Yongping Prefecture is located due east of the capital, and Xingzhou is in the center of Yongping Prefecture, about three hundred miles away from the capital.
For many years, Xingzhou has been calm and nothing happened.
There was an urgent memorial suddenly. Could it be that something big had happened?
Seeing Ming Chengzu holding the memorial in his hand and frowning more and more, Lin Shangli couldn't help but make random guesses in his heart.
Ming Chengzu was stunned to read the memorial of just a few sentences for almost half a quarter of an hour.
Lin Shangli crossed his hands on his abdomen, arched his body, and felt uneasy in his heart.
Finally, Ming Chengzu looked away from the memorial and slowly placed it on the table.
He turned his head and looked at Wang Xiaosi behind him who was preoccupied with rubbing his shoulders: "Xiaosi, go and ask the imperial study room to make a bowl of white fungus soup. I suddenly want to drink it."
"Yes." Wang Xiaosi responded, took a step back, and was about to leave.
"Watch them cook it and cook it for a while longer." Ming Chengzu ordered again.
"Yes." Wang Xiaosi responded again and walked out of the room.
He closed the door of the Imperial Study Room, waved his hand, winked a few times, greeted the eunuch on duty at the door, and walked a few steps outside.
After following the emperor for so many years, Wang Xiaosi's ability to observe words and emotions has improved greatly.
Let yourself watch the white fungus soup being cooked in the imperial kitchen, and it needs to be cooked for a longer time. This is obviously because the emperor has something to say to the factory owner alone.
It seems that the matters involved in this memorial are somewhat important.
Watching Wang Xiaosi leave, Lin Shangli hurriedly leaned forward, stared at Ming Chengzu respectfully, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what happened in Xingzhou."
He placed his left hand on the desk and rubbed his frowning brows with two fingers, as if he was considering how to speak. Ming Chengzu was silent for a while, then he raised his head and looked at Lin Shangli's old face with some sagging skin: "Not yet.
Talking about Xingzhou, there is one thing that I want to hear from you."
What's on your mind? What's on your mind, this slave?
The slave's inner thoughts are not all changed randomly by looking at your face.
Lin Shangli felt bitter in his heart.
As a slave, especially a slave next to the emperor, even if he has his own thoughts, he must follow his master's wishes in doing things.
In the final analysis, I am just a tool. How can I dare to express my true feelings to you?
But I think so in my heart, but I dare not say it out loud.
He looked at Ming Chengzu respectfully and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, may I ask, this servant must speak his mind."
But Ming Chengzu's next words almost caused Lin Shangli to break his guard instantly.
"What do you think of the blue jade case handled by Taizu?" After thinking for a long time, Ming Chengzu finally spoke.
He never expected that the emperor would suddenly ask this question, and Lin Shangli didn't know how to answer it for a moment.
If you don't know Xiao Chen's life experience, you can just pause for a moment, observe the emperor's face, and follow the emperor's thoughts.
But now he knows that Xiao Chen is a descendant of Lan Yu. Even if he can't rehabilitate Lan Yu, he can't say that Lan Yu is worthless and make his rehabilitation completely hopeless.
However, I haven't thought about how to mention this matter to the emperor. Being asked about it suddenly is really a great test for my mind.
But following Ming Chengzu for nearly twenty years, Lin Shangli had already developed an invincible mentality of being unfazed in times of crisis. His mind was spinning so many times in an instant.
He glanced at Ming Chengzu's face with the corner of his eyes, bowed his body even further, and said solemnly and tentatively: "The Blue Jade Case is a major case that has been handled by Taizu personally. How can I dare to talk about it without knowing the meaning?"
Dao 4. As the second largest case in our dynasty, there are countless officials involved. Although I am just a small eunuch, I know that this matter is not trivial. How can I dare to speculate casually? What is your opinion, Your Majesty?
That’s the slave’s point of view.”
After hearing Lin Shangli's words, Ming Chengzu's expression suddenly changed.
He originally wanted to use Lin Shangli, the owner of Dongchang Factory, to raise the matter of the Blue Jade Case and ask Lin Shangli to give him detailed information, but he never thought that this old man would kick the hot potato back to him.
But if you listen carefully, there is really nothing wrong with his words. If it were in the lobby, it would be hard for me to blame him.
But now, in order to listen to his inner thoughts, I even tried to get away from Wang Xiaosi, but he was so dismissive of me. This was not a scolding.
With his eyes widened, Ming Chengzu looked very angry: "You old guy, I just want to hear what's on your mind, but you go out of your way to talk to me in an official tone. You think I'm not worthy of listening.
What’s in your heart?”
Lin Shangli's knees softened and he knelt on the ground with a pop: "I don't dare. I only speak from my heart."
"What's in your heart? What's in your heart is what I say and what you say?"
"Yes. The emperor is the master of his servants. Whatever the master says, the servants will say whatever they say." Lowering his head, Lin Shangli wished he could dig out his heart and show it to Ming Chengzu.
The more Lin Shangli spoke, the angrier Ming Chengzu became. Unfortunately, the other party's words all showed that he was loyal to him.
I couldn't bear to continue scolding him, and waved my hand: "Get up, I sent Xiaosi away. I just want to talk to you about what's on my mind. You can't hide it like this."
Lin Shangli stood up with a groan, still looking respectful, and stood in front of Ming Chengzu.
"Tell me, what is your personal opinion on the Lan Yu case? Or, if there are any opinions among the people, you can tell me." Ming Chengzu raised his right fingers and tapped the memorial on the table.
"More than twenty years have passed since the Lan Jade case, and it has long been forgotten by people. However, in the first few years, people talked a lot about this case in private." After thinking about it again and again, Lin Shangli decided to face this case head-on.
topic.
Xiao Chen's life experience is there, and this matter will be mentioned sooner or later. Now that the emperor has talked about it, it would be better to find out what the emperor has to say in advance.
"What do the people say?" Ming Chengzu said in a neutral tone.
"At the beginning, Taizu punished Lan Yu because he secretly made a large number of weapons with the intention of treason. However, people said that Lan Yu was in charge of the world's troops. If he really wanted to rebel, he could just wave his hand and there was no need to make weapons."
While observing Ming Chengzu's expression, Lin Shangli whispered.
"You mean Taizu mistakenly blamed Lan Yu?"
"I don't dare. These were all rumors among the people at that time." Lin Shangli hurriedly knelt on the ground again.
Ming Chengzu seemed to have nothing to do with Lin Shangli's tendency to kneel down, and simply stopped letting him get up.
Old man, if you feel that my words are not right, just kneel down.
Since you love to kneel, then just kneel.
Regardless of Lin Shangli, Ming Chengzu slowly stood up and walked towards the window: "How can anyone in the world understand Taizu's painstaking efforts?"
Ming Chengzu knew in his heart that if it were not for his good grandson to have a stable throne, how could Taizu have attacked Lan Yu, the founding general of the Ming Dynasty, and implicated all the powerful figures in the army, no matter how big or small.
But how can I talk about these royal things to others?
"Your Majesty, you are asking this because of the memorial in Xingzhou. Is it related to this matter?" As Ming Chengzu moved, Lin Shangli knelt on the ground and slowly turned around.
After so many years, is it possible that the Emperor is still investigating the missing persons in the Lan Yu case?
"The magistrate of Xingzhou reported that traces of Lan Yu's general Zhang Jingtian were found in Xingzhou."
Ming Chengzu's words were like a thunderbolt, striking Lin Shangli's heart.
