The worries of these vassal kings were not wrong, although Chongzhen warmly entertained these relatives in the Kunming Pond, and also enjoyed the singing and dancing for half a day, everyone looked happy, as if everyone had already forgotten the unhappiness of the morning.

But seeing that the banquet was about to disperse, Zhu Youzhen waved his hand to let Nule retreat, raised the wine glass in front of him and sighed to the clans sitting on both sides: "As the saying goes, every festive season, I have a feast with all my uncles and brothers today, and I am really happy in my heart when I see everyone laughing and laughing in front of me."

However, I also regret in my heart that on such a festive day, the King of Tang, King Jingjiang and King Qing are actually far away, and it is difficult to enjoy such a festive atmosphere, and I don't know what they are doing now? ”

King Fu, who was sitting first on Chongzhen's right, hurriedly took over the conversation and said, "If these vassal kings knew that Your Majesty was still thinking about them at this moment, they would definitely be grateful to Your Majesty.

Being able to share your Majesty's worries is the obligation that the courtiers should fulfill, not to mention that they still have a clan identity, if they don't contribute to Your Majesty, who else can contribute to Your Majesty? Isn't there such a saying among the people: fight the tiger brothers, and go into battle with father and son. Between the ministers and His Majesty, after all, they still can't write two Zhu characters with one stroke. ”

The reason why Fu King Zhu Changxun said this is actually to use this to resolve the stimulation of Chongzhen by King Yangqu's remarks in the morning, so as not to make Chongzhen go to King Yangqu after today.

As Chongzhen's uncle, King Fu, who ranks first in the clan, is also the head of the clan at this time. Although the royal family is different from the folk clan, the patriarch of the imperial family will only fall on the current emperor, but with the status of King Fu, coupled with the responsibility of managing the clan over the years, he has gradually become the most influential clan in the clan.

He naturally heard about the remarks of King Yangqu and other clans in private gatherings. However, the current King Fu doesn't want to get involved in this kind of thing at all, and just wants to enjoy his rich and idler's life in peace. If Chongzhen still had some ideas when he first ascended the throne, then after Chongzhen ascended the throne for more than ten years, he had no ideas.

After all, when Chongzhen had just ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty was still in internal and external difficulties, and the struggle between the eunuchs and the Donglin party was so fierce that Zhu Youzhen, who was only seventeen years old, seemed to be unable to control the overall situation, and even invited his uncle to the capital. If there is a chance, King Fu does not mind meddling in the government.

However, after Zhu Youzhen personally set out to repel the invasion of the Houjin army in the autumn of the second year of Chongzhen, King Fu simply gave up this careful thought. Unlike Zhu Youzhen, as Emperor Shenzong's most beloved son-in-law, he still received some formal royal education.

He knew very well that with the victory of Zhu Youzhen's personal campaign, the young nephew was recognized by the army and the people of Gyeonggi. In such a situation, it is difficult to shake the throne of his nephew with the support of some civil officials or Qingliu. What's more, the Donglin Party who controls Qingliu has a deep grudge against him, even if Chongzhen has any accident, these Donglin Party members will not choose to support him on the throne even if they choose a foreign domain.

In this case, King Fu would rather support his nephew than hope that there will be any other changes. After all, although the emperor's nephew took back most of the land in his hands, he still allowed him to invest in a lot of promising industries, and now he earns at least ten times the income from stocks and bonds in a year, so King Fu has no dissatisfaction with his current life.

It's just that King Fu cares more about family affection than his emperor's nephew, and he is also a little indignant about Henan Governor Wang Qi's bullying of the Kaifeng clan. Therefore, when King Yangqu and other members of the clan scolded Wang Qi at a private gathering, he only didn't know about it, and did not come forward to stop it.

But today, when King Yangqu said these remarks in front of Chongzhen, he couldn't completely ignore them. After staying in the capital for so long, King Fu naturally knew that this emperor's nephew was not as generous as rumored by the outside world, and he was even more harsh on the children of the clan.

Moreover, King Yangqu was so indignant, and King Fu also thought that there was a reason for the incident, not only because Wang Qi bullied the Kaifeng clan, but also because the feudal state of the county king was taken away by the emperor for no reason, and he was also dissatisfied in his heart.

Although Yangqu Country is not large, as the northern gateway of Taiyuan, it is the main road to Datong. The construction of a railway from Taiyuan to Datong could not bypass Yangqu. This was originally a good thing for the King of Yangqu, he could get a lot of income just by relying on this railway, not to mention that the Ministry of Internal Affairs also explored a large coal mine in Yangqu.

But because the benefits of coal and railways were so amazing, neither the Ministry of Internal Affairs nor the Shanxi gentry and merchants who invested in the railways were willing to share such huge benefits with one more person, so they simply joined forces to take back the feudal state of King Yangqu to the imperial court. After all, this is just a county king, not a vassal king.

For this kind of flying disaster, King Yangqu is naturally unconvinced, but there are precedents of King Qin and King Han, and he can only swallow his anger and accept this reality. King Fu also sympathized with King Yangqu because of this, even if the county king was a little unscrupulous today, he also hoped to peacefully resolve King Yangqu's small offense to Chongzhen.

However, Chongzhen obviously didn't think so, and after hearing King Fu's words, he simply used the topic with a little drunkenness to play: "Uncle is right, this pen really can't write two Zhu characters." Didn't someone tell me in the morning, after all, the surname of the Ming Dynasty is still Zhu. Therefore, the members of this clan should set an example for the people of the world and take on the responsibility of safeguarding the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

For example, like King Jingjiang and King Qing, they took the initiative to go to the frontier of the motherland to open up and build. Or like the Tang King, in order to safeguard the interests of the Ming Dynasty, he worked hard in the barbarian state. I think that the members of the clan, especially the young clan members, should learn from them and not waste their lives in rouge and gouache all day long.

Therefore, I plan to send the children of the clan to Jingjiang and the Indian mainland to have a look after the Lantern Festival, so that they can learn about overseas customs; Second, you can also learn how King Jingjiang and King Tang did things. In this way, when you go to Jiuli Prefecture to manage your own land in the future, you will not be at a loss, and let the overseas subjects look down on you, what do you uncles think? ”

Hearing Chongzhen's words, all the clans sitting below looked at the emperor above with a stunned expression. None of the clans present knew that King Jingjiang and King Qing were moved, which was completely voluntary. If the emperor hadn't sent the Tang King to persecute him, who would want to abandon the feudal country that had been in operation for hundreds of years and go to a foreign country that he was not familiar with to start over. As for the Tang King, since the emperor avenged him, he has become the emperor's most loyal vassal domain, as long as the emperor gives an order, he will go to the ends of the earth.

But the clans here are different from them, they are not willing to leave the prosperous capital, unless they are allowed to return to their original feudal country to be powerful, and let them go to the poor countryside to develop and build overseas frontiers, which obviously costs their lives.

However, their silence obviously couldn't stop Chongzhen from continuing to play, and Zhu Youzhen saw that everyone was unwilling to respond to his question, so he mercilessly asked several older vassal kings by name: "King Fu, King Rui, King Hui... Uncles, do you have anything to add to my thoughts? ”

Fu King Zhu Changxun had already reacted in his heart, Chongzhen was starting to fight back against the accident in the morning, although he sympathized with King Yangqu's experience, but he didn't intend to tie himself up with the other party, after all, the relationship between the other party and himself was not close. And he knew very well that he couldn't be sent overseas anyway.

Therefore, after only a moment's hesitation, he said to Chongzhen in a loud voice: "What Your Majesty said is still very reasonable, now these young clan disciples do not seek to be motivated, and they are messing around in the market all day long, except for ruining the reputation of the clan, it is not good for Da Ming or for themselves." Indeed, it should be restrained, so as not to damage the friendship of His Majesty for his relatives..."

King Fu's statement quickly set a tone, and several vassal kings in the palace also spoke out one after another to express their support, and those county kings only echoed on such occasions. Only the younger Jin King Zhu Xianxuan, although he echoed the emperor's suggestion, he still pointed out a little tactfully.

“… His Majesty made such a suggestion out of concern for his relatives. However, many clans have lived inland since childhood, not to mention the sea, and they may not have seen the larger lakes. If they were allowed to go to sea so rashly, they would be worried that they would not be able to stand the turbulence of the sea and the turbulence of the sea, and if someone would fall ill because of it, then a good thing would become a bad thing. Therefore, the minister thought that it was best for this sent clan member to study it carefully..."

Zhu Youzhen listened while playing with the half-filled wine glass in his hand, he looked at the whirlpool of residual wine in the cup, and said thoughtfully: "King Jin is really thoughtful, what you just said is very good." Sending clan members to travel overseas should indeed ensure their livelihood.

However, my Taizu Emperor Gao used to be just a small monk in the Huangjue Temple, and it took a lot of difficulties and dangers to create my Ming Dynasty, and I don't know how many life and death difficulties I have experienced during the period. And Emperor Yongle personally conquered the grassland five times for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji, and every time he faced the Northern Yuan, he took the lead, so he didn't care about his own safety.

My children and grandchildren are enjoying the inheritance created by our ancestors, do we have to look ahead and backward even when we take a boat? King Yangqu, tell me, are you afraid of the wind and waves on the sea? ”

Hearing the emperor's sudden question, King Yangqu subconsciously stood up and almost knocked over the case in front of him, but he quickly took action and held down the case, but it also made a great noise, which made everyone's eyes focus on him.

In front of everyone's eyes, the King of Yangqu at this time no longer had the courage to ask Chongzhen in the morning. No matter how reckless he was, he understood at this moment, and the emperor dug a big hole for him.

No matter how annoyed and regretful he was in his heart, under Chongzhen's questioning, King Yangqu could only reply at this time: "The minister is naturally not afraid..."

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