Seeing that Zhu Liang's grandfather and son were beaten to pieces, the civil officials were indifferent, and Dao Tong even showed the look that should have been like this, this Zhu Liangzu did a lot of evil, and countless people were killed by him, in Daotong's opinion, he should be beheaded to set an example!

But the generals are different, the so-called rabbit died and the fox was sad, they were also able to increase their official rank by virtue of their military exploits, and there were also many people who had bullied the people behind their backs and accepted bribes, and they were equally arrogant.

It was Zhu Liangzu who was beaten today, and it could be them tomorrow.

In fact, the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang called Zhu Liangzu to the court to fight was to show these nobles and give them a warning.

Although out of the needs of the overall situation, he didn't want to kill these generals for the time being, but he didn't want to watch them become more and more arrogant.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang silenced everyone, and only one person dared to speak out, and that was Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew, Li Wenzhong, the Duke of Cao Guo.

"Your Majesty, you can't fight anymore, although Yongjiahou has made a big mistake, he also has contributed to the country, and I hope that Your Majesty will spare him this time for the sake of his meritorious achievements in half his life!"

Li Wenzhong faced this scene, worried in his heart, and stood up and said loudly.

He was very worried that Zhu Liangzu would be beaten to death by the court like this, and now that Zhu Yuanzhang was in a state of rage, it was inevitable that he would be a little irrational, if the court killed a marquis with great achievements like this, it would definitely chill the other generals.

Now that the war in the Ming Dynasty has not ended, it is necessary to rely on these generals to expand their territory and garrison various places.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and glanced at him unhappily, Li Wenzhong was the only one among their old Zhu family relatives who was a little knowledgeable, Zhu Yuanzhang also trusted him very much, before the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was handed over to Li Wenzhong, and later split into the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, Li Wenzhong is also in an important position.

But there is a problem with learning, that is, the killing is not decisive enough, and it is not happy at all to look forward to the future.

In this regard, he is somewhat similar to Zhu Biao.

"Let's punish the criminals, what are you doing, stand aside!"

Zhu Yuanzhang scolded unhappily.

Li Wenzhong refused to retreat, and continued: "Your Majesty, now that the frontier is unstable, why don't you send Yongjiahou to the frontier and give him a chance to make meritorious contributions!" ”

"The minister is willing to die on the battlefield, Your Majesty will give the minister a chance!"

Zhu Liangzu shouted while protecting his son, hoping to seize the opportunity.

"Hmph, why did you go earlier, how many times have we given you a chance, keep fighting, don't stop!"

"Your Majesty......"

"Stand down!"

Li Wenzhong wanted to say more, but Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted him directly with an angry shout.

Xungui saw that Li Wenzhong didn't get a good deal, and they all fell silent immediately, even Xu Datang and these veterans were unwilling to confront Zhu Yuanzhang at this time.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think about killing Zhu Liangzu directly, otherwise he would not have used a whipping, but a more powerful court staff or even directly beheaded.

But if you give it a few lashes, it will definitely not work, at least you will have to be beaten half to death.

Li Wenzhong's persuasion was fruitless, and as time went by, the cries of Zhu Liang's grandfather and son became smaller and smaller, and gradually tended to be nothing.

Zhu Yuanzhang squinted at the father and son, and waved his hand until he felt that it was almost over.

"Alright, let's all step down!"

Only then did the guards take the order and retreat aside.

However, after the guards retreated, Zhu Liang's grandfather and son in the field were silent for a long time, and they didn't even have convulsions.

Everyone present was shocked in their hearts, Zhu Yuanzhang was also shocked in his heart, and immediately his eyes flashed and gave the guard a look, the guard hurriedly stepped forward to try it, and then bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, Zhu Liang's grandfather and son are already angry!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked, his first reaction was that he felt impossible, he calculated, Zhu Liangzu's body he knew that he would not be killed so easily!

The faces of the civil and military ministers present changed greatly, they never thought that such a powerful and powerful general, a high-ranking minister who was a marquis, would be whipped to death by the court!

Even Daotong, who hated this person deeply, frowned, if His Majesty dragged him out and beheaded him, it would be fine, so that when the court whipped to death, it was still the father and son, it was inevitable that it would be too brutal.

Zhu Yuanzhang keenly felt that this was not normal, and his sharp eyes swept over the guards below who participated in the whipping, but these people all looked panicked and did not show too much abnormality.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help frowning, was it really an accident?

Zhu Liangzu's death was beyond his expectations, and this was definitely not his intention.

Now the noble generals in the hall are also bleak, and they are somewhat desolate in their hearts.

Zhu Yuanzhang also knew what these people were thinking, and after forcibly calming down, he snorted coldly: "Hmph, Zhu Liangzu bullied the king, colluded with the powerful to oppress the people, and even almost killed our good ministers, today's fruit can be regarded as he deserves it!" Remembering his outstanding merits, he still buried it with a marquis, so that the second son would be knighted. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang first rebuked his guilt, stood firm on the moral high ground, and finally showed grace.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Although some people still have sadness, as Zhu Yuanzhang said, Zhu Liangzu's death is indeed not unjust.

Li Wenzhong wanted to speak and stopped, but the matter had come to this point, and he didn't know what to say more.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly returned to the Qianqing Palace, retreated left and right, and sat on the dragon chair alone and pondered.

What happened recently was too surprising to him, starting from Daotong and now Zhu Liangzu's death, it seemed reasonable, but he keenly smelled the smell of conspiracy from it.

If there was no obstacle from Li Wei's variable, from the very beginning, Dao Tong would have been unjustly killed, and after unjustly killing loyal ministers, with his style of acting, he would definitely be furious, and it was almost inevitable that Zhu Liangzu would be summoned back and executed.

And now because of Li Wei's appearance, Dao agreed to be rescued outside, although he was just as angry, but he had no intention of killing this founding nobleman.

But the result of the incident was that Zhu Liangzu was still dead, which made him extremely suspicious!

After this incident, those generals will inevitably have concerns about their future, which is the last thing he wants to see.

Now that his fourth son Zhu Di has just become a vassal, and his second son Zhu Fan and third son Zhu Di have not been in the domain for a few years, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to replace these generals with vassal kings.

For the time being, the country's war still has to rely on these founding dignitaries, and this is definitely not the time to take them under the knife!

After thinking for a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang shouted loudly to the eunuchs waiting outside: "Go and summon Mao Xiang." ”

"Yes!"

The eunuch ordered him to leave quickly. After a long time, Mao Xiang came in a hurry.

"Your Majesty."

Mao Xiang respectfully paid homage.

"Well, get up, what do you think of what happened in the palace just now?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked lightly.

Mao Xiang immediately said: "Zhu Liangzu did not listen to His Majesty's admonitions, there have been many lawlessness, this time he is even more bullying the king, today's fruit is to blame, Your Majesty is lenient, and he is allowed to be buried with a marquis, and the second son inherits the knighthood, which is already benevolent and righteous, Your Majesty is sacred!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at him with deep eyes, and only bowed his head slightly after a while.

Then he said in a deep voice: "Even so, it is not our intention to whip it, so you will interrogate the guards who carried out the whipping to see who killed them by mistake!" ”

When Mao Xiang heard this, he was shocked in his heart, although Zhu Yuanzhang was asking who had missed, but the meaning was clearly to suspect that someone had done it on purpose, and it seemed that this matter was not so simple.

"Obey the order!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded lightly, paused, and then squinted his eyes and asked an irrelevant question: "What has Li Shanchang been doing recently?" ”

Mao Xiang was slightly stunned, puzzled, but immediately replied: "Back to Your Majesty, since the return of the Han Gong, he has been in Haozhou, in accordance with His Majesty's will, responsible for managing the migratory people, as well as building palaces and other things. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang fell silent when he heard this, in the Ming Dynasty, the generals don't care for the time being, among the ministers, there are only two people who can make Zhu Yuanzhang jealous, one is Liu Bowen, who is dead, and the other is this Li Shanchang!

If you talk about talent and resourcefulness, Liu Bowen is a well-deserved leader, but when it comes to strategy, Liu Bowen can't do it, he was easily played with by him, and finally ended up miserable.

And Li Shanchang, although his intelligence is slightly inferior to Liu Bowen, his power and strategy are more than one step better than Liu Bowen, and he has great influence in the civil and military world.

He tried to support the Zhedong Party led by Liu Bowen and tried to balance the Huaixi nobles led by Li Shanchang, but the final result ended in Huaixi's victory.

Although he forcibly drove Li Shanchang back to his hometown, and used Liu Bowen's death and other arrangements to kill Hu Weiyong, who replaced Li Shanchang in charge of Huaixi, as long as Li Shanchang did not die, this matter was not over.

Li Shanchang is not like an arrogant and domineering military general like Zhu Liangzu, he acts cautiously, has no major mistakes, and cannot be punished without guilt.

"Well, you sent someone for us to keep an eye on him, who he came into contact with, every word and deed, we can remember clearly!"

After being silent for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang commanded in a deep voice, although this matter seemed to be a coincidence, and it was impossible for it to have anything to do with Li Shanchang, who was nursing in his hometown, he was still suspicious.

Hearing this, Mao Xiang felt a faint joy in his heart, as a personal guard, it was his duty to eradicate dissidents for His Majesty, and this was an opportunity for him to make meritorious contributions.

"Yes! Subordinates obey the order! ”

Mao Xiang immediately responded respectfully.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction, but his heart was still full of worries.

In fact, in addition to Li Shanchang, he has a bigger concern that he has never said to anyone.

Since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, he has vaguely felt that there seems to be an unknown force that is controlling the general trend of the world.

Once he suspected that it was the remnants of the White Lotus Sect, but later he realized that it was not, these people pretended to be gods, although they had a set of trouble, but it was difficult to achieve great things, otherwise they would not let him pick the fruit.

Later, he set his sights on the gentry group, he himself was able to open the national foundation, and these gentry class played a big role, if it is not impossible to say that these people secretly influence the general trend of the world.

After the stability of the Ming Dynasty in these years, he wantonly killed Wenchen and implicated many gentry and wealthy households, in addition to punishing corruption and seeking profits, he also had the intention of cracking down on this secret force.

However, after killing so many people, he found that it didn't seem to be of much use, this secret power still existed, and he still didn't know who this power was, or was it just his delusion?

The twist is not easy to write, and the author is also a new first attempt, so forgive me

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