Ming Dynasty: Abandoned baby at the beginning, Zhu let me be the emperor

After hearing Qi Tai's speculation about Zhu Ming's trip to Hedong to provide disaster relief, Lu frowned and began to ponder.

Even Qi Tai couldn't tell what she was thinking, so he could only wait quietly by the side.

After a long time, Mrs. Lu raised her head, looked at Qi Tai and smiled.

"Whatever his motive is, it's a good thing. Thank you Mr. Lao Qitai."

Although Qi Tai could see that Lu's words were just a simple courtesy, he did not point it out.

After all, if he really didn't care, why would Lu ask himself?

It can't be because of curiosity.

"Then I will take my leave."

He bowed and turned away.

His intuition told him that he was not needed here for the time being.

"Go slowly, sir."

Lu did not try to keep Qi Tai, but just called out to him from behind and said hello.

"Concubine?"

After Qi Tai left, Zhu Yunwen started asking from below.

"Yun Wen, after all, he was raised by your royal grandfather. Hedong was hit by a disaster and the environment was extremely difficult."

Hearing Zhu Yunwen's voice, Lu turned around and smiled at him: "Go and bring him some food."

As she spoke, she pulled out a piece of red silk from the side and handed it to Zhu Yunwen.

"When the time comes, tie this thing to his car. It will be more auspicious."

After listening to what Lu said, Zhu Yunwen became even more confused.

When it comes to disgust towards the common people, my mother is clearly more disgusted than me.

What happened today that suddenly made me care about the common people again?

However, this was his mother's wish, and he did not dare to disobey. He could only take the red silk obediently and said, "I understand, my child."

"Go prepare, and be careful."

Lu chuckled, waved her hand, and asked Zhu Yunwen to retreat.

But after Zhu Yunwen stepped down, his smile became even more sinister.

"Someone is coming."

She shouted, and a servant came over quickly.

Lu leaned over and whispered something in the servant's ear.

"Is it necessary, Grandpa Huang?"

Zhu Ming stood in front of the Daming Palace in a daze, looking at Zhu Yuanzhang who had woken him up early in the morning.

Yesterday I was busy running around all day preparing for the ceremony and I was exhausted.

I haven't gotten enough sleep yet and I'm called up again. No one would be happy.

"of course."

Zhu Yuanzhang responded as a matter of course, then looked Zhu Ming up and down and helped him straighten his clothes.

"Our good grandson is going to Hedong."

As he spoke, even Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor who was known for his murderous deeds, showed a rare tenderness, and his beard began to tremble.

"Such a big thing, shouldn't we let those ministers see it and set an example for them?"

Zhu Ming is so young, but he cares about the people of the world and even goes there in person. Of course, he has to publicize such a great cause.

"That's...ok."

Zhu Ming hesitated for a while before nodding hesitantly.

After all, going to Hedong to supervise disaster relief was a serious mission and required an imperial edict.

It is normal to go to the court to formally receive an imperial edict.

"It's almost time."

Zhu Yuanzhang patted Zhu Ming on the back again before he stood up and looked at the sky.

It's already dawn, and the ministers should be waiting for him in the Fengtian Hall.

"Then wait here tomorrow for Grandpa Huang to summon you."

Zhu Ming responded obediently and watched Zhu Yuanzhang walk out of the Daming Palace.

He looked around. After all, he had lived here for more than ten years, so it was inevitable that he had some feelings for the place.

This absence could be as short as a few months or as long as a year, and he felt a little reluctant to leave.

"Long live my emperor."

Zhu Yuanzhang walked into the Fengtian Hall and just sat on the dragon throne. All the civil and military officials waiting in the hall knelt down in unison and shouted loudly together.

They didn't stand up until Zhu Yuanzhang asked them to.

"I have something to report today. Please wait a moment."

After the grand ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang could not wait to speak, blocking the mouths of the ministers who were about to make reports, and looked at them with a serious face.

Being stared at like this by Zhu Yuanzhang, all the civil and military officials were frightened again.

It seems that nothing has happened in the court recently that makes His Majesty unhappy.

"The first thing I want to talk about today is the disaster relief in Hedong."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at them again and spoke in a deep voice.

As his gaze shifted, the Minister of Revenue immediately knelt down and said tremblingly, "Your Majesty, the disaster relief funds for Hedong, totaling 500,000 taels of silver and tens of thousands of taels of gold, have all been allocated and will be delivered to Hedong soon."

Ever since the last incident, which is now in the spotlight, he has not touched a single bit of this disaster relief money.

Not only him, but no one in the entire Ministry of Revenue dared to touch even a tael of silver from the disaster relief funds.

After Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned the disaster in Hedong, they immediately allocated silver.

I wonder what I did wrong that made His Majesty unhappy again?

"We know that the money has already been allocated."

After hearing the report from the Minister of Revenue, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded. He also knew this.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang nod, the officials of the Ministry of Revenue finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But as Zhu Yuanzhang spoke again, their hearts began to beat faster again.

"But I'm still worried. This silver is the lives of millions of people in Hedong. If someone takes it on the road, the people will never let me go even after they die."

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon throne and looked at them quietly after he finished speaking.

"The Ministry of Revenue knows that this money is related to the people's livelihood in Hedong, and dare not neglect it in the slightest."

After hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, everyone in the Ministry of Revenue was silent and quickly spoke up to defend themselves.

"You haven't done anything wrong, but what about the officials in the various prefectures in Hedong?"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly. When it comes to greed, those provincial governments took advantage of their high altitude and far away emperor to get much more than the officials in the court.

After the silver collected from the imperial court is stripped away layer by layer, how much will be left?

"This this……"

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude, the Minister of Revenue did not dare to complain at all. He just bowed again and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I will arrange personnel to supervise the disaster relief in the provinces of Hedong."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and didn't even look at him.

"We can't trust those people."

These ministers protect each other, and even if they exclude people, they may not necessarily go along with the state governments in corruption.

That was why he did not firmly reject Zhu Ming's request to go to Hedong to provide disaster relief.

He did need someone to keep an eye on the money, but he didn't trust these ministers.

Don't be fooled by their respectful appearance. Who knows how many bad intentions they have in their minds and they are actually disobeying your orders.

"So, what does your majesty mean?"

The Minister of Revenue then asked cautiously, the money has already been allocated, and you are worried about sending someone to supervise it, so you have to give an explanation.