Chang Wuyi heard it in a fog, and didn't understand what Ye Feng meant: "Regarding the case of Lan Yu, the documents and case files of the palace and various ministries are written in black and white, and the records are clear and clear, and the evidence is conclusive, what is suspicious?"

At this time, Fan Songxi was dead, and the officials under Chang Wuyi carried away the bodies of Fan Songxi and Cai Laoliu, and only Ye Feng and Chang Wuyi, Tang Da, and Miss Cheng were left in the house at this time.

Ye Feng saw that there was no one left and right, so he asked in a low voice, "Do you remember the Hu Weiyong case before Lan Yu?"

Chang Wuyi nodded and said: "This is the first major case in Hongwu after the opening of the dynasty, everyone knows it all over the world, who doesn't know?"

Hu Weiyong, in his early years, followed Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and worked in the Marshal's Mansion. With his extraordinary talent and brain, he gradually rose to the top.

He and the founding hero, the later Korean Duke Li Shanchang, were fellow villagers and in-laws, so they were quite appreciated by Li Shanchang. After Li Shanchang overthrew Yang Xian, an important minister who had never been on good terms with him, in the sixth year of Hongwu, Hu Weiyong was elected as prime minister.

After Hu Weiyong became prime minister, he and Li Shanchang jointly controlled the government, one person under 10,000 people, and the power leaned towards the government and the opposition, and it was even rumored that he had a bad relationship with Xu Da, the then Duke of Wei, and even bribed the gatekeeper of the Xu Mansion with the intention of murdering Xu Da.

In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, the news of Hu Weiyong's rebellion suddenly broke out, and Emperor Taizu was furious and quickly took him down and executed.

In the following ten years, it was intermittently revealed that he colluded with the Northern Yuan, colluded with the Japanese State and other serious crimes, not only his own family was punished by the nine clans, but also the Korean Gong Li Shanchang and other princes and 21 marquis, a total of more than 30,000 people were killed, known as the first major case in Hongwu.

After this case, Taizu abolished the post of prime minister, removed Zhongshu Province, and replaced it with six ministries with their own responsibilities and reported directly to the emperor. He also issued an edict strictly prohibiting the establishment of the post of prime minister to future generations of monarchs, which strengthened the concentration of imperial power.

Therefore, this case is not only sensational, but also has far-reaching impact, and there is no one in the world who does not know about it.

Ye Feng asked Chang Wuyi: "Do you remember how Hu Weiyong's case was exposed in the first place?"

Chang Wuyi thought for a while and said: "It is recorded that in the first month of the thirteenth year of Hongwu, there has been an impeachment of his rebellion in the imperial history, and Taizu hesitated and was undecided. In February, Hu Weiyong reported that the well water in the house suddenly changed to a sweet spring, thinking that it was auspicious, and invited Taizu to watch, and Taizu was happy. ”

When he walked to Xihua Gate, there was a eunuch named Yun Qi, who heard Hu Weiyong secretly ambushing sword soldiers in the mansion with bad intentions, so he rushed to Taizu's car and grabbed the reins of the horse, but he couldn't speak in a hurry. ”

The left and right guards thought that they were assassins, and immediately stepped forward and beat him to death, but Yun Qi did not retreat until he died, and his hands were still desperately pointing in the direction of Hufu. Emperor Taizu noticed that something was wrong, so he climbed the palace tower and looked into the distance, saw the dust in the Hu mansion, the sword soldiers flashed, and immediately ordered the arrest of Hu Weiyong in anger, and he was executed on the same day. ”

Later, Taizu buried this eunuch Yunqi and wrote a message of mourning for him, called the righteous man. This matter spread throughout the palace and the government and the opposition, and there would be no falsehood in the future. ”

Ye Feng nodded after hearing this, and said, "What I heard is the same, but it is the story of this widely circulated righteous man Yunqi, but I have some doubts. ”

Chang Wuyi shook his head and asked, "What's suspicious?"

Ye Feng said: "Hu Weiyong was in power at that time, turning his hands into clouds and covering his hands into rain, even Taizu had to be afraid of him for three points, such a character, if he didn't force the dog to jump over the wall in a hurry, was it necessary for him to rebel? Even if he wanted to rebel, how could he use such a simple means as ambushing swords and soldiers in his own mansion and plotting to kill Emperor Taizu?"

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It has been more than 10 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the world is unified, and the imperial power is stable, so how could it be that you can change the dynasty by murdering an emperor? Not to mention that there were so many meritorious generals in the court at that time, and most of the generals who led the troops abroad were also the old members of Taizu, the founding heroes, who would immediately become the public enemy of the world, and who would obey your orders? What a shrewd and capable person Hu Weiyong was, how could he not have thought of this?

"What kind of person is Emperor Taizu? He is proficient in power and skill, his scheming is deep, and he is the most suspicious, since there was an imperial history impeaching Hu Weiyong for rebellion as early as the first lunar month, how could he not be wary of him at all, and happily go to Hu's mansion after listening to his performance? This is completely unreasonable. ”

"Take 10,000 steps back, even if Hu Weiyong really wants to rebel in such a simple and crude way, what a confidential matter is this, how could a little eunuch get the news?"

"What's more, Hu Mansion is far away from the Imperial City, how can you see the sword soldiers lying in wait in Hu Mansion when you climb the palace tower? This is simply nonsense. Therefore, I think that the so-called righteous man Yunqi recorded in the palace is purely a fictitious thing. ”

His series of questions made Chang Wuyi stunned, but he couldn't refute it, and it took a long time before he asked: "If Hu Weiyong didn't rebel back then, why did Emperor Taizu punish his entire clan and connect so many people?"

Ye Feng shook his head and said in a low voice: "Hu Weiyong is in power, and with the help of Li Shanchang, one of the six founding princes of Korea, his momentum is unique for a while, and there were many dependents in the DPRK and China at that time, and it was later called the Huaixi Peng Party Group. ”

"At that time, Xu Da, the Duke of Wei who was at odds with them, had to lead troops to avoid trouble all the year round, and Liu Ji, who was not on good terms with them, was praised by Taizu as my son's house, and he made a lot of contributions, but in the end he was only a small sincere uncle, and he returned to his hometown the next year. ”

Because he had suggested to Taizu before leaving, Hu Weiyong had a bad character and was not suitable for appearance, so he was deeply hated. In the eighth year of Hongwu, Liu Ji fell ill, and Hu Weiyong went to visit him on the order of Taizu. After taking the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor he brought, Liu Ji's illness became more and more serious, and he soon died. So there have always been rumors that he was poisoned by Hu Weiyong. ”

"Hu Weiyong acts so boldly and recklessly, and he is narrow-minded, he will repay his eyes, and his usual behavior can be imagined. His high position and power will inevitably make Taizu feel constrained everywhere, and the imperial power has been greatly threatened. ”

Therefore, after Hu Weiyong's case, Emperor Taizu ordered the removal of Zhongshu Province, abolished the post of prime minister, and strictly ordered future generations not to appoint prime ministers. It can be seen that he is jealous and hateful of the power of the prime minister in his heart. ”

Chang Wuyi couldn't help but change color after hearing this: "You mean to say that Emperor Taizu was afraid of the power of the prime minister back then, so he ......."

Ye Feng's face sank, and he whispered to him: "Silence, don't talk about it!"

Chang Wuyi Huo Ran was alert and immediately shut his mouth.

In fact, he also understood what Ye Feng meant in his heart.

Looking back at the early Ming Dynasty, there were only a few people who served as prime ministers, Li Shanchang, Xu Da, Wang Guangyang and Hu Weiyong, among them, Li Shanchang was cautious, Xu Da led the troops all the year round, Wang Guangyang was addicted to drinking and chanting poetry, and there was no great threat to the imperial power.

Only Hu Weiyong, who has been in power for seven years, has been a dictatorship and domineering, which makes Emperor Taizu deeply jealous and feels that his power is sidelined. Therefore, it is very likely that he will be killed.

And the fate of the four of them was not very good.

Hu Weiyong's case was discovered, Li Shanchang and Wang Guangyang were implicated and given death, and Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, is said to have died unusually.

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In eight years, he suffered from an extremely dangerous back gangrene, and the imperial doctor warned him not to eat goose. That night, Emperor Taizu sent people to give food to show his condolences. When I opened the food box, it turned out to be a steamed goose.

Xu Da understood what Taizu meant, ate the steamed goose with tears, and committed suicide by taking poison that night.

Emperor Taizu has always been secretive about their deaths, but when Xie Jin, the world's first genius, was serving as the imperial historian, he once wrote a letter "On the Public Injustice of Korea" to avenge his grievances.

In the song, it was written that Li Shanchang was cautious, and he had always been of the same heart as His Majesty, and he had sacrificed ten thousand deaths to win the world, and his meritorious service was the first, so why should he plan against Hu Weiyong? Besides, he was old at that time, and his health was not good, so he had no energy to go through such a toss.

At that time, the central government was on the cusp of Zhulian Hu's rebellion against the party, and everyone was worried that Xie Jin would be convicted and cause trouble, but Emperor Taizu was surprisingly not angry, and he didn't even give any instructions, perhaps in addition to cherishing Xie Jin's talent, in fact, he also knew the truth of Hu Weiyong's case in his heart.

(The characters and ** involved in Hu Weiyong's case are all from the "History of the Ming Dynasty", "The Record of Ming Taizu" and the article "Hu Weiyong's Party Case Examination" written by the later historian Wu Han, which is by no means made up by the author.) ）

Ye Feng sighed lightly and said: "When Hu Weiyong's case was so sensational, Emperor Taizu took this opportunity to abolish the prime minister and Zhongshu Province, killed more than 30,000 people, and made an iron case, but there are still contradictions and loopholes in various dossier records. I'm afraid that the so-called ironclad evidence recorded in the later Lanyu case is not completely reliable. ”

Chang Wuyi was a little stunned, and said, "You mean that the Lan Yu case may have been wronged back then?"

Ye Feng was silent.

The Phoenix girl is right, the so-called history books are all written by the victor, you can only see the side he wants you to see, and the real truth will be forever submerged under the dust of history, forgotten, no one knows.

After a while, he sighed: "No matter what the truth of the Lan Yu case was, his young daughter was always innocent, she was implicated, she had endured so much suffering since she was a child, and she was just a poor person. ”

Chang Wuyi said with some indignation: "Pitiful? The five hundred Jinwuwei soldiers who died in the valley are pitiful? Isn't it pitiful for so many unjust souls who died innocently of the epidemic in this city of Xi'an? No matter how pitiful she is, she can't take revenge on innocent others because of her own pain." ”

Ye Feng was speechless.

That's right, at least in the matter of spreading Gu poison to create a plague and killing so many people, she is indeed to blame, and she is deeply guilty.

And all of this is due to the hatred in her heart.

Can hatred really be so powerful as to distort a person's heart and turn him into a demon? And what thing in this world can have the power to defeat this hatred?

Ye Feng sighed in his heart and walked out of the room.

As soon as he went out, he saw the weak brother Xie Zhenliang, who was sitting in a corner of the courtyard at the moment, stunned, not knowing what he was thinking.

Perhaps, he was thinking about the escaped Phoenix girl.

Ye Feng thought of Fan Jin who escaped with the Phoenix Girl again.

Did he know that his father was dead to cover his escape, did he know the love that his father had for him, did he still have resentment towards his father in his heart?

Ye Feng raised his head and looked at the dark night sky, thinking to himself in his heart, I don't know what happened to the two people who escaped?