King Min Zhu Shi was escorted to Nanjing, and Zhu Yunyu also took him to Xiaoling. In front of all the vassal kings, he announced several crimes of Zhu Shi, and then seized his title and demoted Zhu Shi to a commoner. This can be said to be the most serious punishment for the prince.

This incident also marked the official launch of the reduction of the vassal states. After the punishment of Zhu Yu, Zhu Yunyu summoned all the vassal kings to discuss matters in the Xiaoling Mausoleum, but announced the court's arrangements for the vassal states. He either handed over the military power and stayed in the fiefdom honestly, or learned from Zhu Di and others to take people abroad?

Although the vassal kings of various families had been mentally prepared, when Zhu Yunxiu officially announced the above arrangement, many vassal kings were unable to accept it. Some people cried and robbed the sky and the earth, some people scolded loudly, and even fainted on the spot, but they must have pretended.

Zhu Yunxi and Li Jie sneered and watched the princes perform, but did not come forward to dissuade them. When these people were almost up, Zhu Yunxi announced again that the decision above was the final decision of the court. If someone dared not to comply, he would just act as a rebellion, and King Min was their role model.

As soon as the above words were said, all the princes became honest. In fact, except for a few people who were ugly, most princes could still remain calm, such as Zhu Xu, Zhu Quan and others. After all, they had already thought of a way out and were naturally calmer than others.

Finally, Zhu Yunxiu announced that everyone would be given a month to consider. After a month, all princes would make a decision on whether to leave or stay. If they stay, the court would start to take over the military power in the prince. If they were to leave, the court would provide them with corresponding support.

After the announcement, Zhu Yunxi left on his own. The group of princes below stared at each other. Facing the strong Zhu Yunxi, they had no room for resistance. Even if they all united, they would not be able to unite, let alone conflicts and conflicts between them, and it was impossible to unite them all. As for the fact that they had grouped together for three or five, there was no meaning.

So after Zhu Yunyu left, these princes also left in groups of 30,000 to 50,000. Zhu Yunyu only gave them one month, which seemed not short, but the question of whether to decide whether to leave or stay would be related to their destiny for the second half of their lives, and the fate of thousands of people in the royal palace, so this time is actually quite limited.

After Zhu Yunxiu announced the decision to reduce the vassal states, he was not as calm as he appeared. In fact, after leaving, he also ordered the Jinyiwei to go out with all his strength. They will keep a close eye on all the actions of all the vassal kings this month. If any vassal king dares to do anything wrong, the Jinyiwei will immediately dispatch the prince to control the prince first.

Of course, Jinyi's surveillance is just a necessary preparation. In fact, as long as the princes are not stupid, no one will do any irrational behavior. After all, the matter of King Min has been told that if they dare to resist, the court can take them down with almost no effort. Even the title of prince will not be able to be kept by then. In contrast, it is better to try to cooperate with the court's actions.

So in this case, all the princes went back honestly to consider their choices. These princes also brought a lot of staff to Beijing, which could help them make the most correct choices.

A month passed quickly, and each prince also made his own choices one after another. Needless to say, Zhu Xun, Zhu Quan and others decided to leave long ago, but in comparison, there were more princes who decided to stay. After all, not everyone had the courage to leave their hometown.

"That's great. This matter is finally over. Next is the ending matter, especially those princes who go out to sea. You may have to trouble you brother-in-law at that time!" Zhu Yunxiu slapped the table excitedly, and in front of him, a list of all the princes listed the choices of these princes, among which all the people who go out to sea were marked.

"Your Majesty, you are polite. Although the princes who go out to sea are more troublesome in the early stage, as long as the court provides some manpower and material resources to help them gain a foothold overseas, it will depend on them next. At most, when encountering danger, we will help them. In contrast, those princes who stayed behind should pay more attention." Li Jie also showed a solemn expression on his face at the end.

Li Jie was actually not very satisfied with the choices of these princes, because in his vision, it would be best to drive all princes out of the Ming Dynasty so that they could be done once and for all, rather than as now, most princes chose to stay.

"The prince who stays is troublesome? Brother-in-law, why do you say that?" Zhu Yunxi asked in confusion when he heard Li Jie's words. In his opinion, as long as the prince is willing to hand over the military power, the court will just spend some money to support them and will not pose any threat to the court.

"Emperor Taizu customized the title of the title, the prince was the prince, the prince was the prince, the prince was the general of Zhenguo, the general of Zhenguo was the general of Fengguo, and then there were Lieutenant of Zhenguo, Lieutenant of the auxiliary state, Lieutenant of Fengguo, and Princess, etc. The lowest was from the sixth rank, the highest was the first rank, and the salary of these people was not a small amount!" Li Jie replied helplessly.

"It's just a mere salary. Brother-in-law, are you still worried that these princes and princes will suffer losses. We will not be able to make the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Yunyu showed a laughing and crying expression when he heard this. He felt that Li Jie was thinking too much.

"Your Majesty, of course we are not afraid of these princes and princes now, because they are not many, but Your Majesty, please think that Emperor Taizu has twenty-six sons and sixteen daughters, among which the princes are fine, but these princes can give birth to one more than the other. For example, taking the King of Zhou as an example, he himself has more than a dozen sons and more than a dozen daughters. These people have another son and daughter. Your Majesty is also a person who is proficient in mathology. Why do you calculate it yourself? How many royal family will be in the Ming Dynasty after three or five generations?" Li Jie finally asked a question.

Zhu Yunxi was stunned when he heard this, and then he calculated it in his heart, but he was so scared that he was sweating profusely. Not to mention the royal women, as long as the man is healthy, he has many concubines around him, and his children will be absolutely amazing in the end, so the number of royal families may increase exponentially. It is estimated that it will take several generations, and these royal families will become a heavy burden for the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, this is true. In the middle and late periods of the Ming Dynasty in history, the royal family became a heavy burden on the Ming Dynasty's finances. Some people even said that the Ming royal family defeated the Ming Dynasty. Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, to a certain extent, there are indeed some reasons. It was because Li Jie knew this that he warned Zhu Yun in advance.
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