At this time, those who have not yet been crowned are the Five Kings of Shen An, Tang Ying and Yi.
The two kings of Shen and An have grown up here.
In fact, King Shen and King Han were born in the same year.
The King of Han had already conquered Kaiyuan, and he himself followed the King of Qin and others. As for his guards in Kaiyuan, they were actually the original 30,000 Guards and Liaohai Guards, and another one was being formed, so he did not follow him at all...
They don't have time to deal with such nonsense.
All the military households in Kaiyuan are now working in the silver mines. After these years of construction, the annual output of the Shanmen Silver Mine has exceeded 200,000 taels.
This silver mine does not belong to the imperial court.
Because the local conditions in Liaodong were poor, and Zhu Yuanzhang didn't understand it very well at first, he was deceived by Yang Feng into giving 30,000 Guards and Liaohai Guards to supplement military supplies.
It is the sanitary property of Sanwanwei and Liaohaiwei.
But instead of the two guards mining by themselves, under the operation of Yang Feng, Zhu Di and others, they turned into a commercial contracting model, and then a company composed of Zhu Di, Zhu Zhi, the little princess, and the generals of the two guards were contracted. The business hired local military households as workers, and they changed from agricultural military households to industrial and mining military households. This model is of course not legal, but it is indeed easy to use. After all, the agriculture in Kaiyuan area itself is difficult to feed the military households. With this kind of model, The model left the farmland to the wives and children at home, and the food production could not be self-sufficient anyway. At this time, the development of shipping and the booming canning industry meant that the entire Liaodong actually had no shortage of food.
Canned goods alone can replenish a large portion of military supplies every year.
In other words, Kaiyuan is still subject to transportation restrictions.
In places like Liaoyang, the price of grain is even lower than the court's rated purchase price.
This was also the case in history.
According to historical records of the Ming Dynasty, during the Hongwu period, the price of rice in Liaodong was once lower than the price of the imperial court's purchase of reserve grain in the south. This was because military grain was rationed and there was no need to purchase it, and there was too much locally produced grain, which eventually led to a surplus of grain in Liaodong. , then the grain flowing into the market can only be sold at ultra-low prices.
Compared with the serious food shortage in Liaodong at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it is two extremes.
The fundamental reasons were firstly that the flight of military households led to a decrease in output, and the increase in the population of Mongolian Jurchens and others led to the outflow of food. Secondly, after the reform of the salt industry and the abolition of the Kaizhong system, salt merchants did not need to build merchant villages in Liaodong, leaving large areas of land deserted.
But it's different now.
Not only are all of these available, but we also have the added supply of canned food, which can be produced locally.
Eventually, Liaodong began to have a food surplus.
In this way, a certain amount of industrial population can be supported, so the young people in Kaiyuan can leave their jobs and make money by working in the silver mines.
The grain they were supposed to give to Wei was converted into treasure money according to the official price.
The military supplies transported by the imperial court were sent directly to the silver mines.
The silver mined goes to the bank.
The sky is high and the emperor is far away!
Anyway, it was impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to go and see how they operated.
Even when King Han went there, no one paid any attention to him.
Besides, when he went there, Zhu Yuanzhang was no longer involved. Zhu Yunxi was not prepared to let him stay there, but Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to join the vassal, so he had to fool him first and let him live in Kaiyuan with a salary. As for King Shen, Because he was still behind him, Zhu Yunxi found an excuse to hold him back. Zhu Yuanzhang later ignored him, and the other four did not have their turn. They just held the title of vassal king and worked as an apartment in the capital.
Zhu Yunxi's original plan was to let them continue their work. In his plan, no one was left except the king of the fortress. He would either go to the frontier fortress to receive a fiefdom and suffer, or go to the capital to receive a salary and enjoy the blessings. In short, no vassal king was left within the Great Wall, so like the Tang Dynasty It is impossible for someone like Ying Yi to become a vassal.
These three fiefdoms are Nanyang, Anlu and Luoyang.
How could such a vassal king stay?
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang was not actually prepared to let them declare vassal status.
Yang Feng hadn't come yet when they made him king.
After Yang Feng came, Zhu Yuanzhang, who knew the future development, had long ago not considered letting them become a vassal. It was just that they were still young, so they just waited in line to make other arrangements with a title.
Qianqing Palace.
"There is a testament here."
Yang Feng poked at the posthumous edict that had just been born less than an hour ago on the table in front of him.
King Shen and others looked at the contents of the edict and were speechless.
Still have an edict?
When our father died, we were all in front of the bed. Outside, Zhu Yunwen pretended to pass on the imperial edict, and inside you also pretended to pass on the imperial edict. Even the coffin boards of Emperor Daxing could not hold it down. You rebellious officials and traitors are not afraid of him crawling in the ice cellar. come out?
"Uncles, this edict was left by Emperor Daxing before his death. However, His Majesty is kind-hearted and did not want those old ministers to die like this, so he concealed the edict. Your Majesty is the lord of the world, and he did this out of good intentions. .But now that His Majesty is no longer here, as a woman, I naturally dare not continue to hide it, so I brought it out. However, there is a lot of chaos outside now, and there are many people with sinister intentions who will definitely spread rumors and say they are false. Therefore, please The Fourteenth Aunt will testify with your uncles and say that this edict was issued by Emperor Daxing in front of you. This will silence those people. The Fourteenth Aunt has known about this for a long time and has just waited for your uncles. "
The queen said very gracefully.
"Aren't you afraid of the emperor's heavenly punishment if you falsely pass on the imperial edict?"
Yiwang, who was still only a junior high school student, couldn't bear it anymore and pointed angrily at his niece-in-law and shouted.
Then his sister walked up to him with a cold face, looked down at her brother with a height of almost 1.75 meters and a strong pressure...
"Are you saying that I faked the inheritance?"
she said.
King Yi was instantly discouraged.
"Kneel down!"
His sister shouted.
Instinctively, his legs softened and he knelt directly in front of his sister.
Then the little princess looked at the others.
King Ying, who was the same age as King Yi, and King Tang, who was slightly older, were so frightened that they quickly knelt down. King An, who was slightly older, wanted to be stubborn, but his sister walked over and kicked him quickly, and then he also knelt down in humiliation. After getting off, the little princess walked up to Prince Shen, who was actually the same age as her...
"Sister Fourteen wants to mess with my Zhu family?"
The latter said angrily.
"Why are you talking to your sister? You don't understand any rules."
Then Yang Feng's face appeared in front of him.
"This is my Zhu family's business, what does it have to do with you?"
King Shen said angrily.
The next moment Yang Feng's hands appeared on his shoulders.
Immediately afterwards, under the pressure of a huge irresistible force, his legs weakened and he knelt directly on the ground. He roared angrily and tried to stand up, but in the end everything was in vain. The hands pressing on his shoulders were like two seats. It's like a mountain, let alone standing up, even breathing becomes difficult...
"I am your brother-in-law. If you disrespect your sister, I have to take care of it."
Yang Feng said sincerely.
Then he raised the stage with both hands, and King Shen, who was almost suffocating, immediately collapsed to the ground.
Cold sweat dripped from his head.
"Let me tell you, this edict was left by my father before he died. It is for the sake of our Zhu family. You don't even look at what these veterans are doing outside. Do you think they are loyal ministers of our Zhu family? Our family
Our father started from a humble background, begging for a living when he was young, and built a fortune with his own skills. These people followed him, like Zhou Dexing, and have known each other since he was poor. They all know what our family was like in the past, even
People like ours can be successful, so why can't they?
Originally, these people were eliminated by our father many years ago.
It was after your brother-in-law came that he persuaded our father to keep them. Now that they see the civil strife in our Zhu family, they immediately become ambitious.
Look at Wang Bi's separatist rule in Annan.
The He family also wants to separate its empire in Guangdong.
Zhou Dexing, Cao Zhen and others saw that Lan Yu was about to enter the capital, so they immediately brought troops over. I told them clearly that they should wait for five months until the queen's child was born. None of them listened. Dad Zi Gong
While they were still in the palace, Yunxi had just been killed, and they had already disobeyed orders from the capital.
What's this?
They didn’t even listen to the imperial edict!
I am your sister, and your brother-in-law is the envoy of the Great Xia Kingdom, and everything we do is for the sake of our Zhu family!"
The little princess shouted to her five brothers.
"What Sister Fourteen taught me was that I suddenly remembered that my father did have a will at that time, but I was crying so sadly that I didn't notice it for a while. Now that I saw the will, I immediately remembered it."
King An said quickly.
"what about you?"
His sister shouted.
"Brother, I also remember that this happened."
The king of Tang Dynasty said tremblingly.
The three youngest of them have been in the shadow of the little princess all these years. After all, those married princesses don't often go in and out of the palace. But the little princess is different and controls the capital's economy. Their mother has to fawn over her. Seeing them suddenly
They didn't dare to resist even if their hands were itchy and they were beaten. There is no need for a sister to beat her brother for a reason. When she's in a good mood, she can pull her over and give her a beating. When she's not in a good mood, she can pull him over and give her a good beating. Moreover, they are growing rapidly, and they have already passed the age of 16 at the age of sixteen.
Mi Qi, to them, was as big as a behemoth and had no ability to resist. Over the years, he had already formed a pressure on his soul.
"like?"
His sister's eyes widened.
"No, it doesn't seem like it, it does happen."
King Tang said quickly.
The two kings of Ying and Yi quickly nodded along.
The little princess looked at King Shen with satisfaction.
"You are not a child anymore. Why are you so ignorant? Your brother-in-law also does it for your own good."
she said.
"Brother, obey Sister Fourteen in everything."
King Shen said somewhat weakly.
While speaking, he also looked at his brother-in-law. His brother-in-law smiled kindly, which made him tremble immediately with fright.
The rest is simple. There was a secret document next to the imperial edict. The five kings jointly signed Daxing. The emperor was already comatose when he died. There is something wrong with this imperial edict. Please have mercy on these old ministers. Then His Majesty the Emperor gave a message.
Their imperial edict was to accept their advice and temporarily suppress the edict. In this way, the whole incident turned into the five kings persuading the emperor to suppress the edict. As for the emperor's imperial edict, the emperor could not write the imperial edict himself. It was all written by the ceremonial supervisor, and then
A seal is given, but the procedure is that the cabinet drafts the decree, the Supervisor of Ceremonies copies it, and then the six departments review it, but what they write is a secret report.
At least this won't be so troublesome in the early Ming Dynasty.
There are two types of memorials in the Ming Dynasty, one is the title version, which can be made public, and even needs to be copied to all departments.
One is the memorial.
This is not public.
After civilians took control of government affairs, they had to follow strict procedures, but this was not necessary in Zhu Yuanzhang's era.
The imperial edicts of the two emperors who were finally dead were quickly concocted in this way.
Then he called Zhang Xianzong. He was a bachelor. He was still a bachelor after he came back. He was basically equivalent to the later chief minister. Anyway, the six ministers and the king of Shu are still locked up in Daqing Hall, and the other civil servants are in their respective yamen. Now in the capital
It is closed and there is no government affairs to speak of.
After Zhang Xianzong arrived at the palace, the queen immediately ordered him to prepare an edict and request the kings to enter the capital immediately.
"Let's go and deliver the message!"
Yang Feng took the imperial edict and said.
"Ambassador, King Guangze's army is still besieging the city."
The queen reminded him.
"Did his siege delay my entry into the city?"
Yang Feng said.
The queen was speechless.
In fact, Zhu Yunwen could not besiege the capital.
At present, he still focuses on Shence, Jinchuan and other city gates, and then some regiments train at Yuhuatai. Cao Zhen's army did not land on the south bank, but the entire army landed on the line from Pukou to Hezhou. Qu Neng led the main force to Qingliu Pass, and Cao Zhen
Sitting in Pukou with the King of Chu, Chen Huan, the Marquis of Puding, went north to Xuyi.
After Lan Yu returned to Fengyang, Heqing Hou Zhang Yi was left at Qingliu Pass.
He is not worried about the South Road.
As long as Zhu Yunwen couldn't enter the capital, he had nothing to worry about. The little princess also gave him a surprise.
What really made him fearful was Zhou Dexing who came south from Kaifeng.
The latter was supported by the coalition of kings and had already marched to the Huaihe River.
Moreover, the Shaanxi Army led by Xu Huizu and the Gansu Army brought back by Sun Ke are both coming. It won't take long for Xu Huizu's troops to arrive. As long as Lan Yu solves the northern front, the south does not necessarily need to be fought. After all, he and Cao Zhen are the same.
We have known each other for decades, what can't we talk about? But the group of Zhou Dexing and Xu Huizu is difficult to deal with because Zhu Di is still behind them. At this time, Zhu Di is still waiting. It is not even ruled out that they have colluded with Zhu Di. Zhu Di doesn't care.
Zhu Yunwen, because he was the one who originally supported Zhu Yunwen. It is said that Ma He's fleet is still in the south, and Zhu Yunwen only relies on Jiangsu and Zhejiang. As long as Zhu Di takes action and Ma He lands in the rear, Zhu Yunwen's good situation will immediately collapse.
After all, those rabble he has are really not worthy of being opponents.
I just still need him.
But sapphire is different.
Zhu Di knew very well that even if he were to face Lan Yu in a field battle, he could not guarantee victory. The latter was indeed not familiar with the new tactics at first, but he had begun to adapt later. If Lan Yu controlled the capital, he would be in trouble.
In this case, it would obviously be a good idea to let his uncle and Zhou Dexing take the lead.
Lan Yu also understands the situation very well.
The south is easy to deal with, but the north is difficult to deal with.
"But it's already very late today, so let's go tomorrow!"
said the little princess.
The queen smiled slightly from behind.
"In that case, please invite the ambassador. Ah, my uncle is resting in the front hall. Fourteenth Aunt, please make arrangements for this!"
she said.
The little princess pulled Yang Feng and Zhang Ying away with a smile on her face.
"King Shen, please invite your five uncles to go to the Daqing Palace to announce the decree to the King of Shu. Before the kings arrive in the capital, the five uncles and the King of Shu will all be in the Daqing Palace. There are also rooms on the left and right."
Then the Queen said to King Shen and others.
These five can no longer be released from the palace. They must wait until all the kings come together. Before that, they must be on guard, especially those like King Shen and King An.