Zhu Yunwen glanced at Li Qing deeply, and said in his heart: "He is worthy of being a person who is valued by the emperor's grandfather, it is really extraordinary, and it will be more important in the future." ”

Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "The tea is cold, gentlemen take a sip of tea first." ”

"Imperial ......"

"Brother Li." Li Jinglong tugged at Li Qing's sleeve and said in a low voice, "The holy will is so obvious, you don't have to drill the horns of the bull, even if you really want to persuade him, you can't let him get off the stage in front of these people at this juncture." ”

Li Qing smiled bitterly and nodded, his heart full of helplessness.

After the remarks just now, Qi Fanghuang and the others had a great impression of Li Qing, and their words were no longer-for-tat, which could be described as a group of harmony.

But Li Qing couldn't be happy, he didn't want Zhu Yunwen to cut the domain, he had already experienced how cruel the war was, not to mention that his own people were fighting his own people.

Moreover, now that the situation outside the customs continues to deteriorate, isn't it taking the initiative to give the Yuan people a chance to make the Yuan people bigger at this time?

Even if you want to fight, you have to fight the Yuan people, and you have to fight in the nest...... Damn, what's this called?

Li Qing and Zhu Di have a lot of dealings, he knows that Zhu Di is ambitious, but he doesn't want to usurp power, Zhu Di wants to be the emperor, but he doesn't want to rebel.

Zhu Di wanted to inherit the legal rites, not to snatch the throne.

As long as Zhu Yunwen does not cut the domain, Zhu Di will never rebel.

A quarter of an hour later, Huang Zicheng took the lead in entering the state, and said with enthusiasm, "Your Majesty, the minister proposes to start with King Zhou." ”

He explained, "King Zhou is the half-brother of King Yan, and solving him is equivalent to solving King Yan's wings, and he is easy to deceive...... Ahem, he's not a small power. ”

"Okay, that's it!" Zhu Yunwen agreed almost instantly, and didn't even give everyone a chance to give their opinions.

Li Qing frowned slightly, before he was responsible for monitoring the vassal kings, among several vassal kings, it was Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, who had the best reputation, was kind and charitable, and he also combined with the famous doctors of the domain to write medical books;

Although he has not made great military achievements, he is really a good vassal king.

Is it because he doesn't have many soldiers in his hands, so he will be stabbed first?

Looking at Qi Fanghuang, Li Qing suddenly became disgusted, acting only about interests, whether it is right or wrong, what is the use of being loyal to the monarch?

"The emperor thinks twice." Li Jinglong couldn't stand it, they were all his cousins, and he didn't want Zhu Yunwen to cut the domain, "King Zhou has always been virtuous, and he wants the emperor to ......"

"Cao Guogong, pay attention to your words." Qi Tai frowned and said, "Can the vassal king use the word virtuous?" ”

"You're ......!" Li Jinglong is not used to him, "King Zhou, what is the reason?" ”

"Just check, there will always be." Huang Zicheng continued, "Among the vassal kings, how many of them are law-abiding? ”

Zhu Yunwen saw that the two seemed to be about to quarrel, so he got up and said, "Okay, I have made up my mind, let's start with King Zhou." ”

Seeing that Li Jinglong seemed to refute again, he said: "Let's stop here today, everyone is scattered!" ”

"The ministers are leaving."

……

Li Qing's face sank like water, Li Jinglong's face was not very good-looking, and when he saw that Li Qing was about to go home after leaving the palace, he said, "Brother Li stays." ”

"What?"

"Let's persuade the emperor again!"

"It's useless." Li Qing smiled bitterly, "You and I can't persuade anyone, he will only listen to the advice he wants." ”

Li Jinglong said unwillingly: "Then watch it like this? ”

Li Qing was silent for a while, and said something that Li Jinglong couldn't understand: "History will eventually repeat itself, so why be persistent, let's go back and enjoy life!" ”

After that, he didn't say anything more, and walked away.

The next day, Li Qing fell ill.

Zhu Yunwen came in person after the noon court, and brought the imperial doctor to treat Li Qing.

As a result, the imperial doctor called for a long time, but did not find out the cause, but said: Yongqinghou suffered from miscellaneous diseases and needed to recuperate.

Zhu Yunwen was a little skeptical, but seeing that Li Qing's face was pale, he had to believe it, and the imperial doctors had said so, so he couldn't force Li Qing to go to court.

So I said some warm words and went back.

In the following days, Li Qing took sick leave.

A few days later, Li Jinglong came to visit, his face was ugly.

"Brother Li, are you getting better?"

"The imperial doctor can't diagnose and treat it, so how can it go." Li Qing looked weak, "Your face is not very good-looking!" ”

Li Jinglong was silent, "I'm going to arrest King Zhou." ”

Li Qing nodded lightly: "Well, have a good trip." ”

"Brother Li...... Alas. Li Jinglong didn't say anything more, just said with concern, "You're a doctor, it shouldn't be in the way, right?" ”

"It's hard for a doctor to heal himself!" Li Qing smiled, "But I shouldn't be able to die." ”

Seeing that he was still in the mood to laugh, Li Jinglong was full of bitterness, stayed for a while, and got up to say goodbye.

A month and a half later, King Zhou's family was escorted to Jingshi, and since no charges were found, they were punished for treason.

Of course, it was not fabricated out of thin air, but someone reported it, and the whistleblower was the second son of King Zhou, who was only ten years old.

Zhu Yunwen didn't hurt the killer, but just reprimanded his uncle heartbreakingly, and then mercifully exempted him from the death penalty, demoted him to a concubine, and then ordered him to move to Yun. South.

The title of King Zhou was cut, which caused a lot of turmoil, but it was really King Zhou's kindness and reputation that was extremely good, and it was difficult to convince the public of the crime convicted by the imperial court.

After all, King Zhou's power is too small, and the three guards in his hands are added together, there are more than 10,000 people, and no one believes that he will rebel at all.

But the informant was only a ten-year-old child, and the blind could see that this was a crime to be added.

Although Xungui does not have as many eyes as Wenchen, he is not a fool, even the king of Zhou has been punished, can the other vassal kings be fine?

Wenchen became more and more domineering, which made it even more difficult for the nobles to accept, and this time, the nobles and vassal kings who had checked and balanced each other stopped doing it.

The day after King Zhou moved to Yunnan, the Chang family, the Xu family, and Lan Yu ...... and other nobles all went to the court, pleaded for King Zhou, and impeached Qi Fang and Huang at the same time.

Zhu Yunwen appeased, and then rejected the petition of the nobles.

But soon he learned that the consequences of moving the vassal king, he underestimated the influence of these nobles, not only the court, the court, the nobles and nobles were more antagonistic, but the army also began to fluctuate.

A month later, the kings of Liao, Yan, Ning, Gu, Dai, and Qing ...... All of them wrote a petition to re-investigate the case of King Zhou's rebellion, and at the same time, impeached Qi Fanghuang, who was more domineering than Xungui, and directly let Zhu Yunwen chop up the three people.

Where did Zhu Yunwen see this posture, and he immediately coaxed it, but the imperial grandfather left him such a little person, and he was willing to cut it down.

So, he made an edict against himself.

However, he did not admit that King Zhou was innocent, but said that the punishment was a little stricter, and then sent someone to Yunnan to set up a home for King Zhou, and that's it.

Zhu Yunwen showed calmness, but he was panicked in his heart, and he didn't have much sense of security, but he was even more seriously lacking.

At the same time, he strengthened his determination to cut the feudal domain.

……

In the blink of an eye, winter goes to spring.

In April of the first year of Jianwen, Zhu Yunwen, who had been silent for a long time, attacked again, and this time he interpreted his vigorous and resolute actions to the limit.

Within a month, three kings in a row!

The three vassal kings of Qi, Hunan and Dai were all demoted to concubines, and the government and the opposition were in an uproar for a while.

Among them, Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, was the most tragic, and he was accused of intent to rebel, forgery of treasure money, and unauthorized abuse and murder, and there was no argument for defense.

With a strong personality, he chose to self-immolate!

The king of Xiang, the princess of Xiang, and the rest of the family, including the people of the palace, all committed suicide in the fire.

Now, it's really piercing the sky.

The nephew killed his uncle, how could he bear this charge, but the matter is a foregone conclusion, what can he do?

At the suggestion of Qi Fanghuang, in order to take care of the dignity of the imperial court, he called the king of Xiang to commit suicide in fear of crime, and at the same time, in order to show the political correctness of the imperial court, he also gave him a bad name: 戾.

Li Qing sighed secretly, he knew that Zhu Di was going to be reversed, and if it was him, he would also be opposed.

Zhu Yunwen doesn't give people a way to live at all!

However, Zhu Bai's death also brought great pain to Zhu Yunwen, and he couldn't wash away the charge of mutilating blood relatives no matter what.

On this day, Zhu Yunwen came to the Yongqing Marquis Mansion with scarlet eyes.

Straight to the point: "It's been more than half a year, and any illness should be cured!" ”

Li Qing smiled and asked, "Your Majesty, if Emperor Taizu knows about it, what do you think will happen to him?" ”

Zhu Yunwen's face turned white, and he said stiffly: "Grandpa Huang said, being an emperor must be ruthless, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, he dares to bear the notoriety of killing heroes, and I dare to kill... Kill ......"

He was finally a little weak, and snorted coldly: "I am also for the Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Then how many practical things has the emperor done for Daming?" Li Qing asked.

Zhu Yunwen said, "Since I ascended the throne, I have not dared to slack off for a moment, and I often review until the middle of the night, and the morning and afternoon dynasties do not fall, and the taxes for the people of the Ming Dynasty have been reduced twice in a row, isn't it enough?" ”

Li Qing said quietly, "Is the tax reduction Mingjun?"

Diligent government does not mean promising!

The minister believes that the emperor is determined to be a good emperor and has been working hard for this, but, the emperor... Do you think you're doing a good job? ”

"I ......"

Zhu Yunwen instinctively wanted to affirm, but he really couldn't find out where his political achievements were, and his face was hot for a while.

Li Qing sighed and asked again: "Does the emperor think that being the emperor is happy?" ”

Zhu Yunwen was silent for a long time, shook his head slowly, and looked a little confused: "I don't know what to do, Li Qing, I know that you have the ability, can you help me?" ”