Chapter 144 The Prince is Returning
In the past six months, the two battlefields in the north looked very lively. But it was Nanjing that decided everything.
Nanjing Xie Jin and Ding Xian are known as the two heroes of the newspaper industry and have already made a name for themselves. It's just that Jie Jin's situation is a bit precarious. He touched too many people's cheese. Even because of Xie Jin's exposure, many things fell into Zhu Yuanzhang's hands again.
It became the knife in Zhu Yuanzhang's hand. Zhu Yuanzhang made repeated orders on the issue of usury, reaffirming the Ming Dynasty's restrictions on usury, such as the maximum interest, the minimum interest, and the interest must not exceed the principal and other laws and regulations.
But it looks like the thunder is loud and the raindrops are light.
Little did they know that after Zhu Yuanzhang cleared his land, he was planning a big killing move and was about to make it happen.
Things need to be done one by one, and killings need to be done in batches.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very knowledgeable about doing this kind of thing.
The reason why Xie Jin has supported him till now. He was still not overthrown. Although He Xi supported him, He Xi was far away in Yunnan and beyond his reach. The person who really protected Xie Jin secretly was actually Zhu Yuanzhang.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang was by no means a good man or woman. Jie Jin is nothing more than a stone used by Zhu Yuanzhang to ask for directions.
Now, with two major victories in the northern war, the controversy in Nanjing has been suppressed.
Zhu Yuanzhang was also wondering whether it was time to take action. Compared with what he wanted to do, things in the north seemed to Zhu Yuanzhang to be trivial matters.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that it was time for both the prince and He Xi to come back. ,
On the one hand, Zhu Yuanzhang had to admit one thing, that is, he was old. My spirit is not as good as before. After the prince left, all the burden of the Ming Dynasty fell on Zhu Yuanzhang alone. This made Zhu Yuanzhang feel very burdened. He couldn't bear it anymore. Not to mention launching a larger-scale reform.
Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he had more than enough ambition but not enough power.
Therefore, he wanted a helper, and that was the prince.
On the other hand, in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, no matter how much resentment he had with the prince. But the world still has to be left in the hands of the prince. Instead of the prince being dissatisfied, he will wait for him to kick his legs in the future. Change all the laws he left behind. It's better to discuss it with the prince.
Maintain policy continuity.
Sometimes we have to admit that parents are weak in front of their beloved children. No matter what this father looks like outside.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly ordered to summon the prince, King Qin, King Jin, King Yan, King Qi and other northern kings to go south with Feng Sheng, He Xi and other northern generals on the pretext of celebrating the victory.
This is also one of Zhu Yuanzhang's habits.
In order to maintain control of the millions of troops on the northern front, after almost every major victory, Zhu Yuanzhang would summon the generals to go south on the grounds of celebration. After the celebrations, there would naturally be some personnel adjustments and promotions. At the same time, secretly, the original military structure was adjusted.
It's almost routine.
Everyone knew it, but there was nothing to say.
After all, if the battle is won, the people below don’t want to be promoted, right? Since you want to be promoted, if the people above you don't adjust, there will be no place for you. If he adjusts it, Zhu Yuanzhang will naturally have the means to achieve his goal while making people speechless. While allowing the various factions in the army to check and balance each other, Nanjing was given the most power.
This can be regarded as the basic operation of the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.
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Xi'an, Qin Palace.
Among the kings, the palace of King Yan was the largest. That's because the Yanwang Palace was the original palace of the Yuan Dynasty. In terms of construction scale and engineering, nothing in the world is better than the Qin Palace.
It can even be said that Xi'an City is an ancillary project of the Qin Palace.
There is a reason for this.
As mentioned before, the northwest is sparsely populated. At that time, Feng Sheng presided over the Northern Expedition of the West Route Army and met Xu Da of the Middle Route Army. Li Wenzhong of the East Route Army was blocked and ordered a retreat. The people from Gansu, Ningxia, Lanzhou, Hehuang and other places moved to the vicinity of Xi'an. There were only more than one million people. Just people.
Therefore, Xi'an is the core area of the entire northwest.
Where there is Xi'an, there is Northwest.
Xi'an, a strategic location, cannot be overemphasized. In addition, King Qin is the second son of Zhu Yuanzhang. He was the first crowned prince. The etiquette was even more solemn. Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to establish a standard of etiquette for all generations and gave King Qin the best in all aspects.
Some people even use Qin Palace to compare it with the Forbidden City in Beijing. They feel that in some places, Qin Palace is more grand than the Forbidden City.
That’s a story for another day.
The reason why the Qin Palace was built is also related to the first generation of King Qin.
The King of Qin said that he was incapable, but of course he was not. But to say that he is a good person is certainly not true.
Since taking control of the northwest, King Qin has repeatedly suppressed the rebellion in the northwest and mobilized troops and troops, but it was also effective. The northwest has become much more settled. But the King of Qin himself was fond of enjoyment, beauty, and wealth. Let’s stop talking about all aspects. He even made many expansions to his mansion.
The Qin Palace is not inferior to the Forbidden City in many aspects.
At this moment, King Qin was holding two letters.
His eyes narrowed slightly, thinking carefully.
A letter is from the prince.
Naturally, the prince would not say it clearly. But the meaning behind the words is already very clear. The Western Region is vast. Enough to be king. The other letter is from King Jin.
What King Jin meant in and out of words was, second brother, if you make up your mind, my younger brother will listen to you.
King Qin sighed and said to the concubine beside him: "This brother is so lonely. There is only one of you, but none of them are easy to get along with. The boss seems to be a good gentleman, but I actually know that he is extremely vicious in his heart, but It's just because my father, the emperor, and my mother are here, it's not easy to get sick. Now the true colors are revealed. This is not to drive me out of the Central Plains. Compared with Jiangnan, the northwest is far away. It will take a year for the new things from Jiangnan to spread to Xi'an. . Now he wants me to go to the Western Regions to eat sand. He doesn’t know what the northwest is like. A mouthful of sand is half a mouthful. In many places, there is no saliva, and even urine is valuable. Is this a place that people can live in? You You want me to die."
"And my third brother is also smart. He didn't want to go to the northwest to chew sand, but he said three or four to me. I think he was in front of the prince. He must be talking about me. He used me as a shield. Something is really wrong. . He was the first to sell me. Three years old looks old. When he was a child, he was like this."
When King Qin came back from Nanjing, he had great ambitions for a while. I want to create a big world. However, this ambition soon disappeared. Because he investigated the situation in the northwest, he suddenly lost all courage.
The people sent by King Qin did not go deep into the northwest at all. But the situation in many places in Gansu is exactly what King Qin just said. In particular, half of the road from Yumenguan to the Western Regions was submerged by sand.
King Qin said that some places were not for human beings and were not considered wrong.
It's just that King Qin didn't send anyone deep into the Western Regions at all. I don't know that there are some good places in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and even other places in the Western Regions. He just simply inferred that places so close to Ming Dynasty were like this, and places far away from Ming Dynasty were even worse.
This is also in line with many Ming Dynasty’s thoughts on the world. The closer to Ming Dynasty, the better. The further away from Ming Dynasty, the worse it gets.
Deng, the concubine of King Qin, said cautiously: "Your Highness, what are you going to do?"
This Deng is a stunning beauty. She is dignified and graceful, and her words and deeds are all well behaved. In her actions, she has the temperament of a lady, of course. This was not what attracted King Qin most to him, but as her eyes rolled around, it seemed that her temperament had completely changed in an instant. From being a lady, she became an evil beauty. The unpredictable gap and mystery between looking and looking are what attract men the most.
Naturally, King Qin has seen all kinds of women.
But the princess was still imprisoned for this Deng family. And it was also hidden from Nanjing. Whether or not he concealed it is another matter.
King Qin fell into deep thought and said, "What can I do? No, let's see what he can do to me."
The King of Qin was not afraid of the prince, he was afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang.
After all, King Qin has been in the northwest for so many years, no matter how much he can cover the sky with one hand. But it’s also deep-rooted. He was really entrenched and couldn't leave, and there was nothing the prince could do. But Zhu Yuanzhang was different.
