Ming Dynasty: Every day, Zhu Yuanzhang is in trouble

"Fourth brother, where are you going?"

Mei Yin seemed a little curious.

And quickly recalled what he knew about the history of Zhu Di.

Some ideas soon came to mind.

Could it be that... this is the same as in the original history.

My fourth uncle is going to go back to Fengyang with his fourth uncle-in-law to have a baby?

Since Fourth Brother got married, there has been no movement in his wife's belly.

It's not impossible.

Zhu Di then quickly informed Mei Yin what he was going to do.

“Second brother-in-law, I’m going to the navy.

Get familiar with it for the upcoming sea battles."

After hearing what Zhu Di said, Mei Yin suddenly thought of a lot of things.

I understood what Zhu Di was going to do.

According to the original history, Zhu Di did not do these things.

But now I do it.

And what he did this time was obviously aimed at the pirates on the sea.

We need to prepare for the re-establishment of the Maritime Customs Office.

As for why he wanted to select Zhu Di's generals, Mei Yin already had an idea in his mind.

One of the most important reasons, without much thought, is that Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor, seemed to be somewhat distrustful of other naval commanders.

With the re-establishment of the Maritime Customs, the navy of the Ming Dynasty will become more important in the future.

Before that, let’s look at the fate of the leading generals of the Chaohu Navy and the Jiangshui Navy of the Ming Dynasty.

This naval commander is also somewhat worrying.

For example, Liao Dingguo of the Chaohu Navy made great contributions.

But the rest of the problems are huge too.

Not to mention the brothers Wu Zhen and Wu Liang.

They committed all kinds of crimes and colluded with local forces and pirates.

The benefits are transferred to each other, forming a particularly large network of interests.

Thus, the upper and lower parts are connected.

All the money from foreign trade that should have belonged to the Ming court was eaten up.

Now, Zhu Yuanzhang was preparing to open a Maritime Customs Office to conduct foreign trade.

Under such circumstances, it is imperative to send a capable person, and most importantly, a trustworthy person, to lead the navy.

Under such circumstances, according to Mr. Zhu's thinking, his own son is naturally the most reliable.

There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with letting the Prince of Yan lead the navy.

It's something he can do.

It seems that with my arrival, history has changed a lot.

At least that was the case with the fate of Prince of Yan, Zhu Di.

As long as he can protect Zhu Xiongying in the future and let his brother-in-law Zhu Biao live as long as possible.

Then in the future, many things will not happen again.

However, what Mei Yin didn't know was that even without his arrival, history would still have changed greatly.

Old Zhu has a simulator in his hand, and has always wanted to imitate Mei Yin.

Zhu Di's current situation was due to Mei Yin's previous death-defying remonstrance.

However, the biggest reason is not this.

Rather, it was because Zhu Yuanzhang had simulated Zhu Di's life before and saw Zhu Di's future that he did so.

"Do you have time, Brother?
If you have time, don't go back tonight.

Stay here for one night. I'll prepare some delicious food for you, my fourth brother, to say farewell to you.

It just so happened that I recently invented some wine that improved the taste of the wine a lot.

Fourth brother, please have a good taste.

See how it tastes.”

After hearing what Mei Yin said, Zhu Di couldn't help but laugh.

“Of course there is time.

The journey will officially begin three days later.

I came here early just to have a meal at your place, my second brother-in-law.

"My second brother-in-law, your cooking skills are so good. I would feel bad if I didn't eat two meals here before leaving."

"Haha, yes, fourth cousin, the wine made by my second uncle tastes absolutely amazing.

I guarantee that once you drink it, you will never forget it! "

Li Jinglong, who was standing next to him, immediately responded.

From this we can see that Li Jinglong had already drunk the wine in advance.

After hearing what Li Jinglong said, Zhu Di's curiosity was immediately aroused.

He knew that many impossible things could become possible in the hands of his second brother-in-law.

As for Li Jinglong, there is no need to say more.

He has a very picky mouth.

Now, this wine can be said to taste good by my second brother-in-law, and can also be said to be particularly delicious by my eldest nephew Li Jinglong.

Zhu Di was full of curiosity and expectation.

“This time, it seems that I am really blessed.

Next, let’s take a good look at the wine that my second brother-in-law made.”

When he said this, one could clearly feel that he couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

Not long after, Mei Yin returned home with Zhu Di, carrying the empty burden.

It soon became busy.

As Mei Yin was busy, the aroma of food soon wafted out.

Zhu Di and Li Jinglong were not idlers.

Everyone is doing what they can to the best of their ability.

Let’s prepare the meal together.

After a busy period, lunch was ready.

It's just a small filler, the real big part is at night.

"Brother-in-law, your cooking skills are incredible, these are just some very simple ingredients.

It seems like you made it in a very easy and casual way, but the taste is just different.

It’s just delicious. ”

Zhu Di praised the meal highly.

As for Li Jinglong, he was no longer able to speak.

He kept shoveling it into his mouth.

"All those cooks in my house should be dragged out and have their legs broken!"

Hearing Zhu Di say this, Mei Yin suddenly thought of Xu Xingzu, the imperial chef who was famous for his terrible cooking.

This is probably the only one.

In other words, Zhu tolerates him because he doesn't care much about his appetite.

If it were someone else, they would have chased him away long ago.

Don't let him cook anymore.

Having said this, Mei Yin started pouring the wine.

This wine was some distilled liquor he made a few days ago when he was free.

The wine-making technology of this era has made great progress compared to the past.

But the alcohol content is still not particularly high.

Even the strongest liquor, according to Mei Yin, is only over 30 degrees.

Compared with the wines of later generations, there are still big differences.

So he got some equipment and made some distilled liquor.

A purification was carried out.

"Fourth cousin, come and try this wine.

This is a wine you will never forget after having it once.”

Li Jinglong picked up the wine bowl in front of him, looked at Zhu Di and said with a smile.

Warmly invite you.

Zhu Di stared at the wine in the bowl.

The wine was extremely clear and transparent, without any impurities.

The smell of the wine has already aroused my appetite.

After hearing what Li Jinglong said, he could no longer bear it.

He picked up the wine bowl, clinked glasses with Mei Yin and Li Jinglong, then put it to his lips, tilted his head back and drank the wine down in a very generous gulp.

It’s the same way of drinking as before.

Mei Yin and Li Jinglong both took a small sip.

After seeing Zhu Di drink the wine, Li Jinglong couldn't help but smile.

Just like a fox that stole a chicken.

Li Jinglong was planning something bad, and was deliberately trying to trick Zhu Di in this way.

After all, the feeling he had when he drank for the first time was something he would never forget.

Zhu Di, who had been drinking very generously just now, suddenly turned red in the face.

He pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.

After a long time, the redness on her face gradually began to fade.

I couldn't help but let out a long breath of alcohol.

“Great wine!!”

He exclaimed in admiration.

“I’ve never drunk anything so strong!
The wine I drank before is nothing but swill compared to this!"

Zhu Di praised him repeatedly.

Before he finished speaking, he picked up the wine cup, poured himself a bowl, and brought it to his mouth.

This time, he didn't dare to be as generous as before and just drank the whole bowl of wine.

Instead, he followed Mei Yin and Li Jinglong's example and tasted the food in small sips.

The more I drink, the better I feel this wine tastes...

……

Although Zhu Di praised the strong liquor made by Mei Yin.

But after drinking two bowls, he stopped drinking more.

It is said that drinking too much will cause trouble.

From this, we can see that Zhu Di had a strong determination.

A person’s success is definitely not accidental.

Although there are times when it seems like you are particularly lucky, luck is the most important thing.

But luck, generally speaking, is only temporary and cannot last a lifetime.

Zhu Di was able to do so many things according to the original history.

Of course, it’s not just as simple as being lucky. The most important thing is to have a variety of excellent qualities and abilities.

For example, the great magician Liu Xiu, who is often ridiculed, is said to be the son of the plane, and there are meteorites falling from the sky, and strong winds blowing at critical moments.

That's exactly what it sounds like.

However, if we look at other aspects of Liu Xiu together.

For Liu Xiu, these were actually just icing on the cake.

Liu Xiu fought many battles in his life.

But there's more to it than just that.

For example, once the generals on Liu Xiu's side encountered some difficulties or some difficult-to-conquer enemies, they would be unable to defeat them.

Or being defeated by others.

Then Liu Xiu would personally lead his troops to attack.

And then, victory...

This kind of thing happened more than once or twice.

But it happens every time.

From this we can see that Liu Xiu's fighting ability is really strong!

“Second brother-in-law, father is going to take action against those pirates this time.

We must destroy them and then open the Maritime Customs Office as soon as possible."

After drinking two bowls of wine, Zhu Di began to talk to Mei Yin here.

Mei Yin hurriedly asked, "Fourth Brother, is it appropriate to tell me about this?"

When he was not making death-defying remonstrations, Mei Yin was actually quite sensible in many things.

Some things were too confidential and he didn't really want to know.

Zhu Di smiled and said, "It's okay, it's very suitable.

By the way, this was something that my father had revealed to me intentionally or unintentionally.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, I can tell that my father is more willing for me to tell you, my second brother-in-law."

Talking about his father's actions, Zhu Di couldn't help but smile.

I feel that some of my father's behaviors are indeed quite amusing.

After hearing what Zhu Di said, Mei Yin said no more.

“Second brother-in-law, you don’t know how hateful and arrogant those gentry in Jiangnan are.

My father has already released the news openly and secretly.

And have someone go over there and be responsible for doing this.

It's already considered as showing goodwill to those people.

However, the gentry and wealthy families in Jiangnan, especially those who made their fortunes from smuggling.

That's so arrogant and domineering.

He simply ignored the people sent by his father.

They all looked very respectful, but in fact, they didn't say anything useful.

Arrogant and tight inside.

It’s a foregone conclusion that my father will not be able to run the Maritime Customs.

I also want to use this method to make my father give up.

They are still dreaming of a grand future and want to continue to monopolize these benefits.

These bastards will suffer the consequences one by one in the future!
We must chop them all down!"

Zhu Di couldn't help cursing as he said this.

Seemed very angry.

It is not surprising at all that Mei Yin would have such a reaction towards people like Zhu Di.

As the saying goes, cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing his parents.

Those people put in so much effort before they finally brought down the Maritime Customs.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang directly closed the Maritime Customs.

Now, Zhu Yuanzhang was preparing to re-establish the Maritime Customs Office.

This is typical, trying to snatch the meat from their mouths.

It would be strange if those people would cooperate.

Moreover, these people are used to being arrogant and domineering.

They felt that they could still handle this matter for a while longer.

It can also make Zhu Yuanzhang give up.

But...how is this possible?

Ever since Zhu Yuanzhang found out how profitable the Maritime Customs was, there was no way they would succeed!
Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely win.

I can only say that these people deserved to die.

Dare to jump like this on this matter.

What awaits them next is definitely not a good thing!

If you don't accept the toast at this time, you will have to drink a penalty drink in the future.

Mei Yin had no sympathy at all for what would happen to these people in the future.

These termites are well fed and fat.

The Yuan Dynasty's tax-farming system spoiled their appetite.

According to the original history, things became even more excessive after the Ming Dynasty.

It has never been interrupted.

There are countless people making profits from it and making a lot of money!

The key is, she is very good at crying!
They will fight for the interests of their class.

Eat Ming Dynasty food, drink Ming Dynasty food, and earn Ming Dynasty money.

There are also various dissatisfactions.

Their lives were just too comfortable.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, after the Qing army entered the pass, many gentry and higher classes were not surprised but happy.

Go to welcome the Qing army with joy.

Want to continue to protect their interests.

They felt that the demise of the Ming Dynasty had nothing to do with them.

Afterwards, they were taught a good lesson by the Qing army, which had no moral principles.

It was not until the Qing Dynasty that these people became truly honest.

Although Mei Yin did not agree with many things about the Qing Dynasty.

However, just thinking about how they treated this gentry class is really satisfying!

After a round of hacking with knives, these people immediately became obedient.

So, it can be said that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty spoiled them too much.

If only they could cut these people like cutting leeks, one batch after another.

They killed them completely and made them submit.

Then the Ming Dynasty's national destiny could at least continue for quite a few more years.

It wouldn't be so early to lose the country.

"Fourth brother, you really deserve to be killed!

They won't listen if you reason with them.

Logically speaking, they will only think that you are afraid of them, have something to ask of them, and want to discuss things with them.

Sometimes, it's time to use the knife and kill a group of people.

After killing a few more batches, they became obedient.

These people are typical people who are taking advantage of others.

Give them sunshine and they will shine.

If we don't kill them properly, there will definitely be endless troubles in the future!

"Okay, second brother-in-law, you're right!!"

Zhu Di couldn't help but applaud.

"What you said is similar to what Father said.

My father thinks so, and so do I.

These people deserve to be killed!

Let them run rampant for a while. Their biggest reliance now is none other than those pirates outside.

When our army reaches the sea and takes care of all those pirates at once, we'll see what they will do then!

When the time comes, it will be time to settle accounts with them!"

Zhu Di looked murderous when he said this!
Mei Yin was not surprised that Zhu Di said such words.

After all, if you really count it, the rapid growth of the gentry class in the Ming Dynasty only began after Zhu Di's death and his fat son, Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi, ascended the throne.

When Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were in power, those people did not dare to act rashly.

Having said this, Zhu Di couldn't help but laugh.

With a mocking look on his face.

"Those bastards, they still think that the Ming Dynasty has no way to deal with those pirates on the sea?
But they don’t know that you, my second brother-in-law, have already made the Hongwu cannon, which is very powerful.

Those pirates are far inferior to these numerous Hongwu cannons!
Next, I will give them a big surprise!"

Zhu Di also felt a lot of rage in his heart.

Listen to what Zhu Di said and look at his expression.

Mei Yin felt that because of his appearance, Zhu Di would most likely be more active on the ocean in the future.

In this case, his title of King of Yan is somewhat inappropriate.

Will Zhu Yuanzhang change his title in the future? For example, change it to the Sea King?
After all, he works at sea!

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but laugh.

I think this is really interesting.

That night, Mei Yin continued to arrange drinks.

We talked till late, and then we took a break...

……

The next day, Zhu Di said goodbye to Shuangshui Village and returned to the capital.

The first thing he did was not to go home, but to go to Wuying Hall to meet Zhu Yuanzhang.

I need to report some things to Zhu Yuanzhang...

……

After Zhu Di left, Mei Yin sat here and pondered for a while, then picked up a pen and paper.

Get started and do what he should do here.

This is a very important matter.

At this point, it’s time to put this matter on the agenda!!

(End of this chapter)