A knife in love

Li Qiufeng listened to Ye Fengchun's words and couldn't help but nod his head. He thought to himself that when I was on duty in Fusi, Jinyiweinan Town, I often heard officials from the Northern Division who went to the southeastern coast talk about Japanese pirates. It is said that the majority of Japanese pirates are mainly Fusang people in name, but in fact those who give orders are often Han people who rebelled against the Ming Dynasty. These Han people were familiar with the falsehoods of the government and knew the movements of the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. This enabled the Japanese pirates to avoid the true and false and defeated the officers and soldiers who went to encircle and suppress them. Over the years, Jinyiwei North Town Fusi has sent many experts to inquire about the Japanese pirates. Although they have obtained some military information, they still do not know who the big leader of the Japanese pirates is. However, in the archives of Nansi's records, I once saw an excerpt written by an envoy from Fusi Town in Beizhen more than 40 years ago. It said that nine out of ten Japanese pirate leaders were Han Chinese. If you want to wipe out Japanese pirates, The traitors who helped the Japanese pirates must be killed first, otherwise the Japanese pirate rebellion will not be quelled.

While Li Qiufeng was thinking, he heard Ye Fengchun continue: "In addition to the old officials of Jianwen and their descendants who fled to the Fusang Kingdom to avoid disaster, there are also many descendants of the civil servants and generals who were killed in the Hongwu Dynasty hiding in the Fusang Kingdom. As far as I know, "The descendants of Li Shanchang, who was exterminated by Emperor Taizu, are hiding in Fusang Kingdom."

When Murong Danyan heard what Ye Fengchun said, he couldn't help but rush to say: "Li Shanchang? I have heard of this person's name. When Emperor Taizu started his army, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were the generals, and Liu Bowen was the mastermind. Li Shanchang raised food and fodder for the army and recruited soldiers. When Emperor Taizu became the emperor, he made Li Shanchang the prime minister. In terms of official title, Li Shanchang was only under the general Xu Da. , he should have a happy death. Unexpectedly, this man was so stupid that he colluded with the traitor Hu Weiyong to kill Emperor Taizu and seize the Ming Dynasty. Li Shanchang knew that Liu Bowen had a clever plan and could not hide his plan to usurp the throne. He made a conspiracy with Hu Weiyong, and when Liu Bowen was seriously ill, he falsely conveyed the imperial edict and Hu Weiyong came to visit him. Hu Weiyong only said that Emperor Taizu gave Liu Bowen the medicine and asked him to take it on the spot. Liu Bowen was a living god and saw through it. Hu Weiyong knew that this person was here to take his life. However, Hu Weiyong held the imperial edict, and Liu Bowen did not dare to disobey him, so he drank the medicine and died of poison that night. It was a pity that a famous minister lost his life. "

When Murong Danyan said this, he showed a sad look on his face, sighed, and then continued: "Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong worked together in collusion, thinking that after they killed Liu Bowen, no one in the court could stop them from usurping the throne. . But what kind of person was Liu Bowen? He had long known that he would be framed by the two traitors, so he wrote a memorial in advance, enumerating all the evil deeds of Li Shanchang in forming cliques for personal gain in the court, and hinting that if he died suddenly, He must have been killed by someone sent by Li Shanchang.

"After Liu Bowen wrote the memorial, he did not submit it to the emperor, but gave it to his son for collection. He also repeatedly told Mr. Liu that if something unexpected happened to him, he must immediately send this memorial to Emperor Taizu. However, Li Shanchang Having been in business with Hu Weiyong for many years, not only are the two traitors everywhere in the court, but also many of the concubines, eunuchs, and maids in the palace are the best friends of the two traitors. If they submit the memorial in the right way, they will definitely be punished. Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong's henchmen intercepted the memorial. Therefore, in order to send the memorial to the palace and hand it to Emperor Taizu's imperial case, Liu Gongzi could only send the memorial to the palace himself. Therefore, Liu Bowen died suddenly. Mr. Liu immediately set off and rushed all the way to the gate of the Forbidden Palace, where he knelt on the ground and shouted that he was wronged. When the Yulin army guarding the palace gate saw Liu Bowen's son crying for injustice in front of the palace gate, he did not dare to be embarrassed at all, so he accepted Mr. Liu's memorial. After passing by, the general on duty personally delivered it to Emperor Taizu's study.

"Emperor Taizu relied heavily on Liu Bowen. When he heard that Liu Bowen was ill, he not only sent his close eunuchs to visit him, but also ordered Hu Weiyong, the prime minister at the time, to take good care of Liu Bowen. However, Emperor Taizu never thought that Hu Weiyong had eaten it. The brave man actually poisoned Liu Bowen to death. When he first heard the news of Liu Bowen's death, Emperor Taizu did not suspect that Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong were behind the poison, thinking that Liu Bowen was seriously ill and died. But there was no way to save it. When he read the memorial written by Liu Bowen before his death, he became furious and wished that Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong and their party would be exterminated immediately. But then he thought about it, Li Shanchang was running a business in the imperial court. For many years, most of the civil servants and generals were his party members, but after he became prime minister, Hu Weiyong was even more aggressive than Li Shanchang, openly forming factions for profit. Any ministers who refused to surrender to him would be dismissed from office, or even exterminated. He was anxious, maybe the two of them would launch a rebellion immediately, and things would get out of hand. Thinking of this, Emperor Taizu suppressed his anger and did not execute Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong immediately. Instead, he sent people to keep an eye on Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong secretly. Hu Weiyong only waited for a good opportunity to exterminate the two men.

"Later, Hu Weiyong's conspiracy was exposed and his family was exterminated by Emperor Taizu. At that time, Li Shanchang had already served as an official and was living happily at home. Emperor Taizu used Hu Weiyong's case to kill hundreds of ministers. He originally wanted to kill Li Shanchang, but Li Shanchang was extremely cunning. , leaving no flaws at all. Although Emperor Taizu was vicious, he could not kill the former prime minister without any reason, so he had to put down the butcher's knife and save Li Shanchang's life until someone reported Li Shanchang's rebellion ten years later. The emperor sent people to investigate Li Shanchang's crimes and finally wiped out Li Shanchang's family. "

Li Qiufeng and Ye Fengchun were quite surprised when they heard Murong Danyan speak. Li Qiufeng secretly thought that it was probably true that Hu Weiyong poisoned Liu Bowen, but Li Shanchang was extremely shrewd. Before Hu Weiyong's rebellion was revealed, he had already retired and returned to his hometown and did not participate in the rebellion. It's just that Emperor Taizu was worried about the founding officials and wanted to get rid of them all. Li Shanchang was the leader of the officials. No matter how careful he was, he could not escape from Emperor Taizu's grasp. Emperor Taizu was able to kill Li Shanchang ten years after killing Hu Weiyong. It can be said that he was very kind to Li Shanchang. Miss Murong talked eloquently. She probably knew some of Li Shanchang's deeds while listening to others' stories. It was quite different from the facts, but it was not surprising. When I was on duty in Fusi, Jinyiweinan Town, the capital, I often listened to stories in teahouses and restaurants when I had nothing to do. Storytellers highly praised Liu Bowen and regarded Liu Bowen as a wise man comparable to Zhuge Wuhou, but it is not surprising to blame all kinds of evil deeds on Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong and others. (End of chapter)