Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 999: Zhu and Hu share their secrets and test each other
Master Hu glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang who was sitting there and seemed to not care at all, and he also found a seat and sat down.

He flipped his hand, and without any movement, a handful of melon seeds appeared in his hand.

Not only did he not care, he also gestured to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"or?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded calmly: "Come on!"

Mr. Hu actually reached out and placed a large pile of melon seeds on the small table next to him with a wave of his hand.

Then he returned to his seat, also crossing his legs, and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang leisurely.

"You are talking about someone who has power and an army at his disposal. That is naturally one way."

"But that method is useless to Hu!"

When Mr. Hu said this, his smile became even brighter.

"Think about it, what are those people who have their own army defending against?"

"What we are trying to prevent is being dismissed from office and stripped of title, and what we are trying to prevent is the loss of military power to others."

"So they have to have bargaining chips to make the emperor and the court hesitate to act rashly."

"But I'm not worried about that!"

“I don’t need rights!”

"All I need to ensure from the beginning to the end is the safety of my family."

"As for rights or not, who cares?"

"So, when this day comes and I find that I have a guarantee to ensure that my whole family will not die, why should I worry?"

"Zhongba, don't you think so?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded calmly.

"That's true. I used to think so too. As long as the family lives a good life, the others can rebel as much as they want."

"You seem to be more active now, and your thoughts are clearer. You are actually more relaxed than us!"

"Now it seems that we have lost our last means of checking you."

"We can't use our own daughter-in-law and grandson to threaten you, that would be shameless!"

Master Hu nodded: "If something like that really happens, it will be a complete fall out, and the king should be assassinated!"

"As for who will sit on the throne, we don't know. Anyway, once we have taken our revenge and vented our anger, we will just turn around and leave."

Both of them spoke lightly, but if there was an official from the court here, he would probably be so scared that he would fall to the ground and break out in a cold sweat.

Because these two old men, although seemingly smiling, were actually testing you with their words as sharp as knives, and at the same time they were also revealing their true colors.

What Zhu Yuanzhang meant was, 'If I use Hu Xinyue and Zhu Yunwen to threaten you at a critical moment, will it work?'

Hu Weiyong's answer was very calm, "It won't work! And if you dare to do that, I will turn around and kill all your sons, and then I don't care whether the world is in chaos or not, I will turn around and leave!"

Then Zhu Yuanzhang stopped talking.

Because there is no way to continue the story here.

Mr. Hu's bottom line is already here. He doesn't want power, political power, military power, etc. He just wants peace in his family.

But if you don't even give this, then no one will be able to live.

Of course, Master Hu did not say what he had to do to be sure of assassinating the king, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not ask.

But since Master Hu said this, he believed it!

If a card can be turned over and played openly on the table, it is naturally powerful.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think there was anything wrong with that person.

He is a person who is really considerate of others at critical moments.

After all, he was the first to threaten the other party with his niece whom he treated as his own daughter. So what was wrong with the other party threatening him in return?

If you dare to kill someone's daughter, others will dare to kill your son. It's that simple.

Fair too!

The two of them fell into silence, but their demeanor was extremely relaxed, both of them sitting with their legs crossed and cracking melon seeds. It seemed that they were not probing or threatening each other at all, but rather like two old country folks chatting about family matters.

Of course, this is indeed a common dish, but it’s just a little scary.

After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang smacked his lips, as if he was savoring the taste of the melon seeds, and also as if he was sighing.

"Weiyong, since you have given us the truth, we can't force you."

"But after thinking about it, I still want to take you with me!"

"How about we give you half of the money and food we save?"

"In this way, you make money!"

"You're just going out to earn some money, to run an errand?"

It was obvious that Zhu Yuanzhang was much more polite than before, and was sincerely discussing things with him, but Master Hu showed an awkward look on his face.

"Your Majesty, let me tell you the truth. Everyone loves money, but I'm not short of it."

"Now we are all practicing. Even if we can't say we can live for hundreds or thousands of years, at least we will definitely not die in the next few decades."

"So, we are not in a hurry to make money. We can just take our time."

"But this long march is really hard!"

"And he's been gone for three to five years. Who wouldn't be troubled by this?"

"We have to work so hard just for such a small thing. I think it's not worth it!"

Master Hu said this very sincerely, but before Zhu Yuanzhang could say anything, he spoke first.

"Of course, I have been a prime minister after all, and I still have feelings for the Ming Dynasty and the people of this world."

"Seeing that the people in the north are living in poverty, and the national treasury is about to be destitute after a northern expedition, we cannot bear it."

"How about we donate more money and food?"

"Just donate, don't ask for anything in return, and don't even ask for a title, how about that?"

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard what Master Hu said, he really couldn't sit still.

He blinked, looked at Master Hu and asked, "How much do you want to donate?"

Master Hu held up a finger and said, "A year's worth of food and fodder for 100,000 people!"

"how?"

Got it!
Zhu Yuanzhang was really speechless now.

But deep down in his heart he was secretly plotting something.

You are so good, Hu Weiyong. You can easily take out money and food for 100,000 people. How much have you prepared for building a country overseas?
Moreover, this amount of money and food is enough for you to gather a group of people to rebel.

So you donated it all without even giving your name?
This is simply outrageous!

Are you hungry and do you dislike this court and these achievements?

How could he know that deep down in Mr. Hu's heart, he was an old salted fish who was not even tired of turning over a new leaf? !
Moreover, the other party's iron-clad values ​​have long since stopped considering leaving a name in history as an honor.

The most important thing is that even if one attaches great importance to leaving one's name in history, the contributions that Mr. Hu has made over the years are enough for him to be remembered in history.

How did he get the throne?

That was earned through honest merit!

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt worried.

No, if Mr. Hu doesn't go, not only will the expenses increase several times, but the key is that we will lose a few chances of winning! (End of this chapter)