"Brother, why did you suddenly ask that?" Zhu Su also straightened his expression.
"You have been recuperating in this village these days, but you don't know."
"Dad, the executions have been too extensive these days." Zhu Biao frowned.
"It's not just those nobles and bureaucrats who have close ties with Hu Weiyong."
"Even some officials who had no contact with Hu Weiyong were labeled as Hu Party members and dismissed from their posts for questioning."
"The imperial guards and cavalry are everywhere, and the bureaucrats and people in the capital are all panic-stricken. Every day, new 'Hu Party members' are 'confessed'. It was only a few days since the incident that night, but now there are more than a thousand people imprisoned in the imperial edict." people."
"There were even officials who came to court and were convicted on the spot in Fengtian Hall."
"Nowadays, officials in Yingtian go to court every day as if they are going to the execution ground! Some officials even left suicide notes before going to court and said goodbye to their families in tears. Have we ever seen such a ridiculous thing in all the dynasties?"
"If you are lucky enough to return home from the imperial court, you will even have to hold a banquet to celebrate..."
Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Su's surprised face and smiled bitterly: "Originally, brother, I was still in a dilemma about how to help you cover up your murder of Zhu Xian."
"It's better now. Everyone in the court is in danger now, but no one cares about the things you did."
Hearing what Zhu Biao said, Zhu Su showed an embarrassed smile.
Lao Zhu's wave of hatred was indeed very thorough.
Killing a prince of the Hou family was originally a huge event.
But under the background of his father's "big moves" in the past few days, he has completely turned into a background that no one cares about...
I was prepared to pretend to be ill, but I didn't expect that not even a censor came to ask for help.
This made Zhu Su a little hurt. He always felt that the sword he stabbed out with tragic and decisive force that night seemed a little too smart...
"So, brother, do you think that the reason why dad is so involved is because I told him certain things?" Zhu Su said, looking at Zhu Biao.
"...Not bad." Zhu Biao nodded.
"Ignoring other things, let's talk about the main charges against Hu Weiyong. One of them, 'plotting to assassinate the Duke', says that Hu Weiyong bribed Fu Shou, a disciple of Wei Guogong's Xu family, in order to do evil."
"But before Hu Weiyong bribed Fu Shou, my father had already warned the Xu family to be careful about Fu Shou!"
"If I didn't already know it, how could I be so unpredictable? Nowadays, there are rumors that my father's ability to predict things is all because he has destiny. But according to my thinking, this must be your handiwork."
Zhu Su is so sweaty, Lao Zhu used this advantage of the time traveler better than himself. He is helping to copy poems to pick up girls, and he is pretending to be a high-ranking disciple.
Now he simply used it on himself, relying on what he said, he directly pretended to be the prophet of destiny.
"I did tell Dad something." Zhu Su sighed. Although Zhu Biao had heard him talk about some Ming history in later generations, there were some things that Zhu Su wanted to keep for the sake of his lord, so he deliberately avoided telling Lao Zhu. I fell in love with this kind-hearted elder brother.
However, looking at the eldest brother's attitude of asking for the truth, he will no longer be able to hide it.
It seems that today I have to be a storyteller again for the first time in a long time.
"Brother's guess is good. I did tell my father before about the 'Four Major Cases' that had a great influence on the history of the Ming Dynasty."
"Four major cases?" Zhu Biao was slightly startled. "What are the four major cases? Tell me about it quickly!"
"The so-called 'Four Major Cases'..." Zhu Su organized his thoughts for a while and spoke to Zhu Biao.
The four major cases were also called the "Four Major Cases of Hongwu" in later generations. They are the Hu Weiyong case in the thirteenth year of Hongwu, the "Kongyin case" in the ninth or fifteenth year of Hongwu, the Guo Huan case in the eighteenth year of Hongwu, and the Lan Yu case in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu.
The essence of the four major cases was actually initiated by Lao Zhu. In order to eliminate those who he believed were threats to his court, the famous four purges and massacres were triggered.
Among them, the "Hu Weiyong Case" and the "Lanyu Case" are also called "Hu Lan's Prison". They were the beginning of Lao Zhu's murder of the founding heroes and the main source of Lao Zhu's reputation as a "tyrant" in later generations.
"You...you mean, dad initiated these four major cases and massacred a total of seventy or eighty thousand people in total?"
Zhu Biao looked horrified. His father, whom he had always regarded as a role model, would actually do such a thing!
Wantlessly implicated and massacred tens of thousands, what is this?
This is a tyrant! This is a single husband!
How could this be possible, that he could be the father who had high hopes for him and taught him patiently?
Seeing that Zhu Biao was shaken, Zhu Su quickly spoke for Lao Zhu: "Brother, please don't get into trouble!"
"Don't you know why dad did these things in history?"
"The Hu Weiyong case is undoubtedly aimed at abolishing the prime minister system and consolidating imperial power."
"The Kongyin case and the Guo Huan case are undoubtedly aimed at abolishing tyranny, punishing corrupt officials, and rectifying the political agenda."
"As for the Lan Yu case... wasn't that because of your son Zhu Yunwen? Dad did that because he was worried that your son would dominate the country after he came to power. That's why he took on the infamy and cleared all possibilities for my eldest nephew. A proud and powerful general who becomes a threat?"
Seeing that Zhu Biao's face was slightly relaxed, Zhu Su quickly continued:
"Don't you see, my father killed so many officials, but for the real common people below, Emperor Hongwu is definitely a good emperor that is rare in the ages!"
"Dad himself took the blame and killed so many corrupt officials. What was he trying to do? Isn't he trying to restore a clear sky to the people?"
"Historically, during the Hongwu Dynasty, officials did not dare to embezzle, and officials did not dare to bully the people. My father worked hard to compile the "Great Edict", requiring that "all officials and people, all kinds of people, etc., have this copy in every household." In the book Not only does Xiaoyu Law hope that people will know the law and not be deceived by officials, but it also includes many corrupt officials' deeds in order to alert people."
"My father ordered all the county government offices in the Ming Dynasty to set up a 'precept stone' in front of the door, and write 'Your salary and salary are good for the people. It is easy for the people to be abused, but it is difficult for the gods to bully'." The sixteen words were used to appoint the governors of the prefecture, state and county. He personally summoned them to a banquet, gave them two pieces of silver and cloth, and told them: These silver and cloth are for them to "support their integrity". After taking office, they must treat the people well and not be mean."
"Even if you don't know these things, you should know what kind of life my father leads even though he is in the 95th position! In addition to a few sets of dragon robes to support the occasion, my mother is still making shoes and fabrics for my father herself on weekdays!"
"Every day for breakfast, he only serves vegetables and a dish of tofu. Xu Xingzu, the cook in the imperial kitchen, cooks such delicious dishes that you and I have never tasted! Can't dad afford good food? Is he afraid? You are greedy! If you go down, the people below will take the opportunity to flatter you, which is a waste of people's efforts!"
"He ordered all the places on the dragon chariot that should be decorated with gold to be replaced with copper. The dragon bed in the palace is not as richly carved as the bed you and I are sitting on now! There is also a piece of wood in the imperial garden that my father works on. The wasteland..."
"Say it yourself, among the so-called wise kings and saints throughout the ages, which one can reach the level of dad?"
"Is there any tyrant from ancient times to the present who can live the life of an emperor like my father?"
Zhu Su talked endlessly, counting treasures on his fingers as if he were counting them. Finally, he slapped his hand on the bed board, looked directly at Zhu Biao and said.
(End of chapter)
