Xiao Jing is an old man next to the emperor, there is some truth, Zhu Houzhao is not easy to say, so let him say it.

Eunuchs are different from civil officials, and it is best for eunuchs not to offend the East Palace, because he is a domestic slave, not a courtier. The old emperor is gone, once the new emperor wants to kill him, the reason can be thought of temporarily.

So Liu Jin went to pass the word, and Xiao Jing would naturally take the time to come over.

It's just that he came late, after all, he has to serve by the emperor's side.

When he came, Zhu Houzhao was reading at night.

"Slave Xiao Jing, see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Get up." The prince put down the book, sat down on the soft collapse, and beckoned Xiao Jing to get closer.

"I don't know what your Highness has to call the slaves and maids to come by?"

"There's one thing I want to ask Grandpa Xiao."

"Your Highness is serious, just command the slaves and maids."

"The matter of King Qi and King Yong. I have a few words to say to your father on your behalf."

Xiao Jing lowered his head a little, and his heart was full of spirit.

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By the second day, Emperor Hongji couldn't help it.

"Your Highness, the Qianqing Palace has a will, and the emperor has called His Royal Highness over."

In the afternoon, when Zhu Houzhao was riding and shooting, he heard a eunuch coming to deliver the decree. There are not many such proclamations.

It should be the matter of King Qi and King Yong begging for land.

This happened after the lecture in the East Palace on the third day of March was completed.

It was the cabinet that suddenly went up and begged the emperor to reject the excerpts of the two vassal kings of Qi and Yong.

This King of Qi is called Zhu Youdi, not mentioning the child of Emperor Chenghua's premature death, with the greatest theory of Emperor Hongzhi, then this King of Qi is the third in line, now 21 years old, and he is in De'an.

The reason for his begging was that "there are people in the fields who cannot be cultivated, that is, some of the peasants on the land he originally owned can no longer cultivate the fields, and that will naturally lead to a decrease in the harvest, so please ask the emperor to reward a little more."

King Yong's name is Zhu Youzhen, who is the sixth in line, and his reason is very simple. It is said that the land previously rewarded was a pasture for horses and horses, and now it has been resigned from the official, please give more than 220 hectares of vacant land in Hengzhou and other places. In fact, it may be that they feel that the land was not fertile before, and they want to change to a better one.

Hongzhi is an emperor who attaches great importance to family affection, and there are a lot of rewards like this in the Hongzhi years, very much!

So much so that it has reached the point of affecting the country's finances.

This is also one of the stains on his historical evaluation.

Zhu Houzhao also knows this from later generations, but it is the first time he has really encountered this problem now.

But Emperor Hongzhi doesn't think so, those princes are all his brothers, the descendants of the Zhu family, they can't be wronged in life, right?

In fact, not only that, but there are also some 'evil relatives' on Queen Zhang's mother's side,

On all this kind of things, Zhu Houzhao's attitude is very clear and opposed.

Nothing to negotiate.

Because this is equivalent to digging the foundation of him as a prince.

"Son, see my father!"

"Ah, the emperor is here." Emperor Hongzhi was a little anxious, "Come here, think about it with me, how should this matter be done?"

A note was tucked into his hand.

Emperor Hongzhi puffed his head angrily, waited for his son to finish the recital, and said, "Zhao'er, your godfather emperor made a move, how to deal with these ministers this time? It's better to be angry with them like you do every time!" ….

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After reading it, Zhu Houzhao put the music stall aside, thought for a while, and said, "Father, do you remember Yang Tinghe, who was ranked in Qingzhou's Ren Governor's Mansion?"

"It's a little impressive, what's wrong?"

"In February, he went to the East Palace to visit his sons. It is about the crime of his boss Shandong, who forcibly occupied the people's land according to the inspector Qi Kuan. Erchen has given him a word, telling him that he must bite this Qi Kuan, and if there is anything, the East Palace will bear it. Come to think of it, and in a few days there will be a letter."

Emperor Hongji didn't mind, "He's you

of people. If you have given him an account, let him do it. What does this have to do with this?"

"Father, the matter of Qi Kuan has left many people homeless. acres of land...... It can't be easily rewarded."

He wants to be filial, but he doesn't follow Hongji's intentions in everything.

Just like parents love their children, but they can't rely on everything, then it's not called normal love.

There are some things that Zhu Houzhao has a position for, even if the emperor Hongzhi is against it, then he must follow what he thinks is the right path.

Anyway, you won't call me not to be this prince, what are you afraid of?

But for Hongji, it's a little hard to accept, "This ...... I had called you over to see how I could get the ministers to agree. How did you...... Why are you still against it?"

"Father, the sons and daughters have never thought of angering those ministers."

What a boring idea it is to come to such a conclusion, and every fight he has a political purpose behind it. How can a major national event be related to being out of breath.

"In fact, since the sons and gentlemen came into contact with them, they have found that many people are actually worried about the country and the people, and they can find the shortcomings of the country and the imperial court. It's just that the problem is that they often attribute these shortcomings to our father and son, either extravagant, or not virtuous enough, or mistrust some female minister. As everyone knows, there are too many people like Qi Kuan among the courtiers, and they are bullying the people like them."

"Father, the people can't live without land. Our ancestors also said that the people should not be deceived. Even if we care about family affection, we can't take away the people's land. There is only so much land in the world, but there are more and more vassal kings everywhere, and they are all given to them, what will the people do?"

In fact, Hongzhi understands the truth, otherwise he would not become the master of Zhongxing praised by Wenchen.

But he just loves the short. This is the softness of his treatment of his family.

"It's just a few hundred acres of land, if you don't ask for it from the two kings, I'm afraid that they will complain, and if the ancestors know about it, they will also say that it is me...... Didn't take care of them."

Zhu Houzhao really didn't understand, "How can they complain? In such a big country, the father and emperor are working hard, and now the imperial court has to provide disaster relief every year, and the border passes have to fight wars every year. In this case, they should have cut their expenses and be considerate of their father. Well, even if they don't cut it, how can they be embarrassed to ask for more land? If you are not satisfied, you will have to complain? Is not such a man a disfaithful and unfilial man?"

Emperor Hongzhi was speechless, he really didn't expect the crown prince to object.

Then he sighed heavily, "But they are our Zhu family after all. When I was young, I hugged them. And these courtiers are also hateful, what do you mean by this sparseness after the third day of the first month of March? Are you afraid that I will regret it and want to settle down?" ….

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"If the father wants to say this, the son is not out of the question. In the past few times, how could the sons have made their father angry with them? But this land cannot be agreed to the two imperial uncles."

Emperor Hongzhi scolded with a smile, "Since there is a way, then you can speak quickly."

"It's actually simple. Tell Jinyiwei to find a few more Qi Kuan, and after the situation is clearly stated, he will hand it over to the cabinet for punishment."

I just ask the cabinet to watch it.

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes began to have a fierce and tangled color, "Zhao'er means that they don't let our Zhu family occupy more land, let's let them spit out a little."

Zhu Houzhao arched his hand, which can be regarded as admitting.

In this case, you will be angry with your old age, and the land requested by the vassal king will not be given, and those who have been annexed by corrupt officials can also ask them to spit out some and return it to the people.

Since there is this time, the latter kind of lavish reward of land to the vassal king will not be allowed in the future. Otherwise, aren't King Qi and King Yong treated differently?

Zhu Houzhao thought about convincing the emperor, or to explain the whole plan and the plan, so that he could see the whole picture, "This letter, the father and the emperor will drag it for a while, but the delay is not to do it, it is to wait. Wait for a courtier to go up."

The words behind it mean that whoever is on this sparse will carry this pot. If Hongji doesn't understand this, it would be too politically insensitive.

"Cause

For the minister's fierce opposition, the father had no choice but to allow the two imperial uncles to beg, and it was completely possible to perform the grievances of being wronged...... Investigate some of their own people, and they can't say anything. And the resentment of the imperial uncles ...... You can solve most of it."

After all, among those who opposed the two kings of Qi and Yong, there were also unlucky ones.

Emperor Hongzhi's hands trembled a little: You kid usually do things like this, right?

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