On February 18, it is advisable to travel far away. The kings went out of the domain, the colorful flags blocked the sun, the trumpets moved the sky, the whole city moved, and hundreds of thousands of people sent the kings in the middle of the road. A high platform was erected outside the Mingde Gate, and Xue Zhiren, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, gave wine to the kings instead of the Son of Heaven.

There are a total of six princes who went out of Beijing this time, King Ning, King Chu, King Luo, King Sujing, King Yongyan and Shi Qingguang, who was recently named King of Ningling. Some people are happy and some are worried, the king of Chu and the king of Ningling are reluctant to give up the prosperity of Beijing, but King Ning, King Luo and others have a sense of freedom to open the cage and finally spread their wings and fly high.

The six princes went to the east and west, and the domain of the king of Ningling was in Ningling County, Qizhou, which was just a big county in Qizhou, and it was not as good as the king of Chu, the king of Luo and others in the state capital. The long convoy turned to the west, and after traveling more than ten miles to the long pavilion, Shi Fangqi, the prince of the world, waved his hand to signal stop.

Shi Fangqi rode to the side of Shi Qingguang's car and said softly: "Father, the long pavilion has arrived, come out to breathe, and my son ordered someone to prepare a banquet for my father." ”

Knowing that the feudal domain was inevitable, the king of Ningling County ordered the sale of the property in Beijing, and most of the industry was sold for eight million taels of silver and sent to the inner palace of the Son of Heaven.

Zheng Guo's soldiers and horses were concentrated in the capital and border cities, and there were only government soldiers in the prefectures and government officials in the county seats. Even so, the 600 guards were a great force, and the Son of Heaven divided his brothers into various places, pacifying them with the power of the vassal king, and serving as a barrier to the country.

Shi Qingguang got out of the carriage with difficulty with the help of Shi Fangjue, this time it was a hard journey for him who was obese, even if he only walked forty miles a day, the official road made him miserable, Shi Fangjue struggled with his hands, saw his father's legs trembling slightly, and sighed in his heart, there are more than 1,400 miles from the capital to Qizhou, and I don't know if my father can arrive safely.

After receiving the silver, the son of heaven Shi Chongwei Long's heart was very happy, looking at the humble cousin was very pleasing to the eye, remembering that the Ningling County Wang family never dared to snub themselves, when he was the prince, he often stuffed silver for himself to spend, and when his son was born, he gave a lot of silver, and this time he was bleeding heavily, and he offered a total of 10 million taels of silver in the name of the queen mother's birthday, which is really the loyalty of the country. The loyalty to the country can not be cold-hearted, not to mention that one stroke can not write two stone characters, the kings out of Beijing, the power of the surname Shi in Beijing is very weak, Shi Fangqi has a good name, can stay in Beijing to serve, so Ningling Wang Shi Fangqi became the Shaoqing of Zongzheng Temple, in charge of the affairs of the royal family, specifically in charge of the royal family, clan, relatives of the spectrum, guarding the royal mausoleum and other affairs.

Shi Qingguang climbed the long pavilion on the slope, looked back at the east, and looked sad. Since he was born in the Yongchang imperial capital to live, it has been fifty-eight years, although the fief is in Ningling, Qizhou, but he has not been to Ningling County for a day, I didn't expect to go to Qizhou to go to Qizhou to be a vassal near the sixtieth birthday, I don't know if I can return to the capital in this life. After decades of hard work, he was easily beaten by a holy decree, Shi Qingguang was unwilling, and he sneered with a sneer, which is the advantage of sitting in that position.

Shi Fangqi helped his father and looked at the direction of the capital together, he didn't want to go to Qizhou, and his father's mood was not the same, the Son of Heaven seemed to trust him very much, and now the imperial family surnamed Shi in Beijing was swept away, which was his opportunity. Zongzheng Temple Shaoqing is not an official position to eat idle meals, Shi Fangqi looked south subconsciously, King Ning went south, his position as the governor of the palace can be vacated, Han Zhi, the governor of Longwei, clearly wants to step down, the prince is too far away, and the position of the governor of Longwei may as well fight.

It's a pity that the secret guard let Huang Xi gain a firm foothold, this dead eunuch saw that the wind and the rudder were not small, and when he saw that the king of Chu lost power, he immediately switched to the Son of Heaven, and took the opportunity of confiscating Feng Zhong's property to set off a bloody storm in Beijing, and he was also oppressed by him by selling his property.

Huang Xi's methods made Shi Fangqi feel cold, in order to gather wealth for the Son of Heaven, how many people are busy, this dead eunuch is ruthless, Feng Zhong is his benefactor, and he is not soft at all, I heard that Huang Xi cleared Feng Zhong's old forces in the secret guard, and it is estimated that it will not be long before the news of Feng Zhong's death comes.

Thinking that his family's tens of millions of taels of silver were sent to the inner treasury, Shi Fangqi's heart throbbed, most of the family business accumulated by his father and himself for decades was empty, and it was really like what Emperor Su said, fattening pigs and being killed by people for the New Year, this benefit fell into the hands of Shi Chongwei.

These Tianlong Shouqu into the Tonghua Gate of the boat and boat, are the state transport of wood, stone and other palace materials, Emperor Su just died, the Son of Heaven is eager to build the palace, the ministers of the court have admonished, the Son of Heaven to not use the treasury as the reason to block back, so angry that the household department Shangshu Yu Zhijie on the resignation. The people also shook their heads at what the Son of Heaven did, and some old people were sighing that the story of Xuan and Zhao was afraid that it would be repeated, and the world would be in chaos.

This time the inner library is full of energy to rebuild the harem, revealing the luxurious personality of the Son of Heaven, there are one and two, and it will definitely be inevitable to repair this and that in the future, where does the silver come from? Shi Fangqi heard that the food and clothing in the palace had changed from the thrift of the emperor, and the cost of a meal for the Son of Heaven was one thousand taels; The reward in the palace is excessive, and the pity that he sent into the palace was pregnant with the dragon seed again, and was named a concubine by the Son of Heaven.

Shi Fangjue's mind flashed in his mind that two days ago in the imperial study, the new Taichang Shaoqing Cheng Mingdao started to play, Emperor Su died and released a group of palace people according to the edict, so that the harem was short of manpower, and asked the Son of Heaven to issue an edict to let each state select women to fill the harem. This Cheng Mingdao was originally a Shao Zhan Shi of the East Palace, an old man when the Son of Heaven was in the East Palace, and secretly squeezed Jiang Anyi away from the East Palace by small means, but he is a powerful character, and he will definitely be reused by the Son of Heaven in the future. I have dealt with him, and this time I want to take the opportunity to strengthen contacts, and then collect some women to enter the palace, in case I am favored by the Son of Heaven, I have another way.

"Ju'er", Shi Qingguang interrupted Shi Fangju's reverie and advised: "Go to Qizhou for your father, you should pay more attention to it when you are alone in Beijing, Chongfang and Chongping are impetuous, stay in Beijing and cause trouble, I will take them to Ningling, Chonghui has a peaceful temperament, and more tempering can help you." ”

Shi Fangqi helped Shi Qingguang to sit down under the stone bench covered with brocade mats, and said with a smile: "Father, take care of your body, I don't have to worry about the affairs of Beijing." ”

Shi Qingguang nodded and said: "You act calmly, I'm not worried about you, there will be changes in Jingzhong soon, don't be anxious, see it before you do it." There is not much industry left in Beijing, if you lack money to send a letter, I will send someone to send it to you. The Son of Heaven is so luxurious, don't save what you can exchange money for. ”

"Yes," Shi Fangqi said. Their own industry is divided into two pieces, the capital accounts for sixty percent, Qizhou and other places account for one percent, and three percent is the trade of the Western Regions, the Beijing industry six to seven percent of the sale into the inner warehouse, the rest of the industry still has thirty or forty taels of interest, enough for Shi Fangqi to spend in Beijing.

Don't drink bitter wine, it's hard to get into the bowels, after drinking three cups of bright moon incense, Shi Qingguang reluctantly set off to the fiefdom of Ningling, Qizhou.

There were as many as three official roads to the west, and on the other official road, King Luo Shi Chongren led a team to Wuyang Mansion in Bingzhou. Riding on the tall horse, Shi Chongren was full of smiles, eager to ride the horse like flying, and the farther away from the capital, the better. After rushing forward for a while, Shi Chongren circled the horse and ran back, the guards beside him secretly rolled their eyes, this young prince was really energetic, and he didn't stop tossing back and forth, you must know that this is the official road, there are farmlands on both sides of the road, where is there prey for King Luo to hunt.

Shi Chongren rode his horse to Concubine Liu's carriage and asked, "Mother, are you tired?" Would you like to take a break? ”

The curtain opened, revealing Mrs. Liu's calm face. Seeing her son sweating profusely, Concubine Liu couldn't help but reproach: "Ren'er, you haven't stopped running all the way, the weather is still cold now, what if the wind catches, it's a long way to Bingzhou, my mother is not tired, I think you are going to rest your sweat, go to the front pavilion to rest." ”

Zhuang Songwei was in the carriage behind, and from time to time he opened the curtain to take a look at the carriage in front, although the state is far away, but the palace wall of the imperial city is missing, the world is wide, and he can follow Concubine Liu to go to the state, what do you want in this life? Lowering the car curtain, Zhuang Songwei showed a gentle smile.

Long bridge, the weeping willows on both sides of the bank have sprouted new buds, look at the willow upstairs, the two kings sit and look at the stone bridge in the distance, the bridge is full of traffic, the food in the building is not sweet. King Ning raised the wine glass in front of him and said: "Chongjie, I don't know if there is a time for another meeting, there is a feast in the world, after drinking this glass of wine, you and my uncle and nephew will say goodbye." ”

Shi Chongjie got up and said, "Uncle Wang has a safe journey. ”

"Take care of yourself, too." The two of them touched their glasses and drank them all.

Shi Chongjie watched King Ning lead the team across the stone bridge and go south, turned around and returned to look at the willow tower. Today, Wangliulou was contracted by him, and the shopkeeper and men in the building were all driven to the kitchen, and the maids were all brought by the palace. Ma Suizhen followed Shi Chongjie upstairs with a depressed face, he was appointed by the Son of Heaven as the prince of Chu'an, and accompanied Shi Chongjie to the domain. From the right minister to Wang Fu, although the official rank has not changed, the Son of Heaven let him be promoted to the third uncle in advance, and Wen Yan comforted him to assist the King of Chu to become a generation of virtuous kings, even the blind man can see that Ma Sui is really disgusted by the Son of Heaven and expelled from Beijing.

Ma Sui is really only fifty-one years old, and he wants to succeed Kong Province as the left minister, and even become a lone minister like Wei Yishen, leaving a name in history, but unfortunately even if he has a thousand aspirations, the king does not like it, Ma Sui really wants to write a recital to tell the old man to return to his hometown, but he is reluctant to do anything in front of him, Shen Wenqing secretly persuaded him to hide for the time being.

Shen Wenqing is a friend of the palace, Shi Chongjie is a fan, of course he has to follow, and Ding Chu, the literary scholar of the palace, asked the Son of Heaven to go to Chuzhou with him, but he was not allowed. As for Sun Chaofeng, Jing Chengli and other palace officials, they were silent and lived in seclusion, for fear of being remembered by the Son of Heaven and sending them to the ends of the earth.