sinovels Chapter 495
Chapter 495
Old Wu's family is up.
A Donggong lecturer, if there is no accident, will be a proper emperor teacher in the future.
How old is a big official in the frontier?A high-ranking official in the future.
Although Wu Youwei's branch has only two direct descendants and several collateral descendants, they were all picked up or bought by Wu Youwei, but it doesn't matter if they are not promising, their children are good enough, and some of them are either scholars or juren The next generation has grown up, and some of them have already passed the imperial examination to become officials. Although they are just some small Hanlin who watch politics in the Imperial Academy, they are still officials.
Wujia Village has become the most envied village nearby.
It's a pity that Wu's Village doesn't allow anyone to move in, and Wu Youwei's property is nearby, so it's too difficult to squeeze in.
In April of the same year, on Wuchen, the Minister of Justice was sent to the prison.
The eunuch Wynn and the law department recorded the prisoner. Since then, it is normal to send the ministers to review the record every five years old.
Because Emperor Xianzong wanted to know whether the punishments and prisons were clear under his rule, so that if there was a natural or man-made disaster, the gang of censors would know what Shang Zhezi told him about the bad things of "crime against oneself".
The eldest princess descended from the palace, and Emperor Xianzong gave so many dowries, half of which were actually from his inner treasury, and the court gave the most standard dowry.
But the princess can't hold back, someone hurts!
Oh, it's not the big princess anymore, it's Princess An.
Princess An's natal family, the Wan family, although a rising star, is full of confidence.
Wantong and Wu Youwei have done a lot of business together, which is divided into savings year after year, but a lot of money, plus Wantong himself also has a little income, except for the sons and grandchildren, most of the rest are Money begets money, keep investing.
Moreover, Vantone has also fought wars. Whether it is going to Champa or Jinghai, wars are a sharp weapon for making money, and he picks up the spoils first.
How much wealth has Vantone acquired over the years?
Wu Youwei didn't even know, because his own family background was not enough!
In May, the Dragon Boat Festival.
All kinds of zongzi popped up again, and when the whole country was celebrating the festival, bad news came from the south!
"King Kashiwahara, the empress of Japan, died of a serious illness and died young." Wantong told Wu Youwei a bombshell.
The zongzi in Wu Youwei's hand fell to the ground in shock: "What did you say?"
"This is the military report I just received. I'm going to the Yamen." Wantong asked someone to clean up the things he dropped on the ground, and brought him a bamboo tube rice dumpling dipped in soft sugar: "Eat well at home, I'll eat it at noon I’m not coming back, I don’t eat a lot of zongzi, and I won’t be able to eat lunch when I’m full.”
"Oh...that, when did it happen?" Wu Youwei came back to his senses, grabbed Wantong and asked him, "Who is in charge of Japan now?"
"I don't know yet, the news was sent to Shanghai and then back to Beijing." Wantong changed his clothes and said, "Wang Zhi and the others are over there, don't worry!"
"Oh." Wu Youwei let his mind go blank, thinking about it, but he listened to Wantong's words. Wang Zhi and Zhang Lun are now well-known in the south.
When the lords of several vassal states saw the two of them, they were as respectful as if they were meeting Emperor Xianzong!
Even more respect than treating Emperor Xianzong!
After all, it is impossible for the lords of the country to come to worship and pay tribute in person and see Emperor Xianzong, but they really saw Wang Zhi and Zhang Lun.
Although the emperor of the Ming Dynasty had a high status, the mountains were high and the emperor was far away, and the county magistrate was not as good as the current one...
Wantong went there for a whole day, and didn't come back until very late. Wu Youwei had someone prepare bath water for him, and went in with a small stool to rub his back. By the way, gossip, what's going on in the island country?
In fact, it is best to die!
But he also knew that it seemed impossible...
"Hou Baiyuan Wang Ying died young, but there is only a princess who was born by a concubine, and he has not yet had a wife." Wan Tongdao: "If you count up, he doesn't have any brothers. If you go up, you have to go back to the root."
"Emperor Go Kashiwabara's father is Emperor Goto Mimon. If we trace the origin, it is the Emperor Gogarden. This will involve the issue of the merger of the Northern and Southern Dynasties in Japan." Wu Youwei rubbed Wantong's back with a bath towel : "The Emperor of the Back Garden is the eldest son of Prince Fushimi Masamari, and his mother is the daughter of Ting Tian Jingyou's daughter Ting Tian Sachiko (Fu Zhengmen). Later, Emperor Komatsu accepted King Hikohito as his son to inherit the throne.
When the Southern and Northern Dynasties merged, the two parties had an agreement that after Emperor Komatsu, the son of Emperor Kameyama of the Southern Dynasty must inherit, but this agreement was violated when the throne was passed to Emperor Shōko, which caused a great deal of embarrassment. Jue Sitong (the emperor of the Southern Dynasty) was dissatisfied and often rioted.Later, after the death of Emperor Shōko (1428), the Dajue Temple system was in turmoil again, so Emperor Komatsu welcomed King Hikohito, who held the system of Mingin, to the throne, and later established the succession right to the throne of the Northern Dynasty system.
Emperor Komatsu's auxiliary government lasted until his death in 1433, and since then, Emperor Hou Garden has been in charge for more than 30 years.
During his reign, not only the Tu Yikui and Jiaji rebellion occurred, but also dissatisfied people in the Southern Dynasty continued to riot, and the political situation was unstable.
In addition, the general Ashikaga Yoshizawa was extravagant and entertaining, and the emperor had to persuade him.
In 1464, he abdicated to Prince Naruhito, who abdicated as Emperor Taishang and continued to rule.
He died in 1470 and was buried in Houshan Guoling, and some of his ashes were placed in Banzhouyuan Mausoleum. "
If this were to be elaborated, it would be "a child without a mother, it's a long story".
Specifically, the support of the Emperor of the Back Garden is a continuation of the farce of the struggle for the throne in the Guang Dynasty.
During the struggle between the shogunate and the forces of the later Southern Dynasties, the status of Fushimi Palace, the son of the former Emperor Sokoin, seemed quite delicate.
In July 25, the weak Emperor Shōmitsu became more and more ill, and the shogunate made offerings to the forests of the Five Mountains in Kyoto to pray for the emperor's recovery.
In the 32nd year of Ying Yong, Shōmitsu's condition was quite critical. After discussing with Gokomatsuin, the shogunate decided to let Prince Fushimi Miya Sadashi become a monk.
This is a very chaotic relationship, but it also gave Daming convenient conditions.
Anyway, your emperor is divided into north and south, and the merger has been less than a hundred years old. So far, many people still miss the emperor of the south.
It’s just that Wantong and the others don’t know much about these things. Wu Youwei read a lot of materials in this area in order to test the Japanese language level. clear.
"Oh? There is such a saying?" Wantong became interested.
I talked to Wu Youwei for a long time, but fortunately the bath water was kept warm, but after taking a bath, I fell asleep after drying my hair. Wantong got up early and left early the next day. Of course, Wu Youwei slept until he woke up naturally. up.
But then, Eunuch Wynn appeared at the door of the house: Emperor Xianzong summoned him to the palace for an audience.
"Summon me?" Wu Youwei was taken aback: "Is there something important? Is it His Highness's academic problem?"
"No, it is said that it is a matter of Japan. I would like to ask what you think." If it were someone else, eunuch Wynn would definitely not reveal his tone, but Wu Youwei is different. University scholar Wu has always respected and even pitied eunuchs Yes, Wang Zhen, the chief manager of the East Palace, is such a picky person, she is convinced by Master Wu, let alone Eunuch Wynn.
He had seen the miraculousness of this great scholar, he was the master who could calm down and ask the emperor to carry sacks to make money.
Educating the prince is not counted, even the emperor is educated together.
The most important thing about this matter is that the empress dowager applauded!
Afterwards, Wu Youwei was rewarded with a lot of things. The old queen mother is the emperor's own mother. She was applauded by the elderly. Who dares to say that Wu Youwei is not?
But having said that, it was also because he knew that it was difficult to make money. Emperor Xianzong held back for several years, and finally made up his mind to check the inventory and check the accounts.
This is a big project!
Moreover, the interests of many people are involved. Emperor Xianzong has been working on it for several years, and privately hired many students who graduated from Tao Wen Academy to act as scissors and pens to settle accounts for him... He doesn't believe others!
Not all the students of Taowen Academy are qualified for the imperial examination, but they are extremely talented in arithmetic. What is addition, subtraction, multiplication and division?Wu Youwei is an all-round talent, so naturally he taught them advanced mathematics.
Emperor Xianzong is more willing to trust newcomers than those guys in the household department who don't know if they are corrupt officials.
Therefore, the eunuch Huai En, who was with Emperor Xianzong, was naturally much closer to Wu Youwei.
Wu Youwei followed Eunuch Huai'en into the palace suspiciously, and met Emperor Xianzong in the imperial study.
Not only Emperor Xianzong, but also the cabinet ministers, the commander of Jinyiwei, the factory supervisor of Dongchang... Anyway, after looking around, they are all acquaintances!
When Emperor Xianzong saw him coming, he asked Wu Youwei without anyone asking, "I don't know what Master Wu thinks about this matter in Japan?"
Wu Youwei was stunned for a moment, Li Dongyang quickly told him the whole story.
Because Wantong told Emperor Xianzong what Wu Youwei said yesterday, they knew that the position of the ruler of Japan still has such a history.
But Wang Zhi and the others don’t know, that’s because although Japan and Daming are close on the map, they are actually quite far away. Unlike land routes, they can stand on the ground with both feet. Japan does not come to Korea every year.
Not to mention what happened in their native land.
Some people don't understand the language and don't care about their history, so... this didn't make sense of the relationships in time.
"To put it bluntly, they are all descendants of the Japanese king, but the relationship is too far away, so they can't be regarded as great-grandfathers, right?" Wu Youwei thought for a while and said, "Even if they are adopted, they are too far away."
Like this kind of person who has no descendants, if they are adopted in Daming, at least within five generations, beyond three generations.
Wu You thought this was a special case, and he set up a separate clan at that time, playing drums and opening a new business. Up to now, the old people of the Wu clan are still beating their chests and stamping their feet. An obituary was sent to Moring Hills.
It turned out that butler Lin Su brought some joss paper money, drove a plain colored carriage to pay homage, and then came back without even drinking a cup of tea!
The reason to go is because they were of the same clan in the early years, and Wu Youwei didn't even show up, so he knew the attitude of Moling Villa.
In addition to what happened back then, it is true that the Wu clan gave up on Wu Youwei first, and now they want to save him?
It's too late.
"Yes!" Emperor Xianzong said: "The key is that there is no...no one to choose...."
"What's the matter?" Wu Youwei smiled wickedly: "Since they respect me as the overlord of the Ming Dynasty, then I, the Ming Dynasty...seal a few clans to go there."
"what?"
Everyone looked at Wu Youwei in shock.
Because they have never had such an idea!
Wu Youwei said eloquently: "In fact, this method is very suitable! Although the Japanese island country is suspended overseas, it is the first vassal state that I went to sea in the Ming Dynasty, and the Japanese pirates have always been banned repeatedly. Do you claim to be the emperor who wants to be the emperor of the sky? With such a big tone, no wonder the sky will punish them and let them have no children and grandchildren!"
Everyone was inexplicably told by him... the backs were hairy!
Because it's true!
"Since the heavens have warned me, as the suzerain country, my Daming cannot turn a blind eye to it, but they are already extinct. As the suzerain country, we must of course give an explanation to the Japanese people. The Zhu dynasty of the Ming Dynasty has a prosperous descendant, and there are more than one son of the prince. , the local minister suggested subdivision, and because of the suspension overseas, the subdivided prince has the right to command the army!" Wu Youwei dropped another pound bomb: "Let the prince be the king of Japan and govern Japan. In fact, Champa can also follow suit."
"This...." Emperor Xianzong frowned: "Emperor Chengzu cut off the power of the vassal king to command the army...."
"Your Majesty, at this time, at that time." Wu Youwei was eloquent: "Back then, it was because the princes supported their troops and respected themselves, which was not conducive to unity, but it is different now. Overseas is also a country, and how tiring it is to govern a country. You are the emperor and you know it best, when the princes also know this kind of tiredness, I am afraid that some people, even if you give him the territory, he will not want to manage it!"
Everyone laughed in good faith. In fact, the princes of Ming Dynasty have different personalities. Some people are really content with the status quo and live as if they are "pigs".
There are also people who are not satisfied with the status quo, such as the current King Ning.
Speaking of King Ning, he is also an unlucky child.
The first King Ning was limp because he was fooled by Emperor Chengzu. By the way, Emperor Chengzu held him in his hands and was forced to rebel. As a result, Emperor Chengzu was honored as a great treasure, and the nine princes who held heavy troops in their hands were captured by Emperor Chengzu. Give "a glass of wine to release the power of soldiers" a hand.
Fortunately, because they are all brothers, Emperor Chengzu did not stage a scene of "burning the building of meritorious officials" like his father, Emperor Taizu.
However, he moved King Ning from the north to the south, and gave him the title of "Ning". The first King Ning was aggrieved, but the subsequent kings of Ning have always been superficially respectful, but in fact they secretly accumulated strength , They think that everyone is the descendant of the old Zhu family, why do you bully people like Emperor Chengzu?
When people run out, they kick it away. What about the promise of "equally dividing the world"?
So much so that after accumulating power for many generations, it finally broke out in the Zhengde Dynasty.
It's a pity that in the end, it was a loss, but it has to be said that King Ning's lineage has been working hard, and they have never given up.
Rather than leaving this time bomb on China's territory, and not knowing how many generations will explode, it is better to take it away from a distance, give them a "world", and play by themselves!
Besides, some princes are really boring, because of the relationship of "no emperor's order, not to leave the fief", they can't even travel.
How to do it?
They either stay at home, have children, accept concubines, be nerds, or... just go crazy in aggrieved.
Zhu Gui in history is one of them; and Zhu Tan is not a good thing either!
This is a typical example of being suffocated and distorted.
It would be different if they all governed one place, or even one country.
Anyway, the imperial court will not give you a penny. When you arrive in the local area, start from scratch, just like their emperor Taizu, work hard!
"Can this work?" Emperor Xianzong was quite moved.
In the Ming Dynasty, the prince was granted the title of prince, the gold book and gold treasure were awarded, and the annual salary was ten thousand stones, and the government set up officials.
There are as few as 3000 guards and as many as 9000, and they belong to the Ministry of War.
Mianfu Cheqi mansion is the first class under the emperor.
The princes and ministers bowed down to pay homage, but no one dared to make a ceremony.
The eldest son of the prince, when he is ten years old, will be granted a gold book and gold treasure, and will be established as the prince's son, and the eldest grandson will be established as the grandson, and the crown and clothing will be regarded as first-class.
When the sons were ten years old, they were awarded gold and silver books and silver treasures, and they were named county kings.
The eldest son is the son of the county prince, and the eldest grandson is granted to the eldest grandson, and the crown is regarded as the second rank.
The sons conferred the titles of General Zhen Guo, General Sun Fu Guo, General Feng Guo, the great-grandson, Lieutenant Sun Zhen Guo for the fourth generation, Lieutenant Lieutenant Sun Fu Guo for the fifth generation, and Lieutenants Feng Guo for the sixth generation and below.
Lieutenant Feng Guo is the lowest rank of title.
Moreover, the imperial clan cannot take the imperial examination, and don't think about farming, let alone doing business.
As early as the 28th year of Hongwu, the amount of Lumi was re-determined:
[-] shi for the prince, [-] shi for the prince,
A thousand stones for the general of the town,
Fuguo General Eight Hundred Stones,
General Fengguo six hundred stones,
Zhen Guo lieutenant four hundred stones,
Lieutenant Fuguo three hundred stones,
Feng Guo Lieutenant two hundred stone.
Let's see, how much will Daming spend in this way?
The money that Emperor Xianzong earned in these years was used to subsidize the clan.
Because the population is increasing, there is no fixed number of titles. Even if a generation of emperors is the least, there must be three or five princes. The sons will have grandchildren, and the grandchildren will have sons. Okay, there are endless descendants!
Just feeding these clans is a lot of expenses, but you have to pay as an emperor, because people will say that the clans are treated harshly.
This is not counted as getting married and having children, leaving the court to add make-up, birthdays, birthdays, the death of the elderly and other major life events. No matter how far the clan is, the clan government has to express it.
It is another expense. Over the years, Emperor Xianzong has long been impatient, but he has to endure it. After all, it belongs to the same ancestor....
"Furthermore, the princes have a feudal state and they must govern it. At the same time, they are all kings of my Ming Dynasty, descendants of the Zhu Dynasty. In the future, their descendants will respect my Ming Dynasty as their motherland," Wu Youwei said. Mao Qiguang: "Who dares to rebel against the ancestors?" Emperor Xianzong's eyes were also frighteningly bright.
When other people heard it, yes!
Not to mention anything else, it is the motherland, who dares to oppose their ancestors?
Even if he rebels, he can't sit in Longting, because everyone in the world knows that you don't even respect your own ancestors and dare to rebel. This is a serious crime that should be expelled!
In fact, isn't Daming always worried that the neighboring countries are about to move around?
If the rulers of the vassal states are all replaced by princes with the blood of the Zhu Dynasty...and their descendants...what are you afraid of?
Everyone belongs to the same ancestor, if you dare to rebel, the world will not spare you!
All the ministers gasped heavily, this is tantamount to expanding the territory!