Hongwu Survival Guide

Chapter 20
It is well known that Zhu Yuanzhang is a workaholic, and what is even more well known is that Lao Zhu also asked all the officials under his command to be workaholics like him.

Twelfth lunar month 29, New Year's Eve.

Morning is still the same.

Except for Zhu Sheng, who was specially approved by Zhu Yuanzhang in November to be exempted from paying homage due to his old age, there are still hundreds of officials gathered inside and outside the main hall of King Wu's Mansion today.

However, the atmosphere in the morning court today can be described as treacherous.

Just overnight, the news spread inside and outside Jinling City. Yesterday afternoon, Cui Ji, the head of the household department, and 62 other officials, big and small, were suddenly arrested by Jinwu Guards and took their heads in the city.

On the surface, no one gave any reason.

However, everyone who was able to enter Wu Wangfu to participate in the early court today is very clear that there is only one cause of death for Cui Ji and others. The back lake where the "worldly master" who has just been recruited resides.

Until now, even though Zhu Yuan has hardly appeared in public, the bold words of "giving 500 years of Guozuo" is still a popular topic of discussion in the Western Wu Dynasty, and it has even spread to the people, and the more it spreads, the more bizarre it becomes. It's getting more and more mysterious.

The unlucky Cui Ji and more than [-] people, because of this, became the pawns pushed out to test the inside story.

Unexpectedly, he lost his head.

This finally made all civil and military officials realize how much His Highness King Wu, who is about to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, cares about that 'superior man', and it is far beyond their imagination.

That being the case, who would dare to touch this bad luck again today?
The morning court lasted for more than half an hour in a strange atmosphere, and the ministers either reported or discussed matters step by step, and many of them guessed whether someone who was usually very strong would jump out, so that everyone could gain insight.

However, as the morning drew to a close, no one mentioned it after all.

This is not surprising.

Based on Zhu Yuanzhang's thunderbolt method yesterday, everyone present understands that at today's court meeting, if you don't have enough weight and rashly bring up yesterday's incident, even if you don't lose your life on the spot, you don't want to be an official.

And the ones who are important enough seem to have no intention of opening their mouths.

When Zuo Chancellor Li Shanchang and Zhu Yuanzhang were discussing the matter of appointing officials to Shandong after the Chinese New Year, the ceremonial officials asked the ministers if they had anything to report, Yu Shi Zhongcheng Liu Ji sighed inwardly, and finally stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

What happened yesterday has nothing to do with Liu Ji.

Liu Ji can even determine who is behind the scenes.

However, since he was assigned the position of Yushi Zhongcheng, and the left and right censors Tang He and Deng Yu were only false titles, as the actual top leaders of Yushitai, Liu Ji did not want to be defeated by Yushitai today. No one spoke up to make all the officials laugh, and was even written down by the history book.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked over and seemed to have a premonition of what he was going to say, put away his expression, and no longer called Liu Jibiao affectionately, but said: "Liu Qing, what else is there?"

Liu Jilang said: "Superior, I heard that 62 people under Cui Ji, the head of the household department, were killed by the Jinwu Guard yesterday. I dare to ask the superior, what crime did Cui Ji and others commit?"

When these words came out, not only the officials in the palace, but even some low-level officials outside the palace who heard these words couldn't help but visit them.Li Shanchang almost turned his head to look over, but managed to hold back, and quickly suppressed his surprised expression.

The hall was silent for a while.

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang with a gloomy expression finally gave out eight words: "Peeping secrets, plotting evil."

If Liu Ji was a tactful person, he should have walked down the steps at this time, but unfortunately he was not, and continued to bow and said, "Your Majesty, this statement may not be convincing."

But Zhu Yuanzhang stopped taking up this topic, and said instead: "I still want to ask you, look at the weather outside, it has been cloudy and snowy these days, so there is no sign of turning sunny. You told me that the fourth day of the first lunar month will be sunny. Now that it's raining and snowing, so what?"

Seeing Lao Zhu changing the subject, Liu Ji also lost his temper: "If the fourth day of the first lunar month is not sunny, I will be dealt with by the superior. Now I ask the superior to give an explanation for the death of Cui Ji and others. The merit of the superior is the result of hundreds of battles. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are bathed in blood, the superiors are careless, but they are favored by a small child for his bold words, and they don't hesitate to kill indiscriminately, wouldn't it make the people of the world chill?"

After Liu Ji finished speaking, the surrounding officials were shocked.

Is it so cruel? !
Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened even more quickly, and he stared fiercely at Yu Shi Zhongcheng who was not far away. He felt his heart beating wildly, his chest felt a little uncomfortable, and the buzzing sound of dustpan sifting was heard in his ears.

Zhu Yuanzhang has always boasted that he can listen to people's words.

If Liu Ji had just been more tactful, to put it bluntly, he might have explained to some extent why he valued that young scholar today.

But at this time...

Finally mechanically withdrawing his gaze from Liu Ji, Zhu Yuanzhang still swept across everyone inside and outside the hall fiercely, and said in a deep voice: "Since that's the case, I will understand and tell you guys that if someone spies on Houhu without authorization, I will not kill you." Let me show you a few chickens to this group of monkeys, so be careful!"

After putting down these cruel words, Zhu Yuanzhang got up suddenly and walked away.

The ceremony officer didn't seem to hear Lao Zhu's harsh words, and waited for the Lord to leave, and dutifully sang the end of the morning court.

All the ministers dispersed one after another.

Liu Ji stood there for a while, and finally walked out of the main hall of the palace, came to the square in front of the courtyard, looked up at the still gloomy sky, and was a little dazed.

A sighing voice came from beside my ear: "Berwin, why bother?"

Liu Ji came back to his senses, turned his head and saw Song Lian, who was also looking at the gloomy sky, his lips moved, and finally said softly: "I just want to be ashamed of my heart."

Liu Ji had just had a confrontation with Zhu Yuanzhang, and everyone knew a certain result.

If the day of Zhu Yuanzhang's ascension to the throne on the fourth day of the first lunar month had not cleared up, Liu Ji, who was in charge of choosing the date of his ascension, would probably be dismissed from office at the lightest.After all, with the lessons learned from Chen Youliang's ascension to the throne and proclaiming himself emperor in the wind and rain, Zhu Yuanzhang absolutely did not want to repeat certain mistakes on his big ceremony day.

Song Lian looked back at the sky, just happened to notice Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong and others not far away were looking at this side, sighed softly again, said nothing, bowed slightly to Liu Ji, and left first.

The turmoil in the early morning of New Year's Eve spread quickly again.

Of course, no one said much about the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty becoming monkeys. After all, no one wanted to be a monkey.However, the saying that hundreds of thousands of troops are not as good as a small child has spread quietly. As a result, a certain "outsider expert" living on Houhu Island has become more famous, and the extended rumors have become more mysterious and weird.

Zhu Yuan got the news that day.

It was not related to the morning court today, but the killing of Cui Ji and others.

Because after New Year's Eve, there was an extra officer and soldier with a small flag on the lake, from the Jinwu Guard.

The leading little banner officer took the initiative to come to see him, but he didn't even dare to enter the door. He just told Zuo Qi who was receiving him outside the door that they would be in charge of daily inspections around the back lake in the future, and would also build a An outpost, if there is anything here, it can be dispatched at any time.

Immediately afterwards, the islanders who were released in the middle of the lake recommended the father and son of the Lin family who had punted the boat here to thank them, and praised Zhu Yuan as the master of the blue sky who punishes rape and eliminates evil and saves the people in the drama.

A few baskets of fresh fish and lotus seeds are also included.

Then, Zhu Yuan knew the cause and effect, and the price of being a "Master Qingtian" by himself was 62 heads.

Zhu Yuan was silent for a long time.

The result of thinking is that he must be more low-key, more low-key.

In the next three years, let alone the gate of the mansion, there is no need to go out of the West Court Garden.Anyway, with his current sickness and physical strength, if he didn't want to sweat and catch a cold, he couldn't get out of such a big garden.

Moreover, after Lao Zhu came to such a place, probably no one would dare to attack him again.

Both sides stopped.

However, the tree wants to be quiet, but the wind doesn't stop.

Because Zhu Yuan forgot for a moment, Lao Zhu himself is the biggest variable.

(End of this chapter)