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

Chapter 95 Zhu Bai: My Nephew is a Good Person

Lan Yu grumbled with a face full of dissatisfaction, as did the group of Huai Xi youths behind him.

The most powerful force in the court was the Huaixi nobility, but they were not of one mind.

Xu Da, Lan Yu, and others firmly stood behind the emperor and did not participate in court affairs.

After achieving fame and success, Tang returned to his hometown in glory and never contacted his old comrades again.

Hua Yunlong, Wu Liang, Geng Bingwen and others led troops in the field for a long time, while most of the remaining men followed Li Shanchang.

As the prime minister, Li Shanchang wielded immense power.

These people had suffered a lot of rudeness from Li Shanchang in their daily lives.

Now that Li Shanchang has left the court, it presents them with an opportunity to seize power.

However, Zhu Xiong Ying handed over the position of prime minister to Hu Wei Yong at this time, which made them resentful.

Xu Da looked at these roughnecks and could see right through their little schemes.

"If you want me to live a few more years, you'd better give up this idea sooner rather than later. I don't even remember that I was once the Right Chancellor of the Secretariat?"

"Do you really want to bring about the execution of my entire Xu family?"

Fu Youde was startled by these words and hurriedly tried to explain.

"Xu Shuai, what are you saying? The brothers are just trying to be helpful!"

"Besides, we've been through thick and thin with our superiors, we're practically family. Would our superiors really turn against us?"

"The brothers are just not convinced. They finally managed to bring down Li Shanchang, and then they pushed Hu Weiyong up. What kind of logic is that?"

"If Commander Xu is too embarrassed to say it, we'll go to the Crown Prince's grandson, or even the Crown Prince himself, to ask for a position. We can't let our own brothers suffer a loss!"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Xu Da was furious when he saw these people.

"You bunch of brutes, I told you to behave yourselves all the time, and now you're jumping around again after such a short time. I'm warning you to put away your little schemes. What brothers? Only if the higher-ups recognize us as brothers, then we are brothers. If they don't, then we are just subjects!"

"Could it be that you're planning to overthrow the Heavenly Gang?"

"Besides, all of you combined can't even read a single word. Even if you were made prime ministers, would you be capable of doing it?"

"Although Hu Weiyong is temporarily acting as prime minister, he rose to power by stepping on the heads of officials in the Secretariat and the gentry of Jiangnan. Once the storm has passed, do you think Hu Weiyong can last long?"

"Moreover, only His Majesty can appoint the prime minister. He is merely a temporary prime minister, not a real prime minister!"

“Listen carefully, you lot. Be more polite to Xiong Ying from now on. Xiong Ying can treat you like uncles, but you can’t really treat Xiong Ying like your nephews or nieces, or you’ll end up like Li Shanchang!”

"Humph!"

These people exchanged glances, their eyes revealing embarrassment.

Xu Da had made his point very clear; if these people still didn't understand, then they were truly useless.

Xu Da knew it was too much to ask these muscle-bound guys to think about such things, so he didn't even try to hide anything and just laid it all out clearly, hoping that these guys wouldn't cause any more big trouble in the future.

Xu Da felt utterly exhausted.

"Hey, you'd better come back quickly, or U.A. High School will really go berserk!"

Xu Da had never felt so tired, not even in all his previous years combined. Although he knew that Zhu Xiong Ying's arrangements were definitely not simple, he didn't know exactly what they were.

The six ministers gathered in the Hall of Diligent Governance. Several important officials of the court seemed to still be recovering from what happened in the court this morning. They didn't dare to breathe and stood obediently outside the hall.

Inside the main hall, Liu Sanwu looked at the two dolls, Zhu Bai and Zhang Fu, in front of him and nodded with a smile.

Zhu Bai is intelligent and eager to learn. After reading the memorials these past few days, his annotations have become quite impressive, demonstrating his talent.

Zhang Fu, standing to the side, is resilient and calm. Although he follows him to learn literature, he never gives up his martial arts skills. He will become a capable person who is proficient in both literature and martial arts in the future.

With these two little ones around, the future of the Ming Dynasty is already evident.

At this moment, he thought of Zhu Xiong Ying under the sunlight again.

At such a young age, he already possesses the aura of a dragon, a natural-born emperor. If properly nurtured, his future potential will be no less than that of the Hongwu Emperor and the current crown prince.

Unfortunately.

Thinking of this, Liu Sanwu felt a toothache. He had thought that this little bastard was genuinely impressed by his talent, but it turned out that he was just here to have Liu Sanwu review his memorials and take care of his child.

Thinking of this, Liu Sanwu was furious. The image of a great Confucian scholar that he had painstakingly maintained over the years had vanished.

Zhu Bai craned his neck, looking at the ministers outside with curiosity in his heart.

"Mr. Liu, why are all the officials standing outside? Are they waiting for Xiong Ying?"

Liu Sanwu squinted his eyes slightly.

"Besides His Majesty, only the Crown Prince can make these proud and arrogant old men behave so well. In terms of methods, our Crown Prince is much more shrewd than His Highness the Crown Prince!"

Zhu Bai was somewhat surprised. Many of his younger brothers had been raised by Zhu Biao and greatly admired his abilities. His little nephew was actually able to be compared to his elder brother.

Thinking of this, Zhu Bai's eyes sparkled. It seemed that his efforts were still not enough.

"Actually, Xiong Ying is quite good. Knowing that Mr. Liu is exceptionally talented and well-read, he specially found this opportunity for me to learn from him and become a useful prince for the Ming Dynasty in the future!"

"U.A. High is still pretty good!"

Liu Sanwu's lips twitched, and he stared at Zhu Bai with disbelief.

"Has this kid gone mad?"

"Zhu Xiong Ying summoned Zhu Bai to the Hall of Diligent Governance not to train his ability to handle government affairs, but clearly to find someone to do hard labor!"

The six ministers waited outside for a long time.

The Minister of Rites felt somewhat uneasy and secretly glanced at Yang Siyi, the Minister of Revenue, who was standing in the very center.

"Lord Yang, what is His Highness up to? Wasn't he supposed to have Hu Weiyong temporarily assume the position of Prime Minister? Why is he suddenly contacting us again?"

Yang Siyi shook his head.

"This old man also cannot understand what Your Highness is trying to do, but Your Highness is of noble birth and naturally has your own plans. We should not think too much about it!"

Since the establishment of the post stations, the Ministry of Revenue has had more to do. Naturally, seeing the silver being brought into the Ministry of Revenue's treasury every month, Yang Siyi was moved to tears.

After serving as Minister of Revenue for so many years, I'm finally free from that miserable life.

If it weren't for his advanced age and failing health, Yang Siyi would have loved to move himself into the national treasury and sleep with all that silver, completely oblivious to the scheming and intrigue outside.

(End of this chapter)