"Your Highness, Third Prince, there is no need to worry so much about our Liu family. Our Liu family is not that easy to bully." Feng Qingge comforted.
Song Jingrong sighed: "It's such a shame and humiliation, how could my father endure even a mere bribe?"
"No matter how much your Majesty favors the eldest prince, this matter will make the father and son have a grudge. Your Majesty does not need to worry."
"I hope Ge'er has made arrangements in advance. I'll go to the imperial study room right away."
After saying that, Song Jingrong got on the chariot.
Feng Qingge watched Song Jingrong go, lowered her head and said to Cuizhu: "Inform grandpa about this as soon as possible."
"Don't worry, miss, I will make arrangements early."
Feng Qingge felt relieved.
Royal study room.
Emperor Song Ming looked at Song Jingrong with a confused expression.
Everyone felt that the eldest prince was his favorite son, including the youngest son in front of him.
He looked down at the memorial and said, "Tell me about it."
Song Jingrong stood here for a quarter of an hour, and Emperor Song Ming just looked at him without saying a word.
At this moment, he couldn't make up his mind as to what kind of medicine his father was selling.
"Father, I feel that this matter should be investigated thoroughly. The collusion between the ministers and the vassal king is really shaking the foundation of the country."
"So, Rong'er is thinking about what to do after taking down King Liu?"
"Yes, Father."
"Then tell me."
"Bribery is not enough to punish King Liu's death, but it is enough as an excuse to weaken King Liu's strength. The first step is to enfeoff again. Now that the vassal king is too strong, it can be broken up by enfeoffing again. All the vassal king's descendants, regardless of their legitimate concubines, All can be enfeoffed on the basis of vassals. The second step is to remove military power. Each vassal can handle some government affairs on its own, but it cannot have its own army."
Emperor Ming of Song Dynasty nodded and said: "Your first point is interesting, but it doesn't mean much to King Feng. The princes of other vassals have many heirs, but King Feng only has one son."
"So the focus is still on the handling of military power. It is true that the Feng King only has one son, Feng Yu, but the Feng King is also located at the border and is not the greatest threat. The other vassal kings are too close to Shangjing and are a powerful threat." Song Jingrong said .
"Well, keep talking."
"Once we continue to distribute feudal lords in various places, it will inevitably arouse conflicts between the legitimate sons and the bastards. If things go on like this, the threat of the lords will gradually disintegrate."
After hearing this, Emperor Ming of the Song Dynasty did not say a word but just sighed: "Now that all states are eyeing it, it is the time to recruit people. How to train talented people for the loyal army and restrain the rebellious vassal kings is the problem before us."
He stood up and walked to Song Jingrong, patted him on the shoulder and continued: "The response measures taken by the past dynasties mainly include two aspects. The first aspect is to weigh the power granted to the vassal kings in various places and how to limit the power of the vassal kings in various places. Within the controllable range. The second aspect is to strengthen the education of loyalty to the army and cultivate the idea of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country among the vassal princes everywhere."
"After the sons of vassal kings from all over the country turn six years old, they will be sent to White Deer Academy to study together. They can only return to their respective vassals when they reach adulthood. But this has always had little effect."
Song Jingrong nodded after hearing this and said: "Indeed, not only have the vassal kings been trying to make moves in recent years, but the Northern Desert in the north has been harassing our border. Now winter is about to begin, and although there is surplus food in our granary, once other states intervene, I am afraid that our country will not be able to do so. stable."
Seeing that Song Jingrong could understand these points, Emperor Song Ming nodded with satisfaction and said: "If you want to do it, just go and give it a try. The world will eventually be handed over to you. My father is old."
"I'm scared." When Song Jingrong heard what Emperor Song Ming said, he immediately knelt down in fear. He didn't expect that Emperor Song Ming actually wanted to make himself the crown prince.
Emperor Ming of the Song Dynasty couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw his son treating him like this: "Rong'er, you don't have to be so scared. I know my health well, and I don't have a few years left. But right now, I can't make you the prince. You know why. Do I intend to make you the crown prince?"
"My son, I don't know. Please ask my father to clarify my confusion."
"If I pass the throne to your two brothers, my other sons will not have to live. Although you are using tricks, my father knows that you are kind-hearted and can give your two brothers a way to survive."
"My son is scared." Song Jingrong was even more shocked.
"Remember what I said to you, don't kill brothers."
"Yes." The sweat from Song Jingrong's forehead dripped to the floor.
Fortunately, when he entered the palace this time, he never mentioned the matter of the eldest prince. What he repeatedly emphasized was the matter of the vassal king. If he used this matter to bring up the matter of the eldest prince, the consequences would be disastrous.
After leaving the palace, Song Jingrong hurriedly mobilized people from the patrol camp to capture Yin Dongsheng.
Within an hour, Yin Dongsheng was caught in the prison.
Yin Dongsheng looked at Song Jingrong, who was interrogating him, with an unclear expression. Even though he was wearing a prison uniform, there was no fear in his eyes.
Song Jingrong just said lightly: "Put him up."
In an instant, Yin Dongsheng was tied up.
"I wonder what's going on, Your Highness, the Third Prince?" Yin Dongsheng's eyes were cloudy, and he looked at Song Jingrong as if he didn't understand.
"Execution."
"Ah——! The third prince——your highness!"
Screams echoed in the sky prison, and the atmosphere in the entire prison dropped to freezing point.
"Pour a basin of salt water on him." Song Jingrong said.
At this moment, Feng Qingge walked in. She saluted Song Jingrong and said, "Your Highness, the Third Prince."
When Song Jingrong saw that it was Feng Qingge, he waved his hand, and everyone immediately retreated.
"Ge'er, what are you doing to me?"
Feng Qingge confessed: "Your Highness, I did this for the death of my mother. Please also ask Your Highness not to tell anyone about this."
The Liu family was a very eye-catching family. Song Jingrong also heard that Feng Qingge's mother did not die in childbirth.
He nodded and walked out.
Now only Feng Qingge and Yin Dongsheng are left in the prison.
Yin Dongsheng looked at Feng Qingge's face, his eyes filled with madness and fascination.
Feng Qingge said: "Yin Dongsheng, are you the grandson of Cui Guizhi?"
Although Yin Dongsheng put on the torture equipment, it did not stop the delusion in his eyes: "If the Crown Princess makes me feel better, I will consider telling you the truth."
Snapped--!
Yin Dongsheng was slapped.
Feng Qingge rubbed her hands, holding back her nausea and said, "Yin Dongsheng, you are so disgusting."
"Bah -" Yin Dongsheng vomited a mouthful of blood and continued with arrogant eyes: "If I were sitting at the top of the power, would you women still call me disgusting? Just lick me how I tell you to, Even if you are a bitch, you will immediately come to me and beg for mercy."
"Grandma Cui has always been kind to others, how could she have a grandson like you!" Feng Qingge's face was full of anger.
"Shut up, you still deserve to mention my grandmother. If it weren't for your Feng family, my grandmother would never die! Feng Qingge, what are you pretending to be? I don't know how dirty your body is. Do you want to crawl into any man's bed?" !”
