Li Shimin was wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, wearing a black soft-footed head, and stepped into the imperial study with his hands behind his back.
Li Chao, Qin Qiong, Li Ji and other eight princes hurriedly stood up to greet each other and bowed.
Li Shimin smiled and beckoned, asking everyone to be casual, "This is the imperial study, not the Golden Palace, there is no celebrant officer, there is no need to be so restrained, everyone is free to be casual." ” He took Li Chao's hand and smiled at him kindly, "The military parade was very successful, which greatly lifted the hearts of the people of Gyeonggi, and also swept away the uneasiness left by the Hanjing Rebellion.
Even those soldiers are very excited and proud. ” "All this is the credit of His Majesty."
Li Shimin laughed at this sycophancy, and finally sat down on his seat on the top of the imperial study.
Cheng Qian smiled at Li Chao and walked to the seat next to the emperor and sat down.
Li Chao's seat is the closest to the emperor, there are eight princes in this study, only Li Chao is the king, the other seven are county kings, and Li Chao's official position is also the highest, so he was naturally invited to this position.
Even if this is just a summons from the imperial study, but the seat is impossible to mess up, no matter what the occasion, the order of position is the top priority, and no one will be mistaken.
Everybody sat down.
Li Chao's subordinate is Qu Tutong, who is the privy envoy and the prefect of the Central and Southern Courts of the Three Academies.
This old general Qu Tu, who was already very famous in the Sui Dynasty, was the most fair and strict, when the Li family Taiyuan went south, Qu Tutong resolutely resisted, which gave the Li family a headache, and later it was not easy to persuade him to surrender.
Several other county kings, Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong, Li Ji, Cheng Yanjin, Su Dingfang, and Guo Xiaoke, these six are all from Kwantung.
Among them, Qin Qiong, Li Ji, Guo Xiaoke, and Cheng Yanjin were all members of the Wagang Army, Su Dingfang was the first to be Dou Jiande's person, and Wei Chigong was Liu Wuzhou's subordinate.
They all later attached themselves to Li Tang and fought under Li Shimin, they also have a characteristic, that is, almost all of them were born in the small landlord Xiaoshi clan, Li Jicheng was a landlord before biting Jin, Qin Qiong was born in the Xiaoshi clan before, and later joined the military government.
Guo Xiaoke is also a small landlord, and he is still a scoundrel.
Wei Chigong is no better, a native of Shuozhou, Hedong, and a blacksmith.
But the chaos produced heroes, these former little people, are now the county kings of the Tang Dynasty.
Seeing that the emperor didn't seem to know what they were doing when they came to see him, Li Chao thought to himself, the emperor's acting skills are getting better and better.
What the eldest grandson Wuji said to him, he was sure that Li Shimin instructed him, or at least acquiesced.
Otherwise, why would the eldest grandson Wuji dare to say that blatantly.
Maybe Li Shimin doesn't want to be crowned king, but the prince has already been sealed, and it can't be done if he doesn't admit it.
But now that the rebellion has been put down, the emperor is a little reluctant to admit it, so he asked the eldest grandson Wuji to come forward to persuade Li Chao and let them resign.
In this way, it is not that the emperor is unwilling to give the reward, but that the ministers are unwilling to accept it.
This kind of routine is really not unusual.
Li Chao found a few county kings and mentioned the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, and everyone understood it.
Although it is good to be crowned king, it must be willingly sealed by the emperor, if the emperor is half unwilling, it is better for this king not to want it.
"My eight great heroes of the Tang Dynasty, why are you asking to see each other today?"
asked Li Shimin with a smile.
Li Chao thought, how can you not know why we are here.
"Your Majesty, the ministers are grateful for Your Majesty's reward, but a different surname is not allowed to be a king, this is the system set at the beginning of Zhenguan.
The ministers had no intention of breaking this system, so they came together today to ask His Majesty to revoke the will of the king. ” Li Shimin sighed, and his gaze swept over the Eight Kings.
"Wenyuan, all Aiqing, it was you King Qin who protected the country and recreated the Tang Dynasty.
Without you, the Tang Dynasty may have been overturned, and although the reward for the king is heavy, you are fully qualified to receive this reward. ” "Your Majesty, the ministers dare not accept it, the reward is too much."
Li Chao resigned.
Li Shimin sat down, "Wenyuan, all Aiqing, the king is a major matter of the country, and this matter is a decision made by me after careful consideration.
If I do that, then I will be ashamed of the heroes and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. ” "I know that Wenyuan's Bashang Li family has a saying that debts must be repaid, and it is precisely by virtue of this credit that the Bashang Li family can now do such a big and hot business.
And I often tell the prince that our royal merit will be rewarded, and if we fail, we will be punished.
Pei Xiao Yu and they rebelled and made trouble, and I put them to death, and you King Qin rescued them, so I will honor your reward."
"This is my final decision, so don't shirk it anymore.
Wang Chengen" The eunuch bowed down, "Your Majesty will prepare a grand ceremony for the canonization of princes for all princes, and then you will be canonized at the gate of heaven, and the civil and military generals of the Manchu Dynasty will witness it together." ” As he spoke, he took out a pair of scrolls and opened them.
"This is the map of the feudal territory given to you by His Majesty, and each prince will get a piece of territory to open the country.
The king of the county sealed the country for 200 li, and the king sealed the country for 300 li.
The princes will enjoy one-third of the tax revenues of the feudal state, and the other third will be used for the expenses of the imperial court garrison and the officials stationed in the feudal country, and the remaining one-third will be paid to the national treasury."
The more Li Chaoyue heard this, the more he felt that something was not right.
It turns out that the feudal kingdom is an independent kingdom, and it has greater authority than the noble territory.
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The selection of officials, civil affairs, and taxes should all belong to the feudal state, and even the feudal state can have its own armament.
But now, according to what Wang Chengen said, this feudal country is actually no different from the original actual fiefdom.
The imperial court selects and dispatches officials to be responsible for civil affairs, taxation, justice, finance, and even the imperial court's dispatch of troops.
The income of the fief can only be taken by the king of the fief, which is even less than that of the original territory, which is still two-thirds.
Li Chao: What is the difference between these feudal kings and the actual nobles It is allowed to open the country, but this founding is also to open a palace, and it is allowed to have a set of feudal state officials.
But these people are actually just the retainers of the king, and at most they help collect taxes.
The number of guards of the king is also strictly limited.
Well, speaking of which, the king of the fief actually sounds good, and the fief gives a big point.
This is very different from the feudal state of the Han and Wei dynasties, and it is not a real feudalism.
With such a feudal country, Li Chao might as well have a truly independent small castle and small estate.
He couldn't help but admire Li Shimin, this hand played slippery.
On the surface, Li Shimin still named Li Chao and them as kings, he did not go back on his word, and the emperor's credibility was there.
But on the other hand, these feudal kings are actually the same as the previous kings of the clan, they are all the same, they can't threaten the royal family at all, they can't threaten the imperial court.
The king is just a nobleman with a higher title. t1706231537: