I am the king of the dead

The walls are high and the building is small.

Zhu Wengui looked at the sky with some dizziness. He couldn't believe that he was released alive, and his children and wife were also within the scope of pardon.

Not long after, a carriage was pulled over by the eunuch to help them move to Fengyang.

Zhu Wengui, his wife and their two children stepped into the car dully.

Zhu Wengui kept looking out, the scenery on the street and the description in the book gradually corresponded, he still felt a little unreal, but until today, he didn't know that this world was so lively.

The car drove slowly away from Nanjing City and headed towards Fengyang. At noon, there was no village in front or a shop in the back. Two eunuchs and servants took out food boxes and invited the four of them to eat.

The young people ate faster. After Jianzhong and Jianrui devoured it, they wanted to get out of the car. With the approval of the eunuch and the accompanying captain, the two kept touching the leaves, weeds, Stone didn't even spare the crickets.

The Liu family, who is over 50 years old, was the one who was implicated when the Han Palace rebelled. She was sent to live in the high-walled attic for more than 20 years.

She moved a small Maza, and just watched two children who had never seen the world, running around.

This is a small road, and there are not many pedestrians passing by. Occasionally, a farmer walking by with a hoe on his back will keep pointing at them.

Mrs. Liu waved her hand to signal the two children to come over. She touched the heads of the two children and said with a smile, "We won't be imprisoned in the future, we will see the light of day again."

Liu choked up and said, "Mother didn't lie to you, we really came out!"

"Mother, do you really not need to go back to the small building where you can't see the sun, and continue to live?" Jian Zhong asked in a daze.

Mrs. Liu nodded heavily, two lines of hot tears slipped from the corners of her eyes, she nodded heavily and said: "No, we will never go back again, no need."

The two children, Jianzhong and Jianrui, finally showed joy. They didn't even have the surname Zhu, only Jian.

The two children thought they had to go back, until the mother said that they didn't need to go back to the small building with high walls, and the two ran around excitedly.

There was a shallow creek by the roadside, the two of them had only read it from books before, they howled, ran over like the wind, stepped into the knee-deep water, and played casually.

"Mother, I caught a fish, look quickly." Jian Zhong shouted loudly.

Mrs. Liu smiled, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and was finally released.

As time passed, the sun slowly set, and the two children, who had had enough fun, got into the car, changed into dry clothes, and chatted non-stop around Zhu Wengui and Liu Shi.

The eunuchs and school lieutenants put away the small horses, pulled the cart, and headed towards the Xiaoling Guard in Fengyang in the distance.

Driving under the setting sun, a very long shadow was drawn.

In Xiangwang Mansion in Luyingbi Lane in the south of Xiangyang City, the light and shadow wall is more than three feet long and two feet high.

The entire Xiangwang Mansion is three miles and three hundred and nine steps five minutes long. The city is two feet nine feet high, six feet wide at the bottom, and two feet wide at the top. It covers about [-] mu of land.

Passing the Duanli Gate is the Chengyun Hall. Inside the hall, there are arches and a roof. The middle hanging painting is a panchi, decorated with gold rims, and painted with eight auspicious flowers.

The seats in the hall are made of red lacquer and gold panchi.

And Xiang Wang Zhu Zhanqian, sitting on the red lacquered and golden Panchi throne at this time, has been anxiously waiting for the news.

He is very scared now. After the queen mother took away his golden seal, he has been living in panic.

How come the emperor Beishou is so good?

Why did you invite the golden seal of the palace for such a good job?

He ate, drank, and slept well in Prince Xiang's mansion. He had no big ambitions for a long time. It was 24 years ago that he seized power.

rebel?Is that what people do?Yan's rebellion, how much effort wasted?How much destiny is that to succeed?

Zhu Zhanqian didn't want to care about the affairs of the court at all, he was just a king of Xiang, he just wanted to stay in his palace and spend his days drinking and drinking.

However, the emperor Beishou was involved in this vortex.

Others may not know it, but can he not know it himself?

He once served as a supervisor in Beijing!

Who is His Majesty today?That is a ruthless person like Taizu Taizong!

Taimiao kills!

What kind of tyrant can do that?

He has been living in anxiety, for fear that one day Jin Yiwei will suddenly appear in front of the palace, chop off his door, and send him to live in the high walls of Beijing or Nanjing.

It was too much for him to look at it that day.

Or simply, kill his entire palace.

His existence threatens His Majesty's current throne!

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Highness! There is good news from Nanjing." Chang Shi Song'an rushed into the main hall with his clothes on, out of breath, but said with a happy smile: "Your Highness, good news!"

"What good news?" Zhu Zhanqian's eyes widened. Could it be that Jin Yiwei is coming?

Song An took a breath, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty pardoned Jian Shuren and Wu Shuren, and now they have moved to Fengyang. They have also given food, firewood, and rice. The children can be married."

Zhu Zhanqian's eyes became brighter and brighter, and then he hammered his left fist on the right palm, and said overjoyed: "Go!"

Zhu Zhanqian walked back and forth in the main hall, the more he walked, the happier he became, the more excited he was, suddenly he looked up to the sky and laughed, his shoulders shook three times.

"Hey, our Majesty, good!" Zhu Zhan said cheerfully: "Today, the head of the palace, Dianbao, Dianchu, Yibin, and actors will each reward three taels of silver, no, five taels! Just five taels of silver." Two silver coins!"

"Hey, pass it on, the feast is given today, and everyone in the house eats and drinks, it's lively and lively."

Song An frowned and said: "Your Highness, here, these more than 100 actors, each of them pays five taels of silver, so it will cost 500 taels!"

Zhu Zhanqian slapped his forehead, nodded and said, "Ah, that's right, then the actors will be two or three, no, no, five or two, and everyone will be happy."

"Today, I'm happier than New Year's Eve!"

"Let the trial, seal the memorial immediately, and send it to the capital quickly! Let's praise the matter of pardoning Jian Shuren and Wu Shuren. It's a rarity in the world!"

Zhu Zhanqian scratched his head, wondering why he was so worried. His Majesty really wanted to kill him. There is also Prince Ji’s Mansion in the capital.

Song An's eyes kept shifting, and he said in a low voice: "Your Highness, the late emperor granted [-] hectares of land, and with the addition of merchants and gentry, there will be [-] hectares of land. Next year, taxes and taxes will have to be paid. "

Zhu Zhanji immediately became a little unhappy. He had to pay taxes and taxes on [-] hectares of land. He was naturally distressed. In fact, Zhu Zhanji gave [-] hectares of land to his brothers, but in the end less than [-] hectares were in place.

Later, the more than 3 hectares have been continuously attached to Xiangyang for more than [-] years after arriving in Xiangyang.

Zhu Zhanqian really became more and more angry, what is the concept of [-] hectares of land?

Three buckets of tax per mu, more than one and a half million shi of the official endowment!

It's all money!

"The field is extremely ripe, three stones of rice, one and a half stones of spring flower field, but there are some. A total of three stones are Changer, and rice and wheat are two ripe fields, so the annual harvest of rice is two stones, and wheat is one stone." Zhu Zhanqian began to quickly calculate the accounts. .

His fields include paddy fields, upper fields, and lower fields. After calculation, his palace has a grain harvest of nearly 600 million shi a year.

Less than 600 hectares of his land are his own, and the remaining 400 hectares are dependent on him. Of the [-] million shi, about [-] million shi are used by others to evade taxes under his name.

He himself has only about 200 million stones.

Seventy percent belong to others!

After thinking for a long time, he said: "Clear out all those who are affiliated with them. If they want to resist the tax, they will fight it themselves, and send the field records of our palace to the capital!"

"Gu is His Majesty's fifth uncle, how can you not obey His Majesty's decrees?"

"This tax is lonely!"

He roughly calculated that the tax of one and a half million shi, in fact, only needs to pay about 50 shi according to the records of King Xiang's Mansion.

Then he still has more than 180 million stones in his hand. Calculated in this way, in fact, the income of the palace is not much different, but there is a lot less filial piety.

Is filial piety important or head count?

Is the lean horse in Yangzhou important, or the heads of the three hundred people in the palace?

Zhu Zhanqian is very clear about settling accounts!

He thought for a long time again and said: "After clearing out the field where I am attached, I will lock the four gates of the palace to Gu Luo, and I will not see anyone except the messenger in yellow clothes! Love whoever you are!"

"Let the chorus and the stage be set up! Let the actors and musicians play together! Let the dancers and kabuki dance!"

"How did your majesty say that? Oh, yes, greed is the beginning of all evil."

"Command, continue to play music, continue to dance!"

Zhu Zhanqian no longer had to worry about his life, so he naturally thought of pleasure.

Calculated according to the price of rice in Xiangyang for one stone and five renminbi, in fact, even if the Xiangwang Mansion pays taxes and taxes a year, there are still more than [-] taels of silver left.

Yu Qian, Yu Shaobao, lives in the Jiuzhong Hall. He is a first-rank official who maintains the Jiuzhong Hall every year, up and down, all counted, but only 900 taels of silver.

The annual income of Prince Xiang's Mansion can support a thousand Yu Shaobao!

Zhu Zhanqian had the final say, the cost of rebellion was too great, if not, the whole family would be beheaded, and the probability was extremely high.

If he doesn't rebel, His Majesty took away 25 taels of silver from Prince Xiang's mansion a year, and he still has 90 taels left, so he can continue to play music and dance.

As for how His Majesty and the Gentlemen will settle accounts, that is up to His Majesty and the Gentlemen. He closed the door and went to enjoy his fortune!

love whoever!

The Empress Dowager Sun asked for a golden seal, and the Xiang Palace gave it to him, and asked him to be the emperor, but he didn't do it.

The emperor asked all the kings, ministers, relatives, and gentry to pay taxes and taxes as a whole. He even handed in the fish scale book and paid taxes according to the system.

If Jin Yiwei came to the door again, would there be any reason?

This field book, also known as the Fish Scale Book, was sent to the capital along with the memorials from Prince Xiang's Mansion, and it was already October.

The forests in the capital are all dyed in the river, and the maple trees in the west mountain have slowly turned red, as if dye was spilled.

Zhu Qiyu got King Xiang's memorabilia and fish scale album.

"This King Xiang doesn't take bait." Zhu Qiyu shook his head helplessly. King Xiang is obviously a giant fish, but this fish will become very shrewd after living for a long time.

Chapter 2 The Costs of Offense and Defense

Zhu Qiyu put down the memorabilia from Prince Xiang's Mansion, and shook his head again and again, this King Xiang is too cowardly.

This has gone for one round, is it dormant?

The [-]th Regiment Battalion has been training day and night, and the Tongzhou Boiler Battalion has been expanded to the [-]th Battalion, with enough gunpowder to feed them.

There has been no war, how to test the training results?

In the strategic deployment, Jining and Hetao will be recovered next year. The [-]th Regiment Battalion will send troops at this time. If they fight quickly, they will return to Beijing in the spring of next year. After three months of rest, they will continue to fight.

Zhu Qiyu originally thought there was going to be a playoff, but before the playoff, King Xiang walked for a round and immediately knelt down.

Both Chen Xun and Yu Qian were in the martial arts hall. Today is not the day for the Salt and Iron Conference. They have already held three Salt and Iron Conferences, and they have gained a lot.

Let's take a break for a while, and wait for the bullets to fly for a while before continuing the discussion.

They are going to give lectures in Wutang today and listen to the completed textbooks.

Chen Xun bowed his head and said with a sigh: "Your Majesty, King Xiang is also a clan relative. The world is in disarray, so it's not good for him, King Xiang, is it? This peaceful life is peaceful, accompanied by beauties, and silk and bamboo. Yinger, Youdao yes, dear..."

Yu Qian interrupted Chen Xun's chanting. After he listened to it once, he didn't bother to listen anymore, and had to put him to sleep.

The way to persuade benevolence and forgiveness is not Chen Xun's method of persuasion.

Now the ministers, ministers, and relatives of the capital have all formed a habit.

Said: If the emperor does not move, I will not move; if the emperor moves, I will be terrified.

Your Majesty's fishing is always not able to catch fish, it is reasonable, the method and method of baiting are not bad, but the fish has long been startled, what can you catch?

Yu Qian bowed his head and said: "The investigation of the gentry's fish scale books from all over the country has also been explained, but your majesty, I think that the rebels are hiding in their nests and dare not come in and out."

"The Twelfth Regiment Battalion has been mobilizing for more than a few months. There are tens of thousands of farms in Gyeonggi and Kyushu outside the mountains. It's time to clean up the bandits and bandits. Your Majesty has given them ten months, but they still refuse to go down the mountain. .”

"It not only strengthens the combat power of the twelve regiments, but also cleans up the rogues and bandits. This is the best strategy to calm the people."

Yu Qian likes to sit in front of everything, who is a bandit?

It is the wings of kings, ministers, relatives, gentry, and rich merchants.

Every time when the two taxes come in summer and autumn, these exile bandits will start their activities wantonly, but any villages that don't want to receive the apportionment will be trampled and plundered by the exile bandits, killing chickens and monkeys.

If all these bandits are not cleaned up, once His Majesty's Beijing camp is out of the fortress, some restless guys will definitely jump out, and these bandits will help the evildoers.

Cutting off the wings can be used not only on the Oirats, but also on the inside. Besides, these bandits do all kinds of evil.

"Wait until the commanders present the distribution of bandits in Gyeonggi and Kyushu outside the mountains, and then we will see how to divide the troops to suppress the bandits." Zhu Qiyu nodded heavily.

Military training, it's time to test the results.