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

Chapter 254 Isn’t it just a small tribe?How much can it be worth? (Please subscribe!!)
"Your Majesty is wise!" Li Shan said loudly.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and continued: "Start establishing the Yunnan Capital Command and Envoys Department and the Yunnan Chief Envoys Department to manage military and political affairs in Yunnan, and set up garrison posts and garrison troops in strategic military areas. Officials at all levels in Yunnan will be here as soon as possible. Come up with a list!"

Song Lian, who had just been transferred from the Minister of Rites to the Minister of Personnel, quickly responded: "Yes!"

But he looked embarrassed.

Naturally, Zhu Yuanzhang noticed this and immediately asked: "Song Lian, are there any difficulties on the staff side?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the loss of officials has been relatively large in the past two years. Nowadays, there are many vacancies in various ministries and yamen in the capital that have not been filled. You have also requested that there be a shortage rather than an excess. Now there is a big gap in arranging officials from Yunnan."

The truth is, Zhu Yuanzhang has killed too many officials in the past two years. After all, he has experienced the "Hu Weiyong Case" and "The Empty Seal Case". Officials were killed several times, and there was really no one in the staff department available.

Of course, Song Lian was timid, so she spoke tactfully.

Zhu Yuanzhang naturally came to his senses when he heard this, but he didn't take it to heart, "Isn't it just sending people? I remember that the imperial examination will be held next year. Let me organize it well and recruit more talents!"

Li Shanchang stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Lan Yu, Fu Youde, Wang Bi and others are still idle at home. If there is no one available in the official department, they can be sent to Yunnan to take up positions for a temporary period. After all, they are also experienced in fighting. A veteran general who can guard against the rebellion of the natives and manage the army and the people at the same time!"

Zhu Yuanzhang refused without hesitation, "Lanyu and the others just finished fighting, so let them rest for a while. I have other important places for them, so there is no need to go to Yunnan."

"If they are bored, let them go hunting, drinking or whatever, as long as they don't cause trouble for me."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Shanchang cupped his hands, lowered his head, and a trace of loneliness flashed in his eyes.

"Marker."

"Father!" Zhu Biao stood up.

"Opening a subject to recruit scholars is to recruit talents. It is estimated that when you govern the country, these talents will really play their role. You and Song Lian will preside over it together! Song Lian is your teacher. If there is anything you don't understand, you must learn more." Ask!”

"Yes, Father!" Zhu Biao nodded.

"Okay, that's all for today's discussion. Let's all go down." Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the time was almost up and the discussion was basically over, so he took the initiative to end today's discussion.

"I, my son, please retire!"

After the ministers and Zhu Biao saluted Zhu Yuanzhang, they slowly exited the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Zhu Yuanzhang stretched and said, "It's finally over!"

At this moment, Jiang Wei hurriedly walked in, "Your Majesty, a secret message from Beizhili! It was sent urgently from [-] miles away."

"Take it here!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned at first. The secret messages were all sent by Fusi, Jinyiwei Town, Beizhili. However, under normal circumstances, Babaili Express would not be used. It would only be used when there is a particularly urgent matter.

Could it be that something big happened in Beizhili?

Nowadays, Beizhili is only as important as the capital. As the northern gateway of the Ming Dynasty, once something happens to Beizhili, it will be a big deal!

Zhu Yuanzhang took the secret letter and immediately opened it to check.

After reading the contents of the secret message, Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded.

The content of the secret letter mainly tells one thing, that is, Ouyang Lun is attracted by Asuna, the daughter of Shiha, the leader of the Chita tribe, and he must marry his daughter to Ouyang Lun! !
Ouyang Lun is just a white-faced scholar with weak hands and thin arms and legs. I really don't know what the prairie women like about him.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but murmur in his heart.

Wait, isn't this equivalent to trying to steal my son-in-law?

Besides, when have you ever heard of a concubine? If Ouyang Lun really let Ouyang Lun marry Asuna, then where would the dignity of the Ming Dynasty be?

More importantly, Ouyang Lun has many secrets and is extremely capable. North Zhili can develop, the new Great Wall can be built, and the Trade City can operate to its current scale, all because of Ouyang Lun. If Ouyang Lun succeeds, If you marry the son-in-law of the grassland, will you rebel?

Ouyang Lun joined the grassland and even Beiyuan. The loss to the Ming Dynasty was completely immeasurable.

This thing is not good for emotions, reasons, public or private matters!

After a brief thought, Zhu Yuanzhang made a decision.

Ke Jigang's secret letter also said that Ouyang Lun has a close relationship with the Chita tribe. The Chita tribe is very friendly to Ming Dynasty. If he directly refuses, it may make the Chita tribe sad and affect the operation of the trading city. There are hidden dangers behind.

"Report! Envoy Shihat, leader of the Chita tribe in the grassland, has arrived!"

"Let him in."

With Ji Gang's secret letter, Zhu Yuanzhang could naturally guess that Shiha sent a special envoy to propose to his daughter.

Just in time to meet you.

Soon, a rough man wearing prairie clothes walked into the Hall of Supreme Harmony under the leadership of the eunuch.

"I am Dadamu, the special envoy sent by Shiha of the Chita tribe. This is a personal letter from our leader Shiha to His Majesty the Ming Emperor!"

"Please take a look at it, His Majesty the Ming Emperor!"

Dadam took out a letter from his clothes.

Wang Zhong took the letter from Dadamu and sent it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang took the letter and opened it. It was exactly as he guessed. Shiha just wanted to marry his daughter to Ouyang Lun.

"If my beloved daughter Azuna can marry Ouyang Lun, the bride price will be the entire Chita tribe, willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty!"

"Chita tribe? Isn't it just a small tribe? How much is it worth?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with disdain: "It's really ridiculous that a small tribe can negotiate terms with me."

Jiang Wei heard this and reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this Chita tribe is no longer the small tribe in the previous information, but has grown into a medium-sized tribe in the southern part of the grassland, with a population of tens of thousands, and a regular army of 2 people. The elite cavalry is almost one of the overlords in the southern grassland, and the entire tribe’s property is conservatively estimated to be in the tens of millions.”

hiss--

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately took a breath of cold air, and he firmly grasped a few key words.

Tens of thousands of people, [-] cavalry, and tens of millions of properties! !
Be good!Is this still the Chita tribe he knows?
Regarding the Chita tribe, Zhu Yuanzhang had received information about them very early. The population was less than a thousand, and there were only two or three hundred adult males in the tribe. It was an extremely small tribe.

If Dadamu hadn't been there, Zhu Yuanzhang would have pulled Jiang Wei and asked him clearly.

Dadamu is a relatively practical person and was not angry when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, our Chita tribe is indeed very small compared to the Ming Dynasty, but our tribe really wants to marry with the Ming Dynasty. As long as Mr. Ouyang Lun If you are willing to marry the young master, our Chita tribe will be the most loyal vassals of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Of course, the leader of my family also said that His Majesty the Ming Emperor does not need to make a decision quickly, we are willing to wait!" Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's original idea of ​​rejecting directly was suppressed.

"I already know the Chita tribe's thoughts. Please go back and tell the leader of Shiha. I am very happy to see the Chita tribe's attitude. Marriage is a major event. I still need to discuss it with the ministers before making a decision!"

"Wang Zhong, take the envoy to the inn to have a good rest. Don't neglect it!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Zhong nodded repeatedly.

"Thank you, His Majesty the Ming Emperor!" Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang did not refuse, Dadam was very happy and left with Wang Zhong.

After the people left, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately turned to look at Jiang Wei, "When did the Chita tribe become a medium-sized tribe? Is the intelligence update of your Jin Yiwei so lagging behind?!"

Jiang Wei said helplessly: "Your Majesty, the Chita tribe has developed so rapidly all because of Ouyang Prince Consort!"

Your son-in-law did this, why are you so angry at me?

"What does this have to do with Ouyang Lun? He just helped the Chita tribe build a trading city. How could he influence the tribe to grow? And it grew so quickly." Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, Prince Consort Ouyang did just build a trading city for the Chita tribe, but it is precisely because of this that the Chita tribe has the authority to trade with other grassland tribes. They have the power to decide to do business with those tribes. In the past, the southern grassland , especially the grasslands close to the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, are the places of exile for grassland tribes. The tribes are not very strong, and most of them have a population of less than [-]. The more famous ones are the Duoyan tribe, Taining tribe and Fuyu tribe."

"In order to obtain enough supplies and survive, many small tribes joined the Chita tribe one after another. After absorbing more than ten small tribes, the Chita tribe has reached its current scale!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said in a deep voice: "The Chita tribe can absorb more than ten small tribes, which shows that there are capable people in the tribe. The Jinyiwei will keep a close eye on the Chita tribe recently!"

Jiang Wei hurriedly said: "Ji Gang has already made arrangements. After all, the Chita tribe has their sights set on Ouyang's consort. This alone must be taken seriously!"

"He will report as soon as there is news!"

"Well, you did a good job this time, let's go down."

"It's your Majesty!" Jiang Wei was overjoyed when he received Zhu Yuanzhang's praise. It was not easy.

Soon, only Zhu Yuanzhang was left in the palace. Because of the affairs of the Chita tribe, Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of dealing with the memorial.

"It seems that the business of 1000 million for Ouyang Lun to marry a woman from the Chita tribe is not a loss. Moreover, the Chita tribe is still developing and may become a major help in the unification of the grasslands in the Ming Dynasty in the future!"

"It's a pity. Shiha's letter clearly states that his daughter will not marry anyone other than Ouyang Lun, otherwise I can do it too!"

"The prince-in-law takes concubines. What he damages is the face of the Ming Dynasty royal family. This is a tribe worth 1000 million."

Zhu Yuanzhang struggled for a long time, not deciding whether to agree or not.

"We have to discuss this matter with my sister. She has more experience in this area than us!" Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately walked out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and walked towards Kunning Palace.

Arriving at Kunning Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Queen Ma seemed to be playing a very novel game.

I saw Queen Ma and a palace maid standing on two sides, with a block in the middle. Both sides used long-handled paddles to hit something back and forth, which looked very good.

"Cough-cough-"

Zhu Yuanzhang coughed twice, and the maid opposite saw the emperor's arrival and quickly knelt down.

"Heavy eight?"

Empress Ma turned to look at Zhu Yuanzhang, "You are not handling government affairs in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, so why are you here? It's past dinner time, and I don't have food here."

"Sister, we have already eaten."

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the "thing" that fell on the ground. It was a hemisphere with feathers stuck on an unknown material. "Sister, what is this? We have never seen it before?"

"This is called badminton. It's a piece of fitness equipment sent by Ouyang. He asked me to play badminton every day to help my body recover." Empress Ma smiled and said, "Don't tell me, this badminton is quite fun. .”

"Badminton!" Zhu Yuanzhang became interested, "Can we try it?"

"You can try if you want. I can stop you, but badminton requires practice. Don't be angry if you can't win." Queen Ma said with a smile.

"Am I, Zhu Yuanzhang, such a stingy person? Besides, can this little badminton stop me? I'm kidding!" Zhu Yuanzhang said confidently.

"Then come!" Queen Ma immediately said to the palace maid: "Yuanyang, please give the racket to Your Majesty."

"Yes, Queen!" The maid handed the badminton racket to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang took the racket and waved it twice, and said with a smile: "It's like when we first picked up the sword and went to the battlefield."

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang holding the badminton racket, Empress Ma was speechless and said: "Chongba, this is how you hold a badminton racket. The racket surface must be horizontal, otherwise you won't be able to hit the ball at all."

"Let's take it like this, press it smoothly, chop melons and vegetables, and deal with you easily!" Zhu Yuanzhang said confidently.

"Then just hold it like this, I'm serving!" Queen Ma threw the badminton up in her hand, and then swung the racket to knock the badminton away.

Zhu Yuanzhang watched the badminton flying toward him and kept retreating. In the end, he failed to catch it. Instead, the badminton hit him in the face.

"Come again!"

Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his forehead and said unconvinced.

Next came the period when Queen Ma easily crushed Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang even fell down in the process, and Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he threw the badminton racket on the ground.

"This game is too difficult, we won't play it anymore!"

Queen Ma slowly walked to Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Chongba, I'm afraid you didn't come here to play badminton."

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang reacted, "It's all because of this bad badminton, I almost forgot about the business."

"Sister, someone wants to marry Ouyang Lun!"

Queen Ma was stunned for a moment, "Ouyang is the son-in-law of our old Zhu family. He is a married man. Doesn't she know?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Of course the other party knows that she doesn't want to be a wife, but a concubine, and she will be given tens of millions of assets! We are a little unsure, so I'll discuss it with you, sister."

When Empress Ma heard this, she immediately rolled her eyes at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Chongba, I think you are reluctant to part with the dowry worth tens of millions of dollars, right? If someone really marries her, the dowry must belong to their young couple. What does it have to do with you?"

"Whose family does the girl who wants to marry Ouyang belong to? Do I know her?"

(End of this chapter)