Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were wandering around the Shunting Mansion, which shocked the entire Shunting Palace three times a day and almost caused the princess to have fetal contractions.

Prime Minister Song Qijiao immediately knew that something bad was going on, and the violent temper of these warriors has not changed yet.

Fortunately, he thought that the warriors had obeyed in the past two years, but it turned out to be an illusion. He was too cunning.

In this way, he immediately wrote a letter to take up his post, fearing that he would become a scapegoat.

It should be noted that the entire Kang state was supported by the generals from the beginning. Li Zicheng suffered defeat after defeat, and finally retreated to the Kangba area to retire.

Li Zijing did not have the iron fist and prestige of his elder brother, so he could only rule together.

It can be said that if Kang State is compared to a business, then these generals are all shareholders.

Their shares can be freely disposed of. Even if they have no sons, they will still have heirs, but King Kang cannot make the decision.

Kang Wang Li Si also understood this truth at this time, and immediately approved Hao Yaoqi's adopted son to inherit the position of defense envoy, and directly let Song Qijiao become an official.

In order to better express favors and win over each other, King Kang followed the vassal feudal system promulgated by the Ming Dynasty and established five levels of nobility: Duke, Marquis, Uncle, Son and Lord.

The five generals headed by Li Laiheng will be the Duke of the County, and the rest will be the Marquis of the County. The generals under their command will also be assigned titles one by one.

At the same time, Li Si was on the defensive in various counties and scattered villages in twos and threes as fiefdoms for these uncles.

You must know that the entire land of Kang State belongs to King Kang. The defense envoys can only lead troops and enjoy 40% of the tax. The land and people are governed by floating officials.

A small part of the land in each county was occupied by the generals, and the rest was subjects of the imperial court.

Now, in order to divide and disintegrate his power, King Kang generously dispersed his subjects to middle- and lower-level military commanders, which can be described as a generous move.

The defense envoys also expressed their joy.

Because these lands and people originally belonged to the imperial court, the generals now under his command were naturally equivalent to their own, and it was more convenient to dispatch troops and generals.

As a result, the situation in Kang State changed suddenly.

The original balance between the two parties has become a tripartite confrontation, which is more stable.

Li Si breathed a sigh of relief, faced his princess, and sighed: "Kang State is just like the two prefectures of Sichuan. It is poor and has few people. It is really uncomfortable to go through such trouble."

The princess touched her belly and recalled: "The capital is the real capital of the world."

"There are restaurants and bars everywhere, with all kinds of pastries and snacks, silks, silks, rouges and gouache. There are theaters everywhere. When you are tired of shopping, you can go to listen to plays and read books."

"It's much better than the smell of mutton in Shunjing."

Li Si hugged her and felt renewed yearning for her.

"Your Majesty, although I am a womanly person, I also understand that although these warriors are numerous and powerful, they are in disarray."

"The Forbidden Army has been practicing for many years, and they even have muskets from the Ming Dynasty. If a fight breaks out, we will definitely win. Why don't you dare?"

The princess looked puzzled: "Instead, if the people and land are dispersed, won't the taxes next year be reduced by 20 to 30%?"

Li Si's face was complicated: "Princess, you still don't know much about Kang State!"

"There are 1.4 million people in the nineteen counties of Kang State. It looks like a lot of people, but in fact, the military family records, plus some Han merchants, the total number of Han people is only 200,000 to 300,000."

"And those Fan people number in the millions."

He stood up and saw the snow-capped mountains in the distance. The sun in the sky was soft and had no warmth at all.

"If we fight each other, even if we win, we will inevitably be enslaved by the Ban people in the future."

"This kind of thing hurts my relatives and makes my enemies happy. I would rather abandon the land and people than suffer both sides."

In essence, when Li Zicheng went to the Kangba area, he ransacked the homes of most of the chieftains, and then distributed the farmland to the generals and soldiers, while the remaining leftovers were distributed to slaves and the people.

In the political and economic aspects of Kang State, this group of Western military generals occupied a major position and controlled the entire political situation of Kang State.

More importantly, Kang State inherited the Ming Dynasty's principle of putting the monarch first and monks not to be involved in government affairs, which severely offended the temple lamas all over Kham.

After all, in the snowy land, lamas are naturally politicians. If you hinder their future, they will naturally have to endure anger.

At this time, in Kang State, a small clan faced a big clan, and every move had to be made with caution.

"Doesn't that mean that Kang State is in the crater of the volcano?"

The princess was shocked and couldn't help but said.

"That's right." Li Si sighed: "This time the vassal reduction was too impulsive, I should have thought of it."

"Your Majesty, it's better to go to Beijing!"

The princess hurriedly said: "Beijing is the best place in the world."

"The king of this poor and mountainous country is not as comfortable as an ordinary earl."

"I spent more than 100,000 yuan in one year," Li Si said unconvinced.

"Huh, in the Ming Dynasty, a mere prince had an annual salary of five thousand dan (plus five thousand silver yuan). His family had at least a hundred hectares of farmland, and they were involved in various businesses. Their annual income was more than seventy or eighty thousand!"

The princess said proudly: "If we donate soil, can we be better than these countries?"

"Stop talking nonsense."

Li Si waved his sleeves and showed dissatisfaction: "A few people are in charge of a country and have great power. How can they hide in Beijing?"

The princess still wanted to say something. You have hundreds of thousands of people in your palace, so what is there to give up?

But thinking about the relationship between husband and wife, she stopped trying to persuade him that this matter should not be done in a hurry.

Although Kang State is far away, it is connected to Sichuan through the Ancient Tea Horse Road, and the news reached Beijing in the blink of an eye.

When the emperor heard about Kang's situation, he hesitated for a while.

On the snow-covered plateau, Uizang and Kang Guo were at odds with each other, allowing the court to take advantage of them.

King Kang and King Weizang not only paid tribute every year, but also obeyed the court's orders very well and did not dare to disobey them.

It can be said that this situation was the strongest period for the Central Plains dynasty to interfere in the snow-covered plateau in thousands of years.

As for the Xuanzhengyuan of the Yuan Dynasty, it was no different from the Ming Dynasty and was basically autonomous.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty interferes in the snow-covered plateau, taking temples as an example. The inheritance and land of more than a dozen Dharma kings require the emperor to intervene.

Without the emperor's approval, it is invalid.

Even, seeing the deepening of his power, the emperor was planning to implement the golden urn drawing system in the Kham area to prevent those Dharma kings from the big chieftain families.

As a result, Kang Guo came.

"Is it possible to unify Kang State?"

Zhu Yixi looked troubled.

This is not in line with his process.

In the past two years, his main goals were mainly aimed at the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Mobei, taking over the Lake Baikal region, and establishing the Ming Dynasty's Beihai Governor's Palace.

In the Mobei region, where Zeng Ying is now located, the Tuxie Tuhan tribe has established the Mobei Governor's Palace.

As for the Chechen Khan and the Zasaktu Khan tribe, in view of the vastness and barrenness of the Mobei grassland, he planned to establish small square kingdoms and let his sons who had no future to join the kingdom.

One city and one country, commanding thousands of tents and a territory of more than 200,000 square kilometers.

After all, the entire Mobei has an area of ​​nearly 1.5 million kilometers, which can accommodate at least five or six people.

When there are not enough points, it will be divided into Siberia.

It is too difficult for herdsmen to organize households and integrate people.

The cattle and sheep in Mobei were replaced by Suiyuan and Chahar, and they were not mined like in later generations, so there was almost no place where the court could profit.

Without economic connections and transportation restrictions, it can be expected that within a few decades, it will be abandoned by future monarchs.

Zhu Yixi had to restrain her wildly expanding thoughts.

"Kang Guo, you have to be patient."

The emperor decided to entrust the prince with the task of destroying Kang and Weizang to increase his prestige.

Once he has the ability to govern the country and lead the army, the prince will be as stable as a mountain.

"If the emperor's grandson is trained by me personally, then at least a hundred years of prosperity can be expected!"

By instilling his thoughts into his descendants, Zhu Yixi felt that he should be able to stabilize his current situation.

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Qin State, Hanoi.

The arrival of the dry season has plunged the entire Qin State into a busy state. Whether it is expanding the city, building national roads, or reorganizing local land, it has brought irritability to the people.

In other words, no one likes corvée at all.

Tens of thousands of people, like ants, were busy working in Hanoi, supervised by thousands of imperial guards, enjoying the poisonous sun.

"Have a rest——"

At noon, the fierce sun shines on the entire city wall, almost roasting people to death.

The busy people were all sweating profusely, their single coats were taken off, and their skin was red and black.

At this time, a gong sounded and everyone took a breath.
To be continued...