"Brother, why did you suddenly ask that?" Zhu Su also straightened his expression.
"I spent those months in that village recuperating from my injuries, but I didn't know."
"Dad, in those few months, the executions were really too extensive." Zhu Biao frowned.
"It's not just those dignitaries and bureaucrats who have worked closely with Hu Weiyong."
"Even some officials who had no contact with Hu Weiyong were labeled as members of the Hu Party and dismissed from their posts for questioning."
"The imperial guards and cavalry are everywhere, and the bureaucrats and people in the capital are all panic-stricken. Every month, new 'Hu Party members' are 'confessed'. It has been a few months since the incident that night, but as of the Ming Dynasty, people have been imprisoned in the prison.
There are not thousands of people in the East."
"There were even many officials who came to the court and were convicted on the spot in Fengtian Hall."
"For example, if you are an official in the Ming Dynasty, going to court every morning is like being in the execution ground! Some officials even left suicide notes before the court, and said goodbye to the family members in tears. When in the past dynasties have we ever seen such a ridiculous thing?"
"If I'm lucky enough to be able to return home from the imperial court, I'd even like to have a banquet to celebrate..."
Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Su's somewhat surprised face and gave a wry smile: "Originally, eldest brother was in a dilemma as to how he could help me cover up my killing of Zhu Xian."
"It's better now. If everyone in the Ming Dynasty is in danger, no one will care about the things I did."
Hearing what Zhu Biao said, Zhu Su showed an embarrassed smile.
Lao Zhu's wave of hatred was indeed very thorough.
Killing a prince of the Hou family was actually a huge event.
But against the background of his father's "big moves" in the past few months, he has completely turned into a background that no one cares about...
I was all prepared to pretend to be ill, but I didn't expect that there was not even a censor who came to investigate the crime.
On the contrary, Zhu Su was a little hurt. He always felt that the sword he struck out with tragic and decisive force that night seemed a bit unwise...
"So, brother, do I think the reason why dad is so involved is because he told him certain things?" Zhu Su said, looking at Zhu Biao.
"...Not bad." Zhu Biao nodded.
"If I don't talk about anything else, let's talk about the several charges that Hu Weiyong accused. Among them, the one of 'plotting to assassinate the Duke' is that Hu Weiyong bribed Fu Shou, a disciple of Wei Guogong's Xu family, and wanted to go to Buju."
"But before Hu Weiyong bought Fu Shou, my father had already warned the Xu family to be careful about Fu Shou!"
"If I didn't already know it, how could I be so unpredictable? If there are rumors that my dad can predict things beforehand, it's all because he has destiny. But if he thinks about it, it must be my fault."
Zhu Su is so sweaty. Lao Zhu used the advantage of being a time traveler much more smoothly than he did. Did he help copy poems to pick up girls, or did he pretend to be a disciple of a superior person?
Now he simply used his own presence and relied on what he said to directly pretend to be the prophet of destiny.
"He did say something to his father." Zhu Su sighed. Although Zhu Biao had heard him talk about some Ming history in the future, there were some things that Zhu Su wanted to keep secret for his lord, so he deliberately avoided telling Lao Zhu.
That kind-hearted elder brother.
Bu Nao, looking at the big brother's attitude of breaking the casserole and getting to the bottom of it, I'm sure he won't be able to hide it anymore.
It seems that Mingyue has to be a storyteller again after a long time.
"Eldest brother's guess is good. He did tell dad before about the 'Four Major Cases' that had great influence in the history of the Ming Dynasty."
"Four major cases?" Zhu Biao was slightly startled. "Which four major cases? Tell me about it quickly!"
"The so-called 'four major cases'..." Zhu Su organized his thoughts for a while and then Zhu Biao explained.
The four major cases were also called the "Four Major Hongwu Cases" in later generations. They were the Hu Weiyong case in the 13th year of Hongwu, the "Kongyin case" in the 9th or 15th year of Hongwu, and the Guo Huan case in the 18th year of Hongwu.
, and the Lan Yu case in the 26th year of Hongwu.
The essence of the four major cases is that they were not initiated by Lao Zhu, but were the famous four purges and massacres caused by the elimination of people he considered a threat to his court.
Among them, the "Hu Weiyong Case" and the "Lanyu Case" are also called "Hu Lan's Prison", which is the beginning of Zhu's murder of the founding heroes, and the main source of Zhu's reputation as a "tyrant" in later generations.
"Did...did I say that Dad initiated those four major crimes and massacred a total of seventy or eighty thousand people in total?"
Zhu Biao looked horrified. His father, whom he had always regarded as his role model, would actually do such a thing!
Wantlessly implicated and massacred tens of thousands, so what?
Is that a tyrant? Is that a monoman?
How could it be possible? Could it be that the father who had high hopes for me and taught me patiently was wrong?
Seeing that Zhu Biao was shaken, Zhu Su quickly spoke for Lao Zhu: "Brother, I must not get into trouble!"
"History depends on whether dad did those things or not. I don't know?"
"There is no doubt about the Hu Weiyong case. Otherwise, the prime minister system will be abolished and the imperial power will be consolidated."
"The Kongyin case and the Guo Huan case will undoubtedly lead to the abolition of tyranny, punishment of corrupt officials, and rectification of the government."
"As for the Lan Jade case... Then it's my son Zhu Yunwen. What I did was that I was worried that my son would dominate the country after he came to power. That's why he took the blame and defended his eldest nephew.
Is there any chance that Qing Everything will become a threat to the arrogant warriors?"
Seeing that Zhu Biao's face was slightly relaxed, Zhu Su quickly continued:
"I can't believe that my father killed so many officials, but he failed the real common people of Didong. Emperor Hongwu was definitely a good emperor who is rare to see in the ages!"
"Dad took the blame and killed so many corrupt officials. What is the purpose? The purpose is very bad, but the people's heads are clear and clear."
"Historically, during the Hongwu Dynasty, officials did not dare to embezzle and officials did not dare to deceive the people. I worked hard to compile the "Great Edict" and prayed that "all officials and people, all kinds of people, etc., have this copy in every household", in the book
It not only contains Xiaoyu's Law, but also hopes that people will know the law and will not be deceived by officials. It also includes many stories of corrupt officials in order to alert people."
"My father ordered all county government offices in the Ming Dynasty to set up a 'precept stone' in front of the door. In the sixteen words of the book 'Your salary and salary, the people are fat and the people are anointed. The people of the East are easy to abuse, but it is difficult to bully the heavens', appointing the governors of the prefecture, state and county.
, often summoned them in person for banquets, and gave them two pieces of silver and cloth, telling them: If the money and cloth are given to them to "raise their integrity", they should be kind to the people in the courtyard and not be mean."
"Even if I don't know those things, I should know that even though my father is in the 95th position, he doesn't have much of a confinement period in ordinary months! In addition to a few sets of dragon robes to make the show, my mother is very busy personally weaving cloth for my father's shoes!
"
"Every month for breakfast, he only uses vegetables and a dish of tofu. Xu Xingzu, the cook in the imperial dining room, cooks such delicious food that his brothers have never tasted it! Can't dad afford good food? Can he?
I'm afraid I'm greedy! If I say I'm going east, the people of Didong will take the opportunity to welcome me, which is a waste of people's efforts!"
"When the dragon chariot was supposed to be in office, it was said that the Pinghui, Mu, and Yin swords were replaced by copper. The dragon bed in the Yuan Dynasty was not as rich in carvings as the bed I am walking on now! It was very similar to the one in the imperial garden.
The wasteland that I take care of..."
"I said it myself, among the so-called wise kings and saints from the past to the present, which one can reach the level of my father?"
"Is there any tyrant from ancient times to the Ming Dynasty who could make the emperor's confinement look like my father's picking at the ropes?"
Zhu Su kept talking, flexing his legs and pointing his fingers as if he were counting treasures from home. Finally, he slapped his legs against the bed board, looked directly at Zhu Biao and said.