Beijing
Fengtian Hall
Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chair, looking down at the empty court.
Holding a folding book in his hand.
This piece of paper was stained with blood.
Zhu Yuanzhang always treated these officials as monkeys.
but,
I can't think of it,
This time, officials from all over the world joined forces to pull a trick.
The empty seal case is really special.
It is so special that it is rare in history.
The local account books need to count the fiscal revenue and expenditure for the current year.
Then the local government will stamp it.
Local officials brought the account books to the Ministry of Household Affairs in the capital for review.
As long as you find a little mistake,
This account book will become invalid.
Immediately return to the local government for re-approval.
If it's a place around Yingtian Mansion, it's okay, and I'll just go back.
But if it is a state capital in a remote area,
It would take several months to go back and forth like this.
and,
The key lies in the local official seal.
so,
Local officials thought of a trick,
He simply produced a few empty account books with official seals.
Take the empty book to the capital and fill it in immediately.
In this way, even if there are errors, they can be corrected on the spot, saving the effort of going back and forth.
All civil servants,
Whether in Beijing or somewhere,
They intentionally formed such an unspoken rule,
The emperor alone did not know all this.
The rest of the military attaches are not involved in major financial matters.
Although they know the existence of empty seal.
However, I don’t know if this was His Majesty’s tacit approval.
Back and forth,
This has resulted in the current situation.
The whole world knows it,
Only Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know.
When Zhu Yuanzhang thought of this, he laughed angrily.
Resentment flashed in his eyes.
"Haha, you dare to play tricks on us?
We will kill you all! "
It only took two days for the empty seal case to break out.
Lao Zhu doesn't even check, as long as there is a name on the account book,
All the officials involved were taken into custody and executed.
The two groups of officials before and after
Killed tens of thousands of people.
This is still the local officials in Yingtian Mansion and surrounding areas.
The officials who were a little further away did not escort him.
This is why all the royal guards were dispersed.
They are arresting people all over the world.
Lao Zhu was furious.
In the next few days,
More will be killed!
Ying Qi flashed into the palace,
Only the secret guards can now contact Zhu Yuanzhang.
They were the most loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang,
It will only execute and will not ask why.
"Your Majesty, I want to see you."
When he heard Queen Ma's name, Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly stunned.
My eyes regained some clarity,
Then, his eyes immediately turned back to anger.
"not see!"
Queen Ma has always been the scabbard of Lao Zhu's sword, so that the sharp edge of the Emperor's Sword would not hurt too many people.
only,
this time,
The scabbard can no longer contain the sword.
Ying Qi stood there with a sticky sound under his shoes.
Full of red and white things.
Now outside Fengtian Hall, from Wulong Bridge down,
They were all bleeding like rivers.
The blood stains soaked through the floor tiles and couldn't even be wiped off.
Lao Zhu doesn’t care anymore.
Just let the outer palace kill a sea of blood.
Shadow Seven has an illusion,
Lao Zhu sat on the dragon chair,
A ferocious dragon horn is slowly growing out of his forehead.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness has been fasting for a day."
The pain in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes disappeared fleetingly;
sneered,
"He's even asking us to fast?! He still has the nerve to do this?!
We are so good to him!
But he lied to us with those civil servants? !
Call two people!
Didn't he skip meals? !
Force it into him! "
Ying Qi lowered his head,
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Queen Ma disappeared, and Prince Zhu Biao refused to let her go.
No one can stop His Majesty.
Zhu Yuanzhang clenched his fists,
What he hates most is betrayal by his family!
He never thought of it,
The boss actually kept the empty seal case secret from himself for so long? ! !
For the sake of those civil servants who flattered him every day,
The boss is actually standing opposite us? ! !
if,
The prince didn’t know about this;
Or tell Lao Zhu about Kongyin earlier.
Lao Zhu would not be so angry.
The prince knew but refused to retaliate.
Directly pulling out Zhu Yuanzhang’s last trace of reason,
Burned out.
Zhu Yuanzhang at this moment,
It's an evil dragon,
Perched atop mountains of corpses,
Roar to the world!
"grandfather...."
Zhu Yuanzhang's hand suddenly stopped.
Zhu Xiongying's voice sounded outside the hall.
As soon as he heard this voice, he knew that Zhu Xiongying was not disguised.
And just standing outside the palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his hands,
Complex in eyes.
After struggling for a breath, he stood up and walked off the dragon chair.
Quickly open the palace door,
Pulled Zhu Xiongying in.
As soon as the door of Fengtian Palace opened, a burst of blood rushed into his face.
Zhu Yuanzhang closed the palace door,
He looked at his eldest grandson and said reproachfully,
"Why not disguise yourself?"
Zhu Xiongying shook his head,
There was a bit of exhaustion on his face,
Lao Zhu knows this kind of fatigue,
Not from the body, but from the spirit.
It's like a gangrene attached to the bone,
It will torture you forever.
Zhu Yuanzhang felt a sudden pain in his heart.
What exactly did the eldest grandson go through during this trip?
The more powerful you are, when you are powerless,
The greater the backlash it will bring.
And even if the eldest grandson has unrivaled military power,
But there are still many, many things that he cannot control.
Lao Zhu knew exactly this,
Only then did he warn Zhu Xiongying not to rely on force, but to use his brain more.
Because the human heart is very naughty,
You won't find it by brute force alone.
Grandfather and grandson stood opposite each other.
Speechless for a moment.
They are now the two loneliest people in the world,
This is the price of the throne.
Alone, widowed.
Zhu Xiongying stepped forward and hugged Zhu Yuanzhang,
His tone was full of grievances,
"Grandpa, we are all tired."
Subsequently,
The sound of sobbing came from Zhu Yuanzhang's arms,
Zhu Xiongying has never cried.
but,
Now he understands how to become an emperor.
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, and the ice in his heart melted instantly.
Hug Zhu Xiongying tightly,
choked and said,
"My eldest grandson has a grandpa.
Whoever bullied you, grandpa will judge for you! "
Even if the whole world betrays these two people,
fortunately,
They will not betray each other.
The man on the throne is lonely,
That's right.
But if they are all born to belong to the throne,
Then they can understand each other.
Zhang Fuming made Zhu Xiongying understand,
The emperor cannot decide anything.
Zhu Xiongying has seen this sentence countless times in books.
but,
Never have I felt so deeply as now.
This feeling is completely indescribable and cannot be understood by others.
Only endless loneliness swallows me up.
Ying Qi retreated silently.
He still has to fulfill His Majesty's orders,
kill.
but,
Ying Qi suddenly felt,
The appearance of the emperor's grandson made everything different.
If it is said that His Majesty was venting his anger before this,
So now,
Everything has become unknown.
After Zhu Xiongying cried, his eyes were red and swollen.
Wiped his eyes,
The gray pupils took advantage of the red eyes.
Looks extremely pathetic.
Zhu Yuanzhang hugged his eldest grandson again,
Nothing could be said.
a long time,
Zhu Xiongying's mood stabilized.
"Grandpa, my grandson will come directly to see you as soon as he comes to Beijing."
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he heard this, and then his nose became sore.
Nodding and saying,
"It's not in vain that grandpa loves you. My grandson always stands with us.
Grandpa is so happy! "
Zhu Yuanzhang knew,
Zhu Xiongying must have information about Zhu Biao being imprisoned in the East Palace.
But Zhu Xiongying did not return to Changfu first.
I didn’t even go to see Zhu Biao in disguise.
Didn't go anywhere,
As soon as he entered Beijing, he went straight to see Zhu Yuanzhang.
because,
In the midst of chaos,
The person you choose first,
He must be the person you most want to hear his explanation.
The same thing will be highly subjective in everyone's mouth.
Which one do you hear first?
It is inevitable that you will identify with him in your heart.
Zhu Xiongying chose the first one to listen to what Zhu Yuanzhang said,
In fact, he agreed in his heart that Zhu Yuanzhang had done everything.
Why didn't Zhu Yuanzhang understand this? !
Zhu Xiongying smiled tiredly,
The whole person has matured a lot.
"Grandpa, let's sit down and talk."
Grandfather and grandson were sitting on the steps under the dragon chair.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed,
From how the empty seal was discovered to how Zhu Biao was imprisoned in the East Palace,
In just a few days, too many things happened.
Zhu Xiongying listened in his ears,
I couldn't help but secretly thought,
The empty seal case mentioned by Lao Zhu is indeed different from what was recorded in history.
The cheap daddy was imprisoned in the East Palace because of the empty seal case.
This is something that has never happened at all,
Or,
It happened too,
It's just not recorded.
In short, the blank seal case recorded in the book is too bizarre.
Even the time doesn't match up.
If so many officials were killed in a certain year because of the Kongyin issue,
How is it possible that you don’t even know what year it happened?
If this was before the Qin and Han Dynasties, it would still be possible.
But in the Ming Dynasty, which has extremely detailed historical data,
It's just too weird.
In other words, the empty seal case is far more complicated than recorded!
Because it involves too much,
In the end, it could only be cut down to the point where even the time was uncertain.
