Chapter 167 Zhu Yuanzhang: Monkey boy, let’s kill more than one person to help you catch the wind!
Almost immediately, Zhu Yuanzhang and Princess Jiangdu stood up and looked into the distance.
The moment the arc was seen, the sail of the pilot ship appeared on the sea level.
Upon seeing it, Princess Jiangdu shouted first, "Grandpa Huang is really here, really here."
After this voice fell, all the surrounding officials who were preparing to welcome Chen Han stood on tiptoe and looked toward the sea level.
Although they knew very well that even if they stood on tiptoe, they still could not see the sailboat that had not yet appeared on the sea level.
But such is human habit.
I hope I can see further with the little height I have when I stand on tiptoes.
Not long after, a loud horn sounded from the opposite side.
Then on the watchtower, which was the tower that had the effect of a lighthouse, a soldier also took the horn and blew it hard.
This is to respond to the other party and tell the other party that you are almost entering the port and must slow down.
Sure enough, the fleet in the distance began to lower its masts and collect its sails.
Because it was a tailwind, if it didn't fall, the ship might not be able to stop at such a short distance.
It didn't take long, and under everyone's attention, dozens of warships in the distance slowly appeared in sight.
At the front, the ship was like a hill, and behind it there were many warships lined up, which were more than twice as small as the largest ship, but those ships were still smaller than those that usually go fishing in the sea. I don’t know how much bigger the boat needs to be.
And the black muzzle can clearly be seen above.
Chen Han stood on the deck and saw the prosperous scene of Ningbo Port from a distance.
Although it may be because there are many officials to welcome him, not many ships are allowed to dock.
But on the distant sea, you can still see many various ships waiting overseas.
It is estimated that they have already received the order and they are not allowed to get close now.
Chen Han stood on the deck and looked into the wind at Ningbo Port, holding a telescope in his hand, and the cloak behind him was rustling fiercely.
The black cloak was as black as ink and fluttered like a flag.
This scene reminded Chen Han of Zheng He's high spirits when he sailed to the West.
Through the telescope, he saw that Zhu Yuanzhang and his beloved wife were waiting in the reception pavilion.
At the same time, he saw a row of kneeling people in gray-white prison uniforms behind the reception booth, with a wooden board like a token inserted behind their backs.
These people were kneeling on the ground and trembling, and a red circle was drawn on the top corner of the wooden board, with a large bright red word 'Zhou' in the circle.
Chen Han was stunned after reading it, and suddenly thought of what Mu Ying said when he was leaving, the two of them stood at the mouth of the silver mine - in fact, Zhu Yuanzhang may not be angry, and may not know that it is Those who are motivated by interests may not be able to catch the murderers quickly, but why haven't they done so?
Just to leave some escape route for Chen Han and the others, just to let Chen Han and the others do things with this anger.
In order to allow Chen Han and the others to have greater motivation, greater excitement, and greater determination.
At the same time, it is also to allow Chen Han and others to achieve better results after the successful reform, instead of just His Majesty the Emperor forcibly supporting them, causing their success to lose this sense of honor after hard work.
But now seeing the prisoners kneeling on the ground and their trembling bodies, Chen Han understood what Mu Ying said.
In fact, Mu Ying and the old man knew each other very well.
He had a rough guess about the old man's behavior.
But now I actually saw this scene when I was about to enter the port, probably to give myself a break.
To be honest, a year after Chen Han came to this world, he had to adapt to killing people.
At the beginning, he must have had a modern point of view, thinking that human life is as big as the sky.
But when he got here, sometimes he could only tell himself over and over again.
All your dogmas, all your knowledge, and all your concepts must be combined with the limitations of the times.
You alone cannot change the environment.
This world is one of jungle and dominance, which is completely above the law.
If you really want to change, you can only stubbornly walk on an increasingly narrow road alone.
So for things like killing, he could only force himself to accept it.
He could only tell himself that he should try not to do such a thing, but he could not tell others not to do such a thing.
While these people were obstructing his reforms, they also hired assassins to kill people. If Shen Liqian hadn't blocked it for him, he might have been the one who died.
So what reason do you have to forgive these people at this time? Shen Liqian told his people over and over again that it might be dangerous, but he and others did not take it seriously.
But when Shen Liqian died in front of him, he finally understood the danger.
In order to combat the madness of those who have vested interests, if there is no killing, if there is no blood, and if there are no bones on the road of reform, how can we show that reform is not easy?
Even today's social reforms are just a different way of presenting the bones in other ways.
According to this mileage, Han's mood was relatively stable and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Because he knew that he would see a scene of people rolling in after a while.
Zhu Yuanzhang stood in the reception pavilion and looked at the fleet coming slowly from a distance.
It seemed that Chen Han was also seen standing on the deck of the fleet.
As soon as he reached out and took the telescope over, a eunuch had already delivered a pure copper telescope to Zhu Yuanzhang.
As a very knowledgeable and intelligent emperor, he quickly figured out what the long tube of the telescope was used for - it was actually to adjust the focal length, which could be lengthened or shortened with different distances, so that he could observe clearly to distant objects.
So Zhu Yuanzhang took a look through the telescope and saw Chen Han standing on the deck.
Chen Han was also looking at him with a telescope at this time.
The two people looked at each other and smiled from more than 1000 meters apart.
Then Chen Han put down the telescope, and although he couldn't see the expression on Zhu Yuanzhang's face as far as he could see, his current expectation and joy were still expressed on his face.
The time for two sticks of incense passed quickly.
Chen Han and his fleet finally slowly entered the port terminal.
Then a large number of workers began to remove the anchor rope from the ship and tied it to the huge pillar on the pier.
The ladder on the handsome boat that Chen Han was sitting on was lowered, and Chen Han got down first.
When he came down and walked on the long path of the pier, Princess Jiangdu ran down from the reception pavilion without caring about how many people were watching.
Like a cheerful butterfly, it ran to Chen , I should have been more reserved at this time.
However, after more than half a year of separation and only two letters exchanged, Princess Jiangdu could no longer suppress her inner longing for her husband.
Even under the gaze of so many pairs of eyes, Princess Jiangdu still threw herself into Chen Han's arms.
In those bright eyes, layers of mist emerged one after another.
Soon the tears fell down like broken strings of beads.
The longing that lasted for more than half a year turned into countless tears.
Chen Han also hugged his wife's body tightly, and the two hugged each other for a while on the port as if there was no one else, making everyone present slightly embarrassed and envious.
"I am back!!"
Chen Han just said this softly, and Princess Jiangdu nodded vigorously in his arms. Then she remembered that there were thousands of people on the pier, and immediately ducked behind Chen Han with a blushing face. .
Chen Han laughed loudly, then took her hand and walked to the reception pavilion and towards Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were red at this time. Looking at his grandson-in-law, looking at the courtiers behind Chen Han, and seeing the workers lifting boxes after boxes of things, he knew it must be silver again.
According to Chen Han's wishes, a bank warehouse was set up directly in the Shishi Shipping Division warehouse near Ningbo Port.
This silver warehouse is used to store the silver that Chen Han and others brought from the Japanese slaves.
After the silver is shipped, it will be dispersed directly from Ningbo Port to various places in the south of the Yangtze River and shipped to the capital.
Treasures from all over the south of the Yangtze River were transferred to Si Pingzhun's treasury, and tens of thousands of taels of silver were distributed each time.
Once silver is put into the warehouse, the Pingzhun Treasury Office will immediately post a notice asking people to come and exchange silver.
Based on the current purchasing power and in order to sympathize with the people, Chen Han initially proposed that each exchange of treasure banknotes would require a payment of [-] cents.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, there was really a lot, so when it came time to implement it, according to the rules formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang, when exchanging the Yiguanbao banknotes for silver coins, you only need to pay a mere five cents, which means that the cost of production will not be lost. Lose.
Of course the people were very happy.
Chen Han came to Zhu Yuanzhang's side and immediately saluted, "Chen Han, the head of the Weichen Commercial Department, pays homage to your majesty."
When he was about to bow down, Zhu Yuanzhang had already stepped forward to help him up, "Monkey, you don't need to call me that now. You are not only the head of the Department of Commerce and the Department of Academic Affairs, but also the current first-grade Pingluhou."
After Chen Han heard this title, his heart fluctuated abnormally.
To be honest, he is an ordinary person in modern society. Even if he has the courage to go to teach, he is considered to have noble sentiments in the eyes of many people, but in his eyes, he is just doing a small job. It's just a small decision, it doesn't mean anything.
But when he came to the Ming Dynasty and made some changes, which made the Ming Dynasty's reforms achieve some results, Zhu Yuanzhang did not hesitate to reward him and directly made Pinglu Marquis.
This is a Marquis. This is something that many generals cannot achieve in their lifetime.
But he had already obtained it in just one year.
He felt that he deserved it, but in the eyes of many people, he deserved it.
Chen Han even saw that behind Zhu Yuanzhang and the others, Zhu Yunxi, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Jixi, Zhu Shanbing, and Zhu Youdou were all there.
Although Zhu Yunwen's face was full of dissatisfaction, especially when he saw his royal grandfather coming to greet Chen Han in person, he was very disapproving, but he had no choice, and this was the most difficult thing for him to accept.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang took Chen Han's hand and brought him to the front of the Jieguan Pavilion, where all the civil and military officials were present.
Although not all the ministers came, at least hundreds of people came.
Everyone bowed and saluted, "I see you, Marquis Pinglu!"
Seeing these people paying homage to him so respectfully, Chen Han felt proud and felt a great sense of accomplishment.
And it feels quite elated.
This was earned through hard work in the Ming Dynasty.
It was also obtained by going through many hardships.
Although at first he felt he deserved it.
But now he doesn't feel inferior at all.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the more than 100 people lined up outside the reception pavilion and said: "Baby monkey, when Shen Liqian was assassinated, we did not uphold justice for you. It's not that we are not angry, we are indeed. Difficulties.
but now……"
Before Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, Chen Han had already said: "Your Majesty, I already understand your difficulties. It was because I was not sensible at that time and thought that as long as the trouble got bigger, all the officials would be afraid, but I didn't think of the deeper reason. .
Your Majesty, in order to allow us people to have a way out and avoid causing a stir in the world if the reform is not successful, you have specifically given us a chance, so that even if the reform is unsuccessful, we can still The way back.
With Mu Shuai's guidance, Wei Chen finally understood your difficulties.
It is precisely because I understand your difficulties that I can better understand your good intentions at that time to stop Wei Chen from causing further trouble.
I would like to thank you for protecting us. "
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard these words, he was very pleased.
He was actually worried that Chen Han wouldn't understand this. Although he had already done it, it didn't matter even if he didn't understand it.
But after being understood, what I was thinking suddenly felt more comfortable.
He laughed loudly, and then calmed down, "So now, I will give you an explanation. In fact, we have found out these people before you left.
As you said, I didn't kill them directly just for this moment.
Your current reforms have been successful, including dividing households into acres, exchanging treasure banknotes, boosting business, and revolutionizing the Ming Dynasty. So now I will kill these people for you to avenge you, relieve your hatred, and relieve this knot in your heart.
Let no one in the world be able to speak, and everyone must understand that these people deserve to die. "
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking these words, he raised his hand and dropped it, and then shouted murderously: "Behead!!"
The executioners threw away the signs behind the criminals, then each took a mouthful of wine and sprayed it on the ghost-headed sword.
Then he raised his hand and then lowered it again.
Then a click was heard and blood spurted out.
Heads rolled down and blood splattered! ! In an instant, the faces of the civil servants and military generals turned pale.
Really kill! He really killed someone to relieve Chen Han's anger!
Killed more than 100 people!
None of these people are innocent! Although they just shouted for mercy, the emperor showed no mercy...
(End of this chapter)