faint [rebirth]

As soon as the matter of cutting the feudal clan came out, the whole court was boiling!

In the past, when the vassal king was still around, everyone didn't think so.After all, those vassal kings were born royals, and they had the destiny to be the vassal kings. They envied them, but they couldn't envy them, so they had to accept their fate in the end.But now... If those vassal kings are made to be like them, and the territory and people in this world become the emperor alone, then, on average, will the people pay less taxes?Is it because of the corvee and military service that they can keep one more person at home?

Although even if the feudal clan is cut, things may not be as good as they thought, but as long as the feudal clan is not cut, they will definitely not get such benefits.

Thinking about it this way, many of the courtiers in the direction of the court are actually inclined towards cutting the feudal clan in their hearts - they are either the children of aristocratic families or from poor families, unless someone in the family has the ability to dare to overthrow the Daxing Dynasty, it is absolutely impossible for them to do so The fate of the vassal kings is very important, so the cutting of the vassals will not do any harm to them.In this way... why not do it?

But to those vassal kings and their protons, the cutting of the vassals is like a bolt from the blue!

Everyone knows that the vassal king is the emperor of the earth on his own territory.Even if the site is not very rich, even if the site is full of wind and sand, even if the site is remote, it may prevent him from returning to the wealthy Luoyang City... However, the head of the family and living under the emperor's hands are two different kinds of life. The difference is obvious.

No vassal king is willing to go to the emperor's hands to live under the emperor's face after enjoying the good life of the local emperor. Besides, the vassal king has soldiers and some people have taxes. , what good life do they have?Don't you want everyone to decide?

Many vassal kings rushed to send the memorial, weeping bitterly in the memorial, enumerating their loyalty, exaggerating the difficulties in the vassal land one by one, and saying that they belonged to the descendants of the Taizu, and the Taizu sent the descendants of the Xiao family , the purpose of becoming a vassal king is to make the world peaceful, not only to allow the descendants to share the world with the emperor, but also to ensure the stability of the world and the stability of the people. This world belongs to the Xiao family, and will not be coveted and taken away by others, etc...

In short, in a memorial, I really wish I could write out my own blood and tears one by one.

When Emperor Chengguang received these memorials, Prime Minister Zuo and Xiao Junye were beside him.

The corner of Emperor Chengguang's lips showed a slight mocking color: "This is the first time since I succeeded to the throne that they wrote a memorial to me with such sincerity."

Xiao Junye just bowed his head and remained silent.

Prime Minister Zuo sighed: "It's no wonder they are there. The power of the feudal land has been held in their hands for so many years, and I'm afraid I'm used to it. Now the Holy Majesty wants to snatch this piece of meat from their mouths, and I'm afraid it will take a lot of money." effort."

Emperor Chengguang snorted coldly: "Is there any king in the world? The king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die. Now that I have this idea, those people should be obedient. If they are obedient, I will not treat them badly." them."

Prime Minister Zuo had no choice but to persuade him again: "It's just that there are too many kings in the Datang feudal lord, and a lot of land has been confiscated. Now if your majesty wants to get those feudal lands back, it's not impossible, nor is it completely unreputable. It's just that you are afraid of them. Join forces and make things difficult for His Majesty. When the time comes... Daxing will inevitably fight!"

Emperor Chengguang remained silent.

Prime Minister Zuo continued: "Besides, it is difficult to distinguish right from wrong in this matter. Although the Holy Majesty said that there is no king in the world, but when the Daxing Dynasty was first established, the Emperor Taizu personally said that he should be with the vassal king of the same surname, Let’s stabilize Daxing together, subdue the land and caress the people, let Daxing be surnamed Xiao forever. If your Majesty wants to abolish the feudal clan, he must have a good name.” Prime Minister Zuo finished speaking, glanced at Xiao Junye beside him, hesitated for a moment, and said again, “ Not only that, His Majesty also needs someone who is willing to take the lead and is willing to return his domain to the Holy One."

When Prime Minister Zuo said this, Emperor Chengguang also looked at Xiao Junye.

Xiao Junye was originally bowing his head in silence, but when he heard this, he raised his head, got up and said: "My brother is willing to share our worries and solve our problems for Daxing and for the emperor's brother!"

Zhao Wang Xiao Junye's fief is in the great Jiangnan land.It's just that Xiao Junye has never seen what his fief looks like since he came back at the age of seven.As for the taxes and corvees on the fief, I have never seen or heard of them.

In addition, Xiao Junye knows his own family affairs, he knows that he is not considered a member of the Xiao family, and he will not complain if he could not get the fief before, and of course he will not hesitate to give the fief away now—you know, these things will be possible in the future. It's all his clean.He gave the things to Wu Chen in advance, so why hesitate?

Emperor Chengguang knew this in his heart, but seeing Xiao Junye so happy, he was relieved in his heart, and laughed and said: "Okay, okay! Brother Ye, I really didn't misunderstand you! Dare to be the first in the world, dare to be the leader of the world, dare to do what those vassal kings can't do!" I will definitely reward you greatly!"

The next day, Xiao Junye took the booklet and wrote more words than those vassal kings, saying that everything he had was bestowed by the king, and this world is the king's world, and the people in this world are the king's people, Taxes and corvee, vassal territory, etc., should belong to the king...

Finally, he asked Emperor Chengguang to take back his fief.

There was an uproar.

Who doesn't know about Xiao Junye's fiefdom?However, Xiao Junye is a descendant of Emperor Taizu's younger brother, and Emperor Taizu passed away early, and the late emperor passed away for many years, and the friends of Emperor Taizu's younger brother also passed away long ago, so even if Xiao Junye was confirmed as King Zhao back then, Emperor Chengguang has been suppressing and refusing to confer the land to King Zhao, and King Zhao himself didn't mention it, so everyone turned a blind eye to it, pretending that they didn't know about it.

But they thought about it a lot, and they probably didn't expect that there would be a day when Xiao Junye would take advantage of the fiefdom to gain a firmer foothold in front of Emperor Chengguang.

Emperor Chengguang was overjoyed, praised Xiao Junye repeatedly in the court hall, and rewarded him greatly. He gave ten boxes of gold ingots, ten boxes of silver ingots, ten boxes of various high-quality jade jewelry, and two jade handles. Ruyi, two swords, a hundred fertile fields, etc., also said that Xiao Junye has already passed the age of the crown, and it is time to marry a wife.

It's just that, Emperor Chengguang didn't immediately agree to Xiao Junye's request.

On the second day, Xiao Junye asked Emperor Chengguang to take back his fief again. Emperor Chengguang was full of emotions, and praised Xiao Junye again, and rewarded him with more things than yesterday, but he still did not agree.

Still the same on the third day.

On the fourth day, Xiao Junye begged again to take back the fief, and said that he was willing to go to the imperial mausoleum to personally tell the matter to Emperor Taizu and the late emperor. Emperor Chengguang finally agreed to take back Xiao Junye's fief. Hereditary kings, that is to say, as long as the Daxing Dynasty is in place, Xiao Junye and Xiao Junye's descendants will all be princes of ten thousand households, first-rank princes, and so on.

Thinking of what he had said in front of Emperor Chengguang, Xiao Junye was slightly sarcastic in his heart, but respectful and thankful on his face.

With Xiao Junye's move, all the courtiers knew clearly that Emperor Chengguang's intention to cut down the feudal clan was obviously settled and he would never change it easily.

However, even if King Zhao, the vassal king who took the initiative to give him the fief, is removed, there are still ten Xiao family vassal kings and two vassal kings with different surnames left in the Daxing Dynasty.

They also occupied half of the country and half of the population of the Daxing Dynasty.

In the court hall, even those courtiers who are the least able to read the situation have noticed that something is wrong at this moment - now the emperor is old, fond of alchemy, and puts the priest in a more important position than all the ministers, and now he is still making a fuss Even if the emperor doesn't want chaos, those vassal kings can't allow the world to remain chaotic.

Seeing that Emperor Chengguang went to see the Daoist alchemy again, Xiao Junye had time now and started to run towards the East Palace.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is the time when the September osmanthus is fragrant.

Xiao Wuchen had been suffocating in the East Palace for two or three months.

At the beginning, in order to avoid Emperor Chengguang, he could only live in the East Palace on the grounds of recuperating his health; later, when the incident of cutting down the vassal came out, Emperor Chengguang was so busy that he didn't have to avoid Emperor Chengguang, but those vassals Wang Zhizi could not beg Emperor Chengguang, so he came to beg him, and even the prince of the feudal prince hinted that he could help him get to that position as soon as possible, and as a reward, he would never be able to cut down the feudal clan... For Xiao Wuchen To avoid these things, I had no choice but to avoid them again, and locked the gate of the East Palace tightly.

Fortunately, the East Palace was originally a small imperial palace with everything in it, and the area was huge. In his previous life, Xiao Wuchen was busy with government affairs and fighting the emperor's uncle, so he was tired of living in such a hurry.Now that he is living comfortably in the East Palace, he can bear his temper and live with peace of mind.

When Xiao Junye came to see him, Xiao Wuchen was playing the piano, and Ah Chou was playing the flute.

——Xiao Wuchen's poor physical condition in his previous life was also because he had to learn not only what he should learn, but also what he shouldn't learn, and he had to learn to be top-notch.Therefore, these piano, chess, calligraphy and paintings are naturally not a problem.

And Ah Chou is ugly, but he is the only one who can keep up with Xiao Wuchen's footsteps.Although not as talented as Xiao Wuchen, but compared to ordinary people, he is much better. At least Xiao Wuchen would be willing to play with him on the qinxiao and play chess against him.

Xiao Junye heard the voice of Qinxiao wanting to make peace, and his handsome face couldn't help turning green even before seeing the two of them.

When he stepped forward, he saw a slender young man in a scarlet dress, whose green face couldn't help but start to turn red again.

A pair of dark eyes stared at the boy and refused to move away.

The young man in scarlet clothes is impeccably handsome, his skin is as white as jade, his peach blossom eyes are flowing, and he is sitting idly.

Xiao Junye stood under the willow tree, looking at the young man in scarlet who was playing the piano, unable to move for a long time.

Until Xiao Wuchen played the piano, he looked up at him.

A pair of peach-blossom eyes were already affectionate, but Xiao Wuchen had affection in his heart. Seeing this, Xiao Junye felt that he couldn't control himself, so he hurriedly walked a few steps.

Even though the distance was only seven or eight meters, Xiao Junye felt as if he had been walking for decades before he walked in front of the young man.

look down-

"Chen'er has lost weight again."

Xiao Wuchen blushed a little earlier when he was seen, but now that he heard these words, the blush on his face receded, he stood up rather dumbfounded, and turned around to show Xiao Junye.

"It's not that I've lost weight, it's that I've grown taller." Xiao Wuchen said, because he took a lot of medicine when he was young, he didn't grow tall, but now his body is getting better and better, and he took less medicine, and his size is of course not as tall. Jumping up, "I have grown a lot taller, and there will be more in the future."

Then he looked at Xiao Junye who was half a head taller than him with a provocative look.

Xiao Junye smiled lowly, completely indifferent to Xiao Wuchen's provocative gaze, his whole attention was on the young man's slender waist under the crimson clothes.

"No, Chen'er really lost weight." Xiao Junye said convincingly, "I don't believe that Uncle Huang will show you."

After finishing speaking, he walked past Qin, stood beside Xiao Wuchen, then stretched out his arms and hugged the young man in front of him.

Then he put his arm around the boy's waist and "measured" it, while the other hand slipped down inappropriately, and his voice became hoarse.

"Uncle Huang is right. Chen'er's waist is indeed a bit thinner than before. However," his big hand landed on the tenderness of a certain part of the young man, and just about to test it for a while, he was caught in his arms. The young man stepped on his foot abruptly, and stopped moving. He only pressed his hand there, savoring the softness there, and said, "Chen'er is right. Except for her waist, Chen'er's whole body is thinner." It is taller, and in some places... it is indeed not thin. Well, not only is it not thin, but it is also plump, just right, enough to hold in your hands..."

In the East Palace, Xiao Wuchen and Xiao Junye had replaced most of them.Even those who are not their own can only stay outside and serve them.Where Xiao Wuchen is, those people must not be able to enter.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Junye began to use it a little unscrupulously outside.

Xiao Wuchen lived two lifetimes, but he never liked anyone.

In this life, it was fine when he hadn't opened his mind before, but now that he has opened his mind, he gradually knows that the emperor's uncle likes him, and he also... likes the emperor's uncle a little bit.However, all he knew was that.

But now, the uncle's two hands, one on his waist, tightly wrapped around his waist, and the other on his place...

Xiao Wuchen couldn't help but the tips of his ears turned red.

Then he started to lift his foot and stepped on Xiao Junye hard.

"Duke Zhou's rites don't apply to the sun." Xiao Wuchen tried hard to keep a straight face, "Uncle Emperor, in broad daylight, you should be a gentleman."

Xiao Junye: "..." Now that Emperor Chengguang is still here, it is absolutely impossible for him to stay in the palace at will, especially in the East Palace.

His Wuchen knew this, and said these words on purpose, didn't he mean to torment him?

As for a gentleman, what good is it to be a gentleman who can sit still?His Wuchen was in his arms, wearing a crimson dress pinching his waist, with a slender waist and buttocks, and the tips of his ears were still red...Why should he be a gentleman?

"The reason why a gentleman can sit still is because the person he faces is not the person he likes. But, Chen'er," Xiao Junye leaned close to Xiao Wuchen's ear, which was becoming more rosy, and blew carefully, "The emperor's uncle loves you. How can you sit still?"

"Uncle Huang will never sit still in front of you in his life."