Chapter 113 The Kings' Dusk

The palaces of the Ming Dynasty were very unfriendly to a person who often needed to work at his desk for a long time.

It's too hot in summer, too cold in winter, and the world is covered with air and humid.

Yun Zhao, who had been in class for many years in his previous life, had already passed the process of looking for good and atmospheric. Compared with comfort, those useless added value are not attractive to him.

It looks good in silk clothes, you can try it in winter.

Yunzhao has his own requirements for the office environment, sunny, ventilation, and the scenery outside the window is good!

And his large study was built strictly in accordance with his requirements.

Especially the floor heating facilities under the floor of the big study room, not only Yun Zhao likes it, but also Yang Xiong and others. This is why he has an office that needs to bring a table to work when winter comes.

When the secretary-in-chief saw that the county magistrate did not drive Yang Xiong away, he followed suit. The final outcome was that everyone was crowded together to work. Unexpectedly, after doing this, the efficiency improved a lot, so Yun Zhao let it go.

There are also good rooms in the beautiful Qin Palace, some of which can even be called luxurious. One of them is called "Leopard Room", which is a paradise for men and women to play games.

What is the use of such a place to Yun Zhao?

Even if he wanted to go secretly, Feng Ying and Qian Duoduo's temper would probably not agree.

Therefore, they are all waste-like existences.

It would be better to open up all the Qin Palaces. The scholars of the Ming Dynasty like this one the most. They have a mysterious love for the self-reliant and dedicated kings.

They even believed that the best appearance of a king was to live a life like Chongzhen and do a life like Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin.

As for the humble, they are not important at all. They can live a life of drunkenness and dreams in the Song Dynasty, and there is no need to worry about being beheaded by the emperor.

Sure enough, after Yun Zhao gave up the Qin Palace, everyone in Lantian County was very happy, and even Xu Yuanshou, who had always been wise, smiled happily.

After the Great Honglu Zhu Cunji came to his house for that meal, his whole body changed, becoming a little unrestrained, and stayed in the Spring Breeze and Moon Tower for half a month.

When his mother sent someone to carry him back, he was still drunk. People in the world thought that he was deprived of his family property. Unexpectedly, after he woke up, he began to build his own Great Honglu Temple.

He also made suggestions to Yun Zhao that in the future, Lantian County would have to take his hands to entertain foreign vassals.

Since he had a job requirement, Yun Zhao happily agreed and allowed him to build the Honglu Temple and the Inn in Yushan to allocate 20,000 silver dollars!

There are actually many foreign countries that need to be entertained in Lantian County now, from Us Tibetans to Mongols, to Western Regions riding camels, and even red-haired people from far away West.

Zhu Cunji likes dealing with Us Tibetans who are stinky all over his body, and also likes dealing with Mongolians who wear leather robes for the rest of his life. He even throws out a few Western words from time to time when dealing with red-haired people, and his whole body is radiant, unlike the past.

Speaking of which, Zhu Cunji lost his fiefdom, most of the Qin King's Mansion, and the title of King of Qin who had no power for a long time. However, his wealth did not decrease, judging by his numerous shops in Xi'an City.

In less than ten years, he could build another Qin Wang Mansion elsewhere.

Of course, this is just a statement.

After Li Hongji captured Luoyang, he stopped there for half a month and then once again came to Kaifeng City.

This time, he has to face his old rival Sun Chuanting.

It was this time that the King of Zhou, who had been scolded by Emperor Chongzhen and punished, no longer continued to endure it. He said generously: "After the city wall is trapped, there is no body, let alone gold? If the city is protected, why worry about no gold?"

King Fu's fate strengthened King Zhou's confidence in fighting against Li Hongji's troops. He was unwilling to let the gold and silver he had accumulated become Li Hongji's military capital.

So, tens of thousands of taels of silver were taken out of the treasury to reward the defenders, and posted notices to recruit warriors, saying that anyone who could repel the peasant army would be rewarded with a high reward of 100,000 taels of silver, and recommended the court to promote the title.

Once the money is thrown out, the effect will immediately appear, and the enthusiasm and morale of the military and civilians guarding the city are quickly aroused.

The bandits bravely attacked the city, and the offensives were one after another. More than twenty places of Kaifeng City Wall was blown down, but the defenders rolled wood and stones, and hot oil arrows poured down. They fought to the death and quickly blocked the gap with sandbags, which made the bandits unable to enter the city after paying the tragic price of casualties.

Sun Chuanting's troops, who were guerrillas outside the city, took the opportunity to ambush Luo Rucai, a thief who was preparing to attack Kaifeng City from both sides and left. In this battle, they defeated the 50,000 bandits who fought against the east and west, and beheaded countless people.

Seeing that Kaifeng City was delayed, and Luo Rucai was defeated by Longtan again, he had to lead his subordinates to retreat to Luoyang.

The two attacks opened the seal, but neither went smoothly, which made Li Hongji extremely afraid of Kaifeng City.

The King of Zhou won by chance, but the King of Chu, who was in Wuchang, was not so lucky.

King Fu Zhu Changxun died tragically and was responsible for the extermination of Li Hongji. Yang Sichang, an important minister of the court, was unable to escape the blame.

When he heard that Li Hongji had entered Kaifeng again, Yang Sichang was shocked and worried. Six days later, he died of illness in Shashi.

Wang Wenzhen, Zuo Liangyu, and He Renlong saw that Zhang Bingzhong's bandits were in great force again, so they had to retreat to Wuchang.

After reading the military newspaper, Yun Zhao looked at Qian Shaoshao and said, "Do we have any business dealings with the King of Chu?"

Qian Shaoshao's eyes rolled and said, "Brother-in-law, do you think the King of Chu will be finished this time?"

Yun Zhao whispered: "There are so many bad things."

Qian Shaoshao said: "It's a pity that the million-dollar gold beads saved by the King of Chu."

Yun Zhao said: "It's all people's fat and cream, please take it back."

"The Yueyang Group is handling this matter, but the King of Chu and King Fu are all the same. I heard that they are also a person who is indifferent to the slightest."

Yun Zhao thought about it and said, "Leave it to the Great Honglu to handle it, tell him that the King of Chu only has one chance to trade it."

"It's also one hundred thousand taels of gold?"

Yun Zhao nodded and said, "That's right, I'm sorry for the life of King Chu."

It is completely no harm to Zhu Cunji in doing this kind of thing.

As the former vassal of the Ming Dynasty, he was more familiar with the King of Chu, who was also a vassal.

At the same time, he is most familiar with the psychology of King Fu and King Chu who refuse to pay money to help the court resist the thief.

Speaking of which, these vassals in other places did not feel much grateful for the Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, they were more angry. Perhaps because they had been angry for too long, they gradually thought they were an outsider.

The biggest feeling that Zhu Yuanzhang created was that the rise and fall of the country had nothing to do with the individual. This world was the emperor's world, not the common people's world.

Therefore, it is a big joke to expect these people to defend their country.

If you want to instigate them to fight, there is only one thing that works - that is silver.

Any army that could fight in the Ming Dynasty and dared to fight was piled up with silver, including the Qi family army and the Baigang army. Those simple people would not have been able to go to the battlefield with their heads if they had not been to make more money.

The vassal kings who had been away from the center of power of the Ming Dynasty for a long time naturally had the same idea.

It is the responsibility of the local officers and soldiers to attack the city and has nothing to do with them.

This led to the collapse of the family and world that Zhu Yuanzhang thought at that time. The vassals not only could not be the help of the emperor, but also became the biggest drag of the court.

You should know that feeding millions of vassals costs far more money than feeding one million troops.

Today, Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty can still get some money to support the Liaodong warriors and some generals. After the emperor could no longer afford the money, the end of the Ming Dynasty would come.

Li Hongji and Zhang Bingzhong only captured the territory of the Ming Dynasty, while Yun Zhao captured the Ming Dynasty and won the hearts of the people.

Compared with the two, Yun Zhao seems harmless, but in fact, just like many of the foresighted treacherous ministers of the Ming Dynasty, Yun Zhao is the most dangerous enemy of the Ming Dynasty.

His soldiers did not leave Guanzhong, but his name was already spread throughout the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Although he always paid taxes to the emperor with a low eye, the wealth and honor of Lantian County was already famous all over the world.

The officials in Guanzhong have forgotten that there is still the Ming emperor in this world.

The same imperial court has treated them as rebellious. Over the years, not only has they not paid any salary, but they have never even been promoted, demoted, or become officials in other places.

Therefore, these officials spontaneously believed that the target of their loyalty to Yun Zhao is now.

Because over the past ten years, Yun Zhao has been the one who distributes their salary, and Yun Zhao is the one who controls their promotion and demotion. At this time, Yun Zhao has long become the veritable King of Guanzhong!

Zhu Cuanji was extremely excited to participate in such a high-level meeting in Lantian County for the first time.

Many confused points were suddenly enlightened after listening to the speeches of the senior officials attending the meeting.

At this meeting, Zhu Cuanji learned about a real Lanlantian County.

He knew that the boundary marker in Guanzhong was secretly heading towards Chongqing. He knew that the army of Ningxia Town began to slowly move eastward, and in another three months, the vast area of ​​Lantian City to Ningxia Town will be included under the jurisdiction of Lantian County.

He also knew that the only purpose of Yunfu's army was to wait for the fall of Wuchang to further enclose the Nanyang Plain in his arms.

At the end of the meeting, he finally learned the real reason why he attended the meeting - he came back from the exchange of 100,000 taels of gold from the King of Chu with 100,000 kilograms of gunpowder and two thousand cannons.

Zhu Cunji first confirmed at the conference that it was not difficult for King Chu to take out 100,000 taels of gold, and then told everyone here that he would ask King Chu to take out 100,000 taels of gold to buy weapons to help Zuo Liangyu, He Renlong and others guard Wuchang, which was not possible at all.

"If you don't buy your life with gold, you'll die!"

Yun Zhao ended the meeting concisely, and at the same time, he was very young and helped Zhu Kuanji complete the task.

After Zhu Cunji left the venue, he convened a meeting of the Zhu clan. There was only one theme of the meeting. How could he exchange 100,000 kilograms of gunpowder and two thousand cannons from the King of Chu for 100,000 taels of gold?

This is the first time that Zhu Cunji has truly participated in the politics of Lantian County. He hopes that he can succeed and completely integrate into Lantian County.
Chapter completed!