"Naturally, it was because Xu Da's back disease was serious." Zhu Yuanzhang blurted out.

In fact, there is a lot of article in this matter. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang has gradually become more and more uneasy to follow his old ministers and generals to fight the world. I am afraid that these founding ministers are proud of their achievements, and they can be restrained when they are in power, but if they are a hundred years later, the emperors of later generations may not be able to suppress these people, and if they are not good, they will endanger the children and grandchildren, so they have already had the intention to slowly dispose of some old ministers, Hongwu has disposed of Huai'an Hou Hua Yunlong ten years ago, Deqing Hou Liao Yongzhong and other old generals, Liu Bowen has also been deposed, and slowly cleared these possible hidden dangers for future kings. It is rumored that the crown prince Zhu Biao once persuaded Zhu Yuanzhang to be sympathetic to the old ministers and not to kill for no reason, Zhu Yuanzhang threw a wooden stick full of long thorns on the ground and ordered Zhu Biao to pick it up, the prince naturally hesitated, Zhu Yuanzhang dialect: "I am removing the thorn for you today, and you can hold the stick firmly in the future." It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang's slaughter of old ministers was really intentional.

But for Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, a fellow brother, Zhu Yuanzhang praised him for "coming out of the order, succeeding and spinning, not being reserved, women have nothing to love, treasures are not taken, the integrity is flawless, the sun and the moon are clear, and the general is just one person", he has always been favored and trusted, so that he commanded hundreds of thousands of troops to guard the northern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty, so that the northern Xinjiang has been peaceful for decades, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, waiting for revival, and thriving. Later, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, folded Xu Da in the northern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty has been operating almost like an iron bucket, the army only knows that there is a Wei Guogong does not know that there is a court, if there is a dissenting heart will become a big trouble for the court, between the words faintly hinted that the father should take into account the moderation of Xu Da, Zhu Yuanzhang then remembered some of the previous worries, so he took the opportunity of Xu Da's back disease to recall him to return to Beijing to recuperate, put it by his side, and the military power of hundreds of thousands of troops in northern Xinjiang was handed over to the fourth son, Zhu Di, the king of Yan. Originally, according to Zhu Yuanzhang's idea, Xu Da has followed him for decades and has always been loyal, and there can be no objection, as long as he changes his military power, he can be comfortably retired and return to heaven, which can be regarded as a brotherhood. This thought is naturally unknown, at this time Zhu Wenyu asked, Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly blurted out, in fact, what he said was not bad, summoning Xu Da back to Beijing, on the one hand, in order to reduce military power, and another important reason was also to let him return to Beijing to recuperate from the back disease, and there was no intention to deal with him.

"Oh, then the emperor doesn't know about Wei Guogong and the Tianyi Alliance?"

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was shocked, and he blurted out: "Xu Da will have something to do with the Tianyi League?" "The mind is turning, the Tianyi Alliance is Zhu Wenyu's assassination of the former palace guard leader "Thunder Swordsman" Nangong Lei, and suspects the behind-the-scenes forces related to the important ministers of the DPRK, Zhu Wenyu once wrote a letter to talk about it in detail, could it be that this Tianyi Alliance will actually be related to Xu Da? For a while, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly had a feeling of being glad that Xu Da died at the right time.

"I just suspect it, and I'm still verifying, but I didn't expect to hear the news of Wei Guogong's death, so I hurried back to Beijing, and then went to Wei Guogong's mansion to worship the spirit, but I didn't find out whether there was a relationship between Wei Guogong and Tianyi Alliance, but I heard some other news."

"What's the news? Little monkey, you say. ”

"Let me ask again, Your Majesty, what did you give the Duke of Wei a banquet that day?"

"What the hell do you want to do, boy? Question: If you don't answer, you still ask me about nonsense? Zhu Yuanzhang had a straight face.

"Your Majesty, this matter is very important, please ask the emperor to tell the little monkey first." Zhu Wenyu said strongly, I am afraid that since Zhu Yuanzhang ascended to the throne of the Son of Heaven, it is the first time that a courtier dares to talk to him like this.

"Okay, wait a minute, little monkey, if you don't tell me a word, let's see how I clean you up. The wine banquet I gave to Xu Da was also eaten by me and the old ministers, and I ate a reed roast goose that tasted good, so I ordered Xu Da to share it, plus a pot of imperial wine, which was also served from my banquet. ”

"Not a steamed goose?" Zhu Wenyu thought about Zhu Yuanzhang's past relationship with Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, and never dared to believe that he would give Xu Da to death, and later heard He Wencan say that after Xu Da returned to Beijing, Zhu Yuanzhang also visited the Duke of Wei's mansion in person, which was only a matter of more than three months, and it was unlikely that he would want to give death to that Xu beard all at once, but at this time, I heard Zhu Yuanzhang talk about the gift in person, and my heart was still shocked.

"What steamed goose? Xu Da has dorsal gangrene and can't eat any steamed food, how can I give him steamed goose? Only those people who spread rumors and make trouble will make up such absurd demagoguery, I am investigating this matter thoroughly these days, and I must catch those unscrupulous people and deal with them strictly!"

"But...... Your Majesty, I went to the Wei Mansion to worship the spirit, and talked to Xu Zengshou, the second son of Xu, for a while, according to what he said, what the emperor gave that day was a steamed goose! Xu Dabeard was eaten with tears in front of the eunuch who announced the decree!"

"Huh?!" Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked when he heard this, and He Wencan also looked at Zhu Wenyu in surprise.

"Wei Guogong accepted the steamed goose given by him, ate it with tears, and didn't die until the evening, but he thought that the emperor did have the intention of giving death, so he committed suicide by taking poison." Zhu Wenyu continued.

"This ...... Won't Xu Da be on the fold? Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't react.

"I also asked Xu Zengshou, he said that Wei Guogong said that the emperor gave the steamed goose, which is naturally the meaning of death, and the holy decree is not stated at all, so he doesn't want to make a noise, only let Wei Guogong himself know, because Wei Guogong and the emperor are both from Haozhou, which is a saying only in Haozhou's hometown, and people who are not in Haozhou do not know this meaning. If the fold makes a big fuss, maybe even the heads of dozens of people up and down the Hefu will not be able to be saved, and it is better to commit suicide by himself, and the fold will not be used. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang never expected that there was a problem with the gift, and after thinking about it, it was also very natural, with the matter that the monarch and the minister only knew, Xu Dading thought that he did have the intention of giving death, and as long as he died alone, he would not implicate his family and subordinates, in other words, any minister would think so, no wonder there would be rumors among the people that they gave steamed goose. It's just that the gift is clearly ordered to be served from the table, and the eunuch went to the Wei Mansion to announce the decree and came back to pay the decree is also a word-for-word thing, the Ming Dynasty has been open for nearly 20 years, and there have been no less than thousands of holy decrees, and there are hundreds of times to give the ministers to eat and drink, not to mention the use of playing, there has never been such a thing, this time a poke is a big basket, and actually made a founding minister, a first-class duke, follow his own southern expedition and sweep the Central Plains for his own right-hand general who killed himself by swallowing poison and committing suicide, In the end, this black cauldron has to be carried by himself, who is the emperor, what is going on?

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a while, speechless for a while.

"Hooray, why don't you call the eunuch who announced the decree that day to come over and ask?" He Wencan, who was next to him, was worthy of being the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and when he followed Zhu Yuanzhang in the past, he was in charge of collecting enemy information, and he was smart, and he thought of the key to the problem at once.

"Yes, yes, yes, high...... Chanting, called ...... It's called Chen Hanren. Zhu Yuanzhang woke up and hurriedly shouted at the chanting.

"The slave obeys." Gao Yu was also stunned when he heard it, and when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions, he hurriedly bowed, turned around and trotted all the way out of the study, and ordered someone to hurry up to pass on Chen Hanren before returning to the study.

"Why is Father-in-law Ren going to announce the decree?" Chen Hanren, the father-in-law of Ren, was originally the great eunuch of Xianlan Courtyard where Zhu Wenyu lived before, more than fifty years old, and he used to be very good to Zhu Wenyu, and later Zhu Wenyu moved out of the inner palace to live outside Dong'an Gate. Zhu Wenyu didn't understand how it was Chen Hanrenren's father-in-law who went to the Wei State Mansion to announce the decree.

"That day, there was a big banquet in the palace, there were too many old ministers, dozens of tables, the chief eunuchs were too busy, all the eunuchs in the palace were used, Chen Hanren served you in Xianlan Courtyard for several years, and he was careful in the palace before, and he just poured wine at the banquet, so I asked him to go." Zhu Yuanzhang said disapprovingly.

"Your Majesty, Weichen still thinks that Chen Hanren will be sent over and carefully inquired about the details." He Wencan was beside him to help.

"If he makes a mistake here and I miss Xu Aiqing, I will have to destroy his nine clans." Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have found the object of venting at once, and said viciously.

The room fell silent for a while, and no one spoke, for a long time, only a few coughs were heard from far and near, and slowly approached the north study. Gao Yu looked outside the door and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Chen Hanren is here." ”

"Biography." Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand and sat down as he returned to the bookcase.

Gao Chan shouted out the door, "Come in." I saw two people in eunuch costumes walking in, and it was Chen Hanren, the chief eunuch of the original Xianlan Courtyard, who couldn't stop coughing while trembling, and the other was a middle-aged eunuch, helping Chen Hanren to walk forward slowly.

Zhu Wenyu originally lived in Xianlan Courtyard with Old Master Chen for several years, and he was Chen Hanren's master, so he was naturally very familiar with this benevolent father-in-law, but since the death of Old Master Chen, Zhu Wenyu moved out of the inner palace to live in the house given by Zhu Yuanzhang outside Dong'an Gate, although he also entered the palace from time to time to take a look, but after all, he came less, and then walked the rivers and lakes, and never returned to the inner palace, counting Chen Hanren, who has taken care of and served him since childhood, has not seen him for several years. Compared with a few years ago, he was much older, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad, and hurriedly shouted: "Father-in-law." ”

Hearing this, Chen Hanren suddenly raised his head and exclaimed in surprise: "Young Master Yu?!"

Zhu Wenyu grabbed two steps, and was about to speak, when he suddenly felt a strange feeling coming, and he was startled, only to see the eyes of the middle-aged eunuch who was holding Chen Hanren flash, Zhu Wenyu suddenly felt a great murderous aura, and in the blink of an eye, he was so busy that he was out of breath, and he was already carrying the true qi of protecting the body, but his mouth was shouting: "The emperor is careful!"

Before Zhu Wenyu finished speaking, he saw that the middle-aged eunuch had already made a mistake under his feet, his body was like electricity, and he passed by Zhu Wenyu and rushed straight to Zhu Yuanzhang behind the book case three zhang away.

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