Daming: Me!The auspicious beast unicorn of the old Zhu family

Chapter 102 The sudden wealth brought about by ransacking the house!The prelude to the Northern Expedition to the Yuan Dynasty!
The coma of Kong Kejian, the head of the Kong family.

It cannot change the verdict of Prince Zhu Biao, and don't try to obtain any immunity because of old age and frailty.

In Prince Zhu Biao's view, since you chose to instigate people to raise food prices maliciously and treat people's lives as nothing, then you must be prepared to be punished. The first thing to do is to have all your property confiscated and weaken His influence cut off his official career and made his reputation stink.

for ordinary people.

What they are most afraid of is nothing more than beheading.

However, for people like the Kong family who desperately want face, completely destroying the family's reputation for thousands of years is what they fear most!

and so.

Whether it's Comrade Zhu, or Prince Zhu Biao, they all plan to kill people in the true sense!
"Humph--"

"Did you faint at this level?"

"The Patriarch of the Confucian family is nothing more than that. He thought that after a saint, he would also be a person who has read poetry and books and knows etiquette, but he didn't expect to be a wolf-hearted beast."

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Zhu Wenzheng, who was at the side, couldn't help but snorted coldly, and said disdainfully.

If I had known this, why did I have to?

The surrounding people looked at the Kong family no longer with the usual respect, but looked straight at it full of anger, wishing to tear it into pieces. If it weren't for what the Kong family did, their Relatives and children will not die because of this drought and food shortage.

At this moment, no one will sympathize with the Kong family today, this is a wall that pushes everyone down!
Kong Xixue, the eldest son of Kong, also supported his unconscious father at this moment, and pleaded with his sharp voice: "Your Highness, my father is now 52 years old, let him kneel outside the city gate for a whole month. The time and the body may not be able to bear it, so please forgive me, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Prince Zhu Biao directly refused: "Now that I think about it, did you ask me to show mercy? Why didn't you know to show mercy to the oppressed people when their families were ruined?"

Kneeling outside for a month.

Not just physical punishment, but also mental punishment.

because.

The people in the entire Qufu City, after knowing what your Kong family has done, naturally they will not treat each other well.

They even deliberately took some smelly things and threw them directly on them, so that they would be covered with all kinds of filth to vent the anger of the people. Absolutely no less than a 'torture'!
Mental torture torture!

"it is good!"

"His Royal Highness, Gao Yi!"

"Punish these wolf-hearted guys, that's what you should do!"

"The voice is like a girl chirping, the eldest son of Confucius is not a eunuch, is he?"

"After I eat the food today, I will grab two catties of yellow and white things, and I will give them all to the Kong family!"

"I want to pull three catties!"

"Don't fight me, I want to pull four catties!"

"Your fucking butt is so big? Pulling so much, you're not afraid of being pulled to death!"

"You don't care how I pull it, can't we just mobilize the whole family?"

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The common people are scrambling one by one, wanting to feed shit to the children of the Kong family when the time comes.

Due to the shortage of materials, there are naturally no moldy vegetables and eggs for them to smash these people, but the common people have many ways.

Rather save the yellow and white stuff for fertilizing.

Let the people of the Kong family have enough to eat.

Although there are thousands of people in the Kong family in Qufu City, there are more than 10,000 common people. Each person pulls a little, and everyone has a share, so that each of them can have a full stomach. A beautiful thing!

You know, many people are still hungry, but they can eat until they are full.

As for eating rice?

The Kong family who did such a thing, are they worthy?
For a month, Prince Zhu Biao will not provide them with any grain of rice. If you want to survive, you will either starve to death or eat the yellow and white things of the common people. If you can survive by gnawing on the soil, That also counts as your greatness.

Hearing the excited attitude of the people, Kong Xixue's face became paler, and he shouted in a sharp voice: "You can't do this! You can't do this! My father first paid homage to Yan Shenggong and Guozijian to offer wine. He is the fourth-generation eldest grandson of Confucian sage Confucius! His Royal Highness! What you do is against all scholars in the world!"

It seems that he is used to being aloof on weekdays.

At this moment, even though he was in an absolute disadvantage, he still hadn't gotten rid of those bad habits, and he didn't know the correct way to beg for mercy.

Kong Xixue tried to use his name as the Kong family to scare off these fools.

However, it is a pity.

Even those people who have not read many books know that they are planning to take the Kong family as a pilgrimage. The Kong family, which once had deep roots, is now crumbling, and there is a possibility of overturning at any time. The evidence of the crime is solid.

So when it comes to punishment, people have almost nothing to say, even those scholars who read Confucian books are speechless at the moment.

of course.

It is also not ruled out that there are some 'brainless fans' who will carry out brainless maintenance of the Kong family.

Old Comrade Zhu and Prince Zhu Biao won’t let them be used to that kind of guy, they’ll be dragged down and beat up first, and if they’re beaten to death, they’re guilty, and if they can’t be beaten to death, they’re not worthy of death.

Prince Zhu Biao directly chose to ignore Kong Xixue's words, and simply ignored him.

"Okay! I'll just say this to you, I'll give him a potion today!"

"Get out of the way, my urine is yellow, let me be the first to wake them up!"

"If this doesn't smell old, I'm really sorry for these guys. If you dare to threaten His Highness the Crown Prince at this point, you won't take us seriously at all!"

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What Kong Xi learned directly had the opposite effect.

The public outrage among the people became more intense.

Naturally, Kong Xixue was completely dumbfounded. The untouchables who would not dare to say anything if they were frightened casually on weekdays, why have they all become so fierce today? This is completely unreasonable!
and.

Listen to them.

This doesn't seem to be a joke at all, it really wants to feed myself, my father, and many Kong family children!

Thinking of that extremely harsh scene, Kong Xixue's face suddenly turned pale.

Almost threw up on the spot.

For him, being drenched in feces and eating it for a living is definitely a nightmare scenario. Which one of the Kong family's children has not been pampered since childhood, how could he have suffered this kind of suffering!
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Standing unconscious Kong Kejian, and the landlords and powerful people next to Kong Xixue.

All of them remained silent.

Everyone can see it.

The Kong family is going to be ruined, this is the method of today's sages, they don't want to be affected by Chi Yu, that kind of punishment is definitely worse than life.

Of course, these landlords and tycoons are naturally clear about what they have done. The only thing they pray for at this moment is that His Royal Highness can stop after punishing the Kong family, and don't pursue it any further. .

of course.

The evidence that Jin Yiwei has is not just that.

"The Zhao family, the Qian family, the Sun family, and the Li family."

On that day, at the Confucius family banquet.

After being recorded by Tucci's younger brothers, all the guys who talked nonsense were put on the blacklist that must be killed.

As the saying goes, misfortune comes from the mouth, who let their words happen to be heard?

Every time the prince Zhu Biao named a family, they were terrified.

Subsequently.

A piece of evidence.

It is also listed accordingly.

None of the family is innocent, all of them are full of crimes, and even collecting their criminal evidence is an easy task, because the Kong family still has to do a little superficial work, but they don't care about it at all. It's a pile of evidence.

The landlord Hao Qiang whose name was called was all pale and trembling all over.

Because, after seeing the tragic situation of the Kong family, they couldn't imagine that His Royal Highness would use peace and other means to deal with them. Could it be that they would also kneel down and apologize?
Although the self-esteem in my heart does not allow it.

However, as long as one life can be saved, it is a perfect solution.

For ordinary landlords and tyrants, self-esteem is very important, but life is more important. They don't pay as much attention to face as the Kong family.

"Wait-"

"His Royal Highness, we are guilty, and we are willing to kneel outside Qufu City for a month, not for two months to apologize!"

"When will you be able to decide your punishment for your crime?"

"His Royal Highness, calm down!"

Looking at the expressionless Prince Zhu Biao.

The landlord Hao Qiang who was called by his name suddenly prostrated himself on the ground, trembling, completely without the usual arrogance.

to be frank.

Seeing it with my own eyes.

After the things that these landlords and powers had committed, Prince Zhu Biao seemed to be burning with a nameless anger in his heart at this moment, wishing to get rid of them quickly, such black sheep did not deserve the kindness of the Ming Empire at all!
Prince Zhu Biao snorted coldly, and pronounced their fate:

"Your crimes! They are all heinous crimes!"

"Now the crown prince announces that all your assets will be confiscated, the patriarch beheaded for public display, the tribe will be distributed to the frontiers, the men will be slaves for generations, and the women will be prostitutes for generations."

"This is the fate of taking advantage of natural disasters to make money for the country, oppress the people, and shake the foundation of the country!"

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After listening to His Highness the Crown Prince's sentence.

The people who had been humiliated naturally applauded each and every one of them.

The landlord Hao Qiang whose name was called turned pale, because as patriarchs, they didn't even have a chance to survive. They were directly facing a dead end, and the whole family was also implicated.

Never miss a bad guy!
It's never too bad to kill a good person!
This is the advantage of Jin Yiwei's upgraded intelligence system, which allows the superiors to make more accurate judgments.

"No! I don't want to die yet! I still have a lot of time to enjoy the glory and wealth!"

Suddenly.

As if unable to bear the pressure of death.

A tyrannical and powerful patriarch suddenly had a stern look in his eyes, as if he was planning to get violent suddenly, as long as he captured the prince Zhu Biao, he would have a bargaining chip in the negotiation, and then he would run to the territory of the Yuan Dynasty. He can still make a comeback!

However, this approach is tantamount to hitting a stone with a pebble.

Leaving aside the Ming elite cavalry who protected Prince Zhu Biao, and Zhu Wenzheng and others are not free.

Let's just talk about Prince Zhu Biao himself.

He has now awakened [-]% Qilin's blood. Although he focuses on the spiritual department, he is still the champion of the three armies, and it is no problem to kill hundreds of people.

just now.

He even obtained the Xuanyuan Sword of the Holy Way.

As long as it has the blessing of imperial aura, the power of this famous sword handed down from ancient times can even be higher than that of the Changhong Sword, the head of the seven swords of the king of Qilinxia. Only the sword can be compared with it.

"Zizi-"

He drew out the Holy Dao Xuanyuan Sword from the scabbard.

Zhu Biao, who has the appearance of a top-level emperor, can naturally exert extremely strong power. When he takes over from Comrade Zhu in the future, he will become even stronger.

all of a sudden.

A heavy coercion emanated from the blade.

Only for those powerful landlords whose names were called, those who did not dare to resist were suppressed to the ground, and it was difficult to even raise their heads. , directly shattered the kneecap.

The fewer the number of people targeted, the more obvious the effect of Xuanyuan's prestige of the Holy Path. For those who do not have the blood of the unicorn, it can be called a dimensionality reduction blow.

Zhu Wenzheng glared at him: "You are such a brave dog!"

Some people really jump over the wall in a hurry.

Tried to assassinate and hijack his own cousin.

It would be fine if he didn't succeed, but if he succeeded, he would definitely be to blame, and he couldn't explain to his uncle.

In this regard.

Prince Zhu Biao did not panic.

Although he is only 13 years old now, he is born precocious than others, and has the blood of a unicorn as his background. He can be called a big heart, and he does not change his expression when facing the collapse of Mount Tai.

"Shh-"

Prince Zhu Biao quickly drew out the blade in his hand.

Lightly swung forward with a slash, an astonishing sword energy instantly formed, spanning a distance of more than [-] meters, tearing the solid ground, and directly chopped the person in two sections from the middle.

The blood was like a fountain, spraying wantonly, and various organs also flowed all over the place.

If you try to assassinate the prince, you must be prepared to be executed directly.

Normally.

I want to cut out the sword energy.

This is definitely not something that ordinary people can do. Even the brave generals who have won the three armies in history can't do this in this world, except for Qilin Xia, who is within the normal historical range.

Only those who have the blood of the unicorn, and the concentration reaches [-]%, are those who are awakened and focus on 'inner qi'.

Only then can the sword energy spanning tens of meters be emitted to slash the enemy from a long distance.

Put it among the unicorn guards.

This is the level of Tiangang Guards. Looking at the entire Qilin Guards, there are only 36 people in each session.

of course.

This is not Prince Zhu Biao's own power.

Instead, he was able to cut out this sword energy with the help of the famous sword in his hand - the Xuanyuan Sword of the Holy Dao. In a sense, it was a coincidence.

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After seeing this incredible blow.

Everyone couldn't help but gasped, because this was too shocking for ordinary people.

even.

The people even thought that His Royal Highness was the star of Wu Qu.

Otherwise, how could he explain that he was able to unleash such an appalling slash, which was clearly the method of the disciples of the Immortal Clan!

If there is specific data to show it.

The current prince Zhu Biao will definitely receive more and more.

Fame +1 Fame +1 Fame +1
This type of sound.

Spiritual talent. Benevolence is unparalleled, and with this blow, the people's recognition of it has been greatly improved, thus exerting a greater effect, with a wider radiation range and stronger improvement effect, and some are even "die-hard" Fan', you can directly reach the maximum increase of 30.00%!
Looking at the adoring eyes of the people, Zhu Wenzheng also thought of many things.

If it were another prince, he would probably be feared and vigilant if he dared to win the hearts of the people in such a way when his father was in his prime.

but.

Relying on the feelings of his uncle and cousin.

It is estimated that even if this is done, the uncle will not say anything. The relationship between the father and son is far beyond Zhu Wenzheng's imagination. For famous swords handed down from generation to generation, my uncle will only praise one person and one sword as true match.

Withdrawing his extra thoughts, Zhu Wenzheng begged for orders: "His Royal Highness, this person dared to assassinate you, this behavior must not be tolerated!"

Prince Zhu Biao nodded and said, "What to do, let's do."

this behavior.

It is indeed impossible to condone at will.

Because if you don't care this time, others will act recklessly next time.

If you dare to assassinate him today, you will dare to assassinate your own father tomorrow.

and so.

It is necessary to use thunderous means to deter them, so that this kind of behavior can be greatly reduced.

As for how to deal with it later?
That is also very simple.

Even the clansmen are assigned to the frontier, the men are slaves for generations, and the women are prostitutes for generations. There is no chance, and they are directly upgraded to the "family Xiaoxiaole" package. Even children will not let it go. This will make those who try to People who assassinate the royal family feel fear and scruples.

of course.

Zhu Wenzheng also knew.

There are some things that are not convenient for His Highness the Crown Prince to do by himself, but he, the executioner on the battlefield, happens to handle such chores.

After beheading a powerful landlord who tried to resist, the remaining people suddenly became more honest.

To be honest, just kill yourself. Although the clansmen will be servants and prostitutes, at least one life can be saved, and they will not be directly ransacked by the whole family. If you dare to resist, it will really not give you a way out The tribe remained.

"The rest—"

"His Royal Highness, please forgive me!"

When Prince Zhu Biao looked at the remaining people who hadn't been named yet.

The remaining landlords and tyrants suddenly felt their knees go limp, and fell to their knees one by one, crying bitterly and begging for mercy.

of course.

The prince Zhu Biao did not intend to kill everyone, as this would put everyone in the world at risk.

Now that the Ming Empire has just been established, and there are still many foreign enemies, it would definitely be a bad thing to cause civil strife, so it is still very necessary to win over a group, suppress a group, kill a group, and divide their strength of.

these people.

Basically, they were at the Confucian family banquet, and they didn't say anything nonsense, so they kept their mouths shut.

Coupled with some of their daily behaviors, they are barely ok, good and bad, not extremely bad, so Prince Zhu Biao can forgive them.

Crown Prince Zhu Biao looked down at the remaining landlords, Hao Qiang, and said, "It's fine if you don't kill you, and I donate half of the family property myself, and this matter will be cancelled."

Half of the property!

They are landlords and powerful people.

Relying on the savings passed down from the ancestors and the hard work of my own generation, I finally have the savings I have now, and I will lose half of it this time. This is really heartbreaking and a bit reluctant.

but.

No matter how much assets you have, you still have to have life flowers!

If you disagree, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not be polite to you, and directly ransacked the house, and even the clansmen will not be able to keep it.

Now His Royal Highness is merciful and has given you a chance to survive. If you miss it in vain, then it can only be said that he has only such a little brain.

"How do you feel?"

"Thank you—His Royal Highness!"

The remaining landlords and powerful people all bowed down.

Said that they had no objection.

Compared with the whole family being robbed and the clansmen being assigned as slaves, this is already the best result. Although there are factors of being threatened by the Kong family, since they have been on the Kong family's pirate ship, they must be punished accordingly.

Three days later, Qufu City.

Prince Zhu Biao personally sat here, took over the job of the former prefect of Qufu, not only in charge of disaster relief operations in the city.

With this as the center, it radiated to the entire Shandong chief envoy.

With batches of grain being continuously transported and the food crisis being resolved, the restoration of Shandong's chief envoy has also become very rapid. In order to prevent the common people from becoming lazy, Prince Zhu Biao Also chose the method of 'relief with work'.

Take this opportunity.

Mobilize the people to repair the city walls, roads, and various infrastructures, and then give them corresponding food.

As for those powerful landlords, they were also punished accordingly during this period.

Those who should be ransacked, those who should be distributed, those who should kneel down.

The prefect of Qufu, who is in charge of various statistical work, is also actively cooperating with the work of His Highness the Crown Prince. He does not dare to underestimate him in the slightest. Even though His Highness the Crown Prince is not very old now, the means of handling various government affairs are also Quite skillful.

after all.

What he deals with on weekdays is all national-level affairs, and he receives one-on-one tutoring from Comrade Zhu to make up lessons, which has greatly improved the effect.

Now to deal with this kind of thing, it feels like doing a subject that is used to college students and suddenly becomes a subject for elementary school students. It is simply easy to grasp, and there is no difficulty at all.

As for Zhu Wenzheng.

He was busy raiding the house, and this kind of joy of raiding the house was something he couldn't experience before.

This is a rare opportunity, don't miss it.

Anyway, as a general, he didn't know much about government affairs, so he simply didn't get involved too much.

"His Royal Highness, the results of the statistics are out."

"read."

"This time, we have harvested a total of 8 million stones, grain and grass, of which the Kong family provided a full half, and the money, fields, and properties are countless. It is estimated that the value is at least 10 million taels. There are 520 people and 860 people who are prostitutes."

"These powerful landlords in Shandong are quite fat. They were able to confiscate so much grain and money."

Prince Zhu Biao frowned and said.

He can be regarded as able to understand why the emperors of all dynasties like to search their homes so much.

The feeling of getting rich overnight is so fucking cool!
Here we go.

Many problems can be solved directly, and even the crusade against the Yuan Dynasty and the Jurchens does not need to be prepared for food, grass, and money. Anyway, the army needs to go through the Shandong Chief Envoy to supply directly at close range, and it can also reduce the pressure on the supply line. Killing two birds with one stone.

To know.

Comrade Zhu was born at the bottom. He has seen all the suffering in the world since he was a child, and he knows the difficulties of the people at the bottom.

Therefore, when he ruled the world, he also adopted the policy of light corvee, low tax, and recuperation, hoping that the lives of the people could be better.

Tang, Song, Yuan and Qing dynasties.

The agricultural tax rate was basically around [-]%, while the agricultural tax rate in the Ming Dynasty was always kept below [-]%, and even lower than [-]% in the late Ming Dynasty. For example, the agricultural tax rate in the early years of Hongwu was [-]% per mu. Dou, and then reduced to one dou per mu, which is about ten kilograms.

In the current Ming Empire, the annual tax revenue that can be collected from the national treasury is about 40 million stones of grain and 5 million taels of silver.

If enough land and people are left, the rest will be paid to the treasury.

Let's talk about silver income.

The national fiscal revenue during the Northern Song Dynasty Zhenzong period directly reached 1.6 million taels;

The tax revenue during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty also reached 8000 million taels.

I don't know how many times the tax was in the early Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty can almost be said to be the country with the lowest tax in history, which is outrageously low!

This time the house was stolen.

It almost copied the grain tax of the Ming Empire for nearly a year, and the silver tax for two full years.

"These guys are really greedy and greedy."

"With so much family property, what path is not good to take? Everyone wants to make a fortune and get rich. If they don't die, who will die?"

"It's really frustrating."

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Prince Zhu Biao couldn't help sighing when he looked at the compiled statistical results.

As long as they sell grain at the original price, even if it is a little higher by [-] to [-]%, it is impossible to be reduced to where it is today. Who made these guys black-hearted and sell grain at more than [-] times the price, seriously disrupting the grain market , shake the foundation of the country.

In addition, Comrade Zhu has been unhappy with the Kong family for a long time.

Take this opportunity.

By the way, these powerful landlords in Shandong were also cleaned up.

As if remembering something, Prince Zhu Biao kept scanning from among the powerful landlords who donated half of their property, and his eyes stayed on a Zhang family.

According to Jin Yiwei's information.

If he remembered correctly, only this one had proposed to open a porridge shop to provide relief to the victims.

Although in the end he didn't dare to implement it because of the Kong family's coercive policy, but his intentions are considered good, even if it is to increase popularity, it doesn't matter, Prince Zhu Biao naturally marked it .

"Return [-]% of the property donated by this family."

"Another thing to tell them is that those who treat the people well will also be treated kindly by the people."

"Hope he doesn't follow in his footsteps."

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Prince Zhu Biao said lightly.

Although the prefect of Qufu was a little puzzled, he didn't say much. He is a small fourth-rank official, and he is not worth mentioning in front of His Royal Highness. He just needs to follow the instructions.

Anyway, [-]% of the Zhang family's property is nothing compared to the confiscated food and money.

As if thinking of something, the prefect of Qufu brought it up.

"His Royal Highness, the more than [-] members of the Kong family in Qufu have been kneeling at the city gate of Qufu for three full days. The common people water them with yellow and white things every day. maggots, you see—"

"You want to intercede for them?"

"My subordinates dare not."

"This is all the result of their own fault, and they can't blame others. Did they ever think of hoarding food at high prices, causing countless people to starve to death?"

Regarding this issue, Prince Zhu Biao's attitude was extremely firm.

For one month as agreed, there must be no less than one day.

During this period of time, they will never be provided with a grain of rice, so that they can taste the taste of hunger. Of course, it is not that they have no way to survive. The "hospitality" people have prepared them for them. Steaming hot 'meals'?

Although the taste is a bit smelly and difficult to swallow, as long as you can overcome the psychological factors and eat it, it will definitely be fine for a month.

Or just starve to death.

Either put down your dignity and choose to eat these steaming 'meals'.

This--

It is the punishment of the Kong family!
As for taking a bath, that is an extravagant thing. Kneel there all day long, surrounded by elite cavalry guards from the Ming Dynasty. If you want to escape in any way, you can even kill it directly without reporting to the crown prince. Zhu Biao said.

If the yellow and white stuff is poured on the body, the smell will be even worse, and maggots will naturally grow after a long time.

of course.

The people applauded each and every one.

But no one has ever felt pity for these guys. If they had pity for these beasts, who would have pity for their family members who were starved to death?

In this case.

There are only a small number of "brain fans" scholars of the Confucian family.

He was full of "Zhizhe Ye" and wanted to persuade the elite guard cavalry of the Ming Dynasty to reform themselves one by one, let the Kong family go, and even apologized to them.

for these guys.

The princes Zhu Biao and Zhu Wenzheng will never spoil them. Since you want to speak to the Kong family, you might as well accompany them.

At last.

There were hundreds more people who knelt down and confessed together.

When they were poured with yellow and white things at the beginning, they all said 'disgraceful' out of righteous indignation. Seeing them alive and well, the more you resisted, the more 'excited' the people became.

Each of them took care of them on a fixed-point basis, so that these "fans" of the Kong family would be full.

In the end, this group of people regretted even their guts. They shouldn't have spoken to the Kong family back then, otherwise they wouldn't have been caught here today to suffer such hardships and suffer such unbearable humiliation.

Now, his reputation has been directly discredited.

Time passed quietly.

In a blink of an eye, it was the first year of Hongwu, March!

Under the rule of Prince Zhu Biao, the chief envoy of Shandong gradually stabilized, and ordered the prefect of Qufu to save the food and money obtained from the confiscation of the house, and wait for the future when the army marched northward, and directly used it as military supplies. After that, he and his cousin Zhu Wenzheng, went home together.

He is not worried that someone will embezzle.

Because, with Jin Yiwei's upgraded intelligence system, those who dare to reach out will basically die.

Don't think that you can escape the eyes of Jin Yiwei, or the censorship of Tu Qi's brothers.

on the other hand.

Accompanied by the triumphant return of Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Tang He and others.

Comrade Lao Zhu also personally cleaned them up, and prepared the long-awaited enfeoffment ceremony, and rewarded each of them according to their merits!
With Xu Da and Li Shanchang as the left and right prime ministers, and Liu Bowen as the royal doctor, as the top three officials of the Ming Empire, they all assisted the emperor in handling government affairs and restricted each other so that one family would not dominate.

Simultaneously.

Also entrusted their respective titles.

Headed by Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Li Shanchang, Zhu Wenzheng and others, they were made dukes.

Headed by Tang Shengzong, Lu Zhongheng, Liao Yongzhong, Zhou Dexing and others, they were granted the title of Marquis.

As for Liu Bowen, he was only entrusted as a small sincere uncle. Even Wang Guangyang, the future right prime minister of Ming Dynasty, is now only entrusted as a loyal and diligent uncle.

Although Liu Bowen proposed that he didn't want an official title, he just wanted to return to his hometown for the elderly.

But Comrade Zhu directly rejected his resignation.

Are you kidding me, the Ming Empire will need more talents to conquer the world in the future, but Liu Bowen is indispensable.

So even if Liu Bowen is unwilling, or even suffers from injuries, it will be useless. Comrade Zhu wants to keep you, and it is useless for you to find 10,000 excuses. Even if you return to Qingtian, he still has 10,000 ways to make you come out obediently.

no way.

Liu Bowen had no choice but to stay and work hard, at least before he was squeezed out of the labor force, don't expect to retire early.

Besides.

Comrade Lao Zhu also gave everyone a death-free iron scroll, which was inlaid with the emperor's grace.

He proclaimed that no matter what crimes they committed in the future, the duke would be spared three deaths and his descendants twice; the marquis would be spared twice and his descendants once.

All the ministers at that time were all smiling.

but.

They can't think of anything.

This death-free iron scroll is nothing more than a big cake thrown by Comrade Zhu. The final interpretation is in his hands. If Comrade Zhu wants to let you live, this iron scroll is useful. He is determined. If the heart wants to kill you, it will be of no avail if you take ten iron scrolls.

This move is not really intended to save the officials from death, but just to win people's hearts and change ways to make the officials support and love him.

And these ministers who hold iron coupons to avoid death will definitely become confident.

In the future, he may become arrogant and do all kinds of evil.

Comrade Zhu also just took this opportunity to see which ministers plotted against the law and drifted away after the founding of the country.

And Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Wenzheng and others who rushed back to Yingtian City from the chief envoy of Shandong Province all the way, naturally also heard about these operations of Comrade Zhu.

Both showed very different reactions.

Prince Zhu Biao quickly understood his father's deep meaning: "These actions of my father really win people's hearts."

Zhu Wenzheng said with a heartless smile: "Haha, I didn't expect that I, Zhu Wenzheng, could also be enshrined as a duke, and I could avoid death three times. Isn't this just a waste of time?"

Casting a glance at his cousin, Prince Zhu Biao reminded: "Cousin, I suggest that you should not provoke Father's bottom line."

Zhu Wenzheng is obviously a master of death: "But this iron coupon for avoiding death, isn't that what it is used for?"

Prince Zhu Biao was a little speechless: "Try and die."

Prince Zhu Biao, who has already understood his father's approach, will naturally not fully point out this matter.

The fewer people who know, the better.

of course.

This may not be hidden from smart people like Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen.

All the prince Zhu Biao can do is to remind his cousin not to be too careless.

Although because of the Battle of Hongdu, Zhu Wenzheng made great contributions and laid a solid foundation for Zhu Yuanzhang to defeat Chen Youliang, and in the future battles, he also made a lot of contributions. Take the old path of history.

but--

No matter how much credit you have made.

When you were promoted and honored, you have already been rewarded accordingly. If you are still taking credit and pride, it is undoubtedly a road to death.

"alright, I got it."

The king's tricks.

People like Zhu Wenzheng, who are not well versed in politics, obviously can't see through it.

However, he knew that his cousin would not harm him, so he also put away his little thoughts that were wandering around, and it is better to act cautiously.

Not long after the two of them entered the city, people from Jin Yiwei came directly to the door.

"His Royal Highness."

"Jin Yiwei? What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Xu, and General Chang have been waiting for you for a long time. Please move forward with General Zhu to discuss the matter of the Northern Expedition."

Comrade Zhu, who is an activist, has no time to grind.

After a little remediation for a while, he thought about the matter of the Northern Expedition to the Yuan Dynasty, planning to completely overthrow the Yuan Dynasty through this decisive battle, and he can also completely conquer the Central Plains and reunify the land of China.

to this end.

He directly found Xu Da and Chang Yuchun, who had experienced many battles, hoping to hear about their strategic plan.

At the same time, the opinions of Prince Zhu Biao and Zhu Wenzheng are also very important. Only by brainstorming can we completely defeat the forces of the Yuan Dynasty at the lowest cost in this Northern Expedition, thus laying the first step to conquer the world !
"Okay, I see."

Prince Zhu Biao nodded.

At this moment, he had no time to rest.

The Northern Expedition is definitely a major event that cannot be delayed, so even if you are a little tired from the long journey, you must go to discuss military affairs as soon as possible.

In the face of national affairs, small personal matters also need to be temporarily put down.

Simultaneously.

Among the chief envoys of Shandong.

Prince Zhu Biao also felt that he had to tell his father about the three unicorn treasures he had obtained. Perhaps this could lead the war to victory during the Northern Expedition.

This war determined the future fate of the Ming and Yuan dynasties, and no one could bear the result of failure!

(End of this chapter)