Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 231 The Monarch Powers the Power, Where Do You Stand?
In the old Wu Wangfu, in the flower hall.

After a moment of deliberation, Wei Guogong still said Li Shanchang's name.

He heard that the emperor and Han Gong had been very unhappy in the past six months.

It is said that even Li Shanchang did not present the congratulatory form or present the emperor on his birthday.

Of course, the emperor didn't get used to him, and sent an angel to Fengyang to scold Li Shanchang, calling him 'indulgent' and 'extremely disrespectful'.

At this point, Li Shanchang still refused to plead guilty, as if to see what you can do to me.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he cut off [-] shi from his annual salary, and ordered his iron coupon to be reduced from "avoiding two deaths" to "avoiding one death" as punishment.

Only then did Li Shanchang plead guilty, saying that he was being questioned by Han Yike, and he felt that he was an ominous person, and he was not qualified to be on the congratulatory table, give birthday gifts, etc.

Zhu Yuanzhang then issued an order to comfort Lao Li, saying that we did not convict you, you are still the Duke of Korea in Ming Dynasty, so what to do in the future...

Just when the government and the opposition thought that the conflict between the rulers was about to ease, unexpectedly, the Duke of Han made a big move, directly cutting off the supply of military supplies on the front line, and the Northern Expedition was also in vain...

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Some people may ask, why both Geng Bingwen and Xu Da are sure that Li Shanchang is behind the scenes?
Is Li Shanchang, an old dog, really so stubborn?
He really hangs like that.

To be precise, it was not Li Shanchang hanging up, but Zhongshu Sheng hanging up to the sky.

In the former Yuan Dynasty, Zhongshu Province was the head of hundreds of officials, the prime minister of the world's government affairs, and the Privy Council and Yushitai were in charge of the three powers of government, military, and supervision.

In addition, the Yuan Dynasty set up Xing Zhongshu Provinces in various provinces to take charge of local military affairs.As the dispatched agency of Zhongshu Province, Xing Zhongshu Province is also under the jurisdiction of Zhongshu Province.

Therefore, Zhongshu Province has extremely heavy authority.The prime ministers of the Yuan Dynasty also held great power.Famous prime ministers such as Tiemu Dier, Tuotuo, and Yan Timur are all powerful ministers under one person and above ten thousand.

They have monopolized all government affairs and have their own army. They can control the succession of the throne, even to the point of abolishing the emperor at will.

It is said that the Yuan Dynasty died for a hundred years, at least half of which was related to the chaotic situation caused by the struggle for power and fierce internal strife.But the prime minister monopolizes the power and the imperial power is weak, which is the structural contradiction that leads to internal fighting...

Although this dynasty is said to have eliminated Hu Feng and restored the Han system, the political system has its strong inertia, so it still follows the Yuan system, with the Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province for national government affairs, leading six ministries, and managing local provinces.

The six ministers, the chiefs of the local provinces, all major and minor affairs must be reported to the Zhongshu Province, and then the Zhongshu Province will report to the emperor.

After the emperor made a decision, the Zhongshu Province issued an order to the six ministries and provinces for implementation, supervised and assessed it, and finally reported the implementation results to the emperor.

This is the power operation process since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.It can be clearly seen that the connection between the emperor and the yamen of the central government must be done by the Ministry of Education, so that they can be uploaded and issued.

However, the emperor could not directly contact the six ministries, let alone the local yamen, so he could only issue orders to the Ministry of Zhongshu to manage his country indirectly.

If the Zhongshu Province and the emperor were united as one, as it was before and when the country was first founded, the emperor would naturally not feel any inconvenience, but would be freed from tedious government affairs and devote his energy to more important policies and plans.

But once there is a problem with Zhongshu Province, even if it is just a pick, the emperor will lose control of the country in an instant, just like now...

So Zhu Yuanzhang knew that there must be a problem with the Ministry of Education.

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In fact, it is much stronger now than before.

Initially, even the military was under the control of Zhongshu.Xu Da's most important official position is Prime Minister You of Zhongshu Province.The rest of the princes also served in Zhongshu Province.

Later, Boss Zhu spent a lot of effort to transfer all the general power to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.The generals were also separated from the Zhongshu Province system, and finally the separation of military and government was achieved.

But the honorable military generals are basically Li Shanchang's old subordinates, and the old men trust Li Shanchang's brains, and listen to him on big and small matters, so Lao Li still has great influence on the army.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang changed the capital guard to the Chengdu Division, not mainly to deal with those honorable generals, but to take back the military power of the local provinces, and then try to weaken the Zhongshu Province as much as possible!

Li Shanchang saw this clearly.

Only those mindless nobles would think that they were the ones the emperor wanted to mess with, but they were easily used by the Korean government.

And the so-called Kaizhong merchants are just the white gloves of Huaixi nobles.

In addition to the central government, the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, including the current right prime minister Hu Weiyong, they were all single-handedly promoted by Li Shanchang.

So blind people can also see that the crux of today's predicament lies not in other places, but in Han Gong.

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"That's right, it's Lao Li." Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with Xu Da's answer.

The reason why Boss Zhu wanted to renew Xu Da and give him the old palace was because he was afraid that Xu Da would not be on his side.Even if he just talked about it from left to right and remained neutral, it would be a fatal blow to today's emperor.

This shows that neither the civil and military giants are on his side, and he has completely become a loner.

Fortunately, Xu Da was firmly on his side.It's not in vain for Boss Zhu to lower his posture and pour out his heart...

Zhu Yuanzhang happily laughed at himself and said: "We have already thought about it. If you don't help us, we will marry our daughter to Li Shanchang's son tomorrow. It doesn't matter whether it's called a marriage or a marriage. In short, we will admit defeat, and then hide our strength and bide our time." A few years, and then slowly figure it out."

"I obey the emperor's order." Xu Da said softly but firmly.

"Okay, very good! But even if you don't help us, we will never give up." Zhu Yuanzhang finished a glass of strong wine with his neck up, smashed the glass heavily and said:
"Sooner or later, we will cut off the heads of all those dog thieves who think that the law does not blame the public and dare to threaten us!"

"But now that Tiande is on our side, we don't have to wait so long." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xu Da firmly, and made his promise:
"Next year in the spring, the Northern Expedition will definitely be possible!"

"Yes." Xu Da's heart trembled. He understood what the emperor meant, and he wanted to decide the outcome with Li Shanchang before the beginning of spring!

"Your Majesty, is it too late?"

"In the worst case, kill them all and start from scratch." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smirk: "Anyway, we have nothing, so why are we afraid of smashing all the pots and pans?!"

"Understood." Xu Da nodded his head heavily. He knew that Emperor Hongwu, who was going all out, could not lose.

Then he said in a deep voice: "What do you need me to do, go through fire and water, and don't say anything. Although there are tens of millions of people, I will go!"

"Okay, when we need you, we will order." Zhu Yuanzhang poured wine for him happily and said, "Now, we order you to drink with us!"

"Minister, obey the order!" Xu Da really let go of his drinking capacity, and he would not refuse anyone who came, drinking with the emperor one cup after another, one jar after another.

Xu Da strictly prohibited alcohol in the army. After he became a general, no one dared to compete with him for alcohol.So his drinking capacity is actually average.

While drinking, Xu Da found that the world was spinning in front of his eyes, and his head sank three times, so he knew that he was about to get drunk.

But the emperor still tried his best to persuade him to drink, and Xu Da had no choice but to sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman. In the end, he was overwhelmed by alcohol and passed out...

(End of this chapter)