The chaotic atmosphere in Nanjing City since the Han Dynasty rebelled has finally calmed down, because Emperor Yongle is finally returning to Beijing!
As the saying goes, before the heavy rain comes, the wind and thunder will come first! Before returning to Beijing, Zhu Di issued imperial edicts one after another, which had already chopped the Ming Dynasty army into chaos! He sent Zhao Ying and other close eunuchs, holding the Emperor's Sword, to the capital and various provinces.
, the major military camps on the nine sides, all the officers above the general rank in the camp were detained indiscriminately! Zhao Ying will strictly examine and verify that the generals have nothing to do with the King of Han, and then they can lead the army again! Anyone who has anything to do with the King of Han
It's relevant... don't say that even if it's an ordinary correspondence, as long as they are found out and evidence is obtained, they will all be dismissed from their posts on the spot, sent to the capital, and continued to be interrogated strictly!
As for those armies without generals, Zhu Yong, Duke of Cheng, Liu Sheng, Marquis of Anyuan, and Xue Lu, Marquis of Yangwu, will be in charge personally, or they will send their trusted generals to temporarily lead them!
"This is really a storm!" These days, on the way back to Beijing, Yang Rong, Jin Youzi and other cabinet ministers have drafted countless edicts for removal from office, removal from the title, imprisonment, and confiscation of homes. These have not yet entered the stage of conviction!
Based on the knowledge of several cabinet ministers about the emperor, it will be a bloody storm and tens of thousands of people will be killed!
"Unexpectedly," Hu Yan sighed, "it has only been gone for less than ten years and we are going to experience another human tragedy."
Yang Rong and Jin Youzi also believed in this. They were both born in the early years of Hongwu, and Hu Yan was born in the Yuan Dynasty. In their more than forty years of life, they experienced three major cases in the Hongwu Dynasty and the Jingwen Dynasty.
During the Battle of Nanjing and the Yongle Dynasty Guamanzhao, Shenzhou changed color every time and tens of thousands of families wailed! Even if they were not involved, some of their relatives and friends would suffer because of it, and they were even more concerned about the kind of people who are in danger of themselves.
The atmosphere of terror is disgusting!
"Can you try to resolve it..." Hu Yan said softly.
Yang Rong and Jin Youzi looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time. The former stood up and closed the door, while the latter said to Hu Yan in a deep voice: "Yuanfu, long-term pain is not as good as short-term pain. Only by letting the poisonous blood flow out once can we restore the Ming Dynasty's lasting peace!"
The words were vague, but Hu Yan understood deeply that in the eyes of civil servants like them, venomous generals were the cause of national turmoil and loss of life! Which turmoil in the Ming Dynasty was not caused by ambitious generals?
?!The rebellion of the King of Han this time is the most illustrative of the problem. Those noble generals easily followed Zhu Gaoxu in rebellion. On the one hand, it was because they were too deeply involved and could not get off the ship, but the more important reason was the problem in the bones of those generals -
- They are violent, simple-minded, and ambitious. They are like a pile of dry firewood poured with oil. Just a spark can ignite a raging fire!
Therefore, it is easy to understand what Jin Youzi said. Instead of trying to calm down the trouble, he also wanted to add fuel to the flames and let the emperor completely sweep the noble generals off the stage of history! In this way, they, the civil servants who have been suppressed for decades, have the opportunity to stand in the center of the stage.
Shape a Ming Dynasty with long-lasting peace and stability with your own hands!
"In this way..." The reason is very simple, and the pros and cons are easy to analyze... The more ruthlessly the emperor punishes the nobles, the more beneficial it will be to the prince, and the more beneficial it will be to the civil service group! It's just this simple principle, and behind the obvious power, there are tens of thousands
Human blood, the tragedy of hundreds of thousands of people...
Hu Yan finally couldn't bear to ask: "What's the difference between us and them?"
"I don't agree with Yuan Fu's words." Jin Youzi said sternly: "It's like there are ten people in the house, and a knife-wielding murderer suddenly breaks in. Should you kill the murderer and keep the ten people safe? Or are you worried?
I also have blood on my hands, but I am watching the murderer massacre those ten innocent people?"
"This..." Hu Yan was asked.
"Yuan Fu, what we are doing is for the common people of the world and the Ming Dynasty, not personal gain!" At this time, Yang Rong, who had been silent, also said: "If I can kill one person and save ten people, then I am willing to kill this person!
Even if someone calls me a murderer, I don’t care!"
"Hey..." Hu Yan was convinced and nodded: "Try not to implicate your family..."
"Of course!" Jin Youzi nodded: "Our purpose is to save people and the country, not to vent our personal anger!"
"Speaking of which..." Hu Yan nodded again and began to enter the role: "This time, none of King Zhao's people moved. Could it be that King Zhao passed this level?"
"Yes, the emperor only dismissed Yuan Rong from his official position. He is the Yulin Guard responsible for the emperor's safety and has unshirkable responsibilities... But no one else, including the emperor, seems to have the intention to pursue the case. Jin Youzi nodded. He and Yang Rong had experienced the Nanhaizi Incident.
Throughout the whole process, I knew that King Zhao definitely played a disgraceful role in that assassination, but there was just no evidence. But with the emperor’s character, if we really want to deal with him, do we need evidence?
"Maybe," Yang Rong said slowly, "if the King of Han and King Zhao are dealt with at the same time, it will solidify the scandal that the two brothers tried to join forces to kill their father and brother. The emperor cannot accept it."
"It makes sense." Hu Yan nodded and said in his heart that it is true. Then the emperor's face will be lost! The Chinese are talking about cultivating Qi Zhiping! Before the Qi family was still ruling the country and bringing peace to the world, if the sons joined forces to murder their father,
, even if the emperor established perfect martial arts, it would still be a joke in the history books...
While several cabinet bachelors were speculating on why King Zhao was not being held accountable, Zhu Zhanji was also worrying about the same problem. But he did not dare to say it out loud, because at this moment, he and his third uncle were serving in front of the king!
"Don't be nervous." Zhu Di looked at his children and grandchildren and saw that they all had unconcealable anxiety on their faces. In fact, it wasn't just them, even Zhu Di was also full of doubts at this moment! State affairs and family affairs were mixed together, making it difficult for him to
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty also felt deeply powerless. He sat back on the easy chair and said slowly: "I am going to cross the river tomorrow. I can't sleep, so I asked you to come over and chat and kill the long night."
"Ah..." Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Gaosui didn't believe it. Zhu Di dragged them out of bed in the middle of the night just to find someone to chat with! The latter smiled and said: "Father, you still have to go to bed early. If you can't sleep,
, I can read you a few passages of scripture to calm your nerves, and maybe you can fall asleep."
"Haha..." Zhu Di showed a happy smile on his face and said lightly: "Yao'er has always been filial and well-behaved. I don't understand. How could someone say that you want to murder me?"
Zhu Gaosui was frightened by Zhu Di's words. He quickly knelt down and said in a panic: "Father, Emperor Mingjian! Where did this rumor come from? This is to kill my son!" He said with a tearful voice: "My son, my father.
I have never had any ambitions, I am timid, and I have great respect and love for my father. How could I do such a thing that is worse than a beast?! I swear to God, if I have even the slightest thought, I will be struck by thunder and lightning forever.
Falling to the eighteenth floor?!"
"Okay, okay," Zhu Di said lightly, "I said it, but I don't believe it either." He looked at Zhu Zhanji and said, "Grandson, do you believe it?"
Zhu Zhanji said in his heart: "Can I say I don't believe it?" He could only shake his head and said with a smile: "Don't say I don't believe the rumors about the third uncle, I don't even believe the rumors about the second uncle!"
After hearing what he said, Zhu Gaosui cursed in his heart, the little bastard compared me to the second child because he was afraid that his father would let me go!
"Well," Zhu Di seemed not to understand what Zhu Zhanji said, and nodded approvingly: "A close relative who has broken bones and connected tendons would rather think of the good than the bad."
"Yes..." Zhu Zhanji's heart was filled with turmoil. Although it seemed like small talk, this was actually the red line drawn by the emperor to his father and son - the victorious party was not allowed to kill everyone! The honor of the royal family must be maintained! To be precise, it was
Maintain the emperor's dignity!
Zhu Gaosui was going crazy with joy. After his father said these words, who would dare to slander him with unfounded charges? In any case, this level is over!
"Yao'er," Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaosui with complicated eyes. Among the three sons, the one he loved the most was the youngest son who was most like Queen Xu. Zhu Di did not want to believe that he would collude with assassins to murder him, and even avoided it intentionally or unintentionally.
If he digs deeper into this matter, he is afraid that something will be found out, which will make him feel embarrassed as a father?! "In the future, your eldest brother will handle the affairs of the country, and your second brother will not be able to do it, so you should spend more time with your father..."
"Yes." Zhu Gaosui lowered his head. He knew that this was the emperor's last wake-up call for him to give up those unrealistic delusions. An An and he would play the role of loving father and filial son... Zhu Gaosui kept sneering in his heart.
He said: 'What's the difference between that and killing me?!' But if he could escape the violent storm that followed, he should burn high incense. How could he dare to expect too much?!
"Go and have a rest." Zhu Di lowered his eyelids, stopped looking at him, and told Zhu Zhanji: "Zhanji, please give Grandpa Huang a squeeze on his feet."
"Yes." The two of them responded at the same time, Zhu Gaosui exited, and Zhu Zhanji slowly helped Zhu Di, helped him lie down on the bed, covered him with a quilt, and knelt at the end of the bed, pressing Zhu Di's soles with both hands.
Zhu Di slowly closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time, as if he had fallen asleep.
Just when Zhu Zhanji thought he had fallen asleep, he stopped and was about to exit quietly, when he suddenly heard Zhu Di faintly say: "Do you think I'm confused?"
"My grandson doesn't dare." Zhu Zhanji was startled, and the sleepiness in his heart suddenly disappeared.
"It's difficult to be the head of the family without being deaf or mute," Zhu Di was lying on the bed. He couldn't see the expression on his face, but he could hear the deep disappointment in his tone. "People can't understand it too well, especially as a parent.
Hey, a bunch of debt collectors..."
"..." Zhu Di seemed to be mumbling to himself. Zhu Zhanji was not sure whether he was talking to him, but even if he was sure, he did not dare to answer and could only listen silently.
"Failure...what a failure..." Zhu Di mumbled the last few words, then turned over and fell asleep.
Zhu Zhanji listened for a while longer, and then quietly retreated when he heard the emperor snoring.