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Zhu Youzhang's arrangement is naturally none, in this impeccable arrangement, Liu Chengfeng obviously occupies the most important position, but things went wrong, so Zhu Youzhu smiled bitterly, and then said: "It's just a pity that the court and the central government are talking about it, but the final result is that the cabinet asked me to make you the vassal king, I didn't want to agree, but after hesitating again and again, I still nodded to the devil." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

When he said this, Zhu Youzhu looked a little regretful, sometimes not everything is the emperor's decision, the ministers are like moths to the fire to recognize that something has to be troubled, and the palace can only compromise.

However, the expression on Zhu Youzhang's face seemed to be telling Liu Chengfeng that in fact, the reason why he made concessions was not because the ministers were fierce, but for Liu Chengfeng himself, although the courtiers of a very popular minister are prominent, but after all, there are still troubles, Liu Chengfeng has made too many marks in the current Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao does not say, but what if it is in the future? If a new monarch ascends the throne in the future and wants to establish authority, the first person to bring the flag to sacrifice is Liu Chengfeng. Which of the world's most powerful courtiers has a good end?

Zhu Youzhu did this and made a compromise with the officials, in fact, not only because the ministers made a fierce fuss, nor because the cabinet strongly agreed, the fundamental reason is here.

Zhu Youzhu sighed, and seeing that Liu Chengfeng was silent, he took a big breath and said: "Now that you have been appointed as the vassal king, according to the rules of the imperial court, you are only stationed in Beijing now, and you will have to go back to the vassal after staying for a long time, and my calculation is only afraid that it will be empty." ”

As Zhu Youzhu said, things are back to square one, since there is no Liu Chengfeng, what Zhu Youzhang arranged is waiting for nothing, which is the reason why Zhu Youzhang sighed.

Liu Chengfeng hurriedly comforted: "Your Majesty, the prince is smart, in fact, it is not a big deal to have less micro-ministers in the capital, if the prince really ascends the throne in the future, he will definitely be a good emperor like the emperor, why does Your Majesty need to make such a long-term plan?" ”

"I hope so." Zhu Youjiao's answer was a little cold. Zhu Houzhao's surname, he knows that Zhu Houzhao will never be a diligent emperor, and it is already a blessing to be a master of success, no matter how much extravagance he wants, Zhu Youzhu doesn't dare to think about it, so Zhu Youzhu said the word wish, which means to express his worries.

Zhu Youzhu continued: "But now I can only look at his creation, I have been in power for fifteen years, the world is still peaceful, and the treasury also has a surplus, these are all left to him by me, even if he is messing around sometimes, nothing big will happen, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, I have already thought about it when I issued the decree to you, and it is useless to talk about it now." ”

Zhu Youjiao's face became solemn again, and he said, "But I have a few questions for you, if you go to Chudi, how will you govern the country?" ”

Liu Chengfeng was confused, I don't know why Zhu Youzhang asked like this, but Zhu Youzhang wanted to ask, Liu Chengfeng naturally couldn't be slow, and thought about it: "That place is now relatively wealthy, merchants gathered, in the past, Lianzhou was half of the court's money bag, and the number of silver handed over to the treasury every year was tens of millions of taels of silver, and now it has been called a vassal there, and Wechen went there, and still continued its governance methods, but the original taxes of the court can be changed to an annual tribute escort into the court, Wechen is now said to be the emperor's courtier, and now it is called a vassal, Ming said that he was also the prince's courtier, and the courtesy of the monarch and the minister did not dare to forget, so the Chu State and the Ming Dynasty were named the system of feudal tribute, but the name of Chu was the feudal state, in fact, it was still the southern frontier of the Ming Dynasty, which was close to Nanyang, if His Majesty did not give up, the micro-minister was willing to garrison the southern frontier for the imperial court. ”

Liu Chengfeng said so much, the central idea is a meaning, although the name has changed, but the essence is still the same, he started from the palace, now since the palace has made him the vassal king, then his vassal country will definitely be closer to the court than other vassal states, he Liu Chengfeng is in solidarity with the court, so for the countries, the Chu State may be no different from them, for the imperial court, the Chu State is a foreign country, but for the palace, everyone is their own people, and they are all together.

Zhu Youzhu bowed his head slightly and said, "What if...... What I said is if, if there is a saying, what if there is a mess in the Ming Dynasty? I mean, what should you do if something goes wrong with Houzhao? ”

This question seemed to have a tentative meaning, which made Liu Chengfeng secretly cheer up, obviously his next answer was very important, whether it was to the emperor or to himself, he was silent for a moment, and said: "If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in trouble, Weichen is willing to go to Beijing to help the prince at any time." ”

Zhu Youzhu smiled, and then said, "But what if there is a minister who won't let you go to Beijing?" ”

This question made Liu Chengfeng shudder in his heart, Zhu Youzhang's question made Liu Chengfeng feel as if he was digging a trap, waiting for Liu Chengfeng to jump into the trap, the emperor was in trouble, and the ministers did not let Liu Chengfeng enter Beijing, this is an unsolvable problem, in fact, it is not unsolvable, the answer is still there, but this answer is a bit rebellious, and it may kill people if they say it.

Liu Chengfeng was thinking about whether he needed to answer, if he answered, he might take the risk, but if he didn't answer, the emperor would not be perfunctory, and after a moment of silence, Liu Chengfeng said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, if the court really has a minister and is about to subvert the society, then the micro-minister is willing to calm the thief!" Weichen and the prince are called Junchen, they are really brothers, brothers are in trouble, how can Weichen sit idly by, Weichen is willing to serve Duke Zhou, and he will never give up. ”

After Liu Chengfeng finished saying this, his intestines were going to regret it, these words were really a bit rebellious, and it was not without precedent for Jing Nan to pacify the thief, the banner of King Yan's rebellion was Jing Nan, and the banner of King Ning's rebellion was also Jing Nan, and he now proposed to Jing Nan, isn't this looking for his own draw? But obviously, Liu Chengfeng still said it without hesitation, because he was gambling, betting that he was right this time!

Zhu Youzhu squinted, looked at Liu Chengfeng with a smile, and then smiled and said, "Well, I know." ”

He only briefly said that he knew, and he didn't say good or bad, and then said: "You have made great contributions to quelling the rebellion this time, and you have made great contributions, and all the soldiers of the expedition will be rewarded, you draw up a list to show me, okay, I am tired, you go down, after returning home, wait for the edict at any time, if I am in better health, I will summon you to the palace." ”

Liu Chengfeng pinched a handful of cold sweat in his hands, but he pretended to be normal and nodded: "Then Your Majesty must take good care of yourself, and Weichen will retire." ”

Liu Chengfeng left in broken steps, and after Zhu Youzhu saw his back disappear, his face became very solemn, as if he was thinking about something, and then raised his eyes to look at the eunuch and maid in front of the couch, coughed and said, "You all go down, you don't have to wait here for the time being." ”

The palace people saluted one after another, and one by one they came out.

Zhu Youzhu sat on the couch for a while, and after a while, there was a sound of light footsteps, and Empress Zhang came in with a tired face, and said with a reluctant smile: "The concubine heard that His Majesty sent all the palace people out of the dormitory, and thought something had happened, what's the matter, is Your Majesty feeling better?" You should rest more, look at you, and lean on the pillow, or lie down. ”

Zhu Youzhu didn't move at all, and when Empress Zhang approached and sat on the couch, he stretched out his hand slightly tremblingly and held it on Empress Zhang's soft chest, but his eyes were staring at the tent in front of him and looking at the void in a daze.

"I just summoned Liu Chengfeng."

Zhu Youzhu finally opened the conversation.

Empress Zhang carefully removed the high pillow for Zhu Youzhang, made Zhu Youzhu lie down, and said with a smile: "The concubine knows, in fact, the concubine also summoned him, he went to Jiangxi this time to lose a lot of weight, which is also difficult for him, running thousands of miles away, leading troops and fighting, this is hard for him." ”

Zhu Youzhu glanced at Empress Zhang, and finally showed a few smiles, but this smile looked a little reluctant on his sickly face, Zhu Youzhu said: "I just tested him, I want to know...... I wonder if he is really dead set on me and the crown prince, you know, I am the Son of Heaven, especially at this time, hey...... This is also all kinds of helplessness, everything must always be foolproof. ”

Empress Zhang was about to fold the quilt for Zhu Youjiao, but after listening to Zhu Youzhang's words, she couldn't help but pause, a trace of stiffness flashed across her face, and then asked, "Your Majesty...... How is Your Majesty's temptation? ”

When she asked this sentence, Empress Zhang looked a little nervous, no matter what, Liu Chengfeng is the most trusted person in this royal model couple except for the crown prince, if such a person is suspicious of what is wrong, then who else in this world can believe it?

Zhu Youzhu sighed and said, "I asked him, what will he do if the prince is in chaos, the world is in chaos, and the court has a minister?" ”

Empress Zhang didn't squeak, just listened quietly.

Zhu Youzhu smiled and said, "So he replied that he would go to Beijing immediately and would never hesitate." So I asked him again, what if someone didn't allow him to enter Beijing? ”

Empress Zhang said: "How does he answer?" ”

Zhu Youzhu said weakly: "He...... He said...... He said that he was willing to appease the thieves and help the community ......"

Hearing the word Jingnan, Empress Zhang couldn't help but snort, in fact, the word Jingnan was still good when Taizu was born, but since he came out of King Yan, although Jingnan is praised in the official face, everyone knows in private that the so-called Jingnan is to raise troops.

When it came to King Ning, Jing Nan became a joke and a phrase for ambitious princes.

(To be continued)