Chapter 228: Answers between the king and the minister

It was not only Zhu Yunwen who was confused, but also Xiao Fan.

The two looked at each other foolishly, and the hall was speechless for a while.

After so long, Zhu Yunwen has not only become shameless, but also has a tendency to decline in IQ. Xiao Fan is very worried.

He could not imagine how a shameless fool would lead the civil and military officials in the court. It would be okay if ordinary people were shameless or stupid, but it would be bad if an emperor was stupid and shameless. In history, this type of person was usually called "unspoiled kings".

Seeing his facial features twisted into a ball, his eyes were shining, and he was really cute, but unfortunately he didn't look like a wise ruler no matter how he looked.

"Your Majesty... I just took the aphrodisiac?" Xiao Fan had to break the silence.

There were only two of them in the palace. If this fool had a thrill, the ancients didn't mind splitting peaches and cutting off their sleeves. If Zhu Yunwen lost his mind and took him...what, how could he have the face to face his wife, children, and children in the future?

Zhu Yunwen nodded vigorously, and glanced at the corner of his mouth, as if he was about to cry.

“How does it taste?”

"It's sour and bitter... I don't believe that this thing will not taste in other girls' diet."

"Don't worry about the taste for now. This thing is not made for you by the imperial kitchen. How do you feel now?" Xiao Fan said carefully.

As long as Zhu Yunwen admits that it is a bit hot and wants to take off his clothes, Xiao Fan decides to run away and would rather die than let him ruin it.

Fortunately, Zhu Yunwen gave him a more reassuring answer.

He smacked his lips, looking aftertaste, and said, "There is nothing else to feel except that the taste is not very delicious..."

Xiao Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

That's good, the chrysanthemum is saved.

Zhu Yunwen looked at Xiao Fan and asked in confusion: "Why did I swallow a big mouthful but didn't respond?"

Xiao Fan pondered for a while, then frowned and nodded, "I think...I understand the reason."

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly leaned forward and asked repeatedly: "What's the reason? What's the reason?"

Xiao Fan slapped his thigh hard and said confidently: "...This medicine is fake!"

Zhu Yunwen was stunned, and then suddenly realized: "It's still Xiao Shidu's cleverness! Yes, this medicine must be fake!"

Then Zhu Yunwen was so angry that he slapped the Dragon Case hard, gritted his teeth and said, "Damn the eunuch slave, how dare you fool me with fake medicine! Come on!"

Two great Han generals guarding outside the hall walked in proudly.

"Catch the eunuch who presented medicine and kill the Meridian Gate!" Zhu Yunwen said furiously.

The Han general held his fists and took the order, leaving with murderous intent.

Xiao Fan looked at Zhu Yunwen with a handsome face and blushed, and suddenly remembered the evaluation of him in history books. It is undeniable that he was a very kind emperor, but he may have been deeply influenced by Zhu Yuanzhang, but he was very mean and polite to the eunuchs in the palace, and he often beat, scolded and killed the eunuchs and rode. He did not treat eunuchs as human beings at all. Therefore, the eunuchs in the palace were very resentful to Zhu Yunwen. When Zhu Di was at the city of Nanjing, he also turned against the eunuchs in the palace and helped Zhu Di open the inner palace gate.

If you get evil causes and evil consequences, your success or failure may be destined long ago.

Xiao Fan opened his mouth, and then closed it again.

In the end, eunuchs were often chaotic, so they would be more strict with those people, so as to avoid disaster in the future. Besides, Zhu Yunwen is now the emperor and is no longer the young emperor who lets him slap in Mount Hua. He has his dignity and cannot be too embarrassed in some things. Killing eunuchs is just a trivial matter. Why bother to come forward to persuade and make him unhappy?

Thinking of this, Xiao Fan was secretly shocked.

Once upon a time, I was so indifferent to a life? When I thought about it, he felt relieved. Since I came to this era of strict class hierarchy, I should adapt to it, obey the ideas of this era, and imagine that I impose theories such as equality and *** on the people of this era in my previous life. It is ridiculous and stupid.

However, the eunuchs and eunuchs in the palace were very resentful to Zhu Yunwen, so Xiao Fan really felt that he should pay attention to this matter so as not to cause disaster in the future.

"If you kill a stick, just kill it..." Xiao Fan comforted softly: "To be honest, fortunately, he gave you fake medicine. If this is true, there are only two of us in the palace now. If you react, wouldn't you give me...what? This is the palace and your territory. At that time, I called Tiantian and didn't respond. I was a young talent who was ruined by you..."

Zhu Yunwen's face turned blue and he was silent for a while. He suddenly jumped up, covered his chest with horror, and screamed: "I have nothing to do with this!"

"I don't have either!" Xiao Fan quickly expressed his attitude.

Zhu Yunwen was shocked and calmed down.

Looking at the aphrodisiac placed on the dragon table, Zhu Yunwen frowned and pushed it onto the scarlet carpet with his hands.

"Shi Duan Xiao, I have carefully read the news you sent to Peking. Haha, you're doing it beautifully! Come and tell me carefully how you did it..." Zhu Yunwen asked with interest.

Xiao Fan said shyly: "Actually, I was forced to do that and I had to sacrifice myself. In fact, I was also quite scared. At that time, I was in the pit of tigers and wolves, and only three thousand men under my command. If King Yan really decided to turn against the court, I would probably have no life. The reason why I dared to do so many things that made the King of Yan angry in Peking was nothing more than that he did not dare to turn against the court at the moment. After all, behind me was the emperor and the court. King Yan was afraid of the mouse, so I had the opportunity to take advantage of it..."

As he said that, Xiao Fan sent someone to assassinate the King of Yan. When he first arrived in Peking, he told him carefully about the King of Yan pretending to be crazy.

Zhu Yunwen's expression gradually became solemn: "Such vicious and scheming, the Four Emperors' rebelliousness is simply obvious!"

Xiao Fan said seriously: "Everyone in the world knows that he has a rebellious intention, and the civil and military ministers in the court also know that, so it is necessary to cut off the vassals! The King of Yan has more than 100,000 brave Yan troops, and is lying in the Youyan Pass. He is eyeing our court. Even if His Majesty does not cut him, he will definitely rebel. This time I went to Peiping and learned a lot of information that we didn't know..."

"What information?"

Xiao Fan looked at Zhu Yunwen and said word by word: "The King of Yan has now begun to hoard food and grass, and without asking for the imperial court, he has recruited more than 40,000 new troops and handed them over to the King of Yan's confidant Zhu Neng to train himself. It will soon be a military force..."

Zhu Yunwen was shocked when he heard this, "He...he is ready to rebel!"

"Not only these, the King of Yan also contacted the kings everywhere, spreading rumors among the kings that the emperor wanted to reduce the vassals and wanted to punish them, in order to intimidate the kings. Now King Jin is powerless to take care of it, while King Gu and King Ning are intent but not brave, and are still watching. The King of Zhou, who guards Kaifeng Prefecture, was originally the brother of a compatriot of the King of Yan, naturally stood on his side. However, Kaifeng Prefecture is still far from the border of our Ming Dynasty. The King of Zhou is very weak. The court has only a few thousand soldiers and horses given to him. However, if the King of Yan continues like this, if all the kings in the world are united, then your Majesty's uncles will oppose you. The world's anti-flagships are everywhere. Even if the court has many troops, it will not be able to wipe out one by one. Your Majesty's crisis is imminent!"

Zhu Yunwen's face gradually turned ashen, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably, his expression was shocked and angry, and he also had a little unconcealed panic.

"Shidun Xiao, what should I do? What should I do? King Yan... is preparing for rebellion step by step. I... the king of the emperor and grandfather passed it to me, I..." Zhu Yunwen said in a panic with a crying voice in his tone.

Xiao Fan looked at him coldly, and Zhu Yunwen in front of him returned to his original indifference, so frightened and helpless, like a child who was lost and could not find his home.

Xiao Fan sighed. Zhu Yunwen was still too young after all, and his shoulders could not bear the burden of the entire country. He grew up in a greenhouse in his life, had never experienced the ups and downs, did not know the hardships of the world, and the ugly hearts of people. He... was actually just a simple child.

"Your Majesty! Be calm!" In the Wenhua Hall, Xiao Fan's tongue was thundering, like a Buddha's lion roaring, shouting loudly.

The voice echoed in the hall. Zhu Yunwen was called back by his loud shout, and looked up at him in confusion.

"Your Majesty, you are the emperor! You are the supreme emperor above millions of people! The land, people, and fiefs of your uncles all belong to you! Now your uncle wants to steal your position. This is a great act of attacking the king with his ministers and a great rebellion. You are the orthodox emperor set by the late emperor. You are the emperor for granted by emotion, reason and law. You are the emperor for granted for granted. What are you afraid of? The court has a million troops, looks down on the world, and looks down on the ugly people. We have all the advantages and opportunities. What are you afraid of? The one you should be afraid of should be your fourth uncle!"

Zhu Yunwen was shocked and finally came out of a completely frightened mood.

He looked at Xiao Fan gratefully and said sincerely: "Xiao Shidu, the emperor's grandfather once said that in the future you will be my loyal minister, and the emperor's grandfather is indeed right. Xiao Shidu, fortunately, I met you in Jiangpu..."

Xiao Fan said with a stern face: "Fortunately, you didn't kill me when I slapped you. This is a kind of good cause and good results. You are so lucky to know me, and you have accumulated virtue for yourself."

Zhu Yunwen laughed and said, "It's rare to hear you praise me, I'm really embarrassed..."

Xiao Fan: “…………”

After a while of silence, Zhu Yunwen said uncertainly: "...Are you praising me just now? Why do I feel that it's not right?"

Xiao Fan: “…………”

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The crisis was imminent, and the two of them had a shadow on their hearts.

"Xiao Shidiao, the King of Yan gradually became more powerful and eventually became a disaster. How should I deal with it?"

Xiao Fan pondered for a while and said slowly: "The vassalization must be cut. This is the primary event of my Jianwen Dynasty, and it must not be shaken. If any minister in the court opposes the vassalization, he must suppress it mercilessly. Your Majesty must make an uncompromising attitude for the civil and military officials of the court. Otherwise, if you are swaying, the ministers below will be even more unable to guess the intentions. Those fence-leading ministers may act to collude with the vassal kings and plant the root of disaster for our court..."

Zhu Yunwen pointed hard and agreed: "Yes, the reduction of the vassal states must be cut! And it will never be shaken! Xiao Shilu, I will give you an order. If any minister opposes the reduction of the vassal states, you will take the imperial guards to the imperial prison and punish them severely!"

"I obey the order!"

"You keep talking."

"Secondly, we must speed up the training of troops and horses, stockpile food and grass, and there are many plains in the north, which is suitable for cavalry combat. Your Majesty should spend the national treasury to purchase good horses and horses, and train cavalry. Although the number of soldiers and horses in the court has an advantage, our southern soldiers have been peaceful and prosperous for a long time, and their combat power is far from good. Compared with the northern army, they must improve their combat power as soon as possible to deal with the future rebellion of the King of Yan."

Zhu Yunwen nodded and said, "This is also very necessary. Fortunately, the emperor's grandfather has been recuperating with the people for thirty years since his founding of the country. There is no major war on the outside world. The treasury is full, and the treasury can afford this expenditure."

Xiao Fan glanced at him and said leisurely: "There are many places to spend money. Whenever war begins, in addition to the bravery of the soldiers and the strategies of the generals, what is more important is the strength of the country. If you don't have money, you can't fight a war, and you can't have enough money. In the end, fighting is actually a lot of money. A big battle can definitely make the national treasury clean. You must be mentally prepared."

Zhu Yunwen laughed indifferently and said, "I don't have anything else, but I have never lacked money. I am a person who lacks everything, but I don't lack money. I'm so poor that I only have money left..."

This time, Xiao Fan was stunned. Zhu Yuanzhang might not dare to say such big words when he was alive, right? Why did he dare to say that? And he looked like a nouveau riche and was particularly unwelcome...

"Your Majesty... Have you won the huge prize recently for a lottery?"

“What is a lottery?”

"I know the treasury is rich, but it's not as rich as you are, right?"

Zhu Yunwen smiled and said mysteriously: "Because I recently discovered a way to make money..."

Xiao Fan was excited and immediately became interested: "Tell me, let's share..."

Zhu Yunwen pointed to his nose and said, "Who am I? I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty! Everything in the world is mine, including silver..."

"I understand, are you going to rob?"

"How rude the robbery, I have a very gentle way..."

"What method?"

"In the eighth year of Hongwu, given the scarcity of silver and copper in the world, the emperor's grandfather built the Baochao Chuo Tujue Department and issued the Daming Baochao to replace silver and copper. It stipulated that the people only allowed to use Baochao to buy and sell barter, and were not allowed to use cash silver..."

"so?"

Zhu Yunwen *** *** his lips, slapped his thighs excitedly, and said, "This is a shortcut to making money! The Ming Dynasty is mine, and the Baochao Tijuan is mine. They will print as much as they want them to print. When I am short of money, I will send an imperial edict to print it for me! I will print as much as I have to spend. Do you think my great Ming emperor will lack money? Haha..."

Xiao Fan was silent, but his face gradually turned green.

Zhu Yunwen laughed proudly. Seeing that Xiao Fan looked bad, he couldn't help but gradually stop laughing and said, "Uh... Did I say something wrong?"
To be continued...