[{"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-7":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},2038662,3117,"Chapter 7","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-7",7,"\u003Cp>According to Old Zhu's original plan, the scale would at most reach that of a large village; distributing three or four thousand people to guard various locations across the realm would have been sufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who could have expected that these descendants of later generations would collectively birth four hundred thousand people!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, Old Zhu, having recovered from his shock, finally continued sending messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Taizu the High:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've thought it over and over; there are only two methods. Do you want to hear them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Sizong the Martyr:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Imperial Grandfather, please speak your mind! Your subject listens with washed ears.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Taizu the High:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The first method: when I originally enfeoffed them as Generals or Commandants, it was not done for nothing. You must gather one hundred thousand able-bodied men from the imperial clan, send them out of the pass to fight the Tartars to the death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I refuse to believe that one hundred thousand clansmen cannot handle a mere handful of Jurchens!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if they are annihilated, you can use this as justification to rectify the court, forcing those civil officials to disgorge the silver they owe, collecting more from the various feudal princes, and squeezing some from the military nobles; that should be enough to get through this crisis.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In another spacetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon reading this message, Chongzhen's mouth twitched involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Sizong the Martyr:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Imperial Great-Grandfather, you are forcing your subject onto a path of death! Where has the Great Ming imperial clan ever suffered such hardship? If they are annihilated, the feudal princes of the various households will likely join hands to depose me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Taizu the High:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let them depose you! Whoever deposes you, let them take the throne. If they cannot pacify the Yang Yang Yang Jian slaves, they will be the rulers who lose the nation; just wait and see who dares to show their face then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Sizong the Martyr:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But, but even if your subject wins this way, I will be spat upon and cursed by the descendants of our Zhu family for generations to come.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Taizu the High:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The world is already lost to hell! We Zhu family members will hold hands and go down there together; by then, if I personally spit on and curse you, won't that count as being cursed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Sizong the Martyr:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um, Imperial Great-Grandfather, perhaps your subject should choose the second method instead... at least let me ponder it for a moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang remained silent for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, he still sent out his method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Taizu the High:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, the second method is this: immediately order the Embroidered Uniform Guard to rob silver throughout the entire city. Once you've robbed the silver, don't bother being any damn emperor anymore; just throw it all aside and let whoever wants it take it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Change your name too; just call yourself Zhu Lao-Liu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take the robbed silver and return to your hometown in Fengyang. Look for beggars who appear strong but have no food to eat. Ask them if they will follow you; if they agree, give them some food.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't need many; gathering a few thousand people will be enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then raise your banner in revolt and lead them in rebellion. I have thought about this situation for a very long time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Given your circumstances, governing the nation is too difficult to fix; it is better to start anew. Join those rebellious masses, fight a few battles, and I will teach you hand-in-hand. Once you leave Fengyang, cross the river directly, seize Jin Ling, and then stop moving; wait for them to fight...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, Imperial Great-Grandfather, don't be angry! Your subject is Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Youjian!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Taizu the High:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why the silence? Have the Tartars broken into the city?! Your ancestor is speaking to you; where did you little rascal run off to!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Sizong the Martyr:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Imperial Great-Grandfather, do I look like the type capable of that...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Taizu the High:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could I possibly have a descendant like you! Why don't you dare to rebel? What are you afraid of?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I had known earlier that Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen's descendants would all be such useless material, I might as well have passed the throne directly to Old Four!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Sizong the Martyr:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the string of question marks, a slight premonition of misfortune instantly arose in Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Taizu the High:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Something is wrong; you little rascal, don't try to fool me by sending just these few dots. What is your name? I order you to send it to me right now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the words were spoken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Youjian of the third year of Chongzhen instantly froze in place, bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having lived more than half his life, Chongzhen suddenly realized the dire consequences of not studying hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Zhu had already predetermined two and a half characters within the three-character names of every single descendant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had arranged a twenty-character generation poem for each of his sons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, starting from Zhu Biao's generation, the radical of the third character in every name had to follow the sequence of the Five Elements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current Chongzhen could not even calculate which generation he belonged to, let alone anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had even forgotten what the generation characters were for the Donggong branch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"'Yun Wen Cheng Zu Xun,' what comes after that?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Taizu the High:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You little rascal, don't play dead with me! Do you believe I won't even let you enter the ancestral tomb!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Chongzhen completely lost his composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Sizong the Martyr:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Imperial Great-Grandfather, your subject Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Youjian pays respects to the Great Ming Emperor Taizu the High... I will kowtow to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the Hall of Heavenly Purity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang instantly froze on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt as though the heavens were spinning and the earth was turning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gao Zhan Qi Yang Yang Yang Jian You, Hou Zai Yi Chang You... Fourth Son, oh Fourth Son, you little rascal! I never in a million years expected you to actually rebel, damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Sizhong Lie:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great-Grandfather, this truly cannot be blamed on me, Great-Grandfather.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great-Grandfather, why are you not responding?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boohoo, Great-Grandfather, if you kill me, what will become of your subject and son?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great-Grandfather, do not frighten me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great-Grandfather, reply to my message!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Old Zhu, as if all strength had been drained from his body, slumped onto the Dragon Throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Crown Prince Zhu Biao passed away, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang had designated Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen as the heir apparent of the Great Ming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang saw far too many shadows of Zhu Biao from years past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, disregarding the objections of his ministers, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang forcibly elevated Lady Lu, originally a secondary consort of the Crown Prince, to the position of primary Crown Princess, thereby granting Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen the status of the eldest legitimate son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order to clear obstacles for Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang had even harbored thoughts of killing officials who had served in the Eastern Palace in earlier years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At present, Lan Yu, the maternal uncle of the late Crown Princess Chang, had already been stripped of his military command by Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang and was sitting idle in the capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Yu maintained close ties with the various officials who had once served Zhu Biao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Old Zhu were to throw Lan Yu into the Imperial Prison now, within a few days he could use the pretext of Lan Yu's faction to uproot the entire original staff of the Eastern Palace by the roots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would then appoint Huang Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, and others to take their places,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>rebuilding a complete administration for Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yunwen from scratch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Youjian's words had clearly thrown all of Old Zhu's arrangements into complete disarray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Old Zhu had already killed far too many people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he was an old man past the age of fifty; pondering thus, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang leaned against the Dragon Throne and drifted into a doze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Old Zhu opened his eyes again, the daylight outside was already bright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exhausted, Old Zhu asked in a low voice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What hour is it now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1442,"2026-06-15T23:33:58.699Z","2026-06-16T00:02:23.775Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","26aab485703cc666c3eddf54fcf43dbfa14695153e3d0731d604d2b24b0b9020","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-8","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-6",125,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-cover.jpg"]