Chapter 114: Diverting trouble to the east
"You mean, it was someone from your house who took Lao Liu away?" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly.
"Yes, I didn't care about it at first, but later I figured out why." Zhu Di's eyes turned red, "He wanted to put his son to death, because he is the legitimate second son, and the rule of the great cause is to establish a direct descendant.
Li Xian.
If you pour all the dirty water on your son, he will be the sinner of the great cause.
Lao Liu is crazy, has no eyesight, and has a pure mind.
When the eldest brother is away, the son is the best choice.
After all, many people in the capital now say that it was the son who caused the eldest brother to fall from his horse.
But Erchen only wanted to open up territory for his elder brother, and he had never had such an idea.
If it was really his son and minister who did it, is he still a human being?
Therefore, please be aware of this!
I am willing to stay in the capital and prove my innocence!"
As he spoke, he took out his big seal and tiger talisman as the feudal king and placed them on the ground.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak. Looking at the choked Zhu Di, he knew very well that if this was really the case, then the one with the loudest voice would be Zhu Sha.
He loved this second son and gave him the highest treatment of vassal control.
Even Zhu Di, the legitimate second son, did not receive such treatment.
If it weren't for the sixth child, the boss would be gone.
Lao Liu himself was not a good person, and with the added reputation, those people were afraid that they would force him to demote him to a commoner.
If we continue to deal with the fourth child, then the final result will naturally go without saying.
Moreover, he had heard a little bit about what the second brother was doing in the feudal territory.
Gradually, I had an idea in my mind, "Go down first. We will investigate this matter clearly. No one is allowed to say this until we find out!"
"Yes, Father!" Zhu Di nodded and immediately asked: "By the way, Father, eldest brother, he..."
"I'm awake and I'm fine. I'll let all the officials come into the palace to visit me tomorrow!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand tiredly.
Zhu Di looked excited, "Okay, great!"
As he spoke, he burst into tears, "Fortunately, my eldest brother is fine, otherwise, I may never be able to clean up my injustice for the rest of my life!"
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, "Go down and I will give you a clean slate!"
"Thank you, Father!" Zhu Di kowtowed before leaving in sobs.
Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon throne with a tired look on his face, "Do you really want to grab this position? The world is not unified.
You don’t even think about whether you have this ability, aren’t we treating you badly?”
He was actually mentally prepared for the matter of seizing the direct descendant, so he gave up his team to Zhu Yuyong early on.
Zhu Yu was also a man of both literary and military talents, with both political integrity and talent. Whether they were from the Huaixi or eastern Zhejiang lineage, they all believed in Zhu Yu.
In order to prevent any royal tragedy from happening, Zhu Yuanzhang violated his own rules and appointed Zhu Yingxiong as the emperor's grandson early on.
But, he didn't expect that the thing he least wanted to see happened.
If the world is settled, then forget it.
But now that we are surrounded by enemies, internal friction is the most terrifying thing.
That would exhaust the best of the great cause.
Without a qualified emperor to lead it, the great cause will surely come to an end.
"Go, call Mr. Yang over!" Zhu Yuanzhang said tiredly.
Soon, Yang Jin entered the palace and said, "I am here to pay homage to Your Majesty!"
"Have those people been recruited?"
"You're calling for injustice!" Yang Xian said, "But someone did it!"
"who?"
"Secretary of Household Affairs, Guo Heng!" Yang Xian took out an interrogation statement and handed it over.
After seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang became furious, "Shuo Shu, they are all Shuo Shu, I will kill all the people on the list and let the Arch Guards dispatch them. I would rather kill them by mistake than let them go!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Yang Xian said.
Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry, which was also expected by Yang Xian. After all, Guo Heng was so outrageous. He not only resold official grain, but also embezzled taxes from Zhenjiang Prefecture and Taiping Prefecture.
Not only that, he also misappropriated autumn grain from western Zhejiang. The autumn grain from western Zhejiang should have been handed over 3.5 million shi, but Guo Huan only turned over more than 2 million shi.
When collecting taxes, they use clever names to levy taxes on water, food, treasury, gods and Buddhas, etc., so as to line their own pockets.
"We can't let him get away with it like this. Let Wu Yong, the interrogator, interrogate him and investigate him to the end. No one involved in this case will be let go!" Zhu Yuanzhang became murderous.
The past two years have been difficult enough for the court, but I didn’t expect that there were still people lining their own pockets. The number of cases involved was the largest since the founding of Daye!
Moreover, the corruption of ink definitely didn’t start this year, it must have been several years ago.
Calculating it like this, I'm afraid it's a few million taels of ink?
Since he can sell rice, he will naturally have a market.
If he doesn't uproot these rats this time, he won't be Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Yes, I obey the order!" Yang Xian had already seen the corpses on the ground, and could not help but feel chills running down his spine.
"By the way, how's the fourth guy watching over there?"
"No big discoveries yet!"
"Stop staring at the fourth child and go check on the second child." Zhu Yuanzhang threw the letter in front of Yang Xian, "I heard that the second child has a dragon and phoenix robe hidden in his house. Let's check it carefully. If it is confirmed, just give the evil obstacle to him.
Let's catch him.
If anyone dares to resist, he will be killed without mercy!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Yang Xian took the letter and couldn't help being shocked. Although Lao Zhu didn't go into detail, judging from the content of the letter, there was a huge secret hidden in it.
However, as the emperor's eagle dog, the most important thing is to have a strict mouth.
Even if you know it, you can't make it public.
For example, this Guo Heng case will have a huge impact on the people in eastern Zhejiang!
Li Shanren's counterattack is really powerful, and this method is simply amazing.
I don’t know what leverage he had on Guo Heng to make him willing to do these things.
"Your Majesty, should Cai Wen and his son be dealt with strictly together or..."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with a cold face, "Check first, Cai Wen and his son will keep it first!"
"Yes, I am resigning!" Yang Xian couldn't help but sigh after exiting Fengtian Palace.
Li Shanren was so cruel that his Majesty immediately changed his mind.
If the emperor said that Cai Wen should be dealt with severely, then Li Shanren would also be in bad luck.
Look now, the emperor’s heart is unpredictable!
Trouble!
...
Zhu Yuanzhang was distracted, and the troubles that followed were overwhelming.
"Is Lao Liu awake?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
"This slave will send someone to call His Highness the King of Wu!" Wang Gou'er said.
"Go and call him here, let the imperial kitchen cook some food, we want to drink!"
Wang Gou'er was stunned. This was strange. His Majesty always had two meals a day. At most, he had some snacks in the afternoon, and he would never eat at night.
But he didn't dare to ask any more questions and hurriedly went to the Imperial Medical Office to call Zhu Jun over.
This is Zhu Jun. If it were an ordinary prince, it would be impossible for him to stay in the palace for consecutive nights.
Zhu Jun was having dinner at the moment, and he was stunned when he heard that Lao Zhu called him, "What did your father ask me to do?"
"How can I know this? Your Majesty is in a hurry. Your Majesty, King Wu, it is better not to keep your Majesty waiting for too long!" Wang Gou'er said coldly.
"Mom, sister-in-law, you eat first, I'll go over and take a look!"
Chapter completed!