Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 194 The Four Big Cases of Hongwu

"Brother, why did you suddenly ask that?" Zhu Su also straightened his face.

"You have been recuperating in this village for the past few days, but you don't know it."

"Father these days, Zhulian's practice is really too wide." Zhu Biao frowned.

"It's not just those nobles and bureaucrats who have a close relationship with Hu Weiyong."

"Even some officials who had nothing to do with Hu Weiyong on weekdays were branded by my father as the Hu party and dismissed for questioning."

"Jinyi Wei Ti rode out everywhere, and the bureaucrats and people in Gyeonggi were panicked. Every day, new 'Hu Party' was 'confessed'. It was only a few days since the incident happened that night, but now there are no less than a thousand people imprisoned in the imperial prison. people."

"There were even officials who came to the court, and were convicted on the spot by my father in Fengtian Hall."

"Nowadays, Yingtian officials go to court every day like they go to the execution ground! Some officials even leave a suicide note and say goodbye to the old and young in tears. In all dynasties, when have you seen such absurd things?"

"If you are lucky enough to get back home, you may even hold a banquet to celebrate..."

Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Su's somewhat surprised face, and smiled wryly: "Brother, I'm still in trouble as to how to help you cover up your murder of Zhu Xian."

"It's good now. Now that everyone in the court is in danger, no one cares about what you have done."

Hearing what Zhu Biao said, Zhu Su showed an embarrassed smile.

Lao Zhu's wave of hatred was indeed very thorough.

Killing a son of the Hou family was originally a great event.

But under the background of my father's "big moves" these days, he has completely become a background board that no one cares about...

I was ready to pretend to be sick, but I didn't expect that there was not even a censor who came to ask the teacher for his crime.

On the contrary, Zhu Su was a little hurt. He always felt that the sword he stabbed that night was a bit unintelligent...

"So, elder brother, do you think that the reason why dad is so involved is because I told him certain things?" Zhu Su looked at Zhu Biao and said.

"...That's right." Zhu Biao nodded.

"Not to mention anything else, let's just talk about Hu Weiyong's main crimes. Among them is the 'conspiracy to assassinate the Duke of the State'. It is said that Hu Weiyong bribed Fushou, a member of Duke Wei's Xu family, to do something wrong."

"But before Hu Weiyong bought Fushou, father had already warned the Xu family to be careful of Fushou!"

"If I hadn't known it long ago, how could I be so unpredictable? Now there are rumors that my father can see foresight because of his destiny. But according to my thinking, this must be your handwriting."

Zhu Su is so sweaty, the advantage of the traveler, Lao Zhu uses it more slippery than himself.He is helping to copy poems to pick up girls, and he is pretending to be a high-ranking child.

Now he simply used it on himself, relying on what he said, he directly pretended to be the prophet of destiny.

"I did tell my father some things." Zhu Su sighed. Although Zhu Biao had heard himself talk about some Ming history of later generations, Zhu Su wanted to hide some things for the venerable, and deliberately avoided them when telling the old Zhu. This kind-hearted big brother.

However, looking at the big brother's attitude of breaking the casserole and asking the end, no matter how much he hides it, he will definitely not be able to hide it.

It seems that today I have to be a storyteller again after a long absence.

"Brother's guess is right. I did tell my father about the 'Four Big Cases' that had a great impact in Ming history."

"Four major cases?" Zhu Biao was slightly taken aback. "Which four big cases? Hurry up and talk to Big Brother!"

"The so-called 'four major cases'..." Zhu Su sorted out his thoughts a bit, and said to Zhu Biao.

The four major cases are also called "Hongwu Four Major Cases" in later generations.They are the Hu Weiyong case in the 13th year of Hongwu, the "empty seal case" in the 15th or 18th year of Hongwu, the Guo Huan case in the 26th year of Hongwu, and the Lanyu case in the [-]th year of Hongwu.

The essence of the four major cases was actually initiated by Lao Zhu, in order to eliminate those who he considered a threat to his court, the famous four massacres of the Qing Dynasty.

Among them, the "Hu Weiyong Case" and "Lanyu Case" are also called "Hu Lan's Prison", which is the beginning of Lao Zhu's killing of the heroes of the founding of the country, and is also the main source of Lao Zhu's name of "tyrant" for later generations.

"You...you mean, father initiated these four major crimes and killed a total of 8 people?"

Zhu Biao's face was horrified. His father, whom he had always regarded as a role model, would actually do such a thing!

Wantonly implicated and massacred tens of thousands, what is this?
This is a tyrant!This is the only husband!
How could this be the father who had high hopes for him and taught him patiently?
Seeing that Zhu Biao's mind was shaken, Zhu Su hurriedly spoke up for Lao Zhu: "Brother, don't let yourself be fooled!"

"What did father do these things in history, don't you know?"

"The Hu Weiyong case is undoubtedly to abolish the prime minister system and consolidate imperial power."

"The Kongyin case and the Guo Huan case are undoubtedly aimed at abolishing tyranny, punishing corrupt officials, and purging the government."

"As for the Lanyu case... Wasn't that because of your son Zhu Yunqi? Dad did that because he was worried that your son would be in charge of the country after he came to power, so he took the blame and cleared up all possible possibilities for my eldest nephew. Become a threatening arrogant soldier?"

Seeing that Zhu Biao's expression was slightly loose, Zhu Su hurriedly continued:
"Don't look at my father killing so many officials, but for the real common people below, Emperor Hongwu is definitely a good emperor that is rare in all ages!"

"Father himself killed so many corrupt officials in the name of infamy, what is the plan? Isn't the plan to return the bright blue sky on the heads of the people?"

"In history, at the end of the Hongwu Dynasty, officials did not dare to take bribes, and officials did not dare to deceive the people. My father worked hard to compile the "Da Gao", requiring that "every household has this book for all officials and people of all colors", in the book Not only Xiaoyu's law, I hope that the people can know the law so that they will not be deceived by officials, and many deeds of corrupt officials are included in it, in order to warn people."

"Father ordered all the county government offices in Ming Dynasty to set up "Jieshi" in front of the door, and wrote "Your salary, people's fat and people's anointing. The people are easy to abuse, and the sky is hard to bully" sixteen characters. He personally summoned the banquet, gave them two pieces of silver and cloth, and told them: These silver and cloth are for them to "raise honesty", and after taking office, they must treat the people kindly and not be mean."

"Even if you don't know these things, you should know what kind of life Daddy lives in his daily life, even though he is in the ninth fifth class! Except for a few sets of dragon robes to support the scene, Mother still makes shoes and weaves for Daddy herself on weekdays!"

"Daily breakfast, in front of him is only vegetables, plus a dish of tofu. Xu Xingzu, the cook in the imperial dining room, how unpalatable the dish is. You and my brothers have never tasted it! Is it true that Dad can't afford good food? He is afraid I was greedy! If you say it down, the people below will take the opportunity to flatter you, and it will be a waste of effort!"

"The place on the dragon chariot that should have been decorated with gold, he ordered copper to be used instead; the dragon bed in the palace is not as much carved as the bed you and I are sitting on now! And the piece in the imperial garden that my father took care of himself wasteland..."

"Tell me yourself, which of the so-called wise emperors and sages throughout the ages can reach the level of father?"

"Which tyrant from ancient times to the present can live the life of an emperor like a father?"

Zhu Su was eloquent, snapping his fingers like a treasure.Finally, he slapped his hand on the bed, looked directly at Zhu Biao and said.

(End of this chapter)