On the second day of the ninth lunar month, when he was in the court, Zhu Yuanzhang was discussing with the ministers how to pacify the people in the area who had rebelled and then been flattened. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The leaders of the rebellion must be killed all, but the people can't all be killed, who will pay taxes to feed the officials. Then he suddenly received an urgent official document, which turned out to be that Li Sung-gye had abolished the throne of the king of Goryeo and established himself as king, and he was afraid that the people in the country would not accept (well, in fact, he was afraid that the nobles would not be satisfied), so he asked Lao Zhu to be crowned king.

After Lao Zhu read the official document, he circulated the official document to the ministers, and then said: "Li Chenggui abolished the king of Goryeo who risked my great prestige and established himself as the king, what do you think should be done?" ”

Here's what happened in Goryeo. In the twentieth year of Hongwu (1387), Lan Yu and others sent troops to the northeast, Naha surrendered, and the northeast was pacified. The king of Goryeo knew about it and proposed that the border between Ming and Goryeo should be bounded by the Liao River, just to let the Ming give them Liaodong Bai. How could Lao Zhu be the one who would give up his territory? Of course not. The king of Goryeo appointed Yi Sunggui as a general, commanding 40,000 troops, and sent troops to attack Liaodong in the 21st year of Hongwu. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Lan Yu, who had just defeated the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the Yuer Sea, to lead 200,000 troops to Liaodong to face the battle. After the confrontation between the two sides for a while, Li Sung-gye thought about it and finally made up his mind, killed the deputy general, led his troops back to Seoul to imprison the king of Goryeo, and surrendered in the name of the king, and the war in the northeast ended. After four years of observing the reactions of all sides, it is now finally time to officially usurp the throne.

Li Shilu, the secretary of Dali Temple, said: "Although the king of Goryeo has offended my great prestige, but after all, he is the lord of Goryeo. Li Chenggui, as a subordinate, committed the following crimes, which were unforgivable, and should be refuted from his request and sent a large army to suppress him. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's face immediately darkened. He has already said that the king of Goryeo has committed a great threat, and he thinks that his meaning has been clearly expressed, and those who can become high officials are smart people who can understand their intentions. Unexpectedly, Li Shilu, who had an elm head, spoke first, and he couldn't understand his intentions, which was really uncomfortable like swallowing a fly. And even suggested that a large army should be sent to recruit and suppress, you know how much money is the consumption of food when the army moves, and you pay for this money!

Everyone has seen it, this is the situation of not being able to understand the intention of the leader, if it weren't for Lao Zhu's need for a few people who dare to speak out to show that he has the capacity to tolerate people, otherwise it is estimated that Li Shilu would have to go to Changping to dig sand. Regardless of whether you are a guest officer or a woman, you must avoid such a person with low emotional intelligence when looking for a partner!

Before Lao Zhu's face turned black to the end, Ren Hengtai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who was observant of his words and expressions, hurriedly came out to save the scene. He said: "Although this Li Chenggui has offended his lord and should be convicted, it is excusable; It is the lord of the country who offended me Ming first, Cheng Gui's move is to sacrifice small righteousness for great righteousness, I should forgive him, and allow him to be called king, and give the name of the country. "What Ren Hengtai means is that it is of course wrong for Li Chenggui to overthrow his king, but his action is based on the fact that the king of Goryeo offended my Ming first, so his actions are loyal to my Ming and make small mistakes to achieve righteousness, so it is right.

Lao Zhu's face immediately returned to normal, so the ministers in the main hall immediately responded to Ren Hengtai's suggestion, all kinds of "Lord Ren is right!" "Lord Ren is really clever", "Lord Ren suggests wonderful" and other words are interspersed with endless words. Li Shilu's face changed, he was very embarrassed, stood for a moment, and retreated.

The official Shangshu Zhan coughed slightly, and everyone hurriedly came back to their senses, looked at their noses again, and stood up with their noses and hearts. Lao Zhu said: "Then according to the words of Ren Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, he will be allowed to take the throne." He also asked for the name of the country, what are your good suggestions? ”

This kind of question is generally the time for Confucianism to answer. Liu Sanwu stood up and said: "The land of Goryeo was known as Sanhan in ancient times, so it is better to give it the name of Korea." "Lao Zhu thinks it's acceptable, but it's not good.

Bao Sui said: "Goryeo was previously Silla, and Silla was a subject state of the Tang Dynasty, so it is better to revert to its name Silla. "Lao Zhu wants a creative name and hasn't spoken yet.

Lu Shen said: "The ancestor of the Goryeo people is the descendant of the Shang king, and the son has the same brother as the monarch of the Song State of the Zhou Dynasty, and he can be given the name of the Song State. ”

Then there were other people who put forward all kinds of names for different reasons, Zhu Yuanzhang was not satisfied, and this matter made him very irritable, and he was not even in the mood to continue to discuss how to appease the rebels before, and waved his hand to announce the next court.

It's okay to go down, but the problem still has to be solved, and the name has to be thought of. Since he was not satisfied with the names that the ministers came up with, Lao Zhu had to think of it himself. But Lao Zhu didn't have a good idea after thinking about it for most of the day, so he called his sons to think about it in the afternoon. The sons also put forward different suggestions, but Lao Zhu was still not satisfied. Lao Zhu thought about it while criticizing the folds, but the result was that the name was not come up with, and the folds were also slow to be approved.

In the evening, Lao Zhu had dinner and put this matter aside for the time being. Thinking that he hadn't seen Yun Xi and Yun Xi for a few days, he asked people to call the two of them to see how they were doing.

Yun Wei and Yun Xi arrived after a while, saluted Lao Zhu one after another, and found a place to sit down. Lao Zhu chatted a few words first, and then asked them, "What have you been doing in the ministry these days?" Do you think there's something wrong with it? ”

Yun Wei answered honestly, what have you done, there is nothing bad, everyone is very kind, etc.

When Yun Wei answered, Yun Xi sneered: "It's impossible for Lao Zhu not to know what they did, is it interesting to ask again?" ”

Lao Zhu did know what they had done, even better than their own memories, but when they met, wouldn't they talk about this first? And, through the comparison of their narratives with the information they obtained, listen to whether there are any beautified or embellished parts.

Therefore, Lao Zhu was not very satisfied with Yunwen's answer, because there were misleading words in this passage, and the misleading words were of course not wrong, but it was easy to lead people to think elsewhere.

Yun Wei's misleading words were of course taught by Huang Zicheng, and the original purpose was not to deal with Lao Zhu, but to teach him how to see that there were problems in other people's rules. As a result, Yun Wei subconsciously used it for Lao Zhu.

Lao Zhu didn't mean to blame Yun Wei, but he thought that this must be taught by Huang Zicheng, his influence on Yun Wei is too great, if Yun Wei is his grandson, he must get rid of Huang Zicheng!

Yun Xi is finished, it's time for Yun Xi. Yun Xi said what he was doing at first, and then finally he said: "Grandpa Huang, my grandson feels that there is a problem. ”

Lao Zhu said: "Ou, what's the problem? ”

"The officers of the military department have been in the military department for a long time and are skilled in their work, but because they cannot be promoted, they are not active in their work; The grandson pushes the other five departments with the military department, which should be roughly the same. If one of the best officials is selected every year, promoted to an official, and given a fellow scholar or a national supervisor, it is likely that they will be stimulated to work hard and improve the efficiency of the operation of all departments of the state. ”

In fact, the Ming Dynasty had a system for officials to be promoted to officials, but they were all nine-grade officials or eight-grade officials, and it was basically impossible to be promoted again. Yun Xi's suggestion is not only to be promoted, but also to give them background, which means that they may become mid-level officials above the seventh grade, which is likely to greatly stimulate them.

Lao Zhu thinks the suggestion is good, and there is only one person every year, and it doesn't affect anything. I glanced at Yun Xi again, and I heard that Yun Xi has been reading until midnight recently, and it seems that Yun Xi is very smart, but he didn't study seriously before, but now he works hard, and he looks a little stronger than Yun Xi.

Lao Zhu agreed to the suggestion on the spot, and immediately did it, and called Xiao Yongdao, a Hanlin scholar who stayed in the palace, to come over and draft the edict. Xiao Yongdao thought it was Yun Xi's suggestion at first, but he was very surprised when he knew that it was Yun Xi's suggestion, and felt that it was completely inconsistent with Yun Xi's initial setting! Who changed the setting?

After drafting the edict, Lao Zhu remembered that most of the Hanlin Academy were erudite people, and asked casually: "Master Xiao, do you have a good name to give Li Chenggui the name of the country?" Xiao Yongdao thought for a moment and replied: "The minister agrees with Senior Liu and thinks that Korea is good. ”

Yun Xi asked, "What good name is given to whom?" Xiao Yongdao took a look, only I could explain this matter among the people present, and it was impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to explain. I talked about this sudden incident when I went to court in the morning.

Yun Xi thought to himself, isn't it the last name given to North Korea? Why hasn't anyone brought it up yet? That's cheaper for me. said: "Why don't you name North Korea?" ”

"North Korea? What does it mean? Lao Zhu asked.

Before Yun Xi could answer, Xiao praised with a Dao: "Your Highness's name is wonderful!" If the minister's guess is good, it should be taken to mean 'the sun is distinct'. North Korea is located in the east of the Ming Dynasty, and the sunrise is the first to meet its intentions. ”

Where does Yun Xi know how to take out the two words North Korea. Fortunately, Xiao Yongdao explained, otherwise he would have been cold here. It seems that in the future, we will not only know what it is, but also know why it is so that we can say it. Yun Xi concluded.

Listening to Xiao Yongdao's explanation, Lao Zhu also felt that it was very good, and it was even proposed by his grandson, so there was nothing else, let's draw up another holy decree. solved a big problem that had plagued the whole day, Lao Zhu was in a good mood and praised Yun Xi a few words. Then seeing that it was getting late, let the two of them go back.

Yun Bing was the most tragic person tonight, and there was no one. first described the work situation and Lao Zhu felt bad (although he didn't know), and then asked Yunxi to put forward two good suggestions in front of him and compared him to him. If he were a modern person, he would probably have to say, 'The baby is bitter'.

Of course, Lao Zhu saw Yun Wei's lonely expression. But how did he persuade? This is in the time of the battle for the storage position, and any persuasion is not useful. 'It must be decided as soon as possible who will be the prince, and it cannot be delayed any longer. Lao Zhu thought.