You should know that during the Wanli period, the emperor's eldest son went out of the cabinet and studied and appointed the crown prince caused a lot of storms, which also made the emperor Wanli very unhappy.

Therefore, in the current Tianqi Dynasty, the ministers tacitly did not mention the establishment of the crown prince, because everyone knows that this emperor is much crueler than Wanli. If he really makes him unhappy because of this matter, it would be not as simple as demoting himself.

However, the ministers did not expect Fang Congzhe to take the initiative to propose it.

Because the implication of letting the eldest son leave the cabinet and studying is to let the emperor establish a crown prince and start cultivating heirs.

Zhu Youxiao calmed down his forehead and said, "The prince's education must be done quickly. It is not just the eldest son. If Yuan Fu mentioned this, he would also discuss this matter at that time."

Fang Congzhe was stunned.

The emperor's answer surprised him.

He guessed that although the emperor is now in a harsh state of governance, he is indeed a promising king and has a sense of the overall situation. He is essentially different from Wanli, and will not ignore the education of his successors and the importance of establishing a crown prince.

But he did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor had no intention of appointing a crown prince, but was talking about rushing to educate the princes.

"Your Majesty is really cruel! Now he is cruel to the princes! But in the future, the ministers will not be able to resist His Majesty by relying on the crown prince."

Fang Congzhe quickly understood and couldn't help but think.

Zhu Youxiao indeed intends to educate the princes more strictly and even make them compete internally.

The reason is very simple. The Ming Dynasty really needed an excellent successor to the throne.

But whether the heir is excellent is not taught according to certain standards, but is compared.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao plans to give the princes a very good education and also form internal competition.

As for the issue that this will make brothers turn against each other and fight each other.

Zhu Youxiao did not decide to give up this idea because he knew that if the competition within the Tian family was not cruel, the future successors of the throne would definitely not be good at dealing with more complicated courts.

To obtain a certain privilege, one has to bear a certain price.

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"For commercial tax, as the servant, you have to wait until the military system reform is completed before levying it. Otherwise, once a large-scale commercial tax is imposed, it will only cause mutinies everywhere."

The court discussion on the increase in commercial tax was held first, and Fang Congzhe first spoke out the opinions.

Yuan Keli said, "It's OK, but commercial taxes must be changed. Anyway, the court cannot just focus on agriculture."

"But it cannot be delayed too long. In Bi's opinion, you can also pilot it first, for example, start with the capital and Ningbo. One of these two places is the concentration of trade in the north and the other is the concentration of trade in the south. It can also be regarded as accumulating experience for the future of imposing commercial taxes nationwide."

Bi Ziyan agreed and said that he was also from the civilian gentry class and naturally stood on the same front as Yuan Keli, so he took the initiative to suggest piloting in the capital and Ningbo. However, the former Zhejiang Party officials who were close to Fang Congzhe had the shadow of Ningbo's huge merchants. In addition, the Fang family's industries are now mainly concentrated in the capital. Therefore, it is obvious that Bi Ziyan is targeting Fang Congzhe, which is a revenge on Fang Congzhe's interests in their civilian gentry but not on his own commercial gentry.

"The pilot project must be done after the official and gentry paid the food and served as a whole, and then we should go step by step."

Wei Guangwei asked Fang Congzhe at this time.

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao had to admit that the conflict between officials with a business gentry background and officials with a civilian gentry background was becoming increasingly intense.

"We will discuss the matter of commercial taxation first, let's talk about the prince's education."

Zhu Youxiao said at this time.

"yes!"

Fang Congzhe replied, saying: "In terms of the subject, the education of the prince is different from the education of the scholar. In the future, the prince may be a crown prince or a nobleman, and he needs to be trained more strictly and comprehensively. Otherwise, it will easily lead to the loss of dignity of the noble status, affect the dignity of the court, and be more unfavorable to the continuation of the country."

"That's right, the princes naturally teach more strictly and more practically. They not only need to learn literature, but also martial arts. They must complete the six arts. If they learn literature, they must use old scholars instead of new Jinshi. Old scholars are mostly knowledgeable and have rich experience, which makes it easier for princes to learn real knowledge. And because they are more calm and humble, it makes it easier for princes to grow old. New Jinshi are talented, but most of them are young and vigorous, eager to make progress, and are keen on court politics. They will inevitably instigate the princes to be impatient and have no calmness. If they learn martial arts, they must not only learn the skills of strengthening their bodies, archery, riding, etc., but also learn military strategies to prepare for the future. The royal nobles can bear more responsibilities for the empire."

Zhu Youxiao said at this time.

Fang Congzhe and some ministers who liked the Emperor and His Majesty the Emperor to establish the crown prince all smiled awkwardly.

Because they did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor really only took this opportunity to talk about the education of the princes, rather than establishing the foundation of the country. What many of them did not expect was that His Majesty the Emperor planned to educate all the princes more comprehensively, and it seemed that they were all cultivating them in the path of the emperor.

"Is this to make all princes have the intention to fight for the throne in the future?"

Wei Guangwei and Fang Congzhe also realized this at this time.

Of course, it was not only Wei Guangwei, but also the ministers present soon realized this.

After all, no one is a fool.

"Your Majesty is wise! The royal nobles should be both civil and military, but the most important thing at the moment is the education of the eldest son."

Gu Bingqian, the Minister of Justice, reported to him at this time.

Like Fang Congzhe and other business gentry, he hoped that the emperor would establish a prince, so that they could stand directly in the prince's team and plan for the future now. As long as the prince meets their minds of the monarch, they might change the king.

"I admit that the eldest son of the emperor is the eldest son. According to the ethics of the rules, it is more suitable to be a crown prince. However, the ethics of the ruler are the intention of the saint, not the will of heaven! Naturally, the king chosen by the saint is not necessarily chosen by the destiny of heaven. I am the destiny of heaven. Only the crown prince I finally chose is the choice of the destiny of heaven! Therefore, it is too early to say whether the eldest son of the emperor can be the monarch in the future! If anyone separates the eldest son of the emperor and other princes, he will confiscate the house and behead him for the crime of establishing the crown prince!"

When Zhu Youxiao said this, Gu Bingqian was so scared that he crawled on the ground: "I don't dare! I am just confused for a moment. Now I am fortunate that Your Majesty has mentioned it, so I understand that I would like to forgive you!"

"Get up! I will not be punished without teaching. What I am talking about is that if anyone dares to hide evil intentions again, don't blame me for being rude!"
Chapter completed!