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

Chapter 404 Old Zhu's House Is Easily Dissolved In Water, But Was It Discovered?

"Since the five crimes are all lies, then you must agree to our will." Lao Zhu stood up and said directly.

The ministers had strange eyes, but no one dared to speak.

Yang Xunwen stepped forward, but ended up being an honorable civil official, and even offended the emperor and princes all over the place. Who would dare to forcibly stand out under such circumstances?
"If that's the case, let's retreat. Biaoer, take your brothers and retreat first." Old Zhu told Yang Xunwen to stay where he was, and directly announced his retreat, while he asked several humerus to go to the side hall with him discussion.

After the ministers shouted, they came out one after another, leaving Yang Xunwen alone in a daze, ignorant, and only felt that the two wars would bring disaster to the whole family.

"Hmph, I've done it myself." Zhu Xi spat with great pleasure, and Zhu Di also smiled gloatingly.Even Zhu Biao, who has always been honest and honest, didn't take a good look at this guy who accused his younger brother.

The brothers filed out and turned to the harem.On the way, Zhu Di couldn't help but asked Zhu Biao, "Brother, what's going on?"

"Why does father have to let the fifth younger brother work in the Imperial Academy?"

"Fifth brother has military merits, I think it would be better if he and I get a military post together..."

"Fourth brother, dad is far-sighted, so naturally he has his plans." Zhu Biao interrupted Zhu Di directly.Then he changed the topic and said, "You haven't seen my son Xiongying yet, have you?"

"Xiongying was taken into the palace by his parents to take care of him. Now, he is in the Kunning Palace where his mother lives. Why don't you go visit your mother first and see how Xiongying is?"

"As for fifth brother, I still have something to say to you in private."

"Is Xiongying in the palace?" Zhu Xi and Zhu Di suddenly became interested.As Zhu Xiongying was the first third-generation descendant of the old Zhu family, the two of them were uncles, and they also attached great importance to it.

The two immediately went to Kunning Palace, and when they left, Zhu Biao took Zhu Su to Qianqing Palace.Zhu Biaoping retreated to the left and right, while Zhu Su found a chair and sat down by himself, and poured himself a bowl of tea.

"Finally, big brother. You and Dad let me take charge of the Imperial College, do you want to tell me something troublesome?"

"...You really have noticed." Zhu Biao looked apologetic, and then his face turned serious, and he answered the question: "Fifth brother, what do you think about the civil servants in the court for nearly 300 years since I was in Ming Dynasty?"

"A civil servant of Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Su was stunned.After thinking about it, he said, "Even if it can't be said to be a disaster for the country and the people, it can be said that the power has been poured into the government and the people."

"Yes." Zhu Biao nodded. "Brother, I thought that governing the country depends on literati. But when you and your fourth brother were fighting for their lives in Jizhen, there were many literati who asked your father and brother to make peace with the Yuan court. Otherwise, it would be a waste of people and money. There is a danger of overturning..."

"...There is such a thing?" Zhu Su couldn't help sitting up straight after hearing this.

"These days, Ming and I are fighting on both sides. The treasury is indeed not rich." Zhu Biao said.Then he turned angry again: "But even so, you shouldn't be so timid!"

"Why don't I know what's on their minds? It's just that I'm worried that the Huaixi lineage, which has been suppressed so hard, is in danger of resurfacing again!"

"Assuming a national official position, but can't put the national interest first... What's the benefit of such people?"

Zhu Su was also silent.The Huaixi lineage originated in war, and if there is a battle, Lao Zhu must reuse the officials from the Huaixi lineage.It was not easy for Hu Weiyong to kill himself. It is understandable for these so-called "Qingliu" to worry about other Huaixi officials getting up.

It's just that he doesn't care about the important affairs of his family and country, and only thinks about the power in the hands of his own party. It's really unethical to act like this.

"It's okay. Big brother don't need to get angry. Sooner or later, dad will always clean them up." Zhu Su poured a cup of tea for Zhu Biao.

Historically, Lao Zhu successively launched the "Kongyin Case" and "Hu Weiyong Case" to eradicate this kind of "Qingliu" left over from the Yuan court, as well as the "Huaixi lineage" that has become more and more powerful.

Later, they wantonly appointed great Confucians like Song Lian, who in the Yuan Dynasty were only willing to live in seclusion in the mountains and did not want to be officials; or Xia Yuanji, who was favored by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and promoted by the Ming Dynasty Imperial Examination, but did not serve in the Yuan Court. past moves.

Even when it was finally discovered that the two major cases had not wiped out the ruling and opposition parties, Lao Zhu resolutely launched the "Guo Huan case", and with his own courage, vowed to completely wipe out the top and bottom of the Ming Dynasty's ruling and opposition parties. clean up.

Only the weak among emperors live in the palace, playing around with checks and balances.Like Lao Zhu, who cares about your 21, both sides are cleaned up, and then they start anew and recruit people again.

Now that the "Hu Weiyong case" has happened ahead of schedule, all the civil servants of the Huaixi line are trembling.The remaining old officials of the Yuan court mistakenly believed that their family was the dominant one in the court, and it was reasonable to want to take advantage of the trend to suppress the Huaixi lineage and hold greater power.

But... the handle of the "empty seal case" is still in Lao Zhu's hands.It is impossible for Lao Zhu to leave such a big loophole as "empty printed documents and books" and not deal with it.Then there is only one reason, Lao Zhu is waiting for the opportunity.

As long as he thinks it is ready, it will use this as a reason to set off a more thorough "empty printing case" again in this timeline.

Sweep all the old corrupt officials into the dust.

"Brother, I know that these officials will not end well." Zhu Biao said. "It's just that brother Wei also discussed with father. This group of officials let them go down, but what about after that?"

"After that?" Zhu Su was taken aback for a moment.Afterwards, just like in history, it is enough to promote civil servants who can be trusted by Daming's own imperial examination, what else?

"After Xiongying was born, my father and I talked a lot." Zhu Biao looked directly into Zhu Su's eyes, with a hint in his words. "Fifth brother, you come from a mysterious background, and you know what will happen a hundred years later."

"Don't you think that in my royal family of Ming Dynasty, the causes of death of too many people are too inexplicable?"

"For example, falling into the water and dying..."

"Uh!" Zhu Su was stunned by Zhu Biao's words.What's the matter?Lao Zhu and his elder brother revisited the history of Ming Dynasty every day in the palace. Could it be that they deduced the "truth" that the Zhu family is easily soluble in water?
"Brother, where did you start?" Zhu Su never told them this inference.Moreover, the old Zhu's family is easily soluble in water, which is actually just a joke on the Internet in later generations.He has never done anything to confuse Lao Zhu with opinions on the Internet.

"Speaking of it, in the more than 270 years of the Ming Dynasty, there were only Wu Zong Zhu Houzhao and Xi Zong Zhu Youxiao, who died of drowning."

"It's not 'too much' at all..."

"Fifth brother, you still forgot one person." Zhu Biao said quietly.He pointed to himself.

"Didn't you say that my crown prince also died because of 'accidentally falling into the water'?"

"Wu Zong and Xi Zong, one admired martial arts, and the other suppressed civil officials, but they both died for no reason."

"As for me, the 'Prince Yiwen', the eldest son born by the 'Daughter of Honor' died prematurely for no apparent reason, but in the end it was the child born of a 'Daughter of Civil Officials' who inherited the Datong."

"Father forced him to rectify the nobles and kill all the nobles. If the fourth son hadn't raised an army to calm the situation, the civil servants would even completely eradicate the vassal king. They completely controlled my Ming dynasty, didn't they?"

Zhu Biao's tone was calm, but hearing Zhu Su's ears, it was like five thunderbolts.

(End of this chapter)