First Prince of Ming Dynasty Chapter 190

   Chapter 190 Courtesy

  Of course, Zhu Biao also knew that the most critical thing in this matter was Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude. If the Minister of Rites had not been instructed, how dare he raise the prince's etiquette standards to be comparable to the crown prince's?

  The minister of the Ministry of Rites on the ground couldn't care less about his dignity, he lowered his head and said, "I beg your Highness to be merciful, old minister."

  Zhu Biao looked at him and said: "My palace will go to see the Holy Majesty, and the Ministry of Rites will immediately lower the standard of the King Conferment Ceremony, and the prince's courtesies should also be reduced, specifically..."

  The Minister of Rites was listening respectfully. He was really relieved. If His Royal Highness asked him to reject the Holy Majesty's will, he would not even be able to cry. He had to tell someone to go home and arrange the funeral.

  Now the father and son can discuss it by themselves. The officials of the Ministry of Rituals will stay up all night at worst, and they can re-plan the king ceremony. After all, there are examples in the Tang and Song Dynasties, which is much simpler than what the Holy One asked.

   Just when Zhu Biao finished giving instructions and was about to enter the palace, an **** walked in outside, and when he reached the door, he shouted: "Chuan Shengshang, please His Royal Highness and the Minister of Rites to accept the order!"

  Zhu Biao stood up and went to the front and knelt down. The Minister of Rites turned around, and the **** quickly stood sideways, saying that he would speak on behalf of the Holy Majesty: "The prince will preside over the ceremony of conferring the king, and the Ministry of Rites will cooperate. There must be no mistakes."

   "The ministers and others who lead the decree will live up to the entrustment of the Holy Majesty."

  After the **** delivered the message, he hurried forward to help His Highness the Crown Prince, Zhu Biao didn't care, and said to him: "Go back and report to the Holy Majesty, and say that the palace will not disappoint him, please rest assured."

  The **** knelt on the ground and listened, and then replied: "Your servant understands, and I will definitely convey it clearly."

  Zhu Biao nodded, waved him back, then looked at the Minister of Rites on the ground and said: "Fu Shangshu, please get up. Since the emperor has decreed that I will be in charge, let's rectify it as soon as possible."

  The Minister of Rites got up and said: "The relationship between the Holy Majesty and His Highness as a father and son is really touching."

Zhu Biao smiled, and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites went out to arrange the manpower first. In fact, there are records, as long as the specifications are reduced, but the above sentence, the following is busy, and this change involves all aspects. The Ministry of Rites these days is Don't even think about resting.

Zhu Biao sat back on the chair, Liu Jin offered a cup of tea, and then took out a fan and stood aside to fan the prince. Zhu Biao took a sip of tea and shook his head with a smile. His father's move was to retreat, and he used it caught off guard.

If there was no such oral order, Zhu Biao went to the palace to fight with reason. After all, this matter is related to the issue of the clan for hundreds of years. The sons of the emperor are all princes. If someone who is strong and healthy gives birth to him, what should I do? , The imperial court's taxation alone supports them.

  Zhu Biao is not for himself, he has a stable and honorable position, and there are no princes and uncles above him, but he always thinks more about things, their father and son do not need to be oppressed by the clan, what about the future emperors?

It's good now, my father has pushed this matter on him, Zhu Biao is dissatisfied if the ceremony is too heavy, and my younger brothers are disappointed if the ceremony is light, my father will not be happy, but what should be done is still to be done, for the king Those who have to take responsibility.

The most important thing is that all the officials kneel to welcome this point. Zhu Biao asked someone to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and began to write. Officials above the fifth rank only need to bow and salute when they see the prince. .

  Prince's crowns are all like the East Palace, except that the East Palace has nine crowns, the prince's crown has eight crowns, the prince's crown has seven crowns, the county king's crown has six crowns, and ministers cannot wear it.

  Princes and concubines are designated as the Nine-Zhai Crown. The Nine-Zhai and Four-Phoenix Crowns can only be worn by empresses and princesses of the East Palace.

  Heavenly family has no personal affairs. When a prince sees the monarch and the heir apparent, he should behave like a monarch and his ministers. Elderly relatives should kneel and bow to the Holy One.

  The rest of Zhu Biao didn't move. What kind of book treasure court service salary is like the East Palace, and the courtesy received when he was canonized as a prince. These are trivial matters, and Zhu Biao is also willing to make his younger brothers happy.

   Only the system of dignity and inferiority must be determined. It cannot be said that the elders and princes can do whatever they want based on their seniority. And the most important point, Zhu Biao is not ready to make a decision at this time, it is a bit early.

   That is the policy of title decrement. Now the division of the imperial clan in Ming Dynasty is to entrust the eldest son of the emperor to the crown prince, the sons to the prince, the prince's eldest son to the prince, and the sons to the county king.

  The eldest son of the king of the county is the king of the county, the sons are the generals of the town, the general of Sun Fuguo, the great-grandson of Fengguo, the fourth generation of Sun Zhenguo lieutenant, the fifth generation of Sun Fuguo lieutenant, and the sixth generation and below are all Fengguo lieutenants.

   That is, the prince inherited the emperor, and the prince inherited the prince, which led to great pressure on the salary of the clan in the later period. They not only led the high salary of the court, but also relied on their unique status to annex a large number of lands.

   King Jing and King Lu cultivated as many as 40,000 hectares of land in Huguang and other places. King Ji owns 700,000 to 800,000 mu of land in Changsha, and 40% of the land in Changsha and Shanhua counties also belongs to King Ji. Half of the land in Henan Province is actually owned by the princes' mansions.

  From the mid-Ming Dynasty, officials from all over the country were alarmed to find that their local fiscal revenue was no longer enough to support the royal family living in the local area. For example, the local fiscal revenue in Shanxi is 1.52 million shi, while the annual salary consumed by the princes of Shanxi is 3.12 million shi. Henan's annual fiscal revenue is 840,000 shi, and the prince needs to supply 1.9 million shi.

  Fu Wang, the richest man in the world, "buys mountains and piles of jewels and jade", with millions of dollars. The King of Qin in Shaanxi was the richest man in the world, "with millions of dollars". The acting king of Datong actually owned more than a thousand houses.

Zhu Biao, the name of these people, has been heard in later generations. This is only one aspect of the problem. There are many others who rob civilian women, beat local officials, kill people in the street, destroy their families, have private relationships with Japanese pirates, and cover up maritime merchants, etc. Wait, under the protection of privileges, the royal family has become a group with the lowest moral standards in Ming society.

  As for the prince breaking the law and committing the same crime as the common people, it is even more a joke. As long as the princes don't rebel, it's too easy to live a comfortable life.

  Zhu Biao inexplicably wants to beat Zhu Di up, and here is also his part of the credit. This kid is not right, so naturally he has to give preferential treatment to the clan. Can he kill Fang Xiaoru's ten clans and his own ten clans?

  So it is necessary to reduce the title of the clan, but it will not work here for Zhu Yuanzhang. It is the bottom line for Zhu Biao to reduce the courtesies of the princes. This is still because Zhu Biao is his darling.

  If other people would have been killed by Lao Zhu long ago, it would be the palm of his hand and the back of his hand. They must live comfortably. If Zhu Biao said that the titles of the princes should be reduced, it would really hurt his father's heart.

  Zhu Biao intends to wait for him to enthroned to legislate. After he canonize the prince, he can go abroad and establish a country as he wishes. Then his throne will not be replaced by hereditary. He only needs to respect Ming as the suzerain country and come to court every year.

  If the prince stays in the territory, his title will begin to decrease after two generations, and if his descendants have contributed to the country, they can also be promoted.

  (end of this chapter)

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