At this time, in the city of Kyoto, Yang Xiyuan and Wan Qi Shihui, two important figures in the court, sat opposite each other in a secret teahouse, and in the middle of them sat the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

"The incident not long ago has wronged the two of you, let's make a compensatory first here, come." Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude when he picked up his glass was much more humble than that of the court, which flattered Yang Xiyuan and Wan Qi Shihui.

The two hurriedly picked up their wine glasses: "Your Majesty, we have never complained, everything is for the sake of the Ming Dynasty!" Wan Qi Shihui spoke first, he knew his sworn brother very well, he had a straightforward temperament, but sometimes he was very reckless, for fear that he would not pay attention to say something wrong.

Yang Xiyuan saw that Wan Qi Shihui opened his mouth first, so he naturally took back the words that were holding back his mouth.

The three of them drank all the wine in the cup, and then Zhu Yuanzhang smiled bitterly: "Here today, there is no emperor, we are still the same Zhu Yuanzhang." His face was devoid of the majesty of the emperors of the past, and his eyes were full of loss and sadness.

Yang Xiyuan and Wan Qi Shihui didn't know what to say for a while when they saw Zhu Yuanzhang like this, after all, since they ascended the throne, they had never seen Zhu Yuanzhang show such a demeanor.

In terms of age, Zhu Yuanzhang is the elder brother of the two of them, and they have followed Zhu Yuanzhang to fight and kill over the years, and the Zhu Yuanzhang they have seen is full of spirit, but now they have seen the growth of age from this big brother.

"Big brother, are you still worried about Lin Ziren's affairs?" Wan Qi Shihui knew that there was no need to call him at this time, what Zhu Yuanzhang needed most at the moment was for them to sincerely chat with him.

"However, Lin Ziren's rebels have retreated, why do you still look worried?" Yang Xiyuan is still the same, and he only sees the surface.

"Big brother is sad, they are all brothers who desperately crawled out of the pile of dead people back then, why did Lin Ziren become like this." Wang Yuan walked in from outside with a plate of dishes, and an apron was still tied around his waist.

"Brother Wang." Zhu Yuanzhang looked up at Wang Yuan, and there was a hint of relief in his eyes.

"Actually, when Lin Ziren led the army to leave the South China Sea, I already had news, and I always wanted to give him a chance, but he still did it." Zhu Yuanzhang picked up his wine glass and muttered, "Is it really what I did wrong?" ”

Wang Yuan also empathizes, he and Zhu Yuanzhang Lin Ziren have been brothers in life and death since the time of the uprising, and there was not so much estrangement between the three of them at the beginning, but since the turmoil, Zhu Yuanzhang called the emperor to ascend the throne, Lin Ziren went to the South China Sea to garrison, and the three brothers can never return to the past.

Wan Qi Shihui was born as a scholar, and after so many years in the officialdom, he was keenly aware of the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang called them here today.

"Big brother, don't worry, Brother Yang and I have never complained to you, if the two of us have a trace of Lin Ziren's disobedience, you can cut us down!" Wan Qi Shihui did not kneel and kowtow, but raised the wine glass as if it was an ordinary toast between ordinary brothers, Yang Xiyuan was naturally not a fool, he picked up the wine glass and said straightforwardly: "Shihui is right, big brother, if there is a disobedience, the two of us will come to see each other!" ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the words of the two, his frowning brows finally eased a little: "Okay, don't be so nervous." After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang picked up his wine glass and motioned for Wang Yuan to go with him.

The four of them, all of whom were almost three hundred years old, sat here and drank freely, but every word they said would affect the entire Ming Dynasty and even the territory outside the Ming Dynasty.

"Okay, actually, there is one more thing to call you over today." Zhu Yuanzhang put down his chopsticks and said solemnly.

"Big brother, please speak."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't speak, glanced at Wang Yuan, Wang Yuan got up and walked out, and after a while, he took back a bamboo tube, which contained a secret letter with the seal of Jinyiwei.

"This is what was found out from a death row prisoner by the Fusi of Beizhen some time ago." Wang Yuan opened the secret letter and unfolded it in front of several people.

After Yang Xiyuan and Wan Qi Shihui saw the above content clearly, they glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of surprise.

The secret letter said that tens of thousands of people were sent to Daming in the past three years, and many officials were reactionary, secretly gathering forces, and even some Japanese people had infiltrated the imperial court.

"I was frightened, when we first saw this secret letter, we were also shocked." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled bitterly: "I just sent away a Lin Ziren, and another widow came over, it seems that this god is going to move our son." ”

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Yang Xiyuan asked tentatively.

Zhu Yuanzhang knocked on the table, staring at the secret letter with both eyes, and once again exuded the aura of an emperor on his body: "Yang Xiyuan, Wan Qi Shihui, Wang Yuan." ”

"The minister is here!" The three of them knelt on the ground in unison and agreed,

"Now that our dynasty has just experienced war, the foundation is still unstable, and we must not encounter war again, but the Japanese have repeatedly invaded, I really don't know what to do, I order the three of you to work together to take charge of all the brocade guards in the Ming Dynasty, and secretly strangle the Japanese invaders! Make no mistake! Do you understand! Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and covered his hands.

"Minister, obey!" The hearts of the three decisive old ministers rose again with the enthusiasm of the year, and Wan Qi Shihui secretly sighed that the high-spirited Zhu Yuanzhang of the year is back!

Then Wang Yuan and Wan Qi Shihui left first and went to Beizhen Fusi, while Yang Xiyuan was left alone by Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Yang Aiqing."

"The minister is here."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it for a while, as if he had made up his mind: "Xiyuan, if one day, we will return to the sky, but the prince is not worthy of the position." Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Yang Xiyuan and hesitated: "I hope you can let Yang Bing take my place and take charge of Daming!" ”

When Yang Xiyuan heard this, he immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, why did you say this?" The prince is benevolent and benevolent, and he has already shown the posture of an emperor, and my dog can't bear it! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up Yang Xiyuan with a wry smile, and the two sat down: "Xiyuan, our son knows what he looks like, although he has some ability, but I can see that in front of Yang Bing, he is nothing." ”

"But even so, you can't let Yang Bing succeed to the throne, this is a gift of betraying people!" Yang Xiyuan still tried his best to persuade him, he didn't know why His Majesty made this suggestion, but he knew that it was not a good thing.

"On that day, when we first saw Yang Bing in Wan Qi's Mansion, we saw that this world was going to come to his hands sooner or later, rather than when he and Zhu Di fought to the death, it was better for me to do a good job as soon as possible, and also leave face for my Zhu family." Zhu Yuanzhang recalled the eyes of Yang Bing and him at that time, which were full of pure murderous aura, but this murderous aura did not have bloody aura, this is the imperial color that Zhu Yuanzhang has been looking for.

An emperor can be benevolent or murderous, but benevolence cannot be nepotism, and murderous spirit cannot be tyrannical and mediocre.

And in Yang Bing's murderous aura, Zhu Yuanzhang can see decisiveness and killing, in fact, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't take it to heart at the beginning, until not long ago, Yang Bing proposed a free trade zone, and Zhu Yuanzhang really saw Yang Bing's vision.

He didn't stop at repelling the Tatars, Zhu Yuanzhang saw Yang Bing's true intention from Yang Bing's proposal, which was to assimilate.

War will only create more disputes, throughout the past dynasties, the emergence of any dynasty is through war, including Zhu Yuanzhang himself, but such a dynasty is untenable, and sooner or later there will be new wars.

And the free trade zone proposed by Yang Bing, on the surface, it seems that the Ming is suffering a loss, and it is sending out the things of the Ming at a loss, but in fact, once the Tatars get used to the materials of the Ming Dynasty, and then there will be a war, the Ming only needs to cut off the material exchanges, then the Tatars themselves will be in chaos, and the Ming will only need to look at it at that time.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought that he couldn't think of such a strategy, but it came from the mouth of a well-known waste young master in Kyoto, which also made Zhu Yuanzhang deeply reflect for a long time, and finally he made this decision, he wanted to be a selfish father, but he also wanted to be a wise man in the world, he couldn't see the world of the Ming Dynasty ruined in the hands of his descendants.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew in his heart that if the crown prince Zhu Di had not been as murderous as Yang Bing, then even if he sat on the throne of this emperor, he would be a deposed monarch sooner or later.

Zhu Yuanzhang took out a holy decree from his arms, of course, it can also be said to be a testament written in advance: "Xiyuan, this is for you, if I return to heaven by then, the prince is like what I said, you can take out this and tell the world, if the prince has the posture of an emperor that can make you recognize, then treat it as a piece of waste paper." ”

Yang Xiyuan was moved by Zhu Yuanzhang, knelt on the ground and raised his hands with red eyes: "Minister, thank you!" ”

"Okay, you can take it, let's rest assured." Zhu Yuanzhang said, and remembered something: "By the way, the prince sent a message a few days ago, saying that Yang Bing ordered Luo Wen to form a secret department, do you know this?" ”

"Exactly."

"Then you send someone to send this to Yang Bing." After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he took out a black token with two golden characters engraved on it.

"This is the dark token created by the people of my life, and from now on, this token will be held, and the dark part is the same as the Jinyi Guard, the imperial power is licensed, and it will be cut first and then played!"

Yang Xiyuan took the token, he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted Yang Bing to also participate in the plan to strangle the Japanese people, but he did not tell Wang Yuan and Wan Qi Shihui.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Okay, you go back." ”

After Yang Xiyuan left, Zhu Yuanzhang sat at the table, his face showed a tired look, in the past, he didn't feel tired after fighting on the battlefield for several days and nights, but now he is so tired that he doesn't even want to say more when dealing with these things.

After about half an hour, Wang Yuan returned here again: "Your Majesty, it's time to go back to the palace, right?" ”

"Well, it's been a long time to come out." Zhu Yuanzhang got up and Yang Bing's words sounded in his ears again: "Go out and see the real life of the people." ”

"Wang Yuan."

"Your Majesty, what do you command?"

"Three days later, you can accompany me out of the palace for a walk." Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to go out and wanted to take a look outside of Kyoto.

"Yes, Your Majesty."