Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 427
The vassal kings have all arrived in the capital one after another.

Because these vassal kings got the decree to discuss the expansion of their fief, they are naturally very happy and actively came to the capital, and they were not allowed to leave the fief before that, now they can come to Jinling City to have a taste The prosperity of the imperial capital is naturally more exciting.

Lu Wang Zhu Yihai and De Wang Zhu Youli arrived in the capital first.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yujian, king of the Tang Dynasty, who was re-established in Shunde by Zhu Youjian after he moved to the south.

And Gui Wang Zhu Youlang finally arrived in the capital.

Every Ming dynasty vassal and his relatives arrived in the capital, Zhu Youjian would host a banquet in Fengtian Hall to entertain them.

Sometimes if several Ming dynasty vassals arrived in Beijing together, Zhu Youjian would treat them together.

However, Zhu Youjian knew that these vassal kings were rich local tyrants, so there was no need to give them delicacies from mountains and seas.

Based on the principle of cost saving, Zhu Youjian only asked the imperial dining room to cook the usual vegetarian banquet.

According to Zhu Youjian's meaning, half of the country is still in the hands of the enemy, and the people are still in dire straits. As the descendants of the Zhu family, as the nobles of the heaven, they have to experience the suffering of the people.

Even, Zhu Youjian asked Chen Chunde, the censor of Zuodu, to specifically talk about the tragic conditions of the people he saw when he moved south with his retinue in the 17th year of Chongzhen.

"The people are suffering. You were born in the emperor's family, and you grew up with rich clothes and fine food. How do you know their hardships?"

Zhu Youjian pretended to be sympathetic to the people's livelihood, and the vassal kings present naturally had no choice but to agree with him, talking about the difficult topic of state ownership.

"Nowadays the state affairs are difficult, and half of the country is in ruins. I think that your Majesty should change the old system of the ancestors and leave the vassals in the capital. The royal family and nobles will work together to revitalize the Ming Dynasty. This is the blessing of the country, just like when the ancestors were helped by the brothers of the vassals to set things right. Only when the family of Heaven is united in one mind can all peoples be united in one mind!"

Chief Assistant Gao Hongtu played by ear and hurriedly stood up to offer suggestions.

Immediately afterwards, all the civil and military officials present stood up and expressed the hope that Zhu Youjian could keep the vassal king in the capital without ordering him to return to the fiefdom.

The vassal kings were all surprised, they didn't expect to be left in the capital by His Majesty.

They are naturally unwilling, although they are also locked in the fief and are not allowed to leave the fief, but at least in the fief, they are free, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

But to be locked in the capital now means that everything about them will be watched by His Majesty.

Zhu Youjian laughed: "After all, Shoufu is old enough to seek the country. According to what Shoufu said, all uncles, uncles, nephews, and nephews should stay in the capital for the time being."

"I will obey your orders!"

The vassal kings can't help it. Now that people have come to the capital, this is Zhu Youjian's territory, and they can only let Zhu Youjian slaughter it.

However, after Zhu Youjian announced the decree not to let the vassals leave the capital temporarily, he stopped taking care of these vassals.

These vassal kings who arrived in Beijing were a little overwhelmed. They didn't expect that the court would ignore their housing and food issues.

And since they want to stay in the capital, they must have a palace, but they haven't heard any officials say that they will give the palace.

"Your Highness, our Ministry of Etiquette was responsible for entertaining you to Beijing, but we are only responsible for receiving you. We are not responsible for your residence and food. Now the Department of State-owned Management of the Ministry of Households is in charge. You can go to Doctor Nie."

Officials from the Ministry of Rites led King Lu and King De to find Langzhong Nie, and Langzhong Nie was polite, because he was once good at doing dental business and was directly promoted by Liu Wanchun, Minister of the Ministry of Households, from Zhaomo to the post of Langzhong of the State-owned Management Department of the Ministry of Households. Nie Xiaowei politely brought King Lu to the Qixia Mountain villa area:
"The two highnesses are satisfied with the villas here. These are the mansions that His Majesty personally designed for you in the capital, and His Majesty also has a palace here. Do you choose to buy it? No. 20 to No. [-] is [-] silver dollars, and the rest will decrease in descending order, the cheapest one is the first building we just saw is only worth [-] silver dollars."

"This is strange. Dare to tell you that this is not given to us, but asked us to buy it. Is this His Majesty's intention or are you officials who are greedy for money and blackmail us on purpose."

King Lu became a little annoyed. He was also very satisfied with this kind of exquisite and unique and many grand buildings. Although it was located in the outer city of Nanjing and it was too remote, he also knew that his kind of vassal was the least tolerated by the court. Yes, so I think it is still acceptable to be given a building here.

But King Lu didn't expect that this was not a gift, but a purchase.

De Wang Zhu Youli, who was with King Lu, also asked, "What if we don't buy it?"

"If the two highnesses don't buy it, the lower officials will naturally have nothing to do with you, but what the lower officials can confirm is that no one else would dare to take the two highnesses in except here, and no one would dare to sell their house to the two highnesses. Your highness can only sleep on the street, but your highness, please think clearly, it is easy to buy such a villa with the financial resources of your two highnesses, but if the emperor loses face because of sleeping on the street, it will make the emperor unhappy It would not be good to describe the two Highnesses as the same party of King Lu and King Fu."

Nie Xiaowei, the household doctor, made such a threat, and King Lu and King De were speechless.

In the end, King De was so angry that he yelled, "Where is Mr. Liu Ge from your household department? Let him come to see Gu, but Gu wants to ask him, how can he make money from Gu!"

"The old man is currently discussing with His Majesty the military expenses of the Southwest War with other cabinet elders in the Qianqing Palace. Naturally, he has no time to come to see the two Highnesses, and the lower official has the guts to say something that shouldn't be said. We are all His Majesty's. The courtiers are not the courtiers of the two highnesses. If the two highnesses want to buy it, they will buy it, and if they don’t buy it, they will not buy it. If you don’t buy this kind of villa, some people will buy it. After all, it is next to His Majesty’s palace, so you can live with him To be together, let alone spend ten thousand, even one hundred thousand million will be willing."

Nie Xiaowei, the household doctor, despised King Lu and King De in his heart, and wondered how it would be so troublesome for them to buy a villa after hearing that the vassal kings were all very rich.

"you!"

Because there was a threat in the words of Nie Xiaowei, the household doctor, King De was angry for a while, and was about to reprimand Nie Xiaowei, but was stopped by King Lu, who took the initiative to ask: "This villa area, Your Majesty usually comes to live here." How many days?"

"360 days a year, one day you will come here, isn't it? Besides, the weather is getting hotter and hotter. If His Majesty doesn't come here to escape the summer heat, isn't it just in the scorching imperial city?"

When Nie Xiaowei said this, King Lu also nodded: "Forget it, just buy it alone, even if His Majesty lives here for a day, it is worth spending so much money, but why are No. 20 and No. [-] so expensive? "

"This place is the closest to His Majesty, so it will naturally be the most expensive," Nie Xiaowei said.

"Then I will buy No. [-]", King Lu said, and took out the large-denomination silver dollar exchange bill.

"Then I'll just buy number ten," De Wang had no choice but to follow suit.

Gradually, all the vassal kings who came to the capital came to the Qixia Mountain villa area to buy villas, but until all the vassal kings arrived, there were still about [-] villas left.

According to Zhu Youjian's intention, these [-] or so villas were sold at auction at a price three times higher than the highest price of [-] silver dollars.

There are many bidders, many wealthy businessmen and dignitaries are vying to grab the auction.

There is no other reason, here is the emperor's palace and the residences of the vassals, who would not want to be closer to the top dignitaries of the empire.

The Zheng family, the Han family, the Yang family, and the Wang family, the major families of the Ming Empire at that time, all bid for their villas here.

(End of this chapter)