Chapter 72 Lao Zhu admits his mistake
The Grand Commander Yu Xian, together with his son Ningxia commander Yu Hu, was arrested, and the charge was for colluding with Hu Weiyong to plot against him. As soon as this news came out, the entire Ming Dynasty was shocked. Everyone in the capital was in danger, and all civil and military officials were even more frightened.
After Hu Weiyong was killed ten years ago, the whole case had just begun. Because there were too many people involved, many officials did not know whether they could come back alive when they went to court, so before leaving home, they would say goodbye to their wives and children one by one, and even leave suicide notes to deal with their funerals.
Fortunately, the storm in the Hu Weiyong case has gradually subsided in recent years, and all the officials in the court breathed a sigh of relief. However, this time, Yu Xian and his son were arrested again for Hu Weiyong, which made everyone fall into the fear of ten years ago. Some people who had the same old relationship with Yu Xian also wrote suicide notes before going to court again.
Various rumors began to spread in the capital. Some said that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to use the Hu Weiyong case to kill innocent people, some said that the Yu father and son had an affair with the Mongolian Yuan, smuggled grain and iron tools to the grassland for profit, and some said that the Yu father and son secretly recruited soldiers and were preparing to support the Tan King Zhu Zi to rebel, because Zhu Zi was Yu Xian's son-in-law, etc.
The spread of rumors also made people in the capital feel even more disturbed. Officials were unwilling to deal with government affairs, and the people were worried that the war would recur. Even some rumors appeared in the palace, which made Zhu Yuanzhang furious and executed dozens of palace maids and eunuchs in a row, which temporarily calmed the rumors in the palace.
"Father! You can't continue like this. It's true that Yu Xian and his son colluded with the Mongol Yuan. As for their correspondence with Hu Weiyong, they were not sure that they participated in the original rebellion case. Now, because of Hu Weiyong's old case, there is an undercurrent in the court. It's best to make this matter smaller and just deal with Yu Xian and his son!" Zhu Biao advised Zhu Yuanzhang with an anxious look on his face.
Last time Zhu Yuanzhang said that Yu Xian was involved in Hu Weiyong's rebellion case, Zhu Biao was a little suspicious, and the two also had a conflict in dealing with Yu Xian and his son. Zhu Biao advocated making big things small and only dealing with Yu Xian and his son. However, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to make a big move so that it would serve as a warning to all. As a result, the father and his son had a fierce quarrel over this.
Although Zhu Biao is generous, he is very stubborn on some principled issues and refuses to give in. Even when facing Zhu Yuanzhang, for example, when Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to kill Song Lian, Zhu Biao threatened to jump into the river to commit suicide, forcing Zhu Yuanzhang to take back the imperial edict to execute Song Lian and change it to exile. This shows the strong side of Zhu Biao's character.
"Hmph, what I want is to let them surging undercurrents. If they don't move, how can I know what these people are thinking in their hearts?" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said stubbornly.
"But... but this has affected the stability of the court. All officials are unwilling to do political work. The people in the world will suffer at that time. Please think twice!" Zhu Biao's eyes turned red at the end, and his voice became a little trembling due to excitement.
Too many people were executed in the Hu Weiyong case last time. Zhu Biao didn't want to see more people dying in this case anyway. So in the past few days, he would come to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang whenever he had the chance, but the father and son were both stubborn and no one could convince anyone.
"Hmph, don't suppress the people of the world. Are you the emperor or I the emperor? When I conquer the world, you were not born yet!" Zhu Yuanzhang finally couldn't help but pointing at Zhu Biao's nose and cursing.
"The world was defeated by the Emperor of Father, but you can't let your temperament do whatever you want, otherwise you will have a big trouble sooner or later, and you will regret it..."
Before Zhu Biao finished speaking, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang, who was furious, grabbed the paperweight on the table and smashed it down on Zhu Biao's face. Old Zhu is from a corpse and has long developed the habit of killing people when he starts. Even if he is to attack his son, he will be extremely ruthless. Otherwise, Zhu Biao would not have been beaten by him last time.
Although Zhu Biao was fat, he was beaten too much by Zhu Yuanzhang and became very alert. When he saw the paperweight smashing, he lowered his body very flexibly. The paperweight hit the pillar behind him with a "bang" sound, and it immediately broke the ground.
"You dare to hide!" Zhu Yuanzhang saw that his son was avoiding his unique skills, which made him even more angry. He wanted to catch Zhu Biao and beat him up after bypassing the book case.
Zhu Biao also secretly cried out, so he jumped up and turned around and ran away. As a result, Lao Zhu was so angry that he chased him. However, Lao Zhu was old after all, and he couldn't catch up with Zhu Biao, a flexible fat man.
However, Zhu Biao was still too fat. After running a few steps, he couldn't keep up with his physical strength. Seeing that Old Zhu was chasing him closer and closer, it would be inevitable that he would be beaten up at that time.
However, at this time, Zhu Biao quietly took out something from his sleeve and threw it backwards. The thing fell to the ground and rolled forward. It turned out to be a portrait. A dignified woman was smiling and stroked a fat child in front of her with one hand, her face full of love. This woman was Zhu Biao's birth mare queen, and there was no need to mention that child, it was Zhu Biao when she was a child.
Zhu Yuanzhang, full of anger, was about to catch Zhu Biao, but when he saw the portrait rolling to the ground, he was stunned and stared at the woman on the portrait, and his two big eyes, like copper bells, turned slightly red.
"Mom~" Zhu Biao suddenly turned around, grabbed the portrait and hugged it in his arms and started crying with endless grievances in his crying. This was not Zhu Biao pretended to be, but the true feelings were revealed. Since Empress Ma passed away, he has followed his moody father, and he didn't even know how much grievances he suffered?
Zhu Yuanzhang finally couldn't help it at this time, and tears fell down his rough face. He had both his parents died since childhood, and his three brothers and two sisters also died one after another. Only one of the Zhu family survived. In order to survive, he had been a monk and a beggar, and he had suffered countless rolls of eyes.
It was not until Zhu Yuanzhang met Empress Ma that he finally had a family and his own children and relatives. When he was fighting on the front line, Empress Ma organized manpower and material support in the rear. It can be said that Empress Ma made great contributions to this day.
Thinking of his dead first wife, Zhu Yuanzhang was also heartbroken. Although there were countless women in the harem, in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, these women combined were not as important as Queen Ma's hair.
Chapter completed!