Xu Pengju looked at the bows and arrows around him, and was extremely puzzled in his heart, who would have thought that there would be such a strict defense at home by someone in the dignified Jingshi, wouldn't Your Majesty care?

Naturally, no one relieved the doubts in his heart for him, and he could only wait for Ming Zhongxin's call.

And explain that COSCO, which is also a puzzle, walked to the hut where Ming Zhongxin was discussing and knocked on the door.

Fubo opened the door for it and introduced Ming COSCO.

In the room, Lu Mingyuan, Liu Daxia, Ming Zhongxin, Shi Wenyi, and Zhang Cai all looked at Ming Zhongyuan.

"CITIC, there are people outside asking to see you!" Ming Zhongyuan took a step forward and handed the letter in his hand to Ming Zhongxin.

"Who?" Ming Zhongxin frowned, who came to visit him now? He's wonderful!

"He said, "You will understand when you read this letter!"

"Really?" Ming Zhongxin took the letter with a suspicious face and opened it to read it carefully.

Ming Zhongyuan stepped forward again and whispered with Ming Zhongxin.

Suddenly, a strange glint flashed in Ming Zhongxin's eyes.

"CITIC, whose letter is it?" Liu Daxia next to him asked.

Ming Zhongxin raised his head and smiled, and asked instead of answering, "Old Liu, what is the grand event in Beijing recently?" ”

"Extravaganza?" Liu Daxia expressed doubt, but then a gleam flashed in his eyes, "You mean, those outsiders in Jingshi?" ”

"Hmm!" Ming Zhongxin nodded slightly.

"Could this person be related to those outsiders?" Liu Daxia asked.

The dumb riddle between the two of them was confusing to everyone at first, but Lu Mingyuan next to him sat calmly and drank tea and did not participate in it.

But after Shi Wenyi and Zhang Cai heard the conversation between the two, they glanced at each other, a trace of vigilance shot out of their eyes, and then they set their eyes on Ming Zhongxin.

Obviously, they also have a realization.

"This letter is really old! And guess who's? Ming Zhongxin's face was full of slyness and looked at Liu Daxia.

Old friend? Liu Daxia was confused, these outsiders are not good at stubble recently, how could they be entangled with Ming Zhongxin? His brows furrowed as he looked at Ming Zhongxin.

But Ming Zhongxin's calm expression made his mind flash again, right?

Ming Zhongxin saw that he had realized something, and said with a smile, "Yes, it is that person's letter!" ”

"Can I take a look?" Liu Daxia's eyes suddenly looked at the letter.

"That's nature!" Ming Zhongxin handed him the letter, and then turned his head and ordered, "Brother clan, you can lead this person here!" ”

When Ming Zhongyuan heard this, his brows furrowed, "CITIC, that person is not a good stubble, he was going to break into the Ming Mansion before!" ”

Ming Zhongxin smiled, "It's okay, if you want to break into the mansion, it should be just a joke!" ”

This remark made Ming Zhongyuan frown, after all, everyone has broken into the house, if it is really a goal, how can it be so exciting? However, Ming Zhongxin had already established absolute prestige in the Ming family, so he had no choice but to nod yes and turn around and go out.

Although he didn't know what the identity of this person was, since Ming Zhongxin allowed it, he must not be an unfamiliar person! He also put his mind at ease, after all, on such a celebratory day, someone suddenly came to make trouble and broke into the house, he was naturally a little worried in his heart, but now that Ming Zhongxin said so, he didn't need to worry anymore!

As for that Xu Gongzi coming in and looking for trouble, it's not a matter of worrying about himself!

"CITIC, what is this?" Liu Daxia was staring at Ming Zhongxin with wide eyes at this time, a little surprised.

Shi Wenyi and Zhang Cai were also very curious, what kind of letter did it be, and why did Liu Daxia be so surprised?

"Yes, it's Old Man Xu's letter!" Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Ming Zhongxin nodded slowly, and simply pointed out the way.

Old man Xu? Shi Wenyi and Zhang Cai were full of surprise, and they looked at Ming Zhongxin together, and blurted out, "Wei Guogong?!" ”

Ming Zhongxin nodded in approval.

Shi Wenyi and Zhang Cai looked at each other, although they had heard that Ming Zhongxin and Old Master Xu had some contact in Nanjing, but had they been familiar enough to communicate with each other?

"What did Wei Guogong say? Can you tell us about it? Shi Wenyi couldn't suppress his curiosity after all, and asked.

Although this statement is a bit abrupt, since Ming Zhongxin let Liu Daxia see it in front of them, there must be no need to keep it secret, and it doesn't hurt to ask.

"There's nothing I can't say!" Ming Zhongxin said with a smile, "It's just that there are some things in the Nanjing Imperial Court that can't be decided, so I can only play the imperial court and want to be recognized, and the little grandfather of the Duke of Wei also came to Beijing by the way!" Old man Xu asked me to take care of him! ”

Having said that, Ming Zhongxin was still a little puzzled, after all, this letter was just to tell him about the situation in southern Xinjiang at this time, and ask for his opinion, there was no need to be so anxious, but why did this little grandfather Xu come to visit now, he should have heard about his own affairs, but he came to find something, why is this?

"CITIC, what is it? Tell me the truth! At this time, Lu Mingyuan spoke.

Ming Zhongxin was surprised for a while, and said that Lu Mingyuan obviously knew that things would never be so simple, so he asked this question.

He couldn't hide it yet, so he turned his head to look at Fauber, who understood and turned to stand outside the door to be on guard.

Ming Zhongxin sorted out his thoughts a little, "Old man Xu described the situation in southern Xinjiang in detail, the situation is not very optimistic, although the rebellion of the thieves in Yunnan has been basically quelled, but there are still some remnants in the entire southern Xinjiang who are making trouble. Old man Xu felt that the situation was not quite right, so he came to dig up the roots and consult me. ”

After a slight pause, Ming Zhongxin continued, "As for this person, it is none other than Xu Pengju, the little grandfather of the Wei State Mansion, this time the Wei State Gong was also worried that he would make a mistake if he stayed in Nanjing, so he let him come to Beijing with the team, on the one hand, to ask for advice, and on the other hand, to avoid the war!" The letter asks me for help! ”

"Of course, it is not only this group of people who have entered the Beijing Division this time, but there are also several forces, Old Man Xu reminded me to pay attention to these forces and see what they want to do!" Ming Zhongxin looked around and said with a solemn expression.

"You mean, the forces of southern Xinjiang entering Beijing?" Shi Wenyi suddenly answered.

"Not bad!" Ming Zhongxin turned his head to look at him and asked, "Brother Shi, the Wei State official letter is not too clear, what forces have entered the Beijing Division this time?" What's suspicious? ”

When Shi Wenyi heard this, he frowned and lowered his head in contemplation.

"What? What can't be said about this? Liu Daxia was displeased for a while, after all, he was worried about the attack on Ming Zhongxin in the past few days, and other information was a little blocked, and he also wanted to know what was the big deal in the Jingshi these days?

Shi Wenyi raised his head and smiled bitterly, "Lord Liu, it's not that Shi doesn't say it, it's really that there are a lot of forces that have entered the Beijing Division these days, including King Fan,"

King Fan? Liu Daxia's eyes shrank, and without waiting for Shi Wenyi to continue, he asked directly, "Isn't the King of Fan not allowed to enter Beijing without following the order?" How could there be a king of Fan arriving in Beijing? ”

"It's not the life of the thieves in southern Xinjiang that makes these kings have an excuse to enter Beijing and seek refuge!" Zhang Cai complained on the side.

Everyone here is a smart person, and as soon as he heard this, he knew a rough idea.

Things have to start from the founding of the country, after Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Empire, he began to implement the system of clan feudalism.

In the first year of Hongwu (1368), after Ming Taizu became emperor in Nanjing, he began to seal the officials of the world, and first issued an edict stipulating the order of his family. He canonized Ma as the queen and Zhu Biao as the crown prince. In the third year of Hongwu, other princes were also successively named the kings of Fan, and their titles were higher than those who had made meritorious contributions.

The ancient traditional political system was divided into three types: one was the sub-feudal system of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The relatives of the emperor and the country are divided into feudal feuds, the central government of the Tibetan State is the barrier, and the Zhufan takes the country as the surname and is relatively independent, and the central government and the Tibetan State are the relationship between tributary and canonization, and the relationship between the vassals and the tribute. The second is the county system of the Qin, Tang and Song dynasties. Although the emperor's son and son were also canonized as kings, they had the name of the country but not the real one, and some also stipulated that the prince must live in Beijing and be managed by the palace eunuchs, and some even stipulated that they could not be hereditary, in short, they tried to keep the imperial power from being threatened. The third is the county system adopted by the Han and Jin dynasties and the early Ming Dynasty, as a transition between the feudal system and the counties. The king of Fan was in the county and held the military, political and economic power.

Among these three systems, Ming Taizu valued the third county system. However, the county system successively led to the "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms" in the Western Han Dynasty and the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings" in the Western Jin Dynasty. Out of selfishness, he did not learn a lesson, he divided the prince as a prince, awarded the gold book and gold treasure, the year Lu ten thousand stones, and the government placed official subordinates. The prince allowed a small number of guards to be kept, ranging from 3,000 to 19,000.

And that's just a general rule. Later, Ming Taizu appointed the prince to replace the general to garrison the border pass, and there were several royal border kings, such as King Yan, King Ning, etc., they not only had their own personal soldiers, but also governed the army of the central government, including many elite troops, and the number of people soon broke through the upper limit.

Of course, Ming Taizu knew the danger of King Fan's coveting of imperial power in history, and the vicious expansion of King Fan's power would inevitably impact the security of the central government. When the time comes, either the fish will die or the net will break. Therefore, he formulated a plan for the strong and weak branches, and while giving the kings great authority, he also carried out a certain amount of control and prevention. For example, he stipulated that the kings should only have titles but not government affairs, and that they should have the kingdom but not the territory. At the same time, in order to prevent the kings from colluding with each other, Ming Taizu also forbade the kings to move around each other, and even less summoned the prince to the pilgrimage.

However, even so, it also made the kings have some tails, such as Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who immediately launched the battle of Jingyan after the immortal tour of Ming Taizu, to seize the world, which is his legacy.

After Zhu Di, the king of Yan, seized the world, he changed the county system of Ming Taizu. At the beginning of Yongle, in order to appease the kings of Fan and stabilize the domestic situation, the old feudal titles of the kings of Zhou, Qi, Dai and Min were restored, but when their thrones were more consolidated, they continued to reduce the feudal domain. The kings of Zhou, Qi, Dai, and Min were once again plundered; King of Qianning in Nanchang; The king of the valley was in Changsha, and he was abolished as a concubine; Cut the Liao King's guard.

A series of means were used to restrict the king of Tibet, and slowly achieve the goal of cutting Tibet.

Of course, these methods were suppressed, but after all, the arms could not twist the thighs, and the authority of the kings was gradually weakened, and they could no longer pose a threat to the central government.

However, how can the kings be willing, they have not forgotten that they want to restore the authority of the Ming Dynasty when it was first founded, but the emperor did not allow it, and this contradiction became a cancer from the beginning to the end of the Ming Dynasty.

But they are usually not allowed to enter Beijing, and there is very little chance that they can restore their authority, but this rebellion in southern Xinjiang is a great opportunity, how can they give up this opportunity?

Therefore, the entry of King Fan into Beijing really made Zhang Cai and other supporters of the emperor feel a little vigilant.

Similarly, Liu Daxia, as a person with vested interests, was also very disgusted by the entry of the king of Fan into Beijing.

"Hmmm! These guys' intentions are not pure! Liu Daxia's face sank like water, and he slowly asserted.

"So what, people's reasons are legitimate!" Shi Wenyi sighed, "People are worried that the blood of the emperor's relatives will be killed by thieves and come to Beijing to hide, who can say no?" Moreover, even if Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, asked for the restoration of the old guard Tuntian, who had been dismissed by the former king of Ning for his crimes, he might defend against thieves in the territory. Moreover, the people strongly demanded that they return to their territories in person to quell the townspeople. ”

King Ning? Hearing this name, not only did Liu Daxia's eyes shrink, but Lu Mingyuan next to him also frowned.

The first king of Ning was famous for his excellent field command, and was given the fief of Daning, which was an important military outpost in the grassland area north of the Jingshi. However, during the Battle of Jingjing, he was moved to Beijing by Emperor Yongle, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, who doubted King Ning's loyalty to him, and gave King Ning's original fief to three Mongol kings, and then placed King Ning in Jiangxi Province. During the Tianshun period, after the contemporary King Ning was implicated in a rebellion case, he was deprived of the right to maintain a team and never recovered, so the contemporary King Ning had a request to restore the guards.

"King Ning also came to Jingshi?" Lu Mingyuan asked.

"Hmm!" Shi Wenyi nodded, "And on the day he came to Beijing, he played His Majesty, and wanted to return to Southern Xinjiang in person to quell the rebellion, of course, he had already played a petition before he came to Beijing, but His Majesty did not agree, so in the name of avoiding the disaster of war, he asked the Holy Decree to return to Beijing to visit relatives." His Majesty's heart relented for a while, and he agreed, but he never thought that the kings of the entire southern Xinjiang would go back to Beijing to avoid trouble. Now, Your Majesty did not shirk any more, it was all allowed! ”

"Your Majesty is a little careless!" Lu Mingyuan frowned and muttered to himself.

Liu Daxia and Shi Wenyi looked at each other, a trace of horror flashed in their eyes, and only this one dared to judge His Majesty in private here! We didn't dare to take it, so they had to bend their necks and be ostriches.

"You guys!" Lu Mingyuan naturally saw their posture, instantly understood their thoughts, shook his head and sighed, "Wrong is wrong, can't you say it yet?" ”

Liu Daxia sneered and said, "If you are wrong, you can naturally say it!" ”

As for Shi Wenyi and Zhang Cai, they didn't dare to accept these words, and lowered their heads to make a thinking state.

"CITIC, what do you think?" Lu Mingyuan glanced at them and turned his head to look at Ming Zhongxin.

"Well, this time is indeed a bit risky, these King Fan are not fuel-efficient lamps, if they really let them stay in Jingshi for a long time, I am afraid that Jingshi will have a lot of trouble with this matter!" Ming Zhongxin nodded in response.

"Well, there's a guy who understands!"

Liu Daxia and the others were a little crying and laughing, we don't know this truth, it's just that we can't criticize Your Majesty!