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But in fact, these princes and grandsons of the Zhu family are not so beautiful, the emperor's sons except for the crown prince, the rest of the sons are vassal kings, this is indeed the glory and wealth to enjoy, but the heirs of the vassal king, except for the eldest son to inherit the title of the vassal king, the rest will only be named the county king, and the county king in addition to the eldest son inheritance, the rest of the sons will be named the general of the town state, and so on, and so on, and then down, then the auxiliary general, the general of the Fengguo, the lieutenant of the auxiliary country, the lieutenant of the Fengguo.

Except for the feudal king, who could have a fief and enjoy the supply of land rent and taxes, the rest were the same as civil and military officials, and had a fixed amount of Lumi.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, has divided the kings to the present, the Ming Dynasty has been nearly 200 years old, and the emperors with brothers have to divide the vassal kings, and those vassal kings have to reproduce their descendants, and when they become emperors, they do not have many heirs, often only one or two sons, but they are vassal kings, county kings, auxiliary generals, etc., all of whom are born with special births.

In the past 200 years, the unceasingly multiplying offspring and the unceasingly spreading branches and leaves have formed a very large number so far.

Since the establishment of Emperor Wen to cut the domain, Cheng Zujing is difficult to seize the throne, but the defense of the vassal royal family is becoming more and more strict, every time it is sealed to a place, it is strictly ordered not to leave here, even if you go out of the city to the permission of the local magistrate, stay in the city all day long, except for misconduct, there is nothing serious to do.

The vassal king and the county king are still powerful, and the government does not dare to offend anything, and the titles under the auxiliary generals are really nothing, so I still have to pay attention to them.

In the world, the salaries of civil officials and military generals are often in arrears, not to mention the Lu rice of this clan, since the beginning of orthodoxy, the distant clans in various places have begun to become impoverished.

There is no Lumi, because he is stranded in the city and can't go out, plus the clan status, he can't find a job to make a living, and in desperation, he can only use various means to survive.

Honest people can only starve at home, and those who have a little thought will gather people to go to the gate of the government to ask for help, ask the government to release the arrears of rice, and embarrass the magistrate, and after all, they will allocate some food to make ends meet.

But the Ming Dynasty's financial abundance is that after Wanli ascended the throne, Zhang Juzheng was in power for ten years, the central and local finances have always been extremely tight, the officials have their own finances, and the money for official business has always been very tight, and the room is not large.

The court shirks like this, and the local government will not pay attention to it, so it is simply in arrears, but it is just some broken clans, who will pay attention.

When it was useless to beg and cry in front of this yamen, the behavior of the clans began to be extreme, and some people did not know the ban of the Ming Law, and secretly ran out of the city to complain to the Jingshi, but there will be various reasons for arrears in the Lumi area, but it is a big crime to go out of the city in violation of the ban, and it is generally a solitary confinement, so it is better to live than to die.

Therefore, what more clans do is to loot the government and loot the official food

I thought that the clan's attack on the government was the first priority, but I didn't expect it to be such a reason, Wang Tong didn't care much about this aspect on weekdays, and he was really a little dumbfounded when he heard Yang Sichen tell me.

"The fief is in the Datong Mansion on behalf of the king's line, the trouble is the most powerful, their one has had a conference, by the able-bodied, gathering people to loot the military grain and official food, Wu Zongnian sent eunuchs to investigate, but there is nothing to do, said that before the grain grabbing, there are actually people who starved to death and died of illness, the Datong prefect is known as a mixed blessing, sitting in this position has the benefits of border trade, the eunuch bag is not worried, but the Datong military town, everything is controlled by the general army, it is difficult to do everything well, and there is a difficulty, that is, the clan will often besiege the government, and even beat the prefect, Being an official is for honor and wealth, who can stand this! ”

Wang Tong shook his head, paused and asked:

"It's not uncommon for the clan to besiege the official mansion?"

Yang Sichen nodded with a smile, and said:

"The siege of the government is nothing, the magistrate often complains when he can't bear it, in the twenty-fifth year of Emperor Shizongsu, there is a clan in Datong who colluded to teach the shoe people to enter the city, and they want to open the door to welcome the shoe captives into the city, this is the real appalling thing, it is estimated that this time there is news from Shanxi, it may be that the magistrate is unbearable.

Hearing Yang Sichen's detailed explanation from beginning to end, Wang Tong only felt unbelievable, the clan and clan were all the blood of the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty, and they were actually living so down-and-out, and they actually wanted to collude with the captives to attack the military town, Wang Tong pondered, slapped the scroll in his hand on the table, and said with a smile:

"I thought I could take advantage of the signs of the investigation, but it seems that I have to change the word." ””……”……”……

As usual, for a few days than the news of Jinyiwei, the prefects of Taiyuan Prefecture and Datong Prefecture and the political envoy of Shanxi Province played their own games, saying that the various clans besieged the yamen, ran rampant in the local lawlessness, looted official and military rations, and asked the court to boil and cure boron

If you don't take care of your own clan well, and the court is not willing to publicize it to the outside world, it is really a shameful errand, and you have to keep a low profile and confuse the past, in the past, the little emperor did not make his own decisions, but now he has to worry about himself, such troubles, you always have to find someone to discuss, Wang Tong is naturally the natural candidate.

"Your Majesty, it's the first time I've heard about this, there is a report from Jinyiwei, and Your Majesty has also seen it, and the Shanxi clan is also sparse, saying that the local party is deducting Lu rice, causing the whole family to be poor and hungry, and the local is Shangshu saying that the clan is rampant and lawless, and it is a disaster for the place, both sides insist on their own words, who is right and wrong, and the minister wants to go over and see and then make a judgment, and then give His Majesty a strategy."

I said this in private once, and above the court meeting, Emperor Wanli said these words again from a different angle to the ministers:

"The local and clan have their own opinions, this matter has been going on for a long time, and we should not listen to it and believe it partially, we should send someone to find out, so that we can come up with a charter, and it is intended that Wang Tong will go to Shanxi to investigate, and the details will be returned.

Let Wang Tong stay away from the Beijing Division, and do less things that everyone does not understand, this is the consensus of the ministers, the matter of Zonglu has been entangled for many years, what can Wang Tong do, if he can't clean up the messy things, what can he do this year, it is good to frustrate his spirit.

The will of the court quickly completed the formalities everywhere, and Meng * took the will to go to the Jinyi Wei duty room to announce the continuation, and also set Wang Tong's itinerary to go to Shanxi to find out the matter.

Before the decree was issued, the cadres subordinate to Wang Tong had already begun to get busy, except for the dozens of personal guards, most of them went to the Zhuangzi outside the city, sorted out their equipment and inserted weights, and began to feed the horses at night to prepare for the long journey.

Wang Tong's side is different from others, it is very convenient to spend money and employ people, and the goods of Jingshi are more abundant than other places, so what needs to be purchased is, not to mention that most of the treasury in various places is in the hands of eunuchs, and he will not be embarrassed by him.

As a result, Wang Tong was really unkind, and directly called 300 people from the Department of Military Justice to follow, so that his team to Shanxi was nearly 700 people, and there were dozens of carriages or something.

The grandeur is bigger, and the consumption is more, this is the proper meaning of the Qin mission, not to mention the important ministers such as Wang Tong who are trusted by the Son of Heaven, such pomp is normal, but the eunuchs in charge of the treasury discussed privately, but said that Lord Wang did not bring many things such as the ceremonial guard, but brought all the things that should be brought, and the rest of the things were really useful, but these things were carried, how could they not be like going to errands, but like going to war.

This guess is also reasonable, go and declare the decree, what do you do with hundreds of good chain mail and cotton armor, and everyone knows that the kind of Huwei plate armor from Tianjin Wei is the best armor in the Ming Dynasty today, what do you want so many armors that have been stored in the library for several years.

The Shanxi clan and the government have not made trouble for a year or two, and the affairs of Zonglu everywhere in the world have not been a year or two, and the will given to Wang Tong has always been relaxed, and there is no specific time to go to Shanxi, Wang Tong is here to prepare unhurriedly. ””……”……”

Mid-Autumn Festival August 15, this day is a big festival, not to mention those rich and wealthy, Yin Shi people are also busy in this day, prepare wine and meat to eat during the day, go to the dim sum shop to buy some moon cakes, buy some melons and fruits, prepare to enjoy the moon at night, do not need to operate, is to walk around the street, the street is much more lively than usual.

Shima Lane is naturally a first-class bustle, but today the shops in Shima Lane have just opened, and when the pedestrians on the street have just increased, there is a team of people who have come to do it, for one person to wave a red flag, followed by a person who beats the gong, when Dangdang knocks a few times, someone shouts at the top of his voice:

"Listen to music and watch plays, it doesn't cost a penny, 300 people a game, go early, go early, go early."

The left and right came out to hang out, and the pedestrians on the road saw and heard such a loud shout, and they all had some thoughts to see the excitement, and those who had good things followed them.

Not to mention elsewhere, in such a lively place as Shima Lane, it is really easy to lure 300 people over, and when the people here go there, they see that there are already other people who are watching the excitement in front of a brand-new mansion, the gate of this mansion is quite wide, but it is the place that was fenced some time ago, and today it finally shows its true face.

There is a big signboard hanging on the gate, but the signboard is covered with a red cloth, and I don't know what words are inside, everyone gathered here and was curious, but they heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and looked at a knight approaching this side, and when they were about to get to the front, they heard a loud shout:

"Jin Yiwei commanded the Tongzhi Wang Tongwang to ~~~