Chapter 192: Ending: Unification of the Four Seas!
“Of course not. Your Majesty is so wise and broad-minded. How could he be suspicious of a small person like me?” Chu Nan said seriously.

For a moment, Zhu Di didn’t know what to say. Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed wise and brave, but he was also broad-minded… Isn’t this word a bit too niche to use to describe his father?
Chu Nan naturally knew all this. In fact, he did this because he was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would be suspicious of him. After all, in history, Zhu Yuanzhang’s treatment of meritorious ministers was really…

That’s why there is a saying that being an official during the Hongwu period was like walking on thin ice.

Since Chu Nan was ready to take action, he moved very quickly. The two hundred thousand taels of silver were quickly distributed. The garrison soldiers from all over the place who came to support were all grinning from ear to ear, and they were very happy that they had come.

The families of the fallen soldiers were properly resettled because of the money. They were able to buy land and oxen, so they finally had a good destination.

After this largest group of Japanese pirates was wiped out by Chu Nan, it meant that the coastal areas would no longer be harassed by large groups of Japanese pirates for at least ten years.

Therefore, the local people celebrated by beating drums and gongs, and Chu Nan’s heroic deeds were widely circulated in the local area. All the people called Chu Nan the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang, who easily destroyed the Japanese pirates with his clever strategies.

The news that Chu Nan’s reputation had become so high, as well as the news that Chu Nan wanted to give to Zhu Yuanzhang, also spread quickly to Jinling.

Jinling, the residence of Hu Weiyong.

“What!” Hu Weiyong had already received the information and collapsed to the ground, his face turning extremely pale.

Tu Jie and Chen Ning next to them also had extremely ugly expressions on their faces.

Tu Jie was shaking all over, his lips turning purple. “Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. There are so many pirates, and they managed to escape to the sea. How could they all be wiped out?”

These Japanese pirates were able to obey them because they spent a huge price and gave them unknown amounts of silver, food, and weapons.

As a result, all these Japanese pirates are now dead? This time, they are in great pain.

“But this is true!” Chen Ning didn’t want to believe it, but he had to.

“After all, this is the information that Hu Lu delivered personally after escaping death. Plus, there is an urgent report from the Ministry of War that was sent 800 miles away. We have to do it. Prime Minister Hu, we should now…” Chen Ning didn’t know what to do and wanted to ask Hu Weiyong what to do.
“What else can we do?” Hu Weiyong also forced himself to be strong and gave the order calmly.

“Now we can only behave ourselves for a while, otherwise what happens with the Japanese pirates will affect us.”

“Also, that Hu Lu…” As he said that, Hu Weiyong made a clicking gesture towards Chen Ning.

Chen Ning understood immediately when he heard it, but he was already sweating coldly on his back. That was Hu Weiyong’s nephew. In order to keep the secret, Hu Weiyong actually wanted to kill him?
What are these unrelated accomplices? Hu Weiyong is too scary.

But he had to do it, after all, he was already on the boat.

Hu Weiyong was relieved after seeing this. As long as everyone who knew the secret was dead, he would not be afraid.

“Oh no!” But at this moment, a confidant suddenly came to report.

“Prime Minister Hu, this is bad! Jinyiwei Commander Mao Xiang has personally led 5,000 Jinyiwei to surround the mansion.”

“What!” Hu Weiyong jumped up from the stool when he heard it.

Jinyiwei! Five thousand people! Commander Mao Xiang! What does this mean? It means that maybe Zhu Yuanzhang is going to take action against him!

Adding to the matter of the Japanese pirates, he was stunned. Could it be that it was really the Japanese pirates that exposed his plan to rebel?

“Hu, Hu, Hu Xiang, what should we do?” Tu Jie and Chen Ning were also shocked. They were afraid that they would die!
“What else can we do?” Hu Weiyong was also a man who had fought through wind and fire during the anti-Yuan period, so he just shouted.

“The worst that can happen is death.”

“Pass on my order. All the servants and guards, come on, and do your best to hold off the Imperial Guards!”

“All the warriors protected me and fought their way out of the encirclement. I, Hu Weiyong, have raised them for so long. It’s time for them to repay me!”

It turned out that Hu Weiyong had secretly raised many assassins, who were originally intended to be used in rebellion, but he didn’t expect to use them here.

“Hu Weiyong, I’m afraid you don’t have this opportunity!” But at this moment, a disdainful voice sounded.

“Trample, tramp, tramp!” Then, hundreds of Jinyiwei rushed in and surrounded the place, blocking all the entrances and exits. Then, Jinyiwei commander Mao Xiang walked in directly.

“How could it be!” Hu Weiyong was stunned when he saw it.

“How come you came so quickly!”

Tu Jie and Chen Ning were also dumbfounded. The guards, servants, and death warriors of Hu Weiyong’s mansion had only managed to block a few attacks.

“Haha!” But Mao Xiang burst into laughter when he saw it.

“I can actually come slower, because the guards, servants, and assassins of your Hu Mansion are indeed very brave and not afraid of death. They want to use their lives to stop us.”

“But alas, they have bad luck, we recently replaced the weapons!”

“Weapons?” Hu Weiyong frowned, and then he noticed that all the Jinyiwei were holding long sticks in their hands.

“Is this a musket?” Hu Weiyong was puzzled. The musket had a slow loading speed and low accuracy, so how could it advance so quickly?

“It’s not a musket, it’s the flintlock rifle invented by Lord Chu. It has a fast loading speed and high accuracy, and is much better than a musket. That’s why we pushed it so fast!”

“It’s Chu Nan again, it’s Chu Nan again!” Hu Weiyong was stunned. He didn’t expect it was Chu Nan again!
He was supposed to be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but everything was ruined by this Chu Nan. He hated it!

“Stop talking so much!” Mao Xiang didn’t want to talk any more with Hu Weiyong, so he took out the imperial edict directly.

“Your Majesty has ordered that he has received news that Hu Weiyong has secretly contacted the Japanese pirates, the Northern Yuan people, and the Nuzhen people, intending to rebel! Immediately arrest Hu Weiyong and his accomplices!”

Then he looked at Hu Weiyong and laughed again: “Prime Minister Hu, the Japanese pirates have been destroyed now. And you may not know that the Nuzhen people and the Northern Yuan people were also defeated by us using the firearms invented by Lord Chu!”

“You no longer have any chance of turning the tables, just surrender.”

“You, you, ah, ah, Chu Nan, you deserve to die!” After hearing this, Hu Weiyong vomited three liters of blood and then knelt on the ground weakly.

Hu Weiyong had been scheming all his life and was conceited. Even God could not make him surrender. Unexpectedly, he ended up in Chu Nan’s hands. He was devastated.

But in the end, there was nothing he could do but accept his fate and be dragged away like a dead dog.

Tu Jie and Chen Ning were so frightened that they collapsed and were dragged away like mud.

Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang arranged a trial at the Dali Temple, which convicted Hu Weiyong of treason, and all those associated with him were executed.

Hu Weiyong did not betray Lan Yu, but Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of keeping Lan Yu, and in the end Lan Yu died.

With the help of Chunan’s firearms, the Ming army finally defeated the Nuzhen and Northern Yuan people completely, swept the north, and there was no longer any threat from the north.

Afterwards, the Ming army continued to attack and conquered Goryeo. They also crossed the sea to Japan and beat them severely, forcing them to surrender completely. No Japanese pirates dared to land in Ming Dynasty again.

Zhu Yuanzhang also deeply understood that all this was due to Chu Nan.

Therefore, in the end, in addition to being the Duke of Jin, Zhu Yuanzhang also conferred the title of Imperial Preceptor on Chu Nan, a status far above that of the Prime Minister. He was truly second only to the Prime Minister!

Later, when Princess Lin’an Zhu Jingjing grew up, Chu Nan married her and had three sons and two daughters.

Because of Chu Nan’s great contribution, he also broke the rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang. Although he was a son-in-law of the emperor, he could also marry concubines. Therefore, he took the four beautiful maids around him as concubines.

After that, Chu Nan, the imperial tutor of the Ming Dynasty, lived a happy life in the Ming Dynasty.

　I was very busy before, and I don’t dare to face the fact that this book is not well written. I will work harder on the next one. Come on!

　
(End of this chapter)