"Wu Sangui, the Duke of the Jin Kingdom, respectfully invites His Majesty the Emperor and the Emperor to ...... the Holy Peace"

"Acting King Zhu Cijiong, I respectfully invite my father and brother Sheng'an ......"

On the tenth day of September in the first year of Hongxing in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cihong, who was fortunate in Wuhan, finally saw his good brother and good uncle in the newly completed East Lake Palace......

"Okay, well, flat, give a seat!" Zhu Cihong looked at Wu Sangui, who looked seven or eight points similar to himself, his good brother and the tall and mighty, and his face was naturally full of smiles.

"Father," Zhu Cihong turned his head and said to Emperor Chongzhen, who was sitting on a chair beside him, "This is my loyal minister and loyal king of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Because Zhu Cijiong was going to Wuhan to visit the Hajj, and Wu Sangui would also bring Yuan Guifei and Zhu Cihuan to Wuhan, Emperor Chongzhen, who was thoughtful, told Zhu Cihong that he wanted to come with him.

So this time, Xixing's team in Wuhan is huge...... Almost the entire Nanjing court followed!

Fortunately, Zhu Cihong asked people to build a garden-style palace on the shore of East Lake early in the morning - he doesn't like to live in a palace in the center of a big city, it's noisy, and the environment is not good, where can it be compared with the mountains, forests and waterfronts? Therefore, his palace in Nanjing was chosen in Laoshan in Jiangbei, and here in Wuhan, he chose to repair the garden by the East Lake.

In the past two years, there have been a particularly large number of refugees in Wuhan, and there is no shortage of labor. And Zhu Cihong himself is rich...... Donghu Palace and Laoshan Palace are both paid by Emperor Hongxing from the inside, and with the current strength of the Royal Chamber of Commerce, the expenditure of one or two million taels is not a problem at all.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the "Loyal Wang Jiong" and "Traitor Gui" who had already got up and sat down, and he was full of emotion for a while, and he didn't know what to say.

And Zhong Wang Jiong was also stunned at this time, because he couldn't recognize his father a little - this middle-aged strong man sitting next to the imperial brother was really his own father? Why does it look almost the same as Wu Sangui?

In the past few years, how did my father come over? Why are you so strong?

"Third brother," seeing the scene a little embarrassing, Zhu Cihong smiled and spoke, "In the past few years, we have fourteen more brothers and sixteen younger sisters...... They all came to Wuhan with them, and they came back to meet together. ”

What the?

Fourteen younger brothers?

Zhongwang Jiong was stunned, he had vaguely heard about his father's increasingly debaucherous things when he was in the northwest, but he said that he didn't believe it...... How could the father, who was worried about the country and the people, become absurd?

But it's not absurd, where did so many younger brothers and sisters come from?

Zhu Cihong looked at his brother's surprised and inexplicable face, and also complained about Chongzhen in his heart - only a few years of hard work, and he will have thirty children! is still alive, if you count the dead children, thirty-seven doesn't know that the thirty-eighth child has been born!

Forget about the princess, you can use it to win over the heroes for marriage. But the fourteen princes...... If they are all crowned princes, they will be fourteen princes!

And Chongzhen is not yet 40 years old, and his health is so good, if he is born to the age of sixty or seventy, how many princes will he have to create for the Ming Dynasty?

"Brother Huang, our fifth brother is also here," Zhu Cijiong suddenly mentioned Zhu Cihuan, he said, "He is still young, he has been detained by Liukou before, and he doesn't know anything!" I'm scared to death now......"

Zhu Cihuan is 12 years old this year, which is the age when he seems to understand whether he understands or not. He was a prisoner at Dashun for several years, and he was terrified all day long. After falling into the hands of Wu Sangui, he thought that he could live a few days of open meat and steamed buns, but who would have thought that he would ...... You can eat the meat bun until you vomit, but he is still a prisoner, and he is also involved in a reverse case!

This meat sandwich bun, steamed bun sandwich meat or something, it doesn't taste fragrant anymore...... No one knows if it's a broken bun!

"Then announce that the fifth son of the emperor, Cihuan, will go to the palace!"

Zhu Cihuan was soon led into the Qinzheng Hall of Donghu Palace by Chen Shifang, the governor of Dongchang - a dirty child, black and dirty, not very clean, and wearing a prince's regular clothes (given to him by Zhu Cijiong), which looked like it was stolen......

"Eh, minister Zhu Cihuan, kowtow to the emperor and father."

This Zhu Cihuan opened his mouth with a little Shaanxi sound, Zhu Cihong frowned, and glanced at Chen Shifang, the governor of Dongchang-this is really Zhu Cihuan? It can't be that Liukou got a Shaanxi cattle baby and dropped the bag, right?

"Emperor, this is indeed the Fifth Prince!" Chen Shifang immediately gave an affirmative reply, "The servant who has arranged to serve the five princes has seen it, and Yuan Guifei can also prove it." ”

"Then get flat and give me a seat." Zhu Cihong waved his hand and asked someone to move a chair for Zhu Cihuan.

Zhu Cihuan was very restrained and didn't dare to sit wide, so he sat on half of his buttocks, holding his knees with his hands, like a primary school student who had made a mistake.

"Fifth brother," Zhu Cihong looked at his younger brother, "Gao Companion left Chongqing with you?" ”

"I don't know," Zhu Cihuan replied truthfully, "I haven't seen him for more than a year and almost two years." ”

"Oh." Zhu Cihong nodded, noncommittal.

"Brother Da Chun," Emperor Chongzhen suddenly asked at this time, "Fifth Brother is twelve years old...... It's time to seal it, what kind of king should it be sealed? ”

What? Crowned king?

The prince is precious, he has to be rewarded with a house in Nanjing City, 10,000 acres of land, and a sum of silver......

"Let's make a county king." Zhu Cihong said, "The fourth brother is the king of the county, and the fifth brother can't be older than him, so he is the king of Chongqing." ”

The county king is cheap...... The area of the house is half smaller, and the land is also less than half, only 5,000 acres.

It's so picky!

Emperor Chongzhen was naturally annoyed in his heart...... This is not to deduct Zhu Cihuan's house and land, but to deduct the houses and land of 15 princes who are younger than Zhu Cizhao!

Just giving land saved 75,000 acres!

"Brother Knock on the Imperial Brother for his great kindness!" Zhu Cihuan is already grateful, he is really satisfied, he is a prince who has suffered hardships...... can have a big house to live in, a beautiful mother-in-law to accompany you, 5,000 acres of land to collect rent, and endless meat buns, what is not satisfied? If you are not satisfied, just think about the days when you were arrested by Li Zicheng!

Seeing Zhu Cihuan's contented appearance, Zhu Cihong also breathed a sigh of relief - this brother is not bad, better than Zhu Cizhao's bastard boy. That's it for now, and we'll see if we can promote it later.

"Uncle Chang," Zhu Cihong finished sealing his brother, and began to fight Wu Sangui's idea again, "I named you the Duke of Jin Kingdom before, because I wanted you to rule Taiyuan. Now the situation has changed, your domain is in Guanzhong, and it is not suitable to seal the Duke of Jin. It's better to change the seal and cool the country! ”

Liang Guogong...... Wu Sangui's heart is wow cool and wow cool.

"Minister Wu Sangui buckles thank Tianen."

"......It's just a transfer," Zhu Cihong smiled, "And Liang Guogong doesn't sound as good as Jin Guogong." ”

You just know! Wu Sangui thought to himself: Dolgon also named me a king, and there is only a cool Liangguo Duke here for you!

Zhu Cihong said: "But your Liangguo Gong has the word "difficult" in front of him...... According to the regulations, it will be given to Nanjing mansion, Wuhan mansion, Jiangbei land 3,000 acres, 20,000 taels of silver.

You are different from other princes of the country, you are still the lord of my inner domain of the Ming Dynasty! The internal domain of my Ming Dynasty now has four categories: kingdom, county, Fangzhen, and Tusi. The land under the jurisdiction of the eldest uncle is quite large, and the reason is to establish Fang Town. I'll make you a Pingxi Army Festival envoy...... In Xi'an, Fengxiang, Pingliang, Gongchang, Lintao five mansions, Taozhou, Minzhou two Wei, as well as a town in Gansu to set up Pingxi military town!

In addition, I will give you the seal of the general of Pingxi again! ”

In the future, Wu Sangui will be the general of Pingxi in the Ming Dynasty, the envoy of the Pingxi Army, and the Duke of Liangguo!

The usury he owed became the debt of the Pingxi Army...... This is a limited liability! Wu Sangui's private property would not have been lost because of the debts of the Pingxi army.

Zhu Cihong said to his brother Zhu Cijiong again: "Third brother, your title of acting king will not be changed, I will give you another festival envoy...... Feng Shuo Fang Jun Festival envoy, jurisdiction over Ningxia and Yulin towns, Yan'an, Qingyang two prefectures, and also in charge of Hetao.

In addition, I will give you the seal of the great general Fuyuan again! ”

Zhu Cijiong is now the general of the Ming Dynasty, the envoy of the Shuofang army, and the acting king. And Shuo Fangjun is also a "limited liability domain", and Zhu Cijiong does not have to bear unlimited responsibility.