The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Yan Kesong was confused at first, then stunned, and then opened his mouth wide.

"You said Mr. Li is going to become an official?"

Yan Chengjin was surprised for a moment by his father's reaction...Dad's habit of hugging his thighs, and now he only has one thigh left. It's no wonder that his father reacted like this.

"Why is Dad so shocked? Are you and Mr. Li a close friend?"

Yan Kesong muttered to himself, but said nothing more.

The sedan landed in front of the dismounting monument. Yan Chengjin walked quickly into the palace while thinking about how to turn Li Dongyang into the second assistant.

Now the only people who like him are Wang Qiong, Han Wen and Zhang Cai.

With Li Dongyang's assistance, it can help him secure his position as the first assistant.

"Li Gong, you must not become an official before the prosperous times are over, and there are important things to discuss at the moment. It's better to put aside such trivial matters as becoming an official," Yan Chengjin said.

"..." Li Dongyang.

None of the officials looked at Li Dongyang, as if waiting for what Yan Chengjin said was important.

Yan Chengjin was silent, "This is the memorial sent back by Yang Yiqing."

"Master Yang requested an order to send officers to the island country to guard the territory?"

"good."

The eyes of all the officials were bright. Emperor Gao once warned his descendants that fifteen countries would not be conquered.

But no silver mine was found.

Nowadays, silver mines have been discovered in the island country. This is indeed a rare sacred land. There is silver everywhere, and labor can be collected at will. The biggest advantage is that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away...

It is simply a better place than Jiangnan.

At this time, Yan Chengjin handed over a letter titled "Short Notes on the Foreign Affairs of the Vassal King on the Strategies of Dingguo and Anbian".

"I believe that the vassal king should be entrusted to the island country, and this territory should not be wasted."

If it hadn't been for the overhaul of the vassal kingship system, Wang Qiong would have thought that Yan Chengjin and which vassal king were in charge of Bao Bao.

Give it to the feudal lord? Is this what a wise minister should say?

"I think it is better to use it as an imperial village or official land. The one with the highest price will get it!"

"Yes, it can also increase the national treasury reserves."

The officials looked up at the palace. Perhaps Zhu Houzhao had lost his mind and nodded in agreement.

Li Dongyang stood blankly in the main hall, observing carefully.

But at this time, no one in the hall cared about whether he would become an official or not. It was like a woman in a brothel being ruthlessly abandoned, and her heart felt painful.

Some complained that Yan Chengjin was disrupting the situation.

Amidst the noise, Yan Chengjin turned his head and glanced at Li Dongyang, and then said expressionlessly: "It's understandable that Mr. Li doesn't want to be the first assistant, so how about he be the second assistant?"

Li Dongyang felt angry in his heart and wanted to scold this boy: "It's not enough to make a fool of yourself, why not drown yourself!"

However, when the words came to his lips, he felt that it was immodest and could not curse him.

"The island country still has silver mines, how can it be handed over to the feudal king?"

Li Dongyang's voice was not loud, but the hall gradually became quiet and became solemn and solemn.

Xie Qian added: "What Li Gong said is good, it is better to use it as an imperial village."

There are large ships going out to sea, and the round trip only takes three months.

It is closer than the land on the three sides, and it can be used as an imperial village.

"Have Mr. Xie ever thought about what will happen after the silver mine is dug?" Yan Chengjin asked.

"Finished digging?"

"Yes, the mines will be dug out one day. If the silver mines are dug out, it will become a useless land. It is better to entrust it to the feudal king now."

Yan Chengjin knew that the officials must have thought that the island country still had undiscovered silver mines.

But there are only three large silver mines in the island country.

Zhu Houzhao thought for a long time and then said: "Old Gao, do we really want to be divided into vassal kings? Will the vassal king not scold me behind my back?"

The island country is rich in silver and he gives it to the vassal king for free, but his father also wants to scold him for being a prodigal.

It’s not Lao Gao who’s being scolded, so naturally this guy won’t care.

"I don't know either." Yan Chengjin replied calmly: "But there will be more and more people in the court, and the vassal system will become a chronic disease sooner or later, right?"

Zhu Houzhao was not stupid and did not hesitate to issue the imperial edict. He was not worried about this.

The ministers secretly scolded Liu Yanchengjin for corrupting the national treasury.

"Master Yan gave it to the vassal king. It is better to sell it to a merchant and earn a fortune." Liang, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, said calmly.

"I wonder how to deal with Master Liang's beating of the censor?"

"Lao Gao, I almost forgot."

"..." Liang Cai.

The officials seemed to have been warned, and some did not dare to speak.

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and fined Liang Cai 10,000 taels of silver, the other officials were fined 2,000 taels, and Lu Heng, who copied Banzhu, was appointed to the official position.

With this sentence, he earned more than 30,000 taels of silver.

Liang Cai didn't complain. Buying a third-grade official for ten thousand taels was already a favor.

The officials didn't say much. According to the Ming Dynasty laws and regulations, it was allowed to use money to buy crimes, and the crime Liang Cai committed was not a serious crime.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but said: "Who do you want to seal it to?"

"I think that no matter how the new emperor awards rewards, there will be unevenness. Why not let the vassal king come to the capital to draw lots?" Yan Chengjin said.

In the future, if the descendants want to blame, they will only blame their ancestors for the fate of the non-chiefs.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Dongyang and asked the cabinet to pass the decree and order all the vassal kings to come to Beijing to draw lots.

………

In November, the autumn wind is bleak.

Nanchang, Xingwangfu.

Zhu Youyi saw that he had received a decree from the capital, which was an imperial edict on a jade scroll and a letter, both stamped with a jade seal.

Very formal!

"Is the imperial court going to disturb the vassal king again? After the new emperor ascends the throne, my life will become increasingly difficult."

Opening the edict with trembling hands.

In the imperial edict, he was ordered to go to Beijing to draw lots to draw a fiefdom, and to move out of Nanchang within three months after winning the fiefdom. A map of the new fiefdom was also attached.

Zhu Youluo didn't want to move. He was assigned to Nanchang, a fertile land in the center of Jiangnan.

In just a few years of doing business, he made 160,000 taels of silver.

But how could he resist the emperor's order? He immediately called the princess.

The princess' eyes lit up: "Prince, it's not a bad thing. If we prosper, we will end up like Prince Ning sooner or later. It's better to be enfeoffed to an island country. There is a saying that the sky is high...

I heard that the island country can transport hundreds of ships of silver mines every year!"

In the eyes of the emperor, they can't escape the supervision of the Censorate and the prefectures and counties.

Zhu Youluo's unhappiness suddenly became clear.

No matter how much money he made in Jiangnan and how much power he controlled, he would sooner or later attract the fear of the court. Otherwise, the court would not reduce the power of the vassal.

At present, this imperial edict gave him the opportunity to leave the court.

Princess Xing carefully looked at the map for a few times, "Among the new fiefs, the island country is the best, and the prince must draw the island country!"

"How can this be sure?"

"Prince, come with me to Youmin Temple to burn incense and ask for a lucky charm, and then ask the Taoist priest to come to the mansion to perform a fasting ceremony to get rid of bad luck, and finally retire, I don't believe that I won't win!" Princess Xing is obviously very experienced.

Zhu Youlu was stunned, probably because the old Zhu family's ancestral tombs were well placed, and the wives they married...

were all quite capable.

As time went on, dozens of princes such as Prince Rong, Prince Shen, and Prince Shou also received the decree. The princes who had previously had bad fiefs worshipped Buddha and prayed for the way, just to capture the island country.