Daming: From the end of Hongwu

224 Chapter 222 - Zhu Yuanzhang bestows Fu Youde's death
Sunset on the west mountain, Zhen Wu's home.

Yu Hui was still releasing energy, so that the world would not be completely plunged into darkness, but the Zhenwu courtyard, which had been quiet all along, suddenly heard a little movement at this time.

The little six thief Xixi took a peek in front of the Moon Gate, the yard was empty, knowing that Zhen Wu was in the house, then she smiled, and with her hands behind her back, she walked into the yard shaking her head, turning her head and rushing as she walked. Looking at Zhang Yuqing and others outside the yard, they patted their chests and promised something.

But when Xiao Liu just pushed open the door, she looked complacent, and immediately became embarrassed, and saw Zhen Wu stretching out his hand to lift her up.

Xiao Liu screamed in shock, Zhang Yuqing and others outside the yard just hung up their worries when Xiao Liu giggled again.

Zhang Yuqing couldn't help complaining, "You damn girl."

In the room, Zhen Wu put Xiao Liu by the table, and stretched out his hand to rub and rub Xiao Liu's porcelain-like delicate face. Xiao Liu's laughter was interrupted several times by the changing shape of his mouth, but even so, Xiao Liu He didn't dodge his head, and let Zhen Wu do what he did, as if the two brothers and sisters enjoyed this kind of interaction.

"What are you doing here?" After rubbing for a while, Zhen Wu took Xiao Liu up and sat on his lap.

Xiao Liu chuckled, and immediately sold Zhang Yuqing and the others.

"My mother and the others are annoying. I'm worried that my elder brother won't dare to come in. What can I do if I'm forced to accompany my elder brother? I'm also very distressed. Tell me that I've broken my heart for this family."

Zhen Wu didn't know who Xiao Liu learned all this nonsense from, so he jumped at Xiao Liu's brain, and said angrily, "You're a kid, what are you worrying about?"

Xiao Liu didn't care, and after grinning, he began to move dishonestly on Zhen Wu's legs, trying to climb onto Zhen Wu's back.

Zhen Wu had nothing to do with her, so he let her go.

This girl has been close to Zhen Wu since she was a child, and she has always talked to Zhen Wu about anything she has, and never hides it. Compared with Zhang Yuqing and the others who sometimes implicitly express their concern, Zhen Wu is happier getting along with Xiao Liu.

As time went by, it seemed that he favored Xiao Liu a bit.

However, Zhen Wu didn't feel that he was partial in his heart, he was willing to give [-]% to every family member, so after knowing that his family was worried about his situation, he felt a little guilty.

So Dang even went out with Xiao Liu on his back, wanting to reassure his family.

When Zhang Yuqing and the others saw Zhen Wu coming out, they all showed relaxed smiles, and the youngest even gave Xiao Liu a thumbs up behind Zhen Wu's back.

In their hearts, no matter how turbulent the world is, as long as Zhen Wu is fine, the family will remain peaceful.

During the meal, Zhang Yuqing asked Zhen Wu: "There has been a lot of commotion during this period, are you all right?"

Zhen Wu pondered for a moment and said, "Peking should be fine, other places will probably have trouble for a while."

Zhang Yuqing froze for a moment, then sighed.

Although she doesn't like to pay attention to such things, but now that the common people know that Lan Yu is plotting against him, and Zhen Wu is now in the army, she can't help but pay more attention.

While eating, Zhang Yuqing suddenly got a little tangled and said: "Boss, don't worry about it in the future, even for the sake of your family, you must be safe and down-to-earth."

Zhen Wu nodded and said, "Don't worry, I know what to do and what not to do."

Only then did Zhang Yuqing feel a little relieved, but then he sighed again: "Talk about the Duke of Liang being a Duke, why don't you think about it, it's really not greedy, you can't have a good life, what are you messing with, it's over now , not only harming myself, but also harming so many people."

The fourth and fifth sisters nodded in agreement after hearing this.

They really couldn't understand this point, as a state duke, he would certainly have no worries about food and drink, and his honor was rare, so how could he be unsatisfied?

On the contrary, the third child was silent and did not speak, wondering if he also guessed something.

Zhen Wu shook his head and didn't explain too much to Zhang Yuqing and the others, but he felt a little sigh in his heart. Even if his family thinks so, other common people think so even more.

The people at the bottom of the world seem to have no right to the truth. They can't see the deep-seated reasons at all, and they can only believe in Zhu Yuanzhang's announcement to the world.

But how much of it is true and how much is false, people of insight can argue for themselves.

Did Sapphire really conspire?

This point alone put a question mark in Zhen Wu's mind, how could Lan Yu, who has accomplished so much in battle, plan so hastily the conspiracy?

It is estimated that even if there is a conspiracy, it is mostly involuntary and has to do this dangerous move.

Zhen Wu felt that it was a pity that as a time traveler, when he experienced this period of history, he had no way to explore the secrets of the real history, and it was a pity to say it out.

But regrets can only be regrets, if he finds out the secret of this matter, Zhu Yuanzhang may take him away easily.

Even if he is Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson-in-law.

Sapphire has the cause of death and the fruit of mortal death. There is no way to do it. However, although Zhu Yuanzhang killed Sapphire for the sake of ensuring the stability of Zhu Yunqi's throne, it seems that Sapphire, a marshal with great military exploits, died in politics. It's a pity, but looking at Lan Yu's previous style, it would not be wrong to kill her.

It's just those generals and governors who followed Lan Yu, and Wang Bi, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde and others who were later affected.

It is a pity to have fought for Daming all his life and ended up like this.

Zhen Wu shook his head, put these thoughts behind him, then looked at the third child and said, "After dinner, come with me to the study." He thought that it was time to train the third child early, and he couldn't always let the third child grow wild,
The third child paused while eating, but after realizing it, he nodded quickly.

He did have a lot of questions that he couldn't figure out.

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Yingtian Mansion, Nanjing City, inside the imperial palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang was exhausted physically and mentally, and unfortunately fell ill again. Although he was diagnosed and treated in time, there was no serious problem, but it made Zhu Yuanzhang even older.

The more this happened, the more careful the people in the palace became, which caused the entire imperial city to feel oppressed as if a thick black cloud was overhead.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at these with cold eyes, not only did not relieve the atmosphere, but instead killed one or two eunuchs who made mistakes at every turn, adding an extra level of panic to the oppressive atmosphere in the imperial city.

He knew that he was old, and when his prestige was not enough to intimidate others, he needed to be frightened.

He knew he couldn't let go yet.

He wants to hold on, and help Zhu Yunqi to hold on for a few more years.

On this day, after Zhu Yuanzhang finished handling the memorial, he was exhausted and had no choice but to lie down on a soft bed early to rest, but at night, Jiang Yu, the commander of Jinyiwei, came to report.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to cheer up a little bit of energy, but in the end it was hard to stop the loss of energy. In the end, he had no choice but to lean on the bed and summon Jiang Yu.

"What's the matter? I need to see you at this time." Zhu Yuanzhang cheered up, making his words appear full of confidence.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the letter I wrote to Jingchuanhou Cao Zhen before I searched for Lanyu contained a lot of inappropriate remarks. Since May, Jingchuanhou Cao Zhen has been running around for Lanyu in many ways. The next time I went to Xinge, Marquis Zhu Shou, Huaiyuan Marquis Cao Xing, Huining Marquis Zhang Wen, and Puding Marquis Chen Heng, etc., so many Marquises were involved in this matter, and I dare not be self-reliant, please show me your majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang's body shook, and he was furious the next moment.

These people have all worked with Sapphire.

He intended to let them go, but there were still people wanting to challenge his patience because the wind kept blowing and he didn't know what was good or bad.

Is it true that he dare not kill and turn the world upside down? !
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned tightly, intending to think about how to deal with this matter, so as to minimize the impact, but after thinking about it, his head ached, and Zhu Yuanzhang no longer had the energy to think about it carefully, and finally got too lazy to think about it.

"From now on, anyone involved in Lanyu's treason case, regardless of rank, will never be tolerated once the investigation is over. Let's not believe it. Can we still kill them?" Zhu Yuanzhang's voice was cold and full of murderous intent.

"The minister leads the decree." After Jiang Yu finished speaking, he planned to retreat, but just after taking two steps, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, endured the pain in his body, and asked in a cold voice: "Mr. What's abnormal?"

Jiang Yu's heart skipped a beat, and his mind immediately planned to apply eye drops. If there was another Duke, who would dare to mess with Jin Yiwei in the future, but the next moment he seemed to feel Zhu Yuanzhang's cold gaze, Jiang Yu's heart skipped a beat again. Dare to mess with eye drops and speak honestly.

"Your Majesty, Song and Ying are not unusual, and they have not made any special moves. In addition to inspecting the barracks, they go to the mansions of King Jin and King Zhou in their free time."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and hummed. The performance of Feng Sheng and Fu Youde should be what Zhu Yuanzhang would like to see, but I don't know why Zhu Yuanzhang still feels uneasy when he hears Feng Sheng and the two are like this.

After killing Sapphire, he would often think of the generals in the army scolding him for being intolerant, scolding him for being a dead dog. He had expected this a long time ago, and he was not afraid. He knew that he and the army had lost their hearts. up.

But it doesn't matter, as long as he can control the situation, the harder he squeezes the military, the more those people will support the tolerant Zhu Yunqi in the future.

The premise is to control the situation.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but began to doubt Feng Sheng and Fu Youde, what should they do if they took the lead in causing trouble?Now he is out of energy and can't deal with them.

Even if Feng Sheng and Fu Youde can't afford to make trouble.

But when he died, King Zhou had Feng Sheng behind him, and King Jin had Fu Youde behind him. These two military marshals raised their banners, how could Zhu Yunqi be able to secure the throne?

If you don't do it, you will never stop.

As Zhu Yuanzhang got older, he became more suspicious and impatient.

"Let's go on the notice, wait for Song Ying and the second son in Dingyuan, and quickly call back to the capital." Zhu Yuanzhang ordered coldly.

Jiang Yu's heart was awe-inspiring, he didn't know what he said was wrong or right, he quickly responded, and then retreated under Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze.

Jinyiwei has developed.

In June, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Wang Bi and others should be recalled to Beijing, while Jiang Yu started attacking all the marquises who were involved.

As the Marquis fell one by one, batches of people were killed again.

The time finally came to the 27th year of Hongwu.

The courtiers who survived the 26 years of Hongwu safely burned incense and worshiped Buddha at night to thank God. They couldn't bear to look back. Last year was a year of killing.

However, some people are not affected.

That is Zhu Yuanzhang's sons.

Not only were they not affected, but in this current situation, more and more powers were in their hands, especially the kings of the border towns.

After Zhu Yuanzhang killed a large number of generals in the army, he became less and less trusting of outsiders in his heart, and gradually let the princes who had been able to control more and more troops control more and more troops. Only in this way, the increasingly old Zhu Yuanzhang could Sleep peacefully.

Jin Wang, Yan Wang, Liao Wang.

At the stage when many veterans died and only a few remained idle in Beijing, these three kings rose rapidly and took on the heavy responsibility of attacking Mongolia in the north.

They prepared and reorganized the army, and built an iron line of defense.

In this case, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his attention back from the north. Now that the north is settled, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to rectify and sort out the country again.

On this day, the old Zhu Yuanzhang took Jiang Yu out of the imperial city.

With his hands behind his back, he squinted his eyes and looked at the sun. He smiled softly, waved goodbye to the dragon chariot, and came to Fu Youde's mansion step by step without haste.

He wants to meet old friends and talk about what is in his heart.

After Fu Youde saw Zhu Yuanzhang, he was quite surprised, and hurriedly led Zhu Yuanzhang into the main hall. Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and refused to sit down: "I am old and I don't want to sit down. Take me around your house and see what a good scene there is."

Fu Youde stepped forward and said: "There is a scene in the garden that is nice to look at, but Your Majesty has seen a lot, so I'm worried that I won't be able to catch His Majesty's eyes."

"Look and go." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hands, letting Fu Youde lead the way.

Fu Youde should be, and took Zhu Yuanzhang to the garden in the mansion. Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Fu Youde's legs and feet were still very agile, envious in his heart, and at the same time strengthened his mind.

After a while, a group of people came to a gazebo.

Standing in the gazebo, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the beautiful scenery in front of him, and sighed: "It really has a unique charm." After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang turned to look at Fu Youde.

"I'm not busy today, Youde is interested in having a drink with us."

"Since your Majesty is interested, I will send someone to bring over food and wine." Fu Youde said.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and sat down in the gazebo. While listening to Fu Youde's instructions to his servants, he seemed to be more interested. When he was so excited, he also said to Jiang Yu: "Go and find two sets of gold cups and jade bowls. , let’s have a good rest with Youde today.”

Jiang Yu went down in response.

soon.

After being inspected by the eunuch, all the wine and food were placed on the table, and the yellow and orange gold cups were filled with clear liquor. Zhu Yuanzhang asked while watching.

"Youde, do you still remember the year we met?"

After Fu Youde respected Zhu Yuanzhang with a glass of wine, he thought for a while and said, "It should be the 21st year of Zhizheng."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Well, I also remembered that at that time, Chen Youliang killed Xu Shouhui and proclaimed himself emperor. You were dissatisfied with Chen Youliang's style and voted for us. In the following years, you fought Chen Youliang for us, took Zhang Shicheng, and followed Xu Da Conquering Mobei in the north, attacking Bashu in the west, and taking Lan Yu and Muying to Ping Yungui in the south, and fighting in the north and south in these years, no one can beat you in terms of generals, we all remember these."

"But tell me, how do we treat you? Is there anything that makes you dissatisfied in these years?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Fu Youde got up and knelt down on one knee, and said firmly, "Your Majesty's kindness to me is as deep as a mountain, and I will always remember it in my heart."

"Get up."

Zhu Yuanzhang said dissatisfied: "Kneel down at every turn, how can you talk."

Fu Youde got up and stood up.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "Then you can blame us for killing Lan Yu?"

Fu Youde's heart trembled, he quickly shook his head and said, "Lan Yu's treason, the crime should be punished, how dare I complain."

How dare you?
Zhu Yuanzhang chewed hard, and then laughed, he was kind like a little old man, without any trace of murderous intent: "Whether you complain or not, we are all for the Ming Dynasty, and we actually want to live in peace with everyone. Sharing wealth and honor in this life, but some people always go too far, and there is nothing we can do about it.”

"However, we are also old and have few years to live. It doesn't matter if we kill anyone. After a few years, we will naturally accompany him. If there is someone who has been wronged, go underground and tell us well. It’s time to make a distinction.”

As Zhu Yuanzhang was talking, he coughed lightly. He stood up holding the golden cup, looked at the beautiful scenery outside the pavilion, took a sip, and then asked: "We are here today, and I want to ask you, What did you and Wang Bi discuss in private a few days ago?"

Fu Youde was shocked for a moment, and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in surprise.

He really wanted to explain, but he didn't say anything, just chatted for a while, but is the explanation clear?Since they met in private, they committed a taboo.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, sighed, and waved his hand. Jiang Yu next to him handed over a jug of wine. He turned around slowly and poured a glass of wine into the golden cup.

"If Youde doesn't want to make trouble, you can try our bar. The scenery here is good, and it matches Youde."

Fu Youde looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and slowly moved his eyes to the golden cup. How could he not understand what kind of wine was in it?Although he had expected this scene, he still felt a little bitter at the end, and couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, must it be like this?"

He didn't want to resist, he knew that since Zhu Yuanzhang dared to come here, he had already made all preparations.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "You know we are not a stingy person."

Fu Youde is bitter, how could he not know.

'Drink the golden cup with you, and the white blade will not spare you. '

Fu Youde looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang, then knelt down and said, "I implore your majesty to spare the family members of the minister for the sake of the minister's military exploits."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, and after contemplating for a long time, he slowly uttered a sentence: "Qijue, Zihuo."

Fu Youde was relieved, this was enough for him, he stood up, glanced greedily at the world, and finally turned to Zhu Yuanzhang and said again: "I don't enjoy drinking a cup, may your majesty let me drink the whole pot?"

Zhu Yuanzhang handed the pot to Fu Youde indifferently.

Fu Youde looked at the jug twice, opened the lid, and poured it directly into his mouth. The clear wine trickled down the spout, and Fu Youde drank greedily with his head raised.

It's like a drink after every big victory.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it, as if he also saw Fu Youde, the always brave vanguard general who was seriously injured.

But there is no way.

If he was young, he could tolerate it, but he is old.

Just like the sun is slowly setting in the west, Zhu Yuanzhang's life is about to pass away. He is holding on hard, blooming the last afterglow, and wants to make tomorrow better.

……

　Many people have misunderstood the county horse or son-in-law, let me say something.

　　The first point is that he must be able to take concubines, Zhu Laosi can't control this.

　　The second point is to participate in politics. First of all, Zhen Wuhui is the Duke of the state based on real military exploits. It is not just because of Zhu Yuying. How to take care of your son, including Mu Xin, so don't think too much about it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)