"His Royal Highness the King of Chu wants to destroy the pirates with 2,500 people. It would be too naive!!"
"Haha! His Royal Highness King Chu probably wanted to have some fun. After all, it was Marquis Jinghai who really took action!!"
"Indeed! However, have you noticed that the weapons of His Majesty the King of Chu's soldiers are more sophisticated than those of other soldiers? I also heard that His Majesty's money from the salt tax was shared with the King of Chu. Your Highness!"
"Do you think the new salt is related to His Royal Highness the King of Chu??"
Zhu Yuanzhang actually did it very secretly when he divided the money.
However, all the money had to be withdrawn. Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not say how to use it, everyone still knew about the money from the new salt sales.
They vaguely felt that Zhu Yuanzhang had distributed part of the money.
Under such circumstances, they naturally thought of Zhu Zhen.
However, considering that Zhu Zhen was only ten years old, they felt that this was unlikely.
Although it is said that Zhu Zhen had better luck and picked up the imperial seal.
However, this new salt cannot be obtained by luck.
Therefore, after hearing such words, most people subconsciously shook their heads and thought it was impossible.
They felt even more that Zhu Zhen was like a ten-year-old boy, very playful.
Just like the extermination of pirates this time, this is obviously not something a ten-year-old boy can do, but Zhu Zhen just went there.
This was obviously just for fun.
And Zhu Yuanzhang doted on Zhu Zhen enough. Zhu Yuanzhang actually agreed to what Zhu Zhen wanted to do.
This made many people sigh.
"His Royal Highness King Chu is so lucky! He is so favored by His Majesty. This is a blessing that other princes do not have!!"
"Who says otherwise? His Majesty does have a preference for His Royal Highness the King of Chu! However, His Majesty the King of Chu picked up the jade seal passed down from the country, and it is right for His Majesty to be partial!!"
"Okay, okay, this is His Majesty's family matter, not something we should discuss!!"
As for Zhu Zhen, they can only say that he is a lucky prince.
However, some people know that Zhu Zhen is not just lucky.
Hu Weiyong has never forgotten that all the dead soldiers under his command were killed by Zhu Zhen.
Now it has emerged that Zhu Zhen's personal soldiers in Xinyan have more sophisticated weapons. Hu Weiyong feels that all this is not a coincidence.
"Maybe this new salt thing really has something to do with Zhu Zhen, maybe it's really the new salt that Zhu Zhen made!!"
"This Zhu Zhen is indeed a serious concern of mine. He came up with this new salt, which made Zhu Yuanzhang win the hearts of the people and made it much more difficult for me to rise to power!!"
"No, he wants to die. This Zhu Zhen must die!!"
In Hu Weiyong's heart, he had a very strong idea of killing Zhu Zhen.
However, he knew that Zhu Zhen's martial arts was very strong, and ordinary methods could not kill Zhu Zhen at all.
Therefore, in the past, he did not dare to act rashly.
But this time, Hu Weiyong saw the opportunity to kill Zhu Zhen.
Zhu Zhen's strength is indeed strong. If it is an ordinary siege, even three to five hundred people may not be able to do anything to Zhu Zhen.
However, it was different after going to the battlefield.
Once a battle breaks out on the battlefield, it will be a sea of people.
No one knows when the end will come, and when manpower is limited.
No matter how powerful Zhu Zhen is, he will probably be overwhelmed by the enemy on the battlefield.
Not to mention, they are still above the sea.
It is also very normal to die in the sea if you are not careful.
Thinking of this, Hu Weiyong's face turned extremely gloomy.
"Zhu Zhen, you forced me to do all this!"
"This time, you will be buried in the sea and never come back!!"
After saying that, Hu Weiyong began to secretly let people do things.
This time, he clearly learned his lesson and became more secretive.
However, he didn't know that no matter how secretive his affairs were, they would soon be known to others.
Now he is being closely watched by the secret guards in the palace.
However, the secret guard in the palace never showed up, nor did he reveal any flaws. Hu Weiyong didn't know about it.
On the other side, wealthy businessmen and officials along the coast also knew about Zhu Zhen's coming to exterminate pirates and Japanese pirates.
Many of them were worried.
"Why did your Majesty suddenly think of destroying the pirates? This fire won't burn us, right??"
"What are you burning? Don't you know that the one who came to exterminate the Japanese pirates is His Royal Highness the King of Chu? This is obviously something His Royal Highness the King of Chu wants to play, so His Majesty ordered the extermination of the pirates and Japanese pirates. Then just push out some people at will!!"
"It makes sense, human life is the least valuable, just pick out a group of people and this matter will be over!!"
The Ming Dynasty prohibited sea trade. Except for special ports, the Ming Dynasty basically did not do business with overseas countries.
Such policies have blocked the financial opportunities of many businessmen.
Under such circumstances, many of them disguised themselves as pirates and plundered wildly while trading with people overseas.
There are even some people who cooperate with Japanese pirates and occupy one sea area after another.
When sea trade is prohibited, the benefits of trading with overseas people have increased exponentially.
Under the huge profit trend, many people have secretly done things such as trading with people overseas, killing people and stealing goods.
But on the surface, they are all successful businessmen.
Many of them are even well-known philanthropists.
If the Ming Dynasty really wanted to wipe out pirates and Japanese pirates, then they would definitely account for the majority of them.
However, these people are well hidden, and there are people behind them to support them. It is very difficult to catch them.
Just like this time, they received the news very early that Zhu Zhen was going to exterminate the pirates.
Therefore, they hid themselves very early and did not let themselves reveal any flaws.
Many of them thought that after Zhu Zhen's extermination of pirates and Japanese pirates was over, they would show up again and do what they did before.
They believed that as long as they could hold it in, they would not be discovered.
This is what they did before.
However, the situation this time seems to be different from the previous times.
When they were thinking about hiding as before, the people above them sent them a message.
Zhu Zhen was killed at sea, and at the same time, the Japanese pirates were blamed for this incident.
When these people received the news, they were obviously a little confused.
Killing a prince is a big deal.
If one thing is bad, it will definitely turn everything upside down.
However, if you blame it on the Japanese pirates, it will be fine.
Even if Zhu Yuanzhang is furious, Zhu Yuanzhang will only take out his anger on the Japanese pirates. The unlucky ones are still the Japanese pirates.
Many of them have nothing to do with Japanese pirates.
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