Chapter 28: Assume that I am the emperor (Please read, please vote for the monthly ticket, please vote for the recommendation ticket!)
However, the feudal system implemented by Zhu Yuanzhang was actually to protect the royal family, consolidate imperial power, disperse military power, and restrain meritorious officials.

In order to protect the royal family and consolidate the imperial power, Zhu Yuanzhang hoped to enfeoff his sons as princes, allowing them to each have their own territory and army to serve as a barrier for the royal family.

Once the central government was threatened, these princes could respond quickly and protect the emperor, thus consolidating the Zhu family's imperial power and preventing internal and external rebellions.

Another thing is to disperse military power and restrict meritorious officials. It is nothing more than the worry that the founding heroes will have too much power, especially generals with heavy troops, which may threaten the stability of imperial power.

Therefore, by enfeoffing sons as kings and granting them military command power, part of the military power was transferred from the hands of meritorious officials to the hands of princes of the royal family.

This is to restrain and balance the forces in the court and prevent meritorious officials from usurping power.

The other thing is border defense and resisting foreign invasion. It would be easier to use one's own son than to use outsiders. After all, the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty, that is, the Northern Yuan Dynasty, can still pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty, especially the northern border.

Therefore, many of the princes appointed by Zhu Yuanzhang were stationed in the northern frontier, such as the north and northwest regions. They led troops and garrisoned as princes, directly participating in border affairs and resisting invasions from foreign tribes such as the grasslands.

By the way, Zhu Yuanzhang was born in extreme poverty, so the Ming Dynasty lacked foundation. The royal family also started from Zhu Yuanzhang, so Zhu Yuanzhang naturally had a strong desire for the prosperity of his family.

Moreover, the purpose of granting titles to the kings was to ensure that the Ming royal family could share the power and wealth of the empire, and to protect and strengthen the Ming royal family.

With Zhu Yuanzhang’s intelligence, didn’t he ever think about the problem of civil unrest in the Ming Dynasty?
I must have thought about it. After all, both the Rebellion of the Seven Kings in the Western Han Dynasty and the Rebellion of the Eight Kings in the Western Jin Dynasty were bloody lessons.

Therefore, in order to strictly restrain the vassal kings, Zhu Yuanzhang not only compiled the "Zhaojianlu" to warn the vassal kings, but also implemented a policy of using the vassal kings to check and balance the vassal kings.

Just like the Prince of Yan Zhu Di and the Prince of Jin Zhu Gang in history, these two brothers had been at odds with each other since childhood, so a very subtle balance of power was formed between them.

It can be said that if the Prince of Jin Zhu Gang had not died early in history, Zhu Di might not have been able to succeed in his campaign to quell the rebellion.

However, if Prince of Jin Zhu Gang was still alive, the next vassal prince that Zhu Yunwen would target would only be the Prince of Jin, not the Prince of Yan.

So to be honest, for the Zhu clan who had no foundation at all, the feudal system implemented by Zhu could indeed quickly accumulate the clan's foundation.

In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang came from a poor family and had seen almost all the fickleness of human nature. So compared to foreign officials, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally trusted his own children more.

"Old man, let's make an assumption."

Zhu Gang, who had figured it out, looked at Old Zhu and Zhu Biao, who were still frowning, and spoke.

"What hypothesis?"

Upon hearing the voice, Old Zhu first exchanged a glance with Zhu Biao, then looked at Zhu Gang with a puzzled expression.

"There are no outsiders here, we are all family, so I will speak frankly."

Zhu Gang thought for a while, then looked at Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao and continued, "If I were the emperor."

"Um??!"

When these words came out, not only did Old Zhu's eyes widen, but even Zhu Biao's eyes widened as well.

As for Empress Ma and Concubine Guo Hui, who were working on needlework nearby, they froze on the spot in an instant.

Isn't this assumption a bit too bold?

In front of your emperor father, suppose you were the emperor?
You really don't regard your father as the emperor!
How dare you say such vicious words?
This is the kind of thing that Master Li Xiyan taught his students?
At the same time, Old Zhu was already thinking about whether to change the teachers for the princes.

After all, if Li Xiyan continued teaching and came up with something like this again, Old Zhu would really be afraid that he would not be able to control himself.

"You bastard, you really dare to open your teeth."

Old Zhu glared at Zhu Gang fiercely and said unhappily.

"I told you it's just a hypothesis? But you look so anxious."

Facing the unhappy Old Zhu, Zhu Gang did not indulge his old man at all, so he rolled his eyes and said, "How about I leave?"

"Humph!" But Lao Zhu still glared and snorted, "If it doesn't work, don't tell me whether I care or not, your elder brother."

"Dad, my son doesn't care."

Before Old Zhu finished speaking, Zhu Biao quickly waved his hand to interrupt him, "My son didn't think much about it."

"???"

As soon as these words came out, the words that Old Zhu had prepared were stuck for a moment. He then turned to look at Zhu Biao, still with wide eyes, and asked: "You don't even think about this?"

"Why should I think too much?"

Zhu Biao's brain was a little confused, so he scratched his head and looked at Lao Zhu and asked.

"You are the prince!"

Old Zhu really wanted to slap Zhu Biao to death, but he was still his own child, his own flesh and blood, and he could not bear to let him go, so he endured it and said.

"Uh-huh."

Zhu Biao was slightly stunned by what Old Zhu said, and then he quickly shook his head and said, "Old Third said it was a hypothesis, and I didn't take it seriously. Besides, Old Third must have had his reasons for assuming this, so I didn't think much about it."

He's my own brother, so why should I be angry?

How could Zhu Biao not understand Zhu Gang's nature?

That guy dared to instigate Zhu Biao to rebel, and he even lacked the courage to assume that he was the emperor?
Sometimes Lao Zhu is really unreasonable.

Zhu Biao, a discerning man, could see that Zhu Gang wanted to solve the problem for Zhu.

But Lao Zhu is still here angry because of a single sentence. Is it that serious?
In response, Zhu Biao couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"No! The prince is so petty, old man, you are really too biased!"

"Fuck! I've told you eight hundred times that I have no interest in the throne, but you still don't believe me?"

However, as soon as Zhu Biao finished explaining, Zhu Gang refused to do it. He even glared at Old Zhu and said, "If you really don't trust me, I will just quit this job as the King of Jin!"

Damn, it would be a bit fake if Zhu Gang wasn't angry. Although everyone knows that you are partial to the eldest brother, you can't be partial to him directly in front of Zhu Gang, right?

Isn't this just setting off a powder keg?
"Cough cough."

Old Zhu's face turned red instantly, and he pretended to cough twice to cover up his embarrassment.

As for the Prince of Jin who deposed Zhu Gang, stop making a fuss.

Old Zhu was not yet old and senile, and this was his own son. Even though Zhu Biao verbally blamed his own son for the rebellion, Old Zhu was reluctant to blame him.

How could we abolish Zhu Gang's title of King of Jin just because of a hypothesis?
Zhu Gang simply turned his head away and didn't bother to pay any attention to Old Zhu.

There is also Zhu Biao, who dares not laugh even if he wants to. After all, although Zhu is biased in this matter, the object of bias is not him, Zhu Biao, right?
So Zhu Biao could only lower his head, not daring to look at Zhu Gang and Lao Zhu at all. His expression was really tormented.

Seeing that his boss didn't dare to look up, Old Zhu could only turn around and look at Empress Ma and Concubine Guo Hui in disappointment.

"Humph."

Empress Ma and Concubine Guo Hui were even more outrageous. They just stood up and went back to the side hall, which made Zhu Yuanzhang even more angry, and his face turned green!

Are you, Old Zhu, allowed to favor the eldest brother, but we, Old Ma and Old Guo, are not allowed to favor the third brother?

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