Daming: Grandpa Emperor, please get up and sit on my throne!

Now, only someone in the border area farthest from the capital has the courage to do this. Soon, all officials in the Ming Dynasty will begin to get restless!

Lu Wei nodded, and a layer of cold sweat had already broken out on his body due to Zhu Yuanzhang's sudden anger and momentum... He pursed his lips and secretly calmed himself down.

He pretended to be calm and picked up the information in his hand and continued reading. But after reading it...his already sweaty body became covered with goose bumps from head to toe.

Seeing Lu Wei looking at the information in his hand in hesitation.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned unhappily: "What? Can't you recognize the characters? Or can't you speak? If you have something to say, come on!"

Lu Wei took a breath of cold air.

A hint of fear flashed in his eyes, and his voice trembled slightly. "Your Majesty, according to the decree of His Majesty Yingtian Prefecture, all those involved in this crime will be executed along with their entire families. The principal offenders will be skinned and stuffed with straw, their bodies left exposed in the wilderness. The accomplices will have their property confiscated and be exiled, becoming slaves for generations."

"Commander Song from Yingtian Prefecture..."

"They're very efficient. They already had a lot of evidence when they arrived, and now they've caught Datong Prefecture off guard. The Jinyiwei's punishment methods are used in the first trial..."

"Not only the Jinyiwei captain in charge of Datong Prefecture and his subordinates, but also the governor of Datong Prefecture, Liu Yiming, and many officials under him, both big and small, were implicated."

"The verdict was announced and the execution was carried out on the second day after the mine roundup."

"Over twenty Jinyiwei officials, including Zhou Baiqiang, who was in charge of the mine, and the Datong Prefecture Governor, who accepted bribes from Zhou Baiqiang and his men and assisted them in illegally using civilian labor, were all sentenced to skinning and straw stuffing!"

"The skin was peeled off alive. Just yesterday, screams filled the fields... After being covered with grass, the body was left exposed on the outskirts of Datong Prefecture. The skinless flesh was thrown into the wasteland of the northern border to feed the wolves..."

Zhu Yunhuan’s biggest goal is to intimidate!

To intimidate the miners under his command, to intimidate those who sell anthracite, and to intimidate the local government...

And his goal wasn't just to deter these things. He was going to do it step by step—going global, centralizing power, tax reform... and so on and so forth. All of these required the strongest deterrent and the unwavering determination! So, naturally, he had to use severe punishments.

He is a person with a strong sense of purpose, and he is also a person who will do anything to achieve his goal. If he wants to do big things, now is the time to start!

The intelligence lines under Zhu Yuanzhang have always been the most useful.

Once he specifies the news he wants to know, it must be the most authentic and detailed news.

And read this message to the end.

Lu Wei's hands holding the intelligence were shaking, and the trembling in his voice was obviously no longer controllable, and his face turned several shades paler.

Fierce!

This is so fucking brutal!

Skinning, stuffing with straw, feeding to wolves, leaving corpses exposed in the wilderness... these methods...

Lu Wei swallowed hard, looked up at the Hongwu Emperor in front of him, and secretly complained in his heart: "Otherwise, how can you say you are grandfather and grandson? Even your methods are exactly the same!"

Even...

Lu Wei felt that the Young Emperor's tactics this time were even more extreme than those of the Hongwu Emperor before him: Jinyiwei plus local officials... there must be thirty people, right? The one before him was rarely this brutal!!!

Suddenly, Lu Wei felt a great deal more respect for the "smart, kind, and good grandson" whom he had never met, whom the Hongwu Emperor saw as...!

Is this something a teenager can do?

Just when Lu Wei was lost in thought, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly slammed the table in front of him with a "bang", shaking the teacup on the table and spilling the tea inside... which also scared Lu Wei.

"Good! Good! Good!!"

"so good!"

"Our eldest grandson is such a great emperor! Hahahahaha!"

Zhu Yunhuan was ruthless, but who was Zhu Yuanzhang? He was also a ruthless man! This treatment was naturally in line with his thoughts and ideas: "This is how corrupt officials should be killed! Kill them until they are afraid! Kill them until they think of those who have been treated as fools whenever they want money they shouldn't have! This little wolf cub in our family really didn't let us down!"

Seeing this result, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel overjoyed, and his slightly uneasy heart also calmed down.

He was particularly concerned about the treatment of Zhu Yunhuan because he was afraid.

He was afraid that his eldest grandson was too young to show any of the tortures he had inflicted on him. He was even more afraid that his grandson would be bullied by those heartless people from now on.

But now he is neither worried nor afraid.

"Let's see after this, who in the Ming Dynasty still dares to ignore my grandson? Who else dares to think that I am "dead" and can no longer take care of them? If I can't take care of them, my grandson will take care of them!"

"Those who dig the mines, sell the coal, collect the taxes...are all afraid to go!"

Having said that, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to suddenly think of something, his expression froze slightly, and he stopped talking.

Then a smile appeared on his face again.

He laughed heartily: "Hahahaha! That's right! Our eldest grandson must have known from the beginning that those coal sellers and local officials might be in cahoots, eyeing the huge profits from this anthracite sale."

"He's pointing out those who are ready to make a move, and those who might already be seeking benefits! Move quickly, do whatever comes to mind, that's how an emperor should be!"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel in a good mood.

At this moment, there was another knock on the door...