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

Chapter 596 I pay, you do great things! (Subscribe please!!)

I saw that all civil and military officials fell silent when money was mentioned.

Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely angry.

You are all better than the other at bragging, but now when I ask you to find a way to make money, you all act like a mute!
If this had happened when Zhu Yuanzhang was still the emperor, he would probably have started cursing loudly.

However, this time, Zhu Yuanzhang decisively held back. The reason was very simple, because he, Zhu Yuanzhang, was the emperor emeritus. Although he sat in the seat originally occupied by Emperor Zhu Biao as soon as he entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony today, he still had to consider the face of his son Zhu Biao.

If he scolded these ministers one by one in front of Zhu Biao today, it would be almost a slap in Zhu Biao's face. After all, a new emperor appoints new ministers, and now these ministers in the court are already ministers of his son Zhu Biao.

It was precisely because of this consideration that Zhu Yuanzhang did not get angry directly.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak immediately, but thought to himself that the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty must be dealt with. Judging from the current situation, the sooner it is dealt with, the better. After the Northern Yuan Dynasty is completely wiped out, there will no longer be any major problems on the Ming Dynasty's borders. The problem of Japanese pirates along the coast will also be solved early, and the Ming Dynasty can then develop with peace of mind!
It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang handed over the complete governance of a broken country to Zhu Biao, laying the most solid foundation for his son Zhu Biao.

Whether it was Li Shanchang and Lan Yu's proposal to take immediate action, or the question raised by the Minister of War Tang Duo, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that there was no problem. Zhu Yuanzhang definitely wanted to fight, and he also thought that he could lead the army in person and participate in his last battle!
But Zhu Yuanzhang was also worried. The Beijing-Pingkou Railway had not been repaired and the Northern Yuan Dynasty had made preparations in advance. Although the Ming Dynasty had a great chance of winning if a war really broke out, if they lost, it would not only be a disgrace, but the Ming Dynasty might also be in danger of destruction!
Although the Northern Yuan Dynasty was already a remnant force, its combat effectiveness was amazing. There was a reason why the Yuan Dynasty was able to rule the Central Plains.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to fight, but he was more afraid of failure!
Nowadays, the issue of military expenditure alone has silenced all the civil and military officials, which has made Zhu Yuanzhang a little shaken.

Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ouyang Lun, who was yawning and looked sleepy!
Seeing Ouyang Lun like this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt very uncomfortable.

What a bastard! The Northern Yuan Dynasty is planning to attack the Ming Dynasty, and you are still sleeping soundly, without any worries or thoughts about sharing the burden for the country. I am really angry!
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to rush over, slap Ouyang Lun in the face, and then ask, "Are you awake?"

But this was just Zhu Yuanzhang's imagination.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was angry, an idea came to his mind when he saw Ouyang Lun.

Yup!

We asked the civil and military officials, although Ouyang Lun and the other officials did not speak up to talk about this topic, but... Ouyang Lun is different from these civil and military officials!

The civil and military ministers were really helpless, and Ouyang Lun was simply sleepy and didn't want to say anything.

When it comes to money, officials may not have any solution, but Ouyang Lun definitely has a solution, and more than one!
In addition, although Ouyang Lun was a civil servant, he participated in several classic battles in warfare, including the naval battle with Japanese pirates, the capture of the East Island, and the battle to defend Peking!
Any battle you pick here would be a classic!
He has ways to deal with money and ideas about how to fight a war, so now is the time to definitely listen to Ouyang Lun's opinion!

Zhu Yuanzhang also calmed down a bit. Li Shanchang, Lan Yu and other members of the Huaixi Party insisted on taking action against the Northern Yuan Dynasty immediately. They all had selfish motives. They just wanted to lead the attack on the Northern Yuan Dynasty. After destroying the Northern Yuan Dynasty, they relied on their great contributions to maintain the Huaixi Party's position as the number one force in the Ming Dynasty, and even take action against Ouyang Lun and the Prince Consort Party.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw all of this, but he did not expose it because, from the current perspective, the goals and interests of the Huaixi Party led by Li Shanchang and Lan Yu were consistent with those of Zhu Yuanzhang, which was to take action against the Northern Yuan Dynasty as soon as possible.

Since the interests are the same, the differences can be put aside for the time being.

But the words of the Minister of War Tang Duo made Zhu Yuanzhang waver.

"Ouyang Lun, what do you think about this incident?"

"Or have you already thought of a solution? Why not just say it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly: "I am here to say one thing today, no matter who you are, if you can come up with a good solution, I will reward you handsomely!"

After saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately glanced at Ouyang Lun below, as if saying to Ouyang Lun, "Hurry up and find a solution for me. As for the conditions, you can set them yourself!"

As Zhu Yuanzhang's chrysanthemums rang out, the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony fell silent.

Swish--

Everyone's eyes turned to Ouyang Lun.

At this moment, the civil and military ministers are very clear in their minds that Ouyang Lun’s next statement will be crucial!

According to past experience, if Ouyang Lun proposed a solution, then nine out of ten people would do as Ouyang Lun said!

Faced with so many pairs of eyes looking at him, Ouyang Lun was helpless and spread his hands. He really wanted to say: You didn't ask me when talking about merit and rewards, but now that you have encountered problems, you think of me. It would be a shame for you to be so stingy if I didn't call you Zhu Bapi!
Of course, Ouyang Lun was not stupid. He cursed Zhu Yuanzhang in front of so many people, and he would probably end up having his skin peeled off.

"Ahem, Your Majesty, there is nothing to say. We must deal with Bei Yuan. There are many eyes watching us around!"

"But it's up to His Majesty to decide who will fight. We can't let a civil servant take over!"

Ouyang Lun said fearlessly.

Ouyang Lun now understood the situation clearly. Zhu Yuanzhang had never included him, Ouyang Lun, in the plan to deal with the Northern Yuan Dynasty from the beginning to the end. The reason why he asked him was simply to make him pay.

joke!

I pay the money and you do the great work!
Although I, Ouyang Lun, do not care about any credit, nor do I care about defeating the Northern Yuan Dynasty, but you treat Ouyang Lun as a sucker. This is a bit too much and can even be elevated to personal attack.

Since you, Zhu Yuanzhang, have no intention of letting me participate, I'll just say less, so as to avoid getting stuck and unable to get rid of it. He has experienced this kind of thing too many times!

After hearing Ouyang Lun's two sarcastic words, Zhu Yuanzhang almost had a heart attack.

I was already feeling unhappy and angry, and Ouyang Lun's two sentences were like adding fuel to the fire.

You bastard son of a bitch!

You all start making fun of me, right?

Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely angry. In his view, today was an extremely important meeting. All the ministers were called here to discuss how to deal with the Northern Yuan Dynasty. But you, kid, just fooled us!
How could Zhu Yuanzhang bear this!

Moreover, Ouyang Lun gave Zhu Yuanzhang the feeling that he was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would ask him to do the task of dealing with the Northern Yuan Dynasty!
Ouyang Lun, ah Ouyang Lun! You really think too highly of yourself.

Since you don't want to say it, we still force you to say it, of course. Mainly because of the current situation, looking at all the civil and military officials in the court, there is really no one else who can solve the money problem except Ouyang Lun. Zhu Yuanzhang was a little hesitant at first, but seeing Ouyang Lun's attitude just now, Zhu Yuanzhang made up his mind!
If Ouyang Lun knew what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking at this moment, he would probably cry out of regret.

"Ouyang Lun, you are the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty and you are also in charge of the Ministry of Revenue. You have to come up with an idea on how to deal with the military expenditure of the Northern Yuan Dynasty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang spoke directly.

Hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, Ouyang Lun was quite speechless. "Your Majesty, it is true that I am the Prime Minister of the Cabinet and I am indeed in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, but it is not my duty to pay for the military expenses against the Northern Yuan army, right?" "In addition, if I am really allowed to start as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet and the Minister of Revenue, I think I should do as Minister Tang said and sort out the whole process thoroughly before taking action! There is no need to be impatient when a big country deals with a small country. Slow cooking over low heat will make a pot of delicious fish soup!"

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was already very angry and did not hear Ouyang Lun's last words at all. He only knew that Ouyang Lun rejected him!
Ouyang Lun actually dared to reject me in front of the civil and military ministers? !

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and said directly: "I have made a decision!"

"The remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty want to invade our Ming Dynasty. We must not sit idly by and wait for death. We must take the initiative to attack!"

"Sapphire!"

"I am here!" Lan Yu almost jumped up with excitement when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang calling his name. Needless to say, what did calling his name at this time mean?
"I appoint you as the General of Breaking the Enemy, commanding an army of 300,000, no, 500,000. Immediately march north and completely destroy the Northern Yuan Dynasty for me!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly.

"Yes! I obey your order!" Lan Yu took it decisively, and then asked, "Your Majesty, what about the military expenditure?"

Zhu Yuanzhang did not answer, but continued to shout: "Ouyang Lun!"

Forehead.
Ouyang Lun was stunned and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with some confusion. If it's not about the war, why do you want me to do it?

"Ouyang Lun!"

Seeing Ouyang Lun standing there in a daze, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled smugly and continued shouting.

"My son-in-law is here."

Ouyang Lun responded helplessly.

"I appoint you as the chief logistics officer. You are responsible for all logistics matters!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's words were very short.

But it means a lot.

This is no longer a conspiracy, it is a blatant open conspiracy!

Didn’t you say you have no obligation to take responsibility?

Well then, we will let you be in charge of logistics. Now you have the responsibility, right?
The Chief Logistics Officer was not directly involved in the war with the Northern Yuan Dynasty, so he would not get any credit if the Northern Yuan Dynasty was destroyed. But now that Ouyang Lun is the Chief Logistics Officer, he must be responsible for preparing military funds, supplies, etc.!
Our decision is simply perfect!

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but admire himself.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang's happiness did not last long, because he found that Ouyang Lun did not seem to respond to him.

Bold!

I have been the emperor for many years and have issued countless orders. The number of those who dared not respond to me can be counted on one hand. How dare you, Ouyang Lun, not respond to me? Are you rebelling?
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately looked at Ouyang Lun with his fierce eyes, but the boy frowned deeply, looking as if he was annoyed.

This is not only a disdain for the order, but also a disdain for Zhu Yuanzhang!
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly felt unhappy.

Ouyang Lun, that's enough! Although I and Zhu Biao both rely on your ability, my daughter Anqing is in love with you, my wife likes you very much, my sons respect you, my officials and my people, the more I think about it, the less angry Zhu Yuanzhang is.

Even so, you, Ouyang Lun, cannot look down on me like this!
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt a little nervous.

To be honest, Zhu Yuanzhang did make the decision out of anger when he gave the order just now. If Ouyang Lun insisted on not responding at this time, the situation would become a bit stiff and awkward!

Moreover, now is the time when Ouyang Lun needs to take action, so we really can't do anything to Ouyang Lun.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly gave his son Zhu Biao a look.

Zhu Biao immediately understood what his father meant, and immediately said to Ouyang Lun: "Brother-in-law, the emperor is asking you a question! Are you thinking about important government affairs again?"

"Brother-in-law Ouyang has worked so hard!"

As Zhu Biao spoke, he winked at Ouyang Lun.

Ouyang Lun originally wanted to play deaf and dumb, and would never take over the Nantan property this time, even if it would offend Zhu Yuanzhang. However, Zhu Biao had already spoken, and now all the civil and military officials in the court were watching. If there was really a riot in Xinjiang, the Ming Dynasty court would probably be heading towards a different situation in the future.

Although he is busy with many things now, Ouyang Lun can still get by for the time being.

Forget it, for the sake of Zhu Biao, Anqing, Empress Ma, Zhu Di and others, I will give you, Zhu Yuanzhang, some face.

Thinking of this, Ouyang Lun also "came to his senses" immediately, and hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the Emperor, I was a little distracted just now and didn't hear clearly what the Emperor said. Please say it again!"

Ho!
Good guy!
Hearing Ouyang Lun's words, all the civil and military officials present were shocked.

Ouyang Lun was probably the first person in history to dare to be in a trance in the Hall of Supreme Harmony and, after being in a trance, he even dared to ask the retired Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang to say it again!

However, the civil and military ministers were no longer surprised by these things. After all, Ouyang Lun came when he wanted to and did not come to court when he did not want to. Even if he came to court, he would be soundly asleep. He would be absent-minded when the emperor or the emperor emeritus was speaking. This seemed to be his basic operation.

There's no need to be surprised!
Cough
Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely angry, but seeing Ouyang Lun speak, the deadlock was broken.

"Ouyang Lun, I have decided to let you be in charge of the army's logistics. You will be responsible for all the army's military expenses and supplies. Are you willing?"

"I am willing!"

This time Ouyang Lun did not refuse again, but agreed in a loud voice with a very firm attitude.

Um! ?

This made Zhu Yuanzhang somewhat confused.
(End of this chapter)