Zhu Fan has no ambitions, because the position of the eldest brother Zhu Biao is too stable, it is as solid as a rock!

Not only him, but all the princes have no ambitions.

Even Zhu Di only dreamed about it at first, but soon calmed down and stopped being delusional.

I have to say that Lao Zhu has done a good job in this regard, although the princes are not brothers and sisters, they still get along very well.

But now it's different, the boss doesn't want to be the prince.

Zhu Fan is not ambitious, he has no heart for submission, and he is not delusional.

According to the process, excluding the eldest is the second, they are all Lao Zhu's cubs, not to mention that he is also a descendant, Zhu Biao is not the prince, he can only be him.

Zhu Fan was agitated, the whole person was surrounded by a huge sense of happiness, took a deep breath, he licked his face and stepped forward, "Father, the emperor ......"

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were cold, "What do you want?" ”

"Erchen ......" Zhu Fan looked at his father, his boiling blood immediately cooled, but he really didn't want to give up, so he had to change his words, "The eldest brother has been in charge of the country for so long, it is indeed too hard, since it is ...... The eldest brother is tired, so you might as well let the eldest brother rest. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's brows furrowed a little deeper, "What is your name Biao'er?" ”

"Big brother...... Ah no, Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince. Zhu Fan hurriedly changed his words again, and at the same time, his heart was cold, and he scolded secretly: "Don't let those who want to be be, don't let those who don't want to be retreat, how can there be such a thing?" ”

That's the throne!

Ninety-five Supreme, above tens of thousands of people, calling for wind and rain, sitting on the world, holding the power of life and death, just one thought, thousands of miles away is like a tide, who can not be moved?

Zhu Fan still wants to work harder, "Father, son, ......"

"Bang ——!"

As soon as he was halfway through the words, Rushan's father's love came one after another, and Zhu Fan's eyes suddenly burst into stars.

Zhu Yuanzhang was murderous: "What the hell do you want to do?" ”

"I... I ......" Zhu Fan was almost scared to pee, and his brain went down directly, "I don't know what I'm going to do?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyelashes were empty, and he couldn't see the second child's thoughts, so he immediately vented the grievances he suffered from the boss to the second child, and he couldn't stop it.

@#￥%……

After a beating, Zhu Fan lost half of his life, lying on the ground and wailing.

Zhu Yuanzhang finished venting, straightened his robe, and said with a pleasant face, "Biao'er, go back with your father!" ”

They are all cubs born to a father and a mother, and the treatment can be described as a difference between cloud and mud.

Even Li Qing, an outsider who was unhappy with Zhu Zhang, felt that Lao Zhu was too partial.

But he didn't know that the people liked young children, and the emperor loved his eldest son, which has been the case since ancient times.

Zhu Biao shook his head and was silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily, "You forced us." ”

As he spoke, he beat up the second child again.

"Prince, eldest brother, elder brother... My own brother ......" Zhu Fan shouted, very sad and indignant, "You go back with your father, my brother begs you!" ”

Zhu Biao had a headache, pulled Zhu Yuanzhang away, blocked in front of Zhu Zhang, and said solemnly: "Father, it's okay for your sons to go back, but... Erchen is conditional. ”

"Say." Zhu Yuanzhang retracted the foot that wanted to kick the second child, "What conditions are there." ”

"Don't kill indiscriminately in the future!" Zhu Biao said seriously, "At the same time, we also have to rectify the Jinyi Guard, they abuse torture, and those officials who were beheaded, many of them were tortured into confessions." ”

Zhu Biao sighed lightly: "Nowadays, when officials mention Jinyiwei, it has reached the point of talking about the tiger's color!"

Even if the people of Beijing scare the children, they will say that Jinyiwei is coming, and the children who are crying will stop crying when they hear Jinyiwei, doesn't this show the seriousness of the problem? ”

"Father, the authority of the Jinyi Guard is now so great that it is almost out of control!" Zhu Biao was full of worries, "It is true that Jinyiwei only obeys the emperor's orders, but has my father ever thought about what if they do evil behind your back?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth and was speechless.

Zhu Biao said again, "Father, you often say that you need to balance the forces of all parties, but is it balanced now?" ”

"You're right." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded lightly, "We promise you this, is there anything else?" ”

"Ease relations with courtiers!" Zhu Biao said, "Erchen is still the same sentence, the country needs the monarch and the minister to govern together, not the emperor's dictatorship, the father is wise and martial, but the descendants of future generations, can they all be wise and martial?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath, "Okay!" We promise you this, come back with us! ”

"Erchen has one more condition!"

Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth, "Say!" ”

"Please ask your father to issue an edict!"

"What?" Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, "You let us make an edict." ”

Zhu Biao said lightly, "So many people have been killed, imprisoned, and exiled, is there no wrong?"

Even if he didn't, if there was such a traitor under his father's rule, wouldn't his father be responsible? ”

"Biao'er, let's tell you, the emperor will not admit his mistakes, and he can't admit his mistakes, mistakes can be corrected, but he must not admit them." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice, "If you become an emperor in the future, you will be like this." ”

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly, "There's nothing to say about that." ”

"Biao'er, don't go too far." Zhu Yuanzhang was really angry this time, he suppressed his anger, "Do you really think we don't dare to abolish you?" ”

"Father's abolition."

"You're ......!" Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he raised his slap and slapped it, Zhu Fan just got up from the ground, and he was faced with a big force, and he was stunned.

For a while, his brain couldn't keep up with his mouth, and blurted out: "Why are you beating me, hit him!" ”

"It's you who hit it."

@#￥……

"It's too much, it's not me who is going to hit you, why are you beating me?" Zhu Fan was very sad and indignant, extremely sad and indignant, "Queen Mother, take your son away!" ”

Li Qing also felt that Lao Zhu had done too much, so he pulled him away with Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao picked up Zhu Fan and said lightly: "Since my father is unwilling, let's set up someone else!" ”

As he spoke, he walked back with his second brother in his arms.

"Come back, you come back to Lao Tzu." Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and said dejectedly, "Cheng, we promised you." ”

Zhu Biao turned his head and hesitated, "Really? ”

"The Son of Heaven is a promise, how can we lie to you?"

Zhu Biao nodded.

This negotiation can be described as a great joy, although Zhu Yuanzhang was deflated, he saw the growth of his son; Although Zhu Biao still had to work hard, he saw the transformation of his father.

Although Li Qing's power will be damaged due to the rectification of Jinyiwei, it is also excellent for him to be able to relax.

Only Zhu Fan didn't get anything, he was beaten in vain, and he didn't even have a place to reason.

……

Zhu Yuanzhang kept his word, and on the second day, he attacked Jinyiwei.

The reason why he is so simple is because the road has been paved, and with the demise of the first prince and the twenty candidates, as well as the great change of blood in the court, there will be no more intertwined forces to restrict his son.

The rest of the noble ministers are either law-abiding and honest, or they are directly princelings, and there is no need to clean up.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also realized that Jinyiwei's authority was indeed too great, and he had to rectify it well and regain the balance effect.

To him, Jinyiwei is a knife, and since it is used up, even if it is not discarded, it has to be sheathed.

As a result, Jin Yiwei's proud torture instruments were all destroyed, and he was deprived of the right to be detained first and then interrogated, and he could not interfere too much with the officials except for the necessary monitoring of hundreds of officials and spying on intelligence;

Even if a suspect is arrested, he must first go to heaven and get permission before he can be arrested.

Jinyiwei's momentum and authority have plummeted!

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also issued an edict of guilt, but the so-called edict of guilt is almost always talking about how hard he works, and the whole thing is a self-commendation.

And when I got to the place where I confessed my mistake, I only heard a sentence flutteringly: Listening to the slanderous words of the villain Mao Xiang, a few innocent officials were killed.

At this point, the first commander of the Ming Jinyi Guard, Mao Xiang, has come to an end!

On the day of the beheading, only Li Qing came to see him off.

On the execution platform, Mao Xiang knelt there looking up at the sky and was silent for a long time.

Li Qing's expression was gloomy, putting aside his personality and character, this boss was indeed good to him.

There was still half an hour before three quarters of noon, Li Qing walked up to him and squatted down, and said softly: "Is there anything else you can't rest assured?" ”

Mao Xiang looked at him in a daze, for a while, and said slowly: "If you can, take care of my family." ”

"Okay." Li Qing nodded and got up to leave.

"Li Qing."

"Huh?"

"Thank you."

Li Qing smiled, his smile was a little bitter, sighed, and walked down the execution table.

After a while, Shangshu of the Criminal Department took out the fire sign and threw it away, and said murderously, "It's three o'clock in the afternoon, behead!" ”

The executioner raised his broadsword and slashed it down.

Li Qing watched Mao Xiang being beheaded, watched his family collect his body, and watched the wooden cart drift away......

……

Time passed day by day, everything seemed to be developing in a better direction, the people's lives were getting better and better, and the turbulent waves of the court gradually calmed down with the death of Mao Xiang.

In the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, Xiao Seventeen grew into a teenager and was named King Ning.

When he first participated in Lao Zhu's birthday banquet, he was just a little doll, tricked by a few unscrupulous brothers, and in a blink of an eye, he had become a vassal king who wanted to defend one side.

In order to ease the relationship, Zhu Yuanzhang held a banquet in Fengtiandian Square, and specially invited all Beijing officials, monarchs and ministers to raise a glass and drink together, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

But there are always some people who get fluttering when they gain momentum, and drink high when they drink.

An imperial historian who was not in the Imperial Court came to the palace with the strength of wine, and admonished Zhu Yuanzhang not to wantonly divide the seal, and talked about the dangers of the seal.

Zhu Yuanzhang was angry, but his son kept pleading, saying that he was not guilty of his words and could not be killed.

On the day of the big day, Lao Zhu endured it.

But the imperial history was still unconscious, but he was moved by himself, he talked more and more, and finally even said: If you don't stop the seal in time, don't strictly guard the vassal king, and cut his power, one day, there will be a more terrible disaster than the rebellion of the seven kings of the Han Dynasty.

Li Qing sighed secretly: It's only a few hundred yuan a month, what kind of life are you playing!

Sure enough, Lao Zhu couldn't bear it anymore, and dragged him out and beheaded him on the charge of separating the relationship between father and son.

After this banquet, the relationship between the monarch and the minister, who had just eased up, began to feel alienated again, and Zhu Biao was even more disappointed in his father, and the relationship between father and son became worse and worse.

Li Qing looked at Zhu Biao, who was physically and psychologically tortured, and his spirit was getting weaker and weaker, and finally took the opportunity of the two of them to be alone and said the great rebellion that had been buried in his heart for a long time:

"Your Highness, the position of the crown prince, you might as well let others sit down!"