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"The holy decree, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was ordered by heaven, and the edict said: I Zhaoji Dongtu, the saints inherit each other, protect all nations, the heart of heaven is blessed, and the people are born at the banquet, and those who respect their relatives at home and abroad will be honored for a hundred years. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

I have been on the throne for thirteen years, diligent, exhausted, and dare not slack off. Fortunately, thanks to the blessing of the ancestors, the hundred officials served their lives, so all the countries in the four seas have the heart of admiration, the feudal people came to the court, bathed in the grace, the mighty king, and the Yi people also competed to follow it, so the law of the ancestors was imitated by all countries, and the saints were admired by the righteous people.

Yi people are like this, not afraid of the power of the Ming Dynasty, but it is actually the grace of the state, the Ming Dynasty governs the country with virtue, and Mu Ze Yu with grace, and there is no such thing as encroaching on the domain.

Although the country is big, do not bully the weak, this way of the country also, there are Lian Guogong, the horse captain, and the Jinyi Wei pro-army are all commanding to make Liu Chengfeng meritorious service in the country, I remember his loyalty, is to break the old system of the ancestors, and seal Lianzhou, in order to let his heirs enjoy the country forever, he is respectful, although he has served me for only a few years, but he is full of heart and soul regardless of selfish interests, and I am very comforted. I have also heard from people that after he sealed Lianzhou, he opened up barbarian land to absorb the homeless people, and he also had good governance, which was also to share the country's worries. However, Daming inherited the mandate of heaven......... Changed Lianzhou to Chu Land, made him the king of Chu Land, gave gold seals, issued gold books, announced to China and foreign countries, and Xian made it known. Chin this! ”

A holy decree with a thousand words, at the beginning, Liu Chengfeng heard what all the nations came to the court, what Yi people bathed in grace when there was still a little abrupt in his heart, now the affairs of Lianzhou are boiling, Liu Chengfeng now has a headache when he hears what grace Quartet, morality is not to say no, but such paranoia is really disgusting.

In fact, Liu Chengfeng also knows that since ancient times, the states of the Celestial Empire have been righteous and awe-inspiring, and they have never encroached on other people's land in the name of benevolence every day, which is not actually because of the possession of any moral gods, but in terms of the productivity at that time, the Shangbangs were in an agricultural society, and what the agricultural society needed most was fertile land, and the Ming Dynasty occupied one of the most fertile lands in the world. Occupy not only is not beneficial but a burden, you know, in this era even Lingnan and Qiongzhou are places to fill the army and distribute, although Lingnan in the Southern Song Dynasty is still a little improved, but after all, it belongs to one of the places where birds do not lay eggs, you can imagine how poor and remote the vassal country at this time was.

Therefore, the rulers of the past dynasties surnamed Suo pushed the boat down the river, boasted of what kind of grace and justice, and came up with such a tributary system, only maintained a superficial name, but never absorbed and annexed the land of the vassal state, so this set of theories has gradually matured after the polishing of the past generations of scholars, and the tributary system of this state has gradually become thicker, in fact, from the beginning, this is obviously not that the emperors are not interested in expanding the territory, just because of the limitation of productivity, but such a set of theories has been transmitted for hundreds or even thousands of years, So much so that the current scholars are blind to it and don't consider the reality at all, and the result is that the ancestors made such a set of self-deception tricks according to reality, so that the bastards of Jingshi have become Mr. Morality, Liu Chengfeng is very sad, and he has become a bad guy in the battle of the potato brothers if he is not careful.

However, when he heard the will halfway, Liu Chengfeng's heart was finally steady, and the holy decree began to praise him for making a lot of contributions to the court, and he also deliberately added a sentence of respect.

These four words are very interesting, because the beginning of the holy decree is clearly aimed at Liu Chengfeng's encroachment on the land, according to the meaning of those moral gentlemen in the court, Liu Chengfeng is now heinous, arrogant and domineering, not only in the eyes of the court, but also bullying Fanbang, it is really unbearable and bad.

But in the holy decree, he directly clapped the board and added the word respectfulness to Liu Chengfeng, what is respectfulness? It is respectful and cautious, and the arrogance and arrogance criticized in the Beijing division are simply a pair of antonyms, which is clearly the emperor gave himself a surname, overturned the judgment that those corrupt Confucians and ulterior motives gave him, even the emperor said that he was respectful, if someone said that he was arrogant, that he had no one in his eyes, that he did not know etiquette, righteousness and shame, this is equivalent to saying that the emperor does not know people, and he is fighting in the ring with the emperor.

But don't want to look at the words in the holy decree, because every word is deliberate, whether it is the cabinet or the emperor himself drafted the holy decree, will never add some words and sentences at will, and if it is added, then it must contain deep meaning.

In the end, inexplicably came a feudal domain in Lianzhou, changed the name of the country to Chu, and became the king of Chu, Liu Chengfeng was stunned for a while.

In fact, when the eunuch read the holy decree, Liu Chengfeng once thought of countless possibilities, either the emperor and himself had the same hatred, or the emperor forced himself to make concessions in the matter of Lianzhou, anyway, this is a process of the game, in this process, the palace intends to take tenderness to the ministers and sacrifice Liu Chengfeng's interests, or to take a tough attitude towards the ministers for Liu Chengfeng, Liu Chengfeng does not feel strange at all, he has seen enough over the years, and he has long been numb.

But he actually called the feudal state, which made Liu Chengfeng a little confused, he was ecstatic in his heart, called the feudal domain and the feudal domain are two concepts, the so-called feudal domain, that is the imperial court to the clan, the clan is the royal family after all, so the imperial court wants to give them names and benefits, so they will be sealed to a certain place, and they will be appointed as the vassal king, this kind of vassal king has two kinds: prince and county king, on the surface it seems to be the king, in fact, there are restrictions on many things, such as within the fiefdom, on the surface everyone has to listen to you, But the people who govern your domain are appointed by the imperial court, that is to say, everything has to let these officials change hands, whether it is military, government affairs or financial power, although it nominally belongs to you, the prince or the county king, in fact, it is in the hands of the imperial court, and the only use of you, the vassal king, is to eat and wait for death, after the officials of the imperial court collect taxes, they will hand over part of it to the treasury, and the other part will be taken out and sent to the palace. Do you want to die? is King Ning's old cunning, in fact, he is just secretly enhancing his strength by raising thieves, not to mention other vassal kings.

Therefore, this king has the name of a vassal king, but in fact, to put it bluntly, it is just a title of the imperial court. However, the title of vassal is different, the latter is heavy on a seal, that is to say, this is given to you by the emperor Lao Tzu, but the former is more active, so it is called a title, that is, you have your own land, have your own subjects, and the court is only in this matter to recognize, recognize the status of your lord, and establish a tributary system.

And the biggest advantage of this kind of vassal state is that within the territory of the imperial court's recognition of you, everything is up to you, the appointment and dismissal of officials, the collection of taxes, and the obligation of the imperial court is only to pay tribute on time.

This is the real vassal king, and the kind that really belongs to the emperor of the soil, no matter what Liu Chengfeng does in Chu in the future, no one in this court will criticize, he can do whatever he wants, and he will make his own decisions.

This can be regarded as a very rich reward, Liu Chengfeng is not surprised, it stands to reason that he is also a duke in the court, mixed like a fish in water, if the court asks him to do what the king of Zhenla or the king of Luzon, Liu Chengfeng may not be happy, those places are places where birds do not lay eggs after all, and it is hard to go and suffer, which is not interesting.

However, Lianzhou is different, although Lianzhou is small, the population is not less than that of Annam, and there will be more and more people in the future, and it is also extremely rich, plus there are groups of merchants in Lianzhou, and there are countless workshops, ports, and fleets to support, it is absolutely worth calling a vassal there.

Liu Chengfeng's surname has always been like this, not very restrained by people, but he is in the imperial court, how can he not be restrained, he has done many things, everything has been tied hand and foot, no matter what he does, there are people who oppose it, and he often struggles to push things forward, but now, he ...... Liu Chengfeng could already feel that God had given him an incomparable opportunity.

But surprise is surprise, and when the surprise comes, Liu Chengfeng can't help but wonder, how can the palace fight this idea, he has long understood that the emperor is seriously ill now, according to the emperor's idea, he should stay in Beijing to assist the prince, but once he is called a domain, it is impossible to stay in Beijing again, Liu Chengfeng suddenly woke up, there must be a behind-the-scenes promoter behind all this, someone wants to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, let himself roll away, the farther away from the Beijing division, the better.

Without themselves, there is one less check and balance in the auxiliary ministers, and these people are already impatient to seize power.

Liu Chengfeng's face gradually became a little cold, if the pie that fell from the sky involved a conspiracy, which greatly reduced Liu Chengfeng's surprise, on the surface he seemed to take advantage, but didn't those behind the scenes also take advantage? Liu Chengfeng lost the authority of the Ming Dynasty and got a vassal state, and they didn't pay anything, and they were already within reach of the supreme artifact.

But...... But the holy decree has been issued, and you have no jokes, even if Liu Chengfeng refuses now, it will be difficult to collect it.

Only then did Liu Chengfeng understand why this holy decree would be sent overnight, and he was not willing to wait for such a little time, some people were afraid of long nights and dreams, for fear of breeding some changes.

"The water in this Jingshi is really deep......" Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but smile bitterly, rubbing his temples, although the rebellion was hard, but there were not so many constraints and conspiracy calculations, but it made Liu Chengfeng feel relaxed, but in the troubled waters of the Jingshi, Liu Chengfeng felt really a little physically and mentally exhausted.

"Perhaps...... It's time for the rapids to retreat...... It's just that...... Will these people be willing? ”

(To be continued)