Ming Dynasty: The poisonous imperial teacher, Zhu Yuanzhang advised me to be kind

Chapter 29 The corrupt officials haven’t been dealt with yet, and now unscrupulous businessmen have come to join in the fun, so let’s beat them!
"General Feng, do you know? There's news from the palace that His Majesty is going to take away our military power and set up guard posts, each with only a few thousand people."

"In times of war, they gather together and we lead the troops to fight. In times of rest, they return to their respective garrisons to cultivate the land and train. We generals usually rest in the capital or our hometowns, and at most we lead the troops of one garrison."

"Ah, then we are like toothless tigers. What kind of generals are we without soldiers?"

These generals were very upset, and Lan Yu was even more upset, because he had received news that all his soldiers would be handed over, and he would have to rest at home and would be called upon when the war broke out.

Others at least have a garrison military belt, but he has none. How can he be called a general?

Damn it! Lan Yu was immediately furious.

Who came up with this vicious idea? Your Majesty? It shouldn't be, could it be that old bastard Liu Bowen?
Lan Yu did not have as deep thoughts as Hu Weiyong and the others, so he directly guessed that it was Liu Bowen. He was immediately furious and said, "Liu Bowen, if you take away the military power, I will make you pay!"
"Hey, what's going on? Why did he go from the second rank?" Just as Lan Yu was furious, a commotion sounded above the hall.

It turned out that it was Chu Nan who walked in, and when Chu Nan came in, all the officials present were shocked.

"Isn't this Chu Nan? What's going on? Is there a peacock pattern on his official uniform? Only second-rank officials can wear this? Wasn't he promoted from fourth rank to third rank a few days ago?"

"What's going on? Isn't he just waiting to die in the Censorate? How did he get promoted to such a high position? What contributions has he made?"

“This…” Chu Nan also looked embarrassed. He was promoted too quickly, and it was really embarrassing.

Then there was no other choice but to take the position of a second-rank official.

"He is so young, but he has been promoted to the second rank?" Lan Yu was also surprised when he saw Chu Nan's official position.

He didn't know Chu Nan, but he had heard people talking about how Chu Nan had become a second-rank official despite having no ability.

He was immediately furious. He had fought bravely for Zhu Yuanzhang and made so many contributions, but now he was just a fifth-rank military commander with about 10,000 men under his command.

Even if his brother-in-law was not Chang Yuchun, he would not be able to lead these ten thousand people.

But what achievements has Chu Nan made? He is younger than him, but he climbs so much faster than him?

Thinking of this, Lan Yu looked at Chu Nan with eyes filled with jealousy.

"What's going on?" Yang Xian looked at Chu Nan, also shocked.

He and Hu Weiyong are fighting each other, so they must not be disturbed by Chu Nan. He doesn't understand it. He has never heard of Chu Nan making any contribution to the court. How come he is almost promoted to the same level as him?

He had gone through so much hardship to get to this position that he was a little jealous.

"Could it be him?" But at this moment Hu Weiyong keenly sensed that something was wrong.

Zhu Yuanzhang has issued many policies recently, all of which indicate that there must be someone behind Zhu Yuanzhang, but these policies are too vicious, so it must not be Liu Bowen.

So it was Chu Nan? Otherwise, there was no reason for him to be promoted so quickly? But Chu Nan was only 19 years old? How could he have such thoughts?
Damn it, if this is really Chu Nan...

When Hu Weiyong thought of this, his body began to tremble. He had suffered a lot recently because of these policies!

"Chu Nan is so lucky." But just when Hu Weiyong was doubting, the official next to him spoke.

"I heard that Chu Nan and His Majesty's Princess Lin'an have fallen in love with each other. His Majesty also admires him very much. He will become a prince consort soon."

"What? Really? Isn't Princess Lin'an only thirteen years old?"

"What's wrong with being thirteen? She can get married now. It's the age when love begins to blossom. Plus, Chu Nan is pretty good-looking, so she looks normal."

"I was wondering why Chu Nan has been promoted so quickly even though he has no achievements. It turns out he is going to be a royal consort. It's really better to have a good child than to work hard all your life."

It turns out it has something to do with the princess.

After hearing the news, Yang Xian turned his head away with disdain. If that was the case, then he didn't need to be jealous. As long as he became a son-in-law of the emperor, all of Chu Nan's official positions would disappear, and he would not be a threat to him anymore.

"What? Is this really the case?" Lan Yu also heard these words, but he became even angrier. Zhu Yuanzhang, you are so mean and ungrateful. You are so good to your relatives and your own people.

You're just going to throw away all of us who sacrificed our lives for you? Zhu Yuanzhang, you're going too far!
A great deal of anger had already been buried in his heart.

"Is that so?" Hu Weiyong was also shocked at this moment. Did Chu Nan get promoted by nepotism? No other reason?

But soon, he felt that his suspicion was unnecessary. How old was Chu Nan? He was only nineteen years old. When he was nineteen years old, he was still studying and craving for women. How could he come up with such a plan?

Could it be that Chu Nan was more powerful than Hu Weiyong? This was impossible, because Hu Weiyong was invincible.

After thinking about it, he no longer took Chu Nan to heart. There must be someone else behind Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Majesty has arrived!" At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang also came and sat on the dragon throne.

All the ministers knelt down and saluted: "Your Majesty, long live your majesty!"

"No need to pay tribute."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

At this time, the eunuch in charge also stepped forward and said, "If you have a letter, please report it early. If you don't, please leave the court!"

"I have a report to make!" But just as the eunuch finished speaking, the Minister of Revenue, Lu Chang, started speaking in panic with an impatient look on his face.

"Your Majesty, the situation is not good. This is the report I just received!"

"Because the Yellow River flooded and was not controlled in time, the people in the Puyang area rebelled..."

"What? Rebellion?" Everyone present was shocked when they heard Lu Chang's words.

The people's rebellion is a big deal. After all, the Yuan Dynasty was destroyed because of Zhu Yuanzhang's rebellion.

"What's going on!" But the most shocked person was Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Didn't I just issue an order to provide disaster relief to the Yellow River? Didn't I also send so much food to the Yellow River area? How could these people rebel?"

"Really?" The ministers were also puzzled. This situation had happened before, but the people never rebelled.

But when Lu Chang heard Zhu Yuanzhang's question, his face became extremely ugly.

"Your Majesty, although you issued an order and sent officials, the local officials in Puyang pretended to obey and secretly disobeyed! They did not distribute the grain to the victims as ordered, but sold it to local merchants instead."

"And those unscrupulous merchants sold the grain at high prices. The people couldn't afford it and could only starve to death."

"Finally, the people rebelled because they couldn't stand the hunger any more. Now, the number of people rebelling in the Puyang area has exceeded 8,000!"

"Eight thousand!" The ministers present were already stunned. This time the people rebelled because of collusion between officials and businessmen? And they forced eight thousand people to rebel!
They became terrified. This time, they were afraid it would be a disaster. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there had never been such a large-scale rebellion. This time, no one knew how many people would be killed.

Chu Nan's face was not very good at the moment. He did not expect that there were so many problems in the Hongwu Dynasty. The corrupt officials and arrogant generals had not been solved yet, and unscrupulous businessmen and rebellious people had emerged again.

At the same time, he was also worried about these corrupt officials and unscrupulous businessmen. Now, they were about to lose their lives in the pursuit of money. He had no idea how angry Zhu Yuanzhang would be.

"Damn it!!" At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang really broke out in an extremely terrifying rage, and his face was so gloomy that it looked like blood was dripping.

"My parents were forced to death like this. I am determined that my Ming Dynasty will never allow such corrupt officials and unscrupulous businessmen to appear! That's why my criminal law is so harsh!"

"But, these corrupt officials and profiteers dare to do this! They have forced the people of my Ming Dynasty to rebel!"

"Damn it! I must kill, kill, kill them all!!!"

(End of this chapter)