"You know His Highness's character, and I can't persuade him." Yan Ling sighed, then raised his eyes and looked directly into Zhu Wenzheng's eyes: "There is only one person who can save you." ”

Zhu Wenzheng was silent for a moment, with his cleverness, of course he knew who this person was.

"Write a letter and I'll take it out for you. When the time comes, I will say a few more words for you, you come according to my orders, maybe you can avoid death, it is impossible to reinstate the official, but at least the ending should not be too miserable. ”

In the dim and damp cell, Zhu Wenzheng tore a piece from his dirty clothes, biting his fingertips, and blood dripping down. He used his clothes as paper and blood as ink, shedding tears and writing on the other, and the tears stained the whole cloth, blurring the blood words a little, and looking particularly desolate.

There is no need for Yan Ling to tell him, it is full of words of remorse and confession, saying that he will never do it again, and at the same time, it also focuses on the misery of his life after the death of his father Zhu Xinglong (that is, Zhu Chongsi, Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest brother), as well as the scene when his mother Wang took him to Zhu Yuanzhang and met his relatives, and said how excited he was when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang (Zhu Wenzheng was really miserable in his early years with his mother), highlighting a pitiful.

For a politician, it is actually useless to sell badly. But this letter is not addressed to the politician Zhu Yuanzhang.

After reading the letter, Yan Ling was already eighty percent sure that not only would he not let him die, but he would not even be under house arrest in the original history.

Of course, this letter alone is not enough.

Zhu Yuanzhang's strength in the early stage of entrepreneurship is actually very large, if Zhu Wenzheng hadn't made such a rebellious act as his own nephew, even if he did anything wrong, at least he wouldn't have been killed, so that if it wasn't for Queen Ma's timely dissuasion, Zhu Wenzheng would have almost been in a different place.

After all, your nephews are all against you, what is this like when this spreads? The concept of clan in ancient China is extremely strong, for example, after some queens ascended the throne in ancient times, they would always blow the pillow wind to the emperor and help her brother to become an official, which was the result of her consideration for the family, which shows the power of the clan concept.

It stands to reason that relatives should be the most loyal, but Zhu Wenzheng is "doing the opposite", which makes Zhu Yuanzhang angry and has to kill him. You must know that Chen Ye first surrendered and then rebelled, and in the end he was also "returned", for relatives, the general superior is given a house arrest, which can be regarded as a very heavy punishment.

If it spreads, others can't think about how unconscionable you Zhu Yuanzhang are, even your own nephew is unwilling to follow you, which is extremely detrimental to his reputation, and even to put it mildly, it will affect the hegemony of the world.

And Yan Ling's method can solve all this perfectly.

He came to the palace of King Wu again, but did not go directly to meet Zhu Yuanzhang, but first found a palace maid and asked him to deliver Zhu Wenzheng's letter to the princess Ma Xiuying, and then met Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of Wu.

Of course, when he met Zhu Yuanzhang, he said that Zhu Wenzheng entrusted him to send a letter without concealment, and at the same time told Zhu Yuanzhang euphemistically the reason why he was so thoughtful, although he said it a little vaguely, but Zhu Yuanzhang still understood, and his face was a little cloudy for a while, he didn't expect that there was still his own share here.

After sitting upright in his seat for a long time, he finally squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "The crime of rebellion should be punished!" ”

"Wen is your own nephew, do you really want to kill him?" As soon as the words fell, the door was opened, Ma Xiuying strode in, Yan Ling hurriedly saluted, and Zhu Yuanzhang also cast his eyes over.

"Madam, after all, this is a crime of rebellion, and it cannot be forgiven in any way!" Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't change his decision, after all, he was the king of Wu, and the king would not be wrong, and Zhu Yuanzhang didn't hear Zhu Wenzheng's voice, which was not the reason for him to collude with Zhang Shicheng.

However, before he finished speaking, he only heard a "plop" over there, and Ma Xiuying had already knelt down in front of him.

"Wen is the only bloodline of my brother, if he kills him, how can His Highness be worthy of my brother's spirit in the sky? Wen Zheng's move is naturally a big mistake, but you are related by blood, how can you be willing to kill him? Ma Xiuying's eyes were full of tears, and her voice trembled.

Zhu Wenzheng, Zhu Wenzhong, Zhu Ying and others were all raised by Ma Xiuying, even if they have their own children later, they are still favored, and she is undoubtedly reluctant.

Zhu Yuanzhang was still silent, but it could be seen that he had been a little shaken.

The power of a wife is great.

"How about sparing his life? Find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers so that he can live the rest of his life in peace. We watched him grow up, he followed his mother in his early years, suffered so much, and finally found you, an uncle, who has not enjoyed a few days of glory and wealth, is he going to die at the hands of his relatives? Ma Xiuying kowtowed to King Wu in a dignified manner, and tears wet the carpet.

Zhu Yuanzhang was still silent, but his lips were trembling, obviously touched by Ma Xiuying's words. He stood up and paced around the study.

Yan Ling saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was almost about to agree at this time, so he sent his killing move:

"Your Highness, in fact, the trip of the Metropolitan Governor is not necessarily a bad thing."

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of both of them stayed on him, Ma Xiuying's eyes were full of expectation, while Zhu Yuanzhang was a little puzzled.

"How about letting the Metropolitan Governor atone for his sins? Since he has secretly communicated with Zhang Shicheng, it is better to let him plan and lure that Zhang Shicheng to come, and we will take the opportunity to ambush, defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, and then spread the word, the metropolitan governor is ordered by His Royal Highness to pretend to contact the pseudo-king, the metropolitan governor will return the sins, and His Royal Highness will not lose a close relative. ”

This is Yan Ling's plan, in this way, Zhu Wenzheng's "rebellion" will become a "fraudulent surrender", if it really spreads, Zhu Yuanzhang's reputation will not be damaged, and he can take the opportunity to defeat Zhang Shicheng, killing two birds with one stone.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying glanced at each other, Ma Xiuying did not understand military affairs, but Zhu Yuanzhang blurted out:

"That's a great plan!"

After speaking, he seemed to react and stroked his beard:

"Since both of you are interceding for him, I will spare his life, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, fifty military sticks, give him a long memory, let him see clearly, who is his own family!" With his wisdom, he could naturally see that Yan Ling's ass was also biased towards Zhu Wenzheng's side.

"And if this guy is still thinking about the position of the Grand Governor, it is a dream. This kid...... Hum! If you want to be rich, you can, after this matter is over, let him start from scratch for Gu from a small soldier, just to sharpen his temperament. ”

"As for the position of the Grand Governor......" he paused, then looked at Yan Ling:

"Ruixuan, it's up to you to take your place for the time being."