Chapter 30 Daming is helpless 【Seeking Monthly Pass】
"Your Majesty, I am guilty, please punish me!" Xu Da plopped down and knelt on the ground, touching the bottom with his head.
Next to him, Li Wenzhong suddenly woke up from his shame and hurriedly knelt down.
He finally realized that his son's coquettish behavior might not survive according to Lao Zhu's style of dealing with things, but as his nephew, he knew Lao Zhu's character very well.
Either don't do it or do it at all.
If Li Jinglong is really convicted by Zhu Yuanzhang, then his father, who holds military power, may not be able to get any favors. He will not be able to confiscate his family and destroy his ancestors. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang is still his uncle, but he may not be able to escape being imprisoned.
Mu Ying, who was watching the heroic deeds of her children and grandchildren with great interest, was startled by the two people's actions. He glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang blankly, then looked at Xu Da and Li Wenzhong. He didn't understand why the two people reacted so suddenly, but
After thinking about it, he quickly knelt down.
"What are you guilty of?"
"Although this place is also called the Ming Dynasty, it is not in the same time and space as our Ming Dynasty. Things in the future will not really develop according to the history recorded in this world."
"Just like Biao'er, do you think he can really only live until the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu?"
"Absolutely impossible!" Xu Da shook his head.
What he said was not just flattery. Zhu Biao practiced Wu Qin Xi and entered the realm of Huajin Master, which basically guarantees that he will still be alive and kicking when he lives to the age of eighty. The so-called death from a serious illness recorded in the history books here is pure nonsense.
The great master of Huajin in the Neijia family has never seen anyone get sick.
If he could go one step further, Zhu Biao could live to be one hundred or even one hundred and twenty years old, which would be more than enough.
Zhang Sanfeng is a living example.
"In that case, why do you want me to punish you?"
With a smile on his face, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the three people kneeling on the ground.
"In your eyes, are we the kind of stupid people who blame the generals in the army for something that has not happened yet, or even something that will never happen?"
Xu Da and Li Wenzhong lowered their heads and did not dare to say a word.
"Get up!"
"You should have only seen the deeds of your respective families before and after our treacherous son launched the Jingnuan. We didn't call you here to ask questions, but to discuss national affairs."
"Read on. In addition to your own family affairs, you can also take a look at the results of Jin Yiwei's secret investigation of the entire Ming Dynasty's nobles and civil servants in the past two years. I'm afraid it will surprise you even more."
Zhu Yuanzhang spoke calmly.
I don't know why, but seeing Li Wenzhong and Xu Da's performance at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly felt a little more relaxed.
After all, not only are his sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons bastards, but their children and grandchildren seem to be no better either.
Everyone is with each other.
When Xu Da and Li Wenzhong heard this, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Zhu Yuanzhang's tone did not sound like he was going to kill them.
The two of them calmed down and continued watching.
Soon everyone looked at the books on the table, and this time the expressions on the three people's faces looked even weirder.
It turns out that the Ming Dynasty is really going to die.
"Your Majesty, the inability to control the civil servants is the root of the country's downfall!" Mu Ying was the first to speak.
"To be precise, it should be a huge interest group composed of gentry, squires, and businessmen!" Xu Daye said thoughtfully.
Zhu Yuanzhang walked to the window and looked out at the still bustling Nanjing City, silent.
In fact, in the final analysis, it was him who caused such consequences.
If he hadn't suppressed the status of merchants to the extreme, collected extremely low business taxes, made them rich and had low political status, and pushed them to turn to the gentry, the Ming Dynasty would not have died of poverty.
This is also the reason why he allowed Zhu Biao to run the Royal Iron and Steel Company.
If he had never been to the late Ming Dynasty and had not read the history of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and Zhu Biao told him that he wanted to go into business, he would have broken the leg of this traitor.
"We have received a mission!"
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said: "The name of the task is to rebuild the Ming Dynasty. You should have a little understanding of the current situation. Please tell me how this task should be completed."
Xu Da and the other three looked at each other, and they all had a tacit understanding and didn't ask how they got this mission.
At the same time, they all realized the difficulty of this problem for the first time.
Judging from Jin Yiwei's intelligence, the current Ming Dynasty is obviously rotten to the core. It is as good as the Yuan Dynasty they just overthrew. How to save such a decadent country? How can these three big guys understand this?
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"Actually, we don't understand either!"
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "But we know how to rebel!"
"After all, we have only been emperor for three years, but we have been a rebel for twenty years."
Zhu Yuanzhang's words made Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, and Mu Ying look at each other. Then they thought of what Zhu Yuanzhang told them before, to create a rebellion against the Ming Dynasty. Isn't this true?
An indescribable sense of absurdity arose in the hearts of the three of them at this moment.
After all, they had just gone through countless wars and countless killings to build the Ming Dynasty. They had just been awarded titles and had not had time to enjoy much glory and wealth. Now they were about to overthrow the Ming Dynasty?
It all sounds a little unreal.
But Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously serious and even made sufficient preparations for this.
Ever since he was able to travel back in March of the second year of Hongwu, he had been thinking about how to complete the task of rebuilding the Ming Dynasty.
Because he had withdrawn completely at that time, he did not go to see Chongzhen again. He just watched silently as his great-grandson, who had grown older for who knows how many generations, moved all the way from Beiping City to Nanjing City.
Then he was suppressed by the civil service group, and his military power was quietly taken away. He became incompetent and furious, killing people indiscriminately, forgetting all his previous arrangements and explanations.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry at first and wanted to slap Emperor Chongzhen to death.
But gradually he regained his composure.
Because he was completely disappointed with this empire.
None of these civil servants, noble groups, and royal family members who live in temples and enjoy the countless resources and benefits of this country have opened their eyes to truly see the true face of this world.
They are in high positions, and all of them only care about fighting for power, reputation and integrity, and talking loudly.
They don't even understand how to finish the eggs after overturning the nest.
One by one, they all became blind.
They didn't see that the people at the bottom were now unable to even have enough to eat, and were even exchanging money for food. They didn't see the desperate eyes, the bony hands, and the longing eyes.
After Zhu Yuanzhang visited and investigated for more than a year, he discovered a horrifying fact. Many people at the bottom were even expecting the Manchus to come over quickly. They had despaired of the Ming Dynasty. They naively thought that they would be ruled by the Manchus.
, no matter how difficult it is, it shouldn’t make you sad now.
They would rather submit to foreigners than continue to be ruled by the Ming Empire.
This was something Zhu Yuanzhang never expected.
But Zhu Yuanzhang did not blame them, because he knew that these people were just like him back then, they just wanted to survive.
At this point, he completely understood that it was impossible to save the Ming Empire.