In the cool autumn, more than ten vassal princes returned to the capital.
Regardless of whether he likes it or not, when the vassal king leaves the vassal territory, he must hand over the vassal soldiers and let the young generals in the court take over. These young generals will reorganize and turn the vassal soldiers into garrison troops.
Naturally, the private soldiers raised privately by the vassal kings would not be handed over. Some of them were mixed with the private soldiers and brought back to the capital. If the number of private soldiers was too large and they could not be deceived, they would stay in the vassal territory secretly.
The vassal princes also had their own plans in private. If they openly resisted the imperial court, it would be to attack the stone with an egg. Once they resisted the decree, it would be a serious crime of treason. They had to accept the imperial decree first and then make plans after returning to the capital.
However, there were also vassal kings who relied on their seniority and veteran strength to reach the distant territory of the vassal, and had the idea of competing with the young emperor. There were three vassal princes who claimed to be ill and never returned to the capital.
These three vassal kings are King Yingchuan, King Hejing, and King Zhangde.
King Yingchuan had the largest fiefdom among the vassal kings, King Hajing was the richest, and King Changdeok had the most powerful vassal territory.
These three vassal kings have close contacts and frequent contacts. This time, when the decree to reduce the vassalage was announced, the three vassal kings all complained of illness at the same time, which shows that there was a "tacit understanding".
The other vassal kings, such as King Chenliu and others, although they accepted the imperial decree and handed over the vassal soldiers back to the capital, they still had the idea of waiting and watching. Each vassal king had private soldiers in his hands, either three to five thousand, or ten or twenty thousand.
, or more. It doesn’t look like much on its own, but together it is a huge force that can shake up the government and the opposition.
Once King Changde and King Hejing of Yingchuan raised an army against the imperial court, it was hard to say how the other vassal princes would react.
The capital seems to be prosperous and peaceful, but in fact it is turbulent and undercurrent, which is frightening.
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Sheng Hong summoned Prince Fenyang and Prince An to the palace and learned about the plan to settle the vassal kings.
The Prince of Fenyang County responded respectfully: "In the past few months, King An has already had a plan and has written a memorial for your Majesty to read."
Prince An secretly cursed Prince Fenyang as a slippery old fox, but he did not back down and stepped forward to hand over the memorial.
Prince Fenyang saw this and felt very happy.
Young people, even if they are energetic and energetic, are not afraid of offending the feudal king at all... Thinking about it now, it was indeed a wise decision to shamelessly advise King An to come to the clan mansion as an errand.
King An is the younger brother of the Emperor, and in terms of title, he is also above all the vassal kings. When King An comes forward in everything, those arrogant vassal princes will immediately be three points lower. It will be much easier to "place".
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Sheng Hong read through the memorial, and after reading it, he asked calmly: "Prince An, your idea is good. I just don't know whether it can be implemented smoothly."
An Wang, who had lost a lot of weight, was tall and tall, and his delicate eyebrows showed the vitality of a young man. Hearing this, he raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "You will know after you give it a try."
He looked eager to try.
Sheng Hong laughed dumbly and quickly nodded in agreement: "Okay, I'll leave this matter to you." After thinking about it, he said: "I will send some imperial guards to you. When you go to the feudal prince's palace, take more people with you.
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King An himself had a thousand soldiers.
However, the royal guards are the personal soldiers of the emperor. Wherever they go, they represent the power of God. With the royal guards on their side, they can also shock the vassal kings.
King An was overjoyed when he heard this, his eyes lit up: "Thank you, brother." He asked with a shy face: "Brother, how many imperial guards do you plan to send to me? One thousand or two thousand?"
Sheng Hong: "..."
Prince Fenyang coughed violently and winked at Prince An repeatedly.
When he took over the clan's mansion, the emperor only sent a hundred royal guards to him to give him a boost of momentum. King An, on the other hand, had one thousand or two thousand at his mouth...
The face is really big.
Prince An looked at Prince Fenyang with concern on his face: "The prince is coughing so badly. Do you want to ask the imperial doctor to take a look?"
Prince Fenyang: "..."
Prince Fenyang stopped coughing in frustration and forced out a smile: "No, no, no, I was choking on my saliva just now. I'm fine now."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sheng Hong said: "What King An has done requires imperial guards to intimidate the vassal king. Let's do this. I will send you a thousand imperial guards, and you will dispatch them."
King An was overjoyed and hurriedly handed over his hands to thank him.
Prince Fenyang: "..."
Sure enough, my younger brother is treated better than his cousin.
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Prince An was not polite at all, so he went to order a thousand imperial guards that day, and led them back to Prince An's Mansion in a grand manner.
Later, when King An went to the vassal palace to "discuss important matters" with the vassal princes, he took all the thousand imperial guards with him.
No matter how big the vassal kings were, they could not accommodate so many imperial guards. King An had no choice but to bring two hundred into the palace, and the remaining eight hundred imperial guards were stationed outside the vassal palace.
At first glance, this formation looks similar to confiscating homes and exterminating clans.
The vassal princes who originally didn't think highly of King An, soon lost most of their arrogance and became particularly kind and easy to talk to.
The plan to resettle the feudal lord was quickly carried out.
King An's plan is actually not complicated. According to Sheng Hong's previous idea, all the children and grandchildren of the vassal kings will be gathered in one place. Those under twenty years old will study and practice martial arts first, and those over twenty years old will be assessed. Those who pass the assessment will
, arrange suitable errands. Those who fail the examination can also go to study and practice martial arts.
The assessment requirements are all based on the graduation standards of the six major academies in Beijing...
The results can be imagined.
There were more than 100 people over the age of twenty, and only three passed the examination. These three people were personally summoned by the emperor to receive generous rewards, and were arranged to enter the Sixth Department to learn how to be officials.
The remaining one hundred and thirty were all sent to the clan academy.
Yes, this is also Wang An's initiative.
The children of the clan are born with honor and wealth, and they can eat and drink without worrying about anything. This also makes the children of the clan less interested in studying, but more interested in eating, drinking and having fun.
King An was the leader among them.
In order to reverse the unhealthy trend among the clan children, King An made a memorial a few months ago, asking the emperor to establish a clan academy. clan children over ten years old must study in the clan academy.
Since there were many children in the clan, and there were also feudal princes and grandsons who had returned from afar to be accommodated, it was naturally not enough to have one academy. A total of three academies were set up. In terms of age group, those aged ten to fifteen were in one, and those aged fifteen were in one.
Those aged to twenty are in one place, and those over twenty are in another place.
The princes and grandsons of the feudal clan originally wanted to unite, but there were many people studying in the academy. Each academy had about a dozen school buildings. Once you entered the academy, you had to let it be arranged. Basically, they were scattered and placed in different school buildings.
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Within a month, the descendants of the vassal kings were properly arranged and went to the academy to study in an honest manner.
What's pitiful is that a grandfather in his thirties actually wants to go to school. It really makes the listeners sad and the listeners shed tears.
Among the feudal princes, King An was also nicknamed "bastard".
