Chapter 450: Shocked Yingtian
Duke Wu brought the young emperor Han Lin'er back and successfully settled it. It was true that the reputation was so great, but there were many negative effects. One of the most important ones was to let the princes see his ambitions clearly, especially Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng. The two of them began to have a determined fight with Zhu Yuanzhang.
At present, with Yingtian's military strength, he was able to fight against the two princes Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng at the same time, and it was difficult to make a breakthrough.
However, because Zhu Yuanzhang was steady and supported by the continuous support of Huai'an and Xuyi, he did not follow the historical trend, but could vaguely support it.
But this is not the ending that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted, he felt inferior.
He felt that he had such a large territory, but he did not look like a overlord should have.
However, this corner of Huai'an made Zhu Zhen very popular, which made Zhu Yuanzhang feel more and less embarrassed.
In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang, who could not help but feel irritable, simply ran to Xuanwu Lake to take a boat to relax. The breeze was gentle, dispelling the scorching heat, which was cool and pleasant.
However, the navy who had been practicing again had been driven away by Zhu Yuanzhang. He was so angry when he looked at their wilted fake moves... He sat barefoot on the brocade couch with a mat, loosened his collar, and took out a long iced pear from the silver basin filled with ice. He put it in his mouth and took a bite. The sweet and sour pear juice had been cooled down, cooled into his throat and cooled down, and quenched his thirst.
Before a pear was eaten, the eunuch reported to Liu Bowen to ask for a meeting.
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand casually, the eunuch withdrew, and Liu Bowen walked in.
As the chief representative of the think tank, Liu Bowen is the "No. 1 secret" next to Zhu Yuanzhang, so he naturally has to stay with Zhu Yuanzhang often to handle government affairs for Duke Wu.
He held two battle reports in his hand and presented them with respect. Liu Bowen said: "Duke, the battle report that Haizhou has just arrived."
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, but the two swallowed the pears, took the brocade hand and wiped their hands, and said strangely: "Was that guy Zhu Zhen fighting again?
It makes no sense..." After thinking about it carefully, with Zhu Zhen's prestige in Jiangnan now, no one would openly provoke him. The rebellion of the aristocratic family has just been wiped out. Even if it is impossible to eradicate the roots, if you don't have decades of rest and restoration to restore your vitality, you will not be able to do anything.
As for the pirates, a few days ago, they had already sent a battle report, and they won a great victory, and the amount of money and goods seized was quite considerable. However, when the navy started, it should focus on training soldiers. Although the idea of using war instead of training is good, it is unlikely that they would want to wipe out all the pirates. There must be a gradual process.
Although Zhu Zhen’s use of troops seemed dangerous this time, he was very sure every time. Even in the seemingly dangerous battle of Huoshan, this kid was confident.
But why did you do something wrong again this time?
Liu Bowen looked a little strange, hesitated for a moment, and said, "This... is not a war report."
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly looked down: "Didn't you just say this just now? This is a report of the battle?"
Duke Wu was angry. Although it did not appear, the momentum of pressure was really terrifying.
Zhu Yuanzhang admired and loved Liu Bowen very much, and respected him very much, but it did not mean that Liu Bowen could play with him. Especially when dealing with the Huai'an family, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the aura of Liu Bowen was involved in the aristocratic family made him feel particularly disliked.
Liu Bowen realized his tongue and realized that Zhu Yuanzhang had some opinions about him. He smiled bitterly: "Duke forgiveness for his crimes, it is because his subordinates' mistakes.
However, although this is not a war report, it was Zhu Zhen who sent a war report to Yingtian through 800 miles..." The 800 miles of rush is the highest-level information circulation method currently between Yingtian and Huai'an, and even the provinces, and can only be activated when the war report is delivered.
Zhu Zhen used the method of passing the war report to convey a document that was not a war report, which led to Liu Bowen's failure to straighten his thinking for a while and a mistake in his tongue.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked very bad.
This damn little boy! Can you not show off?
Did you start to be proud of yourself after making some achievements in Huai'an?
He actually submitted the documents in a hurry for eight hundred miles. He was lawless and regarded the Yingtian system as nothing! The hateful boy... He reached out to take the document presented by Liu Bowen, and cursed and opened the sealed varnish: "This little bastard is really a headache! You said that our Yingtian generals are all the kind of generals who charge into battle. Why are they so slippery inexplicably?"
Liu Bowen was amused and cried, and he felt that Zhu Zhen's move was inappropriate, but he was not easy to express his words and agreed with Zhu Yuanzhang. If that happens, he might be misunderstood to be a villain who "reports a report".
He secretly observed Zhu Yuanzhang's expression to see if Zhu Yuanzhang was really angry.
Unexpectedly, the expression on Zhu Yuanzhang's face scared him! He saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had taken out the letter paper from the envelope with one hand, but after a few glances, the curse in his mouth disappeared, his eyes were straight, his face was full of disbelief, and even the hand holding the letter paper was shaking slightly... Liu Bowen's heart skipped a beat, thinking that Zhu Zhen had done something big again in Huai'an?
What is it that shocked the Duke to this point?
He had a good relationship with Zhu Zhen, and was very worried, so he asked in a low voice: "Duke, what is the letter said?"
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have not heard him speak, staring at the letter paper with his eyes straight, as if there was a beautiful beauty with a beautiful country hidden in the letter paper... By the way, although Zhu Yuanzhang was a prince and the rumors among the people were very good, his harem team was also expanding when he was conquering the city.
In fact, this is also a manifestation of the dragon-slaying warrior slowly transforming into a giant dragon.
Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's strange expression, Liu Bowen secretly blamed Zhu Zhen, saying you can just stay in Huai'an honestly?
With your identity, status, and background, as long as you can train a navy, even if you cannot achieve the task of integrating Huai'an delivered by the National Bus, it will be a great achievement. Why do you refuse to live in peace and always have to do something every now and then?
The sound of footsteps came from behind, a little messy, obviously not alone.
The eunuch at the door reported: "Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Deng Yuhai, Hu Dahai..." Zhu Yuanzhang did not respond.
The eunuch was a little sweating, and Duke Wu did not say that he didn't know if he should shout again or just quit and tell the dukes of Wu that he would not see him... Duke Wu was distracted... It was naturally impossible for several generals to disappear. Liu Bowen had to step forward and whispered: "Duke?"
Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses and asked in a daze: "What's the matter?"
The relationship between Duke Wu was still shocked and really didn't come back to his senses... Liu Bowen became more and more curious about what Zhu Zhen said in his letter, but it was naturally difficult to ask at this moment, and reminded him: "Several generals are looking for a meeting outside."
Duke Wu came to Xuanwu Lake to escape the summer heat, but government affairs could not be delayed.
Although Yingtian’s government affairs were handed over to Li Shanchang, Li Shanchang also came to ask for instructions every day.
Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Let them come in..." After saying this, he looked down at the letter paper in his hand, as if the letter paper could see a flower... Liu Bowen had no choice but to wink at the eunuch.
The eunuch nodded gratefully, withdrew, and invited several important officials to come in.
Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Deng Yu, Hu Dahai and others entered the cabin almost at the same time and bowed to salute.
Zhu Yuanzhang then raised his head, let out a long sigh, and waved his hand and said, "It's not a temple, there is no need to be too polite, please take your seat."
After saying that, he looked at Hu Dahai who was slowly sitting down with a complicated expression, and said with emotion: "Zhu Zhen, this kid is really good.
Brother Hu, you have a really good vision.”
Hu Dahai looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in a daze. What was he saying? Is he praising or sarcastic? I couldn't figure out the meaning of Wu Guogong's words, so he had to stand up, bent down and bow, and said in fear: "But what mistake did this boy Zhu Zhen make in Huai'an?
For his youth, Duke Wang gave him another chance."
But I secretly felt aroused in my heart. Could it be that the bastard had something to do and caused a big disaster?
Duke Wu’s tone sounds weird, it doesn’t seem like a compliment… Our Hu family is most involved with the boy. He is unlucky, and our Hu family must not have a good life either.
Although Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were curious, they did not ask questions directly.
Zhu Yuanzhang's face looked very strange, a little confused, a little confused, and a little unbelievable.
After a little reversal, he asked, "How much does the taxes we paid for the land we ruled last year?"
Several generals were slightly stunned. Why did they suddenly ask about this?
As Duke of Wu, don’t you know?
You ask us, we will know?
Xu Da was the leader of the military general, so he knew a little about government affairs, but he really didn't know how much it cost.
However, Liu Bowen smiled and said, "If you return to the country, the amount will be converted into silver, which is roughly three million taels."
"It's only three million taels..." Zhu Yuanzhang muttered, his expression becoming more and more strange. He looked at the letter paper in his hand and handed it to Liu Bowen and said, "Look at it, Mr. Liu, this is the document that your precious apprentice just gave."
Liu Bowen's heart skipped a beat and said in his mind that it was not good. Could it be that boy was really doing something wrong again?
It's really an injustice! I missed me, Liu Bowen, who was forced to come out to assist Zhu Yuanzhang, and I worked diligently until now. Although I have made suggestions and admirable, I am low-key. I don't usually fight, and others can't remember my name at all.
But this little beast had no time to be at peace, as if he could not live without trouble! It was simply outrageous! Liu Bowen was worried in his heart, so he took the letter from Zhu Yuanzhang a few steps forward, and read it quickly.
Then... my mouth opened and a duck egg could be stuffed in! Everyone became more and more curious when they saw Liu Bowen's expression! What did Zhu Zhen write in the letter? He was shocked to Liu Bowen who could calculate and calculate it so much?
There was a little quiet inside the cabin, with a gentle breeze blowing and a curtain floating.
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Liu Bowen and asked, "Mr. Liu, what do you think?"
Liu Bowen was shocked, came to his senses, and said in disbelief: "More than ten thousand taels?
This...isn't this...isn't it possible?"
Chapter completed!