Somewhat unexpectedly, the death of Marquis Deqing did not cause much waves.
But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.
First of all, at the New Year's Eve banquet, Liao Yongzhong's crazy behavior was obvious to all. In the eyes of the nobles, if the superiors don't deal with him, will they rebel in the future?
Secondly, the death of Liao Yongzhong, to be honest, was actually something the honorable nobles liked to hear about.
As the saying goes, if the embankment is higher than the shore, the waves will destroy it. Deqinghou, who had strong ability to ride waves, great achievements, and a big appetite, did not even urinate with them, but lived to make everyone uncomfortable. His death made Xun Xun uncomfortable.
You guys are suffering from heart disease.
Thirdly, the superior did not harm his family, and promised to let his son Liao Quan inherit the title, which made the nobles feel at ease. They felt that the superior was very restrained, so he would not harm others.
Since the nobles and nobles are all emotionally stable, the civil servants are naturally more happy to sit back and enjoy themselves.
But they soon lost their mood. Before the Lantern Festival, the Ministry of Education issued an edict, ordering the Ministry of Punishment to begin a nationwide crackdown on illicit salt trafficking. Anyone involved or providing cover would be killed.
amnesty!
This shocked the civil servants. How could they be beheaded on arrest without going through judicial trial?
No matter how serious the crime is, procedures must be followed. Otherwise, why would we need national law?
No one can guarantee that this kind of extrajudicial punishment will one day fall on them. So the ministers wrote letters one after another to dissuade them, but they were all dismissed by Zhongshu Sheng on the grounds that the holy will had been decided.
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Of course, the local bloodshed could not reach the capital for a while. The Qinhuai River on the Lantern Festival was still illuminated by lanterns and was full of brilliance. The officials and the people were enjoying themselves all night long, making it look like a peaceful and prosperous age.
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After the Lantern Festival, the year is over, and the princes and generals who came to Beijing to celebrate the New Year will one after another leave the capital.
As usual, Boss Zhu would hold a farewell banquet for all his old brothers. However, because of the death of Marquis Deqing, Zhu Yuanzhang canceled the farewell banquet and asked the envoy to tell the generals that they must take Liao Yongzhong as a warning, abide by the law, and clean themselves.
Love yourself and never make the same mistakes again.
However, there are always exceptions in everything. Zhu Yuanzhang had to invite General Xu Da, who was about to go north, to have a good meal if no one else invited him.
On the night of the 16th day of the first lunar month, he called Xu Da to the Qianqing Palace for dinner, and Empress Ma personally cooked and prepared a table of wine and food.
Xu Da was flattered and looked at the dishes that were served. Although there were still four dishes and one soup, there were fish and meat. It was much better than the table on the first night of the first year of junior high school.
"What's the matter, Tiande, do you think we will ask you to eat grass?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.
"Thunder, rain and dew are all gifts from heaven. It is a great blessing to be able to eat the royal banquet given by the emperor." Xu Daye smiled and said: "What's more, the queen made it herself."
"Hahaha, look how good Tiande can talk." Zhu Yuanzhang said happily to Queen Ma who came in with a big plate: "If those rough guys can imitate him, we won't have to scold you all day long."
"It only takes a hundred years for a person to be born with virtue. How do you expect someone to catch up with him? Go ahead and dream." Empress Ma smiled and placed a large plate of steamed goose on the table.
"My sister-in-law invited you to this, and it is not included in his four dishes and one soup."
"Isn't this appropriate?" Xu Da looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a smile.
"There is nothing inappropriate. We are in charge of the Ming Dynasty, not my mother-in-law." Zhu Yuanzhang was not ashamed of being henpecked. He winked at Xu Da and said, "Actually, the Queen Mother is in charge of us."
"What are you talking about?" Empress Ma gave Zhu Yuanzhang a nudge, sat down next to him and said, "Come on, Tiande, I want to toast you too. You have worked really hard on the expedition to Mobei and the defense of the country and the border all these years.
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"Your Majesty's words are serious. Compared with the hardships I endured back then, the small amount of punishment I have suffered now is not worth mentioning." Xu Da quickly raised the wine glass with both hands, leaned over to touch Empress Ma, and raised his head to toast. It's comparable to that.
He was much more respectful to Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Tiande's words are true." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement and said: "We talked about that part so much when we were young. In fact, Tiande is not much better. Sister, you don't know, we are peers.
Coming."
"We are in Zhongli Dong Township, which is Zhongli Yongfeng Township. There is a river between the two townships. We go to the river to graze cattle, and we often meet him. We also graze cattle for the landlords in their village." Zhu Yuanzhang recalled with emotion.
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"At that time, the landowners were very evil. They said that our children did not need to work hard to herd the cattle, so they only gave the long-term workers less than half of the rations, which was not enough to eat at all."
"Yes," Xu Da was reminded of the memory: "So every day, as soon as he drove the buffalo into the river, he started to look for food all over the world. What kind of August fried, goat milk, milk milk, if you can find it, just eat it.
Li Sai, in fact, he doesn’t have enough to eat at all. Sometimes if he eats incorrectly, he will have diarrhea and vomiting, which will cost him half his life.”
Queen Ma is actually the daughter of a small landowner and doesn't know much about wild fruits and vegetables, but that doesn't stop her from listening to it with gusto.
"There are more wolves than meat, so you are fighting for me. When those wild fruits are about to ripen, they will not give up an inch of land." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and pointed at Xu Da and said:
"Despite this guy's honest face, he has been cunning and cunning since he was a child. When the frost came that year, a stinky wolfberry tree started to ripen here. In order to prevent this guy from stealing the camp, I, Tang He and Zhou Dexing took turns guarding the tree.
Bottom. As a result, that idiot Zhou Dexing got away and stole it once."
"Later, Tang He deceived him again and stole the second mature crop." Zhu Yuanzhang still remembered: "We were so angry that we stayed under the tree every day, not believing that he could still take the last crop."
Stole it too!"
"The results of it?"
"It turns out he stole my cow..."
"Hahaha!" After a burst of laughter, Xu Da corrected him: "I'm not a cattle thief when I beat a decent guy."
"Yes, you didn't steal the cow. You took the cow to Mr. Liu and said you picked up my cow." Zhu Yuanzhang said depressedly: "Mr. Liu was so angry that he grabbed the whistle stick and came to find it. How can we still do it now?"
Do you care about looking at the tree? You quickly ran away, but this kid climbed up the tree and ate the last batch of stinky wolfberries while watching me chase the rich man Liu all over the mountain."
"Hahaha..." Queen Ma couldn't help laughing and said, "I didn't expect that Chongba could be so naughty at times."
"We win or lose, and I am often plotted by the emperor." Xu Da ate the whole steamed goose while joking, then wiped his oily mouth with a cotton handkerchief and said: "The problem with eating so fast is that the emperor forces me to do it."
Come out, or you will be robbed by him."
After saying that, he put the handkerchief into his sleeve and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we've finished our meal. Is it time to talk about what's going on?"
"What else can I do? I'll give you a farewell." Zhu Yuanzhang touched his mustache and said with a guilty smile.
"Over the years, we have eaten the Empress's steamed goose three times." Xu Da raised three fingers and said, "The first time was when the emperor was held hostage by Sun Deya's subordinates. We decided to take the emperor's place as a hostage.
When the emperor is brought back."
"The second time was before the Northern Expedition, when the emperor paid a farewell visit to his ministers."
"This is the third time." Xu Da said with a smile: "So as soon as the steamed goose is served on the table, my heart is clenched..."
"Oh, hahaha. Tiande, you are so delicate." Zhu Yuanzhang patted Xu Da on the shoulder and said casually: "Okay, there is something, a good thing. Remember, your eldest girl Qi
What did we tell you when you were 20 years old?"
"Uh..." Xu Da pretended to recall for a moment, shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I forgive you, I can't remember."
"Let me help you recall your memories. At that time, I told you, 'Your daughter will grow up to be rich. She should be my daughter-in-law, and she should take good care of me...'"
Xu Da suddenly felt that the roast goose in his stomach was no longer fragrant...
