my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 357: Unbridled Rewards
Zhu Di was even more surprised. He stared at King Yi Zhu and said, "Tell me in detail."

So Zhu said: "Every group of people has different interests."

After a pause, Zhu continued: "It seems that for the emperor, keeping the Daming country is the first-class thing in the world. But for the gentry, their land is their foundation. As for the ministers in the court , They don't care who is the emperor, as long as they don't lose their high position and rich salary. The same is true for merchants and farmers."

"So the minister first asked people to buy ivory and spices in large quantities. This will inevitably cause merchants and gentry to produce and purchase in large quantities for profit. It’s drawing fire from the bottom of the pot. If the trade between the Siamese and Daming is too close, they will inevitably be slowly eroded by my Daming, so he must issue an edict to investigate this matter.”

"And taking advantage of this opportunity, the sea merchants we purchased will withdraw immediately. And countless Siamese merchants and gentry will definitely lose their money."

Zhu Di frowned, but he had to admit that he didn't think in this direction.

He raised his head subconsciously and glanced at the ministers.

Yang Rong, Hu Guang and others were speechless, they felt that Zhu was empathizing with them.

But at this time, I have to admire that His Royal Highness King Yi is indeed something extraordinary.

I thought he was just a guy waiting to die, but I didn't expect to have such insight.

At this time, Zhu continued: "Of course, it is impossible to shake the foundation of the Siamese by relying on this alone. Although they have lost all their money, merchants and gentry will only blame themselves for the reason for their loss. Too greedy, knowing that Ming is an enemy of Siam, yet still trade with Siam."

"Then the next step is to put the blame on the King of Siam. This is why some monks from Jiming Temple will visit Siam to make goodwill, and at the same time, we will clear up the past and restore diplomatic relations in the future. gone."

"This kind of approach is actually to make the merchants and gentry who have lost all their money realize that maybe they still have hope. Once people have hope, they will pay special attention to the Jiming Temple. The trend of this matter must have been It has aroused great enthusiasm in Siam. But brother, do you know that once everyone pays attention to one thing, and the Siamese have great hopes for the visit of the monks from Jiming Temple, then Siam What will the king do?"

"The King of Siam is the hero. How could he not know that this is just a trick of Daming. The King of Siam must be vigilant, so the Siamese are more and more suspicious of the monks of Jiming Temple Looking forward, the King of Siam will never agree to the entry of monks from Jiming Temple."

Zhu Di nodded, thinking carefully that if he were the King of Siam, he would be like this.

Zhu Dao: "However, when the King of Siam issued an edict to ban the monks from Jiming Temple to visit, then... how would it feel for the Siamese? Come to Jiming Temple They are just some merciful monks who can't bear to lose their lives, and even these are not tolerated by the King of Siam. In this way, thinking about the huge loss caused by not being able to trade with Daming, it is bound to... the whole In Siam, there are many complaints, and everyone will think, if there is no King of Siam, the world will be peaceful, and there will be no need to suffer from military service? If there is no King of Siam, spices and ivory can be sold to make a profit. It doesn’t have to be a heavy loss like this.”

"I will even think about it, if there is no King of Siam, if the monks of Jiming Temple can enter the country to promote Buddhism, what's wrong with it? This time, the King of Siam has offended the monks, gentry, and merchants in Siam. , and even many ordinary people who have suffered from military service.”

"Of course, it's not enough just to get to this point. The next thing to do... is to let people spread rumors everywhere. The younger brother has secretly arranged a large number of informants in various places in Siam. The special thousand households, together with Annan Bai After infiltrating into Siam, the personnel of the household office began to purposefully spread all kinds of rumors about how the king of Siam was extravagant...Of course, these things can be said to be at hand. The story can be changed to the Siamese version, the merchants and gentry in Siam are already dissatisfied, and they are also willing to spread these rumors..."

Zhu Di couldn't help but said, "Fuck it."

He wanted to say, did you and Zhang Anshi, the two boys who heard about me, do it too?

After all, there were many people here, so he didn't say anything.

Zhu said again: "The next thing will be easy to handle. Now the dry firewood has been piled up, just wait for the sparks to come out. After this incident, there must be ministers in Siam who are worried about the current situation. Therefore, there must be someone to report Please, the King of Siam, simply negotiate peace with Daming, and the more intelligent and talented the King of Siam is, the more he knows that Daming has big plans, the more he will not allow it, and in order to prevent the ministers from wavering, he will definitely be severely punished The minister who played on it."

"Thus, such ministers are dismissed from office and sent to prison. At this time, there is a lot to do. But all such ministers, we will publicize that they are people like Bigan and Wei Zheng, but because Siam The king of Luo is immoral and has been harmed by the king of Siam, so as long as they are those who advocate peace in Siam, they can boast how upright and loyal they are, so that the Siamese will sympathize with them."

"At this point, in fact, the general trend has been achieved. The next thing to do is to make a quick start. The younger brother began to send people to send money to many ministers in Siam. Although these important ministers are the confidantes of the King of Siam, they are also I have already realized that the situation has changed. In order to survive the family, if I gamble with the King of Siam again and try to make enemies with me, Da Ming and countless angry Siamese, it is very likely that I will be wiped out. , but there is no need to let them be used by us, just send money, which can show that we are fully sure, and at the same time, we don’t have to make it difficult for them, they have no choice but to accept it reluctantly, because if they don’t accept it, who can accept it? Thinking about it, if the Ming army will kill them in the future, they will not be taught to die without a place to bury them."

"In addition, we released the news that Ming Dynasty is about to recruit millions of troops and will soon enter Siam. We also bought some monks and began to express our dissatisfaction with the King of Siam. Of course, these monks who took advantage of us are just pawns. That’s all, after they expressed their dissatisfaction, they were immediately set on fire, so that all the Siamese would point their fingers at the King of Siam.”

"At this point, the King of Siam is actually doomed. We secretly started to fan the flames and bribed the tribes in Siam to cause rebellion, which made their army and horses exhausted. In addition, we set fires everywhere, causing things to become irreversible. Those important ministers and confidantes of the King of Siam are precisely the ones who fear the most at this time. They know that they are the confidantes of the King of Siam. When things have reached this point, once the Ming army kills them, their whole family may be wiped out. Having won so much money from us, if the King of Siam knows about this in the future, he may not be able to let them go."

"At this moment, if the King of Siam is still alive for a day, it will be enough for the soldiers, farmers, businessmen, and even many cronies and confidants of the King of Siam to be unwilling to eat."

Finally, he said: "Brother Huang, look, isn't his head coming soon?"

After Zhu Di heard this, he felt like he was dripping with cold sweat.

With this whole set of tactics, he felt that even if Master Yao was still alive, he probably could only use this poisonous trick.

The most frightening thing is that this kind of thing can be said to be impossible to prevent, but the harm it can cause is extremely great.

Zhu Di said: "You say it's so easy, but...the affairs of the world are easy to say, but very difficult to do."

Zhu calmly said: "Brother Emperor, whether things are difficult or easy depends on the situation. If a careful plan is drawn up from the beginning, and a group of talented people implement it, then it will be much easier. Most of the people here graduated from government schools. They are proficient in intelligence gathering, some are proficient in languages ​​​​and psychology from all over the world, and some are good at economics and business studies. As for sabotage, how to hide, etc., government schools are all There are different disciplines to learn. The Special Thousand Households Institute recruits top students in various disciplines, and let them practice on weekdays. Now these things are just a piece of cake for them.”

Zhu Di couldn't laugh or cry, but at this moment, he couldn't help but glance at Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi immediately said: "Your Majesty, I just let them learn knowledge, and didn't teach them to do bad things..."

"I don't blame you." Zhu Di said, "Why are you panicking?"

He said, "So, this is your plan?"

He looked at Yiwang Zhu.

Zhu said very calmly: "It's my brother's plan. But the plan is not thorough, so in order to be safe, my brother will often arrange several arrangements for a situation. If one method fails, I will use another one. Anyway The minister is in the dark, but the King of Siam is in the light..."

Zhu Di couldn't help saying with emotion: "I wanted to conquer by myself, and I even thought that if I couldn't conquer by myself, I would order the kings to send troops. How could I have thought that I would let you, a brat, do it without bloodshed. Your method can be called It's a military campaign, it's really extraordinary."

It is rare for Zhu Di to praise Zhu.

Zhu said calmly, "I'm already very good, and the emperor's sister-in-law has always said so."

Zhu Di glared at Zhu, and wanted to scold him, but found that there really seemed to be no excuses worth scolding.

At that moment, he said with a stern face: "In this way, the head of the King of Siam has been delivered, what should we do next?"

Zhu Biandao: "This Siamese country has no leader, but... Although they want to negotiate peace with Da Ming, but the younger brother guesses, I'm afraid they may not be willing to be ruled by my Da Ming. Next... If there are no accidents, then it is inevitable. There will be chaos in Siam, and even armies and horses from various places will attack each other in order to seize the throne. Therefore, I think that this is not the best time for Ming to enter Siam."

"Oh?"

"If Da Ming directly enters Siam, then their conflicts will inevitably point to Da Ming. The only way is to let them kill each other and attack each other first, and wait until countless heads fall to the ground and blood flows into rivers. When people's minds are calm, Let the kings send an army to slay the people and punish crimes, and it will be like a broken bamboo, and everyone will follow, and everyone in Siam will clap their hands and applaud, and it will be a matter of course for me to restrain Siam again."

Zhu Di frowned.

Hu Guang couldn't accept it, and said: "This is inappropriate, His Royal Highness Yi Wang, such an approach is too domineering. I, Da Ming, have favored the world... How can it be... let alone the King of Siam... Of course he deserves to die, but Da Ming uses such methods The method is already inhumane, the top priority right now..."

"You can't say that." Zhang Anshi quickly stood up to smooth things over: "Hey... Hu Gong, you know that the King of Siam conquered the Khmer, and he was also domineering? It can be seen that everyone is right and wrong, and everyone is a low-level person. , who still looks down on whom?"

Hu Guangdao: "Ah... this..."

Hu Guang obviously ran out of words for a while.

Zhang Anshi continued: "What we are discussing now is how to solve the problem. As King Yi said, if we enter Siam now, the people's anger will inevitably be spread on my head. This is how people are. At this time, the group of dragons in Siam has no leader. Many people are ambitious and change their minds. The only way is to sit on the sidelines and wait for them to finish the fight before cleaning up the mess. At that time, I, Da Ming, will be a teacher of benevolence and righteousness. praise."

"This is the case in people's hearts. When people enjoy the peaceful days, they will not feel how precious the peaceful days are. But once there is chaos, everyone is in danger, and they will feel that there is nothing more precious than peace in the world. If you give peace to a group of people who don’t care about peace now, they will just dismiss it, and only when they have learned a lesson, will they regard me, Daming, as the master of the king.”

Hu Guang shook his head. He glanced at Yang Rong, hoping that Yang Rong would stand up and say something.

Yang Rong didn't make a sound.

Zhu Di pondered, but suddenly turned cold, looked at Yi Wang and said, "Is this really your idea?"

Yi Wang Zhu said: "Yes... yes..."

Zhu Di opened his eyes wide, stared at him, and said, "You brat, who taught you this, why don't you take it seriously!"

This roar immediately startled Yiwang Zhu greatly.

Zhang Anshi also felt guilty, and quickly tiptoed back two steps.

Yiwang Zhu was still very afraid of Zhu Di deep in his heart. At this moment, he was still calm and calm. He stammered: "Really... I really thought of it. If you don't believe me... I... I'm here In the value room, there is a plan written by myself, the situation in Siam today, and the way to deal with it in the future, which have been written long ago."

Zhu Di was surprised and said, "Really?"

Zhu said very sincerely: "My brother will never dare to lie."

Hearing this, Zhu Di suddenly had red eyes: "Emperor Taizu's youngest son is you, I thought you were too spoiled in the palace and have no skills. Who would have thought that... I can't even imagine his talent. During the strategizing, he won a decisive victory thousands of miles away, and took down the country of a thousand miles without a single soldier. This is only the emperor Gao, the great ancestor, who has such a talent. I am really a little boy I saw you."

Zhu Ben was so frightened that his face was flushed red, but now he was slightly relieved after hearing Zhu Di's words.

Zhu Di said again: "This time, your contribution is indispensable."

Zhu hurriedly said: "My brother..."

Zhu Di waved his hand, and without waiting for Zhu to continue, he continued, "But I can't reward you. How could I not know your talent? If you hadn't entered an official school, or Zhang Qing's family had recommended you, I'm afraid you are now This kid is still looking around. So... even if you want to count your credit, it should be credited to Zhang Qing's family."

Zhu: "..."

Zhang Anshi also breathed a sigh of relief, his whole body seemed to gain strength all of a sudden, he hurried forward two steps and said: "Your Majesty, what kind of credit is this minister?"

But Zhu Di said: "There is no need to be polite with me here. This is a great contribution, far above military merits, and this special thousand-household house is really not trivial, and it should not be underestimated."

He thought for a while, and then said: "From now on, the special thousand-household office cannot be achieved by relying on one thousand-household office. How about this, under Jinyiwei, set up the East Town Fusi, and set up three thousand-household offices under it. The responsibilities of the Special Thousand Household Office. As for Zhang Qing, he was ordered to be the commander of Jinyiwei, and Yi Wang Zhu was the commander of the envoy and presided over the affairs of Dongdong Town Fusi. You see, how are you?"

After all, Zhang Anshi became the commander.

Although before that, Zhu Di sent a person to be the commander, and this person was not a meritorious official, nor was he a capable person, but an ordinary military official.

Moreover, this person is very loyal and has almost no skills.

But Zhang Anshi knew that what His Majesty did was essentially to let such a good old man be the commander, so as not to hinder Zhang Anshi from doing things in Jinyiwei.

And the commander obviously knew what His Majesty was thinking, and knew that His Majesty only asked him to be a clay bodhisattva, so he never interfered with Jin Yiwei's affairs except shutting himself in the duty room every day in a daze.

But now... Even the last bit of fig leaf has been torn off.

Zhang Anshi directly replaced this person, and rightfully took over the power of Jinyiwei.

In addition, the East Town Fusi was established, which greatly expanded the power of Jinyiwei.

The responsibility of the Fusi of the East Town is obviously to target the overseas feudal clans, so that Jinyiwei... is no longer restricted to the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, Zhang Anshi had long thought that such a day would come, so he didn't talk too much, and thanked him kindly.

Zhu was also satisfied with this, and said: "This is the best, and my brother is still worried about the lack of manpower. Now it's all right, with Dongzhen Fusi, the problem of manpower has been solved for the most part."

Yang Rong, Hu Guang, Jin Zhong and others were also silent at this time.

They obviously still don't want to have such an inflated super huge institution.

But... everyone knows that no one can stop the expansion of Jin Yiwei.

The role shown by Jin Yiwei is really too great, such a credit is in front of him, it is useless to say anything.

Zhu Di was used to seeing his younger brother as displeased, so he glared at Yiwang Zhu, and then said: "The duties of the governor of Dongzhen are only allowed outside the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and absolutely not within the two capitals and thirteen provinces." Acting. If there is such a thing, the first thing I want to ask is your matter. Secondly...the school officials and Tiqi who are involved in these things will all be severely punished, understand?"

Seeing Zhu Di's stern look, Zhu said obediently, "Yes."

Zhu Di's face softened slightly, and then he said: "Your sister-in-law...hasn't seen you for many days, go and say hello. Tell her that your meritorious deeds make her happy too."

Zhu Dao: "Yes, my brother will leave now."

He was still afraid of Zhu Di, and wished he could run away immediately. After listening to Zhu Di's words, he felt as if he had been pardoned.

Zhu Di immediately looked at Zhang Anshi: "Zhang Qing... This official school is very good, but it has cultivated a lot of talents."

Zhang Anshi smiled awkwardly and said, "Government schools are actually nothing special, they just collect knowledge from all over the world, and let people make choices based on their own strengths."

But Zhu Di said: "I heard that your right governor's mansion is very lively?"

Zhang Anshi said: "The excitement His Majesty mentioned refers to..."

Zhu Di said: "Didn't you say that you collected a lot of money?"

"This..." Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "I plan to...build a railway, it's convenient..."

Zhu Di interrupted him: "How much money did the Right Governor's Mansion borrow?"

Zhang Anshi hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "This... I'm afraid there are several million taels..."

Zhu Di couldn't help sighing: "I heard that the interest rate is not small."

"I will find a way...to repay it, please rest assured, Your Majesty."

It's not easy for Zhu Di to ask more questions. This kind of wanton borrowing is really jaw-dropping, but now talking about this...

Zhu Di winked at Yang Rong and the others, and Yang Rong and the others resigned tacitly.

When everyone retreated and only Zhang Anshi was left, Zhu Di said: "Borrow a little less money, and borrow a lot in the past dynasties. Who do you see will end well? And... the emperor's grandson, you encourage him to sell it for you." land?"

"I didn't..." Zhang Anshi immediately denied it.

"Still saying no, Zhanji has already set his mind on his young army."

Zhang Anshi: "..."

The so-called young army is actually a will of Zhu Di at the beginning of spring this year.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji was gradually becoming an adult, he worried that Zhu Zhanji would not win the world immediately like his grandpa.

Therefore...he issued a very special imperial decree, ordering the Ministry of War to select young people aged 20 to [-] from all over the country. As the entourage of the emperor's grandson, he is actually his personal guard.

To be honest, Zhang Anshi was not surprised when he learned about this incident, because Zhu Di did indeed do this in history.

But for the ruling and opposition parties inside and outside, it is dumbfounding.

The crown prince didn't even have a personal guard, so the emperor's grandson set up an army of his own, and went to great lengths to make selections. It seemed that in Ming Dynasty, there were only the emperor and the emperor's grandson, and there was no prince.

After Zhang Anshi heard Zhu Di's words, he was actually very happy, because his nephew loves his uncle!
But hurriedly put on a look of surprise and said: "No way, he did such a thing, I... I must criticize him."

(End of this chapter)