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

Chapter 525 Are you here to force the emperor to abdicate? (Subscribe please!!)

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Ouyang Lun's "stinky face", he became more and more angry.

In recent times, Zhu Yuanzhang has not done anything to compete with you, Ouyang Lun. Li Shanchang has made things difficult for you, Ouyang Lun, many times, but I still stand on your side.

He, Zhu Yuanzhang, also discussed with Empress Ma and planned to confer a title on you, Ouyang Lun, in order to reward you.

The results of it?
Is this how you treat me?

Fortunately, I did not issue the order to confer a title on you, otherwise your head would probably be sticking up in the sky.

Damn it! Hate it! Infuriating!

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ouyang Lun as if he were a resentful woman in the deep palace.

Little did he know that Zhu Yuanzhang's expression also confused Ouyang Lun.

He had a blank expression on his face when he just came in. On the one hand, it was because he was thinking about how to get rid of Zhu Biao's entanglement, and on the other hand, it was because it was snowing heavily outside and the weather was cold, which froze his face.

It is totally incomprehensible how an emperor could become like this.

Of course, Ouyang Lun would not indulge him, and he said directly: "Your Majesty, if it comes down to it, you really owe your son-in-law money."

"Uh..." Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to continue to rage, but was left speechless by Ouyang Lun's direct response.

That’s right, the money that Zhu Yuanzhang really had and that Ouyang Lun had borrowed was a personal consumption loan from Yong’an Silver Cabinet. It was mainly used for Zhu Yuanzhang’s personal consumption, such as going to the Tianshang Renjian in the capital to have a foot bath.

This matter was not made public. Only Yongan Silver Cabinet and Zhu Yuanzhang knew about it. Ouyang Lun was the major shareholder of Yongan Silver Cabinet, so it was normal for him to know about this.

He was angry just now and forgot about it for a while.

"Hehe, I was just making an analogy just now. Who told you to be so shameless? You, Ouyang Lun, are the first one who dares to come to see me like this!" Zhu Yuanzhang's tone softened a little.

Ouyang Lun rolled his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, it's snowing heavily outside. It's so cold that if you stand outside to pee, your urine will probably freeze into a popsicle before it hits the ground! My face is just frozen."

"Is that true?" Zhu Yuanzhang was also stunned.

"Your Majesty, it's indeed very cold outside," Wang Zhong replied.

"Father, my face is also frozen, but I rubbed it with my hands when I came in, so it's not as stiff as my brother-in-law's." Zhu Biao also quickly spoke up for Ouyang Lun.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang realized that he had misunderstood Ouyang Lun.

"In that case, I misunderstood you just now." Zhu Yuanzhang then changed the subject, "But look at your expression now? Isn't it the same as before? You have a stern face!"

Ouyang Lun was speechless and said, "Your Majesty, I am here to do things, not to make fun of you!"

"Even if you can laugh, there must be a reason to laugh, right?"

"You let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince study with me. I have done my best, right? But you can't use him to death!"

"I just finished dealing with the tax reform and wanted to take a break, but then His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to me again and insisted on launching a steel production campaign!"

After saying this, Ouyang Lun looked at Zhu Biao deliberately, "Brother-in-law, I am not saying this to you! You were also forced."

After saying that, Ouyang Lun looked at Zhu Yuanzhang again.

"To be honest, I don't think His Royal Highness can figure it out. Even if he did, he wouldn't be so anxious. It must be Your Majesty who wanted to do this, so you let His Royal Highness do it."

"Your Majesty, do you think this is really a good idea? If you continue like this, I will die in your hands sooner or later!"

"You didn't live long anyway." Zhu Yuanzhang muttered softly.

"Your Majesty, I didn't hear clearly what you just said." Ouyang Lun asked doubtfully.

"Hehe, what I mean is that as a minister of the Ming Dynasty, you should devote your life to the Ming Dynasty until your death. This is a sentence you ministers often say." Zhu Yuanzhang said hurriedly.

"Bullshit! That's what others said, I didn't say that!" Ouyang Lun immediately shook his head, "Go find those who said that and do something about it."

"Ouyang Lun!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said sternly, "I have tolerated you enough. You can come to the morning court if you want, and you don't have to come if you don't want. You can handle government affairs wherever you want. Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, which official can treat you like this?"

"I asked the prince to learn from you and ask you questions. What's wrong? Do you have any questions?"

"Or are you feeling guilty and worried that the prince has learned all your tricks?"

Facing Zhu Yuanzhang's series of questions, Ouyang Lun was not at all flustered. He spread his hands and said, "Your Majesty, this is really a wish of mine. The prince is my elder brother-in-law. If my elder brother-in-law can become more powerful, I, as his brother-in-law, will be very happy."

"But I also need my own time and space. If you really want me to save my life, I would rather just lie down and do nothing!"

"Your Majesty, you asked the Crown Prince to come and ask questions to me, your son-in-law. There is nothing wrong with that, but as a human being, that is the etiquette of the world. Although I am a subject, I still have to show the least respect, right?"

"Respect? How have we father and son disrespected you? You can come to the morning court whenever you want." Zhu Yuanzhang immediately spoke loudly again.

"Stop!" Ouyang Lun interrupted immediately, "Your Majesty, don't repeat what we have already said! Let me give you an analogy. Your Majesty, you asked the prince to find a son-in-law for me. This is already the New Year!"

"Who goes to someone else's house empty-handed at this time? Who can be happy about that?"

"Your Majesty, please don't say that I am a money-grubber. I am not interested in money at all. This morning, many officials came to wish me a happy new year. The gifts they brought were more than one, but I didn't accept any of them!"

After hearing what Ouyang Lun said, Zhu Yuanzhang almost exploded with anger.

"Ouyang Lun, do you want to hear for yourself what you are hearing?" Zhu Yuanzhang roared.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at Zhu Biao and asked, "Do you know who he is?"

"His name is Zhu Biao, and he is my son, Zhu Yuanzhang. He is also the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty! He will inherit the Ming Dynasty in the future!"

"He came to see you? You also want him to bring you a gift?"

"Ouyang Lun, it's not that you don't love money, it's that you're obsessed with money!"

"Do I have to bring you a gift when I come to see you? Ah!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that his whole body was shaking, his chest was heaving violently, and his face turned pale.

Seeing this, Ouyang Lun remained calm and said, "It's not impossible. I remember when I was in Northern Zhili, Your Majesty, when you came to find a son-in-law, you had to pay an entry fee and also brought me gifts!"

"I still remember what Your Majesty said to me, that I should treat Your Majesty like everyone else. Have you forgotten, Your Majesty?"

puff--

Zhu Yuanzhang covered his chest and almost vomited blood.

"Father!"

"Your Majesty!" Zhu Biao and Wang Zhong hurried forward to support Zhu Yuanzhang, their faces full of worry.

"I'm fine." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hands and broke free from the support of Zhu Biao and Wang Zhong.

"Ouyang Lun, please say whatever you want to say." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice.

"Since your majesty has asked, I will just tell you everything. Since you so much hope that your brother-in-law, the crown prince, can inherit the throne as soon as possible, I would like you to abdicate and hand over the throne to the crown prince!"

"The prince's brother-in-law has been tempered enough. There are many things that cannot be simulated in the position of the prince. This way, you will be relieved."

kindness! ! ?
Give the throne to Zhu Biao?
Ouyang Lun’s words stunned Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Biao and Wang Zhong standing by never expected that Ouyang Lun would actually say such a thing.

"Ouyang Lun, are you here today to force me to abdicate?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's pair of tiger eyes suddenly burst out with a murderous light, like a tiger about to go berserk.

"Great! I have been the emperor for so many years, but this is the first time I have encountered someone who dares to come to my palace!"

"Since ancient times, the emperor would be forced to abdicate by surrounding the palace with thousands of troops. Are you planning to force me to abdicate with just your words today? You are so bold!"

Zhu Yuanzhang roared.

"Father, my brother-in-law didn't mean that!" Zhu Biao said quickly, "Besides, I don't have that idea either. Your Majesty, please understand!"

"Your Majesty, Prince Consort Ouyang was probably just joking. You must pay attention to your health!" Wang Zhong also advised.

"This guy has pushed me to the limit, how can I stay calm!" Zhu Yuanzhang was still very angry and continued to stare at Ouyang Lun. "Ouyang Lun, considering that you have made many contributions to the Ming Dynasty, I will give you another chance. What exactly are you doing here today? If you say something wrong again this time, I will never let you off easily!"

"Brother-in-law, quickly apologize to our father and admit your mistake!" Zhu Biao said hurriedly.

"Prince Consort Ouyang, if this incident happened to anyone else today, they would have been dragged out and beheaded long ago. Just admit your mistake to His Majesty!" Wang Zhong also hurriedly advised.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Ouyang Lun had bickered and quarreled in the past, but it was the first time Wang Zhong had seen a quarrel as tense as today.

"I'm not wrong, why should I admit my mistake?"

"The emperor is indeed the ruler of the world, and the whole world belongs to the emperor, but can the emperor be unreasonable and not listen to others before making a decision?"

Ouyang Lun was not intimidated at all and continued.

"You're right!?"

"You still want me to reason?"

"Very good! You are worthy of being Ouyang Lun! You can even make a dead person look alive!"

"You say I am unreasonable? Then I will be reasonable today!"

"Tell me why you did this. If your reasons cannot convince me, I will kill you today!"

"Don't think that I won't kill you just because you are talented!"

Zhu Yuanzhang almost roared.

"Your Majesty has already let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince serve as regent. I would like to ask, what has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince done during his time as regent?" Ouyang Lun asked calmly.

"Needless to say, my son Zhu Biao is the best prince in history, and everything he did won my heart!" Zhu Yuanzhang said proudly.

"I would also like to ask, what does Your Majesty think of the relationship between you and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Ouyang Lun continued to ask.

"Relationship? Isn't this obvious? The prince is my son, and I am his father!" Zhu Yuanzhang answered directly.

"Ouyang Lun, I asked you to explain to me, not to ask me questions here!"

"Your Majesty, I have finished explaining." Ouyang Lun spread his hands.

"Have you finished explaining? What did you explain?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked confused, and then murderous intent burst out of his eyes, "Ouyang Lun, I am very dissatisfied with your explanation!"

"Don't blame me for not giving you a chance!"

"Somebody come!"

"Your Majesty!" Ji Gang walked in with two Jinyiwei.

"Suppress this fellow Ouyang Lun for me. Behead him at the execution ground in the capital at noon tomorrow!" Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice.

"This..." Ji Gang was stunned.

"Father!"

"His Majesty."

Zhu Biao and Wang Zhong spoke quickly.

"Your Majesty, what I want to say is that since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has no problem with his ability and achievements, and you and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have a true father-son relationship, then wouldn't it be better for him to be the emperor and you to be the emperor emeritus to protect him?"

"As the saying goes, push the horse up and send it off, this is the true inheritance!!"

Push it on the horse? Give it a ride?!

Zhu Yuanzhang kept muttering this sentence.

To be honest, as the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, what Zhu Yuanzhang thought about most was how to pass down the Ming Dynasty from generation to generation!

Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with the training of Crown Prince Zhu Biao, and even thought that his way of training crown princes was better than that of all previous emperors. However, when it came to the transfer of power, he encountered the same difficulties as all emperors.

There are only two ways to inherit the throne. One is that the emperor dies and the prince ascends the throne. The other is that the emperor becomes the emperor emeritus and the prince becomes the emperor!
Because there were many precedents in the Tang and Song dynasties, Zhu Yuanzhang did not have a good impression of being the emperor emeritus. After all, in history, most of the people who became emperor emeritus were forced to do so, and he did not want to end up like Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty.

This is also the reason why he reacted so strongly when he heard Ouyang Lun ask him to be the emperor emeritus.

"Hmph, that sounds nice, but I am not Li Yuan! Biao'er is not Li Shimin!" Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "Ouyang Lun, don't even think about sowing discord between me and Biao'er!"

"How did I try to sow discord between you two?" Zhu Yuanzhang's words made Ouyang Lun almost unable to hold back.

"Since your Majesty mentioned Li Yuan, I will tell you about him. Li Yuan was the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan recruited soldiers and raised an army in Jinyang. With the assistance of his sons Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, he conquered cities all the way until he captured Chang'an. After taking Chang'an, Li Yuan first supported Yang You, the grandson of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, as the emperor, and then forced Yang You to abdicate. He ascended the throne and founded the Tang Dynasty. Although Li Jiancheng was made the crown prince after Li Yuan founded the country, Li Shimin was not on good terms with Jiancheng and Yuanji, so they fought against each other and the "Xuanwu Gate Incident" broke out. In this coup, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were killed. Three days later, Li Yuan made Li Shimin the crown prince. Two months later, Li Yuan abdicated to Li Shimin and was honored as the emperor."

"Did the minister say anything wrong?"

"That's right. Li Yuan and I are both founding emperors. If I also become the emperor emeritus, won't people compare me with Li Yuan in the future?" Zhu Yuanzhang said unhappily, "So if you want me to be the emperor emeritus, forget it!!"

(End of this chapter)