Domineering Daming

Zhu Xu sat on the main seat, watched the dishes come up one after another, picked up the wine glass and turned to Zhu Youjian and said, "Brother Huang has worked hard this journey, let's have a drink."

With a calm expression, Zhu Youjian picked up the wine glass and said, "Don't dare."

A large table of people were actually looking at Zhu Xu and Zhu Youjian brothers, and did not interrupt.

After drinking a cup, Zhu Xu looked at the others, then turned to Zhang Yun and said, "You say hello to Fifth Emperor's Sister-in-Law, I'm chatting with Brother Huang."

Zhang Yun nodded slightly, turned to Princess Zhou and said, "Sister-in-law Wuhuang, Cilang, don't be restrained, it's like being at home."

Concubine Zhou responded reservedly, keeping her eyes on Zhu Youjian, and she couldn't let go of the worries in her heart.

Zhu Xu picked up the chopsticks, took a bite, and said with a smile, "I heard that Brother Wuhuang has been reading, what book are you reading?"

Zhu Youjian didn't move his chopsticks, and said: "Zhou Li, Taizu Shilu, Tang History, Song History."

Zhu Youjian grew up with traditional Confucian education, behaves like a sage and requires himself, and the books he reads are also the same.

Zhu Xu smiled calmly, and said: "Brother Huang is better than me. When I was young, I didn't like reading the most and wanted to go out of the palace to play all day long. Because of this, Brother Tianqi and Sister-in-law Huang worried a lot..."

Empress Dowager Zhang saw that the atmosphere seemed a little stiff, so she interjected: "It's not just us, Uncle Wuhuang was also worried about you back then, and he often covered it up for you..."

Zhu Xu coughed, some things in Kunning Palace back then were really disgraceful, and they couldn't be said in front of the children.

But Xiao Yongning suddenly spoke up and said: "Hmph, the emperor still stole things from my mother's harem back then, and now they are all placed in Qianqing Palace, and he still refuses to return..."

Empress Dowager Zhang quickly knocked on her, interrupted her, and said: "No nonsense!"

The little girl "resented" Zhu Xu for not taking him to Jingdezhen, she rubbed her head and dared not say anything more.

Empress Dowager Zhang deliberately eased the tense atmosphere between Zhu Xu and Zhu Youjian, gathered the blanket in front of her, and recalled: "When the emperor was young, he was very dissatisfied with the government's incompetence. He did a lot of things for the late emperor. I don't have any income, I made up for it. I think about it, during the three years of Tianqi's life, Sun Baigu Pavilion was forced to resign by Wei Zhongxian, the emperor begged the late emperor to keep him, and paid a lot of money..."

Regarding Queen Mother Zhang's straightforward explanation, Zhu Xu secretly smiled, and said along the topic: "Sun Baigu is a capable person. I have been watching him, hoping he can do something. Since he took office, he has been really good. When the big trouble comes out, it is much safer than me."

Zhu Youjian understood Zhu Xu's meaning, and said: "I have no objection to Mr. Sun Ge's innovation, and I have no objection to the clan's mansion being subordinate to the cabinet... I also have no objection."

Zhu Xu smiled in satisfaction and said, "What do you think of the current clan?"

The current clan of the Ming Dynasty has long since withered, the total number of princes does not exceed ten, and the population of the clan is less than 1000. It cannot be described as miserable.

Zhu Youjian was silent for a moment, and said: "I plan to strip off all the land, shops, businesses, etc. involved in the clan, and move them all into the Ten Princes' Mansion. According to the new clan law of the cabinet, the clan population and salary are all fixed numbers, which is easy to manage. "

It's still the same old way, raising all the clans of the old Zhu's family as pigs, and banning them.

Without waiting for Zhu Xu to speak, Zhu Youjian asked, "About Prince Jing, what is your majesty's plan?"

King Jing is a special branch of the clan of the Ming Dynasty. The special thing is that King Jing is not a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang, but the elder brother. He was named Jingjiang King and County King at the beginning, but his salary is treated like a prince.

Zhu Xu later promoted the Jingjiang king of this generation to be King Jing, and entered the cabinet to manage politics.

What Zhu You questioned was naturally not about King Jing's throne, but his position in the cabinet.

Zhu Xu glanced at Zhu Youjian and picked up the wine glass.

Seeing that the atmosphere became stiff again, Empress Dowager Zhang put on the air of a sister-in-law like a mother, and said to Zhu Xu: "Uncle Wu Huang belongs to my family, so you don't need to hide it, your majesty, just speak directly."

Zhu Xu put down his wine glass and said with a smile, "I didn't intend to hide it from Brother Wuhuang."

Zhu Xu glanced at Zhu Cihong, and said, "I intend to allow the lineage of Brother Wuhuang to join the cabinet permanently, to be in charge of the Supervisory Council, and to supervise the government from generation to generation... starting with Cihong."

Zhu Youjian's pupils shrank suddenly, and he looked at Zhu Xu with a rather surprised expression.

Not only them, Princess Zhou, Empress Dowager Zhang, and Zhang Yun were all shocked at the table.

No one thought that Zhu Xu actually thought so.But thinking about it, it seems reasonable.

Zhu Youjian is Zhu Xu's only brother, and Tianqi's lineage has no sons, so it is almost the best arrangement for Xinwang's lineage!

Princess Zhou was very afraid of Zhu Xu. Hearing Zhu Xu's gift, she was not excited, but looked at Zhu Youjian uneasily.

The corner of Zhu Youjian's face twitched violently, and his heart twitched even more.

He looked at Zhu Xu with burning eyes. The news shocked him.

The demise of King Lu and King Jin made him sad, and he always felt that Zhu Xu wanted to completely wipe out all the clans of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Xu had already expected the reaction of Zhu Youjian and others, picked up the chopsticks, and said with a smile: "Okay, these are things for the future, today is a family feast, let's not talk about these, come, eat vegetables ..."

Queen Mother Zhang and Zhang Yun hurriedly greeted each other, making the stiff atmosphere come alive.

After a while, Empress Dowager Zhang secretly winked at Xiao Ciye.

The little guy seemed to be willing, so he still looked at Zhu Youjian and said, "Uncle Wuhuang, overseas...is there anything new?"

Zhu Youjian tried his best to calm down the emotional turmoil just now, glanced at everyone, and said: "The biggest feeling I have when I go to sea this time is that the world is really big, and the map of Wanli is already big, but the whole world is probably more than a hundred times... "

The little ones, including Yongning, stared wide-eyed. The little ones in Wanli Yutu knew that Zhu Xu's East Nuan Pavilion, study room, and the cabinet's class room were hung with all kinds of things.

"Is it really that big?" Xiao Cixuan asked with bright eyes.

Zhu Youjian was very kind to the children, and said with a smile: "Going out to sea from Fujian, there is a continent thousands of miles away. It took the fleet to go around for more than half a year before reaching the other side. In Xiyi, there are hundreds of countries. , city-states, there are also big countries, Ottomans, connected to Russia, Russia is connected to our northern Mongolian tribes, there are dozens of large and small tribes in Mongolia, occupying a territory comparable to my Ming Dynasty, Russia, Ottomans, bigger than them..."

The little guys were fascinated by what they heard, and their eyes widened.

Zhu Xu didn't explain the mistake, just held the wine glass and listened with a smile.

The little ones asked them what they were wearing, what they were talking about, what they were eating, and all kinds of weird kids questions.

Zhu Youjian seemed to be very patient with children, especially Zhu Cixiu, Zhu Xu's son-in-law, who was very kind and amiable.

The little guy is almost two years old, with a fair face and a pair of piercing eyes, he finished eating on his own, and occasionally said something vaguely.

No one could hear what he said, but Zhu Youjian was very satisfied, picked up another piece of pastry, and said, "I'll eat it for you."

The little guy blinked and turned to look at Zhang Yun.

Zhang Yun quickly took it over, put it in his hand, and said, "Quick, thank you, Uncle Huang."

Only then did the little guy pick it up, put it to his mouth and bite, looking at the people at the table, he seemed very puzzled.

Seeing this, Empress Dowager Zhang felt like a mirror, a so-called next-generation relative.

Empress Dowager Zhang hoped that the two brothers would live in harmony, and not to act out the tragedy of brothers fighting against the wall. Looking at King Xin, she took on the posture of the elder sister-in-law, and said, "Cihong is not young anymore, and will live in the palace from now on, with Ciye and the others. Studying, in the future, I can share the worries of the emperor and serve the country..."

Zhu Youjian naturally heard the kindness of Empress Dowager Zhang, leaned forward and said: "My brother listens to the emperor's sister-in-law."

The Empress Dowager Zhang was satisfied, and turned to Zhu Xu and said, "Don't bother with your government affairs, the children are making trouble in Jingdezhen so shamelessly, just like you when you were young! The Empress and I have already talked to Uncle Xinjian, and we will give them a few, and Those companions, make a strict study plan, you have to keep an eye on them, don't let them play around, this time is very important to them, do you hear?"

Zhu Xu just picked up the chopsticks and put them down again, and said with a smile on his face: "I heard that, I have already asked Uncle Xinjian to discuss with the other Hanlins, and come up with a proper method. From now on, we will implement it according to the method!"