Chapter 144 Tang He backfires on King Jin
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang still seemed to obey him, He Xi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and was about to slowly turn the topic to business. That is to say, when he was testing Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion on such a complicated situation before him, reports suddenly came from outside. He said that he trusted the Duke and asked to see him. 33
He Xi was stunned and thought to himself, "Why would Tang He ask for a meeting?"
Zhu Yuanzhang also had this problem? Said: "Isn't Tang He also sick? Don't you take good care of yourself? Why don't you come to see me?"
"Your Majesty, Duke Xin has been carried here." Xu Zheng said.
Zhu Yuanzhang was confused, but Tang He was not an ordinary person. Tang He came because of illness, and he had to see him no matter what.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Let him come over."
After a while, Tang He walked over tremblingly with the support of two young eunuchs.
When He Xi saw this, he was filled with emotion.
Although Tang He was older, he had extraordinary bearing, but now he has become a gray-haired little old man who can't even walk. The contrast between before and after is really too great. Upon seeing this, He Xi and Princess Anqing immediately took over the two young eunuchs and helped Tang He over.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked Tang He to move a soft seat and did not allow him to salute. He asked Tang He to sit and talk.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Tang He, you are old and already like this. If you have anything to say, you can just go to the book. Why bother yourself?"
Tang He said: "I am old and have no choice. I can only come to ask for help from Your Majesty."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "What's the matter?"
Tang He said: "I would like to ask your Majesty to make the King of Jin the crown prince."
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard Tang He, his face suddenly turned cold and he said, "Tang He, do you know what you are talking about?"
Tang He lowered his head and shed tears and said: "Your Majesty, I naturally know this. I know this, and it is not my place to say it. But I have no choice. None of my three legitimate sons has stayed. I am old and can't walk. Now, the Tang family only has its grandson to support the family, and no one dares to offend it. Your Highness, you also know that the Xie family has some relationship with my family, and His Highness the King of Jin asked me to stand up. How can you not dare?"
He Xi was stunned, secretly gave a thumbs up to King Jin, and said to himself: "This is a real hero, he really dares to look directly at the dripping blood."
Tang He is an old fox, smart in everything, and knows how to advance and retreat. The last big thing he did was probably to cooperate with He Xi to open the sea. After that, he has been retiring and returning to his hometown. After he laid down his military power, he did not retire in Nanjing and returned to his hometown in Huaibei.
Nothing about the old military department or influence in the military was retained. The family also has some land granted by the court and some shares in maritime companies. It can be said to be extremely honest.
This is also the reason why Tanghe died a good death.
But Tang He is so honest, not because Tang He has no ability. It should be noted that when Zhu Yuanzhang first defected to the rebel army, Tang He was very senior. He was above Zhu Yuanzhang and was Zhu Yuanzhang's immediate boss. As a result, Tang He later worked under Zhu Yuanzhang. , the relationship between the two has always been very close.
This is not an easy task. Zhu Yuanzhang is not a very broad-minded person. Tang He was Zhu Yuanzhang's boss before. If he really offended Zhu Yuanzhang in some way, Tang He would not be so smooth later.
It can be seen that Tang He's sophisticated way of dealing with people can be said to be watertight.
Such a person is also very powerful when he is ruthless.
Even if Tang He's record is not perfect, he is still a general who leads thousands of troops. Can his men not have murderous intentions? Tang and his sons are gone. There is no one who can establish a household in the family. Tang He is old and his grandson is young, so Tang He is naturally more low-key. I just want to wait for my grandchildren to grow up.
That’s why he keeps a low profile and is kind to others.
But it's not that he has lost his temper.
Tang He didn't come here today to speak for the King of Jin, but to file a complaint.
With the Tang family in such a situation, Tang and Ten Thousand did not want to participate in the fight for the heir. But King Jin was a little aggressive. Let Tang He have no choice.
Therefore, Tang He decided to put King Jin to death for his crimes and let the world see that I, Tang He, was not dead yet, and the Tang family had the right to choose neutrality.
As for King Jin, he never thought that Tang He would dare to do this. But King Jin also had his own ideas.
King Jin didn't know why, but he lost points at the queen's funeral. He is in urgent need of remediation, and the King of Jin actually knows that in many places, he is not as good as the Prince's lineage, the King of Yan, and even the King of Zhou, but the order of the elders and young ones is his greatest reliance.
Therefore, he hoped to find a few veterans to come forward to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang and make Zhu Yuanzhang change his mind.
These veterans are not easy to find.
He must be able to speak well in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. There are almost such ministers who can be counted on two hands. Xu Da, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde and others, the King of Jin did not dare to come to the door. They all held military power and had even taken sides. Tang He was chosen by the King of Jin.
Tang He has withdrawn from the field of power for several years. Tang and his sons are gone. Tanghe's family, the old one and the young one. King Jin also treated Tang He with courtesy first and then treated him with force. If he insisted, King Jin was not rude to Tang He at all. No threat either.
But for smart people like Tang He, there are some things that don’t need to be explained too clearly.
But Tang He still insisted on doing this, because Tang He looked down on King Jin, and he also knew that he would not participate in the fight for the heir. If Tang He's health was better, he would not be afraid, but his health was too bad. I don't know when I'll go.
I don’t know what will happen to the grandchildren at home.
Historically, the title of Duke Tang Hexin was not passed down. Without him, after Tang He died, his grandson was young and did not take the title. Later, during the Jingnan War, his grandson died soon after and his great-grandson was paralyzed. Finally, he had two sons. But when he wanted to be crowned, it was already more than 40 years after Tang He's death. The court refused to grant him the title for more than 40 years, so the Duke of Xinguo was given up.
Tanghe Yimai is full of disasters.
If he were to participate in the fight for the direct descendants again, it would not be impossible to bring disaster to the fish in the pond and kill everyone in the family.
In addition, King Jin was aggressive and Tang He refused many times but still refused to let him go. Tang He had no choice but to act cruelly.
Anyway, Tang He and Prince Jin no longer wanted to think about the throne.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard what Tang He said, his face turned green and red for a while, and he was extremely angry and said: "Dingchen, I will give you an explanation."
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
To be honest, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't blame King Jin for having ideas, or even blame King Jin for going to Tang He. However, there is something wrong with King Jin's thinking. Is Zhu Yuanzhang so easily persuaded? King Yan initially judged that everything was God's will. This God's will was not God's will, but Zhu Yuanzhang's will. The King of Jin wanted to use outsiders to influence Zhu Yuanzhang's ideas, which was problematic in itself. Do you think that Zhu Yuanzhang is the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and the king of Jin wants to raise all the four treasures of Shangshan?
Well, even if he wanted to copy Empress Lu's operation of asking Shangshan Sihao to come forward and keep Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty as the throne, he would at least have to be a true corporal of courtesy and find a way to do the job of Tong Tanghe. What he did did not win people over, but instead offended them severely.
Even if you offend someone severely, you don’t even know where you offended them.
Asking for help is also a skill.
King Jin has been in a high position since he was a child, and it is not easy for him to understand the world. He does not understand the skill of asking people to do things. After all, others usually ask him for help. Instead of asking others.
As a result, this situation is created.
For Zhu Yuanzhang, it was simply embarrassing.
Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang also had grievances against Tang He. Although King Jin was a dog, he was also his own dog son. Tang He's behavior was also an offense to Zhu Yuanzhang. He just looked at Tang He's pitiful look and thought of it. Tang He's sons were either sick or dead. Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and no longer wanted to argue with Tang He.
They are old brothers after all.
This is why Tang He made himself miserable today.
Tang He even understood Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts better than King Jin.
He Xi sent Tang He out of the palace on Zhu Yuanzhang's behalf. When he came back, he had already seen King Jin outside Qianqing Palace. He Xi thought for a while, but did not go in and waited outside, because He Xi knew what King Jin would face?
When a father educates his son, it is better for He Xi, as his brother-in-law, not to be present.
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