In the cell, there seemed to be no lamp oil in the huge lamp oil basin on the wall. The originally bright cell felt very dim under the light of a finger-sized flame.
Even so, Xiao Chen didn't bother to call the captain to add more lamp oil, but stared at Liao Xianghe closely, for fear that he might miss something if he wasn't paying attention.
Xiao Chen knew very little about the Jianwen Dynasty and the previous Hongwu Dynasty due to his age.
In addition, Dongchang had been working in Jinyiwei before, and he had always been a junior captain, always busy on the front line. Occasionally, when he took a break, he would always be sleepy, and he almost never talked about the Ming Dynasty with anyone.
Those old things.
Today, Liao Xianghe, who almost grew up with Daming, talked about some things before Yongle, and Xiao Chen listened with interest.
"Actually, if Prince Yiwen hadn't died young, the Ming Dynasty wouldn't be in the situation it is now, and there wouldn't be so many complicated things." Liao Xianghe seemed to have returned to the past, looking at the dark roof with his eyes.
He said something with an expressive expression.
"I have heard people say this. Prince Yiwen was the successor appointed by Taizu at that time." Xiao Chen said softly.
"Yes." Liao Xianghe nodded, "Prince Yiwen has been familiar with Confucian classics since he was a child. He has a kind and generous personality. As the eldest son, he is very friendly to his younger brothers like ordinary people. The kings of Qin, Jin, Yan, Zhou and others
My younger brother made many mistakes, but Prince Yiwen intervened and interceded, so that they were not punished and his prestige among the kings was extremely high."
"In the first year of Hongwu, just after he ascended the throne, he made him the crown prince. Taizu loved Prince Yiwen very much. From the day he was made the crown prince, he was assigned a young master, a young master and a young security guard to teach him.
He managed the country in a safe way. At the same time, Taizu equipped Prince Yiwen with a top-notch military team at the time, so that after Prince Yiwen ascended the throne, he could directly command the world."
"Wait, wait." Xiao Chen interrupted Liao Xianghe, "Master Liao, do you mean that Taizu assigned all the generals who followed Taizu to conquer the world to Prince Yiwen?"
"Yes." Liao Xianghe nodded, "The world is at peace, and the generals cannot immediately return to the fields, remove their armor, and leave the army. At this time, Taizu recommended them to Prince Yiwen. I only hope that Prince Yiwen will help
If you hold the military power and take over the baton of governing the Ming Dynasty from your own hands, you can manage the government smoothly without causing any trouble."
"It seems that the untimely death of Prince Yiwen was a big blow to Taizu. As the saying goes, the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment. If you die without ascending the throne, a man with white hair will be sent to black.
I guess Taizu's mood at that time must have been extremely bad." Xiao Chen interjected.
Hearing what Xiao Chen said, Liao Xianghe leaned forward and stood up slowly.
"The death of Prince Yiwen also led to a series of major events. It also left a series of irreconcilable contradictions for future generations." Liao Xianghe's words became as cold as ice.
"how do I say this?"
Liao Xianghe turned around and looked directly at Xiao Chen: "Do you know the founding general of the Ming Dynasty, Liang Guogong Lan Yu?"
"Lanyu? You know. He held the military power of the Ming Dynasty and attempted to rebel. His entire body was skinned off by Taizu from head to toe. Later, he filled it with straw and hung it at the city gate for three days, and then handed it to him.
My daughter, Princess Shu, is here to take a souvenir." Xiao Chen said.
He didn't know about the other things, but when he was with the fat master, the master would mention it to him again and again after practicing.
Xiao Chen could even retell the details of Lan Jade being skinned word for word.
Although Daodongchang would use some more painful methods when arresting criminals or interrogating prisoners in the future, compared with the incident of Lan Yu being skinned, he was already too merciful to say the least.
"Do you think it was right for Taizu to do this?" Liao Xianghe asked calmly, but there was a trace of uncontrollable anger in the eyes he looked at Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen shook his head: "My founding hero, even if he has great achievements, even if he has the ability to rebel, but after all, he has no fact of rebellion. Based on his own conjecture, he will capture the hero, and even more
He was skinned so cruelly and was given to his daughter as a 'souvenir'. How much did Taizu hate Sapphire?!"
"In that case, more than 15,000 Yuan Gong generals were killed in total. It can be said that all the heroes who conquered the world with him were killed." Liao Xianghe raised his head and closed his eyes slowly.
Eye.
"When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden. When the cunning rabbit is dead, the running dogs are cooked. In terms of killing the donkey, no one can reach the height of Taizu." Xiao Chen also shook his head and said a little helplessly.
Xiao Chen doesn't have much pursuit of power, and he doesn't bother to play tricks in the struggle for power.
But even so, Xiao Chen also knew that the real cause of Lan Yu's death was because he was the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty's army and had too many powerful soldiers under his command, which successfully aroused Taizu's suspicion and murderous intentions.
"Killing people and punishing the heart. At this point, Taizu perfectly demonstrated what cruelty is. He peeled off his father's human skin, stuffed it with straw, and gave it to his daughter. You said, if this Princess of Shu is your sister, if Lan Yu is your father
, can you swallow this breath?" Liao Xianghe's tone became obviously sharp.
"If it were me, I would return all of this with interest." Xiao Chen said lightly.
As an emperor, his considerations may be different from those of ordinary people. For the sake of the stability of the country, he will sacrifice some innocent people and things.
However, as an ordinary person, Xiao Chen did not agree with this humiliating way of killing.
If Sapphire really rebels, it would not be an exaggeration to peel him off a thousand times.
But just because he was suspicious and had the ability to rebel against the other party, Xiao Chen didn't have any good impression of Ming Taizu in his heart by killing a hero who had made him famous.
Turning around slowly, Liao Xianghe's expression returned to calm.
"This is the massacre of the founding military generals by Ming Taizu. Before this, he felt that the civil servants made him uneasy. At that time, the court still had the position of prime minister. All matters in the court were handled by the left and right prime ministers. In order to centralize the imperial power, he
He thought about abolishing the post of Prime Minister. However, the post of Prime Minister was very involved, and it did not mean that it would be easily abolished. So, Hu Weiyong, who was serving as Prime Minister at that time, was still charged with treason. That was the case.
The case implicated more than 30,000 people and killed almost all the founding officials."
There was no expression on Liao Xianghe's face.
It seems that in his mind, if he did not kill all the founding heroes, it would not be the way Ming Taizu did things.
