Great Ming: I, Zhu Di, Declare My Intentions to Seize the Throne from the Start!

Hu Weiyong looked at the four mounted policemen.

The pure black tall horse, compared to Zhu Silang's mixed cavalry association, lacks the armor of the war horse.

The military uniform is not an army uniform, but more similar to the navy's white uniform, but without the epaulettes.

The reason why he knew that this kind of policeman on horseback was a mounted policeman.

It's because the left arm of these four mounted policemen holding the horse's reins wears a black prismatic nameplate. On the nameplate, embroidered with gold thread, the word Mounted Police is clearly written.

On the horse's belly and in front of its legs, there was a nice-looking canvas pocket, with half of it exposed, a dark stick. It was unclear whether it was made of iron or wood.

I guess it should be equipped with mounted police's 'weapons', right?

…

Across the road, in the green belt, under the shade of a tree, two young men looked at Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben, who were stopped by the mounted police across the road, as if watching the fun.

One of them, wearing the same uniform as the mounted police, took off his big-brimmed hat and twirled it on his index finger. He looked at Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben who were confronting the mounted police with a half-smile, "Of these two, one is Daming Although the former prime minister of the imperial court was kicked out of the court by our prince, he still has many disciples and former officials and cronies and lackeys. One of them is the father of the crown prince’s concubine. The impact of catching these two in my police station is not small. Those Those who still regard us Yan Fan as a vassal and foreign state of the Ming Dynasty will definitely be itching with hatred while putting down their arrogance."

"Fang Rui, how did your Military Intelligence Department know that these two guys threw away their temporary residence permits? Also, does Director Mao know about this? Does Your Majesty know about this? I can tell you, I am just a small police station You are tall, your shoulders are young, and you cannot carry such a big thing. When the time comes, if the prince complains about me, I will be the first to surrender you, Fang Rui."

…

The young man, who called himself the police chief, turned his big-brimmed hat with his index finger as he spoke.

Stand next to it.

The young man, who had fastened his disciplinary buttons tightly, glanced disdainfully, "I know now that we were chosen by the director together and entered the Military Intelligence Department for training. Why did you get kicked out of the Military Intelligence Department by the director? A job like yours in the police station is the most suitable for you. However, you must be careful. Your police station has direct contact with the people and is most likely to be infected by some folk customs. If you commit corruption in the future, don't let me arrest you personally. .”

The corners of Murong Han's lips twitched fiercely.

His character is indeed not suitable for working in the Military Intelligence Department.

But you can expose people without exposing their shortcomings!

"Hmph! Are you arresting me? You will never wait for this opportunity. We will still follow the prince to do big things! You haven't answered my question yet, please tell me!"

Fang Rui raised his hand, narrowed his eyes, his eyes were sharp and cold, and made a shooting gesture towards Hu Weiyong, "When Chang Mao died, he should have died. Unfortunately, the prince is very filial and does not want to carry out assassinations in His Majesty's Jinling City. These days In the year, this guy surnamed Hu was jumping up and down, let’s see, one day, the nine tribes of Yi and Qi will be defeated!”

He was the captain who was responsible for killing Chang Mao.

As he spoke, he turned to look at Murong Han, "Old Mu, you have also received special training from the Military Intelligence Department. You should know the rules of the Military Intelligence Department. You are now a member of the police system. Don't get involved in the affairs of our Military Intelligence Department. As for beating some unsighted guys, this is the responsibility of the director. We are still selecting targets to beat, but these two guys jumped out on their own, who can we blame?"

…

"Please show your temporary residence permit!"

The leading mounted policeman looked at Hu Weiyong and the others unmoved and frowned slightly.

Zhou Dongjia was excited and hurriedly took out the temporary residence permit from his pocket and handed it to the mounted policeman. At the same time, he explained to Hu Weiyong and Hu Weiyong: "These two are the court officials who came with your majesty to the prince Yanfan. This is the prince's father-in-law." Mr. Lu Benlu, this is the former prime minister, Hu Weiyong, Prime Minister Hu, Captain Wang, I can vouch for these two adults."

When Lu Ben heard Zhou Dongjia introduce him as the prince's father-in-law, the smile on his lips disappeared and he looked at the four mounted policemen with a hint of provocation.

The captain of the Mounted Police returned the temporary residence permit to Zhou Dong's family and said seriously: "Your temporary residence permit shows that you often live in Yanjing. In this case, don't you know the rule that the guarantor must be a local?"

As he spoke, the captain looked at Hu Weiyong and the two, "You two are considered guests when you come to our Yanjing. You two should understand that when you come to our Yanjing, do as the locals do, right? When you come to our Yanjing, no matter who you are, you must abide by the rules of Yanjing. , if you two can't get your temporary residence permit, I don't care who you are, whose father-in-law you are, or what your status is in the Central Plains, you both have to go to the police station with me."

"As far as I know, when two big shots like you come to our Yanjing, you don't need to go to the police station to apply for a temporary residence permit. Ye Bu personally obtained your temporary residence permit from our director."

"If you don't have it with you, you can send someone to get it. After verification, you can leave the police station. If you can't get the temporary residence permit, you have to be guaranteed by a local person, and you will be detained for six hours at the same time as a slight penalty. Just pay the bail. Apply for a new temporary residence permit and leave the police station..."

Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben's faces turned dark.

They can't take it out.

It felt disgusting to throw it in the room, so they threw it directly outside the door into the trash can provided by the hotel!

Six hours in custody?

Do you need a local guarantee?

The local they knew in Yanjing was Zhu Silang.

Let Zhu Silang guarantee them?

If so, this matter will definitely spread, and they cannot afford to lose face!

snort!

Lu Ben snorted coldly, "You little humble government official, who do you think you are? Do you know that in the Ming Dynasty, when people like you face me..."

"Master Lu, Master Lu..." Upon hearing Lu Ben's words, Zhou Dongjia's expression suddenly changed and he stamped his feet anxiously, but Lu Ben turned a deaf ear.

The mounted police captain frowned slightly. After Lu Ben finished speaking, he looked at Hu Weiyong: "You are together. Do you agree with what he said?"

Hu Weiyong was so worried that he was sweating when he saw Zhou Dong's family. Then he looked at the expressions of the four mounted policemen.

He had a very bad feeling.

In my heart, I wanted to shrink back, not wanting to stand with Lu Ben in insulting these mounted policemen.

Can……

At this time, if you don't stand with Lu Ben, it will definitely affect their relationship.

In an instant, Hu Weiyong thought a lot, and then secretly scolded Lu Ben, while nodding seriously and saying: "Master Lu's words may be a bit fierce, but we are guests from the imperial court, and Master Lu is even more..."

The captain of the Mounted Police raised his hand to stop Hu Weiyong, "Our inspection of the temporary residence permit is a business matter and has not harmed you. It's just that you refused to cooperate and openly insulted us. This is smearing and slandering our police station. Just because of you, If you insult and slander the police station without a reasonable reason, you must accept the punishment of 24 hours of detention regardless of whether you can produce a temporary residence permit."

"How dare you!" Lu Ben was furious.

Detention for twenty-four hours?

If that's the case, I'm afraid they'll all be disgraced!

The captain of the Mounted Police said nothing and picked up the iron whistle hanging around his neck.

Di——

A sharp whistle sounded.

Ta-ta-ta...

After a while, two police officers who were instructing nearby trotted closer and stood at attention and saluted.

The captain of the Mounted Police raised his hand in return and pointed at Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben, "Not only were these two unable to produce temporary residence permits, they also insulted us while we were performing our duties in a reasonable and orderly manner. This Zhou Dongjia is a witness. The two were taken to the police station and detained for twenty-four hours in accordance with the regulations, and then they were asked to provide a surety and pay the maximum bail before they were granted bail!"

"Yes!" The policeman who was giving instructions on foot saluted and then rushed forward.

"I am the prince's father-in-law!"

"You dare!"

…

laugh!

Opposite of the road.

A scoff sounded.

Military Intelligence Department Fang Rui sneered: "Prince's father-in-law? How dare you say that!"

After saying that, he turned to look at Murong Han, "The two of us did it together behind the prince's back. Now that it's done, it's time to apologize to the prince!"

"I know that every time you come to me, nothing good will happen!" Murong Han put on his big-brimmed hat, smiled and cursed, and walked towards the palace.

…

Government Hall.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the country's name should have the word "Chinese" in it..."

"I agree with Minister Xia's proposal. From now on, we will instill ethnic identity with the word "Chinese" into all the people of all ethnic groups under our rule. Just like the Han Dynasty created the Han nationality, we want to assimilate and unite all ethnic groups under our rule. , we must also define an ethnic identity for this huge ethnic group under our rule. If we use the Han ethnic group, it will be too obvious for us to immigrate people from the Central Plains and annex other ethnic groups, which is not conducive to assimilation and unity. We should rely on the Central Plains culture, and in the Central Plains culture On the basis of the new culture and new civilization created, we will create a new ethnic group."

…

"Your Majesty, we have a flag. I think it should have a dragon and a phoenix!"

"No, Jiang, don't think we don't know. You are feeling grateful for the princess. We also know that the relationship between the princess and the prince is enviable, but this is a national matter. You can't act recklessly on national affairs just to please the princess."

"Pah! Lao Xia, you little Bailian, do you want to fight!"

…

Zhu Di sat in the front seat, writing and drawing with a pencil. At the same time, the audience was arguing enthusiastically, and a smile gradually appeared on the corners of his lips.

Suddenly, the palace fell into silence.

He raised his head and looked at everyone with a smile, "Why don't you say anything?"

His eyes turned to Jiang Jinzhong, "Jinzhong, why did you put down your sleeves? Aren't you going to have a fight with Minister Xia?"

Jiang Jinzhong hurriedly rolled down his rolled-up sleeves, sneered, rolled his eyes, and explained strangely: "Your Majesty, Lao Xia has wronged me. I propose that our Yan Fan should have a dragon and a phoenix on the national flag in the future. This is not for To please the princess is not because I am grateful for the help the princess gave me in the past. I just feel that our Yan Fan should improve the status of women. The dragon represents men and the phoenix represents women. The dragon and phoenix appearing at the same time on the future flag of our Yan Fan means that the court treats men and women the best. statement."

Zhu Di stared with a smile.

He pressed his hand and motioned Jiang Jinzhong to sit down.

After Jiang Jinzhong sat down, he looked around at everyone.

He said: "Everyone has just put forward their own ideas on issues such as the country name, national flag, year name, and national anthem. We will solve them one by one now."

Everyone immediately sat upright.

Zhu Di smiled, lowered his head, and looked at the various opinions written on the paper.

"Let's talk about the country's name first. You all have the same opinion on the country's name. You all think it should have the word "中华" in it."

Zhu Di paused slightly.

In fact, he also likes the name of the country to contain these two characters.

But, he also has concerns.

He groaned: "Zhong, center! Are our Yan Fan really ready to become the center of world civilization and culture? Secondly, if we use this center rashly, will it irritate many people in the Central Plains? Let’s not talk about the conservatives. , Needless to say, if we use the word "中", the conservatives in the Central Plains will definitely want to eat us alive. Then, how would the reformists who are good friends with our Yan Fan feel if they know that we use the word "中"?"

Everyone looked solemn.

Ye Mao looked at the crowd and spoke first, "I'm afraid, even if the reformists are on good terms with us and know that we use this word, they may not feel comfortable emotionally."

This is very detrimental to the future of Yan Fan.

new

Yan Fan wanted to develop, but he didn't have to worry about technology, food, and land.

But one thing is that we must rely on the Central Plains.

population!

Seeing everyone reflecting, Zhu Di smiled and said: "In the future, when the time is right, we may be able to use the national name of Zhonghua, but it is not suitable now. I think we should keep a low profile now and use the national name of Nanhua for the time being. But Zhonghua This concept of ethnic color can be promoted. This concept of ethnic group should include people of all ethnic groups in the Central Plains and people from all over the world."

"Do you still remember our ideals when we first went to sea?"

"We want to open up a greater living space for the Central Plains. We want to spread the Central Plains culture to the four seas, carry forward the Central Plains culture, and use the Central Plains culture to assimilate the four seas."

"So, we can't just think about our small group just because Yan Fan will be founded in the future. When we went to sea, we can't forget and lose the grand ideals and wishes we made. Therefore, using the concept of ethnic color of China, It is essential to closely connect the four seas and the Central Plains.”

…

After Zhu Di finished speaking, Xia Shimin raised his hand. After Zhu Di nodded, Xia Shimin said: "Your Majesty, Nanhua has such a clear sense of direction in the south. It always gives people the feeling of being in a corner. Is Yanhua better?"

"We definitely can't just use the name of the country Yan, but I believe that the prince has served as the king of Yan before, and Yanhua has the function of connecting the past and the following, especially our people, who also have a sense of identity and belonging to the Yan vassal. Hastily, A complete change of name to Nanhua may have an impact on the established sense of identity and belonging, and may even cause ideological confusion."

Zhu Di frowned and thought.

He proposed to use the name of the country Nanhua. He was greatly influenced by his past.

But as Brother Xia said.

First of all, Nanhua gives people a feeling of being in a corner.

But now, Yan Fan does not entirely live in the south.

As the Japanese state offered its land and people, it was annexed.

A country name like Nanhua, which is located in a corner and has too clear a sense of direction, is indeed not suitable.

Secondly, the fact that the people already have a sense of belonging and identification with Yan Fan should indeed be considered.

Zhu Di gathered his thoughts and saw that the others were deep in thought. They nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, let's call it Yanhua."

"The next question is about the flag. This is what I think about it. Let's have a flag and use three-color vertical stripes to make the flag. The golden stripes represent the land and the white stripes represent our two ideas and two propositions of pure and lofty ideals. , the blue stripes represent the sea.”

"The three-color stripes, arranged side by side, symbolize that all of us in Yanhua living on the land and in the sea must closely rely on and support our Juche idea."

…

It's approaching dark.

Zhu Dicai and everyone walked out of the political hall together, laughing and joking.

After repeated discussions and deliberation, a series of matters concerning the founding of the country were basically agreed upon.

When Ye Mao and others saw Fang Rui from the Military Intelligence Department and Murong Han from the Police Department, they knew that they had something to see Zhu Di, so they briefly talked to them and left quickly.

Zhu Di took the two of them to the study.

After sitting down, he asked: "You guys came to me together, what's the matter?"

The two looked at each other.

Fang Rui took the initiative to report: "Your Majesty, Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben threw the temporary residence permits we issued to them into the trash can. Among the people who came this time, many of them were very arrogant and regarded our Yan Fan as the Ming Dynasty. I used this matter to cooperate with Director Murong to beat Hu Weiyong, Lu Ben, and others to make them understand that Yan Fan is not..."

…

Zhu Di understood.

When I heard that Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben were detained for twenty-four hours, I couldn't help but smile, "Okay, you can take care of this matter."

It should be beaten.

Otherwise, next, these people will be on some important occasions.

For example, during the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, he was bossing around and causing trouble.

Not killing, no way.

Killing him would bring shame on his father's face.

"But you have to remember, don't publicize this matter. We people in Yanjing don't need to know these things. We just need to let the conservatives in Ming Dynasty know."

Snapped!

Fang and Rui stood at attention and saluted: "Yes!"

…

Soon, news of the arrests of Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben spread in Ming Dynasty.

Some people, led by Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai, jumped up and down in a hurry, carrying Zhu Yuanzhang on their backs, and quietly went to the police station. After trying to find ways to get him to no avail, they came to the palace to look for Zhu Di, but Zhu Di simply disappeared.

After Zhu Xi, Lan Yu and others heard about it, they just laughed it off.

evening.

royal palace.

After dinner.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Di to accompany him for a walk.

The father and son left the palace and came to the mangrove forest behind the palace, directly leading to the permanent deployment road of the navy and army camp.

This is a closed road.

Under the illumination of marsh gas street lamps, the father and son strolled under the lamps.

At a certain moment, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Dad went to see your Yanjing Racecourse today and bought a horse racing ticket. He actually won the third prize, ten taels of silver."

"My father, the True Dragon Emperor, has good luck, so it is only reasonable to win the first prize..."

"Shut up!" Before Zhu Di's 'flattering' was finished, Zhu Yuanzhang shouted angrily and funny, glared with a smile, and continued: "Dad asked, your racecourse is still an official business, and gambling matters are official Camp, isn’t it bad?”

Zhu Di smiled, he had known that his father wanted to remonstrate and remind him, and explained: "Father, since ancient times, brothel hookups and casinos have not been able to ban it. It is very incredible that Yan Fan can ban the most corrosive brothel hookups. It’s easier.”

"But the people's pursuit of spiritual enjoyment must also be satisfied, so we have a grand theater, a zoo, a sports ground, and a racetrack. In fact, they are all to meet the people's spiritual needs."

"Father has also purchased horse racing tickets. You should be aware of the rule that for a ten cent coin, you can only use your ID card to purchase a maximum of three horse racing tickets per day."

"People all have the desire to get rich overnight. If gambling is banned, then there will definitely be dark things like black gambling stalls. Instead of this, it is better for the Yan vassal government to take control of the government."

"Meeting the needs of the people while controlling their undisciplined addictions. At the same time, the benefits are deducted from the costs and used for education, poverty relief and other causes. I think there is nothing wrong with it."

"What about corruption? How to solve it?" Zhu Yuanzhang reminded: "We saw today that there are many people buying horse racing tickets, and the money is not small."

Zhu Di smiled, "My father and the imperial court do not directly intervene in the operation. As for the management of the racecourse, they are workers' representatives elected by the Yanjing factory, rural representatives elected by the countryside, business representatives, student representatives, teacher representatives... …”

"In short, representatives from all walks of life in Yanjing set up a board of directors to supervise management. The imperial finance department only audits the accounts every year and withdraws profits for education and poverty relief. Every five years, the board of directors must be re-elected. Those who have served before are not eligible to run for election again.”

Zhu Yuanzhang listened silently and suddenly asked: "I heard that the police station under your command arrested Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben?"

As he spoke, a smile appeared on Zhu Yuanzhang's lips.

Zhu Di did not hide anything, "This matter was handled jointly by the Military Intelligence Department and the Police Department. It must have been deliberately targeted at the two of them. The reason was that Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben threw the temporary residence permits we issued to them into the trash can..."

snort!

Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted Zhu Di with a cold snort, "Yes!"

The temporary residence permit issued by the fourth Yan Fan came from the official and represented the official majesty.

Hu Weiyong and the two threw them directly into the trash can, which was a sign of contempt for the fourth Yan Fan.

It’s no wonder that the Military Intelligence Department and the Police Station went behind Lao Si’s back and targeted Hu Weiyong and then Hu Weiyong.

Zhu Yuanzhang paused, turned around, and said seriously: "I'll lock them up all night today. Tomorrow you will send someone to release these two people. Going too far is not enough."

Zhu Di nodded.

Father, this is for his consideration.

This move is a warning to all conservatives.

But they really detained Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben for twenty-four hours inhumanely.

It seemed that Yan Fan was too aggressive.

Not only will it quickly intensify the sharp conflict with conservatives, but it will also make some neutrals have a bad impression of Yan Fan.

They were closed, and within less than twenty-four hours, he sent people to release Hu Weiyong.

That is to say, it has the purpose of knocking on the mountain to frighten the tiger and killing the chicken to scare the monkeys.

He also showed his attitude of giving face to Daming.

Can win the neutral group and favor Yan Fan.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Zhu Di had listened to his instructions, he smiled and asked, "What do you want to show dad tomorrow?"

"Go and see the hot-rolling production line powered by steam engines. In addition, today Ye Mao reported to Erchen that Jin Mi left Beijing in a hurry after attending the wedding of Xiongying and Cailu, and came back to build a steel-making converter. , the production line has been assembled today, and the first batch of molten steel refining will be carried out tomorrow, I invite you to watch."

"Has the scope of use of steam engines been so wide?" Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows slightly.

It’s only been more than nine months since the fourth child returned to court, right?

It took more than nine months for the steam engine to be developed and used in so many industrial industries?

Zhu Di knew why Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked and said with a smile: "Father, it's not surprising. Our Yanjing Industrial Zone has always been limited by power. Stable, continuous, and easy-to-maintain power has always been in the industrial zone. Many The factory urgently needs it.”

It was this demand that drove the Research Department to work hard and develop a steam engine.

The strong demand also prompted that after the steam engine was developed, some people immediately studied how to put it into industrial production.

Everything is due to demand.

Without demand, the steam engine would be a novelty at best.

Just like, historically, Western envoys presented steam engines to Emperor Qianlong.

Even though, soon, craftsmen of the Qing Dynasty, in order to save face for Emperor Qianlong, imitated it and created a self-made steam engine in the Central Plains.

But it was still just a novelty to satisfy Emperor Qianlong's face.

No, it has been put into production practice.

Because the Qing Dynasty, which had a small-scale peasant economy at that time, had no demand for steam engines at all.

…

The next day.

police station.

Inside a cell with iron bars.

Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben looked pale and angry.

They didn't expect that they would actually be detained.

Still a whole night!

I guess I lost all my face!

at the same time.

Outside the police station.

Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai and others were running around anxiously.

Lan Yu, Zhu Xi and others looked like they were watching the fun and not taking it too seriously.

Zhu Di's carriage arrived slowly and parked outside the police station.

Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng looked at the carriage, their lips twitching, what a shame and humiliation!

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