I didn't take the environment into account, but it was a little too strange.

The outside of this courtyard looks very magnificent.

Why can't it be cleaned inside? Isn't it a waste to live in such a nice yard like a haunted house?

Although there are some doubts, Zhu Yuanzhang, as the emperor, is naturally deep enough.

didn't show any expression on his face, just lightly followed the people in Liu Song's mansion and walked towards the only room in the courtyard where the lights were still on.

As for Liu Ji, he seems to have been used to all this for a long time, and he is not moved at all.

Just respectfully, he fell half a step behind Zhu Yuanzhang, and followed step by step.

Before coming to Liu Song's house, the subordinates of Liu's mansion did not directly bring Zhu Yuanzhang and them in, but first asked inside: "Master, Lord Liu is here." ”

Inside the room, Liu Song's calm voice came: "Please come in." ”

His voice, Lao Zhu has never liked it very much.

Because as long as this voice is heard at the court meeting, it often means trouble.

In the past, Zhu Yuanzhang only had to listen honestly.

But this time......

A sneer rose on the corner of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth.

How long have you Liu Song been in Yanjing, and you have built such a big house.

Although it seems that Liu Song doesn't seem to be enjoying these things, but anyway, you always accept this house, right?

In the past, you guy was righteous and awe-inspiring every day, and he boasted of being honest and honest.

Today, let's take a look at what kind of cheek you Liu Song still have, bragging in front of me.

Zhu Yuanzhang pushed the door in, and Liu Ji hurriedly followed in.

Before entering the house, he also signaled Liu Song's subordinates not to follow up.

The two of them are now, after all, they are the first and second leaders of Yanjing, and they naturally have a lot of things to discuss.

It is not the first time that Liu Ji has come to Liu Song's house.

The subordinates in the house naturally thought that they were going to talk about something particularly important, so they naturally didn't dare to stay in the way.

I didn't even enter the door, I just closed the door outside.

Liu Song in the room was eating.

When I heard someone come in, I put down the dishes and chopsticks and just wanted to say hello.

But after seeing the people who came in, the reaction was similar to Liu Ji's, and the whole person was stunned.

Why, Zhu Yuanzhang is here?

Although he didn't understand the reason, after the initial shock, Liu Song hurriedly stood up.

After sorting out his appearance, he knelt down respectfully: "The minister has seen Your Majesty, long live the Five Emperors, long live Long live." ”

Liu Ji, who followed later, knelt beside Liu Song without saying a word, as if he wanted to treat himself as a transparent person.

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored Liu Song and slowly came to the table with a black face.

When I looked down, I felt a little strange.

Liu Song's dinner is completely different from Liu Ji's.

There is a table full of delicacies, and all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas are not stingy.

On Liu Song's side, there is only a plate of tofu, a bowl of egg soup, and a small plate of pickles, and only rice.

If it's an ordinary family, it's actually a good day.

However, this is Liu Song in front of him.

Although he is not a high-ranking official in the future, he is also a high-ranking official in the court.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang followed Zhu Han's advice, and he was never soft on corrupt officials.

But in other respects, every effort has been made to improve their salaries.

Even if it is only based on Yulu, Liu Song will not eat so shabby?

"Is it all pretended?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but think about it.

But soon, he himself disproved this idea.

Because according to Jin Yiwei's investigation, when Liu Song was in Yingtianfu, he was basically the same on weekdays.

At most, it is during the New Year's holidays, and a little meat is added to the house.

Moreover, if Liu Song pretended to be like this in Yanjing, it may be for His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang or a civil and military official.

But now this is Yanjing, 108,000 miles away from Yingtianfu.

What's the point of pretending?

Moreover, if it is pretended, it should be for fear that no one will see it.

It's just a matter of putting it on the outside.

When I returned to my own home, in this deep house compound, I pretended to be so simple and simple, why bother?

Or rather......

Liu Song, this guy, is a typical door-picking?

But that doesn't make sense.

In the past, Liu Song had sponsored many poor students.

Even now, Liu Song has actually been doing this.

In addition to using it at home, most of his money is used for this.

can be willing to give money to others, such a person, no matter what, it is impossible to be associated with slamming the door, right?

The more I thought about it, the more Zhu Yuanzhang's head hurt.

Lao Zhu also thinks that he is not a stupid person, and if he is stupid, it is impossible to establish Zhu Mingxia.

If such a person is stupid, then there is no smart person in this world.

But for Liu Song's various behaviors, Lao Zhu really didn't understand it.

"I really didn't see it, Liu Aiqing, you are so frugal, even in your own home, it is so light cabbage and tofu."

Zhu Yuanzhang bit these words in his own family very hard.

This is ridiculing Liu Song, who obviously embezzled a priceless mansion, but he pretended to be so simple in terms of food.

Lao Zhu is not very clear about the price of houses in Yanjing, but seeing that there are so many people here, he also knows that it is definitely not cheaper.

With Liu Song's Yulu, if there is no reward from the imperial court.

Even if he eats cabbage and tofu every day for seventy or eighty years, he can't praise the money to buy such a big mansion, right?

Liu Song didn't seem to hear the ridicule in Zhu Yuanzhang's tone, but said lightly: "Three meals a day is enough, and there is no big difference between cabbage and tofu and delicacies from the mountains and seas." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled directly: "Okay...... All right! ”

"Lord Liu, you are worthy of being my Ming Wei Zheng, my Ming Bao Zheng. With an upright courtier like you, we are really fortunate to have three lives. ”

In these words, the meaning of yin and yang is even heavier.

If you can't hear the problem, then Liu Song, the official, will really be in vain.

But he really couldn't understand what Zhu Yuanzhang meant.

looked at Liu Ji with some doubts.

I hope to get some hints from this colleague who is getting better and better.

It's a pity that Liu Ji is not the kind of insidious villain who is ungrateful and stabs him in the back.

However, now that he is unable to protect himself, he still thinks that it is better for his friends to die and not to die in poverty.

So he deliberately lowered his head, as if he didn't notice Liu Song's inquiring eyes at all.

Liu Ji didn't give any hints, and Liu Song couldn't figure out why Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry.

So he simply said honestly and according to his own thoughts: "Weichen, it's just that he did his duty." ”

It's okay if he doesn't say it, but hearing him say this, Zhu Yuanzhang is mostly furious.

"Liu Song, don't think that Ling's reputation is good, we won't dare to kill you. You should know better than us how to write about official corruption in the Daming Law. ”

"Don't you boast of having a clean breeze on your sleeves, then you tell us how an incumbent official should be sentenced for embezzling a priceless mansion?"

Liu Song replied without thinking: "Back to Your Majesty, according to my Ming law, officials who embezzle more than sixty taels of silver will be stripped of their skins and filled with grass......

Halfway through the words, Liu Song suddenly couldn't speak.

Because he suddenly realized why Zhu Yuanzhang asked this.

Liu Song has never understood why His Majesty the Emperor seems to be suppressing his anger since he appeared.

But now, when it comes to the house.

Liu Song suddenly understood that all of this was because Zhu Yuanzhang saw his residence.

If the origin of this house is not explained clearly, Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely not mind giving his whole family.

Sixty taels will be peeled and filled with grass, not to mention his house.

Looking at the current prices in Yanjing, there is no need to count the house itself, just the land under the house.

Sixty taels of silver for a human head is enough to cut off all his nine clans.

Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth and said in a negative voice: "Liu Song, Liu Song, the reason why I asked you to come to Yanjing is to exercise your ability to be independent. ”

"Although we don't like you as a person, we know that what you did in the past was for the people of the world and for our Ming Dynasty."

"An official like you, whether we like you or not. We all have to give you the opportunity to exercise, and we have to reuse you. ”

"But why didn't we think that you had only been away from Yanjing for a long time, and your true form would be revealed?"

Hearing what Dean Zhu meant, Liu Song hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you have misunderstood, in fact, there is something else here, please let Your Majesty calm down and be ......."

But before Liu Song's words were finished, he was rudely interrupted by Zhu Yuanzhang.

"That's enough, I don't want to listen to your quibbles."

"Do you think we don't know anything? You dare to use the money of the court to satisfy your selfish desires. ”

"Liu Song, Liu Song, why didn't I see it before, you are so constructive in this regard?"

The more Zhu Yuanzhang said that the more angry he became, he gritted his teeth and said angrily: "You used to persuade me every day to be frugal and give the people a rest and recuperation. ”

"Now it's your turn, how can you not be thrifty?"

Looking down and seeing the cabbage tofu and egg soup on the table, it was obviously a very simple meal, but Lao Zhu felt extremely dazzling: "You accepted such a big house unceremoniously, and now it is so simple, who is this pretending to be?" ”

The furious Lao Zhu looks very terrifying.

Even Liu Song and Liu Ji, the close ministers around them, all felt a burst of heartbeat, and they all lowered their heads and didn't dare to speak.

Zhu Yuanzhang scolded for half an hour, and sprayed Liu Song and Liu Ji with dog blood.

In the end, Lao Zhu said that he was tired, so he picked up the egg soup on the table and took a sip. He snorted coldly in a hoarse voice: "Say, aren't you two usually quite eloquent?" Why didn't you say anything today? ”

Liu Song still lowered his head.

But even if he didn't see Liu Song's face, Zhu Yuanzhang still seemed to see Liu Song's true thoughts now.

I'm not convinced.

I have to say that this is the only tacit understanding between the two of them for so many years.

Lao Zhu raised his eyebrows, and said in his heart, you are Liu Song.

Corruption and bribery, how can you still be corrupt?

Originally, he had been in the monarch for so many years, and Liu Song had done his best over the years, of course, mainly because of his reputation in the court.

Therefore, Lao Zhu considered giving Liu Song a decent way to die. and the merciful, not to his household.

The main thing is that Lao Zhu also hopes that there will be a person like Wei Zheng or Bao Zheng in his Ming Dynasty.

But Liu Song, this guy, didn't know how to repent at all.

Since this is the case, then don't blame him for not talking about the feelings of the monarch and the minister.

"Liu Song!" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "If you have anything to say, you can say it directly, if you think we are wrong, now we will give you a chance to defend yourself, lest you keep saying that we are cruel." ”

Holding the brocade guard in his hand, Lao Zhu certainly knows what people in the world say about him.

In fact, even those ordinary people feel that Lao Zhu is sometimes a little too cruel.

Those officials, as long as they do something wrong, Lao Zhu will never be polite.

Of course, Lao Zhu knows this kind of evaluation.

However, Lao Zhu didn't care.

His idea is actually very simple, he has fought the world in his life, and he doesn't know how many people he has killed, how can he still have a good reputation.

Instead of guarding those good reputations, it is better to use thunderous methods.

As long as those bold guys are killed, they are scared.

In order to give future generations of descendants, leave a clean Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of this, Lao Zhu has been a little depressed recently.

In the past, it was enough to kill the corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty, but now with the expansion of the Daimyo's territory day by day.

The speed of killing corrupt officials seems to be a little unable to keep up with the speed of the Ming Dynasty's territorial expansion.

What can I do?

My favorite son, Zhu Biao, is still a little immature in governing the country, but he is growing up rapidly.

Lao Zhu was very satisfied with him in all aspects.

The only thing I don't like very much is that this kid is too soft-hearted and reluctant to kill people ruthlessly.

It seems that you still have to kill everyone who should be killed before you go into the ground.

Let's start with the two courtiers in front of him, who followed him to conquer the world and was originally very optimistic.

These thoughts just passed in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind.

When he came back to his senses, Liu Song had just spoken: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister doesn't want to quibble about anything. ”

"This mansion was indeed purchased with the silver belonging to our Yanjing Imperial Court, and it is indeed the residence of the minister."

"And it's not just the house, the flint in the house, the wages of some of the subordinates, the carriages and horses. and summer ice and winter carbon, all of which are the responsibility of the imperial court. ”

The more detailed Liu Song said, the more angry Lao Zhu became. The fist squeaked: "Because it is the silver that the court directly spent on you, it doesn't count as your corruption and bribery, right?" ”

"It is worthy of being the person who oversees Yanjing's power, and his work has really improved much compared to before."

Unlike the frightened Liu Ji, after understanding Dean Zhu's true thoughts, Liu Song seemed very calm from beginning to end: "Your Majesty is wrong. ”