Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 263 Chu King Zhu Huakui

Wuchang City, Chu Palace.

Today is the day for the Chu Palace to collect the summer rent.

The sound of abacus resounded throughout the backyard of the Chu Palace, and the square in front of a row of warehouses in the backyard was crowded with tenants of the palace who came to pay rent and tax, and house slaves in charge of various shops and industries.

In order to prevent the people below from evading taxes and rents, Zhu Huakui even decided to supervise in person, and he had to personally inspect every grain that went into the warehouse and every silver dollar that was handed over.

However, his Prince Chu's Mansion occupies [-] to [-]% of the property and farmland in Wuchang City, so even if he pays the summer rent, he will not be able to pay it all for a while, so the King of Chu was fighting on the grand master's chair in the main hall of the backyard not long after. drowsy.

As soon as he dozed off, he vaguely dreamed that he was being led to the guillotine. After a man wearing a crown yelled at him and slashed at him, a big knife slipped from the executioner's hand.

But when the big knife fell, when he thought he was hacked to death, he dreamed of a concubine who looked very much like a concubine of a certain clan who was trampled to death by him, flying towards him with fangs and claws. Those two fangs seemed to be It bit into his neck in a moment.

Ah!
Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu, was startled and woke up in a cold sweat. The left chief of the palace beside him, Shi Luo Xingneng, asked hurriedly, "My lord, did you have another nightmare?"

"Isn't it?" Zhu Huakui rubbed his temples speechlessly. Ever since the case of the false king of Chu appeared, and since Zhao Kehuai was beaten to death by himself and caused a sensation in the government and the public, he never worried that he would not be punished by the court. , coupled with the many immoral things he has done over the years, has caused him to suffer from this nightmare disease, and sometimes he will have nightmares as soon as he falls asleep.

But this time, he was a little sleepy because the supervisor had paid the tax for a long time, so he took a nap for a while, but the nightmare started again.

"Gu asked you to go to Huajue Temple to invite Master Lingyi, have you invited?"

The King of Chu asked Luo Changshi, and Luo Changshi couldn't help laughing: "The abbot of Huajue Temple said that Master Lingyi will leave the customs for alms on the third day of next month. In addition, Huajue Temple needs to remodel Buddha statues this year. It needs 1 taels of gold, and I am counting on that big squire to do this great merit, originally I was counting on He Ge’s hometown, but He Ge’s hometown has never cared about merit matters since the death of his wife.”

Hearing what Luo Changshi said, Zhu Huakui said without thinking:
"Provide 1 taels of gold from the library to Huajue Temple, and let Huajue Temple add another [-] catties of lamp oil to Gu. The lamp oil money will also be given to him. As long as Master Lingyi can come out of the mountain and cure my habitual love The illness of the nightmare is to make a golden mountain, and Gu will also give it to him! Let Gu do this great merit!"

Seeing that Zhu Huakui, the King of Chu, was so generous and didn't hesitate for a moment, Luo Xingneng couldn't help but secretly happy. Just because the King of Chu had nightmares and was superstitious, he didn't know how many times he had cheated the prince out of money with monks and Taoists.

"My lord, Wu Zhuangtou said that there was a plague of locusts in their village this year, and hundreds of acres of land have lost their harvest. The tenants really have no money to pay the rent. I would like to ask you, my lord, to forgive this half-year rent."

At this time, Shi Mingchangxin, the right-hand chief of the palace, came forward, and behind him was Wuzhuangtou in a white handkerchief and a soap-colored jacket.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Huakui, the King of Chu, got up and kicked the head of Wuzhuang, and ordered the captain next to him: "Beat Gu to death!"

The head of Wuzhuang didn't expect to be beaten like this for a small factual report and suggestion, so he hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, but the whip had already rained down.

At the same time, Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu who suddenly became irritable, cursed:

"Gu is a majestic nobleman, entrusted to Wuchang, as subjects of the Ming Dynasty, you should take care of Gu!

Nowadays, you are always perfunctory with this disaster and that disaster, and you refuse to pay the rent and tax. You really think that you are not good at cheating. What kind of disaster is not a disaster, what does it have to do with Gu? "

After the Chu king Zhu Huakui scolded, his mood was relieved a lot, and his breath disappeared, and the depression caused by the nightmare was also reduced a bit, but this Wuzhuangtou had no breath at all.

"It's really bad luck, drag it down and find a place to bury it, and bury it far away, don't ruin the feng shui of the palace!"

Zhu Huakui, king of Chu, didn't feel guilty at all, and sat down again after giving a casual order, and continued to urge the tenants behind him to pay the rent quickly.

No one present dared to say anything, even Luo Xingneng and Ming Changxin did not dare to say a word, because they did not want to be beaten to death like Governor Zhao Kehuai.

However, at this moment, Su Ming, a servant in the palace, hurried over: "My lord, it's not good, it's not good!"

"What's wrong, why are you in such a panic, bastard, is Liu He's going to hang himself again, find someone to watch carefully, I'm busy now, I don't have time to take care of that bitch!"

Zhu Huakui, king of Chu, thought that the servant Su Ming came in such a hurry that a pretty widow caught by his predecessor was about to commit suicide, so he said a few words impatiently, but Su Ming was out of breath as soon as he came: "It's not her, it's Your Majesty, Your Majesty today!"

"The news came from Nanjing that His Majesty ordered the vassal princes from all over the world to go to Nanjing immediately to sacrifice to the Taizu Emperor Gao together with His Majesty. If there is any hesitation, they will be severely punished. It is less than eight days since the day of the sacrifice. The prince must hurry up." ah!"

When Su Ming said this, Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu, immediately stood up. Surprised, he also felt a little scared. He couldn't help but think of the scene in his dream. The person wearing the crown and trying to kill him might be His Majesty today!
"Luo Changshi, what, what should I do, Your Majesty will not fight to punish Yu Gu, right?" Zhu Huakui, king of Chu, asked tremblingly.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the most important thing now is to go to Nanjing immediately, and you must arrive in Nanjing City before Emperor Taizu Gao's birthday, otherwise, His Majesty will use this as an excuse to cut down the feudal clan!" Luo Changshi said.

"Cutting down the feudal clan?"

Zhu Huakui, king of Chu, sat back down, his eyes were a little dull, and he smiled wryly: "Gu, as the royal family handed down by Emperor Gao, the great ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, now has no military power or money, and his Majesty is afraid that he will not be able to cut down the feudal clan. Gu has nothing to cut now."

However, thinking about the series of actions His Majesty had made in Shandong and Jiangnan this year, King Zhu Huakui of Chu was still a little worried, so he ordered: "Prepare a few good horses immediately, and rush to Nanjing immediately."

Zhu Huakui was talking, when suddenly another guard came to report: "The people from the East Factory of the imperial court have come with their orders."

When Zhu Huakui heard that he really wanted to go to Nanjing to worship Xiaoling Mausoleum, he felt a little uneasy, and he wanted to ride in the direction of Nanjing immediately if he was too busy.

Some other vassal kings rushed to Nanjing City quickly after hearing the news, but they didn't know that they were caught in a trap when they came.

Because of the Ming Dynasty's regulations, the vassal king had to leave the fief for half a step at will.

Therefore, some vassal kings did not come, all afraid of committing a crime of violating the ancestral system for no reason, but not coming would be a violation of the emperor's edict.

Therefore, no matter whether these vassal kings come or not, Zhu Youxiao will have sufficient reasons to punish them in the future.

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