Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 71 Ah~Praise to Duke Cao Guo

wrong!

Father, why don't you play your cards according to the routine?

Father, shouldn't you ask your eldest brother first?

After I finish asking Brother, I will say my lines.

He is the eldest son!

He was in front of me when he was born, so why is he behind me when he asks questions?

Zhu Gaoxu felt that he had been tricked.

Unfortunately, this thought was only fleeting, and he quickly brought his thoughts back to the present.

Because there was a problem that was related to his life in front of him - his father was staring at him with an evil expression.

"Ah, yes, yes. Regarding this matter, I'm thinking, my father is right!"

Zhu Di still didn't intend to let him go. He sat on the dragon chair, straightened his body slightly, and continued to ask.

"Then the second prince thinks what I said is right?"

This was really confusing, and in Zhu Gaoxu's mind, he remembered the day when he was discussing the issue of corvee.

Mr. Jiang and Li Jinglong grabbed each other's clothes and glared at each other.

So Zhu Gaoxu moved.

Zhu Gaoxu lifted up the sleeves of Prince Mou's clothes, walked quickly down the golden steps, and walked towards Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, who was at the head of the hundred officials.

"Second Prince, what do you want to do?"

"Your Majesty! The second prince wants to commit murder in the palace, Your Majesty!"

"Jinwu Guard! Where is Jinwu Guard?"

It should be understood that if the emperor is not happy at the court meeting, he will at best ask his servants to make trouble.

But who knows if this second prince, who is brave enough to conquer all three armies, will tear you in half with his bare hands?

The civil servants behind him became confused and took a few steps back. The queue instantly dispersed, leaving only Li Jinglong at the front.

In fact, when Li Jinglong saw Zhu Gaoxu coming toward him menacingly, he subconsciously wanted to run away just now.

But when he thought about it again, he felt something was wrong.

Zhu Gaoxu clearly said in prison that he did not want to make any mistakes, so why did he behave in such a serious manner as to be disrespectful to the emperor?

Normally speaking, Zhu Gaoxu would never behave like this.

So eliminating all the wrong options, there is only one explanation!

——This is what Jiang Xinghuo taught Zhu Gaoxu.

Wait, wait, what did Jiang Lang teach me?

Oh yes, dumbfounded!

Li Jinglong looked at Zhu Gaoxu who was coming towards him. He didn't dodge or dodge, and stood at the front of the hundred officials with his chest puffed out.

With his back to the officials, in the eyes of the panicked civil servants.

At this time, Li Jinglong's already tall and handsome figure looked even taller and more handsome.

Li Jinglong activated his skills and was "dumbfounded."

He seemed to have turned into a wooden man at this time, staring blankly at Zhu Gaoxu who walked in front of him, motionless.

Even the link that was supposed to be communicated with the script in a blink of an eye was omitted.

When Zhu Gaoxu saw Li Jinglong like this, he didn't even think about it, but the damn atmosphere was here, could he still stuff it back into his crotch? I have to bite the bullet and do it.

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu began to invite gods and invited Jiang Xinghuo from three days ago.

"Gong Cao Guo!"

"You are the head of hundreds of officials. Do you know that the world has been doing hard labor for two thousand years?"

"When the Qin Dynasty was forced to conquer the corvee, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang angrily said: I borrowed my brother's orders not to behead, but the dead in the garrison were still sixteen or seventy, why not do something big and punish the Qin Dynasty?!"

"In the violent Sui Dynasty, when the corvées were conquered, Chishiro wrote "The Death Song of Wuxiang Liaodong": For example, if Liaodong died, what harm would be caused by beheading? It would be better to be a bandit in the mountains than to be a Lang of Liaodong!"

"The pain of corvee is ten times that of taxes!!"

Speaking of excitement, Zhu Gaoxu raised his arms and pointed at the civil servants cowering behind Li Jinglong.

"If you don't believe it, why not go to the towns and cities all over the world and ask them one by one, which male head of that household is willing to leave his wife and children to do corvee service if there is a possibility that he will not go?"

Seeing that a civil servant was about to speak, Zhu Gaoxu directly grabbed the two-handed ceremonial knife used for guard of honor from the hands of his third brother Zhu Gaosui, who was wearing Mingguang armor next to him.

Tang Yidao is one of the four types of military swords. It is decorated with gold and silver and is held by Yu Yi. It is also called "Qianniu Dao" because it is commonly used by Qianniu Guards. It is the predecessor of Miao Dao and Qijia Dao.

If Jiang Xinghuo were here, he would definitely blurt out: "Isn't this Jiaqian Layman's knife?"

Zhu Gaoxu picked up the long knife, which was as tall as a person, with one hand and looked around.

The civil servants shrank like quails and fell silent.

"You officials, do you just want to make the people miserable? Huh?"

"It's obviously an economic and public account. The court has more taxes and the people have fewer corvees. Just because you think you gentry don't have to do corvees, so the people will humiliate you if they don't do corvees?"

"I bother!"

"I tell you, there is still one sentence in the world."

"Both your body and name will be destroyed, but the flow of rivers will not be destroyed forever!"

"The abolition of corvee is the inevitable result of the great historical trend!"

"Your Majesty's benevolent government is the achievement of benefiting all people!"

"Objecting to the incest of slave labor is contrary to the general trend of history and will be nailed to the pillar of historical shame!"

"If you oppose the labor service, you are going against all the people in the world, and you will be scolded to death!"

"enough!"

Zhu Di finally took the case.

I don’t know if I’m going to slap the case to stop it, or I’m going to slap the case and say it’s amazing.

"I roar in front of you, who gave you the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard? Jinwu Guards, pull out the Meridian Gate Staff! Beat him to death!"

"I will obey my father's will!"

The third prince Zhu Gaosui winked, and led several Jinwu guards to escort Zhu Gaoxu out directly.

After Zhu Gaoxu was pulled away, the civil servants, who were shocked and broke out in cold sweat, had time to look at the tall figure of Yuan Ting Yuezhi with admiration and adoration in their eyes.

It was he who used practical actions to portray what the Qin and Han Dynasties were like.

It was he who showed His Majesty with practical actions what it means to not be afraid of power.

It was he who protected everyone's lives with his unyielding figure in the face of the tyrannical second prince.

Facing the long sword and threats, Cao Guogong never retreated!

Ah~ Praise Cao Guogong!

"Mr. Cao Guo, you have done a good job and you don't owe me a heart-warming meal."

Zhu Di suddenly said something incomprehensible, and then signaled the censor in the palace to lead the officials to organize their formation.

Li Jinglong finally came out of his "dumbfounded" state. When he turned around, he was greeted by the admiring looks of countless officials.

So, Jiang Lang, was this already part of your plan?

He not only made no mistakes to hurt Zhu Di's face, but also protected all the officials and did what they should do. Without making meritorious service or expressing his position, he pushed forward the work of the slaves.

"Hiss~" Li Jinglong thought to himself, "As expected of you, Jiang Lang!"

The performance of the second prince was over. Zhu Di slightly signaled to Zhu Gaochi. Zhu Gaochi, who had been prepared for a long time, took out the prepared policy details from his sleeve.

"The introduction of labor service into acres will be piloted by the Susong and Jiahu prefectures."

"There are no distinctions between the nature of the land and, except for military land where military service is used instead of corvee, all land belonging to the royal family, vassal kings, nobles, officials, etc., is strictly enforced by dividing the land into the land."

"Each Chief Envoy will have a supervisory censor to lead the inspection team. In principle, the place of origin of the members of the inspection team and the Chief Envoy being inspected should be more than three thousand miles away."

"Nanjing Jinyiwei and Jinyiwei from all over the country will follow His Majesty's decree and conduct random inspections on the implementation of the work."

"Following the "Ancestor Instructions of the Emperor Ming", the land will be cleared again this year. Officials at all levels should actively cooperate and not shirk and delay. Those who hide their fields, throw away their fields, or leave their fields to others must inform the government accordingly. The offenders are the Yi tribe!"

When Zhu Gaoxu lay on the bench, looking sideways at the dejected officials filing out.

The Jin Wuwei behind him was raising the board high, and it fell gently with the sound of howling wind, making a huge "pop" sound.

Duke Qiu Fu of Qi State, Duke Zhu Neng of Cheng State, and Marquis Wang Ning of Yongchun were all talking excitedly around Zhu Gaoxu.

But Li Jinglong, Duke of Cao, did not avoid suspicion this time. He held the hem of his official robe and walked elegantly in front of Zhu Gaoxu.

Li Jinglong asked in disbelief: "Did Jiang Lang teach you these?"

Zhu Gaoxu's performance today was perfect.

And such a perfect Zhu Gaoxu is obviously beyond his ability.

And since Jiang Xinghuo taught him this trick of "being dumbfounded" so that he could get through the difficulties without committing any merit or making any mistakes, then Zhu Gaoxu's performance was probably also the result of Jiang Xinghuo's guidance.

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned when he heard this. Isn't this nonsense?

You were there when we were talking about how the stall servants should be brought into the family. If it wasn't Mr. Jiang who taught me, it was probably you who taught me.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu was still jealous of Li Jinglong for being the first to inform Zhu Di, but he didn't want to talk to Li Jinglong.

Zhu Gaoxu tilted his head on the bench and grinned, speaking confidently to Li Jinglong with a smile that was three parts contempt, three parts disdain, three parts ridicule, and one part sympathy.

"Ah, yes, yes."