In the seventh year of Hongwu, the beginning of autumn.

It hadn't rained for months, the dark clouds pressed over the imperial city, but the air didn't see raindrops falling for a long time, and at the end of the deep and secluded palace corridor, the eunuchs lowered their heads and silently swept the fallen yellow leaves, not daring to make a human sound.

It was a bleak, red-embellished dynasty. The unruly generals were killed, the scheming Wenchen was killed, the local giant room that did not return to obedience was killed to the point that no children and grandchildren were cut off, and the Confucian scholars who played with words were also killed, so that no one dared to speak, and no one dared to take a breath.

"His Royal Highness King Qi, it's time to go to the main hall?"

The accompanying eunuch looked up with some fear.

Zhu Bo gradually came back to his senses.

A few years after graduating, he started a small company, and the business was a little successful, and once he came home and drove tiredly, and the car hit the bridge pier, and he opened his eyes and was here.

Those who engage in business like to read history books and find ways to manage and operate from them.

He was the same.

The original body is Zhu Yuanzhang's seventh son, King of Qi, Zhu Rong.

Among the princes, Zhu Yu, the king of Qi, is the most disobedient and has done many jaw-dropping things, and is the most playful among the princes.

When cutting the domain, Zhu Rong's ending was bleak.

In the last years of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang realized the strength of the vassal king, and imposed restrictions on the head of the vassal king, telling Zhu Yunwen that after his death, the vassal king was not allowed to come to the capital for funeral, intending to imprison the vassal king in a fief for the rest of his life.

When he arrived at Zhu Yunwen, he abolished the acting king, the king of Min and the king of Zhou as concubines.

Zhu Di also cut the feudal domain, deprived the feudal king of the military power, and obtained the throne from the feudal king's counterattack, no one knows the danger of the feudal king better than Zhu Di.

Even if he was abolished, the vassal king was under the surveillance of the imperial court all his life.

Earn a little money to improve your life, do you think of the rebellion? In history, there is no shortage of meritorious generals who died from civilian officials, and this is the reason why distant generals are not as good as close ministers.

Zhu Yu sees very clearly, his background can't be chosen, maybe the moment he closes his eyes completely, the vassal king can really be liberated.

Seeing that he didn't speak, the little eunuch whispered: "Your Majesty said that the kings grew up in wealth, if you don't learn the way of governance from your master, how will you govern the vassal kingdom in the future?" Your Highness, the Religion of Etiquette and Music, you can't be sloppy! ”

The little eunuch's name is Liu Jiu, who is white and beautiful, and was selected by Queen Ma from among the outstanding eunuchs.

Not only as a playmate, but also as a supervisor of the prince's studies.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma taught the vassal kings strictly, and in the first year of Hongwu, they built a large hall in the palace, recruited famous Confucians from all over the world, and taught the young kings.

If you don't want to cut the domain, there is obviously no way out for the main hall.

This is because the main hall teaches the etiquette of restricting the feudal kings.

Zhu Zhen said: "No, don't go, this king heard that Wenlou has hidden the world's classics, so he will go to Wenlou today." ”

Liu Jiu blinked, this is this prince, once it is decided, even if Sage Kong himself says it, it is useless, only His Majesty's board can make this lord submissive.

Reluctantly, he picked up a lantern.

Walk through the deep corridors.

In the left gate, Zhu Rong was blocked by a line of Tsing Yi guards, led by a full-time service in front of the palace Yiluan Si Qianhu, Mao Xiang, the first commander of the Ming Dynasty.

"King Qi takes the order!"

Mao Xiang slowly unfolded the holy decree and conveyed Zhu Yuanzhang's will, until he finished reading it and slowly closed it: "Your Highness, go quickly." ”

Zhu Yu was stunned: "How could my father order me to be beheaded?" ”

"This person is special, His Majesty was going to personally supervise the beheading, but today because he had no time to get out of the court, he thought of you."

Mao Xiang took the horse rope and calmly handed it to Zhu Rong, "Your Highness, let's move quickly." ”

Among Zhu Yuanzhang's thirteen sons, the eldest seven are the most special.

When he gave birth to them, Zhu Yuanzhang was fighting with Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng, and he couldn't take care of them, except for the son Zhu Biao who could follow Song Lian to study, the remaining six people could only follow the army.

Zhu Yuanzhang has been in charge of the family since he was a child, and he pushes himself and others, thinking that his son should be the same.

In order to teach the march to fight, Zhu Yuanzhang once asked his six brothers, wearing bast shoes and wrapping their legs, to hike outside the city like soldiers, riding horses on seven-tenths of the way and walking three-tenths of the way.

Zhu Rong, who was young at the time, was about to rot his feet.

Receiving such an order, Zhu Yu was not surprised at all, it was not strange for his father to think of anything, as a prince, he did not question his father's qualifications.

He received the decree and hurried to the court on horseback.

The adjutant is the head of the five-grade criminal department, and the people are out of the woods.

Seeing that Zhu Rong was nervous and dazed, the head of the criminal department said respectfully: "Your Highness, rest assured, everything has a subordinate official, you will sit in the hall and supervise the beheading, and after the incident, you will return to the palace to pay the decree to Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Yu couldn't help but feel relieved that there was such an official in the imperial court.

"Executions begin!"

When the hour came, the head of the criminal department dropped a warrant and shouted.

The executioner took a sip of wine and opened the knife, then raised it high, and the guillotine fell, and the man broke in two.

His hands, face, and trouser legs were splashed with bright red.

At first, Zhu Yan was not very comfortable, but slowly, Mu Ran looked at the scene in front of him.

Zhu Yu finally saw the coldness and desolation of Hongwu.

Zhu Yuanzhang never asked for reasons for killing.

Civil officials were slaughtered, and the dangerous atmosphere of raiding homes and exterminating clans filled the air, and in history, some officials in Hongwu really couldn't stand it and wanted to resign and go home, but they committed Zhu Yuanzhang's taboo, saying that they refused to help the court do things, and they had to be killed!

The Confucian scholars hid in the countryside and did not dare to come out to take the exam, and the imperial court ordered the local officials to recommend them to come out.

In later generations, a small number of people commented that Zhu Yuanzhang killed corrupt officials.

There is not a single good official among the seventy or eighty thousand officials?

Not necessarily.

It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang adheres to a principle, since it's either you who is greedy or he is greedy, then let's kill them all, that's right.

The empty seal case cannot be explained, Fang Xiaoru's father Fang Keqin, who was an honest official, died in the empty seal case.

Although the officials are dark.

But Fang Xiaoru still came out to be an official and served the Ming court, which is really admirable.

Zhu Yu understood that if he wanted to survive in the cold and cruel early Ming Dynasty, he had to keep his eyes open, he turned his head to the head of the criminal department next to him, "What crime did they commit, all of them were beheaded?" ”

The head of the criminal department was a little afraid to talk about it, but after thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang stood behind Zhu Rong and said: "Back to His Royal Highness, the main culprit is called Gao Qi, and he went to the invitation of Wei Guan, the prefect of Suzhou, to write a Shangliang article, four of which made His Majesty furious!" ”

"What word?"

"Dragons and tigers!"

Zhu Yu carefully recalled, the dragon is in a tiger's position, these four words can be used at will in later generations, but in ancient times, the dragon refers to the Son of Heaven.

The chief bookkeeper of the Criminal Department said: "Your Highness doesn't know, Wei Guanxiu's mansion is the former site of Zhang Shicheng's palace, Gao Qi is really bold!" ”

Gao Qi is the head of the four heroes of Wuzhong.

Three years ago, Gao Qi was appointed as the editor of Hanlin, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted him to be promoted to the head of the household, Gao Qi shirked it, Zhu Yuanzhang not only did not embarrass him, but gave him a large amount of gold silk to return to his hometown, showing the posture of a virtuous monarch.

Attracted famous Confucian talents to take refuge in the imperial court.

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang killed this person does not need a real reason.

If you want to say one, it is that Gao Qi is too famous.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born as a cow baby, worked as a monk, and became an emperor, which naturally attracted the slander and contempt of scholars.

The killing of Gao Qi is to wake up those self-righteous literati and not to be hilarious.

Gao Qi's position in the literary world is very important, and killing a Gao Qi just blocks the mouths of Confucian scholars in the world.

What a good means for my father!