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

Chapter 372 Jiangnan is over?

After returning to Taizhou, Zhu Zhen naturally received a warm welcome.

Countless people came to the outside of the city spontaneously, and it could be said that they were greeted all the way.

The pirates only threatened the smuggling merchant ships for the time being, and seemed to do little harm to the people.

But the common people know that this is only now, including Taizhou, which has also experienced attacks by Japanese pirates, and they are inevitably worried that the pirates will develop to that extent.

In fact, history does record that pirates mixed with Japanese pirates in the later period. Often among a group of so-called Japanese pirates, there were only a few real Japanese pirates, and the rest were all former pirates.

This group of unscrupulous guys are doing absolutely everything to harm their compatriots.

What's more, the caravan headed by the Xie family smuggles local products and has interests related to the people. They naturally hate pirates.

So when Zhu Zhen returned in triumph and brought back the news that the pirates had been wiped out, it would be no exaggeration to say that the whole city was cheering.

Xie Chun, on behalf of the Xie family, booked several restaurants in the city to reward the entire army.

He no longer dared to use money to do anything that might be suspected of bribery, but this kind of reward was still acceptable.

Zhu Ming did not let the whole army down, but asked the whole army to celebrate.

What surprised Zhu Zhen even more was that Peng Yue rushed back to join the team and brought back 6,000 troops.

"See you, Your Highness," Peng Yue was extremely excited when he saw Zhu Zhen and quickly knelt down to worship him.

Behind Peng Yue, six thousand soldiers knelt down in unison and shouted: "See your highness."

Such a well-trained army, and its sound was like thunder, immediately shocked the people in the city.

Some people lamented: "Only such an iron-blooded army can wipe out all the pirates with overwhelming force."

Zhu Chu stepped forward and helped Peng Yue up personally.

"Just come back," Zhu Zhen said with a smile.

Peng Yue said excitedly: "Fortunately, the general lived up to his command and did not lose a single penny. He escorted the dirty silver to the capital and has handed it over to Your Majesty for inclusion in the national treasury."

Zhu Zhu nodded, believing in Peng Yue's ability.

"But Your Highness, are you too quick? We originally agreed that the general would come to Shaoxing Mansion, but the most he could do is to find you in Ningbo Mansion. However, you eliminated aristocratic families and fought Japanese pirates along the way, and now you have also wiped out a group of pirates." The more Peng Yue talked, the more resentful he became. He couldn't help but said to Niu Sheng, "Old Niu, you have to do this next time."

Niu Sheng stared with big eyes and said angrily: "Look at what I am doing. Although I am following His Highness, Old Niu, I haven't caught up with anything."

Speaking of which, Niu Sheng felt aggrieved.

Previously, I saw that Zhu Zhen had been asking Peng Yue and Wang Fu to lead their troops to the main camp in the city, which was vaguely used for surveillance.

Niu Sheng was very unconvinced, so he volunteered in Ningbo Mansion.

But who would have thought that we would encounter Japanese pirates in Dinghai County.

Later, when he went to Taizhou City, he exchanged with Wang Fu. As a result, Wang Fu caught the two brothers Xie Yu and Xie Chun in the camp again, which had nothing to do with him.

Even when he went to suppress the bandits this time, because the pirates were too weak, there was no time for him to use his skills. Even Wang Fu hacked to death two gangsters with his waist knife and saber. Because he was holding a machete, it was not conducive to foot combat and street fighting. It's impossible to squeeze through.

Niu Sheng is now the boss and is unhappy.

Zhu Ming shook his head in a funny way, and asked Peng Yue to catch up with some of his brothers, and at the same time let the returning six thousand brothers return to the team.

At this time, Zhu Chu had another army of 12,000 people.

I heard that the large army suddenly became lively. Those who had left the team before and those who followed Zhu Zhen to the sea to suppress bandits were each telling interesting stories about their separation.

Anyway, he was about to attend a celebration banquet, so Zhu Zhen wouldn't be too strict.

When he had time, Zhu Ming also called Xie Chun over and talked about his arrangements for Xie Yu and some things that needed to be explained.

"Xie Chun, I won't talk about the maritime ban. I will also turn a blind eye and pretend not to know about your smuggling. But I only have one thing to say, that is, never compete with the people for profit. When you Xie family makes a lot of money, you should also give the people a mouthful of soup. You can't eat both the meat and the soup and let the people starve. Please note that the reason why I don't care about this matter is because the people can benefit. People This is the umbrella that protects your Xie family," Zhu Ming said straightforwardly.

"Yes, yes," Xie Chun agreed repeatedly with cold sweat on his forehead.

"What arrangements should be made on the island?" Xie Chun couldn't help but ask when he saw that Zhu Zhenzhen only had one sentence to explain.

Zhu Ming raised his eyebrows: "Want to negotiate terms with me? All the food and clothing on the island will be raised with the money you earned from smuggling. Can you still lose money?"

How dare Xie Chun say no.

"Don't complain, after all, I don't have any money, the money belongs to the country," Zhu Chu spread his hands and started to act rogue.

But he really had no choice, unless he exchanged money from the system, otherwise, except for the food and clothing for the entire army along the way, he really didn't have a penny.

The Zhang family in Liyang County, as well as the corrupt official Cai Xuan in Suzhou City, as well as the two major Hangzhou aristocratic families and the prefect of Taizhou City, indeed seized the wealth and wealth.

But he kept every word of that money, and gave it all to the treasury.

After all, that is his big gift package in the future, which is called rounding up the odd amount.

Therefore, Zhu Zhen would not want to commit corruption at all.

He is not stupid. What he is embezzling now is his own money to govern the country in the future. And now that he is embezzling, he has to pay hush money to others, so he cannot commit the crime.

Now I have a reason. I want to capture the treasure island of Xiaoliuqiu, so I want to send troops, but I have no money, so you can do it.

Not only did Xie Chun dare not complain, he also had to keep saying yes with a smile on his face.

Now that the words are out of the way, there are fewer twists and turns.

I could have harvested you like a leek, but now I not only don’t move you, but also tacitly allow you to continue smuggling without paying the protection fee?

This doesn’t require any additional instructions from Zhu Ming, you just have to do it consciously.

The feeling of having power is indeed very refreshing.

Xie Chun then went to make arrangements for the celebration banquet.

Several famous restaurants in the city have all been booked by him. Even if it is not enough, some other small restaurants have to help with some of the drinks and dishes.

There was even no room for seating in the restaurant, so the tables were simply moved outside to the street.

The soldiers of the whole army were laughing and laughing, but at the same time they were restrained and did not do any harm to the people around them.

Many people even felt something new and surprising, and some even boldly looked around, finding it interesting.

Especially when I heard some people talking about their experiences on the grassland, I listened to them as stories.

Zhu Chu and his group were too high-ranking, so they opened a separate room on the roof of a restaurant. Apart from their table on the entire floor, there were only a hundred guards who could dine around them.

During the dinner, Peng Yue also mentioned Li Jinglong.

"Gong Cao Guo met me on the way and wanted to take over my duties so that I could continue to lead the troops to transport the dirty silver. However, I refused on the grounds that it was a task assigned to him by His Highness," Peng Yue told him straightforwardly.

"This brat," Zhu Zhen scolded angrily: "Although it is an escort mission, this is also an opportunity for him to lead the troops alone. Do you want to run away before you learn to walk? What if you can't even deal with this little thing? I don’t understand. Will I still dare to go to the battlefield in the future? Do I dare to let him lead the troops? It doesn’t matter if he dies. If it affects the whole army, I will kill him.”

However, it can also be seen that Zhu Zhen has also begun to care about Li Jinglong. After all, he can be regarded as a real relative of his family. When Lao Zhu was in trouble, the Li family helped him a lot.

If Lao Zhu had starved to death, where would there still be Xiao Zhu like Lao Zhu?

What's more, Li Wenzhong also made great contributions to the founding of the country.

So let's put it this way, as long as Li Jinglong doesn't seek death, he will not die, and the old Zhu family will at least protect his generation.

But if it comes to the next generation of Li Jinglong, it will basically be the third generation. Even now it is considered the third generation. If the Li family cannot figure out the situation, don't blame the Zhu family for being ruthless.

So under Li Jinglong's almost aggressive approach, no matter how much Zhu Jing despised Li Jinglong, he wouldn't insist on driving him to Zhu Yunwen's camp, right?

As long as this kid is willing to obey.

"Cao Guogong also asked me to send a message to His Highness, asking you to wait for him. When he finishes delivering the dirty silver, he will rush over," Peng Yue said, holding back a smile.

Zhu Zhen immediately couldn't laugh or cry. He couldn't even scold him, but he couldn't praise him either.

Should this kid be said to be extremely wise but foolish? Or is it more foolish than wise?

But he grasped the situation too sensitively and was determined to hold Zhu Chu's thigh tightly. He had no other ability but loyalty.

Li Jinglong was also the number one dandy in the capital. At first, only Chang Mao could compete with him.

Of course, Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin are not used to them. Who is not the queen of the country?

But now in front of Zhu Chu, Li Jinglong is like a kitten, obedient as much as he wants. Zhu Zhen sighed secretly, it seemed that he couldn't get rid of this Ming Dynasty God of War.

Yes, as long as he is honest and obedient.

How about calling yourself uncle?

If that boy Yun Wen could be so sensible, why would there be a stalemate?

If it weren't for this kid who had to cut down the vassal vassal, wouldn't it be a tacit understanding for you to be your Emperor Jianwen and for me to be your general to open up territories and split the land?

It's a pity that Zhu Zhen is not the "King of Northern Liang", and his wife was besieged and killed in the capital and he did not dare to seek justice.

What Zhu Zhu emphasizes is that my destiny is not up to me. How can modern people be willing to hand over their destiny, wealth and life to others and believe in the kindness of others?

Subconsciously, Zhu Ming looked at Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin who were accompanying him. Even for them, he would never give in at all.

As a result, both Tang Xin and Xu Miaojin misunderstood.

Xu Miaojin rolled her beautiful eyes at him.

And Tang Xin lowered her head, thinking of her previous promise.

Now that she's no longer on the ship, I'm afraid she's really going to be cooked and eaten.

"Since that boy Li Jinglong has begged me like this, as an elder, and being called uncle by him, I can only accommodate myself. It just so happened that this bandit suppression also seized a lot of dirty silver, and together with the previously seized The dirty silver collected by the Taizhou magistrate who colluded with the pirates should be sent to the capital again," Zhu Zhen said.

Peng Yue subconsciously looked at Niu Sheng and Wang Fu.

Niu Sheng immediately exclaimed: "Lao Peng, what do you mean? Do you really want to trick me? Let me make it clear to you. Even if you let me go, His Highness will not be relieved. After all, I, Lao Niu, am on the battlefield. It's easy to charge into battle, but when it comes to strategizing, it's a disaster."

Everyone couldn't laugh or cry, this was nothing, and it was falling thousands of miles away.

"Then I'll go," Peng Yue sighed. He knew Wang Fu's position in Zhu Chu's heart, and he knew even more clearly that Wang Fu was Zhu Chu's most capable general and was not comparable to others.

Wang Fu didn't say anything, and he didn't trust others to serve His Highness.

But what people didn't expect was that Li Gui stood up on his own initiative and said, "Your Highness, let me go back to the capital."

"Oh?"

Everyone else was surprised. This was not a good job. Even if they could see a lot of money and live in the open air all the way, it had nothing to do with them.

It's better to follow His Highness and enjoy the hot and spicy food, maybe you can still make achievements.

Zhu Zhen also looked at Li Gui in confusion, and soon his heart moved, showing a thoughtful expression.

Li Gui subconsciously glanced at the people at the table. In addition to the generals, there were also two civil servants, Qian Gui and Gu Wen.

"Then let's go out first?" Qian Gui was about to stand up.

Zhu Ming shook his head and motioned for them to sit down.

"Just say whatever you have to say. I managed to fool these two gentlemen here. Even though they are scholars and have no ability to restrain a chicken, their effect is not necessarily inferior to yours," Zhu Zhen said with a smile.

This also means that the two of them have entered his inner circle.

But both of them felt dumbfounded, thinking that His Highness was praising us, right? Is that a compliment?

Don’t have the strength to restrain a chicken?

They underestimated the children of their aristocratic family too much.

Xie Yu was also a child of an aristocratic family. In fact, children of an aristocratic family were not necessarily just scholars who studied, some also served as military generals.

For example, during the Three Kingdoms period, the Xiahou family of the Wei camp, including Boss Cao, was also from the Xiahou family, and there were literati and military generals.

Not to mention that Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, Cao Ang was a military commander, and Cao Zhi wrote a poem in seven steps, leaving the poem "Why is it too urgent to fry each other?" Isn't it famous?

The reason why an aristocratic family is an aristocratic family still has merits.

Seeing that Zhu Chu admitted the identities of Qian Gui and Gu Wen, Xie Chun consciously did not bother them. There were no outsiders here.

So Li Gui finally said: "Your Highness, since Beizhi now holds the position of Jinyiwei, he will work for you secretly. But for the rest of your trip, I'm afraid you won't need people from Beizhi and Jinyiwei."

Now we have arrived at Taizhou Prefecture. As long as we pass through Wenzhou Prefecture, we will reach the border of Fujian.

In other words, after Zhu Chu left the capital, he had almost left the Jiangnan area.

He didn't plan to go around in a circle and visit the entire Jiangnan area. He had beaten down all the aristocratic families that needed to be destroyed, and eradicated a few that needed to be destroyed.

Next, we should continue walking southwest until we return to Yunnan.

Not to mention, there is a big battle to be fought in the southwest.

So Li Gui continued: "So I plan to go back to the capital. General Peng is more useful than Beizi. At the same time, I also plan to check the news in the capital. If there is any news that is not good for His Highness, I can help His Highness solve his problems. If it's southwest If there is any news from the direction, I will send it to you as soon as possible."

Zhu Ming nodded, and he was very pleased that Li Gui could think of this.

Indeed, since it has been decided to let Li Gui stay and develop in Jinyiwei, and even plans to let Li Gui replace Jiang Yu to completely control Jinyiwei in the future, he can only play a better role when he returns to the capital.

At the same time, the capital is the capital and the core of power, so it would not be good for Zhu Zhen to be away for too long.

After thinking about it, Zhu Xi agreed: "Okay, Li Gui, it's good that you can think of this. It seems that my father had his reason for allowing you to be a royal guard instead of letting Lao Wang hold multiple positions. .”

Your Highness, are you praising your father, Emperor Hongwu?

If His Majesty knows this, he should look for shoes, right?

"By the way, I took some beautiful jade agate and asked someone to send it to my mother in the harem. I've neglected to greet me for so long. I'm afraid I'm going to be cold to me again, right?" Zhu Xin said, no wonder Concubine Zhou didn't kiss him. It was really his fault. This unfilial son didn't care about my mother at all.

No, this mother is not old. She is only thirty-one or twelve years old, and she can be called a girl.

In modern times, isn’t this what a girl is?

After settling the next arrangements, everyone continued to eat. After all, it was a celebration banquet, so it was naturally more lively than usual.

It wasn't until after three rounds of wine and five dishes, and he was completely satisfied with food and wine that he felt a little tipsy. Surrounded by the guards, he held a girl's shoulder with one hand and was surrounded by Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin. Together, they supported her closely and walked to the government office.

The Taizhou magistrate had already executed all his family members, and before the new magistrate took office, the entire government office was vacant.

In this way, it seems that Zhu Zhen has become the guest.

When he arrived at the backyard, Wang Fu spontaneously came to the courtyard gate, turned around and leaned against the courtyard wall, standing there with his arms folded. Even though he had been promoted to the commander of the capital, he was still willing to stand guard for Zhu Chu.

The other guards were also very conscious and either went to rest or went on patrol.

They all tacitly knew what would happen next, so there was no need to guard the yard. It would be bad if they heard something they shouldn't.

"Old Wang, why don't you just cleanse yourself? I can't live without you from now on," Zhu Zhu turned around and joked.

Wang Fu smiled and said without looking back: "It's all up to Your Highness."

Zhu Ming also laughed, shook his head, and said: "Forget it, I can't bear it. From now on, you should find a wife as soon as possible. If you give birth to a daughter, she will be our daughter-in-law. If you give birth to a son, you will be my son's companion and brother." . Or I can marry my daughter into your family, as long as your son is more promising and can catch her."

Wang Fu burst out laughing. He didn't expect His Highness to start thinking about his unnecessary next generation, but he knew that this was the 'imperial favor'.

Although Wang Fu's family was the first to follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world, their family's rank was too low. The highest level was only Qian Shi, the governor of the Zuojun Dudu Mansion, who had been awarded the second rank.

In fact, Wang Fu is already a second-rank commander in chief, and has more power than Qian Shi, the governor of the Zuo Army Governor's Mansion.

These are all His Highness's blessings, and once Your Highness becomes His Majesty, it will be a truly majestic imperial favor.

As long as Wang Fu doesn't make any mistakes, it can be said that if the Wang family wants to rise because of him, at least one duke will not be a problem.

So Wang Fu doesn't have to think about anything, just do what he should do, and wait until everything falls into place.

Then soon, the girl's exclamations and cries of pain began to be heard from the yard behind her.

"Xu Miaojin, you said it doesn't hurt."

"Don't be nervous, don't be anxious, it won't hurt soon."

Wang Fu twitched the corner of his mouth and looked up at the sky. He heard nothing and knew nothing.

(End of this chapter)