After Zhu Biao heard this, he knew that Wang Guangyang could not escape this reprimand. Fortunately, he was still useful, otherwise he would have to be beaten down.
Zhu Biao turned his head slightly and looked at his father. Sure enough, the veins on Comrade Zhu's forehead appeared, his cheeks were slightly bulging, and he could tell that he was gritting his teeth.
Zhu Yuanzhang said word by word: "There is so much auspiciousness in recovering Bashu, so why didn't it happen when Beiyuan was overthrown and Yanyun was recovered?"
Wang Guangyang was taken aback. This kind of thing didn't just go away happily. The rest of the officials who had wanted to join in the fun immediately stood up with their hands solemnly. Wang Guangyang didn't have many confidants to come to bear the thunder, so he only Able to stand firm on one's own.
He hesitated for a while and said: "There should be some, maybe no one saw it."
After Wang Guangyang said this, he saw the superior's face getting darker, and suddenly felt that he should go home and pack his things. After all, he was the one who had been spared once, and he would probably live more comfortably this time.
For some reason, Wang Guangyang relaxed instead. This time he was inexplicably transferred back from exile and directly became the Prime Minister of the Left, but something just didn't feel right.
Zhu Yuanzhang had reprimanded him severely to teach other officials a lesson, but when he saw Wang Guangyang's calm look, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed. This guy was exiled for his innocence back then, and now he is using him as bait to hang Hu Weiyong. You still have to make room for others.
Even Zhu Yuanzhang was a little embarrassed to target such a person. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have heard of such things in ordinary times. In the four years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he heard the most about these two things in the morning. One was where It's auspicious, and the second thing is that there is rebellion again.
But the news coming from various places recently was enough to make him worried. The country was in dire straits, and various places were short of food and clothing. How could he think of pretending to be a prosperous time with these officials and playing with the auspiciousness.
Zhu Yuanzhang ignored Wang Guangyang and turned his attention to other officials, especially those in the Ministry of Rites, and said in a deep voice: "We don't believe in things that we haven't seen with our own eyes. We believe in governing the world without cheating. In the future, you should not report any auspicious things to the court. Only when abnormal disasters and locust drought occur must be reported immediately, and we must clearly distinguish which is more important!"
Hu Weiyong immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, respecting Heaven and working hard for the people is a blessing to all people in the world. It is also the ancestral teaching of the Holy Son and God. I will obey your teachings carefully."
The other officials also immediately knelt down and said this in the afternoon: "I respectfully listen to the holy teachings."
At this time, only Wang Guangyang was sitting on the wax, and his whole person was gloomy. He was not a fool, so he naturally figured out that he was being plotted. How could this happen so coincidentally when the Lord was not in a good mood.
But there was nothing he could do. He was alone in Zhongshu Province. The clique he had formed in the early years had been broken up by Yang Xian. Although he was now the nominal prime minister, he was suppressed by his deputy. , he originally admitted that everything was up to Hu Weiyong, but now he feels that Hu Weiyong has gone too far.
Standing on top, Zhu Biao could obviously see clearly. Wang Guangyang finally had some fighting spirit, which was good. Otherwise, why would he be brought up? We would have to see what he is capable of in the future.
There was silence in the court for a moment, and then the Minister of Rites stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Duke Ying has escorted the former Xia Kingdom Lord Ming's newly promoted master back to Wuchang Mansion and will arrive in the capital soon. I don't know how to prepare for the surrender ceremony. Could you please The Holy Spirit signals."
China has been a land of etiquette since ancient times, and all kinds of etiquette and rituals are very comprehensive. In addition, wars have continued in the past dynasties, and surrender and destruction of countries have also occurred from time to time. Therefore, there is also a set of standards for the etiquette of surrendering.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked his ministers for their opinions, and the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment came forward and said: "There is an ancient law to follow. Let Mingsheng tie himself up in white clothes and hold a jade in his mouth. The officials of his country wear mourning clothes and the scholars hold the coffin and lead the Xia Kingdom. The clan knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times outside the capital, and the Holy Master sent someone to reprimand him. After that, he was untied, the coffin was burned on the wall, and the ceremony of canonizing and surrendering was completed."
Song Lian stood up and said: "This is too humiliating. I suggest that according to the surrender ceremony of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin when he accepted the surrender of Shu Lord Meng Chang, let Mingsheng, the leader of the former Xia Kingdom, wear plain clothes, invite the white sheep to reward the master, kneel down to present the surrender form and the publication form. Perform three prostrations and five prostrations."
The other officials were also excited and expressed their thoughts one after another, some of which were very humiliating. After all, the loser would be severely trampled under his feet. There was also hope that Ming Sheng could be tolerated. After all, he was just a child. Overdoing it would be a bit petty.
Zhu Yuanzhang listened for a while, looked at his son and asked, "Prince, what do you think?"
Zhu Biao turned around and bowed and said: "I heard that Ming Sheng is a man of pure virtue and elegant nature. He is well versed in the Classic of Filial Piety and The Analects of Confucius and is loved by the people of Bashu. He is not as arrogant and extravagant as Meng Chang. As for the political affairs of the Xia State because of his young age, His mother, Peng, has always been in charge, but now that she is surrendering, there is no need to humiliate her any more, why not show kindness to her father and show his kindness, so as to appease the hearts of the people of Bashu."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction and said, "What the Crown Prince said is absolutely true. What do you dear ladies think?"
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice, who had just called me the most cheerful, knelt down and choked up: "I am ashamed that I am still arrogant and arrogant in my forties. I am far less benevolent than His Highness. I feel extremely guilty after hearing His Highness the Crown Prince's words. I, the great Ming Dynasty, have great righteousness." If you have this kind of demeanor, the young children of Mingsheng will feel at ease and submit to you if they receive this kind of kindness, and the people of Bashu will become kings as soon as possible."
As for the officials who had just expressed their wish to be dealt with lightly, they seemed to have won a great victory and even echoed the words. They all thought that the prince was really kind and treated the defeated leader who surrendered the country like this, let alone his own subjects.
In fact, few people want to serve a ruthless emperor. After all, ruthless people are like this both internally and externally. However, the current situation of the Holy Emperor has long been established and he is invincible, so they have no choice but to bow their heads and behave like human beings.
But they don’t want future emperors to have the same character as the current emperor. Everyone wants to be an official for fame and fortune, so why force us to death? Many people are already silently hoping in their hearts that Lao Zhu will control the dragon and ascend to heaven as soon as possible. In this way, they It's good to take a breather from the scorching sun.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled brightly from above. He knew very well what the ministers were thinking. He had also worked under others, so he naturally knew what it felt like to silently curse his boss to death.
Silently glancing around, Zhu Yuanzhang thought to himself, not to mention that my body and bones are stronger than you old sticks, even if I really die, I will have to take your whole family with me. You should still hope that I live a few more years.
In fact, there were still many courtiers who surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty in the imperial court, especially civil servants. Zhu Yuanzhang's Huaixi nobles were basically warriors. They could not conquer the world and rule the world, so they had no choice but to accept many such people.
After all, it was the last years of the dynasty and it was a time of chaos. There were only so many people who could read, and there were also only so many Han people with experience as officials. If you didn’t use them, the court wouldn’t be able to function. To be honest, Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen and others They all served as officials in the Yuan Dynasty.
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