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The second half of the ninth year of Zhengde was a lively year, because a memorial made by Li Huan at the Great Court Meeting directly aroused the shock of the family members of the Daming vassal king, and even the emperor had to issue an unprecedented order to call the clan vassals all over the world. Wang enters Beijing.

In one or two months, the people of the capital were eye-opening, and they saw the luxurious frame of a famous vassal king's family. For a while, the discussions about these vassal king's family members in the capital can be said to occupy mainstream.

Almost at the end of the new year, all the family members of the vassal kings from all over the world who can get the news and are still able to walk have all come to the capital.

After all, these vassal kings and relatives are used to enjoying the existence in the local area. Whether it is food or food, they are top-notch. Naturally, they will not lose their status when they enter the capital, so the expenses in the capital are not small at all. , Naturally, it also drives the consumption of the capital.

Speaking of which, these vassal kings and their relatives brought a considerable number of entourages to Beijing, and these entourages also need expenses in the capital. For these vassal kings, a little expense is naturally nothing. If there are tens of millions of taels of silver, then I am ashamed to say that I am the prince of Ming Dynasty.

In the imperial city, in the imperial study room, Zhu Houzhao, who is the emperor, looked through the reports from Dongchang and Jinyiwei about the actions of these vassal princes and clansmen after they entered Beijing.

These vassal kings and relatives seemed more peaceful after they entered Beijing. After all, the important land of the capital is different from their fiefdoms. What does the emperor mean, and what is the reason for calling them to Beijing.

If he was targeted by the emperor because of his reckless behavior for a while, it would be a loss if the emperor cut off his title.

Looking through the information about the clans of the vassal kings submitted by Jin Yiwei and Dongchang, Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly and said: "These people are honest enough, if you don't know what they are doing in their respective lower levels, just look at them With the honesty and strength in the capital, I thought these were the virtuous kings of my Ming Dynasty."

Li Huan on the side couldn't help chuckling when he heard the words: "Your Majesty can take this opportunity to solve the problems of these vassal princes and relatives. As long as these vassal princes and relatives can be moved out of the fief, then a cancer that has been in my Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years can also be eliminated. Removed."

Zhu Houzhao let out a long breath, nodded slightly and said, "If it weren't for Li Qing's plan, I really don't know how to deal with these princes and relatives."

No wonder Zhu Houzhao was so emotional. After all, from his position, he naturally wanted to solve the problems of these vassal kings and relatives, but because of the identity of these people, if there is no reasonable solution, even if it is As the son of heaven, it is impossible for him to attack the clan of the vassal princes in the world rashly.

It is true that the emperors of all dynasties in the Ming Dynasty were fools. They didn't know what kind of harm the existence of these vassal kings and relatives would have on Daming, but several generations of emperors were helpless about it.

Zhu Houzhao knew very well that if the problems of these vassal kings and relatives could be solved smoothly this time, his name as an emperor would go down in history just because of this.

Taking a deep breath, Zhu Hou looked at Li Huan and asked, "How is everything going?"

Li Huan said confidently: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, everything has been arranged properly, and the custody of these vassal kings begged His Majesty to move their fiefs away one by one."

Here, when Li Huan and Zhu Houzhao were discussing the clans of the vassal kings, they talked about the most prosperous restaurant in the capital.

This restaurant belongs to the Daming Royal Firm, and standing behind it are today's emperor, a group of dignitaries, and Li Huan, a powerful official who is in the heart of the emperor.

It can be said that such a restaurant is an existence that no one dares to provoke in the capital, and even the plaque of this restaurant is the Daming Royal Restaurant written by the emperor.

One can imagine the influence of Daming Royal Restaurant in the capital under such circumstances.

Those who were not high-ranking officials or wealthy people would not have the confidence to enter it. After all, if they came in casually, they would have to spend hundreds of taels of silver, which was something ordinary people could afford.

Naturally, in this Daming Royal Restaurant, all the people who come and go are the famous people in the capital.

On this day, in the large hall of the Daming Royal Restaurant, there were a few figures sitting at a table near the window. Each of these people was about twenty years old, and they were all dressed in luxurious and dignified clothes. However, if someone knew these people, they would definitely be able to recognize that these people were the children of the top honorable families of the Ming Dynasty, such as Yingyinggong, Chengguogong, and Dingguogong.

A few people sat there, and the table was full of delicacies from mountains and seas, not to mention other things, the food on this table alone might not be able to take it down without a thousand taels.

At this time, several people were drinking and talking triumphantly about what their families had gained in Nanyang.

There was never a shortage of people in the restaurant, and it was almost full at the moment. In a box on the second floor, several people who seemed to be pampered were gathered together.

If people from Jin Yiwei or Dongchang saw this, they would definitely recognize each other at the first sight as the princes of the vassal princes who entered Beijing, such as King Zhou, King Jin, and King Qin.

These princes have always been pampered and pampered, and they came to Beijing this time for no other reason than to tell the emperor their grievances, and they must not let the emperor listen to Li Huan's slander.

If Li Huan is really allowed to attack their vassals and clansmen, they can imagine what their future will be like just by looking at how much benefits those gentry and officials targeted by Li Huan have handed over to the court. Miserable.

It is absolutely impossible to cut flesh from them.

The incomparably rich King Zhou sipped tea and said to King Jin, "Prince Jin, we must not let that traitor Li Huan fool His Majesty this time, otherwise the big guy will never have a good life."

King Jin nodded without hesitation and said, "Needless to say, this king has already sent people to contact some court officials, hoping that these people can say something good for us..."

King Zhou snorted coldly and said: "You said that the imperial court is so rich now, why can't you take it out and distribute some to our clansmen, especially Your Majesty, I heard that the gold and silver in your Majesty's internal treasury have been piled up It's like a mountain, he has the emperor's throne, but we can only stay in the fief and be honest, don't we even want to give us some benefits, no matter what, we are also the descendants of Taizu .”

King Qin suddenly said: "You said that it was said that Li Huan brought back a huge amount of wealth from Nanyang, worth billions of dollars. Is this true or not? The Nanyang province is really like those People say that is a fertile land, as long as you go to Nanyang, you can make a fortune casually?"

Hearing what King Qin said, King Zhou and King Jin looked at each other, and King Jin coughed lightly and said, "Anyway, according to the news I received, Li Huan really brought back a huge amount of wealth, and according to those businessmen who went overseas As I said, the land of Nanyang is indeed a treasure land, if you are lucky enough, you may be able to find a gold mine, a silver mine, etc..."

King Jin said in a low voice: "I heard that the imperial court has discovered a large number of gold and silver deposits on several large islands in Nanyang. Now the imperial court is frantically moving people to Nanyang, and it is said that it is to mine those deposits."

King Zhou said: "How did I hear that the imperial court moved people to Nanyang to occupy the fertile land there? It is said that the land there is extremely fertile, and any island has hundreds of thousands of mu of unowned farmland. The yield of the land in the land is still extremely high, and now the imperial court is constantly transporting the grain produced in Nanyang far away. For this reason, even the grain produced in the land of lakes and lakes has rarely been supplied to the capital, which directly leads to a drop in grain prices. Almost ten percent more."

King Qin said with emotion: "If these are true, then Nanyang is really a treasure land. As long as you can occupy a piece of land, it will be a steady stream of wealth. It's a pity that we feudal lords don't have that at all. Ability to occupy such a treasure land..."

While talking, a loud voice suddenly came from downstairs and said: "Xu Guang, what are you proud of? Isn't your Dingguo government occupying more than a dozen gold and silver veins in Nanyang? Our Chengguo government also occupies How can the gems in the entire mine be worse than your gold and silver veins!"

Sitting there, Zhang Han said with a bit of contempt: "What are you guys? Our British government and the Qin government have jointly occupied a large gold mine, and we can get as much as 30 taels of gold a year..."

Quite a number of people around were pricking up their ears to eavesdrop on the information unintentionally revealed by these direct descendants of the Duke's Mansion, but they were all shocked by the news revealed by the few people at the moment. I was taken aback for a while.

Nowadays, the prosperity of the Nanyang Province is well known, but no one has a specific concept of the specific extent of the prosperity.

However, the few words spoken by these direct descendants of the Duke's Mansion shocked everyone.

Listen, is that a human word? There are more than a dozen gold and silver mines and gemstone mines at every turn. According to Zhang Han of the British government, a gold mine jointly occupied by the British government and Qin Guogong is alone. There are as many as 10 taels of gold produced in a year. If they hadn't heard this with their own ears, they would not have believed it.

Just at this moment, one person shouted in a deep voice: "Enough, drink some wine and you will be invincible. If you dare to say anything, don't shut up."

Xu Guang, Zhang Han and the others immediately trembled, their drunken faces showed a bit of panic, as if realizing that they had leaked something, they looked around subconsciously, with a guilty look, Soon several people left the restaurant in a hurry.

But the departure of a few people does not mean that what they said just now is for nothing. It can be said that what they said caused a great commotion in the restaurant.

Qin Wang, Jin Wang, Zhou Wang and other vassal kings and relatives in the box on the second floor could hear Zhang Han and the others clearly. Now they are looking at the delicacies in front of them one by one. Fragrant.

After a while, King Zhou couldn't help saying: "Damn it, did you hear that? Those are gold and silver mines. The world only waits for the king's land. The Nanyang province belongs to my Ming Dynasty, and those mines in Nanyang belong to my Ming Dynasty." Yes, why do they occupy it."

"Thinking that we, as the blood of the Taizu, have worked so hard, the income of the palace is only tens of thousands of taels a year, but they rely on mines to make money lying down, and the money they earn in a year is equivalent to The income of our palace for decades, is it tolerable or unbearable..."

King Qin said with a wry smile: "So what, we sound like family members of the Daming vassal king now, but we have nothing but some money and food, not even freedom, so what can we do! The interests of Nanyang Province It is destined to have nothing to do with us, the big guy has the time to envy others, why not worry about whether the benefits we have obtained will be deprived, don't forget, that traitor Li Huan is still watching us."

As soon as King Qin's words came out, the crowd couldn't help but fell silent.

That's right, they may not even be able to protect their own interests now, so how can they think about other things.

As the end of the year approached, the vassal kings gathered in the capital, and naturally there were more and more discussions about Li Huanzuo asking the emperor to investigate the vassal kings. The emperor temporarily suppressed Li Huan's invitation to the emperor several times.

But everyone in the court can see that this matter cannot be suppressed for a long time, after all, this matter must have a result.

At the last big court meeting before the New Year's Eve, the vassal kings who entered the capital finally waited for the news that the emperor summoned them.

To be precise, the Son of Heaven had a decree to order all the vassal kings and relatives to attend the Great Court Meeting, and allow them to defend themselves at the Great Court Meeting.

It was still daylight, and horse-drawn carriages gathered outside the palace gate. As the palace gate opened and hundreds of officials entered the palace, all the vassal kings and relatives also entered the imperial city.

For these family members of the vassal kings, it can be said that almost [-]% of the family members of the vassal kings entered the imperial city for the first time. The solemn power made all the vassal kings feel a coercion that belongs exclusively to the emperor.

All the officials returned to their respective positions, and the family members of the vassal king stood together with the nobles. Of course, these family members of the vassal king also attracted the attention of many officials.

Everyone knows that today's Great Court Meeting is very likely to have a result. Whether these vassal kings will live well in the future, it is very likely that there will be a result in the near future.

Many officials looked at Li Huan, who stood at the top of the honor, and then looked at Li Huan's family members who were in the same row as Li Huan, but looked at Li Huan's family members as if they were killing their fathers and enemies. A bit of an impulse to watch the excitement.