Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

There is no way for these vassal kings who stayed in the capital to ask His Majesty for their salary.Over the years, Shenzong not only loved his brother Lu Wang Zhu Yiliu, but also kept delaying the rice, silk and other salaries that should be given to other vassal kings.Ask the local government for it, and the answer is always that it has been reported to the court, and it will wait for the emperor's will.

However, Shenzong didn't even care about the lack of ministers and cabinet ministers in the court, so he didn't care that these vassal kings lacked salaries.Some clans were titled Lieutenant of Fengguo, and they could only receive one or two stones of rice every year, just like the ordinary people who were judged for their crimes.

The vassal kings of the clan were overjoyed when they received the new king's request that they go to Beijing to guard the spirits of the two former emperors.This thing was beyond their expectation.Because since Emperor Jiajing, there has been a rule that "the two kings will not meet each other", the purpose is to prevent the princes from colluding with the opportunity to rebel.These princes and county kings, even going out of the city to worship their fathers and ancestors, had to first ask the emperor for an order, and only after getting permission could they leave the city.The magnificent palace was just a huge cage for them. They could enter Beijing, leave the fiefdom, and go out of the city to see the scenery outside. Everyone packed up and went to Beijing immediately.

According to the kinship relationship with Zhu Youxiao, all these vassal kings came out of Wufu earlier.Counting from Sejong Zhu Houcong, Sejong had no biological brothers, and Mu Zong and Zhu Zaihou had no biological brothers to grow up. In the generation of Shenzong Zhu Yijun, the emperor finally had a brother of the same mother and brother Lu Wang Zhu Yiyu who grew up.

When Shenzong Zhu Yijun was born, Muzong Zhu Zaihou was still King Yu at that time, and had lost two sons in a row.He loved the third son very much, but he dared not report to Emperor Jiajing who was the emperor.Because Zhu Yijun's birth blocked the eyes of Emperor Jiajing, who believed in Taoism and pursued immortality, he was not able to have a name until Shenzong was five years old and after Mu Zong succeeded to the throne.

But the birth of his younger brother Zhu Yiliu came at a good time.His biological mother, Li's mother, was expensive based on her son. After Zhu Yijun was canonized as prince, she was also promoted to noble concubine by a court lady. The three mothers and sons became the first ones in Mu Zong's inner court.Although Mu Zong liked drinking and sex, he had high expectations for his only two sons and the eldest son, so he couldn't help pampering the second son.

Such a pampered Zhu Yiliu grew up domineeringly in the palace.All the laws of the clan made by the Tai/Zu have always been a piece of waste paper when it comes to him.Emperor Wanli ascended the throne at the age of ten. After ascending the throne, his biological mother, Empress Dowager Li, controlled the court inside, while Zhang Ju was handling court affairs outside.Both of them taught Zhu Yijun strictly, but for Zhu Yijun, Zhang Juzheng, as a foreign minister, could not control the prince of the inner court, and Empress Dowager Li doted on the youngest son, and Zhu Yijun was not allowed to be harshly restrained.Over time, Emperor Wanli also did not restrain him and let him do whatever he wanted.

When he gets married, the cost will be a hundred times that of the Tai/Zu law.When he became a vassal, he spent more than one million taels to build the palace for him.He also gave ten thousand hectares of land.

Zhu Yiliu was deeply saddened by the death of his biological mother in the 42nd year of Wanli, and died of illness soon.Two sons were left behind, the third son Zhu Changhao was born in the 35th year of Wanli, and the fourth son was even younger.After Zhu Changhao inherited the throne in the 44th year of Wanli, his aunt took charge of the palace.However, those subordinate officials of Prince Lu's mansion were used to being domineering, and they still acted according to when King Lu was alive.

If Emperor Wanli was alive, none of these things would matter.The mausoleum of Lu Wang Zhu Yiliu has dragon decorations that can only be used by emperors everywhere, and even the door nails on the gate of the underground palace are the same as the emperor's tomb.Last year, Zhu Youxiao ordered the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate the violations and violations of laws by feudal princes in various places, and Prince Lu's Mansion ranked first.The first thing that bears the brunt is that King Lu's mausoleum violates the standard.Zhu Youxiao's instructions at the time were to order the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites to coordinate with the local government to make corrections.

The father and son of Shenzong Zhu Yijun and Guangzong Zhu Changluo were stopped in the Shouhuang Palace by Zhu Youxiao because they had no money. Mausoleum - Guangzong's mausoleum under construction.

And then there's the trouble.

Concubine Li Zheng refused to let the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry move Zhu Yiliu's tomb, and had several conflicts with officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry.

Because Zhu Youxiao led the army to march north, Zhu Changhao had nothing to do.When he learned that Zhu Youxiao had returned to Beijing, he immediately handed in a request for peace, and wanted to see the emperor to complain about his grievances.

See you soon, this matter should be settled.

Zhu Youxiao asked Zhang Wenda to lead all the people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate to sort out the records of Yushi's impeachment of the vassal kings over the years. All the illegal incidents that came out were sorted out one by one, and Zhang Wenda was asked to take all the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in Beijing, as well as the ministers of the Ministry of punishment, ministers, ministers of the household department, ministers, etc., to meet with those who came to Beijing in Qianqing Palace All the vassals made a break.

Lu Wang Zhu Changhao is two years younger than Zhu Youxiao, and he looks like a well-mannered and elegant boy.Among the more than a hundred vassal kings, because he is the cousin of the reigning emperor, he is considered to be the closest blood relative, so he was surrounded by some distant relatives with ulterior motives.

As for Guangzong's brothers, Rui Wang Zhu Changhao and Hui Wang Zhu Changrun, these two are the emperor's uncles, no matter how distant relatives squeeze the two of them, they will shrink into the corner like a quail, and bow if they fail. Shrink your neck, lower your head, and don't look at the emperor.

Since these two county kings were demoted from princes to county kings by Zhu Youxiao, apart from going to the Shouhuang Palace to pay homage to Shenzong and Guangzong's spirits for an hour every day, they stayed in the palace very honestly for the rest of the time.I am afraid that Zhu Youxiao will be offended, and even the name of the county king will be lost.

The two kings of their counties only have a supply of two thousand shi each year, and the banknotes, brocade, silk, silk, winter and summer cloth, cotton, and even the salt and tea that other kings should have have not been obtained from households so far. I got a little bit.

Zhu Changrun's salary alone bears the expenses of the two families. After his brother Zhu Changying was demoted to a commoner, he returned home and made a fuss for a while.When he knew that his brother had been implicated to become the county king, and after smashing some cups and bowls, he calmed down and calmed down.For Zhu Changrun, smashing the delicate tea bowl is no problem.If it is replaced by bamboo, if you smash it again, you will have to eat in an iron pot.

Half a year later, Zhu Changrun often appeared in the Shouhuang Palace with a sad face.

Because none of his sons and daughters have been granted imperial titles, life in the palace is much more difficult than before.

As for Zhu Changhao, the king of Rui with a lot of eyes, he no longer went to the household department to be a scoundrel and beg for money like his father Wanli Emperor was in power.He sent someone to the Ministry of Households once a month to ask if there was any statute for the county king that should be given to him, and if he didn't, he would go back to the mansion and wait.Anyway, there were not many wives and concubines in his mansion, and the silver taels scraped from the household department over the years amounted to [-] to [-] yuan, enough to last a hundred years if saved.

Rui Wang Zhu Changhao and Hui Wang Zhu Changrun hid in a corner, while Lu Wang Zhu Changhao had to ask the emperor for an explanation because of his aunt's request.

The young boy still put on the airs of an elder when facing Zhu Youxiao.

"Nephew, the tomb of your uncle King Lujian was moved by the Ministry of Industry. When the emperor was alive, he didn't say that my father's tomb was out of control. Those officials from the Ministry of Rites made trouble out of nothing, and asked the nephew to issue an order. Stop the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households from disturbing your uncle's peace."

Someone started, and the vassal kings followed suit one after another.Mainly to sue local officials for defaulting on their due salaries.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhu Changhao as the leader with a smile. After the clan expressed all their dissatisfaction and appeals, he signaled Zhang Wenda to pick and read the illegal matters related to the Prince Lu's Mansion sorted out by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"Uncle Lu, I have already ordered the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishment to investigate the impeachment of the censor. Do you have anything to say?"

Zhu Changhao was a little confused, and murmured: "Most of these things have passed for many years, and some of them were things before the birth of the lonely king."

"What about the past five years after you succeeded to the throne? I will ask you about the past five years. You should also give me an explanation for oppressing the people and robbing the people's fields."

All the princes looked at King Lu.

King Lu said in a daze, "That's how the late father was alive. The lonely king followed the late father to Beijing many times, and the late emperor's uncle didn't say no."

One thing he didn't say is, don't oppress the people, don't rob the princes of the people's fields, is there any?But his expression clearly interpreted what was in his heart.

This stupid boy.

Zhu Youxiao wanted to cover his face, and immediately said impatiently: "Your uncle is willing to enshrine your father on the top of his forehead, disregarding the people and the laws of the country, so I want to enshrine you on his head like this, you Why?"

King Lu immediately got stuck.My father and the late emperor Shenzong are brothers, what is the relationship between myself and today's son?It's several floors away.

He was also a smart man, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, the lonely king will never do such a thing after returning to the fiefdom."

Zhu Youxiao looked at the courtiers, Qiao Yunsheng, the servant of the Criminal Department, immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the fish and meat people in Luwang's mansion have been living for decades, and they should be expelled according to their crimes."

After Qiao Yunsheng, Zhao Bingzhong, the right servant of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, said: "When the tomb of King Lujian violated the regulations, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and local officials were obstructed by the Palace of King Lu when they corrected it. "

After Huang Kezuan and the other two servants spoke, they remonstrated leisurely.

"Your Majesty, Wei Hui, who is in the Lu Wang Mansion, has made people miserable. He must be punished severely so that he can be used as an example."

Zhu Youxiao nodded immediately, "Sure. First remove Prince Lu's title and take him to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for trial. Order the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry to correct the violation of the tomb of King Lujian. The minions who committed crimes must be brought to justice. Jin Yiwei was ordered to raid Lu Wang's mansion."

Is this the exorcism?Just go to jail?All the princes present were dumbfounded.

Compared with what Lu Wangfu did, what they did on a daily basis can be regarded as the difference between a little witch and a big witch, fifty steps and a hundred steps.

There was no need to be greeted, and these princes immediately knelt down to intercede for King Lu Zhu Changhao.

Zhu Youxiao said with a stern face: "I am only thinking about my clan, so I will deal with it leniently. Otherwise, with the actions of Lu Wang Chengjue's palace in the past few years, it would be beheading any noble head. Don't forget King Fu is still keeping his filial piety in Dingling."

Mentioning that King Fu is in Dingling, and the blood relationship with Zhu Youxiao, the princes who are already far away immediately tremble with fear.At this time, look at Rui Wang Zhu Changhao and Hui Wang Zhu Changrun, who were supposed to be princes, but inexplicably turned into county kings, shrugging their shoulders and bowing their heads like a quail. Everyone was worried about themselves.