Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 864
The next day, early in the morning, many clans rushed to the outside of the household department. After waiting for a long time, the officials came out. They first moved out a table, and after a fifth-rank chief was seated, the petty officials began to make noise. The clan lined up.

In the past, tea and pastries were served in the lobby of the household department. When they came to the door, they would not come. Now if they come again, they will naturally lose the treatment.

The current behavior of the household department is obviously insulting, but who made the clan lose?
On the street in front of the household department, the clan had to line up in a single row and move forward slowly. There was a clan of the general level of the town, who wanted to engage in privileges, but was very politely blocked by the household department officials. Can obediently line up in a line that can't see the end at a glance.

There is such a big commotion in the clan, how could Wang Yan just let it go like this, he usually acted vigorously and acted according to the rules, so he was considered weak and deceitful. The words put the clan in the eyes.

At this time, the clan in front of the line took out the land deed, and the officials of the household department exchanged it for him, stamped with the official seal of the household department, and he could go to the territory of Taiwan.

The clan members couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief when they saw that someone had changed the contract, and relaxed their hearts that had been hanging all night. Some people quietly left the team and left quickly without changing the contract.

The man left the street in front of the yamen of the household department, walked around the city a few times, and then came to a house with red walls and yellow tiles.This house is located in the most prosperous Zhongzheng Street in Nanjing City. There are a pair of stone lions in front of the gate, one female and one male on each side of the town. The gate with copper nails also shows the extraordinary identity of the owner.

King Yi's lineage has long been a vassal, and there is no palace in Nanjing. After he arrived in Nanjing, he made a move and bought this house to live in temporarily.

The visitor knocked on the door a few times, and after a while, a person's head stuck out from the door. After seeing the visitor clearly, he let him slip in, and then led the visitor along the corridor, along the path through the flowers and plants, Go to an attic.

The door reported a few words from outside, the door of the attic opened, and the people sitting inside were Yi Wang, Xiang Wang and others. Most of the vassals who participated in the rally yesterday were here.

As soon as they saw the messenger coming in, several vassal kings said almost at the same time: "How is it?"

"Returning to your Highnesses." The visitor saluted and said, "The household department has indeed begun to exchange contracts, and many clans who fled from the north have already formed a long queue."

"This group of people eat our food and drink our food, and Wang Fuzhi and the King of Qin said a few words to make them quit. Wouldn't their conscience hurt?" King Xiang's face was full of anger.

The northern clans fled to the south, the imperial court reduced their salaries, and the clans were extravagant. Many people depended on the southern clans to help them live. But last night, these northern clans, especially the low-level clans, were persuaded by Wang Fuzhi and King Qin. He took the lead in escaping from the meeting place, and most of the clan outside Xihuamen went away in an instant, which made the clan in the south feel very indignant.

"Ah! It's useless to say these things now." King Liao sighed, "What Wang Fuzhi said is the truth. If you don't change the fields, the clan that escaped will get nothing in the short term. If you agree to the imperial court's relocation, Taiwan's land At least you can rest in peace. The following clans are not comparable to us vassal kings, with only so much salary, they are naturally short-sighted and disregarding the long-term. Besides, we lost yesterday, and the imperial court is disintegrating. Now, we are all shaken, how about them?"

"I just feel aggrieved, and I can't swallow this breath. That guy Wang Yan smeared our clan like that, I suspect he has evil intentions." King Xiang gritted his teeth. In addition to the [-] acres of tax exemption, the rest will have to pay taxes in the future. Wang Yan is like wringing out the water on his body, how can he not hate it.

Many vassal kings in the house sighed. The vassal land in Wugang, Hunan Province was also in the heart of the Min Fan, and asked a little unwillingly: "Is there really no room for turning around this matter? Tang Wang, Lu Wang Are you really not going to speak for us?"

Several other vassals were also crying, "Yes, can you think of a way to let the court change the conditions a little bit, we have so many property, especially the palace, it is the management of several generations of kings, it can't be wiped out like this !"

"Why don't you find a solution with King Tang and King Lu? Isn't this gathering just a hint from King Yu? They are now the princes who hold real power in the clan. The sky is falling, and they have to bear it!"

"What's the top?" Mentioning this, King Xiang was furious. Not only did they fail to achieve their goal, they ruined their reputation, and they still wanted to relocate in the end, and they also completely offended Wang Yan. There are small shoes to wear, in short, he lost his wife and broke the army, which made him very dissatisfied with the kings of Tang and Lu, "We were used by them this time. Now the situation is not good. King Tang and King Lu have long complained Wang Yan bowed his head, and that Yu Wang, if he hadn't hinted, we would have been ashamed, and now you see no trace of him, you don't know where to hide."

"That's right!" A vassal lord patted the table and stood up, "If it wasn't for the hint from the King Yu, you wouldn't have offended the court so hard. I thought he was instructed by the King of Tang and supported by the King of Tang behind him." , but King Tang never showed up from the beginning to the end, this King Yu is simply making his own claims and entrapping us."

Speaking of this point, the room was immediately buzzing, and the vassal kings became emotional, and if they continued, they would probably start to curse.

"Enough!" King Yi finally couldn't stand it anymore. This rally and parade was also a decision he made after listening to King Yu's hint. They scolded King Yu now, which was tantamount to scolding him, and he was very worried.

Everyone in the room was shocked by his voice, but their faces were not convinced. King Yi sighed, "What's the use of talking about the current situation, we have already lost, and King Chu won. This is the final result."

He paused, looked at everyone's heads lowered, very frustrated, and said in a more serious tone: "The clan in the north has already gone to the Ministry of Households to exchange the lease, and the court only gave half a month, should we also exchange the land lease?" In case the imperial court really invalidates our land deed!"

"Then go!" King Liao was silent for a while, and then said, "There is nothing we can do if we refuse to admit defeat now. We have no soldiers and no power, so we have to endure."

The other vassal kings also nodded, disagreeing, what else can they do?
"If you want to go, go, anyway, I won't go." King Xiang turned his face away, obviously still not convinced, "I have never been to the court's yamen except the clan mansion."

Everyone heard the words and reacted, and King Min also said: "Then I won't go either. No matter what we say, we are Prince Daming, and officials come to visit us in the palace. Isn't it a joke for us to go to the Yamen in person? Let's send someone People go and forget it."

King Yi thought so too, just now he said that the household department was outside the yamen, and there was only one table set up, and they were asked to line up. The people below will do it."

Many suzerains and vassals negotiated well, and arranged for the following clans to go to the Ministry of Households to exchange contracts. When they arrived at the gate of the yamen, they were blocked by soldiers. Just come in? I want to see Master Shangshu, have you made an appointment? No appointment to queue up!"

The visitor glanced at the endless line, took out a silver ticket wisely, and said with a smile: "We are from the palace, we are different from them, please accommodate us."

Baihu glanced at the bank note, 100 taels, secretly thinking that these feudal lords are really fucking rich, hesitated, and took the bank note, "Wait, I'll ask."

Everyone waited in front of the yamen for a long time before the hundred households came out with a look of displeasure. "It's said above that all people are treated equally. You said that His Royal Highness Chu Wang was so polite at the beginning, but you were ignorant. Now that your reputation has been ruined, you still hold your identity and want to show off. Do you think it is possible?" Hundreds of households looked up and down. They said it again, and then said: "I advise you to admit defeat, or you will have more troubles to come."

After Baihu finished speaking, seeing that they were still blocking the door, he waved his hand impatiently, "Be honest and line up, or go back and tell the one who can make the decision, go away!"

The people sent by these vassal kings were very helpless and had to line up with the ordinary clan, but the household department sent a head to work, and the speed can be imagined. They lined up from morning to night. Putting the pen on the inkstone, the head of the stage looked at the sky and muttered, "Oh, it's time, it's time to get off work."

After speaking, he got up and left with a smile. The soldiers immediately packed up the tables and chairs and carried them into the yamen of the household department.

After a few days, the procedures for land exchange were also carried out at different times. The Ministry of Households made various excuses to delay, and the officials who handled the affairs were also procrastinating. They were either late or left early. It was clear that it would be completed soon, but it took half a day Shi Chen was alone, and every time it was the turn of the vassal king's subordinates, he would find all kinds of reasons, such as the huge amount, the household department needed to check the information, read the local documents, or the land deed was damaged and the handwriting was illegible, in short, he just refused to do it.

After a few times, the suzerains and vassals came to their senses, and everyone was dumbfounded, "The government wants to play us to death by doing this?"

King Liao panicked, "Look at the situation clearly, if you don't bow your head, the land deed in our hands will become useless paper."

Although they belong to the clan, they are not much different from ordinary people when it comes to power. Those in power have at least a hundred ways to play with them.

If after the time limit, Wang Yanzhen voided their land deeds, what would they do? Many clan vassals immediately sweated profusely, like making needle blankets, unable to control the dignity of the clan anymore, and said one after another: "Go, go, get Hurry up and find Wang Yan, as long as we bow our heads, he shouldn't be too extreme."

Wang Yan really wouldn't do too much, what he wanted was for these vassal kings to bow their heads to him, and let the whole of Nanjing, and even the whole world know that he pulled these vassal kings down from their aloofness.

(End of this chapter)