Time Travel: After Seizing the Throne, I Lead the Ming Dynasty to Take Off

So he shut up.

Fu Youde's heart trembled slightly, and he secretly exclaimed in amazement: "This unwavering power... seems like a natural superior, and it actually has some of the flavor of the late emperor!"

Just when he was secretly shocked.

But then he saw that the young man in front of him suddenly put away his imperial majesty.

He then gave an ambiguous smile and said something completely unrelated to the previous topic: "You've come here exhausted. Did the old Duke come to the palace as soon as he arrived in Beijing?"

"You and the current Minister of Revenue, Fu Youwen, are brothers, one civil and one military, both of you have assisted the emperor and served the Ming Dynasty with loyalty. It has been a long time since you last met and reminisced about the past. I will not invite you to stay for dinner. You can just go to Fu Youwen's house and have a meal."

Hey! How can such a young man have two different faces? ——This moody look made Fu Youde confused.

But he was stunned for a moment.

Fu Youde finally realized what Zhu Yunhuan meant: to chase him away!

Not only did they chase him away, but they even asked him to go to their brother's house to have a meal. What does this mean?

Was he really asking him to go and reminisce with his brother? Or was he hinting at his presumptuous behavior of communicating privately with Fu Youwen?

Fu Youde was really unsure for a moment.

Thinking of the fact that Zhu Yunhuan had dug a hole for himself from the very beginning, Fu Youde had already taken his brother's advice to heart.

He felt that... he had to be cautious with this new Ming emperor, who was full of evil intentions, and immediately declined, saying, "I thank your Majesty for your grace, but the country comes first, and family comes second. Although I and the Minister of Revenue, Master Fu, are brothers, we should not have too close contact, so as to avoid the suspicion of forming a clique for personal gain."

This is indeed a very nice thing to say. It sounds like the person is wholeheartedly serving the public interest.

But this made Zhu Yunhuan feel a little helpless.

Bored, he tapped the tabletop lightly with his fingertips and said, "Just go, Old Duke. This is my order. I asked you to have dinner at Fu Youwen's house. No one else can force you to go."

"By the way, can you please give Fu Youwen a message for me?"

That's right, Zhu Yunhuan was really serious this time! Why did no one believe him when he told the truth? He just wanted Fu Youde to go to Fu Youwen's house for a visit.

Because Zhu Yunhuan was too lazy to continue the same old argument with Fu Youde.

It would be better to let Fu Youwen waste his time talking about the matter of increasing troops and training along the coast - Fu Youde didn't know what Zhu Yunhuan's style of doing things was, but Fu Youwen knew it very well.

Besides, Zhu Yunhuan has understood it clearly by now.

Fu Youde was a specialist in leading troops in battle, so it was unclear how much he understood from my previous warning.

Of course, he didn't understand, but Fu Youwen did!

If he doesn't understand, Fu Youwen will definitely explain it to him.

Furthermore, Zhu Yunhuan knew that Fu Youwen was skeptical about the effect of the four million shi of spending on the coastal areas. After all, this guy had been working under him for half a year. How could Fu Youwen not have any idea whether he was really ridiculous or just pretending to be ridiculous?

So Zhu Yunhuan took advantage of Fu Youde's words and gave Fu Youwen a shot of confidence: "I have spent these four million dan of money and grain in only good ways, not bad ones! Just tell him so when you go to his house."

Fu Youwen will help him with the rest of the matters!

After hearing what Zhu Yunhuan said, Fu Youde finally believed that there was nothing false in what Zhu Yunhuan said. He was even more puzzled: At first, he used the secret communication between us brothers to play a trick, and now he directly asked us to go and reminisce about the past... What the hell is going on?

Will there be another pitfall?

Seeing that Fu Youde seemed stunned, Zhu Yunhuan coughed lightly, drawing his attention back, and said with a smile: "Old Duke, do you want me to issue an imperial decree?"