Zhu Yuanzhang originally thought that corrupt officials and profiteers were jackals of the same feather.
Birds of a feather flock together!
But Zhang Yu was obviously different.
Zhang Yu was really loyal to Zhu Di. He did his best to assist Zhu Di and even followed Zhu Di to the north for many years.
There was no corruption at all!
But even so.
Zhang Yu's relatives, who did not have any official positions, still managed to set up such a family business for him.
The formation of corrupt officials.
Sometimes, it was not the corrupt officials who took the initiative.
[Zhu Di has repeatedly attacked the north, forcing the barbarians on the grasslands to abandon their armor. He has also expanded his territory in the south for thousands of miles, making the surrounding countries of the Ming Dynasty submit! However, this also led to a lot of expenditure in the national treasury, and the commercial taxes collected in various parts of the Ming Dynasty decreased every year. For this reason, Zhu Di established the West Factory and expanded the Jinyiwei. He repeatedly inspected all parts of the country and killed many merchants. The situation improved slightly, but the commercial taxes were still decreasing.]
[Zhang Yu fully supports all of Zhu Di's decisions. Even if all the officials are standing on the opposite side of Zhu Di, Zhang Yu still braced himself and argued with all the officials!]
Loyalty!
A loyal subject!
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly.
Zhang Yu's own family was not clean, but in order to support Zhu Di, Zhang Yu would rather betray his colleagues!
Even he didn't have such a loyal official in the imperial court.
[Zhang Yu followed Zhu Di to conquer the south and north. He made outstanding military achievements and was deeply honored. However, Zhang Yu could also clearly see that Zhu Di was aging day by day.]
[On the northern grasslands, the Wala tribe is showing signs of rising again. Zhu Di, who is nearly 60 years old, ignored the dissuasion of the officials and once again put on his armor to begin his fourth northern expedition.]
This time, Zhang Yu, who is over 60 years old, followed closely.]
[The Northern Expedition was once again a complete victory, but on the way back, Zhu Di fell.]
[Before he died, Zhu Di called Zhang Yu to his side and very carefully handed a jade pendant to Zhang Yu. He told Zhang Yu to give this jade pendant to the Crown Prince and warned the Crown Prince to break this jade pendant if the fate of the Ming Dynasty was about to decline! He wanted the Crown Prince to pass on this jade pendant!!]
On the screen.
Zhu Di, who was lying on the hospital bed with white hair, used his last bit of strength to hand the jade pendant to Zhang Yu.
On the jade pendant, Zhu Yuanzhang clearly saw the word "Xu"!
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up. He immediately guessed that this jade pendant was from Zhu Xu!
Moreover, it was very likely that Zhu Biao had begged Zhu Xu to give him this jade pendant before he died!!
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately became excited.
He knew that Zhu Xu would definitely show some appreciation even if he had to take into account the medicinal herbs that were sent to King Yingtian's Mansion every year!
Then if Da Ming is in trouble in the future, Zhu Xu will definitely not sit idly by.
After Zhu Di died, Zhang Yu returned to Shuntian Prefecture and immediately handed the jade pendant to the Crown Prince. Hong Xi!]
[When Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne, he announced that he would move the capital and angrily rebuked the ministers. This time, Zhang Yu firmly stood on Zhu Gaochi's side. Unexpectedly, Zhu Gaochi suddenly fell ill and was bedridden!]
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this scene, his expression darkened.
He could guess that the ones who attacked Zhu Gaochi were definitely the merchants in Jiangnan who had become rich by going to the West!
It seemed that even though those grain merchants had been killed, after more than 30 years of development, the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce had still appeared, and its power was still as strong as ever.
It could poison the emperor to death!
[Zhang Yu was urgently summoned into the palace by Zhu Gaochi. Zhu Gaochi dismissed his attendants and handed the jade pendant to Zhang Yu. He also told Zhang Yu earnestly that the palace was not safe and that this jade pendant would be kept by Zhang Yu in the future!] And let the Zhang family pass on! As long as the Zhang family could remember to smash this jade pendant when the fate of the Ming Dynasty declined!]
[Zhang Yu took the jade pendant in fear and trepidation. That night, Zhu Gaochi died of illness. The new king ascended the throne and set the year title: Xuande!]
[At this time, Zhang Yu is already over sixty years old. He is one of the few meritorious old ministers in the court. The new emperor is also very respectful of him. He will consult him on all military matters. He will also do his best to assist the new emperor!]
[The new emperor is unwilling to go to the north. He has also lost money from his expeditions to the west. The commercial taxes collected from various places are also decreasing. Therefore, the new emperor simply adopted a policy of recuperation. Zhang Yu no longer has to fight, but she still supports the new emperor's policies. The world is also becoming more and more peaceful.]
[However, the new emperor had only ascended the throne for a year when Zhu Gaoxu suddenly rebelled!]
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows.
What was going on?
Zhu Gaoxu rebelled?
Not only was this fellow a villain, but he also had a rebellious bone?!
[After Zhu Zhanji learned of Zhu Gaoxu's rebellion, he went straight to Zhang Yu and asked if he could do it himself. Zhang Yu replied that if His Majesty were to personally lead the army, he would be willing to be the vanguard!]
[Zhu Zhanji immediately went on a personal expedition. The army arrived at Zhu Gaoxu's territory and quickly surrounded Zhu Gaoxu's base camp, Le 'an City. Zhu Zhanji shot two letters of persuasion into the city. Zhu Gaoxu left the city through a small road in the middle of the night to surrender.]
“........。”
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Who would rebel like this?
After you rebelled, you ran away and left all your subordinates in the city?
The key was that according to the display on the screen, before Zhu Gaoxu escaped, his subordinates advised him not to run, and he agreed, then ran away with his subordinates on his back.
What kind of weirdo was this?
This Zhu Gaoxu made it seem like he was playing around.
[After Zhang Yu assisted Zhu Zhanji in easily suppressing Zhu Gaoxu's rebellion, Zhu Zhanji placed Zhu Gaoxu under house arrest. Since then, there has been no more war in the world. Zhang Yu continued to do his job and assisted the king with peace of mind. However, during this process, Zhang Yu discovered that his family's business had increased.]
[At this time, Zhang Yu also discovered the problem. He began to strictly order his relatives not to buy any more family businesses. He also requested the military officials to start monitoring each other and even reported this matter to Zhu Zhanji. Zhu Zhanji also took it very seriously. Because of this, he secretly investigated many unscrupulous businessmen. Zhang Yu was impeached by many civil officials because of this. The prices of goods in various parts of the country also began to skyrocket.]
[Zhu Zhanji was worried about Zhang Yu's health, and for the sake of the national policy of recuperation, he didn't want to cause too much political turmoil. In the end, he temporarily suppressed this matter and planned to continue investigating when the time was ripe! But after only two years, he became seriously ill]
[In the sixth year of Xuande, Zhu Zhanji suddenly passed away.]
" Huh?!"
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.
He suddenly realized that Zhu Zhanji's death was also very abnormal.
Just like Zhu Gaochi.
Zhu Zhanji was still alive and kicking one day, but the next day, he was bedridden!
"Could it be that he was poisoned again? This time, the person who poisoned them shouldn't be the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce.”
"Could it be that profiteers from other places have also established a force like the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce?!”
Zhu Yuanzhang's face sank slightly. He had already discovered that there was more than one big fish hidden under the water!
There was more than one hidden danger!
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