Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Weeping Craftsman
"No, although the eighth brother is a little timid, he shouldn't do anything extreme, right?" Zhu Biao still couldn't believe it when he heard Li Jie's analysis, in fact, he didn't blame him for doubting it, after all, according to common sense, no one dared to believe that Zhu Zi would set himself on fire out of fear.
"His Royal Highness gets along with His Majesty day and night, and the relationship between father and son is deep, in contrast, King Tan must go to other places to become a vassal when he becomes an adult, and he will not see His Majesty for a few years, plus there have been rumors recently, including about King Tan, and His Royal Highness didn't say that King Tan was already scared sick, so we can know the fear in his heart!" Li Jie analyzed again.
Zhu Zi's suicide due to fear seems outrageous, but in fact, it is not difficult to explain, Zhu Zi left the capital and went to Changsha to become an adult, and the father-son relationship between him and Zhu Yuanzhang is definitely not as deep as Zhu Biao.
In addition, rumors are spreading, one of which is that the reason why Yu Xian's father and son were arrested was actually to secretly gather troops, prepare to rebel, and then push Zhu Zi to the throne as emperor, although this kind of rumor is unreliable at first glance, but the lethality of Zhu Zi is full, Zhu Zi is a sensitive person by nature, it is not surprising to do some extreme things under fear, and many people who commit suicide also have the same psychology.
When Zhu Biao heard this, he finally faced this problem, only to see him suddenly stand up and walk around a few times, and the expression on his face began to become uneasy.
"Your Highness, has the holy decree to summon the King of Tan to Beijing been issued?" Li Jie asked again at this time, if the holy decree has not been issued, then it is not too late.
"The day before yesterday, the holy decree was sent to Changsha Mansion in the afternoon!" Zhu Biao finally showed an expression of regret at this time, and then said to Li Jie again: "Go!" Follow me to my father! ”
See Zhu Yuanzhang again? Li Jie also sighed when he heard this, to be honest, he is a little resistant to Zhu Yuanzhang now, mainly because this old man is moody, and he is about to kill when he stares, God knows which sentence offended him, and he doesn't know how to die when he dies?
However, this matter is very important, and Li Jie can't refuse, so he can only follow Zhu Biao to the warm pavilion again, and now the weather is getting warmer, and the earth dragon of Nuan Your Excellency has also been extinguished, but Zhu Yuanzhang is still used to handling government affairs here.
"Why are you here again?" When Zhu Biao and Li Jie entered the warm pavilion, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was dealing with government affairs, looked up at them, and immediately said angrily, he thought that Zhu Biao was here to raise the bar with him again, as for Li Jie, this kid has a lot of ghost ideas, God knows if he came to help Zhu Biao?
"Father, the son is here to admit his mistake!" I saw Zhu Biao immediately knelt down and said, on the way here, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Li Jie's analysis was reasonable, as the so-called not afraid of 10,000, just in case, if he really scared Zhu Zi out of a bad way because of the holy decree of recalling Zhu Zi, he was afraid that he would be guilty for the rest of his life.
"Oh? Are you really wrong? Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed when he heard this, he thought that Zhu Biao had changed his mind and supported him to strictly investigate the case of Yu's father and son.
Zhu Biao saw his father's surprised expression and immediately understood that he had misunderstood his words, so he hurriedly explained: "Don't misunderstand, father, what Erchen said is about the eighth brother, if it weren't for Li Jie's reminder, Erchen might have killed the eighth brother!" ”
"What life? What does it have to do with the eighth? Zhu Yuanzhang was also stunned when he heard this, and he also didn't expect what the consequences of recalling Zhu Zi's holy decree would be.
"Let Li Jie explain this matter!" Zhu Biao pointed to Li Jie behind him.
Li Jie also hurriedly stepped forward, and then told his analysis again, the more Zhu Yuanzhang listened, the more ugly his face became, and he was also negligent in this matter, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Zhu Zi was timid, so he agreed to Zhu Biao's suggestion and summoned Zhu Zi to Beijing to appease, but he didn't expect that doing so would bring greater fear to Zhu Zi.
"Father, can the holy decree of summoning the eighth brother back to Beijing be recovered?" Zhu Biao also stepped forward again at this time, and now he couldn't wait to ride to Changsha to stop the holy decree in person.
"I'm just afraid that the old eight will think about it, so I sent Jinyiwei to send the holy decree urgently, and the holy decree has been gone for two nights and one day, and it is almost impossible to catch up!" Zhu Yuanzhang also slammed the table with some annoyance at this time.
"Your Majesty, for today's plan, I can only give another holy decree to King Tan, let him stay in Changsha and not have to return to Beijing, and scold King Tan again on the holy decree to calm his heart!" Li Jie suggested again at this time, with Zhu Zi's current mentality, if he was scolded by Zhu Yuanzhang, it would make him feel more at ease.
"Yes, yes, my father will give an order, and I will also write a letter to the eighth brother, lest he do anything stupid!" Zhu Biao immediately agreed when he heard this.
Zhu Yuanzhang was also a little confused at this time, as the so-called concern is chaotic, as a father, when he learned that something might happen to his son, even he was difficult to keep calm, and now he finally woke up when he heard Li Jie's reminder, and immediately picked up a pen and paper and wrote a holy decree himself.
The commander of the Jinyi Guard, Mao Xiang, was also urgently summoned, and Li Jie also saw the commander of the Jinyi Guard for the first time, only to see that Mao Xiang was a tall middle-aged man, with a rectangular face, a pair of slender eyebrows and eyes shining, and his eyes were quite cold.
Mao Xiang has very few records in history, it is said that he was a military general, once quelled the rebellion and fought the Japanese Kou, and was deeply trusted by Zhu Yuanzhang, many people said that he was the first commander of the Jinyi Guard, but there was no explicit confirmation, but one thing can be confirmed, that is, behind the Hu Weiyong case, Mao Xiang contributed a lot, and many of the civil and military generals who were implicated were personally led by Mao Xiang to arrest.
Li Jie is looking at Mao Xiang, Mao Xiang is also looking at Li Jie, for Li Jie, the prince who suddenly appeared, Jin Yiwei has long noticed it, not to mention that he is still Li Shanchang's grandson, so Li Jie also became the focus of Jin Yiwei's observation early, but because Li Jie usually mixes with Zhu Yunxi, Jin Yiwei doesn't have the courage to monitor the prince and grandson, so Mao Xiao doesn't know much about Li Jie.
"This Mao Xiao is not easy to mess with, but he doesn't have a few days to live!" Li Jie quickly made a judgment on Mao Xiang that he could become the intelligence leader of Zhu Yuanzhang's side, and he also set off Hu Weiyong's big case under the instigation of Zhu Yuanzhang, this Mao Xiang must have something extraordinary, but the irony is that Mao Xiang in history was also involved in Hu Weiyong and was finally given death.
Calculate the time, Hu Weiyong is almost over, as long as Li Shanchang and a few other old ministers are executed, Zhu Yuanzhang's goal will be achieved, as the so-called 'cunning rabbit dies, lackeys cook', it is time for people like Mao Xiang to be liquidated, so Li Jie decided to stay away from him, so as not to splash blood on himself when he dies.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's holy decree and Zhu Biao's letter were also written, and then Zhu Yuanzhang personally handed them over to Mao Xiang and said sharply: "Send them to King Tan as quickly as possible, it is best to rush before the holy decree of the day before yesterday, if King Tan has any accidents, I want your dog's life!" ”
"The last general obeys!" Mao Xiang actually replied with a military salute, it seems that in his eyes, Zhu Yuanzhang is not the emperor, but the general who commands the three generals, the so-called military orders are like mountains, he only takes orders, and never asks the reason!
Mao Xiang took the order and left, and Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao in the hall were also slightly relieved, but thinking that Changsha was far away, the previous holy decree had gone for a day and two nights in advance, and no one dared to guarantee that the second holy decree could be delivered to Zhu Zi in advance.
In the afternoon, Li Jie and Zhu Yunxi still left the palace as usual, but in the carriage, Zhu Yunxi also asked Li Jie curiously about this morning, because he and Zhu Biao went to see Zhu Yuanzhang and spent a lot of time, and they did not return to the main hall until the end of the morning.
Li Jie did not tell Zhu Yunxi about Zhu Zi, because this matter needs to be kept secret, at least Zhu Yuanzhang is unwilling to let more people know, after all, if something happens to Zhu Zi, this is Lao Zhu's family ugly, and he doesn't want more people to know.
The two came to the glass workshop, compared with the big construction site some time ago, the current glass workshop has been built in a decent way, the general building has been almost built, the materials are ready, and Mahasha has discussed a set of glass firing process with some color craftsmen, and now it is almost practiced.
"Woo woo woo~" But as soon as Li Jie and the two entered the workshop, they heard a sad cry, it seemed that they were not crying alone, and the two of them also walked over when they heard the sound, only to see a group of people around the cafeteria, and the cry came from the crowd, and some of the onlookers persuaded them, and some people shook their heads and sighed.
"What happened?" Li Jie and Zhu Yunxi were also a little surprised to see this scene, and after glancing at each other, they immediately asked people to ask.
As a result, the people sent soon came back to report: "Your Highness, there are craftsmen from Quanzhou in the crowd who are crying bitterly, saying that their family members in Quanzhou were killed by Japanese robbers, and they only received the news today, so they are so sad!" ”
"It's these damn wokes again!" Zhu Yunxi also immediately gritted his teeth when he heard this, compared to the border troubles in the north, although the Japanese can not threaten the Ming Dynasty, they can't prevent it, just like a blood-sucking mosquito, they will bite it from time to time, but they can't hit it, they can simply kill people.
Li Jie's heart sank when he heard this, although the Japanese are only a disease of ringworm for the Ming Dynasty, but it affects a very important policy of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the sea ban, and Zhu Yuanzhang has already issued an order to start the sea ban, every time there is a trouble, the sea ban will be a few points stricter, if it is not stopped, sooner or later it will reach the level of "not allowed to go to the sea", and then it will be difficult to reverse the sea ban to the sky!