Zhu Yuanzhang was deeply stimulated by the life-extension fruit that could extend his life by ten years.
He finally realized that this strange space door that appeared in front of him was an unprecedented opportunity for him.
The blood that had just cooled down because the opponents were killed and the empire was established began to boil again.
He felt that he had regained the passion he had during the life-and-death battle with Chen Youliang a few years ago.
"Mao Xiang, choose five hundred good players from the old soldiers from Haozhou who have been following us."
"In addition, matters related to the space channel are strictly prohibited from being leaked to the outside world."
"If I hear about this from elsewhere, all the people involved in this matter will be from the Yi tribe!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's cold voice sounded. Although Mao Xiang was a close attendant, his face was still pale and his whole body was shaking.
He knew very well that since Zhu Yuanzhang could say it, he could definitely do it.
"I'll do it now!" Mao Xiang resigned and left.
Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes and began to think about how to complete the system tasks.
He now has a general understanding of the situation in Peiping. To sum it up in one sentence, the emperor has no desire to fight and the ministers have no desire to fight.
In the north, the Mianzhou defense line was completely lost two years ago, and everything outside Shanhaiguan has become enemy territory. The entire Ming Dynasty is completely exposed to the iron hoof of the nomads.
In the south, the rogue bandits Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have both proclaimed themselves emperors, and Li Zicheng has conquered Taiyuan.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw very clearly that today's Beiping City is like a woman lying on her back with no clothes on. It will be conquered in as little as half a year or as long as one year. The biggest variable is that it will be conquered by the iron hooves of nomadic people.
Or the sword of a stray thief.
"What a waste! The more he thought about it, the angrier Zhu Yuanzhang became.
All of his descendants are as stupid as pigs, especially Emperor Chongzhen, who is a complete loser.
Yesterday, he heard from Wei Tian about a series of dirty tricks performed by Emperor Chongzhen since he came to the throne. He was so angry that his eyes became dizzy and he almost had a brain hemorrhage and burped.
"In the end, I still have to wipe the butts of you unscrupulous descendants!" Zhu Yuanzhang muttered, stood up with an angry face, and headed for the end of the Ming Dynasty again with the assembled veterans.
Zhu Biao is also paying attention to Zhu Yuanzhang's actions.
Although he could not follow Zhu Yuanzhang, he could eavesdrop from time to time through the portal and explore the progress of Zhu Yuanzhang's actions.
What surprised Zhu Biao was that after Zhu Yuanzhang returned to Peiping with 500 people, he did not immediately launch any military action. Instead, he sent all 500 people out to gather information.
What Zhu Biao didn't expect was that the first person he dealt with was not Chongzhen, a high official or eunuch, but an inconspicuous gangster organization in Beiping City.
To be precise, it is the boss of this gangster organization, the one-eyed King of Hell, Yan Jiuye.
"Are you Master Yan Jiu?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked, looking at the one-eyed man in his forties who was pressed in front of him, putting down the Records of Ming Taizu in his hand.
The Gongwei Division has a strong ability to collect intelligence. Within a day of returning to the late Ming Dynasty, he found the key person he was looking for.
Yan Jiuye, the leader of Qingshan Hall, the largest underground gang in Beiping City.
"Who is your Excellency?"
"I don't seem to have any grudges with you, right?" Yan Jiu said firmly, holding his head high.
"Do you want to die or live?" Zhu Yuanzhang was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and spoke directly.
Yan Jiu couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth when he heard this. He had been in the market since he was a teenager, and in the past few decades, he had met countless people. As soon as the person in front of him opened his mouth, he knew that he was a tough guy.
You must not pretend in front of this kind of person.
Because if you anger him and kill you, he won't even blink.
"I want to live!" So Yan Jiu was very sincere, and his attitude softened instantly.
"Very good, first tell me who your backstage is?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.
"It's eunuch Wang Dehua from the Royal Horse Supervisor!"
"Now write down all the dirty things he has done, including the crimes he committed, the bribes he received, and the people he killed." Zhu Yuanzhang asked someone to bring a piece of paper to Yan Jiu.
Yan Jiu didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to do, but he didn't dare not write it.
After he finished writing, Zhu Yuanzhang picked it up, read it, nodded with satisfaction, and handed it to Mao Xiang aside: "Bring someone to kill this eunuch, and put the crime on his forehead. His family's hoard of money and grain
Find a way to get it back, and spread the news in Beiping City, telling everyone that it was the work of the thief Zhang San."
"Yes!" Mao Xiang responded respectfully and quickly took the people to do the work.
Yan Jiu looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in horror, thinking that this man must be crazy.
Blatantly killing the eunuch and eunuch.
From the establishment of the Ming Dynasty to the present, we have never seen such a arrogant person for more than two hundred years.
"You, what do you want to do?" Yan Jiu asked tremblingly.
"rebel!"
Zhu Yuanzhang finally showed a smile on his face: "Are you willing to do it with me?"
Yan Jiu didn't speak and didn't dare to speak.
"If you don't speak, I'll take it as your acquiescence!"
"From now on, you will continue to be the master of Qingshan Hall, and we will be your military advisors. We will rebel together and become emperors!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.
Yan Jiu rolled his eyes and fainted from fright.
"This... is still a gangster, why is his mental quality so low!" Zhu Yuanzhang curled his lips, and ignored whether this guy was pretending to be dizzy or really dizzy, and continued to read the Records of Ming Taizu in his hand.
That being said, this thing looks quite interesting.
Except for the occasional cerebral hemorrhage, it's pretty good.
A major event happened in Beiping City three days ago. The eunuch Wang Dehua, the Royal Horse Supervisor, was killed in his own home, with charges against him plastered on his head. It was said that there were as many as thirty-six charges, each of which was shocking enough.
The person who was most shocked by this incident was Emperor Chongzhen.
Because most of the thirty-six charges were related to embezzlement of palace money.
He sent people to investigate and found that everything was true.
This immediately made Emperor Chongzhen so angry that he was so poor that he had to wear patchwork dragon robes, but this man who killed a thousand swords was greedy for his own money.
He deserves to be cut to pieces by a thousand cuts.
It's a pity that all the money he embezzled was taken away by that thief Zhang San.
"check!"
"Find out for me who the thief Zhang San is?" Chongzhen roared while sitting on his throne.
But it is a pity that the matter was investigated for only three days and ended.
At this time, no one cared about who the thief Zhang San was. What the officials cared about was when the intruder king Li Zicheng would come over.
When the time comes, how can I surrender in such a way that I can not lose my integrity and express my respect for King Chuang?
No one realizes that some things in the market have quietly changed.
The gangsters and bullies who bullied the market disappeared and were replaced by the strictly disciplined Qingshan Hall gang.
It was these members of the Qingshan Hall who played a great role in stabilizing the order at the bottom of Beiping City during this period.
At the same time, after Zhu Yuanzhang introduced the policy of three taels of silver and two meals per month, the manpower of Qingshan Hall also began to expand rapidly.
In just one month, the number of people in Qingshan Hall increased to 8,000.
Of course, one thousand of them are veterans of battles he brought from the original world. These people are scattered among the eight thousand people as team leaders.
At the same time, a rumor began to spread throughout Beiping City. The thief Zhang San, who had killed more than ten corrupt officials and profiteers, also came from Qingshan Hall.
As soon as this rumor came out, Qingshan Hall, which already had a high reputation among the people, became famous again.
Of course, at this moment, the reputation of Qingshan Hall is still only spread among the people in the world. No one above the temple has noticed it yet, or in other words, the officials are too lazy to take care of it.