But then again, with Liu Chengfeng's merits, even if it is ten thousand households, there seems to be nothing wrong, the biggest problem is that the ancestral law is difficult to bypass, and the ancestral system cannot be modified without authorization for the sake of a Liu Chengfeng.

There are not many real things in the title of the Ming Dynasty, the so-called prince is actually just to receive a piece of money, as for the food of ten thousand households, that is the right of the prince, that is, the prince, this food is also greatly discounted, and besides, the Ming Dynasty pursued the right and wrong Zhu Buwang, to enshrine Liu Chengfeng as the marquis of ten thousand households, first of all, to solve the problem of this food yi.

In fact, Liu Jian and Ma Wensheng are very embarrassed, as Zhu Youzhu said, you have no jokes, if you break your promise, won't this golden mouth become empty words? But if you nod your head, as soon as this case is opened, there will be endless troubles, and there will definitely be criticism in the court, and the pressure on the cabinet and officials can be imagined.

Liu Jian smiled bitterly in his heart, his smile was not aimed at Liu Chengfeng, in fact, he also understood that Liu Chengfeng had made such a great contribution at this age, if he was promoted, it would definitely not be possible, after all, it was quite remarkable to be able to do thousands of households at this age, and to defend one side, and if he was promoted again, wouldn't he have to top the sky? So if you want to reward, you have to start with the title, Wanhu Marquis, he doesn't object, he just feels that he can't afford the consequences.

After all, this is a matter of principle, as a cabinet scholar, how can he agree that the emperor is rebelling against the ancestral system?

Liu Jian stopped squeaking, his opinion was very simple, silent! Neither against nor in favor of it. He even complained a little in his heart, the emperor did this, but he was afraid that he also knew that the difficulty of the matter was not small, and since the golden mouth was opened at that time, it would be difficult to take it back. The reason why the emperor invited himself to discuss is that he also hopes to use his old bones as a shield, otherwise if the emperor makes a direct decision, everyone's goal must be the emperor, but if he is involved in the cabinet, he Liu Jian will become the target of the public.

As for Ma Wensheng, is he a fool? immediately understood the key to this, His Majesty asked them to come, not just to discuss the reward, this is to push himself and Liu Gong to the cusp.

Ma Wensheng was also silent.

Seeing that they didn't speak, Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but be angry and funny, and said with a wry smile: "Why don't you speak?" ”

Ma Wensheng finally said with difficulty: "Your Majesty, since Emperor Taizu, there has been no rule for the marquis of ten thousand households, and ten thousand households eat in the city; If this precedent is set, I am afraid that it will ...... I'm just afraid of ......" The latter words, he didn't continue, the consequences the emperor could imagine, he was silent for a while, and then continued: "Weichen has a compromise method, the marquis of Wanhu is naturally still the marquis of Wanhu, and the marquis can be set above the duke, so that although the rules are also broken, he finally did not exceed the ancestral system, on the other hand, Liu Chengfeng received the duke's Yulu as a marquis, and he must be grateful to His Majesty." ”

Ma Wensheng's method looks very good, but in fact, it is nonsense, the Ming Dynasty's Yulu has always been low, although the aristocracy's Yulu is much higher than that of officials, but the duke's annual Yulu is just a drop in the bucket for a person who is worth a lot of money, what can enjoy the Duke's Yulu and get a few more money? This food is different, if you give a fief, the taxes in this fief will all belong to you, if the place is desolate, it is fine, but if you have a good fief, the annual income of this year is much higher than that of Zhilu.

When Zhu Youzhu heard this, his heart moved, but then he dispelled this idea, he was willing to compromise, but the words had already been released, how could he easily take it back? And Liu Chengfeng really made great contributions this time, and the rewards that he can't get are not as few as Zhou Tai, Zhu Haide and the like, right?

Zhu Youzhu said with a straight face: "If that's the case, wouldn't it be said that I would rebel?" Liu Chengfeng, I know, he may not blame me, but what do people in the world say? This time, it was all up to Liu Chengfeng to keep Beitongzhou and Caoliang, if I rebelled again, wouldn't it make people think that I was mean and unkind? Liu Aiqing, what do you think? ”…,

Zhu Youzhu no longer asked Ma Wensheng, but asked Liu Jian instead.

Liu Jian complained bitterly in his heart, the emperor wants to go his own way, the big deal is to follow the middle order, the cabinet is a big deal to open one eye and close one eye, but he still has to ask his own opinion, if he agrees, isn't this scolding?

Liu Jian hesitated for a moment, feeling that he couldn't slip his head anymore, on one side was Qingyi, and on the other hand, the emperor had to make a choice.

Liu Jian finally nodded and said: "This time Liu Chengfeng is indeed too much meritorious, if there is a favor or not, it will inevitably seem that the court is a little stingy, Wanhu Hou, it is not bad, but since you want to eat the yi, but this food yi has to be carefully considered." ”

Liu Jian is not stupid, since he can't oppose the food yi, then make a fuss in the food yi, the prosperous prefecture and county will naturally not succeed, and the court will definitely make a fuss at that time, but if it is in a remote corner, the pressure will be much less, don't you want a fief? Then it's up to you, find a place for pimples, and everyone won't pay attention to it anyway.

Zhu Youzhu didn't expect Liu Jian to play such a roundabout technique, so he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and said, "Then according to Aiqing's words, what should I do?" ”

Liu Jian said lightly: "Lianzhou Mansion is rich in products, and when the household registration was checked last year, the population happened to be more than 13,200 households, so it is better to directly turn Lianzhou into a fief of ten thousand households." ”

Zhu Youzhu frowned again and again when he heard this.

Lianzhou ......

This place, Zhu Youzhu has some impressions, how to say it, the abundance of products can be talked about, there are mountains and rivers, and it is also close to the sea, but that place is really not a good place, the south of Lianzhou Mansion is the blue sea, the north is Guangdong, Guangxi, and the west is close to Annan, Emperor Wen conquered Annan that year, and it was to use this Lianzhou Mansion as a logistics base.

A prefecture, the population is only more than 10,000 households, and there are 50,000 or 60,000 people when it is full, it can be seen that there is barrenness, this is not enough, the problem is that Lianzhou has always been a headache for local officials, although the household registration there is 10,000 households, in fact, there are still a lot of barbarians to live, it is said that the largest cottage, the population has 100,000, between the various ethnic groups and villages, often for the mountain field to fight, a time to dispatch tens of thousands of people, the local prefect can not stop it, can only control the city, do not dare to manage.

Almost every year, the governor of Guangxi Province will hand over a book, what he said is that the local Tusi barbarians are rampant, a few years ago they were almost beaten to the state city by the barbarians, if it were not for the timely response of the imperial court, immediately dispatched troops to suppress, on the other hand, the governor personally entered to pacify, God knows what would happen.

Basically, Lianzhou is such a ghost place, there is nothing to want, and it relies on Annan, located in southern Xinjiang, bordering the South China Sea, and belongs to the three areas that the imperial court has always had a headache for, anyway, whoever is sent there to be the prefect is almost the same as exile, and when you go there, you have to negotiate with the governor Yamen, and you have to deal with Annanguo, even the Tusi in the territory can't be lazy, it can be said that it is really difficult to come up with such a strange place for Liu Jian.

Ma Wensheng is in charge of the Ministry of Officials and is now on the road, there are fat and drudgery in this ministry, and the fat difference does not matter, but in the drudgery, Lianzhou Mansion is the first one, which is both barren and chaotic, and all the disadvantages are accounted for, so there have long been unwritten rules within the Ministry of Officials.

After listening to Liu Jian's words, Ma Wensheng immediately understood Liu Jian's intentions, Shiyi can agree, but to reduce the impact, only Lianzhou makes people have nothing to say, the fief is there, and exile is almost the same, anyway, this place, the court can't control it, so it simply sells personal favors, if the officials want to make trouble, open the map and show them to ensure that they have nothing to say.

Ma Wensheng hurriedly said: "Weichen thinks that Liu Gong's method is good, Your Majesty, Lianzhou is indeed a place where you can show your strength, and there is a lot to be done to divide Liu Qianhu in Lianzhou." ”

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and said: "Lianzhou is inevitably ......"...,

Liu Jian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it stands to reason that ten thousand households in Shiyi will eat at most one county, but now let Liu Chengfeng eat Yiyi and one mansion, it will already be rich, if Your Majesty refuses to seal Lianzhou, the old minister has nothing to say." ”

Liu Jian is not casual, you have to divide the seal, let me, the old man, be a shield, yes, Your Majesty has the grace of knowing the old minister, and he also relies on the old minister, the old minister is grateful, and it is appropriate to share the worries for His Majesty. But things can't be too much, since the minister has given in, His Majesty has to make a step forward, you can't make it difficult for the minister to be this person, if you don't want to, then the minister can only choose to be silent, without the support of the cabinet, the emperor wants to do this, but I'm afraid it's not so easy.

So he aggravated his tone on the four words that he had nothing to say, he didn't say anything, it had nothing to do with himself, His Majesty wanted to go his own way, I didn't speak, and I objected with silence.

Zhu Youzhu smiled bitterly for a while, and said after a long time: "Let's go, this matter is settled, it's in Lianzhou, anyway, it's just a fief, and Liu Chengfeng still stays in Beijing." However, since the affairs of Beitongzhou have been taken care of, I still want to transfer Liu Chengfeng to Beijing, and I have to think about this matter again, and there will be a will at that time. ”

"But before that, let's send out the other decrees first, and appease my heroes, and the cabinet will draw up the will for this matter. Ma Aiqing, how to arrange it on the part of the ministry, I will entrust it to you. ”

Ma Wensheng smiled slightly and said, "Weichen understands that nothing will go wrong." ”

Ma Wensheng was thinking in his heart that suddenly so many people were transferred, which was enough for the officials to be busy for a while. If someone comes up, someone will vacate the space, and I don't know how much is involved.

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The first chapter is delivered.

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