(On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Muzi greets you all, wishing you all the best in the Year of the Monkey!)

North of the Great Wall, the Qing army camp on the east bank of the Luan River.√∟,

Duoduo, wearing white armor, stood silently on a towering lookout tower in the camp, looking out in the distance with his hands behind his back.

The early summer wind rolled up his long white cloak. From a distance, he looked like a sea east green with wings spreading in the wind.

At the extreme sight across the river, several black dots moved quickly, and Duoduo's face finally showed a smile. He put away the Qianli Mile Mile and quickly walked down the tower.

A quarter of an hour later, he rode his horse on his vest and galloped into the camp.

"Prince, the people who went to the Southern Dynasty are back."

"I'm finally back." Duoduo's eyebrows were flying, "Take it up."

Haoge, Ajige, Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou came to the big tent together, "I heard that the people who went to Beijing are back, how are they talking about?"

"You will know in a while." Duoduo said confidently. Liu Jiye finally became emperor, and he even came with a yellow robe, but he could play. But it was very beneficial for the Qing Dynasty to be emperor at this time. Once Liu Jun became emperor, the Ming Dynasty, which was restored step by step, it would be difficult for him to unite again. An internal strife broke out in front of him.

At this time, Liu Jun must focus on controlling the situation in the Southern Dynasty. At this time, as long as the conditions they put forward were not too excessive, Liu Jiye had to agree.

"Greetings to all the princes."

"Get up, tell me quickly, what's going on? Liu Jiye agreed to our conditions?" Ajige asked in a hurry.

"When you come back to the prince, Liu Jiye is willing to reconsider and even proposed to re-dividend the line with the current actual control line between the two sides, but he has a premise."

"What premise?" Duoduo asked.

Babutai looked at Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou quietly, then hesitated for a while, and said ungratefully, "Liu Jiye wants me to be a vassal to the Han Dynasty and always be a vassal."

"Don't think about it!" Azig shouted without thinking.

But Duoduo was silent. He looked at Babutai and said, "I understand, please step back, come and give Babutai a hundred taels of silver."

Babutai retreated, and the atmosphere in the room was a little strange.

Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou exchanged their eyes in secret, thinking about it.

Duoduo coughed, breaking the silence.

"Since Liu Jiye is bargaining, I think he intends to negotiate. Otherwise, he might as well refuse. His bargaining now means that he dare not start a war with us at this time. As for the conditions he proposed, I think it is just an excuse. As long as we talk twice, he will definitely not stick to these conditions again. I believe that all parts of the Central Plains must know the news that Liu Jiye was planning to usurp the throne. I am afraid that rebellion in various places has been launched, and Liu Jun has not had much time, and he doesn't have so much time to spend with us. He wants to rush to mobilize troops south to stabilize the situation."

"Then what do we do?" Azig asked the brothers.

Duoduo sneered, "At this time, it depends on who will die and send people there. Our conditions remain unchanged. All the places outside the pass will return to the Qing Dynasty, and the Ming army withdrew troops from outside the pass. The two countries thought that they were brothers' countries and traded with each other. Ming gave me five million silver coins every year, and we gave them back mink ginseng pearl wood."

"There is still the same conditions, and it will not be reduced by half?" Haoge asked.

“Not diminished.”

The few people talked for a while and then returned to their own accounts.

Duoduo called the guards, "Go and call Babutai."

After Wu Sangui and Zu Dashou left the tent, they walked together. The two walked silently for a while. Seeing that the tent was far away, looking at the distance, no one else was around, Zu Dashou said to his nephew with a worried look on his face, "I see something is wrong."

"I feel the same way. Babutai just said something in front of us. He was so irritating. It must be something that had not been said to us."

"So you can see it too." Zu Dashou said worriedly, "Do you think the matter has something to do with us?"

"I think so. I guess Liu Jiye may have put forward some important conditions, which may be related to us."

"Liu Jiye wants our heads?"

Wu Sangui nodded. Although he was a second Tartar and was still in front of the prince, Wu Sangui was not stable. He knew the embarrassing situation of the Qing army at the moment. He seemed very proud on the surface. He fought at the Great Wall Pass, but in fact, the Qing army was in a sign of collapse. If he continued to consume it, the Qing army would collapse. Not only was the supply of food and wages more and more difficult, but as summer approached, the Han army with maritime advantages might seize their retreat and attack their nests."

He has always opposed the Qing army's peace talks with the Southern Dynasty, and advocated direct withdrawal of troops.

But the Qing army wanted to take advantage of the situation to rob, but Liu Jiye's robbery was so easy to fight.

Now, Wu Sangui is worried about peace between Han and Qing, so he directly sold them.

"If the Tartars really want to sell us, then we will fight with them." Zu Dashou said fiercely. At this point, Zu Dashou became more and more vicious, and no one believed it. Even if he was secretly guarding against the Qing people.

"We should take precautions early after we go back, be more guards, and keep more guards around us, so we should not leave the camp easily. Once things are wrong, we will fight out. If it really doesn't work, we can lead our troops west. The world is so big that we can't go anywhere. As long as we have troops in our hands, we will be the prince everywhere we go."

The Central Army’s tent.

Babutai was brought in again.

Duoduo looked at him and said, "Does Liu Jiye still have any conditions? Let's talk about it now."

"When I go back to my master, Liu Jiye does have another condition. He proposed that we can negotiate peace with us, but we must hand over Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui. He also said that if we want to meet people in our lives, if we want to see the corpse in our lives, and if we want to hand over Wu Zu and the two families, Liu Jiye was willing to believe our sincerity. From then on, the two families agreed to share peace and peace."

Duoduo thought for a while, turned to the guards and said, "Go and invite Prince Su and Prince Ying."

As soon as Haug and Ajig arrived in the tent, they heard that Dodo sent someone to invite him, and they both came back with doubts. When they heard Dodo tell the situation, both of them couldn't help but hesitate.

"I'm afraid I can't believe Liu Jiye's words. He might just want to kill someone with a knife. When we hand over Wu Zu and the others, Liu Jiye will refuse to admit his account. Then wouldn't we be in vain?"

Ajige also agreed with Haoge's words. He didn't care about Wu Zu and the others. What he cared about was the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, and tens of thousands of Han people in western Liaoning. Even in the Huangtaiji era, this was a very strong force. What's more important for the Qing Dynasty today.

"Liu Jiye thought it was too simple. How could we be fooled by using a knife to kill someone like this simple trick?"

Wu Sangui returned to the tent and sat down and found a letter on his desk. He picked up the letter and saw the words Wu Sangui had opened in person.

When he opened it, he found that the letter was actually his father's handwriting. What surprised him even more was that the content in the letter was actually his father who wrote a letter to persuade him to surrender to the court. A letter was attached later, which was actually Liu Jiye's handwritten letter. In the letter, Liu Jiye advised him to abandon the secret and turn to the light and submit to the court again.

Liu Jiye offered a very attractive condition. As long as he was willing to submit to the court, the Han Empire would not blame their past and promise to grant him the title of Pingxibo and Zu Dashou the title of Jingnanbo.

After reading the letter, Wu Sangui suddenly started to sweat. He watched from side to side and ran to the door of the tent. There were more than a hundred personal guards outside the tent, "Who got into my tent just now?"

The head of the servant team shook his head. "Master, after you left and went to the Central Army to discuss the matter, we have been guarding here and have not seen anyone enter the big tent."

Wu Sangui was extremely angry. How could this be possible? No one entered the account? Could it be that this letter was flew in by himself? He suddenly thought of a possibility that there might be a traitor among his subordinates.

Or it was a mere assassin sent by Liu Jiye. Or it was a man who had already arranged it in his army.

Thinking of this, his back was soaked with cold sweat.

The Forbidden City.

Liu Jun stepped into Changchun Palace, and the imperial concubine Li Hui hurriedly welcomed Duke Wu with her arms around.

Since entering the Forbidden City, Liu Jun has not seen Empress Dowager Zhang and others who moved to the West Palace. He used the excuse of being busy with his affairs, but in fact he was a little difficult to face them. In the past, he faced them as a loyal minister and adopted son, but now, he has usurped the throne of the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Jun felt that being an emperor would be better for the world, but in terms of personal feelings, he still felt ashamed of them. He made excuses to avoid seeing them, and even was not very willing to see the Queen Lu these days.

During this period, Empress Lu, Shen Man and others went to accompany Empress Dowager Zhou and Empress Dowager Zhang and the others. Now, every time Liu Jun sees Lu, he will inevitably talk about Empress Dowager Zhou and others.

It was still the Concubine Li who made him easier.

Liu Jun hugged his son who couldn't speak and made him laugh.

"This child looks like me."

Li stood aside and couldn't help but show joy as he listened to Liu Jun's words.

"Your Majesty likes Brother Yuan so much, why not make him king?"

"He is just a child under the age of age. What's the difference between him being appointed as a prince and a king?"

Li said, "Brother Yuan is a prince. From ancient times to the present, it is natural for the prince to be crowned as a king."

"You're thinking too much, Brother Kun hasn't been crowned king yet." Liu Jun shook his son in his arm and said, "Actually, I think the Zong clan title system in the Song Dynasty is good."

The royal family in the Song Dynasty was never a threat from the central court. In the Song Dynasty, princes generally did not directly enthrone the king. Although princes generally would inevitably end up being kings, they were not directly enthroned, but were initially granted lower titles and positions and then relocated.

During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty, all the princes were first expelled from the Jiedushi, and they were granted the title of Duke of the Kingdom, and they were slightly promoted to the Prince, and they were promoted to the Pingzhang State. When they were appointed as the King of the Palace, they were appointed to the two towns and Sikong, and later they were customized.

On the other hand, the prince usually did not grant title to the successor king after the Northern Song Dynasty. Although the title of the prince was a king and the son of the prince was stipulated to be the successor king, it was actually a waste of time. In addition, if the prince was granted the title of the king, the title of the prince was only for his own son, and the descendants were not concerned about the legitimate and illegitimate son. The eldest of them was granted the title of the Duke. The other descendants were just inherited and served as sanitation officials, and then transferred in order, just like the noble official of the different surname, the son of the official, he had to serve in his senior year and was qualified, and he was specially granted the title of the prince (county king), while the title received by his ancestors and fathers were not inherited. The prince did not grant title of the king but only one inherited the duke. Therefore, in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a situation where "there was almost no king in the Zong family" at one time.

This system greatly restricted the power of the royal family, and even had a situation where there was almost no king in the royal family. This was completely opposite to the Ming Dynasty. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty Taizu customized the title of the prince: the eldest son of the prince was appointed as the prince at the age of ten, and the eldest grandson was appointed as the grandson;

When his sons were ten years old, they were named Prince;

The eldest son of the county prince is the prince's prince, and the sons are awarded the title of General Zhenguo, who is the first rank; General Sun Fuguo, who is the second rank; General Fengguo, who is the second rank; General Fourth-generation Grand Prince Zhenguo, who is the fourth rank; Lieutenant of the fifth-generation Grand Prince Fuguo, who is the fifth rank; All under the sixth rank are the sixth rank.

Moreover, the titles of these royal families in the Ming Dynasty were very high, with the lowest ranks, high salaries, and a large amount of land granted, making the Ming Dynasty just like raising pigs. Until now, the royal families in all parts of the world have reached more than 80,000, and the imperial court's annual tax payments are more than the ones who raise officials.

After the Jingnan Campaign, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty had no military power and no longer had their officers.

He was granted a feud without tinning the soil, he was given title without tying the people, and he was given a salary without ruling affairs.

It really became a pig farming.

Liu Jun is now called emperor and established a country, and he does not want the royal family of his empire to be the same as the Ming Dynasty in the future. In terms of the royal family system, he appreciates the practice of the Song Dynasty. The royal family should be treated preferentially, but not excessively preferentially.

Now he only has two sons, both of them are still young, so he was not in a hurry to establish a crown prince, and did not even give them a title of king. They all only had one Duke. His two brothers were only granted the title of marquis.

Liu Jun planned that the prince would only be granted a title of Duke at the beginning of his life, and he would only be granted a title of Duke after he became a married man. Moreover, he might not be able to be a King, but it depends on his moral character. If he was just very mediocre, then he might only be a Duke in his life.

As for the other royal families, such as his brothers, they can only be granted the title of Prince as the prince as the marquis.

Whether it is the son of the prince or the emperor's brother, he is only granted the title of the eldest son, and the rest are only granted as lords. He can be promoted to the official position, but he must have achievements to be promoted. If he does not have special achievements, he will not be promoted to a higher title. Even if he is the legitimate son of the princes and lords of the royal family, he will not be promoted to a higher title based on his qualifications after he has been given special achievements.

In addition to being unable to enter the cabinet, the royal family cannot be the nine ministers, the ministers, the governor, the governor, the general, and the general. However, they can be admitted to the imperial examination or join the army to serve the country.

Moreover, if Liu Jun did not intend to grant vassals to the royal family, the court would give corresponding salary according to their titles, but the salary would never be as generous as in the Ming Dynasty.

He also planned to restore the system of fifth-class titles for meritorious officials of other surnames and set them as fifth-class titles for Duke, Marquis, Bozinan.

The title system of the Han Empire from high to low will be princes, princes, dukes, county dukes, county dukes, county dukes, county marquis, county marquis, county marquis, county marquis, county maids, and eleventh lords.

No king can be granted a title for a different surname.

Regardless of the royal family or the meritorious officials, they only inherited the title with their eldest son, and the royal family reduced the second-class title with their second-class title. The meritorious officials of the different surname were reduced to the third-class title. Except for the eldest son, the other sons were granted the title with their first son, and the other sons were granted the title with their illegitimate sons.

The Lord is a lifelong title and is not hereditary.

All titles have no fiefs, no actual fiefs, and only salary. Each twenty households have a fief of silver and a piece of silver, which will be paid according to their salary.
Chapter completed!