Zhu Bai Borrow Money to Run Away? All the civil and military officials in the court went numb
following day
As the entire city was searching for Zhu Bai yesterday, the news of Zhu Bai's disappearance was spread.
The news instantly spread throughout Nanjing.
From princes and princes to peddlers and soldiers.
Almost everyone was talking about the disappearance of Xiang King Zhu Bai.
Regarding this matter, there were many bizarre theories among the people.
Some said that Xiang King Zhu Bai was an immortal in his previous life and had ascended to immortality. Those three thousand imperial guards were all his servants…
Some said that Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, was ordered by the Emperor to lead three thousand elites north to Mongolia and attack the Yellow Dragon.
There were also some who said that Xiang King Zhu Bai was in the Imperial City, and finding him was just a cover-up…
In short, this matter was stirred up among the people.
For a time, Xiang King Zhu Bai was the topic of conversation for almost all the commoners.
What was the current King Xiang like? Missing?
The commoners of the Ming Dynasty did not care.
They still lived their normal lives, working at sunrise and resting at sunset.
At most, it was just a topic of conversation.
But in Nanjing, there was such a large group of people who had not slept the entire night.
There were old and young, civil officials and generals.
These people all had two common characteristics.
Firstly, these people were all officials in the imperial court.
Second, these people had all been borrowed money by Xiang King Zhu Bai.
can be imagined
What kind of mentality did this group of tenants have when they found out that Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, had run away overnight?
In order to please Prince Xiang Zhu Bai, some officials took out more than 70% of their savings when their butlers came to borrow money.
There were even some who directly lent most of their life savings to Zhu Bai, and would rather borrow money to live.
These people had the same idea in their minds.
Xiang King Zhu Bai had actually personally sent his butler to borrow money from him and even gave him gifts.
Oh my god!
He thought too highly of himself!
No way, no way!
Since Prince Xiang thought so highly of him, then he could not be stingy.
Perhaps he could use this to build a relationship with the Xiang King, and his future career could be said to be meteoric.
but
These officials who had lent money to Zhu Bai would never have thought that this young Prince Xiang was not paying special attention to anyone, but was just sharing the benefits.
Zhu Bai asked the butler to borrow all the civil and military officials in the court at once.
After learning that the Xiang King had run away, the civil and military officials in the court were only worried, feeling as if they had been deceived.
However, on the way to the morning court today.
When the officials in twos and threes gave a couple of excuses, everyone instantly exploded!
Alright!
They all thought that they were exclusive to King Xiang, but they didn't expect that they were just a fish in King Xiang's fish pond.
But what could they do?
He could only swallow his broken teeth. After all, he was the prince.
At the thought of this, the officials who were originally a little resentful had already lowered their heads.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The drums of the rising court beat heavily.
On the walls of the Forbidden City, rows of giant horns were neatly arranged.
Sob, sob, sob--
Accompanied by the sound of drums and horns, the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty hurried in the direction of the Forbidden City.
On the White Jade Square, all the ministers were arranged in an orderly manner.
On the left was the group of civil officials led by Li Shan Chang, and on the right was the group of generals led by Xu Da.
The two sides formed a clear opposition, but in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the civil officials and generals got along relatively well.
On the Golden Water Bridge, a eunuch dressed in a red suit held a slender whip in his hand.
After the officials lined up neatly, he waved the whip in his hand fiercely.
Pa!
Pa!
Pa!
After three heavy whips, the eunuch in the red robe said in a sharp voice,""Enter the court!"
sound of his voice faded
The civil and military officials had already lined up neatly and stepped onto the Golden Water Bridge in order, heading in the direction of the throne room.
Zha--
The door of the throne room was slowly pushed open by the four eunuchs on duty.
in the hall
Emperor Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang, was already sitting on the dragon throne with his eyes closed.
After all the civil and military officials entered the hall, the eunuch who announced the decree standing by the stairs shouted in a sharp voice unique to eunuchs," Court! --”
"Long live our emperor!"
The ministers all knelt down and saluted!
"Rise!"
"Thank you, Emperor!"
The eunuch stood respectfully and said in a sharp voice again,""Let's discuss the matter."
"Your Majesty!"
The assistant minister of the Ministry of War stepped out of the court and bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang with a hairpin and board in his hand."Last night, a night watchman reported to the government that he saw a large group of people heading south the day before yesterday.”
"This lowly official suspects that this might be the three thousand Imperial Guards responsible for the capital's defense.”
After the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War said this, a commotion broke out in the court.
Anyone with discerning eyes knew that Zhu Bai might have already brought three thousand imperial guards south.
As for why they wanted to go south, these people did not have the mood to ask.
What they cared about was whether they could get their money back.
The salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty were already extremely low. In addition, during the Hongwu period, corrupt officials were severely punished. Few officials dared to take the risk of being skinned alive to take bribes.
therefore
The amount of money they could lend Zhu Bai was definitely not a small amount to them.
If this sum of money could build a ladder for them to rise up, it would be fine.
At most, they could just endure it. After all, once they were promoted, their salaries would also increase.
but now
In the eyes of the ministers, this sum of money must have gone down the drain.
Looking at the bustling officials below the court, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the high dragon platform, was also stunned.
This morning, he received news from Jiang Meng:
Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, had borrowed money from all the officials in the court in a day.
Right now, all the officials in the court were in debt.
At the thought of this, Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but laugh. He muttered in a low voice,"Little bastard! You went missing after taking a dump, and you want your father to clean up your mess?”
On one side, Zhu Yuanzhang was still muttering, but on the other side, someone in the imperial court had already stepped forward to start a revolt.
"Your Majesty!"
Wang Lang stood out from the court and said tactfully," A few days ago, I lent 5,000 taels of silver to Prince Xiang. But now, Prince Xiang is unable to find it. In another two months, I can only bring my entire family to the streets to beg…"
After this person spoke, someone immediately stood up behind him.
"I agree!"
"I agree!"
“···”
Some officials who had borrowed more money stood up to speak.
On the dragon platform, Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened and he did not speak for a long time.
Looking at the ministers, Zhu Yuanzhang did not have any intention of expressing his stance.
The Prince of Yan, Zhu Di, stood up and said in a clear voice,""The most important thing now is to find King Xiang. At this moment, we don't know if King Xiang is safe or not.”
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