Chapter 4: The Imperial Question
Hongwu 31st year, May 22.
Zhu Yunwen finally received a summons from his grandfather in this body, that is, the ruler of the Ming Dynasty and the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.
When he was summoned, Zhu Yunwen had just had breakfast, and hurriedly followed the summoned eunuch into the palace.
Along the way, Zhu Yunwen felt that it was rare for him to calm down, he had been up and down in his career for more than ten years, but he had already lost his cultivation skills, which was really embarrassing.
It's really the person I'm about to meet, and it's probably the most legendary emperor of all time.
The righteousness of winning the country is none other than Zhu Ming!
There is no emperor with a lower background than Zhu Yuanzhang, and there is no emperor with higher merits than Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang used his life to perfectly interpret what is "a prince and a general, rather a kind?" For thousands of years, rebels have been like crossing the river, and only Zhu Yuanzhang has taken over the world with a mustard body.
Chen Sheng, the originator of the rebels, leveraged the first emperor's country, but finally cheapened Liu Bang, the head of the Surabaya Pavilion, and achieved a 400-year-old Han.
The old road in the mountains and fields stretched out the corners, exhausted the vitality of the Han Dynasty, but ended up in three points of the world, and the vitality of the Han people was greatly damaged.
Yang Jian and Li Yuan were born in powerful families.
Zhao Kuangyin is good at bullying orphans and widows, but he failed to recapture the sixteen states of Yanyun until he died.
Zhu Yuanzhang, "expelled Hu Lu, restored China, established the Chen Ji, and relieved the people", chased away the reverse Yuan, and then molded Yanhuang, on the merits of the nation, non-later generations of Taizu can no longer compare with the king, only this is enough to be called an emperor through the ages.
Regarding Zhu Yuanzhang's evaluation, the reputation is mixed, the indiscriminate killing of heroes, and the suspicion of sexual joy are all stains on Zhu Yuanzhang, but no matter whether Zhu Yuanzhang is a good person or not, the four words of national hero will always be unable to run away from saving the nation to be reborn.
And after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, the nickname is enough to interpret Zhu Yuanzhang's work: "Open the sky!" ”
Zhu Yuanzhang has the merit of opening the sky!
It is enough to see that in today's China, Zhu Yuanzhang's prestige under the whole world is great, that is the holy monarch who is really admired by all the people, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born the most hard, and understands the suffering of the people the most, so Zhu Yuanzhang is also the most ruthless emperor to corrupt officials in all dynasties.
It is the norm to kill heads and raid homes, and they often peel off their skins and fill the grass to make successor officials take a closer look.
It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang is the real emperor, and he always has only the people in his heart.
Zhu Yuanzhang taught, "The country is newly established, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, so don't build construction and labor the people." ”
All the kings who abuse the people, Zhu Yuanzhang must summon them to the front to scold and reprimand, and they will be deposed as the people at every turn, "You regard the people as pigs and dogs, and you are like pigs and dogs!" ”
The kings were very afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang, and they no longer dared to be arrogant and domineering.
Zhu Yuanzhang's wife Empress Ma died, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered the importance of the border pass, and hurriedly let Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, Zhu Li, the king of Jin, and Zhu Di, the king of Yan, return to the frontier before the filial piety period expired.
Seeing such an emperor, Zhu Yunwen really couldn't be calm, even if the legendary emperor was already lying on the couch, dying.
"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Grand Sun has come down."
As soon as Zhu Yunwen arrived, before he could see the salute, the attendant made a silent gesture, tiptoed to the couch, knelt down and whispered.
"Hmm."
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was recuperating with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and glanced sideways at Zhu Yunwen slightly, who was busy bowing down.
Zhu Yuanzhang beckoned, "No need to be polite, come here, we have to ask you a few words." ”
Zhu Yun snorted, hurriedly walked forward, grabbed Zhu Yuanzhang's hand, and pretended to choke, "Grandpa, take care of the dragon body." ”
"Cry a lot! Something that doesn't make a living! ”
Zhu Yuanzhang glared, "Your father and several uncles are ahead of us, this life, old age, sickness and death are common things, why do you need to be moved by this." ”
Only then did Zhu Yunwen shut up, grabbed Zhu Yuanzhang's hand, and whispered, "Sun Chen has written it down." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, "Two days ago, I heard that you were overworked and fainted?" How have you been feeling better lately? ”
Zhu Yunwen was really sour this time, "If you go back to grandpa, everything is fine with Sun Chen, don't worry too much about grandpa." ”
"Not long after the world was decided, the people were still in dire straits, and you could put national affairs first and work day and night, and our hearts were happy."
Zhu Yuanzhang said, "We are a heavenly family, naturally we must be an example of the world, only the Son of Heaven is diligent, so that the officials of the world dare not slack off on civil affairs, you must remember that he cannot slow down the government every day." ”
"Sun Chen wrote it down."
"A few days ago, we summoned Qi Tai and asked him about his inspection of the Northland, have you read his transcript?"
Sun Chen looked at it. Beidi Antai, Grandpa Lai's Tianwei, and the remnants of the anti-Yuan Dynasty did not dare to provoke. ”
"We can't even get out of this bed now, what kind of bullshit Tianwei are talking about!"
Zhu Yuanzhang glared, got angry again, and scolded angrily, "How can you learn so unrealistically, where are the remnants of Mongolia afraid of us, the wolf cubs on the grassland are generation after generation, and the ones who were beaten by us at the beginning are already dry bones in the grave, and now in power, who will be afraid of us, they dare not attack, it is the brave soldiers of the frontier, it is the peace that the three armies exchanged for their lives, and it has nothing to do with the emperor, you have to remember!" ”
Zhu Yunwen was stunned, and said convincingly, "My grandson is wrong, my grandfather's teachings are not forgotten." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, "You have followed your father since you were a child, you are well-behaved and filial, you are a good child, but you are not a good king, when your father was there, there were second, third, and fourth brothers in this country, and there were founding nobles who were proud of their achievements, so we will take thorns and let your father hold it, your father is unwilling, let's ask him, why?" He said, thorns pierce hands. Let's ask him again, how about we help him pull out this thorn? Your father was benevolent and righteous, and when he heard this, he clutched the thorns with both hands, so that the blood was dripping, and said that the noble ministers were the cornerstone of the country, and they should not be moved lightly, and the younger brothers and princes were even more close to each other. Let's see in his eyes, he likes and hates, likes his benevolence and righteousness, he will love the people like a son one day, and hate them indisputably, such a character, where can he suppress that group of arrogant soldiers and fierce generals. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang took a breath, "We can't leave an unstable country for our children and grandchildren, so this bad guy, let's do it, let's kill all those siblings who started with us, but I never thought that your father would have a quarrel with us because of this, let's reprimand him a few words, he was so angry in his heart, so that his heart palpitated into a disease, and he was sudden, we regretted it in our hearts!" ”
Saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes turned red, "It was we who hurt your father, and we regret it too, good grandson, will you forgive us?" ”
Zhu Yunwen was speechless for a while, looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's expectant eyes, and then he understood why Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Zhu Yunwen was not suitable to be a king, but he also wanted to make Zhu Yunwen the heir, and even did not hesitate to belittle the kings and kill the ministers, which was actually a reason for remorse for the death of Zhu Yunwen's biological father Zhu Biao.
"Since Grandpa asked, Sun Chen said directly." Zhu Yunwen said, "Grandpa is the emperor first, and then the head of our Zhu family, although Sun Chen has lived in the deep palace for a long time, he has also heard that the Huaixi nobles headed by Hu Weiyong are rampant, corrupt and pervert the law, wantonly occupy the land, fish and flesh the people, grandpa is not only the righteous brother of the nobles, not only the grandfather of the grandson, not just the father of the fathers and uncles, grandpa is the father of the people of the world, if the nobles are not removed, the people of the world can not be full of food for a day, and they cannot live in peace for a day, that is, grandpa does not kill, and when Sun Chen succeeds to the throne, for the stability of the country and the society, The food and clothing of hundreds of millions of Li people must also be killed, this point, Sun Chen felt that his grandfather did the right thing, Sun Chen never blamed his grandfather for a day, and he naturally did not forgive him. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, "Really? ”
Zhu Yunwen paused, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, and muttered, "Where is the victory of the Northern Expedition now, the road is full of upstarts. He holds the sword of the Son of Heaven in his hand every day, and he will be relieved of all the decay! ”
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be full of energy for a moment, and sat up from the couch, "Who taught you this?" ”
"That's what my grandson thinks and says."
Zhu Yunwen's back was covered with a cold sweat, these poems can be said to be in season, just in time, with these few sentences, Zhu Yuanzhang's indiscriminate killing of heroes can be completed.
"Good! Very good! ”
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed heartily, and actually had the energy to raise his hand and pat Zhu Yunwen's shoulder, and then stroked Zhu Yunwen's top with his hand, and sighed, "We have always been afraid that you will not be able to sit steadily, because you are cowardly and unassertive, the reason is to blame us, we have not read, thinking that our children and grandchildren can't make people laugh like us, but this sage has read too much, but people are also stupid, today you have this opinion, we are very pleased, but unfortunately, we have run out of time." ”
Taking a breath, Zhu Yuanzhang said again, "Today, your uncles have become fledgling, except for us, they will not obey you, for the stability of the country, it is imperative to cut the domain, but our own children we know best, your uncles are all born and killed with us and the reverse yuan, they will not be captured, and there will be a military rebellion at that time, especially your fourth uncle, this little cub you have to be more careful, alas, in the final analysis, we are incompetent, and we have not been able to leave you a stable country."
Good grandson, you have to forgive us, we are old, when your father and several uncles died, our hearts hurt, we could have killed those siblings with all our hearts, but we could no longer have the heart to kill our own flesh and blood, we left you this country, but also left you opponents and enemies. ”
Zhu Yunwen shook his head lightly and said firmly, "Grandpa is serious, grandpa is not only a good emperor, but also a good father, history will give grandpa a fair commentary, as for grandchildren, grandpa don't have to worry, grandpa's position as the prince is grandpa's sacrifice to the ancestors of the Taimiao, and the holy decree of the Ming Dynasty shows that the world is determined, the righteousness is all in the body of the grandson, and the grandson succeeds to the throne on holidays, which is the desire of all the people in the world, so the grandson has no opponent, and the fourth uncle is not worthy of being the opponent of the grandson!" ”
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yun for a moment before he raised his head and laughed, "Our grandson's emperor is a success!" Unexpectedly, our grandchildren are very different, okay! Good! Good! Let's rest assured, we can go to see the ancestors and your grandmother, originally our edict has been written, to make your uncles not to return to Beijing to mourn, for fear that they will secretly marry the courtiers, now it seems that there is no need, haha, let them all come back! All back! Come back to worship the new emperor, let them see the spirit of the new emperor with their own eyes, and let them know that our eyes are not blind! The ones we selected are all top talents! ”
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed again, his body was stunned, he fell on the couch, and the attendant called twice without a response, touched it lightly with his hand, his face was like earth, and he wailed.
"Your Majesty!"