Because it is related to the reform issues of the vassal kings, I still need to introduce them.

In addition to the vassal kings killed by Li Zicheng, there were seven vassal kings killed by Zhang Xianzhong.

The fief of Wuchang Prefecture was King Chu. Zhang Xianzhong attacked Huguang and quickly captured Wuchang.

Zhu Huakui, the last King of Chu, was arrested. Zhang Xianzhong ordered his family to drive him to the riverside and forced him to commit suicide by jumping into the water. None of the old, young, women and children were spared.

According to historical records, Zhang Xianzhong "takes all the gold and silver from the Chu Palace, and carries hundreds of cars in the chariot."

He also smiled and scolded, "With such a wealth without setting up a guard, Zhu Hu Zi is really mediocre!"

The King of Shu was the fief of Chengdu Prefecture. Zhang Xianzhong captured Chengdu. The last King of Shu Zhu Zhishu and his concubines were so scared that they jumped into the well and committed suicide. All the living people in the clan were killed. The King of Shu was immediately used as the palace by Zhang Xianzhong.

Among the vassal kings in the late Ming Dynasty, Shu King Zhu Zhishu was the richest. But when he heard that Zhang Xianzhong sent troops to Shu, Zhu Zhishu only took out 20,000 taels of silver to work hard.

After Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide in the capital, officials in Shu elected Zhu Zhishu as the governor, but he evaded and delayed it and was unable to bear the heavy responsibility. The officials asked him to fund the recruitment of troops, but he refused harshly.

After Zhang Xianzhong captured Chengdu City, he ordered Zhu Zhishu, who had committed suicide, to be salvaged, and chopped his body several times with his own hands, and then threw it into the river.

The fief of King Min was in Wugang Prefecture. In the 16th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong captured Wugang, and the last King Min, Zhu Qiong and all the clans were killed.

King Xiang's fiefdom was in Xiangyang Prefecture, and his first ancestor was Zhu Zhanji, the son of Emperor Renzong of Ming Dynasty.

In the 14th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong unexpectedly attacked Xiangyang Prefecture. After breaking the city, he killed the last King of Xiang Zhu Yiming and King of Guiyang Zhu Changfa, and set fire to the city tower and burned his body.

King Jing's fief was in Qizhou Prefecture. In the first month of the 16th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong captured Qizhou, and the last King Jing Zhu Ciyan was killed. Zhang Xianzhong sent people to plunder the treasures of the royal palace and left.

The King of Rui, whose fief is in Hanzhong Prefecture, was Zhu Changhao, the son of Zhu Yijun, the Emperor Shenzong of Ming Dynasty. In the 17th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong captured Hanzhong Prefecture, and Zhu Changhao was captured and beheaded.

King Hui's fief was in Jingzhou Prefecture. He was Zhu Changrun, the son of Zhu Yijun, the Emperor Shenzong of Ming Dynasty. In August of the 16th year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong attacked Changsha, and Zhu Changrun was killed in the war.

3. The remaining princes of the descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang were all eliminated by the Qing court who entered the pass.

The late Ming vassal kings described earlier, killed by the rebels such as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, looked very bloody and their heads fell to the ground.

But only part of it, the Qing court after entering the pass was the Qing Dynasty.

After the Qing army entered the pass, Dorgon issued two decrees in the name of the court.

The first decree clearly states: "This dynasty's country was taken from the bandits, not from the Ming Dynasty, but also to repay the grudges of the king and father. Since ancient times, there has never been such a thing!"

Soon, in the "Edict of the Extreme" by Emperor Shunzhi in his childhood, Dorgon issued a second edict:

"The royal family of the previous dynasty advocated surrender first, and those who came to surrender first, would still be given wealth and support to show the court's succession."

After Emperor Kangxi ascended the throne, he issued the third edict:

"If the Zhu Ming clan changes his name and hides his escape, they will be ordered to return to their hometowns and keep their physiological conditions safe, and do not be afraid."

Inspired by the "true feelings" of the Qing court, the remaining Ming Dynasty royal families took the initiative to throw themselves into the embrace of the Qing Dynasty.

The treatment given to them at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty was really good, but as long as there was a little excuse for right and wrong, they could not escape death.

In the third year of Shunzhi, the Jiannu court used the excuse of "secretizing seals" to kill 11 people including Lu, King Jing, Prince Heng, etc.

In the fifth year of Shunzhi, King Zhou, King Jin, King De, King Lu and others were killed.

From the third year of Shunzhi to the fifth year of Shunzhi alone, Jiannu killed more than 50 royal families above the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, all their families were killed, resulting in the eradication of more than 10,000 bloodlines of the Zhu family.

If they could choose, they might not want to choose to be descendants of the vassal kings.

Although the vassal kings who were placed in various places by the emperor were the emperor's biological flesh and bloodlines and the same clan, in fact, they were just high-level prisoners.

After the vassal kings arrived at their fiefdoms, they would be recorded by local officials as long as they walked out of the vassal king's mansion.

Every move of the vassal kings will be recorded by local officials and then reported to the court. In other words, once the vassal kings arrive, they will be under surveillance and living.

If a vassal king wants to visit a scenic spot outside the vassal king's mansion.

The first thing this vassal king needs to do is to report to local officials, or apply to the emperor.

Only with the consent of local officials or the emperor sent back the consent documents.

Only then can the vassal kings leave their homes and visit local scenic spots and historical sites.

Not only do you have to report when going out, but you have to obtain the consent of local officials, but you are not allowed to meet two vassal kings.

In other words, if some vassal kings are the emperor's sons, they may also meet their brothers and sisters before leaving the palace.

If the two children are named vassal kings and when they arrive at the local area, a pair of originally friendly brothers will never have a chance to meet each other until they die.

The vassal kings could not engage in social work, and all living expenses of the vassal kings were borne by the finances of the Ming Dynasty.

However, some generous financial support for the vassal kings was only aimed at the important vassal kings considered by the emperor at that time.

Like Emperor Wanli's son, the beloved King Fu, he can naturally get a lot of economic benefits.

Some vassal kings who are both descendants of the Zhu family and the emperor's clan are considered by the next emperor to be relatives who do not need to exist. The lives of such vassal kings can be described as poor and destitute.

There was a vassal king named Lingqiu. Not only did the place where this vassal king was located was a poor mountain and a bad water, but the emperor chose to forget the treatment standards that the vassal king should have.

The court owed him his salary for fifty years, not to mention other local vassal kings with blood distant ranks like King Lingqiu.

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The issue of the vassal king is difficult to deal with, and maybe it will really be accused of killing people from all ages.

Zhu Cilang is not afraid of scolding when dealing with corrupt officials, but he cannot kill these people in his family, otherwise he will definitely be infamous for thousands of years.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Are they wrong? Maybe some vassal kings are indeed too much, but they also follow the ancestral system and wait for death!

Zhu Ciyang wanted to completely liberate the vassal kings, to prevent them from being hereditary, to hand over the land occupied, and to pay taxes in the future, which is very difficult!

If you want the prince to be honest and obedient, it will definitely not work by killing. You must let them see the benefits...

On April 5, the second year of Shenwu, Emperor Shenwu Zhu Cilang finally started to attend court after much call. This was the first time he had stepped into the Huangji Palace in nearly a year since he left the capital.

"See Your Majesty!"

"You are all dear, please be calm!"

After the ministers and Emperor Shenwu finished their greetings, Wu Zuo Wenyou retreated to the court.

Subsequently, five cabinet ministers, Li Banghua, Meng Zhaoxiang, Cheng Guoxiang and Jiang Fengyuan, requested to retire. Because an agreement had been reached in the early stage, Zhu Cilang symbolically tried to keep him and agreed to retire after repeatedly trying to stay.

The uninformed ministers were a little confused. They didn't understand why the emperor went to court for the first time and the cabinet retired collectively.

However, the emperor had already approved that the ministers did not dare to submit a report to persuade them without understanding the reason.

Then Hu Bao issued an order, appointing Sun Chuanting as the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty Cabinet, Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Tinglin and Li Yan were granted the title of Grand Secretary to the cabinet, and Chen Zilong was appointed as the Minister of Revenue and Zuo Maogeng was appointed as the Minister of Revenue.

At this time, the ministers realized that Li Banghua and the others had discussed with Emperor Shenwu for a long time, and this time they were just announced.

Now the court is no longer like the Chongzhen Dynasty. It is fully reflected in the chaos in times of chaos. The emperor can pass the imperial edict and the ministers can execute it. They have no qualifications to object.

Afterwards, Zhu Cilang asked about the affairs of various places in the Ming Dynasty. The governance of the north was very good and everything was normal. The ministers' memorials were basically the bandits in the south of the Yangtze River.

Zhu Cilang is not in charge of Jiangnan for the time being, and all the memorials against Jiangnan bandits are left to the emperor and will not be published. Zhu Cilang's suggestions to the ministers are all the same sentences:

"I have my own opinions on this matter, and I will discuss it in a few days!"

When no one of the ministers reported, Zhu Cilang nodded to Hu Bao, and Hu Bao shook his whisk and said:

"If there is a memorial, if there is no memorial, you will retreat to the court!"

When he returned to the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Cilang asked Hu Bao to tell Yue Yang about the matter of the vassal kings. When he learned that the vassal kings had arrived, Zhu Cilang immediately summoned all the vassal kings in the Qianqing Palace.

The vassal kings almost never left their fiefdoms. They never dreamed of coming to the capital. These days they were so generous that they spent a lot of money in the capital, and they were so happy that they were so happy.

They can be seen almost every day in hotels, hot pot restaurants and Wangchunlou opened by Royal Group, and they have also made a lot of money during this period.

Several of the vassal kings even sing and sing in Wangchun Tower and Da Yu'er every night. You should know that Da Yu'er is quite valuable and worth a thousand gold overnight!

There were 33 vassal kings in the Chongzhen period, and several were killed by bandits. There were still 25 vassal kings who came to the capital, including King Zhou and King Chu, and of course King Lu was also a little famous.

These people have higher seniority than Zhu Cixuan, among them, his grandfathers. According to the rules, they first pay homage to the emperor, and then the emperor greets the younger generation.

But who is Zhu Cilang? The reincarnation of Ziwei Emperor Star, a famous little killing star in history, certainly he would not salute these vassal kings, so he pretended not to understand and sat steadily on the dragon throne.

All the princes knew the power of the young emperor in front of him. When the crown prince was in charge of the country, killing corrupt officials and powerful officials was as simple as killing chickens.

Now that Li Zicheng and Jiannu have been destroyed, the Mongolian Tartars have been pacified, and now they are even more powerful. Sitting there without anger, it makes some timid vassal kings tremble slightly, and they still care whether the emperor salutes them...

To be honest, after receiving the imperial edict, some vassal kings felt bad, thinking that Emperor Shenwu would definitely cut the vassal.

When they came to the prosperous capital, they even thought they might be the last carnival, so they spent money unscrupulously...

Seeing that Emperor Shenwu didn't speak, he kept looking at them lightly, and the vassal kings pretended not to see it. No one was willing to ask the first question, worried about touching on sensitive issues.

Seeing that the vassal kings did not speak, Zhu Cilang smiled slightly and said:

"Why did I call you into Beijing? I believe you should have some idea. After the successful land reform, the problem of the vassal kings has reached a time to solve for the long-term stability of the country and the stable life of the people.

I believe you know more than me how much land you occupy. I hope you will take the initiative to hand over all the occupied land. Of course, I will give you enough benefits.

In the near future, all the officials and gentry of the Ming Dynasty, like the people, will pay taxes. There are no exceptions to the vassal kings. You also need to pay taxes. For specific circumstances, relevant policies will be introduced in the future..."

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Zhu Cilang went straight in and told his plan to reform the vassal kings. The hall suddenly became silent, and a needle fell on the ground could be heard...

The Ming Dynasty's reforms seriously violated their interests and made them angry.
To be continued...