Chapter 9 The torrential rain of the Ming Dynasty never stopped
"Send?"
Lao Zhu picked up another piece of music to check, "Our old nine is a little heavy, but this is a good thing." ”
"If this Shen family deceives our son, then let's let this Shen family know that the majesty of the heavenly family is inviolable."
Saying that, Lao Zhu ordered: "Mao Xiang, you personally go on a trip and let the prefect of Chuzhou, no matter what method you use, close down all the Shen family's grain stores in Chuzhou." ”
"Your Majesty, how many days will it be closed?" Mao Xiang looked up and asked.
"In three days, if the Shen family has not woken up, then the Shen family's private purchase and sale of palace creations will be taken to the court for the public to discuss how to deal with it."
It is not a matter of a day or two for Lao Zhu to set his eyes on the Shen family, the world's number one wealthy businessman, but there is no suitable reason to do it.
Mao Xiang was immediately ordered to leave.
Empress Ma was taken aback, "Your Majesty, this Shen family has contributed money and efforts to build Nanjing City for us." ”
Lao Zhu smiled, "The Shen family sits on thousands of hectares of fertile land in Jianghuai, and there are one hundred and twenty grain stores alone, all over the north and south, to help us build Nanjing City, that is because people want to be officials." ”
"I can't be an official here, and I want to get involved with us by all means."
"Speaking of which, let's forget about it, this matter is still operated by Liu Bowen, an old thing."
Queen Ma nodded heavily and stopped speaking for the Shen family, if the Shen family is a businessman, it will be cold to the businessmen in the world, and she can still persuade a few words from it, but this is obviously Lao Zhu has already noticed.
Once a wealthy businessman like the Shen family enters the court and really becomes a relative of the emperor, it will be another matter.
……
For what Lao Zhu has long wanted to do to the Shen family.
Zhu Di didn't know.
But when he saw a cart of palace objects, the first thing he thought of was the Shen family.
So he asked Guo Ying to find the Shen family steward.
It is not so much that he bullied the Shen family with hegemony, but that he wanted to drag the Shen family to the northwest to develop.
He can resell the palace gold, silver and jade, and Lao Zhu can turn a blind eye.
But others, with Lao Zhu's tolerance, grabbed one and killed the other.
Therefore, it depends on how the Shen family chooses.
In September, Chuzhou is breezy and green, making it the most suitable for vacation.
But Chuzhou in the early morning was full of a murderous atmosphere.
One hundred and twenty people from the Zhang Hongru clan of the Qingliu Wang clan in Chuzhou were raided.
The sun is just rising.
Zhu Di, who was about to leave Chuzhou, was walking on the street when he saw Ying Tianfu soldiers escorting the Zhang family to Yingtian.
The order was given by Lao Zhu, and it belonged to the direct arrest across prefectures.
"The tablet dedicated to Emperor Yuan Shun?"
Zhu Di asked Guo Ying to inquire and got a shocking and completely unexpected answer.
Zhang Hongru is a great Confucian in Chuzhou, although he is not as good as Song Lian's status among the literati, but he is also a rich and respected celebrity among the literati.
But such a wealthy family actually enshrined the tablet of Emperor Yuan Shun.
Unbelievable.
"It is said that he was a slave in the Zhang clan, who made a mistake and was whipped by the master's family, and the slave was unwilling to report the fact that the Zhang family set up a tablet for Emperor Yuan Shun in the ancestral hall."
"Your Majesty was furious, so he ordered Ying Tianfu to go to Chuzhou overnight, and all the 120 people of the Zhang clan were beheaded."
"As for the slave who reported, His Majesty reprimanded him with ten rods to reprimand him for his disloyalty, read his meritorious report, rewarded him with a thousand taels of silver, and was on duty in the Criminal Department."
Guo Ying said without half emotion.
But it made Zhu Di feel a cold wind blowing on his face, and he couldn't help but shiver.
The empty seal case that occurred three days ago is already a big case that has shocked the government and the opposition.
Now there is another thing about the memorial of Emperor Yuan Shun in the famous family of the literary world.
He couldn't imagine how turbulent the next Ming Dynasty would be.
Domestic servants who report the master's family are punished regardless of whether they have merit or not.
But Lao Zhu reprimanded the secret ascension, this is to make the slaves in the world's prominent clans bravely stand up and report.
This kind of thing.
Even he was angry when he heard it, let alone Lao Zhu.
It's just that he can't figure it out.
These celebrities and celebrities are good Han people, but they want to be traitors, which is really annoying.
This matter has nothing to do with him, it is just a bad news on the way, and he does not stop, but continues to move forward.
He had already thought of a way to emigrate.
I just don't know if this solution will work.
I asked Fang Xiaoru for something, and I didn't chat with Fang Xiaoru.
Zhu Di climbed on the window of the car and told Fang Xiaoru about the immigration method.
Fang Xiaoru was stunned on the spot, looking at Zhu Di with a smile on his face very strangely, God knows how such a method came up from the head of a nine-year-old child.
"Your Highness, this, or you go to write a letter and ask His Royal Highness the Prince, and his subordinates are not sure if they can do it."
"After all, the biggest problem is to move people from the south, a distance of 4,000 miles, and all the way to the state capitals."
"But in terms of feasibility, it is indeed a good idea."
"Oh, that filial brother, is there anything that needs to be improved?" Zhu Di continued to discuss.
After all, he has grown so big, and the farthest place he has ever left the palace is the Shangshu Mansion, and he really doesn't know the situation in the outside world.
can only be a whimsical reverie.
"If you want Your Highness's method to achieve the greatest effect, I'm afraid there are three more things you need to do." Fang Xiaoru thought about it carefully: "First, His Highness's prestige is not enough to convince the people. ”
"Second, we must convince the people that Your Highness has enough money and food."
"Third, Your Highness must find a way not to let the state capitals intercept the people of the north."
"It's not difficult to do the first two points, but the last point, if you are not careful, I am afraid that it will cause a big mess."
Zhu Di nodded, discussed the specific implementation process of the Fenglan plan with Fang Xiaoru, and then left the Chuzhou boundary and officially entered the Fengyang territory.
Fengyang Mansion is Lao Zhu's hometown, of course, it can also be called his ancestral home.
Feng Lan planned not to do it under Lao Zhu's nose.
was known by Lao Zhu, and it would be troublesome to be stopped every minute.
Chuzhou goes further to the northwest, which is Dingyuan.
He prepared to cross the Huai River from Fengyang, reach Huaiyuan, and then go north along the banks of the Whirlpool River, and turn to the Huiji River to reach Kaifeng, Henan, and travel west along the banks of the Yellow River, from Zhengzhou and Luoyang to Xi'an.
When the time comes, we will look at the situation in Saibei and then decide how to get to the fiefdom of Lan County.
Who would have thought that Zhu Yuanzhang's father, Zhu Wusi, accidentally became Mingrenzu Zhu Shizhen.
It's a 2,000-kilometre journey.
There are no high-speed rail planes, and the fastest tool is only war horses.
And he pulled the nine hardware coffins, and he had to implement the Fenglan plan, so he could only move north slowly as if he was transporting grain.
Liu Bowen, the sincere uncle, was dismissed by Lao Zhu, and returned to his hometown Qingtian.
Perhaps the dismissal of an earl will not cause a shock in the turbulent situation of the past few days.
It can control the imperial history platform and the six branches to give the imperial history in the matter.
Leader of Zhedong Group.
It is understandable what kind of turmoil Liu Bowen's dismissal will cause.
"Since the Yang Xian case, the Zhedong Group headed by Liu Bowen has been unable to compete with the Huaixi Group led by Li Shanchang, and the weak Liu Yibo has been dismissed, which will be a crushing victory for the Huaixi Group."
"Above the court, there are four major factions, the Huaixi Group, the Zhedong Group, the Old Yuan Party, and the Neutral Faction."
"After the empty seal case, Lu Chang, the head of the household, sent to the southwest, and then the old Yuan Wang family of celebrities worshiped the tablet of Emperor Yuan Shun, and then the old Yuan literati will not have a good time."
"If Liu Bowen is dismissed again, perhaps, this may be a precursor to His Majesty's very big adjustment to Saibei."
Although Fang Xiaoru did not pay homage to the official, he studied under the prince's teacher Song Lian, and he was close to the prince, so he had a very clear judgment of the situation in the court.
But this touches on Zhu Di's knowledge blind spot, "Zhedong Group has lost power, and the reuse of Huaixi Group has nothing to do with Saibei?" ”
Fang Xiaoru shook his head and said, "When His Majesty Hongwu made the second Northern Expedition in the fifth year and was preparing to destroy the Northern Yuan in one fell swoop, some people put forward different opinions. ”
"Completely contrary to His Majesty's strategic intentions, I think that although the Northern Yuan has gone away to Mobei, the strength of the Northern Yuan should not be underestimated, and it should not be too aggressive.
"But Your Majesty insisted on the Northern Expedition, and His Highness also knew about it."
"And it was Liu Bowen who raised objections at that time."
"The dismissal of Liu Bowen at this time can be imagined."
Fang Xiaoru paused and shook his head in distress, "Doesn't Your Highness think it's strange, we came all the way from Yingtian to Fengyang, and there was not the slightest rumor about His Highness going north to become a vassal domain, as if no one knew about it." ”
"But you must know that the vassal king is a vassal domain, this is a big event, and it must be announced to the world, praising His Royal Highness's deeds of defending the north and defending the border, and it shows His Majesty's determination to go on the Northern Expedition."
"There's no movement right now, maybe there's a bigger storm brewing behind this."
Listening to Fang Xiaoru's words, Zhu Di hammered his head with a headache, the relationship between them was too complicated, and his brain was a little insufficient, so he couldn't think about it.
Wheels within wheels.
He knew it anyway.
Lao Zhu is rectifying the court again.
Zhu Di was not very sensitive to court politics and national policy, but Fang Xiaoru still suggested that the Fenglan plan be postponed.
Shen Hongtai came and followed him to Lan County.
But it didn't come alone, with the Shen family's horse gang, and ......
The total value of the court objects was one million taels of silver.
The Shen family took 100,000 taels of silver nearby, and 100,000 quintals of rice went north with Zhu Di.
The remaining silver money was replaced by grain, soybeans, grain, war horses, ploughing cattle, farm tools, cotton, medicinal herbs, and silk, and was mobilized from all over the country to Lan County.
The Shen family decided that Shen Hongtai would lead the caravan to re-route the Hexi Corridor and open up the ancient Silk Road.
Zhu Di's march to the north became longer, with a number of carriages and horses traveling three miles long, dozens of carriages and three full carts of silver.
This result is surprising, but it also makes sense.
The Shen family will be grateful for the choice they made this time.
Otherwise, the world's first wealthy businessman will definitely fall at the hands of Lao Zhu.
There is no high-speed rail, no airplane, and it is an extremely boring thing to go north with the strength of the foot horse.
But in this day and age, there is no choice.
And just when Zhu Di arrived at Fengyang Mansion, a turmoil that had been brewing for half a month finally broke out.