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

Chapter 318 Damn it! The unruly people are harming me! (Please subscribe!!)

Zhu Yuanzhang turned to look at the guard who sent the message, and said in a deep voice: "Are you a guard of the Zongren Mansion?"

"Your Majesty, the young one is the guard responsible for guarding His Royal Highness Prince Jin!" the messenger guard replied quickly.

"I ask you, can Ouyang Lun use torture on the King of Jin?" Zhu Yuanzhang's voice was cold, "You must answer truthfully. If you lie at all, I will kill you!"

"Back to Your Majesty, His Highness Prince Jin is currently imprisoned in the Zongren Mansion Prison. Although it is a prison, it is a small courtyard with a single family. There is no shortage of food and clothing for Prince Jin, and there is no punishment!" The messenger guard trembled! He replied that the emperor's majesty was too much pressure for a little guard like him.

"No torture?" Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment and continued to ask: "Then did Ouyang Lun do or say anything to King Jin?"

The messenger guard quickly said: "Before His Highness Prince Jin wrote the letter, Master Zongzheng did go to His Highness Prince Jin. After that, His Highness Prince Jin wrote a letter and asked the villain to deliver the letter."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said in confusion: "Ouyang Lun just went to find Fan'er, and Fan'er completely changed his attitude? This is too strange."

"What did you hear? What did you see?"

"Say!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's voice shocked the messenger guard, "I just saw Master Zongzheng draw a picture for His Highness Prince Jin, and then said something about Ouzhou and Rakshasa, and then His Highness Prince Jin changed his attitude!"

"Shouting that we should learn from Master Zongzheng and reform ourselves."

"Europe, Rakshasa?" Zhu Yuanzhang muttered, then shook his head, without any clue.

"Your Majesty, are you still going to deliver the order?"

Wang Zhong asked cautiously.

"Forget it, Fan'er has written a letter specifically. Obviously he is worried that I will take him away by force. Since Ouyang Lun let Fan'er know his mistake, let Fan'er stay here!"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and said, "Sister, what do you think?"

"From the current point of view, it is not a bad thing for Fan'er to stay in the Zongren Mansion. If Fan'er can really change completely, isn't this what we have always wanted to see." Queen Ma nodded.

"Wang Zhong, if you go and draw up an imperial edict, say that King Zhu Fan of Jin is arrogant and domineering, oppressing the people, and leave all power to the clan government, and no one else can interfere!"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and spoke again.

"Yes." Wang Zhong responded.

"Your Majesty, last time you warned and then imprisoned Ouyang in the Taiji Palace. Although these were done secretly, all the civil and military officials could have guessed it. In addition, with the incident of Fan'er this time, millions of people will inevitably think too much. Since Ouyang is like this You have made a great contribution this time, so you should at least show it." Queen Ma said.

"We have already made Ouyang Lun a first-class king, is it possible that we still want to make him a prince-in-law? He is so beautiful!" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily.

Empress Ma smiled and said, "Chongba, actually you have already thought about it. The real leader of this clan is Zongren Ling, not Zong Zheng. Now that Ouyang has proven that he can be in charge of the clan, you might as well put him in charge." Strengthen the position, firstly to appease Ouyang, and secondly, to let the officials and people know your attitude!"

"Besides, do you think there is any limit to how Ouyang can be timid in doing things with an empty clan order?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Sister, you have seen through it. In that case, let Ouyang Lun be the clan leader and take full charge of the clan mansion!"

"But when Fan'er comes out, I have to ask him carefully what Ouyang Lun said to him to make him undergo such a big change."

"Okay, then you can wait until Fan'er comes out to ask." Empress Ma said with a smile: "But it's better now. Zhu Fan has changed. The clan mansion can play its role again in the hands of Ouyang. The people of the world Seeing that you show no mercy to the prince who made a mistake, I will surely become more convinced and obedient to you as the emperor!"

Hearing what Empress Ma said, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "Sister, don't say anything, this is true!"

"Hmph, if you make a mistake, you should be punished. Otherwise, Ming Dynasty will cause chaos. Even if you are my son, you must abide by it!"

Empress Ma's words made Zhu Yuanzhang think more and more that it was the right decision to let Ouyang Lun handle Prince Jin's affairs this time. He did not show up during the whole process, and the matter was already taken care of. The issue of his son's education, which was originally his most troublesome, was also has been solved!

Such harsh measures left officials and people with nothing to say except thumbs up.

Empress Ma rolled her eyes at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Chongba, that's not what you just said."

"Ahem, just now, now is now. We have been promoted to Ouyang Lun's official position again, and we no longer interfere in Fan'er's disposal. We have done our best!" Zhu Yuanzhang said awkwardly, and then quickly changed the subject, "Sister , do you think Ouyang Lun is particularly talented in educating people?"

"Before, Di'er and Bai'er were handed over to him. As a result, these two boys became particularly powerful in marching and fighting. They directly led the Ming army to pacify Yunnan. Before this, we couldn't even think about it!"

"If Ouyang Lun can train Fan'er this time, then our old Zhu family will have another strong general."

"Chongba, you are thinking very well. Don't you all have old brothers from Huaixi? And the new generation of generals like Lan Yu have performed well. Why do you have to let your sons join!" Empress Ma Quite puzzled.

"Sister, you don't understand this!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, "The abilities and experience of the old brothers in Huaixi are indeed unassailable, but we can't just rely on them! Besides, they are outsiders after all, so what's the point? Is our son reliable?"

"This world belongs to Lao Zhu's family. When we were here, these old Huaixi brothers were obedient, but once we are gone, can you guarantee it?"

"When you mention Lan Yu, we get angry! The last time the Beiyuan army attacked, we asked him and Feng Sheng to rush to help Peiping. What was the result? These two people were greedy for credit and did not go to support Peking and went straight to Shanhaiguan. , and ended up losing the battle! If we hadn’t seen that he was Biao’er’s uncle-in-law, we would have killed him long ago!”

"Okay, okay, this matter is over. Lan Yu and Feng Sheng have also been punished. Don't keep holding on to this matter. Besides, you only have so many sons. You can't just rely on your sons. !" Queen Ma said with relief.

"We also know this." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Now let's see what tricks Ouyang Lun can come up with!"

Soon, the imperial court issued an edict.

The crime of Jin King Zhu Fan was announced to the whole world, and the reward for Ouyang Lun was also announced simultaneously.

For a time, it caused a sensation throughout the Ming Dynasty!

Everyone inside and outside the court was shocked!

This is the first time that a prince has been treated so strictly.

Especially in Shanxi, the fiefdom of Jin King Zhu Fan.

Since Jin Wang Zhu Fan was escorted back to Beijing by Ouyang Lun, the people of Shanxi have finally lived a relatively easy life. However, Jin Wang Zhu Fan has not been convicted for a day, and they are somewhat uneasy in their hearts. After all, no one knows about Jin Wang. Will Zhu Fan come back again?

But when the imperial edict reached Shanxi, the people were completely relieved.

"The Prince of Jin, Zhu Fan, was imprisoned in the clan's mansion by his consort, and he was told that if he didn't correct himself, he would not be released!"

"The Prince Consort is so awesome!"

"Originally, I thought that even if the Prince Consort escorted Prince Jin back to the capital, the court would quickly release Prince Jin, but I didn't expect that he would be locked up directly!"

"Not only that! The Prince Consort spread the wealth of the Jin Palace to the people, and many people who were oppressed before have received compensation."

"Actually, His Highness Prince Jin is not bad, but he is usually a bit domineering. He rides a horse on the street, rides on the streets, curses at random, and does not rob civilian women or kill anyone. Is the punishment this time too harsh?"

"So you have such thoughts too! I also think the court's punishment for His Highness Prince Jin this time is a bit harsh."

"Hey, who made His Highness the Prince of Jin meet the Prince Consort? Moreover, it is also written in this edict that as the Prince of the Ming Dynasty, His Highness the Prince of Jin should strictly restrain himself. If he makes a mistake, he should be dealt with more strictly. Otherwise, what should he do? An example for the people of Ming Dynasty?"

"Seeing the punishment of His Highness Prince Jin, the other vassal princes must have been trembling with fear!"

"You might as well say King Qin's name directly."

"Indeed, when it comes to arrogance and domineering, King Qin is the most excessive. Now the people of Shaanxi probably hope that their prince-in-law can go to Shaanxi the most." "Hush! You are going to die talking about the Prince of Ming Dynasty!"

"Hey--"

With the incident of Jin King Zhu Fan coming to an end, Ouyang Lun's prestige among the people of the Ming Dynasty has become much higher. Many people even regard Ouyang Lun as the savior and the great master of Qingtian!

Stories about Ouyang Lun have also been made into stories and circulated, including the story about the prince-in-law playing chess in the city to win the match, the story about the prince-in-law eating hot pot on the city wall to retreat from the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and the story about the prince-in-law beating the king of Jin for the sake of the people.

Some have even been turned into plays.

Of course Ouyang Lun didn't know about these things, but was busy moving!

Outside the imperial palace.

A long queue of large carriages was forming.

Such a lively scene immediately attracted many people to watch.

"My dear, what are you doing?"

"You don't know, right? The Prince Consort has renovated the Zongren Mansion and officially moved into the Zongren Mansion!"

"It's not just a renovation, but a house built on the vacant land in the backyard of the original clan mansion."

"A house? It's obviously a palace. It has mountains and water. It's extremely luxurious."

"It is said that our prince-in-law is wealthy, but seeing so many carriages pulling things, we still underestimated his financial resources."

"Now that the Prince Consort is under the clan's command, it is only natural that he should stay in the clan's mansion."

"In the past, the Zongren Mansion was as deserted as the Leng Palace, but now it is completely different."

"Have you heard? The Zongren Mansion is recruiting people, and I have already signed up!"

"I signed up too!"

"Have you all signed up? Then I have to go too."

"Go quickly, there are too many people signing up. If it's late, I'm afraid we won't even be able to sign up."

People around were talking a lot, and the inside of the Zongren Mansion was even more lively.

Ouyang Lun was sitting leisurely in the hall, cracking melon seeds, while Zhou Bao was busy directing his men to move things.

"Be careful when moving this Taihu Nine Hundred and Ninety-nine-hole Strange Stone into the backyard garden!"

"Hey! This is a lucky cat made of pure gold. It weighs fifty kilograms. You have to hold it steady by yourself. If it gets bumped, I won't be able to afford the compensation if I sell it to you!"

"These boxes contain all my treasures, so be careful!"

"I will replace all the daily necessities of the master and his wife with brand new ones, including silk and colored glaze!"

Just at this time.

Jin King Zhu Fan came to Ouyang Lun and asked with a smile: "Brother-in-law, are you moving?"

"Not moving? Are you still stealing?" Ouyang Lun rolled his eyes, "Didn't I ask you to stay in your small courtyard to reflect on your studies? Why did you run out?"

"Ahem, aren't we encountering a problem?" Zhu Fan asked: "Xiao Wang was thinking: Europe is so far away from the Ming Dynasty, how can Xiao Wang get there? There are dangers along the way!"

"This is not a question you should be thinking about now. Have you read all the books on governing the country and marching and fighting that have been arranged for you?" Ouyang Lun asked rhetorically.

"Brother-in-law, you gave me so many books that I can't even read them all!" Zhu Fan said with a bitter face: "Xiao Wang has never liked reading since he was a child. Now asking me to read books is even more uncomfortable than killing Xiao Wang!"

"Only by enduring hardship can one become a master. Don't you understand this principle?"

"Brother-in-law, I am a master!"

"Pfft -" Ouyang Lun almost spit out the tea he just drank, "You are quite smart sometimes."

"But your goal is not to be like your father and build your own empire with your own hands. Have you forgotten? If you give up, the gate of the clan's mansion is right in front of you, so hurry up and wait!"

Hearing this, Zhu Fan fell silent.

"Brother-in-law, Xiao Wang understands!"

Just when Zhu Fan was about to make a speech about studying hard, Zhu Wenhai walked in in a hurry.

"I pay my respects to Lord Zongling and His Highness Prince Jin!"

"Zhu Wenhai, what can you do?"

Ouyang Lun asked.

"Lord Zong Ling." Zhu Wenhai glanced at King Jin and seemed a little hesitant.

"Brother-in-law, since you still have something to do, Xiao Wang will leave first." Jin Wang Zhu Fan is still very understanding.

Ouyang Lun nodded, "You go back and study hard first. Don't think too much about other things. I have my own arrangements."

"Go."

"Good Le!"

As Jin King Zhu Fan left, Ouyang Lun said solemnly: "Say it."

"What on earth is going on that makes it so mysterious?"

Zhu Wenhai then spoke: "Lord Zong Ling, I heard the news that the imperial edict on the punishment of His Highness King Jin has been announced to the world. The people admire you extremely for what you have done!"

Ouyang Lun smiled and waved his hand, "These are just what I should do. The people of Ming Dynasty are still very awake!"

Zhu Wenhai continued: "Nowadays, many people among the people have adapted your deeds into scripts and stories, which are spread in theaters, teahouses, restaurants, and storytellers. Especially when you punched the King of Jin for the people, it became a national legend. It is the most popular play in the Ming Dynasty, and many people have spent money to watch it!"

Hearing this, Ouyang Lun stood up suddenly and said, "Damn it! The unruly people are harming me!"

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(End of this chapter)