Guo Ying looked out of the window stupidly, the sun was setting, the sun was like fire, the beautiful and red sky, two lines of tears fell down the face, this was the first time Qu Hong saw the dignified Marquis of Daming crying, and those tears contained too many trade-offs and unwillingness, as if it broke the heart.

Qu Hong cried on the side, only to hear Guo Ying at this time: "No, no, no, no, I have to stop him, I must stop him!"

After speaking, Guo Ying ran out of the mansion and ran towards the palace. Until the evening, Guo Ying still did not return, Qu Hong was a little anxious, and sent his subordinates to the palace to investigate, but his subordinates returned, saying that the big thing was not good.

Qu Hong knew that something must have happened, so she picked up her subordinate and asked, "What's wrong, tell me quickly." ”

The subordinate seemed to come back in a hurry, and he couldn't speak for a while.

Qu Hong frowned and asked, "Is there something wrong with the master, you can tell me quickly?"

The subordinates gasped and said: "I heard from the Ouchi guard, saying that the master provoked the emperor's anger and was taken by the Jinyi guard to investigate the criminal case!"

"What?" Qu Hong suddenly felt a whirlwind when she heard this, and was hurriedly supported by the subordinate, so that she stabilized her figure.

"Quick, take me to see Zheng Guogong and Chang Mao!"

Zheng Guogong Chang Mao was originally the son of Chang Yuchun, but because his father died early, he replaced his father's position as duke, and Zhu Yuanzhang was worthy of the Chang family at that time.

After the order, the subordinates did not dare to slack off, and on a rainy night, it took several hours to carry Qu Hong to the Duke's Palace.

However, the lights of the Duke's Palace were not extinguished at this time, and the news of Guo Ying's imprisonment had spread throughout Emperor Ying.

Seeing that in the sedan chair was Mrs. Guo of the Marquis's Mansion, Chang Mao hurriedly came out to invite, although his official position was bigger, but his people were still divided into young and old.

When Qu Hong saw that the person who came was Chang Mao, she immediately kowtowed and cried: "Guogong, save my husband." ”

"Madam, please hurry up, I already know about Marquis Guo, but now the emperor has taken away his subordinate officials for some reason, and the people of the Manchu Dynasty are also panicking. But madam, you can rest assured, Marquis Guo should be fine, but as soon as that incident passes, I believe that the emperor will naturally let Marquis Guo go. ”

"What is it that makes my husband worry about gray hair overnight, and what is the matter, even the founding hero can't escape the magic of the brocade guard?"

Qu Hong was indeed worried about Guo Ying's safety, but she wanted to know what was going on in the court.

Chang Mao didn't know Qu Hong's identity, he only knew that the woman in front of him was just worried about her husband's safety, so he looked left and right, and then brought Qu Hong into the mansion.

As soon as Chang Mao and Qu Hong entered the house, Chang Mao closed the doors and windows. Then make a "shhhh

Qu Hong understood and quietly walked to the side.

After Chang Mao closed all the doors and windows, he observed that there was no one else around, and then said: "Mrs. Qu, I will tell you the truth, but when you go out, you must not spread the word about what I said tonight, otherwise Marquis Guo may really not be able to come out!"

"Hou Ye has always locked himself in the study recently, sometimes he doesn't even come out half a step a day, and the two of them are like two people in the past, the concubine is really frightened, and now the Hou Ye is imprisoned by the emperor again, with the prestige of the Hou Ye in the court, the emperor will inevitably respect him for three points, how can this be?

When Chang Mao heard this, he first sat Qu Hong aside, and then sighed: "Alas, this matter is a long story!"

In 1371 AD, Ming Zu ascended the throne for three years. Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, abolished the Mengyuan system, abolished the prime minister, set up the Department of Political Envoys, the Department of Procuratorial Envoys, and the Department of Command and Command of the Envoys to share power, further strengthened the centralization of power, implemented the system of guards militarily, and went on a northern expedition to the remnants of the Yuan; economically, they vigorously engaged in the resettlement of tuntian and military tuntians, built water conservancy, liberated slaves and maids, reduced or exempted tax burdens, and sent people to all parts of the country to measure land and check household registration.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly found that even if his country was a rectification policy, there were still many hidden dangers. For example, the local officials under his command were difficult to control, and the people were armed with force, which became a difficult illness for him to sleep and eat.

In particular, the Jianghu sect is thriving, and there are countless large and small sects, many of which are secretly operated by some courtiers.

If you want to check and balance the martial arts sects in the rivers and lakes, then sending troops to clear and suppress is by no means the best policy, and it is difficult to do it, after all, the people want it, and the court does not dare to oppose the entire martial arts in a fierce manner.

So Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it and discussed with the Cheng Xuan Political Envoy Division, the Criminal Prosecution Envoy Division, and the Command Envoy Division. If you can control all the martial arts in the world in your own hands, it will definitely weaken the foundation of the major martial arts sects in the rivers and lakes, and at the same time, you can secretly train a group of dead soldiers who are proficient in various martial arts. In this way, the hidden dangers of the rivers and lakes will be self-defeating. But the premise is that how to obtain the martial arts of a sect has become the biggest problem at present.

"The emperor and his ministers think that there are two things that can be done. One, stealing. Second, fraud. ”

While Zhu Yuanzhang was worried about this matter, a eunuch put forward valuable opinions.

When Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, the control of eunuchs was very strict, so that eunuchs were not allowed to learn cultural knowledge, otherwise they would be punished with death.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed when he heard about it, and he did not punish the personal eunuch, thinking that the beggars and monks had tried to do it, and they did not do it less than stealing chickens and dogs, and stealing or defrauding was indeed the best policy.

On the second day, Zhu Yuanzhang secretly promoted a man on Jinling Mountain, no one knows who it is, only that the person is mysterious and has good martial arts.

In the autumn of 1371, when Zhu Yuanzhang went to court, he told his ministers about his plan, and the vast majority of the ministers at that time strongly opposed it. Because everyone in the world knows that Zhu Yuanzhang has today's achievements, a large part of them rely on some heroes who are not afraid of life and death, and stand up to the sky, although Zhu Yuanzhang announced after ascending the throne that he would spread the power of the country and spread martial arts, and deliberately wrote two big characters to hang in the palace, writing the word "Buwu", which can be regarded as a kind of admiration for the people in the rivers and lakes.

But no one would have thought that in just three years in power, Zhu Yuanzhang became suspicious of the rivers and lakes.

At that time, almost everyone in the Twenty-Eight Marquis stood up against the Duke of the Six Kingdoms, and Guo Ying was the most fierce person against it.

The so-called Chrysostom cannot be taken back, and the emperor's words are the principles of heaven, and the decision cannot be changed. Even if the Manchu civil and military forces strongly opposed it at that time, they did not count.

Guo Ying hated Zhu Yuanzhang's decision because of this, and wrote in the study, "I think about how harmonious the monarch was back then!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang announced his will, the central government issued an order that this news should not be leaked out in the slightest, and if it was leaked, no matter who it was, it would be destroyed by the ten clans.

Guo Ying was helpless and desperately wanted to stop it, so he went back and ordered someone to find the four great families and make plans. Who would have thought that Zhu Yuanzhang would see what he meant, secretly kill the person who reported the news on horseback, and start to do something to the four great families.

I didn't expect that the Jinyi Guard's movements were so fast that it was outrageous, and the four great families disappeared from the world in just half a month. Although the people in the rivers and lakes were kept in the dark, they didn't know that there were already people in the court who had become prisoners.

Qu Hong heard and understood some of these things, and asked: "There are many kinds of martial arts in the world, and there are countless sects of all sizes, so how can the emperor collect all the martial arts together in a short period of time, if the time is too slow, then there will be people in the rivers and lakes who will doubt it, if it comes to that time, then the world will be turbulent, there will really be an uprising, internal and external troubles, doesn't the emperor understand the truth?"

Chang Mao sighed: "Alas, who said no, but the emperor's order is difficult to do, now even if I have an iron coupon in my hand, it is still difficult to escape death." Besides, the people who do things for the emperor have extremely spicy methods, and in less than a month, they have already collected one hundred and ten martial arts!"

Qu Hong exclaimed: "Ah, there are so many collections in less than a month!"

Guo Ying sneered: "Hehe, not to mention January, presumably the emperor has premeditated this matter, and the central government has a book of "Wuding Book", which has long recorded hundreds of kinds of martial arts, and has also done a good job of ranking the world's divine soldiers, martial arts, and people in the rivers and lakes. ”

Qu Hong suddenly muttered, "Wu Dingji?"

Chang Mao nodded and said: "Take the essence of martial arts in the world, seize the rebellion of killing, under the sky, all over the powerless, only for "Wuding Book!"

(To be continued)