The memorial of the Marquis of Yingyang was not long. Zhu Biaodao was aroused, so he stood up and looked up the recorded information on the bookshelf. Zhu Biao had seen it before, but he was busy with other things at that time and did not read it carefully.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Biao and ignored him. He had too many official duties and basically had no time to waste from morning to night.
Finally, Zhu Biao found something recorded in the Pro-jun Duwei Mansion. In the 22nd year of Zhengzheng, Ming Yuzhen was supported by Liu Zhen and others and proclaimed himself emperor. The country was named Daxia, and with the call to restore the rule of the Han dynasty, Jianyuan
Tiantong, the capital is Chongqing.
Ming Yuzhen made his wife Peng the queen, and Zi Ming was promoted to the prince. He established the Daxia regime.
At the peak of its territory, it reached Yiling in the east, Zhongqing in Yunnan in the west, Bozhou in the south, and Xingyuan in the north. It completely ruled the Shu region. Its official system was composed of six ministers, divided into eight territories. The calendar was promulgated as the Xiantian calendar, and the Maitreya religion was followed.
It became the state religion and minted copper coins for circulation.
Zhu Biao looked a little frowned. To be honest, although their political situation was a bit chaotic, the people were living well. They were far away from the war in the Central Plains. Coupled with the geographical environment of Shu, it was indeed a treasure land.
Zhu Biao looked at it and his mouth was watering. It would be great if he could win it as soon as possible, but it's a pity that the opponent doesn't want to surrender.
That's right, I would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of the wind. The Ming family has established a national temple in a serious way. Naturally, they are not willing to come to the Ming Dynasty to bow their heads.
It's just that the natural dangers in Shu are difficult to break, and people's hearts are easy to break. Many people in their Daxia have already been in private contact with Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang felt his back was sore after dealing with government affairs for a while, so he stood up, walked to Zhu Biao, looked at him and said, "Ming Xia has been in trouble for a long time. Many of their officials have secretly defected. If there is a good harvest this year, next year
Let’s send troops to take over Shu.”
After Zhu Biao heard this, he nodded and said: "My Ming Dynasty has been in good weather this year. I think it's okay to go on a small expedition next year. I don't know who my father plans to let to lead the army."
Zhu Yuanzhang put his hands on his hips, twisted his body slowly and said: "Tang He, let's use him to scare the monkeys and deprive him of the throne. We have to give him a chance to recover no matter what. Let's give him the credit."
Zhu Biao nodded clearly. Tang He was extremely smart in this matter. Seeing that Li Shanchang could not protect him, he simply admitted his guilt and did his best to fight against the Japanese pirates along the coast without any complaints.
There is no need to think about the title of king, but it is still possible to be a prince. Others do not need to worry. The title will inevitably decrease, but it will not be too low. Compared with others, nobles are more loyal to the country.
After all, they are an iron rice bowl, so they naturally have to find ways to maintain it.
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have thought of something and looked at his son and said: "We plan to make your older brothers kings on your wedding day, so that they can enjoy your happiness."
Zhu Biao smiled and nodded. It was inevitable to canonize the prince as king. There was no need to do so on his wedding day. This was nothing more than consolidating his status.
Zhu Yuanzhang twisted his waist and said: "I will also give you their royal titles. You can write them down and send them directly to the Ministry of Rites tomorrow."
Zhu Biao bowed and agreed. This could be regarded as Zhu Yuanzhang testing him. The title of king seems to be a trivial matter, but it also shows a person's ambition. If Zhu Biao had been more ruthless, he would have given his younger brother the title of Yue, Lu, Wei, on behalf of these small countries.
The title of king is also justified.
But Zhu Biao naturally wouldn't do that. The first thing is that Zhu Yuanzhang valued blood heirs the most. Even if the eldest son was his favorite, the others were also his own children, so how could he not love them at all.
If Zhu Biao granted the title of a small country, Zhu Yuanzhang would recognize it in order to maintain the dignity of his eldest son, but he would inevitably feel a little uncomfortable. We are all ready to hand over the world to you. How can you be so stingy to your younger brothers?
The second thing is that after so many years, the older brothers have been respectful to Zhu Biao in everything. Zhu Biao is very hard-hearted and has some brotherly affection for his younger brothers. Naturally, he does not want to create a rift with them just because of a mere title ban.
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Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at his eldest son and went back to handle official duties, believing that his son would not let him down.
After finishing his work, the sky also darkened. After seeing Zhu Yuanzhang off for a while, Zhu Biao turned around and returned to the East Palace. Halfway through, he saw several young eunuchs guarding the roadside, saluted him and then ran away separately, waiting for Zhu Biao.
When we returned to the East Palace, meals were already prepared.
When Zhu Biao entered the palace, Yun Jin held a warm handkerchief to wipe his hands: "Do you want to eat first or take a bath?"
Zhu Biao chose to take a bath, soaking his whole body in the warm hot water. Da Shuang'er gently put something on his hair. Zhu Biao closed his eyes and thought about today's events.
After the big and small children took care of him and took a bath, Zhu Biao took some food and then went to the Wenhua Palace to write down the titles of his brothers.
The second eldest brother is King Zhu Feng of Jin, the third eldest brother is King Zhu Fan of Chu, and the fourth eldest brother is King Zhu Di Qi. The remaining brothers are a bit young, so there is no need to rush to be canonized this time. Moreover, these three have already been on the battlefield and can be regarded as having military merit.
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Qi, Jin, and Chu are the names of one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period. They are already extremely noble. The remaining names of Song are no longer suitable. Qin is a bit too noble. Zhu Biao plans to keep it for his eldest son.
After all, my son will probably be a great-grandson for a long time, and it will be unpleasant for others to call him out. Zhu Biao can be regarded as a conscientious father.
Ever since he personally commanded the army, Zhu Biao felt that Zhu Yunwen was really a weakling and the high position should never be passed to him.
If it were possible, Zhu Biao would naturally want to choose the best one among his children, but once the eldest son inheritance system is broken, it will have no good impact on the entire dynasty, not to mention Zhu Biao is the biggest beneficiary of this system.
Why did Zhu Yuanzhang start to consolidate Zhu Biao's status early? Apart from the fact that Zhu Biao was special in his heart, it was because he knew that the dynasty must get off to a good start. Otherwise, like the Tang Dynasty, after Li Shimin's Xuanwumen incident,
The relationship within the Li Tang royal family has never been stable.
It can even be said that the internal relations of a dynasty have never been so chaotic. Not to mention such trivial matters as the daughter-in-law of the overlord's younger brother, his concubine's mother, keeping a male favorite, and the father-in-law's daughter-in-law picking up the ashes, there is also the fact that Li Longji seized power for his father Li Dan;
Heng seized power from his father Li Longji; Tang Xianzong and the eunuchs jointly overthrew his father Tang Shunzong; Tang Muzong and the eunuch Chen Hongzhi jointly killed his father Tang Xianzong. Li Shimin's son Li Chengqian also reached the point of rebellion.
Of course, these cannot all be blamed on Li Shimin, nor can we deny Tang Taizong's achievements, but he did have a very bad start.
Just like the curse imposed by Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty: "If you kill my descendants, your descendants will do the same in the future."
……………… I’m getting ahead today, so I’ll finish today’s two chapters now, so that I can have time to update tomorrow, which is getting faster day by day, and maybe I can explode in September (▽｀