"Why? I've been in my twenties for ten years. I have no vassal state yet. I finally have a place, but I let the prince snatch it away."

"It's really unreasonable. My son hasn't even sealed it off, but my grandson has actually started to divide it off."

King Cheng was drinking and shouting, feeling full of grievances.

The kings on the side also felt the same way when they saw it.

Although the emperor grew older and his fertility was declining, the number of concubines in the harem was also increasing. There were one or two princes and princesses every year.

In the 25th year of Shenwu, the ten princes who were enfeoffed in the fifth batch were twenty-four, and the smallest were twenty-two.

Luoyang's glory and wealth are enjoyable, but political aggrievances have made many people eager to enfeoff and call themselves "will be lonely".

King Cheng ranked 20, among the kings in the capital, ranked first.

He held the silver pot in his hand, ate a bite of vegetables and drank wine, and sighed, "The house is only ten acres, and the salary is only three thousand stones. If the outsiders had not been plastered from time to time, they would have really drunk the northwest wind."

"Brother, don't be anxious!" King Xu, who was ranked 25th, said slowly: "Not to mention the west, I heard that the Karakhanate had been pacified, and my father intended to divide three vassal states. Besides, the voyage to the West at the beginning of the year began? Maybe we will have a place next year."

"If you want to lose your temper, you have to go home. When we are outside, we have to be a wise king. There are so many eyes and ears of the court."

"Twenty-five, can you speak?" Cheng Wang was annoyed, and he scolded: "Do you take my brother seriously?"

"Brother, don't be upset!" King Xu glanced at him and said disdainfully: "Brother Nineteenth is here. After all, someone must worship him. We can't compete with the Liang Kingdom. Although he heard that he is very rich, it is not the idea that we should make as brothers."

"That's right, you can't look at Brother Nineteen, after you're gone!"

King Lu couldn't help but persuade the 21st son of the emperor who was mixed with the mud.

The other emperors, twenty-two sons, the king of the king, twenty-three sons, the king of the king, etc., were all persuaded.

The two of them also took advantage of the situation and lost their temper.

The 24th-ranked Liao King, he has always been acquainted with paintings. At this time, he held a fan and saw everyone calm down, and couldn't help but speak, "Actually, this is not a big deal to become a king. It's not easy to live in the capital."

"Just say that our banquet is not enough to be 50 or 60 jin. It is normal for a good painting to be 180 jin. But what about us? Three thousand stones every year. Although there are some rewards during the Chinese New Year and the holidays, the mansion is still difficult to bear."

"Twenty-four, you kid are antiques and books every day, and there is no enough money or silver."

King Cheng couldn't help but laugh and said, "I'm just passing by, and I'm different from you."

"Hey, Shaofu Temple has spoken to his father, saying that you go shopping every now and then, and you can eat and take it. If the prince hadn't provided you with cover, could your butt be kept?"

"What are you talking about!"

The King of Liao was speechless. He said with sermon: "There is still a reason to pursue my son's father's work? Besides, I just admire famous paintings and books, and I will return them."

Hahaha--

Everyone laughed, and it was quite fun to say that his improperity was reasonable.

After making a fuss and having enough food and drink, the kings dispersed, and the fire clouds in the sky had spread to most of the sky.

King Xu looked at him for a while, then shook his head and left swayingly.

It is not easy to live in the capital.

It is even more difficult for a prince to live in!

Although I want to live in Luoyang for a long time, it is extremely difficult to maintain the dignity of the royal palace.

Unlike the nobles, they have granted land and can buy land. They have farms in hand and have no worries about food and clothing. They naturally disdain for the merits issued by the court.

The princes, whose salary is only 3,000 shi, can rely on their face to support some merchants, their lives are still tight.

"My Xu Kingdom is afraid it will be in the Western Regions? Or Nanyang!"

Thinking of this, he understood the idea of ​​becoming the king again. Japan, which he once looked down upon in all respects, has become a good place to go compared to the Southeast Asian and Western Regions.

"At least, the subjects also have to speak Chinese and Luo language. I am afraid that the country of Xu will be talking to each other."

With a few wry smiles, King Xu got on the carriage and slowly headed towards the royal palace.

The complaints of the kings in the palace soon reached the emperor's ears, and the emperor did not comment on these words.

After years of political career, his temples were gray and half lying down, he glanced at the prince and asked, "What do you have any opinions?"

"My brothers have been in Luoyang for a long time and it is difficult to get into the vassal state. It is normal for such complaints, so there is no need to blame them."

The prince bowed and said in a deep voice: "However, the Karakhanate has been reduced to a land of thousands of miles. It can be divided into three countries to deal with it. In addition, the two countries in the northern border of the Western Regions take care of each other. There should be nothing wrong in the west."

"Yeah!" the emperor nodded and said, "Ryukyu Island has been developing for more than ten years, and there are still 20,000 to 30,000 households, which can be divided into two countries. In this way, there will be five countries that can be vassals."

As he thought about it, the emperor also realized whether he was too harsh on his sons. In the current environment, he was really not a territory that people could live in.

But there is no way, you can't keep it in the capital all the time!

In terms of inheritance of the royal ranks of the Tang Dynasty, they were generally surrendered to the hereditary.

For example, the emperor's uncle, King Xuan, and his son Li Gao inherited his title, and the elders of Chen Yi were the heirloom king. The inheritance remained unchanged. The rest of the sons were Dukes. The princes of the king were promoted to him as marquis, and the elders of Chen were promoted to him.

The princes in the capital, except for the heirs, all their sons will be Dukes.

With dozens of sons and dozens of grandsons, Li Jia fully experienced the pressure brought by the huge clan.

Not to mention anything else, the Zonglu given every year exceeds 100,000 stones, and it continues to grow over time.

Not to mention, the prince's son is even more extraordinary, and he is all princes rather than princes.

If you don’t separate these sons, the consequences will be unpredictable if you continue to do so.

"As brothers, you go to see them privately, connect with brotherly love, and make some kindness!"

The emperor asked the prince to tell the kings that he asked these vassal states to come and arranged in advance.

The prince nodded immediately, showing a touching look on his face.

"It is important to know that in the future, the world will be divided into internal and external, and the inside will be China, civil officials, military generals, nobles, and vassal kings and princes, with internal and external ones, and both are equally valued."

Li Jia said earnestly: "There are princes outside and the ministers inside do not dare to be arrogant, and the royal family is worry-free."

"Besides, if the king ruled against the enemy, the foreign troubles that have been in the past thousand years have almost been eliminated. In the future, you only need to control the vassal kings with patriarchal system, how much manpower can be saved?"

"Once every three years, the descendants stay in the capital and the eldest son inherited them. If these three laws exist for a long time, there will be no chaos in the foreign vassal system."

"Son understand!" The prince nodded sincerely, and obviously listened to the emperor's teachings.
Chapter completed!