Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Liu Song is a very principled person.

Liu Ji, who has worked directly with Liu Song in Yanjing for so long, is absolutely sure of this.

His integrity is different from many people. He is not pretending, but it is his own character.

Maybe some people will sneer at Liu Ji's words.

After all, knowing people and faces doesn't know the heart.

No one knows whether a person who seems to be extremely upright is actually a hypocrite hidden under his appearance.

But don’t forget who Liu Ji is.

The legendary Liu Bowen was originally Zhu Yuanzhang, the imperial aide in history, and the man who created the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

Although in real history, Liu Ji was not the omnipotent semi-immortal figure in legend.

But the reason why these legends can be passed down so well also proves from the side that Liu Ji is indeed a very powerful person.

I'm afraid not many people know that Liu Ji actually has a good eye for judging people.

As these people followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world, more and more people were seen, and Liu Ji's ability became more and more pure.

Of course Liu Ji would not tell anyone this kind of thing.

Now, Liu Ji can basically get a good idea of ​​that person's character and temperament by just talking to a person for a few words.

Not to mention, he and Liu Song have worked together for so long.

It can be said that as long as Liu Song glared, Liu Ji could guess what he was angry about.

Sometimes Liu Ji couldn't help but sigh.

A person like him, who is so stubborn and can't hold a grain of sand out of his eyes, can actually achieve such a high-ranking official position.

He really can't understand it.

But as time went by, Liu Ji discovered it.

Although Liu Song has principles, he does not have principles in everything.

People like him really believe in Confucianism from the bottom of their hearts.

Some things, as long as they are consistent with the general principles and personal preferences, are not within his scope of consideration.

For example, in Yanjing now, money is all that matters when it comes to economic development.

For Liu Song, this was as if everyone was in his ears and talking dirty words non-stop for twelve hours a day.

But even so, Liu Song never complained about anything.

Many times, in order for Yanjing to develop, Liu Song would take the initiative to do these things that he hated.

Moreover, it is better than most people can do.

why is it like this?
It's not because Liu Song saw with his own eyes in Yanjing City that the lives of those people were getting better day by day.

The people who used to live in numbness now have hopeful smiles on their faces.

The people who used to work all day long and could not even afford some decent rice or noodles could now even eat meat occasionally.

It is because of these that Liu Song strives to do his best even at things he hates.

Liu Ji even knew that since taking charge of Yanjing.

This guy Liu Song has two more quirks.

On the first holiday, Liu Song will go to a temple or Taoist temple. The specific place to go depends on Liu Song's mood.

As for what exactly he was going to do, no one knew.

In order for the cooperation between the two parties to proceed happily, Liu Ji never asked too much.

But according to Liu Ji's guess, Liu Song probably came to relieve his knot.

Because what he is sitting on now, from a personal point of view, completely betrays his ideals.

The reason why it doesn't matter to Taoist temples or temples is because the Liu Song Gang does not believe in Taoism or Buddhism.

If Kong Sheng had not been defeated by Zhu Han, Liu Song would not have gone to that place.

Wouldn't it be better to go directly to the Confucius Temple?

As for the second quirk, Liu Song would dress up like Qiao Zhuang and go to the most crowded place in Yanjing City on his second holiday.

Or a construction site, or a market, or maybe a place where vaudeville troupes gather.

Liu Ji understood that Liu Song wanted to see with his own eyes whether he was right or wrong after doing so many things against his will.

Liu Ji didn't think there was anything wrong with Liu Song's behavior.

Because he understood that Liu Song was different from ordinary people.

People like them have too high a baseline and don't want to see any filth in the world.

What's more, now they have to wallow in the filth they once considered.

If he couldn't find a way to adjust, he might have gone crazy.

During the following holidays, Liu Song continued to do these two things alternately.

Because of this, Liu Ji came to persuade Liu Song.

If Liu Song is really the kind of person who studies hard and is so rigid that he doesn't know how to adapt.

Liu Ji didn't even know how to say these words to him.

Liu Ji also has many methods to deal with such people.

"Zi Gao!" Liu Song looked shaken.

Liu Ji knew that he had a good idea and immediately continued to add more money.

"I don't think I need to tell you how important His Royal Highness is to our Ming Dynasty, right?"

"Once His Majesty has any opinion against His Majesty the King because of some people with ulterior motives who slander His Majesty the King."

"When the time comes, what do you think the result will be?"

Hearing what Liu Ji said, Liu Song felt as if he was struck by lightning, and his face turned as white as a piece of white paper.

This change of his made Liu Jidu a little confused.

I don’t know what Liu Song was thinking about, and his face turned so ugly.

But this is also a good thing for Liu Ji. The more Liu Song pays attention to this matter, the easier it will be to convince him.

Without giving Liu Song any time to digest, Liu Ji said in rapid succession: "The reason why His Majesty is visiting incognito in private is to secretly investigate the affairs of His Royal Highness."

"This shows that His Majesty does not take those false accusations to heart."

"If your Majesty really believes it, it will be some important officials from the court who are here, not your Majesty."

"If His Majesty is allowed to arrive in Datong and investigate everything clearly, I believe this filth will be solved."

"Zigao, you and I both know that His Royal Highness is definitely not the kind of person who does one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes."

"As long as your Majesty goes to investigate, he will definitely be able to clear His Majesty's name."

After a pause, Liu Ji said solemnly: "But Zigao, if you leak His Majesty's whereabouts now..."

"The imperial court will definitely not be able to sit idly by and ignore it. If the time comes, your Majesty will not be able to go to Datong."

"Unable to personally verify the purpose of all His Majesty's actions, His Majesty must have doubts in his heart."

"At that time..."

Gollum!

Even if Liu Song is calm and upright, even if the knife is placed on his neck, he will not frown.

There was also a drop of sweat on his forehead.

Liu Song walked from behind the desk to Liu Ji, and said to him respectfully: "Thank you, Mr. Liu, for your advice. Zi Gao almost made a big mistake."

"It would be fine if Your Majesty just doubts His Majesty the King of England. But if His Majesty has murderous thoughts towards His Majesty the King of England..."

"With His Royal Highness's temper, he will definitely not be captured without mercy."

"At that time, I am afraid that our mighty Ming Dynasty will fall apart before our eyes."

"How many years have we been at peace? I'm afraid the world will be in turmoil again and all life will be in ruins."

"Fuck." Liu Ji couldn't help but widen his eyes.Even with his level of education, a curse word almost came to his lips.

After all, he is the humerus minister of the Ming Dynasty.

At the critical moment, he still didn't show too much impatience.

You Liu Song, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, turns out to be not a good person.

In my mind, I have been thinking about something all day long.

Will the current Ming Dynasty fall apart?

But soon, Liu Song discovered that if things really developed as Liu Song thought, it would be a disaster.

Maybe, overseas areas that Ming Dynasty does not fully control now will also escape Ming Dynasty's control.

The devastation of life is probably all fake.

After the initial surprise, Liu Ji quickly calmed down.

In fact, he felt that this kind of thing would never happen.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Song were extraordinary people, and the suspicions that ordinary people would have would hardly happen to them.

But of course Liu Ji would not tell Liu Song these things.

If he can think so, that's the best thing.

Good guy, as an employee, do you think about making small reports to the chairman every day?

Liu Ji didn't even know what Liu Song was thinking.

Now that he has his own understanding, and this understanding is beneficial to him.

Liu Ji didn't care about anything else at all.

In order to express his determination, Liu Song directly picked up the half-written memorial and placed it on the flame of the oil lamp next to him.

That memorial was immediately burned down.

Studying that Liu Song had burned the memorial, Liu Ji stood up and left decisively.

He was not worried that Liu Ji was doing one thing on the surface but doing another behind his back.

This guy is not like that.

If he was really determined not to agree, he would just say it plainly.

Rather than pretending to agree first and then snitching later.

Liu Song walked Liu Ji to the door and watched him leave.

Then he looked sad: "Seeing that the monarch is in danger, as a minister, he did not give any advice..."

After saying that, Liu Song shook his head helplessly.

On the other side, Liu Ji, who was leaving Liu Mansion, was also sighing: "Zi Gao, he is indeed an honest man."

He didn't go back directly, but actually went to Yuweixuan to buy some pastries.

As for these pastries, no one really cares whether Zhu Yuanzhang really likes them, right?

He was just putting on a show to avoid any trouble in his house.

Back at the mansion, Liu Ji specially took the cakes and deliberately walked slowly to his residence.

The purpose of this, of course, is to allow more people to see him holding the trap.

Although there were only a few people who really dared to stare at Liu Ji.

"Mr. Chang, Liu Ji wants to see you!"

It was obviously his own mansion, but Liu Ji acted as if he was an outsider.

"Come in." Mr. Chang in the room said calmly.

Liu Ji pushed the door open and entered the house. Zhu Yuanzhang was reading in the living room.

After Liu Ji entered the room, Lao Zhu calmly turned a page of the book and asked calmly: "Solved."

Liu Ji nodded quickly, and when he saw that there was no one around him, he lowered his voice and said, "Return to Your Majesty, it's settled."

"Zi Gao is also a person who knows the seriousness of the matter. He has promised not to reveal His Majesty's whereabouts to Ying Tian."

The corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth raised slightly: "You can even convince Liu Song. We admire you very much."

This sounds like a real compliment to Liu Ji, but Liu Ji knows that it is not a good thing.

He quickly knelt down and apologized: "I will die!"

Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes angrily: "Get up, we can really make you die."

"Tell us first what is going on here in Yanjing."

How could Liu Ji dare to hide anything, so he quickly told Zhu Yuanzhang exactly what Zhu Han had done after coming to Yanjing.

Liu Ji didn't even add anything to the story. He just said what he had to say and never said a word more.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not as furious as he was when he first arrived in Yanjing.

He was very patient and listened to everything Liu Ji said.

Although there were reports of beatings by Zhu Han and investigations by Jin Yiwei before.

But in the end, the person involved is the one who understands many things more clearly, right?

Most of the time, Lao Zhu listened carefully, but occasionally asked a few questions.

The King of England did too many things after coming to Yanjing.

The bidding conference, the promotion of patent laws, and the bridges built by his students out of paper completely stunned all the craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry.

Later, in order to restrict the businessmen, Zhu Han directly turned against the senior officials of the Sixth Department of Yanjing.

Later, for the sake of their own glory and wealth, those high-ranking officials did not hesitate to assassinate Zhu Han directly on Qipan Street.

If it weren't for the ordinary people who had received Zhu Han's favor and bought time with their own lives and blood, Zhu Han could finally hold on until reinforcements arrived.

I have to say that Liu Ji's eloquence is really good, even if he knows a lot of things.

Even some details, Lao Zhu's grasp of the situation is more detailed than Liu Ji's.

But despite this, Lao Zhu was also fascinated by what he heard.

Before I knew it, the whole night passed like this

The sky gradually brightened up.

A rooster's crow interrupted Liu Ji's story.

Only then did the two of them realize that it was already daytime.

Even after talking all night, neither Zhu Yuanzhang nor Liu Ji looked sleepy at all.

Moreover, even if we talk about it all night, we can only tell one tenth of the situation in Yanjing.

"Your Majesty." Liu Ji bowed with some embarrassment and said, "It's already late for the county magistrate, and today is not a holiday. Please allow me to excuse myself, wash up, and start today's work."

If Liu Song gave other reasons, Zhu Yuanzhang would simply ignore it.

But Liu Song was talking about work.

Lao Zhu is a complete workaholic. He works hard and will never allow Ming officials to deal with errands casually.

"If that's the case, then you should clean it up as soon as possible."

After thinking for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang said simply: "We will go with you today."

The situation in Yanjing was beyond Zhu Yuanzhang's expectations.

He couldn't really understand it just by listening to it.

You have to go and see for yourself how they work to truly understand.

Lao Zhu has already spoken, how can Liu Ji dare to say no?
"In that case, Your Majesty, please wash up as soon as possible. Today's morning meeting will begin soon."

The two of them washed up as quickly as possible, had breakfast in a hurry, and then immediately went to the Yamen to order lunch.

(End of this chapter)