Daming: I, Zhu Di, threatened to seize the heir apparent at the beginning!

Chapter 513 The main force of the Ming Navy is dispatched!

The next day.

afternoon.

News came from Lawrence Lu’s hometown.

The second son of the Lu family, die!

……

Imprisonment.

"Hey, hey, hey..."

Lu Zhongheng didn't know the news outside, so he was drinking the fine wine sent by Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben to the imperial edict, humming a little tune in his mouth.

A small copper hot pot was placed in front of him.

In the charcoal fire, the soup gurgled.

Take a sip.

Lu Zhongheng took the chopsticks and picked up the white and smooth tofu from the delicate plate on the table. He shook it left and right a few times in the hot soup. He rolled the hot tofu in the spice plate in front of him and opened his mouth. Swallow it in one gulp.

Chili pepper, fennel, star anise...

The aroma of the spices and the hot steam from chewing the tofu instantly fill your mouth.

Lawrence Lu gasped.

He picked up the ice-cold juice next to him and took a big sip.

"Cool!"

He praised proudly.

After a while, he opened his eyes and squinted at the meal on the table in front of him.

Hot pot, juice...

Many of the meals on the table in front of me have a lot to do with Yanhua.

This kind of hot pot dipped in various spices was originally a new eating habit promoted by Yanhua to assimilate overseas territories.

In promoting this new eating habit.

It is said that in order to meet the daily spice needs of the untouchables, Yanhua collected a large number of various spice crops from all over the world.

Carry out artificial cultivation.

Nowadays, the cultivation and sale of spices in Yanhua are said to have become one of the important industrial chains for the flow of folk wealth.

Hot pot also gradually became popular in Ming Dynasty.

Each rural village community also began to grow various spices.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, it was a spontaneous behavior of the people, and the court did not promote it, so whether it was the cultivation of spices or the use of spices, the circulation scope was relatively small.

Under the intersection, this kind of juice circulates more widely.

Yanhua encouraged the rural communities under his rule to plant all kinds of apricot trees, jujube trees, pear trees, apple trees, orange trees... on a large scale.

Waiting for trees.

These trees, which can also be planted in mountainous areas and do not occupy cultivated land, can be used as a non-staple food 'crop' to supplement the staple food.

For this reason, the Agricultural Science Institute under Zhu Silang also specializes in the improvement and planting of trees.

They have developed methods such as 'grafting' and 'inserting', which are methods of cultivating various fruit trees in addition to seed planting.

In the DPRK, Fang Xiaoru was the leader, a group of rebellious reformists.

I highly recommend Zhu Silang's suggestion in Fujian to "expand the production of non-staple food to replace and make up for the shortage of staple food."

Therefore, in areas dominated by local reformists.

A large number of people imitated Zhu Silang's methods in Fujian and Yanhua, and promoted people to plant various fruit trees in front of and behind their houses, in the mountains and forests of the village, and on the roadsides.

They even introduced new tree species cultivated by Yanhua Agricultural Sciences according to the environmental and climatic factors under the control.

Promote Yanhua's grafting and insertion methods.

Various types of fruit trees are planted on a large scale.

When the fruit is ripe, those 'discoloration areas' are areas of innovation.

Within the anti-Yan alliance headed by Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben, there is a complete map of the Ming Dynasty.

Each county under the Ming Dynasty is marked.

All counties where reformists are in charge, or have been in charge, are marked as 'discolored areas'.

According to Hu Weiyong's plan, after Zhu Silang was defeated and the Central Plains reformists were wiped out in the future, chaos and heresy would be eradicated in these "discolored areas".

He doesn't understand much about this either.

In short, these untouchables in the 'discoloration zone' save a lot of staple food after the fruits mature, sell them to make money, accumulate capital, and then buy various agricultural machinery and handicraft machinery.

Agricultural machinery is mainly composed of combine harvesters produced by Yanhua.

Handicraft machinery is mainly water-powered, wind-powered, animal-powered rice mills, various textile machines, and hand-operated sewing machines...

In short, it is to save staple food and exchange it for money.

Spend money to purchase various machines needed for village workshops.

Develop rural and village handicraft industries.

This is also what the reformist group of second- and fifth-generation traitors learned from the practices of the Yanhua rural community.

It is said that this method uses agricultural output to accumulate capital and promote the development and prosperity of rural handicraft industries.

In the Yanhua Economic Research Department, it is called: scissor industrialization with rural village communities as the main body.

A large number of fruit trees are planted in the 'discoloration zone'.

Some shelf-stable fruits.

For example, in addition to eating apples and pears by yourself, drying the fruits, picking them fresh and selling them, those cunning and unscrupulous people will also store them.

Keep it until winter, then take it to the city, buy a manual juicer made in Yanhua, cut the fruit into small dices, squeeze it into juice, and sell it.

Soon, this method of making money quickly and making a little money was learned by many people.

This kind of juice soon became a trend in Ming Dynasty.

Now, it has developed into an industrial chain where people in rural areas plant fruit trees, and the poor street vendors in the city buy a manual juicer and sell it.

Don't tell me yet.

In February and March, it is difficult to see green vegetables in season.

It's so refreshing to eat the scalding hot pot and drink a glass of cool juice.

He has never been to Yanhua.

However, Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben came back and said that in Yanjing, iced juice does not depend on the daily temperature.

Instead, a large amount of saltpeter is used to make ice and then chilled.

Saltpeter is a dangerous product that can be used to make gunpowder.

In Zhu Silang's Yanjing, ordinary traders, who apply for documents, make reports, and accept the supervision and guidance of the police station, can actually buy in large quantities.

……

"Zhu Silang, Zhu Silang..."

Lu Zhongheng hummed a little tune and said to himself: "When the crown prince ascends the throne and I destroy you, all these good things you have created will be ours!"

Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben’s white-glove Gu Xuewen owned a series of factories, including one percent of his shares.

A very considerable dividend can be distributed every year.

From this, he learned how profitable the factory was.

Lu Ben said that after defeating Yanhua, he would convince the prince to let the Lu family take charge of the important factories in the Yanjing Industrial Zone.

At that time, even 1% of the shares can be obtained.

The Lu family will not have to worry about food and drink for the rest of their lives.

"I don't know if Lu Ben and Hu Weiyong will continue to retain my 1% share in Gu Xuewen's name as agreed upon when I lose my military power this time. Huh! If I don't retain it, don't blame me for falling out. Recognize someone..."

blah blah blah...

When footsteps sounded outside.

Lawrence Lu hurriedly paused.

These things cannot be known to outsiders.

He looked outside the wooden prison fence.

Soon, Lan Yu appeared with a dark face.

Seeing Lu Zhongheng enjoying himself, Lan Yu suddenly became furious.

boom!
Lifting his foot, he kicked open the cell door.

Lu Zhongheng was not angry either. He smiled proudly and made a gesture of invitation, "Master Liang, sit down quickly and let's eat hot pot together. Come and drink a glass of ice-cold juice to cool down the fire and relieve the anger..."

Lawrence Lu personally poured juice for Lan Yu.

Lan Yu sat down opposite, looked at Lu Zhongheng's behavior, and said coldly: "Lu Zhongheng, those people behind you didn't send someone to send a message, have you cut off your descendants?"

Lu Zhongheng paused.

The smile on his face froze.

Gradually turning white, he slowly raised his head and looked at Lan Yu, "Lanyu, what did you say? Say it again! Don't think that you are the prince, I am afraid of you! When I followed Emperor Zhu, you didn't know where you were. !”

snort!
Lan Yu hummed slightly and reached out to pick up the juice bowl that Lu Zhongheng filled for him.

Take a big sip.

He looked at Lu Zhongheng with pity, "Two days ago, your Jinling Ji'an Marquis Mansion was bloodbathed overnight. All the people of the Lu family died. Even your eldest son died in the brothel when he went to Guiyuefang to visit the brothel. inside."

Lawrence Lu’s hands were shaking violently.

Lan Yu showed no sympathy and continued: "The news just came today that your second son's family who returned to your hometown were all killed. If you can no longer raise children, your Lu family will be extinct from today."

This bastard!
On the first day he came back, he persuaded him to take care of what he was doing.

But Lu Zhongheng crushed Zhu Laosi into pieces.

"By the way, in the past two days, under your command in the fifth town, four town-level staff officers, four standard commanders, eight standard-level staff officers, and the artillery battalion management leaders all committed suicide and left messages to the outside world. , they should take responsibility for what they do themselves, and don’t make it difficult for their families..."

After Lu Zhongheng's entire clan was wiped out.

The senior generals of the fifth town were frightened.

Before Zhu Laosi's people could find them, he committed suicide to apologize.

After this incident happened, the entire Beijing camp was shocked.

Some senior generals who hated Zhu Laosi were clamoring for war!
Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu, and Qu Neng, who supported the reform, looked on with cold eyes.

The lower-level generals opposed the war.

In short, in just a few days, people in the capital were in turmoil and were on the verge of splitting.

The prince was very angry.

He shouted war.

But they dare not actually issue war orders.

He knew very well that the prince really wanted to fight this time.

But the reality made the prince very uneasy.

First, the capital camp fell into turmoil and division.

Secondly, the navy!
To start a war with Yanhua, we must rely on the navy.

But just yesterday, the main naval commander Yu Tongyuan, together with his naval generals, wrote to the court, detailing the current situation of the Ming Dynasty Navy, and at the same time, proposed a shipbuilding plan to build steam-powered ironclads.

In fact, the main force of the Navy did not mention a word about war.

But through this shipbuilding plan, the gap between the Daming Navy and the Yanhua Navy was explained in extremely objective and detailed detail.

It means that the prince, the Ming Dynasty Navy, is not qualified and has no capital to start a war with Yanhua.

Although, the Ming Navy was not limited to the one led by Yu Tongyuan.

But the unit commanded by Yu Tongyuan was the Ming Dynasty Navy, the absolute main force.

All hybrid warships.

It has the closest relationship with the Yanhua Navy, and its tactical training is comprehensively learned from the Yanhua Navy.

The combat power is the most powerful among the Ming Navy.

But now, even this main navy, based on objective analysis and demonstration from the equipment and technical level, has no capital to start a war with the Yanhua Navy!
Of course, everyone in the DPRK knows this.

The main force of this navy has inner emotions and does not want to go to war with the Yanhua Navy.

This navy often goes to sea for training under the guise of training.

After going to sea, he joined the Yanhua Navy and conducted exercises and training together.

After training, we found a small island to anchor and land, and then we hooked up and drank together, bragging and calling each other brothers.

How could this navy fight against the Yanhua Navy?

What's more, it was Daming who made a mistake in this matter.

If the two sides went to war, I'm afraid they would have to shed tears and roar heartbreakingly at the same time, firing the cannonballs at the former brothers and sisters. The Beijing camp was in turmoil, and the main naval force obviously did not want to fight.

The prince was very angry.

I've reached the edge of losing my mind.

That’s why he came to Lu Zhongheng.

Lawrence Lu grasped the edge of the table tightly with both hands.

Ah!
Suddenly he shouted, stood up suddenly, and at the same time, raised his arms sharply.

Lan Yu had already gotten up first to avoid it.

boom!
Tables were overturned.

Amidst the crackling sound, the hot hot pot overturned to the ground, the soup splashed everywhere, Lu Zhongheng roared ferociously: "Zhu Silang! I will kill your whole family! If I, Lu Zhongheng, don't kill your whole family, I will not be called Lu Zhongheng, Zhu Silang... Zhu Silang, It would be a waste of life not to avenge this!"

……

Lawrence Lu was completely crazy.

Lan Yu stood aside, watching with cold eyes, and deliberately said coldly: "Your Lu family is finished, but you are instigating you. The people standing behind you are still doing well. When these people instigated you, did they consider Zhu Fourth child’s revenge? Why did these people choose you..."

He came today just to stimulate Lu Zhongheng.

Let Lu Zhongheng reveal the conspirator behind it.

Only in this way can the shelling of Tuqiao Village be determined to be a long-planned conspiracy against Zhu Laosi.

In this way, the prince will have access to the stairs.

You can transfer your anger towards Zhu Laosi and turn the blade inwards!
This move can not only resolve the simmering tension between Yanhua and Yanhua.

We can still take the opportunity to cleanse these despicable villains hidden in Jinling!
There are many people who hate Zhu Silang.

But those who dare to plan such an incident are the most dangerous and terrifying.

If this small group of despicable and dark villains cannot be uncovered, there will be a huge hidden danger in the future.

This time, these people have pushed Ming and Yanhua to the brink of war.

What about next time?

He couldn't imagine it!
"Hu……"

When Lu Zhongheng heard Lan Yu's instigation, he yelled a word, and his voice suddenly stopped. He turned his head, looked at Lan Yu with a ferocious smile, "There is no one behind me! Lan Yu, don't try to help Zhu with the help of my hand." Shiro weakened the imperial court and eradicated those who were loyal to the prince..."

Lu Zhongheng entered the Falling Yan Alliance and entered the core position.

What Hu Weiyong values ​​​​is not just the new army in the Beijing camp controlled by Lu Zhongheng.

Lu Zhongheng has some brains and a tight mouth. He is the first criterion for selecting people for the Hu Weiyong and Lu Bendaoyan alliance!

Gu Xuewen failed to enter the core of the Falling Yan Alliance just because of his big-mouthed personality.

'If Hu Weiyong had treated me and the Lu family as pawns, I would have died eight hundred times over after eating so much food from outside during this period...'

Lu Zhongheng thought anxiously.

It has been two days since the Lu family was destroyed.

In these two days, Hu Weiyong had plenty of time to shut up forever.

But Hu Weiyong did not do this.

This shows that the anti-Yan alliance headed by Hu Weiyong has always valued Lu Zhongheng's ability.

The anti-Yan alliance has no shortage of talents and money.

But there is a lack of talents who can lead troops to fight.

……

Therefore, he is not like a chess piece in Lan Yu's mouth or in Hu Weiyong's hand that can be discarded at any time.

Hu Weiyong did not kill anyone and silence him.

This proves that in the future, the Falling Yan Alliance will still rely on him.

Lan Yu clearly deliberately sow discord.

Now if he confesses Hu Weiyong and others.

He could support Hu Weiyong and others, but he couldn't survive as a participant.

Not to mention, revenge!

It has to be said that for being able to follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world and survive, he was awarded the title of Marquis at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty. He was also valued by Hu Weiyong and was roped into the core of the anti-Yan alliance.

Lu Zhongheng's ability is still very good.

In just a short moment, Lan Yu's purpose was analyzed thoroughly.

After thinking everything through, Lu Zhongheng suppressed the frenzy in his heart, rushed to the fence, and shouted outside: "Come here! Come here! Prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone for me. I want to challenge the prince to fight and kill the treasonous villain for the prince." Yanhua is rebellious..."

Lan Yu frowned and looked at Lu Zhongheng.

Sighing silently.

After all, he still underestimated Lu Zhongheng.

However, the word "Hu" that Lu Zhongheng shouted also pointed out the suspect for him.

Hu Weiyong!
Lan Yu walked to the door and turned to look at Lu Zhongheng, who was yelling, "Lu Zhongheng, from now on, you can take care of yourself."

He really wanted to kill Lu Zhongheng right now.

In fact, the first time he came to Zhao Prison, he wanted to do it himself.

If he had killed Lu Zhongheng at that time.

Perhaps the Lu family would not have been wiped out, the prince would have been slapped in the face, he would have been humiliated, completely angered, and the situation would have reached the point where it was on the verge of war.

Can……

He is a courtier!
Even if he is the prince’s uncle-in-law!

After all, he is just a minister.

Two days ago, he blocked the tea cup that the prince threw at him for Xiongying, which already caused the prince's dissatisfaction.

in case……

What if he killed Lu Zhongheng, whom the prince wanted to protect.

I am afraid that the monarch and his ministers will really become completely alienated from one another.

……

Lan Yu left the prison with a bitter mouth.

Go straight to the East Palace.

In the past two days, Hu Weiyong and others have been surrounding the prince, making plans and discussing how to fight if war is declared against Yanhua.

As for the reformists.

Now he is ignored by the prince.

Fang Xiaoru did not dare to raise any objection to the war.

Once it is brought up, not only the conservatives will yell, but even the prince will yell!
This is what conservatives have calculated.

Once the relationship between Ming Dynasty and Yanhua took a turn for the worse, those reformists who advocated fully imitating Yanhua would be treated coldly.

Even dismissed from office!

The reason why the prince hasn’t done this yet.

First of all, it only happened two days ago.

Secondly, the Ming army is currently in turmoil, and the prince has not yet made up his mind to fight.

Finally, like him, once the prince removes him from his official position, I am afraid that the army will only be more turbulent.

With the withdrawal of the older generation such as Brother Tang and Brother Xu.

The young and middle-aged generation headed by him, Mu Ying, and Li Wenzhong have become the second generation of leaders in the Ming Dynasty army.

Removing him from office would cause great turmoil.

To put it bluntly, the prince was not prepared for a war with Yanhua at all.

The prince had always believed that if Lu Zhongheng was not killed, Zhu Laosi would not and would not dare to take revenge in Jinling City.

……

Lan Yu thought about things all the way and came outside Zhu Biao's study.

"Prince, the division commander at Songjiangkou must be replaced. In the current situation, Yu Tongyuan can no longer meet the operational needs..."

Hu Weiyong's voice came from the study.

Thinking of Lu Zhongheng exposing Hu Weiyong as the mastermind behind the scenes.

Lan Yu's face became even more ugly.

Raising his hand suddenly.

click!
"War? Have you ever thought about defeat?" Lan Yu's angry voice sounded the moment the door opened.

In the study room.

Zhu Biao, Hu Weiyong, Song Zhong and others all looked at Lan Yu.

There was not a single member of the reformist faction headed by Fang Xiaoru.

Lan Yu walked straight in, stared at Hu Weiyong, and asked: "Excuse me, for what reason should we start the war?"

"Zhu Silang killed a marquis in the city of Jinling. Isn't the reason enough?" Lu Ben retorted coldly.

Lan Yu stood in front of the main battle party, suddenly turned her head, her eyes fell on Lu Ben, stepped towards Lu Ben, raised her head and looked down at Lu Ben coldly, raised her hand and pointed outside: "Go out and listen, people People are suspicious of what they are talking about, someone is throwing dirty water on Yanhua!"

After the massacre.

The conservatives began to add fuel to the flames, spreading rumors that Zhu Laosi would destroy Lu Zhongheng's family.

But the people didn't believe it.

Just because of the shelling of Tuqiao Village, Zhu Laosi wiped out the whole family.

When Zhu Laosi was in the Ming Dynasty, his methods were ruthless.

For example, the bloody incident in Xi'an.

Fujian alarm bell incident!

But every time Zhu Laosi went on a killing spree, he was justified!

Therefore, people do not believe it now.

Zhu Laosi went on a killing spree because of the shelling of Tuqiao Village.

The imperial court, on the other hand, was trying its best to cover up the news that Miaoyun girl almost had difficulty giving birth because Tuqiao Village was shelled.

Because the court knew it very well.

Once this news spreads, given Zhu Laosi's prestige in the hearts of the people, the people will definitely not support the court in starting a war!
"The people in the city are still doubting that when Zhu Laosi destroyed the entire Lu family, the imperial court will go to war and win. Once it fails, have you ever thought about the consequences? The prince oversees the country and is defeated in the war!"

"Have you considered how much damage it will do to the prince's prestige?"

……

Lan Yu angrily scolded and questioned.

He stared at Zhu Biao from the corner of his eyes.

In his view, once this war begins, failure is inevitable.

The prince was defeated by Zhu Silang.

Waste people and money!

The common people suffered heavy casualties.

The day of defeat is when the position of the crown prince and crown prince will be shaken.

The people will never trust the prince again.

In fact, His Majesty, who has been silent all this time, may have directly dethroned the Crown Prince from his position as Crown Prince!

This is not an alarmist statement on his part.

But it is extremely possible!
The faces of Hu Weiyong and others changed again and again. They opened their mouths several times to try to refute, but when the words came to their mouths, they turned pale.

Before that, they only thought that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Indeed, they ignored the chain reaction after the prince's defeat.

……

That day, Lan Yu suppressed the sounds of war.

But Zhu Biao did not give up.

Yu Tongyuan was dismissed.

The main force of the Songjiangkou Daming Navy, under the orders of Zhu Biao and forced by the new commander Song Zhong, left the Songjiangkou naval camp.

Approaching Penglai!
Lan Yu's words made Zhu Biao afraid to start the war in person, but he tried to use military threats to force Zhu Di to bow his head!

When the news reached the ears of Lan Yu and Fang Xiaoru, they were very frightened and hurried to the East Palace...

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