After finishing joking, Zhu Yuanzhang changed the subject and said: "Prime Minister Hu has been in the palace for more than a month. He doesn't know that Ming Dynasty has won another great victory, right?!"
"Haha, I have heard about it. Someone told me the good news just after I left the palace." Hu Weiyong squeezed out a smile and said: "Previously His Highness the King of Qin made great achievements in the Western Expedition. This time His Highness the King of Chu personally led the troops.
Suppress the pirates. It is true that a tiger father has no dogs, a dragon begets a dragon, a phoenix begets a phoenix, and the emperor gave birth to a bunch of good sons."
"Hey, the kids are just fooling around because of the love of their uncles." Zhu Yuanzhang said modestly, but his back teeth were exposed in his smile. "It was the same last year when Lao Si and the others made the first contribution to the Northern Expedition. They were all uncles and uncles.
They are just holding it."
Boss Zhu was really happy this time, not only for a victory. More importantly, this time under the wise leadership of the boss, the sons had a clear division of labor and worked closely together. Several battlefields blossomed at the same time, and in one fell swoop they won the victory that had troubled the Ming Dynasty for many years.
Two sets of pirates, and a Japanese naval force that eats everything!
This is very difficult.
The pirates and the Beiwa Navy colluded internally and externally, not to mention supporting each other. If the situation was even slightly unfavorable, they would flee across the ocean, making you unable to catch them. Moreover, they also had the Marquis of Jiangyin and Marquis of Jinghai as their protective umbrellas, and Hu Weiyong as their backers. If they wanted
To wipe them out cleanly and swiftly is a test of wisdom and action.
This time, the sons worked together as brothers and worked together to win the battle beautifully, which made Zhu Yuanzhang believe that the next generation of Ming Dynasty can survive any crisis in the future!
Boss Zhu was so happy that he couldn't help but want to share his happiness with everyone, especially the one who had been tricked by the prince. Looking at his forced smile, Boss Zhu couldn't help but laugh and talk dirty.
Continuously.
"Isn't Hu Xiang very happy too?"
What's the matter, 'The Japanese navy commander is really quite sensible.'
What's the saying, 'I heard that the sons of Marquis Jiangyin and Marquis Jinghai have made great achievements this time...'
Hu Weiyong was very conscious and knew that he was here to accept ridicule, so he kept a scornful smile. When the emperor was happy, he said softly:
"I heard that His Royal Highnesses, King Yan and King Jin, led their troops to Chongming Island and took over the defense of the Beiwa Navy. I wonder what your superiors are going to do with the Beiwa Navy?"
"The third and fourth boys are just in case. After all, the Biwa Navy and the two pirates are in the same spirit. The sixth brother is fighting the pirates at the front. The older brother is worried and goes to see the Biwa Navy.
It is also to prevent them from making a big mistake due to a misunderstanding." Zhu Yuanzhang filled the blame for his son and said:
"As for preparing for the future of the Japanese Navy, Lao Si has promised to forget the past and they haven't messed around. We can let them go."
"Your Majesty is magnanimous, but the Japanese Navy colluded with the pirates and once wanted to defect, so we can't just let it go." Hu Weiyong secretly sneered, I believe you are a ghost. At first, he said that the Chaohu Navy would be spared, but it was not the case afterwards.
This kind of suppression and division forced them to take refuge in Lao Liu and become your son's lackeys to survive.
Therefore, Hu Weiyong was not fooled at all and said on behalf of Zhu Yuanzhang: "As for Jinghaihou, as the commander-in-chief, he cannot restrain his subordinates. He should be dismissed and recalled to make him reflect deeply and see the consequences."
"Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and agreed: "The matter of Marquis Jinghai has been settled. As for the chief military officer preparing for Japan, let Marquis Nan'an take over. He is good at managing the navy. It will be time to mix and match.
, when it’s time to lay off people, we don’t have to worry about it.”
"Yes." Hu Weiyong nodded, cursing secretly in his heart.
Yu Tongyuan is from Lao Liu, so letting him serve as the commander-in-chief of preparing for Japan means that the navy of preparing for Japan will also be handed over to Lao Liu. Now, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is completely alone at sea...even his confidant Ningbo
The commander of the guards, Lin Xian, had to listen to his orders.
Is this a fucking joke?
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"The two great victories in the east and west this year have greatly boosted the prestige of our Ming Dynasty." Zhu Yuanzhang then ordered: "I will leave the prisoner presentation ceremony to you. It can be more grand."
"According to the order." Hu Weiyong nodded in response.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the most common ceremony held was the prisoner presentation ceremony, and Prime Minister Hu was already familiar with it. However, the emperor specifically ordered it to be more grand this time, obviously because of his highnesses, so he had to put more thought into it.
Just thinking about it, Lao Liu demolished his nest and cut off his own wealth, and he had to force a smile and hold a ceremony to welcome him. Prime Minister Hu felt like a tauren, and he felt extremely aggrieved, so he endured it.
He couldn't help but add some trouble to the emperor:
"Your Majesty, Shaanxi and Shanxi have come to report that the Qin Prince's Palace and the Jin Prince's Palace have been completed. Should the ceremony of enthronement of the two highnesses be prepared together?"
"..." As expected, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't laugh anymore. He was silent for a while, and then said in a low voice, "We have to finish this New Year anyway. Let's talk about it after the New Year."
"According to the decree." Hu Weiyong nodded and asked for instructions: "In addition, the transfer of the title of His Highness King Wu should come to an end after being delayed for so long."
"Oh." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xiao Hu and suddenly felt that he was not cute at all. Then the emperor said expressionlessly: "We have already thought about this matter. The king of Wu changed his title to the king of Zhou, and the fiefdom was changed to Kaifeng."
"Your Majesty is wise!" Hu Weiyong's mood finally brightened up. No matter how hard the prince tried, he would eventually join the vassal state. The fifth child could not go to Suzhou, and the sixth child could not stay for a few days. Sooner or later, the world would still be his own.
"Kaifeng is the ancient capital of the former Song Dynasty. In Beijing, the Ming Dynasty, where Hu and Han people live together, and the people's sentiments are complicated, we really need a prince with both ability and political integrity to guard it."
"Yeah." Boss Zhu changed the subject and said, "As for Suzhou, since Lao Liu is already in charge there and it's quite smooth, there won't be any replacement."
"Ah?" Hu Weiyong opened his mouth so wide that he could stuff an ostrich egg into it, and he asked, dumbfounded, "What, what do you mean?"
"What we mean is," Boss Zhu said word by word: "Change the title of King of Chu to King of Wu, and change the fiefdom from Wuchang to Suzhou!"
"Absolutely not possible, Your Majesty!" Prime Minister Hu completely broke his guard and cried out: "Hasn't the government and the public already agreed that Suzhou is an important financial and taxation center of the country - shouldn't it be divided among the kings? Otherwise, why would you transfer the title to the Fifth Highness?
?”
In recent years, in order to remove Lao Wu from Suzhou, the Jiangnan gentry spent a lot of money, and he also made great efforts in the court. Now, it is good that Lao Wu has been removed, but he has replaced it with another one.
Laoliu, it’s better not to change it!
"What happened this year made us realize that those big Jiangnan households are too dishonest, and someone must strictly discipline them for us." Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said firmly:
"Of course, it can't affect the imperial court's wealth, so after thinking about it, although Lao Liu is still young, he is a suitable candidate and can get the best of both worlds."
Obviously, Boss Zhu was deeply impressed by Lao Liu's operations in Suzhou in the first half of the year.
As he spoke, he said proudly: "And that kid listens to his elder brother the most, and of course... he listens to us even more. In short, there will be no problem."
"But Your Majesty, the position of the King of Chu is also very important..." Hu Weiyong did not give up, and made a final struggle: "Nowadays, people say that 'Huguang is well versed in the world,' but Huguang has many students and frequent civil unrest, so it is also necessary
A wise and capable king with both civil and military skills is guarding the place!"
"Hahaha, don't worry about it. We don't have anything else, but we have many sons!" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Next year we are planning to grant a group of princes, and then we will see which one is suitable. We will just grant him the title of King of Chu."
In Boss Zhu's opinion, his first few sons are the strongest, and the rest are naturally no different.
"Okay." Hu Weiyong knew that there was nothing he could do, so he had no choice but to accept...
