Zhu Yuanzhang thought that his words were the last word, and Hu Weiyong should not be able to refute it.

However, Hu Weiyong slowly shook his head and said, "No, it's not. I am the prime minister, the head of the minister, and my son is the son of the minister, and his life is different from that of the grass-headed people. What's more, it's not that he kills people with his own hands, and it is enough to dispose of his slaves and pay a sum of money. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stupid when he heard it: "According to what you say, he can do as much evil as he wants, and he doesn't have to worry about being held accountable." Anyway, there is someone below to take the blame for him? ”

"That's what our prime minister thinks?" He showed deep disappointment and said, "Our prime minister actually thinks so!" ”

"I'll just ask your superiors, if your son kills someone, will you let him pay for his life?" But I heard Hu Weiyong ask quietly.

The words "......" silenced Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Look, it's your turn, so you don't talk about killing people to pay for your life, it's justified." Hu Weiyong laughed sarcastically and said:

"This is human nature, superior! After beating the world down with nine deaths and one life, he finally became the honor of the Ninety-Five, and his descendants also became nobles of the heavens, why should he be subject to the law like the people? ”

"Tianhuang nobles are also subject to the law...... Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly.

"No, the law is formulated by the officials and restricts the subjects, and it would be too stupid to cocoon yourself!" Hu Weiyong raised his voice and said: "From ancient times to the present, the emperor's family has privileges that are not bound by the law, so there is no need to be embarrassed by the superior, and he generously admits it!" ”

"Don't go off-topic." Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said: "Should the Heavenly Family have privileges, what does it have to do with you?" ”

"Of course it matters, you didn't fight this world alone. It's not something you can sit on alone! Hu Weiyong said loudly: "When fighting the world, everyone has made a contribution, why should you sit in the world, only your family can enjoy the privileges, and everyone can only watch?" ”

"When you sit in the world, you have to rely on civil officials and military officials to rule the country and level the world in the future, and people are not the servants of your old Zhu family, not for promotion and wealth, not for privileges, why should you be born and die, and be a cow and a horse for you?"

"......" This is the first time that someone dares to talk to Zhu Yuanzhang and say it so directly. The interests of the monarch and the ministers were nakedly dissected to him.

Zhu Yuanzhang finally understood why most of the emperors after the Han Dynasty chose Confucian scholars instead of grammar officials, these people are too realistic, too utilitarian, and directly unbearable.

After being silent for a long time, he exhaled a long breath of turbid air and said:

"Let's admit that I didn't have any ambitions back then, and I rebelled because I had no way to live. Later, when he became bigger, he also wanted to win and wanted to be the emperor, saying that it was nonsense to save the people in the world. Zhu Yuanzhang said frankly:

"In the first few years of becoming the emperor, we have always been ignorant, and we can't figure out why God made a cowherd baby an emperor. But we just can't get used to those old brothers acting as prestige, enclosing land and occupying land, bullying men and women, and trampling the people. ”

"Every time someone complains to us, we hate it so much, we just think about the Ming Dynasty, what is the difference between the Ming Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty that killed my family?"

"I don't want my Ming Dynasty to become the Yuan Dynasty that I hate so much. In that way, I will not have the face to see my father and mother under Jiuquan in the future. There are also my brother and sister-in-law, my sister, my sister, my brother, and my nephew...... And the sea, their brothers who died in battle. For their sake, no, absolutely not! ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze became as firm as iron. "Since ancient times, there has been no precedent for herding cows to be emperors, since God has set this precedent, we feel that he wants us to be a different emperor!"

"It's not that we don't want to share the world with scholars, we don't want to share the world with scholars like you who are corrupt and pervert the law and oppress the people. If the existence of privilege will make the Ming Dynasty eventually become the Yuan Dynasty, then no one should have privileges! ”

"We were negligent in the past, thank you for reminding us." Saying that, he looked at Hu Weiyong fixedly, and said word by word: "Let's put the words here today, if my son kills people and arsons in the future, we won't spare him!" ”

"So what's the bother?" Hu Weiyong couldn't help frowning:

"Even if you can really kill your relatives in righteousness, what about your children and grandchildren as emperors? How can they be as impersonal as you? ”

"We will set the ancestral precepts, so that future generations will not violate them!" Zhu Yuanzhang said categorically: "Now you don't have anything to say, right?" ”

"The emperor said so, and the minister really has nothing to say." Hu Weiyong's entire set of rhetoric is based on the argument that the emperor's son does not pay for his life by killing people. As soon as this kind of ruthless words are put away, no matter whether Boss Zhu can do what he says in the future, he will not be able to gain the upper hand in today's dialogue.

"However, I still don't believe that the emperor of your old Zhu family can be honest and obedient."

"The country is all passed on to him by us, if you don't listen to us, he won't want to be the emperor." Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "Since you are already convinced, let's explain your comrades, right?" You are not a good species, more people accompany you to die, and you are not lonely on the Huangquan Road. ”

"Yes, what the emperor said." Hu Weiyong nodded, and said thoughtfully: "The criminal minister will be recruited." ”

"Speak."

"Didn't the criminal minister just say that all the nobles, civil officials, gentry, and the entire Shilin, the people who have lost their privileges in the world are my comrades." Hu Weiyong laughed nervously and said, "Your Majesty, go and arrest them all and kill them, don't let any of them go!" ”

"Vicious and stubborn!" Zhu Yuanzhang's face directly became a shoehorn, and he laughed angrily: "Let's take back the words from the beginning, you are a big hero, let's give you a way to die worthy of a hero." ”

"What way to die?" Hu Weiyong asked with a smile.

"Don't you love to laugh, then let you laugh to death." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand: "You can still leave a whole corpse, so that you don't have to complain about us for not treating the minister favorably when you go to Lord Yama." Take him down! ”

"Hahaha, thank you, Your Majesty, I like this way of dying very much." Hu Weiyong used all his strength, carried the shackles of eighty catties, and kowtowed to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Then he got up with the help of the man with the knife, turned around and laughed: "The minister is waiting for the emperor under the nine springs, and when the time comes, he will be as righteous as now!" ”

"Don't worry, we'll always be right!" Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "Oh yes, there is still something I haven't told you." ”

"What?" Hu Weiyong asked.

"Forget it, let her tell you about it later." Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he couldn't say anything, so he changed the content and said:

"From tomorrow onwards, there will be no prime minister in the Ming Dynasty, and you will be the last prime minister, leaving a stench for 10,000 years."

"Hahaha, it can't be passed down through the ages, and it's not bad to leave a stench for 10,000 years." Hu Weiyong first laughed, and then couldn't help asking: "Who will take care of the Zhongshu Province?" ”

"There is no Zhongshu province anymore, and the power of Zhongshu is divided into six parts, and the six departments report directly to us." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice.

"Hahaha, then the emperor will be tired to death!" Hu Weiyong laughed and said, "It seems that the time for us to see each other again will be greatly advanced." ”

"Don't worry, we're in good health, and we're not tired." Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care about retracting his gaze and continued to deal with his government affairs. Damn, it's a lot busier than usual.

(End of chapter)