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

Chapter 346 Hangzhou, the Qian family?

After leaving Suzhou Prefecture, we could have gone to Songjiang Prefecture.

Today's Shanghai is a county in Songjiang Prefecture.

But Zhu Chu had no intention of going to Songjiang Mansion, and went directly to Jiaxing Mansion.

When passing by Jiaxing Mansion, Zhu Zhen asked Gu Wen directly: "Is there a family here that has done many evil things?"

Gu Wen knew what Zhu Chu meant and guessed that Zhu Chu wanted to give the Jiangnan family a 'little' shock, but he still said frankly: "Your Highness, no."

"Oh?" Zhu Zhen raised his eyebrows and squinted at Gu Wen, then summoned the Jin Yiwei in front of him.

As a result, the Jinyiwei secret agent also said that the local aristocratic family had no record of committing many evil acts, and that all officials in the local government, including top and bottom officials, had fulfilled their duties.

Since he couldn't find anything wrong with the aristocratic family, Zhu Zhen didn't bother to appreciate the scenery in Jiaxing. The main reason was that he had already enjoyed too many beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River along the way. Seeing too much of anything would make him tired.

Then passed Huzhou Prefecture.

(As an aside, I made a typo before and wrote Chaozhou Prefecture. After a book friend reminded me, I changed it. Chaozhou Prefecture is on the Guangdong side and this is Huzhou Prefecture. Sorry.)

"Is there any aristocratic family in Huzhou Prefecture who committed crimes?" Zhu Zhen asked Gu Wen again.

Gu Wen still shook his head and replied: "Not yet."

Zhu Ming sneered: "Gu Changshi, don't forget that you are my king's man now."

"Ahem, cough, cough," Gu Wen coughed for a while and said with a strange expression: "Your Highness, although there is a saying that 'learn martial arts and sell your goods to the emperor's family,' but the humble minister does not sell his body."

In fact, they had already left Huzhou Mansion at this time and were heading to the next stop.

Gu Wen had just taken refuge under Zhu Chu's command, and when he was in his prime, he was able to ride a horse and walk beside Zhu Chu, so that Zhu Chu could take the exam with him.

This also allowed the two daughters Tang and Xu in the carriage nearby to hear it clearly.

Upon hearing this, two silvery bell-like laughters suddenly came from the carriage.

Zhu Ming said funny and angrily: "What a mess."

Of course Gu Wen said this deliberately, but he immediately put on a serious expression and lowered his voice and said: "I know what His Highness means. With His Highness's background, it is difficult for him to ascend the throne legitimately."

To put it bluntly, the inheritance system has nothing to do with Zhu Zhen. Whether it is the establishment of a direct descendant or an elder, what does it have to do with him as an eighteenth-year-old?

He is neither direct descendant nor elder.

They say all roads lead to Rome, but the road he took to the throne was inherently a dead end.

"Not to mention the attitude of the civil and military officials in the DPRK, even the aristocratic families will never agree. They will even take the lead in singing the opposite tune, and even lead the people in the world to criticize you verbally and writtenly." Gu Wen easily said the difficulty of Zhu Min's identity.

At the same time, he also revealed Zhu Xi's plan: "So you are patrolling the world on behalf of the emperor this time, not only to test the tone of the people in the world, but also to test the attitude of the aristocratic family. Even, to suppress the momentum of the aristocratic family. Who dares to oppose you? Just die."

"Oh?" Zhu Xi smiled and looked at Gu Wen playfully.

Wasn't the Gu family on the list that must die before?

The conversation between the two did not go behind anyone else's back, because the two girls Tang and Xu in the carriage on the side had already known that besides Wang Fu, there was one hundred guards around them, and at most there was Li Jinglong who was heading this way. Minato.

Anyway, Li Jinglong is no longer an outsider now. He knows everything he should know.

If Li Jinglong is really that stupid and insists on seeking death, Zhu Zhen will help him.

So Zhu Chu didn't care anymore, and even Niu Sheng behind him could hear some, including the soldiers.

Niu Sheng held his machete, tilted his head, curled his mouth, and glanced at Gu Wen's back. He was wondering where to strike?

Niu Sheng thought it was boring, wasn't he just a sour old man? What kind of aristocratic family, according to his wishes, just push them all the way, who would be dissatisfied? Ask him about this knife.

As for the officers and men under his command, their worship of Zhu Chu is far greater than the sky. Even if Niu Sheng and Peng Yue are here, they can abandon their master and ignore them as long as Zhu Chu gives an order.

In addition to the new recruits recruited from the capital, the entire army's loyalty to Zhu Chu has reached the level of piety. They are a group of fanatical believers who are deeply impressed by Zhu Chu's personal charm.

So Zhu Chu didn't hide anything and said directly: "You analyze it for me, who deserves to die?"

Gu Wen shuddered. Are you going to kill according to the family tree?

Your Highness, you are too cruel.

"Actually, it doesn't have to be like this, there's no need to go into such a big fight. Wei Chen said before that as long as we get to Hangzhou, there will be the answer you want. It just depends on whether you can win it," Gu Wen said with a low eyebrow.

Since he calls himself a minister, he naturally regards himself as a minister of Zhu Zhen, and what he shows at this time is loyalty and surrender.

But there was obviously something in his words.

Zhu Xi narrowed his eyes slightly, Hangzhou? What's going on?

And that guy Li Gui has been in Hangzhou with a large number of royal guards. Did he encounter any trouble?

"By the way, Your Highness, you can live in the Qian family when you arrive in Hangzhou," Gu Wen mentioned the Qian family again.

Zhu Zhen nodded noncommittally. As for Gu Wen's intention, he did not intend to delve into it for the time being.

Let’s wait until we get to Hangzhou first.

However, he already knew that apart from the Qian family and some small aristocratic families, Hangzhou mainly focused on the 'Liu family's money' and the 'Pang family's face'.

The Liu family and the Pang family?

Pang family? It can't be Pang Tong's descendant family, right?

In fact, although Pang Tong fled the chaos to Jiangdong, he was not from Jiangdong, which is today's Jiangnan area.

Pang Tong's father was Pang Degong, a famous scholar in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

But it’s been so many years since the Three Kingdoms period, so it’s impossible to force the hook, right?

Or is it because of the recent news that Luo Guanzhong is still alive, and the fact that the Gu family is really a descendant of Gu Yong during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhu Chu can't help but think about it?

The army set out on the third day of April and rushed from Suzhou City to Hangzhou Prefecture, which took ten days.

This is the result of not being delayed on the way, even if there was a spring rain, we still rushed on in the light rain.

It was on this day on April 13th, before mid-April, that Zhu Ming finally arrived in Hangzhou, which he had longed for.

The beautiful scenery of Hangzhou naturally does not need to be described in detail. Didn't the lyrics of Taiping sing, "The beautiful scenery of Hangzhou is unparalleled in the world, the shores of the West Lake, exotic flowers and plants are fragrant all year round."

Especially when Zhu Ming was in Suzhou City, he had just told Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin about the Legend of the White Snake, which made the two women eager to go to West Lake as soon as they arrived in Hangzhou.

There is also Leifeng Pagoda.

Because most of the stories about the Legend of White Snake told by Zhu Chu were plots from the TV series The Legend of the White Snake, the two women once had a bad impression of Leifeng Pagoda and Fa Hai.

They even really wanted to go to Leifeng Pagoda to see if there was a white snake named Bai Suzhen locked inside.

Zhu Chu felt funny in his heart, if Bai Suzhen really came out, we would have to turn to fantasy.

When entering the city, it was inevitable that he would be questioned again.

The main reason is that such a large army came to the city for no reason, and everyone had to murmur.

What's more, there is no so-called road guide for Zhu Chu.

There is a customs clearance document when you leave the customs, which is the so-called customs clearance document. Even if you don't plan to leave the customs, it is still very troublesome for ordinary people to leave the place of their registered residence. It does not mean that they no longer want to stay in the local area, but they want to leave. Just leave.

Especially in the Ming Dynasty, changing household registration was extremely difficult, and military household registration was basically impossible to change.

Lao Zhu is simply unkind in this regard. Unless it is the registered residence he moved, it is a serious crime to leave the place of residence without authorization.

If someone with a military household registration wants to escape, if they are caught, they will be exiled or even punished with death.

This is also the reason why the army's strength collapsed in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, and it had to be guarded against.

Just from this trivial matter in front of him, Zhu Zhen began to consider the idea of ​​governing the country and bringing peace to the country in the future.

Land issues need to be considered, as do taxes, especially miscellaneous taxes, tax chaos, and corvee issues. Family issues need to be considered, and people's livelihood issues are a top priority. Nowadays, military household registration issues also have to be considered.

It is now the early Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's army is still very capable of fighting, and the problem has not yet broken out. But sooner or later, it will definitely be a big thunderstorm, and I have to think ahead.

The small matter of entering the city was easily solved after Wang Fu revealed Zhu Chu's identity.

It is extremely difficult for ordinary people to go out, but how can a dignified vassal king be comparable to ordinary people?

After entering the city, just like before, Zhu Min immediately sent Niu Sheng to the camp in the city.

Again, keep the city defense and force in hand first. If any emergency occurs, don't worry about being passive.

And as long as the city gates are sealed, if there is a crime, those members of the big family will not be able to escape. This is the key.

Of course, we must also pay attention to whether these troops have secret contacts with local aristocratic families and whether they have colluded with each other. This is also what Zhu Zhen cares about.

"Your Highness, it's better for me to go," Wang Fu took the initiative to stand up, glanced at Niu Sheng, and said with a smile: "Let this stupid cow follow you, maybe nothing else will work, at least this arm is strong There are still some.”

Niu Sheng's eyes lit up at first, and then he complained to Wang Fu: "Brother Wang, are you dissing me, Lao Niu, for being stupid? Don't worry, I have seen what Lao Peng did before, and I know how to do it. Isn't that right? I secretly ask people to pay attention to whether there are any strangers coming and going in the military camp at all times, especially whether the military discipline in the military camp is strict and whether the generals and generals will leave the camp without permission, I understand."

"If you really understood, you wouldn't say it casually," Wang Fu looked at Niu Sheng expressionlessly.

You've already told me, how can you monitor this? How can you see the big from the small and find out the details secretly?

"And when Li Gui learns that His Highness is here, he will also come to serve you," Wang Fu mentioned Li Gui.

Li Gui was Wang Fu's adjutant in the past. The two had known each other for many years and naturally had a good relationship.

What's more, when we came out of Yunnan this time, apart from the hundred guards, Li Gui was the closest.

It's just that something went wrong before, and Wang Fucai became estranged from him.

Zhu Ming nodded and thought about it before agreeing: "Then I'll leave the army to you. Remind brothers to be alert."

"Yes," Wang Fu took the order and left.

Looking at the direction in which the army was leaving, Gu Wen fell into deep thought and couldn't help but worry. If His Highness really wanted to attack those two families, what kind of bloodshed would happen?

But it's too late to say anything, not to mention the Pang family and the Liu family, weren't they also the names of the Pang family and the Liu family that he handed over?

Next, without the encumbrance of a large army, Zhu Zhen and his party, surrounded by a hundred guards, could finally enter the city easily.

After entering the city, Zhu Xi discovered that not only was Hangzhou not inferior to Suzhou in scale, after all, Suzhou and Hangzhou were equally comparable, but more importantly, Hangzhou preserved its historical atmosphere even more.

It is as if Hangzhou has not experienced war, which is very different from most places in Suzhou which have been rebuilt.

It turns out that Pan Yuanming (also called Pan Yuanming) followed Zhang Shicheng and was sent to Hangzhou.

Because Zhang Shicheng had made repeated leaps and bounds, he first called himself King Cheng, with the title of Dazhou and the title of Tianyou, but later he surrendered to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and was granted the title of Taiwei.

In the end, Zhang Shicheng saw that the Meng Yuan was gone, so he proclaimed himself King of Wu again.

The funny thing is that it is well known that Zhu Yuanzhang was also the King of Wu before establishing the Ming Dynasty.

Suddenly, there were two Wu kings in the world, and they were called Soochow and Xiwu. Soochow was Zhang Shicheng, and Xiwu was Zhu Yuanzhang.

What makes Pan Yuanming feel speechless and hopeless about Zhang Shicheng is that Zhang Shicheng is not only a villain who jumps repeatedly, but also is greedy for pleasure and can hardly do anything great.

Compare it to Zhu Yuanzhang's Wu army. Even if they conquered the city, they did not harm the people.

In contrast, when Zhu Yuanzhang's "Western Wu" army invaded, Pan Yuanming simply opened the city and surrendered.

This is also the reason why Hangzhou can remain intact.

Not only Hangzhou, but also Shaoxing and other places did not resist, and they all accepted surrender from Kaicheng.

Many times he was afraid of comparing goods. Compared with Emperor Hongwu, Zhang Shicheng became a villain.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang was also grateful for Pan Yuanming's profound justice. His surrender of Kaicheng saved millions of people in Hangzhou from the war, so he continued to hold Pan Yuanming's old post without touching him.

So compared to Suzhou, which was besieged for eight months, Hangzhou is certainly well-preserved.

After entering the city, before Zhu Chu took a few steps forward, a group of people hurried over from one side.

"Your Majesty, I am humbled by this." Li Gui clasped his hands and knelt down on one knee.

Behind Li Gui, there were more than 30 Jinyi guards, all of whom knelt down before Zhu Ming: "The Jinyi guards welcome His Highness the King of Dian, a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."

Such a scene immediately attracted the attention of the people around him.

It turned out that Zhu Ming had told Wang Fu to keep a low profile as much as possible. Even if the accompanying army could not be ignored, at least his identity would not be exposed.

It turned out to be good now, as Li Gui yelled at him and sent him out.

All of a sudden, the pedestrians also knelt down and worshiped.

Zhu Ming looked at Li Gui speechlessly. This is what Wang Fu admired so much. Can he serve his master with ease?

are you kidding me?

Even Li Jinglong popped up from behind, pointed at Li Gui and laughed sarcastically: "Are you the only ones who are still acting as guards? Don't you know Uncle Eighteen wants to keep a low profile? What a bunch of idiots, hahahaha."

Zhu Chu turned to look at Li Jinglong, thinking that you are not much better than Li Gui.

Looking at Niu Sheng next to him, Zhu Ming felt like he was about to cry without tears. He could only look up at the sky. Is God punishing him?

Who are these people?

Li Gui finally came to his senses and said sarcastically: "Your Highness, please forgive me. It's true that I have been too excited since I heard the news of Your Highness's departure from Beijing. I have been waiting and looking forward to the day when I can meet you again. That’s why.”

"Get up, you have done everything, so many people know my identity, what else can I do?" Zhu Zhen said angrily, then turned around and said to the people around him: "Get up Well, I’m not wearing a python robe, and I don’t have a king’s entourage, so don’t worry about me, just go and do whatever you need to do.”

Then Zhu Zhen winked at everyone around him and left here first to talk, otherwise it would be too conspicuous and eye-catching.

"Your Highness, the Qian family," Gu Wen reminded from the side.

Zhu Ming frowned, why did Gu Wen always want him to go to Qian's house? Is the Qian family really worth wooing?

Gu Wen sighed and could only whisper: "During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the Qian family established the Wuyue Kingdom. Later, in order to unify the Central Plains, they voluntarily gave up the country's name and returned to the Song Dynasty. It can be said that it is a model for aristocratic families. Moreover, the Qian family There are talented people from generation to generation, and they follow the ancestral precepts, which can be said to be a rigorous family style."

"Your Highness, although the founding of the Ming Dynasty was only a short time ago, and even if you are not from a high family background, if you want to talk about the Qian family, you must not be disrespectful."

"The family motto of the Qian family is that even if a Chinese king has a different surname, he should do good deeds. The descendants of the family should continue the family tradition and clarify the etiquette. This is the way to enjoy wealth and honor for a long time. If any descendants are unfaithful, unfilial, unkind, and unjust, they will Those who are ruining our family tradition must be attacked with the sound of a drum."

"Although the Qian family is not well-known now, the Qian family is truly a famous family for thousands of years and the number one family in Zhejiang and Zhejiang. If we can get the full help of the Qian family, your highness, great things can be accomplished."

So exaggerated?

Zhu Chun was finally shocked. Although Gu Wen kept mentioning the Qian family, Zhu Chun always had a nonchalant attitude.

It’s not that Zhu Chu didn’t know that there were several Qian celebrities in modern times who made great contributions to the country.

But it was the Ming Dynasty after all, so he didn't care.

However, after hearing what Gu Wen said, Zhu Qi was moved. For no other reason than if there was a family that could become a role model, even if it was just to let other families learn from it, that would be good.

Even Li Gui said at the side: "Your Highness, the Qian family does have a very good family tradition. Even if the Qian family's children go out, they will not treat anyone lightly. Even if they meet people on the road, as long as someone greets them, they will be polite." Treat each other with a smile.”

Including their family motto, it also says: You must be loyal and filial, love the soldiers and the people.

Even more: setting up more almshouses to adopt unsuspecting people, setting up more nurseries, and inspecting the nurses to prevent them from being obedient and abusing young children.

Zhu Ming took a deep breath, these aristocratic families are the ones truly worthy of admiration and respect.

Even he finally became very interested in the Qian family and said, "Lead the way, I want to visit in person."

While Li Gui agreed, a worried look flashed in his eyes, as if he was struggling and worried about something.

It seems that it is difficult for him to do anything in Hangzhou.

(End of this chapter)