"Brother Eleven, how did you get this?" Zhu Song's eyes lit up and asked.

"Of course Shang Bing gave it to me," Zhu Chun took the teapot, poured himself a cup of tea, moistened his throat, and continued: "After the incident, I thought about my brother again and again, and there was no good solution. ”

"It's just that the account books are relatively slow to sort out, and it wasn't until five days ago that Shang Bing sent someone to send this to Brother Wei's mansion."

After Zhu Mo looked at the account book for a while, he handed it to Zhu Song, and then asked suspiciously: "Brother Eleven, how do you plan to use this account book?" ”

"Without him, Brother Wei just wants to dedicate this account book to His Majesty, so that His Majesty can understand the difficulties of King Qin and our princes, and the court seems to have a lot of money, but these alone are far from enough to maintain the dignity of the prince; At the same time, each prince still has a large family to support behind him, so these things that King Qin did were a last resort. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Chun was emotional, with tears in his eyes, and said: "Two younger brothers, you have been in Beijing and have not yet become a vassal, although you only send half a salary, but it should be enough." In the future, you will know, you have to break the money in half to spend it, that day, bitter! ”

"Brother Eleven, you're not entirely right!" The impulsive Zhu Mo replied first: "These Yulu are not enough in the capital!" I went to the Qinhuai River a few days ago and found that those rich merchants were simply spending a lot of money......"

"What? What are you doing in Qinhuaihe? Zhu Chun was shocked.

“...... That, isn't that, the ** ceremony of the famous prostitute Yaxiang girl? Zhu Mo found that he had missed his mouth, and he was robbed by Zhu Chun, so he couldn't help but sneer: "It's a pity that I was robbed of the lead by a fat pig, alas, ......"

While speaking, Zhu Mo also smashed his mouth, and seemed to have some regret and heartache.

Zhu Chunqi's face was pale, he found it a little difficult to communicate with Zhu Song, in a place like Qinhuai River, how much silver does it take to spend it?

"Brother Mo, don't interrupt," Zhu Song coughed twice and made a round for Zhu Mo: "Brother Eleven, do you mean to let Your Majesty understand our situation and pity us?" ”

"Almost, that's what it means!" After Zhu Chun finished speaking, he felt that his face was a little unbearable.

"Hey, Brother Eleven, I didn't say you," Zhu Mo came back to his heart: "Actually, this matter, you have done it from the very beginning, my brother has already heard about it, this Zhou Xin is a wonderful, oil and salt don't enter, you should send someone to kill him, otherwise it's okay to let Shang Bing do it, I don't believe it, so how difficult can a scholar who has no power to kill a chicken?" ”

"Don't dare to talk nonsense!" Zhu Chun's face turned pale again, and his hands shook tremblingly: "Murdering Qin Cha is like complicity!" ”

"Brother Eleven is really too timid, as long as he doesn't catch it, there is no way to do it!" Zhu Mo muttered.

Zhu Chun didn't hear Zhu Mo's words, but turned to the sick Zhu Song, and now he felt that this Zhu Song seemed to be more reliable.

Feeling Zhu Chun's gaze, Zhu Mo smiled: "Brother Eleven, has the will been made?" ”

"It should have been ordered, when my brother left, Xie Jin was already preparing the will!"

"Then we have to hurry," Zhu Song touched his chin and said in a low voice: "I have to send someone to Shaanxi quickly, tell Shang Bing, let him destroy some inappropriate things quickly, and let him not talk nonsense, as long as his mouth is stricter, even if His Majesty's punishment is heavier, after a while, His Majesty's anger is gone, we will help him speak." ”

"Well, I'm in charge of this matter!"

......

The conversation between the three of them did not take too long, and Zhu Song and Zhu Mo left.

Looking at their backs, Zhu Chun frowned, and a question lingered in his mind: "I have already passed on the news of Zhou Xin, but why didn't Shang Bing do it?" Or did he do it, but failed? ”

......

"Your Majesty, the minister has a play!"

"Mr. Huang, you say!"

Zhu Yunwen took a sip of tea and raised his hand to signal.

"The minister thought that Prince Zhu Shangbing had repeatedly violated the laws and regulations of the imperial court and made a fortune in the fiefdom, and this time he beat the tax envoy Mu Benquan to a coma in broad daylight in the lobby of the Shaanxi Taxation Department, and Mu Benquan is still bedridden."

"Zhu Shangbing's actions, the heart of the disobedience is obvious, if it is not dealt with in time, the minister is afraid that he will gain an inch, and then give birth to the heart of rebellion and usurpation......"

"Poof!"

Zhu Yunwen didn't hold back, the tea in his mouth squirted out, spilling on the bookcase and dragon robe, and he coughed even more violently.

"Your Majesty!"

Liu Zhen hurriedly rushed over and gently patted Zhu Yunwen's back to help Zhu Yunwen smooth his breath.

"It's all right! It's okay! ”

After Zhu Yunwen coughed a few times, he waved his hand to stop Liu Zhen.

After Liu Zhen understood, he turned around and took a set of dragon robes and put them on for Zhu Yunwen.

Zhu Yunwen took advantage of the time to change clothes and thought hard about it, what seemed to be wrong?

Oh, yes, is Huang Zicheng going to cut the feudal domain again?

Conscience of heaven and earth, this time, I really don't mean this!

After settling down, Zhu Yunwen returned to the bookcase and said: "What Mr. Huang said has a certain truth, so I have issued an order to summon the King of Qin to study in Beijing, and at the same time put the officials of the Qin Wangfu into prison one by one, interrogate them, and deprive the King of Qin of all illegal gains. ”

Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Zhuo Jing, and Lian Zining looked at each other, did they think wrong? Didn't the emperor summon us to cut the feudal generals for the sake of cutting the domain?

Seeing that there was some coldness, Zhu Yunwen smiled and said, "Come on, give a seat to a few adults!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"You are all my ministers, and you are also the people I trust the most, that's why I will discuss the matter of the vassal king with you, but," Zhu Yunwen stood up and waved his hand: "I don't want to make a big fuss, the blood of the Zhu family has been shed enough, I hope you will come up with a way to solve the problem of the vassal king once and for all!" ”

Looking at the emperor's earnest eyes, Huang Zicheng hesitated for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive the ministers for being blunt, there is no other way than to cut the domain!" ”

"......" Zhu Yunwen thought for a while, and said: "Mr. Huang, the twenty-six sons of the first emperor, in addition to the first father Xingzong and the twenty-six uncles who died early, there are currently twenty-four kings with titles, in addition to the three kings of the rebellion - the king of Yan, the king of Zhou, and the king of Chu, there are also twenty-one kings. ”

Huang Zicheng was speechless, no matter how much he agreed with cutting the domain, but cutting down so many vassal kings and killing Emperor Gao's bloodline was still a little unspeakable.

"Moreover, there is another question, I now have five sons, except for the crown prince who succeeds to the throne, the others will be crowned princes, what should they do?"

At this moment, Huang Zicheng was even more speechless, and everyone was speechless.

Everyone understands that once the son of heaven and a courtier, Emperor Gao has already passed away, so there is no psychological burden on everyone to cut off the feudal king, but when it comes to today's children, it is another matter, even people like Huang Zicheng dare not talk nonsense.

If Huang Zicheng dares to say that he will not give a few princes the title of king, then the days when he can see the sun may only need to be counted with both hands and fingers. At that time, whether it is in the palace or outside the palace, there are many people who want to kill the rest, and the emperor in front of him may kill him directly......

In fact, this is also the most troublesome problem for Zhu Yunwen, it is really not good for the vassal king to divide the feudal lord too extravagantly, but this kind of thing is actually very good when it is put on his own children!

So, it's really tangled.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunwen's admiration for the rich people who "donated naked" in later generations is like the water of the nine heavens, endless, but unfortunately, he can't do it!

"What about you?"

Seeing that Huang Zicheng didn't speak, Zhu Yunwen shook his head, turned to the others, and asked.

Seeing the emperor's gaze turn to him, Qi Tai stood up and said, "Your Majesty, over the years, the military department has made major adjustments to the guards of many vassal kings, and the minister can say with certainty that there will never be a rebellion of the Yanshu people again." Therefore, no matter what His Majesty decides, there is no need to worry about the rebellion of the vassal king. ”

"Well, that's all?"

Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, and then asked.

"The minister is stupid, I can only think of this!"

"Well, okay, what about Zhuo Shangshu?"

Different from Huang Zicheng's persistence and Qi Tai's reluctance, Zhuo Jing seems to be confident, in fact, he has long thought about this problem, he recently took over as the head of the household department, and has a more intuitive understanding of the various expenditures of the imperial court. ”

"First of all, the minister wants to explain that there is no possibility of having the best of both worlds, and there is no way to satisfy the clan and let the court pass."

"The income of the clan comes from the tax of the imperial court, and the tax revenue of the imperial court comes from the hard work of the people, from the wind and rain, the Haiyan River is clear, and the number of the clan is ......" Speaking of this, Zhuo Jing hesitated for a moment before saying: "The number of the clan depends on the number of wives and concubines of the clan. ”

"I beg your pardon for saying a big disrespectful word, the number of clans is growing faster than you can imagine, and its number is almost unlimited, while the taxes of the imperial court are limited, and the growth rate is extremely slow, so this problem is unsolvable."

Therefore, the minister thought that it was necessary to reduce the clan salary, and at the same time, the system of clan succession should also be appropriately amended, and some clans should be deprived of their titles; In other words, it is necessary to reduce the number of clans that receive the salary, and at the same time reduce the average level of the clan. ”

"But these all need to be judged by His Majesty!"