Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 148 Zhu Yuanzhang’s stingy temper breaks out

Chapter 148: Zhu Yuanzhang’s stingy temper breaks out

No matter how good the banquet is, it will eventually come to an end.

No matter how pleased Zhu Yuanzhang was and how delighted the civil servants and generals were, the banquet would eventually come to an end.

But today, my little heart jumped up and down several times, and finally the envoys, who were frightened to death on the spot, finally left.

However, for them, they can't rest now.

They had to quickly write a detailed and solemn report and send it back to their homeland as quickly as possible.

What they saw and heard today, as well as the decisions they made, are all top-notch matters and must be reported!

The most important thing is that they must advise the king not to go against the Ming Dynasty!

Although you are still in the country, we are still in the Ming Dynasty.

Although Daming's father has a rule that the two countries will not kill the envoys when the two countries are at war.

But this rule also depends on your mood.

If you jump behind the scenes too much, wouldn't it mean that we, the envoys, would be the first to be unlucky?

So, you have to be honest!

royal palace.

After seeing the envoys and most of the court officials leaving, Mr. Hu twisted his waist lazily and took a look at the palace in front of him.

Yo!

It’s interesting!

It can be said that the person sitting here now is the real core of Ming Dynasty's rule.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Shanchang, Yang Xian, Liu Bowen, six ministers...

It can be said that as long as these people make a certain decision together, then Ming Dynasty will definitely work towards this decision.

Because these people are the tentacles through which Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty can truly realize his power.

Zhu Yuanzhang is a domineering person, and now that everyone here is his confidant, he has nothing to hide.

He praised Mr. Hu almost without any concealment.

"Wei Yong! What a Wei Yong!"

"Hahaha, this method is really good!"

"Among us, you are the only one who can come up with such a method!"

"Hahaha, I didn't threaten them with every word, but I told them my Ming Dynasty's intentions everywhere!"

"Okay!"

"Look at the frightened expressions of those foreign envoys, we feel so happy!"

Hu Weiyong didn't hesitate when he heard Lao Zhu's compliment.

On weekdays in the court, he can be humble or self-effacing.

But here are all acquaintances, why are you pretending to be a modest gentleman?

Therefore, Mr. Hu also chuckled.

"Hehe, I think I think we, Da Ming, want them to respect and fear you, not to worry about you!"

"If they don't bow to us now, they will miss us;"

"You are still thinking about our Ming Dynasty when you call me a vassal. So, isn't this calling me a vassal in vain?"

"So, you have to hit them when they need to be hit, and you have to hit them hard to make them wake up!"

As soon as Hu Weiyong said these words, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded hurriedly.

That's it!

Lao Zhu couldn't close his mouth at this moment.

To be honest, for someone from a farming family like him.

In fact, his values ​​have always been very simple, which can even be described as simple.

That is, when doing business, you always have to get something from home. He used to think that if a foreign country became its vassal and paid tribute, he would earn some face.

But now it seems, hey, what’s so shameless?

Look at Weiyong's method, he can save both face and heart, how good it is.

Listening to the congenial conversation between Zhu Yuanzhang and Hu Weiyong, as well as Zhu Yuanzhang's unabashed praise, Li Shanchang on the side was so jealous that his face was distorted.

He had to quickly lower his head to prevent his expression from being seen by others.

After all, no matter how unhappy he was in his heart, he couldn't show it on his face.

Even though they had fallen out with each other on the surface, after all, Hu Weiyong was still his student!

Moreover, my student's achievements are indeed top-notch!

He had been the prime minister before, but he was not the kind of clay-body wood-sculpture prime minister who couldn't speak well.

When Hu Weiyong was in power, he was even more powerful than Li Shanchang is now.

Although Li Shanchang now sits in the same seat, there are many more constraints around him than Hu Weiyong.

In fact, what Li Shanchang envied the most in his heart was that Hu Weiyong could smoothly retire from the position of Prime Minister and Assistant Secretary. The key is that he is still in good graces now.

Look, my niece almost became the current crown princess.

I am also favored constantly. Although I am no longer the prime minister, I feel more comfortable when I am born in the palace.

And Zhu Chongba seemed to be willing to discuss anything with Hu Weiyong, but Hu Weiyong was really able to come up with all kinds of weird solutions.

Isn't this limelight and this favor greater than that of his teacher?

At the banquet at this moment, Li Shanchang was not the only one thinking about Hu Weiyong.

At this moment, Liu Bowen also looked at Hu Weiyong with half-squinted eyes, holding the wine glass.

He was a little confused about what Hu Weiyong was doing.

Originally, in his opinion, Hu Weiyong had seen through Zhu Yuanzhang's temperament and wanted to escape unscathed, so he left the officialdom and thought about hiding in hibernation to save his life.

But I never thought that Mr. Hu's various actions later would break this view.

Normally he keeps a low profile, but sometimes he is in the limelight. So do you want to retire or rise?

What is this man thinking?

Could it be that Hu Weiyong saw something that he didn't see?

For a moment, Liu Bowen felt that the things entangled in Hu Weiyong were becoming increasingly difficult to see through.

On the other side, Yang Xian's view of Hu Weiyong is not that complicated.

He only had one thought - envy!

Real, complete envy.

How can one not be envious of that kind of freedom in front of the emperor and treating him with respect like a guest?

At this moment, it seemed as if Hu Weiyong's identity was different from theirs at the entire banquet.

Obviously they are all Zhu Yuanzhang's ministers, but Hu Weiyong is vaguely Zhu Yuanzhang's friend?

This kind of grace, this kind of freedom, this kind of willfulness... He Yang Xian wants it too!

After chatting for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang motioned to Zhang Shan, the Minister of Rites, to present the gift list drafted by the Ministry of Rites.

But upon looking at it, he frowned.

"Zhang Shan, why do we feel that we gave you a little too much!"

When Zhang Shan, the Minister of Etiquette, heard this, he was so timid and wise that he almost fainted on the spot.

He glanced at Hu Weiyong tremblingly, and then cupped his hands towards Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Majesty, I have lowered the standard of return gifts to the lowest ever!"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he heard this.

“It’s too much, let’s reduce it!”

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang really took what Hu Weiyong said to heart.

In his opinion, since those countries and ministers are all working, why should they give any gifts?

Why don't you just give me some specialties?

(End of this chapter)