After Li Wenzhong resigned in fear, Boss Zhu breathed a sigh of relief and asked Lao Liu who was watching the show:
"Confused?"
Lao Liuxin said that my understanding ability was not that low, but he still praised me competently: "Yes, I was confused."
"Twenty years ago, twenty-one years ago to be precise, your cousin was just in his early twenties and had already become a general in his own right. When he was stationed in Yanzhou, he had an affair with a prostitute named Han. He was not just playing for fun.
He was playing with her and even got emotional and took her to stay overnight. This is a serious violation of military discipline."
"After hearing this, we became furious and sent people to kill the prostitute. We also summoned your cousin to answer Tian's crime. But after thinking about it later, we asked him to go back and reflect on it halfway."
"Unexpectedly, after he returned, two Confucian scholars around him, Zhao Bozong and Song Ruzhang, took the opportunity to persuade him, 'You are lucky enough to come back this time. If you come back again, you will definitely not come back. Instead of doing this, it is better to make other plans.'
"
"My cousin was too young at that time and couldn't tell right from wrong, especially since he had just killed Hu Dahai's son not long ago. He was frightened and worried that we would kill him sooner or later. So we asked these two people to secretly communicate with Zhang Shicheng on the opposite side.
Qu, I want to leave a way out."
Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned this matter again after many years, but it was still fresh in his memory, which shows how deeply he cherished it.
"How did Father know these things?" Lao Liu asked enthusiastically.
"At that time, there was a group of inspectors around us who were responsible for monitoring the civil and military affairs of our subordinates." Zhu Yuanzhang did not mince words with him: "Yang Xian was their leader, and he spied on these things. It's a pity that when we founded the country, we listened to your master and the others.
Nonsense, let’s abolish school inspection.”
"What happened next?" Lao Liu urged.
"When you mention something bad about your master, you interrupt us. Who is this brat going to marry?" Zhu Yuanzhang said unhappily.
"We are all close, we are all close." Lao Liu said perfunctorily: "Speak quickly, tell us quickly."
"After we received Yang Xian's report, we were really furious. Zhu Zi didn't know what was good or bad. He wanted to repay kindness with hatred, so he wanted to go to Yanzhou to catch him personally." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed:
"It was your mother who persuaded us. She said that Wen Zhong is a child with a loyal nature, but he is still too young and easily listens to slander. Besides, if I kill him, I will have no relatives in the world. We still have to rely on soldiers to conquer the world...
"
"So we didn't leave, but wrote a personal letter and sent someone to Yanzhou. We stopped blaming him for his faults, calmly explained our expectations of him clearly, and also sent him a large amount of money and food for war horses to encourage him.
Be optimistic about Dongdaemun for us."
"Your cousin really repented, but he didn't dare to confess to us. So he made the two Confucian scholars who instigated him drunk, tied them up, threw them into the water and drowned." Zhu Yuanzhang finally recalled:
"We will just pretend that nothing happened and continue to entrust your cousin with important responsibilities. He has lived up to our expectations and grown into the top three famous generals in the world. He is now one of the pillars of the Ming Dynasty."
"Then why did Father want to pierce the window paper today?" Lao Liu asked cooperatively.
"Because your cousin also knows his own weight. As time goes by, he will inevitably develop some arrogance. It is necessary to give him a beating." Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly.
"This is not a beating. This heavy blow hurt my cousin very seriously." Lao Liu smiled bitterly and said: "He was already in poor health, and if he is frightened like this..."
"Alas, there is no way," Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said: "The biggest obstacle to splitting up the governor's office is our nephew. As an emperor, we cannot do without the support of Cao Guogong at the moment. If he does not agree, we can only give up.
"
"Yes." Lao Liu said with a smile: "Our family has made too many enemies. The support of Duke Wei, Duke Cao, and Duke Xin is absolutely indispensable."
"You are right, but never expect too much from others." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed again:
"Pure ministers like Tiande and Boyan are rare to find. Even if your eldest cousin, Duke Xin, and King Kaiping were careful, how can you expect others to be consistent? Impossible.
"
"It is inevitable for people who have been through troubled times." Lao Liu said seriously: "But this kind of thing always ignores the deeds and the heart, and no one is perfect in the heart."
"That's right, so we need to change this situation as soon as possible. After this incident is over, we will send your fourth brother away." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice:
"Wei Guogong cannot live without his own people."
"Yes." Lao Liu nodded heavily and said, "I haven't had time to report to my father, but I just received a letter from Peking..."
"What's the matter?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked serious. What he was most afraid of was that something would happen to Xu Da.
"My son, I can't say it out loud. Father, I'd better read it for myself." Lao Liu took out the translated secret letter from his sleeve.
"Mysterious." Zhu Yuanzhang took it and put on his reading glasses. At first glance, his face turned the color of pig liver.
"Oh, it's our fault... I just thought about finding a young and beautiful step-sister for Tiande, but I almost killed him." Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the case with shame and annoyance:
"Bring this bitch Xie to Nanjing, and we will beat her to death with our own hands!"
"This isn't appropriate..." Lao Liu, Khan, after all, she is also the Duke's wife, his younger brother and sister.
"Oh, then I won't do it myself. But Tian De can't do this kind of thing, otherwise he will become a widower again and bear the reputation of killing his wife." Boss Zhu felt that it was inappropriate to say anything to him.
Then he said in a low voice: "Forget it, just stop asking."
"Oh, okay." Lao Liu nodded, and he didn't intend to ask.
"You don't have to worry about Tiande's affairs, we will write to him." Zhu Yuanzhang said bitterly: "Hu Weiyong is so cowardly that he dared to assassinate the general and cut him into pieces.
It’s hard to understand the hatred in our hearts.”
"..." Lao Liu nodded. He actually deeply suspected that the old thief was fishing for law enforcement and deliberately created conditions for Hu Weiyong to rebel.
But he didn't dare to say such a thing, he didn't dare to ask, and it was even less likely that the old thief would admit it.
Anyway, "Hu Weiyong's rebellion" is already a fait accompli, so don't worry about the cause.
"How many Hu Party members have been identified in Zhongshu Province?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
"How should I put it? If we talk about Hu Party members in a broad sense, except for Wang Guangyang and a few Zeng Tai, we can count them." Lao Liu replied carefully: "But in a narrow sense, the Hu Party members who participated in rebellion can only be confirmed dead.
Chen Ning is dead, and there are still a few best friends..."
"What nonsense? Hu Weiyong is so worthless?!" Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his face again and scolded: "People say that beating a horse and a mule will scare you. We have already beaten your cousin like this, how dare you not teach him a lesson!"
"First, I am not a mule; second, I don't have a bad history; third, Zhongshu Province has nothing to do with me." Lao Liu didn't accept his trick and rolled his eyes:
"But I won't arbitrarily accuse others of treason. It doesn't cost his life alone. All the nine tribes have to be involved!"
"You, you, you haven't been beaten for three days!" Zhu Yuanzhang bent over and raised his legs angrily, took off his shoes and was about to whip him.
