The Ming Dynasty: The most ruthless imperial grandson, Old Zhu begged me not to kill him.

Chapter 261 If we can cooperate with them, we might succeed!

Everyone was extremely worried and didn't know what to do.

At this moment, Boyalenhaibe made a decision that shocked everyone.

"I have decided to assassinate Zhu Xiong Ying. As long as we can capture Zhu Xiong Ying, given how much Zhu Yuanzhang and Crown Prince Zhu Biao value this descendant, they will definitely come to his rescue. Then we can use this as an excuse to rescue Prince Qi!"

"As long as we can rescue King Qi, we will still have hope. There are still many tribes on the grasslands. Although they have temporarily submitted to the Ming Dynasty, they are not truly loyal to the Ming. As long as we fight against the Hu, these people will definitely stand on our side!"

Bo Yalunhaibie's eyes were filled with fanaticism. In her view, the glory of the Golden Family still shone on the northern grasslands, and those tribes were still subjects of the Golden Family.

Hearing this, everyone felt troubled. Clearly, they did not think that Boyalenhai's approach would succeed.

Leaving aside the sheer strength of the guards under the Grandson Zhu Xiong Ying, they alone were no match for Yu Huatian, the eunuch of the Western Depot.

"Princess, please reconsider. Zhu Xiong Ying has many skilled fighters under his command, and we may not be able to deal with him. This matter is extremely dangerous. If we fail to assassinate Zhu Xiong Ying, we may put you in danger instead. What should we do?"

But Boyarnhai said firmly.

"Although Zhu Xiong Ying is quite capable, he has a fatal mistake: he trusts the people around him too much. As long as we take advantage of this, we will definitely be able to take him down!"

Everyone understood what Boyalun Hailun meant. It seemed that Boyalun Hailun was planning to infiltrate the residence of the Crown Prince Zhu Xiong Ying.

However, this is not an easy task. Not to mention, everyone who can enter the Crown Prince's residence must undergo household registration verification.

In addition to that, it is also necessary.

After inspection, nothing that could be fatal was found to be inappropriate.

Even if the region is like this, it may not have the opportunity to get close to Zhu Xiong Ying.

“Princess, if the scouts were here before, this matter might have been possible. But now that the scouts are gone, with our current strength, we may not be able to accomplish this. Please reconsider!”

After listening, everyone nodded in agreement; clearly, everyone shared the same thought.

Bo Yalun Hai smiled and said.

"In the past, there might have been no possibility of success, but now it's not necessarily the case. Ever since Zhu Xiong Ying, the grandson of the Ming Dynasty, implemented the land tax reform, many gentry in various places are dissatisfied. If we can cooperate with them, we might be able to succeed!"

Upon hearing this, everyone frowned, realizing that such a possibility did indeed exist.

Soon, various riots broke out in many places throughout the Southern Zhili Province.

Zhu Xiong Ying didn't care about any of that and directly sent troops to suppress the rebellion.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty's cabinet.

The twelfth prince, Zhu Bai, frowned deeply.

"What should we do if this continues? The memorials impeaching Xiong Ying are already piled up like a small mountain. If this matter is not resolved, I'm worried that these officials will have other grievances!"

The other official lowered his head and didn't say a word; this matter was indeed difficult to handle.

Given Zhu Xiong Ying's personality, once he makes a decision, it's impossible for him to change it. Therefore, it's simply impossible to get him to give up his military service.

As for the affairs of the officials in the imperial court, they were not even within their scope of consideration, throughout the three generations of the Ming Dynasty.

Who cared what these officials were thinking? Seeing that these people remained silent, the twelfth prince, Zhu Bai, turned his gaze to Hu Weiyong beside him.

"Lord Hu, you had a very good relationship with these officials before, so I'm sure you have a way of handling these matters. What do you think should be done about this?" Hu Weiyong sighed with his head down.

He knew very well that neither Zhu Xiong Ying nor the officials in the court would back down on this matter; it was an irreconcilable contradiction.

At this moment, Hu Weiyong looked up at everyone and said.

"Given His Highness the Crown Prince's personality, he is unlikely to back down, so what we need to think about now is how to appease these ministers!"

"Or, if all else fails, we should promote more young people from the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial Academy, otherwise our Great Ming Dynasty is really lacking in officials!"

The twelfth prince, Zhu Bai, had not expected that this matter would have such a profound impact.

"Is this really an irreconcilable conflict?"

Everyone nodded after hearing this.

At this moment, the twelfth prince, Zhu Bai, arrived at the Hall of Diligent Governance and found Zhu Xiong Ying.

When he saw Zhu Xiong Ying, Zhu Xiong Ying was still directing his men to draw a map.

He was furious at the thought of what was happening in the court.

"Xiongying, how can you still be in the mood to draw here? The court is in complete chaos right now. The memorials opposing the land tax reform are almost piling up in the cabinet!"

Zhu Xiong Ying smiled as she saw the twelfth prince, Zhu Bai, looking anxious.

"Uncle Twelfth, please don't be anxious. I had already anticipated this outcome. I would like to ask you, Uncle Twelfth, do you think the policy of 'integrating land tax and poll tax' is ultimately good or bad for the imperial court?"

Upon hearing this, the twelfth prince, Zhu Bai, was stunned for a moment, his brows furrowing.

"For our Great Ming Dynasty, this policy is indeed good; at least the people's lives are better now!"

"But those lands and riches are the lifeblood of those gentry and powerful families. Now that you've taken them all away so openly, won't they fight you to the death?"

"Nowadays, almost all the officials governing the country are scholars, and most of them come from these families. Now that we have offended them all, we simply don't have enough officials to use!"

"If this continues, what will happen if something happens to the court?"

At this moment, Zhu Xiong Ying looked at the twelfth prince, Zhu Bai, and said with a smile.

"Uncle Twelfth, I know what you're thinking, but I've come up with a solution that might resolve these issues!"

The twelfth prince, Zhu Bai, followed Zhu Xiong Ying to a warehouse with some skepticism.

This warehouse is filled with all sorts of books.

Everyone was extremely surprised to see so many books here.

When the twelfth prince, Zhu Bai, casually opened a book, he was shocked to see its contents, which were completely different from the traditional Four Books and Five Classics.

The content here is very disorganized.

It mainly covers a range of subjects including agronomy, engineering, military strategy, law, and mathematics, and even includes a dictionary and pinyin annotation method.

(End of this chapter)