It was Zhu Song's kick that responded to Cao Qinghe.

Zhu Song kicked Cao Qinghe to the ground.

"You really dare to think about it?"

Cao Qinghe got up from the ground in a panic and knelt in front of Zhu Song again.

"Then what does the prince mean?"

Zhu Song looked at Lao Cao and said the next words: "What I mean is, what should we do if other vassal kings rebel?"

Cao Qinghe replied without thinking: "If other vassal princes rebel, the prince has only two options to choose. One is to resolutely clean up such evil for the court!"

"The other way is to be alone. Even if you stand on the sidelines and watch, there is no success, but there is no fault!"

How could Zhu Song not have thought of what Lao Cao said?

"I have already thought of what you said. If the rebels are very good at fighting and can fight the imperial army, then if another person becomes the emperor, what will happen to us? We will still have to stand by and watch.

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Lao Cao chewed Zhu Song's words carefully, and then his eyes widened.

"Your Majesty means that the rebel will definitely succeed, right?"

"But this is almost impossible. Throughout the thousands of years, no feudal king has succeeded in rebelling!"

Zhu Song lamented in his heart!

Yes, before Zhu Di, no feudal king successfully rebelled. Let alone before Zhu Di, even after him, no feudal king successfully rebelled. It is truly unprecedented and unprecedented.

"This king is just making an analogy. If he really succeeds and asks us for reinforcements and food, should I give it to him or not?"

Lao Cao couldn't explain it for a while. If he continued to sit back and watch, he would definitely settle the accounts after he ascended the throne. But if he was given, he would be without a king and a father. Even if he succeeded, future generations would have to bear it.

Eternal infamy!

Zhu Song looked at Lao Cao and shook his head as he really couldn't give himself any better inspiration.

"Don't think about it, Old Cao. Maybe I am really overthinking it. Of course I hope that day will not come. Even if my grandson wants to reduce the vassal, I can bear it!"

After hearing Zhu Song's words, Lao Cao finally felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

"My lord, please don't think about this kind of thing in the future. This... this is simply unfounded worry!"

It’s unfounded to worry, haha.

Zhu Song shook his head and smiled.

…

Let's say that when the emperor's chariot entered the pass, the princes of the various vassals along the way were not allowed to come out to greet him.

It's not that Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't want to see his son, it's just that Zhu Yuanzhang is full of murderous intent at this moment. On his way north, he saw too many suffering people, too many officials who did nothing or didn't want to do anything, and those who plundered the people's wealth.

Corrupt officials who line their own pockets.

Emperor Hongwu is going to kill people again.

In the pass, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Yunwen.

"We have a lot of things to deal with in response to Tianfu this time. You don't have to go back with us. You can stay in the pass temporarily to visit some of your uncles, especially your fourth uncle. After you ascend the throne, your four uncles will

Uncle serves as the barrier of Northern Xinjiang, so you still have to rely on him!"

"Yes! My grandson will remember your grandfather's teachings!"

Zhu Yunwen watched Zhu Yuanzhang's chariot go further and further away, and then looked in the direction of Peiping. He remembered that the emperor's grandfather said in front of all the officials that he wanted to establish an emperor's grandson. The expression on his fourth uncle's face was so helpless.

Such resentment.

Zhu Yunwen has always been afraid of Zhu Di. Just as Zhu Song said, he is now determined to control the feudal kings. The more feudal kings he can control, the better.

In this way, they will be better behaved when he ascends the throne and cuts down the vassal vassal.

The emperor's grandfather had too many sons. More sons for the emperor meant more princes! More princes meant a heavier burden for the Ming Dynasty.

For example, the prince's annual salary is now 10,000 dan. Twenty sons and twenty princes are equivalent to 200,000 dan!

The Ming Dynasty had to bear so much expenditure every year, not counting those county princes with an annual salary of two thousand, those hereditary dukes, marquises, and viscounts of earls.

Of course, Zhu Yunwen also thought about killing these heroes later, but before he could kill them, he had to kill the feudal kings first.

Since he is the son of the imperial grandfather, he should think about his grandfather and the country even more!

A salary of ten thousand dan per year, can you eat all this amount of salary? You can't finish it at all! With such a large salary to support these vassal kings, if it is useful, then give it to them.

Even the fourth uncle, whom I have always disliked and whom I have always been very afraid of, is good at conquering and fighting, and can defend the northern frontier of the Ming Dynasty. If he fulfills his duty as a minister honestly, the salary of 10,000 yuan will be given to him.

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Furthermore, like the twentieth uncle, he is not as good at fighting as the fourth uncle, but he knows how to govern the people and how to make the people rich and well fed. This is also an ability. One is in charge of the outside and the other is in charge. These two uncles can

Don't peel.

But there are so many other uncles, such as the King of Shu and the King of Xiang. They don’t need to guard the borders, and they don’t want to govern the country and the people. They don’t have the ability to govern the country and the people. Why do they receive so much salary every year?

There are so many officials, and their annual salary is not even 100 dan, how can they still live well?

In short, Zhu Yunqi has now begun to prepare to win the hearts of these vassal kings, and those who are capable will be kept in the court for re-employment.

If you don't have the ability, you can raise them according to the lowest standards for a year, and it's fine if you don't raise them to death. If you really don't accept it, you can find a way to farm and get rich by yourself.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunwen thought of his twentieth uncle again. His twentieth uncle was indeed very talented. After he ascended the throne, his fourth uncle and twentieth uncle were his right-hand men in both civil and military affairs.

But Uncle Twenty is also a smart man, and he doesn't give him any chance to tie a rope around his head.

If you don't want to give it, then you won't give it. It will hurt the emperor's grandfather's face and it won't be easy for him to beat himself.

On the day when he ascends the throne, if he is unwilling to take the initiative to hand over this rope, then as the emperor, he will take care of his uncle.

Chen Biao, a member of the Imperial Guards who was responsible for protecting the emperor's grandson, asked respectfully.

"Great Sun, when shall we set off for Peking?"

Zhu Yunwen came back to his senses and asked: "Where are we now, how many vassal kings are around us?"

"If we go back to Taisun, besides King Yan, the closest person to our current position is King Ning. However, Daning has already passed. Do we want to go out again?"

"Da Ning..."

Zhu Yunwen thought of his seventeenth uncle Zhu Quan.

The seventeenth uncle is quite honest and has the ability to lead troops to fight. Although he is not as powerful as the fourth uncle, he still has some abilities, otherwise my grandfather would not have given him the three guards of Duoyan.

"Don't go. I really don't like the outside of the pass, so I'll just stay inside and go to Peiping to see it."
Chapter completed!