Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 150 The Most Ruthless Imperial Family
Today, Zhu Chu prepared more silver, so the grand activity of rewarding the entire army began again.

Mu Sheng was the first to step forward to accept the award.

"I'm telling you, Your Highness, Mu Sheng will not be rewarded for his merits," Mu Sheng suddenly clasped his fists and saluted, with a righteous look on his face, saying that he would not be rewarded for his merits.

Zhu Zhen smiled. This stubborn brat was as brave as his brother, but a little young and energetic.

But if you are young and not arrogant, can you still be called a young person?
Zhu Ming shook his head and said loudly: "What are you talking about? Your boy was guarding the city in Kunming. He defended the city alone and did not let Silunfa offend the people of Kunming. He also bravely went out of the city to stop Silunfa, preventing the old boy from escaping, and asked me for a sword. How can you be rewarded for your hard work without reward? Why don't you come forward and listen to the rewards?"

Mu Sheng then stepped forward to stand in front of Zhu Ming with an excited look on his face.

And Zhu Zhen stuffed him 500 taels of silver according to the commander's specifications.

The little general was so surprised that he could hardly hold him in his arms.

No wonder Mu Sheng was surprised. In fact, let alone a commander, he probably didn't even have an official position now.

Mu Sheng just used an excuse to lead a troop to support Zhu Zhen, but in fact he had no actual official position, yet Zhu Zhen gave him so many rewards?
"Work hard. Sooner or later, I will rely on you and your elder brother to help me conquer a larger territory," Zhu Xi said, patting Mu Sheng on the shoulder.

Originally, Zhu Xi was only 12 years old, while Mu Sheng was already 25 years old.

But at this moment, Mu Sheng nodded excitedly and solemnly, without the slightest bit of dissatisfaction.

It wasn't because of Zhu Chu's status as a prince, nor because of Zhu Chu's uncle Wang status that he took advantage of. Just this one battle with Zhu Chu's force was enough to convince Mu Sheng.

He even privately begged his eldest brother more than once to let him follow His Highness.

It's a pity that Muchun doesn't agree with it.

Mu Chunxin said, I haven't followed His Highness yet, so I'll go back a little bit.

After that, Zhu Chu continued to reward Mu Sheng's troops, and according to the specifications set by Zhu Chu, there were 20 taels for soldiers, 50 taels for a hundred households, 100 taels for a thousand households, and [-] taels for Qianshi and Tongzhi.

In the end, more than 20 taels were paid.

Zhu Chu even included tens of thousands of other people in Kunming who were not here.

"Kunming's [-] defenders fought bravely and were not timid in the face of dozens of times the enemy's invasion. They deserve a reward."

"Also, the officers and soldiers under Brother Muying who fought to the death and promoted the power of our Ming Dynasty should be rewarded."

"Even the heroic souls of those who died on the battlefield cannot let their blood be shed in vain."

So Zhu Ming asked Mu Sheng's entire army to collect more than 40 taels for the other [-] soldiers in Kunming City, and asked them to hand them over to Mu Ying when they returned, and Mu Ying would reward the entire army.

"Your Highness is benevolent and righteous, Your Highness is wise."

Mu Sheng led [-] soldiers to kneel down on one knee, and was about to shout again to follow him to the death.

In fact, Mu Chun went to Mu Sheng alone last night to remind him that after all, your army belongs to the Xiping Marquis Mansion in name, and more importantly to the imperial court. What's the point of being loyal to the vassal in private?

So today Mu Sheng reminded the soldiers not to shout like that anymore. If it reaches the ears of the court and His Majesty, it will easily cause trouble and cause more trouble to His Majesty.

But all the soldiers were looking at Zhu Ming enthusiastically, at His Highness who stood on the stage and never forgot every soldier, even the most ordinary soldier was remembered by him.

'If you have the king like this, what else can you ask for? '

It is said that soldiers die for those who know their friends. At this time, these soldiers wished they could die for Zhu Chu.

"Everyone, after you take the money, don't squander it when you go back. Those who deserve a good life live a good life, and those who deserve a wife beg a wife. Don't gamble or whore, and don't slack off. Otherwise, if the king wants to use you one day, if What will you do if you become soft-legged shrimps?"

Zhu Ming explained again in a joking tone.

The soldiers naturally burst into laughter.

Zhu Ming also said to Mu Sheng: "Help me bring good things to brother Mu Ying. Just say that this battle is not over yet. If one day, our two brothers cooperate again, he will also take over the surrounding countries."

Mu Sheng was excited and speechless. Looking at Uncle Wang who was 13 years younger than him, he could only say reluctantly: "My nephew will definitely take what Uncle Wang said to him. But Your Highness, you must not do it then." Forgot about the last general. The last general was originally His Highness’ vanguard.”

As long as Zhu Chu didn't use his seniority to take advantage, Mu Sheng would be excited again.

He even took a look at Muchun's position and wanted to be a pioneer?First ask your brother if he is willing to give it to you.

Zhu Ming laughed and said, "Then let's say goodbye here."

Mu Sheng clasped his fists and gave a deep salute, and looked at Zhu Xi deeply, as if he wanted to remember his appearance firmly, and then he and the whole army escorted a large amount of silver and embarked on the road back to Kunming.

Zhu Min was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he stood outside the city gate, watching the troops leave. He thought with pride in his heart: "If I throw this reward money, plus the previous impression, I won't have to worry about this anymore." The army no longer recognizes us. I dare not say that they will follow me to rebel against Lao Zhu if I raise my arms. But once Lao Zhu dies, if Zhu Yunwen dares to cut down the vassal, I will dare to launch the Jingnan Campaign."

Because of his poor historical record, Zhu Min didn't know how many troops Zhu Di initially had when he launched the Jingnan Campaign.

But no matter how he thinks about it, Zhu Di doesn't have an army of [-], right?
And after some management by Zhu Chu, the [-] Ming troops in Yunnan have definitely recognized him.

"What's more, I don't just have these 20 troops, there are tens of thousands of Mu clan, tens of thousands more from Etao, Tengchong and Yongchang Prefecture, and even [-] native troops waiting for me to slowly conquer them."

"And Lao Zhu won't die too soon. I'll wait until I can slowly run the business. Grand nephew, eldest nephew, after you ascend the throne, your eighteenth uncle will prepare a big surprise for you."

Zhu Zhen thought of this, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.

Since he has long planned to rebel, he will no longer be hypocritical. As long as it is not the crown prince Zhu Biao who ascends the throne, he will not recognize it if it is anyone else.

Once Zhu Yuanzhang dies, Zhu Zhen will definitely compete for that position. No matter who becomes the emperor, it is better to become the emperor himself.

Again, as a modern man, how could Zhu Zhen leave his wealth and life in the hands of others?

What if the new emperor recruits himself into the capital and imprisons him?
Rather than being forced to rebel helplessly and fall into passivity, it is better to prepare in advance and take the initiative.

In fact, the reason is very simple. Unless Zhu Yu really shows off and becomes a free king, as long as he starts to develop, sooner or later, no emperor will be able to tolerate him. Unless Zhu Yuanzhang lives a long life and can trust him as his own father.

Because Zhu Chu has never concealed his peek at the territories of the surrounding Southeast Asian countries and his determination to win them.

But what does it mean for him, a border guarding vassal king, to conquer those countries and territories?

I'm afraid even Zhu Yuanzhang will not be able to tolerate him sooner or later, right?
"The world is too big, and my ambition is even bigger, so what can I do? In order to achieve my goal, I can only become an emperor." Zhu Zhen raised his head, looked at the sky, and recalled inexplicably What Zhang Sanfeng said at that time.

Unification under heaven?

You might as well just talk about global unification.

Interesting too.

"Your Highness? It's time to go back," Mu Qiu saw Zhu Chu in a daze, walked over and said softly.

Zhu Zhen nodded, called the guards, and headed back home.

Then, at night, Zhu Chu led Mu Qiu into the treasury again, and then once again bought a large amount of silver ingots from the system, filling boxes after boxes, amounting to a million taels.

The next day, it was outside the city again. This time, Zhu Qi wanted to reward his own troops, who were also his royal guards.

Zhu Chu originally had 1 troops, 5 of whom died in the decisive battle, and all [-] of them were rewarded, and even the soldiers who defended the city were treated equally.

Of course, the [-] soldiers who died were also given pensions. Zhu Zhen would not let the heroes bleed and shed tears. Although he could not remember the names of every dead soldier, he could not personally visit every family who died. , but at least the arrangement will not be perfunctory.

Zhu Chu even planned to take the time to rebury those soldiers who had to be temporarily buried before, and planned to build a cemetery for them and even build an inscription to engrave their achievements.

This made all the soldiers extremely excited, and some were even moved to tears. The dead people did not die in vain, and they did not follow the wrong person.

Even the [-] new troops who were recruited from Yongchang Mansion also received a part of the reward. Although it was only half, they were surprised and inexplicable.

"Since you have joined this army, I will not treat you differently. Although you have not made any achievements in this battle, you are new here after all, and this money can be regarded as resettlement expenses. As long as you work hard, I, the king, will I won’t treat anyone badly.” After Zhu Zhen’s words, even these new soldiers were so excited that they knelt down on the spot and shouted allegiance with tens of thousands of other soldiers.

Zhu Zhen nodded with satisfaction, finally not spending such a large amount of money in vain.

There were 12 Ming troops participating in this battle, 2 each in Kunming City and Dali City, 10 each in defense, and another [-] people fought in the decisive battle with Silunfa.

In addition, there are [-] native troops of the Mu clan.

The total number of people exceeded 18.However, Zhu Chu used his own efforts to reward the three armies, spending more than 180 million taels of silver. Except for 28 taels of cash, the rest were all purchased from the system store.

Even in the end, there were still 10,000+ taels left in Zhu Chu's treasury.

This means that Zhu Ming spent a total of 180 million points of resources and purchased a total of 180 million taels of silver.

"The money is overflowing," Zhu Zhen finally came to the treasury. After liquidation, the money in the treasury was no more than 28 taels.

He patted his head with his hand. Because the army was huge and he was worried about being discovered, he prepared a million silver taels in advance for the next two days as a reward.

The result is not good. The treasury originally had 28 taels, but now there is only 28 taels left. The rewards issued by the joint author are all silver exchanged with resources?
No, what's the point of asking for so much money?His own salary is only that much in a year. He can still make money by doing business, and there is also Shen Rong who will be an economic consultant in the future.

He needs resources.

But this was already the case, and there was no way to take the money to the system to exchange it for resources, so I could only sigh: "Forget it, let's do this for now."

After all, the tax resources for this month are 320 million. Even if 180 million is spent, there are still 140 million resources.

"By the way, the end of the year is coming soon, and I might have to go out for a patrol," Zhu Zhen remembered, and he had this plan before.

Although Silunfa had been annihilated, all the chieftains, including Aziz, who had followed the uprising, were also slaughtered.

But have those tribes been completely pacified?

Zhu Zhen didn't want Silun to think about something else after he fell down, and then take the opportunity to cause trouble.

So Zhu Chu planned to take advantage of a lot of chieftains being killed to convert a large area of ​​native tribes into their native tribes.

Especially the 20 surrendered troops before. They are all powerful men. If they are taken advantage of by other chieftains who have been watching, wouldn't they be doing dowry for others?

So Zhu Chu went to Li Shuran that day and told him his plan: "The new year is approaching, and I plan to conduct a patrol. Magistrate Li, you must do a good job."

"What does it mean for me to do it well? Your Highness, Dali is your kingdom, and you are the king of Dali." Naturally, Li Shuran didn't want Zhu Chu to run out and be cool.

But how could he stop Zhu Chu, and how could he understand Zhu Chu's lofty ideas.

So Zhu Chu took Wang Fu and five thousand guards, accompanied by Mu Qiu, and left Dali City in a carefree manner.

Li Shuran was very helpless, but there was nothing he could do.

At the same time, Li Shuran was also worried.

Your Highness, Your Highness, why can't you be more honest, more serene, and keep a low profile?

The vassal king is not allowed to leave the fiefdom privately. Although you are nominally vassal of Yunnan, your fiefdom is actually only Dali.

This kind of thing can be big or small. If you want to find trouble with Zhu Xi, then he made a mistake. It was because of this that Zhou Wang Zhu Xi was demoted to Yunnan, and he was almost demoted to a commoner.

Different from the previous war, Zhu Zhen left the fiefdom privately.

Li Shuran hesitated again and again, but finally said nothing or did nothing.

But within half a month, a secret letter was delivered to Zhu Yuanzhang's Long Case.

Moreover, this secret seal was not signed by Wang Fu, but by 'Jinyiwei'.

After reading the secret content, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious: "What does this traitor want to do?"

He actually left the country without authorization?And you want to inspect the land?
Is it his turn to patrol?Isn't he the emperor?

Patrolling the territory?who do you think You Are?

Zhu Yuanzhang can either patrol the world by himself, or he can ask Prince Zhu Biao to patrol the place on his behalf. When will it be your turn as a vassal king to patrol?
If this is not transgression, what is it?
Especially when it was learned that Zhu Zhen had launched a large-scale reward program for the entire army, and even distributed millions of silver taels.

Zhu Yuanzhang was even more frightened and angry. Was he trying to win people's hearts?

Zhu Yuanzhang even scolded Zhu Biao before, saying that Zhu Biao was not the emperor yet.

Now looking at the secret fold in his hand, anger is building up in his eyes.

At the same time, a memorial arrived from Yunnan.

It was only after Zhu Ming returned to Dali in triumph that he had the opportunity to write the memorial in person and send it with the secret notes of Li Shuran and others, including Wang Fu.

Zhu Yuanzhang first picked up Zhu Chu's memorial, but before he finished reading it, he only glanced at the first half and threw it aside impatiently.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang took Li Shuran's memorial and said angrily after a moment: "You Li Shuran, you actually colluded with that brat."

It turns out that Li Shuran said in the memorial that because Zhu Min wanted to use Dali City's money to reward the entire army first, it was difficult for Dali City to pay taxes this year.

At the same time, Li Shuran also mentioned some matters within the scope of his responsibilities, and his words were full of praise for Zhu Chu.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang even more dissatisfied.

In order to prevent the vassal kings from rebelling and the possibility of the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion of the Han Dynasty and the Eight Kings Rebellion of the Jin Dynasty, the vassal kings seemed to have unlimited glory, but they had many harsh restrictions. Even the vassal kings were not allowed to interact with ministers.

Not to mention the ministers of the court, even local officials have a restraining effect on the vassal king.

As a result, Li Shuran praised Zhu Ming lavishly, which in turn aroused Zhu Yuanzhang's anger and suspicion.

Especially when Zhu Yuanzhang saw Wang Fu taking the initiative to confess the secret, he, Wang Fu and Zhao Kuo, completely surrendered to Zhu Chu and were willing to become Zhu Chu's ministers and guard Yunnan forever.

Zhu Yuanzhang was angry: "Zhu Qi, Zhu Qi, you are really well hidden and skillful. You are worthy of being our son. Even Mu Ying praised you and even wanted to hand over Yunnan to you. But in a few years , isn’t this Yunnan your world?”

"It seems that we have to bring that brat back. Since he is the King of Min, we will really banish him to Min Mountain. Let's see how you go about it."

"Someone, go get Biao'er."

Prince Zhu Biao was suddenly called to the palace, still confused and even a little scared.

Ever since he was severely scolded by Zhu Yuanzhang last time, Zhu Biao has been ill. Even now, his face is pale and his complexion is not as good as before.

Even when meeting Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao lowered his head and did not dare to look up to his father.

"I bow to my father," Zhu Biao knelt down and saluted.

"Biao'er, how is your health?" When Zhu Yuanzhang saw his beloved eldest son looking so haggard, he felt distressed in his heart. He thought Zhu Biao was tired and had no idea how frightening and terrifying he had been before.

Zhu Biao shook his head and said, "I just have a little cold, so don't worry about me."

"What is this? You are our son," Zhu Yuanzhang said unhappily, feeling a little weird in his heart. He always felt that there seemed to be some alienation between father and son?
Delusion?
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "Get up, Biao'er, come and see the memorial of your good brother."

When Zhu Yuanzhang was mentioned, Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth. This good son was so good. If it weren't for this Dingbian battle, even he would have been fooled.

He is obviously brave and resourceful, but he pretends to be stupid under his nose, and has been carefully hiding it. Now that the sky is high and the bird can fly, do you think his wings have grown hard?
Are you still young? Have you forgotten that I also started as a rebel?Do you want to be Li Erlang?

At this time, Zhu Biao picked up Zhu Min's memorial from the ground. When he saw the first sentence of the opening chapter, he couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

It turned out that what he saw was Zhu Ming's standard starting style of "Father, the son is suffering, the son is not easy."

"Can you still laugh?" Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he pointed at the memorial in Zhu Biao's hand and said, "Look, this brat is so arrogant that he doesn't take the court and me seriously. What does he want to do?"

"Privately canonized Etao as the magistrate of Yingjiang County, killed Hu Yuan's family, restored the Yongchang government system, and appointed Yan Shitai as the magistrate."

"Are these things he should do as a vassal king? Huh?"

There is a saying that every one of the many things Zhu Ming did was transgression, and every one of them was enough for the emperor to have enough reason to doubt or even punish him.

But Zhu Yu is Zhu Yuanzhang's biological son after all.

Zhu Biao lowered his head, frowned, and suddenly smiled silently.

He couldn't help but think of a sentence, the most ruthless emperor's family.

(End of this chapter)