On the morning of February 28 of the first year of Taikang, the eldest son Wu Rui, the second son Wu Rui, the third son Wu Gong, and the fourth son Wu Zhao entered the palace.

The four sons of the minister Wu Zichong Xie visited Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live...

Wu Aiqing is exempt from courtesy......

Your Majesty Xie......

Since inheriting the title of King of Zhennan, he has strictly adhered to the national policy of the Great Xia Dynasty, made every effort to defend the frontier, pacified the people of Zhennan, dragged the first emperor and His Majesty Hongfu, and the border of Zhennan was stable, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Over the past two hundred years, the ancestors of the ministers and their ministers have abstained from extravagance and frugality, and are now quite a lot of money, and they are willing to give the family property of 2 million yuan to enrich the treasury in case of emergency, please thank Your Majesty for the loyalty of the ministers and the four sons.

Emperor Taikang was pleasantly surprised, but he was silent, and said slowly: It is rare that the Zhennan Wang's family is loyal to the country, but the Great Xia Dynasty is strong and the treasury is full, although the Zhennan Kingdom is rich, but the suffering of the Li people is still many, and this money is not as good as the Zhennan King for the livelihood of the people in Zhennan?

Your Majesty, the livelihood ministers of Zhennan have made arrangements, and there is no need for Your Majesty to worry, please accept our wishes.

Please Your Majesty accept our heart's ......, and the four sons will reach it in unison.

Okay, I will accept it, and you will return to Zhennan as soon as possible, so that you can govern deeply and protect the blessings of all people forever......

Chen Jin remembers, he will not disgrace His Majesty's trust...... The ministers retired, may my emperor live long live......

What does Concubine Yi think of Wu Zichong's behavior? Tai Kangdi asked Concubine Yi, who had been beside him:

The concubines thought that Wu Zichong was showing loyalty, but in fact, in order to paralyze His Majesty, compared with other kings, Wu Zichong was more treacherous and cunning, and His Majesty had to guard against it.

Recently, Wang Lang has made proper preparations for the departure of King Zhennan and his entourage from Beijing, and that evening, the Wu family and his entourage had a dinner with Liang Ping, the king of Chu, and Liu Ying, the first concubine, in Juxianzhuang......

During the dinner, Wang Lang said: The family of the King of Chu and the family of the King of Zhennan came to Juxianzhuang, and Wang Lang was fortunate to have three lives, and everyone drank this cup together. So everyone raised their glasses and drank together.

Wu Zichong and Liang Ping had no intersection, and at Wang Lang's suggestion, considering that Zhennan and Chu were adjacent to each other, in order to make friends between the two countries and not be used by the imperial court, Wang Lang came forward and invited Liang Ping's family to have a small gathering. Liu Guifei and Liang Ping missed the appointment, and since then, the century-old friendship between the two families has begun.

In order to dispel the doubts of the Wu family, Liang Ping composed a poem: The imperial city is light and dusty, and the guest house is green and willow-colored. Persuade you to drink a glass of wine, and the south out of Beijing is invincible. So he drank the wine in one gulp, looked up to the sky and laughed......

Wu Zhao replied: Fly the mandarin duck bird, raise the wings to cover the loss. All come to the green pool, and go to Baiyunya together. So they toasted Liang Ping, and the two laughed......

Wu Zichong responded: I will wait for this cup and take care of each other after returning to the fiefdom; Liang Ping replied: Brother Wu Zhaoxian is young, outstanding in literature, extraordinary in appearance, and this immortal talent, so he drank the wine in the cup.

The widow proposed, the widow Liang Ping, now this Juxianzhuang and Wu Zhaoxian brother are brothers of the opposite sex, and then they will share the blessings and difficulties, I don't know what the king of Zhennan and his mother will think?

Wu Zhao hurriedly knelt down, called out to his brother, and was bowed by the younger brother, so he drank the wine in the cup, and Liang Ping also raised his glass to drink.

Wu Zichong and Liu Guifei applauded in unison, so everyone cheered together until late at night.

Early the next morning, Liang Ping's family was about to leave Beijing and was waiting for the boat at the intersection of Chengnan Road. When he was about to get on the boat, Father-in-law Jia came to announce the decree quickly.

The holy decree arrived: Liu Guifei first, and Liang Ping, the king of Chu, received the decree.

Everyone knelt down: The ministers received the order, long live my emperor, long live, long live...

Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, the first concubine Liu Ying, served the first emperor for many years, quite a small merit, I govern the country with filial piety, and on the merits of the reward, I am specially allowed to Liu Ying, the concubine of the Liu family, and the king of Chu Liang Ping to go to the Chu State for the elderly, the queen mother of the Chu State, in accordance with the principle of the imperial concubine to build a palace, Qin this......

Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live.

Father-in-law Jia said: King Chu, Queen Mother, you wait to leave, don't forget Your Majesty's trust......

Thank Your Majesty for your grace, and ask Gonggong Jia to tell Your Majesty, hoping that Your Majesty will pay attention to the dragon body...... So Father-in-law Jia left quickly.

Queen Mother, let's go, Liang Ping cried with joy, and Concubine Liu Guifei cried loudly...... So they bowed down to the crowd and prepared to depart.

Brother and so on...... Wu Zhao came quickly.

Nephew Wu Zhao has seen the concubine Niangniang, Liu Xiangguo, the Marquis of Jingbian and all the adults......

Brother, I didn't expect that we were going to separate, Wu Zhao said, chanting a poem: Read the bitterness of parting at the end of the world, return without Taoism, and scatter flowers as promised. The bottom of the flowers looked at each other without a word, and the green window spring and the sky were silent. To tell the acacia lamp, a wisp of new love, a thousand wisps of old hatred. The most important thing is that the world can't stay, and Zhu Yan is a flowery tree.

My brother is in the domain for the first time, presumably there is a shortage of money and food, and I have surplus grain in the south of the town, and now I will give one million yuan to my brother, and I hope that everything will go smoothly when my brother goes.

Liang Ping bowed deeply and said, the great grace is not thankful, the first emperor takes care, so everyone got on the boat and left, and Wu Zhao returned to Juxianzhuang. In the afternoon, he went to Zhennan with his father Wu Zichong and three brothers.

Father, the capital is prosperous, and I am afraid it will be rare to return to Beijing after leaving Beijing this time, the eldest son Wu Rui said.

The capital is prosperous, but the most remarkable thing is that at that time, the literati gathered in one city, and the scholars and literati from all over the world gathered in one city, and then there were martial arts masters, if they were always in the capital, people would be forced to progress, Wu Xu said.

Wu Zhao said: The capital is a place that people all over the world yearn for, and behind the prosperity is indeed the Longtan Tiger's Den, so it is better to be careful.

You all have a point, but it's still Zhao'er, it's the most ruthless emperor's family, and the power struggle of the eunuch family is commonplace, and our Wu family has also happened, you have to take it as a warning.

The son remembered......

I wonder what my father's plans will be when he returns to China? Wu Zhao said.

Now Zhennan is a widow fiefdom with supreme rights, and he wants to govern well for his father, train soldiers and horses, guard the frontier, share worries for His Majesty, and seek benefits for the people of Zhennan.

Wu Rui said, my father didn't know that the reason why His Majesty delegated the rights of the vassal king, and made the prince of the clan the king, had the potential to suppress the opposite sex vassal kings such as me.

The reason why His Majesty rewarded him again is that the five major vassal kings did have great merit in guarding the frontier, and the second Emperor Taizu of the Great Xia Dynasty said in advance that he shared wealth with the five vassal kings, and now there is no suitable excuse to withdraw the feudal domain, and the third is that the current imperial court is unstable, the military strength is insufficient, and he is unable to withdraw the feudal domain. His Majesty's move is intended to raise tigers and cause trouble, giving us supreme power to swell, so that the five feudal kings can withdraw from the feudal domain after revealing their tails. You can participate in Your Majesty's recent strategy, and crown the five princes as vassals, and be with us, because they are monitoring us, and when we change, they can send troops to destroy me. Second, His Majesty has conscripted 200,000 troops within three years, and there are no soldiers on the frontier now, and these 200,000 troops are actually conscripted to exterminate us. I don't think of five years, Your Majesty will definitely implement the policy of withdrawing the feudal domain, and after the abolition of my five major feudal kings, I will let the grandmaster Wang Ye replace him. The reason why I persuaded my father to make friends with the king of Chu and marry him as brothers of the opposite sex was to sweep away the troubles of our Wu family and increase the bargaining chips.

King Zhennan sighed and was silent for a long time.

Or the fourth brother thinks long-term, I might as well wait, Wu Rui said.

The fourth brother is fifteen years old, but he has such an opinion, and it is not an exaggeration to go to Beijing to be a prime minister, Wu Gong said, so everyone laughed.

Wu Zhao said, "Little brother, I don't have big ambitions, it's much better to be a landlord or a farmer."

Wu Zhao is young, but he is familiar with national history, national policies and major military books, and his foresight and vision are really very comparable. But he really has no ambitions, just wants to be a farmer or a landlord, with thousands of dollars in his pocket, traveling all over the world, since he was ten years old, he has grown more than 100 acres of grains, fruits, and vegetables every year.

Wu Zichong said: Is there a good plan for Zhao'er?

Back to my father, in my opinion, I will do three things after I return to China. The first is to train troops and horses, guard the frontier well, only if you are strong, can you protect yourself, if Your Majesty forcibly withdraws the domain, we can also use this to negotiate conditions and increase the bargaining chips. The second is to benefit the people, govern the one acre and three points of land in Zhennan, and let the people of the vassal country support it, so that His Majesty will not be able to withdraw the vassal country. The third is to make friends with the state of Chu, remove the eyes that monitor us, and use this as a help. The fourth is to paralyze Your Majesty, pay tribute every year, and let Your Majesty eliminate his defense against us.

The king of Chu and other princes of the clan are monitoring us, how can they be with us, Wu Gong said.

The third brother only knows one and doesn't know the other, the five princes are ostensibly for His Majesty's use and can spy on us, but they are also wild horses, who doesn't want to tear the earth and become kings, and become rich and noble for generations, but obey the emperor's orders, and accidentally harm Xiao Qiang. What's more, the king of Chu is talented, and His Majesty is at odds quickly, it is said that the first emperor once had the heart to make him the crown prince, so he didn't want to be a soil king in Chu.

Are you saying that he will grow his power on his own and become an enemy of the imperial court?

The third brother is enlightened?

What the fourth brother said is ridiculous, how can it be possible? Wu Xu said.

You see, in less than five years, the five princes and vassal kingdoms are no different from us, and they are all a great disaster for the imperial court.

Wu Zichong said: Zhao'er said that it is very true, but the clan of Zhennan is strong, and the land is annexed, how to strengthen the army and enrich the people?

Wu Zhao said: First, Zhennan Kingdom is now the fief of the father, and the father should be a man of his word. Second, if the landlords reduce rents and interest rates, and the peasants pay rents and interest, they can reduce contradictions and increase taxes and peasants' harvests. Third, the abolition of the poll tax and the payment of rent and tax according to the land area can increase the tax of the kingdom. Fourth, the gentry and clans pay taxes, pay grain, and errand as one to make up for the lack of a sparse population.

Wu Zichong was shocked and said: My son's talent has never been seen before or since, and this is the talent of the prime minister? These five articles should be the national policy of the southern country of our town, and after returning to China, the whole country will implement it.

The son remembered, and the four sons said together.

Father, I also have the idea of dividing the country into 80 counties, with four prefectures, each with 20 counties. Each county has one hundred and fifty officials and soldiers, who are responsible for the affairs of the whole county; Each state has 1,000 non-commissioned officers and officials, who are responsible for all affairs in the state, and a standing army of 2,500 people is set up to guard it. It was ordered to set up garrison armies at five major passes throughout the country, with 2,000 troops each. There are 20,000 border guards, 20,000 standing troops, 5,000 left and right guards in Wang Jidi, 5,000 royal forest troops, and 5,000 inner guards. In this way, there are 80,000 soldiers and 20,000 other soldiers and officials in our town, which can ensure that the whole country has no worries. Wu Rui said.

I think it is feasible, the eldest brother can be the crown prince and assist his father in handling government and military affairs. The second brother can be the Minister of the Guard, and the General of the Left and Right Guards, responsible for leading the Ouchi Guards and the Imperial Forest Army to defend the royal city. The third brother can serve as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, responsible for leading the Jinyi Guard and supervising the national officials.

What about you? Wu Zichong and the other three brothers asked.

I continued to study, practice martial arts, and farm, and make efforts to be a farmer or a small landlord, and of course I could be a military advisor.

Hahahahaha...... The crowd laughed.

After returning to China, I will handle it according to this, Wu Zichong said.