Tieguo fell to the ground and cried bitterly, "I am the emperor, my son will usurp the throne, and my officials will kill me, my husband and wife will turn against each other, father and son will become enemies, monarch and ministers will be separated, the country will be ruined and the family will be destroyed... I, how can I have the face to be the Great Yuan?"
Emperor! What's more, the Yuan Dynasty has perished!"
These words made everyone feel sad. People like Qingtong and others simply lowered their heads and wiped away tears.
Indeed, it is not easy to be an iron pot. He finally overthrew the powerful ministers, broke the short-lived curse of the Yuan Dynasty emperor, and sat on the throne for decades.
However, in the past few decades, there have been continuous disasters, followed by incessant wars and wars.
In the end, he even lost his country and became a prisoner himself.
When it comes to failure, I'm afraid there is no one more miserable than him.
I can only say that the way of heaven is good for reincarnation, no one will be spared by heaven.
The Yuan Dynasty had such an end, and it was entirely at its own fault.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked down at the iron pot for a long time. He stretched out his hand to pull up the iron pot and asked someone to bring a chair.
"You sit down first."
Iron Guo cried and agreed, sitting opposite Zhu Yuanzhang.
Lao Zhu looked at him and took a deep breath, "It has been three years since Zhizheng, but you will become the emperor?"
Iron Guo was startled and nodded, "Yes, I, I just overthrew the Prime Minister Boyan. I, I want to make a difference and work hard! I, I don't understand, how could this happen?"
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted softly, "That year, there was a drought in Haozhou, and there was no harvest. Then there was the locust plague and the plague again in the new year. Several people in our family died in succession, including my parents, my eldest brother, and my eldest brother.
The nephew also died... The elder sister-in-law took the second nephew back to her parents' home. The second brother and I buried our parents and then parted ways, and he went to be the son-in-law... We, we went to the temple to become young monks."
Zhu Yuanzhang has talked about his life experience more than once, but when he told the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty about this experience and had the former Yuan court officials listen to it, it was still shocking and unprecedented.
Even though his words were dull, Qingtong and others were dumbfounded, their faces were burning, and they couldn't help but lower their heads.
The family is ruined!
With no way out, Zhu Yuanzhang was really miserable at that time.
But who would have thought?
Twenty years later, all the kings and ministers of Dayuan became prisoners, but the beggar monk sat on the dragon throne and could decide their fate of life and death.
"I, I don't want to be like this. It's all because the ministers misunderstood me!" Tieguo felt guilty and helpless and tried to defend himself, but in the end he had no confidence.
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, "You said that the ministers misled you? The ministers also said that the emperor is fatuous and incompetent, and that the king who perishes his country will bear the blame on himself."
Iron Pot was frightened and did not dare to say anything right.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "When I say this, I don't want to tell you how miserable it was back then, and how you can avenge it now! We want to tell you that if you have three acres of thin fields and can live with a bowl of gruel, the people in the world will not rebel.
!But you, the kings and ministers, have committed too many sins, are extravagant at the top and greedy at the bottom, are extravagant, plunder the people, and use all possible means! You brought it to this day by yourself. I put you here to let you reflect carefully and think clearly.
The evil things I did.”
"Don't think that whoever dies can be ignored, and don't try to pin the blame on someone. You are all guilty from top to bottom! No one is exception! We don't have to kill you, but you have to respond carefully.
Reflect on yourself, strive to change your mind and become a new person!"
Zhu Yuanzhang scolded him a few more words, then stood up and left.
Several months have passed since he went north to Dadu this time. Now that all the emperors and princes of the Yuan Dynasty have been captured, it can be said that he has achieved a great victory.
Zhu Yuanzhang was ready to return to Yingtian.
I originally thought about taking the jade seal and going back in glory. But now I see that the jade seal is not as good as the gold seal, so I still have to work harder.
It's just that although Lao Zhu wants to leave, the war in the north is not over yet. There are so many prisoners that need to be dealt with. There are still Wang Baobao's 100,000 troops in Shanxi. The people's livelihood is in decline and needs to be restored.
With so many things put together, someone must be able to properly handle the overall situation.
"Sir, we have thought about it and are planning to change the capital to Peking. Mr. will temporarily serve as the left-behind in Peiping, command the civil and military affairs, and take charge of government affairs."
Lao Zhu was quite emotional, "We always say that we can live without meat for a day, but we can't live without a husband for a day. However, there are many things going on in the world, and we are not worried about others, let alone have the ability, so we will have to trouble the husband."
Zhang Ximeng thought for a while and then said: "My lord, I think that the next step is to find a way to recruit the remnants of the Yuan army in Liaodong, establish a military camp in Yanshan, sell Changlu's salt, and then expel Wang Baobao from Shanxi... these things
All in all, it's only a year away, and there's something to be said for it... At that time, the lord can send his important ministers to the north, and just take his place. To be honest, I'm still willing to respond to God as soon as possible. That boy Shu Ning will probably be able to speak, and he will be a mature man in a few years.
It’s too late to ignore the skinned monkey.”
Lao Zhu nodded subconsciously, what he said is correct, but it seems that their Zhu Di is hopeless, which is really sad!
"In that case, we won't stay any longer. I'll leave the affairs of Peking to you, sir."
Zhang Ximeng nodded, "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will do my best to make the north peaceful."
After the transfer between the emperor and his ministers, Zhu Yuanzhang took advantage of the winter of the fourth year of Hongwu to return to Yingtian... Finally, at the end of the year, he returned to the palace after a long absence.
When Empress Ma saw Zhu Yuanzhang, she said a few words and couldn't help but said: "I've heard about the imperial seal. Mr. Zhang tried so hard to scratch your face, but you still don't know what's good and want to do it."
Are you embarrassed to get a fake jade seal?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's old face turned red, "We, we have little education and poor knowledge, don't we think about it? Also, it's all the fault of Yang Xian, it's him, it's him who deceived Shengting, with ulterior motives, we are preparing to punish him!"
Empress Ma laughed and said: "What are you punishing? I heard that Mr. Li has been ill recently. Yang Xian is responsible for the affairs of Zhongshu Province. Now everyone in the government and the public says that he will definitely take over the position of left prime minister.
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"Who said that? How big a face can he have to surpass Mr. Zhang? Isn't this nonsense?"
Ma chuckled and said, "Why did I hear that King Lu's title is too high to serve as the left prime minister?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he said angrily: "We know that as long as we are not in the capital, there will be some people who want to make trouble and make some noise! Spread rumors about Mr. Zhang and bully Mr. Li. There is no one named Yang in this world.
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Lao Zhu was furious and said immediately: "Call Yang Xian here now. We have to ask him what his intentions are!"
Empress Ma laughed again, "Chongba, you are confused too. Li Shanchang has been with you for so many years and is the head of the civil service. Can he really not be able to overpower Yang Xian?"
Zhu Yuanzhang calmed down a little and suddenly realized what the problem was.
He thought again and again, and suddenly slapped his forehead, "Is it possible that Li Shanchang did it to say that King Lu cannot be the left prime minister? In order to maintain his position, he deliberately showed weakness and spread rumors! This guy is not either
nice one!"
Empress Ma didn't say anything else. With just one thing, she made the current complicated situation of the court clear.
Zhang Ximeng was granted the title of King of Lu and served as a stay-at-home officer in Peiping. For a time, he withdrew from the competition in Yingtian.
Earlier, Li Shanchang suffered a serious loss of points among the civil servants, and many people had other ideas.
This guy Yang Xian couldn't wait to jump out. Is he unique and ruthless, or is there someone else behind it? What are Hu Weiyong, Wang Guangyang, and many civil servants thinking?
For a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang had no idea. Normally, at this time, he would subconsciously go to Zhang Ximeng and listen to his opinion. But now that Zhang Ximeng is in Peiping, Lao Zhu has no one to discuss with...
"Chongba, I don't mean to instigate you. You also know that I respect Mr. Zhang as much as you do. But I'm thinking that this time Mr. Zhang is in Peiping and you are in Yingtian. It's also a competition to see who gets it.
Your management skills are better! Sir, there is a lot of waste waiting to be done, but the people on your side are unpredictable. Everyone has their own difficulties, Chongba, you have to think about it carefully, you can’t lose!"
Lao Zhu cheered up this time and started thinking.
In governing a country, there is an iron horse and a strong sword, and there is also a delicate and careful way, like walking on thin ice.
Since you can't see clearly, it's hard to act rashly.
Lao Zhu returned to Yingtian, rested for a few days, and took the initiative to go to Li Shanchang's residence to visit the highly respected Prime Minister Zuo.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Shanchang talked a lot, and finally said goodbye.
Then the decree came out, adding Li Shanchang to Zuo Zhuguo and the Duke of South Korea.
Although he has not been crowned king, but he has been raised to the rank of Duke of Korea, which is a big step forward.
More importantly, through this incident, I can tell everyone that Li Shanchang is not done yet, and we still rely on Mr. Li!
Sure enough, after this decree was carried out, Li Shanchang got up the next day and returned to Zhongshu Province for duty.
Not only does my face look rosy, but my coughing sound is much louder. I feel more confident!
Later, Lao Zhu took the opportunity to inspect hundreds of officials and dismissed more than a dozen censors at one go, and sent them all to Peiping to guard the border.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not kill anyone this time, but he showed his imperial methods during his promotion and demotion.
In addition, he sent a dozen censors to Zhang Ximeng, which was regarded as a courier to Zhang Ximeng.
Aren’t you short of talents?
I'll give you some first. If it's not enough, there will be more.
What else can Zhang Ximeng say besides thanking Lao Zhu for the royal gift package?
Not long ago, he decided to start a newspaper...the name of the newspaper was Minbenxunbao!
An issue is published every ten days, mainly publishing important articles approved by Zhang Ximeng.
The first issue of the People's Daily, the first article on the first page, was a conversation between two emperors!
Zhang Ximeng used Zhu Yuanzhang's visit to Gongde Camp and the dialogue with Emperor Dayuan to talk about the changes in the past twenty years... In the past twenty years, Zhu Yuanzhang rose from a cowherd to the throne. And Emperor Dayuan rose from nine to nine.
The Five Supreme Beings became prisoners.
People's hearts and minds are the foundation, and billions of people have the power to subvert everything.
This is not an illusory destiny, nor is it an invisible destiny... The people are not afraid of death. When the people are desperate, the destiny and imperial power cannot scare the people. Even millions of cavalry cannot protect the country.
But now the Ming Dynasty is just built on the ruins of the Yuan Dynasty. It is in ruins and needs everyone to work together.
Zhang Xiang’s articles have always been farts from the gods... But compared to the high-level content, the big guys want to know the current situation of the Iron Pot Emperor more, and some people even went to the Gongde Camp to report on the things here, which is satisfying.