Fuwang Zhu Changxun is over forty years old, tall, broad-eared, fair-skinned, dignified, but a little fat.

In the forty-second year of Wanli, the battle for the national capital, which lasted for fifteen years, came to an end, and Zhu Changxun, who was most loved by Emperor Wanli, had to leave Beijing to come to Luoyang to become a vassal and completely lost the right to inherit the throne.

If you can't be the emperor, you can only be trapped in this palace, and you can't even get out of Luoyang City, what else can you do? In addition to eating, it is just a day, so it is a matter of course to gain weight.

Except for the special case of King Xingxian's luck, the other vassal kings lived a life of seeing the head at a glance, but they were extremely rich and noble but like prisoners, and they could only have fun on their own boring days, and most of the vassal kings were extremely debaucherous, of course, this is also what the emperor wants to see.

Compared with other vassal kings, Zhu Changxun is not very promiscuous, and his biggest hobby is to like silver.

The Fu Domain has only been established for more than ten years, and it is a small generation compared with the Zhou Domain, the Lu Domain, and even the Tang Domain in Nanyang, but the money accumulated by the Fu Domain for more than ten years is not less than that of other feudal kings.

This is mainly because Emperor Wanli liked Zhu Changxun too much back then, and rewarded all kinds of good things one by one, so he almost moved the treasury to Luoyang.

When King Fu first became a vassal, Wanli immediately rewarded him with 40,000 hectares of land, amounting to 600,000 mu, which was later reduced to 20,000 hectares after the persuasion of the ministers. felt indebted to Zhu Changxun, so he gave him the miscellaneous taxes from Yangzhou to Taiping and the Yanjing tea tax from Sichuan.

At that time, Zhu Changxun still thought that he had too little, so he asked Huai Yan to give 1,300 citations and set up a store in Luoyang City to sell it. It is said that it is 1,300 citations, but in fact, plus the private salt sold in secret, the salt of the entire Henan is controlled by the Fuwang Mansion. Henan used to eat Shanxi's well salt, but now Shanxi salt can't enter Henan at all, and the people of Henan have to eat Huai salt sold by Fuwangfu.

Zhu Changxun was still insufficient, and sent a large number of people to set up banknote customs in various parts of Henan, and all business travelers who passed through had to pay commercial taxes.

At the same time, relying on the identity of the vassal king, Zhu Changxun wantonly annexed land, forced the people to donate land to Fuwangfu to become hired farmers, and then charged high land rents, and the fields annexed in the past ten years were at least hundreds of thousands of acres, and no one knows the actual amount.

After paying the rent, the hired peasants could barely make ends meet, so they could only barely survive by digging wild vegetables and mixing them, and they had to sell their sons and daughters at the slightest disaster.

The king of Zhou in Kaifeng, the king of Fu in Luoyang, and the king of Tang in Nanyang, the three major feudal kings controlled seventy or eighty percent of the fields in Henan, plus the fields of the gentry, most of the people became the hired farmers of the vassal gentry, and these hired farmers only paid rent to the vassal gentry, and did not bear the taxes of the court, and the taxes of the court fell on the heads of the remaining one or two percent of the people, and those people lived a more miserable life. Many people were forced by the imperial court taxes to flee and become refugees.

Of course, for all this, Fu Wang Zhu Changxun naturally couldn't see it, he just felt very angry and very aggrieved. Obviously, he stayed in Luoyang honestly and didn't want to fight for the throne in the past, who framed himself for rebellion?

"Tang Fuzun, don't you know if others know? This king has stayed in the palace for all these years and has not gone out for a single step, and the palace has less than a thousand guards, how can this king have the heart of rebellion? ”

Zhu Changxun shouted aggrievedly.

Tang Bin, the prefect of Luoyang, wiped the saliva that was sprayed on his face, and smiled awkwardly:

"Don't worry, there must be a misunderstanding in this. Someone must have framed the prince. However, since the imperial court has sent people over, let them check, and they will definitely be able to return the prince's innocence. ”

"In any case, please ask Tang Fuzun to help and say some good things for this king, and this king will definitely not forget Tang Fuzun's kindness."

Zhu Changxun waved his hand, and a eunuch walked over with a plate in his hand, and there was a silver ingot on the plate.

"Even if Tang Fuzun takes these two hundred taels of silver, if he can help this king survive this catastrophe, this king will have a generous gift." Zhu Changxun said boldly.

Tang Bin's cheeks twitched, and he hurriedly excused himself with a smile:

"Lord Wang, you are too polite, it is natural for this official to help you, how can you take your money for such a trivial matter?"

Saying that, Tang Bin hurriedly said goodbye and left the palace.

"The bastard ran so fast, I haven't seen him soft with this king's money before, but today he pretends to be honest!"

Zhu Changxun scolded angrily, a hint of gloom flashed on his face. Could it be that this king really can't pass this level? But this king really didn't rebel!

"Although the prince can rest assured, the surnamed Tang has taken our silver over the years, and he has too much to do with the palace, so he can't help but do his best."

Shi Houjing, the head of the Fuwang Mansion, persuaded.

"Right now, we should communicate with the Yamen of the Judge, after all, it is the Judge who is ultimately responsible for investigating us."

Zhu Changxun shook his head: "According to the inspector, Ma Huang was originally dissatisfied with this king, and he could only bring humiliation on himself at this time. ”

For a while, Zhu Changxun was full of sadness, and he didn't know what to do at all.

"Lord Wang, otherwise we really reversed?" Hou Jing rolled his eyes and said tentatively.

"Luoyang City's garrison is lax, and there are as many as a thousand guards in our palace, and a sudden dispatch will definitely be able to take Luoyang City in one fell swoop. Then open a warehouse and release grain to recruit people to join the army, and it will not take long to gather tens of thousands of troops. Then send someone to persuade King Lu in the north of King Zhou in Kaifeng to control the whole of Henan, and then send a large army to the north, maybe you can capture Beijing Dingding River and Mountain in one fell swoop! ”

Hou Jing's words made Zhu Changxun's eyes light up, and then he came back to his senses and scolded angrily:

"What the hell did you come up with? Could it be that you want to send this king to Fengyang Prison? ”

Rebellion? Hou Jing can think of it, and there is no possibility of success at all.

Although Zhu Changxun is fat, he is not stupid, and he knows how many catties and taels he has. Back then, he couldn't become the prince because his father loved him very much, and now his brother's family has long been firmly seated. Which of the civil and military generals in the world will stand on his side Zhu Changxun? Not a single one!

If it weren't for the fact that Hou Jing had served in the palace for more than ten years, and he was a grasshopper on a rope, Zhu Changxun would simply think that he was the mastermind behind the trapping himself!

"The prince is angry, and the minister is just in a hurry." Hou Jing hurriedly admitted her mistake.

"But don't talk nonsense about the words of your head, let's think about how to help this king survive this catastrophe." Zhu Changxun glared at Hou Jing and said impatiently.

Hou Jing thought for a moment and said, "Lord Wang, there is only one way for us to do it right now, which is to wait for the imperial court to send someone to investigate to prove our innocence." But before the court comes, let's clean up the head and tail first, and don't catch any handles for them. ”

"Most of the officials in Luoyang City have been bought by us. However, the distribution of the royal industry is too wide, and I am afraid that other places will be found out of chaos, Lord, I am willing to check everywhere on your behalf, and eliminate all hidden dangers as much as possible! "Hou Jing, please speak.

Zhu Changxun thought for a while and nodded: "That's the only way." ”

As a vassal king, whether it is Zhu Changxun or his son, he can't easily leave Luoyang City, this kind of thing can only be done by his henchmen, and the only person who can do this is Hou Jing. Zhu Changxun is still very relieved about Hou Jing's ability and loyalty.

PS: The third update!