"Your Majesty, Li Xiang is asking to see you outside the palace gate." In the imperial study, a eunuch entered the door to report.

"Nope! Let's just say we're asleep. Zhu Yuanzhang said. It seems that he has long understood Li Shanchang's intention, but it seems that it is too late for him to come now.

The moment he came earlier, Qin Yu was less dangerous.

A moment late, Qin Yu was a little more dangerous.

In such a situation, every second counts.

If he had been like an emperor at the beginning, Qin Yu would not even be in danger.

Is the emperor asleep?

Outside the palace gate, after hearing the eunuch's words, Li Shanchang, who was kneeling, was sweating. Looking up, the imperial study was clearly brightly lit......

"Your Majesty, is this to blame me for coming too late?"

"Anyway, since I'm here, I've already made my attitude clear."

However, he was still not sure what the emperor would do with him in the end, after all, accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger. As the boss of the Huaixi Party and a powerful minister, he met Emperor Zhu,

I'm afraid he is the weakest minister in history.

The so-called ministers are the courtiers who have mastered a power in the court and can faintly compete with the imperial power.

Most of the ministers are prime ministers, and all dynasties have also had disputes between prime ministers and imperial power.

As the leader of the Huaixi Party and the prime minister, Li Shanchang can undoubtedly be called a powerful minister.

The ownership ministers in history are all existences that can compete with the imperial power, and they are not what the emperor can kill if he wants to. The emperor sometimes made decisions without taking into account the feelings of his ministers.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang can kill Li Shanchang if he wants.

There is nothing wrong with Li Shanchang being the prime minister, but the fault is that he is not only the prime minister, but also the boss of the Huaixi Group. The civil ministers and military generals of the Huaixi Party all looked to him as the first horse.

If he is not from Huaixi, and there is no power behind him, he will definitely not be suspicious of Emperor Zhu as prime minister.

The emperor is not afraid of the prime minister's excessive power, but of the powerful forces and groups behind the prime minister.

The forces behind the powerful ministers are basically the entire feudal aristocratic group.

The feudal aristocratic group competed with the imperial power, so that the emperor could not act arbitrarily, could not really seek the well-being of the 'untouchables' in the world, and could only obediently be the spokesman for their interests.

Therefore, 99% of the emperors in history ended up being the spokesmen for the interests of the feudal aristocracy.

Emperors who did not act as spokesmen for the nobility were largely downcast, or defiled as tyrants.

The force behind Li Shanchang is the emerging Huaixi aristocracy.

And after Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor, he obviously didn't want to be checked and balanced by them. He was not educated in this area before he was born as a peasant, and naively believed that imperial power should be supreme.

The emperor alone has the final say in everything.

Only a founding emperor like him would think so, and many second- and third-generation emperors would not think so, because they were surrounded by feudal aristocrats.

Under the influence of hearing and seeing, he also knew that the emperor could not do whatever he wanted.

It's okay to do whatever you want in terms of personal enjoyment, such as choosing a concubine or something...... But these are the little things. Once it comes to the interests of the feudal aristocracy, the emperor's words are not Chrysostom.

The emperor can kill a few poor courtiers with no background, but he can't kill the ministers of the feudal aristocracy.

If the emperor dares to harm the interests of the people, the noble ministers will find ways to resist. The court relied on these noble ministers, and there were too many ways for them to resist.

The emperor was also bound by Confucian dogma.

Knowing that he was jealous, Li Shanchang couldn't let go of his power.

At the same time, those Huaixi nobles didn't want him to resign and return to his position, and persuaded him not to retreat, they also needed a leader.

All of the six princes of Zhu Yuanzhang and twenty-five of the twenty-eight marquis were from Huaixi, which shows how powerful the Huaixi Party is. If Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to stabilize the Ming Dynasty, he had to suppress them.

Daming is not only a small place in Huaixi, but also so many provinces.

In fact, in his case, if he puts it down early, he will return to the field for retirement with peace of mind.

The glory and wealth of several generations is inevitable.

In addition to Li Shanchang, the rest of the princes also trembled one by one after hearing that Qin Yu was assassinated, and they were so nervous that they lost their temper.

All closed doors do not go out, and the second door does not step.

For fear that he would be implicated and suspected by the emperor of having something to do with this matter.

With Emperor Zhu's current attention to Qin Yu, with Qin Yu's current prestige, and directly assassinating him in Yingtianfu...... The seriousness of this matter tonight is tantamount to rebellion.

In front of Emperor Hongwu, who dares to rebel?

All of them are racking their brains, thinking of various ways to clear their suspicions and show the emperor that they are innocent.

"What, Qin Yu was assassinated?" In a certain prince's mansion, when he heard the news, the prince's face showed joy, "Who told him to do all the bad things?" Deserve! ”

"It's best if he dies, and when he dies, no one will bewitch Your Majesty."

"He is dead, and the Ming Dynasty is likely to return to the past."

If it weren't for Qin Yu, he would now have at least 3,000 fiefdoms in the city. In ancient times, land was the greatest wealth, and with land they were the overlords.

And now that the emperor does not give them the land, even the land that was previously rewarded will be gradually taken back.

If it weren't for Qin Yu, he would have been a duke and earl for generations.

And now, the Ming Dynasty practiced equality and freedom, so that his privileges were weakened.

"Grandpa, you can't say this, you can only bury it in your heart." The cronies next to him hurriedly nervously stopped him from continuing, and looked around vigilantly,

"Your Majesty's support for him proves that this is already the general trend."

"The most important thing now is to clear our suspicions."

"Once Your Majesty suspects that Grandpa has something to do with this matter, it will be dangerous."

When Guogong heard this, his face changed color, and he immediately realized the power of it.

……

Ying Tianfu.

On the banks of the Qinhuai River.

In a dark alley.

Qin Yu fled in the direction that the woman pointed him out just now, and sure enough, he saw the person who answered him. Two men were waiting for him in front, both of them were in good shape, and they knew at a glance that they were both masters.

Only two people?

Qin Yu's expression froze.

'Village Chief Huang' did not send a large army, but only sent two masters, presumably fishing for something. Just wait for them to come up and even take the bait.

I immediately understood the intention.

The master has a small target, and it is easy for the big fish to let their guard down.

However, its combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

"It's a blessing for a villain to be able to meet Mr. and protect him." One of the two masters, after seeing Qin Yu, was obviously a little excited,

It even seems to be at a loss.

Prior to this, in the entire Ming Dynasty, there were no more than ten people who could see Qin Yu. Except for the villagers of Lujia Village.

In addition, Qin Yu is the dean of the Jixia Academy Palace and the head of the Huaxia Think Tank.

(End of chapter)