Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Millennium old fox

"Prince Zhuang is the prince enshrined in the east, the younger brother of the late emperor, but he is not well-known in the former emperor's generation."

Pan Wenlong said: "There is trouble in the east. The big traitor Qin Hanqing has occupied a large area of ​​land, which is almost equivalent to one-third of Daliao. The land entrusted by King Zhuang happened to be in that area. He escaped early with his belongings. gone."

"So, King Zhuang only cared about running for his life, and he didn't care about the responsibility of guarding the land."

Yang Ruoqing's lips curved into a sneer.

This King Zhuang escaped so quickly, maybe Qin Hanqing was responsible for his rebellion.

It's not a joke that the government is forcing the people to rebel.

Qin Hanqing and those people are indeed demagogues, but if the people in the land there can live and work in peace and contentment, have food and drink, who is willing to risk their lives to rebel.

And Zhuang Wang, the prince, annexed land, killed people, and took in a large number of wives and concubines. Most of these activities have been done.

"Not only King Zhuang, but also the other princes. They didn't get much. Their biggest property, the land, the manor, and a large number of slaves, couldn't be brought to the capital." Pan Wenlong sighed a few times. .

These so-called princes and nobles are already moths of Daqi.

The reason why Daqi, a big tree in the sky, is showing signs of closing down so soon is not unrelated to them, the children of the royal family with the surname Qi.

It's still a problem with the system in the early years. Qi Taizu gave too much preferential treatment to the clan's children. One by one, the children of later generations became incompetent like pigs, but vicious like jackals.

"His Royal Highness Xianwang is in charge of this matter. He is the current Zongzheng." Pan Wenlong said.

"I'll go look for him later. I think the water here is very deep. These princes are not fuel-efficient lamps, nor are they masters of peace."

Although Guangji and Guangda didn't know the inside story, Yang Ruoqing vaguely felt that Liyang Hou and Yuan Qianshan were among the high-ranking officials and dignitaries who were able to complete such a large sum of money, which was not something an ordinary person could do.

Only those people with great energy, their own money, hands and eyes are in the sky, so what kind of people are most suitable, the princes of Daqi are very suspicious.

Don't underestimate these princes, they are all wealthy in their fiefdoms, and their wealth is astonishing, some may be more than the national treasury.

Qin Hanqing ransacked several residences of the prince's mansion, and the money he got randomly was enough for him to support his soldiers and horses for a long time. After the princes fled, it was too late to take away.

……

Day two.

The slanting sunlight in the morning fell on the stone steps in front of the door through the gaps in the leaves.

A carriage slowly arrived at Uncle Zhongyong's mansion.

Before Yang Ruoqing went to look for her, Qi Xingchen, the idle king, came by himself.

Welcome the carriage into the mansion, in the hall of the living room.

Looking at the man in the wheelchair with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, Yang Ruoqing felt somewhat moved.

What happened back then hurt a lot of people too much.

However, Qi Xingchen lowered his eyes, his eyes were calm and bright, as if those fierce battles for the heir apparent had left no trace on him.

"Someone came to sue you, I had no choice but to come." Qi Xingchen smiled.

"Is it the Princess Changning, the daughter of King Zhuang, she still has the face to sue me?" Yang Ruoqing felt stunned.

She didn't expect Princess Changning to go to the clan mansion to file a complaint.

"It's her. Chang Ning sues you for oppressing the royal family. You have no law, and you almost murdered her."

Qi Xingchen laughed as he talked, apparently finding these charges ridiculous.

"Who would pay attention to her? If she hadn't been looking for trouble in my shop and told me to kneel down, I wouldn't have cared about her." Yang Ruoqing showed a look of righteous indignation.

This posture must be displayed, otherwise it will make people think that she is too arrogant and domineering.

"I know this, it's fine when you're idle, why would you bother with her." Qi Xingchen said: "This Changning is a piece of sticky candy, very annoying."

"Then you sent it for me."

"Well, no problem, I'll handle it for you." Qi Xingchen agreed without hesitation, neatly.

Yang Ruoqing was still relatively close to him, and her child's name came from Qi Xingchen back then.

"Those lords, have you done anything special recently?" Yang Ruoqing asked.

"Eating, drinking and having fun is basically like this. Sometimes a group writes a letter, asking the emperor to recover the lost land as soon as possible, and kill the rebels..." Qi Xingchen said with a smile.

"They said it lightly. Anyway, they don't do things by themselves. Next time they will write a letter to let them enlist in the army and come to the front line to have a good fight with Qin's army." Yang Ruoqing's eyes flashed with disdain.

Qi Xingchen laughed and clapped his hands: "That's good, you sent them to the front line with one word, it's killing them."

"Who made them squeak? This is what they should!"

"Okay, those princes, many of them are my elders, and I can't say anything cruel. The emperor doesn't want to care about these things, and he said he just let them make trouble. Anyway, they just drink a few glasses of wine and scold them a few times. In other words, what else can I do?" Qi Xingchen said.

"I don't think it's that simple. There are some strange things recently. There is an undercurrent in the capital, which may have been brewing a long time ago." Yang Ruoqing's words seemed a bit serious.

"Undercurrent? What undercurrent?" Qi Xingchen also became alert. He is a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, and he is extremely sensitive to those things. As soon as he heard it, he knew that there was a big problem.

Yang Ruoqing talked about the recent poisonous poisons and the fact that many powerful people were controlled.

"Is there something strange?"

Yang Ruoqing raised her eyebrows slightly.

Qi Xingchen looked solemn, and said slowly: "There is a problem. In my impression, there are many princes who are capable of doing such things, including that Prince Zhuang. His wealth was extremely terrible in the east. Back then, there were a large number of salt farms. They are all controlled by him, most of the salt in the province comes from his family, and the tax paid to the court is very small..."

"Now that there is a rebellion, these are all cheap for the Qin family's rebels. However, a lot of King Zhuang's wealth has been transferred to other places, and a lot of it has been brought to the capital."

"Do you want to send someone to test Zhuang Wang? See what he thinks and what he is going to do." Yang Ruoqing said.

"Prince Zhuang is a thousand-year-old fox. This person is extremely cunning, and it is not appropriate to startle him. I think we can start with his daughter, Princess Changning." Qi Xingchen said.

Yang Ruoqing agreed: "The idiot of Princess Changning is a breakthrough. Besides, does Prince Zhuang have any other heirs?"

"Yes, there are three more sons. Among them, the eldest is established as the eldest son and operates in other places, and the other two sons are both in the capital." Qi Xingchen thought for a while and said: "In the past few days, I will send a message to Princess Changning, Invite her to dinner at my palace, and reconcile with you by the way."

"That's a good idea, let's do it like this. I'd like to see what the Princess Changning will do." The corners of Yang Ruoqing's lips rose.

(End of this chapter)