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

Even the retired emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been silent and resting with his eyes closed, slowly opened his eyes when he heard that Ouyang Lun had something to say.

For a moment, everyone's eyes in the Taile Palace were focused on Ouyang Lun.

Everyone was curious about what question Ouyang Lun would ask next.

There was no way around it, since Ouyang Lun had so many ideas. Every time he opened his mouth, it would "open their eyes". Moreover, some of his ideas were also a challenge for the emperor and officials, such as the previous official assessments and trials.

So every time Ouyang Lun opened his mouth to propose something, the officials felt under great pressure.

To be honest, since Ouyang Lun became the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty Cabinet, he has not been to the Cabinet Office many times. The development of the Ming Dynasty is indeed getting better and better, and the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty are indeed getting more and more prosperous. Even the income of officials like them has risen. Let's not say that they have made a fortune, but the various bonuses and subsidies issued by the Ministry of Households can be said to have increased several times compared with the past.

But the pressure on officials is also increasing. The performance appraisal alone makes officials from top to bottom feel overwhelmed, not to mention other requirements.

Civil and military officials both loved and hated Ouyang Lun.

"Brother-in-law Ouyang, if you have anything to say, just say it directly!"

Zhu Biao raised the corners of his mouth slightly and asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, what I want to say is that the people of the Ming Dynasty have made great efforts to quell the rebellion this time. I am sure that Your Majesty will not forget the people of the Ming Dynasty when you reward them!"

“Although the Ming court did not make any promises to the people during this rebellion, nor did it call on them to go to Yunnan for support, these Ming people organized themselves and brought their own food and equipment, which is enough to show their recognition of the Ming Dynasty!”

"And the success of this rebellion is directly related to the millions of civilian militiamen."

"So rewarding them is inevitable, and it will also not discourage the people from supporting Ming!"

Ouyang Lun said slowly.

After listening to Ouyang Lun's words, Zhu Biao nodded and said, "Brother-in-law Ouyang, you are right. The success of the rebellion in the Ming Dynasty is indeed inseparable from the people of the Ming Dynasty. He deserves a reward."

Zhu Biao also knew that if the civilian militia had not met Feng Sheng's army, Feng Sheng's army would have been lost in the mountains and forests for a longer time, and today's victory would have been impossible. So even if Ouyang Lun didn't say it, Zhu Biao still wanted to give credit to the civilians.

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Zhu Biao also frowned quickly, "Brother-in-law Ouyang, there are at least millions of people heading to the front line this time, and there are even more people collecting supplies in the rear. This adds up to nearly 10 million people. Are all of them going to be rewarded?"

If all those people with less than 10 million were rewarded, even if each person was rewarded with two taels of silver, the total would be at least over 100 million taels of silver!

It's not one million, nor five million, nor ten million, but a terrifying one hundred million taels of silver. Even if the Ming Dynasty's national treasury plus Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang's private money were added together, it might not be enough!

Zhu Biao was naturally aware of this, so he did not dare to agree directly.

Naturally, one has to ask Ouyang Lun's opinion. As the richest man in the Ming Dynasty and the person in charge of the Ministry of Revenue of the Ming Dynasty court, only the plan formulated by Ouyang Lun can be ensured to be thoroughly implemented.

"Of course I want to give all the rewards. Picking out a few rewards? That's too insincere."

"Each of these nearly 10 million people is actually an independent individual. They have all made their due contributions to the suppression of the rebellion. Since rewards are needed, everyone should be rewarded. And for those civilian militiamen who have performed well in the suppression of the rebellion, the rewards should be doubled. Only by letting the civilian militiamen truly feel the sincerity of our Ming Dynasty court can the people recognize our Ming Dynasty even more!"

"To be honest, I spent 100 million taels of silver. I think this is worth it."

"As long as the people approve, our Ming Dynasty will not be in danger!"

"In the future, if we encounter anyone who dares to invade our Ming Dynasty, our army won't have to take action. The people will all stand up to defend our Ming Dynasty!"

As Ouyang Lun finished speaking, all the civil and military officials in the Taile Palace showed expressions of sudden enlightenment on their faces, and at the same time they felt that Ouyang Lun never said that he would make decisions for the people, but what he did was actually make decisions for the people.

If all such rewards are really implemented, then the people of Ming Dynasty will firmly protect Ming Dynasty! I am even more grateful to Ouyang Lun!
Ouyang Lun ignored these looks and continued, "From the last time we rewarded the people, it seems that they are very satisfied with this kind of reward. This time, let's just give them money directly!"

"The people of the Ming Dynasty will definitely be very happy, and doing this will further consolidate the people's trust in the court!"

"In the future, the people of the Ming Dynasty will be our greatest supporters."

Hearing this, Li Shanchang, Lan Yu and others immediately realized that Ouyang Lun was trying to steal the credit, but they had no chance at all now!
Even if they wanted to refute, Ouyang Lun was standing at a high moral and political point at the moment, and they were completely helpless.

To oppose Ouyang Lun's proposal is to oppose the people of the Ming Dynasty. This time the people of the Ming Dynasty were quite supportive, donating money and materials, going to the front line to provide support, and even engaging in a propaganda war for the Ming Dynasty by going deep into the enemy's territory.

They are not even qualified to make comments.

None of the civil and military officials objected, and Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, father and son, would object even less. As emperors and rulers of the Ming Dynasty, they naturally knew that the people were the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. Ouyang Lun now closely linked the people and the court, which meant that no one would rebel and the Ming Dynasty would become exceptionally stable.

We can continue to develop with all our heart and soul.

Isn’t this what Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, father and son, were most looking forward to!
"Father, do you have anything to say?"

Zhu Biao turned to look at Zhu Yuanzhang, his eyes full of questions.

"I am an old man now, and the emperor can decide these matters himself." Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, and he seemed to be in a good mood.

"Yes." Zhu Biao nodded. He naturally understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant. Obviously, this was an approval of Ouyang Lun's suggestion.

With Zhu Yuanzhang's nod, Zhu Biao immediately said, "Brother-in-law Ouyang, the suggestion you just made is very good. I will leave the matter of rewarding the people to you. However, the Ming treasury probably doesn't have that much money now. Don't let the Ming go bankrupt!"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will arrange this matter myself." Ouyang Lun bowed.

"Yes!" Zhu Biao swept his eyes over the officials in the Taile Palace and continued, "Although the rebellion in Yunnan has been quelled this time, my dear ministers, please do not slack off. This is also a reminder for us!"

"Yes!"

Civil and military officials responded one after another.

In the 24th year of Hongwu, after more than four months, the Yunnan rebellion was initially suppressed. It was very fast in terms of time. Even the people were still working hard to cheer for the front line, and the whole war was over. This made the people of the Ming Dynasty feel even more proud!
People rushed to the streets to celebrate as if it were Chinese New Year again!

The people were happy, but Ouyang Lun was not happy because he found that he had too many things to deal with.

The construction speed of the Beijing-Pinggu Railway has far exceeded expectations. Judging from the current progress, it will definitely be completed ahead of schedule. However, the progress of the train developed by the research institute is far behind, which forces Ouyang Lun to provide personal guidance. In fact, this is not the fault of the people in the research institute. After all, Ouyang Lun has already told them the principles of steam locomotives, and many key technologies have already been broken through, such as steel manufacturing and forging of various parts. But combining so many things together will inevitably encounter many difficulties.

In addition to the Beijing-Pingcheng Railway, there were many other things to do, such as rewarding the people, building field hospitals, various reforms, etc.!
Of course, if Ouyang Lun had to do all these things alone, he would definitely go crazy. Fortunately, Ouyang Lun is no longer alone. The officials of the Prince Consort's Party have grown up and are spread across various departments and regions of the Ming Dynasty. He only needs to arrange many policy tasks directly.

Officials of the Prince Consort Party do not play fancy tricks, but work hard to achieve political achievements and like to focus on development.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang had retired in Taile Palace, he inspected officials from all over the Ming Dynasty more and more frequently, including officials from the Prince Consort's Party and officials from the Huaixi Party. There is no doubt that Zhu Yuanzhang preferred officials from the Prince Consort's Party.

When Zhu Yuanzhang first heard this from Ji Gang, he was a little bit unconvinced and even sneaked out in disguise. However, after Zhu Yuanzhang saw the political achievements made by the officials of the Prince Consort's Party, he finally understood that birds of a feather flock together. These officials of the Prince Consort's Party have some of Ouyang Lun's influence in them. They are all good at governance and are determined to promote the court's policies and better serve the people. Of course, this is also inseparable from Ouyang Lun's good training.

Currently in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, the score for officials from the Prince Consort's Party is above nine points, while the score for officials from the Huaixi Party is only six points, and some even fail!
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Many Huaixi Party officials gathered in the mansion again, including Li Shanchang, Lan Yu, Feng Sheng and so on!
At this time, everyone did not focus their eyes on Li Shanchang, but looked at another person. This person was none other than Duke of Song Feng Sheng!
His expression was a little complicated.

Although Feng Sheng, the commander of the army, defeated the indigenous rebels in Yunnan in a very short time and at a very low cost this time, the situation like Lan Yu's last time did not occur this time. The credit went firmly to the Huaixi Party members.

But the people of the Huaixi Party were not happy.

The reason was very simple, that is, they originally wanted to take the opportunity to attack Ouyang Lun, and this most important plan was stillborn.

This is like the Huaixi Party members, who sharpened their knives, but when they needed to use them, the knives got stuck in the scabbards and could not be pulled out no matter what.

Of course, another reason is that after the victory of this rebellion, the Huaixi Party officials did not gain any benefits from it. In the past, when Huaixi Party officials served as commanders of large armies, the deputy generals, vanguards, logistics, etc. of the army would all be arranged to be Huaixi children.

After success, everyone will naturally get promoted and make a fortune!
Unfortunately, this time, except for the main general and several accompanying generals who were from the Huaixi Party, the deputy general and logistics were all from Ouyang Lun's party.

There is no credit and no benefits, who would feel comfortable with this?

In addition, Feng Sheng did not take any action against Ouyang Lun during the political meeting in Taile Palace that day. All these factors came together, and the members of Huaixi Party could not be happy even if they wanted to.

Li Shanchang sat in the first seat with a calm face, and it was unclear what he was thinking about. Lan Yu sat in the left seat with his eyes closed, looking even calmer.

This kind of atmosphere lasted for a long time.

Finally, a member of the Huaixi Party couldn't help but ask, "Old Prime Minister, what should we do now?!"

"The Emperor and His Majesty only have Ouyang Lun in their eyes and hearts now. They are too indifferent to us Huaixi people. You must know that our Huaixi Party is the foundation of the Emperor and His Majesty! How can the relationship between our Huaixi Party and the Emperor and His Majesty be comparable to that of Ouyang Lun!"

"That's right. Now, all the important matters of His Majesty are handed over to Ouyang Lun or his consorts, and we don't get any benefits at all!"

As soon as some Huaixi Party officials finished speaking, someone immediately looked at Feng Sheng, "Duke Song, we had already discussed with you that when you returned triumphantly, you would immediately attack Ouyang Lun. But that day you didn't say anything about any of Ouyang Lun's mistakes. On the contrary, you kept praising Ouyang Lun and Xu Huizu. What kind of thing is this?"

"Duke Song, I have to say something too. When the Emperor summoned you that day and asked you about the details of suppressing the rebellion, you should have given Ouyang Lun some advice. We were fully prepared that day, eh."

"That's right. Japan's coming was the best opportunity, but we missed it. Now we can only watch Ouyang Lun continue to call the shots in the court and enjoy the trust of His Majesty the Emperor!"

Many Huaixi Party officials had some opinions about Feng Sheng, and they took this opportunity to express them directly.

Faced with the Huaixi Party officials accusing Feng Sheng, Li Shanchang and Lan Yu looked at each other and tacitly remained silent.

Feng Sheng felt a little unhappy when he heard these accusations, but he didn't show any displeasure on his face. Instead, he smiled and explained, "Everyone, I understand your feelings, but Ouyang Lun's performance in suppressing the rebellion in Yunnan this time was impeccable. I really can't find any place where Ouyang Lun did not do well. If you force yourself to make up one, Xu Huizu will immediately stand up to testify, without even waiting for you to open your mouth to accuse him."

"You slandered the Prime Minister of the Ming Cabinet without any evidence. If this crime is brought against you, will you bear the responsibility or will I bear it?"

As soon as Feng Sheng said this, all the people who had just been blaming Feng Sheng shut up.

The entire hall suddenly fell into silence. (End of this chapter)