Chapter 106: Punishment
The next day, Zhu Yuanzhang did not look at the court, but just asked the courtiers to hand over the folds to the Qianqing Palace, and Liu Sanwu, a scholar from Hanlin, and others gave instructions first, and then handed them over to the emperor for approval.
The courtiers didn't know what was going on, so they grabbed Changfu, who was carrying the decree, and asked what was going on, and wanted to meet the emperor.
Changfu smiled bitterly: "My lords, the emperor didn't sleep all night last night, so don't disturb his old man." ”
Liu Sanwu walked in front of Changfu and said: "Chief manager, the old man heard that Jinyiwei went out of the city overnight last night, and the gates of the outer city and the inner city were opened, and the imperial grandson's chariot and car have also returned to Beijing, but why don't you see the imperial grandson today?" ”
Changfu calmed down and said, "Mr. Liu, the stakes are very high, I don't dare to say anything." ”
Liu Sanwu interrupted him and said: "Chief Administrator, just because the matter is so important, the courtiers must know the truth of the matter, do you want to be Zhao Gao?" ”
Changfu shuddered and said, "Your Excellency, don't talk nonsense, in this way, I will report to the emperor, listen to the emperor's intentions and then make a decision, how about it?" ”
"No, where is the emperor? We're going to face you. ”
Changfu said helplessly: "The emperor should be in Duanben Palace at present, I will go to ask the emperor, and then reply to the adults, how about it?" ”
"Duanben Palace?" The ministers were shocked, "No, the chief manager must wait with us for the emperor to summon him." If the emperor doesn't see us, we will break into the palace. ”
Changfu had no choice but to send a letter to Zhu Yuanzhang, and then closed his eyes and kept silent. The roots of the courtier's hated teeth itched, but there was no way.
About a quarter of an hour later, the eunuch who delivered the message sent an edict from Zhu Yuanzhang, asking the Hanlin Scholars, the Six Shangshu, the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, Li Jinglong, Qi Tai, and Huang Zicheng to come to the Qianqing Palace in a quarter of an hour to meet them. Everyone was ordered to go to the Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on the chariot at this time and closed his eyes to recuperate, as a sixty-nine-year-old man, sleepless all night is very fatal. But he didn't have a choice, and the events of the past few days flashed in his mind one after another:
When he heard that King Yan was worshipping at the ancestral tomb, he vomited blood and fell into a coma and made shocking words, he felt very frightened. As an old man in the twilight of his life, he had an instinctive fear of ghosts and gods, and King Yan's words also pierced the question he had been avoiding, that is, how would his grandson treat his son after him? If he was worried that his grandson would not be able to control the situation, now it is the complete opposite, he is worried that his son has no power to resist in front of his grandson. So he was angry with Yun Wei, and after Yun Wei learned the news, he took the initiative to ask to meet a few uncles, but because he was in too much of a hurry, he only brought less than a hundred guards, but he was angry and planned to teach Yun Wei a lesson, and did not send Jinyi guards to protect him. What he didn't expect was that it almost made him hate for life.
From Changfu's account, Yun Wei sailed to Yangzhou overnight, then rested for less than two hours and continued north. On the way to Yangzhou and Gaoyou, they met the fleet of the kings. It's just that Yun Wei's car was burned by the kings' fleets, and Yun Wei almost died, but the honor guard was destroyed. But Yun Wei didn't care, and he didn't mention this matter when he saw the kings.
The imperial doctor brought by Yun Wei alleviated King Yan's condition, and his physique slowly improved, but on the way back, King Yan suddenly went crazy and slashed people with a sword, if it wasn't for Yuan Zhen and Yuan Jing, I am afraid the consequences would be unimaginable. What's even worse is that a eunuch in the palace of the Acting King actually pushed Yun Wei into the water, if it wasn't for the command of the water division to make Zhang Rong rescue in time, I am afraid that Yun Wei would have died in the middle of the river.
Although King Yan also fell into the water, according to King Yan, he was awake after falling into the water, and because of his water knowledge, he was rescued without danger.
Jinyiwei's interrogation also came to an end, and it was two Mongols who burned Yun Wei's boat, which they said was an unintentional mistake, thinking that it was extortion by officers and soldiers. As for the eunuch, he still can't see anyone alive or dead.
Now, Yun Wei is still unconscious, Zhu Di has yellow muscles and thin muscles, almost skinny skinny, the acting king almost caused a big disaster, Zhu Yuanzhang really doesn't know how to end, if Zhu Yunwen can't afford to be sick, the Ming Dynasty will fall into a turmoil again, and this time King Yan will definitely not be selected, King Jin is not in good health, and he probably doesn't have so much time to cultivate the third heir...... Alas, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
When he arrived at the Qianqing Palace, in front of the ministers, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Changfu, Liu Zhen, Song Zhong, and Zhang Rong to tell in detail what had happened in the past two days. Everyone felt that they were listening to a legendary novel, King Yan was possessed by his ancestors and was seriously ill; The imperial grandson went north to greet him, but was burned by the guards of the royal palace on the canal and almost died; King Yan went crazy and almost killed the imperial grandson; The imperial grandson was pushed off the boat by the eunuch of the palace and almost died, and is currently in a high fever and unconscious.
When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, in just a few days, the imperial grandson almost died twice, and he is still in a coma and has not woken up. Before the ministers could react, Huang Zicheng knelt on the ground and said: "The acting king's mansion almost killed His Royal Highness the prince twice, and the ministers please cut off the acting king and stay in Beijing to study, in order to see the after-effects; King Yan raised his sword and wanted to assassinate the emperor's grandson, and the ministers also asked to cut off the prince and hand it over to the Zongren Mansion for questioning. ”
Qi Tai knelt down: "The minister seconded the proposal." ”
Liu Sanwu and others: "The ministers seconded the proposal." ”
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the ministers who were kneeling all over the ground, and said in his heart: I knew that this was the result, Yun Wei's prestige among the ministers has always been very high, and now that he has been assassinated and has a high fever, no wonder they are so angry. But Yun Wei didn't wake up, he didn't want to punish King Yan and Acting King so quickly, so he couldn't help but turn his gaze to the only minister standing, and said, "Jiujiang, what do you have to say?" ”
When Li Jinglong saw Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, he immediately understood what the emperor meant, and quickly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the most important thing at this time is not to punish King Yan and the acting king, the most important thing is that the emperor's grandson has not woken up yet, and he needs to be diagnosed and treated quickly, which is the most important thing." As for the punishment of the acting king, the minister thought that it was a bit heavy, because the acting king could only be regarded as not strict with the emperor, so the minister suggested that the subordinates of the acting king should be dealt with, and the acting king should be closed to the door and think about it; As for King Yan, because he was possessed by his ancestors, he was delirious, which was not his intention, and his health was not good, so he suggested that he should recuperate and make a decision after his body recovered. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang likes Li Jinglong, and he can often talk to his heart, so he hurriedly said: "What Jiujiang said is extremely true, I also think that the most important thing at present is Yun Wei's body, what do you think?" ”
The ministers were speechless, can it be said that the body of the imperial grandson is not important? But there are still those who don't believe in evil, Liu Sanwu stood up and said: "Your Majesty, of course the body of the imperial grandson is important, but the acting king and the king of Yan can't be punished at all, otherwise how can they serve the public?" Could it be that the assassination of the prince of the Ming Dynasty can be mentioned in such a lump sum? ”
This time it was Li Jinglong's turn to not dare to speak, did he want him to say that it didn't matter if he assassinated the prince?
Zhu Yuanzhang also felt in a dilemma, he didn't want to make a decision so quickly, but it seemed that it would not work if he didn't give an explanation to the ministers today, so he thought about it and said: "Okay, I decided to punish the king and the king of Yan for one year, each cut off a guard, stay in Beijing to study, and are not allowed to return to the fiefdom, how about it?" ”
Liu Sanwu and the others looked at it and had to say, "The emperor is sage." ”
After the ministers left, Zhu Yuanzhang was really sleepy, so he told him that if Yun Wei had changed, he must tell himself and go to sleep.
Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru and other officials of the Zhan Mansion almost all threw down the matter at hand and ran outside the Duanben Palace to wait for the news, and Liu Sanwu also sent people to wait outside the Duanben Palace, and there was news to inform him as soon as possible.
At noon, the imperial physician came with good news, and His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson woke up.