Daming: You are really my eldest son

Chapter 18 The knife rests on the neck

Knowing that Empress Ma was returning to the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to stay in Jinshen Palace for a long time.

He never thought that he, who has always boasted of being diligent in politics, would have a day of slacking off now.

However, for the sake of that bastard son who made him angry and happy, he felt that it was worthwhile to slack off for a while.

Hurrying to Kunning Palace, seeing Queen Ma for the first time, Zhu Yuanzhang lifted up the lapel of his casual clothes and sat down beside Queen Ma, hurriedly and excitedly asked: "Sister, how are you? That bastard has changed his mind." ?”

Even before the questioning, he still knew to keep it secret, so he sent everyone out.Otherwise, when those eunuchs and maids saw Zhu Yuanzhang's face, they were afraid that gossip would spread to the world again.

This appearance of Zhu Yuanzhang made Empress Ma couldn't help laughing.

"You really thought too much this time. That child not only has great foresight, but also penetrates people's hearts, especially your father's heart."

Speaking of this, Empress Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang meaningfully: "He came to me this time because he wanted me to persuade you to resign and return to your hometown as soon as possible, so as not to kill the whole family."

When Queen Ma said this, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately understood what Zhu Ji had said to his queen.His eyes widened, and he hummed twice in a daze:

"I know it's nonsense. According to his reasoning, we are so petty, can't we really tolerate people?"

Zhu Yuanzhang originally spoke quite loudly, but being watched by Empress Ma with such a smile all the time, his voice became smaller and smaller, and he could hardly hear at the end of his speech.

The plan he has been preparing for the past few years, others don't know about it. Doesn't Queen Ma know about it?In order to clean up the mess in the imperial court, several older princes were entrusted first, another imperial examination was held, and a few honorable nobles who acted recklessly were also taken care of.

But all kinds of methods have been exhausted, and the effect is not ideal.

Isn't Zhu Ji's convincing words exactly what he expected in his heart?

For a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help feeling that if those people could be as knowledgeable as his bastard son, the burden on his heart would be much lighter.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion.

They are all brothers who came out of the sword and sword rain together. If he was not worried that they would shake the foundation of Daming, he really didn't want to do things so badly.

It's just that the prince I appointed from the beginning has gradually matured his ability to govern after these years of training, but the means of controlling people still lack some decisiveness because he has been taught by those literati all the year round.

These things are not only clear to me, the father who watched him grow up, but even that bastard who has never seen Zhu Biao knows it clearly.

"Forget it, don't talk about these annoying things."

Sighing secretly, Zhu Yuanzhang put away his worries and put on a smile again:
"Although that kid is a bit of a jerk, he is the seed of our old Zhu's family. I sent people to investigate the two places he mentioned last time. There are indeed mines, and the annual income is not low."

"The anger we have suffered from this kid these days is not in vain."

Although the mineral deposits given by Zhu Ji can't solve the urgent need, the extra inventory in the national treasury every year is definitely a great thing for the court, which has always had a tight currency.

A few days ago, Zhu Yuanzhang was still thinking that if Zhu Ji could name a few more mines, he would no longer have to worry about the increasingly severe situation of the currency system.

In the past few years, as the territory of the Ming Dynasty gradually stabilized, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly discovered that the coins minted by the imperial court were not equal to the goods circulated in the market.Gold and silver became more and more valuable, but there were a large number of privately minted bad coins in copper coins.

From the perspective of the common people, not only will the transaction gradually become difficult in the long run, but even from a certain perspective, the rich will carry out a new round of exploitation of the common people through currency exchange.

This is what Zhu Yuanzhang cannot tolerate.

But it is hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and the supply of raw materials required for coinage is insufficient every year. If he does not find other methods, I am afraid that what he fears will eventually come true.

Empress Ma has lived in the deep palace for a long time, but she doesn't know much about this situation.Although she also noticed that the sad look on Zhu Yuanzhang's face flickered away, she didn't ask after all.

Responding to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Empress Ma nodded: "So, how does Your Majesty plan to reward him? Didn't you say last time that you don't need a penny to reward you?"

It's okay not to mention this, but when the reward was mentioned, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes glared again.

"What else should I reward him? Xu Da and Feng Sheng will both come back in a few days, and then bring them directly to that kid."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought to himself, don't you want your wife and children to be hot on the kang?Let's not talk about anything else, my wife will give you two first.We don't believe it, there are two princes who forced you a girl, do you really dare to refuse?
Zhu Yuanzhang knew very well that the bastard looked tough, but he had one very obvious weakness, that is, he was afraid of death.

A person who can refuse to have a relationship with Huaixi Xungui and Liu Ji as his teacher in order to live, Zhu Yuanzhang does not believe that Xu Da put a knife on his neck, and Zhu Ji can refuse his proposal.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing when he thought of Zhu Ji's appearance of wanting to cry without tears and wanting to refuse and welcome.

Co-authoring, there is no need to wait in the ancestral hall with a whip, and now I can give out the anger I received from that bastard boy before.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that this was not enough, and he must bring a few painters there to paint Zhu Ji's coerced appearance.

In the future, whenever he made himself angry, he would display the painting in the most conspicuous place, so that the bastard would know how much he could not offend.

Zhu Yuanzhang was out of his mind here, and couldn't help laughing.

After getting a detailed understanding of Zhu Ji's situation today from Empress Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang's worries about this day are finally over.

When he returned to the Jinshen Hall, he felt light all over his body, and those disturbing memorials from before were inexplicably smoother.The mountain-like memorials were constantly reviewed, and the eunuch Bingzhu added lamp oil three times before Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little sleepy.

He didn't know that at this moment in the Korean government, Li Shanchang looked at the letter in his hand and frowned.

After all, Hu Weiyong still didn't have the guts to come to visit openly, but through a secret channel, he wrote all the things Zhao Zhu reported and his guesses in a letter and sent them.

If it is true as said in the letter, the emperor's hand can reach so far and these courtiers don't know it, then the life of these courtiers will be more and more difficult in the future.

However, Li Shanchang couldn't think of any way to check and balance Zhu Yuanzhang's methods without arousing his fear.

(End of this chapter)