t really need to see his beautiful dance moves.
Just like that, there was some excitement in the grandeur, some recklessness in the excitement, and some absurdity in the recklessness. In short, King Qing returned triumphantly, and this great event in which the whole country of Luzon came to an end.
The emperor drank a few more glasses of wine, his cheeks slightly flushed, and he truly had fun with his officials.
The next day,
The dream is over and the wine is awake,
Prince Qing went to the palace to meet the emperor.
The father and son were now a little calmer.
"For more than ten years, I have ordered the Ministry of Rites to draw and print maps of the Ming Dynasty. After Marquis Bowang returned to China, I ordered another world map to be drawn. The role of the map is not visible on the surface, but it has a subtle effect. On the one hand, it tells every subject where the territory of the Ming Dynasty is, and on the other hand, it tells foreigners not to invade the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Now that you have taken Luzon, all the maps drawn in the past will have to be updated. Although it will make the Ministry of Rites very busy, it is for a good cause.”
"I am so successful in Luzon, and it is thanks to my father's support behind the scenes. I dare not take credit for it."
Zhu Houzhao asked: "How is Duke Chengguo doing there?"
"Reporting to the Emperor, Duke Chengguo has been diligent and careful in defending the border for the country. His loyalty and bravery are commendable. Fortunately, he led the attack on Manila with ease and made good arrangements."
"Finally, there is someone to succeed us." Zhu Houzhao sighed.
The next rank above the Duke is "King", but Zhu Yuanzhang did not confer titles of king on people of the opposite sex. He only conferred titles posthumously on some people after they died.
For example, Chang Yuchun was posthumously named King of Kaiping, and Xu Da was posthumously named King of Zhongshan.
So in fact, Duke Chengguo Zhu Feng was facing a situation where he could not be given any more titles.
But a living person cannot be killed by holding his urine.
Zhu Houzhao was planning in his mind whether to create a list of meritorious officials of the Zhengde era in the same way as the Lingyan Pavilion, and further divide it into civil and military lists.
This is also a kind of honor and a reward.
After thinking about this, he stood up and asked You Zhi to bring the things over.
It's a map, an updated map.
Zhu Houzhao pointed to the east of the map and said, "The war in Japan is probably coming to an end. This small island has been divided into dozens of countries. It is probably not as good as Luzon. I am relieved to have your uncle here. There is the Nurgan Regional Military Commission in Liaodong, and all the way to Kuyi Island is the territory of our Ming Dynasty.
In the northwest, I have set up the Xinjiang Military Region, ready to wipe out the Kazakh Khanate, which is caught in civil strife at any time. They are always fighting, which affects the business of our Ming merchants, which is also unacceptable. Only in the due north, we cannot relax.
The imperial court has implemented a system of multiple enfeoffments and alliances in the Mongolian tribes. In the 22nd year of the imperial court, I also ordered more than ten tribal leaders in the desert to come to the capital. When the imperial court is over, you will lead the army to the north with them and preside over the tribal alliance meeting on my behalf as the prince and Prince Qing. "
"Yes!"
This ministerial meeting was not difficult for him.
In fact, it can be summed up in eight words: command a large army and uphold justice.
Under the league and banner system, each Mongolian tribe had a limited range of grassland for grazing, and no one was allowed to arbitrarily invade the territory of other tribes.
This will ensure the balance of power on the grassland and avoid the emergence of powerful figures like Yesen of the Oirat tribe and Batumengke of the Tatar tribe who unify part of the grassland.
In this way, Mongolia would not have the strength to invade the Central Plains.
"Take the fourth brother with you as well." Zhu Houzhao thought for a moment and said, "He can't stay still. The Yongxiebu tribe is also half his home. Let's go and have some fun."
"Then I will thank you on behalf of my fourth brother. He will be very happy if he hears it."
Zhu Houzhao smiled.
The fourth brother, Zai Ji, is of Mongolian descent. He is big and strong, and doesn't like to study. He is a typical military general who is not interested in anything except wielding swords and guns.
He knew that some Mongolian tribes were not convinced by the alliance and banner system dominated by the Ming Dynasty. After all, it was a new system that had only been in existence for about ten years, and there were always people who were not used to it.
With this kind of opportunity, we can also see whether the fourth brother has the potential to be a famous general.
After the 16th year of Zhengde, Zhu Houzhao always felt that he could live longer.
And the farther away he was, the less that "heavy feeling of shadow" felt. I even thought that he was only in his thirties, and I couldn't imagine that he would be old and would not have many years left to live.
I always feel that there are at least twenty years left.
In twenty years, these kids will grow up. I wonder how many headaches they will cause him!
Privately, he also thought about why all of his children seemed to be capable. In fact, when he thought about it carefully, education played a big role.
The first thing is to learn to read and write. No one can escape this. There is no point in shouting, as it will only lead to a beating.
He had been beaten before. In his concept of having sons and daughters of different races, he only believed that a good son would be born under the stick.
Second, his education is not forced.
As long as they have the basic qualities, he agrees to whatever they study. For example, the third child wants to go to the Naval Academy, the fourth child prefers martial arts, and the fifth child wants to learn everything.
There is no problem with these, and he will also find people who specialize in this area to teach.
Another thing is that he was emperor for a long time and the court remained stable for more than 20 years.
Princes are very afraid of encountering drastic political turmoil when they are growing up. For example, Emperor Xiaozong was raised in the deep palace since he was a child. As for Emperor Xianzong, his father and his uncle were always messing around, so few people were really interested in his growth.
Throw it to those civil officials and just teach them the Four Books and Five Classics.
But Confucianism is not a knowledge-based discipline to a large extent. It is studied to learn a series of ideological and moral norms and constraints, not knowledge.
Teach you etiquette, teach you how to be a traditional Chinese, teach you how to use words and compose sentences, teach you to distinguish between a gentleman and a villain, and then after knowing all this, teach you how to act to become closer to a "gentleman".
In essence, it is a set of artificially defined value judgment standards.
Learning well seems useful, especially for a monarch. After all, civil officials will say that only when you have learned to distinguish right from wrong, you will know to employ gentlemen instead of villains.
But it is difficult to implement in practice. A villain will not put a note on his forehead saying that he is a villain. Damn, everyone says that he is a gentleman and a loyal minister. What should I do?
In this case, how well an emperor performs depends not on his education but on his horoscope.
If someone has a strong horoscope, like Emperor Jiajing, who grew up in a royal palace and received no imperial education, he can still defeat these people.
If one's horoscope is not strong enough, like Emperor Wanli, although he had a complete education, he still couldn't do anything about his ministers.
From this perspective, the princes of the Zhengde period were certainly lucky. The court was politically stable, and they had a father who cared about their studies and taught them real knowledge.
They know a little about navigation, geography, and mathematics.
After more than ten years of steady growth, things are naturally different.
You have to know that the literacy rate these days is probably only a few percent. By comparison, doesn't it seem to be quite high?
Of course, innate talent is also indispensable.
Boss...
Zhu Houzhao was always a little worried, and probably because he had thought of this, he asked, "Is the boss going to pick you up?"
Zai Yao had thought that the emperor might ask this question, so he immediately replied, "My elder brother went to Ningbo to pick me up. Later, I went to Nanjing with my elder brother and visited Mr. Yangming."
"Everything is alright?"
Zai Yao pursed his lips and suddenly knelt down, "I dare not deceive you, father."
Zhu Houzhao frowned, "What's wrong? Something happened?"
"I know that brothers should live in harmony, but I am also your father's son and subject. I cannot lie when your father asks me."
"Go ahead, no need to set the stage."
“Yes.” Zai Yao threw Wang Shouren’s warning to the back of his mind. After thinking it over, he finally blurted out the matter. “When I entered Nanjing, a group of people gathered to petition. The reason was that my eldest brother had wrongfully killed Shao Dongru, the Minister of Guanglu Temple who was in mourning at home. Shao Dongru was a well-known loyal minister and filial son. This further aroused the people’s resentment. When I left, the situation was getting worse!”
After hearing this, Zhu Houzhao felt complicated and couldn't help but sigh.
"The third one."
"My son is here."
He originally wanted to say some words of warning, but when the words came to his lips, he felt that it was meaningless. The imperial family fought for the throne. This was something that was inevitable in every dynasty. What was the point of saying more?
So I chose not to say anything and waved goodbye to let him leave.
He had just finished saying that these little bastards were going to cause him a headache when they came.
It seems that the selection of a crown prince cannot be delayed indefinitely, otherwise there is no telling how intense this fire will become.
After the 22nd year of Zhengde, things will certainly not be as easy as before.
Zai Yao left the Qianqing Palace with mixed feelings.
He was only twenty years old, and there was a fire burning in his heart. The welcoming ceremony made the fire burn even more fiercely. If Wang Shouren had just given a gentle reminder to extinguish the fire, there would have been eternal peace!
But he did not regret it, especially after seeing the map the emperor showed him.
(End of this chapter)