Chapter 862: A cup of wine to release military power

The palace ladies shuttled back and forth in the Baifu Hall, and the delicious food was placed on the table, and the fragrance became stronger and stronger.
King Huainan and King Ruyang looked at the emperor and King Yong who sang one harmony, with complex hearts.
After all, they are not the royal family of the same surname. King Yong can calmly put down the feudal state, but they can't, because for them this is the foundation of their ancestors, how can they easily give up? At least the court should give them a satisfactory settlement.
Xiao Ming's remaining light swept over King Huainan and King Ruyang, and he had cares in his heart.
After pondering for a while, he did not rush to mention the slashing of the faculty, but greeted him: "Everyone, the wine and the food are ready, you have not come a long way, and I will have a drink with you today."
After that, Xiao Ming raised his glass.
Upon seeing this, King Huainan and King Ruyang immediately got up with their wine glasses and drank all the liquor in the glasses.
Xiao Ming nodded, and drank the white wine in the glass as well. Then he didn't mention anything about the feudal clan, but talked about interesting things about Qingzhou.
After drinking for three rounds, the atmosphere of the Baifu Palace gradually relaxed. At this time, Xiao Ming smiled. The time for this negotiation has arrived. "Today, the three of you will enter the palace together to see me. It must be for the sake of cutting the feudal clan." Finally led the topic to the right path.
King Yong's face turned red when he drank, and King Huainan and King Ruyang also drank very cheerfully.
"Yes, the emperor, this time we are in Beijing for this." King Huainan and King Ruyang looked at each other, and the wine made them bolder.
The King Yong said directly: "Isn't it just cutting the vassal? No one in the world can tell. Today is different from the past. The emperor is an ambitious person. , This king is the first to support the emperor."
After a pause, he continued: "However, we want the emperor to preserve our prosperity and wealth."
King Huainan and King Ruyang nodded, and King Ruyang said: "The King Yong said that, nowadays, all the civil and military officials in the Manchu dynasty are clamoring to cut the vassal. The decree of the Fan is just that we have guarded the border and expanded the territory for the great Yu country for so many years. There is no credit and hard work. I hope the emperor can consider it."
King Huainan also said: "The slashing of the vassal is already on the line. Now I can't wait for much, and I hope the emperor has mercy."
When the topic was opened, Xiao Ming was relieved. In fact, he understood that the three of them had guessed that Xiao Fan was supported by him.
Because it is impossible for newspaper manuscripts to be published without his review, and this is what everyone knows.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Aiqing has been worrying too much. I have no intention of depriving you of the country, and the ministers did not intend to put you to death. This country is still your country, but since then the military power will be taken back. In terms of government affairs, you obey the imperial court’s orders. From then on, the feudal government will pay part of the taxes to the imperial court, which means that you are still the kings of Huainan and Ruyang in the feudal state.
He didn't want to be too violent this time slashing Fan Xiao Ming, because this would only have a counterproductive effect.
So he decided to take a more moderate approach, that is, to turn the country into their food town, but to collect their military power and make them lose their independence in government affairs.
In this way, they became nameless vassals, no longer a threat to Dayu State, just ordinary officials.
King Huainan was silent for a while when he heard this. For him, this was acceptable, except for the military power. He was still a noble prince in Jingzhou.
"Thanks to the emperor for grace." King Huainan bowed and said.
King Ruyang also decided to accept this proposal, and stood up and said, "Thank you for your grace, the emperor."
King Yong had originally planned to give up the condemnation of the country, and this was suddenly unpleasant. He gratefully said: "The emperor Shengming, the emperor Shengming."
Xiao Ming coughed, and he said: "But I said the ugly words ahead, you must not have any ambiguities in the court's decree, otherwise I am afraid I will not be able to keep you."
The three looked serious, they bowed and said, "Yes, the emperor."
Xiao Ming was in a good mood because the feudal clan was resolved easily. In his view, the success of the feudal clan was the strength of the Qingzhou Mansion, otherwise the feudal clan would probably lead to a rebellion.
But now that they understand their own strength, the three dare not have any thoughts of risk, because if so, they will completely lose everything, and even drag their relatives.
The knots were untied, the atmosphere in the Baifu Hall became more soothing, and the four of them restarted drinking and enjoying food.
The banquet ended at three o'clock in the afternoon.
Asking Qian Dafu to send the three clan kings back, he himself went to the imperial study room and began to write the imperial decree. In order to avoid Ye Changmengdu, he decided to quickly finalize the feudal clan.
Once the imperial decree came down, this time the cutting of the feudal clan became a certainty.
It took half an hour to prepare three imperial edicts, and Xiao Ming was going to issue them to the three at the court meeting. Only in this way could the matter of cutting the feudal clan come to an end.
The next day, at the court meeting, Xiao Ming announced the decision to cut the feudal clan. King Huainan, King Ruyang, and King Yong all listened to the imperial decree in the Zhengda Guangming Hall.
At this time, Qian Dafu took out Xiao Ming's imperial decree, and delivered it to the corresponding feudal king every time he read it.
In the imperial decree, Xiao Ming clearly stipulated the content of the reduction of the feudal clan, requiring the three to formally hand over the army to the accompanying generals after returning to the country.
The generals of the imperial army will select elites from their army and retrain and integrate them into the military system of the Great Chongqing, and they no longer have the right to interfere with the army.
In addition to the imperial decree, in order to appease the three, he also awarded the three a gold medal for exemption from death to show his sincerity.
The plan to cut the Fan has been decided~EbookFREE.me~ Xiao Ming felt relaxed. Since then, Great Yu is one step closer to the goal of reunification. Next, he will concentrate on dealing with Chu.
At the same time, he also turned his gaze overseas. In the past few years, Westerners have been seen in the turmoil around the country.
This incident made him very upset, but he has been enduring it for the sake of the unification of the country. Now seeing the unification in sight, the desire for revenge in his heart is aroused again.
After all, Da Yu would not have died so many people without their blending.
He was thinking, and Pang Yukun came out and said at this moment: "The emperor, the first batch of firearms and they were shipped to Lin'an, including 20,000 matchlocks and 8,000 flintlocks. These firearms Li Chuyuan is willing to pay three million taels of silver. ."
"Three million taels of silver?" Xiao Ming frowned. "You told Li Chuyuan that the court did not accept the money, and asked him to go to the bank to exchange it into a golden dragon and then trade with us, and all transactions between him and the court were required. Use the new currency."
Pang Yukun understood, he smiled badly and said: "Yes, the emperor, the lower officials understand."