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

Chapter 328 This night, Zhu Yuanzhang suffered from insomnia! ! (Please subscribe!!)

Forehead.

Zhu Yuanzhang's sudden anger made Ji Gang a little uncomfortable.

I thought that Zhu Yuanzhang has become more generous now and will not get angry easily. Obviously, he was wrong. Just now, Zhu Yuanzhang was angry and even laughed because it was Ouyang Lun who was frustrated. Now Ouyang Lun beat his grandson and immediately started the rage mode.

"I asked you to send him here. If you spank my grandson in public, wouldn't that be the same as slapping me in the face?"

After saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, "What I meant was that Ouyang Lun spanked my face, not Yunwen's butt. No, he spanked Yunwen's butt, not my face."

"Damn it, if you tell anyone about Ji Gang, I will kill all nine of your clans!"

Ji Gang didn't react at all.

"Ji Gang, I'm talking to you, are you deaf?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice.

Ji Gang seemed to have regained his consciousness and knelt down quickly and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. The general was just lost in thought and could not hear your Majesty's holy words!"

"Forget it if you didn't hear it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, "Go on, what did Ouyang Lun say to my son and grandson today! What did he do!"

Ji Gang continued: "Your Majesty asked the general to keep an eye on the clan's mansion. The general did not dare to neglect at all, so after handling the daily affairs of Jin Yiwei, he immediately rushed to the clan's mansion. When the general arrived, Ouyang The consort has already started teaching the princes and grandsons, saying that this is the first class of the Ming Dynasty Royal Academy, and he has also selected several highnesses to serve as class monitors, disciplinary committee members, study committee members, and representatives of martial arts and liberal arts classes!"

"Class! When did Ouyang Lun become so diligent? He actually taught my son and grandson on the first day. The sun really came out from the west!" Zhu Yuanzhang muttered and continued to ask: "Where are they teaching?" What’s the content?”

"Ouyang Prince Consort modified the prison that used to contain and imprison the clan's children. The smaller one is used as a dormitory for the princes and grandsons, and the larger one is used as a place for classes." Ji Gang replied.

Prisons serve as dormitories and classrooms! ?

Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth twitched when he heard this.

"That's all. I have slept in cattle pens and on the street, so it's nothing like prison. Besides, the prison conditions in Zongren Mansion are not bad."

"You go on."

"Yes." Ji Gang nodded, "Your Majesty, you must not be angry about what the general will say next!"

Um! ?

Hearing Ji Gang say this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes became much colder, and he said in a deep voice: "Has Ouyang Lun done many things to make me angry? Don't worry, I'm not that fragile! Just say it!"

"The first lesson Ouyang Prince Consort taught the princes and grandsons was to say that the Ming Dynasty would perish!!"

Perish! ?

He, Ouyang Lun, is really arrogant!

Zhu Yuanzhang muttered disdainfully in his heart, and at the same time he was very angry.

We have worked so hard to conquer the country, but you are shouting that the Ming Dynasty is going to perish? Totally impossible! We have thought about future generations, and Ming Dynasty will definitely be passed down for generations to come.

"Is this what Ouyang Lun said?"

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to ask.

Ji Gang nodded, "After Ouyang Prince Consort asked this question, he asked the princes and grandsons to calculate their annual salary and expenses."

"Calculating salary and expenses? Why do we calculate these?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked confused.

"The general was also very confused at first, but later I heard Prince Consort Ouyang say that the clan salary issue would completely bring down the Ming Dynasty in the future. This is also the basis for him to say that the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed!" Ji Gang replied.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak, Ji Gang thought for a while and continued: "Ouyang Prince Consort also said that although the royal family's salary is not very high now, with the increase in population, the royal family's salary and expenses will increase significantly, accounting for more than half of the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue. , by that time, the army will be short of food and pay, its combat effectiveness will be weak, all officials will be short of salary, the officialdom will be corrupt, and the common people will have no life."

"The Ming Dynasty will come naturally"

Ji Gang did not say the last two words "dead" and stopped talking after he said it.

Zhu Yuanzhang fell into deep thought for a while.

As the maker of this clan salary rule, Zhu Yuanzhang also understood the meaning of Ouyang Lun's words, but all dynasties had been quite generous to the clan's children. Zhu Yuanzhang just set better conditions.

After all, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, the whole world belongs to him, Zhu Yuanzhang. What's wrong with giving his children and grandchildren an extra guarantee?

You must know that when he was a child, he lived a life without enough food and clothing. Now that he has conquered the world, he naturally does not want his descendants to live the same miserable life as he did.

Zhu Yuanzhang had more than 20 sons, but the throne could only be given to one son. This son was Prince Zhu Biao. The remaining sons also had to plan for them!

Therefore, enfeoffing the kings and supporting the clan were the safeguards that Zhu Yuanzhang came up with.

If this kind of rule continues, the world will always belong to their Lao Zhu family!

But Zhu Yuanzhang never thought that just raising a clan member could lead to the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little unconvinced and said: "This Ouyang Lun is really alarmist. He is just giving some salary to the clan members. How could he possibly bring down the huge Ming Dynasty! I think he is just alarmist!"

"What do you think about Ji Gang?"

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's inquiry, Ji Gang raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the general did not believe Ouyang's remarks. After all, there are only a few princes and grandsons. How much can it cost?"

"It wasn't until the general saw that the princes and grandsons could not calculate the expenses for them and their descendants even after emptying Ouyang's money box, that the general understood - Ouyang's words may not be alarmist! "

"Your Majesty, I don't understand economics, but I know the Jin Yiwei better. The Jin Yiwei spends a lot of money every year to protect the prince and grandson! Let's not talk about anything else."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's face gradually darkened, "So you mean to support Ouyang Lun?"

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Ji Gang was so frightened that he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the general just expressed his own thoughts and was definitely not supporting Ouyang Lun! Your Majesty, please be clear."

At this moment, Ji Gang felt quite regretful in his heart. When Jiang Yu left, he specifically told him not to talk too much. He had obeyed before, but today he couldn't hold it back for a while.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ji Gang with a gloomy face, and then smiled, "Okay, let's talk about the matter. I won't blame you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Ji Gang felt more relaxed now.

"Go and call Guo Zi, the Minister of Household Affairs." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Yes! I will retire!" Ji Gang stood up from the ground and carefully left the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Looking at Ji Gang's leaving figure, Zhu Yuanzhang's smile faded, with an intriguing look on his face.

After a while, Guo Zi, the Minister of Household Affairs, hurried over and said, "Your Majesty, Guo Zi, pays homage to you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Guo Zizhen asked you, how much money do the children of the Ming Dynasty consume in a year now?"

Um! ?

Hearing this question, Guo Zi was obviously stunned for a moment, and then said: "To answer your Majesty's question, last year it was about 1.5 million taels of silver."

"Is it so much?" Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked, "I remember it shouldn't be more than 500,000, right?" Guo Zi smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial court not only provides salaries to the clan members, but also buys many things from the imperial court, so you can spend it well. Just a little more.”

"And when your Majesty's princes and grandsons grow up and spread their branches, more people will receive their salaries, and the expenses will be even higher."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and then asked: "Guo Zi, do you think there is a possibility that the imperial court will eventually be unable to afford the expenses of the clan children?"

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's question, Guo Zi was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, I have never thought of this idea, but if the number of clan members continues to increase, it is really possible!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "I understand, you can go down first!"

"Yes, I resign!" Guo Zi was a little confused that the emperor suddenly summoned him just to ask this question?

Wait for Guo Zi to leave.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chair with a dull expression, thinking constantly in his mind.

Is it really like what Ouyang Lun said, that the Ming Dynasty will die because it cannot afford to support the clan's children?

Of course Zhu Yuanzhang wanted the Ming Dynasty to last forever, but before the Ming Dynasty, the Yuan, Song, Tang and other dynasties had already fallen. Zhu Yuanzhang also knew in his heart that if the descendants of the Ming Dynasty did not manage their business well, the Ming Dynasty would also follow in the footsteps of those previous dynasties. , of course Zhu Yuanzhang has always had an idea in his heart, that is, can the Ming Dynasty break this curse and pass it on forever!

Before this, Zhu Yuanzhang was quite confident, because he summarized many of the failures of the previous dynasty, and believed that as long as these were avoided, it would not be difficult for the Ming Dynasty to be passed down forever.

But after listening to Ji Gang's report, Zhu Yuanzhang was shaken by the questions raised by Ouyang Lun.

How should future generations of the Ming Dynasty choose?

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about this problem for a long time and sat like that until dawn the next day.

"Your Majesty, you have been sitting and thinking all night, and you are about to go to court!"

Wang Zhong's voice brought Zhu Yuanzhang back to reality.

"Time flies so fast!"

"Let's go to the court."

Zhu Yuanzhang was about to stand up from the chair when he suddenly felt dizzy and sat down again.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

Wang Zhong quickly stepped forward to help Zhu Yuanzhang,

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, "It's okay, I just sat for a long time and my legs are numb."

"Your Majesty, would you like the imperial doctor to come and take a look? You don't look too good either!" Wang Zhong knew that Zhu Yuanzhang had been sitting all night, but under the circumstances like yesterday, he did not dare to come forward and disturb him.

"No, I just need to slow down a bit! Get ready for morning."

"Yes!"

In the Tai Chi Hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang slowly walked to the dragon chair and sat down. He looked quite haggard and had dark circles under his eyes.

This surprised all the officials when they saw it.

Your Majesty, what's going on? Why do you look so weak? Could it be that you have been overindulging recently? !

"Long live your Majesty! Long live! Long live!"

All the officials knelt down and saluted.

"Everyone get up!"

"Your Majesty, please take care of your dragon body! I heard that there are a few more concubines in the harem, please don't overindulge!"

Wu Jinzhi, the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, said.

"Your Majesty, please take care of your dragon body!"

Other ministers also spoke one after another.

Forehead.

Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth twitched, looking depressed.

I just stayed up all night yesterday, and you said that I was overindulging in sex. You can really think that I have a few more concubines in my harem, but I didn't indulge in sex either!

What do you think we are? Have you become a debauched and dissolute king?

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to scold Wu Jinzhi, but he couldn't say that he couldn't sleep because of Ouyang Lun's words!

It would be too embarrassing if this got out.

It's all Ouyang Lun's fault!

If you say anything bad, you have to say that the Ming Dynasty is going to perish!

I have to think about the solution all night. No matter how sleepy I am, as soon as I close my eyes, I can immediately think of what Ouyang Lun said.

Even at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's face looked very ugly at the moment.

Wu Jinzhi and others became anxious after seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's expression.

Did we speak too bluntly and make His Majesty the Emperor angry?

Everyone is an old man in the Tai Chi Palace, and we all know that it is terrible for Zhu Yuanzhang to be angry, but the most terrible thing is if Zhu Yuanzhang does not react!

Because by the time Zhu Yuanzhang takes action, you will already be dead.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang is silent, obviously thinking about how to deal with them. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed a little angry, but his focus is not on the officials at all.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Manchao Civil and Military. He didn't miss the front, the front, the back, or even the middle position. He still didn't see Ouyang Lun.

This guy didn't come to court!

Based on his understanding of Ouyang Lun, this bastard is probably still sleeping soundly in bed!

Why!

I didn't sleep all night because of Ouyang Lun's remarks yesterday. As a result, Ouyang Lun, the culprit, not only slept soundly, but also didn't come to the morning court! ?

The more I think about it, the angrier I get, and the more I think about it, the more I lose!

An idea popped into Zhu Yuanzhang's mind many times, which was to rush to the clan's mansion and tie Ouyang Lun from the bed.

But then I thought about it, it would be too arbitrary to convict Ouyang Lun with just one sentence. Moreover, his sons and grandsons are all with Ouyang Lun now. If Ouyang Lun is pushed into a hurry, his princes and grandsons are also used. If you take it out, that would be bad!

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's delay in expressing his position, all the officials had no choice but to bite the bullet and start reporting on the work of various ministries.

Zhu Yuanzhang is now full of thoughts of "the Ming Dynasty is going to die" and has no intention of listening to the reports of the officials.

Soon it was the household's turn.

Guo Zi, the Minister of Household Affairs, came out and said, "Your Majesty, I have this report!"

"In the past two years, our Ming Dynasty has developed rapidly, tax revenue has increased several times, and even the national treasury has reached an unprecedented level. I propose to increase the salary and treatment of the princes, grandsons and other members of the clan to show God's favor!"

Guo Zi thought about it seriously after returning home yesterday.

First of all, His Majesty the Emperor is anxious to call him over. The matters involved are definitely not trivial!

But last night Zhu Yuanzhang only asked him one question, and that was about the salary of the prince and grandson!

After some thinking, Guo Zi determined that this was definitely Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's disguised reminder to him to improve all aspects of treatment for the prince and grandson, so Guo Zi thought of this way to increase the salary and treatment for the prince and grandson!

Doing so will surely serve multiple purposes!

(End of this chapter)