Outside the Wuying Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang took the lead, walking with a tiger, walking vigorously, followed by the imperial grandson Zhu Yunwen and a group of eunuchs and palace maids, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was pale, his eyes were squinting, his face was murderous, and there was a sense of tiredness in the murderous aura. Zhu Yunwen behind him just lowered his head and followed the steps of his imperial grandfather.

When he arrived at the gate of Wuying Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and said in a deep voice: "Everyone stays, Yun Wei and I come in, Lao Liu, look at it, don't let people eavesdrop." After speaking, he walked into the Wuying Palace.

Zhu Yunwen also followed, turned around and closed the door, leaving only the surrounding eunuchs, palace maids, and guards with blank eyes, except for that Lao Zhang, no one knew who Lao Liu was before His Majesty the Emperor entered the palace. Perhaps only Xu Ruyi who was present probably knew that Lao Liu might be the Lao Liu of Tianzi Hall in Tianmen. ’

It was just a rough guess, but he didn't have the heart to think about it. The immediate priority is how to survive.

Standing quietly outside the hall, facing the big sun, everyone felt a little hot, only Xu Ruyi was cold. It's not that he has deep skills and doesn't invade the cold and heat, but he knows that he may die when Zhu Yuanzhang summons him in a while!

In fact, Xu Ruyi knew in his heart that the reason why Zhu Yunwen pulled him up was to seek the appreciation of the imperial grandfather for him, but he didn't know that his imperial grandfather was not a good talker.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang ignored him just now, he knew that, first of all, Zhu Yuanzhang was in a bad mood because of what happened just now, and his killing intent was strong. Secondly, Zhu Yunwen could think about pulling him up at that time just now, Zhu Yuanzhang would not fail to understand that Xu Ruyi and Zhu Yunwen may have a good relationship. And Zhu Yuanzhang hated corrupt officials, rich people, and eunuchs all his life, and he would not want his grandson to have a close eunuch by his side. The difference between him and these three is that when he kills corrupt officials and rich people, he will find an excuse no matter what, even if it is an excuse, killing eunuchs is completely a sentence.

It's right to think about it, does the emperor use any excuse to kill domestic slaves?

'What should I do!' Xu Ruyi was secretly anxious.

Inside the warm pavilion of Wuying Palace

Zhu Yuanzhang sat behind the dragon book case, his eyes slightly closed, and his hands rested on the armrests on both sides of the seat. Leaning back in his chair, he didn't say a word, as if he were asleep. He's waiting, he's thinking.

Since ancient times, heroes have been like beauties, and they are not allowed to see white heads in the world.

Heroes are in the twilight and beauties are aging, which has always been the most powerless and regrettable.

Zhu Yuanzhang never accepts the old, to be exact, he doesn't accept anything. With a cloth cloth, he killed from the sea of blood in the corpse mountain and recovered the rivers and mountains of the Han family. He fought with the Yuan people, he won, he fought with Chen Youliang, he won again, he fought with the huge civilian group, he still won. It's like the illegitimate child of the goddess of victory. He is also ready to fight with his ordinary old brother, he even has a plan, just wait for the next year, starting with Lan Yu, all the way to kill, he firmly believes that he will be the winner, and the fruits of victory will be left to his good grandson Zhu Yunwen.

But the scene just now was like a knife piercing his eyes and his heart. 'Do I still have to fight with my own sons?' he pondered, 'How can I win, do I want to kill them all?' Zhu Yuanzhang opened his eyes slightly, looked at Zhu Yunwen, this imperial heir who still didn't say a word at this moment, trembling slightly, 'Let go, how can Yunwen sit on this country?!'

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was blue and red, sometimes with a murderous look, and sometimes with deep sorrow.

In front of the Longshu case, Zhu Yunwen trembled slightly.

One is angry, but more hesitant to tell his imperial grandfather about his worries and his fear of several uncles.

'The tiger is the respect of a hundred beasts, who dares to touch its anger?' only the love of father and son, step by step. This is the poem that Xu Ruyi gave him before, which was intended to tell him that the emperor's feelings for him were true.

As soon as he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, he raised his head sharply and said, "Grandpa Huang!"

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang also spoke, "Yun Wei, you... ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was impatient and disappointed, so he decided to speak first, but he didn't expect Yun Wei to speak too.

Hearing this imperial grandfather, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed heartily, "Hahahaha. "'My grandson finally spoke, slowly, but still spoke'

Slowly reined in his laughter, Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Grandson, talk about it, tell your grandfather what you think."

Zhu Yunwen didn't understand the meaning of Zhu Yuanzhang's laughter, but he hesitated for a moment, but still said firmly, "Since the emperor's grandfather ascended the throne, several uncles who have divided his grandson have been vassal in various places, giving them great rights to guard my Ming Dynasty. But the grandson is really uneasy, if the grandchildren's uncles disagree with the grandchildren in the future, what should the grandchildren do" Zhu Yunwen used the word 'dissatisfied', and after all, he didn't dare to point out the possibility of the vassal king's rebellion.

Zhu Yuanzhang actually didn't have the answer to deal with it in his heart, he really couldn't think of how a father should deal with his sons. In desperation, he could only speak: "What do you think?"

In fact, this dialogue in history really happened, but it happened after the Lanyu case, that is, in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu. At that time, after Zhu Yuanzhang slaughtered the military generals of Wenchen, he proudly said to Zhu Yunwen, "I arranged for your uncles to guard the border for you and stand guard, so that you can be the emperor at home with peace of mind." ”

Zhu Yunwen replied, "The uncles resist the invasion of foreign enemies, if the uncles rebel, what should I do?"

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang kicked the ball back as now, "What do you think?"

Zhu Yunwen's answer was, "First of all, use virtue to win their hearts, then use etiquette to restrain their behavior, and if you can't do it, you will reduce their territory, and the next step is to change the fiefdom, if there is really no way, then you have to draw a knife against each other." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang, who has been good at strategic calculations all his life, couldn't help but praise after hearing this plan: "Very good, there is no better way to choose." ”

Maybe it was Xu Ruyi's butterfly wings that made this conversation happen at this moment.

"What do you think?"

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's rhetorical question, Zhu Yunwen did not hesitate, and said the countermeasures he had pondered before: "Fight for virtue, restrain it with courtesy, cut down its domain, and then attack with swords." The fierce generals in the DPRK are like clouds, there are many soldiers and generals, and the grandson should be able to win. ”

Zhu Yunwen's answer is not much different from history, but there is one more last sentence: There are many generals in the DPRK and China, and if the fight starts, the uncles will definitely not be able to beat me.

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was silent again. There was nothing wrong with that, but he knew that he was about to begin a purge in the army. If their own sons themselves are not at ease, then how can they rest assured that these old brothers who will fight the world with themselves? Therefore, it is imperative to purge the army.

After thinking about it again, Zhu Yuanzhang still nodded, "This method is okay." ”

Then, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, "Grandson, you go out first, by the way, let that little eunuch come in." ”

"Yes, grandson retires" After saluting, Zhu Yunwen slowly withdrew from the Wuying Palace.

"Lao Liu" After Zhu Yunwen withdrew, Zhu Yuanzhang said to the empty hall, "Have you found out?"

In the shadow of the corner, a eunuch in a brocade robe suddenly walked out, without saying a word, just slowly walked to the dragon book case, put a piece of paper on the dragon book case, and then flashed, and retreated back into the shadow.

Zhu Yuanzhang reached out and picked up the paper on the table, the ink on the paper had not dried, and it was obviously just written.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at ten lines, quickly read the words on the paper, then nodded, lit the paper on the candlestick, threw it on the ground, and closed his eyes again.

Outside the Wuying Palace.

Xu Ruyi has been standing here for almost half an hour since he came here. In the past half an hour, he can be said to be like a year. He didn't know what his fate would be when he went in and waited for him, he didn't know if the grandparents and grandchildren inside would talk about themselves, what Zhu Yunwen would say, or if he wouldn't have the chance to go in at all, but would be taken away and beheaded?

The more I think about it, the more scared I get, and the more I think about it, the more scared I become。。。。。 Slowly, the brain went blank.

I don't know when, someone pushed him.

"Who?!" Xu Ruyi shouted, his voice out of tune.

"Ah" Zhu Yunwen was so frightened that he took a step back, "I, I"

Xu Ruyi came back to his senses, "His Royal Highness the eldest grandson,"

"Grandpa Huang told you to go in. Zhu Yunwen said.

"Yes" Xu Ruyi bowed his head and saluted, and asked in a low voice, "What did you and the emperor say about me?"

Zhu Yunwen said blankly, "I didn't say anything about you, it's just that before I came out, Grandpa Huang asked me to call you in." I may reward you. No, does the imperial grandfather know you?"

"Uh... "Xu Ruyi was speechless, 'You didn't introduce me, I have no merits, what did he reward me, it's good if you don't kill me'

"Come in, don't let my imperial grandfather wait in a hurry," Zhu Yunwen said, pushing him again.

"You're urging me to die, when are you a part-time bull head and horse face!" Xu Ruyi sighed and walked into the Wuying Hall with his head down.

At the moment when Xu Ruyi entered the hall and turned around and closed the door, a low voice sounded in his ears, "I want to live and be a useful person." ”

The sound seems to be far and near。。。。。

Long live, Xu Ruyi respectfully knelt in front of the Longshu case, not daring to move.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked Xu Ruyi up and down, "Well, it looks like he is about ten years old, and he is not small in courage to dare to eat the fish in the Imperial Garden." However, it is normal for children to be very hungry. However, if he talks about national affairs in vain and guesses that I want to purge the generals in the army, this is not a matter of a child's heart, how did he think of it, is there really such a person in the world who is born to know?

After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice sounded, "Xu Ruyi?"

"The slave is here," Xu Ruyi hurriedly responded.

"Stealing the fish from the Imperial Garden, and discussing state affairs with the emperor and grandson, I will give you two quarters of an hour, you can say whatever you want," Zhu Yuanzhang opened his eyes, "After two quarters of an hour, if I don't change my mind, you can go out and die." ”

Xu Ruyi raised his head sharply and saw Zhu Yuanzhang. The two of them are not far from each other, only three or four meters. But Xu Ruyi felt the surging killing intent on Zhu Yuanzhang's body.

Clenching his fists and gritting his teeth, Xu Ruyi's mind raced, "What should I do, what to say, what can I say to keep me from dying?" If Zhu Yuanzhang is so easy to kill, then it will not be Zhu Yuanzhang. What's more, even if he succeeds, he won't be able to fly out of this palace, and meaningless things are not worth doing.

'What did that voice mean when he said he wanted to live and be a useful person? Who said that? Now I don't care who said it, I can only believe it!'

Time passed minute by minute, and about a quarter of an hour later, Xu Ruyi knelt on the ground, looked more respectful, and spoke: "Long live Hui, slave Xu Ruyi, nine years old, is a eunuch." I was plagued by those corrupt officials, my family was too poor, and my parents sent me to the palace. The slaves and maids hated the civil officials. The imperial grandson does not think that the slave maid has a humble status, and the slave maid is broken to pieces, and there is no way to repay it" paused, Xu Ruyi continued, "Those civil officials outside are greedy for money and goods, and they kill them endlessly, but they are all dignified and scheming. The emperor has been fighting with them all his life, does he hope that the imperial grandson will continue to fight with them? Under their teaching, the imperial grandson will only be close to the civil officials, innocent and kind, and will only obey them in the future, so how can he be their opponent? With these civil officials, how can the imperial grandson fight with his imperial uncles?

Xu Ruyi raised his head again and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang fixedly, "The slave is willing to be an eagle dog for the emperor's grandson, the emperor's grandson can't bear to do it, the slave and the maid can do it, and the emperor can't do it, the slave can also do it." In the future, if the emperor's grandson is in need, the slave and maid are willing to bear the responsibility together, although they die without regret, and ask Your Majesty to fulfill it. ”

With that said, there were about ten minutes left. Wu Yingdian fell silent again.

Ruyi also stopped talking, quietly waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to announce his fate.

He didn't have much more to say, and he said everything he needed to say. First of all, he showed that he was a little eunuch with no roots, no background, and no ambition to rebel (thank God, the rebel eunuch Cao Jixiang was not born yet), and life and death were all in the thoughts of heaven; second, he was willing to check and balance those civil officials for the emperor's eldest grandson; and finally, he was also willing to die for the emperor's eldest grandson. It was all he could think of.

Listening to Xu Ruyi's words, Zhu Yuanzhang did not express his position, but still kept silent, secretly thinking in his heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang listened to these words, and also felt that there was some truth, but there was only one point, the little eunuch Xu Ruyi in front of him was only nine years old, which was too young. Being articulate doesn't mean he can do what he says.

Time's up.

Zhu Yuanzhang spoke: "Ding Bin is guilty, and now he is locked up in the prison of the pro-army governor's mansion, you go and take a look." Whatever you do, give me a satisfactory answer within seven days" After speaking, he opened a brocade box on the table, took out a gold medal from it, and threw it at Xu Ruyi, "Go ahead"

Xu Ruyi stretched out his hand to catch it, put it in his arms, and then respectfully kowtowed three times, "The slave and maid retreat." Slowly exited the Wuying Palace.

The door of the Wuying Hall closed again。。。。。。。。

In the dark hall, there were only a few lonely lamps, Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes and leaned on the back of his chair, not knowing what he was thinking。。。。。