At the same time, as the various factions gathered in the capital, some of the local factions gradually felt dissatisfied.
Because Gui E and Zhang Ju were re-measuring the land of the entire country, it was inevitable that they would affect the interests of the various vassal kings.
During the Hongwu period, these vassal kings were given to various places by Emperor Taizu and were hereditary.
There were as many as thirty-two vassal kings. Among them were the descendants of the virtuous king, the king of Shu, and naturally, there were also the descendants of the guilty king, the king of Ning, who dared to offend his superiors.
During the Zhengde years, after the Ning Prince rebellion failed, the Ning Prince lineage was removed by the Wu Zong, and there was no longer any Ning Prince lineage.
During that period of time, all the vassal kings in the world were well-behaved for a long time.
However, with the death of Wu Zong and the ascension of the new emperor, the small plans of the various vassal kings began to play out again.
But this time, they didn't expect that before they could get some greater benefits for themselves, the Emperor would actually use the knife to cut down the vassals on their heads?
Re-measure the land of the entire country and cancel the right of the vassal kings to collect taxes independently...
Which one of them wasn't aimed at the vassal kings?
The first to receive the impact were King Lu, King Jin, King Dai, King Zhou and the others who were around Shuntian Prefecture.
When the King of Jin, Zhu Zhishou, heard that Gui E and Zhang Ju were bringing people to his fief to re-measure the land, he was so angry that he smashed his favorite bead!
"Presumptuous! How impudent!"
Zhu Zhishou sat at the head of the Jin Prince's residence and slapped the tea table beside him, trembling with anger.
"Which one of us in Prince Jin's line isn't loyal to the Emperor? Which one of them didn't love the people like their own children and sympathize with the people's feelings?!”
"Gui E and Zhang Juzheng dared to touch my land!”
"Who gave him such courage!”
"Ah!"
Faced with Zhu Zhishou's anger, the old eunuch standing beside him wiped the sweat off his head and said,""Your Highness, I heard that this time…"
"His Majesty personally gave the order."
"What? Your Majesty?"
Zhu Zhishou's originally angry expression suddenly became a little overwhelmed.
Zhu Zhishou frowned and said in confusion,""Your Majesty has only ascended the throne not long ago. Why do you suddenly want to cut off your vassal?”
"Your Majesty also entered the sect from a vassal king? You can't be so ruthless, right?"
"Besides, His Majesty is only fifteen years old. He can't be so decisive, right?”
Because the vassal kings were not allowed to interfere in court affairs, most vassal kings only cared about the affairs of their fiefs and were extremely insensitive to what was happening in the court.
Obviously, King Jin Zhu Zhishou was such a vassal king.
The old eunuch in Prince Jin's residence did not dare to answer Prince Jin's question.
This is your Zhu family's business. Even if he had ten thousand guts, he wouldn't dare to say a word!
Zhu Zhishou hesitated for a moment and suddenly said,""No, I have to discuss it with the acting king.”
After saying that, Zhu Zhishou quickly wrote a letter to the acting king, Zhu Chongyao, to show him the emperor's move to cut the vassal state.
Moreover, Zhu Zhishou hinted in the letter that the few vassal kings could join forces and jointly write a letter to put pressure on the emperor to not cut off his vassal state.
When Zhu Chongyao received the letter, he was shocked!
He immediately ordered the eunuch in his residence to burn this letter!
What a joke!
To put pressure on the current Emperor, did he not want to live anymore?!
He, Prince Jin, didn't know the methods of the current emperor, but how could he, Zhu Chongyao, not know?
One had to know that Zhu Chongyao's fief was Da Tong Prefecture!
Not long ago, Zhu Chongyao saw Wang Shouren leading two hundred thousand troops, passing by his residence and returning to the capital.
Before Wang Shouren left Datong Prefecture, Zhu Chongyao politely invited him to a banquet and asked him to put in a good word for him in front of the Emperor.
Now, they wanted him to jointly submit a petition to put pressure on the Emperor. Was he tired of living?
So be it. As long as he didn't have to cut off his head, everything was fine.
Acting King Zhu Chongyao was clear-headed and his thoughts were normal. He rejected Jin King Zhu Zhishou's proposal on the spot.
And when Zhu Chongyao replied, he also vaguely advised Zhu Zhishou to give up this idea and honestly accept the removal of the vassal state.
When this reply was sent back to Zhu Zhishou, Zhu Zhishou was dumbfounded.
"That's not right. The acting king is usually very fierce. Why is he so cowardly at the critical moment?”
Zhu Zhiyang did not give up. He wrote a few more letters and sent them to the nearby vassal kings.
After Zhu Yangzhu, the King of Lu, received Zhu Zhishou's letter, he hit it off with Zhu Zhishou and decided to write a letter to the emperor together with Zhu Zhishou to stop him from cutting off his vassal state.
Of course, this was not the end. There were only two vassal kings. This bit of power was definitely not enough.
As a result, letters between the vassal kings were close.
Soon, similar letters arrived at the King Shu Residence.
After the King of Shu, Zhu Rangxu, read the letters, he sneered and burned them on the spot, just like the acting King, Zhu Chongyao. He didn't even have the mood to reply.
"A bunch of idiots!"
Zhu Rangxu sipped his tea and said to the eunuch in his residence,""Pass down my order. In the King of Shu's fief, if you encounter any officials who are surveying the land, do not stop them at all!”
"If anyone dares to disrespect the officials who measure the land, kill them without mercy!”
"Yes, Your Highness." The steward of the Shu Mansion lowered his head and said.”
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