How did you, a prisoner on death row, become an important weapon of the country? Yecheng Gao Weiming

Zhu Youjian rolled away.

It was very embarrassing.

On the way out of Huangling Town, I was sullen and downcast.

But the young prince was happy in his heart.

There was no real conflict with Feng Lixin, no one died, and no matter was made big.

In fact, his original plan was very simple.

In a secret room, the tiger's body trembled, and Xin Na bowed his head after receiving the gift.

If he doesn't bow his head, Ding Xiu will kill him a hundred times.

But who knew that things would reach this point.

Shame!

It's really embarrassing.

At this moment, Zhu Youxiao not only had to consider reducing the impact of this incident, but also considered the time bomb of Feng Lixin.

If the other party really reports him, will he suddenly start an uprising?

Although most of the members of the Donglin Party are willing to support him, there are also those Jiangnan nobles and many eunuchs in the palace.

Even many generals in the 24 guards in the capital are ready at any time.

But now is not the time.

On the one hand, the announcement has been hasty, and there is no guarantee that the elder brother will notice it, thus blocking the entire capital and falling into a bitter battle.

On the other hand, he did not have the courage of his grandfather Zhu Di to seize the country with one sword and one shot.

Will Yuan Chonghuan, Sun Chengzong, Mao Wenlong, Zu Dashou and others from Liaodong support him?

Should they immediately lead their troops back to King Qin in Beijing, or support themselves in the throne?

Not only them, but also the governors and governors of various places, how do they express their stance?

There is also Wei Zhongxian next to the eldest brother, who is in charge of the two forces of Dongchang and Jinyiwei.

These two forces cannot be underestimated.

The number of Jinyiwei in the Ming Dynasty was originally five thousand. After Wei Zhongxian came to power, it was greatly expanded to the current fourteen thousand households. Each thousand household has 1200 people under its command. Fourteen thousand households is the number of people.

In addition to the more than 3,000 Dongchang fans, the total size is almost more than 30,000.

This is the elite among thirty thousand elites.

And most of them are composed of noble disciples, and a single move can affect the whole body.

If he breaks into trouble in a hurry, he might be killed on the spot before he even breaks into the palace.

Everything made Zhu Youjian extremely irritable.

Because what he hopes most and what he likes most is to kill his eldest brother quietly and inherit the throne.

Especially after the death of his nephew Zhu Cijiong, no one could compete with him for the throne.

But who knows how long the eldest brother can last?

If he can survive for a few more years, he must start a rebellion.

The price of rebelling is likely to be killed.

Zhu Youjian was riding on the horse, so distressed that he almost shed tears.

Someone came over from the side, but it was Lu Xiangsheng, the famous prefect.

"Um...Your Highness..."

Lu Xiangsheng is twenty-six years old this year, which is when he was young and frivolous.

After experiencing the humiliation just now, I was filled with grief and anger but also helpless.

The eldest brother is scared, what can the younger brothers say.

At this moment, he was approaching Zhu Youjian to discuss important matters.

"Huh? Jiandou? Why haven't you left yet?"

Zhu Youjian looked up and frowned when he saw it was Lu Xiangsheng.

"This place is still more than ten miles away from Kyoto. It's too unsightly. Didn't Gu tell you that after completing this matter, you should immediately return to Daming Mansion to continue recruiting troops and wait for news from Gu..."

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Zhu Youjian's impatient eyes and just wanted to greet his mother cordially.

I am a dignified second-class Jinshi, with both civil and military skills. He can lift the 140-pound Qinglong Yanyue Sword when mounted, and he can write beautiful articles about mountains and rivers when dismounted. How can he be as shameful as a mistress?

Unfortunately, in the end he just said: "Your Highness, I don't have... no money."

"No money?"

Zhu Youjian was stunned for a moment, not understanding what the other party meant.

Lu Xiangsheng quickly explained: "I don't have money to recruit troops, Your Highness."

"After you ask me to take office as the prefect of Daming, I will recruit troops in Daming, Guangping and Shunde to carry out major events."

"Can……"

Lu Xiangsheng's immature face showed a hint of embarrassment: "But I sold my property and even sold my ancestral home in the family, so I could barely scrape together 10,000 taels of silver. I recruited less than 1,000 soldiers and horses, and they were all used up."

"You asked me to recruit at least ten thousand elite men, provide them with adequate food and salary, and equip them with the best armor, muskets, swords, and military horses..."

Lu Xiangsheng counted on his fingers.

"More than 10,000 people require at least 100,000 taels of military expenditure. Your Highness, Xiang Sheng really can't do it!"

"you……"

Zhu Youjian was speechless for a moment, but he didn't expect to meet a poor guy.

Why didn't you tell me earlier that your mother had no money?

Who vowed to tell Gu at the beginning that he would support Gu in restoring the glory of the Ming Dynasty even if he sold off his property.

Now you have just spent 10,000 taels of silver and are you starting to cry about poverty?

The look of disgust on the young prince's face became more and more intense, even to the point of being undisguised.

He wanted to touch the one hundred thousand taels of silver note in his arms, but immediately stopped.

Can't give it!

If I give it to you once, you will ask for it a second time, a third time, or even a fourth time, endlessly.

Who knows whether you, Lu Xiangsheng, are using it to recruit troops or for personal squandering.

Zhu Youjian narrowed his eyes and said with a half-smile: "Jiandou, Gu has been very tight recently. As you can see, Gu's Tenth Prince's Mansion was seriously damaged by the explosion, and he is planning to raise money to rebuild it."

"We are going to get married in August and marry a princess. You don't want to be alone without a wife after fifteen years, right?"

"So this money... By the way, why don't you use Daming Mansion's taxes? Haha, Gu can help you try to hide this matter."

Lu Xiangsheng was stunned when he heard this.

What the hell?

Inflict tax on Daming Mansion?

"Your Highness, taxation is the foundation of the country. It needs to be used for military expenses in Liaodong and people's livelihood in various places. How can we use it?"

Zhu Youjian didn't expect to meet such a fool, and became more and more irritated.

"Then you can borrow it from the local gentry and common people. If they don't want to borrow it, give them the name of a bandit and kill them."

"Is it so difficult for the three prefectures of Daming, Guangping and Shunde to cut off hundreds of heads and raise 100,000 taels for military expenses?"

"Your Highness..."

Lu Xiangsheng never expected that the man who was about to become emperor would let him rob the people?

If they don't obey, they will be killed as bandits.

If you do this, what's the difference between you and the coward Zhu Youxiao and the traitor Wei Zhongxian?

No.

It's even more disgusting than the two of them. At least they won't touch the common people.

"Let's do it this way. If we don't get enough, we'll tell you."

Zhu Youjian obviously didn't want to spend more time on this kind of thing, so he had to speed up the fight.

Lu Xiangsheng felt a chill in his heart and didn't know what to say. He finally gritted his teeth and nodded.

"Your Highness does not need to worry about military expenditures from now on."

Only then did Zhu Youjian laugh.

Hey, this is right.

After I ascend the throne, the world will belong to us, but we are still afraid of running out of money.

He was about to say a few words of comfort to the other party, and then tell Lu Xiangsheng to get out of here.