The father and son of the king of Chu sat at the bottom left of Zhu Cihong, and the father and son were served by several palace maids, eating very happily, enjoying the singing and dancing music while eating, and nodding and commenting from time to time, which was very enjoyable.

While eating, the prince also asked Xu Sheng, who was standing next to Zhu Cihong, what did Liukou look like, was he powerful, he kept asking questions there, and the topic he asked felt like a second fool who didn't understand the world, and Xu Sheng didn't want to deal with him.

The imperial court has great restrictions on these vassal clans, this can't be done, that can't be done, the world is so big, it doesn't even give a chance to go out and see, it's like living in a five-star luxury prison.

The vassal kings, who were idle all day long, could only eat, drink and have fun, and with their favorable economic treatment, they looted money and sucked the people's essence, which seriously depleted the country's financial resources.

Although the policy of cutting the feudal domain of Ming Chengzu and Ming Xuanzong eliminated the threat of the vassal king to the imperial power, it also produced a huge parasitic group, which to put it bluntly, the imperial court exchanged money for the obedience of the clan through maintenance.

Henan province alone, there are Lu Wang, Fu Wang, Zhou Wang, Zhao Wang, Tang Wang, Yi Wang, Zheng Wang, Chong Wang and Hui Wang Deng nine vassal kings, these golden pimples occupy more than one-tenth of Henan's fields.

This is still only the Zhuang Tian of the nine vassal kings, and there are smaller clan relatives under the vassal kings, and these little treasures have their own Zhuang Tian.

The farmland of these vassal kings of Huguang occupies about one-twentieth of the entire Huguang field, among which the number of farmland of the king of Chu, the king of Liao, and the king of Min is the largest.

Zhu Cihong didn't like this kind of lively scene very much, he looked at the civil and military officials in the palace, these officials also secretly looked at Zhu Cihong, they were still relatively restrained, not as prodigal as the father and son of the King of Chu.

The King of Chu glanced at Zhu Cihong, who was bored on the side, showed a kind face, and said: "The lonely king is in the palace, and he has long heard of the name of the crown prince, and he has heard that the crown prince has recently killed the rogue in the Yinghuo area. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded absentmindedly and said, "After this battle, Huguang will be worry-free." ”

Just when a group of singers in the hall were dancing, Yang Qili, the head of Long Xiang's group, rushed into the carrier hall with an order, and he rudely pushed aside a group of dancing girls and came to the center of the hall, causing everyone to frown, and even the face of the king of Chu was not very good-looking.

Yang Qili bowed to Zhu Cihong in the first seat, and said loudly: "Your Highness, the thief leader Hui Ma Shouying, and Liu Xiyao, the king of the troubled times, were all killed by our army!" So far, the five major thieves and the five battalions of the left have all been destroyed! ”

The fifth battalion of the left of the revolution was destroyed? With a bang, everyone in the hall boiled, and their faces were full of incredulity.

Zhu Cihong laughed loudly when he heard this, and could not hide his excitement, and after arranging for five months and fighting for more than two months, he finally got rid of the Fifth Battalion of the Revolutionary Left, which had restrained half of the officers and soldiers in the Central Plains.

Fang Kong, the governor of Huguang, looked at Yang Qili and said in surprise: "Is it true?" ”

Since the previous governor of Huguang was killed by thieves and hung upside down on a big tree to scold the thief and died, Fang Kongzhao has been conscientious and conscientious since he took over as the governor of Huguang, and made every effort to suppress the thief, lest one day the thief capture Wuchang and hang him upside down on the tree.

Yang Qili replied: "Lvshuai Sun is coming to Wuchang with the heads of several thieves, and the adults will be able to see it when they arrive!" ”

"Good!" Fang Kongzhao and other Huguang officials were overjoyed, cheered, and didn't care about Yang Qili's rude faux pas.

The next banquet entered a small **, and everyone was no longer as restrained as before, and began to push each other's glasses and exchange lamps, celebrating in advance.

Not long after, Sun Yingyuan led a group of generals of the Tianwu Army who participated in the pursuit of the encirclement and suppression into the palace of the king of Chu, and they strode into the carrier hall and bowed to Zhu Cihong on the first seat: "The last general will see His Highness!" ”

Zhu Cihong got up and smiled freely: "All the generals, please get up, everyone has worked hard!" ”

"I am willing to die for His Highness!" The generals roared in unison, the sound was like a bell, and all the officials in the hall changed color.

Sun Yingyuan waved his hand and said, "Present the head of the thief!" ”

The heads wrapped in rags were picked up by the sergeants of the Tianwu Army and placed in the hall together.

The officials were distressed to see it, such a valuable head was wrapped in rags? It's also too ....... At least use a brocade box!

Sun Yingyuan ordered people to open it, and pointed at them one by one: "The thief head Lao Hui Ma Shouying, the thief head Geli Yanhe Yilong, the thief head Liu Xiyao, the thief head King Lin Yangcheng, the thief head Zuojin King He Jin, the five battalion thieves are all here!" ”

A group of Huguang officials surrounded them, and even the king of Chu and the prince and his son also leaned forward and stretched out their heads to take a look.

Fang Kongzhao, the governor of Huguang, even let people take the album, compare them one by one, look at them very carefully, and do not dislike a few hideous heads at all.

"Yes, it's them!" Fang Kongzhao stroked his beard and was very happy.

An official said excitedly: "These thieves have plagued my Ming Dynasty for several years, and Chongzhen has broken through the central capital Fengyang in eight years, dug the tomb of Emperor Renzu, and cut down hundreds of thousands of pines and cypresses in the imperial tomb. ”

Emperor Chongzhen heard that the tomb of the Fengyang Emperor was destroyed, put on mourning clothes and ran to the Taimiao to cry for three days and three nights, and then put down his pride and issued the first "guilty edict" to the subjects of the world to admit the mistakes of the imperial court policy and the precariousness of the situation in the world.

Ji Haoyan, the governor of Biyuan, said: "It's a pity that the thief hasn't been subdued yet, I heard that some time ago he besieged Anqing and Luzhou, I don't know what happened now?" ”

Zhu Cihong said lightly: "You don't have to worry about it, but there is a matter in this palace that needs to be handled by Governor Ji." ”

Ji Haoyan bowed slightly, and said suspiciously: "Your Highness, please tell me what is the matter." ”

Zhu Cihong said casually: "This palace plans to check the military field of the guard in Huguangqing, I don't know how much time it will take Governor Ji to complete?" ”

Ji Haoyan's eyelids jumped, and he said: "The land of the military household in Huguang has been recorded, I don't know what His Highness wants to check?" ”

Zhu Cihong raised his eyebrows and said, "The number of each guard household, the land under each person's name, do you understand?" ”

Ji Haoyan pretended to groan, and said: "There are more than 20 guards in Huguang, and more than 40 separate thousand households, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time, if Your Highness is not in a hurry, the minister can check slowly, as fast as three years, as slow as ten years." ”

Fang Kongzhao interjected with a smile: "Don't worry, Lord Ji, this official has already prepared the field book and personnel, and will assist Lord Ji in the inventory together!" ”

Zhu Cihong glanced at Fang Kongzhao, and also smiled and said: "Governor Ji doesn't have to worry, the palace will also leave 20,000 horses to garrison Huguang to help you investigate!" ”

The faces of several guard commanders changed greatly when they heard this, if they were talking about it before, now it is a naked threat, with 20,000 troops stationed, or is it an army that beats the rogues everywhere and drills into the mountains? Are you going to stay in Wuchang Mansion and not leave?

The commander of Huang Zhouwei and the commander of Yue Zhouwei, who were sitting together, exchanged glances with each other and whispered a few words together.