The Regent makes me unstoppable [Transmigration Book]

Once the strongest vassal kings among the several vassal kings such as Huai Wang and Xin Wang were eliminated, the threat of the vassal kings to the imperial court was also greatly reduced.

But it does not mean that Shen Ying will release the remaining dozens of vassal kings. The Shen family has a huge population. Due to the ancestral system established by Emperor Taizu, the royal family's descendants are supported by the court, so the court spends a fortune every year. Huge sums of money were used to support the descendants of the royal family, which caused a huge burden on the treasury. If the money can be saved for the development of people's livelihood, military and other aspects, it will greatly enhance the national strength of Daying.

But it is not easy to remove the power in the hands of the vassal kings. If you want to change the ancestral system and deprive them of their titles, it will definitely arouse the anger and resistance of the clan. If you are not careful, you will shake the foundation of Daying, so you must think well The best way to solve this problem peacefully is to get the vassals themselves to agree to lower their titles.

Shen Ying and Gu Min discussed, first tried to use the excuse of conscripting troops to guard the border, and forced a few feudal lords with no deep roots to hand over their military power, and then ordered people to go to the fiefdoms of the feudal lords to spread rumors that the regent planned to withdraw the vassal. Let's test the reaction of these vassal kings.

Sure enough, at the end of the year, when the vassal kings went to Beijing to pay respects to the emperor as usual, several vassal kings agreed to go to the palace together to complain to Shen Ying.

These vassal kings were all Shen Ying's uncles in terms of seniority. Although Shen Ying was the emperor, but he had to give face to his elders, so he had to meet them in Yongle Palace.

Before seeing these old foxes, Shen Ying first asked the maid to help him put a layer of powder on his face, so that his face looked pale and haggard, and he wore a loose robe, making people look like he was thin and sick for a long time .

The vassal kings had also heard the rumors that the emperor had been ill for a long time and didn’t have much time to live, but it was already the end of the year, and there was no news that the emperor was seriously ill in the palace, so they couldn’t help but I wonder if the rumors I heard before are true.

But after entering the Yongle Palace, seeing the emperor with a pale face, sickly leaning on the dragon chair, looking so weak, he wondered again, is the emperor sick at all?

But regardless of whether he was really sick or fake, the vassal kings first knelt down to salute Shen Ying, and before Shen Ying let them get up, they knelt on the ground and cried, "Your Majesty! You have to make decisions for the veterans!"

Shen Ying covered her mouth with a handkerchief and coughed twice, then pretended to look at the vassals in surprise, and asked feebly, "What's the matter, everyone? What do you want me to call the shots?"

The King of Han is the leader of these vassal kings. He is a descendant of the Taizu. He is highly respected and has always had a say in the clan. However, his branch is weak, so he has no ambitions. He just wants to rely on his title to live safely in the fief This time, if he hadn't heard the news that the imperial court planned to withdraw the domain, he would not have come to the palace to complain to the emperor.

The King of Han cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that the court intends to withdraw the feudal domain. I wonder if the rumor is true or not? You have always followed the rules in the fiefdom, and you are also loyal to the court and the emperor. You are also a descendant of the Shen family. , are born from the same root, so why rush each other? Your Majesty, are you going to violate the ancestral system established by Emperor Taizu?"

Shen Ying sat up a little bit, and said in surprise: "Withdraw from the domain? I never planned to withdraw from the domain. Who did the elders listen to?"

The King of Han said: "Even if the emperor doesn't have it, it's a little bit of bad intentions to keep it in order. Liang, are there any traitors who stole the power of the country? Please also ask the emperor to look into it!"

The other vassal kings responded one after another, full of righteous indignation: "That's right! Rumors say that the regent wanted to withdraw the vassal. Xu Jingcheng dared to hide the emperor's conspiracy against us, the descendants of the Shen family, because he wanted to trap the emperor for his injustice! Execution! The emperor will punish this person severely!"

"Calm down, elders!" Shen Ying waved her hand weakly, "Don't get angry because of these rumors, I will know if there is such a thing or not when I send the regent to ask."

Seeing that the emperor seemed to have their heart towards them, all the vassal kings couldn't help being secretly happy, and they all praised: "Your majesty is wise!"

Shen Ying ordered the eunuch to pass Gu Min into the palace, and then let the vassals stand up and sit down, ordering someone to serve them tea one by one, with a very polite and affectionate attitude, the vassals felt more relaxed when they saw the emperor treating him so courteously.

In just one stick of incense, Gu Min arrived at Yongle Palace. As soon as he came in, although the vassal kings hadn't seen what the regent looked like, they could guess Gu Min's identity by looking at his clothes, and they all agreed. Putting down the teacup in his hand, he glared at Gu Min.

Gu Min came in to salute unhurriedly, "I respectfully invite the emperor to bow to Jin An."

Shen Ying waved her hand, "Zhen An. Regent, I have something to ask you..."

Before Shen Ying could finish speaking, Gu Min interrupted him with a warm voice, "I heard that the emperor's dragon body is not feeling well today, so I brought the imperial doctor here to ask the emperor for pulse. The emperor's dragon body is very important. If you have anything to do, you may as well wait for the imperial doctor." Please let me know when you have a pulse?"

Shen Ying glanced at the feudal lords below without a trace. These people should also be very curious about his condition, so they sneered secretly, nodded calmly and said to Gu Min: "Forget it, just ask for a pulse. How much effort, then let the imperial doctor come in."

The imperial doctor came in with a medicine box, walked to Shen Ying's side, knelt down to ask for Shen Ying's pulse, and after the imperial doctor finished his pulse, Gu Min asked with concern: "Imperial doctor, how is the emperor's dragon body?"

Several vassal kings also pricked up their ears, and listened carefully to the doctor's words: "Reporting to the regent, the emperor's pulse condition is vain, qi and blood are hidden, viscera are weakened and righteous qi is insufficient, so the dragon body is weak and chilly."

Gu Min asked: "How to maintain it?"

The imperial doctor continued: "It's winter now, the emperor should keep warm, calm down and take care of himself. Don't worry about trifles anymore, otherwise the old disease will relapse. Even if Hua Tuo is alive, there is no way to recover."

Several vassal kings looked at each other after hearing what the imperial doctor said, with a sentence written on their faces: Is it true or not?Is it that serious?

Gu Min waved his hand to signal the imperial doctor to back down, then walked in front of Shen Ying, and said slowly, "Did the emperor hear what the imperial doctor said? For the sake of your dragon's health, you must calm down and recuperate, and stop worrying about trivial matters, my lord." This makes people help the emperor to rest."

When the vassal kings heard that Gu Min was going to send the emperor away, they immediately panicked. The King of Han stood up and said loudly, "Your Majesty! Since the regent has arrived, why don't you ask him whether the rumors are true or not? Is it up to him to do this?" Has it turned into a trivial matter?"

In order to stabilize these princes, Shen Ying could only shake her head at Gu Min, "No hurry, I still have a few words to ask you."

Gu Min turned around and glanced at the King of Han lightly, "What rumor?"

The King of Han snorted coldly and said, "Of course it's the Prince Regent who wants to stir up the rumors that the Emperor will withdraw the feudal domain! Dare I ask the Prince Regent, do you really have this in mind?"

Gu Min smiled slightly, put his hands behind his back, straightened his back, looked at these people coldly and asked, "So what, so what?"

Seeing his arrogance, the vassal kings were instantly furious, and accused them one after another: "This is unreasonable! Why are you so arrogant? You are just a servant, a running dog raised by our Shen family. How dare you break the rules set by the Taizu? "

"Even if I risk my old life, I won't allow a treacherous villain like you to disrupt the court and break the Great Response System!"

"Xu Jingcheng! Who gave you the courage to plot against us without telling the emperor? Have we ever offended you, and you want to put us to death? In front of the emperor today, we must have a good discussion with you!"

Shen Ying pretended to be anxious, coughing and waving her hands to signal them to stop arguing, Shen Ying hoarsely persuaded: "Stop arguing, stop arguing, give me some peace and don't be impatient, Regent, tell me, Did the rumors of withdrawal come from you? Why don't you discuss it with me?"

Gu Min turned around and bowed to Shen Ying, and said in a deep voice, "My Majesty, the rumors about the withdrawal of the feudal domain are nothing more than a few gossips that I chatted with my subordinates. I don't know how it got out. Yes. The minister really wanted to withdraw the vassal, because the vassal kings were amassing money wantonly in their respective fiefdoms, and the fish and meat people caused public resentment, which was not conducive to the prosperity of the country and the people's safety. It will cost a lot of money to raise these rice worms, shouldn't it be withdrawn?"

After hearing this, the King of Han angrily stepped forward and pointed at Gu Min's nose and cursed: "Xu Jingcheng! This country is still surnamed Shen! The rules set by the Taizu, it's your turn to be a foreign minister here to point fingers? You are against Taizu! No respect!"

Gu Min turned a blind eye to the angry King of Han, only looked at Shen Ying and said, "But this is just my personal opinion, and I also know that the rules set by the Taizu cannot be violated, so I didn't report it to the emperor. All the sentences are for the consideration of the imperial court and the great government, so I ask the emperor to make a clear decision."

The vassal kings quickly pointed their finger at Shen Ying again, and persuaded them in one go: "Your Majesty! You must not listen to this man's slander! The officials and others are absolutely no fish and meat, and all they do are to consolidate The country of our Shen family!"

"Your Majesty! Xu Jingcheng has sinister intentions and tried to stir up internal strife in our royal family. Your Majesty, you must not be fooled by him!"

"Your Majesty, I also know that the national treasury is under great pressure. In this way, the Lumichen allocated by the imperial court to the Han Palace every year is no longer there. The right is to relieve the pressure on the imperial court. What do you think, Your Majesty?"

"The minister doesn't want it anymore!"

"Sir too!"

Shen Ying pretended to be very relieved, stood up staggeringly while supporting the royal case, looked at the vassal princes movedly, nodded and said: "I know your loyalty, please rest assured, elders, I promise you , as long as I am in power, the imperial court will never withdraw the domain!"

The vassal kings had already received the emperor's promise that he would not withdraw the vassal, so they couldn't say anything more, especially since the emperor still looked sick. They couldn't just stay with the emperor and disturb the emperor's rest, so they could only ask to resign and leave. to Yongle Palace.

These vassal kings are all old foxes, although Shen Ying has already assured them, but they are still a little worried.

"Everyone, do you think the emperor really doesn't know about Xu Jingcheng's plan to withdraw the feudal domain, or does he pretend not to know?"

"Hmph! How could you not know? My king sees that one of them is a red face and the other is a bad face, and they are working together to fool us!"

"However, the emperor has already said that he will not withdraw the domain, so it is impossible for him to go back on his promise?"

"Just talking about it can count? There is no imperial decree! Alas, in short, we all have to prepare for the worst. We must work together this time, and we must not compromise with the court, and we will never agree to withdraw the feudal clan!"

"That's right! The King of Han is right! We all listen to you, we will do what you tell us to do!"

But what these vassal kings didn't know was that Shen Ying's purpose was not to withdraw the vassal at all, but to lower his title.

Daying’s vassal system is inherited by one son, and the remaining sons are degraded. Unless the vassal’s family dies, the throne can be passed down forever from generation to generation. This has resulted in a situation where more than 30 vassals coexist in Daying. There are countless county kings. If the imperial court allocates 10 taels of silver to a vassal’s family every year, the annual expenditure will be at least 300 million taels, let alone more county kings and town generals. Wait for the money allocated by the government.

Therefore, Shen Ying wants to abolish the system of hereditary succession of vassal kings, and stipulate that only one son can inherit the title, and he will inherit the title by descending. The court creates a financial burden.

I also tried it today, and the vassal kings reacted very strongly to the withdrawal of the vassal. Forced withdrawal of the vassal will definitely arouse their resistance. With the foreshadowing of the withdrawal of the vassal, it is not so difficult for them to accept the next demotion .

It's like the robbers kidnapped a group of people, originally intending to kill them all, but later announced that they can be released only if they pay enough ransom. With a chance, they rushed to pay the robbers, and maybe they would thank the robbers for not killing them.

Will the kidnapped be the last beneficiary?Robbers of course.

When the vassal kings left the palace, Shen Ying finally didn't have to lean her body on her side, talk weakly and pretend to be sick, stood up and moved her body twice, pointed at Gu Min and joked with a smile: "You see the way those people look at you?" No? If I wasn't here, those old things would have eaten you alive!"

Gu Min raised his eyebrows indifferently, and said sternly: "The emperor can see it? The King of Han seems to be the backbone of these vassal kings."

Shen Ying sneered, "It's natural to see that Hanwang is the Taizu lineage with high prestige, and those old guys listen to him, so we have to find a way to remove this backbone."

"Seeing that the emperor looks confident, it seems that he has figured out a way?" Gu Min looked into Shen Ying's eyes, and smiled inscrutablely, "Coincidentally, I also thought of a clever plan."

Shen Ying rubbed her chin, raised her eyes and glanced sideways at Gu Min, and said with interest, "Oh? You also have an idea? Then let's talk about it together and see if we can agree."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and said in unison: "Two peaches kill three warriors!"