Zhu Yidou was arrested, and this influential figure in Jinling City was imprisoned. Facing the dark, gloomy, and pungent cell, he sat sullenly for a while and actually laughed.
His smile scared the two hapless sons out of their wits. Could it be that the father was crazy?
Crazy?
how come!
When Zhu Yidou was first arrested, he was really frightened. He cried bitterly and knelt down to kowtow. These were not fakes, because he knew very well that no matter how powerful he was, he would still die if he was stabbed to the core with a knife.
, no luck at all.
If Zhang Ximeng directly ordered the killing, he would be finished.
But Zhang Ximeng did not, and instead put him in prison, which showed that there was room for redemption. In this case, he had hope to survive.
And as the saying goes, if you don't fight, you can't make a deal, you might still get good luck and climb a high branch.
"Good fortune and misfortune depend on each other, you still don't understand this truth!"
The two sons really didn't understand, "Dad, tell me, do you think we can still go out?"
"Well, their Zhu Jiajun has just entered Jinling. Things are messy and complicated. They must need help. Who else knows the situation in Jinling better than us?" Zhu Yidou lowered his voice, "Both of you, listen.
No matter how much the price is paid or what conditions are offered, we will agree to them! Also, after this time, we will be able to see who in Jinling City is truly united with us and speaks for our father and son. After we go out, we will definitely
I must repay you well. As for those white-eyed wolves who don’t have a single heart... Haha! I will make their lives worse than death!"
Zhu Yidou looked ferocious, as if he had returned to the moment decades ago when he held a dagger and killed a man with dirty eyes and cut off his head!
As long as it doesn't kill me, it will make me stronger!
After decades of ups and downs, no one can shake me, no one can!
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In the battle of attacking Jinling, Zhu Wenzheng fought bravely and made great achievements. He became the youngest actual commander under Lao Zhu, commanding 5,700 elites, and was already quite prestigious in the army.
As the number of soldiers and horses increased and the power expanded, the number of soldiers and horses in each battalion under Lao Zhu's command also expanded. Originally, one battalion was less than 5,000, but now Tang He's battalion has more than 7,000 personnel because it has to guard Yangzhou.
, Xu Da's battalion also reached 6,800 people.
All in all, everyone is rising with the tide, increasing day by day.
As Lao Zhu's nephew, Zhu Wenzheng received a lot of attention. There was an endless stream of people who gave him gifts and came to see him. He was too lazy to pay attention to these people. There were just a few fellow Huaixi people who wanted to send his nephew to him.
When he was in the army, he came to kneel down and beg. Zhu Wenzheng rarely showed mercy. After meeting these people, he also got to know many fellow villagers.
I found some time to eat and drink, and I was quite happy.
You guys didn't ask him for anything, he was just an ordinary friend.
But a thunderous news broke out recently, saying that Zhu Yidou, the patron saint of our fellow villagers in Huaixi, was arrested. He has done a lot of good things and helped thousands of fellow villagers. He is so good.
Why was this person arrested? Did someone deceive the superiors and wrongfully accuse good people?
Hearing these things, Zhu Wenzheng was also startled. Could it be that his uncle was really deceived?
After thinking about it, he decided to come to see Lao Zhu and inquire about the situation.
In addition to some urgent official duties these days, Zhu Yuanzhang would come over to see his son whenever he had time. The child was only more than a month old. Apart from eating and sleeping, what else could he do?
But Lao Zhu just couldn't see enough. The little guy fell asleep. He moved lightly to the edge of the crib. Just looking at it made him feel filled with happiness.
When the little guy frowned, Lao Zhu quickly stopped his hand for fear of waking the child up.
But even though he was so cautious, the little thing would often cry for no reason, leaving Lao Zhu in a hurry. How could he have the courage to lead thousands of troops in such a state of embarrassment?
Today, Lao Zhu had just put a lot of effort into coaxing the child to sleep, and there were still beads of sweat on his forehead, when Zhu Wenzheng came.
Lao Zhu still thought highly of his nephew, so he asked him to sit down, and the uncle and nephew started chatting.
Zhu Wenzheng mentioned this incident about Zhu Yidou.
"Uncle, I heard that he has a good character and takes special care of his fellow villagers. He has been in Jinling for many years and he is considered a local snake. It seems that we shouldn't arrest him!"
Lao Zhu frowned, then relaxed his brows, and simply said lightly: "Did someone ask you to come here?"
"No, I, I just listened to people's comments, so I came to ask, no, there is no other meaning!"
Lao Zhu stared at him, but Zhu Wenzheng didn't feel wrong. After a while, Lao Zhu laughed and said: "Wenzheng, uncle believes what you said, but you are here, which proves that Zhu Yidou should be caught! He must be caught! He can be caught.
very good!"
Zhu Wenzheng was shocked. He had no idea at all. I just came to find out. Why did it become Zhu Yidou's talisman?
Lao Zhu sneered and said: "He is so powerful that our nephew can come to intercede. He has only been in Jinling for more than a month. If you give him another year or two, he still won't bribe all our civil and military officials! Such a person
Do you want to keep it for the New Year?”
Zhu Yuanzhang was so murderous that this was the perfect reason!
The so-called money can lead to the gods, there is only a price you can't afford, there is no one you can't buy!
Zhu Yidou has remained standing for decades, not because of his bravery and ruthlessness. His greatest skill is to go along with what others like. No matter who he is, he will inevitably have weaknesses, whether he is greedy for money, lustful, or both.
Of.
He would do whatever it took and hit him hard. No matter how awesome he was, there was almost no one who wouldn't obey him.
So many officials in the Yuan Dynasty fell because of this.
Now it's Zhu Jiajun's case again. Some people are leaning towards Zhu Wenzheng, and most other civil and military officials will not be spared either.
And once the civil and military subordinates took other people's money and benefited from others. If something happened, would they listen to Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhu Yidou?
This city may be named Zhu, but it’s not certain which Zhu!
At this moment, Guo Ying came again.
"Your Majesty, there are more than twenty people from the Huaixi Chamber of Commerce here, and they have jointly signed to protect Zhu Yidou! There are also hundreds of people who have written in blood, begging your Majesty to release him!"
Zhu Yuanzhang took it, glanced at it for a few times, and immediately threw it to the ground!
"Okay! What a great skill! He is so powerful!" Lao Zhu was furious. He only felt that his authority had been greatly challenged.
As Zhang Ximeng said, even Zhu Yuanzhang did not dare to do whatever he wanted, but Zhu Yidou was able to be unscrupulous. As long as you call him big brother, he will help you to make peace. If you call you big brother, can you assassinate the superior?
The more Lao Zhu thought about it, the angrier he became. He almost wanted to give an order to arrest everyone who protected Zhu Yidou!
But after all, the matter was left to Zhang Ximeng. He suppressed his anger and said, "Go and invite Mr. Zhang here. We want to know the extent of this case!"
Not long after, Zhang Ximeng came, holding many files in his arms.
"Mr. Zhang, let's not look at it. Just tell me, what bad things did Zhu Yidou do? How many murders are there, and are they enough to skin him?"
Zhu Wenzheng was listening nearby, with chills running down his spine. Why did his uncle have so much hatred? He was really reckless this time, he shouldn't have come... After all, Zhu Wenzheng was just an ordinary young man under twenty, fighting in a war.
He is more powerful, but his political wisdom is almost zero, otherwise he would not have ended up miserable.
But even so, he felt that things were unusual!
"My lord, this Zhu Yidou matter is really not as simple as whether there is a murder or not."
"Didn't he kill anyone?"
"No, no, no...he definitely killed a lot of people, but if you just think of him as a gangster, you will underestimate this person."
Zhang Ximeng said and showed a file to Lao Zhu. It was the food and salary that Zhu Yidou had raised for the Yuan Army in Jiqing Road in the past three years... It was not much, a total of only 800,000 shi!
The Jiangnan Yuan Army had less than 200,000 people in total, with an average of only four stones per person!
"This person is actually raising the Jiangnan Yuan Army?"
Lao Zhu was stunned when faced with this conclusion.
"My lord, that's not all. In the past five years, Zhu Yidou's family property has increased more than ten times. He can intervene in various industries in Jinling, and he is like the Minister of Household Affairs in Jinling City."
Lao Zhu took a deep breath, why is this person scarier than he imagined!
"Mr. Zhang, how can he, a gangster who has no reputation, have such great power?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled helplessly. He didn't believe it at first, but after counting some documents and account books on the boat, he was already very sure that this Zhu Yidou was a monster like a giant squid!
Or to put it simply, he is very much like Huang Huangrong and Du Yuesheng in Shanghai, but he has not been able to reach Tianting directly. If Lao Zhu also nodded and accepted Zhu Yidou, then a super tycoon would rise up and rise through the tribulation.
"Speaking of which, it is still a drawback of the Yuan court's tax system. The Yuan court used wealthy merchants and gentry to collect taxes, and local power became stronger. Although these people are greedy, they still have to abide by some rules, and they are not completely at the mercy of the court. But anyway
With the rise of the Red Scarf Army, soldiers and horses must be recruited from all over the country to suppress the rebels. The original gentry and wealthy merchants are no longer effective. These people even collude with the rebels, and the lord is also aware of this."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought quickly and immediately said: "Sir, what you mean is that they disliked the gentry in the past and it didn't work, so they released such a vicious dog?"
Zhang Ximeng praised: "My lord is wise, it is true. Zhu Yidou has the ability to collect taxes that the gentry cannot collect. Zhu Yidou is willing to do things that the government cannot do! He raised food and wages and purchased ordnance successively, which was a great help to the Yuan Dynasty."
"
Zhu Wenzheng was sweating. He was speaking for something!
"Uncle and nephew think that Zhu Yidou should be killed immediately and all his followers should be killed!"
Before Lao Zhu could speak, Zhang Ximeng shook his head, "It's not that simple. Zhu Yidou started from a young age. He is familiar with all religions and nine streams. Where there is money and how to get it out, he knows better than anyone else. The government cannot collect money, even if
If you go down with your troops and horses, in addition to plundering the people, don't even think about how much money you can collect. But at this time, raising troops to fight requires huge expenditures. Even the senior officials and generals of the Yuan Dynasty who hold heavy troops have to bow their heads and ask for help.
Family help.”
Having said this, Zhang Ximeng felt a bit similar to those famous Shanghai tycoons.
At the end of the dynasty, it was not that the people were in dire straits, but that the majority of the people were in dire straits, and there was still a small group of people who were living in dissipation, and their lives were much better than before.
A ten-mile foreign market, a golden family, bright lights, flashing neon lights, every light consumes not electricity, but the blood and tears of the people, and countless lives!
It's just like that romantic treasure mirror, with beauty on the front and bones on the back.
It is true that there is a foreign country ten miles away, and it is also true that there are many mourners everywhere. It just depends on which side you put yourself on, and that is the side you will naturally see.
Zhu Yidou relied on the collapse of order, relied on his shrewdness and ruthlessness, and relied on his extraordinary methods to become the leading figure in Jinling City.
He can be aloof and ignore the poor folks.
But he knows very well where his power comes from, so he still receives people who come to see him in Huafang. No matter who they are, he is willing to help, as long as you recognize him as his eldest brother!
From a certain perspective, he has not forgotten his original intention.
"Master, if you want 800,000 shi of food, one million shi, or even two million shi, Zhu Yidou cannot kill him, because he can help the lord and achieve the goal easily without any trouble!" Zhang Ximeng said in a low voice.
Lao Zhu's brows suddenly stood up, he slapped the table and roared: "We are not begging for food, we want Jinling City!"
Zhang Ximeng’s face is filled with joy, as expected of you!
Ordinary people cannot destroy Huang Jinrong, Du Yuesheng's, not even the Japanese who are armed to the teeth. Only people with the ideal of changing the world and smashing an old world can achieve this step!
"Lord, if that's the case, I see you immediately summon those who wrote the blood letter to Zhu Yidou!"
Old Zhu Lue pondered: "Sir, do you want us to face them directly?"
"Yes! Zhu Yidou uses these people to coerce the people. Since the Lord wants to completely eradicate this cancer, he cannot sit in the government office!"
Old Zhu thought again and again, and suddenly said: "Sir, if you say so, we don't need to meet these people. Let's go to the Huaixi Chamber of Commerce to meet the Huaixi folks and the people of Jinling, and let them tell them about Zhu Yidou's evil deeds!"
Get rid of this bastard!"
Zhang Ximeng was overjoyed again, Lao Zhu was indeed very courageous.
"My lord, Jinling is still too chaotic right now, I'm afraid something might happen!"
At this moment, Zhu Wenzheng immediately became confident and said loudly: "Mr. Zhang, I am willing to protect my uncle. If anything goes wrong, I will chop off my head!"