There was silence in the hall for a while, and Zhu Biao was not ready to talk in depth on this topic. This kind of thing mainly depends on the tacit understanding between father and son. Zhu Yuanzhang has to show coolness, and Zhu Biao has to show kindness. Of course, everything is fine. The main thing is to eliminate officials and govern, and the priorities cannot be confused.
Zhu Biao talked about the fact that Yan Dong, the minister of Dali Temple, was preparing to impeach the Ministry of Justice. This was a formal signal to start the war. Dali Temple would use the Ministry of Justice as a sharp knife to clear out the six ministries and go straight to Zhongshu Province. How could the capital be reorganized?
Zhu Yuanzhang squinted his eyes and thought for a while and said: "Yan Donglai has a big goal, but fortunately it is not money and fame. This is why we chose him as the Minister of Dali Temple, but we didn't expect him to be so righteous."
Sharp knives are not that easy to make. Yan Dong will be completely abandoned by the civil service group and will not be accepted by the noble group. He is destined to be a lonely minister, and may even end up in a situation where the bird is gone and the rabbit is dead.
Don't think that the emperor will definitely treat those who have meritorious service. Reality is never fair. It is common for people to pay but not receive anything in return.
This is also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang thinks highly of Yan Donglai. It is rare to accept the reality so quickly. Although he actually has no choice at all. Since the emperor put him in that position, if he does not do it, he will be disloyal. Those who are disloyal will only die. !
Zhu Biao nodded and said: "It's indeed good. I hope I can get to the end. What if I can really use it as a sharp blade to give him what he wants? The court always needs someone to do things."
After the conversation was over, Lao Zhu was about to go back to the harem to rest and waved to his son: "Go and see your wife."
Zhu Biao bowed and retreated. He met the three Zhu brothers after walking a few steps. After the three of them came back from Fengyang, Lao Zhu also felt that they had made progress, so in addition to reading for two hours every day, he also It's actually in a state of recuperation.
However, they cannot leave the palace while they are freeing, and they are also old. There are many taboos in the palace and it is not easy to wander around freely. Except for the two days when they first came back, they were quite comfortable. Now they are almost bored to death. If they had never been out, That's fine, but after all, after going out for a trip, my heart is wild, and naturally I am not willing to be trapped in the deep palace compound.
The obedient eldest brother of the three brothers saluted. Zhu Biao had already guessed that they could no longer sit idle, but he still pretended to say: "I am going to see my father. I am in a good mood."
Jin Wang Zhu Xi said with a smile: "Brother, my brothers came here specially to see you."
Zhu Biao passed them and walked toward the East Palace. The three brothers quickly followed. Seeing that the eldest brother seemed to be in a good mood, the third brother Zhu Xi said: "I see that the eldest brother is very busy recently. It is not appropriate for the younger brothers to be lazy. As the saying goes, fight a tiger." We have to be brothers. If the eldest brother has any errands, just leave them to us."
Zhu Di also continued: "I heard that my father wants to clean up the civil service and thoroughly investigate the corruption of local officials. We can go there. My second brother and I have inspected the local granaries. It is better than those officials from the capital. They are all Good stuff all the way."
The third child glared at Zhu Di and then pulled Zhu Biao's sleeves: "Brother, we really want to help do something. The fourth child is right. Those people went down to accept bribes. In the end, they must be complicit in the purge. We still have to rely on our Zhu family to manage the administration."
Zhu Biao stopped and patted Zhu Xi's hand off, then turned around and looked at Zhu Fan. This guy had the thickest skin and was still laughing with him. , it’s really hard to get disgusted.
However, they could not tolerate this matter. Zhu Biao said in a deep voice: "If the officials who go on inspection dare to embezzle, take bribes, confiscate their homes and destroy their clans, if you are corrupt, let the father handle it how you will handle it. If it is serious, my father will not be able to let it go. If it is minor, what will happen in the future?" To purge the officials?"
Zhu Ping was now a young man who was quite heroic. He immediately said dissatisfiedly: "Brother, you look down on others. How can we, as princes, accept bribes from people below?"
Zhu Di also said: "It's not like no one bribed us when we inspected the granary. My second brother and I were all verbally reprimanded."
Zhu Biao rolled his eyes at them and turned around to leave. He wanted to confiscate the bribe, but when the house was ransacked, there was also a lot of money. These stinky brothers didn't have any good stuff.
It was not that Zhu Biao had not considered it at first, but the risk was too great. The three of them were of noble birth and still young. It was not surprising that they were coaxed around. It would be fine if nothing could be found. But if they were caught, But that's it.
They may be able to withstand gold, silver and jewels. After all, they are nobles from Tianhuang, but they are all young men. It is when they are most curious about that matter. How can they withstand the specially trained Slender Horse Beauty? In the end, they can still resist it. It's not like he has to wipe the butt.
Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to family ties and would not kill his own son no matter how cruel he was. Then the matter of purging officials was stuck. The momentum of moving forward was gone, and the officials would not be convinced. No matter how cruel he was in the future, he could not change the atmosphere of the officialdom.
The three brothers still followed their eldest brother's butt and chattered their determination without giving up. At this time, they truly believed that they could withstand the temptation and contribute to the country. Zhu Biao also believed in their intentions, but unfortunately they couldn't.
After a while, they arrived at the East Palace. Chang Luohua also received a letter saying that the crown prince was coming with three princes. Naturally, she had to pack up and lead the people out to welcome him in person.
Chang Luohua was waiting in front of the door. When he saw their brothers coming over to curtsy, Zhu Biao stepped forward to support her. The three brothers also obediently stepped forward and bowed: "I have met the emperor's wife."
Chang Luohua took her husband's hand and said with a smile: "The three princes are exempt from courtesy."
The third child straightened up his back first and said, "Sister-in-law, just call me Lao San. Don't be so polite. I heard that I'm going to be an uncle. I haven't congratulated the sister-in-law in person yet. I wish her to give birth to a grandson as soon as possible so that I can teach him." Horseback riding and archery.”
The other two silently stared at the third child. You said all the good things. Doesn't that make us look stupid?
However, they all congratulated them seriously, and Chang Luohua was also very happy. He also knew that his husband had a good relationship with these three brothers, so he also acted quite close to them.
But after all, it was not easy to talk too much to the brothers-in-law. After inviting them into the house, Chang Luohua went down to arrange the food and drinks. Zhu Biao was full, but these three boys stayed outside to squat for him, so naturally they No time for dinner.
Zhu Biao, the elder brother, could not kick away the hungry brothers, so he had to accompany them to eat some more. However, the three brothers also saw that their eldest brother had made up his mind and definitely would not let them go out to inspect the place. .
However, they had already had a hunch that this was just a foreshadowing. The eldest brother would not reject the well-behaved younger brothers a second time after he rejected them once.
Zhu Xi poured a glass of wine for his eldest brother and said: "Since the eldest brother disagrees, then the younger brothers will listen to the eldest brother. If we can't do it when we go out to run errands, then can we live outside the palace? We are already so old. It is too difficult to live in the palace anymore." Frustrated.
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