Father can be an enemy to the country

Qingzhou, together with Yanzhou, is one of the nine ancient states. It has been an important town in Qi and Lu since ancient times. It has been the political and economic center of Shandong since the Han Dynasty to the beginning of the country.

So Zhu Yuanzhang appointed the King of Qi here, and he had high hopes for him.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's design, the King of Qi should guard Shandong for the court together with the King of Lu, and at the same time, as the backing of the King of Yan, he should go to Kaiping to defend Youyan when he went out to fight. To prevent the Mongols from Liaodong from stealing his home.

The King of Qi went to Kaiping several times and performed very well. And there are supporters like the Wu family in the army to help him cheer, but his reputation has always been bad.

Because he is notoriously cruel and perverted.

How cruel is the King of Qi? It has been said many times before, and all kinds of ways to kill and torture people have been said enough. Just one thing can tell how terrifying he is-

The office of the Shandong Command is located in Qingzhou, and it is governed in the same city as the King of Qi's mansion. Ping Baoer, the governor of Shandong, is the adopted son of the current emperor Zhu Laoban. He is the highest military commander of the province from the first rank. He was frightened by his brutality and applied to move his office to Jinan, and dared not stay with him.

But the King of Qi was much more experienced than the King of Lu. Those who dared to go to Beijing to complain were stopped by him halfway, and then the whole family went to the underworld to reunite. Officials who dared to meddle in other people's affairs would always encounter various accidents inexplicably and die in office.

Moreover, he required the governor of Shandong, the governor, the censor and the censors of various guards to come to see him on time in strict accordance with the requirements of the court and wait for his dispatch.

You must know that the governor and censors of Shandong are located in Jinan. If they strictly follow the court regulations and meet the King of Qi twice a month and the King of Lu twice a month, then they don't have to do anything else this month, and they are all on the road. But what can they do when they encounter a barbaric tyrant like Lao Qi?

I can only go from Jinan to Qingzhou on time, then go to Yanzhou, and finally take a boat back to Jinan from Yanzhou. I spend no more than five days in the government office every month, and all official business has to be handled on the road...

In fact, this is barely tolerable. After all, it is a rule of the court. It is reasonable for the King of Qi to require strict implementation. However, he also arbitrarily stipulated that all civil and military offices must be verified by the Qi Fan Dian Yi before submitting any official documents sent to the court.

This is obviously because he is afraid that they will complain to Boss Zhu. And it is obviously not in line with the rules. Because strictly speaking, the princes are not the direct superiors of local officials. They are just symbols of imperial power in various provinces and have the power to supervise and guide local civil and military officials.

Unless there are special circumstances, the princes cannot directly intervene in local affairs. In other words, it is okay to check once in a while, but you cannot make a rule that you must check without exception. That is obviously overstepping your authority.

The only exception was Lao Liu, but that was because Yunnan was just opened up, the situation was extremely complicated, and it was located in a remote area, so Zhu Yuanzhang specially ordered him to be in charge of all military and political affairs, and to control the civil and military affairs of the entire province and Guizhou.

The King of Qi was in the hinterland of Shandong, but he insisted on being with Lao Liu, which was obviously beyond his authority. But all the officials who dared to object either committed suicide suddenly or suffered misfortunes, and the rest were trembling with fear and could only follow his requirements.

As a result, the King of Qi's arrogance was further boosted. He unscrupulously controlled the post and transmission system of Shandong, and the entire defense of Qingzhou Prefecture was also in his hands, turning Qingzhou into his own independent kingdom.

But during this period, the king was anxious every day, got angry every day, and killed people every day...

Everyone in the King of Qi's mansion was worried, walked on tiptoe, and dared not breathe, for fear of being noticed by him and becoming his punching bag.

"Where are the people? Where did they die?!" In the end, the seventh brother got the chance to attack him and said, "Even a sip of tea is cold! Come on, drag the eunuch who is in charge of the teapot down and beat him to death!"

"Please spare my life, Your Majesty..." The eunuch who was waiting outside the palace was terrified and knelt down crying, "Your Majesty said yesterday that the tea was too hot and killed my master, so I let it cool down and brought it to Your Majesty today."

"If you can't even make a cup of tea properly, what's the point of keeping you and your master? Drag him away!" The seventh brother waved his hand, and the guards dragged the eunuch who was paralyzed into the mud into the yard, tied him to a bloodstained wooden stake, and began to whip him.

The sound of the whip hitting the flesh and the eunuch's painful screams came into the palace from outside, which frightened the palace people. However, His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi closed his eyes and said leisurely, "Tonight, I hear your pipa music, as if I heard the music of the celestial beings..."

The perverted energy made the palace people even more horrified.

Amid the sound of whips, the eunuch reported softly, "Your Highness, Master Wang, Commander Zhu, and Mr. Duan want to see you."

"Let them in quickly." The King of Qi finally came to life, rubbed his face, and sat up from the recliner.

"Greetings, Your Highness." After the three came in, they first paid their respects meticulously.

"Get up." The King of Qi greeted the three in a deep voice, and then asked Master Wang, "Master Wang, how is the matter going?"

"Reply to Your Highness." Master Wang, who looked like a fairy, replied respectfully, "Ten gangs and six sects, five hundred and twenty incense halls, all have been notified - the full moon remains the same, and the plan remains unchanged!"

"Oh, it would be great if we could start earlier." The King of Qi rubbed his forehead in annoyance.

"It's been almost a month since Tao Zhenren's assassination attempt failed. That's too much time for Lao Liu!"

"There's no other way." Zhu Yong, the commander of Qingzhou Guard, said with a wry smile: "We've already agreed to start the uprising on August 15. If we start the uprising hastily without proper notice, it will definitely be a mess."

"That's better than giving Lao Liu time to prepare calmly!" But the King of Qi insisted on his own opinion.

Master Wang, Zhu Yong, and Mr. Duan looked at each other in confusion, saying to themselves that the prince's fear of his sixth brother was deep in his bones.

"Your Majesty, calm down, there is nothing we can do about it." Mr. Duan actually has some connection with Lao Liu. His name is Duan Shi, and he is the last steward of the Duan family in Dali. After being captured by the Southern Army and taken prisoner in the capital, he was sent to the capital by Zhu Yuanzhang. Qingzhou, let Lao Qi take care of it.

Lao Qi valued him very much and appointed him as a professor in his palace, using his experience to assist him.

Duan Shi hated Lao Zhu's family deeply, so naturally he was happy to give advice to Lao Qi. "The excuse for the uprising in Shandong Province is to support the people of Yanzhou in resisting the tyranny of King Lu. Therefore, only if Yanzhou starts the uprising, will other places have a reason to follow suit. Then the prince can logically send troops to Yanzhou to control the situation."

"So before the Yanzhou uprising, how can other places mobilize in advance?" Duan Shi sighed and said: "And King Lu's 'chicken-cutting meeting' has been ruined. It is still unclear whether Yanzhou can launch the uprising as scheduled."

"So it's all Lao Liu's fault!" Lao Qi slammed the table angrily: "Ever since I was a child, as long as I have anything to do with him, I have never had anything good for me!"