Chapter 84 Three Years

Zhu Xiongying was appointed as the grandson of the emperor. Everything seemed so natural and natural.

For Zhu Xiongying, life seems to have not changed much after he was appointed as the emperor's grandson. He is still the most favored one in the palace, and he still seems carefree, and many things are not his turn.

Why should he worry about it?

Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao can handle matters in the court, and it is not Zhu Xiongying’s turn to worry about anything.

Continuing to learn, grow, or do something that he thinks is more important seems to be more important to Zhu Xiongying. Being appointed as the emperor's grandson does not mean that Zhu Xiongying will enter the court immediately.

Zhu Xiongying in the court is almost invisible, that is, he appears in the court during the Spring Festival. That is also because Zhengdan is a grand ceremony, so it looks more important.

In the 18th year of Hongwu's reign, a major incident occurred when Guo Huan, the minister of household affairs, and others colluded with officials from various provinces to cheat and steal official grain.

The Qiu Liang in Western Zhejiang should have turned over 4.5 million shi, but Guo Huan only turned over more than 2 million shi. They embezzled taxes from Taiping Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture and other prefectures, reducing the court's tax revenue...

In total, these people embezzled more than 24 million shi of grain, which is a shocking figure, almost half of the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue.

Therefore, Lao Zhu was furious and executed all the ministers of the six ministries and below, implicating twelve chief secretaries across the country, including Zhao Mao, the minister of rites, Wang Huidi, the minister of punishment, Wang Zhi, the minister of war, Mai Zhide, minister of industry, etc.

In order to recover the stolen goods, landlords from all over the country were implicated, and countless people were ransacked and bankrupted.

The landlord class hates this deeply. This was not the case in the Yuan Dynasty. The Mongols did not care about these things!

Lao Zhu would definitely not tolerate these corrupt officials. It seems a bit over the top, but it has to be said that the legacy of the previous dynasty is too deep, and many landlords are still thinking about the tax farming system in their bones.

This must be intolerable to Lao Zhu, and the Ming Dynasty will certainly not be as loosely managed as the Yuan Dynasty.

Empress Ma felt that there were too many people implicated, and she couldn't bear it. However, Zhu Biao was sure that he would take advantage of the situation to launch a major case. This was also a warning to the officials. The two major cases of Yongyin case and Guo Huan case were counted.

Thousands of people came to rectify the situation.

What made Empress Ma angry was not Lao Zhu. Empress Ma knew very well what kind of temper Lao Zhu had. What made her depressed was that the son and grandson she brought up also had such a harsh temper and treated corrupt officials

No mercy at all.

Even if some innocent people are implicated, they don't particularly care.

"Grandma, you always say that the families of those officials are innocent, but I don't think so." Sitting on Lao Zhu's lap, Zhu Xiongying said seriously, "Those corrupt officials have embezzled money, and they have all been used by their own families.

?Those family members usually have enough food and clothing, but they are not the people who support them. Now they are going to be beheaded and they are exiled and they are complaining about injustice. Where did the money in their families come from? They have not counted it?"

Zhu Biao also echoed and said, "Mom, what Xiongying said is that if you don't kill those people, the people will not be angry! I have killed these people now to warn the world. Now I have killed a group of people to rectify the atmosphere and regulate the government.

This will make future officials have scruples."

Old Zhu sat happily, grabbed a jujube and stuffed it to Zhu Xiongying. His son and grandson are sensible.

In fact, although Lao Zhu was furious about this case, he also set the main tone, but to implicate some people and expand the case was actually what the prince was doing.

After cleaning up the six ministries and the twelve chief secretaries, many important ministers were indeed killed. But Lao Zhu also discovered that many officials from the Yuan Dynasty in the early years were purged out during this purge. Some and Huaixi

Civil servants who had close contacts with nobles and nobles were also removed from the court for some reasons.

The prince's methods were ruthless, and Lao Zhu was delighted to find that his son understood his feelings.

"Eat, eat, eat, you will know how to eat!" Taking the jujube away from Zhu Xiongying's hand, Empress Ma said angrily, "If you don't eat well, you will know how to eat melons and fruits all day long! A manly man with a thin skin.

What do you call tender meat?"

Zhu Xiongying, who suffered an unexpected disaster, stretched out his hand and said, "Grandma, I just look fair. Look at my hands. There are calluses on the palms of my hands when I touch knives all the time, and there are calluses on the sides of my fingers when I often hold a brush. I don't just know how to wear beautiful clothes and jade.

Food."

"Be gentle when you hold the pen, how can there be so many calluses?" Empress Ma found it funny and said, "Hey, I can't speak to you. Also, you are all from the Zhu family, and I am from the Ma family.

, I am not of the same mind as you."

After saying this, the emperor, the prince and the emperor's grandson were sitting on the wax together. Why did this happen?

Looking at the three people who were silent, Empress Ma smiled and said, "Forget it, I don't want to talk about what happened in the court, and you Zhu family people don't want to listen to it. I just want to commit less crimes, and the world has just begun."

To achieve peace, we must regain the support of the people."

Zhu Xiongying said weakly, "Grandma, the world does not belong to the landlords, gentry, Confucians and celebrities, it belongs to the people of the Ming Dynasty."

Empress Ma glared and said immediately, "But those people are the foundation for you to govern the country and the country in the future. You have to rely on those people to manage the people! Do you really think I don't understand anything? If I weren't a girl, the emperor could do it!"

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Zhu Xiongying nodded repeatedly, because what Empress Ma said was reasonable. The landlord class was indeed the one that the imperial power had to rely on. According to some people, the emperor was actually the biggest spokesperson of the landlord class.

The emergence of a major case made many civil and military officials nervous. They saw the emperor's attitude and strength.

But these are nothing to Zhu Xiongying, and the same is true for many civil and military officials. Life goes on.

In the blink of an eye, it is also the nineteenth year of Hongwu, and Zhu Xiongying continues to thrive, because many things are really not his turn to worry about now.

Generally speaking, this year was relatively stable. The army successfully conquered Yunnan. The Ming Dynasty basically formed a unified dynasty, and various separatist forces were basically eliminated.

It was also in this year that the city walls of Yingtian Mansion were basically completed. Regardless of the 20 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the construction of the capital has only been completely completed now. At this time, the city of Guangzhou in the south has also been basically completed.<

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At the same time, the establishment of the unified dynasty also allowed Lao Zhu to formally inspect the fields and prepare for war.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year in the 20th year of Hongwu, Lao Zhu appointed Xu Da as the general, Feng Sheng and Fu Youde as the left and right deputy generals, Lan Yu and Chen Yong as the left counselors, Hu Hai and Guo Ying as the right counselors, and led

An army of 200,000 troops conquered the Beiyuan Taiwei Nahachu who was entrenched in Liaodong.

Chang Mao, Li Jinglong, Deng Zhen, Wu Liang and others also went out with the army, and the second generation of these martial artists also began to officially enter the court.

Xu Da led his troops out of Songting Pass and built the four cities of Daning, Kuanhe, Huizhou and Fuyu. While building the cities, he also scouted the enemy's situation. Then he led the army straight to Jinshan. Facing the huge momentum of the Ming Dynasty army, Naha came out

There was internal vacillation and division.

After defeating all the armies and surrendering many people, Nahachu became increasingly shaken. Especially Nahachu's important general Guan Gongguantong resolutely left Nahachu and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. This was a major blow to Nahachu.

With soldiers pressing down on the border and everyone rebelling, Naha Chu was forced to agree to surrender.

There were more than 40,000 people who surrendered, more than 200,000 troops, and more than 100 miles of sheep, horses, donkeys and camels.

With the surrender of Naha, more than 3,000 officials from the Northern Yuan Dynasty successively surrendered. This also cleared a major obstacle for the Ming Dynasty to unify the northeastern region, and was also a heavy blow to the forces of the Yuan Dynasty as a whole.

Lao Zhu personally made Naha the Marquis of Haixi and gave him the iron certificate and elixir book. So what if the Taiwei of Beiyuan was just a defeated general. His tribe was also divided and disintegrated. The land of Liaodong now belongs to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty can

Facing Goryeo, we can also send troops to the Northern Yuan regime in Mobei.

Zhu Xiongying was quite regretful that he, a great general, could not leave the palace and lead the army to fight.

Looking at Zhu Xiongying, who was already as tall as herself, Empress Ma smiled and said comfortingly, "Xiongying, you said before that after conquering Liaodong, you have to make plans to conquer Mobei. Just wait a moment, let's go first

Mobilize troops and horses, collect food, grass and baggage, you will definitely fight in Mobei."

Zhu Xiongying sighed and said, "Grandma, do you think I'm a child? It's definitely not my turn to fight over at Beiyuan. The general is still waiting. But speaking of which, it's time for the general to take a rest.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to seal his merits. Originally, he was the first in credit, but now if he is destroyed by Bei Yuan, it will be even more difficult to seal him."

Empress Ma couldn't help laughing when she heard this and said, "I still haven't given up! If I hadn't known that you had no bad intentions, I would have thought that you were planning to murder Xu Da! He has made great contributions and we are not afraid. He has a cautious temperament."<

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"Grandma, I think it's best for me to fight against the Northern Yuan Dynasty in two years." Zhu Xiongying said with a smile, "At that time, I will appoint myself as the general, and let my cousin and Song Guogong Feng Sheng be the left and right deputy generals. There are many famous generals in my court.

With good generals, things will surely happen."

"It's done?" Empress Ma said with a smile, "If Bei Yuan is destroyed, we in the north of Ming Dynasty will indeed have no worries. But think about it for yourself, when the emperor's grandson leads an army of 200,000 to 300,000, it will still be only 100,000

Fighting elites, can the emperor sleep?"

Zhu Xiongying immediately said with confidence, "The emperor is sleeping soundly. The people in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion are no longer the emperor's people, but the prince's people! This is really not an alarmist statement. All the emperor's people have been transferred out.

They are all people who were later replaced by the prince!"

Empress Ma smiled and hit Zhu Xiongying, and said, "It's you who are driving a wedge between the Tian family and his son. Your father doesn't have much martial arts skills. I know what he is capable of, but others don't! What if we really fight against the North?"

Yuan, it’s your father’s turn to fight.”

Zhu Xiongying's eyes rolled around. This matter can still be planned. If he misses the fight against Beiyuan, there will basically be no big battle. If he misses this battle, there will probably be no large-scale war in a short time.<
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