Wuying Palace.

As soon as the prince came in, Boss Zhu smiled bitterly: "I know that the two stinky boys will report the news." ”

"Didn't my father let them hide it from his sons?" The prince's tone was a little unkind.

"What I said, we can't hide anything from the boss." Zhu Yuanzhang put down his pen, looked at the prince with a grim expression and said, "What's the matter, Xingshi is asking for sin?" ”

"Erchen doesn't dare." The prince stiffly said: "Erchen is here to ask, how can a person like Mr. Song, who is noble and loyal, be Hu Dang?" ”

"Hey boss, you just always think too well of these old people." Zhu Yuanzhang patiently explained: "In Tujie's confession, it was mentioned that Hu Weiyong once said in person that now civil officials and scholars are all on his side. What do you mean? That is, once he succeeds in rebellion, those great Confucians will defend him. ”

"You should be those Confucian scholars who keep saying that they are loyal and patriotic, and they only love themselves. If we don't give them privileges, they won't be loyal to our king, and they won't love our country. If Hu Weiyong gives them privileges, they will be loyal to Hu Weiyong and love his country. The more Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, the more angry he became, and his face stretched and he said:

"Hu Weiyong only dared to take risks after reaching a tacit understanding with them, otherwise he would have succeeded in his rebellion, and Baiguan and Shilin could drown him with a mouthful of foam."

"My father always speculated on scholars with the greatest malice." The prince was speechless: "But that can't be used to convict people." ”

"How can it be speculation?" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and said: "At the beginning, this group of old Confucians secretly conspired in a vain attempt to get rid of Song Ne and control Guozixue, this is always true, right?" ”

"This year, they have been against the sixth child and want to strangle Guozi University to death, this is always true, right?"

"Not to mention, they have been against us all these years, and they want to brainwash you in a vain attempt to restore his Confucian status, this is not fake, right?!"

......The prince can't refute these words, because the first two are facts. As for the third case, the previous father expelled Wu Bozong, Song Zan and other lecturers from the East Palace, because of this.

Seeing that the prince didn't speak, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was a little gloomy, and he slowed down his tone and said: "The harm of letting Confucianism is actually greater than letting Hu Weiyong go, the prime minister just wants to snatch the power in the hands of the emperor, but Confucianism wants to control the emperor's thoughts, if they are allowed to succeed, our old Zhu family will become their marionettes for generations, and the entire Ming Dynasty will be corrupted by them." ”

"Don't always think that Song Lian is a good bird. Regardless of his character and conduct, he said that he had already made a career, and he went to Beijing one by one. Do you think he really has a deep affection for the two of us? If he had feelings for us, he wouldn't have organized people to kneel at the door to force the palace! As a result, Boss Zhu became angry again as he spoke.

The prince knew that his father couldn't swallow the breath of being forced into the palace, so he sighed and said: "Mr. Song didn't participate in the kneeling incident, he came to Beijing to calm the situation, so as not to get out of control." ”

"That's what he told you?" Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the prince.

"Yes." The prince nodded.

"Humph! The civil officials and scholars all took him Song Taishi as the leader, saying that there was no meaning from him, and the ghost believed it! Zhu Yuanzhang firmly believed in his judgment: "He deliberately came one day late, that was to avoid suspicion." ”

"My father used malice to speculate on Mr. Song again." The prince said helplessly.

"It's not too much to speculate on them with the greatest malice!" Zhu Yuanzhang raised his voice and said: "If you don't take advantage of this time to kill chickens and monkeys, they won't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick!" ”

"I'm going to kill this Song Lian!" After Boss Zhu finished speaking, he emphasized.

"No way!" The prince was in a hurry and slapped the table, keeping Song Lian's determination unshakable. "Even if you don't talk about it personally, Mr. Song will definitely not be killed!"

"We have become a fire and water with the world's scholars, but fortunately, there is a Shilin leader like Mr. Song who understands the general situation and takes the overall situation into account. If we kill him, there will be no more scholars to speak for us. Saying that, he raised his voice and said: "Throughout the ages, I have never seen a dynasty that has completely broken with the scholars for a long time!" ”

"......" This is the second time Zhu Yuanzhang has seen the prince with a red face and a thick neck, and the last time was the funeral for Sun Guifei.

Boss Zhu was also so angry that his face was long, and his eyes were round, but that's all......

Back then, he could still draw his sword in anger and cut off the prince, but after so many years, the prince has grown into the pillar of this family, the executive vice emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang can no longer treat him like he did back then.

"If the father does not agree, the son will go to the queen mother." The crown prince made another killer move.

"Stinky boy doesn't talk about martial arts, does he?" Boss Zhu was immediately stunned, and said angrily: "We are here to eliminate hidden dangers for you, if you don't appreciate it, forget it, why do you want to hurt us to eat and hang?" ”

"Erchen is also in a hurry." When the prince saw that it was good, he accepted it: "As long as the father and the emperor are forgiving and forgiving, the son is sure not to tell the queen mother." ”

"Okay, okay, then don't kill Song Lian and his son, and exile the Sichuan-Guizhou frontier instead." Zhu Yuanzhang finally gave in with difficulty: "Besides, the wild land is in need of the Dao of the sage, and Mr. Song's father and son have a lot to do." ”

"That's too humiliating." The crown prince frowned dissatisfiedly and said, "With Erchen's understanding of Mr. Song, he will never be humiliated like this. ”

"Then what else can he do, hang himself and wipe his neck?" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted.

"It's possible." The crown prince said in a deep voice: "If my father wants to pardon, he will be completely pardoned, so that he can retire at home with peace of mind." Otherwise, it's worse than not being forgiven. People will say that we don't dare to kill Song Lian publicly, so we can only use this method to force him to death. ”

"If he wants to be so fragile, let him die!" Boss Zhu held his breath and said: "Su Dongpo has been exiled for half his life, isn't he still alive and well?" As for us, if we are scolded, we will be scolded, anyway, those Confucian scholars will scold us no matter what. ”

The crown prince also knew that it was already the limit to let his father make this step, and forcing him to do so would only be counterproductive, and he would not even give up this step. He had no choice but to sigh and say: "Then let's do it first, but Erchen still asks his father to think twice, and he can completely pardon Mr. Song, as well as a few great Confucians." ”

"When you become emperor, then pardon them completely." Boss Zhu was really impatient, and said in a stiff tone: "Now that we are the emperor, they are only worthy of waiting in the corner!" ”

"Yes, Father." The prince sighed and withdrew.

"Boss, stop." Zhu Yuanzhang also felt that what he had just said was serious, so he hurriedly stopped his son and said, "We told you, let us try, can we find a new way for Daming." If the path we find doesn't work, it's not too late for you to go back to the old way...... At that time, you set things right, won the hearts of the people, and still did not lose the sight of the monarch and the holy lord. ”

"The son understands his father's painstaking efforts." The crown prince nodded, and said with a forced smile: "Father, don't worry, the son will not pick a son." ”

"Hey, that's good......" Zhu Yuanzhang is not a comforting person, so he nodded and stopped talking.

(End of chapter)