At the beginning of the unitary hour on March 27th, in the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.
Behind the stacks of memorials that looked like a mountain, Zhu Yuanzhang was writing fast at his desk.
Although the words on his memorial were ordinary, they were like spears and halberds, sharp and domineering, seeming to demonstrate the king's extraordinary intelligence.
After he finished approving the memorial, he picked up the draft in the memorial and started writing quickly below the draft.
It turned out that these memorials had been reviewed by Zhu Cihong before being sent to Dongnuan Pavilion, so the draft had two paragraphs. The upper paragraph was the suggestions drawn up by the cabinet members, and the lower paragraph was Zhu Cihong's simulated approval opinion.
Now Zhu Yuanzhang is correcting the shortcomings in Zhu Cixiang's comments. Although his words are still as rigid as the memorial, there is a hint of tenderness between the lines.
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished writing, he picked up the note and read it again before inserting it into the memorial and picked up the next memorial.
However, after he finished reading the memorial, his face that had been smiling suddenly sank.
It turns out that this memorial was written by the Ministry of Military Affairs to Gong Dingzi who was involved in the incident. The memorial accused Jiang Dejing, the Minister of Civil Affairs, of acting improperly, which led to the collapse of Changping County.
There is a ridiculous incident of two county magistrates in one county.
At the same time, the memorial slandered the new county magistrate Xu Yan as greedy for official position and had no character as a scholar, and recommended that he be removed from office and punished.
At the end of the memorial, it was also emphasized that this matter had spread among the imperial students and squires, and its impact was extremely bad. If it was not dealt with in time, it might lead to catastrophe.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were fixed on the elegant words in the memorial, and there was a murderous look between his brows.
Because Wu Mengming had already reported it to him after it happened at noon.
It was just that he was busy with military affairs at the time. Hearing that Jiang Dejing was already handling the matter, he ignored it. He did not expect that Gong Dingzi would soon be memorialized.
Especially the sentence at the end, which seems to be a sign of loyalty, but actually contains an implicit threat.
Because that would be fine if things were really as Gong Dingzi said, but the real situation is exactly the opposite of what he said.
The real reason why there are two county magistrates in one county in Changping County is that the original county magistrate Wu Deyi abandoned the county to escape the war and failed to return to the county government within the stipulated time.
Jiang Dejing thought that Wu Deyi had died unexpectedly, and because he was eager to appease the people, he assigned Xu Yan to govern Changping County without removing Wu Deyi from his official position.
Xu Yan was also an official. After taking office, he immediately went to the mountain to publicize the new policies of the court and encourage the people to come down. In just three days, nearly half of the people returned to their hometowns, restoring Changping County to some of its former glory.
Unexpectedly, Wu Deyi suddenly appeared at this time, claiming that he was the real county magistrate. Not only did he slander Xu Yan in person, but he also asked his servants to drive him away from the county government office.
Xu Yan was originally a poor college student, and what he hated most in his life was corrupt officials like Wu Deyi who bullied others.
This time, Zhu Yuanzhang made an exception and promoted him. He was about to clean up his bad habits and show what he had learned in his life.
He never expected to be insulted by Wu Deyi in public. In anger, he started fighting with Wu Deyi and others.
Fortunately, the patrolman Jiang Dejing came here and stopped the farce in time, so no bigger joke was caused.
The rights and wrongs of this matter are very obvious. Although Jiang Dejing made mistakes, he did not make mistakes.
And Xu Yan had no faults, because his appointment was legal and legal, and he had only been in office for three days, and he had already appeased nearly half of the people in Changping County, far more than any other county.
Unexpectedly, Gong Dingzi's memorial actually reversed right and wrong, which made Zhu Yuanzhang detect a hint of conspiracy.
Because Gong Dingzi and Shi Min often gathered together before, but when Li Ruolian arrested Shi Min and others, they couldn't find anything wrong with him, which shows that he acted cautiously.
But now he has jumped out and dared to take risks to confuse right and wrong. If he had not been confident that he would not be implicated, he would never have done this.
"Who is behind him and what is the purpose of doing this?"
Zhu Yuanzhang put down the memorial, slowly closed his eyes, and silently considered the situation in Beijing.
"Wei Zaode, Chen Yan, Zhang Jinyan and others, as well as those who colluded with them, have been beheaded by us. The only one who slipped through the net, Wang Dehua, also secretly left the capital two days ago."
"Furthermore, Gong Dingzi claims to be Qingliu, so he shouldn't have colluded with Wang Dehua. In addition, the time is not right, so it is unlikely that he was ordered by Wang Dehua. Could it be the force behind Wang Dehua, or some other things we haven't discovered yet? Hidden power?"
"Judging from the targets of Gong Dingzi's attack, he obviously wants to prevent us from restoring the old system. Although the old system is not good for the gentry in the capital, they do not have the energy or the courage to confront us. It seems that it is the forces in the south that covet the throne. .”
"It's just that now that Thief Li has been driven out of the capital, and reinforcements from all walks of life are arriving one after another, we are no longer in danger of our lives. What can the other party promise Gong Ding?"
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Because Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know much about the southern forces, he thought for a long time but couldn't find out the problem. Finally, he picked up the memorial and looked at the votes inside.
The two paragraphs of this memorial are both very long. In addition to the disposal plan, it also comes with explanations.
The cabinet plan was obviously drawn up by Fan Jingwen. He suggested that Xu Yan be appointed as a special envoy, responsible for appeasing the people, sweet potato cultivation and other matters, and the transition would be slow.
Because he felt that although Wu Deyi had it, he was not dismissed from office, and such cases were no longer rare in the north. If the court wanted to conquer the lost territory, it would need to rely on the power of these officials and gentry.
If Wu Deyi is punished too much and other squires are discouraged and turn to the rebels, it will be detrimental to the overall situation.
Zhu Cixiang obviously also had this concern, but he must have been influenced by Zhu Yuanzhang and believed that as long as he seized military power, these squires had nothing to worry about.
Just because Zhu Yuanzhang's army was still weak and could not completely get rid of the influence of the country gentry, he adopted a compromise approach.
It is recommended that the powers of the Changping County Magistrate be temporarily divided into two, with Xu Yan taking charge of important matters such as recruiting and farming, while Wu Deyi is responsible for some trivial matters.
This not only prevents the special envoy from being sidelined and unable to implement Zhu Yuanzhang's policies, but also saves the face of Wu Deyi and other squires.
Zhu Yuanzhang had previously seen that although Zhu Cixiang's draft was a bit immature, it was still quite satisfactory. Now that he saw that he did not see the trap in it, he could not help but shake his head slightly.
Because Fan Jingwen didn't know about the affairs in the south, it was understandable that he didn't discover the conspiracy. However, Zhu Cixiang had interrogated Wu Renyi and was very aware of the matter, so he ignored it. This shows that he was not careful about the matter. Needs experience.
"Somebody come!"
Zhu Yuanzhang put down the memorial and shouted out in frustration.
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Chengen hurried in.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him and said: "Cheng'en, please send someone to convey the order and let Fan Jingwen and Jiang Dejing come to see us!"
Seeing the angry look on his face, Wang Chengen respectfully agreed and then slowly exited Dongnuan Pavilion.
At this time, Shen Zhanran walked in with a smile on his face.
