Since the seizure of the land of the clans in various places, Chongzhen has also given the clans the right to move freely. In order to prevent these vassal kings from causing problems in the local area, many vassal kings were also forcibly relocated to live in Beijing.

It should be said that after arriving at the feet of the Son of Heaven, these vassal kings are still obedient, after all, there is a precedent for the vassal kings such as the King of Qin to be disposed of, everyone knows that this emperor doesn't seem to attach much importance to family affection, but Chongzhen is not built after all, as long as the vassal kings don't break the law, he doesn't interfere much in the private life of the vassal king, so the vassal can still accept the current life.

However, after the vassal king moved to the capital, the activities of worshipping ancestors during the four seasons and eight festivals became more and more exquisite. As the patriarch of the clan, it was completely the emperor's business to worship the Taimiao before, and the other vassal kings could not enter Beijing without being summoned, so the emperor naturally had the final say on how to hold the sacrificial activities.

But now there are fourteen vassal kings in Beijing, and although they dare not interfere in government affairs, they still have a say in the activities of worshipping their ancestors. Even Chongzhen himself now has to participate in the important sacrificial activities held by the Taimiao.

The ancestor worship activity on the first day of the first lunar month is the most important sacrifice of the year, and Chongzhen, who is the patriarch of the clan, naturally can't be lazy, and takes his three sons and the king of the Beijing domain to the Taimiao to worship. However, when the tedious sacrificial activities were finally coming to an end, there was a sudden sound of crying behind Chongzhen.

Chongzhen, who was worshipping at the front, turned his head to look at the source of the cry behind him, and then whispered to King Fu beside him, "Uncle Qingwang, what's wrong?" Today is the day of sacrificing to his ancestors, why is he crying? ”

King Fu, who has been kneeling down with a big belly for so long, has been very hard, and he is also extremely annoyed when he encounters such a thing. Although Chongzhen was the patriarch of the clan, he was the most senior person in the clan, so the emperor handed over all the sacrificial activities to him to manage.

King Fu felt that he was respectful to these vassal kings on weekdays, and these people actually made such tricks in the sacrifice, which was simply digging a pit for him. However, in front of the emperor, he didn't dare to get angry, but just said hesitantly: "Why don't you let me ask, it's always bad to cry like this in the Taimiao." ”

Seeing Chongzhen nodding slightly, King Fu got up and walked to the back row and talked softly with King Qing Zhu Zhuohong, who suddenly cried, and the two talked for a long time before King Fu returned to the emperor.

Because of King Qing's actions, the sacrifice obviously could not be carried out, because everyone sat cross-legged on the mat made of brocade, and watched coldly how the emperor was going to solve this sudden situation.

The reason why King Qing Zhu Zhuohong was crying made Chongzhen also stunned. He glanced at King Fu beside him, and then whispered: "Such a solemn and solemn sacrifice ceremony, is he embarrassed that Uncle Qingwang is crying with me here?" ”

King Fu's face was also extremely exciting, but he hesitated for a moment and said to the emperor: "No matter what, I still ask the emperor's nephew to be forgiving." It is always bad to quarrel about such things in front of your ancestors. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked up at the god card in front of him, and then looked at the expressions of the people on the side, and finally suppressed the anger in his heart, and said to King Fu helplessly: "Okay, okay, how does Uncle Qingwang want me to subsidize him?" ”

King Fu looked left and right, then leaned forward and whispered a few words in Chongzhen's ear. Zhu Youzhen's face suddenly darkened, and he immediately got up and said, "My legs and feet are a little numb, the sacrifice will stop for 15 minutes, let me go to the side hall to move my legs and feet and come back to continue." Others rest here first, and they are not allowed to make noise. ”

The emperor's behavior was obviously somewhat unruly, but at this time, no one dared to dissuade him. Chongzhen also gave King Fu a look when he left, and then Shi Shiran walked towards the side hall, and the three little princes also wanted to get up and follow their father when they saw this, but they were stopped by the eunuchs around them.

Chongzhen walked to the side hall, and the eunuch on duty immediately brought a chair and a coffee table for him, and even the tea was ready. Zhu Youzhen sat in a chair and took a sip of tea, before thinking carefully about the intention of King Qiqing's move.

From the beginning of the Ming Taizu to the Apocalypse era, there were 32 feudal kings of the Ming Dynasty. By the eleventh year of Chongzhen, there were only thirty vassal kings left. The feudal states of these thirty vassal kings were basically nationalized under the suppression of Chongzhen's accession to the throne for ten years.

Although they were all nationalized, the treatment of feudal kings in different places was not similar. For example, King Fu, King Rui, King Hui, and King Gui, who belonged to the feudal domain, although they were taken back from the feudal state, they still received shares in the Sihai Trading Company or other companies as compensation, and the dividend income they received was still much higher than that of the feudal country, so they naturally settled down.

As for those foreign vassals, they should also look at the treatment they received depending on the time when they take back the feudal state. Generally speaking, most of the feudal kingdoms that were taken back by the imperial court in the early days had little compensation, especially the two feudal lords of Qin and Su, who even had their titles abolished. In the later period, the economy of the imperial court improved, and the overseas colonization was carried out very smoothly, so the imperial court still gave overseas land as compensation when it recovered these feudal feudal states.

Although overseas land is not as valuable as domestic land after all, for the treatment of those feudal kings in the early days, although these feudal kings in the later period were distressed that their land was taken away, their hearts were still balanced. However, for the vassals of King Qing and King Shu, who had been taken back by the imperial court for free, they were a little unbalanced in their hearts.

Especially Qingwang Zhu Zhuohong felt that he was the most wronged, he was simply fooled by Chongzhen. At the beginning, Chongzhen said that Ningxia was bitter and cold, and there were frequent border troubles, and he couldn't bear the clan to live in such a place, so he suggested that Zhu Zhuohong, the king of Qing, move to Sichuan.

At that time, the king of Shu was suspected of colluding with the rebellion of Lu'an Tusi, and King Qing naturally thought that he was entering Sichuan to accept the feudal state of the king of Shu, so he agreed without hesitation. However, when he took the Qing Fan into Sichuan, the suspicion of the King of Shu was actually cleared, and he failed to get the feudal state of the King of Shu, and also lost the feudal state of Ningxia, and the imperial court only allocated four or five thousand acres of wasteland to send him.

King Qing inherited from Zhu Yuanzhang's sixteenth son, and naturally had a lot of savings under the inheritance of the tenth generation, but in the twentieth year of Wanli, because of the rebellion, even the Qing Wangfu was looted, so the savings of the Qing Wangfu were far less than those of the feudal domains, and after moving to Sichuan, it became a situation of sitting on the mountain.

Previously, Chongzhen adopted a policy of severe suppression against the feudal domains, as long as he was slightly dissatisfied with the imperial court, not to remove the clan identity, but to exile overseas, the feudal domains naturally did not dare to take action. However, as the finances of the imperial court began to improve, Chongzhen's policy towards the feudal lords began to translate into a policy of tenderness, as long as they were willing to give up their land and some political privileges at home, and they could be compensated abroad and economically.

The change in the emperor's attitude towards the feudal domains, especially the political appointment of the prince of Fu and the king of Tang, finally eased the contradictions between the two sides. At this time, the feudal clan, which felt that it had suffered in the early days, naturally hoped to get compensation from the emperor.

King Qing is a rare honest man among the feudal domains, and this time he suddenly cried at the ceremony of worshipping his ancestors in the Taimiao, obviously it would not be his own idea, but more like being elected by everyone to test his actions.

No matter how indifferent the emperor is to the clan, he will not be punished because a vassal king cried a few times during the sacrificial ceremony. This is clearly out of line with etiquette and traditional morality.

While Chongzhen was carefully thinking about the clues behind this, King Fu finally brought King Qing to the side hall. Chongzhen had two chairs brought for the two uncles to sit on, and then ordered them to step back so that he could talk to the two uncles alone.

When the eunuch who was waiting in the side hall retreated, Zhu Youzhen said amiably to King Qing: "Uncle has any grievances, he can come to the palace to tell me on weekdays, why do you cry on such a day, aren't you embarrassing your nephew?" ”

King Qing quietly looked at Chongzhen's expression, and said busily: "The imperial nephew really misunderstood, I didn't mean to embarrass you, but I really remembered my father when I was sacrificing just now, so I was sad."

I thought that I still didn't think about it before, although Qing Fan's migration to Sichuan was a peaceful life, but the ancestral tomb may not be able to get peace. The more I thought about it over the years, the more I felt that it would be difficult for me to face my father Yu Quanxia in the future, so I asked Brother Wang to intercede with His Majesty and allow me to return to Weizhou to take care of the ancestral tomb..."

King Qing's words, Zhu Youzhen naturally didn't believe it in his heart, but the other party's current request did not go beyond human ethics, and he couldn't refuse it in one go.

Zhu Youzhen pressed his temple and thought for a moment, and then said to King Qing: "Moving the feudal domain is not child's play, it has cost a lot of money for King Qingfu to move to Sichuan, and now moving back to Weizhou, I am afraid it will be even more laborious and costly."

Moreover, the plague in Ningxia and Hetao has not yet subsided, and the imperial court is strictly restricting the flow of people in these places, so how can it be possible for my uncle's family to take this risk.

The ancestral tomb of King Qing's Mansion will be properly protected, and after the plague subsides, it will not be too late for Uncle King Qing to pay homage. As for the matter of moving back, I think my uncle should think twice about it.

I also heard that after my uncle arrived in Sichuan, he lacked income, and he had many disputes with the King of Shu because of the fields, so he had the idea of moving back. I think this is also a trivial matter, and my uncle doesn't have to worry about it.

Now that our country is cramped and densely populated, I have also ordered that no more vassals are allowed to be divided within the country, so I really can't compensate for the Qingwang Mansion in the country. However, my Ming Dynasty now controls a lot of subject desert islands overseas, and if my uncle is interested, I can let my uncle occupy some land overseas. What does my uncle think? ”

The sad look on King Qing's face suddenly dissipated, he lowered his head and thought for a while, before he asked Chongzhen tentatively: "I heard that the scenery of Jeju Island is good, and Taiwan Island is not far from the mainland..."

Chongzhen replied with a smile: "Jeju Island has been almost divided by the three princes of Shandong, and Taiwan also belongs to the mainland and is not included in the partition. Uncle also asked to choose another place. ”

King Qing blinked and asked again: "Then Saigon, Cambodia, Thailand and other places in South Vietnam..."

This time, before the emperor could speak, King Fu couldn't help but stop: "Most of those places have been occupied by the Four Seas Trading Company and the kings, and I am afraid that there will be no pieces of land for the prince to develop." ”

King Qing was immediately unhappy when he heard this, "I don't like to hear what Brother Wang said, Your Majesty hasn't spoken yet, why don't you have land for me to develop..."

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Zhu Youzhen hurriedly interrupted the two and said: "Uncle Fuwang has a good point, although these places are vast, but the ripe fields already have owners, if Uncle Qingwang doesn't mind cultivating the wasteland by himself, I can make a plot for my uncle." ”

King Qing was silent, looking at the expression on his face that was obviously not very happy. Zhu Youzhen scratched his head and thought about it, then clapped his hands and said: "Yes, there is still such a piece of land with great potential, I don't know if you are willing to invest in it, uncle..."

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