Daming: At the beginning, recognize Zhu Yuanzhang as grandfather!

Chapter 93 Go and give him a chance!
Beiping, Prince Yan's Mansion.

Looking at the imperial edict in his hand, Yan Wang Zhu Di couldn't help frowning.

"October Longevity Festival, the emperor called all the vassal princes back to Beijing to celebrate their birthdays."

With that said, Zhu Di looked at Monk Daoyan beside him, and said, "Master, what do you think about this matter?"

Dao Yan performed a Buddhist ceremony and replied: "The emperor has always practiced frugality. Even in the ten years of Hongwu and the 20th year of Hongwu's Longevity Festival, he only called some of the vassal kings back to Beijing. This time, the emperor sent all the vassals Wang Du summoned him back to the capital, except that he really wants to meet the princes, it is probably something important!"

"Is it important?"

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly: "Could it be..."

Dao Yan nodded, and spoke out for Zhu Di: "The emperor wants to welcome the emperor's eldest grandson back in front of all the vassals, civil and military officials. I'm afraid it's not impossible to establish a heir on the spot!"

Hearing this, Zhu Di was stunned.

In fact, with the information and mind he possessed, how could he not guess what the old man meant?
It's just that in his subconscious, some are unwilling to accept it.

A grandson of the emperor who had been dead for ten years suddenly returned to the eyes of the old man, and the old man loved him even more than before, as can be seen from the few words sent back from the capital.

"Hey--"

Zhu Di let out a long sigh, and said slowly: "However, I am the fourth child after all, God's will, God's will!"

There is endless loneliness in the words.

Dao Yan stroked his beard and smiled lightly, and said: "It is a foregone conclusion to establish a crown prince, and the crown prince will definitely not be His Highness King Yan, so His Highness does not need to worry about it."

"Yes!"

Zhu Di nodded and said with emotion: "I, Zhu Di, will just be a Prince of Taiping with peace of mind, and forget it after this life!"

"Prince Taiping?"

Dao Yan sneered: "With His Royal Highness' great talent, would you really like to learn from Lord Xinling of the Warring States Period, be cautious in words and deeds, indulge in wine and sex, and die in depression?"

Zhu Di glanced at Dao Yan, and just let out a wry smile.

Seeing that Zhu Di was silent, Dao Yan sneered again and said: "The emperor appointed the eldest grandson of the emperor who was recovered from the people as the heir. For His Highness, it may not be a bad thing."

"Oh?"

Zhu Di showed a curious look, and said: "I also ask the master to give advice!"

Dao Yan got up suddenly, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he said in a firm voice: "A grandson of the emperor who has been wandering abroad for ten years, has no one to teach him, and is young and ignorant, let alone knows about national affairs. Just relying on his status as the eldest grandson, he was promoted to the position of the crown prince."

"Your Highness, think about it. Once such a person becomes an emperor, not only the King of Yan will not accept him, but even the two kings of Qin and Jin will not accept him. How can he weigh the power of Ming Dynasty?"

"As for him, how can he rest assured about you uncles and vassal kings who hold heavy troops and guard the border? He must be worried. He can't eat every day and can't sleep at night. So as long as Zhu Xiongying ascends the throne, the disaster of swords and soldiers is inevitable. waived!"

"Either Zhu Xiongying gradually gets rid of you vassals, or you vassals cede land and stand on your own to fight for the world!"

Dao Yan's voice was not loud, but he was quite generous.After hearing that, Zhu Di was already sweating profusely. He got up immediately and said with trembling voice: "Master, be careful! This is treason, how dare this king do such an act of disloyalty!"

Although Zhu Di immediately denied it, he only told him to be cautious, but did not reprimand him.

But Dao Yan didn't care about these things, and continued: "Please forgive the poor monk for saying something that offends Tianwei. Regarding the fight for the position, you are right, and Zhu Xiongying is also right, only one person is wrong."

The light in Zhu Di's eyes suddenly shot at Dao Yan, and after a while, he lowered his voice and said, "You mean my father?"

"right!!!"

Dao Yan didn't have the slightest hesitation, nor the slightest fear, but instead raised his voice: "Emperor Hongwu of the current dynasty, if he appoints the eldest grandson of the emperor who has been wandering among the people for ten years as the heir, then he will make a mistake!"

"Prince Chu, you should stand up and obey the people, otherwise chaos will easily arise!"

"A person who has been dead for ten years already has a lot of doubts about his identity. Moreover, he doesn't have the ability and qualifications to convince the public. Therefore, once he is appointed as a reserve, in the future, the world will surely be flooded with blood and people will die!"

Hearing this, Zhu Di fell silent.

If the prince Zhu Biao came to the throne, then he would have nothing to say, but now that the eldest grandson of the emperor has been dead for ten years, how could he have no idea?
Although after the old man's verification, the identity should not be wrong.

However, a child who grew up among the people, is he really suitable to lead the Ming Dynasty?

Will the Great Ming Dynasty be destroyed in his hands?
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Dao Yan say: "Those who achieve great things must not only endure setbacks, but also be indomitable. They can turn hundreds of refined steels into soft fingers, and they will not change their original intentions in the face of adversity. If King Yan If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, and dare not take the world as your own responsibility, then the poor monk has misunderstood the wrong person and paid his heart wrongly!"

Zhu Di stared at Dao Yan in a daze for a long time before he said, "Yao Guangxiao, Yao Guangxiao, you are going to force me to Liangshan!"

"His Royal Highness King Yan."

Dao Yan still didn't change his face, and said lightly: "Thousands of heroes in the ages were forced out, and the great cause of the world was also forced out, even your father, Emperor Hongwu, was forced out!"

"Humph!"

Zhu Di snorted lightly, and said, "But how many people were forced to death!"

"Then see if His Highness is a real hero, a real hero!"

Dao Yan said leisurely: "If the emperor appoints the child Zhu Xiongying as the reserve, it will just give His Highness hope. His Highness will be temporarily out of the game, just to preserve His Highness's strength to make a comeback. Once the time is right, His Highness will be able to soar into the sky!"

Hearing this, Zhu Di held his forehead in silence for a while, slowly raised his eyes, and looked at Dao Yan: "You have finally made it clear, why have you been pushing each other hard since the crown prince died, and you have been thinking hard about it since the crown prince died? , wanting to force this king... to conspire against me!"

"Not bad!"

Dao Yan did not deny it, but said with firm eyes: "Your Highness should have guessed when the poor monk gave His Highness the white cloth. What the poor monk wants to do is to act on behalf of the heavens, and the one who wants to serve is a man who dares to forge ahead, Dare to create a flourishing king!"

"Ah--"

Zhu Di laughed, looked at Dao Yan and said, "Dao Yan, Dao Yan, I think you are crazy!"

"Your Highness is crazy to be a poor monk."

Dao Yan said leisurely: "However, the poor monk still has to advise His Majesty, if His Highness doesn't act decisively and make up his mind early, he will only become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered in the future!"

Zhu Di frowned, thinking for a long time.

Although he said that, but why didn't Zhu Laosi not have a ball of fire in his heart?

At the moment when Dao Yan mentioned the King of the Prosperous Age just now, he felt that the fire in his heart was about to explode.

He has the confidence to create a great event, but he has no chance!
He could only suppress the fire in his heart, but he didn't know when the fire in his heart would explode...

After a long time, Zhu Di let out a long sigh and said, "During the Wanshou Festival, Master, please come to Beijing with me!"

"Let's go with me to see how good my eldest nephew, who has returned after ten years of death, is. Let's discuss it later!"

Dao Yan clasped his hands together and said: "If Your Highness has great ambitions, the poor monk will definitely follow His Highness around!"

Zhu Di didn't say anything anymore, but looked to the south.

Great nephew!
I haven't seen you for ten years, but I really want to see what you have become...

……

A cold autumn rain.

The autumn rain is drizzling, the golden wind is thin, and the leaves of the phoenix trees are falling.

In the Hall of Martial Arts.

Two figures, one old and one young, were sitting at the edge of the imperial case, watching the memorial with great concentration.

From that night on, Zhu Yuanzhang called Zhu Xiongying almost every night to review the memorials and sum up the road together.

In the past, when the prince was still there, the prince would help him handle most of the memorials, and only some memorials involving major military and political issues would ask him for instructions.

But after the prince left, he could only review the memorials by himself until late at night.

In the dead of night, he often recalled the past, and then felt uncomfortable alone, and then devoted himself to complicated political affairs.

But it is different now.

He has his eldest grandson, and his eldest grandson warms up the cold Hall of Martial Arts.

Moreover, his eldest grandson's ability to learn and comprehend was beyond his imagination, and he was only stronger than Zhu Biao at the beginning. In less than half a month, he was able to handle most of the memorials alone.

From time to time, he can also put forward ingenious and very useful suggestions, even he has benefited from it.

Zhu Yuanzhang is a hardworking person, from beginning to end.

He was born in abject poverty, and suddenly he became an emperor. Governing a large country was a great test for him who had just ascended the throne.

He is not like his grandson is now, with his careful teaching by his side.

So he has to learn, he has to learn from Liu Bowen, Li Shanchang, Yang Xian, Hu Weiyong and others, but he is the emperor and needs to be majestic, so he can only learn quietly.

Synthesize their strengths, and then keep thinking, and slowly find out a way to govern the country.

Now he is nominally teaching his grandson, but many of his grandson's ideas are not worth learning from him?

Moreover, discussing with grandpa and grandson together is much more thoughtful than reviewing alone, and it is also much more interesting.

Now Zhu Yuanzhang found that he gradually became inseparable from his grandson.

If I review the memorials alone, I always feel that something is missing, and everything feels wrong.

"My lord, the commander of Jin Yiwei envoy Jiang Yu to report. According to the investigation, Lan Yu, the Duke of Liang, was arrogant and lawless. He raised many adopted sons and slaves. He was domineering and bullying men and women on weekdays. Lan Yu even forcibly occupied Dongchang Mintian San Thousands of 640 three acres are used for hunting and fun."

"Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan, occupied more than 56 mu of fertile land and kept [-] domestic slaves in captivity."

"Heshou Hou Zhang Yi indulged his slaves and used his power to harm the people. The people went to the county government to file a complaint, but they were beaten violently by the slaves."

"Zhu Shou, the Marquis of Gaga, invaded the people's land to build a house, and used soldiers to help him build it, and cost more than [-] taels of silver..."

"..."

The memorial is very long and involves many names, and each of them is a famous name in the dynasty.

The more Zhu Xiongying looked at it, the more frightened he became.

All the nobles in Huaixi were involved in this memorandum, and each and every one of them was charged with enough crimes, even beheading and ransacking their homes.

You know, in the Hongwu Dynasty, officials who embezzled more than 60 taels of silver were enough to beheaded.

What does the old man hate the most?
What he hated most in his life were corrupt officials who oppressed the people, because he was born at the bottom. At that time, he had tasted all the sufferings that corrupt officials had brought to the people.

At that time, he thought that one day with a knife in his hand, he would kill all corrupt officials in the world.

Later, he picked up the knife and practiced the idea of ​​the year.

However, at the beginning, he probably didn't expect that one day, the people around him would become the people he hated the most back then.

"There is no Cao Guogong Li Jinglong."

Zhu Xiongying thought to himself, it seems that Li Jinglong knows how to advance and retreat, he is worthy of being a person who reads a lot, and after doing some research on his own, he has learned to be wise and protect himself.

However, those people mentioned in this memorandum are not as knowledgeable as Li Jinglong.

Speaking of beating, it is impossible for the old man not to beat them, but they are still thinking of warriors, thinking, after fighting the old emperor for a lifetime, can't they enjoy it?

"finish watching?"

Zhu Yuanzhang took a sip of strong tea and asked lightly.

Zhu Xiongying nodded.

"We asked Jin Yiwei to investigate this specially, and the people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate dare not investigate them."

Saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang put down his teacup, looked at Zhu Xiongying, and said, "Dasun, if you are the emperor now, what do you plan to do?"

"This……"

Zhu Xiongying was stunned for a moment.

Huaixi Xungui's butt is not clean, the old man couldn't have known about it before, but this time, it is clear that the old man specially checked it to test himself.

Because he also knew that he was getting old, and the problem of being an arrogant soldier must be resolved before he left.

Just like what he said to Zhu Biao, he will clean up all the thorns on the scepter, and then hand it over to Zhu Biao, and now it is handed over to his grandson.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the thinking Zhu Xiongying with a smile in his eyes.

He knew that his eldest grandson was different from the crown prince, because if it was the crown prince, he would have already pleaded for mercy for these Huaixi nobles by now.

Of course there is nothing wrong with the prince doing that, it can win the hearts of these arrogant soldiers.

The arrogant soldier is like a double-edged sword. If used well, it can kill the enemy on the battlefield and is invincible. If it is not used well, it will harm the people, become a scourge for the country, and even damage the foundation of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang always felt that Zhu Biao was too kind.

If these arrogant soldiers and warriors are not dealt with, one day they will surely end up in trouble.

Even if Zhu Biao didn't die, he would take care of these arrogant warriors, Huaixi nobles, before he left.

Therefore, he is also looking forward to whether his grandson can give a different answer from his father.

Under the earnest eyes of the old man, Zhu Xiongying said slowly: "Grandpa, grandson thinks that these people in the memorial have made great contributions to our great Ming Dynasty, such as Lan Yu, and these few named ones, I have just won a battle in the southwest and made military exploits, and the squadron has not yet returned to the capital."

"But my grandson wants to say that these military achievements should never be used as capital for their arrogance and squandering!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and nodded: "Go on, speak boldly."

Zhu Xiongying continued: "If the grandson is allowed to deal with it, the grandson will give them a chance, just like Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, spit out everything they ate, and those who infringe the interests of the people will be compensated, and those who should be punished will be punished. From then on, I will abide by the law and serve the country.”

"But the chance is only given once, if not!"

When Zhu Xiongying said this, a look of sternness flashed in his eyes.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes suddenly brightened, and he stared closely at Zhu Xiongying, expecting what he would say next.

"If not, grandson will handle it impartially!"

"If you take money and break the law, oppress the people, do anything wrong, and cause death, my grandson will never tolerate him, and I will directly hand it over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for handling according to law."

"There is no sympathy at all. Those who should be killed will be killed, those who should be stripped of their titles will be stripped of their titles, and those who should be raided will be ransacked!"

"The grandson has already given them a chance, and he will never tolerate it again!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhu Xiongying, and asked, "But they are all men of merit, and some of them are even founding generals. Are you not afraid of being infamous for being cruel if you kill so much?"

"Not afraid!"

Zhu Xiongying shook his head and said sternly: "The grandson once said that the emperor is the emperor of the world, if even the emperor allows them to break the law and discipline, how can the whole country still have laws and regulations?"

"The law is not forgiving. They have hurt the people and the foundation of the country. My grandson has given them a chance to reform themselves. If they don't, no matter how much credit they have made before, my grandson will deal with them according to law!"

"Grandson has always kept in mind Grandpa's teachings. Our old Zhu's family was born in poverty. Grandpa, why did you risk your life to overthrow Meng Yuan? Grandson dare not forget! But some people have forgotten that they have become the people who I wanted to overthrow at the beginning. He is a villain, so my grandson will not be afraid of any cruel infamy when he kills them, and after thousands of years, he will have his own judgment!"

Zhu Xiongying became a little excited when he spoke.

He knew Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts and actions, but he definitely didn't deliberately please Zhu Yuanzhang, because he thought so too.

Throughout the dynasties, those who condone corruption cannot last long after all.

And putting himself in his shoes, Zhu Xiongying really understood why Zhu Yuanzhang was so ruthless and took up the butcher's knife against his old buddies.

Some people may say that Zhu Yuanzhang changed after he became emperor.

But Zhu Xiongying felt that, on the contrary, Zhu Yuanzhang was the one who never forgot his original intention!
"well said!"

Zhu Yuanzhang applauded the case: "We used to hate corrupt officials the most. Now we must not become the leaders of corrupt officials. Otherwise, what is the difference between us and the original Meng Yuan?"

Sure enough, Dasun and Biaoer are different.

Grandson follows us!

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang put his big hand on Zhu Xiongying's shoulder, and said with a smile:

"Sapphire will be back soon, go and give him a chance!"

(End of this chapter)