People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Chapter 530 Uninvited guest, Zhang Yi’s secret exposed ([-]-in-[-])

Choose officials from the Spring and Autumn Academy?

Zhang Yi was stunned for a moment. Spring and Autumn College has never been a place to train officials. Zhang Yi's expectation for Spring and Autumn College is to cultivate technical talents.

They are the key to China's future.

Indifferently, if a person who understands technology enters the officialdom.

The benefits are also huge.

Zhu Xi said:
"I have little interest in those officials who only know what they are saying all day long!
That place in Japan is really miserable compared to the Ming Dynasty!

Their so-called daimyo, the royal family's life is worse than that of a wealthy businessman in Jiangsu and Zhejiang!
That is our future bridgehead for the Ming Dynasty. It is impossible to expect those people to carry out effective construction!

This king needs better talents..."

Spring and Autumn Academy has been in existence for three years, and now it has enrolled more than just the children of criminal officials.

Zhang Yi lowered his head in thought, then shook his head and said:
"Your Highness, the person you should ask about this kind of thing is not a poor person, but your Majesty!"

Zhang Yi himself did not really want the students he trained to be sent to Japan.

It's very simple. It's not enough for these talents who have mastered natural science to stay in the Ming Dynasty. Why do they give them to their little lives?
Of course, people like shipbuilders may be stationed in Japan as technical talents.

But he believes that the first batch of people to go to Japan should not be technical personnel, but precisely Confucian people.

Spreading ideas is the key factor in ruling Japan.

"Your Highness, Pindao has an idea. You can talk to Kong Ne more...

His New Confucian movement may be able to find many talents! "

Kong Ne quarreled with Wang Guangyang and others in the newspaper, although he was completely criticized by the great Confucian scholars and civil servants.

But his thoughts and ideas were spread as a result.

Not only in the circle of literati, but also among the common people, he gradually gained his reputation.

Kong Na, the 57th generation descendant of the Kong family, and the future Duke Yansheng, was different from his father and grandfather.He at least made the world remember him by virtue of his own ability.

Even if Neo-Confucianism was overwhelming in the Ming Dynasty, there would still be many people who did not recognize this concept.

This naturally includes some scholars.

The voices of these people could not be heard in the past.

They use the word "people speak softly" to describe it, which is more suitable.

However, with Kong Ne as a benchmark, many people also have a channel to express their voices in the Sun and Moon Times through submissions.

From within Confucianism, a loud voice began to emerge.

Zhang Yi used the influence of "Sun and Moon Times" to specifically support this kind of voice.

Moreover, he followed the hype methods of later generations and labeled Kong Ne as the leader of the New Confucian movement.

The term New Confucianism also gradually spread.

“Since the imperial court wants to guide the New Confucian movement and compete for the right to interpret scriptures, it should give these people a chance!
But if the imperial examination is normal, even if the emperor wants to change the content of the imperial examination, it will not happen overnight!
If you can cultivate a group of these people through His Highness's channels!
It would be best to wait until the time is right to support the Ming Dynasty..."

Zhu Ping heard this and thought it was not bad.

“Although the emperor has been captured, the resistance in various parts of Japan has not ended, and there are more Japanese samurai fleeing overseas now than before the attack on Japan!
Your Highness has a long way to go!

Perhaps after these troubles are completely resolved, His Highness can truly become the king of Japan..."

Hearing this, Zhu Ping nodded and said:

"Indeed, many of these pirates have gone to North Korea!

There are also some people who go south along the coast of North Korea and go to the northeast. They come down along the coast and infringe on the north...

One of the original intentions of our Ming Dynasty in attacking Japan was also to completely resolve the Japanese pirate rebellion.

But now it seems that the scale of Japanese pirates has increased. "

Zhang Yi thought this phenomenon was normal.

Even though the war in Japan has led to an increase in the number of Japanese pirates at sea, this is fundamentally different from the Japanese pirate chaos in the past.

In the past, the Japanese pirate rebellion and the rampant pirates were because the Ming Dynasty could only passively defend against Japanese pirates.

These pirates, even if the Xuanwu Army has attacked strongholds on the sea, they still have Japan as their base.

Many big pirates are based in Japan, which is one of the reasons why it is difficult for the Ming Dynasty to solve the pirate rebellion.

And Japan was defeated.

Even if those people flee, where can they go?

North Korea may be an option, but North Korea itself is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and it is a very loyal one.

Even if he is a little weak, it is enough to make those wanderers uncomfortable.

"They are just duckweeds without roots. Some of them fled to North Korea, and they can only be like bereaved dogs with no place to stay!"

These people may cause some trouble for coastal defense, but if our problem in the north is solved, the defense of the coastline will not be a problem!
As for the group of people running north, they are looking for death..."

The north of Japan is the Far East in later generations. That place would be a place where people would freeze to death a few hundred years later, let alone during the Little Ice Age.

Zhu Xi felt relieved after hearing this.

Two years should be enough to stabilize the situation in Japan.

The next step is to start the American route again!
Zhu Xi patted Zhang Yi on the shoulder, expressing his gratitude without words.

"By the way, you know about Chang Mao's death, right?"

Zhu Xi suddenly talked about this matter, Zhang Yi's expression remained unchanged and he nodded silently.

Zhu Yuanzhang only told Zhu Biao the truth about Chang Mao's death.

Zhang Yi tested Zhou Tong, and he, Mao Xiang's confidant, didn't even know about it.

Zhang Yi believed that Zhu Xiang didn't know about it. If he knew about it, he wouldn't take the initiative to mention it to him.

"This guy Chang Mao, actually it would be better if he died!

When I was training in Zhejiang, I heard many legends about him. This guy is definitely a disaster...

However, General Chang was very sad...

After he conquered Japan, he was still looking for news about Chang Mao among the Japanese pirates..."

When Zhu Ping said this, he sighed:
"What a pity for the parents in the world. I have never been a parent before, so I don't understand my father's feelings!

Now, I feel some sympathy for him..."

Zhu Xi, who has experienced ups and downs, has many emotions that he wants to share with Zhang Yi.

It's just that Zhang Yi's thoughts have already focused on Chang Mao's death.

This incident can be regarded as one of the bigger minefields buried in him.

It was also an important event that allowed Zhu Yuanzhang to control him at any time.

"General Chang, do you think Chang Mao is connected with the Japanese pirates?"

"Haha, you probably don't know that Chang Mao is really connected with pirates..."

Although Zhu Ping did not get any information about Chang Mao's death, he also knew some rumors.

The people Chang Mao blackmailed were not just smugglers, there were also pirates whom he dared to cooperate with.

This guy has lawlessness engraved in his bones.

According to Zhu Xi, Chang Yuchun was so angry that he almost relapsed after finding out about this.

Later, he got angry and stopped checking...

Zhang Yi smiled, he didn't expect that a line that he might have exposed would be cut off by Chang Yuchun himself?

After sending Zhang Yi to Chunqiu Temple, Zhu Ping went back to accompany his wife and children.

Zhang Yi watched him leave, then turned and entered the Taoist temple.

"Junior brother, there is a letter from Longhu Mountain. Both Master and Junior Brother Yu Chu have letters..."

Wu Baohe saw Zhang Yi and handed him two letters.

Zhang Yi first opened Lao Zhang's letter, and Zhang told him about the situation on Longhu Mountain and reported that everything was fine!
Zhang Yi felt very happy every time he read these letters.

He thought for a moment and wrote back to Lao Zhang, telling him that he wanted to get married next year.

Time is a bit tight this year, and I’m afraid I won’t be able to make it in time.

Zhang Yuchu had already started a family under the arrangement of his parents, so Zhang Yi naturally couldn't escape his parents' urging.

After writing this letter, Zhang Yi turned his attention to Zhang Yuchu's letter.

Over the years, the correspondence between Zhang Yuchu and him has become less frequent, but the brotherly love has not faded.

Zhang Yi opened Zhang Yuchu's letter, and the joyful expression on his face instantly solidified.

……

Yingtian, Ling Mansion.

In just a few days, many people had forgotten the existence of Ling Shuo.

Maybe some people will think of him, but most of the time, they will probably sigh, is he dead?

On this deserted night, Ling Shuo finally woke up from his coma.

"Master, you're awake..."

When Mrs. Ling saw Ling Shuo waking up, she quickly came over to take care of him.

"You have frightened me these days. If something happens to you, what will happen to us orphans and widowed mothers?"

Ling said his mouth was dry and he forced himself to get up.

But he was lying on his stomach, and when he got up he immediately touched the wound. Ling Shuo's face twitched and he took a breath of cold air.

"Master, please lie down quickly. If the wound is affected, we don't have much money to treat you!"

"My illness cost a lot of money, right?"

After hearing his wife mention money, Ling said he asked his wife.

"You used a whole box of allicin..."

"Where do you get so much money at home?"

Ling said that he was shocked when he heard what the lady said.

As a good medicine for treating diseases, allicin has come down in price, but it is still not readily available.

Common colds, bacterial infections.

Three or two bottles may be enough to save a life.

But if it were his situation...

"The brothers in your school have pooled their resources together, and used their family's savings...

But if it weren’t for those two benefactors, my husband, you wouldn’t have survived! "

"My benefactor...?"

Ling said he was stunned when he heard this.

"Yes, there is at least a box of allicin you use on your body. Those two benefactors prescribed medicine for you and also gave you two boxes of allicin...

This is a real kindness! "

"Who are those two benefactors?"

"do not know!"

Mrs. Ling told Ling Shuo the whole story in a few words.

Ling said, "Listen," his face looked uncertain.

"Are you sure that the other person knocked on the door at night?"

"Yes, sir!"

"Who would that be?"

Ling said to himself that the two people who helped him, from his wife's description, should be people who were helping a certain noble person.

One of them is a doctor and the other is an errand boy.

But they covered their faces, obviously not wanting Mrs. Ling to know who they were.

Mrs. Ling is a womanly person and doesn't understand the meaning.

Being able to go out during the curfew, there weren't many people in Yingtian Mansion itself.

If you want to avoid people during curfew, you must be in a high position.

Ying Tianfu can count such people on his fingers.

His Majesty?

Ling said that the first thing he thought of was Gongli, but he quickly rejected this possibility.

Thinking of his injuries, Ling Shuo felt a surge of hatred in his heart.

Why was Mao Xiang okay when he was almost beaten to death?

The emperor's trip was too ruthless.

He didn't do anything wrong. Mao Xiang was obviously at fault too...

Ling said that he was immediately saddened when he found out that he had saved his life.

These royal guards seem to have unlimited glory, and they are free to take life and death.

It turns out that after being deprived of their authority by the king, they were so pitiful...

You can't even get enough money to buy medicine, why?
They obviously have so much power, but there is no benefit at all.

"Master, you are..."

Ling Shuo's emotions fluctuated and his body became hot.

Mrs. Ling noticed something strange about her husband and panicked.

"Master, nothing can happen to you!"

"I'm fine, I'm tired, let me take a rest!"

Ling said that he did feel tired, so he closed his eyes and began to rest.

But his mind was filled with hatred for Zhu Yuanzhang's unfair behavior! …

"How are you preparing for the national ceremony?"

"Your Majesty, you are ready!

The national festival will definitely be held on the first day of next month! "

Royal Palace, noon!
Zhu Yuanzhang summoned a group of officials from Zhongshu Province to the imperial study room to discuss the national sacrifice.

The Minister of Rites confirmed the progress of the national sacrifice, and Lao Zhu calculated the days.

There are about three days left until the first day of junior high school!
"Very good..., next, about moving the capital..."

Zhu Yuanzhang pushed forward his agenda one by one. Hu Weiyong saw Wang Guangyang looking dazed, and so did everyone else.

He looked at his colleagues and smiled bitterly.

Being an official in the Ming Dynasty is indeed difficult to bear without a good body.

In the dynasties before the Ming Dynasty, it was possible to go to court only once every few days, but under Zhu Yuanzhang, it was normal to go to court three times a day.

After finally dealing with the emperor, everyone left the palace.

Hu Weiyong looked at Ying Tian, ​​who was already dark at night, and shook his head.

He returned to Hu Mansion and started studying as usual.

When the moon came over the branches, Hu Weiyong stretched and prepared to rest.

"Hu Xiang!"

The servant of the family hurried to the door of the study and whispered:
"Someone asks to see your lord!"

"Is there anyone, at this time?"

Hu Weiyong was stunned. It was already under curfew in the middle of the night. Who else was looking for him?
"who is it?"

"The other person's face was covered, so he couldn't see clearly, but he said that the kindness of healing him would be unforgettable!"

cure?

Hu Weiyong had a strange look on his face, but he smiled:

"You lead him to the study, but remember not to let others see him!"

It's already late at night, and it goes without saying that someone can come to his Prime Minister's Mansion in the middle of the night.

The men nodded upon hearing this and turned to greet the uninvited guest.

After waiting for a while, a man with his face covered and wearing a bamboo hat entered the study.

"sit!"

Hu Weiyong pointed to a chair, but the other party shook his head and said: "No!"

"Master Ling's injury has not healed yet, so he is not suitable for walking! I have a small bed over there, which is where I sometimes rest. If you don't mind, you can lie down and talk..."

After Ling Shuo heard this, he took off the disguise on his face and revealed his true appearance.

"If you are not good at what you do, Ling will not kneel down. I am here to thank Mr. Hu for saving his life!"

Ling Shuo bowed to Hu Weiyong with a very respectful expression.

If other people saw this scene, they would definitely be shocked.

Ling said that one person should be responsible for at least [-] to [-]% of the officials who were killed by Jin Yiwei!
If we were to choose a Jin Yiwei that all officials hate the most, he would probably be No. 1.

Because Jin Yiwei holds great power, he will not give face to any officials at all, including Hu Weiyong.

Hu Weiyong just laughed:

"I don't know how Master Ling is so sure that it was his true self that saved you?"

"Master Hu was joking, being able to walk in Yingtian during the curfew is something not many people can do!

Excluding the Jinyiwei, there are only three or five people in the court who can do this!
Even if there are three or five people, they can't do it at the same time!
There are only a handful of people who can influence them...

Although Ling is stupid, if I can't find out who he is after cleaning up the clues like this, wouldn't it be an insult to my years of experience? "

"Good, good, good!"

Hu Weiyong said three good things in a row and laughed heartily.

"Don't be surprised, Master Ling. The truth is not that you are being mysterious, but because Your Majesty is very sensitive to officials coming into contact with you!
It turns out that your people are hiding in this courtyard, so I can only be careful! "

"Hu Xiang is talking about Lu Si and Wang Rui. To be honest, I am responsible for supervising the work of the officials!

Don't worry about this, they are both my people. If Hu Xiangruo doesn't like it, I will let them leave..."

Hu Weiyong's expression changed slightly. Wang Rui was actually Jin Yiwei's eyes and ears. He thought it was only Lu Laosi.

It can be seen that the emperor's infiltration into the Hu Mansion was by no means limited to what he knew.

Did Wang Rui spy on him?

Hu Weiyong has already begun to think about it.

Ling said that seeing him thinking, he probably understood what he was worried about.

He said:
"Don't worry, Mr. Hu, we have not received any secret information about you. At least so far, your impression on His Majesty is pretty good...

But those friends of yours..."

Hu Weiyong's heart beat violently.

He was a man of deep character, especially after the death of his child.

After becoming prime minister, Hu Weiyong didn't want to be arrogant, but when he thought of Hu Zhongwen's death, he was not in the mood.

He seems to have done nothing in these years.

In fact, I have been quietly making friends and accumulating strength.

Because of the Jin Yiwei, they act very carefully.

But no matter how careful you are, it's really impossible to expect those people to be completely clueless.

But what Ling said next made Hu Weiyong finally heave a sigh of relief:

"But Mr. Hu, don't worry. At least for now, they are safe..."

After hearing this, Hu Weiyong stood up and bowed to Ling.

He was very glad that he took the risk to express this kindness to Ling.

If Ling Shuo hadn't reminded him, there was a high probability that something would happen to him in the next few years...

Ling said he was slightly proud to see Hu Weiyong thanking him.

From the moment they knew that the person who saved them was Hu Weiyong, the two of them understood each other's intentions.

The relationship between Jin Yiwei and civil servants should have been that of cat and mouse, but they became close because of this incident.

Before coming, Ling said that he already knew what he would face during this trip. Now that he had made a decision, he simply gave him his own greeting gift:

"Hu Xiang, there is a list here. It is a list of the people that I, Jin Yiwei, currently have installed in the homes of the officials in the capital. I have also given reminders about those who are my people and those who are not!"

Ling said that he handed over a list from his arms.

Hu Weiyong was deeply scheming and was delighted by his actions.

This list is worth tens of thousands of dollars!

For him, even more so.

He took it and took a rough look at it.

He, Wang Guangyang, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, etc. all have records.

Naturally, everyone in the capital has a share in the officials above the third rank, even those below the third rank, fourth or fifth rank, and those in important positions!
It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang put almost all important officials under surveillance.

Hu Weiyong lamented that if Lao Zhu monitors people like this, if officials want to do something else, they can't hide it!

At the same time, he was ecstatic.

With this list, he is equivalent to turning Zhu Yuanzhang into a blind and deaf man again!

He continued to look at the list and found a name that interested him, Zhang Yi...

"The treatment of this young master is much higher than the actual situation. There are five spies around him...

Well, these five people are not yours? "

"Back to Prime Minister Hu, Mao Xiang is personally responsible for him. I only know that there are people following Zhang Yi, but these five people are not my responsibility...

Don't look at Zhang Yi like this. In fact, everyone in Jinyiwei knows that Zhang Yi's importance in His Majesty's heart is second only to the prince! "

"Oh!"

Hu Weiyong became interested after hearing this. The emperor valued Zhang Yi, which was known to all the officials in the dynasty.

But they couldn't figure out why he valued Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi seemed to pop up out of thin air. Although he had some reputation in the capital before, the emperor rarely interacted with him!
As for that meeting in Hongwu's sixth year, Zhang Yi was always by the emperor's side.

Officials also secretly guessed Zhang Yi's origins, but were unable to get in.

Hu Weiyong vaguely remembered the assassination in Hongwu three years ago...

Could that be the beginning of the fate between the emperor and Zhang Yi?
"Actually, I don't know much about this matter. After all, when the emperor is talking to Zhang Yi, we Jin Yiwei are not allowed to be present!

However, the fate of His Majesty and Zhang Yi actually started from his prophecy on Longhu Mountain in the first year of Hongwu..."

Ling Shuo recounted the conversation between Zhang Yi and Zhang Changchang...

Hu Weiyong personally poured a glass of water for Ling Shuo and asked him to continue talking.

From the first year of Hongwu, when the emperor prepared to suppress Longhu Mountain, to the prophecy of the second son of the Heavenly Master, to the meeting with the emperor.

Zhang Yi has a heavenly book?
The content of Lao Zhu’s later chat with Zhang Yi is not known to anyone in Jinyiwei.

But for the first time they met, Ling Shuo and Gao Jianxian were both witnesses.

Listening to Ling's eloquent talk, Hu Weiyong felt that the doubts he had been having all these years suddenly became clear.

No wonder Zhu Yuanzhang valued him, and no wonder Yang Xian and others suffered losses in his hands.

What a terrible thing it would be for a person to peek into the secret of heaven.

And if an emperor could know the secret of heaven, how powerful would he be?
Thinking back to the series of reforms Zhu Yuanzhang made over the years, he probably followed the advice of this stranger.

After Ling Shuo's narration, Hu Weiyong just felt cold and cold in his heart.

"If he can peek into the secrets of heaven, wouldn't there be nothing in the world that can be hidden from him?"

Hu Weiyong seemed calm on the surface, but when he asked this question, his heart was beating fast.

"Not really, we have heard some fragments of this. The Taoist priest said that the future he saw was only a possibility!
And as he reveals the secret, the future may also change!

But even so, no one knows what the future he sees is, and whether it will change?
I just think he is evil!

We at Jinyiwei are generally very polite to him! "

Even though he was not dealing with Mao Xiang, Ling's expression was respectful when he talked about Zhang Yi.

They watched Zhang Yi grow up, and they also watched him change the pattern of Ming Dynasty little by little.

"That's it!"

Hu Weiyong found that it was not easy for him to digest what Ling told him.

A child, change the Ming Dynasty?

This kind of ridiculous thing is actually happening.

"Master Hu, I also know about your enmity with Zhang Yi!

In fact, from the perspective of us onlookers, you'd better not provoke Zhang Yi easily!
We watched Yang Xian die, so people from Jinyiwei generally don’t provoke him!
Even if Hu Xiang wants to give it a try, he must consider his position in His Majesty's heart!
He spends almost more time with His Majesty than his father!
Your Majesty truly treats him as a nephew!

Moreover, even if you ignore His Majesty's feelings for him, you still have to see his value.
Zhang Zhenren is more important to His Majesty than anyone else.

Even if you catch him, unless you rebel...

I really can’t think of any reason why His Majesty would kill him..."

Hu Weiyong was silent. They had launched various attacks against Zhang Yi in recent years. If it had been anyone else, there was a high probability that they would not be able to protect themselves.

But Zhu Yuanzhang still had various ways to excuse Zhang Yi.

This shows how much he favors Zhang Yi.

As for this deep love, he already understood at this time that Zhang Yi's utilization value was by no means comparable to those of them.

"Rebellion? Prime Minister Li is the real master!"

Hu Weiyong sighed in his heart. After Hongwu's seven-year attack on Zhang Yi failed, Li Shanchang wrote to him.

From then on, Zhang Yi could only praise and kill him.

Let His Majesty be afraid of him and get rid of him!

This is the only way.

Verifying what Ling said to himself, this is probably the only way.

"Thank you, Mr. Ling, for clearing up my doubts. I won't hide the truth from you. I really feel resentful about this son's deliberate attempt to trick me back then.

If given the chance, I would never mind adding insult to injury!

But now that he knows how troublesome this Taoist is, he will not take action easily!
Lord Ling, you are a friend who is destined to be acquainted!
If anything happens to me in the future, I hope Master Ling will take good care of me.

Of course, if something happens to Mr. Ling, as long as you think highly of me, Hu Weiyong, I will die through fire and water! "

What he said was sincere, and Ling Shuo was deeply moved.

Naturally, he came today not simply to thank Hu Weiyong.

Ling Shuo smiled bitterly upon hearing this:

"Hu Xiang's words are serious. If I didn't have Hu Xiang's medicine, I might have died at home!
Your Majesty has a cold temperament, and I was targeted by Mao Xiang again!

Although I escaped this time, it is hard to say whether I will survive in the future...

If you can't protect yourself, how can you dare to protect Prime Minister Hu!

Coming here today, I feel like my days are coming to an end, but I have to repay Mr. Hu’s kindness!

This list can serve as a guide for Prime Minister Hu in the future..."

Hu Weiyong smiled, and he also understood Ling's intention at this time:

"Master Ling is afraid that his future is uncertain? Then I have a few thoughtful words. I wonder if Master Ling will listen to them?"

(End of this chapter)