Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 223 Playing against the world
When Baoxiang read out the two edicts at the next day's court meeting, all the civil and military officials were shocked.

Chen Yunfu returned to Marquis of Wuzhong, the promotion of Jiazhu Kingdom and Sanqianshi is still understandable, but how did Qi De change from a scholar of Zuochunfang University to Minister of the Ministry of War for no reason?
As for Yu Lun, former Shangshu of the Ministry of War, he was transferred to Youdu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to take over Zhang Wei's class.

Regarding Zhu Yuanzhang's magical operation, only Chen Yunfu in the entire court could understand it.

Even Zhu Biao went to Zhu Yuanzhang to ask why after he went to court.

"The vassals have to withdraw, but not all of them. Biaoer, if the vassals are withdrawn, our Ming Dynasty will fall into endless party struggles."

Zhu Yuanzhang explained: "Once the courtiers become big, they will form cliques for personal gain and win over their cliques. At this time, they will raise powerful ministers to deceive the lord. I have set the Great Ming Precepts and emphasized that once there are powerful ministers in the court, the vassal king can lead the army. Yasukuni is in trouble, and the Qing Dynasty is on the side.

Therefore, as long as the vassal king is here, my Ming Dynasty will never be able to have powerful officials. Even if some vassal kings use the banner of Jing Nan to seize power and usurp the throne in the future, the country will still be in the hands of my Zhu family and will not fall to foreign officials. "

"Father wants to talk about Yunfu, right?"

"Correct."

When the word Chen Yunfu was mentioned, a smile appeared on Zhu Yuanzhang's face, exactly the same as when Chen Yunfu left the palace that day.

"No, Yunfu is pure and good, and will never be a minister of power."

"A traitor is like a loyal person, and a loyal person is like a traitor. Even I can't see through him, and neither can you."

Zhu Yuanzhang made no secret of his doubts about Zhu Biao's ability: "So let me teach you a word, you must remember, never trust anyone, let alone trust without reservation."

"Then Chen Yunfu is so smart. If you want to withdraw the feudal clan, he proposed to keep the three feudal kings of Jin, Yan, and Chu. You three brothers, any one of you can become a middle-class emperor in another dynasty.

The third child knows how to fight. Although he has a violent temper, he can definitely control the court. He can be regarded as a tyrant at best, but he is by no means a fool. When he is the emperor, no courtier would dare to rebel.

The fourth child is even more like me. He has both the knowledge of people and the ability to use them, and he is familiar with the art of war and strategy. He can be a generation of wise kings and sages.

The sixth son, Yun Wenyun Wu, enlightened and benevolent, is also worthy of being a king.

With the three of them going out, even if one day you are gone and Yun Wen ascends the throne as emperor, Chen Yunfu would not dare to rebel, let alone be a minister of power, even if he could really live and kill the third and fourth children , The sixth child is also useless.

As long as there is an outside vassal king, and he usurps the throne, the San Francisco will raise the flag to attack him. The righteousness lies with me, Zhu Mingjiangshan. If he is a foreigner without the blessing of righteousness, he will be defeated in a short time, and his family will be wiped out.

Therefore, Chen Yunfu is proving for himself that he does not want to and will not be a powerful minister by asking to stay in San Francisco. "

"In addition, this kid told me that he will protect Yun Wen as the crown prince, and he will ascend to the throne in the future."

"With him in the court, Lan Yu and Chang Mao's valiant warriors are nothing to worry about. They dare not force you to change Yunxi as the crown prince. Therefore, he not only proved his loyalty to us, but also showed off his Ability."

While talking, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed again: "If this kid can play chess, he will definitely be my good opponent."

Zhu Biao nodded if he realized something, and asked again.

"Then why did the emperor promote Qi De to be Minister of the Ministry of War?"

"It doesn't matter who is the minister of the Ministry of War, as long as he is not a member of Chen Yunfu's party."

Zhu Yuanzhang said indifferently: "In addition, Qi De is stupid and greedy, such a person will be of great use if he is used well, for example, he and Chen Yunfu will use all their skills to seize power in the future.

In this way, wouldn't it be convenient for you to balance the court?

There are vassals outside the court and ministers inside, which is a balance between inside and outside.

Ministers are divided into factions to restrain each other, which is called partisan balance.

Only when everything is properly balanced can your position as the emperor and the country of our Zhu family be as stable as Mount Tai. "

Zhu Biao understood.

His father would not kill Chen Yunfu, because Chen Yunfu's existence could suppress Lan Yu, Chang Mao, Feng Sheng and other generals who held military power, and then he would bring out stupid people like Qi De to restrain Chen Yunfu.

At the same time, keeping the vassal king outside will prevent new powerful ministers from appearing in the court after Chen Yunfu falls or retires in the future.

In this way, the overall political situation of the country can always maintain a high degree of stability and balance.

This is conducive to Zhu Biao's smooth ascension to the throne and Zhu Yunqi's future succession.

After three or four generations of emperors like this, Zhu Ming Jiangshan is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

If you want to change the dynasty again, that is just a dream.

"It is obvious to make good use of Chen Yunfu's advantages. There are still many problems in Huguang, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangdong and Guangxi, including Liaodong. If he has the ability to solve them all, after his death in the future, he can also be named a Wenzheng. Posthumous title, the name of a wise man through the ages will remain in history."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not reserve his admiration for Chen Yunfu at this moment: "He knows, so he is proving to us that this is what he thinks in his heart, and he also does the same. It can be said that if we want to kill him again, it will show that we are too narrow-minded."

"Father, don't worry, Yunfu is a pure and good minister, and my son will not be wrong."

"Well, I hope so."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, but then he frowned again.

"However, we still have a vague feeling that something is wrong, but we just can't tell."

There is a passage that Zhu Yuanzhang buried in his heart and did not say it.

That is, he could feel that Chen Yunfu was just like him, rolling up his sleeves to compose a game of chess together.

The two players in the game are Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Yunfu.

The chess game is the world.

And this is what makes Zhu Yuanzhang uncomfortable.

Chen Yunfu seems to have a kind of prophetic nature, and he can give an extremely appropriate response to every move of his own chess, but Zhu Yuanzhang seems to see every move of Chen Yunfu, which is not so real!

this is too scary.

"Biaoer, tell me, why did Chen Yunfu recommend the fourth child to be in charge of Liaodong?"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't understand this move, so he asked Zhu Biao.

The latter thought for a while and said, "Didn't Yunfu also do this to prove his innocence?"

"It shouldn't be that simple, and it's even more impossible, as he said, that he only made such remarks for the sake of maintaining a good situation in Liaodong. Yizi, a national player, will never waste his hand. He should have a purpose in doing so."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and spoke after a long time.

"No matter what he thinks, we can't follow his ideas completely. In this way, let the fourth child only take charge of the military and defense of Liaodong, and let Chen Yunfu recommend candidates for the position of strategic envoy."

"Then, listen to Father."

Zhu Biao nodded and left.

It's just that I always feel that Zhu Yuanzhang is thinking too complicated.

Just add trouble to yourself.

It's really tiring to be the emperor.

(End of this chapter)