Daming: At the beginning, recognize Zhu Yuanzhang as grandfather!

Chapter 48 Brave Li Jinglong!
"what do you want?"

Huang Xiongying really hadn't thought about this question.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the old man seriously say: "Let me remind you, don't make plans for the royal princess!"

Huang Xiongying: "..."

"Actually, my grandson doesn't want anything. If I have to say something, my grandson wants to meet Mr. Hong Wu and chat with him."

"That's it?"

"That's it!"

To be honest, in this era, who wouldn't want to meet Emperor Hongwu who founded the Ming Dynasty?
Let's see if he has a shoehorn face as the braids of later generations say?

Let me share some of my views on the Ming Dynasty...

Looking at Huang Xiongying with a serious face, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and said in a serious manner: "Okay, I promise you, we will find a way to let you meet."

"By the way, mirror production, do you need any help here?"

"Funds, manpower, and space, now I have my grandson. The next step is to expand the space and hurry up to produce. The sooner the better, the victims in the disaster area are waiting. The rest is the problem of sales. This needs grandpa. help here."

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "I'll leave the sales to Grandpa!"

Next, after the three of them discussed a series of details, Zhu Yuanzhang and Fu Youde didn't bother to have lunch, and hurried back to the palace...

Disaster relief is like fighting a fire, and there is no delay for a moment.

On the road.

Fu Youde couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The grandson of the emperor is indeed a talent of the unicorn! He is young and intelligent, and he is not greedy for merit, not arrogant, broad-minded, and takes the world as his own responsibility! His appearance is the blessing of my great Ming and the people of the world. ! Your Majesty, congratulations to the emperor for his great grandson!"

Fu Youde spared no words of praise.

Zhu Yuanzhang listened quietly, with a smile on his face unconsciously.

He doesn't like being flattered by others, but this time...

He is proud!
He is proud!
Originally, he just wanted to use the things made by his grandson as colored glaze to sell, so as to solve the urgent needs of the disaster area, but he didn't care about the series of hidden dangers that followed, and only waited for it to be solved slowly in the future.

But his eldest grandson took out mirrors and other wonderful things, which perfectly solved this problem, because mirrors are useful, as new objects, the price is also reasonable, there is no deception, and it does not encourage unscrupulous practices for profit Evil.

I don't know how many times better than Zhu Yunqi's selling officials!
Seeing it in his eyes, Fu Youde was equally happy in his heart.

He is a noble from Huaixi and an old official of the Eastern Palace.

The crown prince passed away, no matter whether it was Zhu Di, the king of Yan, or Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of the emperor, who would inherit the throne, they would have no good fruit to eat.

But it is different now.

If there were no accidents, that position belonged to Zhu Xiongying, the grandson of the emperor.

Zhu Xiongying's natal family is Huaixi Xungui, the line they support, and his superiority will change everything...

……

It was already afternoon when we returned to the palace.

In front of Fengtian Temple.

An old man with gray hair paced back and forth, his weather-beaten face was covered with deep wrinkles, his two deep-set eyes were deep and bright, and he looked very energetic.

Early this morning, Eunuch An informed the ministers that the morning court was cancelled, and it was already afternoon, but the old man was still waiting here.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang and Fu Youde approaching, the old man rushed to meet them.

"Chen, Qian Tang has met the emperor!"

"Don't be too polite."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.

Qian Tang is 79 this year, which is considered an advanced age in this era.

But Zhu Yuanzhang didn't like this old man very much, because this old man was like a stone in a cesspit, smelly and hard.

really.

After saluting, Qian Tang's old face became serious.

"Your Majesty, it's been a whole day, and you're finally willing to come back!"

Dissatisfaction was evident in the words.

"Humph!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted lightly, and said in a deep voice, "Qian Tang, what do you mean?"

Facing the cold-faced Zhu Yuanzhang, Qian Tang was not afraid, but his old face was flushed up to the base of his ears, and the wings of his nose were dilated due to over-excitement.

"Forgive me for your bold words, Your Majesty, you have changed! You were not like this before, but now you run outside the palace whenever you have time, and you often go for a whole day, and today you don't even go to the morning court! "

"In the past, the old minister didn't dare to say too much, but now, do you know that disaster relief is like putting out fire?"

"There are one million disaster victims in the disaster area, one million disaster victims, displaced and starving, they are eagerly waiting for relief from the imperial court!"

"The matter of disaster relief is imminent, and there is no time to delay. You need to make up your mind about each and every matter, but what about you? Are you still running outside the palace at this time?"

"The sage said that the people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least..."

"To shut up!"

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the excited Qian Tang, really wanted to kill this stubborn old man with one arrow!

But Qian Tang was still relentless, with a look of seeing death as his home, stalking his neck, and said righteously: "Even if the emperor kills the old minister now, the old minister will also say that eating the king's salary will share the worries for the king. As a minister, if you look Let the emperor make mistakes and let the emperor do nothing, that is the dereliction of duty of the minister!"

"Humph--"

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, and then his eyes gathered suddenly, staring at Qian Tang: "Don't think we dare not kill you!"

"Die for the country, the country, and the country, and the minister will have more honors in his death!"

Qian Tang said with a look of resignation to death.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said three good words in a row, and Long Yan was already furious.

"Confused!"

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Fu Youde hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Qian Tang away, and shouted: "Old man Qian, how do you know that the emperor will not do anything? The reason why the emperor left the palace is for disaster relief!"

"Going out of the palace is for disaster relief?"

Qian Tang continued to poke his neck and said: "I have never heard of any emperor who did not go to the early court and went out of the palace alone to find a way to relieve the disaster!"

"you……"

Fu Youde also gritted his teeth angrily.

Just about to explain something, Zhu Yuanzhang shouted in a deep voice:
"Come here, drag this stubborn old man to us, and let him calm down!"

"As ordered!"

Jiang Yu and another guard immediately stepped forward, and after accepting the order, they set up Qian Tang and dragged him outside...

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, in the face of a natural disaster, you need to sit in the rear. You must go to the morning court and leave the palace at will. It will take a whole day to go..."

"If you don't listen to the veteran's advice, you might as well kill the veteran and save money and food for the court..."

Qian Tang's shouting voice became farther and farther away...

"Humph!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, and said in a low voice: "We won't kill you, we will keep you to take a good look, who is at fault this time!"

Qian Tang is a courageous and tough character.

Zhu Yuanzhang has learned this point a long time ago.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, he made an order to recruit talents from all over the world, so as to add a few tubes of fresh blood to the nascent Ming Dynasty.

The well-known Qian Tang was naturally also invited.

Qian Tang believed that the Yuan Dynasty was a dark hell world, and he never served in the Yuan Dynasty. He lived in seclusion in Baishi Mountain, Dancheng, Xiangshan for a long time, until Zhu Yuanzhang called.

However, the first time Zhu Yuanzhang saw Qian Tang was in the Fengtian Hall. At that time, Qian Tang didn't even change his clothes, but wore his own hemp shoes and cloth clothes.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw it at that time, this is a thorn.

really.

In the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to depose Confucianism, and even said, "If this old man is today, how can I be spared a knife?"

And released the cruel words, "Anyone who remonstrates is disrespectful, and orders Jinwu to shoot him."

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were terrified and at a loss, but no one dared to stand out if they wanted to be careless.

At this time, Qian Tang stood up.

He had a coffin carried by someone, and he came straight to Fengtian Hall, and said, "I will die for Meng Ke, and I will be honored when I die."...

This is Qian Tang.

An intellectual who regards Confucius and Mencius as more important than life.

He always believed that as a courtier, he should correct the emperor's words and deeds at any time according to the teaching of Confucius and Mencius, "what the people like, and what the people hate."

Although in practice, most literati became flatterers, there were always some people in every dynasty who stuck to this philosophy until their death, and Qian Tang was one of them.

In his eyes, the teachings of Confucius and Mencius are "teach without distinction", no matter who they are, they have to "let them teach and follow their own way".Although the emperor has supreme power, there is no exception.

Zhu Yuanzhang was the founding emperor of the country. He was famous for his strong character and ruthless methods. He could not tolerate corrupt officials, but he could tolerate Qian Tang, who was outspoken and even stubborn.

The previous few times, Zhu Yuanzhang had made concessions, but this time, he wanted to vent his anger...

……

"Call the ministers to the palace to discuss matters!"

Sending off the old stubborn Qian Tang, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately gave instructions to the left and right.

Taking advantage of the time when the ministers went to the hall, Zhu Yuanzhang ate a few mouthfuls of food hastily, and then went to the Fengtian Hall...

on the dragon chair.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat upright, glanced at His Royal Highness, lined up neatly, and all the ministers holding wat boards (Nianhu, also known as hand boards, jade boards or chao boards, which are tools used by ancient ministers when they went to the palace) said slowly :
"Shandong, Henan catastrophe, who do you think can be the governor (the governor at this time is not an official position, more is to point out the border town and the relief of the people, Hongwu 24 years, Zhu Yuanzhang sent the prince Zhu Biao to governor Shaanxi, similar to later generations The imperial envoy that is often said), went to the disaster area, supervised the disaster relief affairs, relieved the victims, and appeased the people?"

"Or, whoever wants to recommend himself can stand up!"

After the voice fell, the hall was silent.

Because the disaster relief this time is not fun. Two provinces were hit hard, and several surrounding provinces were affected. There were millions of disaster victims. The most difficult thing was to get millions of taels of disaster relief money at once, which was simply hell-level difficulty.

Whoever they recommend to come out at this time is to push him into the fire pit.

As for those who want to recommend themselves, the old have more than enough heart but not enough energy, while the young feel that their prestige is not enough, and at the same time they are afraid of such a catastrophe.

So after waiting for a while, still no one made a sound.

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang say: "We also know that this is a hard job. Since no one of you speaks, let us decide!"

As he said that, Zhu Yuanzhang's tiger eyes began to scan.

Some ministers lowered their heads, for fear that those sharp eyes would fall on themselves, some raised their heads slightly, wanting to get the attention of those eyes, and some were as steady as Mount Tai, knowing that they would not be called to themselves. Zidi secretly observed...

Cao Guogong Li Jinglong was the one who observed secretly.

"The commander of the left army."

When Zhu Yuanzhang's voice sounded, Li Jinglong hadn't reacted yet.

It wasn't until all eyes were on him that Li Jinglong looked around in a daze.

"Li Jinglong!"

Zhu Yuanzhang drank.

Li Jinglong seemed to wake up from a dream, his eyes seemed to have just come back from a distant place, he hurried out of the line, bowed and said:
"The minister...the minister is here!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the embarrassed Li Jinglong with some amusement, and said, "We let you do this, what do you think?"

"what?"

Li Jinglong let out a slight ah, reacted immediately, and said loudly: "I have received the favor of the emperor, and as a minister, I should share the worries of the emperor. No matter how difficult it is, I will not hesitate to do so!"

He didn't know why the old emperor for disaster relief would take a fancy to him this time, but he knew that if he backed down at this time, he would never have another chance in the future.

Brave Li Jinglong, not afraid of difficulties.

Just like when Zhu Yunqi later asked him to be in command, he, who had never been on a battlefield, agreed without hesitation.

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction: "As expected of Li Wenzhong, who has courage and responsibility! Well, this time, we will order you to be the governor, go to the disaster area, and help the people! Remember, millions of victims are waiting for your help!"

"My lord, I will do my best to not disgrace the sacred order!"

Li Jinglong bowed again and shouted loudly.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Is there anything else? If there is nothing else, you can leave the court, Fu Youde, Xu Huizu stay."

"Yes."

Fu Youde and Xu Huizu immediately kowtowed.

"My lord, I will send you off to the emperor!"

The rest of the ministers sang in unison...

……

East Palace, the study of the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen.

"Your Highness, can you tell the old emperor what we discussed last night?"

Huang Zicheng asked Zhu Yunwen.

"Informed."

Zhu Yunwen nodded, with a hint of helplessness on his face: "But..."

"But what?"

Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai both looked curious.

"Hey--"

Zhu Yunwen sighed lightly: "But after listening to Grandpa Huang, he didn't express anything, neither approved nor objected, but just let me go out."

"Is that weird?"

Qi Tai stroked a small beard on his chin, and said suspiciously: "You said that the relief food is more than 200 million silver! Who is it going to? Even if it is raised, it can't offend a large group of people? If it can't be raised, the disaster relief One thing will definitely be screwed up.”

Huang Zicheng nodded, then smiled and said:

"It's a good thing if the emperor doesn't accept it. Otherwise, if His Royal Highness or the two of us go, think about it, several provinces have been hit by disasters, and millions of victims will have to get millions of taels of silver at once. This is an easy job. Except for Li Jinglong, who loves to be big, who would like to go?"

Qi Tai also nodded and smiled: "Isn't that right, you raise millions of taels of silver, and you have to be willing to give it to them. I don't believe that Li Jinglong dares to snatch it!"

Huang Zicheng nodded and said: "Yes, Li Jinglong's visit is not as good as he said. Tell me, since the emperor does not adopt our method, where will he raise funds from?"

Zhu Yunqi also shook his head, and said: "Aside from asking for money from merchants and big households, I really can't think of where the emperor can go to ask for money? Could it be from various vassal kings and princes and ministers?"

Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai looked at each other and thought for a while.

"will not."

Huang Zicheng shook his head, and said: "All the feudal lords and princes and ministers are very smart. Even if the old emperor asks, they may not give money. Even if they do, they won't take too much, because they take too much money." Too much, what does it mean? It means you are corrupt! They won’t be so stupid, throwing money at their own feet!”

Qi Tai nodded approvingly, suddenly thought of something, and said to Zhu Yunwen: "Your Highness, why don't you give some money to the old emperor? It doesn't need much, just say it's his own wish, and the old emperor will definitely agree." Thank you Your Highness for your kindness.”

"Ah."

Huang Zicheng also drew inferences, saying: "Your Highness can also ask the old emperor to reduce his offerings, and say that the saved money was donated to the disaster area by Your Highness!"

Zhu Yunqi nodded slowly, looking at the two teachers with approval in his eyes...

……

the other side.

Li Jinglong, who had just walked out of the palace, had a pale face and beads of sweat on his forehead.

Yes, he panicked.

He spoke impassionedly in the Golden Palace just now, but after he left the palace, he finally started to feel afraid.

The two provinces were hit hard, with millions of victims, and a gap of more than 200 million taels of silver.

Thinking about it, Li Jinglong's back was in a cold sweat.

Even if he sells all the property left by his father, it may not be able to plug this gap.

"Li Jinglong, you stinky mouth, why don't you refuse?!"

Li Jinglong slapped himself lightly.

"What to do, what to do..."

Li Jinglong, who got into the carriage, was still in a daze...

Why did the old emperor take a fancy to himself?

Yes, I admit that I am good-looking and eye-catching, but you can't throw the hard work on my head just because of this!

wrong……

Is the old emperor such a superficial person?
Why, I haven't offended anyone recently, so I just sold some salt...

Salt?
correct!

Salt!Grandson of the emperor!Zhu Xiongying! !

"Turn around! Go to the No. 58 shop on Datong Street!!"

Li Jinglong lifted the curtain and shouted to the coachman...

(End of this chapter)