Chapter 543 The King of Jinan
King De has been passed down for six generations, and they have lived in Jinan City for generations. It is said that 3 of the land and shops in Jinan City belong to them.
The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were generally controlled and kept in captivity, although Zhu Yuanzhang had his sons enfeoffed all over the world and used vassal kings to guard the local area to ensure that the Zhu family's world will last for generations. At this time, the vassal kings controlled the army and the people at the same time, and had great power.
Later, after Zhu Di successfully rebelled, he ordered all the vassal kings in the world to reduce the vassal states. The so-called vassal states were definitely not to eliminate all these vassal kings, but to deprive them of their military power and let them only enjoy themselves locally and no longer care about local military, political and civil affairs.
From then on, the princes of the Ming Dynasty were kept as rich and idle people. If they wanted to enjoy wealth and glory, there was no problem at all. If they wanted to become king and dominate, it would be impossible and would be hit by the court.
After the rebellion of Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao, the court controlled this area more strictly. Zhu Chenhao dared to rebel because he had the three guards of the royal palace and had soldiers in his hands.
After Zhu Chenhao, no prince of the Ming Dynasty could rebel and could not rebel, which shows that the Ming Dynasty's policies in this regard were quite successful.
These vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were unable to compete for power, so they turned their full efforts to pursue wealth and wealth.
To put it bluntly, they make money. People like them enjoy extremely high salaries from the court and rob money and land in the local area to do business. The money they make is very profitable. He is among the four major families in Shandong. On the one hand, because they are royal families, emperors and nobles, and they are extremely noble, and because they have money. Since the vassal kings in these places cannot achieve political and military achievements, they can only make money.
They desperately seized local mines, fields, shops, etc., and became local wealthy. And the more pitiful place was that they were supported by the local government, but they did so much business, but they didn't have to pay a penny of tax. It can be said that in everything where there are vassal kings stationed in, the local economy will be greatly affected, and the local burden on people's livelihood will be extremely difficult.
Like the Dewang Mansion in Jinan, they all belong to them, but they are not rich, but super rich.
Since the Liu family army captured Jinan Prefecture, they have sent troops to surround the Prince De Mansion. People inside are not allowed to enter or leave. Fortunately, there are many people in the palace and large places. They can grow vegetables and store a large amount of food, so there is no situation of starvation and food being cut off.
However, the attitude of the Liu family army also terrified them. It is conceivable that if the Liu family army wanted to rebel, they would definitely use him and other princes to attack him as soon as possible. Whether it was killing people and sacrificing flags or robbing property, they were the best target. Who told them to be rich? They used to be as rich as the Liu family.
Since being surrounded, the entire Prince De Mansion has been in terror, and it is full of panic all day long.
King Zhu Youshu was also prepared, that is, once the other party rebelled, he would immediately commit suicide. He knew that if people from the royal family like him fell into the hands of rebellious rebels, they would not have a good ending.
So from the day when the Liu family army surrounded the De Prince's Mansion, he armed all the servants and guarded the various places. He issued an order. Once the Liu family army dared to force their entry, they would resist fiercely and fight until the last soldier.
He also wrote his suicide note, and then ate, drank and had fun in his palace every day. In his eyes, it was already a disaster. He could eat as much as he could, and he could play as he could.
In the original history, this King of De had a bad ending. Next year, Jiannu entered the pass again, captured Jinan Prefecture, looted the entire prefecture, and captured 400,000 people in Jinan Prefecture as slaves. This King of De Zhu Youshu was also one of them. He died in an unknown place outside, and the fate was quite terrible.
Jinan Prefecture was captured by Jiannu, and all the children and silk in the city were owned by Jiannu, and they were escorted out of the pass along the official road. They moved thousands of miles away, but they didn't know how many people died on the way.
Now that Jinan Prefecture has not fallen into the hands of Jiannu, the Liu family army has seized it. With the strength of the Liu family army, even if it hits Jinan Prefecture, it will not be easy for him to easily conquer it.
But they needed to clean up the De Prince's Mansion in front of them, because they found that there were only 3,000 government troops in Jinan Palace, and they had already cleaned up the deal. However, there were more than 3,000 servants in the De Prince's Mansion alone, and many of them were armed servants who had received military training.
Their existence posed a threat to the Liu family army. Now there is tens of thousands of troops stationed here. There is definitely no problem with the Liu family army stationed here. Once the imperial army attacks, they besiege the city from all sides and attack Jinan Prefecture. They can play a great role in cooperation with the inside and outside. Seeing this, Liu Bu issued an order to take down the De Prince's Mansion and disarm it.
Of course, they are now attacking a vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, which means they have completely broken up with the court and have a stumble. This is the unforgivable bottom line of the court.
But they all did it without hesitation, and Liu Bu did this after discussing with Liu Yuanqiao.
Because their father and son have the same concerns, that is, the soldiers in the other party's hands make them afraid, and the money in the other party's hands makes them covet.
Shandong has always been the essence of the Ming Dynasty, but Shandong is very poor. Why is this?
In fact, Shandong is not considered poor, but the gap between the rich and the poor is extremely large, and its wealth is concentrated in the hands of big landlords like Dewang Mansion and Liu Zeqing.
Since they have taken this place, they must have robbed the rich and helped the poor like all the rebels in history.
In fact, the Liu family army and the others also want to be good people and cut tofu with sharp knife. They can be fully prepared. However, this time they sent troops, it cost a lot of money. The post-war reconstruction also requires a lot of money. If they don’t get enough money, it will drag down their development. The Liu family army is rich now, but they use money everywhere and the gap is large. At this point, he will never allow people like Liu Zeqing and Prince De’s Mansion to have so many assets, but they eat bran and eat vegetables.
When Liu Yuanqiao and his son were having a meeting in secret, they also lamented that the Ming Dynasty is now a scam, and the Ming Empire is so poor that it is very rich, but the Ming Dynasty emperor only eats a few side dishes every day, but his officials are all full of fat.
So even if they are unwilling or not suitable for the form they are in front of them, after all, they are more friends than more enemies, but they just have no choice but to attack these big landlords.
So Liu Bu sent troops into the Dewang Mansion, preparing to disarm him and seize his property.
This task was left to Liu Yu, who ran back from the capital.
Liu Yu was Liu Bu's cousin. He had been in charge of all their affairs in the capital, but since they started a military campaign, they did not dare to stay in the capital and wait for death. They fled back. After he came back, he found that he had no responsibilities, so he asked Liu Bu for this task, and Liu Bu handed him over this task.
Liu Bu gave Liu Yu this fat man, but he was very satisfied and excited, just waiting to make a fortune.
But Liu Bu told him coldly: "All the property in the royal palace belongs to the Liu family army. If you dare to stretch out your hands, don't blame me for turning against others."
Liu Yu really thought that Liu Bu asked him to do this job, which was to make him rich, and he had to fill his pockets and make some benefits. However, when Liu Bu said this, he was a little unhappy. He said, "This is obviously a beautiful woman who entered the treasure mountain. Do you let me go empty-handed?"
Liu Bu said, "I believe your money is enough for you to spend in this life. No matter how much money you have in this life, you can only eat three meals a day and sleep three feet a day. What can you do if you are greedy for so much money but let your soldiers eat bran and eat vegetables. I won't do such things."
Liu Yu is also one of the founders of the Liu family army, and he has been participating since Liu Bu joined the army. He also knows the rules of the Liu family army. It is the most normal thing for other troops to drink blood from soldiers and deduct military pay. However, the Liu family army hates such things. Once, once, they will never tolerate them and behead them on the spot.
Therefore, even if he was the core figure of the Liu family army, as Liu Bu's cousin, he would not dare to stretch out his hands. Even if he had a large amount of activity funds, he recorded every amount of these activity funds in detail and reported them to Liu Bu.
Liu Yu said, "Okay! Since you are talking to the Grandmaster, I can't stretch out my hands. After all, there is too much money, and it's just piled up there, and it's no different from the soil. But I have heard that there are many beautiful girls and singers in the De Palace...?"
Before he finished speaking, Liu Bu said, "If you like, you will be yours. You will decide the others and give them to the soldiers who have made contributions."
When Liu Yu heard this, he turned his resentment into joy. He said, "You know my feelings, you can rest assured. Let you choose it first, and then let other brothers choose it. You have to drink this first taste."
Liu Bu said, "I am not interested in these things, so you can just divide them yourself?"
Liu Yu saw Liu Bu’s righteous and unwanted appearance, but he still whispered: “Are you afraid of your sister-in-law? You can rest assured that I rent a yard outside and hide the charm of the golden house to ensure that you are not aware of it.”
Liu Bu said, "Get out! Don't you know I'm not interested in these things?"
Liu Yu saw Liu Bu saying so firmly, so he had to give up. He said, "Master, you should also think about yourself. With your identity, there are only two ladies, and there are a little fewer ones. If you have the chance to see, it's a woman! Except for the same menstruation, the others are different. Only after you have seen them will you know the taste."
Liu Bu said, "You'd better tell me about your plan, how to take down the De Prince's Mansion? I don't want to take down a small De Prince's Mansion. It will take a few more days and there will be continuous battles."
Chapter completed!