Ming Dynasty: Abandoned baby at the beginning, Zhu let me be the emperor

Zhu Ming now understood what Fang Xiaoru was thinking, and continued to answer: "Cao Cao did not punish the officials because of these letters, but burned all the letters in public, so that the wise men of the world returned to their faith."

"I know you might blame them for being your enemy on this policy..."

Fang Xiaoru nodded with satisfaction and wanted to continue persuading Zhu Ming, but was interrupted by Zhu Ming.

"Teacher wants students to rescue these people in the court tomorrow and win over the people's hearts."

Zhu Ming looked at Fang Xiaoru seriously. Since he had used such an obvious allusion to remind himself, it would be bad if he still couldn't figure it out.

"Alas, I also know that they are corrupt and commit crimes that are unforgivable."

Seeing that he had understood Zhu Ming, Fang Xiaoru sighed helplessly again and began to explain to Zhu Ming.

"It's just that the Ming Dynasty has only been established for 20 years, and tens of thousands of scholars have been killed in two major cases. If Your Majesty continues to kill, I'm afraid there will be no one left in the world to use."

Fang Xiaoru also knew that these people were guilty and he did not want to save them. However, if Zhu Yuanzhang continued to kill them like this, the world's scholars, who had just been stabilized, would be depleted of talent again.

“The students know what to do.”

Zhu Ming nodded and responded seriously.

He did not hand in the account book because he had some plans in this regard.

"I hope you can understand my thoughts."

Fang Xiaoru sighed again. As a person who read the books of sages, he felt ashamed that one day he would have to save these corrupt people.

“Students understand.”

As the leader of scholars in the world, Fang Xiaoru had to consider the needs of these scholars in the end.

Zhu Ming can also understand.

"Your Highness, I will withdraw first."

In the end, Fang Xiaoru even changed his address, perhaps because he felt that his behavior was no longer worthy of being a teacher of Zhu Ming, the future emperor.

"Teacher, walk slowly."

Zhu Ming watched Fang Xiaoru leave and still bid farewell with the courtesy of teacher and student.

"what?"

In the East Palace, a shrill voice suddenly rang out.

The Crown Princess, who had never lost her composure in more than ten years, now swept everything on the table away with an angry look on her face.

The servants who were serving on both sides had already been frightened and retreated one after another.

Only Zhu Yunwen was left standing trembling in the hall, looking at his mother who had suddenly become furious with horror.

Ever since he learned about the account book incident in the Daming Palace, he vaguely felt that this matter might be related to his Eastern Palace.

So the first thing he did when he came back was to tell his mother, Concubine Lu, all these things.

Unexpectedly, Lu's reaction was so intense, which actually confirmed his guess.

"Mother, what's behind this?"

He looked up at Lu timidly, and he couldn't bear to think that his mother was really behind this matter.

"These idiots actually left behind some account book. It really pissed me off!"

In a rage, Lu ignored Zhu Yunwen and smashed a purple clay teapot to pieces.

She also didn't expect that these stupid people would even keep a ledger for things like secretly sending money.

Now, the ministers who have been implicated, if the investigation continues, I am afraid that even I will be implicated?

"Mom, please calm down!"

Seeing this, Zhu Yunwen calmed himself down, mustered up his courage and walked up to her, and gently soothed Lu's temper: "Mother, I heard from the common people that when the account book was found, it had been burned to ashes."

With Zhu Yunwen's help, Lu's mood calmed down a little. She sat back in her chair, breathing heavily.

"Wen'er, what you mean is that your grandfather doesn't know who received the money, right?"

After a long while, Lu finally calmed down, looked up at Zhu Yunwen and spoke to confirm again.

Seeing Zhu Yunwen nodded affirmatively, Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Without knowing the exact list, that's not too bad.

She pondered for a long time before she suddenly stood up and shouted towards the door: "Someone, go and ask Mr. Qi Tai to come over."

No matter what, this line is tied by oneself. If the lives of the ministers are harmed, it will be difficult to win over others to work for oneself in the future.

The most important thing now is to make up for this matter as soon as possible.

She gave an order, and soon Qi Tai walked in from outside the East Palace with a puzzled look on his face.

"Crown Princess, what is this?"

Looking at the mess that had not been cleaned up yet, Qi Tai was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but ask.

"Don't be surprised, Mr. Qi Tai. I just felt a little dizzy and couldn't stand up. I fell down."

Mrs. Lu smiled awkwardly and covered up the mess.

"Then I wonder why the Crown Princess wants me here?"

Seeing this, Qi Tai no longer had any doubts. He just bowed to Lu and Zhu Yunwen and asked.

It was already dark when the Crown Princess suddenly called me over. I wonder what the problem was.

"The young grandson of the emperor was handling national policy and found an account book, which angered His Majesty. Does Mr. Qi Tai know about this?"

Lu looked at Qi Tai, but did not rush to tell him her purpose. Instead, she began to test him.

"Qi Tai doesn't know this."

After hearing the Crown Princess' words, Qi Tai shook his head in confusion.

He only knew that the little grandson of the emperor had returned after dealing with the riots, but he was not clear about the specific details.

"Yun Wen, tell Mr. Qi Tai what you saw in front of the Emperor today."

Seeing that Qi Tai was still unclear about the matter, the Crown Princess turned around and asked Zhu Yunwen to tell her everything he had seen and heard today.

The more Qi Tai listened, the more his brows furrowed.

"I am just a woman, I don't know how powerful the court is, but I know a little about your majesty's temper."

Seeing Qi Tai's expression, he took this matter seriously. The Crown Princess was somewhat confident and pretended to be helpless: "You ministers have studied hard for more than ten years. If you make a mistake, the lives of your family will be in danger. I really can't bear it."

Qi Tai was also a scholar, so he could naturally empathize with the feelings of those who studied hard.

"But they knew the law but broke it, which is unforgivable."

Qi Tai was embarrassed for a while, but finally sighed and said helplessly.

No matter what, breaking the law is breaking the law.

"I know that too."

Qi Tai's attitude was also within the Crown Princess's calculations, and she just sighed again in grievance.

"My Ming Dynasty has only been established for more than 20 years. Your Majesty has killed so many scholars in several major cases. If you continue to kill, I'm afraid there will be no more scholars left in the Ming Dynasty."

Hearing the Crown Princess talking about the previous major cases again, Qi Tai's already troubled heart began to waver.

Once Zhu Yuanzhang's murderous intention came up, no one could stop him.

Especially after the death of Empress Ma and the Crown Prince, no one could stop it.