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Chapter 471 King Sai 2
Su Wang Zhu Kai (yang) was the fourteenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang. His biological mother, Gao, was a palace maid and was buried after Zhu Yuanzhang died. King Su's fiefdom was Ganzhou Zuowei, which belonged to the Shaanxi Xingdu Commandery Division and was later called Zhangye City.

Not to mention in the Ming Dynasty, this place can be called poetry and distance in later generations. The living conditions must have been very difficult. After Zhu Yunwen succeeded to the throne, he showed his intention to reduce the vassal status. Zhu Lai hurriedly applied to the Shu Dynasty to move inland. After being approved, he moved to Lan County, Lintao Prefecture, which was later known as Lanzhou.

After looking through the archives of the Zongren Mansion, Jin Yiwei, and the Supervisor of Ceremonies, there is one word in all the records of Prince Su's Mansion, poor! The prince's annual salary should be 50,000 dan, but King Su's annual salary was only 10,000 dan at its highest, and often only 5,000 dan.

The reason is quite strange. It is said that transportation is difficult due to long distances, so there is not even one lumi in ten. But the problem is that the losses of copper coins, silver, and silk were small, and no one was able to make up for them. They were only offset by treasure notes. So let’s just say, you can’t trust all the historical materials. When you read them, you must use your brain and conduct logical analysis.

Hong Tao came to the conclusion that Zhu Yuanzhang did not like this son of a concubine, and the emperors in later generations did not like this relative of low birth. It would be good if he could retain the throne and give him a little salary.

On the contrary, Zhu Guozuo had a very good evaluation of the Suwang lineage. He said that up to the current Suwang Zhu Shenyao, the local reputation of Suwang Mansion was the best among all the vassal kings. The life of each Suwang was relatively simple. There are not many concubines besides the princess.

Qing Wang Zhu Zhuan (zhan) was the sixteenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, and his biological mother was the imperial noble Yu's family. In the 24th year of Hongwu, he was named Qing Wang, and his fiefdom was in Qingyang Mansion, Shaanxi Province. One more thing, in the Ming Dynasty there were no administrative regions of Gansu and Ningxia, only Shaanxi Province and Shaanxi Xingdusi, including most of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia in later generations.

In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, Prince Qing was ordered to surrender to the vassal state before he was married. But before he reached Qingyang Mansion, the imperial edict came after him. Zhu Yuanzhang changed his mind and did not want him to go to Qingyang. Instead, he changed to Ningxia Wei, which was later known as Yinchuan.

Although the Ningxia Plain and the Hetao Plain are at high latitudes, they have abundant water resources and fertile land. They are known as the South of the Yangtze River. The Xixia Kingdom established its capital here and managed it carefully for more than two hundred years. It seems that Lao Zhu took good care of this son of a concubine, and specifically chose the one with the best conditions in the frontier fortress.

In fact, Ningxia in the early Ming Dynasty was not good at all. The capital of Xixia had been completely destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty, leaving only ruins and desolation. Not only is the population sparse, it is also the border between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and Tatar cavalry can attack the border anytime and anywhere.

When Zhu Zhen arrived at Ningxia Guard, the situation was worse than he imagined. He couldn't find a city that could be used as a barrier for defense. He could only bite the bullet and write a letter to his father, begging for a change of fiefdom.

Zhu Yuanzhang also knew in his heart that his son was not lying, but there was no more suitable son to replace him, so he had to make a compromise and allow King Qing to withdraw 300 miles south and build a mansion in Weizhou.

Although Weizhou is only a small town, it is much safer than Ningxiawei and is close to the mainland, making it easier to transport grain and grass. Zhu Ting didn't have to pick and choose, and hurried to Weizhou to settle down, and even found a wife in the home of a local guard officer.

Within a few years of their peaceful days, the fourth brother Zhu Di and his nephew Zhu Yunwen started fighting for the throne. The first among them was the vassal king, who had to choose whether to take sides or not. Zhu Zhuan was more self-aware and knew that he had no destiny as emperor at all, so he simply refused to help anyone on either side and pretended not to know.

When Zhu Di won, he immediately handed over his military power to express his surrender. Zhu Di probably also knew that this younger brother was not favored by his father, and his fiefdom was still inferior. He couldn't bear it, so he sent people to Ningxia Guard to help build the palace.

When Zhu Ting heard this, he immediately became anxious and rushed to Ningxia Lai to stop the construction at the Wangfu construction site. At the same time, he quickly wrote to his fourth brother to complain that the frontier fortress was too difficult and dangerous, and he wanted to move the fiefdom inland. Zhu Di didn't say it was impossible, he just described the status of the other princes who moved south one by one, and let the sixteenth brother make his own choice. Zhu Ting took a look and thought, well, it's better not to change. These brothers who are willing to move south are all suspected and feared by the fourth brother, and they will definitely not get good results in the future.

After the palace of Ningxia Wei was repaired, Zhu Zhen could only reluctantly move there and have nothing to do all day long. He simply organized people to compile local historical materials, which was considered a job.

Later, Zhu Di died and Zhu Gaochi succeeded to the throne, allowing King Min Zhu to move from Yunnan to Hunan. When Zhu Zhu saw it, he felt that an opportunity had come, and immediately wrote a letter to his nephew, hoping to take the opportunity to leave the frontier. Even if you can't go to Jiangnan, it would be better to live in a county in Shandong and Henan than in Yinchuan.

It's a pity that Zhu Gaochi is not stupid. He moved King Min from Yunnan not as a reward but as a punishment. Because this eighteenth uncle quarreled with the Mu family who guarded Yunnan all day long, which seriously hindered the border defense policy. As for Uncle Sixteen, if he is living well in Yinchuan and does not cause trouble, then he can continue to stay.

A few years later, Zhu Gaochi also died and was replaced by Zhu Zhanji as emperor. When Zhu Zhu saw that he was the emperor's uncle and grandfather, he would probably be rejected if he lowered his face and begged his grandson to change his fiefdom.

So Shangshu asked to change the fiefdom again. This time the conditions were lowered again. They didn't even ask for the northern provinces. They just said that Yinchuan was too close to the Yellow River and relatively humid. Can the palace be changed to Weizhou? After all, it is better to be closer to my hometown. .

Zhu Zhanji was not that harsh on this down-to-earth uncle and grandfather, but he did not fully agree. He only allowed Prince Qing to go to Weizhou to escape the summer heat. After the summer, he had to return to Yinchuan to continue guarding the frontier for the country.

"How many members of the royal family are working in Prince Qing's palace?"

According to the previous thinking of Prince Su's Mansion, Hong Tao felt that Prince Qing's Mansion was also a poor man. After more than two hundred years, it has flourished and flourished, and many branches must have fallen into decline. If you let yourself cut the vassal order again, some people will definitely not be able to survive, and they will have to put aside their status and choose to work in the imperial village to support their families.

"... I have checked carefully, and there is not one!" Wang Chengen quickly flipped through his notebook after hearing this, but the answer made him feel confused.

"This is a bit unreasonable. Could it be that Prince Qing's Mansion has other income besides the annual salary?"

The reason why Hong Tao wanted to personally check the details of these vassal kings was because Gecko far away in Guangdong sent a secret letter. It said that businessmen from the north secretly purchased artillery with the Thirty-sixth Group, the quantity was staggering, and their whereabouts were unknown.

As a businessman from the north, the name of Shanxi merchant flashed in Hong Tao's mind at that time. Dongchang and Jinyiwei investigated this matter a few years ago and proved that some Shanxi businessmen indeed colluded with the government and the local garrison to smuggle materials prohibited by the imperial court to the Mongols.

(End of this chapter)