Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has reduced taxes twice.

The first time was the first year of ascending the throne. The governor's office south of the Yangtze River was exempt from taxation; the year before yesterday, it was the governor's office north of the Yangtze River.

With such exemption, the people will naturally be grateful.

But the treasury is not so full.

Last year, Hubei and Hunan increased their taxes once...

Now that we have to fight again, we naturally need to increase taxes. However, the prefectures and counties in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places have reduced taxes north of the Yangtze River last year, and taxes have become more important.

Now that the war is levied, taxes are heavier. Isn’t this forcing the people to go desperate?

If I had known this, I wouldn't have been exempted from taxes.

Everyone praises the tax exemption, but once it increases, it will immediately cause public grievances and even cause unrest.

Annan Kingdom's quelling the rebellious army and the northwest use of troops almost emptied the surplus of the national treasury last year...

Nowadays, it is impossible to plunder the people anymore, otherwise the internal affairs will be unstable.

Do you want the princes in the fiefdom to borrow money and grain?

The key is whether you can borrow it, and it’s still a little bit...

The emperor was so furious that in addition to the incompetence of Annan Kingdom to quell the rebellious army, it was also because of these things.

Now, Zhu Zhongjun takes the initiative to present his guards to the court, and also uses the treasury of Luzhou for years as food and grass, which sets an example for the kings in other fiefdoms.

The King of Luyang is so generous. Do other princes dare not borrow money or soldiers?

In this way, not only will the power of the princes of the vassal state be eliminated, but the country will not be in turmoil. How could the emperor be unhappy?

In fact, he has been trying to attack Zhu Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglin, Nanchang these two days.

He just didn't expect that Gu Yantao could think of him and took the initiative to convince Zhu Zhongjun and Gu Jinzhi, which made the emperor very satisfied.

He had a new understanding of Gu Yantao.

Zhu Zhongjun donated all the inventory of the Luzhou Prince's Mansion and the treasury over the years, and it soon spread.

Ning Xi is concerned about who is the head coach of those reinforcements.

What should I do is the concern of the Nanchang King and other vassal kings.

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When the King of Nanchang received the news, he immediately went to the Gu family to find Zhu Zhongjun to confirm whether the news was true.

Zhu Zhongjun was stupid and didn't understand the power of it. He immediately told him that this was true. The King of Nanchang felt cold at that time.

It's so miserable, his guards are out of protection!

Even his treasury is not guaranteed!

It is the court's business to quell the rebellion. Why, now, the court does not have to work hard, but instead plunders these vassal kings? But Zhu Zhongjun started, and the King of Nanchang dared not follow closely. I am afraid that he will never leave the capital in his life.

Isn’t the emperor banned him in the capital because he is afraid of his troops?

With this excuse, it is estimated that all his troops will be handed over to the court.

Since the news is true, we should try to take the initiative.

The King of Nanchang immediately entered the palace: "I heard that Zhongjun donated all the guards of the royal palace to help the emperor. I am also willing to donate the guards of the royal palace to help the emperor quell the rebellion. It is just my fiefdom

I have always been barren. I am afraid of food and grass..."

He can only protect the army and money now.

It would be nice to keep it.

The emperor Long Yan was very happy and immediately said, "I am very pleased with this intention. If you have food and grass, I will ask others to borrow it, and Zhonglin can send troops."

He didn't say a polite word, so he accepted the Nanchang King's escort army.

A total of 60,000 elite soldiers were carefully cultivated by the King of Nanchang.

Just sent it out like this, his heart was so painful that it was bleeding.

In fact, he also understood in his heart that it was a matter of time. Otherwise, the emperor would not have let him leave the capital. During these days in the capital, the King of Nanchang gradually figured it out.

The emperor wanted to deal with him. There were millions of ways, even if he had 60,000 elite soldiers.

Therefore, 60,000 elite soldiers did not give him a sense of security at all.

The emperor had to doubt him and deal with him, he had to bear the burden. Thinking of this, the 60,000 elite soldiers became less difficult to give up.

Besides, didn’t Zhongjun lose both money and soldiers?

Compared with Zhu Zhongjun, he at least saved his treasury...

With someone worse than himself, the King of Nanchang didn't feel that he was miserable, so he went home.

Overnight, all the things the emperor was worried about were resolved.

The 60,000 elite soldiers in Nanchang Mansion that worried him day and night were also invisibly taken over.

The emperor was in an unprecedented mood, and even the failure of Annan Kingdom to quell the rebellious army made him angry. Next, he took this opportunity to plunder other uncles and brothers, ask them to donate money, and weaken the power of the vassal states.

Compared with the army, those uncles and younger brothers should be more willing to donate money.

They all have more than 10,000 guards, which is not worthy of harm.

Throughout September, all the kings returned to the capital under the orders.

When they came, they probably knew the purpose of this trip. As soon as they arrived in Beijing, they cried poorly, saying that they had no money, and the harvest of fiefdom was not good, etc.

The emperor watched coldly.

Either give money or send troops if you don’t have money.

The emperor knew exactly how many guards they had, and he couldn't lose them.

In the end, the emperor received a large amount of donations from all the kings.

This money is enough for the 120,000 reinforcements to have a year's food and supplies.

After arranging the grain collection force, we began to consider the issue of the generals of the reinforcements.

The Minister of War Jiang Liang made a fool of himself this time and was scolded by the emperor many times in the court. He felt a sigh of relief. He volunteered to become the head coach.

The emperor did not refuse.

Next, there are two pioneers.

One naturally left the Nanchang Palace and the other left the Luyang Palace. This is considered an obvious thing, which means that the army still belongs to the two palaces, and it is only temporarily requisitioned.

The King of Nanchang knew that this was just a form.

When this army came back, the vanguard he sent might not be able to come back. Anyway, the donation was donated, and the King of Nanchang was too lazy to struggle anymore. He did not send his commander, but sent a general casually.

And the most painful person on the side of the King of Luyang is Ning Xi.

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When Ning Xi learned that the King of Luyang donated 60,000 guards from the royal palace to the court and served as reinforcements for Annan Pacification Rebellion, he became angry.

His ambitions are all placed on this army.

As a result, the court confiscated it.

Each royal palace may see a guard army, which is the ancestral system. Ning Xi could not imagine what method the imperial court could use, and did not follow the ancestral system and confiscate the royal palace's army.

As a result, the stupid King of Luyang gave the emperor an idea and compensated him.

Like everyone else, Ning Xi is sure that this is the Gu family making trouble.

Apart from Gu Yantao, who is so harmful to others and not beneficial to oneself?

Things can no longer turn around. Ning Xi was so angry that his heart hurt, he really had no other way.

The people from the Ministry of War informed him to return to Luzhou and asked him to be the pioneer, which made Ning Xi angry again.

Unless this pioneer can make great contributions, it is still a matter of whether he can come back. Ning Xi doesn't want to go! He went from a dignified commander of 60,000 elite soldiers to a bare general overnight. How could this not be annoying?

"Sir. Why don't I go?" The subordinates around him said to Ning Xi, "There must be someone who has a pioneer. Naturally, the lord cannot go. In the future, the prince will return to Luzhou. He still needs to build a guard army according to the ancestral system, and he still needs to have an adult.

Exercise your efforts…”

If you build another guard, you will have 6,000 people, which is the upper limit, otherwise the emperor would not agree.

The escort army that could build 60,000 people was consented by the late emperor, and Luzhou was the reserve for Shoucheng.

Each royal palace can only see three guards, each guard ranges from 2,000 to 20,000 people. Although it is different, it can exceed 2,000 people. The emperor will stay and not send him out.

What's the use of six thousand people?

Ning Xi's ambitions suddenly disappeared.

This made him angry and confused.

"Let Sun Ke go." Ning Xi finally said fiercely, "That kid must be by the prince's side and said something bad. Maybe he has his ideas for this matter!"

Soon, Ning Xi reported Sun Ke's name.
To be continued...