Chapter: 3

"yes."

The little official left in a hurry.

Not long after, Zhu Di arrived at the secret room of the imperial prison.

I saw pens, inks, papers and inkstones on a table, and two small officials were preparing to transcribe the wiretapping content on one side, while a loudspeaker pottery like a huge jade plate was arranged on the other side of the wall. The sound came continuously.

Zhu Di stopped and listened for a while, with a strange expression on his face.

"Ba ha ha ha ha ha ha..."

"Intuitive!"

"Hi...the watermelons grown by Xiaolingwei are really delicious."

Beside the prison wall, under the old crooked neck tree.

Jiang Xinghuo ate a watermelon while leaning against the tree trunk to enjoy the shade, and finally remembered to give a lecture.

"Where did you talk about it last time?"

Zhu Gaoxu sat cross-legged, his waist straightened, and he looked like a soldier.

He also wiped the sticky watermelon juice from his beard, and replied, "Mr. Jiang, last time we talked about the centralization and decentralization of power in the Song Dynasty."

"Oh..." Jiang Xinghuo wiped his mouth and found a comfortable position to lie down.

"What do you understand?"

Zhu Gaoxu curled his lips and said: "Emperor Yongle (Yongle is the year name, not the posthumous title Wendi or the temple name Chengzu, you can directly address him) if he was born in the Song Dynasty and became a prince, he would definitely not be able to do Jingnan."

Jiang Xinghuo picked up two leaves from the ground and shook the dust, then covered his eyes to block the dappled sunlight cast by the canopy, and put his hands behind his head before he said lazily.

"It's inappropriate to do this. You can see Emperor Yongle as Song Taizu, and the feudal vassals as the military leaders of Song Taizu at the end of the Five Dynasties. This is very similar... You said that Song Taizu added a yellow robe, would you worry about those under his command?" The head of the army also came once? In fact, this is the root cause of the centralization of power."

Zhu Gaoxu's face was dignified: "Mr. Jiang means that Emperor Yong Le has just ascended the throne, and he is going to cut down the military power of the feudal vassals. Is he afraid that some vassal king will have another battle of Jing Nan?"

"No." Zhu Gaoxu frowned slightly and shook his head, "As far as I know, Emperor Yong Le just rewarded the surviving feudal clans on a large scale. It doesn't seem like he intends to cut down the feudal clans."

Zhu Gaoxu is very concerned about this issue, because according to his cronies, his father is planning to cut down the feudal clan recently... Although there is no conclusive evidence, there is indeed such a rumor.

When Zhu Gaoxu entered the imperial prison, he used the method of retreating to advance, and he would never give up fighting for the crown prince.

If he could get a better way to reduce the vassal from Jiang Xinghuo, who was always stronger than his elder brother in politics, his father would think highly of him.

"Since you compare Emperor Yong Le to Song Taizu, don't you understand?"

Jiang Xinghuo's lazy voice sounded like he was about to fall asleep, but the content of his words was extremely deafening.

"Cutting down the feudal clan is inevitable, but rewarding has two meanings."

"On the surface, Emperor Yongle expressed his kindness to Zhu Fan to show that his fourth brother is different from Zhu Yunqi's big nephew who doesn't recognize his relatives. He and Zhu Fan are family members. This is very understandable."

"The secret meaning is to express an attitude of not using swords and soldiers. Even if the feudal clan is cut, it must be like Song Taizu drinking wine to release the military power, rewarding fields and houses with gold and silver to protect the wealth of the feudal clans and their descendants."

Inside the secret room on the opposite side of the wall.

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows slightly. It's interesting that this scholar named Jiang Xinghuo was so keen and sharp to analyze the strategy of cutting down feudal clans that he and Master Daoyan had just decided!