Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

There were so many vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention how many were deposed or died naturally in history. Since the old Zhu family's royal family returned power to the people, many kings and titles have also been deposed.

The current number of vassal kings is only sixteen in total!

Only those vassal kings who had made outstanding contributions to the Ming Dynasty were preserved!

For example, the seven vassal titles on the Longyuan coin have been passed down to this day, and there are some that are more outstanding in modern times!

Others only retain the identity of the Zhu family royal family and exist in the genealogy!

As for these people, they should go to work and work as they should. At most, they can just rely on their status as members of the Zhu family royal family to find a more respectable job!

To put it bluntly, there is no big difference from ordinary people!

It is worth mentioning that there are also many honorary titles. Although it was stipulated in the middle and late Ming Dynasty that noble titles cannot be hereditary, the Zhu family royal family can still grant titles to others, but they are all honorary titles and there is nothing special about them. The kind of actual power.

It’s just a status symbol!

Isn’t that how the so-called nobles came to be?

"Ancestors and descendants are already waiting in the banquet hall."

"The ancestors are also invited to move to the banquet hall to attend tonight's dinner!"

After everyone arrived, Zhu Jiyan came to the Dragon Soul Palace again and said to Zhu Yuanzhang and others who were still busy watching videos.

"Okay, let's go meet these juniors!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he put away his mobile phone and stood up from the comfortable leather sofa.

The juniors all came to see me, and as an ancestor, I couldn't let them down!

He also wants to see how outstanding these branch bloodlines of the old Zhu family can be!

Soon, the group followed Zhu Jiyan to the banquet hall.

When the descendants and grandchildren who were waiting here saw their ancestors appear, they naturally knelt down and kowtowed one by one, giving a big salute first!

After all the etiquette procedures should be carried out, these descendants also began to look for the ancestors belonging to their own lineage!

In fact, as the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the ancestors of everyone present can be traced back to Zhu Yuanzhang!

So what these younger generations are looking for is either Zhu Yue, the most mysterious ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, or second-generation ancestors like Zhu Biao and Zhu Di, or third-generation ancestors like Zhu Xiafeng and Zhu Xiaqiu!

The ones with the highest cards are naturally Zhu Yue and Zhu Xiaqiu, the father and son duo!

After all, one is the most accomplished and mysterious emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the other is the ancestor of the current emperor!

For example, among the six direct ancestors of Zhu Jiyi, there are only three: Zhu Xiaqiu, Zhu Yue and Zhu Yuanzhang!

For example, Zhu Biao, Zhu Di and Zhu Xifeng actually have no branch blood relationship with Zhu Jiyi!

The most pitiable ones are Zhu Di's descendants. After all, Zhu Di is just a vassal king, and besides Zhu Di, the only direct ancestor is Zhu Yuanzhang!

Although Zhu Biao's descendants are only two branch ancestors, Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang, compared to Zhu Di, Zhu Biao is also a prince after all, and he was posthumously named emperor in the end, right?

"The younger generation, Zhu Jinglong, pays homage to our ancestors!"

An old man was kneeling on the ground in front of Zhu Di with a look of excitement on his face!

"Huh? Are you the current King of Yan?"

Zhu Di looked at the octogenarian old man in front of him and asked in surprise.

"That's right, I am the current King of Yan, and I am fortunate to inherit the title of my ancestor!"

Zhu Jinglong nodded excitedly and said.

"Okay, get up quickly!"

"You're old enough, don't kneel down to do anything, just be polite!"

Zhu Di waved his hands helplessly. In fact, in front of such an old man, being an ancestor still made Zhu Di feel a strong sense of disobedience!

Even though I know that these are descendants of my own lineage more than six hundred years later, it still feels unreal!

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jinglong stood up tremblingly.

Then Zhu Di began to ask about the current situation of King Yan's lineage.

Although the lineage of King Yan is still there and can continue to continue as expected, it is limited to one palace!

There are not even any nominal guards, so we can only hire some professional bodyguard teams to perform security work!

But that's enough!

Moreover, the current lineage of King Yan is not doing too badly, and the companies it controls are also among the top 50 large companies in the country!

In fact, there are only sixteen vassal kings today, all of whom have made achievements in enterprises in different fields, and their achievements are all among the top three!

This is also the reason why the Zhu family’s royal family can become the world’s largest consortium!

A single vassal king may be inconspicuous, but when the entire Zhu family royal family unites, it is definitely a behemoth that cannot be matched by any national consortium!

And all of this is the layout planned by Lao Jiu from the beginning, and it is also the foundation for Ming Dynasty to remain standing for so many years!

During the imperial power period, the economy of Ming Dynasty was controlled by the Zhu family royal family!

In modern society, the Zhu family royal family also has a decisive say in the Ming Dynasty's economy!

This is enough!

"King Huai, Zhu Shibiao, pay homage to our ancestors!"

A middle-aged man also knelt down in front of Zhu Biao. He was a descendant of Zhu Biao's lineage and the current King of Huai, Zhu Shibiao!

"Your name actually uses our word!"

Zhu Biao was a little surprised, but he was relieved soon!

After all, no matter how many words next to the word "木", the number is limited. In the current generation of the Zhu family, the probability of repeated words has increased exponentially!

However, the royal family also stipulates that no one else can use the words used by the emperor except the descendants of the branch.

This is also the reason why the descendants of Zhu Biao and Zhu Xifeng use the same word as them.

There is no way, there are too many descendants, but there are not so many radicals for the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. It is impossible not to repeat them!

After all, it’s not like the characters for the five elements radical can be increased infinitely, right?

It turns out that Zhu Yuanzhang assigned twenty characters to each lineage of seniority, but after using up these twenty characters, he could just choose other characters to continue adding. There is no hard and fast rule!

Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Shibiao in front of him with somewhat complicated emotions.

In addition to Zhu Xiongying who died young, he also had four sons. Logically speaking, they should all be crowned kings!

After all, he is a true descendant of this lineage!

Unexpectedly, I only saw one now!

As for the other three kings, when he studied the history of the Ming Dynasty, he also knew that at different times, due to various reasons, they were all submerged in the long river of history and no longer existed!

However, there is still one lineage that has been preserved to this day, which is enough to make Zhu Biao feel gratified!

In addition, Zhu Xiaqiu's lineage is now the emperor's lineage, and there are three vassal kings. It is considered the most stable lineage in the royal family!