Liao King Zhu Zhi looked at Zhu Yunwen and said,"Your Majesty's concern is the foundation of human feelings. I have an idea. Should I mention it?”
Zhu Zhi, the 17th son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, was granted the title of King of Liao and established a vassal state in Guangning, which was the Guangning Prefecture near Yiwulu Mountain in Liao Province. Later generations called it Beizhen City.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Zhu Zhi, who was about the same age as her, and said with a smile,"What can't be said at a family banquet? Tell me."
" Your Majesty, the winter wind in Guangning is bone-piercing and hard to rest. I really don't want to stay in Guangning. I would like to ask Your Majesty to change my fief…"
Zhu Zhi was not joking.
The winter in Liaodong was freezing cold, and it was indeed hard to endure.
He was born in Nanjing and had yet to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan. At the age of seventeen or sixteen, he ran to a cold area that was not suitable for living.
At such a young age, it was indeed glorious to have tens of thousands of soldiers, but glory could not be eaten. Whenever there was a military report, he would crawl out like a dog, trembling. Sometimes, he couldn't even sleep well. He pitied himself for missing the days in the capital so much.
Taking advantage of the fact that his father, Zhu Yuanzhang, had left, he returned to the capital for the funeral. This powerful contrast in life made Zhu Zhi completely tired of Liaodong. After making up his mind, even if His Majesty wanted him to go, he would pretend to be sick and stay.
" Uncle Liao King is the mountain rock of Liaodong Town, the pillar of Great Ming in Liaodong. How can I change the fact that Emperor Taizu personally appointed Uncle Liao King…"
Zhu Yunwen pretended to be embarrassed.
No wonder Zhu Zhi gave him such a generous gift. It turned out that he wanted to use the back door. This was a smart person.
Zhu Zhi quickly complained about the hard days in Liaodong. In the end, he pinched his thigh and pointed at it without regard for etiquette. This was frostbite from winter. If he went back, he would probably die there.
Everyone looked at it and saw that it was clearly a purple bruise, not frostbite. Even if you're faking it, you still have to put in more effort. Besides, you've been running around the capital for the past few months, so who doesn't know that your legs are good?
If it weren't for your filial piety, you would have caused a lot of trouble.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Zhu Zhi's sincere eyes and sighed,"Since that's the case, then Uncle Liao will stay in the capital to recuperate. As for the fief, let's change it to Songjiang Prefecture."
Songjiang Prefecture!
The vassal kings were shocked.
Songjiang Prefecture was fertile and rich in resources. It was an important source of financial resources for all dynasties.
During the Yuan Dynasty, it was known as the "Land of Fish and Rice".
In the Ming Dynasty, Song Jiang was even more important. According to the statistics of the 34th year of Hongwu, there were more than 47,000 hectares of land in Songjiang Prefecture, and the land tax was 1,400,000 stones. Although this data was the result of heavy taxes, it also showed that Song Jiang's products were abundant!
Coupled with the continuous planting of cotton, mulberry, rice, and wheat, the development of the coastal plains, it had a rich foundation and prosperous commerce. Not far to the west was Suzhou, and to the southwest was Hangzhou. It was only 800 li away from Nanjing!
Such a prosperous and important place, His Majesty actually gave it to Liao King Zhu Zhi!
Zhu Zhi felt that it was a little illusory. He pinched himself and realized that he was not dreaming. He hurriedly knelt down and thanked him,"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The vassal kings looked at the pleasantly surprised Zhu Zhi and were mostly envious.
However, Prince Yan Zhu Di, Prince Ning Zhu Quan, and the others were terrified.
If Zhu Yunwen learned from Song Taizu's "cup of wine to give up the military power" and played the trick of "changing the country at a family banquet", would he agree or not?
If he agreed, he wouldn't even need to return to his fief!
Hand over the military power and move to the south!
If he didn't agree, His Majesty would think, What do you mean? Don't you want to be close to me? Stay and accompany me? If he didn't want to enjoy glory and wealth, why did he have to use a knife and a bow?
When Zhu Geng saw that Zhu Zhi had reaped the benefits, he remembered the bitter days he had to endure in Gansu Province and the wild lands of Yunnan Province. He was only thirty years old, but he had already suffered. Now that he had the chance to end all this, how could he not seize the opportunity?
Zhu Geng secretly wiped a piece of ginger on his eyes, tears streaming down his face as he shouted,""Your Majesty, I also want to change my fief…"
Zhu Yunwen didn't allow it, saying that Yunnan couldn't leave King Min.
Zhu Geng cried non-stop. He didn't want to stay in Yunnan anymore. For the sake of her happiness for the rest of her life, she would be embarrassed.
Yunnan in the Ming Dynasty was not like Yunnan in the future where flowers flew everywhere. Some people took a lot of money to travel.
At that time, Yunnan was not only backward, but the indigenous people were also not obedient. It was very common to get a few elephants to rebel today, get a few javelins to rob food tomorrow, and kill people.
Besides, even in the 31st century, there were many poor areas in Yunnan, let alone the early Ming Dynasty more than 600 years ago!
Zhu Yunwen had had enough. She waved her hand and said,"Alright, alright, zhen agrees.”
Zhu Geng immediately stopped crying and hurriedly thanked him. He chuckled with tears on his face. He had no choice. He had used too much ginger.
Zhu Yunwen looked at the others. Without waiting for Zhu Di, Zhu Quan, Zhu Gui, Zhu Wei and the others to express their opinions, Zhu Yunwen said first,"Uncles, don't think about changing your fief. The Great Ming Empire still needs you to guard it so that I can sleep at ease.”
" Your Majesty…" Zhu Quan gritted his teeth and shouted,""This subject does not wish to leave the capital.”
"Uncle Ning, I just said, don't think about changing fiefs.”Zhu Yunwen frowned and said seriously,"I need you to protect Ming." This is a family banquet. I already feel uneasy after agreeing to King Liao and King Min. If this continues, what should we do at the border of the empire?”
Zhu Quan could only take back his words, and Zhu Di and the others were relieved.
As for Zhu Shangbing, the King of Qin, he was only an eight-year-old child and did not care about such things.
There was also the King of Jin, Zhu Jixi. Although he was in his thirties, he was still a second-generation vassal king.
Their father had left early, and the two of them did not have much prestige in the army. A few days ago, they had entered the palace hand in hand to look for the Empress Dowager and begged the Empress Dowager to come forward and let them stay in the capital.
Zhu Yunwen saw that it was the Empress Dowager who spoke, so she naturally agreed, but she didn't announce it to the public.
As a result, the nine Great Sai Kings in the north were eliminated. Liao King Zhu Zhi, Qin King Zhu Shangbing, Jin King Zhu Jixi, and the remaining six Sai Kings!
These people were the most troublesome existences!
As for Zhu Geng, the Min King of Yunnan, he was not a threat to begin with. He was just taking advantage of the situation to change his vassal state.
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