Lao Zhu's purge operation was in full swing, and its involvement was far more serious than Li Qing imagined. The blood on the execution platform was covered with a thick layer of scab.
The Duke of Dingyuan, Wang Bi, had his whole family wiped out; Duke Ying Fu Youde's two sons were beheaded, and he himself died; Duke Feng Sheng of Song Dynasty was better, he was sentenced to death, and his family was fine...
In this major case caused by Lan Yu, Lan Yu did not die, but his network of connections in the military was almost completely severed.
Now, even if Lan Yu really wants to rebel in the future, he won't be able to do so.
The purge was so implicated that even the civil servants, who had always been at odds with nobles and nobles, felt deeply that their lips were dying and their teeth were cold, and they could not help but feel sad.
The current emperor's ruthlessness is really frightening. Everyone is cautious and does not dare to make any mistakes.
Fortunately, the current emperor is old. As long as they wait for a few more years and wait for their grandson to ascend the throne, their spring will come.
Civil servants all behave with their tails between their legs and work conscientiously on their errands.
The purge didn't last long, only a month, but a lot of people were killed. The nobles' vitality was severely damaged, and their domineering spirit was gone.
On the second day after the purge, an official impeached Zhu Yuanzhang for killing heroes indiscriminately, and impeached Jin Yiwei for violating power and violating the law. He confronted Lao Zhu in front of the civil and military officials in the court, and even wanted to die to prove his ambition.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was always decisive in killing, did not punish the man to death, but only beat him with twenty sticks.
After another two days, a large number of officials tried to avoid the important matter and tried their best to impeach the Jinyiwei. They understood that they would not be able to recover until the Jinyiwei was destroyed.
Moreover, he was impeached together with the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Jiang Yu, and listed various crimes in a serious manner, saying: They were all done without telling the emperor.
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard this and immediately threw Jiang Yu into prison and was convicted by the Ministry of Punishment.
This time, the Criminal Department's work efficiency was not much slower than that of Jinyiwei. In just five days, Jiang Yu was convicted. The evidence of the crime was piled up in the imperial book case.
Even when Jiang Wei was a child, he peeped at the widow taking a bath and listed them all.
Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he directly destroyed the nine tribes and destroyed Jinyiwei's torture instruments again. Not only that, he also directly withdrew the Jinyiwei institution.
And he said: The kings of future generations must not set up royal guards again!
After a big storm, the civil servants became the winners, and the nobles also breathed a long sigh of relief. Everyone understood the emperor's attitude.
————That’s it!
Li Qing came to Zhao Prison again. Lan Yu, who had been in the prison, didn't know what was going on outside. When he saw him coming, he sighed softly, "Will my family be implicated?"
"Won't."
"Thank you." Lan Yu bowed her head and said, "Let's go."
Li Qing nodded.
After leaving Zhao Prison, Lan Yu bathed in the sunshine for a moment, then walked eastward, but was held back by Li Qing.
"Isn't your home facing the west?"
Lan Yu:? ? ?
Li Qing smiled and said, "You don't know yet, the Jin Yiwei is gone."
"Jinyiwei is gone?" Lan Yu couldn't react, "Does this... have anything to do with me?"
"Of course there is!" Li Qing said, "With all the royal guards gone, my position as governor will naturally be gone as well, so how can I still judge you?"
The words are almost clear, no matter how stupid Lan Yu is, she still understands the meaning.
There was unbelievable ecstasy on his face, "Your Majesty, you won't punish me?"
"I didn't say anything." Li Qing spread his hands, "You should go home and rest for a day, and come with me to the palace tomorrow morning. The emperor will decide how to deal with it."
"Well, okay." Lan Yu's heart was filled with joy of surviving the disaster. This feeling of narrowly avoiding death is both beautiful and scary at the same time, "Brother..."
"Let's go back and take a rest first." Li Qing smiled and said, "See you tomorrow."
Lan Yu nodded and looked at Li Qing's returning figure. He paused for a long time before walking home.
That day, he called over the surviving adopted sons, had some food and drinks, and ended his relationship with them.
Not only for your own sake, but also for their own good.
Lan Yu looked at her family members who were crying with joy, feeling complicated. Thinking about her previous arrogance, she felt even more regretful.
Fortunately, he still has a chance.
…
The next day, early in the morning.
Li Qing and Lan Yu rushed to the palace together.
Along the way, Lan Yu felt uneasy. He knew that he could not die, but he still felt terrified when he thought of facing Lao Zhu.
Li Qing was secretly amused. It had to be said that Lao Zhu's majesty as emperor was indeed awesome. Even a thug like Lan Yu was afraid of him, which was evident from this.
When the two came to the imperial study, Zhu Yuanzhang was teaching Zhu Yunwen to handle the memorials, and his grandfather and grandson were very close.
Zhu Yuanzhang made up for all his debts to Zhu Biao on Zhu Yunwen.
"Long live my emperor, I wish you all."
"Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang did not say anything and continued to follow his grandson. It was not until half a quarter of an hour passed that his eyes shifted to the two of them.
At the same time, the complexion turned from sunny to cloudy.
"Lanyu, do you know your guilt?"
"I know that I am guilty." Lan Yu said respectfully, "The emperor wants to kill or behead him, but I have no objection."
Li Qing secretly raised his forehead: Are you fucking Biao?
Can you die if you admit your mistake?
Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang was unable to get off the stage by him, so he pulled out the sword hanging on the pillar and was about to chop him.
Whether it was through consultation or because Zhu Yunwen was smart, he quickly knelt down to plead for Lan Yu.
After all, Lao Zhu finally put down the sword in his hand.
Zhu Yuanzhang said bitterly, "For the sake of Yunwen interceding for you, and because you have contributed to the country, we may not kill you, but you can be exempted from death penalty, but you cannot escape from living crime. How should we punish you?"
"Your Majesty!" Li Qing was afraid that Lan Yu would offend Biao again, so he hurriedly said, "I am also guilty."
"You are indeed guilty." Zhu Yuanzhang scolded: "We asked you to try the case, and the Jinyiwei all fucking dispersed. You haven't shown anything in the trial. If you slack off in official duties, you will be fined half a year's salary!"
Li Qing was speechless: Capitalists don’t do this to you. How can you deduct half a year’s salary at every turn?
However, he knew Lao Zhu's intention, and he also understood that the money deducted would be replenished to him in other ways.
Lao Zhu ignored Li Qing and said angrily: "The unscrupulous nobles intend to rebel. Although you, Lan Yu, were not involved, they discussed it in your house. The imperial staff is fifty!"
As he said this, he winked at Li Qinglian.
Li Qing reluctantly handed over his hand, "Your Majesty, Lan Yu has realized his mistake, fifty imperial staffs would be unavoidable..."
"Okay, how dare you plead for him..." Zhu Yuanzhang said bitterly, "Come here, each person has fifty imperial staffs."
Li Qingxin said: Lao Zhu, you can do it. Lan Yu is already grateful to me, so there is no need to use this cruel trick.
But in this situation, he couldn't speak, so he had to be taken away by the guards together with Lan Yu, full of anger.
After fifty rounds of beatings, Li Qing was fine and Lan Yu was fine too, but they still had to pretend, so they were each carried out of the palace by the young eunuch.
As Li Qing expected, when he arrived home with his front foot, Xiao Guizi arrived with his back foot.
Not only did he make up for one year's salary, but he also said that the emperor had added his share of the governor's salary to the marquis salary.
Lao Zhu's attitude made Li Qing very satisfied.
After giving him the reward and receiving the order to thank him, he was about to go back to the backyard, but Xiao Guizi stopped him, "Master Marquis, the emperor has something else for you to do."
"what's up?"
"The Emperor asked you to study hard and come up with a national policy that benefits the country and the people within one month."
Li Qing smiled bitterly and nodded, "I understand, tell the emperor and I will study it carefully."
In fact, he has long thought about the national policy of benefiting the country and the people. The reason why he has been holding back and not saying it is not that he doesn't want to, but... Lao Zhu would not agree if he said it.
Today, he is no longer the young man who didn't understand anything and had empty ambitions.
The implementation of a national policy requires communication from top to bottom, the unity of the monarch and his ministers, but more importantly, the will of the emperor.
Lao Zhu is an iron-blooded emperor, and communication between superiors and subordinates is not a problem. The emperor and his ministers... do not dare to disobey him, but he cannot change Lao Zhu's will.
Having followed Zhu Biao in governing the country for so long, he had a basic understanding of the bad governance of the Ming Dynasty and had tactfully given advice, but was rejected by Zhu Biao.
It is true that Zhu Yuanzhang was a great emperor, but he also had shortcomings. Among them, the biggest shortcoming was lack of insight.
Yes, Lao Zhu doesn’t have much knowledge.
The main reason is that Zhu Yuanzhang's background was too low, which led to his insufficient vision, and in many cases, he was even a little willful.
Many of his so-called golden rules were too conservative, which seriously affected the development of the Ming Dynasty and even delayed it.
The reason why the Ming Dynasty is still getting better and better is because the war has stopped, the people can rest and recuperate, and the national power of the Ming Dynasty is on the rise, covering up these bad policies.
But if you let it go, it will be exposed in two generations, but Lao Zhu won't listen to him!
So far, there is only one theory of inflation that Lao Zhu has taken seriously and implemented it strictly.
Li Qing was already very satisfied with this. By stabilizing the currency, he could stabilize the economy.
He has been in the Ming Dynasty for so long, and he has only proposed such a useful national policy, but the impact of this national policy on the Ming Dynasty is immeasurable.
The ancients were not fools, and emperors like Zhu Yuanzhang were even less so. They wanted to carry out drastic reforms when they first came up, which was simply wishful thinking.
How can rules be so easy to break?
If the pillow is raised, it may be possible in the dream.
Therefore, Li Qing kept waiting until Lao Zhu died and handed over these national policies to his successor.
At present, Lao Zhu has paved the way for him, and Zhu Yunwen has no foundation, so he can only use him as a minister to support him.
At that time, there will be Li Jinglong in the court and Lan Yu in the military. His seemingly inconspicuous relationship network will become particularly important as Lao Zhu cleans up.
Li Qing sighed: "I hope everything goes as I wish."
