Chapter 40: Duanhe County King

The Dajian Dynasty was granted a title of king, and the law of enfeoffment but not governance was implemented. Princes and princes had fiefs and had corresponding salary, but only enjoyed special treatment, but had no actual governance rights. The prince was a first-class king, and the land was naturally larger; the prince was a second-class king, and the land was smaller. Since he had only had an extra income and had wealth but no power, except for the princes with fiefs in prosperous and prosperous places, most princes were unwilling to go to the fiefdom to "get a vassal". Especially the princes with fiefs in the northern region, they would rather enjoy happiness in the capital, and few were willing to go to the north to blow the wind and eat sand.

Speaking of which, Jian Dynasty was also tolerant of these royal descendants. Since these princes of all sizes had no power, the emperor turned a blind eye to whether they were "family" and followed them. But one thing is that it is possible to build a royal palace in the capital, and to build a royal palace in the fiefdom, but the location of the government must be reported on the day of the throne. Once the emperor's imperial pen is submitted, it is a foregone conclusion and cannot be changed. Those who live in the capital cannot build a royal palace in the fiefdom. Houses can be built, but the regulations must be simple and lower than the standard of the royal palace in the capital. Those who build a palace in the fiefdom can have nothing to do, otherwise they will leave the fiefdom without permission and will be punished. Only during the years, festivals and major sacrifices can they go back to the capital to take a look.

It is precisely because of this rule that most princes chose to build a mansion in the capital. They lived in the capital since they were young, and they were afraid that they would never come back after leaving the capital. But some princes could not stay in the capital. The greedy and comfortable princes ignored them, and the dishonest princes were stared at. Therefore, whenever the new emperor ascended the throne in the Dajian Dynasty, several princes were forced to be driven out of the capital and went to the fiefdom to "get the vassal". When the overall situation was decided and the atmosphere was fresh, whether they could return to the capital depends on their performance and the mood of the new emperor...

There are not many princes in the vassal state, but there are relatively many princes in wealthy places. In the capital, a prince is not worth anything. The royal bloodline is deep and lush. In the four nine cities, I look up and look down and see a few princes, nobles, powerful ministers, and powerful ministers? A powerful family and powerful court officials are much better than those of them. Even if you have the word "king", you have to be polite when you see others. Otherwise, if you lose one day, you will not be a joke and be stabbed to the clan's mansion. If you are walking away with the word "king", you will be explained in half your life.

Therefore, except for those who have the hope of inheriting the title of prince, those princes who knew they had no hope and had relatively wealthy fiefs all chose to go out and vassals. They were not exposed in the capital, but they were old men when they arrived. Some people lived a hundred times more comfortable than in the capital, and they were a little happy.

The Duanhe County Prince of Changning Prefecture was the prince of the prince who was released. Originally, his fiefdom was in Ningzhou under the Changning Prefecture, but when the Duanhe County Prince left the capital and became a vassal, he passed by Changning City and then settled in Changning without leaving any death! According to the prescribed rules, the Duanhe County Prince was against the order. If it was strictly investigated, the charge would be not light. But unexpectedly, the Duanhe County Prince led a family of young people to settle in Changning City for two years, but no one sued him!

From the prefects to the minor officials, they all think they are confused. They are the royal golden branches. Do you sue him? I am afraid that they will lose a lot of rice if they steal chickens! Everyone knows that Emperor Qiyuan is quite generous to the descendants of the royal family. As long as you don’t covet the power in his hands and want to enjoy a happy life? Then go! Even if there are some problems with this and that style in life occasionally, they will turn into big things and small things. If you sue them? If you succeed, the punishment will not hurt or itch. Most of them will cause people to hold grudges afterwards. Even the emperor, one day he will think that you are too forced to his relatives...

As expected, a year later, the incident of Duanhe County Prince still reached Emperor Qiyuan's ears. The emperor was slightly angry. However, considering that Ningzhou was also under the rule of Changning Prefecture and was not too far from Changning City, he issued an order to reprimand him and actually agreed to the behavior of Duanhe County Prince... As a result, the officials in Changning Prefecture breathed a sigh of relief and felt that they had taken the right treasure.

From then on, Duanhe Prince lived in Changning City with a legitimate reputation, drinking and listening to operas every day, and running horses and boats, and was very free and easy. If this continues, most of the sons and grandsons of Duanhe Prince will be like this for the rest of their lives. The only strange thing is that although Duanhe Prince has no ability and spends drinking and playing all day long, he is very strict with his descendants.

This behavior may be a little puzzled in the eyes of others. As the royal bloodline, his son cannot be an official in the court. The only way out is to wait for adulthood and be appointed as a general in the state, and eat his salary until he dies. In this way, the behavior of Duanhe Prince is a bit incredible. Could it be that his son has learned a lot and has to go to the examination room to take the imperial examination? But no matter how others view it, Duanhe Prince is still the same, and no one knows what he is thinking...

Duanhe County Prince did not look at romanticism, but his descendants came late. At this time, the eldest son Qinglin was eight years old, but he had a deep understanding of the majesty of this father. At the age of five, Duanhe County Prince's Mansion had changed many seats in a few years, including several famous men in the local area. Now the Lord Jing'anzhai is famous in Changning Mansion, and Duanhe County Prince has also heard of it. In addition, he had wanted to invite Lord Jing'anzhai to teach in the mansion but was rejected. He felt that this Lord Jing'anzhai was a real talent and knowledge, so he didn't care. Instead, he had the idea of ​​sending Qinglin to Jing'anzhai to study with those poor children.

As the royal prince, he asked his son to sit in the cottage with the children of poor people and study... This Duanhe prince is really weird. If you say he is close to the people, he will suck people under the whip on weekdays; you said he is ignorant of his life, but he just lets his son study hard like a scholar preparing to take the exam...

What is even more ridiculous is that before sending his son to Jing'anzhai, the prince cleverly found two people to test the depth of the master Jing'anzhai, but naturally returned in shame. Duanhe Prince was overjoyed and immediately sent his son. However, when the master Jing'anzhai learned the reason for the incident, he was naturally a little unhappy. Since then, he has never ended the children of the official family again. The official figure who came here is naturally a little unhappy, but with Duanhe Prince, no one dares to cause trouble easily, so Jing'anzhai survived like this.
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