Chapter 134 Ouyang Lun: In fact, I am just afraid of death (please subscribe!!)
"Ouyang Lun."
"Huaixi."
Zhu Yuanzhang and Jiang Yu said it almost at the same time.
Um! ?
Zhu Yuanzhang/Jiang Yu turned his attention to Mao Xiang again.
"Mao Xiang, why didn't you say anything?"
"Ahem." Mao Xiang smiled awkwardly, "Your Majesty, do you think the mastermind behind this is a Japanese pirate? After all, Yong'an Mansion is close to the sea. It is not impossible for those Japanese pirates to collude with bandits."
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, but quickly shook his head, "No, if the Japanese pirates are behind this matter, they can control the bandits. This is understandable, but how do they know my whereabouts? The most important thing is , why did they have to put me to death? And my portrait, I can’t explain it here.”
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Jiang Wei again, "Why do you think it's the Huaixi Party? Who specifically do you suspect?"
Jiang Wei hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I have been following you in the capital and have a better understanding of the whereabouts of the Huaixi Party. They have always complained about Your Majesty's frequent favoritism to Ouyang Lun, and with the strength of the Huaixi Party, they are completely If I can trace you, controlling the bandits won't be a big problem."
"Although I have no evidence now, the Huaixi Party definitely has this motive."
Zhu Yuanzhang murmured: "Hu Weiyong and the others really have the courage?"
"Jiang Yu."
"The minister is here."
"Give Jin Yiwei an order to keep an eye on the Huaixi Party members. If there is any evidence, report it immediately!"
"Yes!"
Jiang Wei bowed and accepted.
"Your Majesty, I don't know why you doubt Ouyang Prince Consort?" Mao Xiang asked softly.
At this point, both Jiang Wei and Mao Xiang were a little confused. After all, Ouyang Lun was Zhu Yuanzhang's son-in-law, and if it hadn't been for Ouyang Lun and the people of Funing County today, I'm afraid Funing County would have been destroyed long ago, and they wouldn't have been able to survive intact. Live in the city.
Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "Don't you guys realize that Ouyang Lun also meets the conditions you just mentioned? And he still meets everything."
hiss--
The two of them gasped, it seemed like this was really the case.
Ouyang Lun must be the trace of Zhu Yuanzhang. As the left political advisor of Beizhili and the prefect of Yong'an Prefecture, Ouyang Lun also has the ability to control these bandits.
But soon Mao Xiang shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the key is that Ouyang Prince Consort doesn't know your true identity at all!"
Jiang Wei asked: "Could it be that Ouyang Lun already knew His Majesty's identity, but he just kept pretending not to know?"
Mao Xiang shook his head again, "Even so, what reason does Ouyang Consort have to attack His Majesty, his father-in-law?"
Jiang Wei said coldly: "Reason? Of course there is. Your Majesty has wanted to kill Ouyang Lun several times. Ouyang Lun has been holding back all this time just to plan for today. Those bandits/commoners are just exercises he arranged!"
Mao Xiang rolled his eyes at Jiang Wei and said, "Jiang Wei, your analysis is too far-fetched. If Ouyang Prince Consort was really that kind of person, he would have had many opportunities before, and there were many ways to call in a group of bandits to die or be injured." Thousands of people, this is called an exercise? This method is too stupid."
"Master Mao! You are Ouyang's consort, and you are trying your best to excuse Ouyang Lun. Could it be that you have been bribed by him?" Jiang Wei was so angry that he blurted out these words.
"Jiang Wei!" Hearing this, Mao Xiang was furious, "Watch your words. I am still the commander of the Jinyi Guards. You slander me in front of His Majesty. What evidence is there? If there is no evidence, I will definitely punish you today." You are falsely accusing Shangguan!"
Jiang Wei's expression changed. What he just said was completely out of anger. He said it without thinking. Feeling that he was wrong, he had no choice but to look at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Your Majesty, minister."
"Shut up!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said a little upset.
"Jiang Yu falsely accused Shangguan, so he went down and executed him for twenty feet!"
"Yes!" Jiang Wei nodded. He said something wrong. This was already the lightest punishment.
Mao Xiang saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had already punished Jiang Yu and stopped pursuing it. "Your Majesty, I have been in Yong'an Mansion for the past two years. I have had a lot of contact with Ouyang's consort. He does have many shortcomings, such as laziness/love of money/disobeying rules." But if it is said that he has evil intentions towards His Majesty, I am willing to guarantee the lives of my whole family, this is absolutely impossible!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "I just had suspicions. If this kid really wants to harm me, he does have many ways. And my survival today depends entirely on Ouyang Lun and the people of Yong'an Mansion."
"It seems that the Huaixi party is the most suspected behind this, followed by Japanese pirates."
"From now on, you Jin Yiwei will do your best to detect this case and get to the bottom of the investigation. No matter who is involved in the end, I will never let it go!"
"Yes!"
Mao Xiang/Jiang Qi both handed over their hands.
"Go and call me Li Shanchang."
Zhu Yuanzhang had just finished speaking.
Wang Zhong walked in and said, "Your Majesty, the Duke of South Korea would like to see you."
"Let him in."
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and then sat on a chair, with Mao Xiang/Jiang Gu as guards.
After a while, Li Shanchang hurried in and saw Zhu Yuanzhang.
puff-
Kneeling directly on the ground.
"Li Shanchang, what are you doing?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, this siege of the city by bandits is full of weirdness. There must be someone behind the scenes. I really don't know anything!"
Li Shanchang said.
"You are quite candid." Zhu Yuanzhang muttered, "I have asked Jin Yiwei to investigate this matter. If your cooperation is needed, just cooperate well."
"I will definitely cooperate!"
Li Shanchang nodded repeatedly. After all, he had been the prime minister for so many years. If he couldn't even see these things, he would have been in vain all these years.
Someone wanted to murder the emperor. This did not frighten Li Shanchang. The real reason that frightened him and came to Zhu Yuanzhang to confess was because he really didn't know! Expressing his attitude in advance is Li Shanchang's way of protecting himself.
As for whether things were as he guessed, he could only find out all this after returning to the capital.
Some people are really becoming more and more courageous!
"Get up!" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Shanchang who was kneeling on the ground and said calmly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Li Shanchang had just stood up here when Wang Zhong walked in again, "Your Majesty, the prefect is here!"
Before the people in the room could react, Ouyang Lun's voice sounded.
"Hahaha!"
"Lao Zhu! Lao Zhu! Are you okay! I'm here to see you!" After the words fell, Ouyang Lun's figure also appeared in the house. Ouyang Lun walked three steps at a time, walked directly to Zhu Yuanzhang, and hugged him directly He said, "Lao Zhu! I was so busy yesterday that I didn't care about you at all. Don't be angry with me!"
"For you, I got up early today!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes directly.
too busy?Haha, yesterday we heard with our own ears that you said that you wanted to go back to accompany your wife. The rest seemed to be done by the Yong'an general judge Zhao Tianming. Of course, you are accompanying our daughter, so we don't care about it with you.
Get up early on purpose?This is even funnier, it’s almost noon!thank you! And also, can you put me down, I'm dizzy! ! !
Zhu Yuanzhang was picked up by Ouyang Lun and felt not only dizzy but also had chest tightness.
"Let us down!"
Ouyang Lun didn't listen at all.
Fortunately, Mao Xiang saw it and quickly stepped forward to hold Ouyang Lun, "Prince-in-law, please stop, my master is out of breath because of your hug!"
"what!"
Ouyang Lun then let go, "Lao Zhu, I really didn't mean it, I was just too excited!"
"I have heard about what happened yesterday. I really didn't expect that you, as outsiders, would be willing to come forward when you encountered danger in Yong'an Mansion!"
"I have decided to grant you, Lao Zhu, the title of 'Honorary Citizen of Yong'an Mansion'!"
"I've even prepared banners and flowers for you today!"
After saying that, Ouyang Lun clapped his hands, and a group of people walked in outside the house. These were women in uniform clothes, and each of them held a banner in their hands.
"Mr. Zhu/Mr. Li, and Mao Da/Jiang, please stand in a row!"
As Ouyang Lun spoke, he pulled the four of them to stand in a row.
Then Ouyang Lun shook hands one by one and presented the banners.
"Thank you for your contribution to Yong'an Mansion. The people of Yong'an will never forget you!"
"Come on, let's take a photo together!"
After handing out the banners, Ouyang Lun walked to the middle of the four people and said, "Look towards the painter, be sure to smile, Eggplant!"
After a while.
The painter finished the painting and said, "Master Prefect, can you take a look at this painting?"
Ouyang Lun picked up the painting and looked at it, nodding repeatedly, "Not bad, not bad, the speed is really fast. From today on, you will be the chief artist of our Yong'an Daily. This painting will be the front page of the first issue of Yong'an Daily!"
It wasn't until Ouyang Lun handed the painting to a few literati, and after these literati/women left, that Zhu Yuanzhang and others came to their senses.
"Ouyang Lun, what are you doing?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked in confusion.
Ouyang Lun smiled and explained: "Lao Zhu, this is called controlling public opinion. Yong'an Mansion is developing faster and faster. In the future, it will inevitably be criticized by others, so I plan to start a Yong'an Daily."
"Controlling public opinion? Isn't it just a rumor!" Li Shanchang's eyes lit up, he was familiar with this! "But what is Yong'an Daily?"
Ouyang Lun gave Li Shanchang a thumbs-up, "Mr. Li is worthy of being a high official. He knows everything!"
"Public opinion is rumors, and Yong'an Daily is a tool to control rumors. It selects some of the more valuable things that happen in Yong'an Mansion every day, records them on a piece of paper, and then sells them to the people. People like to watch the excitement/listen to gossip. Public opinion It’s in our own hands!”
"The prefect expressed his condolences to the heroic businessman Boss Ma and awarded him a banner. When the time comes, the people in the city will know the news, which will serve as an incentive to the people! You will be the first people to appear on Yong'an Daily, which will make history Leave your name!!”
Hearing this, Li Shanchang's eyes widened and he said excitedly: "What a great idea!"
"What a good idea!" Zhu Yuanzhang said scornfully: "Most of the people are illiterate. Who will read your daily newspaper?"
"It's better to let people beat gongs and drums and talk about it."
Ouyang Lun nodded, "Lao Zhu, this is an idea of yours. If you are willing, I will ask someone to get some red flowers for you to wear on your body, then beat gongs and drums and parade through the city. How about that?"
"Then Yong'an Daily will have another piece of news."
"." Zhu Yuanzhang quickly waved his hand, "Forget about parading on the street, you are just doing your Yong'an Daily."
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's refusal, Ouyang Lun felt a little regretful, "Since you don't want to, I can't force you. As for your concern about the illiteracy of the people, this can be easily solved. In the early stage, the newspaper sold literate literati and restaurants/teahouses. "
“Addressing the illiteracy rate is something that will happen later.”
Zhu Yuanzhang was already accustomed to Ouyang Lun's whimsical ideas, so he let Ouyang Lun do it first, and then he would copy his homework.
"Is this why you came to me today?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
Ouyang Lun smiled and said, "This is just a way of doing it. My real purpose is to visit you."
Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes and said simply: "I don't believe it."
"Well" Ouyang Lun was a little embarrassed now, "Lao Zhu, actually I want to ask you what you think of this bandit's attack on the city."
"Ouyang Lun, we should ask you about this!" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Mr. Li and I came to Yong'an Mansion to investigate, but we encountered bandits attacking the city. Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, this matter is quite serious. You are an outrageous person, just watch. In a few days, the ministers from the DPRK will impeach you!"
"If I were you, I would find out the whole story as quickly as possible, otherwise you would be in jail!"
"It's not like I've never sat in the Tianlao before. It's quite comfortable," Ouyang Lun muttered in a low voice.
"Huh!?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were as wide as bells.
Ouyang Lun's head shrank, "Lao Zhu, don't stare at me like this! It's so scary."
what happened?
The look in Lao Zhu's eyes was scary. He was a businessman, and he was a third-grade imperial official, so he shouldn't be afraid! Well, Lao Zhu should be concerned about himself. After all, we have been friends for nearly two years, and we have had many cooperations before. If I die, Lao Zhu will lose millions of taels of silver.
If you think about it this way, you can figure it out.
"Lao Zhu, don't worry, I will definitely not have it. Emperor Zhu still needs me now. We only had a business of a few hundred taels before, but between me and Emperor Zhu, it was tens of millions. Now as long as I don't rebel, , Emperor Zhu will not kill me." Ouyang Lun said quite confidently.
"." Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless for a while, "You are quite confident."
"That's right." Ouyang Lun recalled: "Back then, I was a poor scholar. Even though I became the number one scholar, Emperor Zhu looked down on me. It was already difficult to be an official for Emperor Zhu, but it was even harder to be his son-in-law. I can only run to this remote place."
"Over the years, I have worked hard/strengthened and led the people to make a fortune. I don't want to prove how great I am. I just want to show Emperor Zhu that marrying me Ouyang Lun in Anqing was not a mistake!"
"Ahem, I'm sorry, I got involved in the drama."
"Actually, I'm just afraid of death."
puff--
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was a little moved at first, almost didn't pick up the knife to chop it off.
(End of this chapter)