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

Chapter 549: The Righteous Master Hu
Chapter 549: The Righteous Master Hu
When Song Li came in and told Zhu Yuanzhang that Master Hu wanted to see him, Zhu was really happy.

Nowadays, all his old brothers have become more or less estranged from him.

Zhu Yuanzhang actually knew that, on the one hand, it was because he had become the emperor, and there was a real difference in status between him and his old brothers.

But more importantly, he had killed too many people in recent years and scared these people.

After all, unlike the old Hu family, where Hu Renbin is the only child, Master Hu himself is still an old man.

As for other families, they have many descendants and a large number of students and old friends with whom they have close contacts.

Those dukes, earls, marquises and the like cannot even guarantee whether there are any corrupt officials among their own descendants, so how can they pay attention to other people?
So, they are afraid too.

I'm afraid that one day, Zhu's butcher knife will fall on my head accidentally.

Since there was a rift between them, naturally there were fewer visits to the palace.

But Master Hu is different, he is afraid of nothing.

Of course, he was very afraid of Lao Zhu's murderous nature.

But he also knew that as long as he didn't cross Zhu's red line, he was actually quite good to his old brothers.

What's more, in practical terms, the Hu family is now already a legitimate royal family.

In addition, Mr. Hu no longer holds an official position, and the most core conflict of interest, that is, the conflict of power, between him and Mr. Zhu no longer exists, so he naturally becomes more comfortable.

Look, while Song Li was still reporting, he came in holding a piece of glass wrapped in cloth.

"Oh, Your Majesty, I am holding something, so I will not salute you. Just a token of my respect will suffice!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was almost about to say "no need to be polite", but when he heard this, he was actually happy.

"Row!"

"We old brothers really don't care about this!"

"But what have you done now?"

Upon hearing this, Master Hu laughed out loud: "Good stuff, and it's good stuff that can make money!"

"Well, I was free recently, so I hid in the backyard and gathered a group of craftsmen to tinker with it for a long time before I finally figured it out!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately cursed angrily.

"You mean idle?"

"Have you forgotten that you also have the job of a doctor in the Foreign Diplomatic Department?"

"You set up a good government office yourself, but you threw all the big and small matters to that monk. What's going on?"

If someone else had been scolded by Zhu Yuanzhang in such a fierce manner, he would probably have been kneeling on the ground begging for mercy in a sweat, but what about Master Hu?
He simply spread his hands and said, "Those who are capable should do more work!"

"If that old guy were in troubled times, he would be a vicious man who could plot against the country!"

"He has all the skills and methods, but the method he came up with is a little bit cruel."

"That's perfect, I'll let him deal with the foreign countries!"

"If you have any crooked ideas or dirty tricks, just go after them!"

"Anyway, our people all change their identities when they go out. If there are benefits, we will accept it. If there are no benefits, then it's just that our Ming Dynasty civilian caravan has too much martial virtue. Sorry!"

Hearing Mr. Hu's extremely shameless words, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed angrily and pointed at Mr. Hu with his finger.

"You!"

"Looking around, you are the only one in the entire Ming Dynasty who can take our salary and talk to us so confidently!"

"However, since you are so sure, let's not worry about it. I'll leave the matter to you anyway!"

"Whether you do it yourself or hand it over to your subordinates, it's your business and we don't care!" It's true that Zhu Yuanzhang really gives face to Master Hu now.

You know, what was Zhu Yuanzhang like in the past?
He will jump up and down and curse if you take his salary but don't work.

Now he actually said that he didn't care, which was giving Master Hu a huge face.

But Master Hu didn't care. He had brought too many benefits to Master Zhu. What was the big deal of just being a salary thief?

But Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't finished speaking yet.

"By the way, since you said that monk is a man with eagle eyes and wolf eyes, you better be careful."

"Don't be careless and let your subordinates cause trouble for you. That would be really embarrassing!"

Master Hu waved his hand indifferently: "Your Majesty, you are wrong!"

"Although I have resigned from the position of Prime Minister in recent years, I am still alive. Although I do not plan to develop in the officialdom, the people I have known over the years are still here."

"I still have several groups of people keeping an eye on Monk Daoyan."

"If he works honestly, even if his methods are a little bit underhanded and cruel, I don't care. After all, we are dealing with a foreign country."

"As long as he works sincerely, even if there are any troubles, I, as the chief officer, will bear them for him."

"But if this old fellow is not satisfied with his troubles outside and wants to stir up some trouble in Ming Dynasty, then don't blame me for being too ruthless."

"Your Majesty, you are not the only one who can kill people. In fact, I have done this kind of thing many times in the past!"

Mr. Hu was not joking when he said this. When the infighting in the court reached a certain level, people would really resort to ruthless means.

After all, they are all ruthless people who have lived through the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and they have all experienced the life-and-death struggles on the battlefield.

Therefore, Mr. Hu and his group were particularly ruthless in their actions.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Mr. Hu's arrangement, he smiled and nodded.

"Okay! Since you have made the arrangements, we don't care. We trust you!"

"But isn't that meeting place your two concubines built a bit too noisy?"

Mr. Hu was not at all surprised that Zhu Yuanzhang knew this. In fact, it would be strange if Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know about this.

But he still feels justified.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm adding a little business to my family, what's wrong with that?"

"We neither bully the common people nor compete with them for profits. What's wrong with earning money from officials and merchants?"

"Besides, I still earned some money for food and drinks. This is clean money!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when he saw that Master Hu was not nervous at all after being exposed in front of him, but instead looked like he was right.

He also knew that this matter could not be investigated in detail.

If you really look into it, behind all the merchants who really do big business in Yingtian City are wealthy and powerful families.

Some of them are even descendants and relatives of his Zhu family!
Compared with them, Master Hu has too many rules!
So, some words may be used to fool ordinary people, but when it comes to Mr. Hu, there is no need to say them.

"Oh, your majesty, you're so busy that I almost forgot what I came here for today!"

"Come, look at this!"

As Mr. Hu spoke, he opened the tightly wrapped cloth bag in his hand.

In an instant, a dazzling light pierced people's eyes!

(End of this chapter)