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Liu Jian was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "The so-called title is the fief of Lianzhou, and Niangniang must also know that more than sixty percent of the fiefs in Lianzhou have not been recognized by the imperial court, and the imperial court does not recognize it, so it is a borderless land......"

Empress Zhang interrupted him and said, "Borderlands? Doesn't it say that the shore of the land is not the king's minister, and the whole world is not the king's land? It's strange that there is still ownerless land in the world? ”

Liu Jian couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, this queen's thinking was agile enough, and she almost choked him to death with a word, Liu Jian smiled bitterly in his heart, but said: "Niang Niang is wrong, I said so, but those lands originally belonged to the vassal king, and I am a great tomorrow dynasty, and I am blessed in all directions, how can I include the land of the vassal country in my name?" The tricky part of the matter is here, the officials are not aimed at Lian Guogong, but are afraid that Lian Zhou's unscrupulous encroachment on the land of the feudal kingdom will affect the suspicion of the Celestial Empire, and in the long run, the Celestial Empire's decades of favor will be ruined. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Niangniang, the officials' minds are good, if it is not a last resort, they will not make such a decision. ”

Empress Zhang was already very unhappy when she saw Liu Jian protecting those officials who wrote like this, and interrupted Liu Jian again: "So, there is no room for maneuver in the matter?" Liu Qing, the emperor and the palace rely on you, that's how you replied? The meaning of this palace is how to stop those who have nothing to do, and as for what to reduce the fiefdom of Lianzhou Mansion, this matter is not negotiable. ”

Liu Jian smiled bitterly and said: "There is only one way, not to admit that Liu Chengfeng is my Ming people." ”

Empress Zhang was furious: "What did Liu Qing say? ”

Liu Jian said: "Niang Niang is angry, what the old minister means is that since Liu Chengfeng's fief is on the borderless land, then the surname Suo in the palace will plan and admit this fact to the hundred officials, for example, if you don't admit that Liu Chengfeng is my Ming people, but although you don't admit it, he still occupies so many fiefs after all, right?" Then you might as well follow the precedent of Annan and Korea, build a vassal state with Lianzhou, and crown him as a vassal king, and Liu Chengfeng is no longer the emperor's courtier, but he is my Ming vassal vassal, this is not a loss to Liu Chengfeng, on the contrary, he jumped from a prince to a vassal king, in Lianzhou's one acre and three points of land, isn't it the best? ”

As soon as Liu Jian said this, Empress Zhang immediately thought about it, and had to say that Liu Jian's suggestion was not bad, Empress Zhang was just safeguarding Liu Chengfeng's interests, in her opinion, maintaining Liu Chengfeng was to protect her own daughter and her future grandson.

Now there is such an opportunity, you can take the willow as the king, no matter what, this vassal king is always better than a duke, and Lianzhou is not a wild place, and building a vassal as a king there is enough to ensure that the Liu family is rich for generations.

Besides, the duke is only attached to the royal family, and now the Liu family is naturally favored, but what about after the third or fourth generation? Maybe he will be convicted one day, but if he plans in the long run, it is obviously more beneficial for him to establish a country and claim a domain.

Thinking about it this way, Empress Zhang's face improved a lot, she used to speak coldly to Liu Jian, but now she was replaced by a group of kindness, she hesitated: "If you do this, will it break the rules, is there such a clause in the ancestors' law?" ”

Liu Jian said: "If you don't call the domain, it will be a bad rule, and if you call the domain, you can follow the precedent of Annan." At that time, Annan was also under the jurisdiction of my Ming Dynasty, and later the imperial court thought that they missed their homeland, so they ordered them to build a domain. ”

The so-called Annan case, in fact, is that there was a rebellion in Annan, Emperor Wen ordered Chengguo Gong to lead the army into Annan, and executed the rebellious minister, but later there was the intention of annexing Annan, so the surname Suo set up a county in Annan under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court, and the Annan people were not satisfied, so the rebellion continued, and the Ming army was trapped in it, and finally decided to withdraw the army and support the Annan royal family to establish a state and claim the domain.

This process is not as easy and comfortable as Liu Jian said, but it stands to reason that this is indeed a precedent.

Empress Zhang's heart was pounding at this time, and her eyes fell on the emperor on the sickbed, of course she knew that the emperor must be listening to the conversation between herself and Liu Jian, but she didn't know what the emperor meant.

Presumably the emperor and himself think the same, after all, parents always hope that their children will have a better time, the prince will be the emperor in the future, only this daughter is just a duchess, although it is not bad, but after all, the identity is still a little worse, if you can be a princess, and this Lianzhou is not a poor country now, there seems to be nothing wrong.

Liu Jian saw that Empress Zhang did not object, but he was sighing in his heart that Li Dongyang's methods were old and spicy, if he hadn't come up with this method, and simply suppressed Liu Chengfeng, I was afraid that even if this matter was done by the cabinet, he would lose both with him, just looking at Empress Zhang's maintenance of Liu Chengfeng, this matter would not be so easy. On the contrary, this method of building a feudal domain is good, and everyone takes what they need, and everyone is happy. Although Liu Chengfeng got out, after all, he could be a vassal king, and it was not a loss, and it would not be to the point where the fish died and the net was broken. As for the emperor and Empress Zhang, there will be no resistance to this method. What about the Cabinet? As long as Liu rides the wind and gets out, the cabinet doesn't care where this guy goes, and as long as the surnamed Liu stays away from Jingshi, the cabinet has nothing to worry about.

"This matter, let the emperor carefully consider one or two, but Liu Qing's method is also good, the palace did not misunderstand you, you can go down for the time being."

Empress Zhang naturally didn't dare to make a decision now, and she had to discuss this matter with the emperor before it could be done, so she thought about sending Liu Jian away first.

Liu Jian didn't want to stay any longer, so he hurriedly got up and said, "The old minister is leaving." ”

There were only three people left in the bedroom, Zhu Youjiao, Empress Zhang and Xiao Jing, and Zhu Youzhu opened his eyes and fell into deep thought.

Empress Zhang sat down against the edge of the bed, stared at Zhu Youzhu and said: "Your Majesty, Liu Jian's method seems to be good, the concubine dreamed some time ago, and dreamed that the Lin'er of the Liu family was going to be crowned king in the future, and now that I think about it, isn't it just that dream?" Now the court refuses to follow, if it doesn't do this, will it really cut Liu Chengfeng's fief? The emperor, just for the sake of Duoduo, has to agree to this matter. ”

Empress Zhang was moved by the words at this time, and she was full of plans for this matter, she had long heard that Lianzhou was better than Suzhou and Hangzhou, and it was no harm to let the Liu family build a country and call it a vassal there, after all, the vassal king of the founding of the country was more decent than the vassal king of the clan, the vassal king of the clan was just a name, on the surface it was a vassal domain, but in fact, the officials in the fief were appointed by the imperial court, and even the addition of some guards needed to ask for the court's permission, although the status was noble, but it was far worse than the real king, Liu Chengfeng is now the vassal king, In the future, the palace will find a way to let Princess Taikang's heirs inherit the throne, which is exactly what Queen Zhang dreamed of.

Zhu Youzhu looked a little depressed, and said: "Liu Jian's suggestion is not bad, Lianzhou is not a bad place, Liu Chengfeng also has a great contribution to the imperial court, I also hope that his Liu family can be a prince of Wandai, but once he is called a domain, he must be a vassal, and then he will be far away from Jingshi, away from Yanjing City, Taikang must also follow him to Lianzhou, hey...... I am a little reluctant, not to mention, if something really happens to me, I plan to give the crown prince to Liu Chengfeng, and let Liu Chengfeng assist the government, if I make him a vassal, I am afraid that ......"

Zhu Youzhu said the drawbacks, and Empress Zhang also became a little hesitant, she always thought about Liu Chengfeng to enter the knighthood, but she didn't think of this, thinking that Taikang was going to go away, she was also a little reluctant, and said with hesitation: "So, it's just a matter of claiming the domain?" ”

Zhu Youzhu smiled bitterly and said, "Don't you know? Many people in the Beijing division wish that Liu Chengfeng would go as far as possible, if I don't agree, they will not give up, and when the time comes, I will be afraid of delaying the society, and now the number of officials who threaten to resign has exceeded 100 people, don't think that I don't know, this matter is the cabinet to make trouble, they do this to drive Liu Chengfeng away, if I don't agree today, then these people will really resign, the Ming Dynasty is indispensable to these people, if these people and the palace are separated from morality, I am not afraid of anything, But what about the crown prince? ”

Zhu Youzhang's face was pale and terrible, his face was full of anxiety, and he was silent for a moment and said: "So I am very embarrassed, I don't agree, I don't agree, in fact, what you just said is good, Liu Chengfeng is now a very human minister, let him say that the establishment of the country is good for Taikang, and it is also good for him, the prince has a good relationship with him, and naturally it is nothing, but if it is another emperor, it may not be able to tolerate Liu Chengfeng, I should really plan well for him and Princess Taikang." ”

Zhu Youzhang's words are very contradictory, not only talking about the advantages of being a vassal, but also the disadvantages of being a vassal, and he also looks hesitant. He was silent for a moment, and suddenly said, "Xiao Jing......"

"The slave is here." Xiao Jing replied with a smile.

Xiao Jing listened to the conversation between Liu Jian and Empress Zhang word for word, Xiao Jing of course understood what the cabinet was doing, in fact, if Liu Chengfeng really called the domain, it would not only be good for the cabinet, but also more beneficial than disadvantageous for Dongchang, Xiao Jing admired the cabinet's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, but on the surface it was silent, at this time he heard the emperor call him, he hurriedly responded, and secretly thought in his heart, the emperor probably wanted to ask the meaning of the miscellaneous family, how should the miscellaneous family reply?

(To be continued)