Chapter 411 The problem of the royal family
Although Zhu Xun asked Li Jie a little different from Zhu Zhen, the general meaning was actually similar, which was normal. After all, they naturally felt worried when they watched their brothers being taken abroad by Li Jie one by one.
In addition, to think more deeply, Li Jie is Zhu Biao's son-in-law. Now Lao Zhu's health is getting worse and worse. It can be said that Zhu Biao's ascendance to the throne is getting closer and closer. Now Li Jie has brought Zhu Ci and Zhu Di, the princes who hold real power, to overseas by various means. Is this what Lao Zhu means or what Zhu Biao means?
If this was just Lao Zhu's intention to allow Zhu Biao to succeed and thus allow other princes to go abroad, it would be understandable. After all, Lao Zhu's heart was very biased towards Zhu Biao.
But if it were Zhu Biao who directed Li Jie, then does this mean that Zhu Biao is not as generous as he appears. He may have even doubted those brothers who hold real power for a long time, so he used Li Jie's hand to attack Zhu Chuang and others.
Even Zhu Su had already thought that after Zhu Biao ascended the throne, would he take back the power from the hands of these vassal kings like in history? This was also the issue that Zhu Su was most concerned about.
Li Jie also saw through Zhu Xu's thoughts at first sight, and saw him smile calmly and said, "Your Highness the King of Zhou is overthinking. The princes left the Ming Dynasty because they had their own reasons. Even Your Highness the King of Yan left voluntarily, so your worries are completely redundant!"
"Is that so? What did he think?" Zhu Xun frowned again and asked.
Only then did Li Jie suddenly realize that Zhu Xun's personality seemed gentle, but in fact he was very thoughtful. Even if he had a skeptical attitude towards his close relatives, he wanted to rebel in history, but he was scolded by Zhu Di, which made him honest.
Of course, Zhu Xu's suspicion is not completely unreasonable. Zhu Biao does not have the ability and prestige of Lao Zhu. After taking the throne, he will definitely not be assured that the vassal kings with heavy troops in various places. It is almost natural to reduce the vassal states by then, so Zhu Xu suspects that Zhu Biao has now begun to prepare for the future vassal states.
"I don't know what the prince thinks, but Your Highness is the prince's younger brother, so you can ask the prince yourself!" Li Jie directly threw the question to Zhu Shi, after all, if you have any questions, ask Zhu Biao, so he doesn't want to get involved in the affairs between their Zhu brothers.
In fact, Li Jie really couldn't guess what Zhu Biao was thinking. Sometimes he felt that Zhu Biao's thoughts seemed very simple and had deep feelings for his brothers, but sometimes he felt that Zhu Biao's thoughts were as deep as the sea, which made people unable to figure them out, so he couldn't be sure what Zhu Biao was thinking?
Zhu Xu rolled his eyes when he asked Li Jie's answer. If he dared to ask Zhu Biao, how could he have to ask Li Jie?
The people who monitored various royal families were soon in place. After these royal families entered Beijing, they lived in a concentrated manner, so it was very convenient to manage. As long as someone went out, there must be special people coming forward to follow, called protection, but actually monitoring. If there is anything illegal about these royal families going out, they will be immediately stopped by these people.
Of course, Li Jie's behavior also caused great dissatisfaction among the royal family. For a time, many people entered the palace, either looking for Lao Zhu or Zhu Biao to complain, and even a few princesses and princesses went directly to Li Jie's house to complain to Zhu Yuning.
However, Lao Zhu drove the people out directly about the complaints from these people and warned them to be honest recently and not cause trouble for themselves in the capital.
As for Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuning, both of them agreed on the surface, and turned around and threw the matter aside. However, Zhu Yuning mentioned it to him after Li Jie came back, and neither of them cared about it.
Seeing that he complained, no one paid attention to the crime, the royal family finally woke up. Li Jie dared to do this, so he must have guessed Lao Zhu's thoughts long ago. Although these people are Lao Zhu's children and grandchildren, and their relationship is closer than Li Jie, they stayed in other places for many years, and they did not know Lao Zhu better than Li Jie.
So under such circumstances, these royal families finally became honest. Even if they had great dissatisfaction in their hearts, they could only hold them in their hearts. They dared not scold Lao Zhu, but they scolded Li Jie a lot behind their backs. However, Li Jie didn't care at all. After all, he was not a member of the Zhu family, and these royal families could not come back for many years, so their dissatisfaction had no effect on them.
Of course, the most important thing is that Li Jie actually wanted to take this opportunity to beat these royal families. You must know that they dare to be so lawless in the capital. It is conceivable how arrogant they are on their respective fiefs?
If a rich man in the countryside can have a relationship with the government, he will be able to change from a rich man to a rich man in the country from then on.
In contrast, these royal families have their own backgrounds. Not only do they have a large number of fiefs, but the government dare not provoke them. It can be said that they are even stronger than the local emperor. Although Lao Zhu set up a clan mansion, he failed to perform his due functions at all, so the royal family could not receive any supervision in the local area, which made them develop the habit of lawlessness.
It is precisely because of the royal family's unreasonable behavior in the local area that the reputation of the royal family has become worse and worse, and the historical books have not received high praise. There are even rumors in later generations that the Ming Dynasty was defeated by these increasingly large royal families. Although it is a bit exaggerated, it is not completely unreasonable.
Of course, Li Jie also knew that his warnings today would only make these royal families be honest in the capital for the time being. When they return to their fiefdom in the future, they would still be restored to their original lawlessness. This is something Li Jie would not want to see anyway.
"My husband is still worried about the royal family?" That night, Li Jie tossed and turned on the bed and couldn't sleep. Zhu Yuning next to him finally couldn't help asking. She knew Li Jie's thoughts more clearly than anyone else.
"Indeed, these royal families are honest for the time being, but when they return to the place, they will definitely resurface and even become more serious. This makes me feel really hard to feel at ease!" Li Jie sighed and replied.
"I didn't know what these relatives do in the local area before. This is because the number of people in the royal family is not large. As time goes by, the number of people in the royal family will increase. If it is not regulated, it will probably only become more and more chaotic. Therefore, the husband's concerns are not unreasonable!" Zhu Yuning also whispered in a low voice at this time.
"I also consider these things. It's just that Your Majesty's attitude is the key. Now it's because of his birthday, Your Majesty will restrain the royal family. But when the birthday is over, I'm afraid Your Majesty will be lazy to care about them again." Li Jie sighed again at this time. Old Zhu Xiong was very talented, and the only bad thing is that he was too protective of his shortcomings. Even if his descendants are not good, he is unwilling to let outsiders control him. This is the biggest trouble.
Chapter completed!