Ming Dynasty: Ask Zhu Yuanzhang to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 43 Lan Yu’s choice!

The loud voice can still be heard clearly amid the hustle and bustle of thousands of people.

Everyone's movements froze.

Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw Lan Yu, who was tied up, standing on the roof of the carriage.

Wang Bi stopped his horse and murmured, "General!"

There are tears in my eyes!
"Wang Bi, what do you want to do? Do you want to rebel?" Lan Yu shouted sternly.

Wang Bi was slightly startled, and hurriedly said: "General, I am here to save you!"

He is now the Marquis of Dingyuan and is no longer under Lan Yu's command.

But Wang Bi still used to regard himself as a subordinate and called Lan Yu "the great general."

Lan Yu said coldly: "Save me? Are you trying to harm me?"

After hearing these words, Wang Bi was stunned.

He couldn't believe his ears and just stared at Lan Yu in a daze.

Lan Yu's gaze slowly swept across the many noble and military generals.

"I, Lan Yu, have already sworn to be loyal to His Majesty the King of Wu until death!"

"His Royal Highness the King of Wu came to arrest me today. He must have his reasons."

"No matter how His Royal Highness the King of Wu treats me, I, Lan Yu, will do it willingly and will never complain."

"All of you should disperse immediately now and do not obstruct the Jinyiwei and His Royal Highness the King of Wu from investigating the case."

"If there is anyone who refuses to listen and insists on stopping me, then he is not my brother, Lan Yu."

"From now on, I, Lan Yu, will cut off all ties with him.

"It's all gone!"

After these words were spoken, the fierce aura of the nobles and generals below, who were originally full of murderous intent, quickly disappeared, and a look of sadness appeared on each of their faces.

Fang Xiaoru stamped his feet angrily and said, "How can Lan Yu be so cowardly? Coward, coward, what a coward!"

Just as the two sides were about to fight to the death and blood was flowing like a river, Lan Yu's words brought the situation to an abrupt end, making him angry and annoyed.

"Don't listen to the general. He was coerced!"

Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi were hiding in a corner, waiting to see what was going on. He did not expect Lan Yu to come out and stop them. He immediately shouted, "Didn't you see that the general was still tied up? How can what he said in this situation count?"

"Everyone work together to rescue the general first."

Upon hearing this, many nobles and generals, led by Wang Bi, suddenly woke up from their dreams and their faces changed again.

Yup!

The general is still in Zhu Yunhuan's hands, so what he says at this time may not be sincere!
We still have to rescue him first.

"Fuck your motherfucker!"

Lan Yu started cursing.

"When the Crown Prince was still alive, I once reported your father, the Prince of Yan, to him about his evil ambitions."

"I only regret that the prince at that time was too kind and blindly believed in his brothers and did not believe my advice."

"Now it seems that you and your son are indeed ambitious and are trying to disrupt the world and the Ming Dynasty so that you can profit from it!"

He summoned up his courage and shouted loudly: "Brothers, don't you know me, Lan Yu, well?"

"How can I, Lan Yu, be a cowardly person?"

"If I am not willing to forgive myself, who can threaten me?"

"How could I, Lan Yu, be threatened by him?"

"Don't listen to this kid's instigation, go home quickly!"

"Be careful not to make a big mistake and regret it too late!"

The generals and nobles who came to rescue Lan Yu looked at each other.

Everyone became a little hesitant.

What Lan Yu said was absolutely correct.

With Lan Yu's temperament and character, he would never be threatened by anyone.

The fact that he took the initiative to speak out means that he must have done it voluntarily.

Finally, everyone's eyes fell on the leader Wang Bi.

"General, why do you have to do this?"

Wang Bi slowly closed his eyes, revealing a look of pain.

After a while, he dismounted and walked to a place not far in front of Lan Yu.

Wow!

Wow!

The armor on his body made a series of noises.

Wang Bi knelt down, kowtowed three times respectfully, and said, "General, take care!"

"Okay, don't be like that." Lan Yu said nonchalantly, "Although His Royal Highness the King of Wu has arrested me, he has not yet interrogated and convicted me."

"Whether he is loyal or treacherous, only heaven and earth know."

"The laws of the Ming Dynasty are strict. Your Majesty and King Wu will be very careful and will not wrongly accuse a good person!"

"I, Lan Yu, am upright and honest, and I am not afraid of being slandered by others." "You go back first, I am fine, I won't die!"

Wang Bi looked at him deeply, said nothing, bowed again, then turned and left.

A number of nobles and generals also retreated.

In the corner, Zhu Gaochi pulled Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Let's go!"

Zhu Gaoxu said unhappily: "They haven't started fighting yet, we can't just leave like this."

"Let's go!" Zhu Gaochi said, "There's no fighting anymore. Don't watch. If we don't leave now and get caught by the King of Wu, it will be very bad."

They jumped so hard just now that Zhu Gaochi began to get scared.

But Zhu Gaoxu still showed no fear, and said nonchalantly: "What are you afraid of? He is the grandson of the emperor, aren't we the same? What can he do to us?"

"Your fearless character will kill you sooner or later." Zhu Gaochi was very disappointed with his friend.

"What is there for him to be afraid of? He will just catch us and beat us up. So what?"

At this time, the two were still young and had a very good brotherly relationship.

"If you don't leave, I will leave first." Zhu Gaochi persuaded again: "As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. Moreover, this drama has just begun. There will be more drama to watch next."

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned and said, "Really? But they didn't fight just now, and there was no bloodshed. I am so disappointed. What else is there to watch next?"

Zhu Gaochi said: "Arresting Lan Yu is only the first step. Next, how to try the case and how to convict Lan Yu are the real top priorities."

"Wang Bi's group of noble generals have only temporarily withdrawn, but they are not going to leave Lan Yu alone."

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes lit up and he clapped his hands, "That makes sense! Then I'll wait and see!"

The two brothers immediately followed a group of noble sons and soon disappeared at the end of the long street.

Zhu Yunhuan looked at the two of them deeply.

It seems like I must find an opportunity to teach these two little bastards a lesson.

It was also a good opportunity to use the two of them to threaten Zhu Di.

Since Zhu Di dared to let the two of them out, he must be prepared to be retaliated against.

He thought to himself, and some ideas quickly came to his mind.

When all the people had left, Zhu Yunhuan finally revealed a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, and looked at Lan Yu who came down from the roof of the car with sparkling eyes.

The matter was settled so quickly thanks to Lan Yu's persuasion.

Fortunately, Lan Yu made the right choice at this critical moment.

Zhu Yunhuan also breathed a sigh of relief.

The biggest risk in today's matter is how Lan Yu will react.

He himself had no idea about this.

Old Zhu was testing him, and wasn't Zhu Yunhuan also testing Lan Yu?
After all, the Duke of Liang’s Mansion is not the Bu family.

The nobles and generals led by Wang Bi were not ordinary people.

If Lan Yu really wanted to commit suicide, I'm afraid he would have no choice but to sacrifice his own family for the sake of justice.

Even if it means cutting off one's own wings!
In Jinling City, with so many Jinyiwei protecting him, he was not worried about his safety at all.

If Wang Bi really wanted to lead the crowd to attack, he would be courting his own destruction.

However, that would disrupt his plan to save Lan Yu.

Fortunately, nothing serious happened and Zhu Yunhuan finally felt relieved.

Then he told Jiang Li, "Let's go too."

Jiang Li asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, Prince Wu, should we take them both back to the Jinyiwei Prison or the Ministry of Justice? The Jinyiwei Prison has been idle for many years. If we want to detain people, we may have to send people to make preparations in advance."

Zhu Yunhuan was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly remembered that as early as the 20th year of Hongwu, that is, five years ago, Zhu Yuanzhang had issued an edict ordering the Jinyiwei to burn the torture instruments and hand over all the prisoners to the Ministry of Justice.

As for the original trial, it was transferred to the three judicial departments.

To put it simply, although the current Jinyiwei still has the power to arrest criminals, once they are arrested, they will be sent to the Ministry of Justice.

The subsequent interrogation and conviction were also carried out by the three judicial departments: the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate and the Dali Temple.

The Jinyiwei can only be used as ropes to catch people and knives to kill people.

This was a change Zhu Yuanzhang made after he realized that the Jinyiwei had too much power and had certain drawbacks.

During the Ming Dynasty, the powers and responsibilities of the Jinyiwei actually changed frequently.

During the Hongwu period when Zhu Yuanzhang was in power alone, the country underwent many adjustments.

Power waxes and wanes, and the size and number of people change constantly.

Zhu Yunhuan frowned slightly.

Whether it was the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate or the Supreme Court, they were all controlled by civil servants.

Although these people may not necessarily be Zhu Yunwen's people, at least at the moment, I am definitely not liked by those civil servants.

If given the chance, I'm afraid they will find ways to trick me.

If Lan Yu is handed over to them, there is no guarantee that there will be no problems.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunhuan glanced at Lan Yu and Fu Ye again and said, "What happened tonight was done by me to show my loyalty and filial piety to my grandfather. I will take them back to my palace for the time being."

"We will go to court tomorrow and report to the Emperor, then we will interrogate and convict him!"

(End of this chapter)