The enfeoffment system that existed nearly 300 years before the Ming Dynasty was undoubtedly a failure. Although Taizu's idea was good when he first decided on enfeoffment, it could not withstand the difficulties of Jianwen's reduction of vassalage and Zhu Dijing's difficulties, which completely destroyed the original intention of the system, so later

Although the sects and vassals still entrusted the territory, they only raised pigs.

Zhu Yihai had already drastically reformed the clan before, so how to seal the emperor's sons now is also a big problem.

Some people think that the old system of Taizu should be restored, enfeoffing areas, and leading troops to guard the borders.

Some people think that we should follow the system of the Tang and Song Dynasties and raise the princes and grandsons in the capital. After a few generations, they will be arranged to accompany the capital. After that, they can be unrestricted and can join the army according to the imperial examination or be free in four professions.

Each dynasty has its own rules and regulations, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.

The key is to look at the angle from which you think about it.

If we want to actually divide feudal states into vassals, there are advantages and disadvantages. As Taizu did, it is not always a good thing to enfeoff various places and have strong soldiers and horses to protect them.

But if it is a Sai king like King Ning, it actually has advantages. For example, the Mu family of the Duke of Guizhou in Yunnan is not a real vassal, but it can be regarded as a de facto vassal. They have guarded Yunnan for generations.

In fact, it still has good results.

Zhu Yihai also considered that the prince should be sealed in the frontiers in the future, such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and even Hexi, Liaodong, Saibei, Taiwan and other places. Try to seal him outside the Great Wall, Lingnan and other places, or even overseas.

This will minimize the threat to the central government, but if the conditions are too bad, the princes may not be willing to run it well, and may even not be able to run it.

After all, even the foreign colonists of this era were mostly criminals and adventurers who had settled down. Which real nobleman would be willing to go overseas to colonize.

However, as was done in the Tang Dynasty, it would not work to have ten princes and a hundred grandsons housed in the capital. It would easily aggravate the political complexity of the capital, and it would also be easy for them to be monopolized and unable to contribute to the country.

Fortunately, the princes are still young and still have time to think about it slowly.

The ceremony is over.

After the palace banquet in the evening, Zhu Yihai specially called the two princes to chat in the imperial study.

After spending this time together, the two of them became more familiar with Zhu Yihai, and they were no longer afraid of being restrained when dealing with him. He also became more generous, but he was still relatively silent and didn't talk much.

"For the past six years, you have been herding cattle and horses, fishing and hunting outside the customs. It has been too hard in the ice and snow, and you have no chance to study.
Chapter completed!