Zhu Di took the queen and the two princes to the prison.

Now it's okay, the family of the Son of Heaven went to the prison for the New Year, and the last emperor's family to spend the New Year in the prison seems to be surnamed Zhao......

After they arrived, it was different from the impression of miserable and miserable.

This side of the prison is very lively and jubilant.

The sound of firecrackers and fireworks in the sky.

The figures on the stage shuttled, their singing skills were excellent, and the lively Three Kingdoms opera happened to sing to Zhao Yun Intercepting the River.

A great martial artist, armed with a spear, swaggering back and forth, wholeheartedly protecting the Lord.

When Zhu Di saw this scene, he was also moved, and couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Damn, it's more lively than the palace!" ”

"Let those two bastards come here."

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Zhanji were called over, and Zhu Di looked at the two of them and became angry.

"Second brother, you can do it, you have increased your ability, and you are here to buy people's hearts, right?"

Zhu Gaoxu was very calm, and just said lightly: "Erchen is celebrating the New Year with a friend, he taught Erchen a lot of things, and the courtesy is just exchanged." ”

Zhu Di snorted: "You said Xu Jingchang, right?" I can tell you, that kid is your eldest brother's man, he has pitted you very badly, and you still thank him? Can't tell the difference between good and bad? ”

Zhu Gaoxu's mood was stable, "Father, the child calls you that, the eldest brother calls you that, and the third brother calls you that, why do you need to distinguish between each other?" ”

When he said this, Zhu Di was speechless for a while, and Queen Xu next to her actually had red circles in her eyes, and tears almost poured out.

After the Jing martyrdom ended, ninety percent of her worries were that her three precious sons fought openly and secretly, attacking each other.

made her mother-in-law exhausted and in pain.

Especially Zhu Gaoxu, who made such a big basket, she thought that the child was hopeless.

never expected that he would follow Xu Jingchang for a few months, and he would be reborn.

The three brothers are all flesh and blood of a family, and they are all Xu Jingchang's cousins, there is really no need to distinguish between them, everyone is the same family.

Tired of logging!

Zhu Gaoxu is enlightened.

"Second child, come here."

As she spoke, Queen Xu took a bag of gold ingots from her hand, which was originally taken with her and left for Zhu Di to reward her ministers, but now she gave it to Zhu Lao Er.

Zhu Di saw it in his eyes, sighed slightly, and had mixed feelings in his heart, he turned his head and saw the black boy Zhu Zhanji.

"What about you? Why did you come here? ”

Zhu Zhanji said honestly: "I also want to please my cousin." ”

"Pleasing my cousin? Your cousin is more important than the royal grandfather? Zhu Di asked angrily.

Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a moment, and still said honestly: "Uncle Cousin is very rich, he has thousands of young and strong talents, and he also said that he will set up a factory to weave cloth after the year...... I want him to drive the second uncle away, and only we can do business together......"

The little guy's voice was not high, but Zhu Di heard it clearly, "Okay, it turns out that you all have some plans, I, the son of heaven, don't have a Xu Jingchang who works, both of you will get out of the way!" ”

Zhu Da Fat Zizi hugged his son in his arms, patted the little guy's head, and looked at Zhu Gaoxu meaningfully.

At this time, Zhu Di glanced at the gate of the prison and ordered, "Go and open the door." ”

Jin Yiwei hurriedly moved and opened the door.

Zhu Di said again: "Use a chain to block the door and prevent the people inside from coming out." ”

The brocade guard did so, and a thick iron cable stretched across the door, dividing the two worlds inside and outside.

"Tell them to come."

Soon, the six departments and nine secretaries, almost a hundred or so officials, according to their grades, stood in the prison together, and saluted Zhu Di through a chain.

"Long live the sinners to see my emperor, long live long live!"

Zhu Di didn't speak for a long time, so he asked the big guy to kneel.

After a long time, he said slowly: "I have put you in prison, and some of you must be unconvinced, and you may not be able to scold me in your heart, saying that I am ridiculous, acting nonsense, treating hundreds of officials as horses and cattle, and being a faint king, and I can't do this kind of thing......"

"The ministers have never thought of this, and I ask Your Majesty to retract this statement." Jian Yi burst into tears and kowtowed, and the rest of the ministers also kowtowed, Xu Jingchang was very reluctant, but at this time he didn't want to be a bird, so he could only follow the crowd, in case he was targeted by Zhu Di, it would be bad.

"I won't take it back." Zhu Di said coldly: "I want to tell you what you see when you stand in my position!" The body of the father's cloth clothes, from Huaixi, fought in the south and the north, expelled the remnants of the Yuan, and restored the rivers and mountains. Three generations later, the righteousness of the country, no Ming Dynasty! Look at what has become of the imperial court over the years? Emperor Taizu's ancestral system collapsed, the treasury was insufficient, the treasury was depleted, corrupt officials were rampant, and the people were struggling to make a living. ”

"At the end of the year, I read the newspapers all over the country, and the land of Shandong was barren and hungry. In the Central Plains of Henan, the people were displaced, hundreds of thousands of beggars were beggars, and even in the rich land of the south of the Yangtze River, in the city of Suzhou, people starved to death! When the country reached this point, I was so anxious that I couldn't sleep at night, and when I closed my eyes, I could see my father asking me, why did I make the Ming Dynasty like this? ”

"I have no face to face Emperor Taizu, but on a matter of business and taxation, you are prevaricating and ambiguous, and all ministries cannot withstand a thorough investigation. Especially the officials, the country is poor, and they have no money to do anything, but it is generous to give allowances to hundreds of officials, and they have increased so much in one go. Even if you don't pay allowances, you won't starve to death, if you can send this money down, how many people can you help? How many things can you do? ”

Zhu Di questioned one after another, making Jian Yi tremble and kowtow.

"The minister is guilty, and the minister is dead! Please punish the guilty ministers severely and set an example! ”

Zhu Di stared at Jian Yi and sighed for a long time, "No need, it's the New Year, I'm not a murderer when I come, I just want to chat with you and say something sincere." I didn't grow up in the deep palace, and I was surrounded by traitorous waste, I know it in my heart. ”

"The major affairs of the imperial court, I still want you to do it, the officials want you to recommend, the people want you to help, I have any ideas, and I want you to implement them. Without your help, I would not be able to move an inch. Therefore, the allowance still has to be paid, and the officials must live decently. But ......"

"You should also make me decent, so that I can be worthy of Emperor Taizu!" Zhu Di's voice suddenly increased.

This sentence pierced the heart and lungs, Xia Yuanji, Liu Jun, and the rest of the Shangshu trembled and panicked, and tears fell like rain.

And the most excited was Jing'an Hou Wang Zhong, at this time Zhu Di poured out his heart and lungs and talked to the big guy, which made him feel like he had returned to the barracks, returned to the martyrdom together, fought side by side, and was born and died.

Wang Zhong kowtowed, "Your Majesty, the saints and tomorrow are all disloyal ministers, and the ministers are guilty!" ”

Naturally, civil officials could not lag behind, and they kowtowed one after another to ask for guilt.

Zhu Di nodded, and sighed with emotion, "Between the monarch and the minister, I was originally a heartfew, and I locked you in because I wanted you to reflect on how to assist the country and govern the people in the future." If by next year, the state has not improved at all, the treasury is still empty, and the people are still poor, I will not blame you, I will lock myself in! ”

"I apologize to Emperor Taizu inside! Apologize to trillions of people! ”

The more he said this, the more frightening it became, and Jian Yi, Xia Yuanji and others had to kowtow again and plead guilty.

Zhu Di has made it clear that within a year, if there is no improvement, don't think about it...... The Son of Heaven squatted in the prison, and the ministers should all hang themselves and wipe their necks.

The king humiliates the ministers to death, that's what it means!

With a fight against the odds, no one has a way out.

"Please rest assured that Your Majesty the Emperor, the ministers should do their best to assist our Emperor, if they can't stabilize the country, they are willing to be ambushed!"

The ministers made a military order, and the big guys had no way out.

When Zhu Di saw this, he was finally in a better mood.

"When I came, I told the Imperial Dining Room that I had prepared wine and dinner for you...... I will take my family and eat with you. This chain will not go now, and it will be untied when the child is in time. New year, new weather, what to do, you know in your hearts. ”

Envy and power, the ministers were frightened, and they didn't dare to say anything more, and after thanking them, someone really sent the imperial meal, which was full of one hundred and ten dishes.

The ministers took it and set up a royal banquet in the open space in the prison.

The things in the palace are exquisitely made, but the big guys tasted it, and generally frowned, it was really not as good as Xu Jingchang's craftsmanship, in comparison, it was too bad.

Zhu Di wanted to use the stomachs of the courtiers to capture the hearts of the courtiers, but it was greatly discounted.

The big guy is grateful, but not much, only a little bit......

"Xu Tongzheng, why don't you open a restaurant in the future to ensure that business is prosperous."

Xu Jingchang glanced at Xia Yuanji, "I said Xia Shangshu, you still have the heart to talk nonsense with me now, Your Majesty said to enrich the treasury, and the responsibilities of your household department are not light!" ”

Xia Yuanji laughed, "Xu Tongzheng, you may have misunderstood, the household department only collects taxes on fields, and how much money there is actually a fixed amount, and it is not bad." The real input is your general administration, you have to collect enough business taxes, take into account the people's livelihood, and appease the displaced people...... Actually, I'm a little worried about you, how are you going to do so many things? ”

Xia Yuanji smiled, like Maitreya Buddha.

This guy is too badly beaten, Xu Jingchang gritted his teeth and wanted to give him an old punch.

At this moment, Zhu Di asked Zhu Gaoxu for the largest firecracker, and after he lit it, the firecracker ascended to the sky, and with an explosion, Xu Jingchang subconsciously shook his body and looked at the night sky blankly......