Feng Sheng's few words made the remaining nobles who didn't believe it very excited. They all went home to study hard in the cold window. He himself did not stay at Deng Yu's house for long. He greeted Deng Yu and took a carriage back to his house.
In the car, he suddenly remembered that when Zhu Biao took out the picture, Zhu Su was always standing behind Zhu Biao. There is also what Zhu Biao said: This picture was presented by a stranger...
"Strange person..." Feng Sheng said to himself in the carriage, "Haha, it seems that His Highness is not leading this matter, but it has something to do with His Highness the Fifth."
"Whether our Feng family can take a step ahead depends on the Fifth Highness."
"Xu Shuai, Xu Shuai, since you are not in the capital, don't blame me for taking advantage of Yunnan's victory and taking away your son-in-law."
As if he thought of something interesting, Feng Sheng chuckled softly in the carriage. The wheels creaked, finally hiding his small laughter.
The horse's hooves kicked on the bluestone road, pulling the cart, and gradually disappeared into the night.
…
Feng Sheng's guess was right. In the palace at this time, Zhu Biao was looking at Zhu Su with a hint of complaint. "Fifth brother, this matter should be your fault, why do you have to have me take the limelight?"
"Let me explain it as if this picture came from my hand. This is not what I wanted."
"Brother, it is most appropriate for you to say this." Zhu Biao rolled up the huge map of Kunyu and Ten Thousand Kingdoms and explained to Zhu Biao: "The national policy of developing foreign countries cannot be achieved overnight. It can be achieved. I'm afraid it only takes several generations of emperors from the Ming Dynasty to work together to make progress, so that it is even possible."
"You are the prince, the next emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Only by asking you to preach this matter can the nobles know that you, the prince, strongly agree with this national policy and are even one of the main promoters of this national policy. "
"In this way, they will not worry about this policy changing from day to day. At least they have the guarantee of two generations of emperors."
"After all, enfeoffment is a weapon of the emperor and cannot be said by ministers."
This limelight was deliberately given to Zhu Biao by Zhu Su. He didn't want to be missed by those nobles, and from now on, any nobles who want to make meritorious service and enfeoffment will become natural princelings supporting Zhu Biao.
This burden was as big as the sky. He, Zhu Su, couldn't bear it, and he didn't want to bear it.
"Hey..." How could Zhu Biao not know Zhu Su's plan? This younger brother wanted to pave the way for him in the future, and he also wanted to establish a unified Ming Dynasty. He could only keep this kindness in his heart silently.
Lao Zhu over there has been listening to the conversation between their brothers. Hearing Zhu Su's words, Long Yan couldn't help but feel happy: "Okay, okay, seeing you brothers and sisters respectfully, I'm happier than anything else!"
"Biao'er, your fifth brother is dedicated to helping you, you must not treat him badly in the future!"
Zhu Biao nodded heavily.
"Yes, big brother! My younger brother doesn't have high requirements, just be a free and easy king!" Zhu Su's eyes lit up.
Lao Zhu's face darkened, and then he told Zhu Biao: "But although your brother is talented, he is a bitch who can't be removed. When you ascend the throne in the future, you are not allowed to let him slack off. As an elder brother, you have to discipline him." responsibility!"
Zhu Biao laughed when he heard this, while Zhu Su froze and felt hopeless.
"Your Majesty, I would like to see you, Mr. South Korea." The father and son were having a good time, but they heard Erhu reporting from outside. Lao Zhu frowned: "Li Shanchang? Didn't we let them all go back? Why is he here again?"
"Your Excellency, Mr. Han has not left outside the palace. He has always stayed in the carriage. He waited until everyone else dispersed before he asked to see him again." Erhu said.
Lao Zhu thought for a moment and then understood. Li Shanchang almost cheated Xungui. Now that he is not a human being, he naturally has no shame to go with those rough guys, otherwise he doesn't know how he will be scolded.
But he also knew that he had done something he shouldn't have done. Although he didn't say any words to punish him, he was afraid that Li Shanchang would have been uneasy for a long time, so he simply invited him into the palace again, which was asking for his own fault.
"Okay, Xuan, let's have a chat with him." Lao Zhu waved his hand and said.
After a while, Li Shanchang came in. He was leaning on crutches and looked old and haggard. When he saw Lao Zhu sitting in front of him, he tremblingly wanted to bow down: "Old minister Li Shanchang, I came here to ascend..."
"Shanchang." Before Li Shanchang could finish speaking, Lao Zhu suddenly spoke. "We remember that you are almost seventy years old this year, right?"
"Why did the superior say this?" Li Shanchang was stunned, as if he didn't expect why Lao Zhu suddenly asked this question. "Old minister, I will be able to listen to my ears next year..."
"Oh." Lao Zhu said calmly. "That's because we remembered it wrong."
"Li Qi is a good boy. I heard that you beat him frequently when you were in the house these days."
"Don't blame him. We see that he is also very loyal."
"You are old, so you can't stay up late, and you don't have to be grounded from now on. Your age can't let you lose your face and your evening."
"Go back, it's getting late at night."
After all, Li Shanchang is old and cannot keep up with the train of thought of Lao Zhu's words. At this time, I was confused and didn't know what Lao Zhu meant. His mouth was open, but he didn't know what to say, but the emperor had already issued an eviction order, so he had no choice but to pick up his crutches again and walk out tremblingly.
"That's right." Lao Zhu suddenly said. When Li Shanchang heard this, he thought it was Lao Zhu who was trying to persuade him to stay. His face was filled with joy and he turned around and said, "Any other instructions from the superior?"
"We have already ascended the throne and proclaimed ourselves emperor. After all, the title "superior" is against the laws and etiquette of the country." Lao Zhu said. "From now on, remember to call us...Your Majesty!"
"...You go ahead." After saying that, he stopped looking at Li Shanchang.
Li Shanchang was shaken all over, cold sweat dripped down his body, and he could hardly even stand still. He stood there for a long time, then remembered to salute Lao Zhu, and walked out tremblingly. This time, he wasn't pretending to be haggard, but he really couldn't even walk safely.
Seeing Li Shanchang leave in despair, Zhu Biao shook his head and sighed: "Hey, Prime Minister Li was also a dragon and a phoenix among people in the past, even worse than Xiao He in the early Han Dynasty. Who could have expected that he would be like this now... Seriously Things in the world play tricks on people.”
"Hmph, it's easy to scare him." Lao Zhu snorted coldly. "If it weren't for the sake of Li Qi's righteousness to destroy his relatives, and his intention to connect civil and military forces, we should have confiscated the Li family!"
"It's because we've always been too kind to these people, so we let them bite their noses and forget about their superiority and inferiority!"
"If you think you can do whatever you want with just a piece of iron paper, you are taking us too lightly!"
Zhu Su listened silently from behind, not to mention that the emperor Lao Zhu was used to it to a large extent that these distinguished prime ministers were doing such nonsense. They were rewarded with iron coupons to avoid death, and they were allowed to form cliques for personal gains and keep warm. They also failed to deal with Li Shanchang in time, who had a strong desire for power, and even allowed him to successfully secretly accept the position of Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty. The court almost became him. Li Shan has become a leader of the party.
Under such circumstances, it is reasonable for Li Shanchang to still want to return to abuse power after the fall of Hu Weiyong, and to connect the civil and military forces for this purpose.
Anyway, his Li family also has iron bonds.
Even in the late Hongwu period in history, the Huaixi lineage had become deeply rooted and formed a situation in the Ming Dynasty that was too powerful to be eliminated. Lao Zhu, who belatedly realized that he had no choice but to use ruthless hands, opened major cases in succession to eliminate these deep-rooted parties. While the power was being removed, Ming Dynasty's vitality was also severely damaged.
Fortunately, it's not too late to act. After tonight, the imperial court has completely purged the Huaixi nobles and curbed Li Shanchang's plot.
As long as the civil servants are cleaned up, the whole Ming Dynasty will be completely new and prosperous from then on.
(End of chapter)
