King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

Chapter 169 Shanxi merchants reappear! King Lu goes to war!
When Wu Qingchen heard this, he shook his head and said: "Jin Yiwei works secretly. Over the years, too many Mongolians have become members of the Ming Dynasty. It is really difficult to determine who that person is!"

Tuogu Si Timur sighed and said: "I behaved extremely stupidly today! If there are really spies of the Ming Dynasty among my ministers, this news will definitely spread to the Ming Dynasty."

Wu Qingchen smiled and said: "Of course!"

Togu Si Timur frowned.

"Now, I don't know whether this is right or wrong! Everyone thinks that I am a coward. After I was captured, I was frightened by the Ming army. I am not worthy to be a descendant of the Golden Family!
Now, the Ming Dynasty is getting stronger every year, but the Great Yuan is getting weaker and weaker!
If I lose this time, people's hearts will be completely shattered! Who knows, Dayuan will really cease to exist from now on! "

Wu Qingchen consoled him: "Your Majesty, please be at ease! This time, we are fully prepared and there is no reason to fail!"

Togu Si Timur glanced at Wu Qingchen.

"If it weren't for you Shanxi merchants, I wouldn't even have the courage to gamble!"

Wu Qingchen smiled.

This time.

Shanxi merchants have calculated their capital.

From salt to tea to grain and ironware, Shanxi merchants mobilized all their channels and tried their best to transport it to the grassland!
Except these.

Shanxi merchants even brought fire guns and armor.

Seeing that Tuogu Si Timur's pro-army supplies were abundant, Wu Qingchen also secretly helped Tuo Gusi Timur
Everything is just for revenge.

The long-awaited outbreak of the Guo Huan case that Wu Qingchen had been waiting for did not happen.

Originally, his plan was that the Guo Huan case broke out, and then he colluded with the prairie people to go south, causing Ming Dynasty to be devastated by internal and external troubles, and it was even better to lose the entire north!
It is a pity that Ming Dynasty's internal worries have not appeared now.

Then we can only start from external problems.

The combat power of Yuanting's army is getting weaker year by year, and now it is even more powerful than the Ming Dynasty's frontier army.

Wu Qingchen knew that there was no chance that these Yuan troops would confront the Ming Dynasty head-on!
Without a peerless general like Wang Baobao, the cowardly Xue army that dominates the world now only has a name. It is no longer as brave as it used to be. The remaining civil servants and generals of the Northern Yuan Dynasty are even more talented. In this situation, they are unable to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

Needless to say, Wu Qingchen watched clearly and clearly.

But Wu Qingchen was not reconciled.

At the beginning, he was so afraid, forbearing and giving in to Zhu Yuanzhang!
I just hope that I can have a peaceful life.

He didn't expect the merchant's status to improve in this life, as long as he could develop slowly in secret and stay alive.

What's more, Zhu Yuanzhang's oppression of merchants was not that heavy. Although he formulated a series of systems that firmly trapped people on the land and slowed down the flow of people and logistics, it was very detrimental to commercial development.

But at least, the tax is still relatively low, only one tax per thirty. Even the tax rate paid under the tax package system of the Yuan Dynasty is higher than this.

So Wu Qingchen is willing to wait and endure. You, Zhu Yuanzhang, can be arbitrary in this life, but your descendants can't always stick to your ancestral laws forever, right?
In the end, the merchants will come out on top.

As the largest business gang in the world, Shanxi merchants will eventually become the dominant force in this country.

But Wu Qingchen never thought that even if he was so forbearing, Zhu Yuanzhang would also implicate him!

Not caring about the past feelings at all!
At that time, I sent intelligence, food, grass, and ordnance to Zhu Yuanzhang, and even dealt with various major forces for Zhu Yuanzhang. For example, during the critical period of the battle between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang, the forces of Shanxi merchants in Yangzhou were fully launched, and this was how Zhang Shicheng was dismissed. Fang Guozhen had the urge to stab Zhu Yuanzhang in the back!
For such meritorious service, he was rewarded with an iron certificate from the Alchemy Book, and he also received treatment that was completely different from other merchants. He was given an official status, and his descendants could take the imperial examination, and he could wear clothes of any material.

In terms of achievements among merchants, even Shen Wansan, who was at the height of his power, could not compare with him.

However, Wu Qingchen knew Zhu Yuanzhang's temperament too well.

That's why after Zhu Yuanzhang became famous, he retreated bravely and secluded himself from the world.

Low-key as if he never existed.

On ordinary days, there was never any trouble caused by the local powerful and wealthy households. On the contrary, in times of famine, Wu Qingchen would take the lead in giving porridge and donations, becoming a well-known benefactor throughout the country.

however.

He was such a low-key, honest man who did not cause trouble. In the end, just because a group of junior Shanxi merchants confronted King Lu because of the salt affairs, they ended up being involved inexplicably!

If Wu Qingchen had not been prepared in advance, he might have become Zhu Yuanzhang's prisoner, and even died of depression like Shen Wansan.

Wu Qingchen knew that his forbearance and concession for so many years had been wrongly paid. To put it bluntly, Zhu Chongba was just worried about him!

He has seen himself maneuvering between many forces, manipulating them both vertically and horizontally!
I have also seen that I can easily mobilize a huge amount of resources, and there is no problem even if I really rebel.

Even if he is honest and indifferent to the world, he will eventually become a thorn in Zhu Yuanzhang's side and a thorn in his flesh.

More likely, he also covets the wealth he has accumulated over the years!

That's tens of millions of taels of silver!
Now, his property, house and shop in Daming are definitely gone.

If he hadn't buried Guo Huan's nail in the Ministry of Household Affairs earlier and defrauded the Ming Dynasty of more than two million taels of silver, now he would have really lost a lot of money!

Such is Wu Qingchen's character.

Be patient when you can, and be patient if you can.

However, at this time, the emperor must push himself to death.

Then you can only endure it, and there is no need to endure it any longer!
Aren't you afraid of my strength?

Then let me show you what heights a businessman can reach!
Precisely because of this, even if Wu Qingchen could take a step back to open up the world, he was unwilling to retreat any further.

A person's life is either to die in silence or to explode in silence!
Wu Qingchen wanted to choose the former, but now he was forced to choose the latter.

at this time.

Wu Qingchen and Togu Si Timur looked at each other.

"Don't worry, your majesty. The Ming army will definitely take the lead in attacking King Kaiyuan in the northeast. When the time comes, your majesty only needs to mobilize the army to attack with all his strength, and he will be able to win the battle! At that time, with the momentum of great victory, he can go south in one fell swoop to restore the capital and redefine it. The Central Plains is also unknown!”

Togu Si Timur stood up and did not respond to Wu Qingchen.

Just slowly walked out of the tent.

Open the curtain and look outside.

Under the blue sky, the white snow of winter still remains on the hills in the distance, but on the grassland, the tips of tender grass have already poked out of the soil.

Restoring the glory of his ancestors is also his lifelong pursuit.

Now I finally see the light of day, just like seeing the spring light.

Togu Si Timur greedily took a deep breath of the grassland breath.

"In my life, I will either die happily or live a wonderful life!
Mr. Wu, don’t worry! Or, you heard the good news that I defeated the Ming army and took advantage of the situation to move south.

Or, I heard the news that the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the country and I died. "

Wu Qingchen stood behind Tuogu Si Timur, with a gloomy expression on his face.

Lived most of my life.

Wu Qingchen has never failed in investment.

Even every time I make an investment, I already know it in my mind.

Only this time.

No matter how he judged, his investment would never fail, but he still had no intuition that he could win!
Yanzhou.

Confucius Mansion.

This day.

Kong Xixue, the head of the Kong family, was walking in the house with his hands behind his back.

After returning from Prince Lu's Mansion, Kong Xixue fell seriously ill and has just recovered from his illness.

The knots in my heart have also been untangled a lot.

In short, His Royal Highness King Lu did not kill them all, but at least left a glimmer of hope for the Kong family.

Not all the land was confiscated, but all the land rewarded by the imperial court was shamelessly taken back by him.

What the Kong family lost was just the hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland that had been put into use.

Tens of thousands of taels of rent income were lost every year.

From then on, the Kong family could no longer maintain their extremely luxurious life.

But at least he was doing well.

At the same time, Kong Xizhen resigned from the position of Qufu County Magistrate, and the new county magistrate was Zheng Ge, the second son of Xingyang Marquis Zheng Yuchun. He also has another identity, that is, he is a Jinshi in the 18th year of Hongwu and a disciple of Hengzhong Academy!

Kong Xixue suspected that this person was under the instruction of His Royal Highness King Lu and was often in trouble with the Kong family.

As long as there is a dispute between the common people and the Kong family, they will basically judge the Confucian family to lose and the common people to win.

Many children of the Confucius family who were arrogant and domineering at the time were arrested by Zheng Ge. Although they were not beheaded or imprisoned for a long time, Zheng Ge always gave them a spanking!
Zheng Ge only served as the magistrate of Qufu County for half a month, and the young son of the Kong family was half lame!
However, the Kong family had to swallow their anger.

Kong Xixue knew that this was His Royal Highness King Lu trying to deal with him!
As for the reason
Maybe it's because I have been so arrogant these years that these princes can't stand it.

It may also be that His Royal Highness King Lu only let him go on the surface, but he still harbored a grudge against the Kong family for resisting to clear the land and even threatened to sue the emperor, so he sent a student to be the county magistrate. Revenge against the Kong family.

As for other possibilities, Kong Xixue can't guess yet, and he doesn't want to guess anymore!
Anyway, bear with it.
Didn't you see that His Highness Prince Lu invited that old guy Kong Kezhong to Prince Lu's Mansion in Yanzhou!
Originally, the Nanzong had a regular wooden statue passed down from generation to generation of the Kong family, and it was the elder brother's branch. Historically, it was recognized by Kublai Khan, the founder of the Southern Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty, as the orthodoxy of Yan Shenggong.

If King Lu is really determined to support the Southern Sect to replace the Northern Sect, I am afraid that even the emperor will not object!

Anyway, he only needs a mascot who can speak auspicious words and is willing to cooperate with the royal family. As for who will be the mascot, as long as it is the Kong family, he probably won't care!
But this move was undoubtedly a disaster for Beikong.

As Kong Xixue thought about it, his body couldn't help but feel cold!

鲁王
Is he really just a boy under eighteen years old?

Why do things so ruthlessly?
I just didn't cooperate, and all my wealth and assets were gone in the blink of an eye!

He even quickly invited his nemesis. If he was willing, maybe all the people in Beikong would have taken to the streets to beg for food!
Kong Xixue secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, he took the most submissive stance from the beginning!
His Royal Highness Prince Lu is definitely the most untouchable person in the world!

suddenly.

Kong Xixue faced him.

His son Kong Yanqing was holding a piece of soap in his hand, his face filled with righteous indignation!

When Kong Xixue saw the soap, his whole body trembled!
Soap!

Why is it soap again?

Kong Xixue glared at Kong Yanqing and slapped him hard on the face!

Then he cursed angrily: "You treacherous son! How dare you touch this deadly thing when your whole family has been put in such a land! Do you still want to make soap? I will expel you from the Kong family and never allow you to enter the house." Kong’s door!”

Kong Yanqing was slapped and his face was full of confusion.

After hearing his father's words, his confusion suddenly turned into grievance.

He said loudly: "Dad, how could you accuse someone unjustly? The child knows that he was wrong, how could he still touch that soap?"

Kong Xixue looked at Kong Yanqing coldly.

"Then what are you holding in your hand? Is it possible that I made a mistake?"

Kong Yanqing said aggrievedly: "This is soap, but it's not what you think, dad!"

Kong Xixue snorted coldly.

"Then I want to hear your explanation!"

Kong Yanqing said: "Dad, my child bought this from Lu Shang Salt Store! It's one penny and one piece of silver!"

Kong Xixue was stunned, looked at Kong Yanqing, and couldn't help but ask: "Lu Shang Salt Shop? That...that doesn't belong to His Royal Highness King Lu."

Kong Yanqing said angrily: "That's right, Dad! This soap is now sold at Lu Shang Salt Store! People who have used it are rushing to grab it after knowing its benefits, and the money they make is like running water!
The child saw the business opportunities in it, so he desperately encouraged his father to build a soap workshop!

Who would have thought that King Nalu was so unworthy of a human being that everything turned out to be his trap and trap!

He has defrauded our Confucian family so much money, and now he still dares to hang this soap for sale under the Lushang Salt Store. He really looks down on our Confucian family!
Dad, now that both human and physical evidence are available, the facts couldn’t be clearer!
It was His Highness Prince Lu who deceived our Kong family of one million taels of silver!
We can't just let this matter go!
Our Kong family is also a thousand-year-old family after all!

Throughout the dynasties, even the emperor had to respect us!

Where has such a shocking thing ever happened?
How dare a vassal king bully us! "

After the initial shock, Kong Xixue finally calmed down.

He looked at Kong Yanqing quietly and asked calmly: "In your opinion, what should I do as a father?"

Kong Yanqing gritted his teeth and said, "Dad, do you still need to ask? That Zhutan has caused so much misery to our Kong family, and it has even made our father and son become human beings and ghosts!"
Now I can’t even hold my head up in Kong’s house!

Of course we demand justice. Not only do we want the money back, we also want compensation, and we also want King Lu to receive the punishment he deserves!

It would be better if Zhu Tan was scolded by thousands of scholars! "

As he said that, Kong Yanqing also became excited.

"Yes, that's it! Dad, you are the contemporary Yanshenggong, and you have the right to face the saint! Let's go and file a complaint! Your Majesty, considering the impact, must take care of our Kong family! He will definitely give us justice! It must be Let Zhutan pay back the money, apologize, and hand over the soap-making process!
In addition to these, we also need to contact scholars all over the world and ask them to criticize Zhu Tan, criticize him, and preferably chop him down! In this way, no one in the world will dare to bully our Kong family! Our Kong family can also rely on soap to become the first family in the Ming Dynasty! "

For a time, Kong Yanqing became more and more excited as he thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became!
Everyone even started dancing!
If everything goes smoothly, the Kong family will soon be able to recover and reach its peak state immediately!
The future is promising.

At the same time, you can also take revenge on Zhu Tan'er!

This bastard did me a lot of harm
Snapped--!
A crisp voice sounded.

Kong Yanqing was slapped by Kong Xixue and staggered. He covered his face and stood there, at a loss.

"My thoughts have blinded you! Idiot! You are my eldest son. How can I pass on the title of head of the Kong family to you? Even if I pass it on to a stupid pig, I will not pass it on to you. You! From today on, you are an idle member of the Kong family, stop claiming to be the future head of the Kong family, idiot!"

With that said, Kong Xixue felt that it was not enough, so he rushed forward and slapped Kong Yanqing hard.

"Complain? Whose father is the emperor? Can he let us say something wrong with King Lu? Are you stupid or am I stupid? Why do you think the emperor will give an explanation to the Kong family?
Is there a shortage of Kong family in this world? Have you forgotten that there is a Confucius family in Quzhou, Zhejiang! More orthodox and confident!

You can really bring trouble to the whole family! "

Kong Xixue looked at Kong Yanqing coldly, his eyes filled with disappointment.

"You better not get involved in family affairs from now on! Your position belongs to your brother. In the future, the head of the Kong family will only be your brother, and it will never be your turn!"

Done.

Kong Xixue seemed to have been drained of all his strength, and he shook his trembling hands at Kong Yanqing.

"You go away!"

Kong Yanqing's face was filled with grievances, but he was helpless.

He had to cover his face and leave silently.

Suddenly Kong Xixue's voice came from behind again.

"I almost forgot that you are not in a suitable mood to go out for a walk. From now on you are only allowed to walk around in the Kong Mansion! If I find you going out once, you will be locked up in a small room there until you die!
Yan Qing, don't blame your father.

It’s not easy to run the Kong family for so many years as my father, being cautious and walking on thin ice!
Now that I have you trapped at home, I can at least keep you fed, but if you go out and cause trouble again, maybe the Kong family will no longer exist! "

Yanzhou.

Prince Lu's Mansion.

Zhu Tan frowned as he received the imperial edict from the eunuch who came to deliver the order.

Next to him stood Shi Yinshao, the chief of the palace.

"There's going to be a war! Father's decree from the general to conquer the army has been sent to us!"

Yin Shao nodded.

"Your Majesty is an eternal sage, and he will definitely completely eliminate the small court in Yuanting!"

Zhu Tan smiled.

"Raising troops for a thousand days, using them for a while, King Lu's guard, which has been polished for so long, can finally unsheath its sword!
I really look forward to seeing that day! "

Yin Shao smiled and said: "Today's Lu Wangwei has really been reborn. Who would have thought that Lu Wangwei, who is located in the mainland, is the most powerful army in the world?"

Zhu Tan smiled.

He turned around and walked behind him.

Yin Shaoqi said: "Your Highness, what are you going to do?"

"Chat with the princess for ten hours! Tomorrow, I will lead the army to Peking!"

Yin Shao was stunned when he heard this.

"Ten hours? What are you talking about?"

(End of this chapter)