Daming has nine sides, from east to west is Liaodong Town, Jizhou Town, Xuanfu Town, Datong Town, Shanxi Town (Taiyuan Town), Yansui Town (Yulin Town), Ningxia Town, Guyuan Town (Shaanxi Town), Gansu Town.

In order to guard against the Mongols, the Nine Sides Chen had a million soldiers, spending millions of taels of military spending every year, and because the situation became more and more corrupt, the military expenditure was gradually increasing.

In fact, in the twenty-first year of Jiajing, due to the heavy pressure of defense, Emperor Jiajing set up many new towns outside the nine borders.

Looking further back, the earliest north had only four sides, and there were no nine sides, and the nine sides themselves were also due to the heavier defense pressure.

This is a cycle, because of the corruption of the government and the guard, so the warlike army becomes weaker, the early envisaged defense system can not be maintained, and gradually more gaps are exposed, so we can only send more soldiers and horses, more border towns, and the additional soldiers and horses lead to heavier pressure on the imperial court, further weakening the national strength, the national strength is weakened, and the military affairs are more unbearable, so that the early Ming Dynasty basically did not have much military spending to occupy half of the annual income in the middle and late periods.

This vicious circle is absolutely unacceptable if it is not broken for him.

At present, Tatar has entered a period of weakness, and Zhu Houzhao vows to take this opportunity to rectify the border towns and clean up the military cantonments.

The town of Ningxia, in fact, is just the beginning.

But seriously, it's been many years. There has been no rebellion of the vassal king for many years.

When the news spread, the Jingshi was in an uproar, the ministers and ministers of all sizes were discussing, and the cabinet and the emperor received a sudden increase.

In the early days of the dynasty, it was difficult for other issues to be put in front of the counterinsurgency.

However, there is nothing to discuss at this point, the current Zhu Houzhao is not the kind of weak emperor who can only order the Beijing camp, he must be a holy decree, ordering the soldiers and horses of Guyuan and Shuofang to quell the rebellion.

The key lies in what happens after the counterinsurgency.

In Zhu Houzhao's view, there are two pieces.

One of them is to clean up the military tun, which should be discussed in a small area, so he found a few elders, and the fact that there are many gossips is not conducive to the promotion of things.

The second is how to deal with the king of Anhua and the king of Qing.

This matter will be discussed at the court meeting. Because Zhu Houzhao is reasonable, and it involves some morality, he can't do it secretly.

Anyway, it's a rebellion, this kind of thing is a father and son, and they will see each other's blood.

Fengtian Temple was above the early dynasty, and no one could change this.

Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair and said with a bit of majesty: "Raising troops to make trouble and calling yourself me, such a great crime of rebellion is not tolerated. The king of Anhua is the first evil, whether it is national law or family law, I can only give the death penalty, this is the result of his own seeking! ”

So far, he has been restrained and has not killed Zhu Yuanzhang's children and grandchildren.

Now take a chance, that is absolutely not to be missed.

Below him, Wenchen is on the left, and the military attache is on the right, and none of them can say a different result.

"As for that Qing Wangye, what do you think should be done?"

The left deputy capital Yu Shi Zhangmao said: "Weichen thinks that King Qing is coerced, and he is forced to do it, and there is this section, it is excusable, although he is guilty, but he is not guilty to death." ”

"It's coercion. But he was committed to the enemy after all. Let's put it this way," Zhu Houzhao's sword eyebrows matched with the majesty of his long-standing position, giving people the feeling that it was quite imposing, "I have absolute confidence that I can win this rebellion, but if the court is defeated, then he Qing Wangye, will he follow that An rebellion?!" At that time, will he be as loyal as he says he will remember, the emperor?

The sin of rebellion is the first major sin, and everyone in the world can easily commit themselves to the enemy because of the fight against it? If the prince can live like this, then can the ministers of the court and my generals use the reason of being coerced? ”

Zhu Houzhao is still unwilling to let go of this opportunity.

"Moreover, I checked the past records, this Qing Wang Ye is not a virtuous king, and I have not seen him loyal to the king and the people. Since he was willing to make An Yi the emperor, I fulfilled him and let him go with him. ”

There was a certain level of silence in the Fengtian Temple.

Whether King Qing should die or not, there is actually a saying about this matter.

If you debate, you will argue.

But the main reason is that this little king of Ningxia actually has no resources in the imperial court. The emperor's attitude has become clear, and the next annoyance is to be entangled with Emperor Zhengde for the sake of King Qing, is it worth it?

It's up to everyone to evaluate for themselves.

If some old masters are still in the court, they may have to theorize with Zhu Houzhao, and they will have to talk about what blood, benevolence, righteousness, and so on.

But times have changed.

It is difficult for such a person to gain a foothold in the court.

The only concession for Zhu Houzhao is that he can give King Qing the whole corpse.

King Anhua is impossible, what kind of car cracking, peeling, he must have died very miserably, and in the end his head is in a different place.

In this year, different ways of dying are also different. It's just the same for Zhu Houzhao, he just wants to get rid of these wastes.

He won't give the title anymore, out of this case, King Qing's line can be regarded as a bond with him, the king of Yan, maybe the descendants of the future generations will have a revenge drama is actually quite old-fashioned and boring.

Let's end it here.

Since it is a rebellion, no matter how heavy Zhu Houzhao disposes of, there is a reason.

Above the court, there are very few people who speak for Prince Qing.

But in fact, not only that, Zhu Houzhao continued: "This time An rebelled against the rebellion, it is said that there are 3,000 soldiers in the palace. Everyone knows that after the Taizong Dynasty, it was stipulated that the palace guards should not exceed three hundred, but this An Shun had bad intentions and offered these people in the palace in the name of the palace attendants. I remember that the imperial court has a fixed number for the vassal king's mansion, but I don't know how this peace and rebellion came from? Enough to feed 3,000 people! ”

The people did not understand what the emperor meant, and they did not know what his purpose was.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the palace often occupies hundreds of thousands of acres of land, so that over time, you can accumulate a huge amount of wealth."

The person who said this was not a cabinet elder or a minister, but Gu Renyi, the governor of Shuntian.

Zhu Houzhao frowned and said, "Oh? In this way, the wealth of the royal palace increases, and the ambition swells. Although the imperial court controlled the number of guards, as long as the restless people benefited the people with money, they could always recruit some outlaws. I have known in the past that the land used by a vassal king often has to exhaust the money and grain of the vassal land for a year, and in addition, the imperial court has to pay 10,000 koku a year. It's just a matter of consuming people's wealth, and in the end, I raised such unscrupulous descendants, and I feel sad every time I think about it! ”

Speaking of this place, its true intention is already obvious.

Zhu Di's own rebellion was successful, and he immediately reacted that he could not match these vassal kings with a large number of guards. If you give him 10,000 men on the surface, you can't guard him every day, and if you don't pay attention, he will expand to 20,000 people.

Now, Zhu Di's policy of restricting the palace guards has also failed.

King Anhua rebelled.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao wanted to increase the policy - he wanted to limit the wealth of the vassal king.

It's okay to be a prince of peace, but the prince of peace is too rich, so he has the financial resources to pull up the rebel team, which is also not good. Rebellion is not about will, but only about ability.

That is, whether I kill you or not depends not on whether you will rebel, but whether you can rebel.

Yes, it's also sin.

The courtiers are all smart people, and they all understand when they see the emperor's thoughts...... This should be a long-awaited plan.

The vassal kings themselves were in a sense disadvantaged in the Ming Dynasty, and the political environment of the Ming Dynasty also had a certain degree of political correctness, and the vassal kings who occupied a lot of wealth were actually not popular with the civil servants.

Some stunned people, such as when Wang Wei was young, he simply regarded fighting against the prince as a kind of glory.

And if any petty official fights with the vassal king for the sake of the common people, then he must have a place in the clear stream.

Therefore, it seems that it is ...... to limit the wealth of the vassal kings Pros and not cons?