In the afternoon of the second day, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting upright in the imperial study, looked through a few copies of the recitals, and it turned out that these letters were all written by Zhan Hui, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and implored His Majesty the Emperor to make a holy judgment on several murder cases that he could not decide.

Zhu Yuanzhang casually placed these folds on the desk, and couldn't help sneering slightly in his heart.

It turned out that this Zhan Hui was originally a waiter in the Criminal Department, but he was promoted from his predecessor Shangshu Kaiji who was corrupt and perverted the law, and was beheaded by a full house of people who set up death row for private arson. This person has been walking on thin ice since he became the secretary of the Criminal Department, and he is cautious, and every time there is a case where the so-called murderer is "extenuating", he must be pushed towards himself, for fear of bearing the notoriety of a "cool official".

Although the sleekness of this criminal department book made Zhu Yuanzhang quite displeased, he couldn't help but remind him of a past incident that happened more than ten years ago, that is, in the fifth year of Hongwu, when he happened to see what was written in the book "Mencius" "The king regards his ministers as mustard, and the ministers regard the king as an enemy", and what "the people are precious, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light", he couldn't help but be furious, and couldn't help but scold, "Make this old man today, rather than be spared?" Immediately issued an order to expel Mencius from the Temple of Literature and not to be deserved. And at the time of the court meeting, he announced with a loud voice that if there is a counselor, he will be guilty of great disrespect. Qian Tang, a nerd who was the secretary of the Criminal Department at the time, actually committed a straightforward admonition, and kept saying something, "The minister died for Meng Ke, and there is more glory in his death." "The temple was crowded with servants for a while, so that he could only give up helplessly.

For Emperor Hongwu, who controlled the Ming Empire with one hand, Zhan Hui's sleek and unself-indulgent attitude was obviously more forgivable than the Qian Tang who sold his reputation. In order to obtain the greatest recognition of scholars, his son Zhu Biao and grandson Zhu Yunwen respectively took the famous Confucian Song Lian and his disciple Fang Xiaoru as teachers to receive orthodox Confucian education, but the fly in the ointment was that they got along with Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng every day. Thinking about this, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately instructed Xue Jing, the head of the imperial study, to summon the crown prince Zhu Biao and his son to come to meet him.

In the East Palace, the prince Zhu Biao, dressed in fine clothes, is giving a banquet to the Liangguo Gong Lanyu, who has returned from Mobei and made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty.

After the banquet, Lan Yu, wearing a big red official robe, stood solemnly in the study, and after the eunuch Bai Hui served tea, he withdrew, looked at His Royal Highness the Prince, who was sitting not far away, bowed down and said, "Weichen has a few words from the bottom of his heart, hide them in his chest and don't vomit unpleasantly." ”

Zhu Biao was naturally sincerely happy that Lan Yu lived up to his expectations and broke the Northern Yuan in one fell swoop, but since he knew what Lan Yu did at Xifengkou, he was inevitably unhappy in his heart. ”

Lan Yu recalled in his mind Zhu Di's scheming to rectify the son of the leader of the Oirat tribe, Zhu Quan's bravery when he followed the army to chase and kill the Northern Yuan Emperor, and after a little groaning, he said in a deep voice: "King Yan is good at strategy, King Ning is good at fighting." Your Highness must be on guard in advance. ”

Zhu Biao suddenly heard this, and couldn't help frowning and being silent. Although he is more generous and benevolent by nature, he is not an ignorant person, Zhu Di's city government is deep, and he also knows it. The crown princess is the daughter of Chang Yuchun, the king of Kaiping, so Lan Yu, as Chang Yuchun's wife and brother, is also a friendship with herself, but compared to the relationship between Zhu Di and her brother, it is still a little farther away.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Biao picked up the teacup and drank it, and said casually, "Zhu Di, I am very respectful of Zhu Quan, why did you come from this?" ”

Lan Yu saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't believe his words at all, and couldn't help but hurriedly say, "The so-called people don't hurt the tiger, and the tiger has the ...... to swallow people's hearts."

Zhu Biao didn't want to continue this topic, so he waved his hand and interrupted, "At the time of the early dynasty today, my father crowned you the Duke of Liangguo, and this Liang is not comparable to Biliang." The difference between one word and the error is thousands of miles, the meaning of the father, and I hope you will deeply understand it. It's time for you to change your competitive and do-it-yourself nature. ”

Although Lan Yu was above the top, he didn't think much of Zhu Biao's words in his heart, but he still bowed down to the leader and bowed down to say yes. The reason why he was able to command the army in a battle was because of the help of His Royal Highness the Prince. The so-called death of a confidant is not an exaggeration in Lan Yu's opinion, but it is not an exaggeration to say that such a gift is as heavy as Mount Tai.

At this time, Xue Jing, the head of the imperial study, had already come to the East Palace to announce the decree.

In the afternoon, the sun was shining, and a young man walked on the wide royal road of the Forbidden City, and he couldn't help jumping up and down in a comfortable mood, and he was very happy, it was the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen.

When Xue Jing came to the East Palace to announce the decree, he was studying with his teacher Fang Xiaoru. When he was a teenager, he suddenly went out of class, and his mood was inevitably like a bird coming out of the cage, and he was very excited.

There were several slight coughs in his ears, and Zhu Yunwen remembered that his father Zhu Biao had been unwell recently, and he had only been treated by the doctor this morning, so he hurriedly turned around and came to his father's side and helped him forward.

The crown prince Zhu Biao, who had a slightly sickly look on his face, saw his son flying all the way after going out, which provoked some eunuchs and palace maids who leaned over to greet him on the side of the avenue, and they couldn't help laughing, which was quite undignified. I wanted to scold my son a few words, but seeing that he was looking at himself with concern at this time, thinking of the filial piety of this eldest son on weekdays, he couldn't bear to scold him anymore, so he couldn't help but smile and reached out to stroke the top of his head, and took his son's hand and walked forward slowly.

The moment he stepped into the imperial study, seeing that his son bowed his head and lowered his eyebrows, and there was no longer the flying and jumping feeling of the young man before, Zhu Biao couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart.

Seeing the arrival of his son and grandson, the Hongwu Emperor also had a rare happy face, reached out and took the few letters from Zhan Hui, the secretary of the Criminal Department, handed them to Zhu Yunwen and said slowly, "How do you think these cases should be judged?" ”

Zhu Biao couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw that his father, who was often a man of his word in the temple, specially summoned his father and son to discuss and decide the case today.

After Zhu Yunwen took the few letters and read them carefully, he blinked his big eyes, and after looking back at his father's eyes, he couldn't help but feel quite embarrassed.

Zhu Biao saw his son's face in danger, and secretly thought to himself that his father's strict punishment on weekdays was too heavy, if I gave advice, it often provoked my father's anger. Thinking about this, he said lightly, "You are young and knowledgeable, even if you have something to think about, you should say it bluntly." ”

Zhu Yunwen is very afraid of his grandfather on weekdays, but today he saw him smiling, and he was obviously in a good mood, and then he was encouraged by his father Zhu Biao, recalling that his teacher Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng's step-by-step teachings were read by the East Palace on weekdays, so he had the courage to say slowly, "My grandson feels that although these cases involve murder, the perpetrators seem to be excusable, and there is a reason for the incident, and they may not be all beheaded." ”

"In the three chapters of the agreement between Liu Bang and his father, how did Han Gaozu Liu Bang and his father say about the murder?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his son Zhu Biao quietly, and then looked at Zhu Yunwen and asked lightly.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Yunwen said aloud: "Sima Qian's "Historical Records, Gaozu Benji" wrote that he made a covenant with his father and elders, and the three chapters of the law were eared, and the murderer died, injured and stolen. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang listened to his grandson's memorization of word for word, and was very satisfied in his heart, and after bowing his head slightly, he suddenly sighed and said: "At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, when wars broke out, human lives were as cheap as mustard, and there were countless people who killed people for a bite of food. I just want the whole world to understand that no one can kill people at will. Speaking of this, seeing that Zhu Yunwen's face showed a slight dissatisfaction, he said in a deep voice, "A few years ago, Prime Minister Hu Weiyong's son beat passers-by to death after hitting people on the street. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but say with a sneering look on his face, "It's a good one, and there is a reason for it." I am afraid that after a long time, it will become that the family members of the officials will kill people for a reason, and the rich people will kill people for excusable reasons, and only those who have no money and no money will be left to kill people. Pointing to the pen and ink on the desk, he said sharply, "Pick up the pen and write eight words on these folds." ”

Although Zhu Yunwen was not very convinced, he still picked up the brush and dipped it in ink, and looked at his grandfather with fear in his eyes.

"Murder pays for life, and the autumn queen asks for beheading." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice word by word, his tone was full of unquestionable and inviolable meanings.

Thinking of his strokes, several heads fell to the ground, and Zhu Yunwen's hand holding the pen couldn't help trembling slightly, and when he finished the instructions on the several letters, his forehead couldn't help but sweat slightly, and the ink was sprinkled on the desk and clothes.

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent on his face, but he couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart, and asked in a deep voice as his mind turned, "The five words benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and faith that Confucianism advocates must be reversed for those who are human monarchs." Seeing that his son and grandson all had puzzled expressions on their faces, he said slowly, "The so-called letter is that words must be practiced and deeds must be fruitful." I said that I would severely punish the corrupt ink, and that the 1,000 corrupt officials and corrupt officials who were investigated and punished would not only kill 999. The so-called wisdom word is the same thing, as a courtier can see the pros and cons of three points, then the monarch must see nine points and ten points thoroughly, so as not to be deceived by traitors. Speaking of this, after taking two sips of the teacup, he looked at Zhu Yunwen and said lightly, "I let Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng taught you Confucian etiquette, because the literati all over the world do not respect Confucius and Meng, and you can only get these courtiers to be willing to die." And the senseless kindness of a woman is the taboo of a king. ”

Although the sun is shining today, the wind and the sun are beautiful, Zhu Biao, Zhu Yunwen and his son saw Zhu Yuanzhang's thrilling words and deeds, and their hearts couldn't help but feel a slight chill.

It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Zhu Biao's father and son were the heirs to the throne of the future Ming Empire, but he was too influenced by Fang Xiaoru and others, so he had today's good and seductive actions. Fang Cai's words, but he categorically would not say it in front of Zhu Di and Zhu Quan.

In the backyard of King Ning's Mansion, the bright sunlight sprinkled on the sparkling lake was very dazzling.

Xu Ying, who was dressed in a light yellow shirt, blinked a pair of big eyes, staring at the undulating floats on the water, and his eyes squinted at Zhu Quan on one side, and he couldn't help but show a strange look on his face.

It turned out that although Zhu Quan was wearing a python robe at this time, he was lying on the grass by the lake on all fours, and a copy of the "Analects" was covered on his face, and he slept very comfortably.

Recalling Zhu Quan's strange remarks, he kept saying that Confucius's books were subdued and frustrated to read, and they were the most suitable for hypnosis, and Xu Ying couldn't help but feel ridiculous. Just as he was about to stretch out his feet to remind the "toad" lying on his back on the shore of the lake, the fishing rod in his hand was slightly clicked, and it was obvious that there was a fish bite.

After all, Xu Ying is a person who practices martial arts, and her reaction is far faster than ordinary people, and when her wrist flips, a fish as thick as a finger has already cut through the surface of the lake, fluttering and lifting her ashore. Seeing that this fish that was finally hooked was so thin, Xu Ying couldn't help but show disappointment.

Although Zhu Quan was asleep, he noticed Xu Ying's movement on one side, so he woke up, stood up and stretched his waist, looked at the little fish that was still struggling, and then looked at Xu Ying, and couldn't help laughing, "What a cat fish, just suitable for feeding cats." ”

When Xu Ying heard that he was not only gloating, but also laughing, he actually compared himself to a big cat, and couldn't help but blush, stomped his feet, and then waved his palm towards Zhu Quan's shoulder.

Out of shame, although this palm has no internal strength, it is extremely fast, but it still fails.

It turned out that Zhu Quan's fishing rod was placed on his side when he was sleeping, and when he was talking, the fishing rod slid forward with a "whoosh", which obviously showed that a fish was hooked.

Zhu Quan has been practicing martial arts with his master for a long time, and he leaned over to grab it with great skill, not only happened to avoid Xu Ying's palm blow, but also grabbed the end of the fishing rod before it was dragged into the lake.

Holding the fishing rod tightly, Zhu Quan already felt a strong movement under the water, and couldn't help but shout excitedly, "Big fish, big fish." ”

Xu Ying saw that the green bamboo fishing rod in Zhu Quan's hand had been bent into an arc, and then looked at the dying small fish on her fishing rod, she couldn't help but be very ashamed, grabbed the fishing rod in Zhu Quan's hand, and said with confidence, "You are clumsy, don't break the fishing line." "As soon as the fishing rod was started, I already felt the great strength of the struggle of the fish that was not yet visible under the water, and I couldn't help but smile.

Zhu Quan was unwilling, but he was helpless, so he had to watch from the wall with a wry smile.

After all, the fishing wire can't eat too fierce pulling strength, Xu Yingqiang suppressed the excitement in her heart, and resolved the strength of the big fish with the skill in her hand.

Zhu Quan was very depressed after being taken away by Xu Ying unreasonably, but at this time, seeing Xu Ying's face with a delicate look, he looked up at the blue sky and white clouds, and smelled a faint fragrance in his nose, and couldn't help but feel slightly drunk. In this situation, he completely forgot in his heart that not long ago, he was still on the cold wind howling Mobei grassland, and the bloody battle with the Yuan soldiers. forgot about the deceit and intrigue with Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di's father and son.

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