When everyone in this hall was almost gone, only King An, Zhu Zhi, Sun Jingwen, Zilong, and Wan'er were left, King An took the decanting soup handed over by the servant, took a sip, and instructed everyone to drink it, and then slowly said: "Although there are occasional troubles today, but Deacon's flag is victorious, and I am also happy to raise the prestige of my An Wangfu!"

At this time, Zhu Zhi's face was red, his face was drunk, he took the sobering soup, drank it in one gulp, put down the bowl heavily, and said: "I don't know what annoys Daddy's mind!

Sun Jingwen didn't drink much wine, he was extremely sober, and said directly at the moment: "Today, the capital has to report, and the imperial court may issue an edict to reduce the military salary expenses of the vassal king!"

"What?" Zhu Zhi was furious when he heard this, and said, "Is this the imperial court trying to cut down the feudal domain and repeat the old Yongle story?"

Hearing Zhu Zhi's mention of Yongle's old affairs, King An frowned unconsciously, but after all, today is Zhu Zhi's big day, so it is inconvenient to be harsh, and immediately coughed slightly, but Sun Jingwen over there was also scared and sweating, this little prince dared to talk nonsense like this, but he also woke up, and immediately said: "Little prince is cautious!"

"Uh!" As soon as Zhu Zhi spoke, he knew that he was wrong, this Yongle old thing was said casually, if it was listened to by Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi, he would have to eat the emperor's punishment, and he immediately sweated profusely, peeking at King An, but found that King An did not mean to blame too much, and immediately relaxed his heart slightly, and said: "The army is the foundation of my An Wangfu, and it cannot be cut at will, but the court does not give enough military salaries, so we can only find our own way!"

When King An heard that Zhu Zhi no longer said nonsense, he was also relieved, nodded, and said, "Do you have any good ideas about that Zhi'er?"

Zhu Zhi rolled his eyes and said: "Without the army, it is difficult to ensure the peace of our people in Ningxia, why don't we directly increase the tax to the people by another 10%, how about supporting the army?"

"Nonsense!" King An said heavily, "The people are already having a bad life now, how can we increase the taxation, if we do this, what is the difference between it and the mountain bandit and horse gang? Not to mention that our vassal king can't interfere too much in local affairs, only because our fiefdom is on the border, the imperial court allows us to govern the army, if we interfere in taxation, we will be impeached by the officials, but we can't eat and walk around!"

"Uh!" Zhu Zhi originally planned to offer a feasible strategy, which could be praised by King An again, but what he didn't want in exchange for was a reprimand, but his face immediately turned red, and he couldn't tell whether he was drunk or blushing.

"The prince is angry!" At this time, Zilong also saw Zhu Zhi's embarrassment, and immediately said, "The prince just wants to solve the problem, not to harm the people, the prince doesn't have to be so harsh!"

"Hmm!" King An also calmed down slightly, thinking that today was to celebrate Zhu Zhi's achievements, and immediately glanced at Zhu Zhi apologetically.

Zhu Zhi also felt obediently, saw what King An meant, and immediately admitted his mistake and said: "But the child is not careful, and the father is not to blame!"

"It's okay!" King An saw Zhu Zhi admit his mistake, and immediately chuckled, "In the future, if you think too much, don't say it easily! You know, in our position, many times it is a disaster!"

"Child, teach!" Zhu Zhi nodded and humbly accepted. Instead, he nodded secretly to Zilong to show his gratitude.

King An was also slightly satisfied, and continued: "Then what should I do with such a plan?"

Zilong has been silently thinking about the solution to this problem since the beginning of the study, but at this time, he also has a slight clue, and said: "Dare to ask the prince, are the military salaries reduced this time all for the major vassal kings?"

King An's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Yes, why did Zilong teach me?"

"Don't dare!" Zilong waved his hand and said, "Dare to ask the prince, do you think other princes will agree to reduce military salaries?"

When King An heard this, he also understood Zilong's train of thought, and immediately chuckled: "No! Not to mention anything else, even the king of Ning in Jiangxi and the acting king of Datong will not agree! They raise several times as many soldiers as I do! If the cost is cut, I am afraid that it will ......."

Sun Jingwen also understood, nodded, and said: "Not bad! Don't talk about it, let's just say that the king of that generation is the prince of Datong Town, and he is in a high position, he not only has more than 10,000 private troops, but also the border army of Datong Military Town, which is also under his control, if he cuts his military spending, I am afraid that Datong will be in chaos!"

"That's right!" Zilong nodded and said, "In this case, we don't need to be so alarmed, as long as we unite with the acting kings, Ning Wang and other vassal kings, we can jointly write a letter asking His Majesty the Emperor to retract the order, I believe that the emperor sees that these princes are unanimously opposed, I am afraid that he will have to think twice!"

"Zilong is like seeing the sun like a cloud!" King An laughed heartily, "Yes, why should we be the first birds, as long as the acting king and the king of Ning are reluctant to dismantle the army, they must be against this edict, as long as we jointly write a letter, the emperor naturally does not dare to go his own way!"

"Lord Wang!" Sun Jingwen added at this time, "not only should we unite many vassal kings, but we can also contact the scholars in the court to explain this matter! ”

"That's good!" King An nodded and said, "The first assistant of the cabinet, Dongyang Gong, is a decent person and never associates with the eunuchs, Jingwen, you will go to visit him on my behalf and ask him to support this matter in the court meeting!"

After a pause, he glanced at Zhu Zhi again, and said: "Zhi'er, you will go to visit the acting king on my behalf and ask him to jointly write a letter together! King Ning's place, I will go in person, and we will work together in three directions, this matter, Liu Jin will not be able to do it, hahahaha!"

"Yes, the child is ordered!" "In the past, if Zilong solved the problem, Zhu Zhi had to sneer, today Zhu Zhi is a great victory, and he has won the praise of his father, and he has just been relieved of Zilong's siege, and he immediately gladly accepted the order, and cast an approving look at Zilong.

Zilong saw that the problem could really be solved like this, but he was also overjoyed, he didn't want to make meritorious contributions, but he also knew that this matter was provoked by Liu Jin, he hated Liu Jin in his heart for bringing disaster to the country and the people, and doing many evils, as long as he could hit Liu Jin, he would spare no effort.

King An said at this time: "Okay, it is better to hurry up and not delay at this time, if the holy decree comes down, I am afraid that there will be more twists and turns! You all go down to rest first, and set off immediately tomorrow morning! Wan'er, Zilong, in the days when we are away, this palace also needs the two of you to take care of it more!"

"Obey!" Wan'er and Zilong received the order in unison. At that moment, several people looked at each other and smiled, dispersed, and walked out of the hall.

Zhu Zhi came out of the hall, but he didn't go back to rest, and even took advantage of the moonlight to ask his personal soldiers to prepare horses, turn over on their horses, and go towards the Fengyue Gang.

hurried all the way, but it only took a moment to come to the Fengyue Gang.

At this time, Miao Ling had not slept peacefully, and he could hear someone report that Zhu Zhi asked to see him, so he immediately put on his clothes and went out of the room. I saw Zhu Zhi's face flushed, standing in the courtyard in silver armor.

At the moment, he walked over for some reason and said, "Little prince, in the middle of the night, you don't sleep, why are you coming to my Fengyue Gang in a military suit?"

"I just exterminated the Black Wind Village!" Zhu Zhi said with a smug look on his face and a show off.

Miao Ling's Zhu Zhi listened to the extermination of Heifeng Village, and couldn't help but feel his heart jump, and said: "There are no less than 5,000 mountain bandits in Heifeng Village, and the bandit leader also has the nickname of 'Funeral Knife' in the rivers and lakes, and his martial arts are strong, it is my Fengyue Gang, if you want to exterminate him, you also need to hurt your muscles and bones, how did you unconsciously exterminate it?"

Zhu Zhi explained: "The bandit leader's martial arts are indeed strong, but they can't stop the iron wall of my army!

While speaking, he also took out a brocade box from his arms, slowly opened it, and saw that it was an agate necklace, and in this moonlight, this agate was different and magnificent.

Miao Ling looked at the chain with great joy and said, "This, is this really for me?"

"This is naturally true!" Zhu Zhi nodded heavily, picked up the necklace, and said, "Shall I bring it to you?"

Miao Ling nodded excitedly and closed her eyes. Zhu Zhi took the necklace, walked behind Miao Ling, brought the necklace for her, and then returned to Miao Ling, looking at the emerald green necklace reflecting Miao Ling's snow-white skin, he couldn't help but be stupid.

"Is it beautiful?" Miao Ling also opened his eyes and asked in a blink.

"Beautiful, beautiful, but like the fairy of the Moon Palace!" Zhu Zhi also said dementedly.

Miao Ling looked at Zhu Zhi's stunned appearance, sneered, and said, "Idiot, have you seen enough?"

"Ah!" Zhu Zhi woke up like a dream, and said embarrassedly, "I'm going to Datong tomorrow to visit the acting king, so I'll leave first, Miss Ling'er, you should rest in peace soon!" After speaking, he didn't wait for Miao Ling to answer, and fled in the wilderness.

Miao Ling looked at Zhu Zhi's stupid appearance, covered his nose and chuckled, and then said loudly: "Little prince has a good journey, go early and return early!"

Zhu Zhi got this, but his steps were extremely brisk, turned over on the white horse, and arched his hand: "Miss Ling'er take care!" After speaking, he turned the horse's head and galloped away.

Miao Ling watched Zhu Zhi disappear into the moonlight, stunned, and stroked the agate necklace around his neck again, and sighed faintly.

"Do you like him?" a voice sounded in Miao Ling's ears. Miao Ling was startled, looked back, and saw that it was his mother-in-law Ma Fengyue, and immediately said angrily: "Mother, you scared me!"

"I don't sleep at night, I will be a lover here, and I said that I scared you?" Ma Fengyue walked over, took Miao Ling's hand, and quipped.

"Mother......" Miao Ling was shy, lying in Ma Fengyue's arms and coquettish.

"Okay, okay! It's all big girls, still lying in her mother's arms, what do they look like!" Ma Fengyue said with a smile, "Do you like the little prince?"

"I don't know!" Miao Ling was stunned when he heard this, and only said after a while, "He is very good to me! Last time, he also helped me teach Xu Zilong's bastard a lesson, and he is a good friend!"

Ma Fengyue nodded noncommittally and said: "No matter what, this King An is also a good vassal king! He is in Ningxia, and he will protect my Hui people more, which is a blessing to the people! This time, the little prince led his troops to exterminate Heifeng Village, and he is indeed a talent, if you have a good impression of him, you might as well try to contact him!"

"Hmm!" Miao Ling replied weakly.

"Okay! It's not early, you can go to bed quickly!" Ma Fengyue let go of Miao Ling and turned to leave. Miao Ling glanced at the direction in which Zhu Zhi had left, and returned to his room to rest.