Daming: The Sims, Lao Zhu’s mentality collapsed

Chapter 49 Lao Zhu: Why does Lao Wu know how to be an emperor better than us?

After walking out of the dark prison, the warm winter sunshine shone on Zhu Zhu's hair. He raised his head and glanced at the blue sky, feeling a little melancholy in his heart.

"I originally set my heart towards the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch."

From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want to have anything to do with Jin Yiwei, a bloody secret service agency. However, a big pot fell on his head from the sky, and he had to accept it even if he didn't want to.

When he took over the power from Lao Zhu, no matter how he did this job, he had to do it well. If he messes up Jin Yiwei, he won't just be beaten and scolded by the old man like when he was caught visiting a brothel.

The struggle for power is cruel, and no one can survive alone.

"His Royal Highness King Wu!"

Zhu Ru turned around and saw a little eunuch running over.

This young eunuch, named Yunqi, was Lao Zhu's personal eunuch and was responsible for conveying the old man's oral instructions or orders.

However, the status of eunuchs in the Hongwu Dynasty was extremely low. Although Yunqi was a close confidant who accompanied the emperor after all, he still had no real power and just ran errands for the emperor every day.

Yun Qi panted and said, "Your Highness, why are you here?"

"Why am I here?" Zhu Ru felt a little confused.

"Your Majesty asked your slave to summon you. I went to Prince Wu's Mansion but couldn't find your people. There I met Hu Xiangguo waiting for you. They said you went to the Duke of Wei's Mansion, so I hurried to the Duke of Wei's Mansion." Yun Qi looked a little aggrieved. He said, "But when I arrived at Duke Wei's mansion, they said that you had left long ago. I ran to Jinyiwei's Yamen without stopping, and then I found you."

Zhu Rui suddenly realized that Yunqi was in trouble, as his short legs were almost broken after walking around in such a long circle.

He waved his hand in exchange for peace and said: "Help my little father-in-law to rest for a while, tea will be served."

Yun Qi hurriedly waved his hand: "Tea will be dispensed with. Your Highness, please come with me to the palace to meet me as soon as possible. Don't keep His Majesty waiting."

"I can go to Your Majesty's place by myself. My young father-in-law has been working hard all the way. Let's sit here and have some tea and rest." Zhu Zhu said gently.

Ping An stepped forward to support Yun Qi, took out two gold leaves from his sleeves, and stuffed them into the little father-in-law's arms.

Yun Qi calmly touched the texture of the gold leaf in his arms. Well, it was very heavy. He immediately became happy and said, "Your Highness is still a good person."

Zhu Tong smiled lightly and said, "You can't let your little father-in-law go all the way in vain."

The prince has an annual salary of ten thousand shi, which is more than ten times the salary of a first-class official. Even if Zhu Tong went to the Qinhuai River to drink flower wine every day, he would get paid again before he spent the second year's annual salary.

Zhu Zhu didn't have a cornucopia, and the remaining money just lying around in the account book couldn't make money, so he simply spent more generously and used the extra money to manage the people below. Money can make the world go round, and the people in the palace can make money. People naturally want to get close to him, His Highness the King of Wu.

Keep these relationships, maybe they will be used someday.

……

In the deep palace, the doors and windows of the palace are all painted with vermilion paint, red pillars with golden dragons coiled around them support the four corners of the hall, patterns of auspicious birds and auspicious flowers are carved on the jade steps, and Yun Jie's glazed palace is decorated with amber wine and golden feet. Zun has such a majestic momentum that it can reach five feet into the sky.

Lao Zhu, who was wearing a black cloak, was taking a nap behind the dragon table. The attendants did not dare to disturb him, so they tiptoed to add incense and candles, and then quietly withdrew.

But as soon as she went out, she ran into a black-haired young man in a long robe, and almost screamed in surprise.

Zhu Zhu covered the palace man's cherry mouth and waved his hand to signal him to leave and not to disturb him any more.

When the palace attendants saw that it was His Highness King Wu, they felt at ease, nodded obediently, and left.

Zhu Ru walked into the Qianqing Palace swaggering and saw Lao Zhu leaning on the dragon chair and taking a nap, which made him more courageous. I walked closer to the dragon case and took a closer look. I caught a glimpse of jade seals, pen seas, imperial inkstones and other objects on the case, as well as piles of memorials.

Approving these memorials is Zhu Yuanzhang's task today. However, due to the heavy workload, even Lao Zhu, who has always been a model worker, can't bear it and needs to take a break from time to time.

Zhu Xi picked up a booklet and opened it, reading it with gusto.

His job in his previous life was similar to that of Lao Zhu, managing tens of millions of civilians and officials. The difference is that Zhu Zhu has more than seven hundred years of administrative experience and skills that surpass Lao Zhu.

Just looking at it didn't feel satisfying enough, so he picked up the imperial pen next to him, made notes and instructions on the memorial, and got back to his old job.

After correcting one fold, he checked it again. After confirming that it was correct, he picked up another fold to correct, and unknowingly solved a large pile of memorials.

Zhu Xi didn't notice that Lao Zhu behind him had opened his dark eyes at some point and stared at him with surprise.

After Zhu Yuanzhang woke up, he saw the treacherous son occupying the magpie nest. He wanted to slap the treacherous son with a little "father's love", but when he saw the content written by Zhu Rui, Lao Zhu was shocked.

Why does this kid know how to be an emperor better than he does?

Zhu Ji could understand the details of the local situation just by glancing at the reports reported by the six ministries and nine officials of Zhongshu Province and the various provinces, prefectures and counties. Then he picked up his imperial pen and gave precise instructions, pointing out the key to the problem.

His comments were so mature that even Zhu Yuanzhang, an emperor with seven years of experience in the field, felt ashamed.

At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang could no longer bear to disturb the other party, so he quietly watched Zhu Zhu solve one deal after another.

By the time Zhu Ju came to his senses, he had already finished dealing with the mountain of memorials on the case.

He stretched out, let out a long sigh, took a sip of the tea brought by the person next to him, and said with emotion: "This emperor is really not a human being."

"Yeah, are you comfortable?"

"It's okay, it feels good...huh?"

Zhu Xi suddenly realized something, turned around stiffly, and saw Lao Zhu staring at him with dark and deep eyes.

"Dad, I said this was a misunderstanding, do you believe it?" His Highness King Wu swallowed, already sweating profusely.

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Step aside, we are so crowded that there is no place to sit."

"Okay." Zhu Zhu quickly withdrew from the Long Case. After seeing that there was no anger on Lao Zhu's face, he calmed down and said with a playful smile, "Dad, I'll help you with today's notes." After the approval is completed, should you pay more annual salary to your son-in-law?"

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and said calmly: "The prince's annual salary is fixed and cannot be changed without authorization. Let us allocate some gold and silver from our internal funds to reward you."

Zhu Rui was surprised by these words. He was just joking, but he didn't expect that the old man would really appreciate it.

He always felt a little strange and asked tentatively: "Dad, aren't you angry?"

"Angry, what are you angry about?"

Lao Zhu said calmly, "Your eldest brother was driven to Wenhua Hall by us to reflect. Without the crown prince to supervise the country, we can't trust outsiders from Zhongshu Province. One person is already a bit busy, and even your mother's place is too busy these days." There’s no time left.”

"After you finish approving these papers for us, we can go to your mother's palace and have a good sleep tonight."

(End of this chapter)