"Within five years, the whole country should have enough food for the army and civilians. Within eight years, the country's grain output should be restored to the level of the Yuan Shizu period, that is, the annual income should be more than 12 million quintals. Within ten years, when the price of grain fell to the level of the Zhenguan period of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, that is, the rice was only three yuan. ”

After reading it, Zhu Yuanzhang folded the music, walked to Hu Weiyong's side, looked down at him and said, "Hu Weiyong, these bold words are all from you, right?" ”

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's question, Hu Weiyong was still kneeling on the ground, but his body slowly stood up, and he replied: "Yes." ”

"However, it is not just rhetoric, the emperor, five years of birth, ten years of prosperity, this prospect will definitely be realized."

When he said this, Hu Weiyong's face was full of confidence.

Listening to his words and looking at his confident appearance, Zhu Yuanzhang slowly raised his head and sighed, and said, "This prospect has made us not close our eyes all night." ”

"It's exciting to think about!"

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang changed the topic again and said: "At the beginning, we wanted to kill you, but we were reluctant to kill you." Not only is I reluctant, but let me tell you the truth, when we considered the candidate for prime minister of Zhongshu Province, we also thought of you! ”

Hu Weiyong, who was on the ground, suddenly widened his eyes in surprise when he heard the cake that Zhu Yuanzhang drew for him.

As if it was difficult to control the joy in my heart, my breathing was a little short.

But after thinking about it left and right, he felt that his appearance was really inappropriate, but he couldn't think of what to say, so he could only simply bow his head and kneel in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Looking at Hu Weiyong's appearance, Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly again: "From the original initiative of casting bricks and bricks to today's terms of the new deal, we can see it clearly." You are a person, if you release all your skills, you will definitely be more shrewd and capable than Li Shanchang. ”

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang cheering him up, Hu Weiyong suddenly had a feeling of meeting a confidant, and shouted movingly: "Your Majesty!" ”

And Zhu Yuanzhang on the side did not delay in the slightest, and said directly and loudly: "Hu Weiyong listens to the order!" ”

"With your promotion to Zhongshu Province to participate in politics, you are all the servants of the household department."

"Zhengsanpin!"

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang's words came out, Hu Weiyong, who had no official or position in the past, became one of the six departments of the imperial court in a moment.

Hu Weiyong suddenly shouted to Zhu Yuanzhang excitedly: "Minister, Hu Weiyong, leader, Xie Longen!" ”

As Hu Weiyong bowed again, Zhu Yuanzhang stood in front of him and accepted his bow calmly, his eyes looked at him quietly, and the corners of his mouth hung a slight smug smile at some point.

When Zhu Yuanzhang's appointment of Hu Weiyong ended, Zhu Yuanzhang's Dongnuan Pavilion had another unexpected visitor.

Zheng Guangzu stood quietly outside the pavilion, waiting for Hu Weiyong to leave, then reported to Zhu Yuanzhang and walked in.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the dragon couch at the moment, looked at Zheng Guangzu who walked in from outside the door, and when Zheng Guangzu knelt down to pay respects, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately asked with a smile: "Guangzu, you have never taken the initiative to visit us, what is the matter with coming over today?" ”

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zheng Guangzu hurriedly confessed: "Back to Your Majesty, because the affairs arranged by the King of the Backer were really busy before, and they were different from normal officials, so I was not often able to go to Your Majesty to listen to the teachings, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive your sins." ”

"And the minister came today, and there is indeed something wrong."

As he spoke, Zheng Guangzu got up and took out a thick fold from his arms, on which were the names and messages of countless people.

Then he handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "Your Majesty, before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the king of the backer had established a secret intelligence investigation organization, which was to help His Majesty collect information from all over the world. It's called the Dark Guard. ”

"Among them, the secret guard is the person responsible for intelligence gathering, and the shadow guard is the armed force personnel responsible for the assassination mission."

"Over the years, there have been a lot of internal personnel."

"The king of the backer has a saying, the secret guard is very involved, and the stakes are too big, if before the Ming Dynasty is established, he can barely take care of it for His Majesty. But now that the country has been founded, the important weapons of such a country cannot be controlled by individuals privately. ”

"Therefore, when Wei Chen came today, he returned the secret guard to His Majesty in accordance with the instructions of the king."

"Your Majesty, this list is some important secret guards of the secret guard. As for the list of all the personnel of the secret guard and their contact information, Chen next to the backer king will report the specific information to His Majesty. ”

Listening to Zheng Guangzu's words, Zhu Yuanzhang was happy at first, but when he turned his head, he frowned, and said to Zheng Guangzu in front of him: "We didn't say anything, why did Jun Tao want to pick and choose by himself?" ”

Hearing this, Zheng Guangzu didn't pay attention to Zhu Yuanzhang's strange words, and only said: "Your Majesty, the king said, the energy of the secret guard is too big and too wide, and the important weapons of such a country should be directly commanded by Your Majesty, and everything is decided by you." Many of these secret guards are involved in hundreds of officials in the court, and if they are discovered one day, they really can't afford it. ”

"Moreover, now that the imperial court has set up the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there is a bit of a conflict with some of the duties of the secret guard, so I have to call back Your Majesty to deal with it."

Listening to Zheng Guangzu's reply, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer pretended to be hypocritical, and after glancing at the list in his hand twice, he threw it directly on the table on the side.

Then he came to Zheng Guangzu, motioned for him to get up, and said, "Since Jun Tao said so, then so be it." However, now that this secret guard has been handed over to us, we will still need someone to take care of it in the future, so how about this dark guard still be taken care of by you? ”

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zheng Guangzu seemed to have already thought that Zhu Yuanzhang would ask this, so he hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, when the minister came today, in addition to returning the command authority of the secret guard to Your Majesty according to the request of the king of the backer, there is another matter, the minister wants to ask Your Majesty for a favor." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment and said, "Oh? Besides, although your control of the dark guard is not well-known, it has indeed made a lot of contributions to our Daming, and if we can do it, we will definitely do it for you. ”

After Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zheng Guangzu no longer hesitated, and said directly: "Your Majesty, when I was in charge of the affairs of the secret guards in various places before, the minister was surrounded by the enemy several times and escaped from death. ”

"Now when dealing with the affairs of the secret guard, I have more than enough heart and not enough power."

"Now I'm not young, and my body is not as good as before. In addition, in the past, when operating the secret guard, his identity was not allowed to be exposed, and he was not allowed to see his family all year round, so the minister wanted to ask His Majesty to give him a grace, and let the minister return to his hometown and reunite with his relatives at home, so as to enjoy the grace granted by His Majesty to the Marquis of Weichen. ”

Listening to Zheng Guangzu's words, Zhu Yuanzhang gradually fell into contemplation.

Thinking about the pros and cons of this.

And whether there is a better option.

But after thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that it didn't make much difference whether he gave him this grace or not.

After all, this is Qi Heng's people.

Even if he insisted that he continue to run the Secret Guard, what could he do?

Can you rest assured? Can he Zheng Guangzu be loyal to himself?

What's more, now the relationship between him and Qi Heng is easing.

There is no need to have contradictions over the appointment of a Zheng Guangzu.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang simply said: "Have you thought clearly? ”

Zheng Guangzu said: "The minister has thought clearly. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, slowly returned to his dragon couch and sat down, and said, "Okay, since this is the case, then we will fulfill your wish and allow you to return to your hometown to recuperate." ”

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly shouted at the two tigers outside the door: "Two tigers! ”

"The minister is here."

"Decree, add an Guohou Zhuang Tian 100 hectares, 100 taels of gold!"

When Erhu heard this, he immediately shouted: "The minister has an order!" ”

And Zheng Guangzu on the side also immediately bowed his head and said, "Minister, thank you Your Majesty Long En!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and waved his hand.

Zheng Guangzu also bowed down and left.

Inside the temple.

Zhu Yuanzhang watched Zheng Guangzu leave, sat on the dragon couch and thought about it, and touched the short beard on his chin from time to time.

Today, Zheng Guangzu took the initiative to return the authority of the secret guard, which shows that Qi Heng is showing favor to him.

In other words, it was Qi Heng's reward for Zhu Yuanzhang for appointing him as the head of the Privy Council.

is also to show his loyalty to Zhu Yuanzhang.

After all, the nature of the organization of the Secret Guard is really special, it has been in Qi Heng's hands for a long time, and he doesn't mention it in black or white, which will always make people think more.

But these are the little things.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked back at the list of secret guards on his desktop, and couldn't help but be happy.

Although on weekdays, he also ordered Erhu to secretly use those escorts to organize an intelligence agency of the Jinyi Guard, but after such a long time, the scale is very small.

And the effect is not high.

Now that the command power of the secret guard is in his own hands, this secret guard, but the organization that Qi Heng has carefully managed for so many years, compared with the brocade guard in his hands, is simply a heaven and an underground.

Although he didn't know all the power of the Secret Guard, he could get a glimpse of the whole picture through some of the information he obtained.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't wait to pick up the list given to him by Zheng Guangzu again, and looked at it with a happy face.

The calmness he showed just now was entirely because Zheng Guangzu was there, and he couldn't be too urgent.

As Zhu Yuanzhang checked the list of important secrets and information of the secret guard little by little, although his face remained calm, his heart was already turbulent.

He didn't expect that he, who already had full expectations for the Dark Guard, still underestimated the Dark Guard's energy.

Especially when he saw a secret guard who was once an important courtier around Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang, he couldn't help but feel a monstrous wave in his heart.

He couldn't have imagined that these courtiers who held important positions beside Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang turned out to be Qi Heng's secret sons!

It is conceivable how effective these shadows can be when the two sides are at war.

If it is said that in the process of establishing the Ming Dynasty, he Zhu Yuanzhang has greater credit than Qi Heng, what can be said is his identity and the uprising earlier than Qi Heng, and presided over the battle to capture Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang.

At that time, he Zhu Yuanzhang did not use Qi Heng in the battle with Chen Youliang, which was the reason.

But he really couldn't imagine that there was such a secret behind the record he was proud of.

If Qi Heng had commanded and led the army in these two major battles, what would have been the result?

With such a powerful intelligence capability, even he himself did not believe that Qi Heng's methods and combat results would be worse than the results of the great war he presided over.

With this kind of intelligence ability, it is like knowing the opponent's hole cards at the table.

The opponent's cards are clear, but the opponent does not know their own cards.

How to fight such a battle?

As Zhu Yuanzhang's heart stirred up a huge wave, he couldn't wait to continue watching.

When he looked at all the shadows arranged around the foreign enemy, he was already shocked in his heart.

However, when he crossed these shadows and saw the shadows arranged in the interior behind him, his eyes widened even more!

Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, Hu Weiyong, Song Lian, Lu Chang and so on.

Almost all the ministers of the DPRK and China have secret guards around them.

This is still within the imperial court.

Outside the imperial court, all provinces, prefectures, and counties can basically find the existence of secret guards.

And inside the army.

Those main generals in charge of the army are basically surrounded by secret guards.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Yuanzhang at this time finally really understood the terrifying ability of the dark guard!

Such an intelligence force, no matter what it does, can exert its powerful effect.

After a while, when Zhu Yuanzhang understood all the information on the document clearly, he felt scared for the first time.

Qi Heng, who has such an intelligence and assassination force, has almost been stronger than his Zhu Yuanzhang's control over the years.

It can even be said that without considering the consequences, Qi Heng can purge all the top generals of the Ming Dynasty and the military generals of the Ming Dynasty almost overnight!

Originally, he was extremely taboo about Qi Heng's existence.

Because of the existence of Anfeng Road.

An Fenglu's existence was like a thorn between him and Qi Heng.

But he always ignored the existence of the Dark Guard.

Although he also knew about the existence of the Dark Guard, he was also a little clear about the energy of the Dark Guard.

But I didn't expect it to be so powerful!

If he had known that the secret guard in Qi Heng's hands had such a powerful ability, he would have reconsidered Qi Heng's conferral and the position of the Privy Council.

Because Qi Heng's existence has been completely out of his control.

Qi Heng didn't need the support of any Huaixi faction at all, and the energy he possessed alone could completely subvert the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, how could Zhu Yuanzhang not be afraid.

However, fortunately, Qi Heng didn't seem to have the slightest intention of usurping.

He even put the command of the entire Dark Guard in his hands.

The gift that Qi Heng gave him today was really shocking.

couldn't help but feel a little lucky.

I am glad that when I was considering Qi Heng, I still retained a trace of emotion and followed my inner thoughts.

Didn't really make a move on Qi Heng.

Otherwise...... The consequences are unimaginable.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in a trance for a while, felt that his whole brain was messed up.

At this moment, Erhu suddenly walked in and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, the will has been promulgated. ”

Listening to the voice of the second tiger in his ear, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him in a trance, then slowly recovered, took a sip of the teacup on the table, and responded calmly: "Hmm." ”

Now that Qi Heng has given him such a big gift, Zhu Yuanzhang always feels that he should have something in return.

After all, what he gave Qi Heng was some false positions, but what Qi Heng gave him was something real.

After thinking about it, I rejected the idea.

This coming and going inevitably seems too polite.

And what can you reward for yourself?

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