You must know that their biggest confidence is actually Yang Mu's stupidity.

But now, this opponent not only has the help of the gods, but also has a more shrewd brain than the previous emperor, how to fight?

Immediately, led by King Pan, the three of them knelt down on the ground together, confessed their sins one after another, and asked for forgiveness.

In the first round, Yang Mu won completely.

But soon, the three princes showed their original intentions, saying in a roundabout way how their fiefdoms were dilapidated, how little taxes were paid this year, and how the people suffered after they were handed over to the imperial court.

Anyway, it's just one word - poor!

And in the end, the three of them also tactfully revealed, hoping that the imperial court could take a little help, and allocate more than ten or two hundred thousand taels of silver for emergency, if the silver is really not enough, some of the adjacent territories in the two cities returned this time can be assigned to the fiefdom of the three kings.

Everything sounded fine, as if the court was supposed to do that.

Yang Mu sneered in his heart, according to the tax collection rules of Cangguo, whether it is a fiefdom or a city directly under the central government, the tax collection standard is the same, and the taxes collected from the fiefdom only need to be handed over to the treasury, and the rest are all owned by the palace, which is called and squandered by several princes themselves.

In the past few years, there have been no natural disasters and no wars, how can the fiefdoms have no money?

Of course Yang Mu will not agree, there are currently nearly 500,000 taels of silver accumulated in the treasury, which sounds like a lot, but after the implementation of the new decree, there are more places to spend money, and he is still counting on this 300,000 taels of silver to save the emergency.

Seeing that Yang Mu didn't agree, King Ze was a little anxious, and said angrily: "Your Majesty should understand that the fruits of this victory belong to everyone, and you can't let the imperial court swallow it alone!" ”

"The fruit of victory?" Yang Mu smiled, his eyes were like electricity, and he looked at him coldly: "You didn't say that I forgot to mention it, where were you when Zheng Jun was besieging the city?" Have you ever been a hand when you were picking fruit? I'm afraid it's holding Mei Ji in my arms, drinking and having fun in the palace, waiting to see my jokes. ”

"Minister...... The minister didn't know that there was no news at that time, and when the edict arrived, the siege of the imperial city had been lifted, and he was relieved to hear that the enemy head had been captured alive. King Ze argued, but no matter how he listened to it, he felt a sense of emptiness.

King Yi on the side stood up to relieve the siege and said, "Your Majesty, if the treasury really can't allocate money, you can hand over part of the two cities to us to take care of, which can not only solve the dilemma, but also share your Majesty's worries." ”

Pan Wang also nodded on the side, his eyes flickering.

"That's it." Yang Mu knocked on the dragon chair, his heart blossomed, but he pretended to groan on the surface, and then glanced at the six important ministers present, and said, "What do you think of this proposal of several princes?" ”

What do you think?

Of course not!

All the officials shouted in their hearts, if it weren't for the fact that several princes were still there, I am afraid they would have been scolded a long time ago.

If you want to get involved in the two northern cities, isn't this to grab food?

You must know that at the first court meeting, Yang Mu compromised with these gate valve clans because of the push of the executive order, and promised that the gate valve forces would divide up the industries that originally belonged to the nobles of Zheng State.

Who can tolerate this kind of rule-breaking behavior? Who can not be angry?

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that several princes may be dizzy, and saying such words is simply insulting the face of the royal family." Fan Hongji, the right minister, stood up, expressing his dissatisfaction in a weird manner, the emperor has already taken the lead in slapping his face, and it is the right way to keep up with the rhythm of a courtier.

"How the imperial court governs the city, there is no need for a few princes to worry about, or think about how to increase the tax of the fiefdom, so as to save the need to cry poor again, and increase the joke." Zhang Tao, the head of the household, said sarcastically in a cold tone.

"Lord Zhang is right, there are major families in the two cities, and it is better for a few princes to save snacks, in case one day Zheng Guo's army invades the south, don't be like last time, shrink into the fiefdom and mislead the country and the people." Shangguan Mingwen, the secretary of the ministry, also stood up, his tone full of disdain and mockery.

"That's right! The three princes should not be insatiable. The rest of the important ministers also stood up and accused.

The three kings were dumbfounded, they didn't expect that the city had not yet returned, it had been divided in advance, and he had just shown a little possession, and he had already become the public enemy of the ministers, as if he had committed some heinous crime, and was ridiculed to the point of incompleteness.

For a while, the three kings were speechless, when did the younger King Yi receive such verbal insults, his face turned red, but he really couldn't find a word to refute.

How do you describe it? The baby is wronged, but the baby can't say it......

Yang Mugao sat on the dragon chair, took a sip of ginseng tea, and looked at the three kings who had become the target of everyone, and his heart was already happy, and he finally released the evil breath that he was holding in his heart.

But it's not enough to disgust them, if you want to gain a political advantage, you have to take another big shot.

Immediately, he said: "When the first emperor was in power, the country was stable, so the three princes were allowed to lead the troops to defend one side and have complete autonomy in the fiefdom, but now Zheng Guo is powerful, and he is eyeing my Cangguo, and the only way to implement the law change across the country is to strengthen the country, what do the princes think?" ”

What do you think?

The three kings were careful this time, as the so-called once they were bitten by a snake, they smelled birds everywhere, and they couldn't jump the same pit a second time, so they all thought about it carefully.

For the nobles, no matter whether the effect of the change is good or bad, the damage is very great, especially the three princes of the divided side, it can be said that their position has been threatened, and only by maintaining the status quo can the interests be guaranteed to the greatest extent.

But right now, His Majesty the Emperor has just pushed the executive order, and the three of them have no courtiers to support, even if they have different ideas, what can they do?

King Yi is still a bit of a brain, thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said: "Since Your Majesty insists on changing the law, it is just a matter of implementing it in the country for the time being, and the ministers have no objections." ”

"Good! King Yi knows the general situation and is deeply heartfelt! Yang Mu was overjoyed and took the case: "In this case, the fiefdom of the three kings should also be executed in this way, I immediately ordered the officials to screen out an official who should be responsible for changing the law, and stationed in the fiefdom of the three!" ”

"No! Your Majesty may not! King Pan and King Ze were taken aback and sent officials to the fiefdom to implement the law, which is tantamount to seizing power! It's even more serious than the consequences of agreeing to change the law!

"What? What King Yi said just now, is it false? Yang Mu pretended to be surprised.

King Pan condensed, glared at King Yi fiercely, and then said: "What King Yi said, the ministers dare not agree, the aristocracy is the foundation of a country, and there are many loopholes in the law change, which not only weakens the rule, but also hollows out the treasury, which will definitely shake the foundation of the country and disintegrate the authority of my royal family." Therefore, this law should be repealed and the old system should be restored. ”

As soon as these words came out, the officials of the six surrounding ministries also nodded, the previous compromise in the court was just a helpless move, not that everyone supported the change, now that the meat has been eaten in the mouth, there are more kinds of careful thoughts, and they are all looking forward to the change of the law and die.

Seeing that there were people around him, King Pan was quite proud, and he also had a plan in his heart, this change was just an opportunity, maybe he could take advantage of this to win over the power of the court and unite to bring down the little emperor.

Yang Mu knew that this would be the case, and the previous proposal was just a deliberate attempt by him to pave the way for the next strategy.

So, he smiled and said: "King Pan is right, the matter of changing the law needs to be tested, but it can't be changed overnight." In this way, I was also worried that the three fiefdoms would not be able to adapt to it at once, so I decided to pilot it in one of the fiefdoms first, and if it didn't work, forget the other two fiefdoms, what do you think? ”

Pilot rollout? Choose one of three?

The faces of the three kings were suddenly as ugly as eating, and they finally understood Yang Mu's ultimate purpose, what immediately sent officials to fully implement it was fake at all, and the real purpose was probably one of these three choices.

On the surface, this method seems to make some sense, and it can be done.

But the question also arises, whose fiefdom will be pushed out and sacrificed?