The city gates were closed when the time came. Without Zhu Gaochi's will, no one could enter or leave.

When Fang Xing entered through the city gate where a gap was opened, he casually said: "I guess I will have to open it later. Thank you for your hard work."

It was cold at night, and an old soldier shrank his neck and said, "Don't worry, we have to stay here anyway, it's just a matter of stretching out our hands."

Fang Xing nodded, and Xin Laoqi gave him a bottle of wine and said, "Don't drink it when it's time to pay."

The old army took the bottle and smiled flatteringly: "The young people don't dare to wait until the replacement is made before making a small hot pot. Brothers, drink some hot soup and drink some wine. That's so beautiful!"

"I can eat."

Fang Xing smiled and got on the horse, then went to the palace.

The old army behind him opened the lid of the wine bottle and sniffed it, and said happily: "It's a good wine!"

The soldiers closed the city gates, gathered together, and sat against the wall.

"Your Madam, you're polite! If anyone else had given us a drink, we would have been lucky if we didn't scold us."

"Yes! The last time that guy from someone came in before closing the door, we were slowing down. Good guy, Ma Erdou was whipping with a whip and kept at home for half a month, otherwise he wouldn't be able to see anyone."

Amid a sigh, Lao Jun secretly took a sip of wine, then covered the lid and said, "What do you know? That's the confidence! Xinghe Bo is a scholar, has a good temperament, and is polite to us. As for those people, don't worry about them. You can wait and see, their lives will not be better!"

After a while of silence, a soldier said, "But those scholars look down on us!"

After a long time, Lao Jun hummed a song, humming while patting his thighs...

"You don't understand the rules here. Civil officials and military officials were making trouble some time ago! Alas! These are good days, but I have to suppress us. These are all villains!"

...

Fang Xing entered the palace all the way. When he saw Zhu Gaochi, he was walking outside with Wanwan.

After seeing Fang Xing, Wanwan came out from behind Zhu Gaochi's wide body and said happily: "Fang Xing..."

Fang Xing bowed and then smiled and said, "Your Majesty should walk more and walk more and your bloodlines can be smooth."

Others would never dare to talk about Zhu Gaochi's physical problems so directly, but Fang Xing said it, and he said it calmly.

Zhu Gaochi stopped and said, "I called you in tonight. Is your family so worry-free?"

Fang Xing smiled and said, "I didn't cry. I guess I'll cry if I get familiar with you for a few days."

Zhu Gaochi nodded and said, "Young boy is ignorant, and your parents should not stay away. However, Zhanji needs help in the south, and you will have to go back then."

Fang Xing said: "National affairs are the most important, but I still know how to behave."

Zhu Gaochi looked at the warm pavilion that was reflected by the lanterns and said, "I remember you said something about the vassal kings a few years ago. Let's talk about it today."

Fang Xing's heart moved slightly, and glanced at Zhu Gaochi's expression with the lanterns held by the eunuchs around him, but saw indifference.

After Zhu Di's success in the Jingshou, the vassal kings became a sensitive topic, so Fang Xing thought about it for a while before saying: "Your Majesty, during the Hongwu period, there were 58 relatives and men and women below the county prince. By the 28th year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu Gao realized that the vassal kings and the vassal kings were too expensive, so he reduced the vassal kings and rice on the grounds that there were many soldiers and officials..."

As he said that, he glanced at Zhu Gaochi. Zhu Gaochi slowly moved forward, Wanwan glared at him, then covered her mouth and smiled secretly. The curved eyebrows and eyes added a lot of brightness to the night.

"Tonight I and you, please continue talking."

Zhu Gaochi walked slowly, Wanwan followed her. When she heard that only two people were counting, she pulled Zhu Gaochi's sleeves in dissatisfaction.

Zhu Gaochi smiled and said, "You are still young."

Parents who love their children always say this. No matter how old you are, they will always be a child in my eyes.

Fang Xing also smiled, took the opportunity to clear his thoughts, and said, "Your Majesty, it's not long before it goes from fifty-eight to almost two hundred!"

"It will double in thirty or forty years. Your Majesty, I will use one hundred as the benchmark. In three hundred years, there will be fifty or sixty thousand people..."

Seeing that Zhu Gaochi was still unmoved, Fang Xing continued to say, "And this population will soar with personal morality... At that time, Your Majesty, no matter how big the Ming Dynasty is and how much money and food, it will not be able to accommodate so many vassals. I will be separated from the royal family and be punished for death!"

Fang Xing bowed to apologize, Wanwan was frightened. She pulled Zhu Gaochi's sleeve and pulled it secretly.

Zhu Gaochi did not look back. He was silent for a long time before laughing and said, "You are doing it quickly. It took me so long to calculate the number of people."

Well!

Wanwan let go of his sleeves and raised her eyebrows proudly at Fang Xing.

Zhu Gaochi knew what Wanwan was doing without looking back. He smiled and said, "What do you mean by morality?"

The population will soar due to moral issues, which made Zhu Gaochi a little unhappy. He felt that Fang Xing compared the vassal to the slaughter-like skin.

Fang Xing looked around and Liang Zhong winked, and the eunuchs retreated.

This is outside the warmhouse, and the lanterns hanging outside are clearly visible to several people.

Fang Xing said: "Your Majesty, when the late emperor was still there, he ordered the clans and vassals not to interfere in local affairs. However, as far as I know, this ban has little effect, and those clans still have a strong influence on the local area."

Zhu Gaochi went up the steps, paused when he heard this, and then entered the warm room.

After entering the warm room, Zhu Gaochi sat on the chair and said comfortably: "Are you talking about the guards of the vassal kings?"

To this day, the vassal kings still have guards, which is a force that cannot be underestimated. Once it explodes, it can sweep across the side. For local officials, the guards are a guillotine hanging on their heads. Once it falls, they will be burned.

Fang Xing said, "Your Majesty, yes. But even if the guard is cut off, it will have a consequence... I have enough food all day long and have nothing to do... Your Majesty, I..."

Fang Xing glanced at Wanwan and held back the words afterwards.

But Zhu Gaochi understood.

If you have nothing to do, just play with women! Then don’t worry about having a bunch of children, anyway, you can’t starve to death with your lord.

Zhu Gaochi closed his eyes, thought about the scene, and couldn't help but murmur: "Limits and no limits... are both difficult things."

Fang Xing was shocked, and then he realized that Zhu Gaochi was trying to attack the vassal.

But after he ascended the throne, in order to stabilize the vassal kings with guards in various places, he used the method of adding titles and salaries to appease him.

Zhu Gaochi, who had opened this head, probably regretted it, so he called Fang Xing to come in late evening.

It was not unaware of what Fang Xing said, but the Ming Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and the vassal states could not move, otherwise the literati of the world would attack him, the tyrant.

But Zongfan has nothing to do with those literati, right?

Moreover, the literati were often dissatisfied with the vassal states in the past.

But things are so magical. Once Zhu Gaochi does this, the literati will be indignantly saying that he is a tyrant.

The more emperors in history, the more restrictions they had on the vassals, they were not allowed to leave the city, and the two kings would not face them, all the guards were cancelled, the imperial examinations were not allowed, business was not allowed, and farming was not allowed to pay taxes...

In other words, in the later period, the vassal states would be safe to be a rice worm and would not do anything else.

Such vassals finally reassured the court and the emperor, but they also built up a huge vassal group that needed support from the state.

This group did not work, enjoyed it wholeheartedly, and eventually destroyed the Ming Dynasty with the collapse of the administration.
Chapter completed!