Bang!

A gunshot rang out.

Zhu Xiongying withdrew the Hongwu Short Gun in his hand, this kind of short fire gun has a limited range, and the effective attack distance is only about fifteen steps.

But that's enough.

In close combat, a pistol team of hundreds of men guards at close range, which, combined with mortars, is enough to resist thousands of attacks.

The main reason is that the bullets of Hongwu short guns, lead bullets are relatively easy to make, and paper shell bullets have been realized to a certain extent, although it is not perfect, but this is a big step for the Ming Dynasty.

"Ziying, Xia He, you two should also practice marksmanship."

Zhu Xiongying turned around and said.

Ziying and Xia He are both slim and slim.

Especially Ziying, when she was under Li Shanchang, she was already seventeen years old, and now she is even plump, as if she is already a ripe peach, but unfortunately Zhu Xiongying has no idea of picking at all.

The main reason is that Zhu Xiongying practiced Tongzigong.

Now that I've practiced, I'll keep it until I'm eighteen years old

Moreover, Zhu Xiongying has a habit of cleanliness and wants to leave the first time to his lover.

For some reason, looking at Ziying and Xia He, Zhu Xiongying involuntarily appeared in his mind the figure of this little lady Xu Miaojin, he shuddered, shook his head and said, "It's terrible"

Putting down the pistol, Zhu Xiongying looked at Zhou Kuan and asked, "Companion, has Zheng He already arranged the carriage and horses?" ”

Zhou Kuan bowed and said: "Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince, the frames for tomorrow's trip are all ready, and the secret sentinels along the way, as well as the guards, have been arranged." ”

Zhu Xiongying nodded.

Tomorrow, he's going to go.

He has already discussed with the emperor's grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang, and tomorrow he will follow his fourth uncle Zhu Di who is going south to inspect Shandong first.

His eyes flickered, and he said in a low voice: "Are the spies planted next to King Qi and King Lu all arranged?" ”

Zhou Kuan nodded.

Zhu Xiongying grinned and said: "There is one more thing, there are a few Chen Youliang old people around King Tan, who have been instigating him to rebel, I suspect that King Qi also has him around, especially pay attention to this, as soon as there is a disturbance, report it to me immediately!" ”

Zhou Kuan nodded solemnly.

Back then, after Chen Youliang surrendered, many of his brothers and generals chose to live in seclusion.

For example, in the water battle in Poyang Lake, he was hit by hundreds of arrows, and he still almost rushed to Zhang Dingbian of Zhu Yuanzhang's dragon boat.

There are also Chen Youliang's prime ministers, Zou Pusheng and so on.

And five years ago, this shadow hanging over the palace has not completely dissipated.

In particular, Zhu Zi, the king of Tan, was in adolescence at the time, extremely irritable and irritable, and the old man brought into the palace by Chen Youliang's concubine Dading around him often whispered in his ear.

In the time and space of the previous life, Zhu Zi, the king of Tan, was the only vassal king who was removed by Zhu Yuanzhang and did not have a nickname.

It involves the purge of Chen Youliang, Ming Yuzhen and other Jingchu Huguang surrendered to the old people.

In today's Shandong, in addition to Zhu Tan, the king of Lu, there is also the seventh son of Emperor Hongwu, Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, who is in Qingzhou.

Among the two kings, Zhu Tan, the king of Lu, is now in the limelight.

At the invitation of Zhu Xiongying, his tenth uncle led the Dengzhou Guardian Division, controlled the Ming Dynasty's sailors and guards in Shandong, was responsible for protecting the Ming Dynasty's shipping routes in Shandong, and was responsible for the maritime blockade of Goryeo.

He did this job brilliantly.

Today's Dengzhou Wei has thousands of ships on the sea, and has become the most powerful naval force in the north of the Ming Dynasty.

And Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, is not bad.

This person and Zhu Zi, the king of Tan, were both born to Chen Youliang's concubine and Concubine Dading, but their personalities and Zhu Zi are two aspects, because he was born earlier, Zhu Yuanzhang still loved him a little, and during the rebellious period, he was also appeased by his eldest brother Zhu Biao.

Therefore, except for some greed for money and lust, he has no bad deeds in other aspects.

Moreover, he also inherited part of Zhu Yuanzhang's military talents, responsible for training guards in Qingzhou, and repeatedly followed Zhu Tan, the king of Lu, to fight at sea, and had some military achievements.

But herein lies the problem

He had three concubines, two concubines Wu, one was the daughter of Wu Liang, the Duke of Jiangguo, the other was the daughter of Wu Fu, the Duke of Qianguo, and one was Concubine Deng, the daughter of Deng Yu, the king of Ninghe.

The three concubines are all from noble backgrounds.

Especially Concubine Wu, Wu Zhong, the son of Wu Liang, the Duke of Jiangguo, is now the Marquis of Jinghai, although Wu Liang was called "Wu Qi of Me" by Zhu Yuanzhang, but Wu Zhong, the Marquis of Jinghai, is not virtuous at all, relying on the accumulated merits of his ancestors, he made a lot of money in the sea trade, when Hu Weiyong was powerful, Wu Zhong colluded with Hu Weiyong, and later Li Cunyi, Deng Zhen, and he was not missing everywhere.

Although Qingzhou is not rich, the land of Qilu has always produced grain, and Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, has repeatedly led the army, and his brother-in-law Deng Zhen and brother-in-law Wu Zhong have done a lot of business.

Zhu Xiongying pinched his teeth and wondered if he should communicate with his father about this matter in Shandong?

That's when it happened.

Zheng He came with an eagle letter.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, it's a red letter from Nanjing!"

The red letter represents an extremely anxious letter, Zhu Xiongying reached out and took it, looked at it fixedly, and was a little stunned.

"Father actually did it first"

Zhu Xiongying was a little stunned.

Father Zhu Biao first began the purge of Deng Zhen and other nobles, Deng Zhen is in the three divisions of the trial, ready to do the great eucalyptus, especially their corruption of the Ming Royal Bank and illegal lending, embezzlement of Daming state-owned assets.

Although the matter is lightly described on the eagle letter.

But think about it with your brain, if this matter is strict and serious, I don't know how many people will be involved.

But it's also a good thing.

Officials who are in charge of one place for a long time, or the head of a bank who is in charge of one place for a long time, will be corrupted and dragged into the water.

Regularly clean up the moths in the Daming Royal Bank, replace them with newly graduated government students, county students, manage accounts at various post stations, and then supervise the southerners with the northerners, and the southerners supervise the northerners, which can achieve a certain degree of integrity.

Using the children of the royal family to supervise the Daming Royal Bank everywhere has been proven to be flawed.

is like his seventh uncle, King Qi.

and his second uncle, King Qin.

Nowadays, the only one who is more chic is the fourth uncle Zhu Di, because Xu Da is more open-minded and cautious, and he is never greedy for the domestic production of Mo Daming.

"I just don't know, my royal children of the Ming Dynasty have been corrupted."

Zhu Xiongying sighed lightly.

Qingzhou.

Inside the palace of the King of Qi.

Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, was pacing, followed by several presidents and vice presidents of the Qingzhou branch of the Ming Royal Bank, who were complimenting him in every way and saying some flattering words.

He was burly and handsome.

As the seventh son of Zhu Yuanzhang, he is actually not a bad person, but he is not a good person, he can only be said to be a normal person, after all, in the eyes of the prince and the vassal king, the Daming Royal Bank is Zhu Mingming's family, that is, his own family, can he use it if he wants to?

The president of the Qingzhou branch complimented: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi, the big salt merchant in Jianghuai wants to borrow two million silver dollars from my Qingzhou branch, how does His Highness think about it?" ”

Nowadays, the supervision of the Daming Royal Bank mainly lies in the two passes of the sect disciples and the bank, and the magistrate can supervise, but cannot "manage".

Supervision and supervision, the difference between one word, the power is very different.

Therefore, this leads to the fact that if the local president of the Daming Royal Bank is corrupted by wealthy businessmen, and then the royal princes and nobles who are supervised by it, it is easy to lend money in violation of regulations and get the wool of the Daming Royal Bank.

This case has even become a common practice.

King Qi's eyes flickered, and he put his hands behind his back and said, "How much interest does that person give me?" ”

The president and vice president of the Qingzhou branch glanced at each other, grinned and bowed their heads and said: "His Royal Highness King Qi, he is willing to offer five thousand acres of reed land in Jianghuai, these reed fields can be burned reeds to make salt, and the reed salt burned out is sold well in all provinces, as long as it is sold to Shaanxi and Gansu, it is all rushed!" ”

Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, sighed and said disapprerovitically: "It's too little, 10,000 acres of reed salt flats, this money, this king will approve it." ”

He turned his back to the two behind him.

I didn't see the president and vice president of the Qingzhou branch, they all showed ecstatic expressions.

The country and the country, sometimes the royal family is too powerful, and the family and the country will not be divided

Even Zhu Yu, who reads poetry and books and claims to be a smart person, has not been spared.