[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-ming-i-remonstrate-daily-becoming-the-eter":3,"chapter-great-ming-i-remonstrate-daily-becoming-the-eter-great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-45":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Ming: I Die Daily Remonstrating, Becoming the Eternal Prime Minister?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2038700,3117,"Chapter 45","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-45",45,"\u003Cp>The hall instantly fell into a deathly silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Hong Chengchou and Zhu Zhu Chunchen exchanged bewildered glances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this interest rate, Hong Hong Chengchou's brows involuntarily furrowed slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, some suspicion had arisen in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was true that voyaging overseas earned much silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But surely not to this extent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hand over all the silver they earn, and you just run an errand?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Hong Hong Chengchou could ask for details,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Chunchen immediately grabbed Zhou Kui's arm and said excitedly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Imperial Father-in-Law Zhou, no, Old Brother!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You must look out for your brother here; my eldest daughter has been frail and sickly since childhood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ever since she contracted a wind-cold illness a few years ago that left her with lingering ailments, swallowing medicines daily has cost handfuls upon handfuls of silver.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This amount of silver may be beneath your notice, Old Brother, but for my daughter, it is life-saving money!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Zhu Zhu Chunchen's words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Kui could not help but fall silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his heart, ten thousand horses were galloping wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That eldest daughter of yours is as sturdy as an ox; she's only one step away from becoming a mountain bandit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How do you have the audacity to say such a thing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this so-called tale of misery\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was merely a way for both parties to save face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Zhu Zhu Chunchen speak this way,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Kui could only offer a helpless, bitter smile from the side, saying,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aiya, Duke of Cheng, what kind of talk is this? You are the head of our Great Ming's military nobility; now that you have spoken,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>very well, just bring the silver over tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Zhou Kui say this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Chunchen was so delighted that snot bubbles nearly popped out of his nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing aside, he laughed while offering endless thanks,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, both men immediately turned their gazes toward Hong Hong Chengchou standing nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Hong Chengchou helplessly shrugged his shoulders and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hong is not comparable to you two; today I originally came only to visit Imperial Father-in-Law Zhou. Now that I see the old gentleman is in good health, Hong Chengchou is reassured.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Hong Hong Chengchou desperately winked at Zhu Zhu Chunchen beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Zhu Zhu Chunchen's mind was completely filled with silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he possibly notice Hong Hong Chengchou's signals?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Hong Chengchou could only let out a long, helpless sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Hong Hong Chengchou and Zhu Zhu Chunchen were about to depart,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Kui added the final masterstroke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gentlemen, do not let others know of this matter; just say that this old man had family affairs to attend to. Remember this, remember this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once these words were spoken,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Chunchen immediately slapped his chest, looked at Zhou Kui, and laughed loudly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha, Imperial Father-in-Law Zhou, can you not trust me? Just put your heart at ease!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps without this statement,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the news would not have spread so quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhou Kui knew that once he said this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>within a few hours, the matter would instantly spread throughout the entire circle of nobles in the capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That afternoon,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Zhang Zhiji, Duke of Britain; Xu Xu Yunzhen, Duke of Ding; Li Li Guorui, Marquis of Wuqing; and others directly dragged cartloads of silver to Zhou Kui's residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stubbornly stayed at the Earl of Retainer's manor, forcing Zhou Kui to accept their silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were practically ready to throw tantrums and roll on the ground!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Wang Wang Chengen, hiding in the shadows upon witnessing this scene,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>felt the corners of his mouth twitch slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it comes to bamboozling people, you truly are the master, Imperial Father-in-Law Zhou!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That very night, Chongzhen received Zhou Kui's memorial report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing the specific figures, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Youjian completely lost his composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just the span of a single day,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the nobles of Great Ming had pooled together more than 1.5 million taels of silver!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had shouted himself hoarse in the court, yet those civil and military officials had only managed to scrape together 50,000 taels!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, with just a few casual words of deception from Zhou Kui,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1.5 million taels of silver had been produced!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Youjian reported this figure to Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Old Zhu, who had long mentally prepared himself, finally broke down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So they're just brazenly greedy, is that it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ministry of Revenue's Viceroy Viceroy Viceroy Viceroy Viceroy Yamen is so poor that rats are running through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet these nobles are each wealthy enough to rival a nation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Sizong Lie:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great-Grandfather, what should your grandson do now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your grandson now wishes he could immediately dispatch the Embroidered Uniform Guard to raid their homes and exterminate their clans!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang's brows knitted tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could Old Zhu not wish to drag these people out and behead them immediately!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these people were nobles!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Zhu family had fought bitterly on the battlefield to hold back the Jurchens in the front lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing these scoundrels outright would leave no room for anyone in the world to object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, the Zhu family was still on the road to the capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everywhere, there was a shortage not only of silver but also of capable people to get things done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If these people were killed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the imperial clan even arrived at the capital, the entire capital would likely descend into complete chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang's brows involuntarily furrowed even tighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Taizu Gao:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You wait; I am going right now to find someone to ask!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it was already the middle of the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang paid no heed to such details, immediately ordering a carriage prepared and hastily departing the palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Su Qiao's home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the quiet and secluded Sihe Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao, who had just bought two jianbing guozi from Qianmen Street, walked into his home filled with melancholy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he opened the courtyard gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao could not help but let out a long sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he took a fierce bite of his jianbing guozi.\u003C\u002Fp>",1042,"2026-06-15T23:33:58.699Z","2026-06-16T00:02:23.775Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","7955690e3ef64a4c9e548ef0045ab91521282199e6ecaff9416d4fb36feefd23","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-46","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-44",125,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-cover.jpg"]