My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 218 Zhu Wenkui Was Arrested
"Pu Qia actually admitted it?"

After Zhu Di heard Zhu Zhanhe's narration, he couldn't help talking to himself in surprise.

Pu Qia has been imprisoned for more than ten years. If Zhu Zhanhe hadn't mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten about this person.

"Puqia should have heard that Zhu Wenkui intends to blow up Xiaoling, so he confessed the secret way."

Zhu Zhanhe explained.

Speaking of which, Yao Guangxiao was the one he admired the most. After learning that he had searched the whole city but failed to find Zhu Wenkui, the other party guessed that the other party might be hiding in the legendary tunnel, so he took him to see Pu Qia.

"Pu Qia still understands righteousness, and he has lived up to Emperor Taizu's trust in him!"

Zhu Di nodded when he heard the words.

"Grandfather, Pu Qia also revealed an extremely important news!"

Zhu Zhanhe suddenly pretended to be mysterious and said again.

"what news?"

Zhu Di asked curiously.

"The secret path was secretly excavated by the Emperor Taizu, because he had long seen that Zhu Yunwen was not a wise king, and worried that he would not be able to defend the country, so he prepared a way out for him early on, and asked Puqia to guard it personally. secret."

Zhu Zhanhe spoke with a solemn expression.

"really?"

Zhu Di's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he even grabbed Zhu Zhanhe's arm and asked excitedly.

For Zhu Di, snatching his nephew's throne is actually not a glorious thing, especially Zhu Yunqi's throne was passed down to him by his father, and taking the other party's throne is equivalent to violating his father's decision. The matter has been weighing heavily on Zhu Di's heart.

But now Zhu Zhanhe told him that Zhu Yuanzhang had prepared the secret of Zhu Yunqi's escape long ago, which meant that Zhu Yuanzhang probably calculated Zhu Yunqi's fate, and he might even guess that one of his sons would rebel.

"Grandfather, please calm down, the secret way is absolutely true, these are all said by Pu Qia himself!"

Seeing Zhu Di trembling with excitement, Zhu Zhanhe was also startled, and hastily persuaded him again.

"Hahahahahahaha~"

I saw Zhu Di laughing up to the sky when he heard the words, the laughter became louder and more joyful, as if a big stone that had been pressing on his heart for many years finally disappeared.

After a while, Zhu Di stopped laughing, then turned to look in the direction of Xiaoling and said in a low voice, "Father, you are so cruel, you know that Zhu Yunqi is not a good emperor, but you still refuse to abandon the elders and establish the younger ones." , just watching us from the sky scramble for it, are you not afraid that we will kill Daming?"

Listening to Zhu Di's complaints, Zhu Zhanhe secretly sighed in his heart. Zhu Biao's death disrupted all Zhu Yuanzhang's plans.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang has more than 20 sons, since ancient times, abolishing the elders and establishing the younger has always been the way to create chaos. Even if the eldest son dies, the eldest grandson is still there, so Zhu Yuanzhang finally established the eldest grandson out of various considerations, although he knew His sons might rebel in the future, but he didn't care about that at the time.

Zhu Di complained and complained, but generally speaking, he was very happy. At least he felt less guilty about seizing his nephew's throne.

"Zhanhe, how is Puqia's life in the Imperial Prison?"

Zhu Di quickly calmed down and asked Zhu Zhanhe again.

"For the past ten years, Puqia has been meditating and chanting scriptures almost every day. Even in the prison cell, he has kept it clean. This person's strong character is really admirable!"

Zhu Zhanhe replied truthfully.

"Let him go, find someone to rebuild the Banshan Temple, and let him practice in the temple, it can be regarded as a little compensation for him!"

Zhu Di immediately issued an order.

"Grandson obeys!"

Zhu Zhanhe was also secretly happy when he heard the words. Pu Qia is a trustworthy person, such a person is admirable, and he has been imprisoned for more than ten years, so he should indeed be set free.

"By the way, what about that secret path, do you want to destroy it all?"

Zhu Zhanhe suddenly asked again, the secret path was only partially destroyed, and it was re-excavated by Zhu Wenkui, if it is discovered in the future, it will be really troublesome.

"Destroy it. Although the capital will be moved soon, the imperial city on Jinling's side is an important place for the royal family after all. It's outrageous to have a secret passage."

Zhu Di waved his hand and ordered.

"Yes!"

Upon hearing the words, Zhu Zhanhe agreed, then hesitated and asked again: "What should I do with that Zhu Wenkui? Grandpa Huang please show me!"

Hearing Zhu Wenkui's name, Zhu Di immediately frowned. If an ordinary person intends to blow up the imperial tomb and assassinate the emperor, it must be a serious crime against the nine clans.

But Zhu Wenkui himself belongs to the royal family, and it is impossible to punish the nine clans, even publicizing his crimes, because this is a scandal of the royal family.

Think about it, Zhu Wenkui is Zhu Yuanzhang's great-grandson, and was even established as the prince, but this great-grandson actually wants to blow up Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial tomb. If this kind of news gets out, the entire royal family will probably become the laughing stock of the world .

Even dealing with Zhu Wenkui is a difficult task, considering his crimes, Ling Chi is not an exaggeration.

But since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has been no precedent for the execution of the royal family. Even when Zhu Yunqi cut down the vassal, he only demoted the vassal king to a commoner. Even when Zhu Di entered Jinling City, he did not kill Zhu Yunqi's brothers and sons.

Zhu Di didn't want to break this precedent. First, he knew that his master Zhu Yuanzhang valued family affection, and he didn't like to kill relatives the most. Second, he had just been to Dongling, and he respected his elder brother Zhu Biao since he was a child.

If Zhu Wenkui is killed, Zhu Di is worried that after his death, he will not be able to explain to his father and elder brother.

"Can Zhu Wenkui plead guilty after being arrested?"

Zhu Di was silent for a while, and finally asked Zhu Zhanhe.

"No, this person has never repented. He has no remorse for the crimes he committed, not even the slightest apology to the King of Shu."

Zhu Zhanhe reported the truth.

In his opinion, Zhu Wenkui is a lunatic, a lunatic who is full of hatred and will do anything to restore the country.

Hearing Zhu Zhanhe's answer, Zhu Di's face also flashed a trace of anger, and then he walked back and forth several times, and finally stopped suddenly: "You interrogate him yourself, ask about the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen and the situation of Jianwen's remnants, and after that Lock him in Puqia's original cell, and never leave him!"

"Grandson obeys!"

Seeing that Zhu Di did not execute Zhu Wenkui in the end, Zhu Zhanhe was a little disappointed, but when he heard that the other party was going to be imprisoned to death, he felt that this treatment was more cruel than killing Zhu Wenkui directly.

Originally, as a member of the royal family, even if Zhu Wenkui committed a felony, he would usually only be imprisoned at the Xihua Gate. For example, Zhu Gaosui and Gu Wang were both imprisoned there.

But Zhu Di imprisoned Zhu Wenkui in the imperial prison, which actually denied Zhu Wenkui's royal status in disguise. After all, an unfilial descendant who dared to bomb Xiaoling, it is estimated that Zhu Yuanzhang would expel him from the royal family if he knew it.

(End of this chapter)