In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his grandson Zhu Yunwen, angry and funny, he pretended to be angry, slapped the table and said: "Taisun, you are now very capable, and you will kill my two ministers as soon as you take it." ”

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Grandpa Huangjian." Since the rise of the Blue Party in prison, more than 20,000 people have been arrested, dozens of princes have been implicated, and the people in the court have been panicked, and the people are angry and resentful. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and said, "Do you know what the way to be a king is?" ”

Zhu Yunwen's eyes blinked, and he stopped talking, he was afraid of angering Zhu Yuanzhang again, so he said respectfully: "Please ask the imperial grandfather to teach me." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "The way to be a king is first and foremost to deter the ministers. If you want to subdue the ministers, you must have the help of the ministers of the eagle and dog, pounce and bite, such as the arm and the finger, so that everyone is terrified, do not have evil thoughts, and the society is safe. Zhan Hui and Jiang Huan are the ministers of the eagle dog, if you kill these two people, you will cut off your arm, how can you dominate the group. ”

Zhu Yunwen was unconvinced and said: "My grandson thinks that since ancient times, Mingjun has ruled the world with virtue, and has been benevolent and righteous, and the world is safe." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he stomped his feet and said, "You know a fart." Since ancient times, the king of the world has been domineering and miscellaneous, but how can he use pure benevolence and righteousness? Rotten Confucianism does not know current affairs, but it is good that the past is not the present, and the person who will mess with my family in the future will also be filial piety. ”

When Zhu Yunwen heard this, he thought that Zhu Yuanzhang had the idea of killing Fang Xiaoru again, so he kowtowed again and again: "Mr. Fang is loyal, and the emperor's grandfather must not kill him." ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he smiled and said, "Get up quickly, I am not a murderer." Who should be killed, who should be kept, I know in my heart. ”

Zhu Yunwen stood up and asked cautiously: "Then Ninghou Zhang Wen is just a tool that exceeds the system, and the crime will not lead to death, can he be spared death." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "No, my approval of the red seal has been sent to the Ministry of Punishment, so it cannot be easily changed, otherwise the holy decree will be taken lightly in the future." If he is pardoned, will all other people who have committed minor sins have to be pardoned, and what is the face of the court? What is the legal principle? Don't you still understand my painstaking efforts? ”

Zhu Yunwen still didn't give up and said: "That Yang Jing, the secretary of the Criminal Department, changed his sentence on the order of his grandson, can he be pardoned?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I already knew that you were secretly making a ghost. The prince of a country must be upright in his work, if you want to save Zhang Wen, you can fight with me. Your father is better than you in this regard, in order to save his teacher Song Lian, he forced him to die, and I finally had to give in and pardon Song Lian. You must know that the laws of the country cannot be taught and received privately, Yang Jing will change the judgment for you privately today, and tomorrow you can seek personal interests for others. If his heart is not right, he will be punished, and he will also be punished for those who are in charge of the criminal law. ”

Zhu Yunwen sighed and said: "Grandpa Huang has killed so many generals, if he uses martial arts in the future, who should he be the general?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You can rest assured, I have my own measure, I will not kill all the generals, Yingguo Gong Fu Youde, Changxing Marquis Geng Bingwen is still there, one is good at attacking, the other is good at defending." If there is something in the world, he can make the two of them generals. ”

Zhu Yunwen thanked him and said, "The emperor's grandfather has thought carefully, and his grandson has been taught." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "You have some truth in what you said, there is indeed an instability in the court recently, and I immediately decreed that the Hu Lan Party case will not be pursued except for the case that has been decided." At the time of the winter banquet, please invite all the heroes to reminisce and appease people's hearts. ”

Zhu Yunwen raised his hand to support his forehead and said: "If this is the case, the world is very lucky." ”

November 29, the 27th year of Hongwu (1394), the winter solstice. The ancients had a saying that the winter solstice was celebrated during the New Year, and a banquet would be held on this day from the folk to the court, commonly known as the winter banquet.

The imperial court held a feast in the Fengtian Palace, feasting civil and military generals, meritorious and honorable people, including Zhishi officials, a total of more than 2,500 people, gathered together to celebrate the winter festival.

In the middle of the hall is the throne, and the wine pavilion is set up in the southwest of the throne, and the dining pavilion is in the southeast. Those who are above the four grades of civil and military officials are seated in the palace, and the east and west are facing each other. The seat of the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen is located in the east. The wine table is set up outside the hall, and the officials below the fifth grade are seated under the two corridors outside the hall.

The silk and bamboo wind music is set up in the hall, and the yellow bell is set up outside the hall.

When the red sun was at the head, the warmth was beaming, and the ceremonial officer went to the palace to welcome Zhu Yuanzhang's ascension. Zhu Yuanzhang was dressed in regular clothes, walked out of the hall slowly, walked dozens of steps, and walked to the front of the Fengtian Palace, and suddenly felt a flash of cold light in front of him, as a veteran of the battlefield, he instinctively stopped, and looked at the flash, it turned out to be a brocade guard Qianhu's scabbard was broken, revealing the sword body, and under the sunlight, a cold light was emitted, which just shone into Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.

Although it was a false alarm, it was really disrespectful to show his blade in front of the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the Qianhu carefully, and it turned out to be Fu Rang, the third son of Fu Youde, the Duke of Yingguo. That Fu Rang was standing outside the hall with his head held high, not squinting, unaware of the damage to his scabbard. Zhu Yuanzhang was unhappy in his heart, but at this moment, it was not appropriate to reprimand and punish him, so he held back and did not have a seizure, and stepped into the Fengtian Palace.

The ceremonial officer leads the civil and military officials above the fourth rank into the hall, and the fifth rank or less stands outside the hall.

Train to the north. The ceremonial officer chanted: "Bow, four bows." "The drums inside and outside the hall are singing in unison, and everyone bows four times, and the mountain shouts long live, long live, long live. Then everyone returned to their seats, and on the table in front of them were five colors of fruit, according to the five kinds of wine.

The head of the teaching workshop (the official in charge of the musicians) knelt down and asked to play the first song, Xi Qianchun, and Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement.

The ceremonial officer sang: "Music." As the joy of a thousand springs sounded, the deacons and eunuchs poured the first wine for the ministers. The ceremonial officer ordered all the officials to kneel, and the chief knelt down and sang: "Enter the wine." And they drank all the wine from their cups. The music stopped, and the ceremonial officer sang: "Prostrate and rejoice." The rulers bowed down as they were told, and stood and took their seats.

The color chief kneels and plays the second piece Yongnamsan Mountain. The music sounded, the officials stood up, the eunuch finished pouring the wine, and then sat down to start the second round of wine. The chief knelt down and sang into the wine, and after the officials finished drinking, the music stopped. The deacons and eunuchs began to serve the soup, the drums in the hall sounded in unison, and the yellow bell outside the hall resounded through the house. The officials stood up, the deacons and eunuchs served the broth to the ministers of civil and military affairs, and the chief knelt down and sang into the soup, and the music started, and the officials drank the soup, and the music stopped.

Repeated like this for seven rounds, the chief knelt down and asked to play the seventh piece Tai Dao Kai, and entered the wine and soup as before, and the ceremony was finished. The deacons and eunuchs stepped forward to take away the winelords, and after that, they stopped drinking and began to serve soup and dishes. It is nothing more than a phoenix duck, two stick bones, a sheep's back skin, and four colors of vegetables and vegetables.

With the sound of music, civil and military officials must not lose their manners, although they must chew slowly, they must also finish the imperial meal in front of them as soon as possible.

After Zhu Yuanzhang ate, he looked around, and suddenly found that on the table of Fu Youde, the head of the military attache class, there was a vegetable that did not move, which was another big disrespectful act, thinking of Fu Youde's son Fu Rang showing his blade in front of the emperor, and the two things added up, making him feel that the father and son of the Fu family did not put him as the emperor in his eyes at all, so after a hundred years, how could Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of benevolence, control this group of arrogant soldiers, as soon as he thought of this, the anger in his chest rose sharply. shouted at Fu Youde and asked, "Ying Guogong, isn't my imperial food delicious?" ”

Fu Youde was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Weichen doesn't dare, it's just that he has some gastrointestinal discomfort." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "I see that you are proud of your merits, and you have no king, and even your third son, Fu Rang, dares to be disrespectful to me." ”

Fu Youde was so frightened that he kowtowed again and again: "The dog is ignorant, Weichen will definitely discipline him well in the future." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Fu Youde was pretending to be a gesture, and said more and more angrily: "Fu Youde, the good son of your discipline dares to show his blade in front of the emperor, I see that he is going to assassinate the king and kill him, you immediately take his head." ”

When Fu Youde heard this, he was stunned on the spot, he looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang, only to see that his face was pale, his eyes seemed to be on fire, knowing that he was really angry, and then looked around at the ministers in the palace, all the ministers were frightened because of the blue jade case, and lowered their heads one by one, no one dared to speak, Fu Youde let out a sigh of relief, kowtowed and thanked him, said that he obeyed the order, stood up, and resolutely left.

Seeing him leave in a hurry, Zhu Yunwen, the imperial grandson, hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to Zhu Yuanzhang to intercede for Fu Youde.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and said: "Fu Youde has always been proud of his achievements, I want to kill his prestige today, as long as he comes with his son and pleads with me, I will spare his life." ”

After a while, Fu Youde strode into the hall, holding the sword with a broken scabbard in his right hand, and a bloody human head in his left hand. With that, he picked up the sword with its torn scabbard and bloody blade in both hands.

Everyone in the hall looked at it, and the head was really Fu Youde's son Fu Rang, which inevitably caused a commotion from everyone, some people sighed, and some people hid their faces and cried.

Fu Youde's negative behavior made Zhu Yuanzhang embarrassed in front of a group of courtiers, he looked at the veteran standing in front of him, the awe-inspiring power was like a god, and all kinds of feelings came to his heart, the previous situation of getting along with the monarch and the minister no longer existed, the old man in front of him was a huge thorn that pierced the heart of him and his descendants, and he had to pull it out.

Zhu Yuanzhang has fought hard for most of his life, wading through the mountains of corpses and the sea of blood, but he will not be frightened by this small scene, he narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Fu Youde, Fu Youde, you are so cruel and killed your own son?" ”

Fu Youde also sneered: "Didn't you want the heads of our old ministers for a long time? Lan Yu was killed by you, Ye Sheng was killed by you, Wang Bi was killed by you, and more than 20,000 heroes and generals were killed by you, are you still missing me? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang took the case and said: "I see that you are plotting against me and want my head." Before Wang Bi died, he visited your mansion and said that the emperor was already high in the spring and autumn, and my generation was slaughtered overnight. ”

When Fu Youde heard this, he looked up to the sky and laughed: "Under the Jinyi Wei Sanmu, why can't you ask for it, if you want to pull out the thorn for your weak grandson, just open your mouth, my Fu Youde's life will be given to you today, and it will not be in vain for our monarch and minister." With that, Fu Youde pulled out his sword and killed himself on the spot, blood splattered on the dragon robe.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was murderous, he was also stunned by the scene of father and son cannibalism, he was speechless for a while, and then he was furious, Fu Youde was fighting to the death, so that he lost face in front of a group of courtiers, he pointed to Fu Youde's body, and shouted: "Come on, behead Fu Youde's whole family, and leave no one behind." ”

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly knelt down and persuaded bitterly: "Grandpa Huang, you once said: 'In terms of generals, Fu Youde is the first. 'Remembering him as the founding minister of the country, he has made small contributions, so spare his family. Moreover, this is the winter solstice feast, and the killing is ominous. ”

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang suppress the anger in his chest, and ordered all the men, women, and children of the Fu family to be sent to Yunnan, and they were not allowed to return to Beijing during their lifetime.

At this point, the bloody winter banquet of the Ming Dynasty came to an end.