The food on the table is very ordinary, don't say that other princes and ministers, even the rich businessmen who order it are impossible to eat simply, after all, as long as there are some conditions, they are all particular about eating and not getting tired of being fine.

However, their father and son are used to it, Queen Ma is in charge of the palace affairs of the harem, and as long as there are natural and man-made disasters in the place all year round, she will issue a decree ordering the palace to be thrifty, and must not be extravagant and wasteful, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao can also have four dishes and one soup at a meal, and there are only two dishes and one soup on herself, and the rest of the palace concubines will naturally dare not violate the rules when they see the queen setting an example.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a bite of the baked cake and said: "The court has newly arrived more than a million stone grain, and there is no need to be so frugal in the palace, we heard that the sister led the concubine to weave a day's clothes and quilts yesterday, which is too hard, not to mention that you eat less on weekdays." ”

Queen Ma gave him a bowl of duck blood soup and said: "No matter how thrifty the palace is, there is no cold and hunger, and the concubines and princesses have nothing to do on weekdays, weaving some silk clothes and satin quilts or something, and then giving them to those old widows and widows in the name of the royal family, which can be regarded as saving blessings for themselves." ”

Zhu Biao swallowed the food in his mouth and said: "The queen mother is kind-hearted, who in the court and the opposition does not know that the queen is virtuous and generous, and the sons and daughters have heard it several times when they go out of the palace to do things, but the father and the sons are rarely praised." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said happily: "This is a good thing, it is much better than a bad family or a good family." ”

Queen Ma put down the soup spoon and shook her head and said: "Chongba, I recently heard in the harem that you have recently opened a killing ring in the government and the opposition, and you often implicate the whole family and even the three clans, is this too much, God has the virtue of a good life, even if they are guilty of killing the first evil, why should they even ...... women and children?"

Zhu Biao suddenly heard Chongba almost squirt out the rice in his mouth, he often heard this title when he was a child, and Queen Ma rarely called it after the founding of the country.

However, as soon as Queen Ma called her so, it showed that she was serious, and Zhu Yuanzhang listened patiently for a while, but when she heard it, she frowned and said: "Sister, you don't understand national affairs, we have our own proportions, don't forget the law that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and who said this in your ear, we have to punish it severely!" ”

Queen Ma is not afraid of him, if there is a palace maid and eunuch, she will naturally not collide with her, after all, it is right to give face to her man, but now they are a family here.

Queen Ma stretched out her hand and snatched the baked cake in Zhu Yuanzhang's hand: "At this time, you know that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, Zhu Chongba, you are the emperor, but I am also the queen of the world, these children are at fault, you are punished as a father, can't I, a mother, beg for mercy and persuasion?" ”

Zhu Biao buried his face deeply in the rice bowl, at this time, talking is likely to be regarded as the target of diverting the internal contradictions between the husband and wife, today's meal is really delicious.

Lao Zhu's face rose: "What kind of children are those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, some of them are older than us, sister, you don't have a big reason, we haven't told you about the matter of purging officials, didn't you still say it at the beginning?" ”

Queen Ma didn't say much after expressing her attitude, and after sitting down, she began to give her son vegetables, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly felt angry and had no place to sprinkle, it would be fine if this mother-in-law went down with him, but what was it to put it down directly, she could only take a big sip of duck blood soup and drink it fiercely.

Seeing this, Zhu Biao had no choice but to speak: "Last time, didn't my father pardon those children in the family of the criminals, although it was proposed by the sons, but if the father didn't nod, who could do?" The queen mother, there are more innocent people killed by corrupt officials who violate laws and disciplines, and the father's ruthlessness is also to clean up the dynasty, and the queen mother should be more considerate. ”

Queen Ma sighed and said: "I also broke out of the troubled times with your father, how can I not understand the truth of not being in charge of the army, but this court should always be more gentle, and wanton killing is not the royal way, and I am afraid that if this continues, it will damage the yin virtue of your father and son, since the ninth child, there have been several children in the palace, and those few small ones have many symptoms recently........."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, but he still slowed down and said with relief: "Even if there is really a good fortune, then God should also calculate how many people I Zhu Yuanzhang has lived, even if there are still deficiencies after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, but in general, it is thriving, and the people are more than ten times better than a few decades ago, so I should also bless my Zhu family!" ”

Zhu Biao also persuaded: "Even if you take care of all the children no matter how delicate, it is difficult to protect all the children, this is also a personal fate, the queen mother doesn't have to think about it, just like the father said, the Ming Dynasty at least sheltered tens of millions of Li people, if there is really a yin virtue to repay the father and the queen mother to become immortals." ”

Queen Ma covered her reddish eyes with her sleeves and said nothing, the father and son of the Zhu family looked at each other and suddenly sat on the wax, this meal suddenly didn't smell good, it couldn't be that Queen Ma was crying on the side and the two of them were happy to eat, even if they knew that this was just her killer feature, but there was nothing they could do.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at his prince, he was not too embarrassed to say cruel words just now, Zhu Biao shook his head neatly, his wife knows who is in charge, Zhu Yuanzhang does not guarantee that if he wants to restrain his murderous nature in the future, he will have to be so consumed.

Zhu Biao actually agreed, killing is a means not an end, and the same is true of the three clans, the purpose is to warn other officials more deeply that once they embark on the wrong path, they will bear the consequences.

However, this strain is indeed a bit excessive, not to mention those young children, even if they are relatives, they are also close to each other, maybe the two people have been in conflict for many years and have not been in contact, but this sudden crime will not listen to these.

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You don't need to check it carefully to think that there will definitely be individual innocent people in the killing during this time, there is no way to do it, the ancient clan is such a prosperous and loss-making clan, but according to Zhu Biao, it is really not suitable.

However, because the purging of the government has just begun, the blade must be indomitable, and it is Zhu Biao's limit to protect those newborn children, which is also the limit of the prince.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and thought about it, he has almost killed recently, and the Beijing officials have no big problems, and his determination to eliminate the rule of officials and his ruthlessness towards corrupt officials are also clearly expressed, unless it is really a person who is extremely evil and intolerable, this punishment is not suitable to be used, and it is almost the same to kill his whole family, and those officials will not despise it.

Comrade Lao Zhu finally said helplessly: "Okay, let's be the wicked, you two are good people, unless the family is full of crimes, otherwise after the first evil is killed, the small relatives of his family will open up the net, exile to Fengyang to open up the wasteland, and release it after a few years depending on the situation."

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