Chapter 15 Your Majesty is the Principle of Heaven
Hu Weiyong's case, known as one of the four major cases in the early Ming Dynasty, is also one of the most famous and cruel cases in history, and more than 30,000 people were implicated in the end, and Hu Weiyong, who was the main culprit, was even more punished by the nine clans.
Zhu Yuanzhang's character can also be seen from the above, that is, he would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one, and Li Shanchang's identity and status are no worse than Hu Weiyong, after Li Shanchang was killed in history, he did not punish the nine clans, but the whole family of more than 70 people was killed, and only Li Qi and his two sons survived because of the princess.
Although Li Shanchang said in public that he would cut off relations with Li Jie's father and son, with Zhu Yuanzhang's character, I am afraid that they will still be regarded as the Li family, so in the end, Li Shanchang fell, and their father and son would definitely not escape.
"I have severed the relationship and will be implicated by Li Gong, this is ...... Is there any reason for this? Liu Yi shouted very indignantly, in the eyes of the world, there is no contact between father and son when the relationship is severed, and life and death have nothing to do with each other in the future, even if one party breaks the law, the other party will not be implicated.
"Heavenly reason? Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and his words are the principles of Heaven! Liu Ying taught his son that when he was the first prince, almost everyone had a death-free iron coupon, but unfortunately when it came to killing the head, this death-free iron coupon was useless, and you didn't have a place to reason, because Your Majesty is the reason, it is the rules.
Liu Ying said this and muttered again for a moment, and then turned his head to Li Jie and said: "Jie'er, let me think about it carefully, with your current situation, if something happens in the future, if an important minister in the court can come forward to intercede for you, maybe Your Majesty will open up to you, after all, severing the relationship between father and son is not a joke, the matter of the Li family should have nothing to do with you!" ”
"Minister?" After hearing this, Li Jie shook his head with a wry smile, "If even my grandfather falls, I'm afraid that the important ministers in the court will definitely hide far away, for fear of getting into trouble, how can they help us?" ”
"Ordinary ministers are definitely not good, but if there is one person who is willing to speak, it may have some effect!" Liu Ying said again.
"Who?"
"Shinkoku Gong Yuhe!"
Li Jie was also stunned when he heard Tang He's name, he forgot that Tang He was most trusted by Zhu Yuanzhang, if he was willing to help intercede, maybe Zhu Yuanzhang might really sell him face, of course, it was only possible, and it was not very safe.
"Actually, your father has something to do with the Duke of Xinguo, if you were ...... Alas~" Liu Ying seemed to want to speak and stopped.
Li Jie also remembered at this time, when he saw Tang He at the birthday banquet today, the other party seemed to be very affectionate to his father, and even reminded himself, which was a little strange, so he hurriedly asked: "What is the relationship between my father and Xinguo Gong?" ”
"This ......" I saw Liu Ying hesitate for a moment, and finally spoke, "It's all some old things, and it doesn't hurt to tell you, but don't go out and talk nonsense......"
In fact, things are not complicated, when Li Zhu had not married Mrs. Li, he met one of Tang He's daughters by chance, and the two were also in love, and even once reached the level of talking about marriage, but Tang He's daughter was a concubine, and she was usually favored by Tang He, in contrast, Li Zhushu's identity was a little worse, and in the end, the marriage did not work out, and Li Zhu married Mrs. Li instead.
"Speaking of Xinguogong's daughter is also a hard-working person, and later married someone else, but less than a month after the marriage, her husband died of a sudden illness, so she fell into the reputation of a Kefu, and was excluded by her husband's family, she went back to her parents' house in a rage, and has not remarried until now, it is said that Xinguogong feels sorry for his daughter, and often says that he regrets not marrying his daughter to your father." Finally, Liu Ying added again.
Li Jie also showed a sudden expression of realization when he heard this, no wonder when Tang He saw Li Zhu before, he said that "Little Seventeen" had always remembered him, and it was estimated that this Little Seventeen should be the daughter who almost married her father in the first place.
"It's so dangerous, if my uncle had married someone else, I'm afraid there would be no cousin!" Liu Yi interjected at this time.
Li Jie was speechless, pondered for a moment, and then shook his head and said, "With only this bit of incense, I'm afraid that Duke Xin Guo should not intercede for us!" ”
In fact, this is also normal, if Li Shanchang falls, everyone in the DPRK and the central government is bound to be in danger, if Tang He really intercedes for Li Jie's father and son, he will also take a big risk, and there is only so much incense between Li Zhu and Tang He, which is not enough to make people take risks.
In addition, the most important thing is that even if Tang He is willing to intercede, Zhu Yuanzhang may not necessarily agree, Li Jie does not like to hand over his fate to others, so Tang He's path can only be used as a backup plan.
"Then you mean, you still want to marry a princess, do you?" Liu Ying had already heard Liu Yi talk about Li Jie's plan to marry the princess, but in his opinion, this plan was impossible to succeed at all, not to mention Li Jie, his son Liu Yi was also a decent little marquis, but he was not qualified to marry the royal family.
Li Jie knew what Liu Ying was thinking, but he didn't bother to explain, so he changed the topic and said: "Uncle, I remember that when my grandfather wanted to beat us, it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who interceded for us, I wonder if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said anything after we left?" ”
"You're not going to be beating the prince's idea again, are you?" Liu Ying is not so easy to fool, and when she heard Li Jie ask about the prince, she immediately became alert.
"How is it possible, I'm just grateful, after all, if it weren't for the crown prince, my father and I would have to suffer." Li Jie flatly denied it.
If Liu Ying believed Li Jie's words, it would be called a ghost, but he didn't bother to ask, so he thought about it and replied: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't say anything, but this is normal, the prince's every move is watched by so many people, and he will never easily reveal his thoughts, but ......"
"But what?" Li Jie asked eagerly.
"However, after your grandfather left the birthday banquet, many guests were discussing the limerick poem you composed in private, although the words were vulgar, but the word fame and fortune were portrayed to the bone, and of course your grandfather was half angry, if it wasn't for the prince and the prince of Xinguo to help you intercede, maybe he would really let people beat you to death!"
Liu Ying was also a little afraid in the end, Li Jie at that time was simply on the verge of death and was crazy to try, you must know that according to the law of Da Ming, it is not illegal for a father to kill his son.
"I was also impressed by that poem, and on the way back, I seemed to hear people singing this poem on the street, how could it get out so quickly?" Liu Yi interjected again at this time, and when he said the end, he also showed a puzzled expression on his face, after all, what happened at the birthday banquet should not be known to the whole city so quickly, right?
"I came back from walking, and by the way, I taught some children and beggars this song." Li Jie smiled and answered the question in Liu Yi's heart.
"You...... You really don't leave yourself a way out! Liu Ying also sighed with a wry smile when he heard this, presumably tomorrow morning, the events at the birthday banquet will spread all over the capital, plus such a satirical poem about Li Shanchang's inability to let go of fame and fortune will be spread, and Li Shanchang will definitely hate Li Jie to death, and there is absolutely no possibility of reconciliation between grandparents and grandchildren.
"There's no need to leave a way back, I have already said it at the birthday banquet, but he can't listen to it, in this case, I can only go my own way!" Li Jie was silent for a moment, and then said with emotion.
"And what are you going to do next?" Liu Ying pondered for a moment and asked again.
"Did your uncle play with bricks when he was young?" Li Jie suddenly asked with a mysterious smile.
"What bricks?"
"When I was younger, I liked to put bricks up one by one, and then push down the first one, and then the second, and then the third, and so on, and so on, and finally all the bricks fell, and I just moved my little finger slightly, and this is the simplest chain reaction." Li Jie explained with a smile.
"What do you mean......" Liu Ying was extremely smart, and seemed to understand what he meant through Li Jie's description.
"Today I broke with the Korean government, that is, I pushed down the first brick hard, and more bricks will fall down next, if I feel slow, I can push down a few more bricks in the middle, so that I can achieve my goal as soon as possible." Li Jie smiled again and explained that as for how to push the other bricks, it depended on his ability to travers.