Seeing how difficult it was for him to get up, Zhu Youxiao wanted to say something but couldn't. What was the difference between his body shape and that of a pig?
After Zhu Qiugui stood up with difficulty, Zhu Youxiao finally couldn't bear it any longer. He hated iron and said:
"Look at yourself, look at your body, how many years will it take you to grow it?"
"I just spend the whole day here eating, drinking and having fun. Do you remember what it's like outside the palace?"
"As far as I know, you haven't even stepped out of the palace gate since the Queen's funeral. It's been almost two years!"
"I didn't believe it when I read the memorial, but now it seems that they were not exaggerating at all, it was really worse than that!"
"I really didn't expect that the descendants of Taizu would sink themselves to this level. To put it bluntly, what's the difference between them and pigs?"
Zhu Qiugui quickly bowed and said:
"I am ashamed of Taizu and your Majesty. Please punish me!"
Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, and the guards in the palace immediately understood his intention and quickly drove out all the idle people in the palace, leaving only the middle-aged eunuch and the eunuch who supported Zhu Qiugui.
After the palace gate was closed, Zhu Youxiao said with hatred that iron cannot become steel:
"Prince Jin has not left the palace for a long time, but do you know how the people describe you? I don't believe you don't know, so you can't give our Zhu family a break?"
"When it comes to genealogy, you are still my elder brother and the first clan vassal king I have ever met. It is really disappointing!"
"It's really embarrassing for Taizu and me!"
The current King of Jin Zhu Qiugui is the eleventh generation grandson of Emperor Taizu. Although he is over forty years old, he and Zhu Youxiao are brothers of the same generation.
"I beg your pardon!"
After Zhu Qiugui finished speaking, he wanted to kneel down again, but was directly interrupted by Zhu Youxiao.
"Okay, there's no need for these false courtesy. After all, he's the prince of the Ming Dynasty. I can't bear it after I say a few words to you? Don't kneel down whenever you have nothing to do!"
Zhu Youxiao was both soft and hard, and Zhu Qiugui was so moved that he cried.
"Your Majesty came to Taiyuan, but he didn't send anyone to inform his ministers. If he didn't greet you, he would have lost the courtesy of a minister!"
Zhu Youxiao still cared more about family ties. Although more than ten generations had passed, the fact of blood relationship with the same ancestors could not be changed. Therefore, he did not raise an army to investigate the crime, but said calmly:
"I was just passing through Taiyuan this time. Thinking that my brother was here, I came here to take a look!"
"But it seems that I came at the wrong time and disturbed Prince Jin's elegance!"
Zhu Qiugui replied with a smile on his face:
"Your Majesty is joking, I don't have any sense of elegance. I just stayed in the palace for too long and was looking for some fun to pass the time!"
"Then King Jin's so-called way of killing time is really unique. I have never heard of it!"
Zhu Qiugui could only apologize in embarrassment. How could he answer this? Do you want him to tell the emperor that his nature was like this?
When Queen Jin was around, he was somewhat restrained, but once Queen Jin was buried, he completely ignored her.
Zhu Youxiao didn't want to get entangled in such a nutritious issue. How could he control a person's private life? He didn't guard him every day.
"Where is the prince?"
How could Zhu Qiugui know? He hissed twice and signaled for the eunuch to report.
Although the middle-aged eunuch serves King Jin every day, he knows the most about everything in the palace, and only he can control the prince's whereabouts.
"Long live the Lord, the prince has gone out to play. If you want to see the prince, I will send someone to find the prince now!"
"Then go back quickly, I'll be waiting here!"
Now that I'm here, I can't just see a Jin King and settle the matter. The Crown Prince is equally important, after all, he is the heir to the throne.
Zhu Youxiao will definitely cut down the vassals in the future, but he will not drive the clan members to death like Emperor Jianwen did, nor will he cut out a deformed system like Chengzu did.
The task of reducing vassal states is not something that can be done casually. Historically, the reduction of vassal states has caused great turmoil in the country, and even the country has been destroyed.
Regardless of the fact that the clans of the Ming Dynasty had no soldiers and no power, they stayed in the palace like dead pigs to enjoy the glory and wealth, but if it really reached a certain level, when they rose up to resist, they would still be able to drink a pot of it. Rabbit is anxious.
It even bites people.
The conspiracy of extending the favor order is indeed a textbook-level way to reduce vassal status. Although it was implemented in the Han Dynasty a thousand years ago, it is still unsolvable even now.
The rash reduction of vassals will definitely arouse opposition from all the kings and clans in the world. The descendants of the Zhu family have multiplied to hundreds of thousands, which is a very large base.
If you want them to accept the court's policies honestly, you must first stand firm in terms of righteousness.
Although the vassal kings did not do all kinds of evil in their feudal kingdoms, they often oppressed the people, annexed land, etc., and it was just basic behavior for them.
Moreover, when the vassal king commits a crime, the local government has no jurisdiction over it. When it comes to elections, officials are just cannibals. If there is no benefit to them, how can there be a Qingtian Lord who can ask for orders for the people?
And the emperor basically didn't care about this matter. How could the officials in the court not understand the emperor's thoughts, let alone offend the emperor for a bunch of idiots.
The extension of the favor order was the cornerstone of Zhu Youxiao's grasp of the right name. He believed that both officials and civilians, as well as military commanders and ordinary people, would support him in reducing the vassal state.
But we can't rely entirely on pushing orders. The national conditions of the Han Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were very different. The prescriptions will naturally have to change when the disease is sick. If you just prescribe the medicine rigidly, it is likely to be counterproductive.
Zhu Youxiao planned to make changes based on the Tuen Order and implement a relatively stable and rapid method of reducing vassal status.
However, the prerequisite for carrying out the first step of the plan is not to offend all the feudal princes. Those who are senior among the princes, such as the Jin Dynasty, are the ones he wants to win over.
But based on his observation, Zhu Qiugui was already on the verge of death. With his weight and body shape, he would definitely not live long if he continued to overeat and have fun without restraint.
Therefore, he wanted to take a longer-term view, and the Crown Prince was naturally the best candidate. He only needed to win over this simple middle-aged fat man for the time being.
Zhu Youxiao waited for a long time in the Jin Palace. Before the prince could wait, Xu Xianchun had already returned with Cao Jixiang, the guarding eunuch of Taiyuan Prefecture.
"Your Majesty, Cao Jixiang brought him here, but I spent a lot of effort to capture him. I even killed and injured several brothers because of this!"
Zhu Youxiao looked back and found that several guards had minor injuries, and there was blood at the entrance of Xu Xianchun's scabbard and the corners of his clothes.
It seemed that the arrest was not going very smoothly. Zhu Youxiao turned to look at the fat eunuch lying limply on the ground, and the anger in his heart rose sharply.