"What do you want?"

Huang Xiongying really didn't think about this problem.

Just thinking about it, I heard the old man say seriously: "Let's remind you that you are not allowed to hit the idea of the royal princess!" ”

Huang Xiongying: "......"

"Actually, my grandson doesn't want anything, if I have to say anything, my grandson wants to see the old man Hongwu and talk to him."

"That's it?"

"That's it!"

To be honest, in this era, who doesn't want to meet Emperor Hongwu, who founded the Ming Dynasty?

Let's see if he is a shoehorn face as later generations of pigtails said?

Tell me about some of your views on the Ming Dynasty......

Looking at Huang Xiongying with a serious face, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and said thoughtfully: "Okay, let's promise you, we will find a way to let you meet." ”

"By the way, do you need any help from this side of the production mirror?"

"The funds, manpower, and venue, now that the grandchildren have it, the next thing is to expand the site, seize the time to produce, the sooner the better, the victims in the disaster area are waiting, and the rest is the problem of sales, which needs the help of grandpa."

"Hmm."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "The sales problem will be handed over to grandpa!" ”

Next, after the three discussed a series of details, Zhu Yuanzhang and Fu Youde didn't care about lunch, so they hurried back to the palace......

Disaster relief is like fighting a fire, and there is no delay for a moment.

On the road.

Fu Youde couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The emperor's grandson is really a talent of the unicorn!" Young and intelligent, and not greedy, not arrogant, broad-minded, take the world as their own responsibility! His appearance is the blessing of my Ming Dynasty and the blessing of the people of the world! Minister, congratulations to the emperor on a good holy grandson! ”

Fu Youde did not hesitate to praise him.

Zhu Yuanzhang listened quietly, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

He doesn't like people to pat him on the back, but this time......

He is proud!

He is proud!

Originally, he just wanted to use the things made by his eldest grandson to sell as glass to solve the urgent needs of the disaster area, but he couldn't take care of a series of hidden dangers that followed, and he just waited for it to be solved slowly.

But his eldest grandson took out such wonderful things as mirrors, but they solved this problem perfectly, because mirrors are useful, and as a new object, the pricing is reasonable, there is no deception, and there is no unscrupulous trend to promote profit.

I don't know how many times better than Zhu Yunwen's selling official!

Fu Youde saw it in his eyes, and his heart was equally happy.

He is a noble of Huaixi and an old minister of the East Palace.

When the crown prince dies, whether it is Zhu Di, the king of Yan, or Zhu Yunwen, the emperor's grandson, will inherit the unification, they will not have good fruits to eat.

But now it's different.

If there are no accidents, that position belongs to the emperor's grandson Zhu Xiongying.

Zhu Xiongying's maiden family is Huaixi Xungui, the vein they support, and his ascension will change everything......

……

By the time I got back to the palace, it was already afternoon.

In front of the Fengtian Temple.

An old man with gray hair paced back and forth, his weather-beaten face was covered with deep wrinkles, and his two deep-set eyes were deep and bright, and he looked very divine.

Early this morning, Gonggong An informed the ministers that the early dynasty was canceled, and it was already afternoon, but the old man was still waiting here.

The old man saw Zhu Yuanzhang and Fu Youde coming, and hurriedly greeted them.

"Minister, Qian Tang has seen the emperor!"

"No need to be polite."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.

Qian Tang is seventy-nine this year, which is considered an advanced age in this era.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't like this old man very much, because this old man was like a stone in a dung pit, smelly and hard.

Really.

After saluting, Qian Tang's old face straightened.

"Your Majesty, it's been a whole day, and you're finally willing to come back!"

Between the words, the meaning of dissatisfaction was clearly revealed.

"Humph!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted lightly and said in a deep voice: "Qian Tang, what do you mean?" ”

Facing the cold-faced Zhu Yuanzhang, Qian Tang was not stunned, but his old face was flushed, red all the way to the root of his ears, and his nose was wide open due to being too excited.

"Forgive the old minister's courageous words, Your Majesty, you have changed! You weren't like this before, but now you run outside the palace whenever you have time, and often go all day, and today you can't even go to the morning court! ”

"If it was before, the old minister didn't dare to say much, but now, do you know that natural disasters are at the head, and disaster relief is like fighting fires?"

"One million victims in the disaster area, one million disaster victims, displaced, hungry, they are waiting for the relief of the imperial court!"

"The matter of disaster relief has burned your eyebrows, and you can't delay for a moment, and you need to make up your mind about everything, but what about you? Are you still running outside the palace at this time? ”

"The sage cloud, the people are the most important, the community is secondary, and the king is light......"

"Shut up!"

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the excited Qian Tang, he really wanted to finish off this stubborn old man with one stone!

But Qian Tang still didn't give up, a picture of seeing death as home, stiffened his neck, and said righteously: "The emperor is killing the old minister now, and the old minister also wants to say, eat the king's luck, share worries for the king, as a courtier, if you watch the emperor make a mistake and let the emperor do nothing, it will be a dereliction of duty of the minister!" ”

"Hmph-"

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, and then his eyes suddenly gathered, staring at Qian Tang: "Don't think we dare to kill you!" ”

"Die for the country, and there is more glory in the death of the minister!"

Qian Tang looked at death as if he was at home, and said with a stiff neck.

"Good! Good! Good! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said three good words in a row, and he was already angry.

"Confused!"

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Fu Youde hurriedly stepped forward to pull Qian Tang away and shouted: "Old man Qian, how do you know that the emperor will not act?" The emperor left the palace for disaster relief! ”

"Leaving the palace for disaster relief?"

Qian Tang continued to stiffen his neck and said: "The minister has never heard of any emperor who did not go to the early dynasty and went out of the palace alone to find a way to relieve the disaster!" ”

"You ......"

Fu Youde was also so angry that he gritted his teeth.

Just wanted to explain something, but heard Zhu Yuanzhang shout in a deep voice:

"Come on, drag this old stubborn down for us, let him calm down!"

"Yes!"

Jiang Zhen and another guard immediately stepped forward, and after giving up the order, they set up Qian Tang and dragged him out......

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, natural disasters are at the head, and you need to sit in the rear, so you must not go to the early court, go out of the palace at will, and go all day......"

"If you don't listen to the persuasion of the old minister, you might as well kill the old minister and save some money and food for the court......"

Qian Tang's chanting grew farther and farther away......

"Humph!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said in a low voice: "We won't kill you, let's keep you to take a good look, who is wrong this time!" ”

Qian Tang is a hard-core character.

Zhu Yuanzhang has already learned this.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he issued an order to recruit talents from all over the world and add a few more tubes of fresh blood to the newborn Ming Dynasty.

Qian Tang, who is famous, is naturally also invited.

Qian Tang thought that the Zhongyuan Dynasty was simply a dark hell world, and he would never be in the Yuan Dynasty, and lived in seclusion in Baishi Mountain in Xiangshan Dancheng for a long time until Zhu Yuanzhang's call.

However, the first time Zhu Yuanzhang saw Qian Tang was in the Fengtian Palace, and Qian Tang at that time didn't even change his clothes, so he wore his own hemp shoes and cloth clothes.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw it at that time, this was a thorn.

Really.

In the third year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to depose Confucianism, and even said "If this old man is today, how can he spare me a knife".

And released cruel words, "Those who admonish are disrespectful, and they order Jin Wu to shoot them." ”

The Manchu civil and military were frightened and at a loss, and no one dared to come forward.

At this time, Qian Tang stood up.

He asked people to carry a coffin and went straight to Fengtian Temple, shouting, "The minister died for Meng Ke, and there is more glory in death." ”……

This is Qian Tang.

An intellectual who regarded the study of Confucius and Mencius as more important than life.

He always believed that those who were courtiers should correct the emperor's words and deeds at any time according to the teachings of Confucius and Mencius that "what the people do is good, and what the people are evil".

Although in practice, most literati became sycophants, there were always some people in every dynasty who adhered to this idea to the death, and Qian Tang was one of them.

In his eyes, the religion of Confucius and Mencius is "taught without class", no matter who it is, it must be "taught by it and practice its way". Although the emperor has supreme power, he is no exception.

Zhu Yuanzhang is the founding emperor, with a strong personality and a reputation for ruthless methods, he can't tolerate corrupt officials, but he can tolerate Qian Tang so upright and outspoken, and can even be said to be a stubborn minister.

Several times ago, Zhu Yuanzhang made concessions, but this time, he wanted to let out the evil breath in his heart......

……

"Summoning the ministers to the palace to discuss matters!"

Sending away the old stubborn Qian Tang, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately instructed left and right.

Taking advantage of the time when the ministers went to the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang hastily ate a few mouthfuls of food, and then went to the Fengtian Palace......

Dragon chair.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat up straight, glanced at His Royal Highness, lined up neatly, and held a wat board in his hands (Nianhu, also known as a hand board, jade board or court board, which is a tool for his ministers to face the king in the palace in ancient times), and said slowly:

"Shandong, Henan disaster, who do you think can be the governor (at this time, the governor is not an official position, more to point out the patrol of border towns and disaster relief and people, in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang sent the crown prince Zhu Biao to patrol Shaanxi, similar to the minister of Qincha often said in later generations), go to the disaster area, supervise disaster relief affairs, relieve the victims, and appease the people?"

"Or, whoever wants to recommend themselves, they can stand up!"

The voice fell, and the hall was silent.

Because this disaster relief is not fun, the two provinces are severely affected, and several surrounding provinces have been affected, millions of victims, the most difficult thing is to get millions of taels of disaster relief silver out at once, which is simply hellish difficulty.

Whoever they recommend to come out at this time is to push him into the fire pit.

And those who want to recommend themselves are more than enough in their old hearts, and those who are young are not strong enough, and they feel that their prestige is not enough, and at the same time they are afraid of such a catastrophe.

So after waiting for a while, no one made a sound.

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang speak: "We also know that this is a chore, since none of you have spoken, then it is up to us to decide!" ”

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang's tiger eyes began to scan.

Some ministers lowered their heads, for fear that the sharp gaze would fall on them, some raised their heads slightly, wanting to get the attention of those eyes, and some were as steady as Mount Tai, knowing that they would not call themselves, and their eyes were secretly observing......

Cao Guogong Li Jinglong is the one who secretly observes.

"Governor of the Left Army."

When Zhu Yuanzhang's voice sounded, Li Jinglong had not yet reacted.

It wasn't until all eyes were focused on him that Li Jinglong raised his eyes a little blankly.

"Li Jinglong!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted.

Li Jinglong seemed to wake up from a dream, his eyes seemed to have just groped back from a distant place, and he hurriedly stepped out of the queue, bowed down and said:

"Minister...... Minister! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the embarrassed Li Jinglong with some amusement, and said, "Let's let you do this, what do you think?" ”

"Huh?"

Li Jinglong sighed slightly, reacted immediately, and said loudly: "The ministers are favored by the emperor, and they are in the position of ministers, so they should share the worries of the emperor, even if they are in all difficulties, they will not give up!" ”

He didn't know why the old emperor would take a fancy to him this time, but he knew that if he retreated at this time, he would not have another chance in the future.

Brave Li Jinglong, not afraid of difficulties.

Just like Zhu Yunwen asked him to take command later, he had never been on the battlefield, so he agreed without hesitation.

"Hmm."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction: "It is worthy of being after Li Wenzhong, who has courage and responsibility!" Okay, this time, we will order you to be the governor and go to the disaster area to provide disaster relief and comfort to the people! Remember, millions of victims are waiting for you to save their lives! ”

"Minister, you must do your best not to dishonor the holy order!"

Li Jinglong bowed again and shouted loudly.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Is there anything else?" If there is nothing else to do, retreat from the dynasty, Fu Youde, Xu Huizu stay. ”

"Yes."

Fu Youde and Xu Huizu immediately kowtowed.

"Ministers, send the emperor!"

The rest of the ministers sang in unison......

……

East Palace, the study of the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen.

"Your Highness, can you inform the old emperor of the method we discussed last night?"

Huang Zicheng opened his mouth and asked Zhu Yunwen.

"Told it."

Zhu Yunwen nodded, with a hint of helplessness on his face: "But ......"

"But what?"

Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai were both curious.

"Hey—"

Zhu Yunwen sighed lightly: "But after the imperial grandfather heard it, he didn't say anything, didn't approve of it, didn't object, just let me go out." ”

"Is that weird?"

Qi Tai touched a small handful of mustache on his chin and said suspiciously: "You said that this disaster relief food is more than 2 million silver!" To whom? Even if you raise it, you can't offend a large group of people? If you can't raise it, the disaster relief will be a mess. ”

Huang Zicheng nodded, and then smiled:

"It's a good thing that the emperor doesn't accept it, otherwise if you let Your Highness, or the two of us go, think about it, several provinces have been hit by disasters, and millions of victims will have to get millions of taels of silver at once, is this errand easy to do? Except for Li Jinglong, who loves to be a big head, who wants to go? ”

Qi Tai also nodded and smiled: "Isn't it, millions of taels of silver, you go to raise it, and people are willing to give it, I don't believe him Li Jinglong dares to rob it!" ”

Huang Zicheng nodded and said: "Yes, Li Jinglong's trip is not as good as what he said, you say, since the emperor does not adopt our method, which crossing will he raise money from?" ”

Zhu Yunwen also shook his head and said, "Now in addition to asking for money from businessmen and big households, I really can't think of it, where can the imperial grandfather ask for money?" Could it be that it is to the vassal kings and princes and ministers? ”

Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai looked at each other and thought for a while.

"No, it won't."

Huang Zicheng shook his head and said: "The kings and princes and ministers of all walks of life are very proficient, even if the old emperor speaks, they may not necessarily take out the money, and even if they do, they will not take too much, because they take too much, what does it mean?" Explain that you are corrupt! They wouldn't be so stupid as to shoot themselves in the foot with money! ”

Qi Tai nodded thoughtfully, suddenly thought of something, and said to Zhu Yunwen: "Your Highness, why don't you take some silver to the old emperor?" It doesn't take too much, just say it's your own mind, and if you think that the old emperor will definitely thank His Royal Highness for his goodness. ”

"Hmm."

Huang Zicheng also drew inferences from one case and said: "Your Highness can also ask the old emperor to cut his offerings, just say that the silver saved is donated by Your Highness to the disaster area!" ”

Zhu Yunwen nodded slowly, looking at the two teachers with a look of approval in his eyes......

……

The other side.

Li Jinglong, who had just walked out of the palace, had a pale face and beads of sweat on his forehead.

That's right, he panicked.

He had just spoken impassionedly at the Golden Palace, but when he left the palace, he finally began to know that he was afraid.

The two provinces were severely affected, with millions of victims and a gap of more than two million taels of silver.

Thinking about it, it made Li Jinglong's back cry cold.

Even if all the property left by his father is sold, he may not be able to plug this gap.

"Li Jinglong, you stinky mouth, why won't you refuse?!"

Li Jinglong slapped himself lightly.

"What to do, what to do......"

Li Jinglong, who got into the carriage, was still depressed......

Why did the old emperor take a fancy to himself?

Yes, I admit that I am good-looking and eye-catching, but I can't just throw the drudgery on my head because of this!

Wrong......

Is the old emperor such a superficial person?

Why the hell, I haven't offended anyone lately, so I sold some salt......

Salt?

That's right!

Salt! The Emperor's grandson! Zhu Xiongying!!

"U-turn! Go to shop at 58 Chase Street!! ”

Li Jinglong lifted the curtain and shouted to the coachman......