Wuchang City, Chu King's Mansion.

Today is the day when the Chu Prince’s Mansion collects summer rent.

The entire backyard of the Chu King's Mansion was filled with abacus sounded, and the square in front of a row of warehouses in the backyard was filled with tenants from the royal palace who came to pay rent and pay taxes and slaves in charge of various shops.

In order to prevent the people below from evading taxes and rents, Zhu Shikui even decided to supervise himself. He had to pass by every stone's grain and every piece of silver dollars paid in person.

However, the Chu King's Mansion occupied 10% of the property and land acres in Wuchang City, so even if the summer rent was paid, it would not be paid for in a short while. So the Chu King did not long after, he fell asleep on the chair of the Grand Master in the main hall of the backyard.

When he was dozing off, he was confused about his being taken to the guillotine. A man wearing a crown roared at him and slashed him, and a big knife slid from the executioner's hand.

But just as the sword fell, he thought he was hacked to death, he dreamed that a concubine who looked very much like her and was ravaged to death flew towards him, and the two fangs seemed to bite into his neck in a moment.

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King Zhu Shikui of Chu was suddenly awakened from fear and broke out in cold sweat. Luo Xing, the left chief of the royal palace beside him, saw this and asked, "Prince, has the nightmare disease been caused again?"

"Isn't that?" Zhu Shikui rubbed his temple speechlessly. Since the pseudo-King case occurred, and Zhao Kehuai was beaten to death by himself and caused a sensation in the court, he has not been worried that he would not be punished by the court for a day. In addition, he has done too many unethical things over the years, which has caused him to suffer from this nightmare disease. Sometimes he will have nightmares as soon as he falls asleep.

But this time, I was a little sleepy because I was a little sleepy and took a nap for a while, but I started to have a nightmare again.

"I asked you to go to Huajue Temple to invite Master Lingyi, have you invited me?"

The King of Chu asked Luo Changshi, and Luo Changshi couldn't help but smile and said, "The abbot of Huajue Temple said that Master Lingyi would not leave the customs to beg for alms on the third day of next month. In addition, Huajue Temple needs to reshape the Buddha statue this year, and it is just 10,000 taels of gold. He was counting on the great gentry to do this great merit. He was originally looking for the Hegege hometown, but the Hegege hometown has no longer cared about merit since his wife passed away."

After hearing what Luo Changshi said, Zhu Shikui said without thinking:

"Get ten thousand taels of gold from Curry to Huajue Temple, and let Huajue Temple add another 100,000 kilograms of lamp oil to Gu, and also give him the money for lamp oil. As long as Master Lingyi can come out to cure my habit of having nightmares, I will be a gold mountain, and Gu will also give him this great merit!"

Seeing that King Zhu Shikui of Chu was so generous and without a moment of hesitation, Luo Xingneng couldn't help but feel secretly happy. Because the King of Chu had a nightmare and superstitious matter, he didn't know how many times he had joined hands with monks and Taoists to deceive the prince.

"The prince, Wuzhuangtou said that their farm has had a locust plague this year, and the harvest of a hundred acres of land has been lost. The tenants really have no money to pay the rent. I would like to ask you, Prince, to waive the rent for the past six months."

At this time, the right chief of the royal palace, Ming Changxin, came forward, and the one following him was Wuzhuang's head with a white chevron wrapped in a soapy short robe.

Unexpectedly, the King of Chu Zhu Shikui got up and kicked the Wuzhuang head, and ordered the captain from the side to say, "Bo to death!"

Wuzhuangtou didn't expect that he would be beaten like this based on the truth and suggestions. He hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, but the whip had already fallen like raindrops.

At the same time, the suddenly irritable King Zhu Shikui cursed:

"A man is a noble man with great dignity and was granted the title of Wuchang. As subjects of the Ming Dynasty, you should support him!

Nowadays, people often use this disaster to perfunctory orphans and refuse to pay rent and taxes. You really think that you are a lone and can’t cheat. What kind of disaster or not has anything to do with orphans? That’s what the court should do, do you understand!"

After scolding Zhu Shikui, the King of Chu, felt a lot more relieved, and his breath disappeared. The depression caused by nightmares was reduced a little, but the Wuzhuang head lost a little breath.

"It's really unlucky. I'll drag it down and find a place to bury it. Build it away. Don't ruin the Feng Shui of the royal palace!"

King Zhu Shikui of Chu was not guilty at all. He gave a casual order and sat down again, continuing to urge the tenant behind the village to pay the rent soon.

No one present dared to say anything, and even the two chief ministers Luo Xingneng and Ming Changxin dared to say a word, because they did not want to be beaten to death like the governor Zhao Kehuai back then.

However, at this moment, Su Ming, the eunuch of the prince's palace, hurriedly ran over: "Prince, it's not good, it's not good!"

"What's wrong? Why are you so nervous? A bastard? Is Liu He going to hang himself again? Find someone to take care of him. I'm busy now and don't have time to care about that girl!"

King Zhu Shikui of Chu thought that the eunuch Su Ming was in a hurry to come because of a pretty widow caught by his ex, and was about to commit suicide, so he said impatiently, but Su Ming said breathlessly as soon as he came, "It's not her, it's Your Majesty, Your Majesty now!"

"The news came from Nanjing that Your Majesty ordered the vassal kings from all over the country to rush to Nanjing immediately and sacrifice to Emperor Taizu with His Majesty. If you hesitate, you will definitely be severely punished. Now it is less than eight days before the sacrifice. The prince should hurry up!"

After Su Ming said this, the King of Chu Zhu Shikui immediately stood up. He was surprised and felt a little scared. He couldn't help but think of the scene in his dream. The one who wore a crown to kill him might be His Majesty today!

"Changshi Luo, what should I do? Your Majesty will not fight and punish the orphans, right?" King Zhu Shikui of Chu asked tremblingly.

"Don't worry, the most important thing now is to rush to Nanjing immediately, and you must arrive in Nanjing before the birthday of Emperor Taizu Gao. Otherwise, Your Majesty will use this as an excuse to reduce the vassal states!" said Luo Changshi.

"Slash the vassal?"

King Zhu Shikui of Chu sat back, his eyes a little dull, and said with a wry smile: "As the royal relative passed down by Emperor Gao of the Ming Dynasty, Gu has no military power and no money now. His Majesty is afraid that he will not be able to cut off the vassal states. Besides, Gu has nothing to cut off now."

However, when he thought of His Majesty the Emperor's series of actions in Shandong, Jiangnan and other regions this year, King Zhu Shikui of Chu was still a little worried and ordered: "Prepare a few good horses immediately, and I will rush to Nanjing immediately."

Zhu Shikui was just talking, and suddenly another guard came to report: "The people from the Eastern Factory of the imperial court have arrived with their orders."

When Zhu Shikui heard the order, he really wanted to go to Nanjing to worship Xiaoling Mausoleum. He felt a little nervous and rushed towards Nanjing in a hurry.

After hearing the news, some of the other vassal kings rushed to Nanjing City, but they didn't know that they were trapped when they came.

Because the Ming Dynasty had already stipulated that the vassal kings had to leave their fiefdom half a step at will.

Therefore, some vassal kings did not come, and they were afraid that they would be guilty of a crime that violated the ancestral system for no reason, but not coming was that they violated the emperor's decree.
Chapter completed!