Chapter 6: Summoning important ministers late at night
Let's talk about the other side.
Lin Che looked at Zhu Fan, who looked ignorant, and slowly got up and stretched his waist.
"Okay, that's all for today, you can't chew it if you are greedy, you can think about it after I leave, is that the case?"
"Figure it out, tell me tomorrow, this is the homework I assigned to you."
"I don't understand, your old man deserves to lock you up in prison."
"Let's go, don't send it."
"Oh..."
Zhu Rong's face was full of shame, but he still stood up and bowed deeply:
"Sir, go slowly!"
Seeing Lin Che walk out of the prison cell, Zhu Fan muttered:
"My father is the son of today, the Ninety-Five, he said that if he doesn't abolish it, what is so difficult about it?"
"Is it more difficult than my father to win the world with his cloth clothes back then?"
"I really can't figure it out!"
Zhu Fan wanted to break his head, but he couldn't figure it out.
Obviously, this policy endangers the society of the country, why did Lin Che assert that his father could not abolish it lightly.
Next door.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in the secret room, stood up unexpectedly and shouted to the door: "Someone." ”
Mao Xiang, who was waiting at the door, walked into the secret room quickly and knelt on one knee:
"Mark it in!"
Zhu Yuanzhang beckoned and motioned for Mao Xiang to come over.
whispered a few words in Mao Xiang's ear.
Mao Xiang knelt down again, "Obey!" ”
Then he hurried away quickly.
……
Late, late.
Forbidden City, inside the Imperial Study.
Dozens of dragon candlesticks illuminate the entire imperial study as bright as day.
In the middle of the imperial study, above the imperial case, there are several stacks of half-human high.
Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chair, his fingers rhythmically tapping on the case, and the expression on his face was uncertain.
Beside him stood the crown prince Zhu Biao, who also looked ahead and was silent.
The father and son returned from prison and remained silent.
Liu He, the personal eunuch waiting outside the door, didn't know what was going on inside, and even the hand holding the dust was trembling lightly.
Hongwu Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang was particularly strict with the management of his ministers.
All the eunuchs were just miscellaneous servants in the palace, and they had no power.
This is not the same as the dictatorship of eunuchs in the middle and late Ming Dynasty and the control of the dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang learned the lessons of the eunuch dictatorship of previous dynasties, disrupting the dynasty, and subverting the dynasty.
In addition to not reusing eunuch ministers, he also deliberately erected an iron plaque at the gate of the palace: Ministers are not allowed to interfere in politics, and offenders will be beheaded!
Liu He, as Zhu Yuanzhang's personal eunuch, usually takes care of Lao Zhu's daily life, that's all.
When it comes to the court, I don't dare to say a word.
Suddenly.
"Someone!"
Listening to the imperial study, Zhu Yuanzhang broke off.
The eunuch Liu He was so frightened that his hands trembled, and the dust fell to the ground.
Hurriedly bent down to pick up the dust, rushed into the imperial study with a rolling belt, and said in a panic: "Slave... The slave is here. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't look at Liu He, who was trembling on his knees, and said loudly:
"Spread my dictation, Xuan Wei Guogong, Han Gong, Taishi Ling Liu Bowen, Zuo Prime Minister Hu Weiyong, Ministry of Rites Shangshu Liu Sanwu, and Household Department Shangshu Fu Youwen."
"Wait, Liu Bowen is seriously ill now, forget it."
"The others will meet you immediately!"
"The Slave Obeys"
The eunuch Liu He raised his feet lightly and quickly left the imperial study.
Inside the Imperial Study.
Zhu Yuanzhang carefully considered it before issuing a decree announcing the audience of these important ministers.
Among them, Xu Da, Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong are participants in this policy.
Fu Youwen is the secretary of the household department and is in charge of the money bag of the imperial court.
Liu Sanwu is an important minister promoted in recent years.
Among the ministers who formulated the public land policy together, Liu Bowen was seriously ill by Yushi Zhongcheng and Taishi.
Xu Da guarded the north all the year round and rarely participated in court politics.
Four years after Li Shanchang was in Hongwu, he resigned from the post of left minister of Zhongshu Province and stayed at home.
However, as the leader of the Huaixi group, Li Shanchang still has a huge influence in the DPRK.
Zuo Prime Minister Hu Weiyong is not only Li Shanchang's in-law, but also recommended by him.
Now he is the left prime minister of Zhongshu Province, under one person, above 10,000 people.
Powerful.
Recently, he has been linked with the Huaixi nobles.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw it in his eyes and remained silent, which did not mean that he didn't care.
Summoning several important ministers to meet him late at night, Zhu Yuanzhang had two purposes.
First, most of these people are first-hand witnesses of this policy and are also beneficiaries of this policy, and he wants to see what these people think.
Second, recently, Hu Weiyong, with the secret support of Li Shanchang, colluded with Huaixi Xungui, and Lao Zhu had smelled a hint of crisis and took the opportunity to knock them.
An hour later.
These important ministers arrived one after another.
The first to arrive was Hu Weiyong.
He was dressed in a poinsettia red court dress, with a lifelike peacock embroidered on his chest, and a golden belt hanging from his waist.
"Weichen Hu Weiyong, see Your Majesty!"
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Entering the imperial study, Hu Weiyong restrained his mind and bowed respectfully.
"Hu Qing is exempt, get up."
While speaking, Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, Li Shanchang, the Duke of South Korea, and others arrived one after another.
"Minister Xu Da, see Your Majesty."
"Minister Li Shanchang, see Your Majesty."
“…”
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and asked Liu He to give Xu Da and Li Shanchang seats.
The other three ministers stood aside.
Although Hu Weiyong is the prime minister of Zhongshu Province.
But in terms of merit and qualifications, it is still too far from Xu and Li.
During the dragon and phoenix years.
When Hu Weiyong was still serving as the chief county commander in Ningguo, Xu and Li were already Zhu Yuanzhang's right-hand men and important ministers around him.
Without Li Shanchang's hand, he Hu Weiyong would not have been able to get to his current position.
Regarding Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangement, Hu Weiyong did not dare to have the slightest objection.
Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chair, his eyes were deep and his face was gloomy.
The atmosphere in the study room was depressing.
Hu Weiyong lowered his eyebrows, and he didn't dare to gasp.
There have been a lot of things in the imperial court recently, which made Zhu Yuanzhang complain about Zhongshu Province.
Previously, Yang Xian, the governor of Zhongshu Shen, abused his power and decided to save trouble, and was beheaded by Lao Zhu.
Some time ago, there was another empty seal case, involving thousands of officials.
In the face of the emperor's anger, Hu Weiyong, who has always been decisive and decisive, was also silent.
Could it be that the emperor summoned them late at night for this matter?
The ministers were worried about their own affairs, and they were uneasy.
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at them with a pair of tiger eyes, which intensified the fear in their hearts.
For a moment, there was silence in the imperial study.
The flames were blown by the wind, elongating the figures, invisibly adding a touch of horror.
It was Wei Guogong and the general Xu Da who were the first to speak, breaking the suffocating silence.
Xu Da took a step forward and bowed down:
"I don't know if there is an urgent need for the superior to summon the ministers and others to come late at night?"
"Ahem! Cough! ”
Zhu Yuanzhang coughed twice, and then said:
"Aiqing, I have encountered something difficult, and I want to ask Aiqing to help me solve problems together."
Hearing this, Xu Da and the other five people all hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted in unison:
"The ministers must do their best to relieve His Majesty's worries."
"Excuse me!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
and the other five returned to their respective positions, and Zhu Yuanzhang briefly explained the reason.
Immediately asked the prince to hand over the lecture content recorded in the edict to Xu Da and them for circulation.
Xu Da and the others were shocked when they saw it.
Lin Che's remarks were too bold and presumptuous.
Li Shanchang was the first to stand up and stepped forward and said:
"Qi Yu is in the upper position, this person is bewitching the public, and what he says cannot stand scrutiny."
"The policy of subsidizing officials with public land formulated by the higher authorities has made the officials of this dynasty have no worries about the future, get rid of the idea of corruption, and there is no minister who does not praise His Majesty for his wisdom."
"How did it get to this person's mouth, but it became a malpractice that endangered the society of the country."
"This thief's evil words confuse the public, and his heart can be punished."
Immediately afterwards, Prime Minister Hu Weiyong stood up and said loudly:
"What the Korean Gong said is extremely true, the public land subsidy policy formulated by His Majesty is a national policy that His Majesty discussed with the Korean Prince, the Wei Guogong, and the ministers, and so on, and this person is not allowed to criticize himself."
"Evil words confuse the public, wolf ambition!"
"This person must be resentful of His Majesty, and he can't see that our Ming Dynasty is thriving."
"The minister has the courage to go to Chen, take down this person immediately, and behead him at noon."
Liu Sanwu, a scholar and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and Fu Youwen, a scholar of the Ministry of Households, also knelt on the ground and played:
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
Only Wei Guogong and the general Xu Da stood there, thoughtful.