The problem of the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty was very serious, and it had reached the point where everyone shouted and beat it.

During the Hongwu period, the number of vassal kings was not large, and the burden was naturally not heavy.

But more than 200 years later, the number of clans in various places has become so large that it makes people's scalps tingle.

According to incomplete statistics, there are at least more than 150,000 registered Daming clans.

These are all those who can receive it, and there are many more clans that have not been able to receive it.

For example, in the land of the Three Jin Dynasty, there was only one King of Jin during the Hongwu period, but in the Jiajing period, there were more than 1,800 people who had been knighted.

That's not even the most.

In the Central Plains Henan during the Hongwu period, there was only one king of Zhou.

But by the time of the Wanli period, there were more than 5,000 people in the clan with knights!

The annual salary of the vassal king is 10,000 stones, the county king is 2,000 stones, the general of Zhenguo is 1,000 stones, the general of the auxiliary country is 800 stones, the general of Fengguo is 600 stones, the lieutenant of Zhenguo is 400 stones, the lieutenant of the auxiliary country is 300 stones, and the lieutenant of Fengguo is 200 stones.

According to the status level of the clan, there is also a corresponding income of Lu silver every year.

The total annual expenditure of this money and food alone is more than 5 million taels.

Liao's salary is about the same price.

In addition, when the clan is divided, they will get a piece of land of their own.

The specific size and area vary from person to person, for example, when King Fu Zhu Changxun became a vassal, he was directly granted 2 million acres of land.

Because there are too many places, Henan can't find so many places, and it has to be divided by nearby provinces.

What's worse is that the clans occupy a large amount of land, but they do not pay the field tax.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Ming clan is a group of parasites that only consume and do not produce.

In Li Yunze's work schedule, the vassal clans were originally ranked behind.

But now that he has the opportunity to strangle the parasite, he will definitely not let it go.

In June, Yingtian City is like gold, worthy of the reputation of the city of furnaces.

Even if the sun has set, the sky is full of red clouds. The wind blowing from Xuanwu Lake was still full of slimy heat.

Cao Bianjiao, who was ordered to serve as the palace guard, carefully selected a group of loyal and brave men from the Long Xiang army to serve as the emperor's guards.

In such hot weather, they also had to continue to perform their duties as guards.

"Brother Li, is you on duty today?"

"Brother Gao, are you too?"

The same is to bring the general Li Zicheng and Gao Yigong, and the top value to gather in front of the palace gate to greet each other.

"The reward for long live was handed down, and I got a big bag of ice on my forehead, and when I went back, I took a good bath in the bucket of water."

"I also got ice, but I used the ice to make wine and drink, which is really happy."

The two of them are both fellow villagers in northern Shaanxi, and they made great contributions together in southern Jiangnan, killing the thief who took the king. After that, he accumulated merit and went straight to the top three times, all of whom were young talents that Cao Bianjiao valued very much, and were cited as henchmen.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Gao Yigong hugged his fists and said goodbye, "Go to the dormitory." ”

"That's a good feeling." Li Zicheng was envious, "You can still blow fairy qi outside the dormitory, it's not like going to the computer room, it's hot and tired." ”

With the last light on the horizon, Li Zicheng led a team of people to a dilapidated side hall near the dormitory.

There is a sign hanging on the side hall, which reads, 'The machine room is heavy, be careful of the candles.' ’

As the name suggests, this is really the computer room.

In the palace, there is a gasoline generator that Li Yunze got from the modern world, and in the rumbling sound, it provides power support for many electrical appliances in the palace.

Li Yunze, who is accustomed to enjoying the life of electrical appliances in the modern world, really can't stand the scorching summer night without air conditioning.

Even if Li Xiangjun and the others kept fanning, all that came out was hot air.

Li Yunze, who couldn't stand the scorching heat, went directly to the modern world to buy a cabinet air conditioner and shipped it over.

Powerful electricity is needed to drive air conditioning, and it is obviously impractical to build a power plant or something in Daming.

He opted to use a gasoline engine, the kind of backup generator that the hotel uses in case of a power outage.

This 'machine room center' is where the generator and many gasoline drums are stored.

As for the use, a group of people were trained by the personal teaching assault.

As long as you can clearly look at the display light, you can distinguish the different colors. Add gasoline on time and in quantities, and strictly prohibit fireworks.

Handing over to the guards on duty before, Li Zicheng, who was holding the handle of the knife, looked enviously at the dormitory not far away.

There's a cool fairy aura over there.

Gao Yigong was feeling the cold fairy aura at this time.

Although the doors and windows of the dormitory are closed, it is wooden after all, and there is a lot of cold air leaking from the cracks everywhere.

The guards' favorite beauty is the guard's dormitory and the imperial study, both of which have air-conditioned air wafting out.

For Li Yunze, who is not short of money, the air conditioner has not stopped since it was installed and turned on.

At this time, Li Yunze was sitting on a chair and doing calculations seriously.

"The seizure and seizure of those shark eagles to buy salt and pay for it, after deducting the previous payment, the total amount of gold in hand is 94,330 taels."

Li Yunze, who looked extremely serious, pointed at the calculator with his fingers, "The Ming system is 37.3 grams, and the weight is... Three and a half tons? ”

Since arriving in Yangzhou under the south of the Yangtze River, Li Yunze first disposed of the two Huai salt merchants, and then fought a salt war with the local tyrants in the south of the Yangtze River, and finally the blood alliance rebellion case, which can be called a countless raid.

These are all very fruitful, all kinds of fields, mansions, gardens, courtyards, shops, boats, livestock, antiques, calligraphy, paintings, furniture, medicinal materials, and countless materials.

In addition to this, there is also a sky-high income that is a mountain of precious metals.

Gold has already been counted, almost three and a half tons.

In terms of silver, except for the rewards issued to the Long Xiang Army and the Jinyi Guards a few times, there are still nearly 20 million taels left.

There are many different kinds of copper coins, and this one is even more so much that it is impossible to count.

In terms of grain, more than 1 million stones were also seized, as well as a lot of raw silk, tea, porcelain, and so on.

It can be said that this is a super harvest without a doubt.

The wealth accumulated by the nobles for two hundred years was swept away by him.

"Three and a half tons, take it back, according to the current price of gold, that's... Ten small goals, can be cool for more than 600 days, almost one Ya. ”

Everything else is okay, and gold, which can really reflect high value immediately, made Li Yunze fall into an extreme excitement.

He had never imagined that he could have so much money, except in his dreams.

That's a huge sum of money that will allow him to achieve the financial freedom he has always dreamed of!

Fortunately, he has been the son of heaven for a while, and his mentality has matured a lot. Otherwise, when you see so many zeros, you will already jump up directly and have a victory dance.

"Calm down, calm down."

"I'm a Son of Heaven! It can't be so unfaced. ”

Li Yunze, who took a few heavy breaths and tried to calm down his emotions, turned around and prepared to celebrate with the girls.

Wealth does not pretend to beep, just like a brocade at night.

Whoever has money these days has to be scared.

The girls were sitting on the mat eating watermelon, and when they turned their heads when they heard the movement, they saw Li Yunze, whose face was a little distorted, flying directly over.

didn't understand what was going on, so he just started to thicken.

More than half an hour later, Li Yunze ended the teaching process.

Li Yunze, who was dressed neatly and in a good mood under the service of the sisters, casually asked, "What relatives are there at home, I will give them a wealth and prosperity." ”

Direct bounty gold and silver or something, it's too unstylish.

As a son of heaven, what can be given is more classy.

Li Yunze left the dormitory to get busy, leaving Li Xiangjun and Gu Hengbo looking at each other.

They have all been in the building since they were children, not to mention that they have no relatives at home, and even if they do, there has been no news for many years.

But the promise of the Son of Heaven is such a rare and good thing, how can it be let go so easily.

Gu Hengbo, who has a free and easy personality, thought about it for a while, and immediately said to Li Xiangjun, "Sister, although you and I are the sole favor of the king, the Son of Heaven is going back to Beijing after all. ”

Li Xiangjun was not stupid, and quickly understood what Gu Hengbo meant, "You mean, those nobles in the palace?" ”

"What are the origins of you and me, and when I return to Beijing in the future, I will enter the Forbidden City. If the queen can't tolerate us with contempt in their hearts, how can they leave a way to live. ”

"Long live the continuous expedition day and night, sweat like a spring, if we can conceive the dragon seed..."

"You're thinking too much." Gu Hengbo smiled bitterly and interrupted Li Xiangjun's fantasy: "If you don't have a dragon seed, maybe you still have some life." But if there is really a dragon species, then it will definitely die! Didn't my sister forget, how did the first emperor and Wan Sui's biological mother die? ”

Zhu Youzhen's biological mother, Liu, was framed by Xi Li, one of the two Li Xuanzhi, and was beaten to death by Guangzong Zhu Changluo.

And Zhu Youxiao's biological mother, Wang Cairen, was also tortured by Xi Li for ten years, and was finally beaten to death.

The reason is simple, it is because they have sons.

But Xi Li is such a femme fatale, but in history, she died at the age of more than eighty.

I have to say, it's really very ironic.

It's like taking the initiative to find trouble and having psychological comfort, but being bullied has to apologize.

Li Yunze didn't do anything to Xi Li, it was because he was replaced by Zhu Youzhen, and he didn't pay attention to these things at all.

However, if Xi Li provokes him, then he Li Yunze is not the kind of person who values face and is embarrassed to do it.

Turning back from speaking, Li Xiangjun's pretty face turned pale when he was said, and he involuntarily pinched Gu Hengbo's little hand, "Long live, long live will protect us." ”

"Long live is the Son of Heaven, and there are endless national events all day long. Where will pay attention to the things in the palace. Wait until we're killed, what's the use. ”

"Sister, what do you say to do?"

"It's simple, just find more help." Gu Hengbo sneered again and again, "The more people we have in Jiangnan, the safer we are." beat us all to death in one go, and the queen won't be so ruthless. If you take one or two first, you will inevitably be alarmed. ”

This has been said very clearly, and Li Xiangjun also nodded slowly.

"First of all, we must find out who is similar to the body, and secondly, we must be outstanding, after all, Banzai's vision is very high. Also, it has to be a clean man. ”

"Actually, we're also helping our sisters get out of the sea of suffering. Being able to follow the side of the Son of Heaven is ten thousand times stronger than ushering in and sending him away. ”

Li Yunze, who didn't know anything about his sister's thoughts, rushed to an open place in the palace against the hot evening breeze.

A group of goldsmiths invited from the city are busy refining gold here.

They smelted all sorts of gold cakes, ingots, coins, and so on into nuggets.

Looking at the busy scene in front of him, Li Yunze asked, "How is the progress?" ”

Wang Chengen, who was in charge of supervising the work, hurriedly responded, "Back to the emperor, this is the last furnace." ”

Then he led the way to the side hall on the side, pushed the door open, and saw a mountain of gold stacked together.

Under the firelight, this golden mountain bloomed with an extremely bewitching halo.

"Well done, everybody gets a reward." Li Yunze, who was satisfied, looked at Wang Chengen, "Wang accompaniment, you will be rewarded." ”

"Slave and maid thank the emperor for his grace~~~"