I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 279 The world is in chaos
The court was shaken and the rivers and lakes were in chaos.

The world is hell.

In the winter of the second year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty was finally disturbed by the idiot emperor's coquettish operations. Like a beast in muddy water, it swept the world from the land of Liaodong.

The general of western Liaoning returned to Jiannu and became the most powerful general under the command of Emperor Mangurtai. He stationed troops on the front lines of Hetuala, Guangning, and Yongping, and prepared troops and horses, pointing to Shanhaiguan.

Mao Wenlong mobilized troops and quickly built seven lines of defense. Three generals, Geng Jingzhong, Shang Kexi, and Kong Youde, collected food, soldiers, and war horses in Korea. Transported to the front line, it looks like a fight to the death.

In the areas of Shaanxi and Henan, Zhang Xianzhong, the "Son of the Great West", conquered cities and plundered land, occupying 35 cities in one month, and the scenery was infinite for a while.

Along the coast of Fujian and parts of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Hakka Baba, aliased as "White Widow", also showed his sharp fangs and committed crimes. While harassing the coastline of Ming Dynasty, he also made the whole of Fujian declare rebellion.

The most astonishing thing is that Zheng Zhilong, the king of Zhenhai, and Li Zicheng, the owner of Taiwan Pengbao Island, played the banner of "the side of the Qing Dynasty, and the party of the eunuchs", brazenly sent troops to Wusongkou, and relied on their invincible iron-clad warships to go up the river. , approaching Jinling...

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Swords and soldiers are everywhere, and the smoke of war is everywhere.

Up and down the river, the bandits made trouble, and the people were displaced;

In the south of the Yangtze River, the wind is rumbling, and the grass and trees are full of soldiers.

And the instigator of all this, the idiot emperor Zhu Youjian, like a normal person, spends his days drinking and drinking, doing nothing, indulging in wine, sex and wealth, making the civil and military ministers of the court beat their feet and chest.

Outside the imperial city, it is common to see Qingliu, a civil servant, leading a large group of scholars, unable to kneel for long, planning to admonish him with death.

The idiot emperor also met with him a few times, but after some soothing words, there was no effect, so he simply passed the decree, asking Jin Yiwei and Shuntian Fu Yin to jointly enforce the law, and invite all the scholars who remonstrated with death to Jingshan Royal Garden, good wine and good meat Greeting.

Liao pay?

Pay?

Preparing troops to rush to the Shanhaiguan Pass?
Do not make jokes.

The world is in chaos, I am a foolish emperor, guarding a clinking poor treasury, and can't get a grain of food out, how can I fight wars and suppress rebellion?

So, under Wei Zhongxian's "slander", the idiot emperor simply played a big game——

Reward a large number of local governors as princes and marquises, and let them act on their own, recruit soldiers and buy horses, and put down the rebellion by themselves...

This time, the world became even more chaotic.

The governors' yamen in various places have transformed into princes and generals, which is tantamount to directly separating the millions of miles of the Ming Dynasty and entrusting them to the governors and governors.

When the news came out, the world was in an uproar.

The idiot emperor has acted recklessly, this is God's plan to destroy my country...

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Of course, there are also those who rejoice over it.

For example, governors from all over the country and wealthy families quickly united, the rich donated money, some gave people, and those with mine resources donated a large amount of gold and iron.

In a month or two, the seventeenth or eighth vassal kings will appear in the next day.

More than [-] firearms factories.

The total number of soldiers from all over the country is more than 350 million, and this does not include the servants secretly supported by some wealthy aristocratic families, the forces of the world, etc., which shocked Wei Zhongxian, Qian Qianyi, Zhang Ruitu and other court leaders.

"Your Majesty, this is playing with fire, burn yourself..."

In the Forbidden City, Wei Zhongxian was so worried that he wanted to go to the 'Royal Garden' several times to cry and admonish him, but he had no choice but to think of the idiot's tricks, so he had no choice but to firmly suppress this idea in his heart.

However, anxiety is inevitable.

For those who have this thought, there are many people in the court. Regarding this, the idiot emperor actually knows it well, but he is also waiting for an opportunity.

A pretext, or an excuse...

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"Eastern Liaodong is in chaos, Jiangnan is in chaos, Guanzhong is in chaos, and even the local emperors in the southwest area are about to move. This is really good news one after another."

In a royal garden.

by the pool.

The idiot emperor held a fishing rod in his hand, and regardless of whether he could catch a small fish, he threw the fishing line into the water, half-closed his eyes, and looked like a prodigal who had nothing to do with himself.

Waiting on the side was a girl from the royal family of Jinling, who had become one of the idiot emperor's favorite concubines at the moment. While her eyebrows were pleasing to the eye, her plump figure exuded a vaguely scholarly and noble air, which made Zhu Youjian Very satisfied.

It's good to be king.

Which one do you like...

"Your Majesty, please have a sip of wine to warm yourself up." The concubine from Jinling Wang's family brought a glass of wine and said softly.

Fishing in the winter, the idiot emperor has a strong body, and he doesn't seem to be cold at all.

However, the seventeen or eight accompanying eunuchs and maids suffered a great crime. Not only did they have to serve the emperor back and forth, but they also had to use long bamboo poles to smash the two or three inches of ice on the surface of the pond to pieces. It is convenient for the idiot emperor to 'fish'.

In fact, with Zhu Youjian's thinking, there is no need to mobilize the crowd so much. What he is fishing at the moment is not fish, but loneliness.

As for pretending to be fishing by the small pond, it's just that he is extremely bored with the rich life right now.

Even bored.

The world is in chaos.

He is an emperor, but he can only watch helplessly, helpless...

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"The whole world is in chaos, my concubine, what do you think the common people eat in this cold weather? What do they drink? How do they keep warm?" Zhu Youjian took a sip of wine and sighed, with a noble and elegant face, rare At first sight, there was a gloomy look.

Prodigal value is very important, but the lives of ordinary people are more important.

"Your Majesty, the ministers and concubines thank the emperor for his great kindness." The concubine surnamed Wang gave a generous gift and said softly: "I heard the news from Jinling that the livelihood of the people in the south of the Yangtze River is difficult, but there is still a mouthful for the time being." eat.

However, Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, and Anhui, which had already been hit by catastrophe, were a bit...difficult. "

Zhu Youjian was stunned for a while, looking down at the shivering concubine surnamed Wang, and asked gently, "What's your name?"

The concubine surnamed Wang looked sad for a moment, then regained her composure, and replied softly: "The concubine came from the royal family of Jinling, and her baby name was Mei'er, and her name was Shuyun."

"Wang Shuyun... Meier..."

The idiot emperor's eyes flickered, he looked up and down the concubine who had been sleeping for three days and three nights, feeling a little guilty.

At the beginning, the reason why ten thousand concubines were drafted into the palace at one time was to win people's hearts and give an attitude to the world's nobles and scholars, and on the other hand, it was a temptation and revenge.

The Ming Dynasty has come to the current situation, the imperial power is just a cover, it is just a dragon chair placed in the palace, and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty do not talk about renunciation, but in fact, the rich and powerful families of the whole world have already taken the old Zhu's idiot The dandies saw it through, and at the same time they shouted long live, they probably felt a little more fear in their hearts, so they didn't have much respect.

In the "Hongwan case", Qingliu, a civil official, conspired with the eunuchs to kill an emperor.

The "Yulu Pill case" is to end the bloodline of the royal family...

So, he simply married [-] new wives out of revenge, but as he kept sowing and cultivating, all he got was endless boredom and boredom.

The royal blood must continue, but there is no rush for a year or so.

"My beloved concubine is sympathetic to the world, and my heart is very comforting," Zhu Youjian pondered for a long time, then suddenly said: "I will make you Concubine Shu."

Wang Shuyun's body trembled slightly, and she quickly knelt down to thank: "The concubine knelt down to thank His Majesty for your kindness."

Zhu Youjian nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "There are not many people who can tell the truth here, and it's really rare for my concubine to dare to speak for the people of the world.

In a few days, I want to go out for a walk and have a look. If you are not pregnant with the dragon species, you can walk with me. "

Wang Shuyun was overjoyed, and quickly knelt down to thank her again.

"Go and rest, I will go out for a while." The idiot emperor threw down the fishing rod and went straight out.

At the gate of the Royal Garden, he turned his head and let the eunuchs and maids board the boat first, but he walked all the way, walking along a winding lakeshore to the north.

There are several mountains in his heart.

In Mao Yuanyi's words, there was a feeling of dissatisfaction in his heart, like a block, and he was almost out of breath.

'The world is in chaos, why don't Mao Shatou and Cao Gong take action? '

"Forget it, Mr. Cao is responsible for the planning and layout, and Mao shaves his head for marching and fighting. I will continue to lie dormant in this land of the capital, and continue to be a foolish emperor's prodigal son..."

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Thinking and meditating like this, before he knew it, Zhu Youjian came to a building.

He looked up and was stunned.

"Here, is the Daming Royal Bank?" Zhu Youjian smiled wryly, and walked into the renovated bank.

The last time Li Yan sent a letter, saying that he wanted to spend a large sum of gold coins to expand and renovate the Daming Royal Bank, Zhu Youjian didn't care much, and asked Miss Hongliu to reply to a letter casually.

How many days is this?Within a radius of ten thousand zhang, there is a piece of gold and jade splendor.

And all the cement and concrete buildings made Zhu Youjian gasp. Sure enough, money can make ghosts go through the mill, especially in the aspect of building grandeur, which fully demonstrates the side of "no man". .

"Sir, is it a deposit or a loan?"

As soon as he entered the door, two tall, gourd-like young women greeted him, supported Zhu Youjian from left to right, and wafted two completely different scents, which made the idiot emperor frown.

This Li Yan is too outrageous!

Isn't this to induce customers...

"Let Li Yan come to see me," Zhu Youjian ordered calmly, wandering around in the magnificent hall, couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "This Li Yan is really depraved, corrupt, and inhumane." what."

Upon hearing this, a woman stretched out her hand to summon a servant and asked him to report to the shopkeeper Li Yan.

"My lord, please use tea in the private room." The two women tugged and pushed Zhu Youjian into a luxuriously decorated private room, and quickly made him a pot of top-quality tea.

It seems that these young women under Li Yan have good eyesight, and they are much more agile than those boys and guys back then.

"Young Master Zhu, oh, it's really the young master who has arrived!"

As soon as Zhu Youjian took a sip of tea, Li Yan ran over in a gust of wind, and asked for a big gift as soon as they met, but was stopped by the idiot emperor with a smile: "Okay, okay, don't make a big gift every now and then, or talk about the recent How's business going?"

Li Yan hurried forward, reported the business in the recent period, and ordered someone to bring the account books, but was stopped by Zhu Youjian again.

"Li Yan, who has borrowed the most recently?" Zhu Youjian asked directly.

"Yes, Mr. Xu Guangqi, Mr. Song Yingxing..." Li Yan hesitated to speak, with a strange expression on his face, "Those two Mr. have never even met each other, yet they want to lend so many coins..."

What else did Li Yan say.

Zhu Youjian laughed and said: "It's okay, it's okay, everyone in the world may renege on their debts, but those two will never renege on their debts, Li Yan, next time they come to borrow money, give them three times... no, just ten times loan out."

Li Yan took a deep breath, stared blankly at 'Master Zhujiao', and said involuntarily, "Last time, they borrowed 3000 million gold coins."

"Not enough, what can a mere 3000 million gold coins do? Li Yan, you are very competent as a shopkeeper. This young master has decided to reward you well. Tell me, just ask what you want. I will handle it in this world." There are not many things that can’t be seen.”

The words were so loud that Li Yan was even more in awe.

'This young man with red feet, could it be that the current emperor's...someone? '

"My lord, speaking of which, I really need your help." Li Yan took a deep breath and said, "I heard that Zhang Xianzhong rebelled, and he still owes our bank hundreds of thousands of gold coins and 70 gold coins." Ten thousand taels of silver, I want to find someone to collect the debt!"

When Li Yan spoke, he gritted his teeth and his face was very ugly.

It is true that Huanghu Zhang Xianzhong is not a thing. He borrowed so many coins from the Daming Bank, saying that he was going to sell horses in the northern barbarian land. As a result, after so many years, when Li Yan heard about him, he had already become a traitor of the Ming Dynasty. thief.

"Emperor Daxi, bah, shit!"

Li Yan said bitterly: "I have recently contacted some people in the world, including the King of Swords and the leader of the Yellow River Gang, who want to take advantage of the chaos and take the life of that dog thief!"

Zhu Youjian was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Why, do you hate Zhang Xianzhong so much?"

Li Yan said bitterly: "It's not just one thing for him to borrow money, the main reason is that he got my benefits and support before selling horses, and now he has become the number one rebel of Ming Dynasty, how can he be allowed to survive in this world!"

The idiot emperor nodded silently when he heard the words.

After all, this Li Yan is the second generation of officials from the Shangshu family of the Ministry of War. He is quite familiar with some channels in the court. He knows that he borrowed money to let Zhang Xianzhong sell horses, but now he has become the "Emperor of the Great West". Naturally, his heart and soul are broken. Already terrified.

Looking for a way to assassinate Zhang Xianzhong now is nothing more than to show some people in the court that his Li family is not an anti-thief party...

"Forget it, Zhang Xianzhong is just a mere Zhang Xianzhong, I haven't taken it to heart yet, just let my brother beat him out later." The idiot emperor Zhu Youjian smiled indifferently, and suddenly asked: "By the way, the governors from all over the country How is the loan situation? Especially in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jinling, and Fujian, has anyone come to borrow money?"

"Yes, but not much."

Li Yan pondered for a while, and said seriously: "There are many big families in the Jiangnan area, and it is normal to borrow money in the business field on weekdays. However, I recently discovered a rule..."

(End of this chapter)