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

Chapter 340 The head of the Gu family, Gu Wen

As a result, that night, Zhu Chu drove Li Jinglong to the carriage to sleep, while he and Wang Fu squeezed in the west wing, leaving Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin to live in the east wing.

The east wing is the house where the family lives. Most people use the west wing either as a kitchen or as a place for storing groceries, which is very troublesome to organize.

But there is nothing we can do. It’s better to drive Tang Xin out, right?

After all, Zhu Xi is not a devil.

What's more, if this girl really becomes one of the harem in the future, if she ignores her love today, she will become his own crematorium for chasing his wife in the future.

As for the more than ninety guards, except for a dozen or so who were left to take turns on duty at night, they were all driven to live in the posthouse.

The main reason is that there are still so many horses with no place to take care of them.

This small shabby courtyard is really just an ordinary farmyard. Even if Zhu Chu is not so picky about where he lives, he doesn't have to live in a big house and a large courtyard.

But there are too many people and I really can’t let go.

Don't forget that when he was on the grassland before, he used the sky as his bed and the earth as his bed. What kind of harsh environment has he not experienced?

He himself is sometimes surprised. Even if there is a system around him, he has never suffered any hardship in his previous life. He did not expect that he could accept it so easily in this life.

After all, during marching and fighting, you are not going out to enjoy the mountains and rivers. Many times you do things cheaply, and there is no comfortable environment at all.

It was the next day in a blink of an eye.

Under the guidance of Li Jinglong, Zhu Chu took the two daughters Tang and Xu, followed only by Wang Fu and ten guards, and walked leisurely on the streets of Suzhou City.

The flower-filled city of Suzhou is full of people coming and going, and there are prosperous scenes everywhere.

Zhu Xi first found a restaurant and prepared to have something to eat.

They are not here to bring a family. They really are not here to travel. Naturally, they don't have servants, maids, cooks or anything like that.

Even Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin are self-reliant and take care of themselves.

So no one knows how to cook.

When I was cooking rice with the army on the way, I could make do with it for a while. Now that I have arrived in Suzhou City, if I don't taste Suzhou delicacies, it is like I have never been there.

Suzhou City is located on the edge of Taihu Lake and is built along the water.

The water quality of Taihu Lake is clear, and now it has the original flavor without any so-called pollution.

Environmental pollution is actually caused by various chemical substances and industrial toxic gases after the industrialization era. It really has nothing to do with primitive daily life. Nowadays, every household uses wood to burn fires, so what?

Can fireworks pollute the atmosphere?

How can the firewood used by ordinary people empty the trees in the forest?

Totally impossible.

"This fish is really good," Zhu Zhen praised casually as he tasted the craftsmanship in the shop and felt that the fish was delicious.

It's a pity that he is not wearing that rich and extraordinary bright yellow dragon-patterned python robe, otherwise just this sentence would be enough to stop the shop from neglecting him.

When Zhu Ming came out this time, he deliberately hid the python robe in the suitcase he was traveling with and put it together with the two women's luggage.

He mainly wanted to keep a low profile. Although he also knew that he would not be able to keep a low profile with this army, he at least did not want the Jiangnan family to alert the enemy and realize that he was going to deal with them as soon as he came out.

The two women also kept two other sets of clothing with them, both wearing silver helmets and armor, as well as weapons that they were good at. They could easily put them in the carriage because of the carriage.

Zhu Ming sees through things without telling them, he has no machismo, not to mention he has seen Xu Miaojin's ability, I am afraid he is looking forward to how many surprises Tang Xin will bring to him.

After lunch, Zhu Zhen was about to take the two girls for a walk around Taihu Lake outside the city.

As a result, Cai Xuan came with another group of people.

"Seeing that the King of Dian is a thousand years old," Cai Xuan hurriedly saluted.

Zhu Ming had just stepped out, and the people in the store behind him, including the shopkeeper, the waiters, and the diners in the store, were all dumbfounded.

"Oh my god, he's not the prince, is he?"

"Ouch, Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose."

Countless people quickly followed and knelt down.

In fact, yesterday, news about Dian King Zhu Zhen's entry into the city had already spread.

It's just that many people have never seen Zhu Zhen with their own eyes, and they didn't expect him to be so casual. He only wore a green mountain gown and looked no different from an ordinary scholar.

The difference is that the guards following him are all dressed as soldiers.

At most, they would have thought that he was a child of a wealthy family and would not have guessed that he was His Highness the King of Dian.

Zhu Ming frowned. He had already kept such a low profile. What did Cai Xuan want to do?

"Everyone, get up," Zhu Zhen opened his hands and gave a virtual support.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The people around him stood up one after another, and then quickly lowered their heads, or immersed themselves in eating in the shop, or the surrounding pedestrians hurriedly left, not daring to look at the excitement.

Zhu Ming looked at Cai Xuan in front of him and asked, "Why did you come to see me specially?"

"His Royal Highness Qiansui Mingjian, I want to come here to ask if there is anything your Highness needs so that I can prepare it," Cai Xuanqian said with a smile.

Need something? Could it be that he wants to bribe us?

Zhu Xi smiled: "What are you preparing for?"

He really wanted to hear how much it would cost to bribe a feudal king.

But Cai Xuan, Cai Xuan, we are not an ordinary vassal king. From now on, we will be the lord of the Ninth Five-Year Plan. The whole world belongs to us, and our eyes are on the entire Ming Dynasty. Do you want to bribe me? I've lost my mind.

But I heard Cai Xuan say: "Isn't your highness going to patrol the coastal defense line to guard against Japanese pirates who may invade at any time? Therefore, I plan to prepare enough food and grass for you so that your highness can get on the road as soon as possible."

Zhu Chu's face suddenly darkened.

You are just on your way, you are a corrupt official, you should be on your way soon.

"What? Are you trying to drive me away?" Zhu Ming understood that he was trying to drive me away.

Cai Xuan was so excited that he knelt down and argued: "I dare not report it to Your Highness. What I mean is that after all, Your Highness has His Majesty's sacred mandate, so how can you delay? I am also afraid of delaying your mission." It’s a matter of course. Please be clear about it.”

"You are filial," Zhu Zhen smiled and shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I naturally know what I know. But now that I have come to Suzhou, I have to walk around and look around. It took my father a full eight months. How can we not take a closer look at the country we have just conquered?"

Cai Xuan lowered his head, wondering if Zhu Zhen meant anything else.

Zhu Ming squinted at Cai Xuan, even if your words seemed to be flawless, there was some kind of anxiety inside and outside your words.

Are you so anxious to let me leave? That would be interesting, I just won’t leave.

What's more, last night, people were working hard to send secret documents to Datian overnight. After hearing this, they will soon start to deal with Qin Sheng, the censor of Zuodu.

As long as Qin Sheng is defeated, Zhu Ming can directly raid Cai Xuan's house and ask for execution.

Cai Xuan, Cai Xuan, I’ll put your head on your neck first, but don’t be too desperate and live well for a few more days.

If not, then you really deserve to die.

Zhu Ming snorted, ignored Cai Xuan and his group, and led the group behind him to continue walking out of the city.

What Zhu Xi didn't notice was that there were several people in the crowd who had been paying attention to this scene.

After Zhu Chu left, these people also quietly dispersed.

The Gu family, as the number one family in Suzhou today, and known as the 'Gu family's house', there is no doubt about the Gu family's property.

A grand building complex, this is the residence of the huge Gu family, it can even be said to be a city within a city.

The Gu family also has its own hospital workers, but they are actually guards with some skills (kung fu).

It's just that although the Gu family is an aristocratic family, they don't dare to have too many followers to protect them. However, they have a big business, so they have to hide it from others and say that they are hospital workers.

Let alone ordinary people, even if Magistrate Cai wanted to visit the Gu family, he would have to submit a post in advance, otherwise he would not be able to enter the Gu family's yard.

At this time, the head of the Gu family, Gu Wen, was sitting at the head of the hall, listening to the people below reporting what they had heard on the street.

"It seems that our Magistrate Cai is in a hurry," Gu Wen smiled, picked up the tea cup, and took a sip, with a look of disdain flashing in his eyes. As the No. 1 aristocratic family in Suzhou City, how could Gu Wen not know about what happened a few years ago.

This Cai Xuan was so bold that he dared to hide everything under the nose of the Hongwu Emperor.

That year, floods did occur due to several heavy rains in consecutive days.

But in fact, Suzhou City did not suffer too much loss, but the other prefectures near Taihu Lake suffered considerable losses.

The imperial court also immediately allocated funds for disaster relief.

As a result, this man surnamed Cai was corrupted. He also used the excuse of natural disasters to ask the court to exempt the tax for that year. However, he did not lose any of the money. After collecting taxes from the people, it also went into his own pocket. .

It is said that even the imperial envoy of the time, who is now the imperial censor of Zuodu, was bribed by him in some way.

You are really not afraid of death, and you have never seen the methods of Emperor Hongwu.

Do you really think Zhu Yuanzhang will not kill people?

Gu Wen sneered again and again.

"The Zhang family in Liyang was raided overnight. His Royal Highness the King of Dian, who is famous all over the world, is not just passing by. His target is our Jiangnan family," Gu Wen sighed softly.

The news about Liyang County has already spread.

Whether it is the local news in Liyang County or the children of the Jiangnan family who are officials in the imperial court, as the news spread, the Jiangnan family has fallen into panic.

Especially the head of the Zhang family, I'm afraid they have been left without a master for a long time, right?

If one goes by the temperament of the decisive and decisive Emperor Ma Ma when he was young, and the Jiangnan aristocratic families all recommended Zhang Shicheng, they would cause trouble for Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the past, even if the Zhang family did not die, they would still have to shed a layer of skin.

"However, I don't know whether the Zhang family is in a hurry or not. Our Gu family should be anxious. The Zhang family is originally from Changzhou and belongs to a wealthy family in Wuxi. However, His Highness ignored him and came directly to Suzhou. ”

Gu Wen sighed bitterly: "Unless His Highness wants to deal with Cai Xuan, he is here for our Gu family."

The person who can become the head of the family is not an ordinary person.

After a brief analysis, Gu Wen already understood that Zhu Chu was coming for them.

There are hundreds of Jiangnan aristocratic families, let alone small villages and counties, all are controlled by their aristocratic family. In the state capitals, which larger city does not have members of their aristocratic family?

Even before Hongwu drove them away, there were dozens of aristocratic families, large and small, standing in Suzhou City.

Even Shen Wansan was on the verge of becoming the number one man in Suzhou. He was rich, but Zhang Shicheng was short of money for the war.

Gu Wen was thinking deeply, his expression solemn.

The servant in front of him just knelt there with his head lowered, not daring to disturb.

He was able to know at the first time that Zhu Chu was on the street, and even Cai Xuan's travel matters were known at the first time.

It can be seen that the Gu family has many tricks in the city, and the person in front of him is his confidant and spy.

Gu Wen suddenly asked: "Where is Your Highness going now?"

"It's time to leave the city and go to the lake," the servant said.

"Take a trip to the lake?" Gu Wen smiled and shook his head: "Tai Gong Jiang is fishing, whoever wants to take the bait, right? I'm afraid His Highness is fishing for me."

"Master, I'm afraid you're overthinking it," the servant finally couldn't help but say.

Gu Wen smiled: "His Majesty has always had great opinions on our Jiangnan family. He just doesn't want people to think that he is a small-minded man who kills innocent people indiscriminately, so he seems to let us go. In fact, for so many years, His Majesty has treated us The aristocratic family has been suppressing me.”

"Besides, those small, blind families look down on our Majesty. He really doesn't know how he died."

"It just so happens that His Highness the King of Dian is not only brave but also very ambitious. I'm afraid our Ming Dynasty is about to change. Letting the King of Dian go on patrol on behalf of the Emperor is to establish a new crown prince, and it is also to test the attitude of the Jiangnan family and the people of the world. .”

"At the same time, this is not waiting for those reckless things to come forward. The Zhang family in Liyang is just the beginning. Whoever dares to come forward now will die. The Zhang family in Changzhou and the Qian family in Wuxi have been very honest recently. .So His Highness doesn’t want to take action on them.”

"Now the pressure is on our Gu family."

"Your Majesty can kill Lan Yu for the sake of the grandson, implicating more than 10,000 people and clearing out a large area of ​​the army. Those are the forces that may threaten the status of the grandson and may support the prince's son Zhu Yunxi."

"And now, for the sake of His Highness, I am afraid that we will take action against our aristocratic families. After this purge, how many families will remain?"

Gu Wen sighed. He had seen through a lot. After all, he was the descendant of Gu Yong. The Three Kingdoms were so chaotic, and there were many advisers with astounding IQs. How could it be easy to be reused by Sun Quan and even become the prime minister in such a situation?

What's more, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't hide it. Just because he asked Zhu Zhen to go on patrol on behalf of the emperor instead of letting Zhu Yunwen go on tour on behalf of the emperor, it was enough to see that Zhu Yuanzhang had already had that idea.

The significance of going on tour on behalf of the emperor is not small. It is like offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors on behalf of the emperor. It is not something that just any prince can do.

In addition, Gu Wen also knew a lot of news in the court. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted Zhu Zhen to marry the daughters of the Tang and Xu families at the same time. The scale of this marriage was terrifying.

This is almost equivalent to handing over the power of the world's soldiers and horses to Zhu Zhen, only giving him the title of Grand Marshal of the world's soldiers and horses.

One article, one weapon, these are two choices.

As a member of a noble family, Gu Wen was naturally familiar with the Zhuge family. For example, during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Jin was the counselor of Soochow, while Zhuge Liang was the prime minister of Shu.

Even the Cao Wei camp and the Shu Han camp are related by marriage. It is said that Zhang Fei's wife is Xia Houyuan's daughter or niece.

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Cao are cousins. Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, was originally from the Xiahou family. He was adopted by the eunuch Cao Teng and changed his name to Cao Xing.

It seems that the two camps are fighting to the death, but in fact they have a complicated relationship.

This is actually not surprising.

Gu Wen fell into deep thought again. Even the confidants in front of him couldn't guess what he was thinking about.

After a while, Gu Wen suddenly stood up and said: "Prepare the car, I want to go and greet you personally. The majestic Prince of Ming Dynasty came to our Suzhou city, how can we let His Highness live in a small shabby courtyard? Naturally, we have to invite our Gu family to let him Let’s show our loyalty by giving them good hospitality.”

To show loyalty?

The confidant felt something in his heart, knowing that the head of the family had already made a decision.

Since His Majesty and His Highness are here to ask for information, they should also give their attitude. If they don't want to die, then they have to be loyal.

Gu Wen also asked people to go down to make preparations. One was to clean up the best yard, and the other was to have the kitchen ready to entertain distinguished guests. At the same time, he also asked his subordinates to bring a few jars of good wine from the house, and then he got up and walked out. go.

The carriage has been hitched outside.

Gu Wen sat in and said, "Go outside the city to greet His Highness."

At the same time, Zhu Chu and his party had arrived outside Suzhou City and on the edge of Taihu Lake.

As mentioned before, although it is outside the city, it is still very lively. There are many stalls nearby selling various things.

Not only the fishing boats on Taihu Lake will bring the freshest fish and shrimps here to sell directly, but there are also vegetable sellers, meat sellers, and even antique antique stalls.

Zhu Zhen also bought a folding fan and took it in his hands. As the month gradually came to April, the weather also became warmer.

After all, this is Suzhou, and I'm afraid the first spring rain of the year is about to begin.

"The warm breeze really makes tourists drunk," Zhu Zhen said casually.

"This is not Hangzhou," Xu Miaojin rolled her eyes, funny and angry.

There is nothing wrong with saying this.

The warm wind makes tourists drunk, and they call Hangzhou Bianzhou?

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty's national power is at its peak, and the country has passed the early stage of being in ruins and waiting for prosperity, and is thriving.

Who are you blaming?

Zhu Ming smiled and opened the folding fan, shook it, and muttered: "It's a pity that the fan I had before is gone. The inscription on the front is about being idle, and the back is about observing in secret, which is very artistic."

Even Tang Xin rolled her eyes at this time. She didn't hear any artistic conception.

"Li Jinglong, find a boatman, we are going to swim on the lake," Zhu Chu turned around and shouted not far away.

Since Li Jinglong, a big enemy, came to work for him, he was welcome and there was no need to trouble Wang Fu.

You said he is the Duke of the country? I am still the prince and his uncle.

Li Jinglong could only do as he was told. Anyway, Uncle Eighteen gave him the money, so he still got used to it, and soon spent a lot of money to find a big ship.

Zhu Chu seems to know what happened to the five hundred and two people who bought a small courtyard. You and I didn't even negotiate the price, right? It really looks like you didn’t spend the money?

Zhu Xinxin said, why do you think you are the one who is being taken advantage of?

(End of this chapter)