Ming Dynasty: The ghost betrays the Confucian sage, my son Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 229 Zhu Yuanzhang: Dad, you are trying to seize power
Wenhua Hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang was approving the notes when a eunuch came forward to report that Li Shanchang had come to hand over the notes to thank him. A smile flashed across Zhu Yuanzhang's lips, and then he stood up and ordered: "Quick, send him in immediately."

Not long after, Li Shanchang hobbled into the hall on crutches. He knelt down in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty Li Shanchang is here to express my gratitude."

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this, he actually stepped forward to help him up and said gently: "Shan Chang, please get up quickly."

Li Shanchang stood up, held the fold in both hands, and respectfully presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang, saying: "Your Majesty, I am here to express my gratitude, and I beg your Majesty to allow me to resign and go into seclusion, and return to my hometown in Fengyang to spend my remaining years in peace."

Zhu Yuanzhang took the excerpt and was secretly happy in his heart, but he calmly browsed the contents of the excerpt. He looked up at Li Shanchang and asked with a smile: "Shanchang, the Emperor's decree has been issued, and we can only obey it. You won't resent us for this, right?"

Hearing this, Li Shanchang quickly knelt down again and said: "I don't dare! I sincerely ask the emperor for your kindness. I am willing to resign from my post and return to my family. I also want to have a peaceful old age. Your Majesty, I will treat you as a reward for following you for decades. Again. "Oh, I'm really old."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly, remembering the day when Li Shanchang defected to him, which was also a sunny day. He sighed softly: "Shanchang, you are not only our teacher, but also our brother."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Shanchang also recalled the years of fighting, his eyes moistened.

Zhu Yuanzhang enthusiastically took Li Shanchang's hand and walked to a tea seat nearby to sit down. He asked with concern: "Shan Chang, after you step down, who do you think is the most suitable person to take over the post of Prime Minister Zuo of Zhongshu Province?"

Li Shanchang replied without hesitation: "Liu Bowen!"

"No!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, "If I want him to be the censor of Zuodu, he has resisted."

"Well, then let's go to Wang Guangyang. He is mature and prudent, has high enough qualifications and can be controlled." Li Shanchang said very seriously.

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be smiling but not smiling. He stared at him closely and asked, "How is Hu Weiyong?"

Li Shanchang shook his head quickly: "That's inappropriate! Hu Weiyong is still young and works too hard, without considering the pros and cons. If he takes power, he must have the intention to make contributions, but he will not do good things."

"It's good to make great achievements. He is still your disciple." Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"This is even worse. If I recommend him, there will be a lot of criticism in the court." Li Shanchang said.

"Hahaha, you are so good at what you say. You said it so directly." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, "Oh, in the history books, those ministers of the Zhu Kingdom returned to their homes, and they had to say three words, and the emperor had to hold back three times, and they went back and forth. You see, we have both. Is that necessary?”

"Not at all!" Li Shanchang smiled and waved his hand, "My lord, I still want to return to Fengyang earlier. I really miss Fengyang's mountains and Fengyang's water."

"Remember, as long as we live, you will have endless wealth, so go ahead and enjoy it." Zhu Yuanzhang patted his shoulder affectionately and said, "You want to come to the capital, so come see us, and I'll drink with you. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Shanchang knelt down.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and patted him on the shoulder, with a lot of thoughts in his heart.

……

The next day, Li Shanchang left early in the morning. He didn't let anyone see him off, but Liu Bowen went to see him off. Liu Bowen, who wanted to resign, failed to do so, and Li Shanchang, who did not want to resign, resigned instead. The two men, who had been fighting for decades, played chess at the farewell pavilion. Liu Bowen watched Li Shanyuan go away.

After Li Shanchang left, Zhu Yuanzhang did not promote him to the position of prime minister of the left. Instead, he placed Wang Guangyang in the position of prime minister of the right and promoted Hu Weiyong to the position of prime minister of the left in Zhongshu Province.

Fourth Master Zhu knew that Zhu Yuanzhang had started a big game of chess. He did not interfere because he also agreed with Zhu Yuanzhang's ultimate goal. However, he still went to Zhu Yuanzhang to ask for something.

"What, the Shipping Department?" Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes, "Dad, we are still enforcing a maritime ban, what do you want the Shipping Department for?"

"You leave the shipping department to dad, and you don't have to worry about anything!" Fourth Master Zhu spread his hands, "I pay dividends to the court every year."

"Dad, don't you want power?" Zhu Yuanzhang raised his forehead.

"Why, no?" Fourth Master Zhu glared, "Last time we went to sea, our Daming Trading Company lent three million taels to the court. How about you pay back the money now!"

"Hey, hey, daddy, why do we care so much?" Zhu Yuanzhang grinned.

"Then you give me the shipping department and I will make the rules." Fourth Master Zhu glared angrily.

"We know you want overseas trade, but aren't there Japanese pirates along the coast? It's difficult to deal with." Zhu Yuanzhang spread his hands.

"I'm here to destroy the Japanese pirates. We don't need the imperial troops." Zhu Siye said.

"Okay!" Zhu Yuanzhang clapped his hands, "This is what you said. If your Daming Trading Company destroys the Japanese pirates, we will hand over the Shipping Department to you, and you will pay dividends to the court every year."

"Yes!" Fourth Master Zhu nodded.

"We agree." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded.

"What a genius! If you weren't my biological son, I would have beaten you up long ago." Fourth Master Zhu was speechless.

"Dad, you didn't beat us less." Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes speechlessly, "By the way, we won't cultivate in Zhongdu anymore. It just so happens that Li Shanchang returns to Fengyang, so we will let him take charge of the finishing work in Zhongdu."

Fourth Master Zhu frowned.

Although Li Shanchang has returned to his hometown, his influence is still there, and this old prime minister can still influence the situation of the government. Moreover, a few years after he returned to his hometown, he returned to the capital. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang even married his daughter to Li Shanchang's eldest son.

"Are you confident about Li Shanchang?" Fourth Master Zhu asked directly. "Of course I don't worry!" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, "The Huaixi brothers all regard him as their elder brother. Even Xu Da and Tang He respect him. And there are many people he has promoted, both in the government and in the public."

"Change it slowly. There will be another imperial examination next year, right?" Fourth Master Zhu said.

"We can only change it slowly. Dad, Zheng Shiyuan, Han Yike, and Song Li from your academy, what suggestions do you have for their arrangements?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Fourth Master Zhu had a strange look on his face. If he were not the Supreme Emperor, he would have thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was testing him. He thought for a moment and said: "Zheng Shiyuan can be kept by your side. Han Yi is a censor. Song Li likes to study rivers, so just send him to the river Yamen."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slowly: "If you send more talents to the academy, they will all be from poor families. We can use them with confidence."

Fourth Master Zhu secretly thought, then you should also be careful of the poor family in the world becoming a party.

"Are you still persisting in your physical training recently?" He changed the topic.

"Where do you have time?" Zhu Yuanzhang spread his hands.

"Impossible! Time is squeezed out, and body training cannot be stopped." Fourth Master Zhu waved his hand.

"What? You want to beat us again?" Zhu Yuanzhang glared.

Fourth Master Zhu gave him a roll of his eyes and left. That means I can beat you up anytime I want. It's natural for me to beat up my son.

……

Feiyan Tower.

Fourth Master Zhu has not been here for a long time. As soon as he entered the door, the girls gathered around him. Feiyan even threw herself into his arms, crying like pear blossoms. He directly picked her up and carried her to her boudoir. After a lot of tossing and recuperation, he finally understood his thoughts and felt relaxed.

Feiyan, however, turned into a puddle of mud. She, Xiafei, had charming and weak cheeks, with some tears in the corners of her eyes: "Fourth Master, I thought you had forgotten your sisters."

"How is that possible? I will come here often in the future." Fourth Master Zhu said, holding her waist.

Winger is pregnant, and there is no other woman in the back mountain, so why can't he come? As the Supreme Emperor, he did not ask for a palace maid. Besides, he was a serious Supreme Emperor, so he could only come to Feiyan Tower to solve his needs.

"Is there anything unusual lately?" Fourth Master Zhu asked.

"There is one!" Feiyan curled up in his arms and pursed her red lips, "There is a man from Miaojiang. His face is green, as if he has been poisoned. The sisters are afraid of him and dare not receive him. Fortunately, Narcissus dared, so she was lucky, so the man paid her to redeem her life and take her to Miao territory to enjoy the blessings."

Fourth Master Zhu frowned.

He had an impression of Narcissus, who had a great figure. When the nine phoenixes were flying together in the past, she was so sexy. He sighed softly: "If the sisters in the building find their destination, let them go without ransom."

"Yeah." Feiyan nodded and hugged him tightly.

"By the way, I've been paying attention to collecting news about Prince Liang lately." Fourth Master Zhu explained.

"I got it." Feiyan gathered some strength and raised her body slightly, her black hair slipped down, her red cheeks became even more beautiful, and her eyes were seductive, "Master, I can't stand it anymore..."

……

Zhu Di was patrolling the streets with his men from the Zhaotian Gang, walking like a stranger, thinking he was the most handsome boy in Yingtian City. The deputy gang leader Ah Fu hurried over and covered his nose: "Gang leader, we found a female body in the ditch behind the Huitong Hall."

"Female corpse?" When Zhu Di heard this, his expression suddenly changed and he walked over quickly.

He came to the ditch and looked intently, only to see a female corpse lying there quietly, her face blurred. But he still recognized her at a glance and exclaimed: "Isn't this Sister Narcissus from Feiyan Tower? How could she die here?"

"It must have been a few days ago. The brothers who were cleaning the waterways discovered it." Ah Fu said.

"Go and report the case to Yingtian Mansion." Zhu Di waved.

He himself hurried to Feiyan Tower, found Feiyan and asked, "Sister Feiyan, where has Sister Narcissus been recently?"

Seeing his anxious look, Feiyan couldn't help pinching his face and said angrily: "Fourth Master has told me that the girls in the building cannot play with you casually."

"???" Zhu Di was speechless and said anxiously, "I'm not as shameless as my master. Can you tell me where Sister Narcissus went?"

"Darcissus was ransomed by a big brother from Miao territory, and he was taken to Miao territory to enjoy the blessings." Feiyan frowned slightly, "What's wrong? Isn't it the little tea that you like? Why do you think of Narcissus?"

A cold light flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Sister Narcissus is dead, and her body is in the ditch behind the Huitong Hall."

Feiyan was so frightened that her face turned pale: "How...how could it be?"

"Eighty percent related to that Miao man." Zhu Di's eyes were cold, "Do you remember what that man looks like, right?"

He had already calculated in his mind that the only Miao people who came to the capital recently were those in the Liang King's envoy.

(End of this chapter)