The Lan Yu case shocked the government and the opposition, and the country's top military general rebelled, what a shocking thing, it was impossible for the army not to stir, but under Zhu Yuanzhang's high pressure, no one dared to make any noise. Jin Yiwei is also constantly torturing the Blue Party personnel, and gradually expanding from the pro-army in the capital to outside the capital, which itself is a chain of acquaintances. Lan Yu's henchmen and subordinates were basically killed, and his henchmen also had their own subordinates, Lan Yu had led the troops for many years, and there were too many people he was familiar with, and it was inevitable for the soldiers to drink wine and complain, but complaining about Zhu Yuanzhang was the way to death in Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion. Since Jin Yiwei has come forward to denounce Lan Yu, then he must kill all Lan Yu's supporters, otherwise when they recover, Zhu Yuanzhang will not protect Jin Yiwei, and will use Jin Yiwei's head to calm the anger. Under various factors, the number of blue parties is constantly expanding, and the number of people in prison is also increasing.

Beiping, Yanwangfu.

Zhu Di looked very happy today, holding a copy of the imperial court newspaper in the side hall and laughing. After a while, Master Dao Yan pushed open the door, saw Zhu Di's appearance, and quickly closed the door.

Dao Yan sat opposite Zhu Di, picked up the tea and took a sip, and asked, "What makes the prince so happy?" ”

"Hehe," Zhu Di kept his smile: "Lan Yu rebelled and has been executed." ”

"Oh?" Dao Yan took the report handed over by Zhu Di and read it: "It seems that the emperor is still decisive and dealt with Lan Yu in time, otherwise it would be unimaginable, I didn't expect Lan Yu to really plan to rebel, but this will be beneficial to the prince." ”

"Yes, Lan Yu is dead, there are no available generals in the imperial court, Song Guogong and Ying Guogong have been idle for many years and are not reused, and it is impossible for my father to hand over the military power to them anymore, they are now under the command of this king. Therefore, the father will rely more on this king, and as for the third brother King Jin, he is not the material to lead the troops at all, so there is no need to worry. ”

Dao Yanmo rubbed his chin and said: "Lord Wang, now it is really heaven to help the prince, the current war in Northern Xinjiang will completely depend on the prince, the prince should pay attention to taking this opportunity to win the hearts of the people, once there is a change, the prince is sitting in Beiping, with strong troops in hand, and big things can be done." ”

Zhu Di hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Master, my father is still here, don't talk nonsense, if my father says a word, I have to obediently go to Beijing to be a rich prince." ”

"Hehe, this is, now the prince still has to be careful, but you and the emperor are father and son, and this kind of trust is incomparable to others."

As he was talking, there was a knock on the door, and Katsuragi was heard saying outside: "Lord Wang, there is news from Jingshi." ”

Zhu Di replied: "Okay, send it in." ”

The door opened, Katsuragi stood at the door with a secret letter, Dao Yan took it, waved his hand, Katsuragi closed the door, and went out.

Dao Yan gave the letter to Zhu Di, Zhu Di first looked at the fire paint intact, opened it and read it, and then handed it to Dao Yan, Dao Yan also read it quickly, handed the secret letter to Zhu Di, and Zhu Di received it in his arms.

Zhu Di asked, "Master, what do you think of the imperial grandson?" ”

Dao Yan said: "I can't see it clearly now, but he doesn't look like a scholar, do you remember when King Ning was a vassal and passed by Beiping, and mentioned the war games of the emperor's grandson?" ”

Zhu Di said: "Yes, I was taken aback at the time, in fact, for this king, wargame deduction is not very useful, but for mediocre generals, wargame deduction may be of great use." If Yun Wei has some talents for war chess deduction at hand, and the layout of the whole country is like playing chess, it may cause great trouble to this king. ”

Dao Yan shook his head and said: "Not only that, the imperial grandson has already won over the Duke of Wei and the founding prince through this war game deduction, originally the imperial grandson did not know the soldiers, and now he may not know the soldiers, but this war game deduction gives the soldiers a chance, which will improve their prestige in the army, which is very unfavorable to the prince." ”

Zhu Di paused for a moment and said: "That's true, this king also realized that King Ning said that he was going to conduct war games in Daning, and this king also found some people to experiment some time ago, but people in the army can't use it, because they are all big and coarse, and scholars are not willing to do this kind of thing." This king is also in trouble. ”

"Actually, you don't have to worry too much, the general direction of the war has been determined, and the more important battlefield command is more, at this point, I think no one in the Ming Dynasty can surpass the prince." Dao Yan comforted Zhu Di.

"However, Yun Wei went to the Dharma field once and got sick and had a fever, and I feel that I still lack experience."

Dao Yan thought for a while and said: "This can't be careless, maybe the emperor is training the imperial grandson, if the imperial grandson crosses this hurdle and becomes decisive and less indecisive, it will be the real trouble for the prince." After all, the imperial grandson has the righteousness of the court. ”

Zhu Di stood up and paced a few steps irritably: "Yes, if it is not a last resort, this king will not raise troops, the odds of winning are too low." The army, money and grain of the imperial court are far above me, and the money and grain in Beiping are also insufficient, so they need help from the imperial court. ”

"But if he deals with this king, then the northern defense line of the Ming Dynasty will collapse, how dare Yun Wei have? I can defend the northern frontier for him with peace of mind, will he still deal with me? ”

Dao Yan saw that Zhu Di was a little retreating, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Lord Wang, Beiping is a place of beauty, condescending, it is easy for a horse to step on the Central Plains, if you don't take it, you will suffer from it." If the prince doesn't prepare, he can only be a rich prince at most, is the prince willing? ”

Zhu Di was silent for a while: "If that day really comes, this king will have no choice." ”

Dao Yan hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, you ......"

Zhu Di raised his hand to stop Dao Yan and said, "Master, this king should think about it. ”

Dao Yan wanted to speak again and again, and said: "Okay, Lord Wang, we still have time, just actively prepare." ”

Zhu Di smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that simple, my father is here, I don't dare to do anything, I can only follow the edict of the imperial court, otherwise my father will take down this king immediately, and no one will dare to follow this king against my father." So I can only take one step at a time. ”

Dao Yan comforted: "It's okay, as long as the prince is mentally prepared and wins the hearts of the soldiers of Northern Xinjiang, I think the destiny of heaven is still here." ”

Zhu Di stood up, walked to the window, turned his back to Dao Yan and said, "Let's take a step at a time, master, only you and I know about this matter, don't reveal it." ”

"Don't worry, the prince." Dao Yan got up and pushed the door out.

Zhu Di stood silently in front of the window, in fact, Zhu Di was very contradictory, when the prince Zhu Biao was there, he didn't have the slightest intention of rebelling, but as the prince became seriously ill, the other two elder brothers, King Qin and King Jin, also proved that they were indeed incompetent, and they began to have a little thought. Then, under the bewitchment of Master Daoyan, a spy was set up in Jingshi to regularly detect the situation of Jingshi. With the death of the crown prince, because no dynasty has set up an imperial grandson, he felt that the opportunity was quite big, and his ambition grew like a weed in his heart, but his father unexpectedly set up the imperial grandson Yunwen, and the courtiers actually supported it, which was completely beyond his expectations. But ambition is not so easy to fade, and it has become a habit to listen to the movements of the Jingshi by himself, so Lan Yu is so excited about rebelling against Beizhu, but he is also very sober in addition to being excited, and the possibility of his rebellion succeeding is actually similar to suicide. If you sit in that position, no one will be able to rebel at all. So I can only count on Zhu Yunwen's incompetence, but now I find that Zhu Yunwen is actually not so incompetent. Zhu Di pondered for a long time, called Changshi Gecheng, and ordered the spies in Beijing to withdraw and erase all traces, so as not to attract the vigilance of his father and the attention of Jinyiwei. Zhu Di decided to be a good son when his father was alive, and wait for his father to pass away to see if the mandate of heaven was on his side.

Zhu Yunwen's recent life is very regular, and he still follows Zhu Yuanzhang most of the time, learning to deal with government affairs and taking care of Zhu Yuanzhang's daily life. However, since the Lan Yu case came out, Zhu Yuanzhang often became angry when he saw Jinyiwei's report, and killed people frequently, Zhu Yunwen took it over to take a look, in fact, he just complained a little, and he had some dissatisfaction with Zhu Yuanzhang, such as the Mongolian generals used to be tribal nobles, with great power, and countless slaves, after surrendering, they were just ordinary generals or nobles, with no privileges, and Zhu Yuanzhang was strict in law enforcement, so they couldn't stand it, so when Lan Yu tested them, it was a trial and a quasi, but it was clear that there were not many to oppose, mostly just whining; There are also some nobles, because Hu Weiyong's case killed a lot of nobles, everyone is a little frightened, in fact, Lan Yu's rebellion has something to do with this, but Lan Yu has the ability to rebel, and others are just complaining. But these people, Zhu Yuanzhang thinks they should all be killed. Zhu Yunwen got to know his imperial grandfather more and more, and knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he had to obey orders. But now he can't sit still, the scope of the Blue Party has expanded to the generals of the guards in Sichuan, Henan, and Shaanxi, so he made a simple statistic and then went to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was reclining on the dragon couch to watch the recital, Zhu Yunwen walked over and knelt down and said, "Grandpa Huang, Sun Chen has a recital." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang put down the fold in his hand and said, "Yun Wei, hurry up, what's the matter?" ”

"Grandpa Huang, don't expand the Lanyu case anymore, it has now been expanded to the health centers in Sichuan, Henan, and Shaanxi, and if you continue to investigate, I'm afraid that the health centers in Shanxi, Beiping, and even Liaodong will be involved."

"Oh, how many are there at the moment?"

"There are more than 15,000 people and counting."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Show me the recent Jinyiwei's recital," took it from Zhu Yunwen's hand and looked at it, after a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Yunwen, listen to you, don't expand it anymore, it should be about the same now." ”

"Grandpa Huang is wise," Yun Wei saw that Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be a little unsatisfied, so he continued: "Grandpa Huang, Lan Yu rebelled, the evidence is conclusive, but people outside Beijing may not know, Yun Wei suggested that the confession of the Blue Party be compiled into a book and sent to officials outside Beijing, so that they should not be afraid and calm people's hearts." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said: "Okay, this method is good, I will leave this matter to you, you go to the Hanlin Academy to select a few Hanlin scholars to do this thing, sort it out according to Jinyiwei's file, and publish it as soon as possible." ”

Zhu Yunwen nodded yes, and then went to the Hanlin Academy to find someone to help, Mr. Liu Sanwu has been reinstated, but this kind of thing does not need to work his old man, so he found Wu Qing, Wu Fu and Yin Cheng, the Jinshi of Hongwu for 21 years, and then took the file from Jiang Xuan, the commander of Jinyiwei, and summarized the manuscript in less than three days. After Zhu Yuanzhang read it, he was very satisfied, and personally published it in the preface, named "Records of Rebel Ministers", and distributed it to officials and health offices all over the country. and issued a holy decree, Hu Lan and the two parties ended here, and no longer pursued them, so far the hearts of the people have been decided.