After he and his mother-in-law separated, he built a house and stocked a warehouse full of grain and

"Started?" Shui Qing asked uncertainly.

Fan Jin hurriedly walked into the courtyard and nodded with a heavy expression.

Shui Qing had always been mentally prepared for the reduction of the feudal clan, but after hearing the news about the reduction of the feudal clan, he still panicked.

After all, I have lived in peaceful times for a long time. When I came here, it was just about food and clothing at the beginning, not personal safety.

Now it was really clear that there was going to be chaos outside, and all the tragic events during the war flashed through my mind.

She took a deep breath and said with a calm and complicated emotion: "Call all the children back and tell them carefully."

The days of calm are gone forever.

"Okay." Having seen the current situation in Fucheng where people's hearts are already floating, Fan Jin also believes that he must give the children a reminder.

Don't be ignorant, as that will not do any good to the children, and may even harm them.

After a while, all six children, including Ling Ran, were found.

The family gathers in the tea room.

A tea room was built on the left side of the main house of the new house. It is spacious and bright, with tables, chairs, tea and cakes. It is perfect for announcing, discussing and discussing matters.

At this moment, two or three pastries were placed on the long table, and tea was poured and dried according to the number of people.

The preparations before talking about things are still very sufficient.

"It's only the beginning of April, and the new emperor has only succeeded to the throne for less than a year. It's really too fast." Ling Ran said with a frown as he hurried into the tea room.

Fan Jin told his family the gossip outside in as much detail as possible: "There are many people outside who support the new emperor, especially scholars. I have heard a lot of high-pitched talk outside several restaurants that the new emperor's move is very good."

Fan Jiang was a straight man and asked naively: "Dad, isn't it good to reduce the vassal status? I heard you talk about them before, saying that they are all the emperor's uncles, there are so many of them, and they occupy a lot of fiefdoms;

Isn't it a good thing that the emperor wants to take back the land he gave you? Can they still give it? "

"It is a good thing, but it has been done too hastily; these princes are not just people who only eat, drink and have fun after several generations, they are all fighting against the late emperor!" Ling Ran said in a deep voice.

Seeing Fan Jiang's eyes wide open, curious but not understanding, he could only say: "It can be said that without these princes who are good at conquering and fighting, the country would not necessarily be where it is today;

These are princes and heroes who have conquered the world. Otherwise, why would the late emperor divide fiefdoms for them? That is also their reward.

The late emperor was their biological father. He died less than a year ago and the new emperor succeeded to the throne less than a year ago. They have to take back all these rewards at once. Do you think you would be willing to do it instead? "

Yan Qiuxing Hui and Jiang Hehu thought for a while but shook their heads.

If they worked hard to buy a farm, shop, and house for their family, and their father split up the family before his death and gave them their own fields, and their eldest brother's son, who is also their nephew, wanted them all to be returned to him alone, they would not be willing to do so. .

The principles of the world and small families are the same.

However, Fan Hu thought for a while and said: "If you give me a similar amount of money and buy it back, I should be able to agree."

Ling Ran quickly glanced at Fan Hu.

His acuity is very good at a young age.

Shui Qing looked at Fan Hu and deeply recognized that sentence: Dragon gave birth to nine sons, and the sons are different.

Fan Jiang is too simple and honest. Even if he studies well in the future, he can only do academic research and not enter officialdom - otherwise he will be tricked to death without even knowing it.

However, judging from her studies over the past six months, she was not worried about Fan Jiang entering officialdom.

Because Fan Jiang is not good at studying at all.

And Lake Van will do.

It’s not just good reading and literacy, but more importantly, this acumen.

Fan Jin looked at Fan Hu and sighed softly: "If we give him money, dad won't have to worry so much about those feudal kings rebelling."

Fan Jiangtie asked naively: "Didn't you give it? You have to give some compensation, right?"

Not giving anything is a bit unkind.

Fan Jin shook his head: "Not only were they not given, but the whole family of King Zhou, who was the first to be cut off from his vassal, was taken back to Jinling and made common people. I don't know whether they were exiled or imprisoned later."

There was silence in the tea room.

Exile and imprisonment don't seem to be good...

Ling Ran lowered his eyes, and his tone remained steady, as if he were making a statement: "Back then, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not directly abolish the vassal, but issued the "Tianfa Order" to gradually reduce the financial and human resources of the vassal king;

Now that the new emperor is doing this, he will force those princes to go in the opposite direction. "

Whether it is good to cut down the vassal state or not, these common people don't care. They only know that they can't fight.

Once there is a war, life will be worse than that of a pig or a dog.

"Let's take a look first. Maybe it's just this one prince, and the princes behind him won't move, or maybe it takes a few years to cut off a prince, and then it's okay to arrange it properly." Fan Jin didn't want his children to worry too much, and thought in a good direction. .

Shui Qing knew this was just the beginning.

Next, this new emperor will kill three kings in a row!

One was exiled, the other was imprisoned, and the other was neither exiled nor imprisoned. It was because this prince was falsely accused of treason. How could he provide evidence for something he had never done?

In the end, in order to prove his innocence, and fearing that he would be worse off in exile or imprisonment later, he burned the whole palace to death!

But the new emperor didn't care at all and killed a few more princes within two months.

As for the killing of three princes in a month, maybe the second prince has already started, but the notice has not yet been posted to Guangning Mansion.

Nowadays, those scholars and students can still talk eloquently, but the businessmen who have received the news are probably already making preparations.

No, they may have been ready years ago.

At least Bai Ziqian and his father Bai Manshan, the richest man in the southern capital, were planning at that time.

Thinking of Bai Ziqian, Shui Qing also thought that if it was already April and they hadn't come yet, and the notices came one after another, it would be difficult to meet in the next few years, and it was very likely that they wouldn't be able to see each other for several years...

Yan Qiuxing's children in the room were still discussing whether the situation would become more serious or calm down.

Divided into two groups, they were debating.

Shui Qing and Fan Jin did not interrupt. It is a good thing for children to have ideas and cannot be stifled.

She announced her decision in advance: "Yan Qiu, there is no need to make rice wine from tomorrow on. The existing ones at home can be sold as long as they last."

Others didn't know it, but she knew it.

The reduction of vassals will not stop. Even if the imperial court has not yet issued a notice prohibiting brewing, it will be a matter of time and it won't be long.

Moreover, restaurants and bars are the busiest these days. There are many scholars and students talking loudly, and the risks are also very high.

Don't talk about state affairs, it's not just talk. Maybe one day the government officials will rush in and arrest people!

Selling rice wine often involves going in and out. Currently, we have enough money, so it’s better not to take risks.

Yan Qiu raised his eyes blankly and responded obediently: "Okay!"

"Ling Ran, you and Dajiang drive the donkey cart to Fucheng, make a list of everything we need, and buy them all.

Buy as much as you can, I'd rather not use it all than not have it when you can't use it. "

These two months are still safe, but in the next few years, their whole family will try to live as simply as possible and not go out as much as possible!