Ming Dynasty: The Sixth Brother of the Zhu Family Seeks Immortality

To cheat someone is not the only option.

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In the imperial study, Zhu Di stood in front of the dragon throne, running back and forth with a report.

At this moment, Zhu Di felt a column of blood rushing to his head, a typical sign of high blood pressure.

The report written by Ma Li recorded in detail the income and expenses of the salt administration that they had roughly found out.

Zhu Di felt his heart bleeding.

If he had these incomes in the early years, why would he be so embarrassed to send troops?

"I, I really didn't expect that this group of good officials of the Ming Dynasty would be so bold." Zhu Di took out all the memorials that persuaded him not to reform the salt administration.

He read every name carefully.

There are well-known scholars who are famous in the Ming Dynasty and Confucianism, there are seventh-rank county magistrates who govern county offices, and prefects who hold heavy fists.

There are more royal relatives and nobles from all sides.

After Zhu Di roughly calculated the income of the salt administration, he had long expected that there would be a lot of obstacles behind it.

But he didn't expect that there were many more people involved in the salt administration than he imagined.

Even when he reformed the princes' clan system twice, he didn't encounter such huge resistance!

The princes during the Yongle period were not the princes of later generations!

During the Zhu Yuanzhang period, almost all princes had some real power in their hands.

The princes with more real power even controlled tens of thousands of troops.

Many veterans in the army were close friends of these princes.

The threat of the army was the real threat.

However, these pressures were not a big problem for Zhu Di.

Despite these pressures, Zhu Di easily took away the military power.

The Ning Wang, who was in charge of the three guards of Doyan, was directly taken to almost the southernmost part by him.

The other princes with military power basically did not escape his "claws".

As an emperor on horseback, as an emperor who was almost the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di did not think that the salt administration would become a problem that hindered him.

"Come on, go to Jiming Temple and call Yao Guangxiao!"

Chapter 83 Someone died on the road! (1 update)

Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao were in the palace, and no one knew whether they were plotting anything.

But Zhu Zhankan was definitely not thinking of anything good.

Originally, Zhu Zhankan wanted to compete with those officials with real swords and guns, sneak attacks from behind, and insidiously.

But now, he stopped pretending and showed his hand!

He wanted to directly deal with those who hindered the reform of the salt administration!

It was another morning before dawn.

A strange white ball suddenly appeared beside the ear of the fifth brother Zhu Zhanzhang.

"Guji~~~" The whole ball rubbed against Zhu Zhanzhang's face.

"Ah~" Zhu Zhanzhang opened his eyes painfully, just like a modern office worker who was woken up by the alarm clock and struggled.

He lifted the quilt woven with fine silk and struggled to get up from the dark brown soft couch.

Although he came out, Ma Li had arranged everything clearly for food, clothing and daily necessities.

Whatever rosewood furniture, silk quilts, and silk clothes were all there.

Of course, they also brought some with them.

"Hey, what are you doing again~" Zhu Zhanji put his feet on the soft pedal, rubbing his swollen eyelids sleepily.

Although they are young and don't have much nightlife, they need to sleep more.

"Let's go. Let's go see who the Changlu Salt Transport Envoy is today."

This time, their mission was not to conduct an investigation in secret.

Instead, they changed the banner of the imperial envoy and the name of the Jinyiwei, and walked around Yanshan County openly.

When the magistrate of Yanshan County heard the news, he quickly gathered people to prepare to welcome the imperial envoy.

He asked the master beside him: "What is the origin of the imperial envoy?"

The master wiped the cold sweat and said: "I heard that it is a grandson of the emperor, and a very favored grandson of the emperor."

Favored grandson of the emperor? The county magistrate knew it in his heart, and his attitude must be shown.

But the question is, what should they take to entertain the grandson of the emperor?

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If a region wants to develop, it cannot do without the help of people, and in this era, the people are the best "people".

They can live with a little food and endure any oppression.

And when there is no food at all, they will rebel, and such a rebellion will be a shocking rebellion!

"Second uncle, is it really useful for us to wait here?"

Three ragged people with different clothes squatted under a pit.

"Old Third, didn't Mr. Wang say that the imperial envoy of the court will pass by here today? As long as we submit the petition for injustice, we can avoid the injustice of our family." A slightly younger man hurriedly said.

After saying that, he looked at the second uncle and the third brother with a silly smile and complacency.

"Second brother Jin, but I always feel a little uncomfortable in my heart, as if something is going to happen..." The third brother covered his pounding chest and felt a wave of discomfort.

"What could possibly happen? I heard from the third master next door that you have to give gifts when you ask for favors." The second brother Jin patted the package on the chest of the third brother.

"This is the heirloom of our old Jin family. It will definitely impress the emperor's grandson!" The second brother Jin said confidently.

And the third brother's worries deepened.

The second brother Jin made a living by farming since he was a child, and later he inherited his father's position as a salt field cook when he grew up.

He had never learned to read, and had not had much dealings with outsiders.

The third son was different. He had attended a private school for two years when he was young. If his family had not fallen into poverty, he might have had a chance to become a juren.

He did not think that the royal family was just people who plowed the land with golden hoes.

He was about to continue talking and send away the three people waiting for the imperial envoy.

The third son suddenly shouted: "Be careful!!"

Then he grabbed the second brother and the second master with both hands and pulled them back.

Swish-swish-swish-

The three feather arrows stopped accurately in the position where they were hiding.

"What the master said was right. You thieves are just looking for trouble!"

Between life and death, the third son shivered intermittently and looked like he was out of breath after pulling the two back.

He sat tremblingly on the side of the road. The other two were also shocked when they saw the sharp arrows.

"You... who are you? What are you going to do?"

Several people in black clothes and black robes gradually approached the three of them. Although their faces were covered by black cloth.

But the malice was still revealed!

"What? Of course, we're going to kill you, a bunch of thieves who have no sense of judgment!" After saying that, the three of them picked up their machetes and prepared to chop people.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the second uncle and the second brother Jin hurriedly carried the third brother and prepared to run away.

But after running a few steps, the people behind caught up with them.

And they kept a similar distance from them, and shouted a few times from time to time to scare the three of them.

It was obviously playing a cat-and-mouse game.

The second brother Jin was so scared that his liver and gallbladder were broken, and his eyes were dull. The three of them had not been through any exercise.

And they didn't eat very well, so naturally they didn't have the strength to run on the bumpy path.

The black-clothed men behind saw that the three people in front could no longer run, so they came to them one after another.

They enjoyed the feeling of torturing the prey and then hunting.

If their employer hadn't urged them to hurry, they wouldn't have killed a few people so easily.

The black-clothed man was about to pick up a knife to kill people.

The third brother shouted, "Wait! If you want us to die, you should know why. Why are you killing us so recklessly? Aren't you afraid of running into the imperial envoy?"