More than an hour later, King Lu and the others rode in a carriage outside the Ganquan Gate of the Qi Palace.

After the carriage stopped, King Lu sighed sincerely: "This avenue from the capital to the palace of the king of Qi is wide, straight and flat, and I walked all the way in the carriage, and it was strangely comfortable, I fell asleep in a daze."

This road has not cost much money from the imperial court. ”

Tang Jie said with a smile: "My nephew really heard the people of the capital say that this straight road didn't cost the court a penny of silver, it was all the silver paid by the Qi Wangfu himself."

This avenue is paved with carefully polished and leveled bluestone, and the two sides are planted with trees of varying heights, and even drainage ditches have been built, and the cost is almost like flowing water.

However, in order to promote the newly minted Jingtai Tongbao, the emperor deliberately threw money. The craftsmen and people hired by the Qi Wangfu were all paid three times the salary.

Old and young women and children came to the construction site to do some work casually, cleaning and cleaning sundries, cooking for craftsmen, and the Qi Wangfu also sprinkled a lot of copper coins. The poor people of the capital still praise the virtues of the emperor and princesses.

And after the road is repaired, anyone can walk on this avenue. The people were facilitated, so they called this road Qiguo Avenue. ”

Lu Shizi smiled when he heard this: "Qi country is a metaphor for self-cultivation, Qi family, governing the country, and leveling the world."

The avenue is to praise the emperor and the favorite concubines for the country and the people, and they are in line with the avenue.

Are you sure that 'Qiguo Avenue' is the name given by the people? I'm afraid it's not the princesses of Qi who are boasting about themselves. ”

Tang Jie replied: "It's really from the people of the capital, and there is no rumor that the princesses are boasting about themselves." ”

King Lu waved his hand: "Okay, get out of the car quickly, don't talk nonsense for a while, I'll be responsible for talking back to Jie'er." ”

King Lu's sons nodded again and again, anyway, everyone didn't want to talk to those princesses.

After everyone discussed, they got out of the carriage and looked towards the palace, and they couldn't help but be stunned.

Didn't you say that it was a good palace, but why was it a tall city wall?

And the style is completely different from the Forbidden City, which has red walls and yellow tiles. The Qi Palace, on the other hand, is made of blue bricks, even the gate, which is quite simple and elegant, without the royal luxury of the Forbidden City.

King Lu and his entourage want to enter from the Ganquan Gate and go to the Qingyun Pavilion of the Ganquan Palace to face the saint. And behind him, there was an endless stream of carriages and horses, carrying countless belongings, from the main gate of the Qi Wangfu in the distance.

Seeing this, Lu Shizi teased: "In this mutiny, the emperor has completely made a fortune, how much wealth does this family have to copy." ”

Lu Shizi was sighing, when he saw a young junior wearing a six-grade official uniform with a childish face facing him and his group.

Everyone frowned, the people in this Qi Palace's mansion were so strange.

I saw the young man kneeling and saluting closely: "The scholar in Weichen, the Hanlin servant talks about Wang Xian, I have seen His Royal Highness King Lu, I have seen the prince, I have seen His Royal Highness the county king, and I have seen the little grandfather." ”

The others were okay, Tang Jie was embarrassed by this little grandfather's call.

King Lu hurriedly stepped forward to help him up: "I know you, the first place in the second class, the youngest Jinshi in Jinke, the son-in-law of Wei Guogong, a young hero, and a promising future." ”

Wang Xian replied: "His Royal Highness praises falsely, and Weichen is ashamed to be ashamed." ”

King Lu also wanted to pull Wang Xian to talk in detail, after all, such a young man was obviously appreciated by the emperor, and sooner or later he was going to soar, and there was almost nothing wrong with multiple sets.

Not wanting to hear a neat shout behind them at this time, everyone turned around, but saw hundreds of craftsmen, using a specially made ox cart to carry a boulder slowly moving towards the main entrance.

King Lu asked curiously, "What is this?" ”

Wang Xian said with a smile: "Back to Your Highness, this is a Hetian jade carved screen given to him by Emperor Gong in order to win over Gao Ping, the chief eunuch in the Empress Dowager's palace, and make him participate in the rebellion.

This is a stolen goods, Gao Ping did not dare to accept it, and instead dedicated it to our princess, and raised it to the emperor to rebel.

The princess has pardoned her sins for her meritorious first complaint.

Our princess doesn't like gold and silver, she only likes jade, glass and porcelain.

This treasure has been transported to the outside of the mansion last night, and this morning it is not going to be sent to the Lingyu Palace and placed in front of the princess's jasper bed as a screen. ”

Wang Xian's words are very informative, and these contents, especially the words of Gong Letting the emperor rebel, without the instructions of the princess, Wang Xian would never dare to talk nonsense by himself.

King Lu nodded, knowing in his heart that the princess was taking the opportunity to beat herself.

Before we meet, let's take a look.

So King Lu politely said a few words to Wang Xianhan, and then led everyone into the Ganquan camp and came all the way to Qingyun Pavilion.

Walking up to the third floor, sure enough, the emperor was not there, and there were two ice and snow beauties sitting side by side on the soft couch.

Everyone only glanced at it, and secretly shouted in their hearts, the woman in front of them, only one of them, is a peerless stunner with a national color and fragrance, and the most rare thing is that the two women look exactly the same.

There is not even any difference in clothing and jewelry, the only difference is that one person wears a red jade bracelet on his wrist, and the other wears a jasper bracelet.

This pair of jade bracelets is dazzling, and at first glance it is a priceless treasure, which shows how much the emperor loves the two little princesses.

But a pair of pretty women, like two icebergs, motionless, have no intention of getting up and saluting at all.

King Lu had to grit his teeth and lead everyone to kneel down and kowtow.

After the salute was finished, a cold and clear voice came from the ears of everyone: "Excuse me, give a seat." ”

After everyone was seated, Qianxue asked straight to the point: "Your Majesty wants to convene a meeting of all relatives to determine the guilt of the Queen Mother, and also decide on the disposal of the imperial relatives involved in the rebellion this time."

Your Majesty invited His Royal Highness King Lu to come down today, because he wants to know how His Royal Highness King Lu views these things? ”

King Lu frowned when he heard this, these two princesses were really unkind, they didn't even call their uncles, so His Royal Highness King Lu called His Royal Highness King Lu indiscriminately.

But people are under low eaves and have to bow their heads. King Lu doesn't blame these princesses, if this mutiny is won by the emperor Gongrang, then everyone, as the victor, will treat these favorite concubines a hundred times worse.

They all rebelled and failed, so it is unreasonable not to allow others to make a face.

So King Lu replied stubbornly: "If the evidence of the queen mother's crime is true, the ministers agree to depose the queen mother." ”

Qianxue nodded: "Then let's do it, on the tenth day of the seventh month, a meeting of the relatives will be officially held, and the affairs of the Queen Mother and the Sun family will be discussed first." ”

With that, Asa Xue picked up the teacup and motioned for the send-off.

King Lu and the others were stunned: everyone ran for dozens of miles, and it was over with such a sentence?

King Lu had no choice but to put down his old face, lowered his eyebrows and asked, "Dare to ask Niangniang, after attending the meeting of relatives, can we go back to the fiefdom?" ”

"Back to the fiefdom?"

An incredulous expression appeared on Asa Xue's face, and she asked curiously.

King Lu was taken aback: "We can't return to the fiefdom?" ”

"You've all rebelled, and you want to go back to the fiefdom? How can there be such a beautiful thing in the world? Then you don't have to do anything else, it's good to rebel every day, anyway, there are no consequences if you fail, as soon as your upper lip touches your lower lip, you can go back to the fiefdom. ”

King Lu hurriedly defended: "Niangniang, the minister did not participate in the rebellion, and the minister's guards were not handed over to Shi Heng, and they rebelled with the army. According to the requirements of the imperial court, the ministers went to Fengtianmen to attend the banquet. ”

Qianxue nodded: "There are so many rebellious vassal kings, Your Majesty is heartbroken. Originally, my body was just better, but now I was angry and bedridden.

After learning from the painful experience, His Majesty decided to carry out the reform of the clan. First of all, the seven princes who were killed must abolish the feudal domain. Secondly, among the surviving kings, there are still a large number of them that need to be killed.

In addition, those who have a little extenuating circumstances should be placed in Fengyang, the central capital, and live in a centralized manner. Each prince is only allowed to send the prince back to the feudal country to guard it, and the rest must stay in Zhongdu.

And from now on, the eldest son of the prince will be the son of the prince and will inherit the title of prince in the future. The other sons born to the prince's concubine and second concubine were crowned kings. The son born to the prince's concubine is no longer crowned the king of the county.

The eldest son of the county king is the son of the prince and will inherit the title of the county king in the future. The other sons born to the main concubine and the second concubine of the county king, the general of the Zhenguo State. The son born to the concubine of the county king is no longer the general of the town country.

The title under the general of Zhenguo was abolished, and his children were incorporated into the civil register and supported themselves. ”

When everyone heard this, they were stunned in place, is the emperor crazy?

King Lu asked in surprise, "Why does Your Majesty have such a heart?" ”

Qianxue explained: "There are more and more clans, lawlessness in the feudal country, scourge the people, and in the long run, the Ming Dynasty can't stand it."

Your Majesty is a public spirit, and in the future, His Majesty's sons will abide by the same rules of the clan.

King Lu, you also know that Your Majesty could have avoided such trouble. In the mutiny three days ago, none of the vassal kings could survive, but His Majesty cared for the friendship of his relatives and moved his heart of compassion.

Hasn't King Lu heard of the old things about the Xuan Temple and the Han Palace?

Take it when you see it, don't force Your Majesty to turn your face ruthlessly. ”

King Lu asked again: "Dare to ask Niangniang, what other clan reforms will there be?" ”

Qianxue replied without hesitation: "There is also the transfer of the domain, for the king of Sai, give priority and return the guards." If King Lu is willing to move to the frontier, he can leave today, and the treatment is good, which is definitely beyond your imagination. ”

King Lu shook his head: "It's difficult for the minister to leave his homeland, can he move to a closer place?" There is no need for any preferential treatment, as long as the family can live in peace. ”

Qianxue replied: "Qufu is where the Holy Father of Yan is located, these Confucian families do not want to benefit the people, they are blindly poor and extravagant, and they infringe on the place, Your Majesty has already hated them, and has long wanted to send King Xian to guard it." ”

King Lu nodded: "Yes, the minister is willing to move to Qufu." ”

It is not difficult to make this decision at all, King Lu is curious if the princess in front of him is confused, she has confused the fief of the vassal king? Or can't you tell where is what?

Yanzhou and Qufu are only 30 miles apart, and Yanzhou often has floods, and last year it was hit by a major disaster. King Lu couldn't wait to move to Qufu in the west.

(End of chapter)