When Chu Fan thought of Zhu Di, he also thought of Zhu Yunwen, who lost the throne because of the deception of civil officials.

Chu Fan thought that if Zhu Yunwen had not made a fatal mistake in the policy of reducing the power of the princes. If Zhu Yunwen had been able to handle the issue of the princes more wisely, perhaps his reign would not have been so short, and he would not have been easily overthrown by Zhu Di.

Chu Fan couldn't help but fall into deep thought. He began to consider whether he should also adopt Zhu Yunwen's strategy of reducing the power of the vassal states to force his royal relatives to rebel.

In order to better understand the situation of the royal family, Chu Fan called Eunuch Li and asked him to bring detailed files about the royal family.

However, when Chu Fan opened the files, he was stunned.

The situation of the Chu royal family was so bizarre that it was almost unbelievable. Chu Fan couldn't help but think back to the history of the Ming Dynasty, when Zhu Yuanzhang compared the princes of the Ming Dynasty to raising pigs. Despite this, the princes of the Ming Dynasty at least had a certain amount of real power.

However, the situation of the Chu royal family is completely different. Their power has been almost completely stripped away. This is like treating the royal family members as trash.

Chu saw a very unique and incredible provision in the royal ancestral precepts of the Wei Dynasty.

According to this ancestral precept, every emperor's son would be taught the art of governing a country so that they could demonstrate their talents and wisdom in the court.

But the most peculiar aspect of this ancestral precept was that during the struggle for the throne among the princes, the Chu clan would never intervene. Instead, they would allow the ministers in the court to take sides and follow the prince they supported. This practice was virtually unheard of in other dynasties.

Chu Fan was very surprised by this, because in other dynasties, the struggles within the royal family were often accompanied by fierce intervention from family members. But in the Wei Dynasty, the princes had to rely on their own strength and wisdom to fight for the throne.

Of course, this unique ancestral precept also has some advantages. That is, this method not only tests the personal abilities of the princes, but also ensures that the inheritance of the throne is more fair and reasonable.

However, when a prince is elected as emperor by the elders, the situation will change dramatically. All the princes who fail to become emperor will automatically become princes and will no longer participate in court affairs.

They could only become idle princes and no longer have any actual political power. Of course, this provision in the ancestral precepts did ensure that the authority of the new emperor was not threatened by other members of the royal family, and also provided a guarantee for the harmony and stability within the royal family.

In general, the royal ancestral precepts of the Wei Dynasty not only cultivated the princes' ability to govern, but also cleverly balanced the distribution of power within the royal family, ensuring the smooth succession of the throne and the stability of the court. This unique approach is rare in history and reflects the Wei Dynasty royal family's unique understanding and wisdom of power succession.

However, such ancestral precepts would make the royal family members who did not become emperors live a very oppressive life. After becoming princes, they only had a mansion and some guards, and then they said goodbye to the power of the court.

The title of these princes is prince, that's right, prince, not prince. All the royal relatives who did not become emperors became princes, and they were princes without any titles.

Regardless of the dynasty on Blue Star, all princes have their own titles, which are symbols of their identity and status.

But in the world where Chu Fan lives now, the princes of Wei State only have the title of prince and have no titles at all.

In this country, all princes have equal status among the royal family. There is only a difference in generation between them, but no difference in titles.

Of course, when Chu Fan saw that all the princes' food, clothing and other expenses were jointly borne by the emperor's inner treasury and the Ministry of Revenue's national treasury, he couldn't help but sigh.

The Chu family's ancestral precepts seemed to really treat descendants who did not become emperors as pigs. No wonder after traveling to this world, he found that his inner treasury and the Ministry of Revenue's treasury had become incredibly poor.

When the nine states of Hedong were hit by disasters, the Minister of Revenue raised the issue of an empty treasury and tight finances, but he did not mention the huge resources and expenses occupied by the royal family.

This situation is likely due to the constraints of the imperial family's ancestral precepts. As a traditional rule and admonition, the ancestral precepts have a profound influence, and even the emperor, as the ruler of a country, finds it extremely difficult to modify or abolish them.

Therefore, even if the Minister of Revenue raised this issue at the meeting, it would be difficult to bring about any substantial change, because the existence of ancestral precepts made any financial issues concerning the royal family difficult to touch and solve. This made Qian Dai not talk about this matter at all.

Chu Fan sighed, he had to find a way to solve this problem, otherwise he would become a poor man again after filling up the treasury with great difficulty and giving subsidies to these princes.

Of course, Chu Fan also found some confusing terms in these files. In some files, he saw descriptions of warrior levels, which made him feel very unfamiliar.

In the introduction, the levels of warriors from low to high are: entry-level warrior, ninth-grade warrior, eighth-grade warrior, seventh-grade warrior, sixth-grade warrior, fifth-grade warrior, fourth-grade warrior, third-grade warrior, second-grade warrior, first-grade warrior, followed by two higher realms, called half-step grandmaster and grandmaster respectively.

These files clearly record that in this world, the most powerful warrior has only reached the level of Grandmaster.

Chu Fan began to carefully recall the memory fragments he received when he traveled through time and space to this body. He found that he seemed to have never practiced any martial arts.

However, the clan's archives contained detailed information about martial arts levels. What was going on? Why did he possess these memories that didn't align with his own experiences? Chu Fan was puzzled and at the same time, filled with curiosity about this mysterious world of martial artists.

After a brief moment of reflection, Chu Fan decided not to dwell on this issue. After all, his goal was to complete the mission and return to Blue Star safely. In the process, he didn't seem to need to learn martial arts.

Chu Fan was very clear in his mind that his main task was to make the officials or royal relatives in the Wei State rebel, rather than spending too much time mastering martial arts skills.

Although martial arts might be helpful in certain situations, they would be dispensable to him once he returned to Blue Star. After all, no matter how skilled a martial artist is, he would be vulnerable to a kitchen knife, and no matter how good his kung fu is, he would be defeated by a single gunshot. Martial arts simply wouldn't play a significant role on Blue Star.

Chu Fan continued to carefully review a large amount of information about these princes of the Wei State, and found that their occupations and activities were really diverse and all-encompassing.