First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 593
The handwriting didn't look like his father's, and Comrade Zhu probably didn't have the time to copy the courtier's memorial, so he flipped through two copies before laughing, "Did the father transfer Han Yike back to the capital?"

"We appointed him as a Bachelor of Martial Arts Hall first, and after a few days, he will be transferred to the Ministry of Punishment to be the Minister of the Left. He is also one of your people. You have to appease him, otherwise it will be easy to cause bad things."

Han Yike and Zhu Biao have done several errands, he was recommended in the first year of Hongwu, first served as Shanyin Jiaoyu, then promoted to supervisory censor, honest and outspoken, impeachment does not avoid the powerful, quite rich Tang The strength of character.

Ever since Wang Guangyang was squeezed out by Hu Weiyong, Han Yike has been focusing on Hu Weiyong's people for impeachment. He believes that Wang Guangyang is the emperor's own prime minister, and it is impossible for Hu Weiyong to unite with his party members to suppress and bully him wantonly.

Zhu Yuanzhang scratched his temples and said, "These two old fellows, Qian Tang and Han Qi, probably won't be able to be used by you. Fortunately, there is Han Yike, who dares to speak up and speak out, and is indispensable for governing the court."

Zhu Biao sighed first before laughing: "You can only do things with enthusiasm and righteousness. If you don't control it, you will hurt others and yourself. He still has to confront Hu Weiyong and the others when he comes back."

"That's why we didn't let him take up the post of censor. In a few days, we arranged to go to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to rectify the situation. Those who were thrown into the prison by us are doing better than outside. Every day, people send clothes and food. Humph!"

Seeing the dissatisfaction on his father's face, Zhu Biao knew that the senior members of the Ministry of Punishment must be sent to other places. As for the reason, it is not difficult to guess, they are still scholars and officials, and those who were imprisoned did not commit crimes. A prisoner who committed the crime of corruption will not be punished, and it can even be said that he is a scholar hero who risked his death to speak out.

Therefore, it is natural to take care of them everywhere, not to let the jailers humiliate them, and to allow their relatives and friends to send them food and clothing, and it is impossible for the emperor to repeatedly order and emphasize this trivial matter. The easiest way is to transfer his confidants to manage them.

But these are just trivial matters. Zhu Biao found a list that was obviously written by Lao Zhu himself. Apart from the expected names of Wei Guan, Gao Qi, Zuo Ben, and Zhang Yu, there are many other names that should be listed. They are all famous scholars living in seclusion in the south of the Yangtze River. Among them, there are several familiar names, Shi Er, Luo Ben, Fang Keqin...

That is Shi Naian, Luo Guanzhong and Fang Xiaoru's father. Of course, Shi Naian is dead, but if the court really wants to hold them accountable, they will not be able to escape.

It’s just that I still don’t know whether this list was submitted by the pro-military captain’s mansion or by Zhang Du, the supervisory censor. It is undoubtedly very ruthless. If it is really punished according to this list, the backbone of Jiangnan scholars will undoubtedly be punished. Completely interrupted.

Because on the list are not only those scholars who refused to be appointed as officials, but also many officials who are serving in Jiangnan prefectures and counties, as well as veterans who followed Zhu Yuanzhang earlier and returned home after the founding of the country.

After reading it, Zhu Biao shook his head and said: "Too many, this is far from the original intention of the father. Those who should be killed cannot be kept, and those who should not be killed should be kept. Kill a group of deterrent ministers, appease a group of propaganda, and promote The right answer is a group of God’s blessings, Father, now that there are few scholars in the north with weak culture, how will the court run after the Jiangnan culture is cut off? You can’t let noble generals be in charge of six yamen, local prefectures and counties?”

Hearing his son's words, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed regretfully. He really had endured it for a long time, and wanted to take this opportunity to start a killing spree, so that those bookworms who are both high and low will know who is behind this world. call the shots.

"Before we leave Beijing for our tour, we will kill a batch and catch a batch. The rest will be handed over to you. Whether to kill, let go, appease or promote is up to you. I think they will only be grateful when they come. "

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and sneered, "Of course he should curse us for dying earlier."

If you want to kill someone's whole family, you must allow them to be resentful, and Zhu Yuanzhang will not care about this. The founding emperor Taizu, who broke through a sea of ​​corpses and blood, will not be afraid of any curse and retribution.

Zhu Biao mentioned some names and surnames, and Gao Qi, Ben Zhang Yu, as the central figure in the case, naturally cannot escape, otherwise it will only appear that the move is anticlimactic, and Shilin scholars will be even more arrogant. The old and the young will be even more rampant.

Wei Guanben can't escape, but Zhu Biao still cares that he has always been upright and upright, and he can always be forgiven when he is old. , although he could save his life, it would be a matter of time if he was depressed.

He should be the most innocent person in this case, and time and fate are inevitable. We can't miss this great opportunity because of a few people. It can only be said that Zhu Biao will compensate his children and grandchildren in the future.

Shi Naian and Luo Guanzhong used to be Zhang Shicheng's staff. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he did not become an official, but devoted himself to compiling his books. Kang Maocai, a general under Zhu's command.

But it was nothing, after all, during the confrontation period, Zhang Shicheng had a lot of troops and was powerful, so these two people were not well-known, and Lao Zhu didn't bother to trouble these unknown pawns a few years ago.

The two really became famous after their works were listed as the four major masterpieces in modern times. The interpretation of novels in ancient times is difficult to be elegant after all. Maybe a lot of them are read in private, but few literati are willing to praise them, not to mention the story of the Three Kingdoms of the Marsh It's all rebellious things, after all, there are taboos.

Being implicated this time is unexpected but reasonable, but probably no one cares about it. Shi Naian's name was ticked off by Zhu Biao, and it wasn't just him, most of the people who had passed away were ticked off by him There is no need to implicate the descendants.

Luo Guanzhong is also an example. Zhu Biao did not tick but just drew a circle. Although the popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms should have been created, Zhu Biao still needs talents in this area, and it can be used after a while.

As for Fang Keqin, last year the imperial court sent an envoy from the Ministry of Officials to invite Fang Keqin to be an official, but Fang Keqin refused to go to Beijing on the grounds that his mother was old and needed to be served.

Ordinarily this is also a typical example, but Zhu Biao has to think of his son no matter what, Fang Xiaoru himself is late, and the ten clans were punished to maintain the orthodoxy of Zhu Biao's lineage. Although this is unlikely to happen, But Zhu Biao still deserves this kind of affection, and it is commendable to be able to do so in such a situation.

It's just not appropriate to directly exempt, otherwise, how to convince the crowd, you still have to find a good reason, and I don't know where Fang Xiaoru is, and whether he has worshiped under Master Song.

When Zhu Biao sketched, Zhu Yuanzhang also came over, and the father and son discussed while arguing, and every stroke of the painting was the rise and fall of a family of dozens or hundreds of people.

In the end, there are still many names listed there. If there is no accident, they will be ordered to be interrogated by the local authorities in the next few days and then be executed as an example. The atmosphere must be reversed.

In addition to these capital crimes, there are more who will be exiled. It happens that Yunnan and Guizhou need a large number of Han people.

After seeing it, Zhu Yuanzhang walked in the hall with his hands behind his back: "We have already sent Fu Youde to sit in Suzhou in person. With him and Cai Ben here, even if there are some mobs who rebel, it doesn't matter."

At this point, dogs are going to jump over the wall and rabbits are going to bite people, but they are in a hurry, and the court is well prepared, and the rebellion will have no impact other than killing more people.

"Biao'er, Song Lian will be arriving tomorrow, so go and meet him in person."

Zhu Bianben's somewhat heavy face eased a little. Large-scale killings will never be a pleasant thing, but they are necessary. It is better to solve it now than to be forced to kill more people in the future. Dissidents cannot be tolerated.

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(End of this chapter)