The next day, early in the morning, many clans hurried to the outside of the household, and waited for a long time before the officials came out, they first moved out a table, and after a five-grade chief was seated, the little officials began to make a noise to let the clan line up.

Before, it was in the lobby of the household department, putting tea and pastries, waiting for them to come to the door, they didn't come, and now if they come again, they will naturally not have that treatment.

The current behavior of the household department is obviously insulting, but who let the clan lose?

On the street in front of the household department, the clan had to line up in a single row, slowly moving forward, there was a clan at the level of the general of the town, and wanted to engage in privileges, but was very unceremoniously blocked back by the household officials, and could only obediently line into the line that could not be seen at a glance.

There is a big commotion in the clan, how can Wang Yan just forget it, he usually acts vigorously and resolutely and does things according to the rules, he is considered weak and bullied, this time he is a bureaucrat, and what he wants to rectify is those clans with high titles and do not put the words of the court in their eyes.

At this time, the clan in front of the queue took out the title deed, and the household official changed it for him, stamped it with the official seal of the household department, and he could go to the territory of Taiwan.

The clans couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that someone had changed it, and relaxed their hearts that had been hanging all night, and some people quietly left the team without changing the contract.

The man left the street in front of the Yamen of the Household Department, walked around the city a few times, and then came to a house with red walls and yellow tiles. This house is located in the most prosperous Zhongzheng Street in Nanjing, a pair of stone lions in front of the door, a female and a male on one side of each town, and the copper nail gate also shows the identity of the owner.

Yiwang has long been sealed, and there is no palace in Nanjing, so he made a move after arriving in Nanjing and bought this mansion to live temporarily.

The visitor knocked on the door a few times, and after a while, a human head came out of the door, and when he saw the person clearly, he let him dodge in, and then led the visitor along the road, along the path through the flowers and trees, to an attic.

Menzi reported a few words outside, the door of the attic opened, and it was King Yi, King Xiang and others sitting inside, most of the clans who participated in the assembly yesterday were here.

As soon as they saw the news come in, several vassal kings spoke almost simultaneously: "How is it?" ”

"Back to Your Highnesses." The person saluted and said, "The Hubu side has indeed begun to change the deed, and many clans who have fled from the north have already lined up in long lines. ”

"This group of people eat us and drink us, and they are said by Wang Fuzhi and King Qin in a few words, won't their conscience hurt?" King Xiang's face was full of anger.

The northern clans fled to the south, the imperial court reduced the money, and the clans were extravagant, and many people relied on the southern clans to live, but last night, these northern clans, especially the low-level clans, took the lead in escaping from the meeting place under the words of Wang Fuzhi and King Qin, and most of the clans outside the Xihua Gate went in an instant, which made the southern clans very indignant.

"Alas! It's useless to talk about that now. King Liao sighed, "What Wang Fuzhi said is also the truth, if you don't change your land, the clan that escaped will not get anything in the short term, and if you agree to move the imperial court to Taiwan, Taiwan's land can at least be settled." The clans below can't compare to us vassal kings, there are so many of them, and their eyes are naturally short-sighted, regardless of the long-term, besides, yesterday, we have already lost, and the court is falling apart, in that case, we have all been shaken, let alone them? ”

"I just feel bad in my heart, and I can't swallow this breath. Wang Yan's smear of our clan like that, I suspect that he has bad intentions. King Xiang gritted his teeth, the 10,000 hectares of land in Xiangwang's Mansion must be exchanged for the barren land of Taiwan, and after the replacement, in addition to the 5,000 acres of tax exemption, the rest will have to pay taxes in the future, Wang Yan is like a towel, he has to wring out all the water on his body, how can he not hate it in his heart.

Many of the vassal kings in the house sighed, and the domain was also painful in the hearts of the Min clan in Wugang, Hunan, and asked a little unwillingly: "Is there really no room for turning back in this matter?" King Tang and King Lu really don't speak for us?"

Several other clansmen also cried with sad faces, "Yes, can we still think of a way to let the imperial court change the conditions a little, we have so many belongings, especially the palace, it is the business of several generations of previous kings, it can't be so much in vain!" ”

"Why don't you find King Tang and King Lu to think of a way again, isn't this gathering still a hint from King Yu, they are now the princes who hold real power in the clan, the sky is falling, they have to bear it!"

"What top?" Mentioning this, King Xiang was angry, now they not only did not achieve their goal, they made their reputation stinky, and finally had to move to Taiwan, but also completely offended Wang Yan, maybe there will be small shoes to wear in the future, in short, he lost his wife and broke the army, so that he was also very dissatisfied with the two kings of Tang and Lu, "We were used as guns by them this time, and now the situation is not good, King Tang and King Lu have already bowed to Wang Yan, and that King Yu, if he hadn't hinted, we could have made a mess, and now you see no other figure, I don't know where to hide. ”

"That's it!" A vassal king slapped the table and stood up, "If it weren't for this King Yu's hint, everyone wouldn't have offended the court so ruthlessly." I thought that he had been instructed by the king of Tang and had the support of the king of Tang behind him, but the king of Tang never came forward, and this king of Yu was simply making his own decisions and harming us. ”

Speaking of this, the room was suddenly boiling, and the emotions of the vassal kings became excited, and if they continued to speak, it was estimated that they would start to abuse.

"Enough!" King Yi finally couldn't bear it, this rally and procession was also a decision he made after listening to King Yu's hints, and they were scolding King Yu now, which was tantamount to scolding him, and he was also very heartbroken.

Everyone in the room was shocked by his voice, but their faces were not convinced, King Yi sighed, "What's the use of saying this in the current situation, we have already lost, King Chu has won, this is the final result." ”

He paused, looked at everyone's heads lowered, was very depressed, and said in an accentuated tone: "The clan in the north has already gone to the household department to change the deed, and the imperial court only gives half a month, do we also change the title deed, lest the imperial court really invalidate our land deed!" ”

"Then go ahead!" King Liao was silent for a moment, and then said, "If you don't admit defeat now, there is no way, we have no soldiers and no power, we should endure it or bear it." ”

The other vassal kings also nodded, disagreeing, how else can it be like this?

"If you want to go, you can go, I won't go anyway." King Xiang turned his face to the side, obviously still unconvinced, "Except for the Zongren Mansion, I haven't been to the yamen of the imperial court. ”

When everyone heard this, they reacted, and King Min also said, "Then I won't go either." No matter how we say it, it is also the Prince of Daming, all officials come to the palace to meet us, and we go to the yamen in person, isn't it a joke? It's better to send someone to forget it. ”

Yiwang thought about it for a while, and just said that the household department was outside the yamen, and only a table was set up, asking them to line up, they were all people with heads and faces, how could they lose this face, so he nodded, "Okay, let the people below do it." ”

Many clans and clans discussed properly, and arranged for the following clans to go to the household department to change the deed, and when they arrived at the yamen, they were blocked by the soldiers, and the first hundred households said with a black face: "This is the household yamen, what do you want to do, you think you want to enter?" Would you like to see Lord Shangshu, have you made a reservation? I didn't wait in line! ”

The visitor glanced at the team with no end in sight, took out a silver ticket with interest, and said with a smile: "We are from the palace, and we are not the same as them, please be accommodating." ”

Baihu glanced at the silver ticket, one hundred taels, and secretly said that this group of vassal kings is really fucking rich, hesitated, and accepted the silver ticket, "Wait, I'll ask." ”

Everyone waited in front of the yamen for a long time, and the hundred households came out with a gloomy face. "As mentioned above, it is treated equally. You said that His Royal Highness the King of Chu was so polite at the beginning, you didn't know each other, and now your reputation has been ruined, but you still hold your identity and still want to put on a score, do you think it's possible? Baihu looked them up and down, and then continued: "I advise you to admit defeat, otherwise the pain is still to come." ”

After Baihu finished speaking, seeing that they were still blocked in front of the door, he waved his hand impatiently, "Honestly line up, or go back and tell the person who can call the shots, get out!" ”

The people sent by these feudal kings were very helpless, so they had to line up with the ordinary clan, but the household department sent a chief to work, the speed can be imagined, they lined up from morning to evening, just on their turn, the head of the household department put the pen on the inkstone, looked at the sky, and muttered, "Oh, the hour has come, it's time to get off work." ”

After speaking, he got up and left with a smile, and the soldier immediately packed up the tables and chairs and carried them into the yamen of the household.

After a few days, the land exchange procedures are also time continuing, the household department finds all kinds of excuses to delay, and the officials who do the work are also procrastinating, either late or leaving early, obviously it can be done soon, but it drags on for half an hour, and every time it is the turn of those vassal kings, they find various reasons, such as the huge number, the household department wants to check the information, access the local documents, or the title deed is damaged, the handwriting is blurred, in short, it is not done.

After a few times, the clans also reacted, and everyone was dumbfounded, "The government is doing this, is this trying to kill us?" ”

King Liao panicked, "Look at the situation clearly, if we don't bow our heads, the title deed in our hands will become waste paper." ”

Although they are clansmen, they are not much different from ordinary people in the face of power, and there are at least a hundred ways to play them in power.

If Wang Yanzhen invalidates their land deeds after the time limit, then what can they do, many clansmen suddenly sweat like rain, like making a needle blanket, they can no longer care about the dignity of the clan, and they all said: "Go, go, we have to go to Wang Yan quickly, as long as we bow our heads, he shouldn't do too much." ”

Wang Yan really won't do too much, what he wants is for this group of vassal kings to bow to him, and let the whole of Nanjing, and even the world, know that he has pulled these vassal kings down from above.