"Domain?"

Emperor Chengping was taken aback when he saw the fold handed by the Twelve Princes, and he beckoned Liu Rui to come: "Liu Rui, do you know about the domain?" ”

Liu Rui tried to recall, and only replied after a while: "The slave knows one thing, when the emperor Taizu divided the princes to various places when this dynasty was founded, and since then there have been vassal kings, and these vassal kings live in the capital city of their own fiefdom after they arrive in the fiefdom. ”

Emperor Chengping nodded while listening: "This I also know something in a daze, although Taizu said so, there is no place that can be divided into places that produce salt and iron, and can grow tea trees. ”

Liu Rui smiled: "Your Majesty is Shengming, because most of the places that are divided are places of poor mountains and bad waters, since the time of Taizong, the princes are not happy to divide the seals, I am afraid that they will not be allowed to leave the domain for the rest of their lives, and they will be trapped there. ”

"In that case, how can the Twelve Princes want to be vassal?" Emperor Chengping was puzzled.

Liu Rui lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, do you want to hear the truth or lies?" ”

"How do you tell a lie?" Emperor Chengping was interested: "How can you tell the truth?" ”

"The lie is that about the twelve princes want to share the worries of the monarch and go to Suzhou to kill the enemy, to tell the truth, the twelve princes are also poor and poor in Chang'an, and they should think that no one can afford him in Chang'an anyway. simply go out of the domain, at least have the reputation of a vassal king, and can also manage the affairs of the people in a place, which is about better than the life of Chang'an. The more Liu Rui spoke, the lower his voice became, and in the end he was a little afraid.

He was afraid that Emperor Chengping would think too much when he heard this, and thought that Liu Rui was accusing him of mistreating the twelve princes.

Who would have thought that Emperor Chengping really didn't think so, Emperor Chengping thought for a while and nodded: "The old twelve days are really not good." But. But I won't be kind to him, and since he wants to be a vassal of the domain, I will be appointed. After all, this Suzhou is also a poor land, not only does it not have the benefit of salt and iron, but it also does not have decent land, and it does not produce rice and wheat. Most of the crops could not be planted, and I wanted to see what he could do. ”

It's not that Emperor Chengping looks down on the Twelve Princes. In fact, in the memory of Emperor Chengping, the twelve princes did not begin to read until they were teenagers, and they did not learn to read much before they went out of the mansion. Since opening the house, don't say that he has been studying, and he can't eat enough, what can he do like this? I still want to be a feudal lord. I wanted to go to the territory to live a good life, and I chose a place like Suzhou. It's just a joke, Suzhou has been poor since ancient times, what can the stupid and ugly past of the Twelve Princes be, it's nothing more than poorer.

Thinking about it this way, Emperor Chengping had a little schadenfreude and asked Liu Rui: "I remember that a few days ago, I got a letter, and the Empress Dowager Sidi Li led troops to attack Suzhou?" ”

"Yes." Liu Rui replied honestly: "Yu Garrison also sent a letter to the Ministry of War, saying that Xidi was menacing, they resisted desperately, and held Yangcheng dangerously, for which many soldiers died, and the people in the city also had many casualties, I am afraid that this year's Suzhou tax revenue will become more and more unsuccessful." ”

Emperor Chengping sneered when he heard this: "It's Qi Jing, the champion talent, who is helpless when he arrives in Suzhou, and the old twelve who don't know a lot of big characters can toss what tricks can be tossed." ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Chengping suddenly thought that the Twelve Princes and Qi Jing and Yu Longke were all relatives, and suddenly, he thought that he had understood the thoughts of the Twelve Princes: "Liu Rui, you said that the Twelve Princes didn't want to go to Suzhou to have relatives to take care of him, so he can live a more stable life." ”

Belch?

Liu Rui really didn't know what to say, but thinking of the medicinal herbs and some jewels that the Twelve Princes gave him a few days ago, Liu Rui squinted his eyes and smiled: "Your Majesty, the minions didn't think of this, or you thought about it thoroughly, and the minions thought so." ”

Emperor Chengping thought he had thought it through, and nodded proudly: "That's it, you go and ask Ding Xiang to see what he means?" ”

Liu Rui hurriedly took the will and withdrew, as for what he meant to ask Ding Xiang, Liu Rui thought that the eight girls of the Qi family married by the twelve princes were not fuel-efficient lamps, and the twelve princes had not read much, but this eight girls of Qi were rich and rich, and she had always been the most smart and clever, and Ding Xiang would definitely find it, so he was not in a hurry.

Wandering to Ding Xiang's house, Liu Rui asked Ding Xiang what he meant, and the old man said without thinking about it: "King Anjun wants to go, just ask him to go, anyway, it's just a poor place, no one wants it, and he can help guard the border when he goes over, which can be regarded as worrying about the king." ”

"So, you agreed?" Liu Rui asked with a smile again.

Ding Xiang also smiled: "Agree, how can you disagree, if the princes have any opinions, just ask them who is willing to go to places like Suzhou where there are almost no bad water in poor mountains." ”

Liu Rui nodded: "In this way, the miscellaneous family will reply to His Majesty like this." ”

"Go by yourself, go by yourself." Ding Xiangxu had other things, as if he didn't have time to entertain Liu Rui.

Liu Rui went with a smile, he walked on his front feet, and a young man wearing a golden crown came out of Ding Xiang's house, and this son shook the folding fan when he came out: "The twelfth brother wants to be a vassal?" This is also a good thing, after all, he is going to rely on his father's dislike for him, and he is afraid that he will not be called back for the rest of his life, which can be regarded as an opponent. ”

Ding Xiang sneered: "Just him, what kind of opponent is that, your opponent is not him, but the prince." ”

This young son is none other than the sixth son of Emperor Chengping and the current sixth prince.

The sixth prince smiled: "The twelfth is also a prince after all, as long as he is a prince, he is the opponent of this king." ”

He sat down and looked at Ding Xiang: "Ding Xiang, why did you say that the old twelve had a good life but had to go to Suzhou, this king has heard that it is very dangerous there, and several prefects have not kept their lives." ”

Ding Xiang sneered more and more: "What good life can King Anjun have in Chang'an, maybe he can live a good life when he goes to Suzhou." ”

The sixth prince stopped talking, he thought about it, it was also such a reason, just the ugly appearance of the twelve princes, staying in Chang'an for the rest of his life was a bullied master.

Thinking about it this way, the sixth prince didn't take the matter of the twelve princes to heart, but said with a smile: "When the old twelve leaves, I, the elder brother, also have to send him off. ”

Ding Xiang heard this and praised the sixth prince a few words: "The prince should have this heart, no matter what the twelve princes say, they are your brothers, you can also let your majesty see your benevolence, your majesty xià likes benevolent people the most, and you will be even happier to see that you care for the twelve princes like this." ”

The sixth prince smiled proudly: "This king was born later, otherwise, where is the prince's business." ”

Not to mention how Liu Rui replied to Emperor Chengping, nor how much benefit Ding Xiang took from the twelve princes here, only said that within two days, the twelve princes entered the court and got the golden seal of the vassal king from Emperor Chengping, as well as the edict of the vassal king, and he was very excited.

He walked back with the edict, and met several princes along the way, except for the prince's sincere blessing to him, each of the remaining ones said a lot of sour words, nothing more than that he was the only one who couldn't think of going to the domain, and then told him to take care of himself, take a good bath in Chang'an, don't go to Suzhou and other places where there is a shortage of water, and he didn't even take a bath.

Some princes don't know who they listened to, but they even said that there is a severe shortage of water in places like Suzhou, and many people can only take a bath three times in their lives.

The twelve princes did not refute, they responded one by one, and when they came out of the palace gate, they sneered continuously, and scolded a group of ignorant pigs and dogs in their hearts.

These princes are indeed pampered in Chang'an, and they are all innocent and stupid.

The Twelve Princes thought that Qi Jing and Yu Long could stay in Suzhou, and they had usually come to the letter, but they didn't mention the lack of water, only that it rained in Suzhou, and that the water was indeed less than elsewhere, and there were such lakes with huge water reserves, but unfortunately they were all salt water lakes, and the water was salty and could not be eaten.

Earlier, the Twelve Emperors must have thought that this salt water lake was hateful, but now thinking about the lucrative salt profits, Deng felt that the salt water lake was extremely lovely.

For a while, he actually had a lot of superiority because he knew a lot of things more than other princes, and for a while, the twelve princes felt that it was a little wrong to think like this, and warned themselves not to make it too fluttering, even when they arrived in Suzhou, don't lose the bottom line and reason because of huge profits.

The Twelve Princes had one thing in their hearts, and no one said anything.

He wanted to use Suzhou to raise troops, and in the future, he would use Yanli to build a heavy army, use this army to destroy Xidi, and then go to Beiliang to avenge Princess Pingyang.

The tragic death of Princess Pingyang is a thorn in the heart of the twelve princes, no matter what age he has reached in his life, as long as he does not avenge Pingyang, he will always be heartbroken, and he will hardly sleep day and night.

The Twelve Princes thought about a lot of things along the way, and when they arrived at home, they rejoiced when they saw the Qi Bao Box that came out.

He personally took Qi Baobox's hand into the house, and as soon as he entered the house, he scattered the girls, pulled Qi Baobox and sat down, and took out the gold seal and the edict: "It's done." ”

Qi Baobox took the golden seal and looked at it for a while, then opened the edict to read, and his face was full of joy after reading: "Congratulations cousin, in this way, as long as we can reach Suzhou smoothly, we will have no worries in the future." ”

The Twelfth Prince nodded vigorously: "You will write a letter to the fourth brother and tell him about this matter, and it will save him from thinking about the salt and profit all day long." ”

Qi Baobox agreed with a smile, and said: "With the ability of my fourth brother and four sisters-in-law, this Suzhou will definitely be better every day, and when we go, we will work together to build Suzhou into a rich place, when the time comes, who will dare to look down on your cousin, who will dare to laugh at you for being stupid." (To be continued.) )