Chapter 345 Zhu Gaojie: Treat, behead, accept as a dog
Zhu Gaojie's face was gloomy. Seeing his behavior, even Yu Qian and Zhang Muzhi, two scoundrels who had always had no taboos, felt tremendous pressure and dared not speak.
The prince is really angry this time.
Zhu Gaojie took a deep breath and waved to the waiter: "Xiao Er, come here."
The waiter walked over in a hurry, nodded and bowed and asked: "Sir, what are your orders?"
Zhu Gaojie pointed to Lu Baye's table and asked, "Who is that? I hear the tone sounds like a big shot?"
"Oh, you think of him, he is indeed a well-known big shot in our street, Mr. Lu Ba."
The waiter whispered, "In fact, this Mr. Lu was not named Lu before. He was the eighth eldest son in the family. He was a young man in our Yangzhou city. Later, this eighth master became famous and joined the Lu family in Beicheng.
Have you heard of Lu?"
Zhu Gaojie nodded: "I have heard a little bit about this. The Lu family in Beicheng is one of the seventeen families in Yangzhou Prefecture. It is also ranked among the top five forces in the entire seventeen families."
"The Lu family in Beicheng started in a shady business, but it has developed rapidly. In the past few years, it has reached its current status. Although it has a better reputation now, it is still like that."
This is not difficult to understand. Most of the aristocratic families were born into officials. But people like the Lu family, who started their careers by doing dirty work, would still be looked down upon by other families even if they became so wealthy.
The waiter whispered, "After Mr. Ba joined the Lu family in Beicheng, he was given the surname Lu and specialized in kicking the Lu family and doing some physical work. But Mr. Lu is indeed a good person and has a very good reputation in our street."
"Oh?" Zhu Gaojie was a little confused, "Elaborate."
The waiter said: "He pays for his meal."
"Ah?" Zhu Gaojie was stunned for a moment, "That's it?"
The waiter said plausibly: "Isn't that right? Even the servants of the Yangzhou Seventeenth Family are unscrupulous masters when they go out. Ask around Yangzhou City when the people of the Yangzhou Seventeenth Family
I settled the bill when I ate out. Hey, this Mr. Lu will settle the bill every time he eats. Even if he occasionally goes out without any money, he will make a note of it in his mind. He doesn’t need to remind us when he comes next time, he will pay it himself.
Come on, this is not a good person."
Zhu Gaojie said thoughtfully: "This is really a good person."
While the two were talking, Mr. Lu Ba at the other table seemed to be eating and drinking well, and shouted: "Waiter, pay the bill!"
"Here comes Mr. Ba."
The waiter winked at Zhu Gaojie and said, "Sir, I won't wait for you for now. I will settle the bill with Master Eight. If you have anything to do, please tell me."
"Well, go ahead and get busy."
Zhu Gaojie waved his hand and signaled the waiter to leave. Then he picked up the wine glass and took a sip. His eyes were deep and he didn't know what he was thinking about.
Yu Qian smiled bitterly and said: "It used to be a matter of course when paying for meals, but here, if you can pay after eating, you become a good person. What kind of thing is this?"
Zhang Muzhi also shook his head: "That's because you have never been in contact with the common people at the bottom. You are a young master yourself. How can you see this? This kind of thing is actually very common among the people."
Yu Qian blushed a little and said nothing.
Zhang Muzhi was right, he did not know much about it.
His family background is prominent, his great ancestor was an official in the Yuan Dynasty, his great grandfather was the general manager of Hangzhou Road, and his grandfather was the director of the Ministry of Industry during the Hongwu period. Yu's influence in the Qiantang area is not lacking. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
How to understand the suffering of the people.
It is a blessing to be born into a prominent family, but now it makes Yu Qian feel ashamed.
While several people were talking, Mr. Lu also left in a swaggering manner. He glanced at the table inadvertently and happened to look into Zhu Gaojie's eyes.
Zhu Gaojie's eyes were still deep, as if they were a bottomless pool. He didn't know what kind of savage beast was hidden underground, cold and depressing.
Lu Baye's body stiffened for a moment, and he quickened his pace and left.
When he got out of the door and saw the noon sun shining on him, his fear was dispelled and he breathed a long sigh of relief.
Someone around me noticed something was wrong: "Master Ba, what's wrong?"
Master Lu frowned: "Have you seen the guests who were sitting at the table by the window facing the street just now?"
The person next to him tilted his head and thought for a moment, then shook his head: "I have no impression. I don't remember that there is such a person in Yangzhou City."
"I looked at each other just now. Tsk, that behavior and demeanor cannot be that of an ordinary citizen."
Mr. Lu Ba touched his chin and thought, "The city of Yangzhou is not very peaceful now. There is a mixture of good and bad. I don't know what the identity of that young man is."
"How about the villain follow him and find out his background?"
"No, you can't."
Mr. Lu Ba shook his head, "We don't know the other party's background. If he is really a big shot and our people follow him and slip up and get caught, it will offend others. One more thing.
It's better to just ignore it and just pretend you didn't see it."
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Zhu Gaojie was walking on the streets of Yangzhou City. The streets were still bustling, but in his eyes, they were no longer the same as before.
He really underestimated the greed of the family members.
These people were full of greed at their core. They thought they could negotiate peacefully, but they never thought of the stubbornness of the other party. They would rather lose their heads than contribute money and effort. The prince came in person, but in the end, even a single government dared to confront him.
This is because Governor Kang of Yangzhou has a big-picture view and is helping to get the family members to hand over food, but the result is still unworkable. If some local officials collude with local forces, then what the court says is really no different from bullshit in their eyes.
Already.
Imperial power can only circulate at the upper levels, but cannot be delegated to the grassroots. The grassroots form a self-contained system and ignore the existence of the upper levels. As a result, the dominance of the imperial power has greatly declined. It only has the power of deterrence but no power of direct rule. Even the rulers
Not really, the royal family is just the largest aristocratic family in the world.
"Muzhi."
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"Ask Kang Shike to come and see Gu."
Zhu Gaojie's eyes were indifferent, he raised his hand and said, "Yangzhou, let me down."
"I originally wanted to leave a way for them to survive, but now it seems that they are just acting alone."
"Let's send them together to see Yama."
Zhang Muzhi lowered his head, not daring to look at His Highness's current demeanor. His waist was bent very low, and there were tiny beads of sweat on his forehead. It was not just that the midday sun was too harsh, but also that the pressure in his heart was too heavy.
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Governor Kang hurriedly returned to the government office. The upper room of the official residence where he lived has now become the temporary residence of the prince, and he can only retreat to the guest room.
When he walked to the upper door of the official residence, he found that there was a group of armored soldiers patrolling outside the door, and they stopped him immediately.
"Who is coming? Tell me your name!"
"I am Kang Shike, the magistrate of Yangzhou. I have an audience with you on the order of His Highness the Crown Prince. Could you please go in and inform me."
"Well, you wait at the door."
The sergeant looked the master up and down before walking in.
And Governor Kang's back was soaked with cold sweat. He could see that the sergeants stationed in front of the gate were not those from the garrison who farmed in the sun and lived in the sun, but were real soldiers fighting at the border and licking blood at the tip of their swords.
The man's body is full of ferocity and majesty.
Although he had only met the prince twice, Governor Kang knew that he was not the kind of person who was obsessed with success and was very easy-going and easy to get along with. For these sergeants to appear at this time, it must have been when the prince was inspecting Yangzhou City.
What happened?
Not long after, the sergeant came out of the room and said, "His Royal Highness, please come in."
"Okay, please excuse me."
Magistrate Kang walked into the house and saw the Crown Prince sitting at the stone table in the courtyard, tasting tea. He kowtowed and saluted: "I, Kang Shike, see His Royal Highness. Your Royal Highness, may you be blessed and safe."
When Zhu Gaojie saw the visitor, he smiled and said, "The tea you have here is very good."
The other party didn't say no, and Magistrate Kang didn't dare to get up. He could only continue to kneel and lower his head and said: "This is the tea grown by my family. If your highness likes it, I will ask my family to grow more and plant it all in the field."
Tea, in order to honor the prince."
"Oh, that's what you thought."
Zhu Gaojie nodded slightly and said, "I came to the south for a tour. What do you want? You don't have to hide anything. Just tell me openly."
Governor Kang lowered his head, hesitated again and again, and said: "Conquer grain and grass from the north."
"You know very well that there is a shortage of food and grass in the Northern Expedition, and the Ming Dynasty's treasury has money but no food. No matter how rich the country is, there is no way for one acre of land to grow two acres of food."
The corner of Zhu Gaojie's mouth curled up slightly, "Now just because of Gu's words, you want to let the people in the area change their fields from rice to tea. How will future generations evaluate Gu, how will future generations evaluate you, Governor Kang, and everyone in the world will
What do you think of us?"
Magistrate Kang kowtowed quickly and said, "I am stupid and made a mistake. Please forgive me, Your Highness!"
"Stupidity, where is it?"
Zhu Gaojie said leisurely, "The swallows return in spring and nest in the woods. Under the temple of Buddha and Fox, there is a shrine of sacred crows and drums. The flying light is flying. I urge you to have a glass of wine. I don't know how high the blue sky is and how thick the yellow earth is. I can only see the cold moon and warm sun.
Come and fry the life.”
"I would like to send a message to travelers not to cover their noses, as the living are not as fragrant as the dead."
Magistrate Kang was shocked and thought that his prince was reciting some evil poem. Just listening to it made people feel frightened.
Zhu Gaojie stretched out his hand and raised three fingers: "I am only thinking about three things in my heart now. Guess which three things they are?"
Magistrate Kang shook his head, how could he guess this?
Zhu Gaojie said slowly: "Invite guests, behead him, and accept him as a dog."
"It's up to you to take care of these three things."
"You are lonely, so please step aside."
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Magistrate Kang walked out, thinking carefully about what the prince said, his brows furrowed.
Treat them to guests, behead them, and treat them like dogs.
What does this mean?
Who do you treat, whom do you want to behead, who do you treat as a dog?
etc……
Magistrate Kang suddenly realized that the prince was definitely not planning to chop off his head, and he was planning to kill someone before telling him in advance.
In this case, that means...
Seventeen stores in Yangzhou!
"No, at the end of the day, I'm the first to treat guests, I'm the first to behead, and I'm the first to be treated like a dog, right?"
Only then did Governor Kang come to his senses.
When he first greeted him, the prince left a step for him as a treat.
Later, the combination of kindness and power scared him so much that it was like beheading.
So much so that now he works for the other party cautiously, which is like being a dog.
Invisibly, the other party made him, the prefect, a puppet in his hands, and it was only now that he realized what he was doing.
Magistrate Kang gave a wry smile: "Be a dog, just be a dog. How many people want to be a dog for the Crown Prince but haven't had the opportunity yet. I hope the Crown Prince will not treat me as an abandoned son in the end and leave me with these old bones."
This is a way to survive, so that the birds will not run out of good bows and then kill them when they are used up.”
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"Sir, why do you need to borrow the power of Governor Kang to go to such trouble? We are here with troops. If you give the order, can't I just ransack all the seventeen families in Yangzhou?" Yu Qian asked in confusion.
Zhu Gaojie glanced at him: "If you want the Ming Dynasty to fall, you can just say so."
Yu Qian was puzzled: "Sir, what do you mean by this? Students are loyal to the Ming Dynasty. Have they ever thought about letting the Ming Dynasty subjugate me?"
"Because you have no idea what you mean by what you said."
Zhu Gaojie said coldly, "The Gunan Tour represents the imperial court and the emperor. Everyone in the world is looking at us. They know that the Gunan Tour is to deal with the wealthy families in the south. And the first stop is
, even in Yangzhou, they also want to see how Gu deals with the Yangzhou family."
"Do you really think that the seventeen families in Yangzhou are just these seventeen families?"
"Innocent, when the whole world is focused on this, the significance of any action will be infinitely magnified. These seventeen families in Yangzhou now represent the world's famous families!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Gu Ruo used his past style and ransacked the house directly. The grass was cut off, but how to get rid of the roots? Wouldn't all the noble families in the world suddenly feel that their lips are dying and their teeth are cold?
I can kill all seventeen families in Yangzhou, so why can't I use the same method to kill them all?"
"In that case, you think of all the noble families in the world, will they still sit there honestly? There is a knife hanging above their heads, and it will fall down at some point. If it were you, would you choose to use this knife?
Take off the knife, or just sit there and wait for death?"
"Everyone in the world is against it!"
"Why do you think the Yangzhou Seventeen Family are so confident? It's because they know that Gu will not take action directly. They know well that Gu can only use conventional means to deal with them and cannot overturn the table."
Yu Qian felt a little aggrieved: "That's unreasonable. These people are so lawless."
"Lawless? You underestimate them. This is just the beginning. The real storm is yet to come. You are too young, boy, study hard."
Zhu Gaojie rolled up his sleeves and sat firmly on the chair, looking towards the distant horizon, "Actually, it is not a bad thing for the world to focus on this."
Yu Qian asked: "Sir, this does more harm than good to us. Is it still a good thing?"
"Of course there is, it's just that you didn't see it."
Zhu Gaojie said calmly, "Solving these seventeen families in Yangzhou is actually equivalent to solving all the aristocratic families in the world in disguise. If you don't want anything to happen, you have to compromise with Gu. From now on, when Gu wants food, they have to give it to them honestly.
Come here and ask for money, they have to hand it over with a bow and a nod."
"This is a war that started the moment Conggu left Beijing."
"We just want to see if they can make me bow my head, or if I can make them kneel down first!"