Han Chong felt that it was necessary for him to advise and remind His Majesty that everything must be prepared for the worst.

In his opinion, His Majesty's policy of enfeoffment has great drawbacks.

You can get a title and a fief by making a charity donation. First of all, the military people are not convinced and work hard to get the title and fief. In the end, they can get it with just money.

wrong!

It's available for free.

As the Secretary of the Ministry of War, he was the most sensitive to this aspect. Seeing the banquet where people were drinking wine and playing drums and playing, he felt very uncomfortable.

Your Majesty has already thought of this and arranged for the Ministry of War to select meritorious personnel and reward them.

But he ignored that the real injustice was not to the generals, but to the soldiers at the bottom!

What are they working so hard for?

Unless they can be appeased.

But how is this possible? With military supplies unsustainable and morale already low, wouldn't this be worse?

Han Chong thought deeply and came to Zhu Zhen's side. His Majesty seemed to have not been as happy as he was today for a long time.

Is it okay to give advice at this time?

Out of loyalty to Daliang, Han Chong said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I think this strategy of enfeoffment has drawbacks..."

"explain."

"Reporting to your majesty, these people who have been awarded the title will move away from Bianjing and their family properties will also be moved. If they have different intentions at that time, wouldn't it be a loss for me, Daliang?"

He said it very directly.

Zhu Zhen glanced at him, and then said: "Their fiefdoms were selected by me together with the court officials, and they are distributed on the borders of Yi'an Province and Nanyu Province. You are the Minister of the Ministry of War, and you should be familiar with the Kan map. There are some

A Qiang River!"

Han Chong was slightly startled.

The Qiang River is a large river flowing from east to west in the Liang Kingdom. He immediately realized that it was a natural line of defense.

The noble fiefdoms are spread along the river, and they are all south of the Qiang River. They are a line of artificial defense...

Your Majesty has considered this carefully.

But His Majesty did not allow himself to participate in such a major event, and it seems that he did not discuss it with other courtiers?

Does Your Majesty have an expert behind his back?

However, although he is the Minister of War, he is more like a quartermaster.

Military power is not given in half, it is mainly to ensure the supply of military supplies. Your Majesty is becoming more and more like a Yuanwu Emperor.

He imitated Emperor Yuanwu's Tiance Mansion and established the Military Counselor's Office to uphold the imperial edict, support military plans, and directly control the army.

At this time, Zhu Zhen interrupted his thoughts.

"The Tianxing Army will also withdraw to the Qiang River. They will defend together with the nobles and watch them...so your worries can be avoided."

"Your Majesty is Holy Ming."

Han Chong thought that His Majesty was very considerate, but he probably never thought about it, what if Tianxing Army couldn't stand it? Or what if Tianxing Army was interested?

The decree of Emperor Daning in front of Changjiang City was quite powerful!

Although he had ideas, he did not dare to speak nonsense.

In fact, there is no benefit to sealing these nobles. Most of them are from wealthy merchants, or they are originally powerful.

These people value profits and forget their loyalty!

If we really need to defend the border, in fact, it is most suitable to enfeoff the vassal king. Since we both have the surname Zhu, it is not certain whether we can defend the border, but we will definitely not surrender to the enemy.

When the late emperor was in power, there were ten princes.

The eldest prince died young, and the second prince Zhu Ji was the most virtuous, but died of illness due to overwork. In addition to the late orthodox emperor Zhu Zhen, your majesty still has six brothers.

If these six brothers are sealed off, they will become six vassal kings.

But after His Majesty ascended the throne, these princes disappeared and disappeared from the public.

Why is this?

In fact, everyone knows the reason.

Your Majesty has taken his brother's position, and he is afraid that other brothers will also take his position.

Humanity!

Han Chong sighed. He said no more. It would be useless to say more, but he always felt that this matter was not safe...

The banquet lasted until midnight. Zhu Zhen was in a good mood today and drank a few more drinks.

On the second day, the news of the conferment of the title spread throughout Bianjing, causing a sensation.

Immediately, the imperial court hurriedly made arrangements to go to the city, and Zhu Zhen's defensive strategy was to be implemented as soon as possible.

We have given up the Liaoqing Province and reserved the Yi'an Province as a buffer, and this is also the bottom line... we will never retreat again!

The nobles developed local areas and established private armies as supplements, and then used the imperial army as the main force, taking advantage of the natural dangers of the Qiang River to defend the country!

This is Zhu Zhen’s strategy!

He has high expectations for these newly created nobles, and believes that with this encouragement, they will definitely make great achievements!

Zhu Zhen paid special attention to Mrs. Qi. After talking with her, he found that although Mrs. Qi was a woman, she was as brave as a man!

The most important thing is that she can understand the holy will, and she also bluntly said that she is willing to invest all her wealth in the fiefdom, and when the fiefdom grows, she can feed the court...

This is the person who understands him best!

In another five days, all the conferees will move to the fiefdom. A long motorcade will stop outside the city. This is a family relocation, and the scale will not be small. Among them, the Qi family is the most prosperous...

Emperor Zhu Zhen personally came out of the city to see him off, and the scene was quite grand.

"Your fiefdoms are all prosperous places. The land is fertile and the population is not that sparse. They have just become barren due to the war. You are not going there to enjoy happiness. You must bear in mind your heavy responsibility and never let down my trust!"

"Also...pay the full donation to the court next year!"

Zhu Zhen opened his mouth and said: "I want to say something ugly first, because my title and fiefdom are not given in vain."
Chapter completed!