On the seventh day of October in the 19th year of Tianwu, Zhu Cihong sued the temple by dividing the princes into kings.

On the 10th, the civil and military ministers above the five grades in Beijing all entered the court and held a canonization ceremony in the Fengtian Palace.

After Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, established a systematic system of clan division, the prince was named the prince, the prince was named the county king, and the county prince was named the general of Zhenguo...... Enze broadcasting, inherited from generation to generation, this is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the civil and military ministers in the DPRK today all have a trace of doubt in their hearts.

Generally speaking, the prince can be conferred the title of prince at the age of ten, and at the latest at the age of fifteen, but in the Tianwu Dynasty, since the first day of the seventh month of the third year of Tianwu was canonized as the crown prince, there was no longer a prince.

As several princes grew up, the cabinet did not know how many Taoist scripts for more than ten years, proposing to canonize the prince, but Emperor Tianwu just sent everyone away with a sentence of "I know", and only symbolically canonized two older princesses, one is Princess Zhaoyang and the other is Princess Zhaorong.

Now, I heard that His Majesty was going to divide the princes, and I heard that there were more than one or two canonizations, and the ministers were a little puzzled.

On the Fengtian Palace, Wu Zhong unfurled a long holy decree and shouted: "The sons of the emperor will be the elders of the throne, and their sons should be crowned kings, divide the soil, and divide the country with the domain."

"I have seven sons today, and at the beginning of the throne, the eldest son and His Majesty have been appointed as the crown prince, and the title of the sons should be determined as early as possible after the meritorious service is rewarded.

"On October 10, the second son and the tomb were crowned as the king of Han, the third son and Dai were the king of Qi, the fourth son and the tomb were the king of Jin, the fifth son and Kun were the king of Qin, the sixth son and the king of the west, and the seventh son and Yuan were the king of the east.

Hearing the will, the ministers were dizzy, even the sixth prince and the seventh prince, who were only eight years old, were crowned kings?

The sixth prince Zhu Heyuan is a combination of Chinese and Western products from Zhu Cihong and Princess Catherine of Portugal, and has always grown up in the palace.

And the seventh prince Zhu Heyuan is a Chinese-Japanese mixed blood born to Zhu Cihong and Queen Xingzi of Dongying, who has only entered the dynasty once in the past few years, and followed Queen Dongying back to Dongying Province.

The ministers can understand the significance of canonizing the two princes, "King of the West" and "King of the East", but they are a little anxious to be canonized at such a young age!

Think about the second prince being seventeen years old before he was canonized!

"Fengtian is peaceful, it is really a living people, the law is ancient, and the state is governed by Zhenzhi, so it is hereby edicted, and the salty envoy knows it!"

After speaking, Wu Zhong put away the long holy decree and ordered a group of eunuchs to send royal crowns to the princes kneeling in the Golden Palace.

The princes said in unison: "Son-in-law, thank your father for the grace of the emperor!" ”

The second prince Zhu Heqi was excited, and after waiting for seventeen years, he was finally crowned king, and he was still the title of King of Han!

Throughout history, the king is the most noble with the name of the country, and the Han Dynasty is powerful, needless to say!

After the ceremony of sealing the king, Yang Tinglin, the first assistant of the cabinet, breathed a sigh of relief, although the saint canonized all the princes, he did not give any of the princes a fief!

According to the previous practice of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's sons were crowned princes, the princes were crowned and served in the Cheqi Palace, and the first class of the next son of heaven, and when he reached adulthood, he built a mansion and a domain, and lived outside Beijing, and the eldest son of the prince was awarded the golden book and gold treasure at the age of ten, and he was established as the son of the king, and the eldest grandson was established as the grandson.

His Royal Highness King Han is seventeen years old this year, and he will be eighteen in two months, whether it is a fifteen-year-old crown ceremony or an eighteen-year-old wedding, he is considered an adult, and he should be given a fief.

However, there is no mention of the fiefdom of the Han king in the holy decree, even if it is an overseas vassal, which is interesting

The scheming Yang Tinglin has already faintly seen the clues, His Majesty is preparing to promote the King of Han and let him fight against the crown prince.

With the increasing power of the princelings, as the emperor, even if he favors the prince, it is inevitable to keep a good hand just in case.

After being crowned king, Zhu Cihong issued another decree to praise the sons and daughters of the nobles who performed well in the royal autumn hunt, and all of them were promoted to one level.

The two noble sons who died of bad luck, Zhu Cihong ordered to comfort their clan and give them a good coffin and a thick burial.

Those who performed poorly were ordered to apply for punishment and admonished their fathers.

Most of the nobles of the Tianwu Dynasty were knighted because of their military exploits, and they raised such a son who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and everyone felt that their faces were gloomy, and God knows what kind of punishment those children of the nobles who were paralyzed by fright would be punished at home.

Canonized here, Xu Mingwu took the biggest advantage, he was a researcher, he was originally a fifth-grade academician, and this promotion was a first-level, that is, from the fourth-grade, according to the rank in the army, it was equivalent to the deputy brigade commander.

At this point, Xu Ershao finally realized the power of knowledge!

Before he could be happy for a few days, the palace once again came out of the will, or a secret decree, ordering him to prepare, and on the eighteenth day of the first month of the new year, he would go to the Western Regions with him!

Also received the secret decree, as well as the Han King Zhu Heyuan, the son of the Duke of Qin Zhiyuan, the son of the Duke of Chaoguo Li Shangyong, and the son of the Duke of An Liao Zhu Daneng

To everyone's surprise, Princess Zhu Zhiwei of Zhaoyang is also among them.

Although it is a secret decree, the high-level officials of the court have already known about this list, and even the crown prince Zhu and His Majesty also know about it.

The reason why Zhu Cihong did not announce it to the public was to prevent leaking the progress of the war in the Western Regions, after all, the Ming Dynasty had not officially declared war on Russia and the Kazakh Khanate.

Even though the Ming Dynasty was preparing, the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion and the Eastern Army Governor's Mansion had been assembled and began to secretly march to Dzungaria one after another, but the Ming Dynasty just didn't declare war!

After so many years of fighting and encountering so many opponents, Zhu Cihong's old problem still hasn't changed, he likes to be ready, and when he starts to draw his sword, tell the other party: Let's go to war!

What the? You're not ready yet?

How can it be! Aren't you ready for a long time? No, this battle must be fought! Hurry up and make a move!

On October 18, Zhu Cihong ordered the crown prince Zhu He to enter the Qianqing Palace every morning and evening to give confidential lectures in person and prepare for the next prison of the country.

Ili, the place where the Russian army was stationed.

In early September, after arriving in Ili, the Ming envoy Zhou Peigong, he began negotiations with Khabarov, the Russian plenipotentiary.

The two sides chatted for four or five days in a row, and when Khabarov was impatient, Zhou Peigong made certain concessions.

The two sides continued to quarrel until October, and Zhou Peigong really couldn't fool around, seeing that the Russians were about to use troops on a large scale and try to go deep into Turpan, he was so anxious that he couldn't sleep and eat.

Just when his donkey skills were exhausted, the accompanying Zanhua gave him an idea, saying that the matter was too big for him to be the master, and he wanted to submit the traitorous draft to the imperial court.

When Zhou Peigong heard that it was a bad idea to pay compensation for land cutting, he shook his head frantically in fright, and under the patient guidance of Zanhua, he agreed to give it a try with a bitter face.

When Khabarov heard that the Ming Dynasty was going to give up Dzungaria, cede the Ili River Valley to Russia, and compensate the Russian army with 5 million taels of silver, he was immediately overjoyed and believed it.

Just in case, Khabarov gave the Ming a deadline to sign a treaty within three months, otherwise they would have to move troops!

Zhou Peigong hurriedly nodded and agreed, his face showed a relaxed look, and he said in his heart No matter what, if he can delay until the beginning of spring next year, his task will be completed!

The Russians are so easy to deceive!

However, just a few days later, the bad news came, the tsar's plenipotentiary and the commander of the Russian army, Zinoviev, arrived, and when the arbitrary commander heard about this, he directly dismissed Khabarov from all his posts and scolded him for his stupidity.

In Zinoviev's impression, how could Daming cede land and pay compensation, this is clearly fraud!

When Khabarov protested, Zinoviev unceremoniously beat Khabarov and sent him to Moscow to confiscate all his belongings.

After finishing this vote, Zinoviev ordered the army stationed in Ili to march north, because he had already received news that the Ming Dynasty's northern capital was moving to Altai Ulianghai!

He had to cross the river to stop this Ming army before the Ob River and the Yenisei River thawed, so that the whole of Dzungaria was under the control of Tsarist Russia!

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