Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 240 Sudden!The Yunnan envoy was killed, and Zhu Yuanzhang was furious! (Please subscribe!!)

"Chongpachi, your analysis makes sense. This matter really cannot be rushed. We have to do it step by step."

Upon hearing this, Queen Ma nodded in agreement.

"Your Majesty, Jiang Wei is back."

Wang Zhong walked in and reported.

"Let him come in." Zhu Yuanzhang investigated openly and covertly this time.

He also wanted to know if Jiang Wei would bring back some more useful news this time.

"Yes."

Wang Zhong bowed and retreated.

soon.

Jiang Yu and Ji Gang walked in under the leadership of Wang Zhong.

"Your Majesty, Jiang Yu (Ji Gang), pays homage to your Majesty."

"Exemption."

In the room, Queen Ma had returned to the back room, and Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on the Taishi chair, speaking calmly.

"Tell me, what information do you have to report?"

"Your Majesty, Mr. Jiang, I am the envoy of Jinyiwei Town in Beizhili. I will let you speak." Ji Gang said loudly with his face as usual.

"Okay, it's up to you!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and pointed at Ji Gang.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ji Gang's face was filled with joy. He thought about it in his mind for a while, and then said: "The matter of doing business between Beizhili and the prairie people has been investigated clearly. It was indeed Ouyang's consort who gave the order, but it is definitely not the case. Some of the transactions were completed in the Qinghe Trading City on the border of the Ming Dynasty. Now the reputation of the Qinghe Trading City has become famous! People from the grassland tribes are constantly coming to do business with the Ming merchants."

"I already know this, let's change it." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "Do you know Zhou Zhen's whereabouts? Who did it to him?"

"Replying to Your Majesty, we haven't found out where Zhou Zhen is now. However, we have found the men who came with Zhou Zhen. According to them, after Zhou Zhen disappeared, they once searched within ten miles of the ground where Zhou Zhen disappeared. I have tried it many times, but nothing has been gained, and there are no blood stains or corpses, so there is a high probability that Lord Zhou Zhen is still alive."

Jiang Wei saw this and said quickly: "Your Majesty, please give Jin Yiwei more time. We Jin Yiwei will find Zhou Zhen even if we dig three feet into the ground!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slowly, "Since Zhou Zhen is probably not dead, he was captured. I will stay in Beizhili for a while. You must find him as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

Jiang Yu and Ji Gang responded quickly.

"Is there any other news, such as from the grassland?" Zhu Yuanzhang continued to ask.

"Back to Your Majesty, Jin Yiwei has sent a large number of spies into various tribes in the grassland. Last time, Ouyang Prince Consort purchased 20 sheep from the grassland at one time, and at the same time sent a lot of urgently needed supplies to the grassland. In this way, many tribes have shown great respect for me. The attitude has improved and is no longer as hostile as before, and many bold Ming merchants have gone deep into the grasslands to do business with the grassland tribes."

Ji Gang continued.

"These businessmen are really risking their lives in order to make money." Zhu Yuanzhang said solemnly: "If these businessmen want to do business, you don't have to worry about them, but the taxes that should be paid must not be less. In addition, we must prevent these businessmen from rebelling and betraying them. National interest! If you, Jin Yiwei, find such a businessman, you don’t have to report it to me, you can act cheaply."

"Yes!" Jiang Yu and Ji Gang agreed quickly.

the next day.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma were recuperating in Changyu Pass. As Zhu Yuanzhang guessed, Ouyang Lun brought Princess Anqing to visit them.

Princess Anqing burst into tears when she saw Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma. When she learned that Queen Ma had wasting disease, she cried even more heartbroken.

Of course, Princess Anqing did not reveal the identities of Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma, which made Ouyang Lun even more convinced that Uncle Ma was Queen Ma's cousin, that is, his and Princess Anqing's cousin uncle and aunt.

The marriage was confirmed by Princess Anqing.

The relationship between the two parties has truly taken a big step forward.

Princess Anqing accompanied Queen Ma in the back room and talked about women's intimate affairs, while Ouyang Lun accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang outside to drink and eat meat.

"Come on, uncle, this is the sauced beef that I braised myself. You can have a piece of it!"

"To tell the truth, you are the first Anqing natal relative I have met since I married Anqing."

"Since ancient times, the royal family has been ruthless. Although I am a noble person in the imperial family, I still have a lot of helplessness. I like Anqing, but I don't want to get involved in the royal family's struggle, so I thought of a way to escape to northern Xinjiang."

"These days in Northern Xinjiang, especially the three years in Kaiping County, are the happiest things in my life, Ouyang Lun!"

"I really didn't expect you to be a relative of the emperor, but you are much better than my emperor father-in-law. Although you are a bit stupid, with me here, you will definitely make a lot of money!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ouyang Lun who was drunk, put a hand on his shoulder, and frowned, "Ouyang Lun, you have drank a lot today, why don't you stop drinking now? Otherwise, you will have to drink when you are drunk later. That’s nonsense.”

"Uncle, we are happy today, so we must drink well!" Ouyang Lun said with a smile: "You can't drink it, can you?"

"It's a joke, I drink wine like water, how can I not drink it!" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily.

"Drinking is as good as drinking water! Uncle, don't you like drinking Maotai? I brought two big altars today, and they will definitely be enough!" Ouyang Lun waved his hand, "Zhou Bao, serve the wine!"

"Good sir."

Zhou Bao immediately brought his men and brought in two large jars of Maotai wine.

"These are all Maotai wines?!" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes began to shine when he saw the two big jars.

Beizhili now has several business cards, cement roads, highways, red flag carriages, heaven and earth, and one more thing is Maotai wine.

Not only is this wine delicious, the most important thing is that it is difficult to buy!
If you want to buy Maotai liquor, you have to go to a specialty store to buy it, and you have to draw a lottery. Only those who win can be qualified to buy it. Every time Zhu Yuanzhang came to Beizhili, he spent a lot of effort to buy only two or three bottles, and took them back to the capital to drink. It'll be gone in a few days.

This is the first time I have seen such two large jars of Maotai wine.

"Of course!" Ouyang Lun nodded, "These two jars are puree wine, and they are the same batch that has been stored for five years. One jar is less for drinking, and the taste is far worse than the ordinary Maotai wine that is sold on the market. , even Uncle Tang and Uncle Xu have never tasted it."

"Mao Tai who has been hiding for five years!!" Zhu Yuanzhang had already swallowed again.

"Niece Ouyang Lun, this wine must be very expensive."

"An ordinary pot of Maotai is about 1000 taels. This pot of puree Maotai, which has been stored for five years, was auctioned before. The transaction price was 5000 taels, and one jar can hold at least 30 pots. Counting one jar That's about [-] taels." Ouyang Lun.

"Then these two altars are 60 taels?!" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened.

To be honest, as an emperor, he drank a lot of good wine and saw expensive things, but a bottle of Maotai wine worth 30 yuan was really eye-opening!

"I'm afraid your wine isn't made from gold, it's too expensive!"

Although Maotai wine was delicious, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt that it was not worth the price.

Ouyang Lun nodded, "I also admit that this wine is expensive. In fact, the cost is not much higher than ordinary wine, but who calls it Maotai!"

"Uncle, you don't know, right? Maotai Liquor has been listed on the stock exchange, and has entered the top ten in stock market value, and is still rising." "What! Can a liquor become a top ten in stock market value?" ten!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang is no longer a rookie in the stock market. He is also familiar with the stock exchange and knows the value of the top ten stocks in market capitalization!
To be among the top ten in terms of market capitalization, the total stock value must be at least 2000 million. Can a brewing workshop be worth 2000 million? ?
This completely broke Zhu Yuanzhang's cognition.

Ouyang Lun picked up the wine glass, looked at the wine in the glass, and said with a smile: "Don't tell me that you are confused, uncle. In fact, I am also confused."

"When I opened Maotai Winery, I just wanted to brew a wine with a higher alcohol content. After all, other wines are just like rice wine and don't taste good. I didn't expect that Maotai Wine would gain a lot of attention once it was launched. I like it, of course this is within my expectation.”

"But when Maotai Liquor went on the market, people, businessmen and bosses all went crazy to buy it. Then many people started to collect Maotai Liquor, and it became a high-end choice for gift giving. As a result, the market value of Maotai Liquor continued to rise. I was also baffled. We bought a winery worth 2000 million taels.”

Zhu Yuanzhang:
"Uncle, let's not talk about wine today, just drink!" Ouyang Lun raised his glass, "Come on! We won't come home until we get drunk today!"

"Do it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang is good at wine. He has enough Maotai wine today. If you don't drink it, it will be for nothing!
When An Qing and Queen Ma came out, Ouyang Lun and Zhu Yuanzhang were already drunk. Zhu Yuanzhang was lying on the ground, while Ouyang Lun was lying on Zhu Yuanzhang.

Seeing this situation, both An Qing and Queen Ma were a little surprised.

"Mother, didn't you say that Ouyang and my father don't get along? Why do I feel like they get along so well!" An Qing asked doubtfully.

Queen Ma shook her head, "The relationship between the two of them is a bit complicated."

the next day.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma have been living in Changyu Pass. Except for the royal guards Jiang Zhen and Ji Gang who come to report from time to time, no one comes to disturb them the rest of the time.

Perhaps because of Empress Ma's illness, Zhu Yuanzhang's attention was focused on Empress Ma during this period. He accompanied Empress Ma to visit the Great Wall, sightseeing in the mountains and rivers, and even went horseback riding on the grassland.

They don't look like the Emperor and Queen of the Ming Dynasty at all, but an elderly couple living a life of idle clouds and wild cranes.

A month and a half passed in a flash.

Zhu Yuanzhang received a secret letter from the capital, and his expression suddenly changed.

"Chongba, what's wrong?"

"The King of Liang of the Yuan Dynasty who was entrenched in Yunnan secretly killed Wang Yi, the envoy I sent to persuade me to surrender. He also threatened to send troops to attack the Ming Dynasty and regain the territory of the Yuan Dynasty!" Zhu Yuanzhang's face was as gloomy as if it was dripping water.

Bo'er Jijin·Bazala Valmi, the king of Liang in the Yuan Dynasty, a descendant of Hu Gechi, the fifth son of Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, was granted the title of king of Liang and guarded Yunnan. On September 1368, 9, Huizong of the Yuan Dynasty gave a happy invitation. After Mu'er withdrew from Dadu, King Liang still stuck to Yunnan and regarded the Yuan Dynasty in the north as Zhengshuo. He also sent envoys to Mobei every year to meet with the Emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and his official duties remained as before.

Due to the remoteness of Yunnan, Zhu Yuanzhang did not want to use troops. He sent people several times to persuade him to surrender, but they refused. This time, he directly killed the envoys sent by Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Let's go back to the capital!"

"I will make this Zaravalmy pay the price!"

Beijing.

Tai Chi Temple.

Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on the dragon chair with a gloomy expression.

In the main hall, all the civil and military officials had serious faces, with anger in their eyes.

"Let's talk about how to deal with the Yunnan matter!"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, Yunnan has always been controlled by the Liang King of the Yuan Dynasty. This person is loyal to the Yuan Dynasty and has never surrendered. This time he even killed my Ming envoy. We must retaliate!" The Minister of the Ministry of War stood up and shouted. road.

"The minister waits for reconsideration!"

"The minister waits for reconsideration!"

Seeing the angry expressions of the officials, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up directly from the dragon chair.

"it is good!"

"As expected of the civil servants and generals of the Ming Dynasty, they are bloody!"

"The King of Liang in the Yuan Dynasty did not know good or bad about Zaravalmi. I didn't give him the chance to surrender. Instead, he killed my envoy. He is annihilating himself from our Ming Dynasty!"

"If that's the case, then I don't have to be polite to him!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked fierce, "Send troops to pacify Yunnan!"

"Order Yingchuan Marquis Fu Youde as the general to conquer the south, Yongchang Marquis Lanyu as the left deputy general, and Xiping Marquis Muying as the right deputy general, and lead 30 troops to conquer Yunnan southward."

Zhu Yuanzhang personally formulated a strategy to advance into Yunnan based on the military geographical situation of Yunnan: "From Yongning, Xiao generals were sent to lead an army to Wusa. The army followed from Chen and Yuan to Puding, divided the key points, and then marched to Qujing. Qujing, Yunnan If they are silent, they will work together here to resist our division. Examine the situation and find a surprise victory, this is it. After descending from Qujing, General 3 sent one man to raise troops to Wusa, and in response to Yongning's division, the army marched straight towards Yunnan. To restrain each other and make them tired of running for their lives, they must be defeated. Now that Yunnan has been conquered, it is better to divide the troops and move towards Dali. The early warning has been made, but the trend will collapse. The remaining tribes can send envoys and edicts, and go down without bothering the troops."

"Generals, you can understand!"

Fu Youde, Lan Yu, and Mu Ying all stood up and said, "I will take your orders!"

"very good!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction. Fu Youde, Lan Yu, and Mu Ying were all capable generals of the Ming Dynasty. If they go together, they will surely win Yunnan.

"What requests do you three have before sending troops? As long as it's reasonable, I agree to it!"

"I only want to go into battle to kill the enemy and regain Yunnan. I have no requirements!" Mu Ying said loudly.

Fu Youde and Lan Yu did not speak.

"Fu Youde, Lan Yu, just tell me what you think." Zhu Yuanzhang knew what these two people were thinking at a glance.

Fu Youde and Lan Yu looked at each other, then both knelt down.

"What are you two doing?"

"Your Majesty, can your Majesty investigate the matter that I reported to your Majesty some time ago and deal with the person who committed the crime?"

Lan Yu said loudly.

As soon as these words came out, the Tai Chi Hall suddenly became silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes narrowed, he looked at Fu Youde and Lan Yu who were kneeling, and said coldly: "Are you blackmailing me?"

"I dare not!"

"It's just that if we don't get rid of traitorous officials like Ouyang Lun, I have no intention of going to war for the country!"

After Lan Yu finished speaking, he prostrated on the ground, "Please, Your Majesty, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the Ming Dynasty, severely punish the traitor Ouyang Lun!!"

(End of this chapter)