After the death of King Zhou, the people of his fiefdom made trouble several times, but as some people disappeared for no reason each time, the people quieted down. In addition, in order to appease, the imperial court gave great convenience to the people of Kaifeng, and the most direct thing was to reduce taxes.

As ordinary people, taxes are reduced, and living standards are improved, which is more important than anything else.

Therefore, the people of Kaifeng gradually stopped making trouble, and gradually accepted the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and gradually adapted to the absence of King Zhou.

It seems that this qiē came and went quickly, and after King Zhou, there was no major movement in the imperial court, and many vassal kings relaxed and thought that Zhu Yunwen's actions were over.

However, Hu Ye knew that this was just the calm before the storm, and the next thing was the highlight of the cutting of the domain.

However, Hu Ye doesn't care much about these now, because the infamy of cutting the domain is back, and the vassal kings around the country don't know how to scold themselves behind their backs, if they have the ability to rebel, I'm afraid they will rebel in the name of punishing Hu Ye and Qingjun.

After several months, the record of Taizu has been compiled, and Hu Ye will never go to the Hanlin Academy again, but he just hangs the official name of a Hanlin attendant, and he doesn't even give him a salary, which Zhu Yunwen is really picky.

And since Hu Ye was infamous on his back, Zhu Yunwen rarely summoned Hu Ye, because he was now focused on how to centralize power, and every day those henchmen had to go in and out of Fengtian Hall to discuss how to cut the domain. With the experience of King Zhou, if you want to repeat the old tricks, there must be no way, which can annoy that group of officials.

Compared with the distress of that group of high-ranking officials, Ruan An was much more leisurely. Since Zhu Yuanzhang really died, he has followed Zhu Yuanzhang's last wishes. moved to Qingtian Academy, and never stepped out of the academy again.

Hu Ye clearly remembered the entrustment Zhu Yuanzhang gave him. Let Ruan An retire in the academy. In fact, even if Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say it, Hu Ye would let Ruan An stay in the academy, because those old eunuchs in the imperial court would be kicked out of the palace after they were old. For the eunuchs who have lived in the palace since they were children and don't know anything about things outside the palace, they can't survive at all after they leave the palace, and in the end, many old eunuchs hang themselves or commit suicide by throwing themselves into a well.

This kind of thing is seen a lot. Especially now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, not only has a group of officials been replaced, but even the palace maids and eunuchs have been changed, and it seems that the eunuchs of the Fengtian Temple in the past, except for Xiao Lizi, have all been driven out of the palace.

"General! You're done! ”

Ruan An laughed, a pawn had already checkmated a general.

"You're fooling!"

Li Yuanshan is gone, and the good situation at the beginning has been since Hu Ye came. was overturned by Ruan An, he thought that Hu Ye was playing ghosts.

"Old man Li, you have to speak with your conscience, why am I cheating? It's all one step at a time. I made you regret it just now. ”

Ruan An glanced at Li Yuanshan with disdain, and then handed the captured chess pieces back to Li Yuanshan, ready for the next game.

"Don't play anymore. There are also students who need to be repaired. ”

Li Yuanshan slapped the chess pieces on the chessboard, and then left angrily. It looks like I'm going to find students to vent again, too. Newcomers need to be well-trained.

"Li Yuanshan, who can't afford to lose."

Ruan An looked at the back of Li Yuanshan leaving, said with a smile, and then put away the chess, and then looked at Hu Ye and muttered, "Boy, it seems that you are right, the emperor really only lived for two years." ”

"Grandpa Ruan, the person is already dead, why do you have to worry about it again? And when he left, let you live well in the academy, and you will live well. Hu Ye knew that Ruan An had not put down Zhu Yuanzhang's death, because he had revolved around Zhu Yuanzhang all his life, and now that Zhu Yuanzhang is dead, he is like losing his soul, staying in the academy these days and not teaching, just playing chess with that group of old men every day.

No, the chess skills have come up, and I know that the lure of the enemy has gone deeper, so that several old men in the academy now dare not play chess with him, and when they see him holding the chess pieces, they will take a detour.

"The emperor treated me well, and many times I wanted to go with him, but I still have some things that I can't put down, hey."

Ruan An sighed, then stood up, wanting to go to the academy for a walk.

Hu Ye also followed, and the affairs of the Yamen have been almost handled recently, and he has more time in the academy, and he has more time to accompany Ruan An.

"Grandpa Ruan, can't you let go of Newton?" Hu Ye asked in a low voice.

"Not just Newton, but his grandson."

As he walked, Ruan An pointed to the theater under construction next to him and said, "I now know that Newton is everywhere, and I also know that it has a direction, and the size is different all over the country, and it is indeed difficult to find such a suitable size to use as a unit." ”

"But difficulties are difficulties, and there will always be a time when they can be solved. But there are some things that I can't solve. ”

"Grandpa Ruan is worried about the emperor?" Hu Ye looked at the theater that was about to be completed, and asked Ruan An in a low voice.

"Yes, before the emperor left, he asked me to help his grandson more, but I couldn't speak at all, let alone build anything. Now he and his group of strategists are thinking about how to cut the feudal domain all day long, but they don't know that the feudal kings in various places have been operating in the fiefdom for decades, and they can cut it when they say it? If it weren't for King Zhou's deep understanding of righteousness, I'm afraid it would have caused a civil uprising, and I'm afraid it was because of the lessons of Kaifeng that they would have stopped in the past few months. ”

"But the taste of power, once you try, you can't stop, he has won the true legend of the emperor, this road will never stop. However, once the interests of the vassal kings are violated, I am afraid that those vassal kings will not be as easy to talk as the king of Zhou. The King of Yan in Beiping, the King of Ning in Daning, and the King of Liao in Shandong, none of them are easy to mess with, and the armies in their hands are all trained in bloody battles, and they are definitely not comparable to his group of soldiers who have only exterminated a few hundred Japanese invaders. ”

"Once the reduction of the feudal domain violates their interests, I am afraid that the war is just around the corner, although the result of the war is obvious, but the people will be in deep trouble, and the foundation that the emperor has worked so hard to accumulate will probably become devastated again. The people have just started to improve their lives, and I am afraid that they will be disrupted again, and this kind of disaster is definitely not comparable to the great drought of the millennium, do you think I can not worry? ”

Hu Ye looked at Ruan An in surprise, he didn't expect this old man to think so much, I'm afraid it was much more thoughtful than Zhu Yunwen's so-called strategists, and Zhu Yunwen was able to put Ruan An in the academy, I'm afraid he would regret it after knowing it, right? In his eyes, I'm afraid Ruan An is just a eunuch who can repair houses.

"Gonggong Ruan, my favorite sentence is that the butt decides the head, and now that we are sitting in this position, we should not think about these issues, we should think about how to develop the academy. Now that the theater is about to be completed, and the Qingtian comprehensive community is gradually taking shape, there will be a large number of people in Qingtian Street, and we need to worry about how to control those who come in and how to set rules for them, so we should shift our focus and think about where we are sitting. ”

Hu Ye muttered, he is persuading Ruan An to get out of the sea of suffering, let alone him, I'm afraid that even if Fang Xiaoru persuades Zhu Yunwen to give up cutting the domain, he will never agree, because the current Zhu Yunwen has fallen into the mediation of power, and he is no longer the original imperial grandson, sure enough, people will change.

"Boy, I'm curious, why did you propose to cut the feudal domain in the first place? If you don't want to bring it up, I'm afraid even if the emperor forces you, you won't bring it up. After listening to Hu Ye's remarks about the butt deciding the head, Ruan An felt that there was some truth, so he asked curiously.

"Grandpa Ruan, do you think I want to mention it? When the emperor left, he also asked me to assist him well, but do you think that in front of that group of blood-red people, if I don't bring this up, I can walk out of the main hall? Do you think I have the prestige of Fang Xiaoru? And if I don't carry this black cauldron, the emperor will carry it, do you think those ministers will agree? Hu Ye rolled his eyes, thinking that this Ruan An was old and confused, "So, I can say that I am a professional in the black pot, Liu Sanwu's death back then also depended on me, and now the matter of cutting the feudal domain also depends on me, I am afraid that the suicide of King Zhou will also depend on me, who let me go to see him the night before he committed suicide?" ”

Regarding Hu Ye's reason, Ruan An half-believed and half-believed, just nodded.

"Do you think he'll make it?" Ruan An didn't question Hu Ye either, but just asked him what he was most concerned about.

"Emperor Jing of Han also did this back then, but do you know what the result is? Chao died wrongly, for his great cause of cutting the domain. Hu Ye did not answer Ruan An's question directly, but gave an example.

"So you don't think you're optimistic? Are you worried that you will become a mistake? Ruan An asked curiously.

"Naturally, I don't want me to be a mistake, I just want to be a dean." Hu Ye didn't want to fight with Ruan An anymore, I am afraid that his current reputation, in the eyes of the vassal kings, is just like the mistake he made at the beginning.

If you really want to raise the banner of rebellion, punishing Hu Ye is the best slogan, although Hu Ye didn't do anything, and he didn't even participate in Zhu Yunwen's political affairs.

"Hey, the king of Zhou has already died, I hope there will be no more deaths, otherwise the first emperor will know and will not be at peace."

Ruan An sighed, he knew that the cutting of the feudal domain could not be stopped, I am afraid that the dissipation of the past few months is just preparing for the next storm, I heard that the imperial court army has been moving frequently recently, except for Geng Bingwen's army has not moved, all the garrisons in the capital have changed officers, even the commanders of the five military governors have changed, and the helmsmen of the various command envoys have also changed almost.

I'm afraid that as long as all the troops are in his own hands, Zhu Yunwen will start a stormy action. (To be continued......)