Chapter 191.

Kizuna had actually known something was wrong for a long time.

At this time His Majesty rebukes.

He kept pushing himself to calm down.

He knew in his heart that any wrong answer at the moment would be a death sentence.

Just …… can he say that this is His Majesty s hint that I must take down the Ning King?

This is a statement that cannot be said even in death; after all, if you don’t say it, you might just lose a head.

If you say so, you will lose your head.

But how to explain it?

He mourned in his heart.

If in the past, there was no Zhang Anshi, even if the King of Ning was wrongly accused, so what?

His Majesty has already suspected him of plotting against him, so this King of Ning will surely die.

But where did it occur to me that Zhang Anshi came right out and reversed the matter.

At the thought of this, Ji Gang couldn’t help but grit his teeth.

Now you can only do whatever you can to save yourself.

Ji Gang said, “I …… am guilty of ten thousand deaths.”

Zhu turned around, “Ten thousand deaths? How many times have you said these words?”

Zhu’s face was expressionless.

In fact, Zhu Di did not blame Ji Gang for forcing the King of Ning.

After all, even though he hadn’t decreed it, he had hinted at it.

There is even credit to be given to Gee for daring to do so.

But the problem lies in the fact that this guy is so stupid that the Commander of the Jinyiwei is being fooled, it’s really a loss of face.

If this person had a little bit of rigor and intelligence like Zhang Anshi, why would he have come to such a pass?

Ji Gang wanted to cry without tears, “I …… know what I should do.”

He suddenly uttered the words.

Instead, it caused Zhu Di’s face to sink slightly, and then he gave him a meaningful look, “Is that so?”

Ji Gang settled down a little, “I …… will definitely give His Highness the King of Ning an explanation!”

Zhu Di had his hands behind his back, seemingly smiling, and then looked at Ning Wang Zhu Quan, “Seventeenth brother, what do you think?”

Zhu Quan only said, “I will wait and see.”

Zhu said, “Very well.”

He said faintly, “Get out.”

Those three words are indescribably distasteful.

Ji Gang kowtowed, at this time but do not feel relaxed, he knows very well, he needs to pay a heavy price, very heavy very heavy.

He was the Emperor’s eagle dog and had made great achievements, and this time when he committed such a thing, there had to be a result.

But obviously, as a meritorious dog, he could not allow His Majesty to be trapped in iniquity, and he could not allow it to be said that His Majesty had slaughtered meritorious officials.

So …… there are some things that he has to come to a conclusion on his own.

So he deadened his face and said, “Your Majesty ……鑷�…… farewell.”

Said the man, lost in thought, and stood up, while walking slowly away.

Out of the corner of his eye, Zhu only scanned Ji Gang’s back.

Soon, he withdrew his gaze, as if he didn’t have Ji Gang on his mind.

His eyes fell on Zhu Quan’s body again, reluctantly smiled: “Seventeenth brother is not easy to come to the capital, should live some more time, our brothers have not caught up for a long time, when the imperial examination ordered you and me to guard the border towns, we went out together to fight in the desert north, at that time …… is how close, nowadays …… instead seem rusty.”

Said, he also said: “Traitors and thieves rebel, away from you and my brother, I am very disturbed by this, I also hope that seventeen disciples do not keep in mind, if seventeen disciples still have what is not satisfied, you but say no harm, I change.”

His attitude was humble.

Zhu Di treats relatives on an attitude, as long as you do not conspire, everything is good to say, after all, I Zhu Di when the Jingdan, but under the banner of revenge for the suffering of the relatives.

Besides, he did apologize to people.

Zhu Quan sighed: “Hey, the family is frightened, now very upset, my brother into the palace, they are afraid that the heart is also anxious, or first let my brother go to the Honglu Temple, settle the family, the other things, and then think long and hard about it.”

Zhu smiled and said, “This is very good.”

Then he looked to Yilungha: “Decree Honglu Temple, if the hospitality is not good, I will not be forgiven.”

Yiluoha hurriedly said, “The slave girl obeys the decree.”

Zhu Quan then took his leave, when he was leaving, he glanced at Zhang Anshi, his face eased and smiled, “This time, if not for Marquis of Annan’s rescue, I’m afraid that this king would already be dead, a great favor is not to be thanked.”

Zhang Anshi nodded towards him, “Your Highness is polite, my humble servant is merely being loyal to his part of the job.”

Zhu Quan nodded his head and then excused himself.

See Zhu Quan a go, Zhu Di will back hand, like a long time of repression, suddenly burst like, a face of anger, mouth cursing: “into his mother, almost a little bit, I will become a dim king. These people …… are really hateful, I will be sure to break them into pieces …… that Chen Ying, it seems that no longer ask what to come, full door decapitation it, and this Chen Ying collusion of merchants, and also put to death.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Yes.”

Zhu Di added: “As for the seventeenth brother …… heck, I really lost my face this time, Jin Yiwei …… incompetent to such a point, to them what is the use?”

Zhang Anshi only smiled and didn’t say anything.

Zhu Di, however, looked at him and said, “What do you think?”

“Your Majesty, I have no opinion.” Zhang Anshi said, “It’s not that the Brocade Guards are useless, it’s just that the way they do things is a bit rough. In the end …… almost all of the Brocade Guards, rather than catching the rebels, are more like trying to figure out the holy will ……”

Zhu subconsciously nodded his head, and he had quite a bit of agreement with this.

Whether there is a crime or not, in fact, the brocade guards do not care, they care about …… His Majesty hopes that there is no ……

Or …… it is better to plant more stolen goods and make the case bigger, the bigger it is, the more it shows his ability and credit.

Zhu Di said: “within the thousand households, money and food to be increased, personnel can also be increased, you need how many people, reported to me, deputy thousand households, 100 households, the total flag, small flag military officers, do not need to report me, you directly come to the proposed recognition, after the fact, reported to me can be.”

After saying that, Zhu Di thought for a moment, and then said: “The person behind the curtain, what is the origin in the end? These people, it is really difficult to guess! I initially thought it was a vermin, and then realized it was a big thief, and then later found that it was more and more uncomplicated. These people one day not cut off, really one day are difficult to sleep and eat.”

Zhang Anshi said, “I am still investigating, and there are still some key areas that need to be sorted out. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, give me some more time, and I, along with the Inner Chitose, will definitely try to find out by all means.”

Zhu Di said, “If we can find out thoroughly, it will be a great merit.”

Saying this, Zhu Di took his seat and added: “I do have places where I can’t do right by King Ning, and this time, I’m only afraid that his heart will be even more resentful towards me.”

“What does His Majesty mean?”

“What do you mean by that?” Zhu Di glared at Zhang Anshi angrily.

Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty’s meaning is my meaning.”

Zhu Di laughed coldly, “You don’t know what I mean, how do you know what I mean is what you mean?”

Zhang Anshi: “……”

Zhu Di said, “You don’t think that I will make a mistake and simply take this opportunity to eradicate King Ning, do you?”

Zhang Anshi: “……”

Zhu Di shook his head and said, “Can’t do this, I am the son of heaven, although sometimes, no need to do something against their conscience. But this kind of thing, but can never do, if not, I and Jianwen’s cut the feudal what difference?”

Saying that, Zhu Di coldly smiled, “Ning Wang has no anti-heart, has made me very pleased, after all, still in the beginning in together swept across the desert brother ah. Of course I do also scorn him, in other words, he can be scorned by me, is also his good fortune.”

Zhang Anshi saw Zhu Di rambling on about this and that, so he knew that Zhu Di’s mood was very tangled.

So Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “Dare I ask what is Your Majesty’s next plan?”

Zhu sighed and said, “Naturally, he should be allowed to return to Nanchang Province.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty is not afraid to let the tiger return to the mountain? Even if the King of Ning does not rebel, sooner or later …… in the future his children and grandchildren, may not be willing to swallow this breath ……”

Zhu Di’s eyes twinkled as he raised his eyes and said, “You have an idea?”

Zhang Anshi then said, “With so many vassals in the world, your majesty, Emperor Taizu Gao was kind and generous, and too good to his own kinsmen; he could not afford to let his own children and grandchildren suffer, and so he gave the clans overly favorable conditions. I …… have calculated an account.”

Zhu was silent.

Zhang Anshi then said, “Look at Emperor Taizu Gao, gave birth to twenty-six sons, survived, there are nearly twenty people, and they have branched out, the first eldest son inherited the title of Prince, the second son inherited the county king, to the second generation, the third generation, followed by the Royal Edict of various generals of Fengguo and Auxiliary Generals, I thought that, according to this, not more than ten generations, this Ming’s clan children, will be will have nearly one hundred thousand people!”

“During the Han Dynasty, there was a man named King Jing of Zhongshan who lived to be only fifty years old, but he gave birth to more than one hundred and twenty sons. At this rate, there were but tens of millions of civil households in the world, and the number of clansmen to be supported, the various princes, county kings, county lords, and generals, was as great as one hundred thousand. According to the salaries set down by the Great Ancestor’s High Emperor, as well as the bestowal of fields and farms, even if the entire treasury were to be given to them, it would still be far from enough.”

After a pause, Zhang Anshi continued, “With such a large number of people, if someone has a different ambition, the imperial court will still need to spend a lot of manpower and resources to keep an eye on them. But what if there is no great ambition of people, but all day long drunkenness, daily brocade clothes and jade food, marrying wives and concubines, as if the walking dead. Could …… these be what Your Majesty expects?”

“Now many princes are still, when the emperor raised them, they still have a few skills, such as the king of Ning, even the generation of the king Zhu Gui, is also skillful in bow and horse. The reason why they have a different heart, is just empty a skill, nowhere to show just, but once they let them show their skills, the court is inevitably uneasy. It’s just that I still think that the state policy of clansmen can’t last long, and sooner or later it will bring a heavy burden to the court.”

After patiently listening to Zhang Anshi’s such a long speech, Zhu Di nodded his head slyly and said, “Will I not understand? It’s just that I must not lose my clan.”

His attitude is very clear, others can do so, he Zhu Di can not do so.

Zhang Anshi knew Zhu Di, so he wasn’t surprised by his answer, so he said, “Then why doesn’t Your Majesty let them utilize their talents?”

Zhu raised his eyebrows in confusion, “What do you mean by that?”

Zhang Anshi said, ”Does Your Majesty still remember King Han? He is now in Annam, and he only thinks about opening up new territories for our merchant bank every day, and feels that every day is fulfilling! You see, now he not only has the opportunity to utilize his talents. Now he has the opportunity to utilize his talents and earn a steady stream of money for His Majesty. Not only that …… but he can also open up the territory for our Great Ming.”

“He is in a foreign land, and misses His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince very much; once upon a time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was a stumbling-block in the mind of the King of Han, and always felt that without the Crown Prince he would be able to succeed the great lineage. But now, he relies on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, because in that faraway place, he must rely on His Majesty, rely on the Crown Prince, and the merchants’ financial support to him, in order to fulfill his long-cherished wish. This …… is actually similar to the division of feudalism during the Zhou Dynasty ……”

“At the beginning, the Zhou dynasty will be a large number of relatives divided into various parts of the world, now my Ming, is not the same? This Guannai, is the original Guanzhong, today’s extraterritorial world, is the original land of the nine states, assign the vassals, give them the military power, let them become a real lord of the country, the governor of one side, so that …… there is only a benefit to my Daming, there is no harm.”

Zhu frowned, “But this Zhou Dynasty, after all, also died.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Zhou has had the world for eight hundred years, and through all the dynasties, who can match him?”

After a pause, Zhang Anshi added: “What’s more, if all the lords of the world are the descendants of Emperor Taizu Gao, especially in the future, His Majesty’s sons, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, will also be divided one by one, even if there is a change in the world in the future, and there is really a great chaos, then …… eight hundred years later, those who win the world, nine times out of ten , I am afraid that it will still be Emperor Taizu Gao or Your Majesty’s descendants.”

Zhu was moved by this.

In fact, if Zhang Anshi said these words to any Ming emperor, he was only afraid that the other party would think that he was an idiot.

Only Zhu Di, the emperor who pioneered the descent into the Western Ocean, conquered Annam, swept across the Desert North, and pioneered countless things that his predecessors and descendants had failed to do, seemed to have a few interests in this.

Zhu Di hesitantly said, “I can’t force them to go to that barbaric land.”

“This is easy, first set an example. For example, His Highness the King of Ning, return all of His Highness the King of Ning’s guards, let him regain control of the military, and bring people out to town outside of the domain, so that the other vassal kings can see that instead of living here, they should go out and fight for a piece of the world on their own.”

Zhu’s eyes widened and he couldn’t help but stand up, “What do you mean ……”

Zhang Anshi said: “Let everyone see the sweetness, then, your majesty does not need to speak, those feudal lords are afraid that they will also be tempted. There aren’t many wimps among the sons of Emperor Taizu’s high emperors. But if it is delayed ……”

That stops here, but the meaning is clear enough.

Procrastinate and the children and grandchildren of these people may actually be raised as pigs.

Zhu Di thought for a moment, mouth said, “Since it is a model, how to give him sweet?”

Zhang Anshi eloquently said, “Like the Han King, military and civil affairs, are handed over to them, as usual, or the model of the merchant bank. With the feudal lord as the governor of one side, make them open up the territory, and give them a share of the profits of the merchant bank! Not only this, willing to serve their cronies and believers, also allowed them to bring, in the boundaries of Daming, they are the vassal king, out of Daming, they are the same as the King of Korea, the King of Annam.”

Zhu Di said, “And how can I restrain them?”

“Two hands to prepare, one hand is the patriarchal law, of course, the patriarchal law is only kinship bloodline, although useful, but not useful. This second, is the merchant bank, just like the Han King, they are outside the domain, on all sides are mostly natives, can rely on, mostly around the guards and migrated to the family. On the one hand, the matter of marrying off the courtesans of the Eastern Palace can be extended to all the military officials outside the domain. And on the other hand, they against the natives, the biggest advantage is firearms and ordnance, must have to go through the merchant bank to supply, otherwise …… the natives are ten times them, how to win? This last, then, is the fleet of ships ……”

“Flotilla?” Zhu Di gazed at Zhang Anshi.

“The fleet of treasure ships, where they pass in the future, what they bring back are the specialties of all parts of the world, and what they bring over are the necessities of all places, so that they can form a dependence on the fleet of ships, and in this way,…… they have ambitions wherever they may be, but their enemies… …will be from their own clan brothers, into countless local natives, this is called transferring the contradiction, the contradiction transferred, the relationship between brothers, will be close.”

“In the end, it is that if they stay in Daming, His Majesty becomes a stumbling block for them to realize their ambitions. But once they go out to sea, His Majesty becomes their greatest dependence to open up the frontier, and without His Majesty’s support, the tens of thousands of guards and the hundreds of thousands of dependents would be a lone army, and could not be supported at all.”

Zhu Di heard, his eyes brightened a few points in the invisible, nodded: “Ning Wang …… then start from Ning Wang, if you take Han Wang, Han Wang is my son, other people may not be convinced. Just …… afraid that the king of Ning refuses, I can not tear down his royal residence in Nanchang.”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “Don t worry, Your Majesty, I will go to cheat …… the minister to persuade him.”

Zhu Di looked at him cautiously and said, “This matter …… has a great deal to do, don t make mistakes.”

Zhu Di this person, once the heart, will be very bold, that is only allowed to succeed, not allowed to fail.

Zhang Anshi said, “Then I will pay him a visit tomorrow, just to learn more from him.”

“Be more respectful.” Zhu didn’t forget to admonish, “He still has resentment in his stomach right now.”

“Yes.”

Zhang Anshi was in a pleasant mood, if that was the case, then the clan’s problem might be solved.

Of course, the most important thing is that, for Zhang Anshi, once opened this head, then the national policy of the next Western Ocean, only to be afraid of the later generations will no longer dare to oppose, after all, the later emperors, who dared to manage to kill regardless of the burial? Throw their own clansmen thousands of miles away, and then …… tablets board shall not go to the sea.

His own nephew, the future of the foundation, and can grow a few points.

On top of that, there is the merchant bank …… which is afraid to see a boom.

Of course, those feudal lords can be very sneaky, not so easily fooled, after all, who do not want to enjoy the happiness?

So …… have to make some means to do so.

…………

“Master.”

A man in armor hurriedly entered a large tent.

What he was wearing was the Shanwen Armor, an armor that was usually worn by generals in border towns.

This armor outside, covered with a red coat, Daming Shang Zhu red, whether it is the court or the civil servants and military generals, more to Zhu red decoration.

Instead, the man’s head was covered with a flying saucer hat, a common adornment for officers and soldiers in border towns.

The flying saucer hat obscured the man’s face, and he gave a military salute toward a person inside the large tent before saying, “News just came from the rush store ……”

“Hm?” Settling behind the case was a weak scholarly-looking man, who lazily raised his head and gazed at this military official, “Is King Ning dead?”

“Not dead.”

“……”

“It’s strange to say, originally …… thought that the King of Ning would surely die, but who knows ……”

“It seems …… to be that Zhang Anshi again.”

“What makes you think that, master? Maybe it’s that Kizuna ……”

The frail scholar seemed to be impatient because of this, he couldn t help coughing, and finally laughed bitterly, “You don t understand Ji Gang …… Ji Gang only wants to get the credit, he doesn t care who plots against him, he only wants things to be as big as possible, Ji Gang is an extremely intelligent person, but his desires are too heavy, and no desires are just, and as soon as a person is dissatisfaction, then …… will lose the judgment of things. The only person who can recognize this situation is Zhang Anshi.”

“This man is hateful!”

Weak scholar said, “If this goes on, it will be troublesome, they will also track down, under this sky, the most afraid of one thing, that is to track down to the end, anything as long as it is done, there will certainly be traces, hey …… why will there be such a variation, this Zhang Anshi, and how can you guess the ……”

“What next?”

“Endure.”

“But ……”

“Bear with me.” The frail scholar’s mood grew more and more buoyant, and he was clearly chagrined that what he had set up with so much effort had been recognized.

He coughed desperately again, took a silk scarf to cover his mouth, a long time before he said, “The perch, staring death, every move, all to report …….”

“Why don’t you, master, take shelter in the desert.”

This person shook his head, “Things have not been bad to such a point …… Zhang Anshi …… does not have such a skill, if it is really to the point of going to Desert South to hide … . it would also be too bad, prepare the car …… prepare the car ……”

“Where is the master going?”

“To the capital.”

“Ah ……”

“The most dangerous place is the safest.” This person faintly said, “What’s more, in the capital, there are so many people …… of us at this time, they must have already started some people to be anxious, if I am there, they will only calm down, the most important thing now is to stabilize the hearts of the people. Once the hearts of the people are shaken, it is a full plate. Go prepare the car ……”

The military officer hesitated for a moment and finally said, “Yes.”

“Cough cough cough ……”

Another series of coughs came from the tent ……

………………

Ji Gang sat silently in the public room for forty-eight hours.

For those forty-eight hours, he didn’t move a muscle.

Only staring straight into the void, not saying a word.

Occasionally, he gave a bitter smile.

At that moment, the clerk tiptoed in and brought him some food.

Ji Gang barely ate a few bites, and then, pushing the food aside, he suddenly said to the clerk, “Have you ever come across a situation where …… no matter how dedicated you are to using your life, you can ultimately realize that you’re nothing more than a lapdog that can be discarded at any time… …”

The clerk said with fear and trepidation, “Student …… student ……”

Ji Gang stared at him, and the scribe’s body bowed even lower, “The student is also the dog of the governor ……”

Ji Gang closed his eyes, a sigh, and then said, “Hey …… I am not willing, I am ultimately not willing ah, so many years …… how can I put their own heart and soul, down the drain. Clearly …… I have come to today …… know this, I should know enough, if I know enough, must not to today ……”

The scribe said in relief, “The Governor doesn’t have to ……”

Ji Gang shook his head, “Hey …… it is useless to say more.”

With that said, he took out a dagger from his waist and slowly placed it on the candlestick, letting the candle flame burn.

The clerk was shocked in his heart and shivered: “If the student has made any mistakes, I still ask the governor to please …… you.”

Just at this moment, suddenly …… this dagger is tightly held in Ji Gang s left hand. And then, this dagger ruthlessly stabbed down towards his right wrist.

“Ah ……”

The dagger pierced his right wrist.

Blood arrows soared across his face.

He grimaced, his eyes bloodshot and crimson, but still refused to stop. Continuing to hold the dagger, he began to slowly cut at his wrist.

The cuts on his wrists grew larger, perhaps touching the bones of his hands, to the point where he couldn’t cut with his left hand no matter how hard he tried, so his face began to contort, covered in blood and cold sweat.

The clerk exclaimed.

“Dudu, Dudu …… you are ……”

“Whichever hand breaks the rules, cut it off.”

“Dudu …… might as well ask …… someone else to come, Dudu …….”

Kizuna almost fainted.

His left hand continued to exert force, slowly cutting his right wrist, watching …… the flesh and sinew, bone and blood all exposed, he gritted his teeth …… and said morosely, “In this world, who dares to hurt me a hair? Only I Ji Gang can …… can ……”

LOL ……

The blade of the dagger has long since curled ……

But the bones of this hand, which had had cut marks, were broken hard.

Kizuna laughed …… looking at the palm with only skin attached and the bloodied wrist cut ……

“Go get the doctor …… to bandage it, please …… doctor!”

He has weakened.

Blood is flowing everywhere.

A puddle of blood even formed at his feet.

But he held himself up and didn’t faint, but he seemed like a wounded beast, and at this moment, there was nothing but pain under his eyes, and the monstrous hatred that came from the pain.

“No one …… can teach me Kizuna …… to die …….”

…………

Outside of public housing.

Everyone in this Northern Township heard the screams.

So many people were startled, and one by one they hid outside and listened to the howls coming from inside.

This mournful roar, creepy, these brocade guards up and down the people, long in the guards, I do not know how many people have been tortured.

But never heard such a cry of misery.

What’s more, it was issued by Governor Ji.

So …… many people looked at each other, like a man in the back, but there is an indescribable fear.

…………

“Big brother, big brother …… something got out, quick …… quickly go to see ……”

Meanwhile, here in Sukhumvit, the cheerful voice of Qusong was heard.

Probably a month down the line, Chuson’s words were not as many as today’s.

He excitedly slapped his belly, thumping, outside Zhang Anshi s door, wailing, “Big brother …… come out, you do not come out, I want to point the fuse.”

“Don’t, don’t …… come …… here …… come …… here,” Zhang Anshi is not neatly dressed, shuffling his shoes and flying out, and his belt is all Did not have time to tie, so that the breeches are loose, revealing half of the skin, mouth said, “My dear and beloved Qusong virtuous brother ah …… I came.”

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Another fifteen thousand to send, the tiger a day almost fifteen thousand words, do not always scold the card text, because really every day is written to more than twelve o’clock, the tiger is older, every day this number of words, has reached the limit, can only write to the fifteen thousand or so, thank you for understanding.