Ye Yunyang was stunned with a crystal hoof, since he knew the nature of the competition, he had no interest at all, and felt that it was a game of a group of gentlemen, so he concentrated on dealing with the food on the table, and turned a deaf ear to the later conversation between the emperor and the prince.

Until Liu Yuying called out his name, he didn't know what was going on, and asked with a flowing mouth: "Sign me up, what is your name?"

Liu Yuying looked at him with disdain and said, "Grandpa Huang just announced that as long as you are a person of the right age, whether you are surnamed Liu or not, you can participate, you are not seventeen years old, the right age is right." ”

Ye Yunyang reluctantly put down his hooves and stretched out his hand to wipe his mouth: "Does it have anything to do with me, I don't want to participate." ”

"You ......" Liu Yuying was angry, but it was really difficult to get angry in front of so many elders, so he could only change his way: "Grandpa Huang said that those who won the first place will be rewarded with one thousand taels of gold, and the top three will have additional rewards, won't you participate?"

Ye Yunyang's eyes lit up: "Of course I participated, you have registered for me, and other people's face must be given if you don't give you face." ”

"Hmph, what gives me face, it's obviously to give money face. The little girl ignored him.

One after another, another person signed up, and the final total reached thirty-six, the emperor's face was much better, and he stroked his beard and said: "The competition should be like this, only when there are enough people who sign up can it be competitive, and only when it is competitive can it be interesting." Prince, you remember, the future junior competitions will be held in accordance with this rule, and you must make it impressive. ”

The crown prince nodded and said, "Erchen remembers, and he will not disappoint his father in the future." ”

Seeing that the emperor attached so much importance to it, the vassal kings made a decision that they must bring all their children and grandchildren of the right age during the winter festival next year.

After a few glasses of wine, King Jin had the courage to say: "Your Majesty, Xiao Wang heard that you are going to cut the domain, is there such a thing?"

The emperor's face did not change and asked rhetorically: "If the King of Jin has any opinions, you may as well say it directly." ”

King Jin stood up and said in an impassioned tone: "Xiao Wang thinks this move is inappropriate! The sub-feudal system was determined by the founding ancestors of my Han Dynasty, and the vassal states and vassal states have made significant contributions to the stability of the Han Empire. Your Majesty, you must not listen to the slander of the villain, once the feudal domain is cut, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the country, everyone in the feudal kingdom will be in danger, the army will lose morale and become sluggish, if the Great Qin Iron Cavalry takes advantage of the weakness, what should we do at that time?"

"yes, you can't cut the domain. King Qi stood up and said.

"That's right, Xiao Wang also thinks that you can't cut the domain, Your Majesty's ambition to revitalize the Han Dynasty and others all understand, but not only will the cutting of the domain not achieve your grand goal, but it is a strategy to make chaos, and you must not do this. King Chu echoed.

Several other feudal lords also expressed their opinions, but all of them did not agree to the reduction of the feudal domain.

It's not surprising at all, cutting the feudal domain is cutting the power, territory and army in their hands, without three things, the feudal king is no different from the ordinary people, they are used to living a high-ranking life of brocade clothes and jade food, of course they are not willing to lose these.

The emperor and the crown prince exchanged a look, smiled and said, "Everyone, you may have misunderstood, I want to cut the domain, but I definitely don't want to cut your domain. Just like the King of Jin said, the seven major feudal states are in the first line of defending against foreign enemies, you are all loyal ministers who have worked hard and made great achievements, without you there would be no stable and prosperous Han Dynasty, I know the importance of you, so the reduction of the feudal domain will not be cut on your head. ”

The crown prince added: "The cutting of the feudal states in Your Majesty's heart refers to the cutting of those vassal states, their effect is not obvious compared with the vassal states, the cutting of the feudal states can increase the income of the imperial court, and the vassal states not only do not cut them, but will supplement you with the income obtained from the vassal states, because only when you are strong and strong, the Han will have no worries." ”

The emperor nodded and said: "What the prince said is what I mean, let's put it this way, I think those foreign surname kings are unreliable, we are all children of the surname Liu, and the country must rush to the forefront when it is difficult, but they are different, they are people with foreign surnames, they only know how to preserve their strength to keep their own territory, and they don't think about serving the country, what use do you want them! ”

When the vassal kings heard this, they all showed joy, as the saying goes, it is not about oneself, as long as you don't cut your own domain, as for what others love to do, do what.

Ye Yunyang frowned, the Emperor and the crown prince were really shrewd enough, they said this just to stabilize the vassal king, after all, cutting the vassal is a big deal, and if you don't do it well, you will lose everything, this is an important reason why the previous emperors dared to think about it and didn't dare to do it. The only feasible way is to unite with the vassal kings to cut off the vassal states, and give the vassal kings some sweetness in the process, so that they can spare no effort to support the emperor, and then turn back to deal with the vassal kings when all the vassal states are finished, which is called rabbit death and dog cooking.

These vassal kings are not fools, and the reason why they don't doubt it is because these words were said by the emperor himself, or in front of so many people, they were said by the emperor, and the words spoken by the emperor are holy decrees, so they have nothing to worry about.

There is still only Ye Yunyang who understands that the Tui En Decree is not a day or two to see results, it will take at least a few years and decades to have an effect, that is to say, it will take decades just to deal with the vassal states, and the emperor at that time is no longer the current emperor, and the new emperor can come and use the Tui En Order on the vassal state.

The crown prince smiled and said: "You can rest assured now, if you don't worry, let your father draw up a holy decree and make it clear that you will not cut your domain." ”

The seven vassal kings couldn't close their mouths, and King Jin said with a smile: "His Majesty the Emperor, the promised things will definitely not be changed, and the holy decree will not be needed, but those princes and kings will have opinions, hahaha." ”

The emperor also smiled: "Then there is no holy decree, you just need to know this matter, and there is no need to publicize it." ”

The seven vassal kings stood up together and said in unison: "Xiao Wang supports His Majesty's strategy of cutting down the feudal domain, and will definitely stand on His Majesty's side and wave the flag and shout to share His Majesty's worries." ”

Ye Yunyang shook his head and whispered to himself: "Old fox." ”

Liu Yuying heard it, glared at him and asked, "What old fox, who are you talking about?"

Ye Yunyang said in his heart that this girl is not a dog, her ears are so smart, and she said seriously: "Good, you heard it wrong, I am not talking about the old fox, but the old hen, I want to eat the old hen." There is not even an old hen at such a high-standard state banquet, so it is necessary for you to ask the prince for advice and ask him to change the menu. ”

Liu Yuying muttered: "The old hen has something delicious, the meat is hard and can't be bitten, so it can only be used for stew." ”

The vassal kings had no pressure in their hearts, and they toasted each other while being happy, and it was not lively to push the glass and change the lamp. Looking at the envoys of those vassal states, they were frowning one by one, the emperor said this, it is destined that the vassal states will have no good fruit to eat, what can they do in the future.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the banquet officially ended, the emperor and the crown prince left first, and the guests got up and left.

Liu Yuying did not forget to explain to Ye Yunyang: "Enter the palace early tomorrow morning, don't miss the time, the rules of the competition are very strict, and those who are late are not eligible to participate." ”

He nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, I will get up early in the morning for a thousand taels of gold, and I will never make a mistake." ”

"You money junkie. Liu Yuying glanced at him, and immediately said: "What one thousand taels of gold is yours, it is clear whether I am good or not, I will definitely be able to get the first place." ”

Ye Yunyang smiled: "Don't make trouble! I won't let you if they let you, don't forget that you are my subordinate, you once lost three times in a row in five minutes, even if you use your strength to eat, you can't beat me, don't compete with me for the first place." ”

The little girl was exposed by him in public, and said angrily: "You are less brave with your tongue, it is not certain who loses and who wins, see you on the field tomorrow." ”

After saying that, she ran away without looking back.

Ye Yunyang shrugged his shoulders, and said to Qu Pingyuan, who came over to ask him to go back together: "This girl is hard-mouthed, she refuses to admit that she is not my opponent, is it so difficult to admit defeat?"

Qu Pingyuan said with a smile: "This is a matter for you young people, senior brother, I don't mix, let's go too, the palace gate will be closed in a while, and you won't be able to leave if you want to at that time." ”

His eyes lit up: "If you can't go, then live in the palace." ”

Huo Hong came over and said, "Don't dream, you still live in the palace, you will be arranged in the house between the eighth palace wall and the ninth palace wall of the outer palace, do you know who lives there?"

"Who?" he asked.

Huo Hong replied: "Miscellaneous eunuchs, guards of the outer palace, as well as imperial husbands and imperial horses. ”

Ye Yunyang was stunned for a moment, and then ran away, he didn't want to sleep in the stable, even if it was in the palace.

On the way back, he asked the two senior brothers about the junior competition in detail, and was told by Huo Hong that it was a competition between the royal children, with no technical content, and in most cases the emperor and the crown prince would not attend, but only verbally praised the top ten after the results.

But Qu Pingyuan had a different attitude, saying that this time was different from the past, he carefully observed the people who signed up for the competition, except for Liu Yu, the prince of the Jin Dynasty, at least ten players were in the Xuanguang Realm, among which there were many masters in the observation period and the sound period, it was not easy to get the ranking, at least not to underestimate the enemy.

Ye Yunyang frowned and said, "With the rank of the little county lord, how many places can she mix?"

Qu Pingyuan shook his head and said: "It's hard to draw conclusions, it's good that she can get the sixth and seventh places according to her strength, but she has a special identity, maybe those people let her, in this case, there is no problem in making it to the top three." ”

He asked, "What about me?"

This time, Huo Hong gave an evaluation: "There is no problem in entering the top three according to your forces, but if Xiaojun mainly goes in, someone has to be squeezed out." ”

"Me?" he pointed to his nose with his thumb and shook his head, "absolutely not, one less is one hundred taels less gold, and you won't get any extra rewards for the top three." It seems that I have to pay attention to it, and I will start cultivating after I go back, and I will not sleep tonight, and I must get a good ranking tomorrow. ”

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