Zhu Yuanzhang's eyebrows twitched slightly. He was so brave. He didn't expect that Hu Weiyong would dare to secretly bury someone next to his second son. There is no need to say what he was planning.
Zhu Biao nodded slightly: "Since you know who it is and you don't tell your father and brother, what is your plan to just wait for the weather to change and reap the benefits?"
"Second brother definitely didn't mean that!" Zhu Xi quickly explained to him that these words were no more serious than others, and they were really deadly. No matter how much his father loved his children, he would not tolerate betrayal.
"Countermeasures are very useful. Now that we know what the plot is, how can Er be unable to deal with a mere woman? Hu Weiyong will definitely shoot himself in the foot in the end. Er brother, that's what you planned, right?"
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After Zhu Xi spoke hoarsely and hastily, he couldn't help holding his throat and coughing uncomfortably. After all, the second brother was also his biological brother. Although he was not too harmonious and did not like him too much, he never wanted him to really
What happened?
What's more, this is definitely not just the second child's problem. Although they usually respect their elder brother, they are not afraid in their hearts. They just know that as long as their father is here, there will never be any life-or-death matters.
But my father has always been a person who either does nothing or never does anything. If he doesn't kill his heirs, he won't kill them. But once he gets started, he doesn't care about killing a few more to ensure the stability of the country.
And if the second child is gone, he will be pushed forward and become the second son of the emperor. This is not a good thing. He is extremely satisfied with his current position and does not want any changes.
Zhu Yuan said nothing, as if he wanted to see what you would do to me. Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyebrows began to jump wildly again, his lips unconsciously pressed hard, and the short beard on his lower jaw seemed to be slightly moving.
Trembling.
Zhu Biao stretched out his hand slightly to stop Zhu Xi who was still talking: "It's okay, second brother, I didn't hit you for this reason today. Do you have any unwillingness or small thoughts? Brother is waiting for you behind, right and left.
It’s just a few more beatings for you.”
"It's just that you have to remember that there are some things that I don't care about. I just treat you as young and ignorant, thinking about brotherhood, and I won't really do anything to you. But there are some things that I will never tolerate you, even if my father is here.
So, that’s what I said too.”
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything. He looked at his second son lying on the bed, sighed deeply, turned around and left. As the saying goes, a good man will inevitably have an unfilial wife and an unfilial son, but if he takes over the world with his common clothes, he will repay his wife a virtuous son and have a filial son. Maybe God
You can't stand it anymore, you brought such a disaster to him.
After Lao Zhu left, Zhu Ping, who had been silent for a long time, finally said: "I don't accept it."
When Zhu Xi heard this, he was so angry that he pointed at him and couldn't say a word. It was normal for him to be dissatisfied when he was a child. He also felt unwilling and angry when he was a child, but now he still refuses to accept it, which means his brain is broken.
"If you want to die, don't involve my mother and concubine!"
After Zhu Xi also left, Zhu Biao sat down on the chair tiredly: "What can you do? No matter whether we are the eldest son or the other, you and I have competed fairly in front of our father and the ministers since we were young, and you can beat me."
Is he now the crown prince?"
"If you are really capable, even if my father insists on making me his heir, as the second son of the emperor and the leader of all kings, you should not be able to gather even a few close friends at such an old age."
"You are not that material. Even if it weren't for me, you wouldn't be in this world. The chances of the third and fourth brothers are much greater than yours. The most important thing for a person is to know oneself and stick to one's duty."
The hall fell into silence. After a while, Zhu Biao stood up and left. Before leaving, he wanted to say something, but he still didn't say it out. If people could really be persuaded, how could there be so much injustice in the world.
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In Zhongshu Province, Hu Weiyong asked with a surprised look on his face: "His Highness really did it himself?"
"It has spread all over the place, and all the government offices should be talking about it at this time." Tu Jie smiled: "It seems that His Highness the Prince is really angry. I heard that if the Holy Emperor and the Empress hadn't stopped him in person, he wouldn't have been beaten.
What will it become?”
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu has already walked out of the city to Fengyang, but the King of Jin has not moved yet. He must really be unable to get out of bed, otherwise the Holy One would not tolerate it."
Hu Weiyong shook his head and laughed: "It's not surprising that His Majesty did it himself, but His Highness did it, it's really unexpected, haha, it's interesting, it's just a joke."
Chen Liang, the right prime minister of Zhongshu, happened to come in with a jug of wine at this time: "I know that the Prime Minister wants to have a drink at this time."
"Those who know me are gentlemen." Hu Weiyong asked Chen Liang to sit down. Since the lifting of the alcohol ban, the price of wine in Beijing has been very low. Officials in the six central yamen can also drink a few sips of wine to relieve their fatigue during their free time from official duties.
Just avoid the censors and the like, but there are also rumors that the prince is very unhappy about this, and there may be a ban issued in the near future, so it is better to enjoy it as much as possible during these days.
Chen Ning, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, raised his glass and signaled to everyone that they had finished drinking and said: "Everyone here has seen the determination of His Majesty and His Highness. I am afraid that I have been busy waiting for this round in vain."
“Mountains are accumulated when the earth is accumulated, wind and rain are stirred up, abysses are formed when the water accumulates, dragons are born, and good deeds are accumulated, but the gods are satisfied with themselves and the holy heart is prepared. Therefore, if you don’t accumulate steps, you cannot reach a thousand miles; if you don’t accumulate small streams, you cannot create rivers and seas...
Earthworms don't have sharp claws and teeth, nor strong muscles and bones. They eat earth and drink from the underworld. They have only one intention!
Hu Weiyong read a passage from Xunzi's "Encouragement to Learning" with great interest. The others held their wine glasses in deep thought, and there was no need to say anything else. They dispersed and went about their own business.
But I unconsciously recited the following sentence in my heart: "A crab with six kneels and two pincers, unless the snake and eel's cave has no sustenance, it is because of impatience."
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With the examples of royal relatives and even princes and princes in front of them, Ming Dynasty has completely understood from top to bottom that there is absolutely no room for relaxation on this matter, at least it seems that there is none at present.
In this way, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries stopped, and the development of industry and commerce without the strong intervention of external forces turned from chaos to stability. The imperial court began to vigorously supervise the tax system to replenish the national treasury and maintain the stability of the issuance and promotion of banknotes.
As the relationship between supply and demand changed, the value of cash crops increased, and many brave people began to plant cotton, sugarcane and other crops on a large scale, especially those in Jiangnan and Guangxi.
In response to this, the imperial court could only force the people to plant half an acre of mulberry, half an acre of cotton, and half an acre of hemp for those with five to ten acres of land, and double planting for those with more than ten acres of land. By analogy, this ensured a large-scale output of rations.
At the same time, the crops grown in Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui and other state capitals were adjusted and controlled to prevent natural and man-made disasters from causing the court to fall into a situation where there was no food to allocate.
Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty had pacified the four sides. Except for the northern Xinjiang, which had to be carefully guarded, the rest of the frontier troops could fully devote themselves to large-scale land reclamation and military settlements, at least ensuring a certain degree of self-sufficiency and reducing the supply pressure on the court.
Zhu Biao also began to impose certain regulations and restrictions on the merchant gangs that were gradually taking shape, and forced them to stabilize food prices and not allow hoarding, using his power to suppress their greed for profit.
There are some things that they can make a profit on, but things like grain, rice, oil, and salt must not fluctuate too much. This is the basis of order, and it is not up to them whether they are willing or not.
If you really don't want to, if you really don't want to cooperate, then kill the meat and replace it with someone else. At this time, there is no room for the merchants to speak.
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Another year passed like this. In the seventh year of Hongwu, a large-scale rebellion broke out in Yunnan and Guizhou. Not only the Guizhou chieftains, Yunnan remnants of the former Yuan Dynasty and the Dali family participated in it, but also the secret intervention of the Nanyang countries.
Zhu Biao looked at the urgent military information sent by Mu Ying and told Quan Xu who was standing aside: "Ask the Ministry of Rites to send people to visit those vassal states to see if the dancing joy will destroy the country one day."
Quan Xu bowed and agreed, and Zhu Biao stood up and said to Lao Zhu, who was looking at the terrain map of Yunnan and Guizhou: "Father, Ming Sheng has also submitted a petition for war, why not allow him to send troops to help brother Mu Ying suppress the rebellion."
"No." Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "Yang Siyi immigrated to Guizhou to change his species. Now there are many people from Yunnan and Guizhou who were forcibly relocated in Shu. They must also have resentment in their hearts, and we cannot give them this opportunity."