Father-in-law Zhu Di, I am so happy to marry the disfigured princess

Chapter 86 The Fisherman Basking in the Sun!

"Double happiness?"

Li Xiao was surprised and said: "What double happiness is coming to the door, let's talk about it."

"One about me, one about you." Zhu Gaoxu laughed.

Li Xiao said: "Quickly talk and listen."

Zhu Gaoxu held his head high, pointed to his own head, and said, "I, Zhu Gaoxu, will soon be awarded the gold and silver book and silver treasure, and be named the king of Gaoyang County! I can also call myself a little king in the future!"

The ancients still attached great importance to their own glory. Although the county king is not as good as the prince, he can be regarded as the third step of the top figures in the Ming Dynasty.

About this point, Li Xiao knew about it a long time ago.

According to the regulations of the imperial family of the Ming Dynasty, all the sons except the eldest son of the prince were named county kings.

The county king's salary is 2000 shi per year, which is equivalent to 30 catties of grain.

How many peasants would it take to confess a county king?

It's so outrageous.

It's like a big moth!

Li Xiao arched his hands: "Congratulations Gao Xu, you have to cover me more in the future."

He said so, but complained in his heart. In the late Ming Dynasty, there were nearly 1000 county kings, which was much larger than the number of feudal kings.

Because of the restrictive system of vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty and the lack of a descending feudal system, the princes of the major palaces desperately gave birth to children, and each child could bring a lot of income to the palace.

Even the second-generation county kings had an annual salary of 100 shi, and a thousand county kings equaled [-] million shi of grain. No wonder the late Ming Dynasty was dragged down.

Moreover, the emperors of each dynasty did not dare to deduct the salaries of these relatives.

The county kings belonged to the upper-level clan, and their salaries were not as easy to deduct as those of the lower-level clans. If hundreds of county kings broke out, the court could not stand it.

But after thinking so much, Li Xiao also felt that it was nothing. After all, it had nothing to do with him. This was also a matter in the late Ming Dynasty. Now it is Hongwu, and it is far away.

Speaking of Zhu Gaoxu in front of him, the county king can't be the leader.

He was not satisfied with being a vassal king in the future, and wanted to be the emperor.

Finally. Oh hoo~
Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and said, "That's necessary. Brother-in-law, why do you look at me with pity?"

Li Xiao also found that he couldn't help but wanted to explain just now.

Zhu Gaoxu sighed loudly: "Hey, brother-in-law, I understand what you mean."

He rubbed his face with both hands, and said: "If you want to blame, blame me for not being the first born. I really want to be the heir like my eldest brother, and inherit the title of King Yan in the future. After all, only being King Yan can control the military power and go to the battlefield to dominate .”

Li Xiao was stunned.

Hello!I didn't mean that, okay, which eye did you see?
I feel sorry for you, you are going to die in the future, or you will be roasted to death!

Zhu Gaoxu looked bitter, and then said: "But I figured it out. I am the second child. This is God's decision. I can't help it. In fact, there is nothing wrong with being the king of the county. You can eat and drink for the rest of your life in peace. What do you think? Brother-in-law?"

The vassal kings in the Hongwu period had great power.

Especially Zhu Di, a vassal king who sits on the frontier, directly controls the soldiers and horses, and controls the military power.

This is why Zhu Di later moved the capital.

I am worried that something like Jing Nan will happen again.

But moving the capital to Beiping and defending the frontier by ourselves can safely weaken the power of the vassal king.

"It's great that you can have such awareness!"

Hearing this, Li Xiao held Zhu Gaoxu's hand excitedly: "Gaoxu, you must remember what you said today, remember it firmly, don't forget it!"

What Li Xiao said was the truth.

He sincerely hoped that this little uncle could live out her life safely and soundly.

After all, after getting along for such a period of time, I also have some feelings.

With that said, Li Xiao picked up a pen and paper, and wrote three famous quotes:

[There is nothing difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to give up. ]
[Once you learn to give up, you will find that the world suddenly becomes clearer. ]
[Life is only a hundred years, and everything will cease if you enter the earth. ]
"Gao Xu, I gave this to you from my brother-in-law. You have to take it out and read it every now and then, so as not to forget your original intention."

Li Xiao handed the paper to her.

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu was overjoyed, did my brother-in-law write me a pretentious quotation again?

He took it over and looked at it, frowned slightly, looked at Li Xiao and said, "Brother-in-law, what do you mean?"

Li Xiao said: "It means literally."

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, but still felt something was wrong: "I, Gaoxu, am not someone who gives up easily, why do you write such depressing words to me?"

Li Xiao felt that Zhu Gaoxu still didn't understand his good intentions, frowned slightly, invited Zhu Gaoxu to the table, and made him a cup of tea.

"Gao Xu, this cup of tea, what do you see?"

Li Xiao made a sound.

Zhu Gaoxu stared at the tea, the tea floated and then fell.

He scratched his head and said, "Brother-in-law, I didn't see anything."

It's still too advanced. Li Xiao decided to change his method.

"Gao Xu, let me tell you a story."

"Brother-in-law, tell me. I just like to hear your nonsense. It's very interesting."

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Li Xiao rolled his eyes and began to tell the story slowly:

"Once upon a time, there was a fisherman who basked in the sun every day and lived a very leisurely life."

"One day a rich man saw him and asked him why he didn't go fishing."

"The fisherman said: I've had enough hunting, I've eaten enough today, so I'm basking in the sun."

Zhu Gaoxu found it interesting.

He picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea, hissing hot.
Li Xiao continued:
"The rich man said, why don't you go fishing? To make money to buy bigger fishing nets and bigger boats, and catch more fish?"

"The fisherman asked: Then?"

"The rich man said, continue to buy more fishing nets, bigger boats, and catch more fish!"

"The fisherman asked again, what next?"

"The rich man said, when you have enough money, you can hire some people to help you fish, and then you can buy a house by the sea and bask in the sun every day."

"The fisherman said: Am I already basking in the sun?"

After saying this, Li Xiao quietly stared at Zhu Gaoxu to see how he felt.

It was Zhu Gaoxu's first time hearing such a story.

Immediately, he widened his eyes and looked at Li Xiao in surprise.

"Brother-in-law, you mean it's all about enjoying in the end, why not start enjoying now?"

"Right, that is it!"

Li Xiao nodded happily, and asked: "I ask you, when you are the king of the county, the king of the vassal, and even the king of the vassal state..."

He lowered his voice: "Even being the emperor, will there be any difference in enjoyment between you?"

When Zhu Gaoxu thought about it, there seemed to be no difference.

The emperor has three thousand beauties, so can he.

No matter how well the emperor eats, he only has one mouth.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu shook his head: "There is no difference."

Li Xiao clapped his hands: "That's right, what's the difference between being a county king now and being an emperor?"

"It doesn't seem to make any difference."

Zhu Gaoxu murmured and then thought of something, and shook his head again: "No, the Emperor Ninth Five-Year, sits on the world and has the supreme right!"

Power is a man's aphrodisiac, there is no doubt about it, Li Xiao hurriedly said: "But how can you be the emperor?"

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head like a rattle: "Of course not. Brother-in-law, what we said is a bit outrageous."

Li Xiao whispered: "If you have a chance to be emperor in the future, do you want to?"

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes lit up: "Think!"

He felt a little rebellious, and whispered: "Brother-in-law, I only tell you this, don't say it outside"

Gan!
Li Xiao patted the table.

I've been working on my feelings for a long time, so it's a waste of work, right?
(End of this chapter)