There was silence in the room, and Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying stood against each other. Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were resentful and unwilling, he glared at Ma Xiuying angrily, but saw a trace of ridicule in Ma Xiuying's frank eyes, he turned his head in embarrassment, and said hatefully: "Since Shen Wansan has not committed any crimes in this dynasty, I am not guilty in the past, but if he dares to go to sea without permission in the future, I will not spare him!" ”

"The concubine thanked the emperor for his magnanimity on behalf of the Shen family." Ma Xiuying sighed softly, and finally revealed Shen Wansan's smuggling. But she can't completely relax in her heart, Zhu Yuanzhang has tried to cure Shen Wansan's sins several times, which shows how much he covets Shen Wansan's wealth, especially when the city walls are completed, he still refuses to let Shen Wansan leave Beijing, but instead gives Shen Wansan a mansion to live in the capital, which is completely to control Shen Wansan under his nose.

The next morning, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the abolition of the three cities of Quanzhou in Fujian, Mingzhou in Zhejiang, and Guangzhou in Guangdong, which had existed since the Tang Dynasty to be responsible for overseas trade, and forbade coastal people to go to sea without permission, and even "not allowed an inch to go to the sea," thus starting the policy of banning the sea to curb Chinese's foreign exchanges.

Zhao Cheng told Hu Weiyong that there were several nautical charts in the treasure book, and the clever Hu Weiyong immediately realized that Shen Wansan was estimated to have made a fortune from smuggling before, but unfortunately this wealth route had been cut off by Zhu Yuanzhang, and now it was too late to know.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang on the dragon chair furious, he admired Ma Xiuying and Shen Wansan, who could make Zhu Yuanzhang angry and make a big move, and these two people could still get out of the way, it was really not simple. No, to be exact, it should be Ma Xiuying who is not simple, she has saved Shen Wansan's life several times, hehe, it depends on whether she can still save it this time?

With a sinister smile on his face, Hu Weiyong decided to give Shen Wansan and Ma Xiuying another fatal blow.

After getting off the court, Li Shanchang patted Hu Weiyong's shoulder and reminded lightly: "Weiyong, don't go overboard, be careful of provoking fire." ”

At this time, Hu Weiyong jumped up and down, targeting Shen Wansan everywhere, and Li Shanchang knew from the sidelines that Hu Weiyong wanted to use Shen Wansan to deal with Ma Xiuying. He himself stopped thinking about dealing with Ma Xiuying, but it did not prevent him from watching Hu Weiyong and Ma Xiuying's liveliness, so Hu Weiyong should not be able to see Shen Wansan's secret stumbling block, and he would not tell Ma Xiuying. However, Hu Weiyong and Ma Xiuying fought the law, but they angered Zhu Yuanzhang and ordered a sea ban, which greatly damaged his interests.

The income of officials is so low, how can they support their families without foreign income, and how can they support their clothes? Zhu Yuanzhang forbade officials to embezzle and accept bribes, but did not prohibit officials' clansmen from doing business, so the big family would generally divide a clan to specialize in official careers, and a Shu clan to specialize in business. It has never been a secret in officialdom that officials escort their clansmen, and clansmen create wealth for officials.

The rich land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is the most prosperous place for commercial development, and many families have sent their clansmen to do business in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which inevitably has contact with smuggled goods, and even some families directly send people to participate in smuggling activities to make huge profits. Now that Zhu Yuanzhang has given an order, not even a piece of wood can go to the sea, which is equivalent to cutting off the road to wealth for these people, can Li Shanchang not be anxious with Hu Weiyong?

"Thank you for the teacher's teaching, the students will pay attention in the future." Hu Weiyong's attitude was as respectful as ever, but he was disdainful in his heart, anyway, his family's business was not mixed with contraband, and the emperor's ban on going to sea did not harm him, as for the damage to the interests of these people, what does it have to do with him?

"You're doing it yourself." Li Shanchang saw that Hu Weiyong's mouth was wrong, shook his head, and left directly.

Hu Weiyong stared at his back and gritted his teeth secretly, the old guy had stayed in the prime minister's position for a long time, and it was time for him to sit down. When Yang Xian was executed, Hu Weiyong thought that Li Shanchang would recommend him to be the Zhongshu Zuocheng, but who knew that after going around in a circle, Wang Guangyang, who was exiled for his crimes, was quickly recalled to succeed Zhongshu Zuocheng, and he still stayed in the governor's office. He was very suspicious that Li Shanchang slandered Zhu Yuanzhang and hindered his promotion. Since he was not allowed to be the left prime minister, he directly aimed at Li Shanchang's position as the right prime minister.

Hu Weiyong had a bold plan in his heart, he was so active in framing Shen Wansan not just to deal with Ma Xiuying, but to wipe out Liu Ji, Li Shanchang and others.

On October 27, Chang Meirong gave birth to a boy. This is Zhu Yuanzhang's first eldest grandson, he was very happy, gave the name Zhu Xiongying, and announced in public that "the eldest son of the crown prince is the emperor's grandson, and the second son-in-law and concubine are all crowned county kings at the age of ten, and they are awarded gold-plated silver books and silver seals" to determine Zhu Xiongying's status as the imperial grandson.

During Chang Meirong's confinement, Ma Xiuying allowed the Lan family to enter the palace to take care of her daughter, and she herself would go to the East Palace every day to visit Chang Meirong and Zhu Xiongying. Just like Zhu Yuanzhang said, with this precious grandson, the three Zhu Biao brothers have to stand aside.

On this day, the Lan family entered the palace to take care of Chang Meirong, and when she saw Ma Xiuying, her expression was extremely unnatural.

Ma Xiuying comforted: "In-laws, but the crown princess is temperamental again, don't take it to heart." Women are a little uncomfortable after giving birth, and it will be fine after a while. ”

Chang Meirong is still a little girl after all, she is very bored by this prohibition during the confinement period, and it doesn't work like that, especially the birth of her son has almost taken everyone's attention, everyone regards Zhu Xiongying as a treasure, and she must first ask about Zhu Xiongying's situation before thinking of her, which makes her feel very lost, and her mood becomes bad. She didn't dare to show her face to Ma Xiuying and Zhu Biao, so she could only lose her temper at her mother.

Lan smiled embarrassedly: "The crown princess is very sensible and has no temperament. ”

Ma Xiuying only thought that the Lan family was helping her daughter say good things, and she didn't care, so she went into the house to persuade Chang Meirong to relax and tease her grandson by the way.

Chang Meirong's expression was as unnatural as Lan's, and he stopped talking several times. This made Ma Xiuying strange, and asked kindly: "The crown princess has something to say?" ”

Lan Shi desperately made his eyes look and motioned to Chang Meirong not to speak.

Chang Meirong said: "Mother, the queen mother treats her daughter-in-law like her own daughter, how can the daughter-in-law hide it from the queen mother?" She stared at Ma Xiuying's eyes and said cautiously: "Queen Mother, the daughter-in-law has something to tell you, don't be angry when you hear it." ”

Ma Xiuying nodded calmly, but her heart was confused by Chang Meirong's words.

Seeing that Chang Meirong was about to continue in one go, she suddenly said in a dejected manner: "The rumors circulating in the market are really difficult to speak, so the queen mother will personally send someone to verify it." ”

Ma Xiuying raised her eyebrows and looked at the Lan family, this news must have been brought in by the Lan family from outside the palace.

Lan's eyes wandered, and he kept shouting "The queen forgives the sins", but he didn't directly say what it was.

Ma Xiuying didn't embarrass them, turned around and walked out of the East Palace, and sent Fushun to investigate the rumors.