Chapter 139: The reduction of vassal states has begun
"Has it started?" Shui Qing asked again uncertainly.
Fan Jin hurried into the yard and nodded with a heavy face.
Shui Qing had always been mentally prepared for the reduction of the vassal states, but after hearing the news of the reduction of the vassal states, her heart was still flustered.
After all, she had lived in peace for a long time, and when she came here, it was just a matter of food and clothing at the beginning, not involving personal safety.
Now that there is really chaos outside, all kinds of tragic things during the war flashed through her mind.
She took a deep breath, calmed down her complicated emotions and said: "Call all the children back and warn them carefully."
The peaceful days are gone forever.
"Okay." After seeing the current situation of the prefectural city where people's hearts are already unsettled, Fan Jin also thinks that he must remind the children.
Don't be ignorant, that will not benefit the children at all, and may even harm them.
After a while, all six children, including Ling Ran, were found.
The family gathered in the tea room.
A tea room was built on the left side of the main house of the new family. It is spacious and bright, with tables and chairs, tea, and cakes, which is most suitable for announcing and discussing things.
At this moment, two or three kinds of cakes were placed on the long table, and tea was poured according to the number of people.
The preparations before discussing things were still very thorough.
"It's only the beginning of April, and the new emperor has been on the throne for less than a year. It's really too fast." Ling Ran, who hurried into the tea room, frowned and said.
Fan Jin told his family the rumors outside as detailed as possible: "There are many people outside who support the new emperor, especially scholars. I have heard many people talking about the new emperor's move outside several restaurants."
Fan Jiang is a straightforward person, and asked naively: "Dad, isn't it good to reduce the fiefdom? I heard you talk about them before. They are all uncles of the emperor, especially many, and they occupy a lot of fiefdoms;
The emperor wants to take back the land, isn't it a good thing? Can they not give it?"
"It's a good thing, but it's too hasty; these princes are not people who only know how to eat, drink and have fun after several generations, they all fought for the country with the previous emperor!" Ling Ran said in a deep voice.
Seeing Fan Jiang's eyes wide open, curious but not understanding, he could only say: "It can be said that without these princes who are good at fighting, there would not necessarily be the current country;
These are princes and heroes who conquered the world, otherwise why did the late emperor divide them into fiefs? That is also a reward for them.
The late emperor is their biological father. It has not been a year since his death, and the new emperor has been on the throne for less than a year. He wants to take back all these rewards at once. Do you think you would agree?"
Yan Qiuxinghui, Jiang Hehu and the other five thought about it and shook their heads.
If they worked hard to buy land, shops and houses for their family, and their father divided the family before his death and gave them their own land, and the eldest brother's son, who is also their nephew, asked them to return all to him alone, they would not be willing.
The world and the small family are the same.
However, Fan Hu thought about it and said: "If I am given a similar amount of money, it is considered as buying it back, I should be able to agree."
Ling Ran quickly glanced at Fan Hu.
At a young age, he is very sensitive.
Shuiqing looked at Fan Hu and deeply agreed with the saying: A dragon gives birth to nine sons, but each one is different.
Fan Jiang is too honest. Even if he studies well in the future, he can only do some academic research work, and cannot enter the officialdom - otherwise he will be cheated to death without knowing it.
However, judging from the study situation in the past six months, she is not worried that Fan Jiang will enter the officialdom.
Because Fan Jiang is not a good student at all.
But Fan Hu can.
Not only is he good at reading and literacy, but more importantly, he is sensitive.
Fan Jin looked at Fan Hu and sighed softly: "If I gave him money, Dad would not have to worry so much about those vassal kings rebelling."
Fan Jiang asked naively: "Didn't you give him money? You should give some compensation, right?"
Not giving anything at all is a bit unkind.
Fan Jin shook his head: "Not only did he not give it, the Zhou King, who was the first to be reduced in power, had his whole family taken back to Jinling and deposed as commoners. I don't know whether he was exiled or imprisoned later."
There was silence in the tea room.
Neither exile nor imprisonment seems good...
Ling Ran lowered his eyes, his tone was flat, as if he was stating something: "Back then, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not abolish the feudal system directly, but issued the "Enfeoffment Order" to gradually reduce the power, financial resources and manpower of the feudal kings;
Now the new emperor is doing this, which will force those princes to rebel."
Whether it is good to reduce the feudal system, these common people have no control over it, they only know that they cannot fight.
Once there is a war, life will be worse than that of pigs and dogs.
"Let's wait and see, maybe there is only this prince, and the princes behind will not be moved, or only one prince will be reduced every few years, and then properly resettled, it will not be a problem." Fan Jin did not want his children to worry too much, so he thought in a good direction.
Shui Qing knew that this was just the beginning.
Next, the new emperor will reduce three princes in a month!
One was exiled, one was imprisoned, and the other was neither exiled nor imprisoned because this prince was falsely accused of treason. How could he provide evidence for something he had not done?
In the end, in order to prove his innocence, and also to fear that the exiled or imprisoned people behind would be worse than death, he actually burned the whole palace to death!
But the new emperor didn't care at all, and within two months, he demoted several more princes.
Three princes were demoted in one month, and maybe the second prince had already started, but the notice hadn't been posted in Guangning Prefecture yet.
Nowadays, those scholars can still talk about it, but the merchants who got the news are probably already preparing.
No, they might have been preparing before the New Year.
At least Bai Ziqian's father Bai Manshan, the richest family in Nandu, was planning it at that time.
Thinking of Bai Ziqian, Shuiqing also thought that if it was already April and they hadn't come yet, and the notices came one after another, it would be difficult to meet in the next few years, and it was very likely that they would not see each other for several years...
In the room, Yan Qiuxing replied to the children who were still discussing whether the follow-up would be more serious or peaceful.
They were divided into two factions and were debating.
Shuiqing and Fan Jin did not interrupt. It was a good thing for the children to have ideas and they could not be killed.
She announced the decision in advance: "Yan Qiu, from tomorrow on, there is no need to make rice wine. The existing rice wine at home can be sold as long as it can be sold."
Others don't know, but she knows.
The reduction of vassal states will not stop. Even if the court has not issued a notice prohibiting the brewing of wine, it will be a matter of time, and it won't take too long.
Moreover, restaurants and wine shops are the most lively these days. There are many scholars and students who talk a lot, and the risks are also very high.
Don't talk about state affairs, it's not just talk. Maybe one day the yamen runners will rush in to arrest people!
Selling rice wine requires frequent in and out, and now that we have enough money, it is better not to take risks.
Yan Qiu looked up in shock, and responded obediently: "Okay!"
"Ling Ran, you and Dajiang drive the donkey cart to the capital, make a list of everything we need, and buy it all back.
Buy as much as you can, and it is better to not use it all than not have it when you can't use it."
These two months are still safe, but in the next few years, their whole family will try to stay at home as much as possible, and don't go out if you can!