A day later, the second prince of North Korea, Li Jing and Zhu Qingmei, the county lord, made a marriage, and their marriage date was tentatively scheduled for the middle of February next year.

Yan Shichong was very happy when he learned about it - the Yan family finally lost another party to help.

However, he didn't quite understand Yan Jinxuan's approach, didn't the latter have enough reasons not to agree to withdraw from the marriage in this kind of matter? And at that time, the monarch of the Ming Kingdom did not know the reason for the matter at all, as long as Yan Jinxuan did not agree, the second prince of the Korean State had no way to marry the county lord of the Ming Kingdom.

"This person is really weird, and he is willing to give up the marriage contract that has been made for eleven years." One of Yan Shichong's doormen said with a look of regret.

"Maybe it's because of power, after all, in a big way, this kind of transnational marriage is still beneficial to the friendship between the two countries." Another doorman answered.

"I don't think he's that timid, and to say that he's going to think about the benefits between the two countries is to exalt him." Yan Shichong said with a sneer.

"My lord, no matter how selfish a person is, he has a great side, maybe he really has such an understanding." Wei Yuanting said to Yan Shichong with a smile.

Yan Shichong turned his head and glanced at Wei Yuanting condescendingly, and said in an indifferent tone: "However, the real situation is often - human nature is disappointing most of the time. ”

Wei Yuanting closed his mouth in amusement.

…………

In the court, the ministers were fighting over whether to release the three major feudal kings in the northwest (King Jin, King Bing, and King Run), and those who supported and opposed accounted for half of them, and no one was convinced by anyone.

Since the arrest of the six princes, King Jin, King Bing and King Run, the princes from all over the country have asked the emperor to be lenient with the three vassal kings.

"They received the six princes just out of brotherhood, and they didn't have any rebellion, hoping that the emperor would open up on the Internet." said the minister who supported the release.

"Your Majesty, although the Sixth Princes are their brothers, they still helped him and deliberately concealed it from you when they knew that you were going to arrest the Sixth Prince, which is the crime of defrauding the monarch. Said the opposing party.

"There are a total of seventeen vassal kings in the Ming Kingdom. Now that there are eleven people who have signed a joint letter, if we do not release these three feudal kings, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among these feudal kings, and it will be more than worth the loss if they send troops to attack them. The proponents continued.

This was indeed a problem that had to be faced, so for a while everyone in the court was quiet.

Everyone looked at the emperor Zhu Zhi. Wait for his statement.

Zhu Zhi pondered for a moment and then asked Yan Yunpei, "What is Yan Aiqing's opinion?" ”

Yan Yunpei hurriedly replied: "In order to prevent the dissatisfaction of the vassal kings, Weichen thinks it is better to release them first. But as a warning, we can appropriately reduce the three of them's domains. ”

Zhu Zhi nodded appreciatively, looked at Yan Shichong and asked, "What does Yan Aiqing think?" ”

Yan Shichong thought for a moment and then said, "Wechen also agreed to release them, but it would still be too light to only reduce the domain, and it would not serve as a warning at all. It is better to reduce them to commoners, so as to deter the other vassal kings. ”

Hearing him say this, many ministers wanted to stop talking.

After a long time, Yan Jinxuan came out and admonished: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that although they have made mistakes, they are not to the point of being degraded to the level of commoners, so it is better to punish them by reducing the feudal territory, if you are worried that such a punishment is too light, then reduce some more." ”

The ministers nodded their heads.

Zhu Zhi also had a bottom in his heart, and said loudly: "Okay, I will release them one day." and cut each of their domains in half. ”

The ministers hurriedly shouted: "My emperor is wise! ”

Zhu Zhi had long wanted to take back King Jin's salt farm, and this time was an opportunity, so he would take back all the domains around King Jin's salt farm.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhi was extremely happy.

King Jin, you finally have the day when I will catch you, hum!

Immediately, Yan Jinxuan proposed to Zhu Zhi: "This incident has also given us a wake-up call - the management of the domain needs to be strengthened, so Weichen believes that the most effective way is to take back their local military power." ”

In this way, the military management of the feudal domains was returned to the military department, and the feudal lords did not dare to interfere with the government and rebel.

Only in this way can the Ming Kingdom not have to worry about internal divisions.

There was an uproar in the court.

Zhu Zhi patted his thigh and said, "Yan Aiqing's suggestion is good. Zhenhui thought about it. ”

Immediately, Zhu Zhi named a group of ministers to stay and discuss the matter further.

The ministers who were named and left behind included Yan Yunpei, Yan Jinxuan, Yan Shichong, Zhang Qian, Shen Jiahui, Shang Yunteng and others, half of whom were Yan Shichong's henchmen.

Looking at such a formation, Yan Yunpei and Yan Jinxuan had no choice but to sigh secretly in their hearts.

Fortunately, the emperor did not completely listen to Yan Shichong's words and act, otherwise the government and the opposition would be chaotic.

On the way to Wuying Palace, Yan Shichong squinted at Yan Yunpei and his son who were walking on his side. There was a cold glint in his eyes.

After some discussion, everyone finally reached a consensus on recovering the military power of the domain, so Zhu Zhi immediately issued an order to carry it out.

At the same time, it was also made clear that the day after tomorrow would release the imprisoned King Jin, King Bing and King Run.

And the sixth prince (Fu Wang) is still imprisoned.

……………

The king and prince of North Korea will return to China tomorrow, so Zhu Qingmei and Li Jing found an opportunity to meet alone that afternoon.

Zhu Qingmei took him to the high city tower to get a bird's-eye view of the entire palace and the moat outside the palace.

"Isn't the palace of the Ming Kingdom magnificent?" Zhu Qingmei asked him.

She knew that she would be marrying North Korea in February next year, so her eyes were full of nostalgia as she looked around her.

"Yes. There is a shocking beauty in your country's palace! Li Jing said sincerely.

"It's been around for hundreds of years, and there have been five emperors." Zhu Qingmei said with a smile.

Li Jing nodded.

"Over there, that tree, I used to go to the shade under that tree when I was a child, and I still have words carved on the tree." She pointed to a large tree a few feet away.

"What did you engrave on it?" He asked, holding her gently from behind.

Her face suddenly turned red, and she replied softly: "Five words: please remember me." ”

"Who does that 'you' mean?" He asked curiously.

"The tree. Who else could it be? She said coquettishly.

He smiled, turned her body lightly, looked into her eyes, and said, "Please remember me too." ”

With that, he leaned over and kissed her cherry lips.

The lips touched, and suddenly it was like igniting the fire in their hearts, and both of them involuntarily hugged each other tightly and kissed passionately desperately. (To be continued.) )

PS: Dear friends, the second shift is coming. I've been so slow for the past two days, so I can't make the third chapter tonight, I'm sorry!