Daming: From the end of Hongwu

320 Chapter 318 - Wei Guogong and Ding Guogong

The sun is burning like fire in Nanjing city.

The vines and green plants growing around the palace are trying their best to occupy more sunshine and rain, in exchange for a more prosperous future.

Just like the civil and military officials surrounding Zhu Di now.

They worked hard in front of Zhu Di, using their own methods, no less than a group of puppies who behaved well in front of their masters.

However, under the respectful faces of these people, what they think and what thoughts are in their hearts are all buried deep in their hearts, making it impossible for people to know.

However, there is no need to guess and you should know that there are definitely not a few people who feel dissatisfied in their hearts.

Zhen Wu looked at all this secretly, a sneer appeared in his heart.

This is thanks to the bloody cleansing they did in the capital before. Otherwise, even now, some people would think that staying at home would keep them safe, and dream of the dream of hanging high and not afraid of weight.

These people who dare not die, but always want to put on airs of loyal ministers, are somewhat shameless.

Zhen Wu admires those who know the current affairs and decisively switch camps, and also admire those who are willing to die for the belief in their hearts, but they only look down on those who are hesitant, wanting to be a whore, and want to set up a memorial archway people.

Say nothing else.

At this moment, Zhen Wu saw at least four or five people who had angrily reprimanded Zhu Di for raising troops, knocked the pot on Zhu Di's head frantically for the turmoil that caused the people to be displaced, and then after they entered the city, they closed the gate tightly, showing a The look of not giving in.

Perhaps such people, until now, would only feel that they appeared here to respectfully invite Zhu Di to be the emperor, and they had to act as a contingency under the coercion of the big sword.

These people will never understand in their lifetime.

However, Zhu Di obviously didn't care about those people who were implying other thoughts at this time. He was finally able to sit on the supreme position, and his heart was full of excitement now.

He took all the officials and walked towards the imperial city.

After leaving the palace, he didn't walk very far, before he met a group of people who came to greet him.

The bachelor Yang Rong took the lead. Seeing that Zhu Di and the others were heading straight for the imperial city, he hurried forward and stopped Zhu Di's carriage in disregard of etiquette.

Zhu Di looked at Yang Rong with cold eyes, his aura trained from the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood pressed towards Yang Rong.

But Yang Rong seemed to be unaffected, and whispered in Zhu Di's ear neither humble nor overbearing: "Your Highness, please go slowly. I wonder if Your Highness wants to enter the imperial city first, or pay homage to the Xiaoling Mausoleum first?"

The words fell.

Zhu Di's dissatisfaction with being blocked by someone disappeared in an instant, and he even broke out in a cold sweat because of it. He was supported by all the officials, and he forgot about it under the pride. Zhen Wu and other group of big soldiers didn't understand these things. Naturally, no one reminded him,

After he regained his senses, he took a deep look at Yang Rong, nodded to Yang Rong and said, "Naturally, I will pay my respects to Xiaoling first."

Yang Rong understood, and then informed the large army to go towards Xiaoling.

After all the people arrived at Xiaoling, Zhu Di went to worship Zhu Yuanzhang, and reported to Zhu Yuanzhang in detail about his ancestral training to send troops to fight against traitors.

Then it was said that Zhu Yunwen was unfortunately killed by treacherous ministers, but Daming could not be left alone for a day, and all the ministers supported him to inherit the great rule. Although he knew that his talents were not obvious, it was not easy to blow the fists of the ministers for the country. In his heart, he couldn't just stand by and ignore the great Ming that his father had built all his life, so he had no choice but to obey the officials and inherit the great rule.

When these words came out, at least it showed that Zhu Di didn't come here for rebellion this time, and his ascension to the throne was a complete coincidence, which also prevented some scholars from criticizing him for his ascension to the throne.

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After the matter was over, Zhu Di officially entered the imperial city, and took the throne in the Fengtian Hall. All the kings, civil and military officials, all expressed their congratulations. The first thing Zhu Di did was to restore the King of Zhou. The titles of King Qi and others are based on the heart of the clan.

Afterwards, Zhu Di began to clean the imperial city on a large scale, not only restoring the names of the various palaces that Zhu Yunqi had changed to their old names, but also for three days in a row, the bodies of countless female officials and internal officials who were closely related to Zhu Yunqi were also carried out of the imperial city, and the imperial palace Zhu Di immediately replaced all the guards in the city with his own.

Only after Zhu Di took the imperial city into his own hands completely, and he no longer had to worry about his own safety, did he begin to deal with political affairs. He resolutely planned to erase all connections between Zhu Yunqi and Emperor Xingzong after he became emperor, and removed the temple name of Emperor Xingzong Xiaokang , still named Prince Yiwen of the old calendar, conferred the titles of Zhu Yunqi's brothers Zhu Yunxie and others as county kings, and boldly began to dominate the world with his own ideas.

On this day, Zhen Wu was called into the palace.

Zhen Wu followed the dog and headed towards Fengtian Temple. The two were old friends, so they talked and laughed from time to time along the way, which led to the long imperial city road, so that the two of them came to the gate of Fengtian Temple without thinking .

After arriving here, Zhen Wu heard the commotion inside and understood that Zhu Di was summoning other people, so he planned to stand aside and wait, but the dog smiled and shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter, Your Majesty asked Miscellaneous Family to invite you in person, specifically to explain Now, after you come, I can just take you in directly, but His Majesty should be busy at the moment, so we need to be quiet so as not to disturb His Majesty."

Zhen Wu nodded, and followed the dog into Fengtian Hall.

Zhu Di in the palace was indeed summoning officials. Zhen Wu glanced carefully and found that it was Xie Jin and others. This was not surprising to Zhen Wu. He knew that these people would grow into the Yongle Dynasty with Zhu Di. A generation of famous ministers.

At this time, the dog had come to Zhu Di's side and whispered a few words.

Zhu Di looked up at Zhen Wu who was standing honestly by the side, smiled, and turned to Xie Jin and the others and said, "Okay, you can read the previous memorials and political affairs as soon as possible. Anyone who involves military affairs, leave me a preview. As for those who have made plans to resist me or disrespect me, you can burn them all, and you don't need to tell me."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Di took a sideways look at Jin and the others, and said in an indifferent way: "I know in my heart that you must have had a memorial to resist me. If you don't burn it, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep well."

Xie Jin and the others knelt down in a panic, sweating profusely.

However, at this time, one person jumped out and said: "Your Majesty, there is absolutely no minister's plan."

After saying this, the hall suddenly became silent.

The atmosphere also seemed a bit awkward.

Even Zhen Wu looked at the man wonderingly.

Can't this person hear that Zhu Di doesn't intend to care about these things?Or do you think that if he said this, Zhu Digao would take a look at him?
Besides, where did he come to Xie Jin and others?

This man is probably not a fool.

The facts were indeed as Zhen Wu thought, at this time Xie Jin and the others simply hated that man.

Even Zhu Di had an angry look on his face, and he reprimanded in a cold voice: "Do you think you are worthy of pride if you don't have it? Eat your salary, think about what you do, the world has been rational since ancient times, don't you think When the country is in peril, is it a good thing if hundreds of officials don't say a word?"

The man probably didn't expect Zhu Di to say that, and immediately knelt down with a panicked expression.

Seeing this, Zhu Di sighed unhappily. He stood up and explained to Xie Jin and the others: "I don't hate people who are devoted to Jianwen, I only hate those who maliciously lure Jianwen, corrupt ancestors' laws and regulations, and disrupt the government. , you used to be officials of Jianwen, so you should be loyal to Jianwen, but now you are an official, you should also be loyal to me, so you don't need to deliberately hide what happened in the past, I am not such a stingy person."

Xie Jin and others kowtowed to praise Zhu Di again and again.

Zhu Di waved his hand: "Okay, okay, let's go down."

Xie Jin and others took orders, got up and retreated slowly.

When only Zhu Di and Zhen Wu were left in the hall, Zhen Wu went up to meet Zhu Di.

Zhu Di smiled and waved Zhen Wu not to be too polite, and then asked, "How is the situation in the army recently? Are the soldiers and horses near the capital properly organized?"

"Basically everything has been properly arranged. It's just that Mei Yin from Huai'an hasn't replied, and he hasn't seen his move to step down and return to Beijing. Therefore, I plan to go to Huai'an tomorrow to see what his plan is." Zhen Wu said.

After Zhu Di thought for a while, he shook his head and said, "The overall situation is settled. He has no other choice. You don't have to go. I will find a more suitable person to persuade him to return to Beijing. As for you, I have other arrangements."

Zhen Wu looked at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di's expression changed several times, he seemed unwilling or angry, he suppressed his voice and said fiercely: "Since I entered the city, all the generals in the army have not seen Wei Guogong and others. In the name of admiration, you go to Duke Wei's mansion and find a way to get him to write a congratulatory letter."

Zhen Wu's mind changed, Xu Da's old subordinates spread all over the country, and Xu Huizu is the current head of the Xu family. If Xu Huizu supports Zhu Di, it will help Zhu Di's inclusion and stability in the country. If Xu Huizu does not support Zhu Di, let's not talk about Zhu Di The relationship with Xu Huizu made it difficult for Zhu Di to deal with Xu Huizu. Even the generals under Xu's faction would have put a lot of thought into it.

Seeing that Zhen Wu understood the importance of the matter, Zhu Di waved Zhen Wu to go to work.

Zhen Wu didn't delay much, after leaving the palace, he went straight to Duke Wei's mansion.

Regarding the arrival of Zhen Wu and others, Wei Guogong's mansion, whether it was the guards or Xu Huizu's wife and children, knew that Xu Huizu had been embarrassing Zhu Di, and after Zhu Di entered the city, he never showed any weakness.

However, they were facing the enemy as if they were facing the enemy. In this situation, they did not dare to take any drastic actions at all, and could only watch Zhen Wu step into Xu Huizu's study.

The doors and windows of the study room were closed, and even in the daytime, there was not enough light, making the whole room look a bit gloomy.

Xu Huizu sat behind the desk, silently and coldly watching Zhen Wu approaching step by step, without saying a word.

Zhen Wu sighed, leaned over and said, "I've seen Duke Wei."

Xu Huizu still didn't speak.

Zhen Wu said helplessly: "I think Duke Wei knows the purpose of the next official's visit, so why is Duke Wei so obstinate?"

"Stubborn?"

Xu Huizu chuckled twice, he looked at Zhen Wu, with a gleam of memory in his eyes and said: "I forgot that it was the 24th or 26th year of Hongwu, when I went to the governor's side of Beiping, you were there at that time I ran after my ass, if I remember correctly, you were still very young at that time, you stole a lot of things in the military from me, and now you can tell me that you are stubborn."

Zhen Wu froze.

"That's right, speaking of this, Zhen Wu still needs to thank Wei Guogong for his teaching."

"Teaching is out of the question."

Xu Huizu smiled disdainfully and said: "I have never taken the initiative to teach you anything, what you can learn depends entirely on your own ability, I just didn't expect that King Yan and you would actually be included in the capital. "

"Since Wei Guogong knows that we have entered the capital, he should also know that the overall situation has been settled. Why do you have to make such a gesture? What's more, His Majesty also has considerations for the Duke. He never let you enter the palace to pay a visit. You only need to send a letter of congratulations. Just watch it, why not?" Zhen Wu persuaded.

However, what Zhen Wu received was Xu Huizu's cold reprimand: "It's a fool's dream to ask me to present a congratulatory form to the Yan thief. I, Xu family, are loyal, and I can't do such low-level things."

"You..." Zhen Wu was a little angry: "Even if you don't want your life, don't you think about your family members? You think it's worth it to use the lives of your whole family to fight for your reputation of loyalty?"

Zhen Wu really couldn't understand why Xu Huizu and Zhu Di chose this relationship when the overall situation was already settled.

Is posthumous fame really so important to them? !
When Xu Huizu heard Zhen Wu's words, a trace of reluctance seemed to flash across his expression.

He was beyond Zhen Wu's expectations, and laughed at himself and said: "That's right, I can't take the lives of my wife and children. If that's the case, then I'll write a letter." Wrote it on paper.

After finishing writing, Xu Huizu handed it to Zhen Wu with a big wave of his hand.

Zhen Wu was stunned.

With just one threat, the matter will be settled?

That's too simple.

Zhen Wu looked down at the "Congratulations Form" written by Xu Huizu. The next moment Zhen Wu was completely angry, he saw a sentence written on it, "My father is the king of Zhongshan, the founding hero, and my descendants will not die"!
"You're kidding me!" Zhen Wu asked angrily in a low voice.

Xu Huizu glanced at Zhen Wu, smiled disdainfully and said, "Why not tease you?!"

"Do you think this line of words can save the lives of your wife and children?" Zhen Wu's voice became cold, which really annoyed Zhu Di, who absolutely didn't care about this.

Xu Huizu thought for a while and said: "If this is not enough, please ask Zhen Junma to say something to King Yan for me, and say that my sister is Princess Yan. By the way, I am still Zhen Junma's uncle. Let me ask Tell me, do you dare not care about your mother-in-law's wishes and kill my children and grandchildren?"

Zhen Wu really didn't dare, even Zhu Di probably couldn't bear to make Xu Miaoyun sad.

But Xu Huizu's words made Zhen Wu furious. He looked at Xu Huizu coldly, and the disgust in his eyes was projected out without any concealment.

Xu Huizu probably thought of what Zhen Wu was thinking, and said with a light smile, "What? Look down on people like me? Think it's shameful for me to help King Yan without family affection, but now I use family affection to restrain King Yan? Let me tell you, I am this kind of person, what can you do to me? And I also tell you, I, Xu Huizu, will never be a second king in my life. It is true that King Yan rebelled, and I, Xu Huizu, will never bow to him once in my life. You might as well tell the king of Yan the truth, he will come and kill me if he has the ability, I will wait for his orders in this study, see what I have to fear."

"If you act like this, even if His Majesty doesn't kill you, you won't be afraid of retaliation. Are you a general under the Xu family? Are you afraid that your Xu family will never fall?" Zhen Wu finally couldn't suppress his voice and angrily said.

Xu Huizu was silent for a long time.

Finally, he shook his head at Zhen Wu, and asked disdainfully, "Do you think so?"

can you?

Zhen Wu pondered in his heart, and got the answer the next moment.

Will not.

Because Zhu Di used Xu's family, and Xu Huizu is so dishonest, Zhu Di has the greatest probability of supporting another Xu family leader...

When Zhen Wu thought of this, he was suddenly startled, and Xu Zengshou's name flashed in his mind.

The next moment, Zhen Wu looked at Xu Huizu with some horror.

He seemed to understand why Xu Huizu would rather die than support Zhu Di. Maybe he did it for Xu Zengshou, because if Xu Huizu supported Zhu Di, where would Xu Zengshou be placed?

After Zhen Wu knew that Zhu Di was in charge of the palace, he was grateful for Xu Zengshou's death because of him. The first time he was ennobled was Xu Zengshou as Marquis of Wuyang. Duke.

Because the Xu family of the later generations has two families, Zhen Wu still knows it well.

But now that I think about it, is Xu Zengshou's contribution worthy of a Duke?

After all, after Jing Nan survived the bloody battle, how many of them in the Yan army were granted the title of Duke?
Even though Xu Zengshou had a great influence on Zhu Di before, in the eyes of the world, at most Xu Zengshou just sent some information to Zhu Di. How can these credits be worthy of a state prince? !

This is obviously unreasonable.

That's the duke of the country, whoever deserves the title of duke of the country can't have the great military exploits.

From this point of view, Xu Zengshou's entry into the state, I am afraid that it is really Zhu Di who is re-establishing the head of the Xu family!And the premise of all this is that Xu Huizu would rather die than support Zhu Di.

Thinking of these Zhen Wu, he looked at Xu Huizu, unable to speak any more words of persuasion.

There was a moment of silence in the study.

I don't know how long it took.

Zhen Wu smiled wryly, turned and left.

And Xu Huizu got up and came to the window. After watching Zhen Wu slowly go away, his eyes turned to his wife and children with guilt. His wife and children had been standing outside the door because they were worried, even at this moment. He also put his worries all over his face, but he suppressed his worries and didn't come to ask Xu Huizu, for fear of irritating Xu Huizu and making Xu Huizu uncomfortable.

It is really a lucky thing to have such a wife and children in this life, Xu Huizu thought to himself.

It's just that he is destined to feel sorry for them.

Let them sink with him in the great tomorrow for no reason.

But fortunately, there should be no worries about his life, which can make him feel a lot more forgiving, and if he thinks about it, with Xu's prestige, he won't worry that someone will bully them.

This actually works.

Xu Huizu looked away, and Xu Zengshou's former appearance appeared in his eyes.

He thought, as the eldest brother, he must let his younger brother die a worthy death.

An insignificant idle Marquis is not worthy of his brother's life!
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　I'm back, I'm back, starting today, I will resume normal updates, thank you for your tolerance, and thank you for waiting, I am an unknown little street writer, I am very honored to have this honor, thank you again.

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　　Finally, I would like to report to everyone that the wedding went smoothly and ended successfully.

　　In fact, I originally planned to update it yesterday, but I went back to the door the day before yesterday, and my head was dizzy the next day after drinking. I just finished coding now, so I was delayed. The main reason is that I have no experience and no excuses. I came up to drink a glass of wine. As a result, the old man pushed me hard, and I didn't know how to push it. Fortunately, I held on in the end and didn't make a fool of myself.

　　The last word of warning to unmarried people, when you return home, you should talk about cephalosporins or something, and don’t even serve a glass of wine! ! !

　　
　
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