Chapter 15 Serving the Emperor's Throne is Unkind
Heard Zhang Wuji ask about Wei Yixiao's whereabouts.
Yang Xiao immediately said: "King Wei Bat is now lurking in Jinling City to spy on the whereabouts of Lord Wuzhuang and Uncle Yin Guo. However, it is not known where they were held by Zhu Yuanzhang, and it seems that he deliberately hid them to prevent our masters from waiting for the opportunity to rescue them. Yang Xiao sighed, "The most difficult enemies in this world must be these who know you very well." ”
Zhang Wuji asked: "Uncle is the Minister of the Guard, the commander of the forbidden army, and he makes sense by Jiuzhen's side." But why is Uncle Wu here? Before I left, didn't he say that he wanted to go back to Lianlianzhuang? ”
Yang Xiao replied: "Ah, this matter is the fault of his subordinates. Before, the lord of the martial village really wanted to go back to Lianhuanzhuang and enshrine the dragon slaying knife in the ancestral hall of the martial arts. But his subordinates thought about it and persuaded him to stay. ”
"Before, the sect leader once gave the dragon slaying knife to the martial arts lord in an open and honest manner. You don't have to worry about the small people taking it. But this dragon-slaying knife has the power to command the rivers and lakes. After I consulted with the Eagle King, I didn't let the master of the martial village return to the chain village. Instead, he was left behind, and with the help of the name of the Dragon Slaying Knife, he recruited the masters of the rivers and lakes to work for us. ”
"With the dragon slaying knife that commands the rivers and lakes, as well as the prestige of the sect leader, it has indeed attracted a lot of heroes to serve us. It's just that now Zhu Niangniang and the dragon slayer knife have fallen into Zhu Yuanzhang's hands, presumably this thief also wants to concoct the same way. I want to use the prestige of the Son of Heaven and the dragon slayer knife to recruit troops and horses for myself to expand my strength. ”
"And my subordinates heard that a few days ago Zhu Yuanzhang held a canonization ceremony, and the 'Dragon and Phoenix Emperor' Zhang Wuji canonized him as King Wu in the name of Emperor Mingzun. It seems that this traitor wants to be the second Cao Cao. ”
Zhang Wuji sneered when he heard this: "Hehe, I don't think he wants to be Cao Cao, but Sima Zhao who kills the king." ”
Others don't know Zhu Yuanzhang's ability and personality, but Zhang Wuji is clear as a traverser.
To the people, Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed a rare good emperor. First, the Northern Expedition successfully expelled Hu Yuan and recovered the Han family. An empty seal case punished corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and beheaded tens of thousands of corrupt officials.
Such a monarch with such thunderous means has rarely been seen since ancient times.
In the case of Hu Weiyong, he abolished the prime minister system, established six ministries, strengthened the centralization of power, consolidated power, and laid a stable foundation. Although this method is unkind, there is nothing wrong with it.
But although Zhu Yuanzhang is the hero of the Ming army, Zhang Wuji also looks down on him. That is to share in adversity, not rich. Because of Zhu Biao's sudden death, in order to consolidate his family's country, he let Zhu Yunwen, a yellow-mouthed son, take over the throne smoothly, and killed many capable military generals, including Lan Yu and Li Shanchang, and made meritorious contributions to the founding of the country. Even Liu Bowen and Xu Da in their later years died unclear.
So much so that in the later period, when Zhu Yunwen cut the domain, and Zhu Dijing, the king of Yan, was in trouble, Zhu Yunwen had no generals available.
If he hadn't crossed over, or hadn't become Zhang Wuji, then Zhang Wuji would definitely support Emperor Hongwu. At least he was a diligent and loving monarch. Compared with other kings, Zhu Yuanzhang is still very sympathetic to the people.
But now he is Zhang Wuji, and Zhang Wuji's prototype is Han Lin'er. He is the king that Zhu Yuanzhang wants to kill, and the throne he wants to usurp is also his.
From this position, Zhang Wuji naturally would not empathize with such "chaotic ministers and thieves". Any hidden danger that shakes the empire, Zhang Wuji will naturally not stay. But it's a bit of a hassle to kill him right now.
Although with Zhang Wuji's current strength, he can be pinched to death with his fingers. But Zhu Yuanzhang is the leader of the Huaixi group, if he dies unexplained, then the south will be in chaos. If the world is in turmoil at the moment, the benefits are the Mengyuan court and the adjacent Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang.
For himself, who has no base, he is "named as the Son of Heaven", but it is very disadvantageous. Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang and his brothers once had a life-saving grace for Zhang Wuji. If he is forcibly killed, it will only chill the hearts of Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Tang He and others.
Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Tang He, Feng Sheng and others are all rare talents, and these talents should be incorporated into their command.
It's just that they have a close relationship with Zhu Yuanzhang.
Chang Yuchun has been Zhu Yuanzhang's subordinate confidant for many years. Tang He and Xu Da are Zhu Yuanzhang's fellow brothers. There are these relationships here. The corners of the wall are not easy to dig, not to mention, Zhang Wuji cannot execute Zhu Yuanzhang for no reason.
To kill him, you need to at least give Xu Da and the others a reasonable reason. Otherwise, it is difficult to accept people's hearts, and it may make Xu Da and others feel that they are ungrateful.
After all, it was Xu Da who helped him and Yang Buregret when they were in distress in Fengyang, although they didn't help them with any useful help, but they helped them delay time. The beef they ate afterwards was also stolen by Zhu Yuanzhang.
With this kindness, this person is not so easy to kill.
But at this time, Zhang Wuji remembered two important things. One is why Xu Da Chang Yuchun assisted Zhu Yuanzhang in his rebellion. Although his relationship with Xu Da is not as iron as that between Xu Da and Zhu Yuanzhang, it can be regarded as a fateful friendship.
Not to mention his own black-faced god, he often meets Brother Chunchang.
The two were brothers with different surnames when they were in Butterfly Valley, and the injuries on his body were also saved by Zhang Wuji at the cost of his life by mistake. And Chang Yuchun is just Zhu Yuanzhang's cronies, not his fellow villagers or friends, it stands to reason that Chang Yuchun has a closer relationship with himself. Why did he also help Zhu Yuanzhang to rebel?
However, Zhang Wuji then understood this problem, Xu Zhu Yuanzhang deceived his two elder brothers. After all, in the original work, Zhu Yuanzhang used Han Lin'er to make a fuss and divide the relationship between Zhang Wuji and Xu Da Chang Yuchun, which made Zhang Wuji feel cold, and then gave up the throne for Zhao Min.
And Zhu Yuanzhang in this time and space may also "murder" Zhang Wuji with Liu Futong, Yang Xiao and others, and then use Zhu Jiuzhen as a puppet to fool everyone, with bad intentions.
Xu Da and Chang Yuchun's two elder brothers are both righteous people, they must have listened to these, and then thought about helping their "younger brother" avenge themselves, so they were willing to create their own "brother" for Zhu Yuanzhang's precursor.
But Zhang Wuji thought of another question.
So Zhang Wuji asked, "That's right! Wasn't Zhu Yuanzhang Guo Zixing's subordinate before? What about Guo Zixing? I traveled thousands of miles to rescue Guo Tianxu in person, could it be that their father and son let Zhu Yuanzhang do anything wrong? Besides, even if they are canonized, they should be canonized as father and son, how can Zhu Yuanzhang be canonized? ”
Then Zhang Wuji frowned and asked, "Where did Guo Tianxu's father and son go?" ”
Hearing Zhang Wuji's question, Yang Xiao and Liu Futong were silent, and then the two sighed sadly.
Seeing that the two of them were suddenly not frank, Zhang Wuji continued to ask, "Why don't you talk anymore?" Where did their father and son go? Didn't you say before that Guo Tianxu once led troops to rescue the driver? Where is he now? ”
(End of chapter)