Ming Dynasty: The Jingnan Rebellion has just been successful, and Zhu Yuanzhang has been resurrected

Chapter 143: Northern Yuan Invasion
"Increase salaries? Why do we need to increase salaries? Officials haven't been arguing about salaries recently."

"There's also the issue of trade reform. The strategy set by my father seems to emphasize agriculture over commerce, but Yun Hun's trade reforms seem to be encouraging commerce, which is completely contrary to my father's national policy. Why would he do this?"

Zhu Di frowned and tried to think about these problems from Zhu Yunhuan's perspective.

"Bang!" The door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and Zhu Gaoxu walked in with Zhu Gaosui: "Grandpa, the third brother is here!"

Zhu Di was stunned. He had no idea what to do in the first place, and after Zhu Gaoxu's actions, he was even more clueless.

Taking a deep breath, he looked up at Zhu Gaoxu with a bad look in his eyes: "Stinky boy, don't you know how to knock on the door?"

Zhu Gaoxu felt a little uneasy under Zhu Di's gaze. He coughed twice and said awkwardly, "Ahem, Dad, I'll be more careful next time."

"Hmph!" Zhu Di snorted coldly, looking at Zhu Gaosui beside him, and said, "Third Brother, what's going on with you? Why did you suddenly come to Yingtian Prefecture?"

Zhu Gaosui originally wanted to question Zhu Di, but seeing that Zhu Di didn't seem to be in a good mood and even Zhu Gaoxu was almost scolded, he immediately changed his attitude and said weakly, "Dad, I wanted to ask you something. What's going on? Why did you suddenly surrender to His Majesty?"

Zhu Di was stunned when he heard this, then smiled bitterly and waved his hands: "This is a long story, please sit down first!"

"Oh!" Zhu Gaosui nodded and found a place to sit down.

Zhu Gaoxu also sat down.

"I surrendered to Your Majesty because I felt that I could see a more beautiful scenery by following Your Majesty," said Zhu Di.

"Ah?" Zhu Gaosui looked shocked.

Following Zhu Yunhuan allows you to see more beautiful scenery. What kind of answer is this?

Zhu Gaoxu said, "Third brother, our father means that he is more optimistic about Your Majesty and believes that Your Majesty can lead the Ming Dynasty to a higher level."

"Is that so?" Zhu Gaosui looked up at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di nodded and said, "That's pretty much what I mean."

After a pause, he turned to Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Second Brother, you are close to His Majesty. Please help me analyze why His Majesty wants to increase the salaries of officials and why he wants to carry out trade reforms."

"Ah, this." Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment, then said with a bitter face: "Dad, I am close to His Majesty, but isn't it a bit unreasonable for you to ask me about these things?"

"Can't you use your brain and think about it?" Zhu Di glared at Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu's mouth twitched. Is this something that can be thought of with just the brain?

Besides, he doesn't have that kind of brains!

However, he did not dare to argue with Zhu Di, because no matter whether he won or lost, he would not gain any benefit.

He lost and was scolded by Zhu Di.

If he won, that would be even worse, as it might cause Zhu Di to become angry and beat him up.

"Dad, perhaps His Majesty feels that the salaries of our Ming Dynasty officials are too low, so he wants to increase them?" Zhu Gaosui said.

"I've thought about this too, but the salaries of our Ming Dynasty officials are just okay. Moreover, there is not much money in the national treasury now. There is no need to increase the salaries of officials. It's a complete waste." Zhu Di said.

Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and said, "Father, I think you should stop guessing here. If you really want to know, why not go to the palace and ask His Majesty."

Zhu Di's face darkened upon hearing this. He said, "If I ask Your Majesty about everything, wouldn't that make me look incompetent?"

How could he not know that the easiest thing to do was to ask Zhu Yunhuan?

However, if he encountered any problems, he would go to Zhu Yunhuan to ask without thinking. It was okay once or twice, but it was not appropriate to do it too many times.

"I've told you the method, but you don't use it. In that case, you can figure it out on your own!" Zhu Gaoxu shrugged.

"What did you say!" Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaoxu with a bad look.

Zhu Gaoxu's expression froze, and he smiled and said, "It's nothing, Dad, don't take it seriously. I just said it casually."

Immediately, he stood up and said to Zhu Gaosui, "Third Brother, I'm going to have a drink with Li Jinglong. Do you want to come?"

"Go!" Zhu Gaosui nodded. The situation was not good now. Zhu Gaoxu had already slipped away. If he stayed here alone, wouldn't he be waiting to be scolded?

He turned to Zhu Di and said, "Dad, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go with my second brother to take a look around Yingtian Prefecture."

"Go, go!" Zhu Di waved his hand.

"Swish!" Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui walked out of the study.

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Outside the study, the two brothers breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"That was a close call. If we hadn't left, I think the old man would have attacked us again." Zhu Gaoxu said.

Zhu Gaosui smiled bitterly and said, "Second brother, I suddenly regret coming to Yingtian Prefecture."

Zhu Di's current appearance made him a little nervous.

Zhu Gaoxu put his arm around Zhu Gaosui's shoulders, winked and said, "Okay, don't regret it. Come on, second brother will take you to a good place."

"Ah?" Zhu Gaosui showed a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Zhu Gaoxu did not explain anything. He pulled Zhu Gaosui out of the palace and went straight to Cao Guogong's mansion.

Mobei, grassland!
"Boom!"

Mahamu, with 50,000 Oirat soldiers and horses, arrived at Khorum. Looking at the huge city before him, he pulled the reins of his warhorse and said, "Whoa!"

The army stopped.

Duoerzhibo stepped forward and said with a smile, "Prime Minister, please dismount. The Khan and the Crown Prince are waiting for you in the Khan's tent. Please follow me."

"Shua!" Mahamu dismounted from his warhorse, nodded to Duoerzhibo, and said, "Thank you!"

"Shhhhh!"

Tuohuan, Taiping, Batuboluo and others dismounted one after another.

"Please!" Duoerzhibo led the way.

Mahamu and others followed.

ten minutes later.

The group came to a golden tent.

This is the symbol of the Golden Family.

"Prime Minister, please come in!" Duoerzhibo smiled and walked into the tent.

"Hu" Mahamu took a deep breath, looked at Tuohuan, Taiping and others, and walked into the tent.

Inside the tent!
When Bayanchur saw Mahamu, Toghan, Taiping and others coming in, he smiled and greeted them warmly, "Everyone, I have been waiting for you for a long time. Please take a seat!"

"Yes, Khan!" Mahamu and others nodded and each found a place to sit down.

Aluta looked at Mahamu with a smile on his face.

Mahamu nodded and responded with a smile.

The relationship between the two was not harmonious, but now they sat together for the same purpose.

Ben Ya Shi Li took a deep breath and said, "I have received news that the Ming Dynasty is now in the midst of civil strife and is unable to take care of itself. Therefore, it wants to go south to restore the glory of the Yuan Dynasty."

"Please give your orders, Khan!" said Mahamu.

"The Prime Minister is indeed straightforward. In this case, how about we take a day off today and start the army tomorrow?" Ben Ya Shi Li said.

"it is good!"

"can!"

Mahamu and Aluta nodded.

These were all things that had been discussed before. Ben Ya Shi Li was just bringing it up now just to confirm the specific time.

"Pa! Pa!" The matter was settled, Ben Yashili smiled and clapped his hands in the air.

"Shhhhh!"

Pieces of exquisite food and pools of mellow wine were brought up one after another.

Ben Ya Shi Li picked up the wine bowl in front of him and said, "Come, let's celebrate our successful journey south. Cheers!"

"Defeat the Ming Dynasty and restore the glory of the Yuan Dynasty!"

Everyone shouted in unison.

Ming Dynasty, in the Imperial Palace!

Zhu Yunhuan was chatting with Xu Miaojin, Zhao Rou and Zhang Yan.

All the orders have been given and everything is proceeding in an orderly manner. At this time, he, the emperor, has become free.

"Come, today I will teach you an entertainment activity!" Zhu Yunheng took out a pair of badminton rackets from the system warehouse and said with a smile.

Life in the palace is rather boring.

Of course, this is not just the case in the imperial palace, but throughout the Ming Dynasty.

After all, in a world where even eating is a problem, who has the extra time to indulge in entertainment?

Even though the Ming Dynasty had been established for nearly thirty years, in some remote areas, people still lived with hunger and starvation.

The nobles, officials, and gentry did have some ideas, but there were too few of them, so the entertainment activities they could think of were naturally very limited.

Many new things need to collide with the song of homesickness.

But the problem is, the collision of ideas cannot be achieved by just one or two people.

Although Zhu Yunhuan had carried out trade reforms, and countless goods of all kinds would undoubtedly emerge in the Ming Dynasty in the future, this would take time. "Your Majesty, what entertainment activities are there?" Xu Miaojin, Zhao Rou, and Zhang Yan gathered around.

"Here, this is it, badminton!" Zhu Yunhuan held the racket and badminton, and then he briefly told the three women how to play.

"This..." Xu Miaojin, Zhao Rou and Zhang Yan looked at each other in confusion.

They had never heard of such a strange form of entertainment before.

Zhu Yunhuan smiled and said nothing more. He turned to Xu Miaojin and said, "Miaojin, come here. Let's demonstrate it to each other."

"Me?" Xu Miaojin was startled, then hesitantly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know how to do this."

"It's okay, it's very simple. Once you get the hang of it, you'll get it done quickly." Zhu Yunhuan waved his hand.

"Oh, okay!" Xu Miaojin nodded and took the racket from Zhu Yunhuan's hand.

"It's started!" said Zhu Yunxun.

"Yeah!" Xu Miaojin nodded, looking extremely serious.

Zhu Yunheng looked at Xu Miaojin, smiled, shook his head, threw the badminton into the air and started hitting it.

Twenty minutes later!

Zhu Yunhuan looked at Xu Miaojin, Zhao Rou and Zhang Yan who were having a lot of fun fighting, and his expression was very comfortable.

This was just the beginning. Next, he planned to get table tennis, volleyball, etc. one by one, not only to make himself and Xu Miaojin, Zhao Rou, and Zhang Yan less bored, but also to enrich the entertainment activities of Daming.

"Your Majesty, the kings request to see you!" Ma Sanbao walked over and said respectfully.

"The uncles are coming to see me again?" Zhu Yunhuan was startled, then shook his head and said, "Take the uncles to the Imperial Study. I'll be there shortly."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Ma Sanbao nodded, turned around and walked away.

Zhu Yunhuan was a little depressed, thinking to himself, "What's going on, uncles? Why are you here again? Wasn't what I said last time clear enough?"

A sense of helplessness arose in his heart. Looking at Xu Miaojin, Zhao Rou and Zhang Yan jumping around not far away, he first thought of driving Zhu Gang, Zhu Zhen and others back to their fiefdom.

Taking a deep breath, he walked towards the three women.

"Your Majesty, please come and help me. My sister is too strong and I can't beat her!" Zhang Yan saw Zhu Yunhuan coming and stepped forward with a racket to seek help.

"I can't help you. The uncles are coming to see me again. You three can have fun first. I'll go and see what's going on." Zhu Yunheng shrugged.

Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment, then waved her hand and said, "Your Majesty, please go and get busy. Business is more important."

Zhu Yunhuan greeted Xu Miaojin and Zhao Rou and walked away.

Royal study room!
Zhu Gang, Zhu Zhen and others waited quietly, each looking somewhat uneasy.

Although they were excited when they came, they became a little nervous after arriving at the palace.

They were worried that Zhu Yunhuan would not let them leave now.

"Do you think Yunxun will let us leave?"

"Should be, right? Yunxun is not afraid of us going back on our word now."

"That's what you say, but what if Yunxun doesn't want us to leave so soon?"

"Oh, don't think too much. We're already here, how can we leave?"

"That's true. Perhaps Yunxun is planning to let us leave. If that's the case, wouldn't it be a good opportunity for us to leave now if we take the initiative?"

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Everyone spoke up one after another.

"Squeak!" Zhu Yunhuan pushed open the door of the imperial study, stepped inside, and said with a smile, "My dear uncles, what has happened to you when you came to see me this time?"

"Your Majesty!" Zhu Gang, Zhu Zhen and others stood up when they saw Zhu Yunhuan coming in.

Zhu Yunhuan waved his hand and said, "Everyone, sit down!"

As he spoke, he walked to the seat at the top and sat down, looking at Zhu Gang, Zhu Zhen and others with a smile on his face.

Zhu Gang, Zhu Zhen and others looked at each other without saying a word.

Although Zhu Yunhuan had given his guarantee before.

However, they did not know whether Zhu Yunhuan was willing to let them leave. If he was not willing, wouldn’t they leave a bad impression in Zhu Yunhuan’s mind for no reason?

Although Zhu Yunhuan always acted very magnanimous, no one was willing to take the risk alone in such a situation where everyone would benefit.

Don’t worry about scarcity but inequality.

Everyone has this mentality: everyone gets the benefits, but only one person bears the risks.

Why!

"Why aren't you talking? There are no outsiders here, so there's no need to hide anything." Zhu Yunhuan shook his head.

Immediately, his gaze fell on Zhu Gang and he said, "Third Uncle, please tell me."

"Why is it me again?" Zhu Gang was stunned and felt extremely depressed.

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When the others heard Zhu Yunhuan call out Zhu Gang's name, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist.

Zhu Gang takes the risk, and they get the benefits. How cool!
Zhu Gang calmed himself down and said cautiously, "Your Majesty, it's like this. We brothers just discussed it and realized that we've been in Yingtian Prefecture for quite some time now and we all want to return to our fiefdom."

"Third brother, you are such a jerk! Why did you bring us all with you?"

"Third brother, you are really our good third brother. You still remember to take us with you at this time!"

"Hey, Third Brother, Yunxun specifically asked for you, so you should have just taken it on yourself. But you had to drag us along with you. That's really not nice of you."

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When the princes heard Zhu Gang's words, they were all stunned, their mouths twitched uncontrollably, and they complained about Zhu Gang in their hearts.

It wasn't them who asked Zhu Gang to say that. It was Zhu Yunhuan who chose them. In this case, they should just consider themselves unlucky. Why did he have to take them along?

That's such a dog!
"You came to see me just to leave?" Zhu Yunhuan asked in surprise.

"Shhhhh!"

All the princes lowered their heads.

Since Zhu Gang is unkind, don't blame them for being unjust!
"Uh..." Zhu Gang was stunned when he saw the appearance of a vassal king, and then he said with a stiff upper lip: "Yes!"

He cursed in his heart, "These guys are so mean! Don't they know that the law doesn't punish everyone? They just leave me out here all alone to fight this!"

"To be honest with you uncles, I have been thinking about this just now. You should indeed return to your fiefdoms and go back as soon as possible to integrate the resources in your hands. Then you can choose a place to fight for, and the court can provide you with corresponding preparations." Zhu Yunheng said with a smile.

"Ah? Your Majesty, are you telling the truth?"

"Your Majesty, are you really going to let us leave?"

"Did I hear correctly? Your Majesty, aren't you worried about us?"

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When the vassal kings heard Zhu Yunhuan's words, they all raised their heads with surprise on their faces.

They also thought that Zhu Yunhuan might let them leave, but they didn't expect that he could let them leave so easily.

This... is too smooth.

"These damn guys show up now. Why were they pretending to be dead like ostriches just now?" Zhu Gang looked at Zhu Zhen, Zhu Tan and others who were talking at the same time, and he felt so angry that his teeth were itching.

Zhu Yunhuan smiled broadly and said, "My dear uncles, you heard me correctly. Now go back and make your preparations, and you can leave Yingtian Prefecture."

After saying this, he paused and continued, "As for your worries, I've already said before that I'll only give you one chance. If the princes and uncles really can't let it go, I'll have no choice but to send you on your way."

"Shhhhh!"

Although Zhu Yunheng said this with a smile, when Zhu Gang, Zhu Zhen and others heard what Zhu Yunheng said, their faces changed and their bodies shuddered involuntarily.

They knew very well what Zhu Yunhuan meant by "sending them off".

on the street!
The effects of the trade reform are beginning to show, with many more vendors appearing on the streets of Yingtian Prefecture.

The appearance of these vendors has brought much more bustle to the streets than before.

"Chuibing, fragrant and crispy chuibing."

"Tanghulu, sweet and sour Tanghulu."

"Bacon, the best bacon!"

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Various hawking sounds are heard everywhere.

The crowd was bustling and it was very lively.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked down the street, looking at the bustling scene before him, which was far more lively than ever before. He was filled with emotion: "It's only been a few days, and changes have already taken place. This kid Yunxun has a really sharp vision."

"Tap Tap!"

Suddenly, a messenger came charging from a distance on horseback, shouting at the top of his lungs: "Get out of the way, get out of the way! We need to rush to the border!"

(End of this chapter)