Factory owner is king

Chapter 17
On the eighth day of September in the 25th year of Hongwu, Yin time.

It has to be said that Zhu Yuanzhang set countless rules for the Ming Dynasty, and he himself has been strictly observing these rules.But today he made an exception.

Yin time is the time when civil and military officials go to court.The sky is still a little dark, but the east is slightly brighter.The sun has not yet risen, so the temperature is naturally not much higher.But outside the Chengtian gate, all the civil and military officials who came to court had already gathered early.From the six ministers to the five-rank censor, dozens of people have already lined up neatly, with their backs against the Jinshui Bridge, waiting for the eunuch to shout before they can go to court. .

Among the huge team of officials, Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai looked upright.In the morning court three days ago, the two of them had the same expression. On the Golden Palace, they participated in the performance of King Yan's rudeness to the eldest grandson of the emperor and the murder of Li Shanchang, the Duke of Korea, according to their previous plan.It's a pity that the emperor dismissed it with the sentence "it's just a joke" and "the evidence is insufficient, and we can discuss it in three days".Now that the three-day period has expired, they have made more adequate preparations and are ready to attack again.

"Why hasn't the emperor come to court yet?" 'The ministers were a little anxious.The bell in Wufenglou didn't ring, so they could only wait.

Zhu Yuanzhang was in the Hall of Wuying, and someone stopped him outside the Hall of Wuying, or he stopped himself.

Under the steps outside the Hall of Martial Ying, Yan Wang Zhu Di was dressed in a brocade robe, kneeling quietly with his head bowed.

He naturally knew what the emperor said in the hall before discussing it in three days.But today he wants to see his father here, and he wants to see his father before today's morning court.Dao Yan has already explained to him that he will be fine, but this involves a problem of attitude.Waiting quietly in the mansion, this shows that he has nothing to fear.And kneeling here before the morning court was begging for mercy, which meant that he was afraid.

The reason is very simple, how can Zhu Yuanzhang not understand how much truth and how much lies in the kneeling of his four emperors outside the palace.But he was still stopped in the hall, he didn't want to see Zhu Di, because he was afraid that seeing him would soften his heart.

"Alas" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, the time is already a quarter of a hour, and there is no longer any delay, otherwise there will be troubles.

Standing up, Zhu Yuanzhang stepped out of the Wuying Hall and stood in front of Zhu Di without saying a word.

"Father Emperor" Zhu Di's voice was hoarse, "I know I'm wrong, can't I know I'm wrong? I won't dare anymore!"

Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't speak, he just looked at Zhu Di's face silently, a trace of heartache flashed in his eyes, "Oh, I lost weight, I must have suffered these days." '

"Father, please give your son a happy life. You can do whatever you want. I will have no regrets." Zhu Di said again, stretched out his hand and pulled off his shirt, revealing his straight spine, and then knocked his head on the ground. .

He took off his shirt to reveal the wounds on his body caused by the war. He knocked his head on the ground to cover up the smile in his eyes. He saw the heartache and pity that flashed in his father's eyes just now.

With a wave of his hand, Zhu Yuanzhang told the surrounding eunuchs to retreat to a distance.

"Di'er" Zhu Yuanzhang still spoke, "Father and son, tell me the truth."

"Father, you said, my son knows everything," Zhu Di responded quickly, but he didn't raise his head.

"Do you blame your father for passing the throne to Yun Wen instead of you?" Zhu Yuanzhang's voice was very low.

"Father, I don't want to hide it from you. I did have complaints before, but now I understand the intention of my father." Zhu Di raised his head, and he had already adjusted his expression, and said the words he had already thought about." Eldest brother is gone, and the second elder brother Qin Wang and the third elder brother Jin Wang are on the head of my son. If you give me the throne, there will be chaos. The best choice is to make elder brother's son Yunxuan the East Palace. Son The minister has understood."

"Oh." Zhu Yuanzhang reached out and stroked Zhu Di's somewhat messy hair, "There is indeed a reason for this, and it's best if you understand. In fact, when you bullied Yun Wei before, I knew that you had resentment, dissatisfaction, and even more hatred. .It’s very good that you can tell the truth to me today. I’m really happy. That’s all, I hope you are telling the truth. Go ahead and pretend this never happened. But remember, I Even if you die, you will leave someone behind!"

Zhu Yuanzhang took out a piece of tribute paper from his arms, tore it into three or four pieces, and threw it in the air with his hands raised.He took big steps towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony.He still has to deal with the aftermath of his son, and there is still a big thing to do.

A piece of fragment was blown by the breeze to Zhu Di who was about to get up.The sentences on the fragments are not complete, only a few words make up a half sentence "Relocate to Nanchang, Jiangxi, immediately"

Zhu Di didn't dare to take the fragments on the ground, but respectfully kowtowed three times to Zhu Yuanzhang's back, then stood up, and walked out of the palace while crying.

What a touching scene of a loving father and a filial son.

At the moment of Yinshi, the morning court at the Hall of Supreme Harmony finally began. After the six ministries, nine ministers, and ministers of civil and military affairs stood in line, they all kowtowed to the ground and shouted long live.After the monarchs and ministers saw the ceremony, Lao Zhang, the eunuch leader beside Zhu Yuanzhang, sang loudly, "All officials should play early if they have something to do."

There was no sound in the hall. Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chair with his hands on his knees and his eyes slightly closed.All the ministers lowered their heads, and no one dared to ask the reason for being late in the morning. They could see that Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be in a bad mood (the belt was placed under his belly).Slowly, the ministers focused their attention on Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai.Qi Tai lowered his head very low, he could feel those gazes falling on him, but he pretended not to see them.

Gritting his teeth, Huang Zicheng stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Huang Zicheng, the servant of the Eastern Palace, has something to say."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, and said, "Huang Qing's family has something to do, but you can come."

Huang Zicheng held his fluorene board steadily, "Your Majesty, three days ago, Han Guogong and his younger brother Li Cunyi died in Yan Wang's mansion successively. The servant Qi Tai once visited the King of Yan at this time, His Majesty said at the time that the case was not clear and would discuss it in three days. Now that the three-day period has expired, will His Majesty give an answer?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "What Huang Qing's family said is true, where is Yin of Shuntian Mansion?"

"Chen Shun Tian Mansion Yin Gao Fu Ming kowtowed to His Majesty" A person flashed out from the line of ministers.

"How is the investigation of South Korea's public case?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty" Gao Fuming took out a memorial from his pocket and said, "According to my investigation, three days ago, Li Fei, the son of Duke Han, was assassinated in Chou and lost his arms, so he fell into madness. Duke Han seems to have misunderstood that it was the king of Yan. Because of this, I personally went to the door to inquire about the crime, but was killed by an assassin at Yanwang’s mansion. Afterwards, his younger brother Li Cunyi arrived, and when he saw his elder brother was killed, he was so excited that he drew his sword and killed himself.”

"Did you catch the assassin?"

Kneeling on the ground, Gao Fuming raised the memorial in his hand high above his head, "Return to Your Majesty, the assassin has already taken poison and died, but I have found out that the assassin should be a member of the White Lotus Sect. The cause and effect of this matter, I have already The details are written in the compromise, please read it, Your Majesty."

"Present it." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, signaling to the eunuch Lao Zhang beside him.

Lao Zhang walked down the steps, took the blue leather memorial from Gao Fuming's hand, and presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang opened it, looked at it, nodded, and said with satisfaction, "Gao Aiqing has worked hard, the case has been clarified, and King Yan's grievances have been cleared away. Does the Huang Qing family have anything else to say?"

"I... I have nothing to say." Huang Zicheng retreated into the queue sadly.He could see that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to punish King Yan at all.

"My dear friends, do you have anything else to say?" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced around, and seeing no one answered, he said, "Every dear dear, I have something to announce. Old Zhang, declare the decree"

"Yes" the old eunuch took out a yellow cloth scroll from his sleeve and opened it, and read aloud, "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: Fang will descend today, the world will be peaceful, the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe...but there is a remnant of the white lotus... ………Therefore, the Duwei’s Mansion was abolished, and the Jinyiwei was re-opened. The original Duwei’s Mansion, Jiang Huan, was appointed as the commander of the Jinyiwei.  … .”

"what!"

"How can this be!?"

. . .

. . .

The sudden edict, like a bomb, detonated the court.After reacting, the ministers finally realized that just now, the emperor decided to reopen Jinyiwei under the pretext of paying off the remnants of the White Lotus Sect.

"Your Majesty" all the ministers knelt down "Please think twice, Your Majesty"

Zhu Yuanzhang was unmoved.

"Your Majesty, please think twice." The ministers stood up and knelt down again.

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored it.

"Your Majesty, please think twice!" The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs in the palace knelt down on the ground for the third time, shouting, calling out for the slim possibility.

"Humph" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, "I have thought about it over and over again. In order to protect my country, the Jinyiwei must exist. Don't say too much, all lovers, just accept the order."

It's ridiculous, how could Zhu Yuanzhang's decision be changed because of the minister's three bows and a few shouts?Jin Yiwei, like a sleeping tiger, finally opened his eyes at this moment, revealing its minions.

The civil servants on the ground seemed to see a frightening dark cloud coming over their heads.In fact, they didn't know that this dark cloud would not rain blood-colored rain on their heads. This cloud would only stop where it should, for example, on Sapphire's head.

(End of this chapter)