Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 229
Yingtianfu, Jinshen Palace.Emperor Hongwu sat on the first imperial case, while the prince Zhu Biao accompanied the emperor.

Down below, Mao Xiang, the commanding officer of Jinyiwei, who was invincible in Beijing and whose reputation was enough to stop children crying at night, now bowed his head respectfully and knelt on one knee in the hall, waiting for the instructions of the Hongwu Emperor sitting at the head: Zhu Yuanzhang.

"...Beijing officials, really there are so many corrupt officials?" Old Zhu flipped through the memorabilia handed over by Mao Xiang, with some surprise in his tone.

"Yes." Mao Xiang hurriedly replied. "Your Majesty is aware of thousands of miles. But if there are officials and relatives involved in the case with Hu Weiyong, nine times out of ten, the money in the middle of the country far exceeds the income of the salary."

"For example, Zhu Liangzu, Marquis of Yongjia, Lu Zhongheng, Marquis of Ji'an, etc., their homes are full of gold and silver, and their rooms are full of rare treasures. Wherever life is extravagant, your majesty is...all..."

"It can't be as good as that of his generation!" After Mao Xiang finished speaking, he knocked his head on the ground.

"Yeah. That's great."

Anger flashed in Lao Zhu's eyes, and although his voice was calm, it seemed even more chilling.

"Our Daming has only been built for a few years."

"A bunch of foreign aggressors haven't been cleaned up yet, and these good-blooded good guys have all been blackened..."

Now he understands very well why the future self mentioned by the old five would have such big cases that swept the world.

It's not that I don't want to start and end with these old brothers.

These people are really...too much!

"They were yelling and cursing in the imperial prison. They want meat today and wine tomorrow. They yell at the Jinyi guards like they are domestic slaves, and they don't take this minister, the commander of the Jinyi army, seriously." Mao Xiang showed an aggrieved look on his face, He raised his eyes and peeked at Lao Zhu. "The majestic Jinyi Imperial Prison has become their private room."

Lao Zhu took a deep breath, suppressing the dryness in his chest.Throwing the memorabilia in hand on the table, "Don't bother with these unworthy guys first. Where's Hu Weiyong?"

"That fellow Hu Weiyong is in prison, is there anything unusual?"

Mao Xiang was taken aback for a moment, a little surprised that Lao Zhu actually changed the subject.He was so embellished. According to his understanding of His Majesty, he should be irritable and angry at this time, patting the table and wanting to kill all those rebellious Yuan Xungui himself.

After all, those nobles had a lot of connections in the court, even though Jin Yiwei had been in the limelight for a while because he captured them.Because of this, Mao Xiang almost became a figure under one person and above ten thousand people in Yingtian City.

But these relatives of the marquis are all holding iron coupons bestowed by His Majesty himself, representing the wish to share wealth and honor with them.From time to time in the Imperial Prison, he shouted to see His Majesty.If they were let out of the imperial prison safely and their case was overturned, how could Jin Yiwei have good fruit to eat?
Fang has tasted the taste of power, but Mao Xiang is not willing to let go easily.

But when Lao Zhu asked, Mao Xiang could only forcefully suppress the doubt in his heart, and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, there is nothing unusual about Hu Weiyong."

"When I was in prison, I only asked for a copy of "Book of Changes" from my ministers, and I broke a few straws to make yarrow, and I kept divination every day."

"Divination?" Old Zhu frowned. "Why, this Hu Weiyong is going to be a Taoist priest?"

"He didn't complain?"

"No." Mao Xiang replied.Regarding this point, he was also a little surprised: "Hu Weiyong was extremely obedient in prison, without the arrogance of the past."

"I sent people to monitor day and night. Apart from eating and divination, I just sat alone in the prison and muttered words, such as 'destiny' and 'prediction'."

"However, I did ask to see His Highness the Fifth Highness."

"Could it be that you're crazy?" Lao Zhu was also a little puzzled, but this doubt only lasted for a moment, and he didn't care about it anymore. "Regardless of whether he is really crazy or fake, you, Jin Yiwei, must keep an eye on him."

Old Zhu smiled coldly, but he was somewhat similar to Zhu Su. "He can't die for the time being, we have to use his mouth to clean up the official moths in the Ming court."

"At this year's end, those people in the court who have ghosts in their hearts cannot be allowed to live peacefully."

"Yes." Mao Xiang bent over to obey.

"Speaking of the fifth child." Lao Zhu suddenly thought of something. "You are in Jinyiwei, do you have a report?"

"Lao Wu is in Suzhou now, how is it?"

"Return to Your Majesty." Mao Xiang clasped his fists. "A few days ago, Di Meng, who was serving His Highness under his command, just came back to Beijing."

"All the files about Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youliang's remnants, and the recent movements of Suzhou City have been removed."

"It seems that Lao Wu has discovered the identities of those remnants of Suzhou City." Speaking of this, Lao Zhu smiled treacherously. "How, is he furious and eager to seek revenge on those enemies?"

"No." Mao Xiang shook his head. "According to reports from Suzhou, His Highness the Fifth Highness did not take any action against the remnants of the rebels after arriving in Suzhou."

"During these days in Suzhou, His Highness the Fifth Highness borrowed a thousand soldiers from Yang Lu, commander of the Suzhou Guards, and swindled food and grass from merchants."

"In the next day, I either led the victims to build houses on the ground, or trained the more than [-] soldiers."

"He actually took a deep breath." Old Zhu smiled, and there was a bit of relief in his tone. "We thought that he must be screaming for beatings and killing, and he would be at odds with the group of rebels who robbed him."

"Why, he has been so honest all these days in Suzhou Mansion?"

Mao Xiang slandered in his heart, cheating so much food and grass from merchants with empty mouths and white teeth, is it considered honest in your eyes?

However, considering that His Majesty has always been extremely disgusted with the attitude of merchants, he did not rebuke these words.After thinking for a while, he said:

"There are some outrageous things."

"His Royal Highness, in the name of King Wu, in the name of recuperating his illness, put Ru Taisu, the censor who patrols the river, under house arrest and took away his power."

"Ru Yushi is furious now, and the impeachment memorial is said to have been written for half a room, but unfortunately His Highness imprisoned him in the courtyard, and there is no way to pass those memorials to the imperial court."

"Heh." Old Zhu laughed. "This old fifth, he will take revenge on a soft persimmon like Ru Taisu."

Thinking that Ru Taisu, an old pedant, has always piled up half the room with his stinky and long memorials, even Lao Zhu couldn't help shaking.He has already made up his mind and told the cabinet that all the memorials handed over by Ru Taisu do not need to be submitted, and all can be kept and not published.

"Also, Your Highness accepted an old Confucian scholar who wrote scripts." Mao Xiang continued. "Let the Confucian scholar write many stories and plays, and invite many storytellers to give lectures in Suzhou Mansion all day long."

"For this, His Highness spent a lot of gold and silver. Now in Suzhou City, the opera written by the old Confucian scholar is highly respected. Hundreds of thousands of people gather to listen to the opera. His Highness even wrote a script of the script himself. , came to the stage to talk to the people, and the atmosphere was extremely lively."

"Spent a lot of gold and silver to... storytelling?" Old Zhu was stunned. "Isn't this nonsense? Does that naughty son have other deep meanings?"

"I'm stupid, I really don't know." Mao Xiang bowed his head and said.

"...That's all. It's absurd to be a rebellious son." Old Zhu knew that Zhu Su had the means to touch gold from later generations, and the Shen family, the merchants under the fifth brother, were locals from Suzhou. , I just want to have fun.

Even if it costs a little money, it's not a big deal.

It's just that Lao Zhu can't help but feel a little worried because he treats the gang of rebels like nothing.

"Turn around, take a copy of the Xinhua book written by that Nizi, and show it to us." Old Zhu ordered.

"Yes." Mao Xiang said respectfully.

Putting his worries about his son behind him, Lao Zhu returned his attention to military affairs.Zhangkou continued to ask Mao Xiang:
"The king of Liang in Yunnan sent out Zaravalmi, and the Beiyuan Taiwei Naha in Liaodong. Has there been any change recently?"

(End of this chapter)