Chapter 237 Zhu Yuanzhang’s fear and uneasiness!
Tang He smiled bitterly.
He could actually see Zhu Yuanzhang's struggle.
It seemed that Zhu Yuanzhang himself was not very willing to make these changes, but he seemed not to know what else happened, forcing Zhu Yuanzhang to do so. He slowly raised the wine bowl, dodged his eyes left and right, and said hesitantly. : "With His Majesty here, there is no room for any differences."
"It's just that I really don't understand."
"Why did His Majesty have such a big change?"
"And with this move, Xia Zhibai may have to face the civil and military affairs of the dynasty alone. The civil servants are good, although they just like to spit some nails, but it is not enough It hurts people, and if those generals are filled with righteous indignation after hearing this news, they dare to kill them in public. With Xia Zhibai's physique, how can he survive? "
Hearing this.
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.
He had heard the same thing before.
It’s just that it was Zhu Biao who said this last time.
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his sleeves, sat upright on the chair, and said coldly: "Can't you hold on?"
"Haha, you underestimate Xia Zhibai too much."
"Everyone in the world, not only do we underestimate Xia Zhibai, but also these scholars underestimate him. Tang and you are no exception. Do you really think that Xia Zhibai disappeared for more than a year and just ran away? What kind of salt market is there in the north?"
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, his eyes full of disdain.
Tang He was stunned.
He was surprised and said: "Even if he has other actions in the north, what can he do? How can he shake up the world's political affairs."
"Even if, as Your Majesty said, he has already You can build an iron horse that can travel thousands of miles a day, or you can build a musket that can shoot dozens of meters with one shot, but can these things be built overnight, and can they be accepted by the world so quickly? "
"You can't be so anxious anyway, right?"
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head.
His grooved cheeks rose slightly, giving people a strong sense of oppression and unruliness. Zhu Yuanzhang said indifferently: "If you still think so, you are really wrong."
"We are wrong." For more than a year, I have been keeping an eye on Xia Zhibai. "But you know why?" br>
"It has only been more than a month since he came back to Yingtian Mansion, and just a few days after he came back, our stupid as a pig, the fifth, gave away all the hundred or so craftsmen we sent there. We sent them back to Yingtian Mansion, but these people were not returned to us, but fell directly into the hands of Xia Zhibai. ”
"In addition to this stupid pig, there are also two, three, and four who have also sent craftsmen here."
"These bastards are still hiding it from us. They really think that we, Yingtian Mansion, suddenly There are one or two hundred people, and we, the emperor, still don’t know anything about it." As he said this, Zhu Yuanzhang also laughed a little angrily.
He put his hands on his hips and looked both smiling and angry.
Tang He smiled bitterly, but he didn't expect this to happen, and couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.
Soon.
I also realized something was wrong.
The king of Qin, the king of Zhou and others all have bad tempers.
Especially the King of Qin, let so many of their vassal kings send their own people to Yingtian Mansion, and still hide it from His Majesty. This is really extraordinary, and it is extraordinary to have all the vassal kings join forces to do this. It shows that Xia Zhibai was afraid of being able to persuade these feudal kings.
Otherwise it would never be like this.
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said with a smile: "Now you know how worried you are."
"Is this Xia Zhibai afraid?"
"He can even talk to our stupid son who sometimes can't talk to us. Are you still worried that he can't talk to those brainless generals?"
“But we don’t care much about this.”
“We just have a vague hunch.”
“The recent events in the south are probably related to him.”< br>
Hear the words.
Tang He looked surprised.
He stood up suddenly, eyes full of disbelief, and said in a concentrated voice: "Your Majesty, why do you say this? If I remember correctly, Xia Zhibai is from the north and has never been to the south before. He No matter how powerful he is, he can't instigate this trouble in the south from hundreds of thousands of miles away, right?"
Tang He was really shocked by Zhu Yuanzhang's words.
But in my heart, I still think Zhu Yuanzhang is a little suspicious.
How could a northerner who had never been to the south cause trouble that turbulent the entire south?
Zhu Yuanzhang brushed his hands.
Let Tang He sit down first.
He sighed and said in a cold voice: "We also hope that this is because we are overthinking, but the more we think about it recently, the more we feel that it has something to do with Xia Zhibai. Xia Zhibai made this steam engine. Yes, he was the first to initiate the 'Salt Policy'. He was responsible for all this."
"Tell us."
"He really doesn't know the importance of those drawings?"
Tang He's eyes flashed, and he was somewhat moved and sat down slowly. He looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and asked tentatively: "Could this be an accident? After all, steam engines have never appeared in the world before, and Xia Zhibai was young and did not have much experience. He accidentally failed to use the steam engine. The drawings were kept well, which led to the current situation."
"Do you believe it?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
Tang He was silent for a moment.
Does he believe it?
Don’t believe it.
Because the two or three months at the Kyoto Salt Shop were so great that no one in the entire Yingtian Prefecture knew about it? Moreover, Xia Zhibai also sent some steam engine drawings at that time, but they were not final. Since he had made such a move, he would naturally know the importance of the final drawings in his hands.
Not to mention carrying it with you, you should put it in a critical place so that it will not be easily obtained by others.
What's more, Xia Zhibai said earlier that he had made improvements to the steam engine drawings.
How can these piles of things not make people suspicious?
It’s just that Xia Zhibai has never been to the south after all, and he doesn’t have much friendship with officials and scholars in the south. No matter how you look at it, it cannot be caused by Xia Zhibai, but as Zhu Yuanzhang said , what if?
Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "We also know that it is impossible, but we are already a little shaken."
"He has done so many things under our noses , where we can’t see, who can guarantee that he didn’t do more? This time we took the initiative to invite you to the urn. Doesn’t Xia Zhibai want us to change this salt policy?”
“Let’s just go with it? His will!”
"We not only want to mobilize the salt policy, but also mobilize the army."
"We just want to force him until the whole court is his enemy. Since we can't keep an eye on him alone, then we will let all the civil and military personnel in the court Go and stare.”
“We don’t believe it. No one can see what he does in private. Sometimes we are not as clever as these scholars, but the literature under our hands The ministers are all crooked, forcing Xia Zhibai to oppose others. If he had any selfish intentions at that time, these ministers would tell us one by one!"
< br>Zhu Yuanzhang was also cruel.
He already felt that Xia Zhibai was threatening to lose control.
Xia Zhibai is a cunning person who is really hard to see through, and sometimes he needs to borrow Xia Zhibai's hand to give a good blow to the southern forces, so instead of being so restrained and coy, it is better to let go. Directly bring Xia Zhibai to light and let him face the supervision of the ministers of the court.
Want to hide in the dark?
How could he allow Xia Zhibai to hide?
Tang He nodded.
He cupped his hands and said: "Everything is at your Majesty's command."
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said: "We are calling you here this time for one more thing. If the court finally decides to change the salt policy, we hope you will go to the south for us. There are not many trustworthy people around us now, so we can trust you." You."
"We want you to target Xia Zhibai."
"We want to see if he has anything to do with this incident in the south! ”
“Besides.”
“We will allow you to do things easily.”
"I will bring you five thousand soldiers and horses with you. The vassal kings in the south are all listening to your orders. If the south really dares to cause trouble again, we will allow you to kill it first and then report it. This time, don't be afraid that killing too many people in the south will cause turmoil in the world. We are Introduce troops into the south!"
"We just want to show these landlords in the south."
"Whose world is this?"
"We are here. We take a step back because we don’t want to pay too much attention to it. We want to make peace and make money. But if they dare to touch our noses and faces again and try to threaten us, we will let the bloody heads tell them that we, Zhu Yuanzhang, will never have any subordinates. Show mercy."
Zhu Yuanzhang spoke murderously.
His eyebrows and words were filled with fierce murderous intent.
This time.
He wants to use the south to establish his power.
Tang He condensed his mind and said quickly: "I obey the order."
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, the murderous intention on his face instantly disappeared, as if nothing happened just now, he smiled and said: "Come and have a drink. There aren't many things you really have to do during this trip to the south. We'll let Xia Zhibai do most of them, so just keep an eye on us."
"Xia Zhibai has nothing but respect for us."
"But some of his methods and ideas are indeed very novel and very useful to our Ming Dynasty. Even with his bad temper, we still have some disdain. I'm not used to it. Sometimes we even want to slap him twice, otherwise we won't be able to get rid of the anger we suffered from him."
Tang He nodded seriously.
He could tell that Zhu Yuanzhang was very afraid of Xia Zhibai.
This kind of situation rarely appeared in Zhu Yuanzhang. It only appeared on Zhu Yuanzhang's face when the situation of the decisive battle with Chen Youliang was unclear. ”
"Now that Xia Zhi has no troops, no high official position, and not many friends in the court, he can still make Zhu Yuanzhang feel like he is facing a formidable enemy, and even directly forced Zhu Yuanzhang to use the excuse of 'reforming the salt policy'. Going to investigate Xia Zhibai privately, this was the first time he saw such fear and uneasiness in Zhu Yuanzhang.
This also shows that Xia Zhibai is extraordinary.
He did not care about this matter. Continue to say more.
Since Zhu Yuanzhang has made a decision, as a minister, he only needs to do his duty as a minister. There is no need to inquire further. He stood up, poured a glass for Zhu Yuanzhang, and gave it to himself. After filling up the glass, the two continued to drink heavily.
Zhu Yuanzhang expressed his worries and relaxed a lot.
After the two of them had eaten and drank, a eunuch carefully sent a letter. Zhu Yuanzhang reached out to take it, read it carefully, and sneered after reading it: "Tang He, look what we said, this summer Bai is thinking deeply."
"Let's ask him to give us an answer. Is it possible to persuade the general of the army to give up the Northern Expedition in the past two years?"
"He gave us a wish directly. Try!”
“Let’s give it a try!”
(End of this chapter)