Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 296 I Advise You, Chang Family, Be Safe!
After Lao Zhu learned of the intention of Princess Anqing's visit, he suddenly felt a little dispirited and depressed.

I wanted to scold my daughter a few words, but when I thought of killing her husband, I couldn't swear.

As a last resort, Lao Zhu could only make excuses casually and put An Qing in a perfunctory way.

"Go and persuade your sister-in-law, she is the saddest one..."

As soon as An Qing heard his father's words, he knew that today's matter was useless.But when she heard the word "sister-in-law", she still raised her eyebrows.

"My daughter only recognizes Mrs. Chang as her sister-in-law, she is not worthy of Mrs. Lu!"

"Zhongzhong!"

"Recognize what you like, hurry up and comfort him."

"No matter what you say, is the nephew dear?"

"The daughter is leaving..."

An Qing saluted Lao Zhu, then went to the inner room to talk.

In fact, she has never been a talkative person. Although she was ordered by her father to come to comfort her, she has been sitting dryly by the side, listening to the elder sister and second sister, and she just nodded in agreement.

Princess Ningguo said a few words in a symbolic manner, then got up and went outside.Seeing his father sitting in the mourning hall sulking, he hurriedly stepped forward to squeeze his shoulders and beat his back familiarly.

Lao Zhu grabbed his daughter's hand in relief, patted the back of her hand and said.

"Finally, there is a sweet little padded jacket!"

Princess Ningguo is the daughter of the prostitute, who was doted on by her father and mother since she was a child, and got along very easy-going with Lao Zhu.

Hearing Lao Zhu praise him so much now, Ning Guo giggled, and then said mischievously.

"Father is absurd!"

"Actually, the elder sister and the fourth younger sister are also quite good. They rushed over here eagerly because they learned that their little nephew had died, and they were afraid that their father would be sad..."

"Ugh!"

How could Lao Zhu not know the filial piety of the other two daughters, it's just that this filial piety has deteriorated a bit.

"Don't talk about those two, let's talk about you."

"How is your life with Mei Yin? Did that guy bully you?"

Princess Ningguo said with a smile when she heard the words.

"Dare he?"

"It's not bad if my daughter doesn't bully him, hehe..."

"By the way, my daughter enters the palace today, and there is still one thing I have to entrust to my father..."

Old Zhu felt a headache when he heard this, and hurriedly stopped Princess Ningguo from talking.

"Pre-declaration!"

"If you, like that shameless Anqing, are also concerned about your nephew's family fortune, then don't tell us that!"

"It's not easy for your elder nephew to save up some money. The child is reluctant to spend it himself, and uses it to save dowries for his younger sisters."

"You aunts, it's fine if you don't want to help that child. How can you still be like a thief, thinking about your nephew's property?"

When Princess Ningguo heard what her father said, she immediately called out to Tianqu.

"Father, you think your daughter is too bad, don't you?"

"Today, my daughter wants to trust my father to give back my nephew's shares in exchange for food!"

"Look?"

"Daughter brought all the vouchers and the like!"

While speaking, Princess Ningguo took out a cloth bag from her sleeve and opened it in front of Lao Zhu, revealing a pile of stock certificates inside.

After Lao Zhu saw it, he was really relieved.

This look was prepared in advance, and it wasn't an impromptu impulse because of listening to my own words.

"Ning Guo, we are so happy that you have such a heart!"

"Your mother, your eldest brother will be happy for you when he knows about it!"

"However, you can keep this share, and have the right to be that Nisun Xiaojing you, an aunt."

"In the future, if you and Mei Yin take care of that child, it will be considered as repaying his favor."

"Father!"

"My daughter is not short of money. Both my daughter and Mei Yin are supported by the imperial salary. My daughter also opened several grain stores, which is enough for us to live well."

"If this takes advantage of the elder nephew again, why don't we explain to the mother and the eldest brother when we go there in the future!"

"You still..."

When Princess Ningguo and Lao Zhu gave way to each other, they suddenly heard a young boy's voice behind them.

"Second Aunt, you can keep this, it's my nephew's filial piety to you."

"In addition, my nephew's establishment of these two chambers of commerce is not only to make money, but also to find a new way out for our royal family."

When Ning Guo and Lao Zhu heard what Zhu Yunxi said, they immediately looked at the little guy curiously.

"How do you say that?"

Zhu Yunxi greeted Lao Zhu before speaking.

"Grandfather, your current behavior of mixing state affairs with family affairs is not a long-term solution at all."

"There are few people in our royal family now, and the imperial court can afford it with a little salary."

"But hundreds of years later, our royal family has multiplied a lot, and there are hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people. What should the court do when it can't afford it?"

"This……"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he was stunned on the spot, he had never thought about this kind of problem before.

"Da Sun, are you a little alarmist?"

Princess Ningguo is also a math idiot, asking the same questions as Lao Zhu.

"Nephew, what you said is wrong, right now there are only a few dozen people in the royal family, how come there are hundreds of thousands, millions of them?"

Zhu Yunxi looked at the puzzled eyes of the two and said.

"Grandpa Huang, Second Aunt, do you two know what exponential growth is?"

The two shook their heads honestly. Lao Zhu was already good at math, but he was only limited to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and he didn't understand exponential growth at all.

In other words, there are not many people in Ming Dynasty who know about it, probably Zhu Yunxi is the only one.

Seeing that the two of them didn't even know the index, Zhu Yunxi didn't bother to explain.

"never mind!"

"Let's talk about this later. In short, Grandpa Huang and Second Aunt understand one thing. If our royal family wants to prosper, we can't rely on financial transfers from the court. We have to figure out a way by ourselves."

"Grandson is trying to find a way out for our royal family. It's a new attempt."

Lao Zhu has his own views on this and does not agree with Dasun's words.

In his view, it is only right and proper for one's own country to support one's own family.

It's just that it's really not suitable to talk about this matter right now, at least we have to wait until the great grandson becomes the great grandson, or succeeds himself as the emperor of Ming Dynasty.

"By the way, what are you doing here, kid?"

"You also came to pay homage to your brother?"

Zhu Yunxi actually came to look for Lao Zhu, but seeing what Lao Zhu said, he could only climb up.

"Yes!"

"The grandson is here to pay homage to Zhu Yunxi, and by the way, come to say hello to Grandpa Huang, and see a few aunts again."

After Zhu Yunxi finished speaking, he ran over to burn incense in Zhu Yunxi's mourning hall, and then symbolically threw a handful of paper into the brazier.

Seeing his perfunctory appearance, Lao Zhu knew that this grandson was duplicity.But there is no other way, after all, Zhu Yunxi is still young, and although he and this grandson are called brothers, they actually don't see each other a few times a year.

Moreover, with Lu's kindness, it is unlikely that Zhu Yunxie will play with Zhu Yunxi in his arms, and it will be even more difficult for the two to establish a brotherhood.

In fact, Zhu Yunxi did not have much impression of Zhu Yunxi.

Because every time I saw the child, she was wrapped tightly by the palace maids and eunuchs, and I couldn't even see a small face. How could there be so many overflowing emotions.

The reason why he ran over was only because he heard Lao Zhu coming and chased him to ask for an answer.

Lao Zhu asked after Dasun finished burning the paper for his younger brother.

"Why are you hiding it from us?"

"Such a big matter, you shouldn't keep it from us."

Zhu Yunxi rolled his eyes and said.

"Isn't this because you are worried about it and it will affect your old body..."

"Ugh……"

A trace of remorse flashed in Lao Zhu's heart upon hearing this, regretting that he hadn't been able to see his little grandson for the last time, and he didn't let his little grandson see himself for the last time, he felt very regretful.

"Is your kid here to ask about the solution?"

"Yes!"

"You don't know, grandson didn't sleep well all night, and he has been thinking about it."

When Lao Zhu heard this, a smug flash of pride flashed across his face. He thought he wanted to make you a grandson, but he had to beg us after all, hahaha.

"You are too impatient!"

"Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish, so don't be impatient..."

"Anyway, the epidemic has been suppressed, so why are you rushing to vaccinate the people in the capital?"

Standing aside, Princess Ningguo was secretly startled when she heard her father speak to her elder nephew in such a tone.

She had only heard that her father loved Zhu Yunxi before, but now she saw that she loved Zhu Yunxie, she had reached the point of teaching him how to govern the country!

After hearing Lao Zhu's words, Zhu Yunxi refuted on the spot.

"Grandfather, grandson has a different opinion!"

"Tell me?"

"Grandpa Huang, don't you think the outbreak of the epidemic in the capital is too strange?"

"Strange?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he immediately thought about it, thinking about the news of the epidemic that he heard first, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong.

At first, the blight was only prevalent in the coastal areas, but it was quickly suppressed.Later, it seemed to spread to the Gyeonggi area overnight, and spread inside and outside the capital.

"You mean, someone here deliberately?"

"Ok!"

"Grandson thinks it must be the Bailian traitor who is behind the scenes!"

"The spread of vaccinia this time is harmful and is part of their plan."

"If the people are not vaccinated with the new vaccinia vaccine as soon as possible, when they spread the smallpox epidemic again, it will not be so easy to control."

"Maybe, the Gyeonggi area will bloom everywhere, and several prefectures and counties will explode at the same time."

"At that time, we will have almost no other choice but to close the city gates and let the people wait to die in the city!"

When Lao Zhu heard this, a fierce look suddenly appeared on his face.

"These gangsters!"

"We can't wait to catch them all, peel them off and hang them on the city gate..."

Zhu Yunxi blinked his big eyes and asked.

"Zizi what?"

"Is Zizi bleeding?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he gave Zhu Yunxi a vicious look, and then reprimanded Zhu Yunxi with a sullen face.

"Where did you hear this nonsense!"

"In the future, you are not allowed to learn from your third brother. If you want to learn, you must learn from your second brother. Just like your second brother, be a modest gentleman!"

Zhu Yunxi said with a shy face when he heard the words.

"Grandfather, my grandson is also a modest gentleman. Everyone outside praises me for being righteous and wise. I am a holy king who is rare in 500 years!"

Seeing Zhu Yunxi bragging so shamelessly, Old Zhu smiled wryly at Princess Ningguo who was beside him.

"Look at it, this is your shameless eldest nephew, hahaha..."

Princess Ningguo agreed after hearing the words.

"That's why Yunxi has always been close to you, and that's why he talked like this."

"It's someone else, seeing you can't even speak well, how can I make you laugh."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

"That's right!"

"This hozen just has a clever mouth, and he makes this silly old man happy every day."

Lao Zhu chatted with his second daughter for a few words, then looked at Zhu Yunxi and said.

"Actually, it's easy to handle!"

"Pull your uncles out and let them show the scars on their arms to the common people, and let the common people know that they, the nobles of the royal family, have been vaccinated, and the common people will no longer be afraid."

"In addition, we are issuing an imperial decree to inform the people of the capital."

"Anyone who doesn't get vaccinated within the stipulated time, the whole family will be exiled to Hamiwei, and they will obediently cooperate."

"what!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard Lao Zhu's previous words, he only had a sense of enlightenment. He thought to himself that he had been separated from the common people for too long, and he had even forgotten the role of being an advanced leader.

However, after hearing Lao Zhu's last words, Zhu Yunxi secretly wiped his sweat.

My grandpa, the emperor, is really used to domineering. Do you want to suppress this kind of thing through administrative orders?

Seeing the expression on the grandson's face, Lao Zhu knew that the grandson didn't take his words seriously, so he couldn't help explaining a few words for himself.

"Big grandson!"

"We were killed from the low-level people with one knife and one gun, and we know what the bottom-level people think best."

"Actually, they don't have any ideas, they just follow what others say, and they are easily taken advantage of by those who want to."

"Sometimes even for their own good, you have to put on a vicious look and use coercive orders to push."

"This is the way of carrying the heart of a Bodhisattva and performing thunderbolts."

"The same is true for governing the country!"

Zhu Yunxi immediately understood what Lao Zhu said, and bowed respectfully to Lao Zhu.

"Grandson would like to be taught!"

Old Zhu patted Dasun on the head kindly, and said encouragingly to him.

"Go!"

"We won't go to court today, I'll let you handle it."

"promise!"

Zhu Yunxi agreed, then turned around and went to the previous court to deal with the government affairs.But when he just walked to the door, he suddenly thought of one thing, he had to ask Lao Zhu for instructions and get Lao Zhu's permission.

"Grandfather, those concubines in the temples outside the city are praying for their father..."

Old Zhu said angrily when he heard the words.

"Let them fend for themselves!"

After Lao Zhu said this, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

After all, there is Zhu Yunxi beside him, and Zhu Yunxi is still a child.

"They are naturally blessed by the Buddha, so you don't need to worry about it..."

In Lao Zhu's view, it is their good fortune that those scourges can suffer from smallpox and die.If according to her original intention, as early as when the emperor was buried, she would have dealt with these scourges that might ruin the Zhu family's style and create a stigma for the emperor.

It was already an extrajudicial favor from him to allow them to live for so long.

Now this grandson actually pleads for them and wants to give them vaccinia vaccines. Isn't this helping these scourges to prolong their lives?

However, the reason why Lao Zhu refused without even thinking about it was because he was worried about another thing.That is, there was that young and beautiful woman with a dark heart who seduced his grandson.

Even if it's just a little bit of gossip, it will damage Da Sun's reputation.

"Grandfather, God has the virtue of loving life."

"Although they can't get out of Buddhism, they are still praying for their father after all, so let's plant them too."

"Grandson will go in person..."

When Lao Zhu heard this, he flatly refused.

"no!"

"Anyone can go, but you can't go!"

Zhu Yunxi got angry when he heard this, he never thought that Lao Zhu took this matter so seriously.

"Grandpa Huang, please be accommodating."

"Even if you don't look at the face of your grandson, you still have to look at the faces of Mingyu, Mingyue, and Mingdang..."

Hearing this, Old Zhu thought bitterly, what face do those losers have?
It's just because of the presence of the second daughter, Princess Ningguo, that I don't have the nerve to say it.

But Dasun has already talked about this point, if he stops it, it will be a bit unreasonable.

"How about this, Ning Guo, you go with me, don't let those scourges stick to our grandson!"

"promise!"

Princess Ningguo bowed her knees and bowed, which was regarded as her acceptance of the errand.

When Zhu Yunxi saw that Lao Zhu had put an eyeliner on himself, he was so depressed that he wanted to tell Lao Zhu that he would not go.

After all, based on what he knew about Concubine Li, once there was an outsider, that woman might not be able to say a word.

Old Zhu could see the displeasure on Dasun's face, but he forced Princess Ningguo to him, and gave the handbook directly to Princess Ningguo, and told Princess Ningguo to keep a close eye on Nisun Sun, and never allow him to be in the temple. run around.

Zhu Yunxi was even more depressed when he heard this, so when he went out, he dragged all the princes in the palace to the street, and asked them to preach the benefits of vaccinia to the people.

In addition, officials from the Ministry of Rites were asked to write a very harsh imperial edict in Lao Zhu's tone.

In the capital city, there is a notice wall in front of Yingtianfu Yamen.

This is a window for the people in the capital to understand the imperial government's decrees, and it is also a distribution center for various rumors in the market.

"Look, the imperial court has a new announcement!"

"Is there anyone who can read for us? What did the court say?"

"Is it true that the emperor heard the voice of our people and stopped forcing the vaccinia?"

While some traffickers and pawns were pointing around the notice, a few literate scholars walked over and exclaimed after only one glance.

"Get out of the way!"

"Today, this is the imperial order of the heavens!"

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor's edict said: Listen to us, people. Since we were vaccinated with vaccinia, apart from occasional physical discomfort, we have fallen asleep for a few days, and there is nothing serious about it."

"You can safely and boldly vaccinate, don't listen to Bailian's rebellious bandits."

"Just think about our emperor, when did he lie to you?"

"We will send the princes to the streets later, and let the people of Ming Dynasty see that our princes have been vaccinated with vaccinia on their arms. What are you afraid of?"

"If someone is stubborn and ruins our plan to govern the country, then we will not be polite!"

"You must be vaccinated within ten days. Whoever dares not to vaccinate, we will skin the person, constrict the tendon of the person, hang the person on the gate tower and let the bloodlet..."

As soon as Lao Zhu's imperial decree of using both grace and power came out, all the rumors about Lao Zhu's serious illness in the market were self-defeating.

If someone rumored that the emperor was seriously ill and unable to act, the common people would refute it with this down-to-earth imperial decree.

"Go and take a look at the imperial decree pasted in front of Yingtian Mansion's gate. Except for our Emperor Zhu of the Ming Dynasty, who can write such an imposing imperial decree?"

"Emperor Zhu of the Ming Dynasty is in good health, and he still has skin cramps, hahaha!"

The princes in the palace who were over ten years old were also mobilized by Zhu Yunxie.Let them follow the medical team and be responsible for promoting the benefits of vaccination to the common people.Whenever ordinary people question it, they will show the scar on their left arm to prove that they have been planted a long time ago.

Under such a double offensive, the promotion of vaccinia vaccine in Beijing went very smoothly.

Therefore, Zhu Yunxi finally had time to go to Jingxin Nunnery outside the city to visit a group of Zhu Biao's widows.

When Zhu Yunxi was leaving, he specially ordered someone to bring all the younger sisters with him, so that they could also take this opportunity to reunite with their respective mothers and concubines.

In addition, Zhu Yunxi ordered someone to call Chang Sheng over.

Concubine Li, the widow of the crown prince, obviously knew some inside information, so she brought Chang Sheng, her natal family, to tell if Concubine Li was lying or if she was fooling herself.

However, as soon as everyone left the exit of peace, they were stopped by a group of people.

Zhu Yunxi did not have his own exclusive car, but rode in the carriage of the founding father Chang Sheng.

Seeing someone blocking the intersection, Chang Sheng immediately said to the groom.

"Give way!"

"Let's not hurry, let's make it easier for the other side."

The coachman of the Chang family had long been used to his master's weakness, so he drove the carriage to the side without even thinking about it.

Zhu Yunxi was not happy about it anymore. He usually doesn't like to pretend to be aggressive, but that doesn't mean he likes to keep a low profile.

"Second uncle!"

"You are also the founder of the country. There are only a handful of people in the capital who have a higher title than you. Why do you give way to everyone you meet!"

Chang Sheng smiled shyly.

"The lesson of the three princes is that, but uncle doesn't like to argue with others, he just wants to keep the title that his father bought in exchange for his life."

"Besides, it's just giving way, and there's not much loss, so why not do it?"

Zhu Yunxi said with a depressed face.

"If I had known you were so cowardly, I wouldn't have learned martial arts from you..."

Chang Sheng laughed when he heard this.

"You still have the face to say, tell yourself, how many days have you not gone to your uncle's house to practice martial arts?"

"Your aunt complained to me yesterday, saying that she hasn't seen you for a long time."

Zhu Yunxi said happily when he heard the words.

"Tell my aunt that I'll go after I'm done with the epidemic, and ask her to prepare more food for me!"

Chang Sheng was amused when he heard this, rubbed his nephew's head lovingly, then stretched out his head to look out, and happened to meet the person in the opposite carriage.

"Lu Lu?"

"It turned out to be the second master of the Chang family, no respect, no respect!"

Lu Lu cupped his hands towards Chang Sheng, and then passed Chang Sheng.It's just that the two carriages were not far apart when they heard the word "counseling" coming from the Lu family's carriage.

Zhu Yunxi became angry on the spot when he heard this, jumped out of the carriage regardless, and yelled at Lu's carriage.

"Who are you calling a coward!"

"You stop for the young master, do you believe that the young master broke your leg?"

Lu Lu's carriage really stopped when he heard Zhu Yunxi's cry, and then there was a gloomy sound from inside the carriage.

"I advise you Chang family to be quiet!"

"Don't think that if the emperor favors the third emperor's grandson, your Chang family will be able to sleep peacefully."

"As everyone knows, fortune and misfortune depend on each other."

"If something happens to the third emperor's grandson one day, let's see how tough your Chang family is!"

Zhu Yunxi didn't feel much when he heard this, but Chang Sheng's eyes flashed a chill.

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