Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Lao Zhu was very willing to establish Zhu Wengui as the crown prince.

But he was afraid that the child was too young to bear such a great blessing, and that his life would be shortened.

Another point is that the real queen has not given birth to a son yet. If the queen gives birth to a son, he will be the eldest son. By then, the eldest son of the concubine will have been established as the crown prince. How can the eldest son be embarrassed?
When Lao Zhu thought of this, he wanted to take Zhu Yunxi back and give him a good beating.

As long as this turtle grandson cares about the harem, we won't worry about this trivial matter!
"Let's discuss the matter of establishing a crown prince. Now our eldest grandson is just sick and not dead. Why are we in such a hurry to establish a crown prince?"

Gao Ming and the others felt a little relieved after hearing this.

After all, this came from the mouth of the old emperor. If Zhu Yunxi could hide it from everyone in the world, he couldn't even hide it from the old emperor, right?

Therefore, what the old emperor said must be true. Zhu Yunxi was just sick, and it was not as serious as the rumors said.

"Since Your Majesty has made up his mind, I will leave now..."

Lao Zhu looked at the three leaving cabinet ministers and felt another curse in his heart.

What can we do?

As a special girl, we live one day at a time!
As soon as Lao Zhu sent these three old guys away, he saw Erhu running over in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, something serious has happened!"

"What's the big deal?"

"King Kannin and King Hee Sung of Japan have run away!"

Lao Zhu cursed angrily when he heard this.

"We thought it was a big deal, but it's just such a trivial thing after doing it for a long time!"

"Isn't it just a matter of running away and catching me again? Is it worth making such a fuss?"

"Your Majesty, our fleets are now in the West and Golden Continent, and there is no navy in the mainland..."

"is it?"

Lao Zhu hurriedly walked to the coastal sand table map and saw that, as Erhu said, the Ming fleet was fighting fiercely in a place called the Mediterranean in the west to deal with the disobedient small countries there.

In addition, there are many fleets trading around Africa and capturing local specialties.

Another part of the fleet is stationed in the Huangjinzhou Canal area to supervise the local indigenous people's construction of the Grand Canal.

Looking at it this way, there is really no navy in the Ming Dynasty. There are only some patrol ships that cannot go to the ocean and can only hang around in the offshore area.

"Then bring some back from Golden Continent?"

When Erhu heard this, his eyes darkened, revealing a confused look on his face.

"Your Majesty, why don't you ask Master Gao to come in and discuss it?"

"His Majesty said before leaving that if you encounter any naval matters, please consult Master Gao."

"Gao Ming..."

Lao Zhu subconsciously showed an expression of disgust on his face. He had always looked down on this guy. If it wasn't for Da Sun's sake, he would have let this bitch go down to find his brother.

"All right!"

"Call him in and ask if the fleet on the Golden Continent can bring back a few ships."

"okay!"

Not long after, Gao Ming came in and looked at the sand table.

"Your Majesty, there have been three riots in the Golden Continent in the past month. Once the fleet is mobilized from there, the local indigenous people will definitely break out in greater riots. The delay in the construction period will be small. If this delays Your Majesty's attack on the Golden Continent, The big plan will be in vain.”

When Lao Zhu heard this, he immediately became impatient.

"Then tell me, where can we mobilize enough manpower to go to Japan and capture those two rebel kings!"

When Gao Ming heard this, his face showed some worry.

"The two rebel kings are irrelevant. What I am most worried about now are the Ming merchants stranded in Japan and the Ming defenders in the Iwami Silver Mine."

"In the past, Japan was leaderless. We in the Ming Dynasty only needed a few thousand people to suppress all the local daimyo and guardians."

"Now that the two rebel kings have returned, Japan has a backbone. Once they raise their arms and the daimyo guards from all over Japan respond, our troops stationed in Japan will be in danger."

"The top priority now is to urgently raise ships to transport them back to avoid any unexpected events."

"Shipping back?"

Lao Zhu looked at the Ming Dynasty fleets on the sand table and they were all far away from the mainland. No matter how he looked, he couldn't tell which fleet could return home in a short time.

"Now we don't even have a ship, how can we transport it back?"

Gao Ming said confidently when he heard this.

"The boat thing is easy to handle!"

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty has long discussed with me and formulated a wartime regulation. The imperial court can requisition merchant ships for a fee."

"The maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty has been prosperous in the past few years. The four large merchant groups have made a lot of money by riding on the east wind of the Ming Dynasty's sea ban. They have many large ships with more than [-] pieces of steel."

"As long as five such large ships are needed, all the Ming troops stationed in Japan can be transported back."

When Lao Zhu heard Gao Ming's words, even if he looked down upon him, he still had to admit that this guy had a lot of skills.

"It's just that the ship issue is easy to handle, but the manpower issue is difficult. We don't have the navy to handle it right now..."

Upon hearing this, Lao Zhu quickly took over the topic.

"Manpower is also easy to handle!"

"Li Qi's side has [-] new recruits. They have been training for a year. We can't count on them in battle. It should be no problem to pick up someone."

When Gao Ming heard this, he quickly gave Lao Zhu a rainbow fart.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

In fact, it is impossible for Gao Ming not to think of this.The reason why he said it was difficult to handle was mainly because he wanted to give Lao Zhu a chance to perform.

Gao Ming has long known that Lao Zhu despises him. If it were normal, he would despise him if he didn't despise him. You can still bite me to death.But now we are facing a national crisis. Once the monarch and his ministers disagree, it will inevitably lead to catastrophe.

Therefore, Gao Ming flattered Lao Zhu against his will, hoping to ease the relationship between Lao Zhu and him.

Sure enough, after listening to Gao Ming's flattery, Lao Zhu smiled so big that his head stretched to the back of his head.

"We thought Master Gao was omnipotent, but we didn't expect that there would be times when it was dark under the lamp, hahaha!"

Hearing this, Gao Ming flattered him again against his will.

"After all, the minister is a civil servant. Unlike His Majesty, who fought on the battlefield with war and strength, sometimes his thinking is limited."

Lao Zhu graciously forgave Gao Ming's mistake and waved his hand towards him.

"Go and raise funds for the requisition of merchant ships."

"Let's write a note to Li Qi now and ask him to deploy 2000 people to operate merchant ships to pick up people in Japan..."

"promise!"

Just as Gao Ming was about to accept the order and retreat, something suddenly occurred to him.

"By the way, Your Majesty, the two rebel kings of Japan have been under the guard of the royal guards. Why did they suddenly run away?"

When Lao Zhu heard this, he immediately looked coldly at Erhu, who was standing aside. However, he did not accuse the other party, but left a bit of trouble for him.

"We will send someone to investigate this matter, you can go about your business first!"

"promise!"

After Gao Ming left, Lao Zhu said coldly.

"How do you explain this?" Erhu immediately fell to his knees after hearing this.

"Your Majesty, it is a death penalty for understating one's position..."

"The humble official thought that these two rebel kings were always safe, so he transferred them to other places without permission, leaving only two small flags to look after them."

"Who would have thought that these two little flags were not noticed and let people run away..."

When Lao Zhu heard Er Hu's explanation, his eyes became deeper and deeper.

"Who knows about your deployment of manpower?"

Erhu thought for a moment and said.

"No one knows... If anyone knows, it's probably within Jinyiwei, right?"

Lao Zhu sneered when he heard this.

"Go back and check. I'm afraid you Jin Yiwei are not clean."

"what?"

Erhu said with a puzzled look.

"No way, the Jinyiwei are all old people. How can they do such a thing of cheating and cheating?"

When Lao Zhu saw that Erhu still naively believed in Jin Yiwei, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh in his heart.

If this stupid tiger is sold in the future, he will have to help count the money!
"If we ask you to investigate, just do it. There's so much nonsense!"

"Forget it, let others investigate this matter. Let you, the stick, investigate. There is a high probability that nothing will be found!"

When Erhu heard this, he couldn't help but think about it. If he wasn't allowed to investigate, who else could he ask? Could it be that the Yushi Yanguan should be asked to investigate?
Unexpectedly, as soon as Lao Zhu finished speaking, he called Qin Deshun over.

"Qin Deshun, I leave this matter to you to investigate. You must investigate the Jin Yiwei inside and out!"

"promise!"

When Erhu saw that Lao Zhu had handed over such an important matter to a eunuch, he was a little unhappy on the spot.

"Your Majesty, Eunuch Qin stays in the palace all year round. How can he know how to investigate cases?"

"Besides, he doesn't have the manpower..."

Lao Zhu became even more angry when he heard this. It had been several years since he established Dongchang, but this stupid tiger didn't hear any news?
"Shut up!"

"From now on, you are not allowed to leave the palace, just stay at our door!"

As Lao Zhu spoke, he wrote down a handwriting and gave it to Qin Deshun.

"Qin Deshun, teach this stupid tiger a lesson and let him see how powerful your Dongchang is!"

"Your Majesty, just watch it!"

Qin Deshun took the handwritten edict written by Lao Zhu, brought two hundred eunuchs with him, and sealed Beizhen Fusi on the spot.

"His Majesty the Emperor has decreed that Jin Yiwei eat everything inside and outside, and go to the East Factory to check it out for us!"

The commander of the Jinyi Guards, Jiang Wei, was filled with disbelief when he heard this.

When did Ming Dynasty get an extra Dongchang?
Didn't the emperor always trust Jin Yiwei? Why would he let others check Jin Yiwei?
"Commander Chiang, do you want to resist?"

"Don't dare!"

Jiang Wei looked at Qin Deshun and then at the imperial edict in his hand. He said he didn't dare, but his body stood straight.

Seeing this, Qin Deshun could only hand the imperial edict to Jiang Wei. Jiang Wei didn't even bother to refuse. He took the imperial edict and looked at it. When he saw that it was really the old emperor's handwriting, he believed that what Qin Deshun said was true.

"I dare to ask Eunuch Qin, but what did the Jinyi Guards do that dissatisfied His Majesty the Emperor?"

Qin Deshun snorted coldly when he heard the words.

"Of course!"

"The two rebel kings of Japan have escaped, and all of you, the Imperial Guard, have nothing to do with it!"

"Come here, please ask Commander Chiang to go to the Fusi prison in Beizhen to ask questions!"

"promise!"

Although the eunuchs brought by Qin Deshun wanted to cheer up, they were missing something. Both their strength and tone seemed too feminine.

So when they shouted in unison, instead of frightening the Jinyiwei group of killers, they instead caused a lot of ridicule.

"Hahaha, if you don't know how to shout, father-in-law, please stop shouting and come forward quietly. We don't dare to move!"

When Qin Deshun saw this scene, he raised his orchid finger angrily, pointed at the group of people laughing crazily and shouted.

"Get it for our family!"

This time the eunuchs of Dongchang learned the lesson just now, and as expected they no longer shouted promises loudly. They directly put chains on the Jinyiwei men with a sullen face and escorted them to Fusi Prison in Beizhen.

There is nothing that can be done about it. The headquarters of Dongchang is located in the palace, and there is no place to hold prisoners. They can only use the Jinyiwei's cells to detain the Jinyiwei's people.

When thousands of members of the Jinyiwei family, commanders, and others entered the prison, they immediately stopped laughing.

These eggless father-in-laws can't do anything else, but they are really cruel when it comes to torturing people.In less than an hour, two people's legs had been broken, and more people fainted from the torture.

"We are loyal to His Majesty and to the court. Why do you want to humiliate us like this? We are not convinced...ah...ahhh..."

Jiang Wei was locked up in the Tianzihao cell. Hearing the screams coming from outside, he couldn't help but roar at the eunuch who was guarding him.

"Are you interrogating, or are you deliberately making things difficult for me?"

"Do we have to be forced to admit rebellion before we are willing to do it?"

Su Peisheng, Qin Deshun's number one general, smiled sinisterly when he heard this.

"Commander Chiang, it's not as if you are plotting rebellion, but you do have a lot of unclean people under your command, right?"

"Let's not talk about anything else. Let's just say that you collected 1000 taels of gold from Yuan Daoyi on the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month last year, and you collected 2000 taels of gold from Qian Ren, the reverse king, during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year."

"If you want to plead for mercy for your subordinates, you should explain these two things clearly first!"

When Jiang Wei heard this, he felt as if he was deflated on the spot, and his old face turned red.

If the other party just tells the amount of money, he can still deny it and say that he never received the money.

But the other party not only accurately stated the amount of money, but even the date. He must have conclusive evidence, and he had no chance to deny it.

"Plead guilty!"

Su Peisheng rolled his eyes disdainfully upon hearing this.

"Commander Chiang, do you know how the Ming Dynasty Law determines the punishment for corruption and bribery?"

"According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty set by our emperor, embezzlement of 50 taels of silver can be enough to remove the skin and make the grass."

"You've been greedy for 3000 taels of gold. Let alone stripping you of your skin, it's not an exaggeration to order your whole family to be executed, right?"

Qin Deshun was immediately unconvinced when he heard this.

"I have been working hard for so many years, but my whole family is still crowded in the yard with two entrances. I don't even have a carriage when I travel!"

"Those merchants can wear gold and silver, live in big houses with five sq.m., and have horse-drawn carriages to transport them when they travel just because they have a few dirty dollars. Why can't I have all these things!"

"Furthermore, if we still follow the laws enacted by His Majesty the Emperor, [-]% of the officials of the Ming Dynasty will be stripped of their skins now!"

"Let's not talk about others, let's just talk about Feng Ji, who is in charge of money and grain allocation in the Ministry of Household Affairs. When he first became the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs, his family still rented a small courtyard with one entrance. Now in less than two years, he has already I moved twice and now live in a big house with three bedrooms.”

"If you want to arrest corrupt officials, first arrest all the civil servants in the court, and then arrest the officials themselves!"

"I did take money from the Japanese rebel king, but I never did anything for them, let alone informed them!"