Chapter 168 Qian Gang takes the lead
Zhu Biao angered Master Wang for the second time, and this time he really made Master Wang so angry that he couldn't get up from the bed.
Feeling guilty, Zhu Biao provided Mr. Wang with good food, drink and medicine, waiting for Emperor Hongwu to take over.
But Emperor Hongwu refused to give up Zhu Guorui's disguise and went to watch Master Wang's fun every day.
Because the capital was to be moved, civil officials gradually rushed to Beijing.
When Liu Ji arrived, Wang Liang was still unable to get up, so he also went to watch.
Song Lian stared at Liu Ji, fearing that Liu Ji would stab Wang Liang again. Biaoer did not kill the man, so Liu Ji went to collect Wang Xue Shi's head.
Fortunately, Liu Ji was a very proud scholar. He disdained to fight for the head, and wanted to kill the person with his mouth knife from a full health state.
Liu Ji now carefully studied Zhu Biao's abusive words, hoping to learn from them.
But after looking around, he felt that Biaoer really didn't curse anyone, he was just telling the truth.
Can this be used to kill people?
Song Lian sighed: "Perhaps it is precisely because we speak the truth that we can shame people to death. Like what Biaoer said, it wasn't Biaoer who scolded people to death, it was they who committed suicide out of shame."
"Tsk." Liu Ji closed the "Biao'er Collection of Curses" and said, "Fortunately, when I first started my career, I only served as a minor official in the local government. A high-ranking official in the Yuan Dynasty's court is not something an ordinary person could hold onto."
Liu Ji also began to curse the Yuan Dynasty as the thief Yuan Dynasty, which shows how disgusted he was.
Song Lian felt a little nauseous when he thought about this.
He couldn't understand why, after all that had happened, there were still people who were loyal to the Yuan Emperor?
After seeing the darkness in the officialdom, he and Liu Ji resigned and retired, waiting for a wise leader in this chaotic world.
They all believed that the Yuan Dynasty was in such chaos that it was time to change the dynasty and appoint a new emperor who could bring peace to the people.
Is it necessary to keep the Da Yuan?
Liu Ji said, "When you can't figure something out, go read the Heavenly Book. Whenever I'm puzzled, I read the Heavenly Book over and over again. I wonder when Biao'er will be able to write the third Heavenly Book."
Song Lian thought of Zhu Biao's busy appearance and laughed: "I'm afraid he doesn't have time. Oh, I feel a little sorry for him."
Liu Ji said: "Why should you feel bad? He is the crown prince. If we don't let him return to the throne now, he won't do enough. If he were the crown prince now, he would have already started to supervise the country."
Song Lian smiled and said, "The Crown Prince is the regent, what does the Emperor do?"
Liu Ji shook his sleeves and said disdainfully, "How would I know? Perhaps he is causing trouble for the Crown Prince who is in charge of the state."
Song Lian laughed.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know that his trusted ministers were mocking him behind his back. He sneezed twice and secretly reviewed official documents without Zhu Biao's knowledge.
Zhu Wenzheng was so angry that he broke another brush. "Fourth Uncle! You were handling the paperwork yourself, why did you drag me along? I'm just a vassal king! Vassal kings don't interfere in government affairs. Fourth Uncle, don't you understand?"
Li Wenzhong immediately stuffed a new brush into Zhu Wenzhen's hand, and Chen Ying quickly replaced the document in front of Zhu Wenzhen.
"Alright, alright, get back to work. Watch out for Biao'er coming back."
"You should also learn how to handle paperwork. What will you do if Wenzhong and I leave?"
Zhu Wenzheng said confidently: "Yes!"
Li Wenzhong and Chen Ying said in unison: "That's why we asked you to learn to handle it yourself!"
The strong man Zhu Wenzhen whimpered and drew circles at the document with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.
The four of them rushed over and finally took care of the government affairs when Zhu Biao returned home, pretending that nothing had happened.
On his way home, Zhu Biao picked up his younger brothers from school. He held his dog, Zhu Di, in his left hand, and his cat, Zhu Su, in his right hand. Behind him, Zhu Chong and Zhu Tan were whispering to each other, and he yawned as he returned home.
"Dad, Mr. Liu and Mr. Song are here. When will the emperor arrive?" Zhu Biao asked. "What if Wang Liang comes to try to scam me again if the emperor doesn't come?"
"Ping Porcelain..." Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing, "Okay, okay, it's coming soon. It will come in autumn."
Zhu Biao was speechless: "The emperor really came to Beijing to spend the winter."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with a straight face: "Yes."
Zhu Biao looked up at the sky.
There's no heating in the north now . Going north to spend the winter... Fine, Emperor Hongwu, as long as you're happy.
Zhu Biao thought, let's build a kang in the palace first. The rough emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty would definitely not be frozen to death, but it would be bad if Empress Ma was frozen to death.
After Zhu Biao's eager anticipation, Zhu Yuanzhang finally agreed to go to Beijing as the Hongwu Emperor.
Zhu Biao met the emperor again, but this time he did not kneel.
Because Emperor Hongwu said that it was a bad habit for the Yuan Dynasty to make ministers kneel at every turn, and ministers were not allowed to kneel.
He did this for Biaoer, really, it made me cry to death.
At least Zhu Yuanzhang's stand-in cried to death.
Before Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were emperor and crown prince, he had tolerated it. If they knelt again, he would hang them that night.
When Zhu Biao heard the news, he had no reaction.
It seems that officials would kneel during the Ming and Qing dynasties. However, his master was not the Hongwu Emperor in history, and it was normal for him to not allow officials to kneel in order to restore the pre-Yuan system.
What Zhu Biao never expected was that Zhu Yuanzhang forbade officials to kneel and prohibited burying people alive with the dead. This attempt to restore the system before Daoyuan, or even during the Song Dynasty, was unanimously opposed by the Ministry of Rites.
The military generals and nobles were all confused and had no idea what the civil officials were opposing; among the civil officials, only Ji Renshou argued with reason, and even Liu Ji and Song Lian could only remain silent.
Zhu Biao did not expect it, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect it even more.
He immediately summoned Liu Ji, Song Lian, and Li Shanchang, who had been clamoring to retire every day, and asked them why they did not stand on his side.
Li Shanchang smiled bitterly: "My Lord, if we remain silent, we will be standing by your side."
Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't understand.
But fortunately, in private, Zhu Yuanzhang was still the master of these three people. So what they could not and dared not say in the court, they could say to their master in private.
The three men remained silent. The reason for the uproar in the court was very simple, because most of the civil officials of Zhu Yuanzhang's age in the court had served in the Yuan Dynasty.
There were only so many talented scholars in a dynasty. How could Zhu Yuanzhang easily find an opportunity? Even if he did, the ones he found would generally be like Liu Ji and others, first serving as an official and then retiring.
Therefore, they knelt for their superiors and the emperor, and remained silent or even supported the practice of burying people alive with the dead when Mongolian nobles practiced it.
If Zhu Yuanzhang did not allow the officials to kneel and issued an imperial decree saying that burying people alive with the dead was not good, how would they deal with it?
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang should not only continue the etiquette of the Yuan Dynasty, but also make it even more severe to make these people feel better.
"Let the Ming emperor also bear this sin. In a few generations, if another emperor proposes this, they will agree." Liu Ji said sarcastically, "Because this has nothing to do with those who have already surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty. This is a mistake made by the Ming emperor and his ministers together, and only together can it be corrected."
Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "But will the emperors of later times have the ability to overturn the ancestral precepts?"
Liu Ji said honestly: "I don't know. But if it's Biao'er, it will definitely work."
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "If I blame everything on Biao'er, then why would I be the emperor?"
After laughing, Zhu Yuanzhang insisted on his own way and issued an imperial decree.
Whether you agree or not, I have made my decision.
After Zhu Biao learned about this super handsome scene of Emperor Hongwu from his father, he excitedly wrote a super childish message to Emperor Hongwu that was taken from the game.
Even great sages are bound by their relatives, friends and teachers. They know that some things are wrong but cannot speak out, and they know that some things are right but cannot do them.
At this time, only the emperor could stand up.
The emperor will take responsibility, the emperor will approve, and the emperor will bear everything!
Awooo!
handsome!
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed triumphantly and took Zhu Biao's letter to harass important officials one by one, especially Song Lian and Liu Ji.
Song Lian and Liu Ji originally thought that what Zhu Yuanzhang did was very consistent with that of a wise and powerful ruler, but now they no longer think so.
This lord is really annoying. Who can get rid of this annoying lord?
Liu Ji frowned and said, "My Lord, I've been wanting to ask you for a long time, why do you always come here in the middle of the night?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said as a matter of course: "Because Biao'er is asleep at night, he won't find me."
Liu Ji: "...before you lived with Biao'er, you also liked to harass ministers in the middle of the night ."
Zhu Yuanzhang took it for granted: "I'm already so late after reviewing the memorials. I didn't sleep, so why can you sleep?"
Liu Ji: “…”
Tired, let's destroy it. Biao'er quickly returns to the throne of the crown prince and drives this lord off the throne!
Zhu Yuanzhang harassed Liu Ji and Song Lian for a while, and the important officials came to Beijing one by one. Li Shanchang also came.
Looking at Li Shanchang, who was very old but still chased him with a cane to beat him, Zhu Yuanzhang finally settled down in order to exploit Li Shanchang for a few more years.
Zhang Chang was also brought here by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Wang Liang finally recovered at this time. He first met with Zhang Chang, and then told Zhu Yuanzhang that he would write the biography of Prime Minister Tuotuo.
"I'll go to the labor reform camp first to see what the labor reform camp that Zhu Zhifu is talking about is and why he insists on doing so." Wang Liang was so angry at Zhu Biao that he stayed in bed for more than a month. Remarkably, he didn't die from anger and now he has gained weight.
Zhu Yuanzhang felt very uncomfortable.
He now agrees with what Biao'er said. Wang Liang, you old bastard is deliberately trying to scam me and get free food and drinks at my house!
Wang Liang stroked his beard.
Of course he didn't cheat on the food and drinks, as he was really sick. But the food at Zhu Biao's house was really delicious.
Zhang Yu, who had been working in the labor reform camp for some time and was already a skilled bricklayer, took a leave of absence and helped Wang Liang go to the labor reform camp.
Wang Liang's body couldn't do much work, but he could be a teacher, teaching people in labor reform camps, military camps, and public schools to read and write.
There are fewer people studying now, so it is much easier for Wang Liang to accumulate points than for others.
The world is so unfair.
Zhu Biao could not be fair, he could only do his best to have a clear conscience.
After Wang Liang visited Zhang Chang, Zhang Chang hanged himself.
All of Zhang Chang's family members were rescued by Zhu Biao when he captured Dadu.
They were very frightened after receiving Zhang Chang's suicide note, but after careful consideration, Zhang Chang's son chose to hand over the letter, donate all his property, dismiss the slaves, and take his wife, children, and resources to fill the northwest frontier.
He once worked as a clerk under Zhu Biao.
Zhang Chang's son knelt at Zhu Biao's feet with tears streaming down his face, and Zhu Biao couldn't even help him up.
He said he hated his father. But he also thought that his ability to read and write, and his comfortable life, were all earned by his father. Instead of hating him, he decided to atone for his sins.
Zhu Biao felt sorry for him but did not stop him.
While collective punishment is certainly wrong, this is the way things are in this era. Zhang Chang exploited the advantages he enjoyed in this era to oppress the people, so his descendants should also bear the punishment of this era.
The Zhang family was exiled to the frontier, and Zhang Chang's actions and his suicide note confessing his crimes were published in the newspaper.
Wang Liang, who was learning how to clean the house, saw the newspaper, sighed, and continued to struggle with the broom.
Zhu Biao thought about Zhang Chang's exit many times. Zhang Chang had persisted for so long, so he should have a grand exit, right?
He didn't expect that Zhang Chang was very tough when he was tough, and very decisive when he wanted to commit suicide.
After being treated coldly for a year, Zhang Chang died without leaving a suicide note.
In his suicide note, he cursed himself harshly, calling himself worthless, and said that he was flattering himself by calling himself a deceitful villain who deceived the world and stole fame, and that he deserved to be infamous for eternity.
Then, he listed a long list of people, all of whom were his colleagues and subordinates, who had sold intelligence to the Ming Dynasty and were still colluding with the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang began a major purge of the court in accordance with Zhang Chang's suicide note.
This was the first bloody case during the Hongwu period, and was also one of the "tyrannical and unjust cases" that later generations criticized the Hongwu Emperor for.
At the same time, Wang Xi finally arrived in Yunnan with two envoys and adjutants.
