Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 456 The Good Days Are Over
However, it is unlikely that Zheng Zhilong will follow Li Jing's orders to go on an expedition to Luzon. The only way to do this is to snatch Zheng Zhilong's fleet and turn this naval force into an army of Ming Dynasty.

It should be said that Zong Chao and Li Jing's ideas coincided with each other. Before Li Jing didn't have his own sea power, capturing Zheng Zhilong's fleet was the fastest way to expand his sea power.

But Zheng Zhilong's strength is at sea, how to capture Zheng Zhilong's fleet is a difficult problem.

Zong Chao stayed in Fujian for half a year, so he must have known Zheng Zhilong's situation clearly, so Li Jing asked the messenger to quickly recall Zong Chao.

Of course, no matter what, Li Jing must be prepared to use troops against Zheng Zhilong.

Before using troops, we must first solve the problem of military expenditure.

But at this stage, if you want to get money as soon as possible, you can only find a way from the prince.

Fortunately, Li Jing was originally planning to attack the vassal king, and he had already made preparations.

After pondering for a while, Li Jing said to Wen Qing: "Write a letter to Lu Xiangsheng and ask him to lead troops to Luoyang to arrest King Fu and confiscate all his family property. As for the crimes, I will let Luo Yangxing's people give him the crimes of King Fu. "

"Catch it?" Zhu Youjian said in surprise.

Li Jing smiled: "Don't worry, the emperor, I will never go back on what I promised you. When you convict King Fu, come and intercede with King Fu. I will spare him and keep him alive."

Zhu Youjian suddenly realized when he heard this: "Do you want King Fu to accept my love?"

Li Jing said with a smile: "Of course I must accept your affection, not only King Fu, but also other vassal princes. After all, you are the head of the old Zhu family!"

Zhu Youjian laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Then I would like to thank Brother Li for giving me face."

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, are you offended by saying that? We still need to say thank you? Even if we want to say thank you, it should be me thanking you."

Zhu Youjian smiled and said: "You are wrong, I should really be the one to thank you, I know that everything you did right was for Daming, and I am still the emperor of Daming after all, and Daming is still the name of the Zhu family The world. If you take down those silverfish, you will save the Zhu family."

"It's good that you can understand." Li Jing sighed.

Zhu Youjian smiled: "Even if I didn't understand it before, but we have been together for so long, and seeing you do so many things, if I still don't understand you, I will be really a piece of wood."

Li Jing smiled and nodded.

After Wen Qing finished writing the letter, Li Jing took it over and looked at it, took out the seal and sealed it, folded and sealed the letter, Li Jing handed it to Xiao Jiu and said, "Send someone to Lu Xiangsheng immediately."

Xiao Jiu nodded, summoned a guard, and ordered him to send the letter to Henan immediately.

……

Luoyang Fu Wang Mansion, Fu Wang Zhu Changxun was drinking and having fun as usual.

Zhu Changxun was the third son of Emperor Wanli's favorite concubine Zheng Guifei. The Wanli Emperor loved Zheng Guifei and wanted to abolish the elders and establish the younger ones. The ministers and Queen Mother Li strongly opposed it, because the ministers and the Wanli Emperor fought over who should be the reserve. For 15 years, Emperor Wanli even abandoned the government in protest, which is known as the dispute between the country and the country in history.

In the 29th year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli finally gave in and made his eldest son Zhu Changluo the crown prince and Zhu Changxun the king of blessing.

According to the system, since Zhu Changxun was granted the title of King of Fortune, he should have become a vassal, but Emperor Wanli and Concubine Zheng kept Zhu Changxun in the palace until the 42nd year of Wanli, when Zhu Changxun was 29 years old.

In order to allow King Fu to become a vassal, the ministers had no choice but to agree to Concubine Zheng's conditions.

The King of Fu bestowed 200 hectares ([-] million mu) of farmland, and the farmland in Henan was insufficient, so he took the farmland in Shandong and Huguang to make up for it.

The wealth of Zhang Juzheng, who was not registered, still exists among the officials and allocated to King Fu.

From Yangzhou to Taiping, Anhui, all kinds of miscellaneous taxes along the river were allocated to King Fu.

Part of the income from Sichuan Yanjing was allocated to Fuwang.

Appropriate Huaiyan [-] Yin to King Fu. (Each lead can get three hundred catties of salt, which is worth six taels of silver. The surface value of [-] silver is not much, but with the salt lead, you can buy salt and sell salt, especially after buying illegal salt, you can sell it legally, which is a huge profit ).

Zhu Changxun brought countless gold and silver treasures to Luoyang, and the team pulling the cart was more than 100 miles long.

But Zhu Changxun was still not satisfied with so much money, so he extorted violently from the queen of the feudal clan, invaded and fished the common people, prostituted himself everywhere, spent his days drinking and drinking, and lived a life of drunkenness and dreaming.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, when there was a flood in Henan, Zhu Changxun didn't care about the life and death of the people at all. Not only did he continue to collect taxes, but he even extorted money and food from Li Jing when Li Jing provided disaster relief.

Such a person deserved to die, but for the sake of the country, Li Jing decided to save his life.

Because Li Jing had to deal with not only Fu Wang, but also countless vassals all over the country. If Fu Wang was killed, the other vassals would be in danger and would fight Li Jing to the end.

Of course Li Jing would not cause chaos in the world just to kill King Fu.

When it was time to endure, Li Jing could still bear it.

And for someone like Zhu Changxun, depriving him of his property is more uncomfortable than killing him.

To tell the truth, Zhu Changxun is greedy for money, but he is not a fool. After Li Jing came to power, he issued a series of decrees. Zhu Changxun was worried that Li Jing would deal with him, so he restrained himself for a while.

But not long after, Zhu Changxun learned that Li Jing was very respectful to Zhu Youjian, and saw that Li Jing was busy with various constructions, and then used troops against Mongolia and Liaodong, and seemed to have forgotten the decrees he issued.

Although Zhu Changxun is not a fool, he doesn't know how to govern the country at all. He doesn't know what Daming should do first and what things should be done first.

Now the north is stable, Liaodong is almost leveled, and Li Jing's prestige in Daming is already at the height of the sky. From the north of Huguang, most of them are Li Jing's forces. The foundation has been completely stabilized, and he can already free up his hands to deal with those vassal kings. up.

"Tap, tap, tap." Zhu Changxun was watching the singing girls dance while drinking, when he suddenly heard footsteps.

Zhu Changxun was startled, and when he saw that it was a group of soldiers rushing into the palace, Zhu Changxun was furious: "Are you going to rebel? Do you know where this is?"

Before Zhu Changxun finished speaking, he heard a person laughing and said: "Hehe, Qiansui, the King of Fortune, is really in a good mood. It's really enjoyable to drink and have fun early in the morning!"

"Who are you? How dare you speak to me like this?" Zhu Changxun said angrily.

"Hehe, it's no wonder that you don't know me. Since I came to Henan, I have been busy dealing with the bandits and governing the region. I haven't made time to pay a visit to Fu Wang Qiantui. This official is also the chief envoy of Henan and the governor of the Southern Army, Lu Xiangsheng. "The visitor laughed softly.

Zhu Changxun frowned, waved all the dancers to retreat, and then scolded: "Lu Xiangsheng, you are so brave, you dare to lead troops into the palace, do you want to rebel?"

Looking at Zhu Changxun's obese body, Lu Xiangsheng shook his head slightly, walked forward slowly and said with a smile: "Fu Wang is a thousand years old, I dare not rebel even if I have the courage. But this time I came to the palace to serve you Duke Xingguo ordered you to be held accountable."

"Duke Xingguo? Li Jing? What right does he have to accuse me?" Zhu Changxun sneered.

Lu Xiangsheng smiled: "You actually said whether Duke Xingguo has the right to question you? Hehe, are you not drunk?"

Speaking of which, Lu Xiangsheng took out a stack of paper from his arms and ordered his soldiers to give it to Zhu Changxun. After Zhu Changxun finished reading it, Lu Xiangsheng sneered: "You did all the things written on it, right?"

Zhu Changxun sneered and said, "So what if I did it? I am a hereditary prince, and the whole of Luoyang is my fiefdom. What can I do?"

Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and smiled, "Maybe you can't say what you say, it doesn't matter if you say it, it doesn't matter what the official says, it's what the Duke says. Now the Duke ordered the official to take you, then it must not be allowed. "

After speaking, Lu Xiangsheng suddenly lowered his voice: "Come here, take Zhu Changxun down!"

"Lu Xiangsheng, how dare you!" Zhu Changxun shouted sharply.

"With the order from the Duke of the country, why don't I dare? Zhu Changxun, I advise you not to resist. These subordinates of this officer have killed people on the battlefield. If you offend them, only You're just asking for trouble. As for your defense, it's not like you don't have a chance. When the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Dali Temple are interrogated, you will have plenty of time to defend yourself." Lu Xiangsheng sneered.

"This king is a prince. What qualifications do the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple have to judge this king?" Zhu Changxun called out.

Lu Xiangsheng snorted: "In the eyes of the Duke, all people of the Ming Dynasty must be bound by the laws of the Ming Dynasty. Don't say that you are just a prince, even the emperor cannot violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty, so don't do it!"

As Lu Xiangsheng's words fell to the ground, several soldiers stepped forward and pulled Zhu Changxun up from his seat.

One of the soldiers scolded while tugging: "Damn it, you are a pig! You eat so fat!"

Lu Xiangsheng frowned when he heard this, but he didn't stop the soldiers from cursing.

This is no wonder, because Zhu Changxun is really too fat, judging by his size, he is more than three hundred catties. These soldiers are all strong young men, but it is still very difficult to pull Zhu Changxun.

Pulling Zhu Changxun off the throne of the palace, a soldier couldn't help but kicked Zhu Changxun fiercely: "Damn it, it's hard for the people of Luoyang to let you be such a stupid prince! My lord, if you want Don't tie it up?"

Lu Xiangsheng waved his hands, looked at Zhu Changxun with disgust, and said, "The Duke didn't say what to do with him, so let's not be too rude, and take him outside the hall first."

Several soldiers took orders and dragged Zhu Changxun outside the hall cursing.

Lu Xiangsheng raised his eyes and looked around at the resplendent King Fu's palace. He sighed softly and said, "I don't know how much it will cost to build such a palace? This King Fu is not satisfied with being in the blessings. No wonder the commander-in-chief wants to take him under the knife."

After sighing for a while, Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand: "Let's get started."

Following Lu Xiangsheng's order, the soldiers quickly divided into several teams and marched towards the harem.

Scanning the palace again, Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and exited the palace.

Not long after Lu Xiang ascended out of the palace, he saw soldiers carrying boxes out and stacking them on the square.

(End of this chapter)