People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Regarding the matter of Chang Mao and Hu Zhongwen, everyone knew that something big would happen.

But who would have thought that Zhu Yuanzhang would kill them without giving him any face.

As soon as his words fell, all officials were shocked.

Li Shanchang and others did not expect the emperor to be so decisive.

"Your Majesty, no!"

Li Shanchang knelt down first and interceded for the two.

Liu Bowen also stood up and knelt down.

Yang Xian wanted to watch the fun, but when he saw that the two were kneeling, he also knelt down.

Below, one after another, they were all voices pleading for mercy for the two.

On the other side of the side hall, a woman stumbled and ran in, panicked, also knelt on the ground, and shouted loudly:

"Your Majesty, please forgive me! Please forgive my son for the sake of my father-in-law's loyalty to the country..."

The person who broke in was naturally Lan's.

After she knew that the matter was big or small, she also dragged her daughter into the palace as soon as possible.

Although Lan was panicked, she still had confidence in Chang Mao's safety.

Zhu Yuanzhang has always been very polite to the Chang Mansion, even last time he only hinted that the Lan family would take care of Chang Mao.

All this is because Chang Yuchun is the emperor's confidant and the pillar of Ming Dynasty.

But she never imagined that her son would be killed by the emperor because of the life of a commoner?

She entered the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang knew it well.

Old Zhu didn't want to know the same as a woman, but since she came to the door, Zhu Yuanzhang stood on the high platform and looked down at him coldly.

"Mr. Lan, do you understand that the murderer dies?"

Lan raised her head, her face was pale, and after she and the emperor looked at each other, she was no longer as domineering as before.

She has heard of Zhu Yuanzhang's ruthlessness, although this ruthlessness has never fallen on the Chang family.

"Yuchun went out to fight for the country. As the mistress of the Chang family, you guarded the rear. You were supposed to take care of the family for him, but you were domineering, and you didn't even educate your younger generation well...

Most of my emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty were born in commoner clothes, and they all came from the common people. Do you remember the suffering that those officials inflicted on the common people?

Chang Mao was supposed to be a general, but he fell to the point of bullying men and women, and your mother is mainly responsible..."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't show Lan's face, and after he said these words, Lan's face also turned red.

Women's morality...

It is the greatest shame for a woman to be reprimanded by the current king for being immoral.

Lan's panicked for a moment, not knowing what to do.

After Zhu Yuanzhang scolded her, he was about to find someone to do it.

At this time, Empress Ma walked in, and the officials hurriedly bowed down:

"Meet the Empress!"

"Concubine, I have seen Your Majesty!

Your Majesty, my concubine has something to say! "

"Queen please speak!"

The moment Zhu Yuanzhang saw Empress Ma, the anger on his face eased a little.

Queen Ma said:

"Your Majesty, the ministers and concubines are women, and they don't understand this important military affairs. Regarding the national legislation, the ministers and concubines also understand the truth that murderers die..."

When she said this, Lan's eyes flustered. Could it be that Empress Ma also supported killing her son?
She just died a son, and if she dies another one, she might go crazy.

"Can……"

Fortunately, Empress Ma changed the topic, but persuaded:

"However, after all, Chang Yuchun is a hero who fought for the country, and the Lan family is also His Majesty's in-laws. This girl from the Chang family has not been married yet, so we killed her brother. After all, it is not very good-looking..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Shanchang and others rushed out to persuade her:
"Your Majesty, Chang Mao deserves to die, but the merits of General Chang can protect him once!"

Regardless of the Huaixi faction, even Liu Ji and other officials from the Eastern Zhejiang faction knelt down and begged the emperor to let Chang Mao go.

Chang Yuchun is a general who can control the country, and the overall situation is the most important.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath, he understood this truth better than anyone else.

He looked at Zhu Biao, and the officials also looked at Zhu Biao. Zhu Biao hesitated for a while, but closed his eyes.

Everyone immediately understood what His Highness the Crown Prince meant, and he himself was unwilling to intercede for this brother-in-law.

Lan's face changed slightly, but she became even more frightened.

Zhu Biao's words are more effective than Queen Ma.

But his attitude was almost written on his face. Empress Ma walked over and gave him a hand.

The prince was reluctant to stand up, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed.

There are no words, only attitudes.

But Baiguan breathed a sigh of relief.If he didn't kneel down, the marriage between Changfu and His Royal Highness might not be able to last.

Chang Yuchun, Xu Da, and Li Shanchang, these three are the cornerstones of Huaixi and even the Ming court.

If this matter develops in the worst direction, it can even touch the country.

"very good……"

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered:
"I can't take care of the Chang family's affairs? Then I'll let Chang Yuchun take care of himself...

Come, Changmao stick thirty, give me a severe beating, after the beating, I will exile him to the north, and go to his father's tent to serve as a soldier..."

Zhu Yuanzhang gave an order, and no one dared to intercede this time.

From capital crime to exile, this has been regarded as a walk from the gate of hell.

Lan's lips moved, but he didn't dare to say anything more?
Zhu Yuanzhang was not going to let her go, she stared at him coldly:

"Lan Shi, don't take this life of yours, go back and close the door for three months, and reflect on your sins!"

He was denounced as immoral by the king, and his imperial order was taken away from him.

Lan's heart was ashamed, and she quickly lowered her body.

……

Lao Zhu dealt with Chang Mao well, and set his sights on Hu Weiyong.

Hu Weiyong felt cold all over his body, seeing the way the emperor dealt with Chang Mao, he found that he might not get the result he expected.

He understood that compared with Chang Yuchun, he was simply incomparable.

If Chang Mao is going to be exiled for thousands of miles, then Hu Zhongwen will almost certainly die.

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Hu Weiyong who was trembling, and secretly said it was a pity.

This person was recommended by Li Shanchang, and he used it and thought it was a very good courtier.

Li Shanchang has the intention of cultivating him, and Zhu Yuanzhang is also optimistic about his performance, but, compared to Zhang Yi, Hu Weiyong is not worth mentioning.

"Hu Weiyong, what do you have to say? According to the confessions of those criminals, this incident was provoked by your son..."

Hu Weiyong trembled:
"Your Majesty, it's the son's fault that he doesn't teach the father, everything is the fault of the humble minister, this child deserves to die, die...

but……"

He was always reluctant to bear the child, so he began to intercede.

However, Hu Weiyong saw Li Shanchang's cold gaze in front of him, and he instantly understood it.

"Your Majesty, I dare not intercede for that traitor, but please allow your Majesty to kill this traitor myself..."

Hu Weiyong is also a ruthless person, in the blink of an eye, an idea blurted out.

All the officials looked sideways, and the eyes of the big guys fell on him. Although Hu Weiyong was a veteran in the court before.

But he entered the center of power, after all, it was only recently.

This newly promoted court official seems to be different from others.

Great righteousness kills relatives...

After all, this minister is different from others.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also stunned, this guy is ruthless!

Lao Zhu thought for a while and said, "Quite..."

He waved his hand, Gao Jianxian ordered someone to lift up a person, who was already dying.

When he was placed on a bench, the other party woke up leisurely.

"Father, save me..."

As soon as Hu Zhongwen woke up, he saw his father Hu Weiyong coming out of Fengtian Hall, and he yelled anxiously.

Hu Weiyong was furious.

Baiguan shook his head, Mr. Hu really couldn't mention it, and he didn't even look at where it was?
Make loud noises and disturb the emperor.

Don't say that you are going to die, even your father may want to get involved.

Just looking at Hu Weiyong's stooped body, everyone felt a little sympathy for him.

Without saying a word, Hu Weiyong walked up to Hu Zhongwen, took the court stick from the guard's hand, and beat it down with all his strength.

The screams immediately spread throughout Fengtian Hall.

Lao Hu is not a physically strong person, and he doesn't know how to exert strength.

However, everyone also clearly saw that the other party did not show mercy.

Hu Gongzi was puzzled from the beginning, screamed, cursed, and was dying.

Hu Weiyong beat for a full quarter of an hour, and it was as if he himself had been fished out of the water.

Hu Zhongwen under him is also exhaling more and inhaling less.

Old Hu was out of breath, and finally exhausted and collapsed from exhaustion.

At this time, Li Shanchang stood up and knelt down:

"Your Majesty, Hu Weiyong has tried his best, so let Mr. Hu die at home?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him coldly, he knew Li Shanchang's thoughts well, and looking at that Hu Zhongwen, he was indeed close to death.

"Row……"

Lao Zhu couldn't help but glance at Gao Hu Weiyong, the emperor could see the tacit understanding between him and Li Shanchang.

So what if you can see it?

People are willing to take risks, and the emperor has an explanation for himself and Zhang Yi.

"The others were all killed by me!
All the belongings in the family were copied and sent to the sufferer!

Chang and Hu Erfu each compensated the suffering master 500 taels of silver, and personally went to make amends..."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought that he could give Zhang Yi an explanation by doing this.

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.

Many officials were terrified. They were anxious to go back and restrain their families, and they must not do anything that would bring disaster to their families.

……

On the other hand, the concept of pure heart.

Regarding the funeral of Lao Meng, the ancients paid attention to burial.

With the help of the villagers, the mourning hall of Lao Meng's family was also built.

Deng Zhongxiu already knew what was going on here, so he asked for a special permit and brought a group of Taoist priests here.

The Meng family's house suddenly became lively.

Although the scenery is beautiful, no matter how beautiful the funeral is, it cannot conceal the sadness of the loved ones.

The widow, Mrs. Li, was wearing sackcloth, holding Meng Yao and crying.

A group of relatives from the Meng family were also chatting beside them.

These have nothing to do with Zhang Yi, he just sat at the door and watched quietly.

After Mrs. Li has done all this, he still has to wait to report to the government, or wait for the government to come and get someone.

Zhang Yi is ready to make a big fuss this time.

It would be fine if I could meet the legendary Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the past days, he has been avoiding the possibility of having an intersection with that king, but after coming out of the prison of the Ministry of Justice, he will not resist such a meeting.

Wait……

Before the person arrived, Zhang Yi was very upset by the noise from the room behind him.

"The beauty is so unlucky, I just said that this woman Kefu, Meng He has left, and has not left a descendant, this woman can't be kept..."

"I heard that they are going to sue the officials, but the officials are easy to provoke? This will bring us bad luck..."

Zhang Yi had no expression on his face. If he had a choice, he actually didn't really want to deal with the matter inside.

China has been a patriarchal society since ancient times.

In many things the clan replaced where the law could not.

This is also the underlying rule that China has practiced for thousands of years.

Lao Meng died, leaving orphans and widows.

Naturally, the clan will help him deal with the funeral.

However, the interests of the clan do not necessarily represent the interests of Meng Yao and their mother and daughter.

After a while, Zhang Yi and others finally arrived.

Some yamen servants, led by a man who looked like a father-in-law, went from far to near.

Their appearance also caused panic among the villagers.

In their view, this is someone looking for trouble.

"Let me just say, this woman is a disaster..."

Some people in the clan have already started to panic, and they immediately blamed the helpless mother and daughter.

Little Meng Yao flung herself into her mother's arms, watching all this in horror.

At this time, those officials approached, and the leading father-in-law said:

"Who is Meng He's family?"

Mrs. Li came out of the mourning hall and saluted.

"My lords, this is the woman!"

"Li Shi, Your Majesty already knows about the fact that your husband was beaten to death by Master Changfu and Hu Weiyong and his son!

Today, His Majesty personally dealt with everyone.

The son of Changfu has been exiled by the emperor for thousands of miles.The son of the Hu family was also punished, and his life and death are unknown.

The other people who participated in this matter have all obeyed the law!

They were all killed by His Majesty, I hope you know. "

The official's words caused an uproar in the audience.

Not to mention those ordinary people, even Zhang Yi was stunned.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang also loved the people, but the handling of this matter was too weird?
How could a king exile Chang Yuchun's son and Hu Weiyong's son on the spot for the sake of an ordinary commoner?

Even though it was said that Zhu Yuanzhang loved the people, Zhang Yi did not believe that Zhu Yuanzhang was a living Bodhisattva.

But everything in front of him was too contrary to his cognition.

After the official finished speaking, looking back, Zhang Yi and others discovered that there were two more people following the guard.

Zhang Yi recognized one of them, and it was a girl from the Chang family.

He didn't know the other person, but he vaguely guessed the other person's identity.

"Brother, I'm sorry!"

The Chang family is also a frequent visitor to the Taoist temple, full of guilt.

She passed by Zhang Yi, first apologized in a low voice, and then went to apologize to Li Shi.

"Changfu is sorry for Auntie, I am here to apologize to Aunt Li's family on behalf of my parents and brothers..."

After Chang's finished speaking, the other person hesitated for a moment and stepped forward.

"Hu has no way to teach his son, so he came here to plead guilty."

Miss from the Chang family, a senior official from the Ministry of Education?

Just now I thought Mrs. Li was a relative of Huoshui's Meng family, but when I saw people from the Chang Mansion and Hu Weiyong come to apologize in person, I was shocked.

Since ancient times, the number of ordinary people beaten to death by high-ranking officials is unknown.

Not to mention high-ranking officials, even if a bully in the village kills someone, how many people will be punished?

It is very rare for a senior official of the imperial court to personally apologize for Lao Meng.

Seeing the eunuch behind the two, the common people seemed to understand something?
It's Your Majesty.

It's not that these people's consciences are discovered, but that someone is pressing on their heads.

The people in the village feel a little complicated.

This is an experience they have never had in their life experience.

"It's Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"Long live Your Majesty!"

In the simple cognition of the villagers, an emperor who can avenge the people's grievances is a good emperor.

For a while, topics unrelated to this matter circulated among the crowd.

Hu Weiyong and Chang's girl were very upset when they heard this.

The two wished to leave here immediately to avoid embarrassment.

Therefore, the two of them took out the bank notes they had prepared long ago and handed them to Mrs. Li.

These silvers immediately made everyone hold their breath. (end of this chapter)