The Wanshou Festival is compulsory and necessary for many feudal kings, but it also brings them some different opportunities.
For example, the King of Liao, at the age of thirty-eight, although his face was full of weather and had been exposed to the cold winds of Central Asia, he was still frivolous in his bones.
No, in the Chang'an Theater that belonged to him, he was hugging each other, so happy.
Standing in front of him was his eldest son, Zhu Fuzhen, who was eighteen years old and exuded an aura of embarrassment.
"I said Fourth Brother, Fu Zhen is here, you are being ridiculous!"
Prince Xing sat across from him, glanced at the Prince of Liao who was bowing his head and said nothing, and couldn't help but smile: "Xiao Xian, let's go out and play!"
"Don't bother me!" King Liao shook his head, let go of his hands on the girls, waved his hand to let the girls out, then sat upright and said:
"Many years have passed since Chang'an Theater, I will miss it very much!"
"Xiao Feng, what have you been singing lately?"
"Father, now the Chang'an Theater has begun to sing Chang Ban Po. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has become even more popular after being edited by Mao and his son!"
Zhu Fuyuan said, shaking his head and explaining the essence of it.
Such as the size of the steps, the pitch of the voice, the range of movements, the choice of singing, etc., it can be said to be a master.
The King of Liao laughed and scolded: "You have stayed in the capital for so many years and you have learned how to watch a play?"
At this time, King Zhao shook his head and said: "The capital is prosperous, and I don't know if it is good or bad for them to come here."
"It's nothing. Let them see the real good places in the world, so as not to be a frog in the well, but the prince is great? They are all over the capital!"
King Liao said casually.
King Zheng, King Chen, and King Xu also nodded.
Compared with the three kings of Liao, Zhao, and Xing who had been vassal for many years, the three kings of Zheng, Chen, and Xu founded their country in the land of the Kazakh Khanate, and the three major kingdoms were equally divided.
There are 70,000 to 80,000 herdsmen per capita, and the territory is not small.
The Liao Kingdom had been established for a long time, but it was generous to the three younger brothers and supported a lot of craftsmen, money and food, which made the relationship between the two countries quite close.
The bloodline brought from the mother's womb is nothing, the most important thing is the distance.
The six kingdoms of Xing, Liao, Zhao, Zheng, Chen, and Xu formed a semicircle around Anxi, surrounding the entire northwest of the Ming Dynasty and forming a barrier.
The King of Liao was the oldest, most senior, and most prestigious among the kings. He coughed and cleared his throat:
"We are all brothers. The vassals of the Ming Dynasty have broken bones and tendons. They are usually busy governing the country. Today is a good opportunity!"
As he spoke, he glanced at his son and several other boys: "You also have to listen, and you have to write down your thoughts afterwards."
"Yes!" A group of boys agreed with grimaces.
The group of half-grown men behind the kings are their sons.
According to the rules of the imperial court, the prince must come to Beijing to study when he is twelve years old and return when he is sixteen. The same is true for legitimate sons, except that it is not limited to concubines.
Naturally, the eldest son, legitimate son, and concubine of the six princes were all sent to the capital to study with their grandson.
This is to cultivate the closeness of the next generation, and the kings are naturally willing to do so.
This visit to Beijing is also a father-son meeting for the kings.
"Fourth brother, what's the big deal with you?"
King Zhao looked solemn and straightened his buttocks unconsciously.
"Nothing!" King Liao said casually: "I just want our six countries to be closer to each other."
"For example, I heard that there are traces of Manchus in the northwest of Zheng State. How will we respond then? Do we need to ask for help?"
"We all know that although Anxi has the discretion, his response is too slow and not as fast as ours."
"Besides, if there are any shortcomings between us, we don't need to bring any silver coins. Bartering is also feasible."
With that said, King Liao talked about this exchange between the northwest vassals, and finally said: "I also heard that the boss did it. He is very close to King Wei, and he transferred hundreds of thousands of people to Qi.
The country has made millions!"
This statement made several people jealous.
As the saying goes, if you are not a family, you will not know the value of firewood and rice; if you are not a vassal, you will not know the suffering of the vassal country.
King Zheng was so envious that his mouth watered.
Among the six northwest countries, Zhao has the best environment.
It is close to Anxi, with half of the country's cultivated land and half of its pastureland, and abundant food. It can be said to be the granary of the northwest.
And what about Zheng Guo?
Besides cattle, there are sheep and horses, but who in the northwest lacks these?
Therefore, when he heard that his fourth brother, King Liao, was talking about this, he immediately became interested: "Second brother's Qi State, let alone that, was all barbarians in the beginning, but now it's better, it has copper mines, gold mines, and silver mines.
, mining makes a lot of money every year!”
"These days, I really sleep on gold..."
"We can't compare to the Song Dynasty, but we each have our own advantages."
The King of Liao kept his treasures and said: "We have cloth from Liao, wine from Zhao, ceramics and grain from Xing, and you Zheng, Chen, and Xu have countless cattle and sheep, and they complement each other perfectly!"
"Whenever big things happen in the future, it's better to keep in touch with each other!"
This was said, but several people did not agree with it.
You must know that there are imperial envoys in the country, and the governor of Anxi who is abroad supervises the diplomatic affairs of various countries. Where does the king of Liao come from?
Moreover, as the masters of a country, they had already understood that pie in the sky would not fall into the sky, and the King of Liao must have had his purpose in doing this.
And this is easy to guess, that is, it established the Liao Kingdom's position as the big brother among the Six Kingdoms.
That is, the right to speak.
It's very simple. The King of Liao is on the throne at this time, so he is naturally the eldest brother. But if the King of Liao dies and his son succeeds to the throne, they, the uncles, will ignore him.
And if the name is directly set at this time, even if the throne changes, the right to speak of the Liao Kingdom will not be erased.
Thinking of this, even his brother King Xing fell into thinking and was speechless.