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Chapter 332: The Kingdom or the Beauty

Looking at the seemingly exhausted Emperor Yuan in front of him, Su Ning was too lazy to engage in awkward conversation with him. He then asked bluntly, "Emperor Yuan, what exactly do you want to talk to me about?"

"Emperor Yuan? What a fitting title!" The Great Yuan Emperor seemed a bit confused. Perhaps it was the heavy burden of the kingdom on his shoulders that was making it hard for him to breathe. "Ming Wang, if you were to become emperor, what would you name your country?"

"Ming dynasty!"

"Ming Dynasty? Emperor Ming?" The Yuan Emperor couldn't help but brighten up his eyes, and actually praised Su Ning, "This country name is really good!

The Yuan Dynasty values the virtue of gold, while the Ming Dynasty values the virtue of fire. You are planning to use fire to overcome gold!
Ming Wang, no! Ming Emperor, you are very capable! "

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"Emperor Ming, these ministers around me are already eager to change their allegiance, right?"

"Haha, you should know this better than me!"

"Emperor Ming, how about we make a deal?"

"Trade? What trade?"

"I hand over the entire Yuan Dynasty to you, and I will take the title myself, willingly submitting to you, the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Ming, what you want now is to take off my Yuan Dynasty in one swoop, right? "

"What? Emperor Yuan, are you crazy?" Suning couldn't help but be surprised. He looked at the Yuan Emperor with an expression of disbelief. He really felt that this world was too crazy.

"Haha, others laugh at me for being too crazy, I laugh at them for not seeing through me!
All your schemes now are designed to swallow up the Yuan Dynasty, whether it's secretly contacting Yuan officials or leaving a safe retreat for the Yuan Dynasty, you just want to integrate the Yuan Dynasty bit by bit."

"." Suning did not expect that the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty would be so clear-headed and could judge his intentions so early.

"Emperor Ming, with my help, you will save yourself a lot of trouble. You only need to promise me one thing."

"What's the matter? Tell me!"

"Emperor Ming, I heard that your wife is the most beautiful woman in the world?
As long as you give me your wife in exchange, the Yuan Dynasty will be yours!"

"Tohwan Temur, did you forget to take your medicine before going out?

Do you believe I can't let you leave this yurt?" Su Ning suddenly looked at the Yuan Emperor, Toghon Temur, with a cold look.

"Haha, which is more important, the kingdom or the beauty?
I believe Emperor Ming should be able to tell the difference in his mind!"

"Hehe! I'm really curious!

You haven't even seen my wife, so how can you be so sure that she is the most beautiful woman in the world?"

"Haha, that's right!
I have a portrait of your wife, the most beautiful that ever was seen in the world.

Therefore, I, the Great Yuan Emperor, Toghon Temur, am willing to exchange the Great Yuan Empire and three thousand beauties in my harem for you."

"Tsk! You're crazy!"

"No! I'm not crazy, I'm serious with you!" The Yuan Emperor Borji Toghon Temur became excited.

"Toghan Temur, do you believe that I can destroy you immediately by sending troops?"

"Believe it! Of course I believe it!
But you will never be able to destroy us. As long as we retreat to the steppes, your Ming Dynasty will be plunged into endless border wars."

"Haha, it seems like you've got me."

"Haha! I've got you!" Toghon Temur suddenly looked excited. "Do you want to change? Just give me the answer!"

"Idiot! Do you know why I'm against the Yuan Dynasty?"

"Humph! Don't talk about anything else! Tell me whether you want to change or not!"

"Toghantemur, I'm afraid that once you know the real reason why I rebelled against the Yuan Dynasty, you will be ashamed and embarrassed."

"Oh? What's the reason?
Isn't it just that you can't survive anymore, so you raised the flag of rebellion?"

“Oh, no! It’s not!
You must have heard the story of King You of Zhou and Bao Si lighting beacons to trick the princes, but you don't know that I rebelled only to give my wife a grand ceremony to become the queen."

"Huh? What? This is absolutely impossible!

How could there be someone in this world who is crazier than me?

Emperor Ming, you must be lying to me!"

"Haha, Tohwanthemur, you are such a pathetic idiot!
He conceits that his kingdom is so important, but in my eyes it is just a plaything for me and my wife."

"No! You lied to me!

Emperor Ming, you must be lying to me!" All the beliefs of the Yuan Emperor, Borjigin Toghon Temur, collapsed. What he thought was the most important thing was just a tool to please women in the eyes of the other party.

Seeing the Yuan Emperor falling into madness, the ministers from both sides standing by were also stunned. Suning was too lazy to continue paying attention to this madman, so he just got up and left, ending this bizarre meeting between the heads of state.

When Suning passed by the Yuan Dynasty Prime Minister Maha, he smiled and nodded at Maha, then left directly under the protection of the Red Flag Army ministers.

Looking at Chen Boda, the commander of the Imperial Guard, Su Ning said in a cold voice, "Chen Boda, find out who painted the princess's portrait and brought it to Toghon Temur?"

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

That night, the tent where Suning was staying welcomed a "distinguished guest" whom he had been waiting for for a long time. A figure wrapped in a black windbreaker, under the guidance of the guards, knelt directly in front of Suning, then took off his hat to reveal the face of Prime Minister Maha.

"Your Maha greets His Majesty!"

“Haha, Maha, my Prime Minister!
Please get up quickly!" Suning smiled and helped Maha up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"We are all a family from now on, there is no need to be so polite!"

"Yes, Your Highness!" Maha showed a look of surprise and satisfaction. "Your Highness, Toghan Temur's health is getting worse and worse. If he continues to make such a fuss today, he might suddenly die."

"Sudden death?" Everyone was smart, and Maha's meaning was very clear. He could immediately replace him with a more obedient Yuan emperor.

"Yes!"

"Then take him back to Dadu immediately. Even if he dies, he must not die in Tianjin. Otherwise, I will never be able to explain myself."

"Yes! Your Highness!" Maha understood and said, "Your Highness, Toghan Temur's seventh son is just three years old this year. He is very well-behaved and sensible. His mother is the daughter of the Maha tribe."

"Yes, Not Bad!
Good children are loved by everyone!"

When Maha heard Suning's words, he was surprised, because this meant that Suning agreed to the candidate for the new emperor of the Yuan Dynasty.

"Your Highness, after the new Yuan emperor ascends the throne, he will immediately announce to the world that he will relinquish his titles of Emperor and Khan, and that the Ming Dynasty will reign supreme from now on."

"Haha, there's no need to go for the Khan's throne!" "Yes! Your Highness!"

"Yes! Soon I will establish a new era and be crowned emperor. The country will be named Ming and the reign title will be Hong Zhao."

"Long live our emperor!" Maha knelt down quickly and saluted.

"Haha, my dear minister, please stand up!" Suning looked at the sensible Maha and couldn't help laughing. "Maha, you will be the first and only prime minister of my Ming Dynasty. There will be no left and right prime ministers.

You only need to be responsible to me. The Ming Dynasty will also establish a six-ministry cabinet system, and the cabinet will be headed by you, Maha."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Well! Go back and tell the Mongolian nobles who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty that your status and wealth will only be higher and greater after coming to the Ming Dynasty!"

“Thank you, Your Majesty!

The old minister must appease the old Mongols."

"Yes! Maha, I believe in you!"

This bizarre meeting not only made him feel sick, but also made him decide to go on another killing spree. It was obvious that someone deliberately wanted his wife Liu's beauty to be famous all over the world.

Fortunately, his strength grew very quickly. By the time Black Hand took action and achieved his goal, he had already grown up completely. If he had always been an unknown little person, or followed behind Zhu Yuanzhang, he would not be able to protect his wife, and then he would either take Liu into exile, or use the weapons in the space to kill everyone.

Chen Boda acted quickly. The investigation results came out before he returned to Yingtian Prefecture.

"Your Highness, the matter has been thoroughly investigated. It was the work of Shen Wansan, the richest man in Suzhou. He arranged for one of his skilled painters to see the princess's true appearance under the guise of delivering rouge and powder, and then secretly arranged for this to be brought before the Great Yuan Emperor."

"Hmm! Is that true?"

"My Lord, it is absolutely true!
But Shen Wansan's motive was to wait until he was caught and torture him severely."

"Hmph! No need!

Shen Wansan will be exterminated with all ten clans! All property will be confiscated! "

"Ah? The ten tribes?" Chen Boda's eyes widened in shock. It was the first time he had experienced Su Ning's ruthlessness. "Yes! Your Highness!"

The entire family of Shen Wansan in Suzhou was exterminated, which completely shocked the entire Chinese land. All the people in the south of the Yangtze River once again experienced the cruelty of Suning, and many people with ulterior motives became obedient.

"Suning, what did the Great Yuan Emperor want to talk to you about this time?"

"Actually, it's nothing?
It's all some deranged bullshit!
Maybe this guy is dying and his brain is a little rusty! ” This matter was so disgusting that Suning did not tell his wife Liu.

"Huh? Is this true?
After all, he is the emperor, how could he be so unreliable?"

"Tsk! Emperor Yang of Sui and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang were both powerful emperors, but weren't they both extremely absurd in their later years?
Sissi, the emperor is only human and can do the same utterly stupid things."

"Yeah! That's true!"

On May 1, the 12th year of Zhizheng, Suning, the Ming King of the Red Flag Army, proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtian Prefecture and established the reign title of Ming. He named the country Ming and the year Hongzhao, and was known in history as Emperor Hongzhao of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty established a cabinet system of six ministries, and set up the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education to be responsible for all taxes and education in the world. The cabinet consisted of seven people, headed by the prime minister, who was responsible for the affairs of various ministries across the country. The matters handled by the cabinet needed to be reported to the emperor, and then approved by the emperor's close military affairs office with the seal. In simple terms, the cabinet only had the right to make suggestions, but not the right to sign and approve.

In the first year of Hongzhao, the emperor ordered the implementation of the national policy of equalizing land tax. Anyone who obstructed or resisted would be killed, and all property would be nationalized. Six-year schools would be established across the country, and all children of school age would attend school free of charge. Anyone who obstructed would be punished according to the law.

A new law for the Ming Dynasty was compiled, abolishing all instruments of torture and the death penalty, replacing them all with fixed-term or life imprisonment. People were encouraged and rewarded to have children, and the state was responsible for all expenses for the children until they were twelve years old.

One month after the Tianjin Shuanglong Talks, the Yuan Emperor Toghon Temur died suddenly. His seventh son, Tianyuan Temur, succeeded to the throne and was known in history as the 16th Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, Tianyuan Emperor.

Then the new emperor of the Yuan Dynasty gave up his imperial title and called himself Tianyuan Khan, and regarded the Ming Dynasty as the supreme leader. Emperor Hong Zhao appointed Tianyuan Khan as the Mongolian King of the Ming Dynasty, established two capitals in the north and south, and the Mongolian King guarded the northern capital of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, the old ministers of the Yuan Dynasty had always wanted to place Tianyuan Khan in Shangdu of the Yuan Dynasty, but Emperor Hong Zhao thought that Shangdu was too far away from the Central Plains, so he ignored the opposition and arranged for the Mongolian king to guard the Northern Capital.

At the Yingtianfu Palace, Emperor Hong Zhao and Empress Liu were admiring the flowers in the Imperial Garden. "Xixi, the country has implemented a policy encouraging childbirth, but medical care must keep up!"

"Yeah! It's true that the current medical conditions are very poor."

"So, I plan to put you in charge of recruiting famous doctors from all over the country, and then compiling unified medical books and textbooks, preparing to train a large number of standardized doctors across the country."

"Ah? I'm responsible? Can I do it?"

"Haha, you come from the afterlife, how come you don't even have this little confidence?"

"Then why don't I give it a try?" Empress Liu was really tempted, but still a little worried, "Then I won't have time to teach those officials' wives how to put on makeup."

"Makeup is a small matter, and I feel that their costumes are so bizarre, especially Zhou Dexing's wife, whose makeup looks like a monkey's butt."

"Haha, Zhou Dexing's wife said that Zhou Dexing likes this kind of dress, so she did it according to Zhou Dexing's preferences."

"Oh my god! How come Zhou Dexing still has such a strong taste!"

Now is indeed the time when traditional Chinese medicine is at its most developed, but also the most chaotic. Suning has long invited famous doctors from all over the world to compile medical books together, so that traditional Chinese medicine can truly flourish.

The timing was not ripe before. Until today when he established his own dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor, the territory of the Ming Dynasty remained in the shape of a "crabapple leaf". The former Mongols were no longer a major threat to the Ming Dynasty. Instead, they became the Ming Dynasty's war machine, and they once again expanded into the west.

Emperor Hong Zhao, Suning, also set up a slave-catching army, which was specifically sent to the Greater Khingan Range to capture Jianzhou barbarians to supplement the Ming army, cutting off the Jianzhou Jurchens' route at the root and developing China's northeast region in advance.

"Zhongba, now that you're back this time, don't go to Yunnan again.

I will arrange for Guo Ying to guard Yunnan, and your nephew Zhu Wenzheng to be the deputy. I want you to serve in the Grand Council."

At first, Zhu Yuanzhang's face looked a little ugly, but after listening to Su Ning's explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but be surprised, because everyone knew the importance of the Grand Council and the Cabinet.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! I will do my utmost to serve you!"

"Well! I'm sure you've heard that I plan to set up military regions across the country."

"Yes! Your Majesty, I heard it!"

"I plan to establish eight military regions: the Central Military Region, the Eastern Military Region, the Southern Military Region, the Northern Military Region, the Western Military Region, the Northwestern Military Region, the Southwestern Military Region, and the Northeastern Military Region."

"Your Majesty, wouldn't the power of each military region be too great if this were to happen?

I still think Liu Bowen's guard system is more appropriate."

"Well! There's no rush for this matter, you can think about it slowly.

Let’s discuss this at the next grand court meeting!”

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

In fact, Suning was also a little shaken. After all, the systems of later generations might not be suitable for this era. Perhaps the ancients like Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen were right.

(End of this chapter)