Chapter 200 Finale

"Damn it! Damn them all!" Old Zhu was furious, his eyes were red, and it was obvious that he could no longer suppress his anger.

His own queen was poisoned in the palace and almost lost her life. This was a slap in his face!

If it weren't for Zhu Chong's superb medical skills that brought the queen back from the brink of death, he would not have known that there was someone in his own Imperial Hospital with such ulterior motives who could take anyone's life at any time!

Zhu Biao was also very angry, and Mao Xiang even volunteered to investigate the matter thoroughly and give an explanation to the Empress!

Only Zhu Chong remained silent and pondered. His strange behavior made Old Zhu stunned for a moment, and he blurted out a question.

"Second brother, what do you think about this matter?"

Under normal circumstances, Old Zhu would never ask Zhu Chong for his opinion.

But today was different. Zhu Chong's performance made him look at him with admiration. He was the calmest person among all the people present today. If it weren't for him, he would still be kept in the dark. So Old Zhu naturally wanted to hear Zhu Chong's opinion.

"Your Majesty, since someone dares to do this, he must have taken all necessary measures." Zhu Chong said calmly.

"I have concluded that there must be someone behind this. The people he arranged in the Imperial Hospital are most likely no longer with us. And the people involved in getting and decocting the medicine, and even in the palace, there might be spies from the other side."

"So, Father needs to remain calm at this moment and not be provoked by the other party. Then, arrange for your trusted aides to slowly investigate and avoid any haste. Only in this way can we uncover the mastermind behind this."

Hearing what Zhu Chong said, Zhu's face changed drastically. At this moment, a Jinyiwei came in to report that something had happened in the prison and an imperial physician had committed suicide by taking poison in the prison.

Upon hearing this news, Old Zhu's face suddenly turned as ugly as pig liver. He turned around, glared at Mao Xiang who was kneeling on the ground, and shouted angrily: "Investigate it for me. If you don't get to the bottom of it, you will be beheaded!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang usually calls himself "I", it is when he is at his angrier. Obviously, what happened today really made him angry, and he will never be satisfied until the person behind the scenes is caught.

Zhu Chong said nothing next. At this point, it was no longer his turn to intervene. Old Zhu’s anger would tear anyone who dared to offend the royal majesty into pieces!

As expected, three days later, a major incident occurred in Yingtian Prefecture, and Prime Minister Hu Weiyong was captured and imprisoned by the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

The charge was collusion with Japanese pirates and intention to rebel.

Zhu Yuanzhang had only one solution for the crime, which was to execute all nine generations of the clan, regardless of amnesty. It was said that Hu Weiyong was executed in the Tianlao. Zhu Chong heard from the grapevine that it was Zhu Yuanzhang who did it himself.

Zhu Chong was not surprised by this, because on the day when Hu Weiyong's case broke out, in addition to Hu Weiyong, the Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace was also arrested.

However, the treatment of Crown Princess Lu was not as high-profile as that of Hu Weiyong, and the only solution was to confine him to the Eastern Palace.

At that time, no one cared about a princess who was imprisoned, because the Hu Weiyong case triggered a series of chain reactions. Zhu Yuanzhang raised his butcher knife high and killed people like crazy, and most of those he killed were old people who had followed him for a long time.

But what is strange is that during this process, Empress Ma, the head of the harem who was always famous for advising Zhu Yuanzhang, did not have even the slightest opinion about the involvement in this case, and completely allowed Zhu Yuanzhang to go crazy.

The same thing happened to Crown Prince Zhu Biao. Everyone in the court and the country felt insecure and began to distance themselves from Hu Weiyong. As a result, Hu Weiyong and his cronies were easily eradicated by Zhu.

Just as Zhu Yuanzhang was frantically eliminating Hu Weiyong and his cronies, one morning, Prince of Qin, Zhu Chong, left Yingtian Prefecture with a small entourage and headed for Ningbo Prefecture to establish his fiefdom.

This was the condition that Zhu Yuanzhang agreed to from Zhu Chong. After the Baochao issue was over, he left Yingtian Prefecture to become a vassal, revoked Zhu Yuanzhang's previous imperial edict, and changed the originally designated Xi'an Prefecture to the current Ningbo Prefecture.

The reason for choosing Ningbo Prefecture was nothing else but that Zhu Chong planned to build the Ming navy, go out to sea to pacify the Japanese pirates, and sweep through Japan to completely solve the problem of Japanese pirates.

In the spring of the eighteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Chong returned to Yingtianfu and accepted Zhu's appointment to become the youngest naval commander of the Ming Dynasty, leading the navy to attack the Goryeo Kingdom, which was disrespectful to the Ming Dynasty.

Because of domestic turmoil in Goryeo, the authorities stopped paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty. After Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Chong conspired, they decided to use this as an excuse. Zhu Chong personally led the Ming navy from Dengzhou and attacked Goryeo in three directions.

In less than two months, the Ming Navy landed in Goryeo. Hundreds of thousands of Goryeo troops were quickly wiped out by the attack of the Ming Navy Marines.

In the face of the Ming army's firearms, the Goryeo army, which was still in a completely primitive combat state, was no match at all.

Cities and passes were nothing but rubbish in front of cannons, not to mention the army under Zhu Chong, which continuously marched into various parts of Goryeo, causing the Goryeo army to be distracted and exhausted, and completely led by the nose by the Ming army.

Under such circumstances, the capital of Goryeo was quickly captured by the Ming army, and the king of Goryeo died in the battle. At this point, Goryeo was destroyed and became a province of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang personally changed the name of Goryeo to the Ming Dynasty's Korea Province and placed it under the jurisdiction of Zhu Chong.

Zhu Chong quickly turned Korea into a bridgehead for attacking Japan, and the Ming army was ready to go in Korea.

In the 20th year of Hongwu, after everything was ready, Zhu Chong received the imperial edict from the old Zhu and led the navy to attack Japan in five directions.

At this time, Japan was still in the Warring States Period, an era when generals were attacking each other. Facing the Great Ming Master, it had no defenses at all.

The five armies of the Ming Dynasty Navy successfully landed on Japanese territory and immediately pushed forward from west to east. In less than three months, they completely wiped out the Japanese resistance forces.

All Japanese men were put into mining in the newly discovered silver mines, and the silver was transported back to Ming Dynasty together with the spoils obtained from Japan.

After learning of Japan's great victory and seeing the silver ore shipped back from Japan, Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and immediately launched a war order against the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

In the 23rd year of Hongwu, the Ming army divided into six groups and marched out of the border. Zhu Chong was the commander-in-chief. In just three months, they swept across the desert. The Yuan court fled and headed straight for West Asia. Zhu Chong led his troops to chase them all the way to the White Horde and built a city on the spot.

At this point, the Northern Yuan Dynasty no longer had its former glory. The Ming Dynasty immediately unified the world and completely incorporated Tibet, Annan, India and other countries into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Qin Wang Zhu Chong, as the commander of the navy, continued his conquests westward from Yunnan and Yunnan. It was not until the 31st year of Hongwu, when Zhu Yuanzhang died and Zhu Biao succeeded him, that the Ming Dynasty stopped its external expansion.

However, less than ten years after Zhu Biao ascended the throne, he fell seriously ill and died unexpectedly. Before his death, he passed the throne to his younger brother Zhu Chong, the crown prince, thus opening the prelude to a new round of external expansion for the Ming Dynasty!

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