Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 539 Tell the truth
Queen Ma did not answer Lan Yunfeng's words immediately.

If she wanted to conceal her identity, it would be too easy. No matter how smart Lan Yunfeng was, she would never see any flaws.

But facing the sincere Lan Yunfeng, Queen Ma suddenly felt that she should not deceive her.

Although the two parties have not known each other for a long time, they can be regarded as true sisters.

Empress Ma had never had this kind of sister in her life.

After all, no matter before or now, her identity is completely different from ordinary people.

Queen Ma has always been a woman with an overall view, and it is precisely because of her overall view that she has sacrificed a lot.

But this time, when facing Lan Yunfeng, Queen Ma suddenly wanted to be arrogant.

Really live for yourself.

However, Queen Ma is still Queen Ma after all.

After hesitating for a while, Lan Yunfeng did not answer Lan Yunfeng's question immediately.

He shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Sister, I'm afraid I won't be able to answer this question for you right away."

"Give me a day to think about it. If I think about it clearly, I will tell you my true identity tomorrow."

Instead of being angry, Lan Yunfeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "I understand Sister Ma's difficulties. If it's really inconvenient for you to tell me, you don't have to tell me."

"No matter who you are, it doesn't stand in the way of our sisterhood."

"I just hope that if it's not convenient for my sister to tell me, she can just follow me."

Lan Yunfeng did not explain the second half of the sentence directly.

But Queen Ma understood what she meant.

If you don't want to tell your identity, then don't tell him, instead of just making up an identity to deceive him.

Queen Ma gently patted Lan Yufeng's hand, saying nothing.

night.

When Zhu Yuanzhang came back from Yanjing Yamen, he found that the room where he lived was brightly lit.

Opening the door and entering the house, the living room of the house was already filled with a variety of meals.

"And you can tell from the style of these dishes that they are all cooked by Empress Ma herself." Zhu Yuanzhang sat down with a smile.

"The Queen has other plans today."

Although he said this, Zhu Yuanzhang still picked up the chopsticks very skillfully and took a bite of his favorite dish: "It is indeed a girl, you cooked it yourself."

Queen Ma placed the last dish on the table: "I can't stop your mouth. If you don't like cooking my food, I won't do it anymore."

Zhu Yuanzhang apologized quickly: "When did I say I didn't like it? I just felt a little surprised. Aren't you busy doing business with the male shopkeeper now? How come you still have time to cook such a large table of dishes?"

Empress Ma gave Zhu Yuanzhang a big roll of her eyes: "I don't believe you don't know Lan Yun's current situation."

"The bidding meeting in Lanyunzhai can affect the interests of most merchants in Yanjing. If the yamen doesn't even know about this, then the yamen in Yanjing will be no different from the Yamen in Yingtian Mansion."

Zhu Yuanzhang drank a glass of wine and pretended to be annoyed and complained: "This shopkeeper Lan is really not an ordinary person. Just making a little noise can cause such a big disturbance."

"During this period, some people have even come to our Yamen to complain to shopkeeper Lan."

"What?" Queen Ma couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this.

She has been in Lanyunzhai recently, but she doesn't know what Lanyunzhai has done that violates the reputation.

There was no commercial dispute, so how could anyone sue Lan Yunzhai?
"Didn't Shopkeeper Lan want to hold a bidding meeting, but there was no movement, so the businessmen were worried."

"Actually, they don't really want to do anything to Lan Yunzhai. They just want to use this method to force Lan Yunzhai to tender as soon as possible."

"Isn't this nonsense?" Queen Ma was a little angry: "What do these people take the "Da Ming Law" for?"

Lao Zhu also snorted coldly: "There is a saying in Qiwu that is so right. Although these businessmen are capable, the court has to guard against them. For their own depression, they can do anything. .”

"But don't worry, Queen, we at Yanjing will not agree to such unfair demands. We have sent them away a long time ago. Some of them were really making trouble, and we also gave them some warnings."

"We know that you have a good relationship with Lan Yunfeng, so of course you won't cause any trouble to our queen."

"In that case, I would like to thank your majesty for taking care of me." After saying this, he pretended to toast Zhu Yuanzhang with a glass of wine.

Zhu Yuanzhang put down his wine glass and looked at his queen with a half-smile: "Sister, now you have eaten and drank wine. If you have anything to do, just say it directly."

The two of them are an old married couple, and it's basically impossible to hide anyone's thoughts from the other.

Empress Ma said openly: "Chongba, I want to tell her my true identity."

"Ah?" Even the well-informed Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help being shocked.

He originally thought that Queen Ma wanted to win some official support for Lan Yunfeng.

Zhu Yuanzhang had even thought about it, and he actually didn't mind giving Lan Yunfeng some special care.

It's not that Zhu Yuanzhang has any special thoughts about Lan Yunfeng.

The main reason is that Zhu Han once told him that the Ming Dynasty is now in a stage of rapid development.

In this case, Ming's manpower is absolutely not enough.

In order not to affect the development of Ming Dynasty, it is extremely necessary to increase the population.

But how can it be said that population can be improved by improving it?
It is simply impossible to wait for more than ten to twenty years. If it really takes that long, it will definitely delay the development of Ming Dynasty.

But what if it is to supplement the foreign population?
The current Ming Dynasty is different from the market outlook.

In later generations, China was surpassed by foreigners in science and technology, so there were inevitably many people who worshiped foreign countries and thought that everything in foreign countries was good.

This kind of situation would never happen in Daming. Today's Daming is far ahead in all aspects.

Even Confucianism is actually far ahead of other doctrines of the same era.

As a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, looking at other foreigners is no different from looking at monkeys.

Especially Lao Zhu, who had just driven away the alien Meng Yuan and restored Chinese orthodoxy, looked down upon those foreigners even more.

What's more, with the support of various black technologies brought out by Zhu Han, Ming's army almost crushed those clans.

Lao Zhu naturally looked down upon them even more.

Therefore, if you want to increase the population, you basically have to find a way in China.

If the population cannot be directly increased in a short period of time, finding a way to let women come out to work will naturally become the only option.

Especially because of years of fighting, there are more women than men.

If all the women in the Ming Dynasty could come out to work, it would at least double the Ming Dynasty's labor force.

Even if women are still inferior to men in many aspects, their numbers can definitely make up for the gaps in other aspects.

Therefore, although Lao Zhu doesn't really like women coming out to show off.

But as long as these women can really do things, he doesn't mind giving them a chance.Lan Yunfeng naturally proved herself in front of Lao Zhu.

Lao Zhu is a very pragmatic person. He doesn't value any rules or traditions.

But if these rules are broken, the tradition can bring tangible benefits to Ming Dynasty, and Lao Zhu will never take these dross to heart.

Because of this, he was ready to let Liu Ji allocate some resources to Lan Yunfeng.

With Lan Yunzhai's current size, the court doesn't even need to do anything.

Just showing a little attitude can bring huge benefits to Lan Yunzhai.

When Empress Ma asked him to do something at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang would of course agree to it.

It's just that Lao Zhu never expected that his queen would create such a big battle, both cooking and pouring wine.

In the end, she just wanted to tell Lan Yunfeng her true identity.

If it were another Zhu Yuanzhang, he would definitely agree without even thinking about it.

But the matter of exposing one's true identity.

Zhu Yuanzhang did hesitate.

It is almost certain that as long as Queen Ma tells Lan Yunfeng his true identity, his and Queen Ma's whereabouts will definitely not be hidden.

However, seeing the expectant look on his queen's face, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear to refuse.

For so many years, Queen Ma had always worked hard for him and never asked for anything.

It was a rare occasion for him to speak, did he really want to refuse?
After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice: "Has the queen thought it through?"

"Then Lan Yunfeng doesn't know your identity now, so I can have a sincere relationship with you."

"But once she knows that you are the current queen, his mind will probably change."

"We understand, sister, you have a deep sisterly relationship with her, so you don't want to hide it from her."

"But sometimes, we think hiding it is not a bad thing."

After expressing his concerns, Zhu Yuanzhang expressed his stance seriously: "But if the girl wants to say something, we will never object."

"It's just that if you, sister, reveal your identity, we may have to leave Yanjing City immediately."

"Girl, you need to weigh the pros and cons of this yourself."

"I know." Queen Ma nodded with a complicated expression.

His talent is not inferior to that of Zhu Yuanzhang, so he naturally already knows the possible consequences of confessing his true identity to Lan Yunfeng.

But she and Lan Yunfeng really knew each other, and she really didn't want to hide it from her like this.

In fact, the reason why Lao Zhu did not refuse was because he had already seen the situation in Yanjing.

Of course, this does not mean that we have fully understood the situation in Yanjing.

Just by looking at the flowers, I have already seen the same people.

After all, after being the emperor for so many years, Lao Zhu now gradually understands what an emperor should do.

There are some things that he doesn't need to know in detail at all.

As long as you have a general idea and ensure that the officials below do not have any major problems during the implementation process, it will be enough.

As for the remaining trivial issues, those are matters that those officials should deal with. If he, the emperor, has to personally make the decision on everything, then what should those officials do?
The situation in Yanjing is the same. Zhu Yuanzhang does not need to understand the detailed terms at all.

As long as he understands that there are some basic regulations on what officials should do and how they should do it, as long as they do not cross the line, what those officials do is their own business.

As for me, as the highest leader, I only need to know the results.

There are so many things going on in Yanjing, and in Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, they are no less important than the Dachao Society in Yingtian Mansion.

As the person in charge of Yanjing, Liu Song is very busy on weekdays, but the things he handles are definitely much less than when Lao Zhu himself was the emperor.

The reason for this is that Liu Song also grasped the big and let go of the small, and left some things that were not particularly important to the officials below to do it themselves.

And he only needs to manage the financial power. After all, as long as there is no money, nothing can be done.

And this approach is the same in the court.

There are still some differences between the court and the local area, but as long as we firmly grasp the army, there will be no difference in the rest.

So after figuring out the situation in Yanjing, Lao Zhu suddenly felt that it was no longer necessary to stay in Yanjing.

Anyway, he now knows that Yanjing, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, is already several times more prosperous than Yingtian Mansion.

There is no need to look at the other things carefully. Anyway, we will move the capital here in the future, so we have plenty of time to look at them.

Silent all night.

Queen Ma, who had made her decision the next day, went directly to Lan Yunfeng.

"It seems that sister has made a decision?" Lan Yunfeng said nervously.

Being so careful about even her identity, Lan Yunfeng felt that she, Sister Ma, was definitely not from an ordinary family.

Maybe she is the wife of some noble family.

Originally, she just felt that Queen Ma had a good status, so Lan Yunfeng also deliberately approached her in the hope of hugging her.

But she never thought that she might be hugging an extremely thick thigh.

Queen Ma did not speak directly, but winked at Lan Yunfeng.

The two have known each other for so long, and their tacit understanding has already been formed.

Lan Yunfeng understood immediately and directly ordered the servants serving around her: "Sister Ma and I have something to say. You all should go down."

The family is not unfamiliar with this situation. After all, Lan Yunfeng often has some inconvenient things to say when discussing business with others.

The servants exited the room very quickly.

Even though the decision had been made, Queen Ma suddenly found that he was still a little unable to speak when facing Lan Yunfeng.

It's not that she has any scruples. As Zhu Yuanzhang said, Empress Ma is also worried that Lan Yufeng's mentality will change after she knows her true identity.

When the time comes, the once deep love between sisters will immediately become a fleeting thing.

Her relationship with Lan Yunfeng will become a pure exchange of interests just like others.

But Queen Ma was Queen Ma after all. Now that she had made her decision, she quickly put those worries aside.

Empress Ma Zhanyan smiled slightly: "I am visiting this time just to tell my sister my true identity, but I don't know if she wants to hear it."

"Of course..." Lan Yunfeng only said half of what she said, and couldn't say any more.

(End of this chapter)