Most of the old man's sons have inherited his military talent and his fearless temperament.
However, few people inherited his strict moral standards.
What he hated most in his life was violating national laws and corrupting national disciplines.
Before each son came to the vassal, the old man repeatedly told him that the world had just been stable for a few decades, and the people were in hardship. Don't mobilize the people to build the royal city, don't want luxury and enjoyment, and be aware of the suffering of the people.
But few sons remember these words!
As the old saying goes, a real man will inevitably have an unkind wife and an unfilial son.
The old man can be brutal and arbitrary when it comes to his ministers, but he is really a bit reluctant to deal with his sons. After all, they are all the blood of his Zhu family.
The prince, enjoying the glory and wealth, actually sends people to buy and sell private salt. What is he going to do? The old man gritted his teeth and roared, we have embarrassed him! Even if it is buying and selling private salt, can't it be done more secretly?
Are you looking for someone to collude with Xun Gui in private?
Lawless!
As stupid as a pig!
Grandpa Huang, please calm down! Zhu Yunxi walked behind the old man and rubbed his back. It’s not worth getting so angry because of them!
Grandson, let me ask you! The old man said, if it is really the old seventeen who instigated the salt merchant, how would you deal with it? Presumably, this is not the first time he has done this kind of thing! Moreover, maybe he has also done other illegal things
Things!
As he spoke, the old man gritted his teeth and continued, presumably, among the vassal kings, it was not just Lao Shiqi who had done these bastard things!
Uncle Seventeen is a man of great talent and martial arts! Zhu Yunxi said slowly, he has a young mind and is arrogant, but he may not have bad thoughts. After all, it was you who taught him, our young Ming King Sai.
However, he was successful at a young age and kept his word in the fiefdom, which may have been encouraged by others. Sun'er felt that it was too early to say this before the conclusion was finalized. If the conclusion was really finalized, it would be better to recall him to the capital and question him face to face!
The old man thought for a moment, nodded and said, yes! As he said that, he shouted to the outside world, go and let people find out about this matter quickly!
When the emperor was angry, millions of people were buried dead, not to mention a few businessmen who were attached to the vassal king!
Jinyiwei Zhenfusi's severe punishments were not used, so he just poured beans through a bamboo tube and used them all.
They were not full-time salt merchants. They were merchants who helped King Ning deal with furs and horses every year in Daning, and also specialized in selling tea, sugar and other items.
Daning is a big border town, and the barbarians on the grasslands outside are demanding fine salt from the Central Plains. So in recent years, they have been secretly selling salt there.
The selling price is more than double that of the Central Plains. Moreover, there are many honest and honest people among the Hu people. They often sell salt, and what they get are fine furs, live war horses, cattle and sheep. If they are transferred to the Central Plains, the price difference is several times that of the Central Plains.
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However, they confessed that most of their national players' money still went into Prince Ning's pocket.
Prince Ning, use this money to raise troops!
Among the 80,000 armored men in Daning, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who were registered in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion naturally received military pay and rewards. As for the Hu cavalry under King Ning, they all had to rely on King Ning himself.
Dig your wallet.
The interrogation documents were sent to the palace, and the old man was silent for a long time after reading them.
Then, an imperial edict was rushed to Daning for 800 miles, and King Xuanning came to Beijing!
Anyone with a discerning eye knows that this time King Ning is afraid that he will not be left behind. In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has implemented an economic blockade on the Hu people outside the Great Wall, and has strictly controlled salt, tea, sugar, cotton and other supplies. However, the vassal king secretly took the lead in violating the law and discipline.
If you don't give an explanation, how can you convince the public?
Furthermore, since the salt, tea and other items were secretly traded, were there also iron tools?
The military men and nobles all shrank their necks and did not dare to speak out for fear of being implicated. But the civil servants were ready to go forward. As long as they had a strong head to take the lead, they had to make mistakes, and King Ning would be disgraced and out of control.
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Once King Ning comes to Beijing, who will command Daning's military power?
In the East Palace, Zhu Yunxi sat on the throne and asked questions to the ministers below.
Xu Huizu thought about it and said, the commander of the Daning Guard is Zhou Tai, the son of the late Duke of Ru, and his deputy is the Prince Consort, Guo Zhen, the eldest son of Marquis Wuding!
After both of them were meritorious officials, the Duke of Ru was a Marquis of Xiongwu, a Huaixi military general with Zheng Miaohong roots, and he was granted the title of Duke after Hongwu died in the 23rd year, which shows his status in the heart of the old man.
His son Zhou Tai is in his forties and has been trained in the military since he was a child to be a calm man.
Another Guo Zhen, not to mention the eldest son of Wu Dinghou, so the nephew of Concubine Guo Ning, and the old man's son-in-law. (This man died at the age of twenty-seven. It was originally a minor illness, but Emperor Jianwen sent someone to treat it, and he was given
He was put to death. Then, his father, Wu Dinghou Guo Ying, fought against Yan King Zhu Di and was defeated!)
It seemed that the old man had taken great pains to choose the general for Prince Ning and had ulterior motives.
Write a letter to them! Zhu Yunxi said in a deep voice, telling them that there must be no chaos at the border! Prince Ning's entry into the capital is a small matter, so don't make people panic! As he said that, he thought about it and said, Guo Zhen is the old son of Wu Dinghou, and his love is like a treasure. If
Now that the matter is over, we need to find a way for him to return to Beijing as soon as possible and serve under the knees of the old army lord!
I understand! Xu Huizu only said three words, and then he said no more.
His nature is like this. He doesn't say a word that shouldn't be said too much. He does his job conscientiously, but is a little boring.
Zhu Yunxi was talking to his ministers when the bastard appeared outside the palace gate.
What's the matter? Zhu Yunxi asked.
The bastard replied shamefully, Your Highness, Mrs. Cao Guogong is crying outside the palace gate asking for an audience!
What is she here for? Zhu Yunxi frowned.
She said that if she didn't see His Highness, she would kneel and die outside the door! The bastard said again.
Li Jinglong is still in prison, and the old man has neither said how to deal with it nor released him.
In fact, for him, Zhu Yunxi just wanted to teach him a small lesson. He didn't mind the selfishness of his ministers, but what he did mind was that his ministers had to consider their selfishness in everything they did. It is a good thing for a minister to be smart, but it is a bad thing to be too smart.
Li Jinglong made two mistakes in the Prince Ning affair.
First, he did not report the businessmen in time when they contacted him.
Second, when it was time for him to come forward to participate in the impeachment, he hid.
Although there is some truth in what he said, Zhu Yunxi also heard the four words he least wanted to hear from his words: be wise and protect yourself!
Putting him in jail is actually just a slight punishment to let him figure it out on his own. Everything he has now was given by the East Palace. If it can be given to him, it can also be taken back.
You are from the East Palace, whose safety can you protect?
The way to control your subordinates has always been like this!
Zhu Yunxi thought about it and let her in! After saying that, he wanted the ministers to leave, but he still pondered for a moment, Xu Huizu and Tie Xuan stayed, and the rest of them went down!
Please leave!
Not long after the courtiers in the palace left, Wang Bashi came in with Li Jinglong's wife, Deng, who was in a daze.
My concubine, I wish to meet the emperor’s grandson Qiansui!
After she was a hero, she was not a crying little daughter. But in the years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, countless heroes have been killed. Suddenly her husband was imprisoned, and she was really scared.
Don't you think it's chaotic enough? Zhu Yunxi had a bad look on his face and said angrily, "A woman who is just waiting at home wants to come to Gu's East Palace to cause trouble? After you are still a hero, you don't have this knowledge? You are not afraid of people's jokes!"
I am not afraid, I am not afraid! Deng cried and said, I am standing up for my husband, whoever likes to laugh at it will laugh at him! After saying that, he continued, Your Highness, if you were not really worried, how could I, a prostitute, show up in public and make such a move!
I cried and wiped my tears. My master is in danger. Your Highness must save him. He is the most loyal to you. He often says at home that everything he has now is given by you, Your Highness. He will never be loyal to you in this life.
two!
I am a concubine who knows nothing about military affairs. My old man offended the emperor and went to jail. The only one who can save him is Your Highness!
My master also said yesterday that His Highness’s birthday will be in a few days, and he asked me to collect some good things to congratulate His Highness on his birthday!
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi also felt soft in his heart.