Chapter 179 Zhu Yuanzhang’s Disappointment
Zhu Yuanzhang asked calmly: "The prince sent Naha to give He Xi an order to save Liu Sanwu's life."
"Yes." said an inconspicuous little eunuch.
Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly: "I understand."
The little eunuch slowly retreated, blending in with the other eunuchs, without any conspicuous appearance.
Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his eyes slightly and said in his heart: "Prince, you have let me down."
There are many things that the world can hide from Zhu Yuanzhang, but there are even fewer things that Nanjing can hide from Zhu Yuanzhang. And in the palace, there is probably nothing that can be hidden from Zhu Yuanzhang.
If Zhu Yuanzhang could not do this, he would not be alive now.
The prince himself thought it was done covertly, but in fact he didn't know that the moment he gave the order, news had already been sent to Qianqing Palace. It's just a little slow.
What disappointed Zhu Yuanzhang was that the prince did not support the reform. Actually want to stand on the opposite side of the reform.
This made Zhu Yuanzhang very angry.
A son is better than a father. Doesn’t Zhu Yuanzhang know what kind of person his son is? Don’t you know the resistance deep in his heart? All this is known. It was precisely because of this that Zhu Yuanzhang decided to get rid of all these things. So that Zhu Biao can accept a clean new world.
As for letting the prince put an end to the reform, that's not normal.
And even if the prince doesn't do this one thing, he won't do other things.
In the past, Zhu Yuanzhang had done everything for his descendants, and it would be fine if his descendants passed on the legacy. Now after studying some materialist philosophy, Zhu Yuanzhang has made it clear that the only constant thing in the world is change itself.
We understand even more clearly that although the future industrialization era will be prosperous, social mobility and changes will be hundreds of times that of agricultural society. If an emperor looks at problems from a static perspective, he will definitely run into problems.
Starting from today, the next few decades, not even a hundred years, will be an era of drastic changes.
In fact, he doesn't care what the prince thinks? It depends on what the prince does.
Why? Because Zhu Yuanzhang had absolute tolerance for the prince. It doesn't matter if the prince doesn't understand it now, just watch. You will understand many things in the future. However, any act of opposition is absolutely not allowed.
Because the prince's own team has many targets that need to be cleaned up. There are too many people in the world who oppose the new law. Once the prince does such a thing and reveals his thoughts, he will definitely be supported by many people.
This turned the dispute between the new law and the old law into a dispute between the prince and the emperor.
This is what Zhu Yuanzhang did not want to see.
But even if he didn't want to see it, today's situation seemed to be leaning in this direction.
How could this not disappoint Zhu Yuanzhang?
In an instant, Zhu Yuanzhang made up his mind that Liu Sanwu must die.
Even if it is not for the sake of reform, it is just for the purpose of driving a wedge between the father and son of the Tian family. enough.
However, the stage has been set. How could you not go on stage?
Zhu Yuanzhang arranged his clothes again and walked out of the hall.
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Woo hoo hoo, countless horns sounded, and jingling music moved with the wind. Thousands of royal guards, all seven feet tall and handsome in appearance. There was no flaw on his face, he was wearing brocade clothes, holding a guard of honor, surrounded by Zhu Yuanzhang's chariots, and came to Fengtianmen.
Zhu Yuanzhang got off the throne, walked slowly to the dragon chair, and sat down.
The dragon chair is not so much a chair as it is a slump. It is a short slump. After a person sits on it, he has nothing to lean on and can only sit upright.
Zhu Yuanzhang used a color. Immediately a eunuch came out, holding an imperial edict and reading it loudly: "The emperor was entrusted by heaven, and the edict said: After hundreds of battles, I have the world. I will conquer the world immediately, but I cannot rule the world immediately. I have revised the Ming Dynasty law again and again, but the jade wall is still slightly flawless. I have ordered the officials of the third rank and above to report this matter. I am going to the court today to order a minister to speak freely about the pros and cons of the Ming Dynasty law. This is the imperial edict."
Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial edict was not surprising, and was even expected by many people.
For a time, the officials below expressed their opinions in order of size. And select such and such questions from the Ming Law.
After all, perhaps officials still don’t know how the so-called reform will change, but the revision of the Ming Dynasty Law has already been determined. They all support the revision of the Ming Dynasty Code and must give reasons.
He Xi actually listened to their reasons.
The first sentence is too harsh, and the second penalty is too many.
In short, most people's idea is to reduce the sentence, whether it is reducing the sentencing or merging the number of crimes.
After all, the laws of the Ming Dynasty were too harsh on officials committing crimes. There is simply no room left. How can we not make these people extremely frightened?
Then, there is extrajudicial punishment.
This is also extremely distressing for officials. But no one dared to say more.
Without him, who would impose extrajudicial punishment? It's Zhu Yuanzhang.
Those who want to do this are not trying to weaken Zhu Yuanzhang's monarchy. Who is Zhu Yuanzhang? How could you agree? Since I can't agree. If we talk about this, it's hard to say what the consequences will be.
He Xi stood among the ministers, listening to clichés, but he didn't feel drowsy at all. Instead, he looked at Liu Sanwu, who was standing not far from him, and those with good names among the ministers. See if anyone suddenly jumps up.
There were changes that he didn't expect.
Obviously not.
But Zhu Yuanzhang was a little tired of hearing this. He suddenly tapped the table in front of the dragon chair with his fingers. For a time, no one in the square of thousands of square meters dared to breathe loudly. Only the flag hanging on the wind whistling made no sound.
Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly: "Today, there is no objection to the revision of the Ming Law, right?"
Zhu Yuanzhang had never been so sloppy in doing things before. If everyone below is asked to express their opinion, there are one or two hundred officials of third rank or above in the capital, including some superior lords and the like. Talking one by one, I don’t know how much time it takes.
So Zhu Yuanzhang asked directly.
There was silence below.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything. He raised his hand and another eunuch immediately read out another imperial edict.
In this imperial edict, who wants the people below to recommend candidates to revise the laws of the Ming Dynasty?
Liu Sanwu saw this and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I would like to recommend myself."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes shrank slightly, with a hint of gentle killing intent in his eyes, and he said: "Okay. Who else is willing to recommend themselves?"
He Xi said, "I am willing to recommend myself."
Zhu Yuanzhang waited for a while, but saw that there was silence in the square and no one spoke.
After all, this was the normal state of officialdom during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. It is a bit excessive to say that everyone is in danger and does not know whether his head is still on him when he goes home every day. But under Zhu Yuanzhang's power, most people were cautious and behaved. But it's true.
At this time, not many people have the courage to intervene in this matter.
Not to mention, they are not used to Zhu Yuanzhang's changes.
In the past, Zhu Yuanzhang had decided many major issues with one word, so today, he actually asked the opinions of the people below? What opinions do they dare to have?
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Liu Sanwu, who do you think is more suitable for this task among the two of you?"
Liu Sanwu said: "The veteran is more suitable."
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be very excited and said: "Why?"
Liu Sanwu said: "He Xi has little qualifications. He mostly works in other places and has never served in the central government. The Ming Dynasty Laws is revised. It is a major event in the world. How can we appoint this person? We should use Confucian ministers to take charge of it."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Then how are you going to revise it?"
Liu Sanwu paused for a moment and said, "Commit your sentence to repair the province and rest with the people."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Are the taxes I have set high?"
Liu Sanwu said: "Not high."
If we only look at official taxes, the taxes in the Ming and Qing Dynasties cannot be said to be high. It’s just that in the middle and later stages, there were too many additional taxes, but now there are still none.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Are all corvees heavy in the world?"
Liu Sanwu said: "The corvee in the north is heavier. The corvee in the south is less, even if it is high, it is not heavy."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Since taxes and corvees are not heavy, how can we say that the people of the world will no longer rest and recuperate?"
Liu Sanwu didn't know what to say for a while.
The situation in the world depends on who you compare with.
Zhu Yuanzhang had governed the world for twenty years. Although the Ming Dynasty had problems of one kind or another, it could be regarded as entering into a state of governance.
Let Liu Sanwu deny the situation in the Ming Dynasty and say with open eyes that the people in the world are extremely miserable. What's more, this extremely difficult situation is due to the taxes and corvee imposed by the imperial court. He couldn't say it.
Of course, not all people in Ming Dynasty lived well. However, there are probably three reasons why there are many problems. The first is the geographical environment. It is normal for poor mountains and rivers to breed unruly people. The second is the oppression of local powerful people, and the third is corrupt officials.
The third type is not numerous in quantity.
After all, when Zhu Yuanzhang killed officials, he killed them so hard that the sword was curled.
The relationship with the court is not very big. On the contrary, it has a lot to do with some of the groups that the new law will attack this time. He dare not speak nonsense in these places.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Old Master Liu, answer my words."
Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to force Liu Sanwu to death step by step. Even the emperor could not kill people at will. You also need to find a reason, or an excuse, for killing someone. Zhu Yuanzhang forced Liu Sanwu to say something step by step. You can label it as disrespectful.
However, he never expected that another accident would happen.
"Father," the prince came out and said, "I think that Old Master Liu is old and lacks energy. He is not the right person to take charge of this matter."
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the prince, his eyes as calm as water, and said: "Okay."
It's just that there seems to be no emotion in these eyes.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "He Xi, please tell me what you think."
He Xi took a deep breath and said, "I thank Your Majesty for your kindness. I believe that the people of the world belong to the world. This matter should be made openly and honestly, and we should conspire with the people of the world."
